coobybook Chapter 140: Taotie Seal
Chapter 140: Taotie Seal
Lu Wan and his group followed Wenchang to the mountains on the other side of Wutou Mountain. What they saw were all low-level spiritual medicines. Alchemists did not value these spiritual medicines at all because their efficacy and quality were not ideal. For people other than alchemists, these spiritual medicines were not of much use either. After all, they could not refine them into pills and could only watch helplessly.
Lu Wan frowned slightly, feeling somewhat disappointed. She originally thought that there should be many precious high-level spiritual medicines hidden in this mysterious Wutou Mountain, but she did not see many along the way. She turned to look at Wenchang, a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, wondering if she had been deceived? Wenchang seemed to see through her thoughts, and smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, this is just the periphery, the real good things are all inside. But..." He paused, his expression became serious, and his tone became low, "There may be some dangers inside, you must be careful."
Lu Wan nodded to show that she understood. She turned around, took Xiao Jing'an's hand and walked in first.
Seeing this, everyone followed Lu Wan closely. As expected, about fifty meters away from the entrance, they found the magical medicine described by Wenchang. It grew in an empty land, with no other weeds or magical medicines around, which was very unique. The shape of this magical medicine was like a flower, but it was not a flower. It was unique and exuded a strange smell. What was even more surprising was that the color of the land where it was located was obviously different from the surrounding area, showing a gray-black color, as if it had been eroded by some force.
"What on earth is this?" Little Jing'an looked up at his mother with a puzzled look. After the four of them went down the mountain, except for Yuchi Lin, they had all changed their appearance.
Little Jing'an looked at the strange face and felt wronged. What a crappy name, mother! Her face is not pretty either!
"This is called Mengqinghua! It is said to have miraculous effects. Practitioners who take it can break through bottlenecks without obstacles. I have been looking for it for a long time, but only learned about it recently. I am lucky to have found it as soon as I got here!" Wenchang looked at the elixir excitedly.
"Is the medicine really that effective? Isn't that the panacea that everyone dreams of?" Yuchi Lin said, scratching his head.
Wenchang shook his head. "Although the medicinal effect is good, it also has side effects. Moreover, this flower is poisonous and corrosive. Most alchemists don't want to refine it, let alone those who don't know how to refine pills."
"Then why are you looking for this medicine? Brother Wenchang, you are not going to... test the medicine?" Yuchi Lin looked at Wenchang in surprise, his heart full of doubts.
Lu Wan and others also turned their eyes to Wenchang. They thought, this guy looks quite smart, he shouldn't try it even though he knows it's poison, right?
Wenchang smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "This... To be honest with you, I do think so. After all, I haven't made a breakthrough in many years... I want to try any method I can."
Everyone was speechless and silently retracted their previous comments about Wenchang - he just looks smart... but in fact he is really stupid.
Lu Wan sighed helplessly and advised earnestly: "Breaking through the bottleneck requires your own efforts and accumulation, rather than relying on such unreliable methods. Besides... you have already reached a height that others can hardly reach, why do you insist on breaking through?"
"But, I really want to break through..." Wenchang smiled bitterly, but he had his own obsession in his heart. He thought to himself that only by practicing and improving his strength could he see the woman who haunted him again!
Lu Wan frowned and said to Wenchang: "Even if you get the Mengqing Flower, you may not be able to successfully break through the bottleneck, and you may be poisoned and injured." Wenchang hesitated for a moment, looked at the Mengqing Flower close at hand, and finally nodded. However, at this moment, something unexpected happened. The originally calm Mengqing Flower suddenly bloomed with dazzling light, and the air around it began to fluctuate violently.
"What's going on?" Yuchi Lin exclaimed in surprise. Then, the petals of the Mengqing Flower slowly opened, and a brilliant light flew out from the pistil, shooting straight towards Wenchang. Wenchang had no time to dodge, and immediately fainted after being hit by the light. Lu Wan hurriedly put up a spiritual power shield in front of the four people, but she didn't notice that Wenchang didn't dodge at all.
"What on earth is going on?" Xiao Jing'an looked at the scene in front of him in horror. Yuchilin squatted down to check on Wenchang's condition, then turned to Lu Wan and shook his head and said, "He's still alive, he should be fine."
Lu Wan was speechless after hearing this... He had to check it himself. After making sure that Wenchang was really unconscious, he summoned the healing Qilin beast in the space to treat Wenchang.
"How?" Lu Wan asked.
The little Qilin replied, "It's hard to say, there seems to be something inside him."
"Is that it? It just flew over here!" Xiao Jing'an said
Just as the little Qilin was about to shake his head, he heard a steady voice, "It's a seal."
When everyone looked, they saw that it was the ferocious beast Qiongqi that had appeared out of nowhere and was standing next to Meng Qinghua.
"Brother Qiongqi! You have to be careful, that flower will attack people!" Xiao Jing'an reminded.
Qiongqi pulled the flower up by the roots, put it in his mouth and chewed it, frowning and saying, "It's a bit bitter..."
Everyone was shocked...it was eaten right away!
"Why did you come out?" Lu Wan asked
"Hmph! You actually interrupted me!" The extremely arrogant Xiaohong also came out from the space and glared at the Qiongqi who had transformed into a human form.
I'm so angry, why can he transform into a human form, but I can only be a ball!!!
