For Xiaoyao, although this spiritual fruit was a natural treasure and very precious, compared to it, Chi Chi was much more important.
What made Xiaoyao very displeased was that Chi Chi could have eaten it when it first discovered it, why make him come down? Wasn't this just creating work for him?
"You little glutton," Thinking about this, Xiaoyao angrily knocked Chi Chi's head.
"Chi chi!" Chi Chi called out.
"Chi chi, all you know is eating. Let's go up," Xiaoyao took out a small grappling hook. This was one of the tools he had prepared before getting ready to roam the martial world. Don't look down on this small grappling hook, it was forged from the hardest metal.
At the same time, there was a small mechanism that could shoot the small grappling hook out. After hooking onto something, it could retract and pull a person over. The rope in between was made from the finest and most resilient material. Even supporting two people's weight would be easily handled without problems.
"Chi chi!" Chi Chi called out.
"??" Xiaoyao paused and looked at Chi Chi. He felt that Chi Chi calling him seemed to indicate there was still something else. "What else do you have?"
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"Chi chi..." Chi Chi called, then bounced to another small platform dozens of meters away from this platform, below it.
For this distance, Xiaoyao could easily handle it without even using tools. He could directly use his lightness skills, utilizing some terrain features to complete it in minutes!
After Xiaoyao followed Chi Chi and jumped to that platform, Chi Chi continued jumping to another platform. After several times like this, when Xiaoyao jumped to a platform and was preparing to jump again, he suddenly discovered Chi Chi had drilled into a small hole.
Huh? A small hole?
Xiaoyao paused, then squatted down to look carefully. He discovered this cave seemed a bit small. Chi Chi could go in, perhaps a child could go in, but Xiaoyao's build seemed a bit difficult.
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi called from inside, seeming to call Xiaoyao to come in.
"Damn, this hole is so small. You won't make it bigger, how do you expect me to drill through," Xiaoyao said while drilling in.
That's right, Xiaoyao drilled in. Although this hole was very small, theoretically, as long as it was bigger than his head, Xiaoyao could drill through, because he knew the strange martial art of bone shrinking from the martial world.
Although Xiaoyao's cultivation might be very weak, he knew quite a few strange skills, bone shrinking, soft bone techniques, etc. He knew them all and was very proficient.
Therefore, this hole was only slightly troublesome for Xiaoyao and couldn't constitute an obstacle.
"You little glutton, next time you're opening a path for me, you better make it bigger," After Xiaoyao passed through this hole, he first gave Chi Chi a knock, then finally observed the situation inside.
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi called from the side, while Xiaoyao was completely immersed in the scene before him.
This, this was simply a miraculous place.
Sunlight streaming in from somewhere unknown had transformed this originally dark cave in the mountain's belly into a beautiful paradise. Here there were not only trees and flowers, but even small streams and ponds.
For this special existence, Xiaoyao could only describe it as miraculous.
"Chi chi..." While Xiaoyao was still immersed, Chi Chi called again, leading Xiaoyao to a certain place.
Along the way, Xiaoyao discovered there were many rare herbs here. There were even some he didn't recognize, but Xiaoyao felt these could all be good medicinal materials. If possible, he wanted to test their properties.
However, Chi Chi seemed indifferent to these, just leading Xiaoyao to a place. Although Xiaoyao didn't know what Chi Chi was taking him to do, he believed Chi Chi would give him a satisfactory answer.
Soon, Xiaoyao understood what this answer was, and he was very satisfied, extremely satisfied!
"Damn, ginseng, and it's over ten thousand years old, even twenty thousand years! If refined into pills, someone at Human Level like me would definitely break through to Emperor Level within three years. Even with this glutton as a burden, I could at least reach King Level," Xiaoyao spoke obsessively to the ten-thousand-year ginseng. "Then I'd be a great hero! Awesome!"
Although Xiaoyao seemed to be putting all his effort into cultivating Guxing, he hadn't given up his own cultivation either. He practiced every day. Although currently he was strong enough for self-protection, who wouldn't want stronger abilities? Xiaoyao wasn't a lazy person, otherwise he wouldn't possess so many skills.
Don't forget, originally Xiaoyao had integrated martial arts into various skills for cultivation. While practicing, he could also comprehend martial arts. He had never relaxed his martial arts cultivation.
This kind of pill might cause others to advance too quickly, making their foundation unstable, but Xiaoyao wouldn't have this problem because his foundation was already sufficient. Even if given Emperor Level strength now, he could completely control it.
