Free Web NovelChapter 1492: Chapter 1339: My Little Brother Is the Villain 36
Gong Junbao continued to lower his head and search everywhere without lifting his head, while explaining, "I am looking for Spirit Rhinoceros. Spirit Rhinoceros is a companion spirit plant. Where Lan Lingxiang is found, Spirit Rhinoceros is certainly not lacking."
Spirit Rhinoceros is also a top-grade spiritual medicine, and it attracts Feng Qiao and Gong Junbao even more than Lan Lingxiang.
This is not because Spirit Rhinoceros is more precious than Lan Lingxiang, but because Spirit Rhinoceros is the spiritual medicine Feng Qiao and Gong Junbao can use at this moment.
Although Lan Lingxiang can be used to refine Barrier-breaking Pill and is indeed precious, it is far less useful to Feng Qiao and Gong Junbao, who are still at the Nascent Soul Stage, than Spirit Rhinoceros, which can be used to refine enhancement pills specifically for cultivators in the Nascent Soul Stage.
Gong Junbao truly has a unique ability to discover spirit plants. When Feng Qiao was still searching frantically without seeing a single Spirit Rhinoceros, Gong Junbao had already found two.
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A massive Xuan Blood Crocodile, three meters tall and over ten meters long, moved forward with heavy steps, crashing around as it went. Its speed was quick; each step was taken with reckless abandon.
"Stop! Stop! Stop! Raise your paw, don’t put it down! You stupid crocodile, do you know how much that spirit medicine is worth?"
A figure much smaller compared to the Xuan Blood Crocodile shouted while sliding down from its front paw.
The Xuan Blood Crocodile remained docile without moving, allowing the figure to slide down from its front paw and even shifted it slightly to prevent the person from falling.
Seeing the person had come down, the Xuan Blood Crocodile rolled its eyes in a very human-like manner at the person, seemingly dissatisfied. Under its lifted paw was a spirit medicine with large blooms about the size of a bowl, almost trampled.
The person who slid down was Gong Junbao. He eagerly picked up his tools for digging spirit medicines and ran excitedly toward the plant.
At that moment, a scorpion as tall as a person suddenly appeared, its tail whipping around, aiming its venomous stinger at Gong Junbao, but Gong Junbao ignored it without slowing down.
Just as the scorpion’s stinger was about to strike Gong Junbao, a snake-like Thousand Silk Entanglement descended from the sky, instantly wrapping the giant scorpion, which was then crushed.
While under the rubble of scorpion remains, Gong Junbao carefully harvested the spirit medicine he had seen earlier, without getting distracted for a moment.
Feng Qiao lay comfortably on the Xuan Blood Crocodile’s back, feeding Spirit Fruit to the Phantom Monkey while smilingly saying to Nie Shuangshuang: "With Master Nie around, this Gong Danshi’s courage grows bigger by the day.
I remember the first time he saw Mo Xuan, he was so frightened he couldn’t move, but look at him now, daring to shout at Mo Xuan.
Now even during a giant scorpion attack, he doesn’t blink while digging spirit medicines. His courage is truly remarkable."
The Mo Xuan mentioned by Feng Qiao is the Xuan Blood Crocodile used as a mount by the four people. The poor crocodile indeed seems to have bad luck.
After Gong Junbao finished digging Lan Lingxiang and Spirit Rhinoceros, the four people started worrying about how to travel further. Walking on foot would take an unknown amount of time.
While they were fretting, a Golden Core Stage Xuan Blood Crocodile appeared, unaware of fear, planning to munch on Nie Shuangshuang and company like snacks, relying on its height and sturdy build.
The snack turned out too hard and broke its teeth. Nie Shuangshuang fiercely beat it, and when she was about to skin it and roast it, Mo Xuan, full of survival instincts, knelt before Nie Shuangshuang, begging desperately to not be eaten.
With ordinary demon beasts, Nie Shuangshuang wouldn’t hesitate to kill, but this beast had clearly developed Spiritual Wisdom, so she thought it would make a convenient riding tool without the need for training.
Ultimately, Mo Xuan, the Xuan Blood Crocodile King, reluctantly bid farewell to its followers and embarked on its journey as a mount carrying Nie Shuangshuang and the others. The name Mo Xuan was given by Feng Feiyu.
Feng Feiyu was so fond of Mo Xuan that he couldn’t let go of it, though Nie Shuangshuang didn’t understand what was so appealing about this crocodile.
However, seeing Feng Feiyu’s affection, Nie Shuangshuang started considering whether to take Mo Xuan out of the Secret Realm to keep it as Feng Feiyu’s mount, since Feng Feiyu needed one anyway.
Mo Xuan, worthy of being a Xuan Blood Crocodile King, cleared the path without encountering many demons that dared to provoke it, allowing the riders on its back to relax.
No need to walk, the Xuan Blood Crocodile’s broad body was comfortable to sit on, offering a good view to enjoy the scenery, and it moved at a decent speed.
For a while, everyone became rather bored, especially Feng Qiao and Gong Junbao, since Nie Shuangshuang still needed to remain vigilant for any dangerous demon beasts, dealing with them promptly.
But soon Gong Junbao found something to do: keeping an eye on the various spiritual medicines within the Secret Realm. This Inheritance Secret Realm had been sealed for thousands of years, with Spiritual Energy accumulating intensely.
In such a rich Spiritual Energy environment, even ordinary grass was no ordinary item, let alone the numerous spiritual medicines and spirit fruits scattered throughout the Secret Realm.
When he saw a spirit medicine to his liking, Gong Junbao would call Mo Xuan to halt and then go down to dig it up. Sometimes Feng Qiao would help; other times, he would watch from the Xuan Blood Crocodile’s back.
But whenever Gong Junbao and Feng Qiao truly encountered danger, Nie Shuangshuang, who usually didn’t interfere, would take the initiative to deal with the threat.
Feng Feiyu sat with snacks from Pin Yuan Square, holding a small paper box filled with shelled nuts, nibbling like a demon tooth on nuts and enjoying the snacks.
Feng Feiyu didn’t expect to be so relaxed in this perilous Secret Realm, contrary to his previous expectations.
All the anticipated dangers were casually resolved by Nie Shuangshuang, and Feng Feiyu felt the hardship wasn’t nearly as taxing as when they desperately rushed along the journey.
"Master Nie, do you see that mountain range is moving? It seems to be continually moving away from us. We’ve traveled so far, yet it feels like we aren’t getting any closer to those mountains."
Feng Qiao had been lying on Mo Xuan’s back, eyes fixed on the mountains that were their goal, but now he stood, watching them with slightly furrowed brows and thoughtfully spoke to Nie Shuangshuang.
Nie Shuangshuang also stood up, observing carefully. The mountains remained far off; the exact distance was immeasurable, but two hours ago, from Mo Xuan’s back, they appeared just as distant.
They had been traveling for several hours now, yet the distance seemed unchanged. Though Mo Xuan was burdensome in appearance, its travel speed was not slow.
The mountains indeed seemed mysterious, and Nie Shuangshuang instantly thought of an Illusion Array. She reached out to grab the Phantom Monkey still nibbling on fruits, pointing towards the mountains: "Take a look, is that an Illusion Realm?"
