bookcurios Chapter 139 Peeping Tom
Chapter 139 Peeping Tom
In Prison Gate Mountain.
Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, Bai Ningyu began to explain, "It's simple. Those vines followed the scent of blood."
At this moment, Li Yanchen suddenly understood: "Oh, I see. I was wondering why those vines attacked Big Brother so fiercely. It turns out it's because he was covered in blood when he killed the blood worm!"
Bai Ningyu nodded and said, "That's right. This Yumen Mountain has formed its own ecosystem. Some of the plants here have become intelligent and will subconsciously treat us 'invaders' as nutrients.
Those vines are extremely bloodthirsty and can instantly drain a person's blood pressure and nutrients. We haven't found a way to control them yet, so everyone must be careful and avoid getting injured, lest they attract these vines again."
"So that's how it is!" The Great Elder was also shocked when he heard it.
Everyone had just experienced a life-and-death escape and was exhausted. In addition, the air around them was so hot and stuffy that it was suffocating. Their whole bodies were sticky and uncomfortable.
So everyone changed their clothes in a relatively open place not far away, sat cross-legged to rest, took out some instant food, and started to replenish their energy.
Bai Ningyu and Xiao Jing walked to an area with dense trees, and Bai Ningyu temporarily put the micro live broadcast device in his pocket.
Just as Xiao Jing was about to change her clothes, Bai Ningyu held Xiao Jing's arm and glanced at a tree.
The leaves on that tree were extremely lush, but under one of the leaves, a small piece of clothing was exposed.
Seeing this, Xiao Jing slowly walked to the tree, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and a small fireball suddenly appeared in her palm, which she threw towards the exposed corner of the clothes.
Sure enough, the tree shook violently, and a man with half his sleeve on fire rolled down, screaming, "Ahhh, help! It's on fire! It's on fire!"
The man rolled over and over on the ground, trying to put out the flames on his body, but because the ground was covered with fallen leaves, the fire seemed to be growing bigger.
Xiao Jing put his hands on his waist and snorted coldly. When the flames burned half of his sleeves and were about to burn others, he raised his hand to put out the fire: "I thought you were quite good-looking, but I didn't expect you to be a peeping Tom! This is a lesson. If you do this to me again next time, you will die. Get lost!"
The man slowly stood up, clutching his burnt clothes. His hair was covered with leaf debris, and his eyes were filled with rage. "You unreasonable, crazy woman! Which eye of yours saw me spying on you?"
"Hey, peeping tom, do you think you're right? I'm going to change clothes here, and you're hiding in the tree without saying a word. If you're not peeping, what are you doing? Don't tell me you fell asleep in this tree!" Xiao Jing said with a look of disdain.
"How would I know when you came to change clothes? I was chased here by a wolf, and I had no choice but to climb up the tree to avoid it. Who would have thought that I would meet a crazy woman like you? I'm so unlucky!" The man's expression was particularly helpless, and he looked at Xiao Jing with disgust.
Xiao Jing sneered and shouted, "Oh, do you think I'm a three-year-old? How could such a coincidence happen in this world? You're clearly just trying to make excuses! It seems that if I don't teach you a lesson every day, you still won't repent!"
As Xiao Jing spoke, a ball of fire gathered in her palm, ready to be thrown at the man.
At this time, Bai Ningyu stopped her and pointed at the claw marks on the tree trunk and said, "What he said is true. Look, there are still claw marks on the tree, and the marks are still very fresh."
"Did you hear that, crazy woman? Apologize! Apologize to me right now!" The man stood up, his shirt half hanging on his chest, his body and face covered in black ash from the fire, looking disheveled.
Li Shang and his group, who heard the noise in the distance, also rushed over with weapons in hand.
Li Shang saw the man in tattered clothes and was about to draw his sword, but when he took a closer look, his expression suddenly froze and he called out to the man, "Pei Zhou? Why are you here?"
Pei Zhou was a little surprised when he saw Li Shang, but then he said happily, "Li Shang? That's great! Hurry up and find me some clothes. My clothes were burned by this crazy woman."
Xiao Jing explained the whole story somewhat awkwardly, and then apologized to Pei Zhou.
Li Shang chuckled twice when he heard this, and quickly took out a set of clothes from the space and handed it to Pei Zhou.
Pei Zhou then angrily changed into Li Shang's clothes, and did not forget to roll his eyes at Xiao Jing.
"I heard that there are nine-layer purple ice flowers in Yumen Mountain, so I took the risk to give it a try. Who knew... Alas." Pei Zhou sighed heavily.
Nine-layered purple ice flower? That's one of the ingredients for refining the sixth-grade rejuvenation pill. As everyone knows, human aging is irreversible. Each realm of cultivators' advancement can only extend their lifespan and delay aging accordingly.
Only after ascending to the immortal realm can one's appearance be fixed, and the Rejuvenation Pill can truly restore the body's functions and appearance to that of youth. Compared with the third-grade Anti-aging Pill, it is simply not on the same level. Upon hearing this, Bai Ningyu's eyes lit up and she looked at Pei Zhou and asked, "Did you find it?"
Pei Zhou nodded in annoyance, then shook his head and said, "I did see this flower, but I almost lost my life because of it."
Seeing that Li Shang and his group seemed to be preparing to continue their journey into the deep mountains, Pei Zhou immediately dissuaded them, "Brother Li, I advise you not to go any further. I was captured by a group of ghosts and almost died in the Mountain God Temple. Fortunately, an old man who was collecting herbs saved me, and I was able to escape. It's too dangerous in there, let's go back!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shang asked with a hint of joy, "Brother Pei, to be honest, this Nine-Layered Purple Ice Flower is also one of the purposes of our trip. I wonder if Brother Pei could lead the way for us, or even tell me the approximate location of the flower."
Pei Zhou thought for a moment and said, "How about this, Brother Li, I'll take you there, but if you can pick this flower, I hope you can give me a petal. This flower has a significant effect on cell regeneration. I want to see if I can use it to make a drug to fight cancer."
Li Shang agreed without hesitation: "Okay, Brother Pei is so righteous, worthy of being the last disciple of Hua Shengshou of the Holy Medical Hall! If we can really pick this Nine-Layered Purple Ice Flower, we will definitely give you a petal."
Hearing the words "Holy Medical Hall", Bai Ningyu frowned slightly. Although people can be divided into good and bad and cannot be generalized, the impression Li Heming left on her was really too bad. Moreover, he was a disciple of Hua Zaisheng, which made her subconsciously guarded.