Fairy cage

After rationally parting ways with Lao Dao Ye and his group, Yu Lie and the others walked in the cave corridor with a faint sigh of relief on their faces.

After only half a cup of tea, Yu Lie paused in his steps, his heart moved, and he suddenly said:

"Fellow Taoist Miao, if what the old Taoist surnamed Ye said is true, and this place has attracted many Taoists to hunt for treasures and slaves, wouldn't it mean that the number of people in the alienated jungle next door has also become smaller?"

Hearing this, Miaomu's expression was slightly startled, and she quickly understood what Yu Lie wanted to say.

Miaomu pondered and said, "What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Yu, is that we don't go back to the inner city first, but follow the original plan and go directly to the jungle?"

Yu Lie nodded calmly, cupped his hands and said:

"According to what Taoist fellow Taoist Miao told me, a big source of danger when messing around in the outer city is other Taoists. Now that there are things of greater value in this desert, the powerful Taoists nearby will be greatly attracted. , and the Taoist who still stayed in the jungle next door was either alone or thought he was not strong enough.

In this way, although you and I are just two people, it shouldn't be a big deal if we hang out in the past. "

Miaomu listened to Yu Lie's persuasion, but she was also thinking about it in her heart. Her eyes gradually lit up:

"That's right! It's exactly what Brother Yu said. Maybe this is an opportunity for you and me to make a small profit while there are few people in the jungle!"

Yu Lie nodded: "Exactly!"

In fact, neither of them wanted to return directly to the inner city in despair.

This not only delays their time, but also wastes their travel expenses along the way. And even if they return to the inner city, whether they can find a trustworthy team in a short time is still a big problem.

After Yu Lie's little nudge, the two of them immediately changed their minds and decided not to return to the inner city, but to head straight to the alienated jungle fifty or sixty miles away.

However, they did not turn around directly and pass through the exit. Instead, they waited underground for a while, waiting for the groundworms to arrive, and then rushed from the underground to the alienated jungle area next door.

Although this is a bit troublesome and costs some money, it is better than stability.

Soon.

When the two arrived at the area where the jungle was, they walked out of the ground.

At this time, what Yu Lie saw was no longer the Gobi Desert, but a winding, ferocious scarlet jungle.

There are towering giant trees growing inside, which look strange. They don't look like vegetation, but more like fleshy arms.

The roots of these giant trees rooted in the ground, either like tentacles or sharp claws, are spread out in front of them strangely, as if they are ghosts that have already licked their claws, standing quietly, waiting for the two of them to pass by. , let them divide and devour the food.

But Miaomu saw this scene, and his face was not surprised but happy. He turned his head and shouted to Yu Lie:

"Brother Yu guessed right. There are indeed very few Taoists here. It's different from the past."

Miaomu walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand and pinched a few handfuls of the wet soil on the ground, then greeted Yu Lie and followed her into the jungle.

When Yu Lie saw it, although his expression was calm, for the sake of safety, he secretly took out a piece of talisman paper from his sleeve, lit it with his hand, and blessed himself.

Moreover, as he walked, there was a faint wind under his feet, which was erratic, but he did not directly cast the wind control spell.

Miaomu on the other side turned to look at Yu Lie, with surprise in his eyes.

Realizing that Yu Lie's preparations for this trip were really complete, she secretly relaxed a little: "It seems that this trip will not just be for this person's trip. I hope he can also help later, so You won’t lose too much.”

When he thought of the blood-tempering pill that Yu Lie had promised, Miaomu's eyes suddenly glowed with fire!

If Yu Lie can successfully refine the elixir this time, the relationship between her and Yu Lie can be strengthened and they can become good friends with each other.

Susu!

Their robes swayed and they both stepped into the jungle.

………………

The next two days.

First, Yu Lie followed Miaom and wandered around in the jungle, looking for alienated plants in the alienated jungle.

After Yu Lie became familiar with the surrounding environment, he gradually became the main leader, while Miaomu was responsible for vigilance and taking action.

This is because as a practitioner of alchemy, Yu Lie is best at distinguishing medicinal materials. Moreover, when he came here, he had already had a certain understanding of this alienated jungle. He knew it well and recorded the habits and habits of many plant creatures. Preferences.

