Immortal Refiner

Chapter 651: Both sides suffer losses

Li Qing, who continued to pay attention to the pursuit and escape, was not in a hurry to take action. At this time, he focused most of his attention on the young man named Cao Xiu.

After a while, Li Qing finally confirmed that this person should be the little kid Cao Xiu who was in Qinghuatan!

Although his appearance has changed greatly, Li Qing still found some similarities with his memory from his eyebrows and facial features.

"This kid, after so many years of not seeing each other, has already established a foundation. He's in a good position." Li Qing nodded.

Of course, his cultivation progress is actually faster. When he and Cao Xiu parted ways, he was just a casual cultivator on the ninth level of Qi refining period.

Now, in a blink of an eye, he has reached the perfect level of cultivation in the alchemy stage, and his status has undergone a huge change. From the casual cultivator who worked step by step back then, he has now reached the top of the Qingling Territory.

Although he recognized Cao Xiu's identity, Li Qing still did not choose to take action.

He wanted to see if Cao Xiu had gained any abilities after not seeing him for so many years. At the same time, he secretly observed whether the foundation-building monk who used the Fire Jade Bee could produce more Fire Jade Bees.

Buzz! Buzz!

A large number of red poisonous bees gathered into a group and followed Cao Xiu closely. From time to time, one or two poisonous bees rushed out, landed on Cao Xiu, and stung him with their tail needles.

"Damn it, there are too many of these Fire Jade Bees. We can't be contained!" Cao Xiu's face was as dark as water, and his expression was quite solemn.

He did not strike down the two Fire Jade Bees that landed on him, but let them sting them.

Because Cao Xiu understood that once he was contained, more Fire Jade Bees would be waiting for him.

If we were caught in a tight siege at that time, even gods would be hard-pressed to save us.

The next moment, the two Fire Jade Bees on Cao Xiu's body stung the poisonous needles mercilessly.

"hiss!"

Suddenly, Cao Xiu felt severe pain in his back. It was a pain that was as if his skin was being burned by fire. It was so heartbreaking!

However, Cao Xiu only took a breath of air and did not slow down his escape, and even flew a little faster.

If you lift up his robe, you can see that the skin behind Cao Xiu that was stung by the Fire Jade Bee is already red.

This is a sign that fire poison has entered the body. If it is not treated in time, the wound will be repeatedly burned by the intense pain of the fire.

And when the fire poison accumulates to a certain extent, even monks in the foundation building stage will die immediately.

Of course, this is not without some cost.

The two fire jade bees that had just stung Cao Xiu seemed to have lost all their strength and fell into the air.

Like most common bees, the jade bee's tail stinger has barbs. Once stung, the stinger will remain at the wound.

Without the back and tail needle, the life of the Fire Jade Bee would have come to an end.

Therefore, there is still a certain price to be paid for activating these spiritual insects.

Li Qing, who was always observing all this, nodded secretly:

"Well, I have a good heart. I was stung twice by the Fire Jade Bee, but I can still endure the burning pain and continue to escape as fast as possible."

"However, the man who was chasing behind him was very restrained and frugal in his use of the Fire Jade Bees. He could clearly let many Fire Jade Bees swarm up and quickly resolve the battle, but instead he sent out one or two to harass Cao Xiu. "

"It seems that this person does not own the Fire Jade Bee Queen. He should just be lucky and get a batch of Fire Jade Bees."

Li Qing shook his head with regret, but after thinking about it, this was quite normal.

Ordinary foundation-building monks are not that capable of subduing a Fire Jade Queen Bee!

The concept of subduing some Fire Jade Bees is completely different from subduing a Fire Jade Bee Queen.

In the case of the former, the Fire Jade Bee will be used less and less, and there will always be a time when it will be exhausted.

But the meaning of the latter is very different. The queen of the Fire Jade Bee can continuously lay eggs and hatch out more Fire Jade Bees.

As long as enough nutrients are provided, controlling a Fire Jade Bee Queen is equivalent to controlling a Fire Jade Bee Swarm, and there is no need to worry about losses at all.

Moreover, the Fire Jade Queen Bee can also lay queen eggs and queen eggs. The former is a Fire Jade Bee variety with more significant combat power, and is extremely outstanding in both attack and defense.

As for the queen bee egg, when the fire jade queen bee reaches the end of her life, she will gather all the essence and spiritual power in her body to lay a queen bee egg so that the bee colony can continue.

Each queen of the Fire Jade Bee can only lay one queen egg in her lifetime.

If the queen bee encounters an accident and fails to lay the queen bee eggs in time before she dies, then the world will really be missing a fire jade queen bee!