Of course, even if Xiaoyao obtained this ten-thousand-year ginseng and made pills from it, he wouldn't enjoy them alone. He would share with Guxing, and if possible, save one for the Young Miss. Others wouldn't have such good treatment.
If Nangong Suxin knew about this, she would definitely overturn Xiaoyao and give him a thorough scolding.
Xiaoyao carefully harvested this ginseng, using special methods to preserve it. While protecting its medicinal properties, he also sealed the ginseng's aura so people couldn't detect the ginseng's presence.
Next, Xiaoyao quickly collected useful medicinal materials nearby, leaving those temporarily useless here. He could come back here in the future when he had a chance. Anyway, no one else would enter here, it was like his private medicinal garden.
"Alright, let's go. We'll come back here later.”
Xiaoyao couldn't linger here long because Dongfang Wunian was still waiting above. Thinking of Dongfang Wunian, Xiaoyao gathered some food ingredients here.
When Xiaoyao reached the top of the cliff, Dongfang Wunian was still sitting by the cliff edge waiting. However, she hadn't discovered Xiaoyao had already come up because Xiaoyao's position was some distance from her. Don't forget, Xiaoyao had followed Chi Chi and jumped to many platforms.
"Second Miss!"
Xiaoyao called out to Dongfang Wunian.
"Ah, Xiaoyao, how are you over there? Are you alright?" Dongfang Wunian immediately stood up, flashing over to Xiaoyao, asking him somewhat nervously.
Xiaoyao had been down for quite a while, so Dongfang Wunian had begun worrying whether something had happened. She was starting to feel anxious.
"I'm fine! I even brought you some delicious things, these are very rare," Xiaoyao replied with a smile.
"Food? Weren't you going down to gather herbs? Did you get these for me?" Dongfang Wunian looked at Xiaoyao, somewhat touched. She had misunderstood a bit.
"Sort of, this was incidental. Don't be so moved." Xiaoyao immediately said, but his explanation made Dongfang Wunian feel like Xiaoyao was deliberately trying not to make her worry.
"Alright, I understand. Don't act so recklessly next time," Dongfang Wunian said.
"It's fine, it's not dangerous. I have tools. As an herb gatherer, I often gather herbs on cliffs like this. It's nothing," Xiaoyao said casually. If she misunderstood, so be it, he was too lazy to explain. Time would prove everything.
"When you suddenly jumped down just now, I was startled. Next time, could you say something first?"
This sentence didn't come from Dongfang Wunian but from Cui Xu. He was indeed worried about Xiaoyao, because if something happened to Xiaoyao, Dongfang Wunian might blame him. Most importantly, even the sect master might dislike him, Xiaoyao was the great hero who cured Dongfang Wunian.
"Hehe, sorry about that, Young Master Cui. I made you worry. I'm used to gathering herbs like this, so I didn't pay attention," Xiaoyao said with a smile, very politely responding even though he knew Cui Xu was only thinking of himself.
"Alright, forget it this time. Let's go back quickly, we've been out a bit long," Cui Xu didn't want to continue here and looked toward the valley below.
"That's right, let's go," Dongfang Wunian nodded, and naturally Xiaoyao agreed.
When the three approached their original resting place, Xiaoyao suddenly stopped with a somewhat grave expression, uttering a few words—
"There's a bloody smell... What?"
Dongfang Wunian and Cui Xu immediately stopped, looking at Xiaoyao puzzledly, not understanding what Xiaoyao meant by saying there was a bloody smell.
"Ahead, there's a bloody smell. Let's be careful as we approach. Something might have happened ahead," Xiaoyao pointed forward, and the direction he pointed seemed to be where everyone had originally rested.
"How is that possible? There's an elder stationed there, how could something happen? Even if something did, there couldn't have been no commotion the whole time. We're not that far away, we would know." Cui Xu shook his head, feeling Xiaoyao's words were completely unbelievable.
"But it's a bit strange. We were over there for so long, logically, someone should have come to call us." Dongfang Wunian thought of another matter that seemed to prove what might be happening now.
"Better safe than sorry,” Xiaoyao simply said four words. Whether they listened or not, he didn't care. He just focused on concealing himself first, then slowly approaching ahead to see what exactly had happened.
Dongfang Wunian also chose to hide, just as Xiaoyao said, better safe than sorry. Being careful couldn't be wrong!
"Really unnecessary. With the elder there, how could anything happen? Unless the Monster Clan came! But the Monster Clan rarely appears here, and they wouldn't attack people without reason..." Cui Xu said disdainfully, then charged straight ahead.
Soon, Cui Xu proved whether one should hide or not.
(End of Chapter)