freenovelworld Chapter 524 Mayfly Steps, Herb Gathering
Chapter 524 Mayfly Steps, Herb Gathering
Rong Shu smiled without saying a word, but then shook the black pill bottle in his hand again.
"Give me one!" Lu Zhuo held back for a long time, but finally couldn't resist throwing out a bag of spirit stones, then hurriedly took the pill and swallowed it.
Rong Shu asked in confusion, "Didn't you not get infected?"
The next second, Lu Zhuo took off his boots, revealing a patch of small bumps on his right calf.
He even tentatively reached out and scratched it, and it really wasn't itchy anymore.
Lu Zhuo almost burst into tears.
He's finally saved! God knows how much he endured!
Duan Yuyan leaned over for a look: "Old Lu, so you've fallen for it too?"
Lu Zhuo pursed his bluish-purple lips, still stubbornly insisting, "...I didn't get infected. My trouser leg just got some sticky liquid on it, and then I accidentally got it on my leg."
Rong Shu: "..." Is there a difference?
Duan Yuyan: "..." This guy pretending to be dead is quite tolerant!
Seeing that Lu Zhuo, the guinea pig, was really effective, Feng Qianli took out a spirit stone and threw it to Rong Shu. He picked up the pill and swallowed it. In just a few breaths, his five senses were blocked, and he really couldn't feel the slightest itch.
He gave a thumbs up: "Miracle doctor!"
"A miracle doctor, my foot! Your lips have turned black!" Duan Yuyan's mouth twitched violently; he simply couldn't bear to look at you.
Rong Shu then tossed two pills to Lu Zhuo and Feng Qianli: "Here, these are pills to suppress the new poison. They will allow the two deadly poisons to reach a balance in your bodies."
"As long as you don't run around or jump around during this time, causing your blood and qi to rush to your head, and don't misuse your spiritual energy, you'll be fine."
"You all wait here until I return from gathering herbs."
Rong Shu left some pills for Xing Xue and Si Chenbi, and after asking Duan Yuyan where the [Hundred-Day Su] grew, he took a step with his mayfly-like steps and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Rong Shu's movement technique seems different from what it was during the Heroes' Gathering?" Feng Qianli stared at Rong Shu's back and muttered to himself.
Duan Yuyan scratched his neck and rolled his eyes: "You martial arts fanatic, still thinking about fighting? Do you want the toxins in your body to spread even faster?"
"...Hey, hey, little Duan, you actually stole some pills?"
"What do you mean by stealing? I took it openly and honestly!"
……
On the other side, Rong Shu arrived outside the habitat of the Taotie Heavenly Dog. He did not rush in. He used his divine sense to quickly detect that there were eight Taotie Heavenly Dogs in the habitat. Five of them had not yet reached adulthood. The three adult Taotie Heavenly Dogs posed the greatest threat to Rong Shu.
The aura emitted by the adult Taotie Heavenly Dogs is equivalent to that of a cultivator in the Void Refinement stage. If Rong Shu were to confront them head-on, he would not fare well.
Rong Shu pondered in his heart: "The Taotie Heavenly Dog has a keen sense of smell and equally strong night vision. It only occasionally gets lazy and dozes off during the day."
Rong Shu looked up at the sky. There were less than three hours until dark, so he had to finish the battle quickly.
"Perfect timing! Let's try out the newly mastered [Mayfly Step] and see if we can escape from eight Gluttonous Heavenly Dogs?"
Rong Shu lay in wait for almost an hour, and finally waited until two of the three adult Taotie Heavenly Dogs started to doze off. Meanwhile, the five little Taotie Heavenly Dogs, which had been playing and fighting for most of the day, either ran far away or were exhausted and also lay on the ground dozing off.
Currently, only one adult Taotie Tengu is left on guard, making it the perfect time.
A figure leaped down from the tree, a few leaves drifting down, as if a gust of wind had stepped over them and left silently.
The mayfly step can be further divided into the thirteen steps of the mayfly.