This is also the reason why the number of Fire Jade Bees is so rare in the world of immortal cultivation today.

After watching for a long time, Li Qing confirmed that there should be no queen bee in the foundation-building monk who was chasing Cao Xiu.

I saw that Cao Xiu's figure in front was already shaky. In just a short while, he was stung by several Fire Jade Bees.

The fire poison spread in his body, and it seemed that Cao Xiu had reached his limit and might collapse at any time.

The robbery cultivator behind him said ferociously: "Cao Xiu, you are really tolerant. It cost me eight Fire Jade Bees and you still haven't fallen down."

"But you can stop here. As long as you can get the scroll that records the location of the Fire Cliff Cave, these losses will not be a big deal."

After the words fell, this robbery cultivator finally decided not to save the number of Fire Jade Bees.

He gritted his teeth and moved his mind slightly, and directly let more than half of the Fire Jade Bees pounce on Cao Xiu.

This is to exchange the life of the Fire Jade Bee for Cao Xiu's life! Obviously, he has made a great determination.

Because the mentality shown by Cao Xiu just now made him vaguely feel some fear.

When he subdued the Fire Jade Bee, he really experienced how unbearable it was to be stung and the fire poison entered the body!

And Cao Xiu was stung by eight Fire Jade Bees in succession without falling down. This kind of mentality has already made him feel a little scared.

If he is allowed to escape today, the consequences will be unimaginable!

He doesn't want to see this happen, so he is ready to nip the big trouble in the bud.

"Go to hell, Cao Xiu, be careful in your next life, there are some things you can't get your hands on!" The robber's eyes suddenly became fierce.

Li Qing, who had been observing in secret, was ready to take action, intending to save Cao Xiu at the critical moment.

But when Li Qing just raised his hand, he slowly put it down again.

At this moment, Cao Xiu, whose breath was extremely weak, suddenly turned around, and in his hand, a golden flying sword appeared at some point.

A large number of fire jade bees covered him, and he was about to die!

Soon, a sharp golden spiritual power surged.

"Golden Absolute Extinguishing Slash!"

Swish!

The dazzling golden light suddenly gathered into a sharp blade.

The large number of fire jade bees that pounced on Cao Xiu in front were directly chopped into pieces, and exploded like a pile of red jade fragments.

Jie Xiu, who thought he had won, suddenly had his pupils shrink. He didn't expect Cao Xiu to have such a terrifying trump card.

He wanted to avoid it, but it was too late. He deliberately kept a certain distance from Cao Xiu, expecting Cao Xiu to counterattack before his death.

But he didn't expect that this counterattack at the moment of death would be so fierce.

The golden blade cut through the air at a very fast speed. It was difficult for the naked eye to capture its trajectory. The speed was extremely fast.

The next moment, this golden blade split half of his body, and blood burst in the air and spilled all over the ground.

Hualala!

Then, the vitality of the two people was rapidly disappearing, and their breath quickly withered.

Bang! Bang!

Two figures fell into the dense forest below in succession, making a dull sound.

\u0026t;divtentadv\u0026gt;Li Qing, who had watched all this secretly, was dumbfounded at this moment. He was also shocked by the fierce slash that Cao Xiu made at the risk of his life.

It was not that the golden blade just now could threaten a cultivator in the Jindan stage. The reason why Li Qing was surprised was that even if he was in the foundation building stage, he might not be able to take the desperate blow just now safely.

"After three days of separation, Cao Xiu really made me look at him with new eyes."

Li Qing said to himself, and then rushed towards the direction where Cao Xiu fell. He would naturally not watch the other party die.

In the dense forest, the hideous robbery cultivator lay on the ground, and the blood flowing from his body dyed a large area of ​​land red.

His chest rose and fell violently, and every time it rose and fell, it brought a lot of blood. It was obvious that he was no longer alive.

Looking at this robbery cultivator who only had half a breath left, Li Qing's consciousness probed out and broke through his sea of ​​consciousness effortlessly.

When a person is about to die, the remaining memory fragments in the sea of ​​consciousness also quickly dimmed, and there is not much effective information that can be extracted.

However, Li Qing still extracted some key memories from his sea of ​​consciousness.

"That Fire Cliff Cave, there seems to be a Fire Jade Bee Hive?"

"When did such a place appear in Qingling Domain? I have never heard of it."

Li Qing's eyes flickered slightly, and he wanted to go to the Fire Cliff Cave to take a look.

A Fire Jade Bee Hive means that there is a queen bee inside!

This is a spiritual insect with extremely high value, which cannot be compared with one or two batches of Fire Jade Bees.

