27: Lots of vultures

Meditating to recover Spiritual Qi until dawn… Tang Tian and Liu Ru Shi moved when the morning glow appeared in the distance…

It was a good thing Fourth Senior Sister told them where the Medicine Garden was, unlike the other Senior Brothers who just left.

Chi Daizi’s mountain was very large, and the Medicine Garden was located in the distance, filled with poisonous mist.

The soil around the Medicine Garden was completely black, like scorched earth after a fire, but the Spiritual Qi was quite abundant.

The Medicine Garden covered an area of one thousand mu, which shocked Tang Tian; this was the wealth of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Tang Tian truly hadn't expected it; even if the Cloud Rain Technique could cover ten mu at a time, it would still require a hundred uses.

But Tang Tian could only cover half a mu at a time.

Tang Tian only felt the path ahead was dark, and the poisonous plants in front of him grew very lushly.

The large amount of poisonous gas made people afraid to approach; it was clearly Chi Daizi's Medicine Garden.

However, not all of them were poisonous plants, but poisonous plants accounted for more than half.

This made Tang Tian even more hesitant to consume Chi Daizi's Medicinal Pills.

Tang Tian said, "Senior Sister Liu, let's work together. One mu at a time, taking five minutes, will be enough."

Two people working together to water was much easier than one person.

Liu Ru Shi said, "But what about this poisonous mist?"

Cultivators feared poison the most.

Tang Tian said, "Burn it with a Fireball Technique."

Liu Ru Shi released a Fireball Technique, and the poisonous mist indeed dissipated a lot.

Inside, poisonous insects died, making crackling sounds.

Liu Ru Shi exclaimed in surprise, "It really works!"

Tang Tian said, "That's natural. Fire can overcome poison."

Tang Tian then released a bit of Evil Qi, and the poisonous insects in front were torn apart, the poisonous mist fanned backward by the Evil Qi.

One strand of Evil Qi could be used a thousand times just to kill these small insects that hadn't reached Body Refining.

However, it was still a bit inferior to the Fireball Technique; Earthly Fiend Fist had no fire attribute and couldn't contend with poisonous mist.

Seeing Liu Ru Shi's curious gaze, Tang Tian explained, "This is the Evil Qi of the 'Earthly Fiend Fist'."

Liu Ru Shi also tried to condense Evil Qi, but she couldn't.

The two of them each took an antidote Medicinal Pill and began to form hand seals, turning spiritual power into rain, and using Evil Qi to drive away insects.

Chi Daizi only planted three Spiritual Plants per mu, but these poisonous plants absorbed water extremely well; even after three minutes of continuous rain from the dark clouds, the ground barely got wet.

Tang Tian thought about transplanting these into the Medicine Venerable Space, but then he considered how much Spiritual Qi these poisonous plants absorbed.

Tang Tian secretly thought, "Forget it. If only the spiritual power in the Medicine Venerable Space were sufficient, I would definitely transplant them. Let's talk about it later."

The dark clouds had to pour for seven minutes to barely be considered adequate.

Pushing themselves, they should be able to cover fifty mu in a day.

In one mu of land, as long as the roots of the poisonous plants were softened with the Tool Transformation Art, it would be fine.

The two of them did it very easily, as they had already been watered with spiritual rain.

The sky brightened, and they didn't expect the sun could also disperse these poisonous mists.

They only needed to kill the poisonous insects.

Chi Daizi's herb reserves were quite abundant; they had already watered four or five mu, and hadn't seen the same Spirit Medicine yet.

Their spiritual power was almost exhausted, and the two began to meditate to recover Spiritual Qi.

Suddenly, Liu Ru Shi said to Tang Tian in horror, "Senior Brother, listen."

A Fireball Technique shot into the distance…

A flock of one-meter-tall vultures flew over—they were demon immortals at the Qi Refining stage, 1st level.

Tang Tian immediately sent a streak of Evil Qi into the distance, but it didn't kill it.

Both of them were stunned; the vulture only had a large amount of blood flowing from its leg.

Tang Tian's cultivation was at the Qi Refining stage, 4th level. The vulture cried out in pain and was devoured by the other vultures.

The two immediately used the 'Hundred Vulture Soul Guiding Art'; the vultures flying in the distance dropped to the ground, paused for a second, and then flew back into the sky.

It was indeed effective; the heavily injured vulture fell to the ground and was swallowed.

However, they hadn't mastered it completely, so it wasn't of much use.

In fact, Senior Brother Chi Qingzi could only stun them for three seconds, but he was a tree, and vultures don't eat trees when he stands there.

Tang Tian finally understood the pitiful expressions Senior Brother Chi Qingzi and Chi Fanzi had given him.

Tang Tian said, "Run!"

However, while running, he released a few more Hundred Vulture Soul Guiding Arts.

Although a Qi Refining stage, 1st level Cultivator could fight, what if they got injured? After all, the spiritual field belonged to their master, but their life was their own.

Those vultures had such large claws; one grab would definitely disfigure them.

Liu Ru Shi ran exceptionally fast, while Tang Tian still had the leisure to use Evil Qi to kill the poisonous insects blocking their way.

Those vultures regarded the poisonous mist as nothing; Tang Tian released a few more streaks of Evil Qi before finally shaking them off, mainly because they were somewhat full from eating.

But in the distance, there was another large group of vultures. So, this Chi Daizi's Medicine Garden was a gathering point for these poisonous vultures.

These poisonous vultures also ate poisonous insects, but after running towards the inner area of the Medicine Garden, the poisonous vultures couldn't reach them for now.

Liu Ru Shi said, "Senior Brother, what should we do?"

Liu Ru Shi was preparing to continue casting Fireball Techniques at the group of vultures.

