My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

"It really is wisteria."

After leaving Zhu Chaoyun to dig up the remaining Golden Frost Fruit at the foot of Jade Bamboo Peak, Cui Ying urged the cloud to appear, and soon appeared on a slope full of strange rocks.

After picking a purplish-red spiritual herb growing in a crevice of the rock, the cloud beneath his feet moved again, and he flew higher up the mountain.

There, Hao Ran found another pale yellow spiritual herb that emitted a rich fragrance.

Jade Bamboo Peak truly lives up to its reputation as a precipitous peak deep within the Phoenix Mountain Range. Not only is the spiritual energy here abundant, but she also discovered a series of spiritual herbs and medicines that were difficult to find in the surrounding hills after she ascended the mountain. Moreover, several of these herbs could directly increase one's magical power after being consumed and refined.

This naturally invigorated Cui Ying, who immediately began to slowly search for the mountain peaks along a familiar route.

Cui Ying's purpose in entering the Phoenix Mountain Range this time was to dig up some spiritual herbs to take home and have her family members take them to quickly improve their cultivation level.

If she sees any walking "spirit whips" along the way, she will also give Lei Yuqing a "smile" and go all out to help.

However, even as Cui Ying approached the mountainside where she had fought the leopard-tailed ape that day, she still hadn't encountered any suitable prey.

Time passed slowly, and when Cui Ying withdrew her cloud-riding technique, leaped onto a huge rock, and looked up at the higher ground, a slight thought stirred in her heart.

On a huge hillside dozens of feet high, there was a small peach grove with some half-green and half-red peaches growing on it.

However, most of them are shriveled and full of wormholes, making them unappetizing.

At the edge of this small peach grove, there were the carcasses of several young leopard-tailed apes, some lying haphazardly, others lying face up on the thick peach trees.

A mountain breeze blew, carrying a faint smell of blood.

Seeing this, Cui Ying didn't want to look any longer.

But soon, she stopped in her tracks, a thought suddenly occurring to her.

How could she forget that those leopard-tailed demon apes were quite intelligent and had been thriving on Jade Bamboo Peak for hundreds of years? Their lair should probably contain some valuable spiritual items.

However, judging from the situation, it's highly likely that other cultivators beat them to it.

Although she had already guessed that she might come up empty-handed, Cui Ying still decided to ride on the clouds and slowly fly towards the peach grove.

A moment later, Cui Ying landed steadily at the edge of the peach grove. After glancing at the corpses of several leopard-tailed baby apes, she saw a giant stone cave hidden behind a waterfall through the peach grove.

She first used telepathy to tell Zhu Chaoyun that she was going to explore a stone cave. If she did not come out before dark, she should hurry back to Shuangling Village and not come looking for her. Then, without hesitation, she flew through the peach trees and leaped into the depths of the stone cave.

The moment she stepped into the cave, she immediately saw everything inside.

Shi Dong Hao Ran was a natural cave filled with various stalactites, and its area was far larger than Cui Ying had expected.

Besides a cold pool seven or eight zhang wide in the center of the cave, there is a large amount of gray-green moss growing on the edge of the cave.

There were several exposed mud pits in these mosses, clearly indicating that something had been dug away.

Not only that, the rocks on the four walls of the cave were also loose, and everything was in a mess.

The place was looted so thoroughly that it was probably Xue Changye's doing. I wonder how many treasures he obtained from the leopard-tailed ape's lair.

Cui Ying's mind raced as she leaped out of the stone cave. As she passed a peach tree, a spirit peach, only half-ripe, caught her eye out of the corner of her eye.

She stopped, moved her arm, and caught the spirit peach in her hand. After washing it with water magic, she put it in her mouth, bit off the bright red part, and then planned to throw it away casually.

But the next moment, Cui Ying froze on the spot, her expression turning astonished, and then she looked somewhat incredulous.

"This spirit peach~"

She murmured something as if in disbelief, then suddenly took a second bite and swallowed it.

The fruit pulp instantly transformed into a sweet juice that flowed into the abdomen, and then into a surge of abundant spiritual energy that circulated throughout the body.

"It actually has the same miraculous effect of increasing magical power as those medicinal herbs that have been used for decades."

After Cui Ying finished eating the spirit peach in her hand with a bright look in her eyes and confirmed its effects, she was overjoyed and immediately took action, her figure flashing as she picked fruit in the peach grove.

Soon, Cui Ying discovered that although the peach orchard seemed densely packed, each spirit peach tree only produced seven or eight spirit peaches. After removing those that had been hollowed out by spirit insects, only four or five intact spirit peaches could be selected.

After working for a long time, she could only collect fifty or sixty pieces at most.

After picking all the spirit peaches and piling them up, Cui Ying breathed a sigh of relief, took one out, and examined it closely.

However, after looking at it for a long time, she could not see anything unusual or peculiar except that it looked exactly like an ordinary spirit peach.

"Perhaps that's why I got a good deal."

Thinking this, Cui Ying put all the spirit peaches into her storage bag, glanced at the peach grove again, and muttered:

"If we dug up all these spirit peach trees and took them home, I wonder how happy Xiaoyue and the others would be!"

But after thinking about it, she gave up the idea of ​​transplanting these spirit peach trees.

They already have a spirit peach tree at home, which has been irrigated and nurtured with spirit liquid. They believe that by next summer at the latest, they will be able to enjoy sweet and plump spirit peaches.

As for these...

But then she suddenly seemed to remember something and walked towards a nearby spirit peach tree, lifted her skirt, raised her leg, and kicked the trunk of the spirit peach tree hard.

"boom"

The thick trunk of the spirit peach tree emitted a muffled thud, and its enormous canopy swayed a few times but did not break.

Although she wasn't a proper body-refining cultivator, her Qi Refining Level 4 body allowed her to lift a boulder weighing five or six hundred pounds with her bare hands.

Cui Ying raised an eyebrow, glanced at the tree a few times, and suddenly rolled up her sleeves, opened her arms and hugged the spirit peach tree.

With the power of the Great Strength Technique, he suddenly exerted force with both arms, attempting to uproot it completely.

Even though Cui Ying shook the spirit peach tree violently, causing countless leaves to fall, the tree remained firmly rooted at its base, completely unmoved.

"Heh, that's interesting."

Upon seeing this, Cui Ying was not angry but rather pleased.

She released the spirit peach tree, flicked her sleeve, and a gleaming silver short sword appeared in her hand. She flew to the center of the peach grove, and with a flick of her wrist, several chilling silver rays shot out, weaving in mid-air and silently slicing towards the ground beneath her feet.

"Boom boom boom"

A moment later, when Cui Ying used the Yao Guang Sword to carve out a pit four or five zhang deep in the peach grove, and saw countless thick tree roots inside, which intertwined and meandered into the unknown depths of the rock strata, the joy on her face deepened even further.

"Something's definitely fishy here."

The Yao Guang sword in her hand shone brightly, and she continued digging down along the roots for another two or three zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) before finally finding a small clump of pale golden soil among countless roots as fine as hair.