Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was evening.
The wind was high and the night was dark. A cold breeze blew, and a person lying unconscious on the ground shivered and suddenly opened their eyes.
Chu Junmo opened his eyes. Just as he tried to get up, his whole body throbbed with unbearable pain, almost making him cry out.
Chu Junmo struggled to move. The first thing he saw was that he was surrounded by a row of lit candles. The candlelight flickered in the wind but refused to extinguish.
Looking at the white candles one by one, Chu Junmo couldn't catch his breath and fainted grandly again. kanδん
Meanwhile, Ming Li and the System arrived at Medicine Valley.
The forest outside Medicine Valley was shrouded in a layer of poisonous mist, and a formation had been set up. If an ordinary person trespassed, the consequences would be unimaginable; they would definitely enter standing and leave horizontally.
Ming Li looked at the poisonous mist forest before her, her beautiful brows furrowed. With a wave of her hand, the poisonous mist parted to the sides, creating a path for Ming Li.
Ming Li stepped forward with satisfaction. Formations, hidden mechanisms, and hidden weapons were all ineffective against her.
As Ming Li walked to the center of the poisonous forest, she suddenly felt something not far ahead staring at her with cold eyes.
The System also felt it, its scalp instantly tingling. It was so scared that it immediately leaped into Ming Li's arms, feeling instantly secure. However, the System still didn't dare to get down from Ming Li's embrace, its two little pig trotters clinging tightly to Ming Li's sleeve.
The gaze, like that of a predator eyeing prey, made Ming Li very displeased. Ming Li frowned and continued forward. She wanted to see what this thing was.
Two minutes later, a snake coiled around a spirit fruit tree caught Ming Li's attention.
The snake was entirely black, about ten meters long, with three eyes on its head and two tails behind it. It was currently hidden on the spirit fruit tree, and it was impossible to spot if one didn't look carefully.
Ming Li raised an eyebrow, immediately recognizing this spirit beast.
A seventh-tier sacred beast, a Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent. This type of spirit beast was extremely aggressive and its entire body was highly poisonous. A single touch would cause the body to rot and die in agony.
Ming Li glanced at the System in her arms, which had its eyes tightly shut and its small body trembling. She said, "Are you hungry? I'll roast some meat for you later."
Hearing this, the System's spirits instantly lifted. Its small body stopped trembling. "Host, what are you eating?"
Ming Li: "See that? That snake on the tree over there."
The System opened one eye to take a look, then immediately closed it, quickly saying, "But, Host, it's too ugly and scary-looking!"
Ming Li's lips twitched slightly. "But it's delicious."
System: "Really?"
Ming Li: "Do you think I would lie to you?"
System: "Host is the best!"
The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent, which had heard the entire conversation between Ming Li and the System: … was somewhat崩溃 inside.
What was wrong with this human? Shouldn't they be afraid and terrified upon seeing it? What strange topics were they discussing? And it was called ugly, did it not want to live anymore?
Never mind. Seeing that this human had no spiritual energy whatsoever, even if eating it was useless, it was hungry now.
The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent thought this, then swayed its tail and lunged towards Ming Li with its gaping maw.
Ming Li's beautiful eyes narrowed. "Is this thing trying to ambush me?!"
A flash of red light, and the silver sword was unsheathed.
The great master's cultivation couldn't be suppressed, and she accidentally released a tiny bit of it, which was sensed by the lunging Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent.
The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent incredulously closed its bloody mouth, its three eyes staring intently at Ming Li. It swallowed hard with difficulty. Was it too late to escape now?
The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent immediately changed direction in mid-air and sprinted away in a random direction.
Mommy! This human is so scary! Sob sob sob! I'm scared to death!
The System looked at the fleeing Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent and asked Ming Li with a confused look, "Host, why did that snake run away? And it ran so fast, as if being chased by a ghost."
Ming Li: "Perhaps it found you too cute and didn't want to eat you."
System: "...How low is the credibility of this statement?!"
Ming Li looked in the direction the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent had fled and asked the System, "Do you still want roasted meat?"