Therefore, in the past two days, although there were only two of them, one had something in mind and the other had been here four or five times. In addition, there were not many Taoists in the jungle, so the two of them gained a lot.

On this day, they were running quickly in the jungle, and behind them there was the sound of uprooting trees.

Yu Lie and Miaomu both had nervous expressions on their faces.

But after running for a certain distance, both parties looked at each other, with joy in their eyes.

They slowed down and even secretly scratched their palms, letting pure blood ooze out of their palms. Its smell spread, making the giant creature chasing them even more restless.

boom!

The distance between the two sides narrowed, and a tall treant jumped out from a bunch of twisted trees. It strode forward, trampling deep pits on the ground one after another, and roared with greed and anger.

Woohoo! This tree man has no eyes, but on its broad crown, there are heads hanging one after another, with strange shapes, and their faces all show the same expression, staring greedily at the backs of Yu Lie and the two of them.

The tree man looked at things by relying on these heads that were parasitized or imprisoned on the tree canopy. Dozens or hundreds of eyes of various colors stared closely at the remaining two people.

Among these eyes, there are also Taoist ones.

A hoarse and weird cry came out of the Taoist's head: "Help, help..."

However, the eyes of several Taoist heads were already unconscious, and their pupils and seven orifices had blood-colored buds growing out in clusters, which looked like mold but were not mold, which was very strange.

This kind of treant is called the "human head tree" in the mouths of nearby Taoists. There is no official name for the time being.

This monster is huge, likes to devour flesh and blood, and has rough skin and thick flesh. It is not something that ordinary Taoist disciples can deal with. If we purely compare brute force and magic power, basically only seventh-grade Taoist officials can deal with the opponent.

Fortunately, the reason why Taoists are valued as Taoists is that they are resourceful and have many and strange methods.

Yu Lie and Miaom didn't have to compete with each other with brute strength. They only needed to attract each other all the way and lead them into the traps and nets prepared in advance.

Just such a simple method is enough to more than double their confidence in killing this demon tree and reduce losses.

But usually, the biggest risk of this method is not the demon tree itself, but that there is too much movement along the way, which can easily attract other nearby Taoists.

At that time, the Taoist who attracted the demon tree and laid the trap worked hard to beat the tree demon to death, but it was very easy to be robbed by the Taoist who was watching, and the gain was not worth the loss.

Fortunately, there are fewer and fewer Taoists in the jungle these days. There seems to be real opportunities to make a fortune over there next door, and the Taoists basically rush to the bloody desert.

Yu Lie and Miaomu fought steadily along the way. Until they lured the human-headed demon tree into the trap, there were still no other people around.

Finally, there was a snapping sound, the soil cracked, and the branches broke!

The demon tree ran forward, its huge body sank suddenly, and fell into an even bigger pit.

And the moment it fell, fire broke out in the deep pit, and a ball of flames roared up, wrapping the demon tree.

At this time, both Yu Lie and Miaom froze, turning their heads to stare at the huge demon tree in the pit, with excitement in their eyes:

"Succeed!", "It's done!"

The two of them were not idle, and immediately took out a few talismans from their pockets, looked at the demon tree in the trap from a distance, stimulated it steadily and cut down the roots of the demon tree to prevent the other party from climbing out of the fire pit. .

Woo hoo... a huge roar like a cowhide drum sounded. The demon tree's body was scorched black. It struggled, trying to kill the remaining two people.

But under the burning flames, it seemed to have fallen into the jaws of another giant and was being devoured, without the strength to kill the remaining two.

In the end, the tree demon could only stretch out a very long vine and hit Yu Lie and Miaomu hard, trying to beat them to death.

However, Yu Lie and Miaomu both had auras of aura on their bodies, and they easily backed away, causing the opponent's counterattack to fail.

Boom! The huge body of the demon tree fell.

Yu Lie and Miaomu both had happy faces on their faces.

After testing in the air and thoroughly confirming that the demon tree was dead, the two boldly stepped forward and quickly extinguished the fire in the pit!

Although this demonic tree can move and looks like flesh and blood, it is still a plant and is easily restrained by flames. In particular, there is a kind of tree sap in its body. This sap is like oil and blood, and can be easily burned to dry.

This kind of tree is also the most precious medicinal material on the human head tree. Oral administration can help Taoists increase their true energy. Therefore, every extra breath time burned in the pit means a lot of money is burned.

