35: A battle between cultivators! One dead, one wounded?

He carefully took out a Jade Shovel and excavated the entire thousand-year ice heart lotus along with the Spiritual Mud beneath it, solemnly placing it into a special Ten-thousand-year Cold Jade Box and pasting several Restriction Talismans on it before finally breathing a long sigh of relief.

Back on shore, Lu Qiu was in no hurry to leave.

He skillfully dismembered the Ice Python's corpse; the snake gallbladder, snake tendons, the single horn, and that precious snake skin were all top-grade Artifact Refining and Alchemy Materials, none of which could be overlooked.

Bringing these Materials out, he might be able to refine one or two Top-Grade Magical Artifacts.

In the original work, Han Li used the Materials from the Ink Flood Dragon to refine Magical Artifacts that repeatedly performed miraculous feats.

Even after reaching the Chaotic Star Sea, the Ink Flood Dragon's corpse was still of great use to Han Li.

Although this Ice Python was slightly inferior to the Ink Flood Dragon, it wasn't much different.

After finishing all this, he looked around.

The fog here was thick, and with the residual aura of a Second-Grade Demonic Beast acting as a deterrent, no other Cultivators or Yao Beasts would come to disturb him in the short term.

It was an excellent hiding place.

Lu Qiu did not hesitate and walked to a mountain wall.

The next moment, the qingming sword flew out at his command.

The sword light flickered, and the hard rock wall was cut open like tofu; the prototype of a simple Immortal Cave quickly took shape.

After skillfully setting up a Formation, Lu Qiu finally moved in with peace of mind.

The fierce battle just now had consumed a lot, so he had to meditate and recover well.

The next morning, the sky was faintly bright.

Inside the Immortal Cave, Lu Qiu's inner Qi flowed steadily through his Meridians; once a full cycle was completed, he opened his eyes right on time.

The mana consumed yesterday was fully restored, and his spirit was full.

With a slight thought.

That familiar information panel unfolded silently before his eyes.

[white information: On a cliff three miles east of Spirit Mist Valley, an eighty-year-old mist spirit grass is growing.]

[white information: In the swamp on the south side of Spirit Mist Valley, there are three sixty-year-old mist spirit grass plants.]

[silver information: On the west side of Spirit Mist Valley, inside a cave covered by jagged rocks, grows a five-hundred-year-old Mutant Purple Spirit Ginseng.]

Two white and one silver.

Lu Qiu's gaze swept over the first two pieces of white information.

He didn't care much about mist spirit grass that was only a few decades old.

Lu Qiu's gaze finally fixed on the last piece of silver information.

A five-hundred-year-old Mutant Purple Spirit Ginseng.

This was somewhat valuable.

Purple Spirit Ginseng was already a sacred medicine for healing, and after mutating, its medicinal properties became even stronger, making it quite valuable.

Lu Qiu stood up and slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

“It seems there are no more major Opportunities around this Spirit Mist Valley.”

Aside from that priceless thousand-year ice heart lotus, the information refreshed over these two days had been quite limited in value.

He didn't stay too long, removed the Formation at the cave entrance, and with a movement of his body, he sped toward the west side of Spirit Mist Valley.

Following the guidance of the information, he soon found the hidden cave under a pile of jagged rocks.

The cave was dark and damp, and a spirit ginseng emitting a faint purple light was growing quietly, its medicinal fragrance assailing his nose.

Lu Qiu moved nimbly, took out the Jade Shovel to excavate it completely, and placed it into a jade box for proper storage.

Opportunity obtained.

He no longer lingered and left this Spirit Mist Valley where he had gained so much.

Taking out that crude animal skin map, Lu Qiu identified the direction and headed toward the central area of the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land.

The closer one got to the center, the more Opportunities there were, but similarly, the other Cultivators and dangers encountered would also increase exponentially.

Therefore, Lu Qiu became increasingly cautious.

One hour later.

Lu Qiu's footsteps stopped before a slope covered with jagged, grotesque rocks.

The map marked this place as Tianxin Slope.

A rather rare Spirit Medicine grew here—Tianxin Grass.

This grass was the main ingredient for several types of heart-clearing and spirit-calming Medicinal Pills, and it had miraculous effects on breaking through Heart Demon Bottlenecks, making it quite valuable.

Lu Qiu activated the Heavenly Eye Technique, his gaze scanning the rock-strewn slope.

Sure enough, between the crevices of several giant rocks, he discovered quite a few Tianxin Grass plants swaying in the wind, at least a hundred years old, with as many as seven or eight of them.

He was delighted and was about to step forward to pick them.

But his footsteps abruptly stopped.

His expression was solemn, and he did not continue forward.

Instead, he stood in place and spoke loudly toward the deserted rock-strewn slope.

“Fellow Daoist, you should show yourself. What kind of skill is it to hide and skulk around?”

His voice echoed on the empty slope, but aside from the whistling mountain wind, there was no response.

Behind the rocks, it was even more silent.

Lu Qiu gave another cold snort.

“Since Your Excellency is unwilling to show yourself, then please excuse me for not staying. Farewell.”

After saying that, he actually did not hesitate at all, turned around and left, driving his flying Magical Artifact and quickly leaving the range of Tianxin Slope, disappearing into the distant mountain forest.

Tianxin Slope returned to silence once more.

After a while, just as the sun was about to set.

A green streak of light silently returned to the outskirts of Tianxin Slope.

It was Lu Qiu, who had gone and returned.

He hid behind a tree and carefully probed again with the Heavenly Eye Technique, confirming there was no aura of any ambush.

“It seems there really was no one.”

Only then did he feel at ease, summoning the golden origin bell to hang above his head just in case.

Then his figure flashed, and he quickly picked all seven or eight Tianxin Grass plants and tucked them away.

After doing all this, he left completely.

He couldn't be blamed for being cautious.

In this Blood-Colored Forbidden Land, any carelessness could bring about a fatal disaster.

Often, the most lethal dangers didn't come from Yao Beasts, but from fellow Cultivators who also came for Opportunities.

Perhaps some tempting Opportunities were baits intentionally set by other Cultivators to lure others... Night fell.

Lu Qiu found a towering ancient tree in a dense forest, carved out a simple tree hollow, set up a Mist Obscuring Eyes Formation and a Stealth Talisman, and stayed there for the night.

The next morning, the information panel refreshed on time.

[white information: Beside a mountain stream three miles ahead, a Red Sun Flower is growing.]

[white information: Deep in the forest, in the nest of a First-Grade Yao Beast, an Iron-backed Bear, there are two hundred-year-old Bear Gall Grass plants.]

[silver information: Yanyue Sect Qi Refining Stage Cultivator Zhou Qian and Tianque Fortress Qi Refining Stage Cultivator Feng Yue will duel today at the hour of the monkey at Wulong Pond ten miles ahead to fight for a 'Dragon Blood Vine'; the final result will be one dead and one injured.]

Lu Qiu's gaze swept across, freezing on the last piece of silver information.

Cultivators dueling, one dead and one injured?

The System would actually refresh this kind of information?

Could this also be considered an Opportunity?

Thoughts spun rapidly in his mind, and he instantly understood the System's intention.

This information didn't predict that he could pick up some Heaven And Earth Treasure.

Rather, it predicted a battle where he could reap the benefits of being a bystander.

When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins?

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind?

The System means for me to be that oriole?

This System is becoming more and more unscrupulous now.