Tang Tian said, "First, let's plant the medicinal seeds that… um, Fourth Senior Sister instructed us to."

Tang Tian had originally wanted to say 'fox spirit'—but then he remembered that fox ears were always sensitive, so he changed his words.

Liu Ru Shi said, "That's the only way."

Liu Ru Shi also had no choice. Tang Tian handed her five spiritual seeds of each kind.

The two found a suitable place to dig; the iron essence hoe was very easy to use.

It saved them from having to use spiritual power to blast open the spiritual soil and dig by hand.

After planting the spiritual seeds, they frantically absorbed the surrounding Spiritual Qi. It seemed that each kind was only suitable for planting one plant, and there were only thirty kinds in total, so it wasn't difficult.

In just a moment, the two had planted all thirty plants, still using the method of planting three plants per mu.

Some poisonous insects gathered towards them and were killed by Tang Tian.

It seemed there were many poisonous plants here.

However, Chi Daizi didn't only have Spiritual Plants; he also had spiritual trees and a pond.

In the distance, there was a forest.

The forest was very dense and they dared not enter; the pond inside cultivated aquatic Spiritual Plants.

However, those Spiritual Plants constantly expelled the duckweed approaching them, so it seemed they needed to be cleared.

Some Spiritual Plants were covered by duckweed and were on the verge of death.

The pond covered ten mu, so it seemed there weren't many fields to water.

As for the spiritual trees, they needed to prune their branches… This was where the advantage of the Tool Transformation Art became apparent…

Evil Qi was too strong and easily left marks on the trees, but the Tool Transformation Art wouldn't. The surrounding bushes also needed to be cleared.

Tang Tian pushed through with the Tool Transformation Art; some bushes even had fruits bitten by insects. Tang Tian picked one up and ate it; it was quite sweet.

Being in the forest had an advantage; although the vultures circled above, they just wouldn't come down.

Tang Tian discovered a Spiritual Tree that continuously released Spiritual Qi into its surroundings, but anything that approached it would be whipped by its branches.

Tang Tian protected his head and quickly picked the seeds from the Spiritual Tree.

His body was left with several blood marks from the branches; even someone specializing in Body Refining was injured like this, so this Spiritual Tree was not an ordinary item.

It was at least ninety years old; Tang Tian didn't know where Chi Daizi found such a treasure.

If he had the chance to leave Chi Daizi, he would definitely take this ninety-year-old Spiritual Tree.

Tang Tian even wanted to directly sit down and Cultivate beside it.

But then he thought of the vultures circling overhead and stopped.

Liu Ru Shi asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Liu Ru Shi cast a cleansing spell… After her whole body was clean… she walked towards him.

Tang Tian said, "Be careful!"

Before Tang Tian could finish speaking, a whip-like branch from the Spiritual Tree lashed out at Liu Ru Shi.

The necklace on Liu Ru Shi's body glowed, and the shield was shattered by the branch, but it actually blocked the attack.

If Liu Ru Shi had been hit by that blow, she would probably have cried for a long time.

After all, Tang Tian, who used seventy-to-eighty-year-old herbs for Body Refining every day, was still injured.

One should know that ordinary weapons would not injure Tang Tian even after five or six slashes.

This spiritual tree branch was very strong.

Liu Ru Shi said with lingering fear, "Good thing I have the necklace my sister left me."

Tang Tian was very familiar with this necklace; after all, when the mountain bandits captured them that day, Liu Ru Shi also relied on this shield to extricate herself.

Liu Ru Shi asked, "What is this?"

Tang Tian said, "It's a branch that releases Spiritual Qi; it looks quite strange."

This tree looked ordinary, but its effect was very good.

Tang Tian asked, "Is your shield affected?"

Besides Liu Ru Shi, Tang Tian had never seen anyone else use this type of weapon.

Liu Ru Shi said, "No effect. It automatically recovers every day. It's a Profound Rank Fourth Grade top-grade Spiritual Artifact."

Tang Tian clicked his tongue… The Liu Family truly had a deep foundation—

With such a deep foundation, why couldn't they afford to Cultivate the 'Frost Palm'?

Actually, Tang Tian underestimated the preciousness of seventy-to-eighty-year-old Spirit Medicine.

The Liu Family and the Yu Family could turn against each other over a single seventy-to-eighty-year-old Spiritual Plant.

And Tang Tian used this for Body Refining every day.

Tang Tian suddenly remembered that Fourth Senior Sister Chi Fanzi had been very caring towards Liu Ru Shi earlier, and Liu Ru Shi also sought Chi Fanzi's opinion.

Tang Tian asked, "Are Fourth Senior Sister and you very familiar?"

This was not Tang Tian's fault; after all, he had never seen Liu Ru Shi go to Fourth Senior Sister's room on the mountain.

Liu Ru Shi said, "She has some businesses that she needs our Liu Family to manage. Those five hundred Spirit Stones were given to me by her."

"The Liu Family needs to help her with an escort mission a month later."

So, Chi Fanzi had already made her plans—it seemed they had to go down the mountain a month later.

Tang Tian asked, "Are there many people…?"

Tang Tian was thinking about how to escape then.

Liu Ru Shi said, "Twenty escort agencies in Qingmu County that are friendly with our Liu Family."

Alright, it seemed Chi Fanzi was gathering a large force again, preparing to retaliate against that heavily injured Foundation Establishment person.

Could that Foundation Establishment person have been lured over by Chi Fanzi?

But the ultimate culprits for all this were First Senior Brother and Tang Tian.

Tang Tian thought about it; besides this, he didn't seem to have offended Fourth Senior Sister anywhere else.

First Senior Brother's offense probably didn't count as an offense either.

What kind of offense was it to Senior Brother and Senior Sister? At most, it was collateral damage.

Thinking of this… Tang Tian felt at ease…