Lu Wan saw the two big guys coming out of the space, and suddenly felt a headache...
Qiongqi turned his head and looked at Lu Wan, "I felt the sealed aura in his body, so I came out to take a look. This flower is useless to cultivators, but it is a great tonic for us fierce beasts."
Lu Wan nodded and asked, "What seal? Does it have anything to do with you?" If it had nothing to do with Qiongqi, he probably wouldn't have come out of the space.
Qiongqi nodded and said, "I feel the breath of Taotie from him."
“What??? Taotie!!” Yuchi Lin gestured with a look of shock on his face.
"You mean Taotie is sealed in Wenchang's body? That's why he can't break through?" Lu Wan analyzed.
Lu Wan looked solemn. If this was true, then things would be troublesome. "What should we do now?" She looked at Qiongqi.
Qiongqi pondered for a moment and said, "Let's take him back first. Maybe we can try to wake up Taotie and figure out the situation first."
Everyone nodded, and this little experience ended briefly. Only then did Lu Wan remember that Cai Lian was still waiting for him at the inn at the foot of the mountain.
I don't know if that girl is frightened or not. There's a barrier at the door, so she shouldn't be in any trouble...
Lu Wan was worried that he tended to forget things when he had too many things to do.
At this time————Cai Lian in the inn.
I hadn't seen Lu Wan for three consecutive days, and I felt a little anxious. I knew that Lu Wan was a cultivator, and he must have gone out for something. I comforted myself and waited for him. Fortunately, I had the money Lu Wan gave me, so I could pay for the inn...
Lu Wan and his group returned to the inn with Wenchang. Cailian saw them coming back and hurried over to ask if anything had happened. Lu Wan briefly explained the situation and took Wenchang into the room.
"Sister Lu, what...what's wrong with him?" Cai Lian asked Wenchang who was in a coma.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little injured. Cailian, help me get some food downstairs, An'er can come with us." Lu Wan said
Little Jing'an looked at Cailian, who was about the same age as him, and walked over with a smile. Just as he was about to hold Cailian's hand, he remembered what his mother had said, "I am a little man now, not a four-year-old child! I can't just hold a girl's hand!"
Little Jing'an stood in front of Cai Lian, half a head taller than Cai Lian, and said, "Hello, Sister Cai Lian, I am your son! My name is Su Jing'an." Little Jing'an pointed at Lu Wan and introduced himself with a smile on his face.
Cai Lian was a little shocked. A son? Sister Lu has such a big and handsome son!
"Oh...um, um, hello, my name is Cai Lian...I...I'll go downstairs to get some food first," Cai Lian spoke incoherently.
Xiao Jing'an also followed him downstairs.
"Junior brother, please stay outside." Lu Wan said to Yuchi Lin after seeing the two of them coming downstairs.
Yuchi Lin nodded.
Lu Wan set up a barrier around the entire room. With Lu Wan's current strength, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the best on the continent... Of course, except for Su Yichen, who had no rank.
"How to wake him up?" Lu Wan looked at Qiongqi and said.
Qiongqi was also in trouble at this time. He looked at Lu Wan and shook his head.
At this time, Xiaohong snorted beside him, floated above Wenchang's chest and said, "Woman! If you apologize to me, I will tell you the method, how about it? And you too." Xiaohong said while looking at Qiongqi disdainfully.
Lu Wan held his forehead with his hand. What kind of apology was this?
"Humph, how dare you ignore me just now! After all, I have refined an immortal body for you, and you are not grateful, but you actually ignored me!" Xiao Hong said angrily
"Okay, okay! I was wrong. I shouldn't have ignored Lady Xiaohong~" Lu Wan smiled helplessly and coaxed Xiaohong. Why is she still acting like a child?
"That's better! It's your turn!" Xiaohong was flattered by the praise and turned to look at Qiongqi.
Qiongqi felt the pressure from Xiaohong and bowed his head, "Master Xiaohong..." It was okay to address him as Master, after all... he was the King of Beasts! He had no rank... he was above the divine beasts.
Xiaohong looked very proud and then told Lu Wan the method.
Lu Wan injected spiritual power into Wenchang's chest, and Wenchang's body began to tremble violently, with a painful expression on his face. Suddenly, a strong breath surged out of Wenchang's body, and the whole room was shrouded in darkness.
In the darkness, a huge figure gradually emerged. It had a ferocious face and sharp teeth. It was the legendary Taotie. Taotie opened his eyes and looked around at everyone in the room. There was a hint of confusion in his eyes.
"Taotie." Qiongqi called out
Taotie turned around when he heard a familiar voice and met a strange man. "Who are you?"
At this time, Qiongqi changed back to his original form, and Taotie recognized him.
"Qiongqi! Why are you here!" Taotie circled around Qiongqi's body excitedly, and then he found that he was in the form of black mist, "What's wrong with me? Where is this?"
Lu Wan looked at Taotie calmly and asked softly, "Why were you sealed in Wenchang's body?"
Taotie was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know either... I only remember that a long time ago, I was sealed up by a powerful force..."
Taotie flew to Lu Wan and sniffed, "Why do you smell like Qiongqi? And... the smell of a stinky bird!" Taotie sniffed carefully again, "There's even a god...!"
Xiaohong flew in front of Taotie and interrupted him, "Who do you call the stinky bird? If I weren't here, you would never be able to get out in your life!" Xiaohong snorted.