Even if he is now a perfect cultivator in the Jindan stage, he will feel a heartbeat for it.

Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to rescue Cao Xiu.

Not far ahead, Cao Xiu was lying under a big tree.

As if he noticed someone approaching, he moved his fingers, but he was unable to make more movements.

At this time, Cao Xiu was already in a state of gasping for breath, and he might die at any time.

Is it going to end?

Mother, I am coming to see you, my useless child.

I am so unwilling to accept this. My path is just like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.

Cao Xiu, who was about to die, thought of this sentence. This sentence had a profound impact on his path, allowing him to rise from obscurity and successfully build a foundation as a casual cultivator.

Suddenly, a tall figure appeared in Cao Xiu's gradually blurred vision.

This figure and the figure in his memory overlapped in a blur, as if it was an illusion before death.

"The fire poison has invaded the internal organs and bone marrow. It is really difficult for gods to save it."

"Fortunately, you are lucky enough to meet me. If you were in this situation, other Jindan-stage cultivators might not be able to help."

Li Qing shook his head slightly, and then put his hand on Cao Xiu's body.

At this moment, his body was like a cooked shrimp, red inside and redder!

Boom!

The next moment, Li Qing activated the two spiritual fires in his body at the same time!

The soul-devouring demon flame swept out, and under the control of Li Qing's mind, it directly invaded Cao Xiu's body.

The scorching black demon flame devoured the fire poison in Cao Xiu's body, and removed the fire poison from every inch of his flesh and blood without a trace, even the fire poison that penetrated into the bone marrow was no exception, all of which were devoured.

However, the soul-devouring demon flame was the spiritual fire of heaven and earth that Li Qing had subdued after all. Even if he could suppress it, the temperature was extremely high. If it stayed in Cao Xiu's body for a long time, it would always cause some irreversible damage.

So he activated the Netherworld Cold Fire at the same time, using the coldness of the Netherworld Cold Fire to neutralize the high temperature of the Soul Devouring Demon Flame.

After a long while, under Li Qing's treatment, the last trace of fire poison in Cao Xiu's body was also removed.

However, he was seriously injured. Not only was the fire poison eroding his body, but the mana in his Dantian Qi Sea was also consumed.

Cao Xiu, who was still unconscious, held an empty hilt in his hand, and the golden blade on the hilt had disappeared.

It seemed that this was Cao Xiu's last blow before his death, and he could only have such power at the cost of sacrificing a magic weapon.

"Forget it, I'll save him to the end. It just so happens that I'm also interested in the Fire Cliff Cave."

As he said that, Li Qing picked up Cao Xiu, and then found a deserted natural cave nearby to live in.

After treating Cao Xiu's injuries for a while, Li Qing quietly waited for him to wake up.

But at this moment, the accompanying Bailing Daojun flew out from the fairy green gold fragments.

The slightly illusory figure of Bailing Daojun carefully looked at Cao Xiu's appearance. The more he looked, the more complicated his expression became, with surprise and a little regret.

Before Li Qing asked curiously, Bailing Daojun spoke first:

"What is your relationship with this little guy?"

Li Qing answered directly: "I once knew a junior. His mother wanted me to accept him as a disciple, but I was still shallow at that time and couldn't take care of myself, so I didn't agree."

"In the end, I just passed on two tricks of refining to him, and I never saw him again."

After hearing this, Bailing Daojun sighed lightly and said: "This person makes me a little tempted. I want to pass on my legacy to him."

"But his spiritual root qualifications are too poor, which makes it difficult for me to make up my mind."

After hearing this, Li Qing's eyelids slightly raised. Cao Xiu has the qualifications of three spiritual roots, and the five elements lack water and earth.

Such spiritual root qualifications cannot be said to be good, but they are definitely not bad.

Li Qing, who only has the qualifications of four spiritual roots, feels a little ashamed.

As if he had noticed Li Qing's thoughts, Bailing Daojun sighed lightly, and then said leisurely:

"In a sense, your innate spiritual root aptitude is actually better than this guy's."

"It would be fine even if he had five or four spiritual roots, but he has three spiritual roots. It's really difficult to deal with."

This made Li Qing dumbfounded, and he was confused.

"What do you mean, senior?"

"Isn't it that the spiritual root aptitude of a cultivator is that the fewer spiritual roots the better?"

"The best is the heavenly spiritual root, and the different spiritual roots are slightly inferior. The next is the second and third spiritual roots, and so on. Five spiritual roots are the worst aptitude."

"How can my aptitude be better than his?"

Li Qing asked for advice humbly. What he said just now was the most basic common sense in the world of cultivation.

But Bailing Daojun's words just now broke some of his cognition.