Chapter 9: Obtaining Herbs

  The full moon hangs in the sky, illuminating a path for Yang Yuxi as he journeys forward.

  A moment later, he walked out of the canyon and in front of him was a desolate valley, with a gloomy wind blowing, filled with an eerie atmosphere.

  Yang Yu Xi identified the direction and avoided the places where wolves and tigers were likely to appear, then rushed in a direction where wild beasts were relatively scarce.

  The cold air rose in the desolate valley and soon swallowed up the small figure.

  "It's so cold..."

  Yang Yu Xi's body was trembling, and he couldn't tell if it was from the cold or fear. He kept rubbing his hands together, then exhaled heavily.

  "Cluck cluck!"

  The sudden sound from above made Yang Yu Xi tense up instantly.

  "Who is it?"

  Then he saw a fluffy tail hanging down from the tree, and a large gorilla sat on the branch, staring at him curiously.

  "Knock knock"

  Yang Yu Xi swallowed hard and carefully took a step back, wanting to walk away from under its gaze.

  "Boom!"

  The giant ape suddenly jumped down from the tree, blocking Yang Yuxi's path. Its height was much higher than Yang Yuxi's, looking down with a natural sense of oppression.

  "What... you, what are you going to do?!"

  The giant ape stared at him for a moment, then suddenly straightened up, its two thick black arms fiercely pounding its chest, letting out a battle cry!

  "Ahhhhh!! Noooo!!" Yang Yu Xi covered her head and screamed, backing away step by step in terror.

  The giant ape bent down again with both hands on the ground, revealing its terrifying fangs, and charged towards Yang Yuxi with a "whoosh".

  "It's all over!" Yang Yu Xi curled up his body, tightly closing his eyes. At the moment of death, he thought of many things: Yang Sanwang, Yang Lin, Big Brother and Second Brother, Lan Yu Yan, and that unseen mother of his.

  "Am I going to die here?!" Yang Yu Xi suddenly asked himself, a surge of unwillingness rose from his heart, he slowly opened his eyes, if he was going to die, he would die in battle!

  However, he soon discovered that there was no giant ape in front of him, but instead, a fierce fighting sound came from behind.

  He suddenly turned his head and saw that the giant ape was indeed fighting with a golden leopard, both of them had bloodstains on their bodies, and their eyes were scratched red.

  "Ah... so it wasn't coming for me after all..." Yang Yu Xi patted his chest, no longer hesitating, and quickly fled the scene. Although the two wild beasts weren't targeting him, who could guarantee that the winner wouldn't come after him, this meddling bystander?

  Yang Yu Xi finally stopped after running a hundred meters, panting heavily with his mouth open wide. His eyes scanned the surroundings, searching for that so-called Red Root Green Leaf Grass.

  "There's no such place, it doesn't exist at all!"

  Yang Yu Xi walked with one foot deep and the other shallow in the desolate valley, he specifically chose to move forward where the grass and trees were lush, but so far he still hadn't found a single stalk of Red Root Green Leaf Grass.

  "How can it be gone? Is what's written on that paper false?" Yang Yu Xi asked herself, but she couldn't get an answer.

  He raised his head and looked at the full moon in the sky, the moon had already shifted westward, it seemed that it was already past midnight.

  "It's all over, I still couldn't go back at midnight and got penalized again..."

  "Fine, punish me then! It's not like it's the first time anyway, and I don't care!"

  "But Xiaoyan is still waiting for me, if I don't hurry back, her injury will drag on."

  "But I couldn't find that dang red-root green-leaf grass, who knows where it grows?! There's plenty of dogtail grass here though..."

  He walked and talked to himself like a madman, but actually he was cheering himself up, trying to distract his attention from the desolation and eeriness of the wilderness.

  Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Yuxi had been searching in the desolate valley for nearly two hours, without even finding a shadow of the Red Root Green Leaf Grass.

  Yang Yu Xi was soaked from head to toe, his body half-hanging down, walking weakly on the withered yellow land of the desolate valley.

  The moon has sunk some distance in the west, but the distant lanterns are still clear, it seems that the Lantern Festival is not over yet.

  "Huh?"

  Yang Yu Xi suddenly straightened his body, his eyes fixed firmly on a cliff in front of him, where the wind was blowing gently. A very special grass was swaying in the wind, its leaves were emerald green and seemed to be dripping with dew, while its roots were bright red, like vibrant blood.

  "Ah! Found it!! Too great!" Yang Yu Xi suddenly became excited, his spirit reaching its highest point, and he rushed towards the cliff at full speed.

  "Huffing"

  A sudden gust of wind abruptly halted Yang Yu Xi's footsteps. Although it was nighttime, the bright moonlight would have normally allowed him to see his shadow, but now his shadow was completely obscured. He looked up in shock, and a golden-tailed eagle was circling above his head, its sharp eyes coldly staring at him.

  "Ah......" Yang Yu Xi was suddenly frightened and stood still on the spot, only trembling and couldn't remember what to do.

  The eagle soared for a moment, then landed on a branch next to the red-rooted green-leafed grass, its beak preening its feathers, but Yang Yuxi knew it had already locked onto him.

  He can't escape.

  After a brief moment of fear, Yang Yuxi also calmed down. Since she knew she couldn't run away, being afraid was useless now. What she needed to think about was how to escape.

  Yang Yu Xi took a few deep breaths, adjusting his state to its best, and assumed a combat stance. His true yuan surged and churned around him, causing his clothes to flutter loudly.

