This time, Shuang Qingqing did not fly alone but stood on it as well.
She was very satisfied with Li Yan's ability to control the "Cloud-Piercing Willow" in this way. It did not disgrace her magical treasure.
Just as they were approaching the edge of the Giant Wood Clan's territory, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you are..."
The Cloud-Piercing Willow quickly solidified from its illusory state, and Li Yan's voice also came over.
"Fellow Daoist Ting, it's a bit presumptuous to turn back so quickly. It's just that there is one matter that I have to trouble you with. I wonder if your esteemed clan's ancestor is in the clan?"
"My clan's ancestor, hmm?..."
Ting Bixiao's expression changed, his mind racing. He hadn't expected Li Yan to return so soon to see his clan's ancestor.
There was no longer any favor between them. For Li Yan to ask to see him so directly with his cultivation level seemed a bit inappropriate. Was there something that he himself couldn't handle?
And just at this moment, he also saw clearly that there were three people standing on the Cloud-Piercing Willow, not the two in his mind. The person standing at the very front was someone he did not recognize.
It was a woman in a cyan gauze with a graceful figure, her face veiled in black, her eyes charming all living beings as she looked around.
Ting Bixiao only glanced at her and already felt a blazing fire rising within him. He was greatly shocked and quickly forced himself to look away.
His face was flushed, and his heart was still beating violently.
Shuang Qingqing was not deliberately targeting him. Otherwise, even ten or a hundred Ting Bixiaos would have fallen for her.
Since Ting Bixiao had sensed Li Yan's approach in the main hall, he had been paying attention to the other party. But from beginning to end, his Divine Sense had not discovered a third person on the flying magical treasure.
Even now, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, that position was still empty in his Divine Sense.
"Oh, Fellow Daoist Ting need not be alarmed. This is an elder of mine. She has something she would like to discuss with your esteemed clan's ancestor!"
Li Yan explained briefly with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang's elder, I wonder..."
Ting Bixiao was extremely surprised. He hadn't expected a Nascent Soul cultivator to suddenly come to the clan. Nascent Soul cultivators on the Verdant Continent rarely went out.
As for the other party's specific realm, he couldn't sense it at all.
However, from the normal state of the cultivation world on the Verdant Continent, the other party should be a Nascent Soul cultivator. As for the probability of a Spirit Transformation cultivator appearing, it could be directly ignored.
While he was surprised, he was also quickly thinking about what Li Yan's purpose was. What did this Zhang Ming want to do by suddenly bringing a Nascent Soul cultivator over for no reason?
"The power behind Zhang Ming is indeed not small. After a trip outside, he has a Nascent Soul cultivator with him. I wonder which sect's old monster this is..."
And just as he was thinking, a thick, deep voice sounded in Ting Bixiao's mind.
"Bring these fellow daoists over!"
Ting Bixiao's mind was shaken.
At the same time, the corner of his eye clearly saw that the woman in the cyan gauze immediately turned her head to look in a certain direction, and that direction was precisely the place where his own ancestor lived and cultivated year-round.
"Did she sense it? The ancestor is a Mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!"
"If the ancestor conceals his aura, even someone of the same realm might not be able to sense it. Could this woman in the cyan gauze also be a peak Mid-stage Nascent Soul expert?"
He knew very well that even among cultivators of the same realm, there were differences in strength, especially since some cultivators were just piled up with medicinal pills.
Although such cultivators had the realm, their foundation was very shallow. They could often only suppress cultivators of a lower realm than themselves and had low combat power among their peers.
He thought in his heart, but he had already bowed to Shuang Qingqing from afar.
"Greetings, Senior. Please follow me!"
Li Yan had been watching him with a smile. He did not continue to explain for Ting Bixiao.
At this time, some figures appeared in the distant void. They were the guards on patrol for the Giant Wood Clan. Seeing the situation here, they were about to fly over but were immediately called back by Ting Bixiao in secret.
