TBIP: Chapter 23 Part 1

The two of them went deeper and there were fewer and fewer cultivators around.

Originally, they would meet strange cultivators every incense stick or so. Later, they couldn’t see anyone after an hour.

In half a day, Lou Xingyao was led by Wen Hanshan and came to an uninhabited area.

Wen Hanshan stopped and looked around before turning to Lou Xingyao. “From now on, you go in front?”

“Huh? Okay!” Lou Xingyao was stunned at first. Then he realized that he was supposed to take the lead in the next journey.

In other words, his experience officially began at this moment.

Lou Xingyao realized this and imitated Wen Hanshan’s appearance just now. He first looked around and observed the current environment.

The result was that nothing could be seen.

In Lou Xingyao’s eyes, this area was just an ordinary place in the forest.

The land covered with weeds was littered with unknown trees, the ground was covered with messy stones and withered yellow leaves. Occasionally, one or two unknown small flowers could be seen.

Anyone who looked at the scene would think it was no different from an ordinary forest on Earth.

But he also knew that the true appearance of the Endless Forest was far less simple than what he saw.

Lou Xingyao subconsciously looked at Wen Hanshan, wanting to seek his advice.

Unexpectedly, Wen Hanshan didn’t give any hints. He even disappeared in a place that Lou Xingyao couldn’t see. His refusal was very obvious.

Lou Xingyao knew that the other person was doing this to allow him to get better training, so he didn’t say anything. He thought for a moment before deciding to take it one step at a time.

He slightly moved his feet and chose to continue moving in the direction Wen Hanshan had just moved in.

As he went deeper, some spiritual plants that Lou Xingyao could name started to appear on the ground.

They were all worthless first-level spiritual plants, but there were also many mature plants in Lou Xingyao’s portable space.

But adhering to the principle of seizing every opportunity, he still chose to dig out the spiritual plants that had already grown and put them in his pocket.

Gradually, Lou Xingyao found some fun in the process of digging for spiritual plants.

This feeling was as happy as picking up money on the street.

Lou Xingyao thought this while scanning the ground. Soon, he found a vermilion fruit under the root of an ancient tree.

The vermilion fruit was a fruit grown on a shrub. It was vermilion in color, hence its name. Its size and shape were somewhat similar to the wolfberry on Earth, so it was often overlooked by people.

However, this fruit had a completely different taste from wolfberry. It was sweet and had a fragrance after entering the throat. It tasted a bit like lychee, and was often used as a snack by high-level cultivators to satisfy their cravings.

In addition, the vermilion fruit could replenish the spiritual power consumed by cultivators. It was the main ingredient of the first-level pill, the qi replenishing pill.

Due to this, the value of the vermilion fruit was far higher than ordinary first-level spiritual plants. This large handful was enough to sell for a good price.

Not to mention, what the shopkeeper gave to Lou Xingyao at the beginning only contained some ordinary spiritual plant seeds. It didn’t include this vermilion fruit.

Lou Xingyao was naturally overjoyed when he saw it in the Endless Forest. He hurried forward and walked to the front of the vermilion fruit.

He squatted down, took out his small shovel from the storage bag, and started to carefully dig along the roots of the vermilion fruit.

Lou Xingyao often dealt with Chinese medicinal materials in his previous life, and often planted spiritual plants in this life. He was already familiar with digging spiritual plants.

He skillfully dug out the vermilion fruit and put it into the storage bag. Unexpectedly, in the next moment, there was the sound of breaking wind above his head and a fishy smell suddenly entered his nose. At the same time, Lou Xingyao felt a sense of crisis behind him.

Without any time to think, Lou Xingyao subconsciously rolled on the ground. He took two or three steps to the side and turned over.

After standing still, he looked back and suddenly felt his breathing stagnate.

It turned out that a colorful giant python around five meters long had been luring in the place where Lou Xingyao had just dug up the red fruit. Its body was as thick as a bucket and made the patterns on the other party even more ferocious.

At this moment, the giant python was looking at Lou Xingyao steadily while spitting out its scarlet snake tongue. it was obvious that Lou Xingyao was its hunting target.

Its snake tail wrapped around the ancient tree showed that it had been lurking for a long time.

Lou Xingyao realized this and felt a layer of cold sweat on his back. Before this, he was actually unaware of the existence of this giant python.

The giant python noticed Lou Xingyao’s gaze and suddenly opened its mouth. The scarlet tongue was shaking in the air and the fishy smell once again appeared at the tip of Lou Xingyao’s nose.

This time, he could even clearly see the sharp teeth in the giant python’s mouth that were shining with a cold light. They looked sharp as if they could bite the target to pieces with just a bit of effort.

Lou Xingyao moved his fingers with difficulty. A numb electric current instantly passed from his fingertips along his arms to his brain. This was a manifestation of limb stiffness due to excessive tension.

