Soul Immortal

First Difficult Encounter [III]

"It was not until the next afternoon that Lynn slowly opened his eyes. Looking at his smiling face, one knew that all his efforts that night had not been in vain, as he had apparently broken through to the fourth level.

He was naturally overjoyed when he finally broke through the bottleneck he had been practicing for many days. However, when he saw that there were no small spells at the end of the fourth level of the technique like the previous level, he was a little disappointed.

After breaking through the realm, he felt that he should go out for a walk and relax. Thinking of this, he picked up his steps and walked out.

After walking around outside, he returned to the house and began to practice the fourth level of the technique. However, this fourth level of technique was naturally more difficult to practice than the previous ones.

But he didn't care about all this. He practiced hard every day and seldom went out. When he went out occasionally, he just strolled around the neighborhood to dispel the tiredness and boredom in his heart, and then went back to practice.

This time, Lynn practiced for more than half a year before he mastered the fourth level of the technique. But what was frustrating was that he spent several days trying but still failed to break through the fifth level. He even asked Brother Gong for advice again, but this time he was not as lucky as last time. He had no choice but to give up the method of breaking through the realm through his own understanding.

So he packed up and went out.

Seeing that he couldn't break through the fifth level of the technique, Lynn couldn't help but think of what his senior brother said: "There are many ways to break through the bottleneck, and it is not necessarily only through comprehension that one can break through."

So he planned to go out for a walk and relax, because he knew that he had reached a dead end. If he wanted to make a breakthrough, he would need new inspiration, which was impossible to get at home.

Or according to what his senior brother said, breaking through the realm can also be done with the help of elixirs, so no matter which method is used, he has to go out, so he went down the Yuetian Peak without hesitation.

After leaving the yard, he planned to go to the Heavenly King Sect's market first, because it was said that low-level disciples would often trade magic weapons, elixirs and the like here. Although Lynn didn't have many spirit stones in his hand now, he also wanted to try his luck.

Soon, he arrived at the small market of Heavenly King Sect, but what was speechless was that there were not many disciples coming here to trade today. Except for a few low-level disciples sparsely purchasing some medicinal materials in the shops on both sides of the street, there were no other disciples, let alone those exchanging elixirs or pills.

Although there were several kinds of elixirs that could be used by Qi Refining disciples in those shops, they were all too expensive for him. Helplessly, he had to reluctantly put down the elixirs in his hand.

After leaving the market, he did not want to go back immediately, because he knew through asking around that many of the magical herbs and medicines sold here could be collected by himself.

After some inquiries, I found out that the place for collecting spiritual herbs and medicines was not far from Heavenly King Gate, just at Yunwu Peak, dozens of miles east of Yuetian Mountain.

However, according to those disciples who have collected spiritual herbs, spiritual herbs with strong medicinal properties and long years are generally only found in the gardens where the elders in the sect grow spiritual herbs. The spiritual herbs that grow in the wild are generally not very old, and are not old enough whether they are used for making pills or as medicine.

However, it is said that some lucky disciples can occasionally collect spiritual medicines of good quality, but the places where those spiritual medicines are collected are extremely dangerous.

As for the use of spiritual herbs, Lynn also inquired about it clearly. According to that disciple, spiritual herbs can be refined into pills for consumption, or they can be taken directly. However, the effect of taking them directly is much worse than refining them into pills.

After Lynn learned all this, he made up his mind that he must collect good elixirs this time so that he could quickly break through the fifth level and practice the method as soon as possible.

So he went to Yunwu Peak alone the next day. Dozens of miles of mountain road are indeed not too close for an ordinary person, but for Lynn now, it is nothing.

Ever since he started practicing the "Xuan Yan Sutra", he felt that he was full of strength. When he walked quickly, it was like a normal person running, but he did not feel any effort.

He headed eastwards and soon arrived at the famous Cloudy Peak. When he reached the foot of the mountain, he found that the mountain was indeed as high as its name.

Because when he looked up the mountain from the bottom of the mountain, it was completely covered by a white fog and he couldn't see the scenery in the mountain at all.

But what is strange is that there are not many people on Yunwu Peak, which is rich in magical herbs and medicines.

