Chapter 149 Valley of Immortality
For immortals, the concept of time can easily become blurred.
Especially for Li Qing, who was practicing in the deep mountains, if it weren't for the changes in the seasons and his increasingly sophisticated cultivation, he would not even be able to remember it. Two and a half years have passed now.
Yes, time flies. After coming out of the polar night world, Li Qing stayed in Xiaocuiling for two and a half years!
“Hoo!”
In Xiaocuiling, a natural cave, Li Qing woke up from deep meditation and ended the last great week of practice.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth breathed out through the operation of "Fire Source Kung Fu" was transformed into pure spiritual power flowing in his meridians, and finally sank into the sea of Qi in Dantian, turning into mana that he could use freely.
"It's getting slower and slower. After entering the second level of the Qi Refining Stage half a year ago, the hard training in the past six months has hardly had much effect."
Li Qing muttered to himself. , his brows wrinkled slightly, slightly dissatisfied with the results of his cultivation in the past six months.
“That’s all, let’s continue exploring this area and see if we can find a place with a stronger aura.”
That's right, Li Qing has not been practicing hard in the past two and a half years. He is searching for traces of other immortal cultivators while practicing.
Up to now, he has almost explored the eastern part of the vast primitive mountain range of Xiaocuiling, and now he has reached the relatively western area.
Using the Youlong Dagger to scrape off the messy beard and hair, he then took out a light blue robe from the storage bag and draped it on his tall body.
After doing all this, Li Qing, who originally looked like a wild man in the mountains, became refreshed again.
He walked out of the cave and blew a melodious whistle toward the dense forest!
What responded to him was a ferocious tiger roar!
"Ouch!"
Soon, a colorful giant tiger rushed out from the forest, with a big python in its mouth.
“You are a waste of money, my storage bag is almost full of the prey you have caught during this period!”
Li Qing couldn’t help scolding him when he saw this, but he still used his game Long Dagger peeled off the skin of the python, put it into the storage bag, then dug out the snake's guts and swallowed it alive.
"Hmm~ An ordinary python that has lived for about twenty years can barely strengthen its roots and cultivate its strength." Li Qing commented while riding on the back of the tiger, driving the rice bucket towards the mountains to the west.
It's not his fault. In the past two and a half years, he has eaten all the edible beasts in the mountains and forests, and his mouth has become naughty.
The most exaggerated time was six months ago, when he had just entered the second level of the Qi Refining Stage, Fan Tong unexpectedly encountered a mountain bear king, and it was a monster!
This was the first monster Li Qing encountered besides Rice Tong, and he was shocked at the time.
But fortunately, the strength of the Bear King on that mountain is not much stronger than that of Fantong, and is almost the same as that of a practitioner in the early stages of Qi refining.
With Li Qing helping out, the mountain bear king had turned into various materials, and even the bear bile and bear skin were put into the storage bag by Li Qing.
As for the demon bear meat, these two foodies cooked it in various ways and ate it into their stomachs.
"Let's go and explore the mountains to the west." Li Qing rubbed the tiger's head of the rice bucket and said.
In this way, one man and one tiger drove through the mountains for two or three days, and then stopped in a valley surrounded by towering trees.
A few miles outside the valley, traces of human village life can be vaguely seen.
"The terrain of this valley is so strange. It doesn't get much sunlight, but there are such majestic trees growing there!"
Li Qing rubbed his chin and prepared to walk down the mountain road and enter the valley. Explore within.
However, not long after we got there, an old hunter came out carrying a broad-bladed knife and a hunting bow on his back.
When the old hunter saw the rice bucket Li Qing was riding for the first time, he almost fainted from fright, and his face lost all color in an instant.
"Big bug. There is a big bug that eats people. Help. Help!" The old Orion was trembling all over. It was not that he had never seen a tiger before, but this was the first time he had seen a tiger with such an exaggerated size that his shoulders were almost as tall as a person lying on the ground.
"Ouch!" Fantong also howled with dissatisfaction. The tiger's power was so frightening that it directly shocked the old hunter and paralyzed him to the ground. If it weren't for his back leaning against a tree, I'm afraid he would have directly I had to throw myself off my back.
Pop!
Li Qing frowned and patted Fan Tong on the head, scolding: "Don't mess around!"
After being slapped, Fan Tong immediately became more honest and lowered his head in silence.
"Don't be afraid, old man, my tiger won't hurt anyone!" Li Qing forced out what he thought was a kind smile.
However, this smile in the eyes of the old Orion, coupled with the giant tiger riding on his crotch, completely made the old Orion feel no warmth at all, and he only felt cold.
“Let’s go!” Li Qing drove Rice Tong to take a detour and continue walking down the valley.
When the old hunter saw the tiger, he really didn’t mean to hurt anyone. He slowly let go of his aroused heart.
Looking at Li Qing riding a tiger down the mountain, he thought for a while and finally couldn't help shouting:
"Hey, little brother, don't go down into the valley!"
As soon as he said this, Li Qing immediately stopped and asked, "Oh? Old man, is there something special about this valley? "
The old Orion looked at the rice bucket and dared to stand far away and explained loudly: "This valley is called the Valley of Immortality, but it is evil! Once you go down, it is easy to lose your way, and it will probably take you several days and nights. There is no way out!"
Li Qing suddenly became interested, and then asked: "Why is it called the Valley of Immortality, old man?"
“This is a legend in our village. It is said that a long time ago, a woodcutter entered this valley to cut firewood. After entering, he disappeared directly.”
"Originally, everyone in the village had forgotten about this person, but twenty or thirty years later, this person actually reappeared in the village, and he was still as young as he was twenty or thirty years ago, with no change in appearance! "
"It's just a legend. Later, every time someone wanted to go in to find out, it was a pity that they would get lost in it for a day or two, and then they would walk out in a daze because of hunger. "
The old hunter leaned against the big tree and told Li Qing the legend of the strange valley below.
After listening to this legend, Li Qing became more and more interested.
“Old man, so many people have been there, has anyone’s life been in danger?” Li Qing asked again.
The old hunter thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "That's not true. It's just that you will get lost in it. If you get lost, you will be lost for a few days. You will only come out when you are very hungry."
"Let me tell you. "Brother, although there is no life threat, there is no need to go in and suffer such a hardship. Do you think it's a shame?" I thought about going hunting, but then I couldn’t find my way home. Two days later, I was so hungry that I started chewing the bark of the tree. Not to mention the suffering!”
Li Qing couldn’t help laughing when he heard his father-in-law talking about his previous experience! He smiled, and after making sure there was no life threat, he threw a silver ingot towards his father-in-law, then cupped his fists and said:
"Thank you, father-in-law. I don't believe in evil, but I want to see how evil this valley is." ! ”
After speaking, Li Qing rushed toward the valley below filled with towering trees.
The old hunter took the silver ingot in surprise and joy, then looked at Li Qing's back, shook his head and sighed: "Oh, why doesn't this young man listen to my advice?"
"There's really no food down here. It's not a big deal for a person to be hungry for a few days, but once this tiger gets hungry, it's going to be fatal!"
" Oh, forget it, stop meddling, I hope this young man is safe."
At this time, Li Qing had already rushed into the Valley of Immortality and had just passed the first ancient tree. In Li Qing's perception, the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly changed abnormally.
The forest was somehow shrouded in mist.
Looking back, I have lost track of where I came from!
“What a Valley of Immortality!”
(End of this chapter)