Lou Xingyao forced himself to calm down and started to observe the giant python in front of him.

The python’s body was covered with gorgeous patterns, but under the head, there was a circle of very brightly colored scales.

This should be the weak point of the giant python!

Lou Xingyao’s eyes suddenly became sharper, and a dagger appeared quietly in his hand.

The senses and intelligence of monsters had always been different from those of ordinary people. At almost the moment when Lou Xingyao’s eyes changed, the giant python noticed it. It immediately sprayed a fishy liquid out of its mouth and fired it straight at him.

Lou Xingyao quickly dodged to the side. The moment he left, the liquid rushed straight to the place where he had just been.

Sizzle.

The liquid dripped onto the ground. The lush green grass corroded in an instant, revealing a basin-sized area of burnt black land.

This giant python was actually poisonous!

Lou Xingyao’s heart skipped two beats. At the same time, the danger of the giant python increased by two levels.

HIss.

The giant python saw that it couldn’t hit him, so it no longer hesitated and rushed towards Lou Xingyao with its bloody mouth wide open.

Lou Xingyao tightened his hand holding the dagger. At the same time that the giant python attacked, he staggered and swung the knife at the python’s weak point.

However, the scales of the giant python were unexpectedly hard, and the dagger only cut through the python’s skin. It didn’t deal a fatal blow, but even angered the other party.

At the pain, the giant python quickly retracted its snake tail wrapped around the ancient tree and swept towards Lou Xingyao.

This time, Lou Xingyao failed to dodge and was whipped ten feet away by the python’s tail. He finally crashed into the trunk of another ancient tree, avoiding the fate of flying away.

The python’s power was so great that the whipping caused Lou Xingyao’s internal organs to shift a bit.

The moment he hit the ancient tree, he could clearly hear several sounds coming from his body. It was obvious that he had broken a bone.

But the giant python didn’t give Lou Xingyao any time to heal himself. It followed closely and flicked its tail.

This time, Lou Xingyao’s dodging methods were obviously much slower than before he was injured.

Soon, he had many more wounds on his body. Even the corners of his mouth started to slowly ooze blood. These were almost all caused by the python’s tail while he tried to avoid the python’s bloody mouth.

The injuries on his body became more serious, and Lou Xingyao’s dodging movements became more sluggish.

The moment the giant python opened its mouth again and attacked, wanting to swallow him. Lou Xingyao clearly felt that he was willing but not strong enough.

If he couldn’t think of a way to defeat the enemy again, he would probably have to die here today!

Lou Xingyao’s eyes became sharper when he realized this.

It was said that when people faced a huge crisis, they would burst out with more powerful strength than usual.

Perhaps due to this, the movements of the giant python instantly became clear and visible in Lou Xingyao’s eyes.

At the same time, his mind was terribly calm in an instant. Since the dagger couldn’t cause damage to the giant python’s scales, what about the eyes?

Lou Xingyao thought of this and concentrated all his strength on his face. Then he leaped up and headed straight for the giant python’s left eye, which was as bright yellow as a light bulb.

It hit!

The moment the dagger entered its flesh, Lou Xingyao had an answer in mind and the tension in his heart dissipated a lot.

This blow really dealt a big injury to the giant python

The mouth, which had been stretched to the extreme, closed instantly. The head subconsciously hit the ancient tree on the side, trying to relieve the severe pain in its eyes and also wanting to throw Lou Xingyao off the position of the eyes.

But how could Lou Xingyao give it this opportunity when he had finally gained a little advantage?

He turned over and sat directly on the giant python’s head. He held the giant python’s eye sockets tightly with both hands, lowered his center of gravity, and stuck tightly to the giant python’s scales. No matter how much the giant python tried to toss him, he was unwilling to let go.

During this period, Lou Xingyao even took the time to pull the dagger out of the giant python’s left eye and pierced its right eye.

The giant python had lost its eyes and was like a tiger with its teeth pulled out. It no longer had the attack power from before. In addition, Lou Xingyao clung to its head and stabbed its bloody eye sockets from time to time, which made it extremely painful.

After three hours of struggling, the giant python finally fell to the ground and died. It wasn’t known whether it was due to exhaustion or because the eye sockets that couldn’t heal consumed too much of its blood.

Plop.

As the giant python fell, Lou Xingyao finally let go of the eye sockets that he had been holding tightly, allowing himself to slide off the giant python’s body.

For three whole hours, it wasn’t only the giant python who was exhausted, but also Lou Xingyao. At this time, he didn’t even have the strength to move a finger.

But looking at the motionless giant python beside him, Lou Xingyao couldn’t help a bright smile appear on his face.

He actually did it. He killed such a terrible, big guy!

The process was a bit embarrassing, but the final result wasn’t bad.