In fact, Lynn didn't know that there were people on Yunwu Peak. It was just that the disciples who came here to collect spiritual herbs over the years felt that the nearby spiritual herbs must have been picked by others, so they chose more remote mountains.

You should know that the Yunwu Peak stretches for thousands of miles. Although many disciples enter here to collect spiritual herbs, they can no longer see them once they enter this foggy mountain range.

Lynn didn't think much about it and walked up the mountain. However, when he entered the mountain, he realized how thick the fog was. Although he now had extraordinary eyesight, he could not see the scenery several feet away even if he used his eyesight to the extreme.

Now he finally understood why so many people came here to collect spiritual herbs, but why some disciples still collected spiritual herbs with good medicinal effects from time to time.

Thinking of this, he ignored the thick fog and went towards the depths of the mountains.

He searched for spiritual herbs as he walked along the way, but to his disappointment, he did not find any valuable spiritual herbs after several days.

Although I saw a lot of different kinds of medicinal herbs on the road, as the disciple in front said, they were all about one to two years old.

That day, he was sitting on a big rock on the edge of the cliff, feeling depressed and worried. Suddenly, he heard a squeaking sound from behind him. Lynn was very surprised and turned around quickly, but found that there was nothing behind him but a deep ditch.

Looking at the deep ditch, Lynn thought, "It seems that the cry came from the other side."

Thinking of this, I collected my thoughts and prepared to consider which direction to go next.

Just when he was about to decide to go around the ditch in front and look at the other side, the strange sound rang out again.

Lynn's heart moved, the sound seemed to be nearby, but there were cliffs behind him. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but stick his head out curiously and take a look, but there was nothing else except a cliff. Moreover, the mountain was covered with clouds and fog, and he couldn't see the situation below at all.

Just when Lynn was about to turn around, a hissing sound suddenly came from the bottom of the cliff.

According to Lynn's judgment, this was the sound made by a snake, and he was sure that the snake was about to attack something.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but become curious. From the squeaking sound, it seemed like it was a monkey. How come the monkey and the snake were together and seemed to be fighting?

Sure enough, not long after, the sound rang out again, and it was much more urgent than before, and it was obvious that a war was about to break out. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think: "Is there another cave down there? Why not just go down and take a look."

So he no longer hesitated, grabbed a big mountain vine and slowly slid down.

Soon, a platform several meters wide appeared in front of us. The platform was not too big, but there was a lot of grass growing on it.

Lynn was overjoyed and was about to go down to take a look, but in a flash he was no longer happy.

Because, just as he landed, a giant snake and a monkey as tall as a house were staring at him fiercely. He, the snake and the monkey were standing in a triangle.

The noises just now were obviously made by the monkey and the snake. His appearance at this time immediately attracted the attention of both of them.

Both opened their mouths at him and made angry noises.

Lynn was shocked and thought to himself, "So they are fighting. I have never encountered such huge snakes and monkeys in my life."

At this moment, Lynn suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, and he couldn't help but look in the direction where the fragrance came from. He saw a small tree on the platform whose name I didn't know, with fruits as big as a small bowl, and the fruits were slowly turning from green to red.

Looking at this unknown fruit, Lynn suddenly became excited. Although he did not recognize this kind of fruit, he discovered through a quick scan of his spiritual sense that this fruit contained enormous spiritual power.

But just as Lynn was extremely surprised, the monkey and the snake next to it could no longer control themselves and rushed towards the fruit.

He had long heard that monsters would guard spiritual herbs and medicines. Seeing the two huge beasts fighting desperately for them, he became more certain of his judgment. He no longer hesitated, and with a pull of the spiritual power in his hand, two fireballs flew out, attacking the giant snake and the giant monkey respectively.

What was unexpected was that the snake and the monkey seemed to know the power of the fireball, and they both twisted their bodies to avoid the fireball.

Lynn was shocked. At this moment, the monkey and the snake were less than three feet away from the fruit. If they just jumped forward a little bit, they could swallow the fruit. So, he no longer cared about the danger of being attacked by the two huge monsters, and he turned his body and rushed over."