Chapter 10: Valley of Trials

"You, why did you agree to let me follow you?"

"Then why did you ask to follow me?"

Fu Qingqiong's light words made Xiao Mian speechless.

Fortunately, he had known Fu Qingqiong for almost two years, and Xiao Mian was used to Fu Qingqiong's way of speaking.

If Fu Qingqiong was unwilling to explain something, Xiao Mian's continued questioning would only make her more silent. It would be better to change the topic or be more silent than her.

Xiao Mian wisely chose the latter.

The Trial Valley is only a hundred miles away from the Five Elements Gate. It is specially allocated by the Five Elements Gate for disciples to try. Although there are no high-grade natural treasures in it, if you are lucky, you can still find some herbs with hundreds of years of medicinal age.

Although some of these herbs cannot be used directly to refine the foundation-building pill, they can be exchanged for sect contribution points through the Deacon Hall, and then the contribution points can be exchanged for the foundation-building pill.

This is the main way for many outer disciples to get the foundation-building pill. After all, most outer disciples are not qualified to compete with their masters.

This visit to the Trial Valley was the first time Xiao Mian had left the Five Elements Sect after practicing for several years. The excitement and nervousness kept Xiao Mian's nerves tense. Unconsciously, he began to check his equipment again.

The Qingfeng Sword and the Five Elements Robe were both the lowest-level magic weapons. Xiao Mian had already completed the rituals. Although the power of the sword and the robe was limited, it was enough to deal with ordinary beasts. Moreover, Xiao Mian's trump card was the Hunyuan Stone hidden in the storage bag.

"Are there really hundred-year-old spiritual herbs here?" Xiao Mian asked with some doubt, following Fu Qingqiong closely and looking at the wild grass around him, "Even if there are spiritual herbs, they have probably been picked up by the previous brothers and sisters, uncles and uncles, right?"

"The resources in the cultivation world are limited, and the sect rarely does things that exhaust the resources. Every ten years, the sect will send disciples into the Trial Valley to transplant some spiritual grass seedlings or plant some seeds to maintain the balance of herbs in the valley. Of course, these herbs cannot be too precious, after all, they are only for the trials of outer disciples."

Fu Qingqiong explained casually, and suddenly bent down.

Xiao Mian saw Fu Qingqiong take out a small jade shovel from the storage bag and pick a spiritual herb hidden in the wild grass.

The delicate jade hand carefully pinched the green grass, and Fu Qingqiong's face was full of joy. Obviously, this seemed to be a good harvest.

"Lucky, sixty-year-old second-level Biyou grass, enough to exchange for a bottle of Yiqi Pill."

Biyou grass?

Xiao Mian came forward curiously, but he looked left and right, and he couldn't tell the difference between this so-called Biyou grass and wild grass. He couldn't speak for the sake of face.

Fu Qingqiong looked back at him, thinking but saying nothing.

The two packed up and continued on their way.

Fu Qingqiong seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of the Trial Valley, and specially chose some places with overgrown weeds to walk.

But after that, the two walked for three hours without any gains.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Fu Qingqiong didn't dare to go deeper blindly, so he and Xiao Mian went up the tree to spend the night separately.

When Xiao Mian was awakened by Fu Qingqiong, he opened his eyes and saw that it was dark.

"But something happened?"

"No! Some spiritual herbs and materials in the Trial Valley only appear at night! It's just that the dangers at night..."

"Since we have entered the Trial Valley, some dangers are inevitable!"

"...Okay! Just follow me and be smart!"

Obviously, Fu Qingqiong wanted to talk about the Trial Valley at night, otherwise she would not have woken up Xiao Mian in the middle of the night. What she was worried about was the danger of night activities.

Xiao Mian knew that Fu Qingqiong urgently needed the foundation-building pill, and also knew that Fu Qingqiong was worried about his own safety, but when he thought that he, a seven-foot-tall man, had to be raped by a weak woman like Fu Qingqiong, Xiao Mian's blood was boiling, and he was a little excited...

Fortunately, this night's exploration did not encounter any danger, but Fu Qingqiong really found a lot of spiritual herbs and materials that were not found during the day.

Among them, there is a blood-producing vine with a medicinal effect of up to a hundred years. Although it cannot be refined into a foundation-building pill, it can be refined into some high-quality hemostatic pills.

