125: Chapter 125 The Running Plant

Upon closer inspection, several Jade Radish Stems appeared.

Looking at these things again, it was only then discovered that they were not plants at all, nor were they green.

Their bodies emitted black Qi, with thin, long legs that looked like tree roots, and they were sprinting wildly toward the two of them.

"Careful!" Liu Tingting shouted, drawing her precious sword to prepare for battle.

The few Jade Radish Stems rushed to within two zhang, suddenly leaped up, stepped on the walls and the ceiling of the secret passage, hopped forward a few steps, then stopped moving and suddenly spewed out a large amount of black Qi.

Liu Tingting's sword-like eyebrows stood straight up.

She was not afraid of fighting, but she was most afraid of these dark, foul-smelling things, and instinctively retreated backward.

Unexpectedly, a Jade Radish Stem jumped out from somewhere behind, landed on Liu Tingting's head, covered her face, and blocked her eyes.

"Mom!"

Liu Tingting shivered all over, goosebumps rising across her body, and she actually fainted.

Xia Shaoxin was shocked and swung his sword to strike, wanting to save Liu Tingting.

That Jade Radish Stem had immense strength and was actually dragging Liu Tingting toward the depths of the secret passage.

Xia Shaoxin did not expect Liu Tingting to faint at such a critical moment.

His sword struck the Jade Radish Stem, but he couldn't cut through it.

Several Jade Radish Stems pounced on him simultaneously; he struggled left and right but couldn't shake them off, and was hugged head-on by one of them.

A hidden tube extended from its leaves, intending to insert itself into his nose.

A strong, foul stench poured in, and only then did he understand why Liu Tingting had fainted.

Anyone who smelled such an odor wouldn't be able to handle it.

Xia Shaoxin had dealt with Poisonous Insects since he was young, so he could endure even the foulest of smells.

The only thing he was worried about was the poison.

At this moment, he couldn't care about the lethal poison; he reached out, grabbed the Jade Radish Stem, and pulled hard, but his leather gloves were useless as it was slippery.

He hurriedly threw away the leather gloves, used his bare hand to grab the Jade Radish Stem, pulled violently, and yanked the long tube out of his nose.

The Jade Radish Stem struggled wildly in his hand, but Xia Shaoxin held it tightly.

This thing looked like a plant, but in reality, it wasn't a plant at all.

While struggling, it sprayed poison mist frantically.

Xia Shaoxin hardened his heart and silently recited the Sacrificial Incantation; the Jade Radish Stem in his hand suddenly vanished, and the Shangqing Profound Mirror in his Sea of Consciousness emitted a pleasant chime like a jade chime.

He had successfully sacrificed one Jade Radish Stem.

He reached out again, grabbed another one, and slammed it onto the ground.

Then he grabbed the third one and, without a word, stuffed it into his Storage Pouch.

Very quickly, these few were all packed away, and he hurriedly ran to search for Liu Tingting.

Fortunately, not far away, after rounding a corner, he saw Liu Tingting lying on the ground, motionless.

He rushed forward in a few steps, grabbed the Jade Radish Stem, pulled and threw it about, and successfully extracted the long tube from Liu Tingting's nose.

He stuffed it into his Storage Pouch.

He picked up Liu Tingting, checked her breath, pinched her philtrum, and Liu Tingting let out a cry: "It smells so bad I could die!"

She opened her eyes, saw Xia Shaoxin, threw her arms around his neck, and cried loudly: "How can there be such disgusting things?"

"Alright, it's okay now." Xia Shaoxin breathed a sigh of relief and comforted her.

Liu Tingting saw that he was covered in foul-smelling slime and let go of him in disgust.

"You are covered in it too." Xia Shaoxin reminded her kindly.

Liu Tingting looked down and saw that she was indeed covered in the stench from head to toe, and couldn't help but burst into loud sobs.

Xia Shaoxin felt relieved.

Although the Jade Radish Stems were strong, compared to a Cultivator at the Third Layer of Qi Refining, they were still a bit weak.

They mainly relied on their foul-smelling poison gas, but because Xia Shaoxin had consumed a Medicinal Pill that enhanced his Physique, and combined with his exposure to toxic miasma since childhood, the Jade Radish Stems' poison gas attacks were almost ineffective.