Ting Bixiao led the way in front, and there were no more obstacles along the way.
He led the three of them towards the depths of the Giant Wood Clan. After flying for about the time it takes for a large teacup to cool, they landed in a forest.
Li Yan and Zhao Min exchanged a look. They both recognized this place. It was not too far from the location where they had entered the "Wood Essence Pool" last time.
What did this mean? It meant that the Giant Wood Clan's "Wood Essence Pool" was indeed guarded by an expert, and it was not as lax as it appeared on the surface.
After the four of them landed, looking at the towering tree in front of them that would take six or seven people to encircle, Ting Bixiao bowed to this giant tree.
Although he did not speak, the giant tree suddenly blurred. Then, Li Yan found that all the space around them had been distorted.
The bodies of the large trees and plants instantly became twisted and crooked. Even the ground beneath his feet became unreal. Li Yan even saw his own feet as if they were no longer on his body.
The other figures at his side were even more blurry. Li Yan was greatly alarmed, and the spirit power in his body was about to erupt.
And just at this moment, Shuang Qingqing's voice came into his and Zhao Min's minds.
"Don't be alarmed. It's just caused by a formation restriction. There is no intention to attack!"
As Shuang Qingqing's voice transmission fell, Li Yan and Zhao Min's hearts relaxed. Sure enough, the next moment, all the scenery in front of Li Yan had changed.
A valley with green mountains and clear waters appeared before them. Bursts of rich, wood-attribute spirit qi rushed towards them.
This spirit qi was like countless spirit sprites, rushing straight into their bodies without needing to be breathed in, filling their mouths and noses with a fresh fragrance, and their bodies felt as if they were floating.
Li Yan felt it for a moment. Although it was not as rich as the spirit qi in the independent space where the "Wood Essence Pool" was stored back then, it was still a top-grade cultivation treasure land.
"Bixiao, you can go back first. I will receive these guests!"
A deep and powerful voice came from within the valley.
Li Yan and Zhao Min turned their heads. At their side, there was only Shuang Qingqing, who was also sizing up the verdant valley in front of them with her beautiful eyes, while Ting Bixiao's figure had long since disappeared.
But they had heard Ting Bixiao's voice.
"As you command, Ancestor! This senior and the two fellow daoists, I, Ting, will take my leave first!"
Then, everything returned to a state of silence.
The position where Li Yan and the other three stood was at the entrance of a green and verdant valley. A winding small stone path extended from their feet into the valley. A fresh fragrance filled the valley and was drifting over with the wind.
What Li Yan saw was no longer tall trees and low shrubs, but fields filled with flowers of various colors.
"Seven Star Grass, Orchid Reed Wood, Hu'er Fruit, Sunset Lotus..."
What Li Yan's eyes saw were fields of vibrant herb gardens. There were many rare and precious herbs that were rarely seen in the outside world, and even some deadly poisons. Li Yan could only recognize a part of them.
"Fellow Daoist, you are truly skilled and bold, to casually enter the cultivation ground of a fellow cultivator of the same rank whom you do not know. Hehehe, please come over!"
That deep and powerful voice came over again. Shuang Qingqing's beautiful eyes, however, showed a hint of a smile.
"Little fellows, I'll give you a ride. If you were to really walk along this stone path, you probably wouldn't be able to walk ten zhang in a lifetime, and might even be directly poisoned to death by some of the deadly things in it!"
As Shuang Qingqing spoke, the translucent thin gauze fluttered up, bringing with it a tempting fresh fragrance that wrapped around Li Yan and Zhao Min.
Li Yan and his companion only felt a stretch of cyan thin gauze appear before their eyes. Then, before the two of them could react, their bodies had already left the ground.
And in the next moment, their feet were already on solid ground. The cyan thin gauze in front of them disappeared, and the scenery had changed again.
