freenovelworld Chapter 275: Spiritual Herb Exploration Journey
Chapter 275: Spiritual Herb Exploration Journey
On Yun Yao's cultivation path, the bottleneck of advancing from the high level of the foundation building realm to the condensed pill realm is like a towering mountain, standing in front of her. The system timely issued a series of special cultivation tasks for her, one of which was to go deep into the mysterious valley full of miasma to find a very special spiritual herb. This spiritual herb grows in places where miasma is pervasive and monsters are rampant. Ordinary cultivators are afraid of it, but Yun Yao resolutely embarked on this journey full of unknowns and dangers.
Yun Yao stood at the entrance of the valley and looked up. She saw mist rising in the valley, as if a huge gray python was entwined in it, emitting a chilling breath. The miasma was as thick as substance, constantly rolling and surging, and there was a faint pungent smell of decay that made people want to vomit. The peaks on both sides of the valley were steep and rugged, with jagged rocks. The sharp rocks seemed to roll down from the mountains at any time and smash the intruders to pieces.
She knew the difficulty of this journey, so she took out a pill from her storage bag that was specially used to resist the miasma and swallowed it, then cast a purification spell called "Clear Wind Body Protection". A light blue light emerged from her palm, surrounding her body and forming a thin shield. The shield slowly rotated in the miasma, gently pushing away the poisonous fog that tried to approach, and creating a small piece of safe space.
Yun Yao stepped into the valley carefully, taking every step with extreme caution. She used her full consciousness to vigilantly sense the movements around her. Not long after entering the valley, she heard a low roar coming from the depths of the valley. The sound was like thunder, shaking the ground slightly. Yun Yao's heart tightened, knowing that she had encountered a monster.
After a while, a huge tiger jumped out from the nearby woods. The tiger was more than two people tall, and the patterns on its body were like burning flames, exuding a fierce aura. It opened its bloody mouth, revealing its sharp fangs, and spewed out a hot breath. Its pair of big copper bell-like eyes stared at Yun Yao, full of greed and hostility.
Yun Yao quickly pulled out a long sword from her storage bag. This sword was called the "Spiritual Wind Sword". The blade flashed with cold light, and a blue gem was inlaid on the hilt, which could increase the sword's attack power. She injected spiritual power into the sword, and the long sword suddenly hummed, as if it sensed the owner's fighting spirit. Yun Yao flashed and took the initiative to face the tiger, performing a set of "Qingfeng Sword Technique". Her figure was as agile as a breeze, and as the sword shadow flashed, a series of sharp sword energy roared towards the tiger.
The tiger was not to be outdone. It pounced fiercely, its huge claws slashing through the air, bringing with it a whistling sound. Yun Yao moved to the side, easily avoiding the tiger's attack. At the same time, she swung the long sword in her hand, and a sword energy slashed on the tiger's back, splashing a spark. The tiger felt the pain, roared, turned around and pounced again. This time, it was faster and more powerful, and a flame spurted out of its mouth, sweeping towards Yun Yao.
Yun Yao quickly performed the "Spiritual Wind Step", stepped lightly, and floated back. She quickly changed the spells with her hands, chanted something, and cast the "Water Spirit Shield" spell. A layer of transparent water curtain quickly formed in front of her, and the flames hit the water curtain, making a sizzling sound and splashing a cloud of water mist. Taking this opportunity, Yun Yao swung her sword again and performed the "Qingfeng Sword Technique" trick "Qingfeng Poyun". A huge sword energy slashed towards the tiger like a rainbow piercing the sun, and the space was slightly distorted wherever the sword energy passed.
The tiger felt the power of the sword and showed a trace of fear in its eyes, but it was too late to dodge. The sword energy slashed its body, and blood splattered everywhere. Its huge body was knocked away and fell heavily to the ground. The tiger struggled for a few times and then stopped moving.