The two were fine now, and they had to go find Elder Luo Xi.

"Senior Luo is likely unable to hold out either; I am worried that he has met with foul play."

Xia Shaoxin took out the butterfly loves flower wooden plaque.

Using this, he could teleport to Elder Luo Xi's side.

There was only one five poisons pill, and only one chance to use it.

"Can two people use it together?" Xia Shaoxin was very confused.

Liu Tingting could not give an answer.

Xia Shaoxin activated the mechanism, and it circled around him, creating a small circle of light.

This was a portable Teleportation Array!

"Hurry, come in."

Liu Tingting nimbly jumped into the circle of light; because the space was too small, the two were practically hugging each other.

A screen appeared before Xia Shaoxin.

One butterfly loves flower was nearby, and one was far away.

The one nearby was naturally the one held by Liu Tingting.

He used his intent to select the one in the distance.

A beam of light flashed, their vision went black, their bodies felt weightless, and when they opened their eyes again, they saw Elder Luo Xi curled up in the corner of the wall, with several Jade Radish Stems wrapped around his body.

The surroundings were in a mess, with slime splattered everywhere; it seemed they had experienced a fierce struggle.

Liu Tingting was stunned in shock.

She wanted to help, but was stunned by the disgusting appearance of the Jade Radish Stems.

Xia Shaoxin acted quickly, pulling the tube out of Elder Luo Xi's nose.

"Was I like this just now?" Liu Tingting asked tremblingly.

"Yeah!" Xia Shaoxin replied firmly and forcefully.

Liu Tingting's brows immediately furrowed, and she turned her head to look at the wall, lost in thought.

The ground was covered in dark, foul slime, and only this patch of wall was clean.

After a while, Elder Luo Xi woke up.

Seeing this scene, he asked Xia Shaoxin directly: "Did you save me?"

Elder Luo Xi was a good judge of character and knew that in this situation, Liu Tingting would be helpless.

"Yes."

Elder Luo Xi sighed: "Thank you. I didn't expect this thing to be so troublesome. After all, no one has seen it for a thousand years, and the books don't describe it clearly."

This reason could save face for Elder Luo Xi.

But he forgot that this was also Xia Shaoxin's first time seeing this thing.

He was the first person in a thousand years to subdue a Jade Radish Stem.

"Your performance surprises me. It seems my guess was correct. Shenji Tower and Chiyan Sect are thousands of miles apart, and the Forbidden Grounds are different, but you can adapt to the environment on both sides, which shows that the source of their power is similar."

Xia Shaoxin, however, was not excited at all.

This was not a good thing.

"I used the butterfly loves flower once."

Elder Luo Xi's eyes widened: "After using it once, it takes at least a day before it can be used again, yet you used this opportunity on me!"

"Was it not worth it?" Xia Shaoxin asked seriously.

Elder Luo Xi revealed a moved expression.

He took out the map to look at it; two red lines, one thick and one thin, had drawn a short segment on the map. Their current location was separated from the previous one by a few turns.

He took out the jade pig again and closed his eyes.

"I can sense his presence; let's go."

The three set off again, this time even more cautious. Along the way, they encountered five types of monsters, attacking together and never separating.

Xia Shaoxin packed the monsters he killed into his Storage Pouch, quietly sacrificing a few and keeping a few; the harvest was certainly not small.

Along the way, there were actually many human bones, making this place look even more like a tomb passage.

Walking to a certain place, Elder Luo Xi screamed.

Xia Shaoxin looked over and saw a skeleton on the ground; beneath the skeleton was, shockingly, a jade pig.

Elder Luo Xi's eyes almost popped out; he took two steps in one, stumbled forward, and fell to his knees in front of the skeleton.

Tremblingly, he picked up the jade pig from the ground, but it had already been broken.

"So the Yue Kingdom was really lying; Senior Luo's brother is right here!" Xia Shaoxin was very angry.

If the Yue Kingdom had admitted that Uncle Ancestor Luo You died here, they wouldn't have forced Elder Luo Xi to come searching in secret, and he himself wouldn't have been brought in by Elder Luo Xi.

He wished he could pin that Grand Minister Liao Sishui to the ground and give him a good beating!