Chapter 107: Gut-Eating Fish
Hearing Li Yan ask this question, Li Wuyi glanced at him.
"It's hard to say. In addition to the realm and strength of both sides, fighting also depends on the weather, the terrain, the strength comparison between the enemy and us, and even luck. For example, um..." Li Wuyi thought for a while and then said.
"I met three monks from the Pure Land Sect when I was picking in the secret realm alone. These three people are good at attacking and encircling. They have deep Zen magic power and thick skin. It is extremely difficult for monks of the same realm to break through their defense. I was attacked by the three people and could not break through the siege several times. At the same time, I deployed no less than forty kinds of various poisons, phantom poisons, and strange poisons. Although these monks were poisoned by two or three kinds of poisons, who would have thought that they actually carried treasures such as relics on them. This is a magic weapon that is generally possessed by those who have reached the Golden Core or above. In addition to its great power, it is also It is a treasure that can restrain all kinds of evil things and detoxify. It was left by the Yuanying ancestor after his death. Originally, this extremely rare thing was not the turn of the foundation-building cultivators to possess it, but I didn't expect that one of the three people actually carried this thing. The three of them took turns using the relics to detoxify. Although they couldn't completely remove the poison for a while, they still delayed me and made it impossible for me to escape. Later in the fierce battle, I was hit by a Zen stick on my right rib. Half of my body was already weak. It was basically impossible to get away. But that time, it happened that the battle took place by a river. There were intestinal fish in that river. This fish was less than an inch long and liked to live in groups. The attack of a single fighter is only about the third or fourth level of Qi Condensation, which is very weak, but once they are deployed, there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of them. They like to attack all living creatures near the water surface. Once they are targeted, they will jump out of the water in thousands and attack the target, piercing the body of the organism with their extremely sharp beaks. Their beaks are like tubular needles and are extremely sharp. Even if it is a foundation-building monk, the flesh will be directly pierced without the protective aura. This can be regarded as one of their talents. Once pierced, the gut-eating fish will suck hard, and the flesh and blood of the attacked organism will be sucked. Whether it is the meridians, they will be sucked into the body piece by piece through the tube-shaped sharp mouth. Since no matter what enters this needle-shaped mouth, it will be like a long large intestine, so this monster got its name. Thousands of intestinal fish lie on the creature, and they will disperse in less than a breath, and then there will be only a clean, crystal-clear skeleton without a trace of flesh and blood. "
Li Yan listened to this description, and the scene of the fight at that time appeared in his mind. Thinking about the thousands of intestinal fish jumping up from time to time around him, he was also a little terrified.
Li Wuyi continued to transmit the sound calmly, without any fluctuations in his voice, as if he was talking about something that could not be more ordinary.
"When we were fighting in that area, these gut-eating fish were always waiting for an opportunity to attack us, but at that time both of us deliberately stayed away from the river, so we never gave them a chance to attack. In the end, half of my body was paralyzed. Seeing that I could not escape, I quickly moved to the river. The three monks discovered my attempt and were half a step late when they tried to stop me, but they were unwilling to let me go, so they followed me. Of course, they thought that with the spiritual light shield of the foundation building period, it would be no problem to resist the schools of gut-eating fish for a while. In fact, it was true, but I was already in extreme danger at that time and had no spare energy to fight, so I released the 'spiritual smell grass' powder and sprinkled it on the stream below. Then he sprinkled "Jihe Willow" on himself. The former is irritating to monsters. Low-level monsters can't stand it. Once they smell or inhale it, they will lose their minds and attack more frantically. The latter is an ancient willow bark with a very bad smell. Few creatures are willing to get close to it. Even if you hold your breath, you can't stop the smell from penetrating through your pores. It will make you emit a disgusting smell for a period of time. Therefore, most people are reluctant to carry it, fearing that a little bit will leak out accidentally. If you get it on yourself, you will be a bright light in the dark night, and the enemy will find you easily. "
Li Wuyi continued slowly, "But at that time I didn't have a second choice at all, and I didn't know Will it have any effect on the intestinal fish after using it? If not, it can only make me die faster. After using these two herbs, I withdrew the protective aura to make it easier for the "River Willow" on my body to spread, and then I plunged into the river. In the river, there were countless crazy intestinal fish that were attracted by the smell of "Spiritual Herb" and jumped up into the sky, almost knocking me back into the air. However, most of the intestinal fish that jumped up later avoided me and directly covered the protective aura of the three monks. After I fell into the water, although many intestinal fish tried to attack me, they swam away when they were very close to me. In this way, I finally swam away and found a deeper water area, far away from the water. I barely used the "water escape technique" to hide from the intestinal fish for nearly ten days, and the smell on my body slowly disappeared.
As for the three monks, two of them ran away, but one of them had a relapse due to the poison he had been poisoned with before, and he was the first one to use the relic to expel the poison. At that time, it was his turn to take back the relic to expel the poison, but his body was covered with intestinal fish, and he was too weak to fly away, so he died there after resisting for a while.
So, what do you think I relied on to win this time? There was the advantage of location, because I happened to be near the intestinal fish, and the weather, because I happened to bring those two kinds of herbs, and more of it was luck. The results of my guesses about the two herbs were all correct. If I had missed one of them, I would not be here today. "
Li Yan was silent. Anything can happen on the road to becoming an immortal. Mortals all believe in luck. It seems that it really exists.
