Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

Half a month later, a man and a dog walked out of the banyan forest and came to another area according to the instructions on the map.

There are mountains and valleys here, and a river nearly 100 meters wide winds along the mountains. Many exotic flowers grow on the river banks.

The Qingling grass, the medicinal ingredient in the foundation-building pill formula, grows in it. It is as crystal clear as jade, flowing with a soft and sparkling glow, standing out like a crane among chickens, swaying and fragrant.

Gu Chi and the big black dog hid in a bush, practicing the breath concealment technique, standing still and carefully observing the situation around them.

Just ahead, on the river bank, there were dozens of corpses lying in a mess. There were no wounds on their bodies, and their skin was dark purple and black, as if they had died of poisoning.

At this moment, dozens of monks came from behind on their swords and landed just four or five meters away from Gu Chi and the others. The man and the dog couldn't help but feel nervous and dared not breathe.

"Brother Qi, according to the markings on the map, the Qingling grass grows here."

The man standing at the front of the crowd, who was called Senior Brother Qi, narrowed his eyes slightly and also noticed the dozens of corpses by the river.

He turned his head and his eyes fell on a junior brother who was at the seventh level of Qi training. He said, "You, go over and pick the Qingling grass."

"Huh? Me?"

The disciple who was at the seventh stage of Qi training was trembling all over, and looked at Senior Brother Qi with pleading eyes, as if saying: Can I refuse?

"Tsk, what are you dawdling for? Hurry over, we're here to pick you up, nothing will happen!"

"As an outer disciple, you must have the awareness of an outer disciple. Go quickly!"

Several people in the crowd shouted loudly, urging the man to hurry over.

The disciple who was at the seventh stage of Qi training looked only about seventeen or eighteen years old. His eyes were red at this moment, but he could not stand the scolding from the people around him, so he could only bite the bullet and rush forward.

Gu Chi and the big black dog also widened their eyes, wanting to know what kind of murderous intent was hidden here.

The next second after the man rushed into the flowers, a purple poisonous gas suddenly rose. At the same time, countless vines on the ground rolled up like snakes and pythons, tightly wrapping around the man's whole body, and then slowly tightened, shattering his protective light curtain.

"Senior brother, save me!"

The man screamed in terror as vines tightly entangled his body, making it difficult for him to break free. He could hear the sound of bones breaking and snapping.

"Brother Qi, save me!!"

"Save me! Brothers, save me!"

The man shouted desperately, and the magic power in his body surged, but he could not hurt the vines at all. The sound of bones being broken was heard one after another. It was impossible to imagine the pain he was going through at this moment.

But in just a moment, the man's body was twisted and deformed, and the strange flowers and plants around him seemed to be madly sucking his blood, flesh and essence.

It can be seen that his skin is shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a crumpled piece of waste paper, tightly wrapped around his bones, completely lifeless.

This horrifying scene sent chills down the spines of everyone in the distance. Even Senior Brother Qi, who was at the tenth level of Qi training, was so frightened that he took several steps back, horrified.

"No need to worry, just clear away those vines."

Senior Brother Qi put his fingers together like swords, and the surrounding magic power surged, turning into wind blades that swept forward and strangled the vines on the ground, crushing a large area.

Seeing that this method was feasible, other disciples began to follow suit.

"Which sect are you from? How dare you come here and touch the Qingling Grass?"

Suddenly, a loud shout was heard from a distant hill, and dozens of figures came towards them at a very fast speed.

This group of people were dressed in black and rode on ferocious beasts.

"It's someone from Black Barbarian Mountain!" Senior Brother Qi frowned and recognized that this was someone from Black Barbarian Mountain, one of the ten major immortal sects.

"The secret realm of Beiyin Mountain is now open, and all kinds of opportunities can be obtained by one's own ability. How can there be any question of whether one is worthy or not?!" Senior Brother Qi responded in a deep voice, believing that since he was at the tenth level of Qi training, he would not necessarily lose to the elite disciples of these major sects if they really fought.

"If I say you're not worthy, then you're not worthy. Don't you agree?!"

Eighteen disciples from Black Barbarian Mountain rode their beasts and landed on the ground. The leader, with long golden hair dancing wildly in the wind and a wild and ferocious look in his eyes, threatened in a cold voice, "I'll give you two choices: get out or die!"

These people were domineering and brutal, and they were riding ferocious beasts. Although Senior Brother Qi and his men had the advantage in numbers, their momentum was suppressed in an instant, and no one dared to speak.

Senior Brother Qi wasn't afraid at all, and responded in a deep voice, "What a arrogant tone! I just don't know if you have the ability to save so many of us here!"

After saying this, he turned back and glared at his fellow disciples behind him, saying, "They are only eighteen people, while we have twenty-three. I have the advantage, why should I be afraid of them?!"

"Hmph! You don't know how to live or die!" A disciple from Heiman Mountain snorted coldly and directly controlled the beast under him to rush forward to kill.

"Kill me!"

Senior Brother Qi shouted loudly and took the lead to rush forward. Seeing this, the other disciples also shouted and followed closely.

The war was about to break out, dozens of people fought each other, swords flashed, and a cloud of dust rose into the sky.

No one noticed that two haystacks were moving slowly, approaching the Qingling grass little by little.

After getting close enough, Gu Chi grabbed the Qingling Grass and pulled it up by the roots. However, this action seemed to trigger some mechanism. A purple poisonous gas suddenly rose up, and the vines on the ground that had been chopped off suddenly recovered and rolled towards them.

"Old Black, get the knife!"

"Wang!"

Gu Chi had anticipated this situation long ago. He sacrificed the wrong jade knife, and he and the big black dog instantly soared into the sky and disappeared into the mountains in a flash.

"What passed?!"

"what's the situation?!"

The two sides who were fighting fiercely did not react in time. They only vaguely saw a black shadow rushing past them, bringing up a gust of wind.

"Oh no, the Qingling Grass is gone!"

Someone shouted and found that the two light spirit grasses in the flowers by the river had disappeared at this time.

It goes without saying that they must have been picked by someone, right under their noses, and they were completely unaware of it.

"It's you!"

The man headed by Heimanshan glared angrily, suspecting that it was Senior Brother Qi and his men who took advantage of the chaos to pick the Qingling Grass.

Senior Brother Qi didn't tolerate the other party and angrily shouted, "The thief is crying thief! Hand over the Qingling grass, otherwise you will all stay here and be used as fertilizer!"

The two sides clashed again. It was a bloody conflict and deaths were certain. As for how many people died, Gu Chi didn't know and didn't care.

The man and the dog ran at high speed for hundreds of miles and dived into the depths of the jungle.

"Hehe, this time it was really thrilling. Fortunately, we didn't act rashly, otherwise we might not even know how we died." Gu Chi sat down with his back against an ancient tree, saying with lingering fear.

"Who says it isn't?"

The big black dog nodded repeatedly, also feeling that he had learned something new. He didn't expect that a seemingly ordinary plant could kill a living being in a moment.

Fortunately, they were cautious enough and did not run over to pick the Qingling grass as soon as they saw it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.