Yun Yao put away her sword and continued to go deeper into the valley. As she moved forward, the miasma became thicker and thicker, and the surrounding scenery became more and more eerie and terrifying. The ground was covered with various unknown bones, some of which were emitting faint phosphorescent light, flickering in the miasma. From time to time, some small black insects crawled out of the bones and crawled towards Yun Yao. Yun Yao frowned and cast a spell again to disperse the insects.
Suddenly, a swamp appeared in front of them. The swamp exuded a pungent smell, and the black mud kept rolling and bubbling, as if hiding countless dangers. Yun Yao stopped and carefully observed the situation in the swamp. She found that there seemed to be some strange runes looming in the swamp. These runes emitted a faint light, as if they were blocking something.
Yun Yao thought for a moment and decided to take a risk. She took out a few flying stones from her storage bag and injected spiritual power into them. The flying stones slowly rose up and took her to the sky above the swamp. However, just as she flew to the center of the swamp, several huge black tentacles suddenly stretched out from the swamp and quickly wrapped around her. The surface of these tentacles was covered with sharp barbs, flashing with cold light, and it was obvious that they contained a deadly poison.
Yun Yao was startled and quickly swung her sword to cut the tentacles. However, the tentacles were extremely tough and her sword only left a shallow mark. Yun Yao realized that the situation was not good and she quickly used the "Spiritual Wind Step" to try to escape from the tentacles. However, the tentacles were extremely fast and blocked her way in an instant.
At this time, Yun Yao calmed down and began to think about the weaknesses of these tentacles. She found that the roots of the tentacles seemed to be deep in the swamp, so she decided to take the risk and attack the roots of the tentacles. She concentrated her spiritual power on the long sword and used the "armor-breaking sword energy". This sword gathered all her spiritual power, and the sword energy shone brightly, as dazzling as the sun. She saw the right time and slashed at the root of one of the tentacles.
The sword energy slashed the tentacle, making a loud noise. The root of the tentacle was cut off, and black blood gushed out. The other tentacles seemed to feel the pain and retreated. Yun Yao took the opportunity to speed up and flew across the swamp.
After walking for a while, Yun Yao finally came to a place full of exotic flowers and plants. The flowers and plants here emitted colorful light, beautiful and mysterious. In the middle of the flowers, there was a magical herb emitting golden light, which was exactly what she was looking for this time.
However, just as she approached the spiritual grass, a group of white spiritual butterflies suddenly emerged from all around. These spiritual butterflies were small in size, but their wings flashed with sharp light, like pieces of sharp blades. They flew around Yun Yao and continuously launched attacks.
Yun Yao quickly cast the "Fresh Wind Shield" to cover herself. But there were too many psionic butterflies, and they kept hitting the shield, causing the shield's light to gradually dim. Yun Yao knew that this was not a solution, and she had to take the initiative to attack.
She used the "Qingfeng Sword Technique" and with the flickering sword shadows, the spirit butterflies were cut down one by one. But these spirit butterflies seemed endless, one batch fell, and another batch came up. Yun Yao was anxious, and she began to think about how to completely get rid of the attack of these spirit butterflies.
Suddenly, she thought of a spell - "Spiritual Sound Curse". This spell can emit a special sound wave to interfere with the enemy's actions. Yun Yao closed her eyes, concentrated her mind, and chanted the spell of "Spiritual Sound Curse". As the spell was chanted, an invisible sound wave spread from her mouth. The psionic butterflies were affected by the sound wave and their movements became slow.
Yun Yao seized the opportunity and quickly rushed to the spiritual herbs. She carefully picked the spiritual herbs and put them into the storage bag. After completing the task, she did not dare to stay and immediately cast a flying spell to fly out of the valley.
On the way back, Yun Yao encountered some attacks from monsters again, but she relied on her wisdom and strength to escape danger again and again. Finally, she successfully walked out of the valley and completed this dangerous and challenging mission.
This trip to the valley greatly improved Yun Yao's strength. Not only did she become more skilled in combat skills, but she also became more precise in her control of spiritual power. At the same time, she also harvested precious spiritual herbs, taking a solid step towards breaking through to the Judan realm.