  The eagle looked at him with its head tilted, its sharp talons and beak reflecting the bright moonlight, gleaming with coldness and killing intent.

  "Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!"

  Yang Yu Xi thought for a moment before deciding to take the initiative and launch a preemptive attack on the eagle, rapidly moving his body and suddenly charging towards the male eagle.

  The eagle saw the situation, its wings flapping fiercely, a strong whirlwind swept forward, flying sand and rocks, chaotic stones piercing the air, truly magnificent.

  "Boom!"

  It was already strenuous to walk vertically on the cliff, and with a sudden gust of wind, Yang Yuxi's body fell down, heavily hitting the ground.

  Yang Yu Xi winced and rubbed his back, the eagle on the cliff shook its head from side to side, occasionally preening its feathers, as if full of disdain.

  "Don't underestimate me!"

  "Come again!"

  Yang Yu Xi suddenly sprang up, this time he didn't walk off the cliff, but instead directly jumped up. Without reaching the True Realm Boundary, it's difficult to fly, so at this moment, he still couldn't fly.

  Although it was harder to move while jumping than standing on the cliff, he moved faster. Yang Yuxi successfully dodged the eagle's gust and jumped higher than where it was.

  "Take this punch!"

  Yang Yu Xi angrily shouted, his right hand suddenly punched out, the air rapidly rubbing against it, the fist wind whistling, rumbling towards the male eagle!

  The eagle let out a long cry, flapped its wings and took off, much faster than Yang Yuxi. It dodged a punch, but the branch it was perched on suddenly snapped with a "crack" and fell down.

  At this time, Yang Yu Xi also reached the highest point of his jump, and his body produced a momentary pause. The eagle swooped down, its cry shaking the nine heavens, and with one flap of its wing, it sent Yang Yu Xi flying far away.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  Yang Yu Xi knocked down two trees in a row before finally stopping, his face covered with dust and sweat. He only felt a burning pain inside his body, when suddenly a hot flow surged up, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, only then did he feel slightly more comfortable inside.

  "How despicable!"

  He fiercely pulled out a clump of grass beside him and threw it aside: "We've come all the way here, are we going to fail now?!"

  "No, no way, Xiaoyan is still waiting for me, how can I fail in a place like this?!"

  He suppressed the turmoil inside his body and struggled to get up.

  A majestic eagle soars in mid-air, occasionally letting out a sharp cry.

  "Ahhhhh!"

  Yang Yu Xi let out a series of angry roars, flying up the cliff and lightly tapping his toes on the cliff wall, jumping unpredictably on the cliff, making it impossible for the eagle to capture him accurately.

  The eagle saw this, and its speed suddenly increased, flashing to Yang Yu Xi's front like lightning. Its sharp claws swung fiercely, three rays of light flashed by, striking Yang Yu Xi's body, immediately tearing open three wounds, with blood gushing out.

  "Ah..."

  Yang Yu Xi endured the pain, his speed not decreasing but increasing instead, his right hand clenched into a fist and struck out, heavily hitting the eagle's left wing, sending it flying.

  The eagle wailed, and a faint red glow appeared on its left wing. It wasn't any special kind, just simply knowing some cultivation methods, but in fact, its strength was not much higher than Yang Yuxi's.

  "Hmm!"

  Yang Yu Xi took advantage of the momentum to chase and attack, in a flash, his body suddenly swept towards the male eagle, the male eagle was greatly shocked, flapped its wings once, and flew into the high sky.

  "Haha, you've been fooled!"

  Yang Yu Xi saw the eagle flying so high, his heart was overjoyed, and the air bullet that had been accumulated in his hand suddenly burst out, then relying on the recoil to rush towards the red root green leaf grass at an extremely fast speed.

  The eagle found itself deceived, but was blocked by the air bullet. It let out a fierce cry and barely avoided the air bullet before diving down towards Yang Yuxi.

  However, as a result, it slowed down, and Yang Yu Xi had already grabbed the Red Root Green Leaf Grass and ran away in a cloud of smoke.

  Yang Yu Xi ran out of breath for a hundred meters, then slightly gasped and opened his legs to run hard for a while, only stopping after making sure the eagle hadn't caught up.

  "Hehe, I finally got it! Little Yan will be fine soon!"

  Yang Yu Xi smiled happily, although he was seriously injured, but in the end it wasn't all for nothing.

  "Go, go home!"

  But as soon as he took a step, he fell to the ground, his body burning with pain, and the three bloody marks on his chest were so painful that he couldn't get up at all.

  "How hateful!"

  Yang Yu Xi clenched his fists and pounded the ground, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins. After going through countless hardships to obtain the Chi Gan Bi Ye Cao, he didn't have the strength to return, it was truly infuriating.

  "Right, Yunnan Baiyao!"

  He suddenly remembered the medicine he had stolen from the pharmacy, so he struggled to turn over, took out the medicine from his bosom, and sprinkled it on his wound with a trembling hand. Instantly, a heart-wrenching pain hit him, his face turned bright red, but he dared not let out a cry of agony, fearing that some wild beasts might be attracted by the sound.

  Yang Yu Xi tightly grasped the grass on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably, his face twisted in agony, his eyes wide with pain, and tears of suffering streaming down from the corners of his eyes, but he ultimately endured it without making a sound.

  After the brief pain passed, the medicine slowly seeped into the wound, a feeling of fatigue surged up to her head, and Yang Yuxi actually fell asleep in a daze.

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