When the fire in the pit was extinguished, there was still no one around.

Yu Lie and Miaomu stood in front of the pothole, their eyes filled with joy and they were completely relieved.

Yu Lie chuckled: "The harvest is not small, it must be the biggest in the past two days!"

Miaomu also smiled and said: "Exactly."

She also stared closely at the scorched smoke in the pit and said something emotional: "This kind of gunpowder trap is really easy to use."

These words fell into Yu Lie's ears, making Yu Lie slightly startled. He glanced at the demon tree that had fallen in the pit of the fire, and then glanced at Miaom who was next to him. A feeling suddenly arose in his heart. Visual sense:

"Could it be that this guy is imitating the method I used when fishing on the Blackwater River last time?"

Such methods of digging holes and burning monsters, including the fire talisman stuck inside, were not something Yu Lie came up with or brought out. He had to avoid it to avoid committing such stupid things.

This matter was arranged by Miaomu.

Yu Lie guessed correctly!

Suddenly, Miaomu happened to say:

"By the way, brother Yu, why don't you study the metal, stone and fire technique? I heard that this technique is simple and powerful, and even mortals can prepare it. Also, do you know any alchemy practitioners in Blackwater Town who are good at refining gunpowder? "

There was no change on Yu Lie's face, and there was even a hint of emotion on his face, but in his heart, he actually jumped hard.

Yu Lie replied: "The method of metal, stone and fire? The power of such gunpowder is indeed great and enviable."

He shook his head: "But since the poor Taoist has already chosen the flesh and blood elixir method, how can he covet other things? Otherwise, he will lose sight of one thing and lose one thing. Moreover, the preparation of this thing is not that simple, and it is by no means an ordinary mortal. A Taoist boy can refine it.

Hey, the people in the town who are good at refining gunpowder should be from the Academy of Equipment, but those from the Alchemy Room are wrong. Fellow Daoist Miao has an acquaintance in Heishui Town, who knows this? "

Miaomu glanced at Yu Lie inadvertently and said with a smile:

"If I had an acquaintance, why would I ask Brother Yu? I just hope that Brother Yu has an acquaintance so that I can buy some cheap and easy-to-use gunpowder."

"That's it!" Yu Lie replied casually:

"When I get back to the hotel, I'll go and ask around. Song Danqing and the two fellow Taoists on the roadside are more familiar with the people in the town than me, so I'll have to go and ask around."

Later, he stopped being verbose and became more talkative and wrong.

Yu Lie hurriedly walked to the human-headed demon tree and greeted:

"Get the juice quickly, and don't waste the skin-coated wood core. It can be used for burning the furnace. With this demon tree, we have a small amount of consumables for refining medicine. I can now open the furnace to make elixirs, or I can get a few pills. , see the effect of the medicine!"

Miaomu's eyes lit up when she heard it. She put aside her unreasonable thoughts and quickly approached the demon tree, peeling the skin and extracting the juice with Yu Lie.

Although there are not many people nearby, this alienated jungle itself is also dangerous, so you should not stay in the same place for too long.

In just half a cup of tea, the two of them scraped away all the medicinal materials that could be taken away from the demon tree.

Not long after.

Yu Lie found a secluded cave, apologized, and then got into it alone and began to make elixirs and medicines.

Miaom himself, on the other hand, was full of expectations and was working diligently to protect the rest of the group outside the cave, waiting for the elixir to be refined.

It only takes half a day.

Yu Lie did not disappoint Miaomu. Sometimes the smell of blood was strong in the cave, and sometimes there was a refreshing fragrance. Soon Yu Lie's chuckle could be heard:

"Fellow Daoist Miao, what are you doing outside? Why don't you come in quickly and taste the elixir with me?"

When Miaomu heard this, he was overjoyed: "In less than half a day, the pill has been completed. This person really didn't lie to me!"

The elixir in his cauldron is really just one step away from becoming an elixir! "

Immediately, Miaom entered the cave impatiently.

At this time, in the cave, a huge copper tripod was placed in the center, red light emerged from the tripod, and a strange fragrance burst out. There was a black-haired Taoist next to him, holding two red pills in his hands, looking at her with a smile.

Seeing this scene, Miaomu's face was filled with joy and excitement.