20: Grab the spiritual grass

Seeing himself walk far away, Tang Tian immediately put the token into the Medicine Venerable Space.

Now that people were dead, no one would notice anything amiss.

The Liu Family Patriarch looked at his token and frowned, "Hmm? Why are so many people from the seventh team dead? What happened?"

Other teams had at most one casualty, but the seventh team had already lost five.

The Yu Family Head also looked at the token and marveled at Li Xing's ruthlessness. If his Family lost five Cultivators at the Qi Refining stage, 1st level, he would already be heartbroken.

If Li Xing didn't die after this was over, he could be absorbed into the Family. Although a sixty-year-old man had no potential, someone was needed for dirty work.

Not only that, both Families thought the same way: any Loose Cultivators who survived this Secret Realm must be absorbed into their Families.

Li Xing continued to force other Loose Cultivators to scout ahead. Along the way, Li Xing snatched a few more Spiritual Plants, making Tang Tian quite envious.

If it weren't for being too close, Tang Tian would have snatched them long ago.

The surrounding Loose Cultivators were unwilling and united against Li Xing, "Li Xing, you're treating us as cannon fodder! There are ten of us, and we will kill you today!"

Li Xing sneered, "Kill me?"

He charged into the group of ten, unleashing two Fireball Talismans.

It turned out that during the previous transaction, Li Xing had exchanged for two more Fireball Talismans.

Two Cultivators were burned to death on the spot. Li Xing took out their Fireball Talismans and Gathering Qi Pills, and stared menacingly at the people around him.

The surrounding people had no choice but to go scout ahead.

Li Xing directly pointed at two people but skipped Tang Tian.

Tang Tian's attire was common among Loose Cultivators but rare in a team.

He was the only one in the team who hadn't shown his face.

Tang Tian was stunned. Could this old man have seen through him?

In fact, Li Xing, having lived for over sixty years, had some perception of danger. He thought that perhaps this black-robed Cultivator might be a Body Cultivator, because every step he took was different from other Cultivators.

A scolding voice came from afar, "Old man, come over quickly!"

These were Liu Family disciples. The Loose Cultivators in their team had already been exhausted.

Only five Liu Family disciples remained.

Tang Tian sighed, "This Secret Realm is so terrifying. In just half an hour, fifteen people have died like this."

The Liu Family Captain, who was leading, impatiently asked, "Who is the Captain!"

Li Xing smiled fawningly, "I am, I am."

The Liu Family Captain said, "Give me five Cultivators."

Five Cultivators were already half of the eleven people, and Li Xing obviously didn't count himself.

Li Xing said, "Please wait, my lord. I'll give you six people."

The Liu Family Captain was satisfied, "Sensible."

The leading Liu Family Captain threw five Spirit Stones to Li Xing and left with his people.

The remaining Cultivators looked terrified, wishing they hadn't come.

Li Xing again forced two people to scout ahead, and before leaving, he went to see off the Liu Family disciples.

When he returned, he had five Fireball Talismans on him, and everyone was completely disheartened upon seeing them.

The surrounding people sighed, "It's over, Li Xing is even stronger!"

Now, the distance was growing. It was at least a three-hour journey from the entrance, and Tang Tian was preparing to make his move.

A Cultivator in front suddenly said, "An Immortal Cave has been found ahead."

The remaining Cultivators were all invigorated. They had finally found an Opportunity. The Cultivator who had spoken had already rushed towards the Immortal Cave.

Li Xing, not to be outdone, also rushed over and cursed angrily, "You brat! How dare you run ahead of me!"

A Fireball Talisman was unleashed, severely injuring that Cultivator, who was then killed by Li Xing.

All Cultivators stopped.

Li Xing immediately made two Cultivators scout ahead.

One Cultivator was killed by poisonous Qi as soon as he entered.

Li Xing immediately released a Fireball Talisman, burning away the poisonous Qi.

Tang Tian was stunned. It was a good thing he hadn't killed Li Xing and the others first. The trap ahead needed someone to step on it.

He also didn't know what other traps lay ahead.

Tang Tian stood behind everyone. They entered one by one. Inside were several forks in the path, and the scent of medicinal herbs wafted out.

There were definitely Spirit Medicine. Everyone ran in different directions. Li Xing couldn't stop them and also ran to one side.

But before leaving, he directly collapsed the entrance, his meaning obvious.

Although those Cultivators knew Li Xing had them cornered, with the Opportunity before them, they planned to simply unite and kill Li Xing later.

Tang Tian chose a fork in the path. At the end of the fork grew lush Spiritual Plants. Judging by their age, they were at least sixty years old. With a wave of the Medicine Venerable Space, they were all collected into the seedlings.

After collecting from this fork, he ran to another fork. Here, only a single Spiritual Flower grew.

The Spiritual Qi here was exceptionally abundant.

Tang Tian didn't look closely and just collected it directly.

After tidying up, Li Xing arrived.

Li Xing asked sinisterly, "Little beast, what did you get?"

At this moment, the three united Cultivators said, "Li Xing, today will be your burial ground!"

By then, the three Cultivators had already finished collecting and were moving quickly, wanting to intercept and kill Li Xing directly.

Li Xing said, "Fine, I'll kill you three beasts first."

Li Xing ignored Tang Tian and directly released Fireball Talismans, sending them towards the three Cultivators.

Li Xing roared, "Cultivators at Qi Refining stage, 1st level are all ants!"

He took out a White Bone Greatsword. This was a treasure he had just found.

Some Cultivators used ancient arrows they found to block, while others directly detonated Poison Pills. It seemed there were indeed many treasures inside.

Tang Tian immediately retreated upon seeing this.