System: "Eat, eat, eat!"
Ming Li uttered an "Oh" and chased after it with her sword.
The System, left behind: ... Did its Host forget something?!
Suddenly, a wolf howl echoed, scaring the System into rolling its eyes and fainting grandly.
Ming Li quickly caught up with the still fleeing Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent with her sword.
Seeing the figure chasing behind it, the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent had the urge to smash its head against a tofu.
Damn it! Why did it have to provoke this great master just now? Sob sob sob! It was finished, it was finished!
Where was its master? Come and save your child! If you don't come soon, it will be roasted snake in a while.
Ming Li soon cornered the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent in a cave.
The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent nervously swallowed, then quickly shouted to Ming Li, "Great master, be merciful! Don't eat me! Don't eat me! I haven't bathed in two months! I smell awful! I'm not tasty at all! I'm also so ugly! If you eat me, you'll become ugly too! Please don't eat me!"
Ming Li's mouth twitched wildly as she walked towards the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent step by step, holding her sword.
Seeing Ming Li getting closer and closer, the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent shrieked like a virtuous young lady being harassed by a bad guy: "Ahhh! Help! Don't come near me! I'm telling you! My master is very powerful! If you dare touch a single scale on me, my master will never let you go! My master is the great elder of Medicine Valley! Do you know the great elder of Medicine Valley? That old man who is incredibly skilled at poisoning! He can poison you to death with just one dose of poison! Don't come near me! If you come any closer, I'll call my master!!"
Ming Li remained unmoved, continuing to walk forward slowly with her sword.
Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent: "Ahhh! Old man! Old man! Come quickly and save your contracted beast! If you don't come, your contracted beast will be gone! There's a crazy woman here who wants to eat me! If you don't come, your contracted beast will be gone! Owooo! She's coming, she's coming! She's coming up with a sword! You dead old man! You're still not coming! I'll never be your contracted beast again in my next life!"
The crazy Li: ...
Outside the cave, the great elder, who heard the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent's cries for help and rushed over without stopping: ...
Did he find the wrong snake? Was this really his usually aloof contracted beast? Why had it suddenly become so ridiculous?
The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent suddenly spotted the great elder standing outside the cave, jumping for joy. "Old man, hurry and save me! This woman is going to eat me!!" The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent pointed one of its tails at Ming Li's sword-holding hand and shouted, "Look, look! She's holding a sword!"
Suddenly, the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent thought of something and quickly shouted to the great elder, "Forget it, old man, you should leave quickly! You can't beat her! She's very powerful! If I'm gone! You can contract another beast! I won't blame you for not protecting me! Hurry and leave! I'll hold her back! Sob sob sob! What I said just now about not being your contracted beast in the next life was fake! I want to be your contracted beast in the next life too!"
The style of conversation suddenly became sentimental.
The great elder's mouth twitched wildly: ... Damn it! You're the one who told me to come! Now that I've been discovered, you're telling me to leave! Tell me, how am I supposed to leave?!
The great elder rolled his eyes and looked seriously at Ming Li, who was still holding her sword.
Although everyone in the three realms knew of the existence of Old Ancestor, only the sect leaders of the seven major forces had seen Ming Li's true appearance. Therefore, this great elder did not know that the person standing before him was his idol, Old Ancestor.
The great elder said, "May I ask what business this young lady has in trespassing into our Medicine Valley at night?"
Ming Li: "I want to see your Valley Master."
Great Elder: "Our Valley Master is currently in seclusion, and since the young lady is not from our Medicine Valley, I'm afraid she cannot meet our Valley Master."
Ming Li's brows furrowed slightly, and she asked, "Then how can I meet him?"
The great elder thought for a moment: "Tomorrow, our Medicine Valley will be recruiting disciples. If the young lady has talent in alchemy and becomes a disciple of our Medicine Valley, she will naturally be qualified to meet our Valley Master."
Ming Li: ... So many pointless things...
ps: Thank you, little darlings, for the gifts!
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