All of this made Li Yan and his companion feel as if they had just flown up, but it seemed as if they hadn't moved at all. They only felt that their feet had just left the ground and had landed again.
Although Shuang Qingqing had inquired about Li Yan, she didn't know much about the Fragmented Poison Body. With Bai Rou's character, she wouldn't take the initiative to talk about Li Yan's matters.
Hence the warning just now.
However, the Fragmented Poison Body was not invincible. Li Yan did not think that what Shuang Qingqing said was wrong. Of course, there was also a possibility that he could be poisoned to death.
A thatched cottage appeared before Li Yan's eyes. He looked around and found that the distance from here to the valley entrance was only about three li.
Looking back at the valley entrance from his position, it was still a stone path that wound through fields of herb gardens and then led to the front of the thatched cottage.
But when they were standing at the valley entrance just now, Li Yan had not discovered the existence of this thatched cottage at all. In his eyes, there were only fields of herb gardens.
The thatched cottage did not look very large. The roof was covered with a thick layer of black, yellow, and gray thatch. They pressed down heavily, "hooking" downwards to form a circle of eaves made of messy grass.
On the roof of the thatched cottage, many tender green new grasses had also grown. They grew towards the sky, either as a single stalk or in a cluster, bringing a touch of vitality to the eyes.
"Fellow Daoist and these two little friends, please come in and talk!"
When that deep and powerful voice sounded again, the simple wooden door made a creaking sound and then opened. The sound of the wooden door turning gave a sense of old wood.
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Li Yan and Zhao Min hurriedly looked intently. In the middle of the thatched cottage sat a tall middle-aged man cross-legged.
This man had a dignified appearance, his black hair tied casually behind his head. A loose, light yellow long robe was spread on the ground. He was looking at the three people outside the door with a gentle expression.
Seeing this scene, Li Yan's gaze flashed. The thatched cottage was not as small as it looked on the surface. Even after seeing the thatched cottage, it was still concealed by a formation.
After the door opened, he saw a spacious thatched cottage. Inside, there was only a wooden shelf against the wall.
On it were jade slips that emitted light of various colors, as well as some ancient books made of demonic beast skins.
The floor inside the thatched cottage was not even paved with bricks or stones. It should be the original mud and stone ground, but the ground was swept very clean.
Apart from the yellow-robed middle-aged man himself sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat, there were several empty prayer mats in front of him. In front of each prayer mat was a tea table.
"I hope you don't mind. My place is very simple. At most, I only have a few cups of clear tea to entertain guests."
"Fellow Daoist is truly a devoted cultivator, which is admirable!"
As Shuang Qingqing spoke, she had already walked in with light steps. Seeing this, a strange light flashed in the depths of the yellow-robed middle-aged man's eyes.
As he had said before, this woman was truly skilled and bold, not at all afraid that he had set up a trap. This was his territory.
At this moment, both of them had already seen each other's cultivation. Both were at the Mid-stage Nascent Soul realm, their realms comparable. It was just that the yellow-robed middle-aged man had been immersed in this realm for a longer time, for more than three hundred years.
Shuang Qingqing's character was different from her delicate and gentle appearance. She had always been extremely bold.
Her "Purple-Winged Ice Phoenix" had finally obtained a "Amethyst Beast" demonic core from Gu Jiuqi.
This demonic core was of a much higher grade than the one she had originally used to refine the "Purple-Winged Ice Phoenix," which made the "Purple-Winged Ice Phoenix" even more powerful, its power multiplied.
If not for the fact that a Late-stage Nascent Soul Grand Cultivator had already gained a sliver of understanding of the rules of heaven and earth, with methods that were unpredictable, Shuang Qingqing would have had the confidence to fight a Late-stage Nascent Soul Grand Cultivator.
This was her true trump card. So, facing a cultivator of the same rank as herself, Shuang Qingqing had full confidence that she could retreat safely, and at the same time, smoothly take Li Yan and Zhao Min with her.