[The first step of the mayfly: leaves fall silently, wind passes without a trace]
Rong Shu aimed at a Hundred-Day Su and secretly communicated with the Wood Spirit within his body to prepare. The moment he approached the Hundred-Day Su, the Wood Spirit emerged and plunged into the ground.
In the blink of an eye, a small section of the ground sank in, and the 100-day-old Susan that was growing well on the ground vanished without a trace.
When the wood spirit finally emerged, it flew unsteadily, its two chubby little hands covering its round little belly.
Inside the little belly of the wood spirit was the missing Hundred-Day Su. From its flowers, leaves, and fruits to its roots and stems, it had been completely uprooted without damaging the Hundred-Day Su.
“There are more over there. Pick a few more Hundred-Day Su. One might not be enough… Even if it’s enough, pick a few more. We can give them to our fourth senior brother when we get back to Zhanming Mountain.” Rong Shu saw that Mu Ling’s little belly was filled with ten Hundred-Day Su plants when he suddenly heard an angry bark.
"Roar!"
A dark shadow loomed overhead.
It was the Taotie Heavenly Dog that discovered Rong Shu!
"Mu Ling! Come back!" Rong Shu picked up Mu Ling and used the Mayfly Step to avoid the Taotie Heavenly Dog's heavy blow, which felt like Mount Tai pressing down on him.
"Roar! Roar!"
At this moment, all the Taotie Heavenly Dogs in the habitat reacted and rushed to surround Rong Shu.
Rong Shu's footsteps were sometimes ethereal, sometimes slow, and sometimes swift, creating hundreds and thousands of overlapping shadows. All the Taotie Heavenly Dogs that rushed over missed their target.
[Mayfly Step Two: A Dazzling Array of Flowers]
In the blink of an eye, Rong Shu ran out of the habitat.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!!!" Behind him came the roars of the Taotie Heavenly Dogs. Although Rong Shu couldn't understand the beast language, he could tell that, well... they were cursing quite filthy.
Thinking of this, Rong Shu ran even faster.
The habitat isn't limited to just these few Taotie Heavenly Dogs; there are several more patrolling the mountain gate. Those Taotie Heavenly Dogs are even more unfathomable in strength, comparable to cultivators in the Integration Stage or even the Mahayana Stage.
Rong Shu dared not play any tricks in front of those powerful demons.
"With these Hundred-Day Su, we can finally cure the poison that causes such intense itching in Shen Bi and the others."
"It's a bit of a pity. If it weren't for those three adult Taotie Tengu, I would have liked to collect a few bottles of saliva from the juvenile Taotie Tengu..." Rong Shuxin thought regretfully.
The saliva of the Taotie Heavenly Dog has an itchy effect; if refined further, it might be able to create an even more potent poison.
"...No, I'm an alchemist, not a poison master. What poison are you thinking about?" Rong Shu shook her head. "It's all my fourth senior brother's fault. He kept talking about the Xiao family's treasured poison pill formula..." He corrupted her.
"Roar--"
A deafening roar rang out, startling Rong Shu so much that he almost lost his footing and fell from the air.
“This is…” Rong Shu’s expression changed slightly, and he turned and ran even faster.
It's...it's a great demon! A great demon comparable to the Nascent Soul stage!
Outside the habitat of the Taotie Tengu, a strong and imposing Taotie Tengu appeared. Its sharp eyes swept over the ground that should have been covered with Hundred-Day Su, but was now empty. A trace of obvious irritation flashed in its eyes, and its three tails behind it swished back and forth.
With a casual flick, he shattered a hard rock.
"It's just kids playing around, please don't be offended." A voice came from behind the Taotie Heavenly Dog.
"Roar!"
The man comforted the Taotie Heavenly Dog, saying, "You've lived to such an old age, how can you lower yourself to argue with a few children?"
"Roar!"
"Hey~ It's just eating dog meat, not your Taotie Tengu clan's dog meat... Oh, you mean you want to eat us? A bunch of brats, you deserve to be punished and beaten!"
"Old buddy, give me some face, don't be angry..."
"I only have one disciple, my only son, he's hard to find... It's his blessing to have more attachments in this mortal world..."