In fact, immortal cultivators pay more attention to luck. There are also cultivators who specialize in this aspect. They rely on the power of faith to increase their own cultivation. For example, some Confucianists have a righteous spirit. They become great Confucian scholars through long-term learning of poetry and books, and naturally generate righteous spirit on their bodies; Buddhists and Taoists are more determined executors of the power of faith. They build temples and Taoist temples to let people worship and believe. Over time, the statues in temples and Taoist temples will generate Buddhist mind power and Taoist wish power. When cultivators practice in temples and Taoist temples, they will gradually have more mind power or wish power. Whether it is righteous spirit, mind power or wish power, it is not the spiritual power of immortal cultivation, but a special existence. Its power is even stronger than spiritual power in some aspects. Therefore, when fighting against great Confucian scholars, monks and Taoists, in addition to guarding against their means of immortal cultivation, you must also be careful of their other means of attack. Generally, the most difficult to guard against are attacks such as righteous spirit, mind power and wish power. Their attacks are weird and extremely difficult to detect with divine consciousness. Li Yan knew that Li Wuyi's words were meant to tell him that he should be mentally prepared and not underestimate any opponent when he did not have absolute strength. Strength may not represent everything, and he was not sure who would be able to come out of the secret realm in the end.
At the same time, it was also telling him that in the cycle of life and death, everything depends on himself, and he should be calm and use the right environment at the right time to survive.
Li Yan spent eight days consolidating the remaining nine days. The last day was not because he did not need to consolidate, but because on the ninth day, as more cultivators came out, the things in the secret realm had slowly spread, allowing more people to participate in the discussion, and thus lost interest in continuing to practice.
At this time, all the light spots on the Tianxin Plate added up to less than 80, and there were only 111 foundation-building monks and second-level monsters from the three teams of four sects. That is to say, even if no one died, more than 150 of the 343 monks and monsters who originally entered had died, accounting for more than 40% of the people who entered. The proportion of casualties was quite astonishing. Of course, these monks who came out in advance had brought a large number of treasures and elixirs to their respective sects or races. These would be handed over to the leaders of the sects or races and recorded. After returning, they would be rewarded according to their merits. However, no one dared to hide treasures here, unless he was confident that the storage spiritual tools on his body could hide these old monsters who had lived for hundreds of years. Once discovered, it was estimated that not only would the credit for entering desperately this time be lost, but even his life might be in danger.
At this time, the faces of the leaders and elders of each sect were not very good. Although they had to go through such a scene every fifteen years, these monks who entered were all elites cultivated by the sects with great effort. Although they were not necessarily the top ones, they were also a major force. Although the losses were heavy every time, no sect was willing to give up such an opportunity. The natural materials and treasures brought out were extremely rare in the outside world. Moreover, if a large group of untrained cultivators were kept at home, no matter how many people there were in the sect, they would only become vassals of others in the end.
Li Yan lowered his head. In addition to the 17 cultivators who had already come out of the Wuliang Sect, there were only 15 black spots left on the Tianxin Plate. He could tell that the remaining light spots were 10 from the Taixuan Sect, 12 from the Pure Land Sect, and 13 from the Ten-Step Courtyard. Among the three teams of monsters, one team was extremely miserable with only five monsters surviving, but the survival rate of the other two teams was very high, with 14 in one team and 12 in the other. This added up to more than any two of the four sects combined. It can be said that in the local battle, the monsters have a slight advantage.
At this time, compared with the three teams of monsters, the monks' side was a little scary, while the monsters' side occasionally heard a few roars. The foundation-building monks and second-level monsters that had been restored or awakened were teleported out. Some of them looked at each other from a distance, with monstrous anger in their eyes, while others kept sneering. The second-level monsters on the monster side roared at this side, as if they were ready to attack at any time. It was obvious that they had made a life-and-death feud in the valley.
But under the watchful eyes of the third-level monsters and dozens of Jindan elders who led several parties, there was no battle. It was obvious that they were all restraining their anger. If they were in another place, they would have fought to the point of darkness.
As time passed, the people outside the valley became more and more condensed in the silence that was so oppressive that it made people crazy. Everyone tightened their lips and looked at the Tianxin Plate. It was already evening, and there was less than half an hour left before the last one came out. When the time came, the light spots in anyone's body in the valley would automatically be stimulated and teleported out, and it would be impossible to stay inside.
But after noon, the various colored light spots on the Tianxin disk no longer decreased. It should be that the people inside knew that they were about to come out, and they all stopped attacking, but tried to find as many spiritual herbs and treasures as possible.
The hour of Xu finally arrived in the expectation of everyone outside the valley. Suddenly, the sky outside the valley was bright, and the colorful lights flickered. It was like a meteor shower fell at the mountain pass outside the valley. The colorful lights flickered and jumped. After each light disappeared, a figure would be revealed. After these figures became clear, they still looked extremely vigilant at first, and the spiritual light shields on their bodies were not removed. After seeing the place clearly, some people showed an expression of sighing, but the spiritual light shields were still protecting their bodies. After identifying the direction, they all ran to their own sect area or the monster side, until they entered the sect area and came in front of the elders, they withdrew the spiritual light shields outside their bodies, and then relaxed their vigilance with a tired face.
Li Yan noticed that no matter whether they were people or monsters, everyone had a nervous and alert expression on their faces. Even after seeing the environment they were in, they still did not show any excitement. Some of them were exhausted, some were covered in blood, some were seriously injured, and some were already in a coma after coming out. It was unknown whether they had held on to their last breath inside or were attacked by someone just before the transmission.
This transmission process was very short. Almost all the light spots appeared above the valley entrance at the same time, with an interval of no more than three breaths, and then there was no more light flashing at the valley entrance.
At this time, no one in each area looked at other sects and races. The people who came out were all handing over storage bags to the elders or being treated by others. The Qi Condensation disciples did not move around, but just stared at the elders, not daring to come forward to watch or ask.