The arrow feather material was very good, but that Cultivator had no bow, so he could only waste it.

Li Xing said, "Little beast, I have one too."

Li Xing immediately swallowed the antidote pill he found, and charged forward with the White Bone Greatsword. The sword killed without getting blood on it. Tang Tian liked it more and more the more he looked at it.

He directly took out his two-hundred-jin greatsword. With one charge, Li Xing actually killed all three of them.

Li Xing laughed maniacally, "Little beast, you found a sword too, but mine is better than yours."

Three Fireball Talismans rushed towards Tang Tian. Although Tang Tian was two hundred paces away, he definitely couldn't dodge them.

Li Xing said, "Little beast, what if you're a Body Cultivator? I'll still kill you!"

Li Xing's laughter suddenly stopped, because he saw Tang Tian's heavy sword smashing down from his head.

He hurriedly used the White Bone Greatsword to block, but couldn't withstand it.

Tang Tian mocked, "You truly lived your life in vain."

With one sword, he decapitated him.

Li Xing's head fell to the ground, and in fear, he uttered his last words: "Qi Refining, fourth level."

Tang Tian directly put Li Xing's corpse, along with the surrounding bones, into the Medicine Venerable Space.

Their spoils of war were also collected into the Medicine Venerable Space.

Li Xing still had a Fireball Talisman left. Tang Tian kept it by his side for emergencies.

The treasures in this Immortal Cave had not been fully collected. There were still two more forks in the path.

Tang Tian randomly chose one. At the end, a strange plant appeared, and the surrounding soil was Spiritual Soil, indicating it was extraordinary.

Tang Tian was overjoyed. With a sweep of the seedlings, he even dug up the soil.

After searching this side, he came to the end of the last fork. This was likely the living area, no wonder no one chose it.

In front of him were only bedding and a bed, but there was a jade slip ahead, with a piece of paper nearby.

Tang Tian collected the jade slip and looked at the paper.

It read: "My name is Medicine Venerable Real Person. The following is my life story. I began Qi Refining at thirty, reached Qi Refining Perfection at fifty, but could not achieve Foundation Establishment at seventy.

"I created the Cultivation Technique, the Ten Thousand Devouring Method. At one hundred years old, I finally achieved Foundation Establishment cultivation, and was known as Medicine Venerable Real Person, reigning for over two hundred years.

"But my Family was destroyed, and I fled here with little time left. Unwilling for my Legacy to be cut off, I leave this Opportunity for the fated one. Whether you wish to avenge me is up to you."

Tang Tian was shocked. This was actually the tomb of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator! Everyone had been deceived!

Then, among those who delved deep into this Secret Realm, if ten people could survive and leave, it would be considered a gain.

The Cultivation Technique, the Ten Thousand Devouring Method, was that jade slip. No wonder there were many medicinal herbs; he was an Alchemist.

All of this was reasonable. The Spiritual Qi from Medicinal Pills above the Foundation Establishment Realm, once leaked, would be enough to enlighten some demon immortals.

Fortunately, it wasn't far from the outer perimeter of the Secret Realm. Carefully searching the middle area would also yield Opportunities.

A voice came from outside, "It's an Immortal Cave! Push this door open for me!"

Tang Tian quickly collected everything in front of him, turning the area into an empty space. He didn't even spare the table and meditation cushion in front.

As for the other forks, the previous Cultivators hadn't searched thoroughly, so he could still gather some medicinal herbs.

The Liu Family Captain's voice came, "Hmm! The scent of medicinal herbs!"

Tang Tian sighed. It turned out he had met an old acquaintance.

Only one Cultivator had died in his team, and he no longer urged the Cultivators behind him.

He quickly went in to search.

Tang Tian searched the forks for the medicinal herbs that those Cultivators hadn't taken completely.

Indeed, there were quite a few. There were only five forks in total. After searching them all, he encountered the Liu Family Captain.

The Liu Family Captain was overjoyed, his eyes looking at Tang Tian sinisterly, "Hmm! Blood Spirit Grass! A yellow-grade Spirit Medicine! What did you find, kid!"

This person had seen Tang Tian before and thought Tang Tian was still as easy to manipulate as Li Xing.

He immediately reached out to snatch the Blood Spirit Grass.

Tang Tian said, "Scram!"

Tang Tian swung his heavy sword, forcing the Liu Family Captain back dozens of steps.

The Liu Family Captain was stunned and said, "You're also at Lian Qi Second Layer! You've hidden it well!"

Tang Tian thought to himself, "It's just that I only exposed my Lian Qi Second Layer cultivation to you."

The Blood Spirit Grass had already fallen into Tang Tian's hand.

The Liu Family Captain said, "Kill him, all of you!"

He commanded the remaining four Loose Cultivators, while the Liu Family members released Fireball Talismans from the side.

The Liu Family Captain incited them, "This Blood Spirit Grass is worth one hundred Spirit Stones. After you kill the Cultivator in front of you, I'll give you ten Spirit Stones."

Although that group of Cultivators had no choice, they could only go forward.

That group of Cultivators was already exhausted, and Tang Tian easily killed them.

The Liu Family Captain was shocked and said, "You're actually a Body Cultivator!"

The four Liu Family members beside him were somewhat afraid.

Tang Tian was puzzled. Was being a Body Cultivator that obvious?

Actually, that two-hundred-jin greatsword, one look and you'd know it belonged to a Body Cultivator. Anyone who saw it would feel fear.

Tang Tian said, "Hand over your Spirit Stones, and I'll spare your lives."

The Secret Realm had only just begun for half a day, and five young Liu Family members had died. If the Liu Family Patriarch came, Tang Tian would only be able to run.

Now, he could only rob them.