It should be noted that after all, the cultivators in the Qi training stage are only the bottom of the cultivators. Strictly speaking, they can't even be called cultivators, but are just more powerful mortals.

It is common to get some flesh wounds on weekdays.

The top-grade hemostatic pills may not be of much use to cultivators above the foundation-building stage, but they are very useful to cultivators in the Qi training stage.

After that, for three consecutive days, they walked during the day and slept at night, walked and stopped, ate wild game when hungry, and drank mountain springs when thirsty. The two walked around like a picnic, and got a lot of medicinal materials.

But most of them were ordinary herbs that were not of good quality, and no herb could be compared with the green grass or the blood-producing vine...

On the fourth day after the two entered the Trial Valley, an accident happened.

Before this, the two had been cruising in a jungle. Just when they were about to penetrate the jungle and enter the wilderness, Fu Qingqiong, who was exploring the way ahead, stopped without any warning, raised her hand, and instructed Xiao Mian to stay where he was.

Although Xiao Mian didn't understand why, he knew that Fu Qingqiong must have made all the discoveries.

Following Fu Qingqiong's guidance, Xiao Mian looked through the sparse bushes and saw a low-lying pond in the grass about thirty or forty feet away.

It's okay to have a pond, after all, there are many such water and rocks in the Trial Valley.

What really concerned Xiao Mian was the two people standing on both sides of the pond.

As soon as his eyes touched the two people, Xiao Mian had a glimmer of enlightenment.

Is this fate? Or is it a *?

It turned out that the two people in front were Li Gu and Luo Yi!

Speaking of which, Li Gu and Luo Yi didn't know each other at first, but because they were both defeated by Xiao Mian in the previous Shenglong Fight, they felt a sense of mutual respect.

After many years, the two people who were at the seventh or eighth level of Qi training at the time have also risen steadily. Now Li Gu is at the tenth level of Qi training, and Luo Yi is one level higher.

Although the foundation-building pill can only be taken after the Qi training stage is in the state of great perfection, it is not easy for the two to get enough foundation-building pills. Therefore, after Li Gu broke through to the tenth level of Qi training, the two agreed to come to the Trial Valley.

The purpose, like Fu Qingqiong, is to come for the foundation-building pill.

After a little thought, Xiao Mian guessed the cause and effect of the two appearing in the Trial Valley.

For this reason, when Xiao Mian's eyes touched the mottled flowers and leaves in the middle of the pond, he understood.

Xiao Mian recognized this mottled flower and leaves.

This thing is called rush. According to Fu Qingqiong, rush is one of the three main medicinal materials needed to refine the foundation-building pill.

Obviously, Li Gu and Luo Yi are not without opportunities.

It's a pity that there seems to be only one rush, but there are two people.

Xiao Mian, who instantly saw through the two people who suddenly confronted each other after discovering the rush, turned his eyes to Fu Qingqiong.

Junior Sister Fu, are you just sitting on the mountain and watching the fight?

If Li Gu and Luo Yi died together for a rush, Xiao Mian would not mind taking advantage of the situation.

But now...

While Xiao Mian was thinking about this, Li Gu and Luo Yi could no longer hold back.

To be precise, it was Li Gu who finally couldn't stand it.

You must know that Li Gu's cultivation is already one level lower than Luo Yi, and Luo Yi has that shield to protect himself. If the two fight, Li Gu will be in danger.

"Brother Luo! Before this trial, we agreed that everyone gets half of what they get in this trial valley, right?" When Li Gu said this, he saw Luo Yi staring at him intently, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He quickly said, "I am willing to give all this rush to you, brother. Is that okay?"

"...Oh? How can I say that?"

"Brother Luo has already reached the eleventh level of Qi training. If he goes one step further, he can reach the state of Qi training perfection. Naturally, he needs this rush more than I do! I only hope that Brother Luo can successfully build his foundation and become an inner disciple in the future. When he seeks revenge on Xiao Mian, he can help me..." At this point, seeing Luo Yi silent, Li Gu said repeatedly, "Brother Luo, please help me collect the herbs, and I will keep watch for you!"

Although Li Gu said it sincerely, Luo Yi looked disapproving.