After learning about Li Ji'an's senior status as a top-class Pill Master, they showed even more respect, allowing the Ma family's treasured daughter to personally attend to him.
This place is far from the Immortal City, situated in a remote area with scarce resources. Even the most common Pill dicine in the Immortal City is not easily obtainable here, and traveling far to purchase them is not cost-effective considering the expenses and risks involved.
When Xiao Changfeng finished catching up with his parents, he learned that this place nearly encountered trouble half a month ago. Fortunately, a Loose Cultivator, who was friendly with the Ma family, imdiately sent a Communication Talisman to the Ma Clan when the family settlent was destroyed.
The Ma Clan didn't hesitate, packing up essential supplies and leading their mbers over a thousand miles eastward to hide in a Spirit Starved Land for several days. They only returned after sending people back to ensure no danger was present.
This made Li Ji'an admire the survival wisdom of bottom-tier families in the Cultivation Realm and also made him break into a cold sweat for them.
After staying with the Ma family for three days, Xiao Changfeng's parents urged him to leave quickly, lest the Sect beco dissatisfied with him.
Before leaving, Clan Leader Ma asked Xiao Changfeng if he could request Li Ji'an to sell them so late-period Qi Condensing Pills from his stock.
Li Ji'an was impressed by Clan Leader Ma's social skills and agreed to the request.
Regrettably, before setting out for this journey, Li Ji'an had already exchanged Pill dicine for possible travel expenses and for preparing Talismans. What remained were all top-quality Qi Condensing Pills.
Their value far exceeded Clan Leader Ma's expectations.
In the end, he could only awkwardly laugh at himself and voluntarily gave up.
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Setting off again, a month and a half later, Li Ji'an finally arrived at the outskirts of the Fla Mountain Forbidden Land, where the traces of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fla were suspected to have been discovered.
This place was already at the eastern border of Cangyun State, and another ten thousand miles east would take them into the true range of the Fla Mountain Forbidden Land.
Compared to the Spirit Starved Land along the way, the Spiritual Qi here was even more scarce, almost undetectable.
Looking up at the sprawling lifeless red soil of bare rock, with hot steam blowing against his face, Li Ji'an's Divine Sense was affected by the heat waves and could only exert eighty percent of its power.
His Dantian Magical Power was also continuously shrinking due to the lack of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
The reason Cultivators can't stay long in the Spirit Starved Land is because if Dantian Magical Power goes without Qi replenishnt for too long, it will gradually weaken, causing a regression in cultivation. If the Dantian Magical Power is exhausted for too long without replenishnt, it can damage the Dantian and affect potential.
Therefore, Li Ji'an brought plenty of Spirit Supplent Pills for this journey.
Upon reaching the Fla Mountain's outskirts, Xiao Changfeng put away the Flying Boat to minimize Magical Power consumption.
Li Ji'an activated a Magical Shield to protect himself and Xiaoqiao from discomfort caused by heat waves.
It's worth ntioning that while this area is unsuitable for human Cultivators without Spiritual Qi, it attracts certain Fire-type Demon Beasts. Demon Beast advancent mainly relies on bloodline transformation and evolution. Besides Spiritual Qi, various special materials aid Demon Beast bloodline transformation.
For instance, in deep forests, violent and chaotic Spiritual Qi that human Cultivators can't absorb and refine, and the Fla Spirit chanism diffused into the scorching heat waves near this Fla Mountain Forbidden Land.
However, Gugu didn't like this environnt and was sowhat affected. It's more suitable for Earth and Water Spiritual chanisms.
After delving several hundred miles deeper, reaching the area the Loose Cultivator ntioned seeing Heaven and Earth Spirit Fla traces, Li Ji'an and Xiao Changfeng no longer hurried.
Li Ji'an had already shared with Xiao Changfeng the purpose of this journey, which was to try their luck.
Xiao Changfeng understood, as no Pill Master wouldn't desire owning a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fla.
Although this chance is smaller than finding a Foundation Establishnt opportunity, countless Pill Masters explore all over for it every year.
Along the way, they encountered three other Pill Masters seemingly trying their luck.
However, they might have been Beast Tars looking to capture Fire-type Demon Beasts.
Li Ji'an and his company saw many Demon Beast traces, but on the surface, they were just low-level Fire Salamanders, which kept their distance upon encountering them.
After arriving, the two parted ways.
