Ancient Devouring Technique

Chapter 899: The Strange Withering of the Holy Medicine

It's not that Ye Xuan hadn't thought that there would be other poisonous vines here. In fact, he was always wary of "sneak attacks" from other poisonous vines. He just didn't expect that other poisonous vines would actually attack Huo Miao who was watching the battle nearby. Because according to the previous experience along the way, poisonous vines would generally prioritize attacking people who had activated holy power, so this change was indeed a bit unexpected.

Huo Miao was nervously watching Ye Xuan's battle in the distance when he suddenly became alert. After all, he was also a saint. He felt it when the poisonous vine below suddenly attacked from its hidden state. He looked down in horror and found that a poisonous vine that was no weaker than the one that attacked Ye Xuan was coming towards him. His face suddenly changed, and in a panic he only had time to wave his hand and took out a golden shield the size of a door panel from the ring to block himself.

"Bang!!!" A dull impact sound was heard, and the golden shield shook violently. Although it blocked the poison vine's attack, Huo Miao was thrown out with the shield by the powerful recoil force. The holy energy in his body fluctuated in disorder. It seemed that he suffered a great loss just from this one blow.

What was even more terrible was that after being blocked by the shield, the poisonous vine only paused for a moment before rushing forward again, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Huo Miao again!
Huo Miao's eyes revealed a trace of unconcealable panic, because this time the poison vines were rolling towards him from all directions. Even if he had a shield in front of him, if the poison vines rolled up both him and the shield, he would be in great danger.

Everything happened in an instant. Seeing this scene, Ye Xuan on the other side got a slight jump in his heart. He tilted his head slightly to glance at the poisonous vine that was about to chase him again. He hesitated for only a moment, then his expression became firm. With the surge of holy power, he raised his hand and formed a seal. Suddenly, a wave of power of the law of time appeared.

With Ye Xuan's current strong power of time, his figure disappeared directly on the spot like a beam of light.

Only a blurry shadow that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye was seen cutting through the void. The next second, when Ye Xuan's figure reappeared, he was already in front of Huo Miao. In an instant, the Heavenly Star True Flame spread out from his body and rolled up the attacking poisonous vine.

As expected, the moment the poison vine was caught in the spiritual fire, its attack suddenly stopped and it twisted wildly as if frightened. A layer of poisonous mist sprayed out, blocking the burning of the Heavenly Star True Flame.

Ye Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking that the poison vines here were indeed strange, and very different from those he had encountered before. However, he did not stop his actions at all. He waved his hand and released a ball of holy power to attract Huo Miao. The two of them rose up at the same time and shot straight into the sky.

This is also a very effective way to deal with poison ivy on the ground. As long as you rise to a high enough position, you can avoid the attack of poison ivy. However, this method cannot be used all the time. As mentioned before, the mountain walls on both sides of the Poison Ivy Valley are gradually closing. The higher you rise, the closer you are to the mountain walls on both sides. You might be attacked by the poison ivy on the high positions of the mountain walls on both sides. The consequences may be even worse. And even if this is not the case, the higher you go, the thicker the poisonous gas will be in the air. To continue to use holy power to resist the poisonous gas, the consumption will be very huge. Even a great saint cannot hold on for too long.

Summoning another layer of spiritual fire shield to protect himself and Huo Miao behind him, Ye Xuan looked down at the poison vine struggling in the sea of ​​fire below, frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he slowly raised his right hand and clenched it in the air below. The large area of ​​Heavenly Star True Flame suddenly shrank, and the range was condensed by more than half. The power was naturally enhanced a lot. The poisonous fog on the surface of the poison vine was slowly dissolved, and the poison vine seemed to sense the danger and wanted to shrink back to the ground, but Ye Xuan suddenly increased his strength again, and the Heavenly Star True Flame instantly melted the layer of poisonous fog completely. The poison vine froze as a whole, and then was quickly burned to charcoal.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan's slightly frowned brows relaxed. It seems that although these suspected "mutated" poison vines can use poison mist to resist the Heavenly Star True Flame, they are not very strong. It just takes a little more time, which is acceptable.

Now that he had tested the strengths of these poisonous vines, Ye Xuan was no longer so afraid. He brought Huo Miao down from the sky and used the same method to eliminate the poisonous vine that had initially attacked him. At this point, the crisis was finally completely resolved.

However, for safety reasons, Ye Xuan waited in the air for a while. He was not attacked by other poisonous vines. It seemed that there were only those two poisonous vines here. Then he lowered his altitude and searched the area for a while, and then stopped next to a clump of dead grass.

According to the secret records of the Yinsha Sect, someone had seen a third-grade holy medicine here before, but what Ye Xuan saw now was just a piece of withered and decaying weeds.

"Has it been taken away by someone?" Ye Xuan frowned slightly, feeling somewhat disappointed. However, when he looked carefully at the center of the withered grass, his eyebrows suddenly raised slightly, and he said in surprise, "That is..."

There was a withered little flower, which was different in shape from the weeds around it. Ye Xuan observed it carefully for a moment, then said to himself in surprise: "This... is this the third-grade holy medicine?! It turned out that it was not taken away, but... withered?! How could this be!"

If I am not mistaken, this withered little flower is the magical medicine recorded in the secret records of the Yinsha Sect, but now it is "dead".

Generally speaking, spiritual medicines are very difficult to wither. The older they are, the stronger their efficacy will be. Unless it is too long and exceeds the limit of the spiritual medicine's survival, the spiritual medicine will slowly wither. However, according to the records of the Yinsha Sect's secret records, this third-grade holy medicine should not have withered due to the passage of time. Another factor that can cause spiritual medicines to wither is the exhaustion of spiritual energy in the place where they grow, but there is clearly sufficient spiritual energy around here, so this cannot be the reason.

Why did this magical medicine wither? Ye Xuan was puzzled.

Seeing Ye Xuan standing there for a long time without moving, Huo Miao couldn't help but fly over and asked in confusion: "Sixth brother, what's wrong? Did you find anything?"

Ye Xuan pointed at the withered spiritual medicine and said, "There was originally a third-grade holy medicine here, but I don't know why it withered."

"Oh?" Huo Miao was stunned, took a closer look, and said puzzledly, "This is strange, how could the holy medicine wither so easily?"

Neither of them could figure out what was going on. Ye Xuan shook his head and said, "Forget it, never mind. Let's move on."

Huo Miao hesitated and said, "Sixth brother... I think... I won't continue to follow you. The road ahead may be even more dangerous. If I follow you, I will only become a burden to you. It is better for us to stop here. You can move more freely on your own."

The incident just now still left Huo Miao with lingering fears. At the same time, he also realized that it was no longer suitable for him to continue following Ye Xuan, so he made this suggestion.

Ye Xuan hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly and said: "Okay, then are you going to wait for me here, or..."

Huo Miao said, "I'll go back a distance. When I get to an area where I can explore, I'll go to a few places we haven't been to before. While looking for spiritual materials, I'll also hone myself."

If they return by the same route, they shouldn't encounter any danger along the way. As long as they go back a distance, with Huo Miao's strength, it won't be a big problem to explore other places. Ye Xuan thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, if I finish my exploration, I'll go find you, but if the time is up, you can leave the valley first. Don't worry about me, I'll come out by myself."

"Okay." Huo Miao naturally believed in Ye Xuan's strength. He clasped his fists and said, "Sixth brother, we will part ways for the time being. I wish you greater gains at the end of the back valley!"

After watching Huo Miao disappear in the direction he came from, Ye Xuan turned around, glanced at the towering mountain wall at the end of his sight, and then flew forward...

(End of this chapter)