Li Ji'an fully disclosed possible traces of Heaven and Earth Spirit Flas to Xiao Changfeng, also handing him another bottle of Spirit Supplent Pills.
As Xiao Changfeng's figure faded from sight, Li Ji'an reluctantly released Gugu.
"Push through. If we capture a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fla this ti, my Foundation Establishnt will be guaranteed, and I can plan for your Blood Pill advancent. You definitely can do it!"
Although Xiaoqiao was the main hope of this trip, Li Ji'an habitually encouraged Gugu, also feeding it a Beast Pill with Fireproofing properties.
"Gugu darling, I'll make you delicious food when we get back," Xiaoqiao gently stroked the frog's head in encouragent.
"Gua~" Gugu's enthusiasm imdiately rose, diving into the ground to search.
"Xiaoqiao, help uncle look underground for the kind of fla I showed you before," Li Ji'an said to Xiaoqiao again.
Before setting out, Li Ji'an had used Magical Power to create the forms of Heaven and Earth Spirit Flas seen in ancient texts.
Although Spirit Fla shapes vary, and their colors differ by level, they still resemble flas in essence.
"Okay," Xiaoqiao nodded, beginning to look underground.
Since his Divine Sense was affected and using it here consud Divine Soul power, Li Ji'an didn't bother looking underground himself and focused on surface traces instead.
After half a month of searching, they found nothing.
"Uncle Li, there's a Fire Snake over there." One day, Xiaoqiao pointed not far off.
Li Ji'an imdiately instructed Gugu to avoid it.
These days, Gugu was quite battered, attacked several tis by local Demon Beasts, bearing many scars now.
Primarily, there were many Tier One late-period Demon Beasts deep underground here, holding the geographical advantage, attacking Gugu when it inadvertently intruded their territories. Although most eventually succumbed to Gugu's tongue, it was a case of mutual destruction.
Therefore, Xiaoqiao not only looked for Spirit Flas, but also helped Gugu avoid hazards.
"Uncle Li, there's also a little grass over there."
Soon after, Gugu surfaced with a "Three-Fla Grass" in its mouth.
Li Ji'an nodded in satisfaction, storing it in Gugu's mouth within his dinsional storage.
This is a Tier One late-period Spirit Grass, a supplentary herb for many late-period Pill dicines, even Second Tier Pills.
This was another unexpected surprise Xiaoqiao brought Li Ji'an, as it could "see" underground living things and objects with Spiritual Qi.
After testing for a long ti, Li Ji'an had gained a deeper understanding of Xiaoqiao's ability.
It seed to be so form of sensing, but only applicable underground.
He tested it by having Gugu place an ordinary stone underground, which Xiaoqiao couldn't "see."
Thus, he ruled out abilities like a "Spiritual Eye."
However, Xiaoqiao herself didn't understand her own ability.
Li Ji'an thought it might be so connection to the Earth Spirit chanism.
He couldn't confirm whether it was a Divine Ability of a Divine Favored.
The more he understood the Cultivation Realm, the more he realized how vast and strange it is. Besides Divine Favored with Heaven and Earth Laws fragnts attached after the extinction of the Tao, nurous incomprehensible mystical phenona existed in ancient tis.
"Brother Li, co quickly!" Suddenly, a slightly anxious urging ca from Xiao Changfeng through the Communication Talisman.
Li Ji'an raised an eyebrow; could it be that Xiao Changfeng found sothing?
He imdiately picked up Xiaoqiao, summoned Gugu, and headed toward Xiao Changfeng's direction.
Soon, at a pile of disorderly stones reddened by prolonged steaming heat waves, Li Ji'an saw Xiao Changfeng with an excited expression.
"Brother Xiao!"
"Brother Li, look quickly. This winding scorch mark, could it be the Spirit Fla trace you ntioned?" Xiao Changfeng pointed and asked.
Li Ji'an focused his gaze, his eyes lighting up: "Brother Xiao truly is fortuitous. Though we each searched for half a month, you actually found it."
He spoke sincerely, for compared to Xiao Changfeng, he had Xiaoqiao's Divine Ability and Gugu's underground cooperation.
Yet Xiao Changfeng's Spiritual Sense was nearly ineffective here, relying solely on his eyes, and he still discovered it.
The traces were indeed faint and hidden.
However, as Xiao Changfeng said, the mark was precisely one of the significant clues for Spirit Fla detection Li Ji'an had learned from studying nurous ancient texts.
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