Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 103 Searching for the Spiritual Medicine Valley (2)

Ning Xuan hugged Chen Nan and entered the cave. Leng Yue raised her foot to follow, but was blocked outside by Lin Mo holding a sword.

The defensive array pattern on the stone wall outside the cave was carved by Ning Xuan. Once activated, it can also serve as a hidden entrance. Ning Xuan carved it three times before she finally succeeded.

Although the entrance outside the cave is narrow, the inside is getting wider and wider, with one cave connected to another, twists and turns. Except for the entrance, Chen Nan followed Ning Xuan's instructions and only focused on decorating the three larger caves in the cave. For the other caves, he only carried out basic work of cleaning, sterilization and disinfection.

The main cave chamber is about three meters high and covers an area of forty to fifty square meters. The weeds, mosses and other plants that originally grew in the cave chamber have been cleared away, and the stone walls are covered with luminous fluorite, which illuminates the cave chamber as if it were daytime.

Four warm jade screens are placed in the center, behind which is a large bed. A jade-carved stone table is placed under the west wall, on which there is a three-legged bronze tripod. Green smoke curls from the tripod, emitting a faint fragrance. Freshly picked wild flowers are placed on both sides of the stone table, adding a bit of rural flavor.

Ning Xuan looked at the interior layout and a smile appeared on the corners of her lips. These furniture and ornaments were all selected by her from the gift list sent by Ying Yaoshi and brought into the secret realm. Anyway, they were convenient to carry around since they were stored in the space button. Since she had good things in her hands, she didn't want to let herself down.

Three days ago, the alchemists in the unlimited group who passed the initial screening were all sent to the Lingxiao Secret Realm using teleportation cards. Lin Mo and Chen Nan came with Ning Xuan and used the same teleportation card, so the three of them were sent to the same location.

They would stay in the Lingxiao Secret Realm for a month. Ning Xuan's first thought when she arrived at the secret realm was to find a place to stay. Her spiritual plant, the Ghost-Faced Red Vine, could now branch out into 32 branches. Ning Xuan spread out all the branches, and the branches of the red vine really helped her find such an ideal place to stay.

Half of this cave was naturally formed, the remaining half carved by a pangolin-like beast that specialized in burrowing. Ning Xuan remembered the moment they first found this place, the moment they stepped into the cave entrance, clutching the poison-repelling bead, a foul, rotten odor mixed with a damp, musty smell assaulted them. Their movement startled several bat-like flying beasts, which shattered the phosphorescent moss on the stone walls and rained down like dust. Chen Nan dropped a lighting ball, radiating light all around, revealing the shattered bones scattered across the ground. Several claw marks, several feet deep, marked the exposed cave walls.

However, although the environment is dirty, the cave is large enough and the location is hidden. There is no aura of powerful strange beasts around the cave. As long as it is cleaned up a little, it will be a relatively safe place to stay.

In order to have a comfortable living environment in the wild, Ning Xuan made sufficient preparations in advance. She not only brought powerful insect repellent balls and desiccant for humid environments, but also insect repellent powder, insect repellent smoke, incendiary bombs, cleaning robots, etc. After directing the robots to do basic cleaning, the originally dark and humid large cave immediately became a dry and tidy cave. After being left for ventilation for a day and a night, it has been completely renewed.

Early this morning, Ning Xuan and Lin Mo conducted a comprehensive safety hazard inspection in the surrounding area and asked Chen Nan to stay here to sort out the housework. The three of them divided the work and cooperated to complete the final layout of the security base.

Everything was going smoothly as planned, except for Leng Yue's appearance, which was an accident.

It was getting dark outside. Ning Xuan brought Lin Mo into the cave, activated the defensive formation, and kept Leng Yue out.

"No matter what your purpose is, I advise you to stop here." Ning Xuan glanced at him coldly.

Leng Yue saw Ning Xuan's serious expression and coughed lightly, "Miss Ning, I do..."

Ning Xuan ignored his explanation, embraced Lin Mo, and turned to enter the cave. Leng Yue helplessly watched the thick fog rise. The cave entrance, which was not very conspicuous to begin with, was submerged in the thick fog, gradually blending into the natural mist, leaving no trace.

"Coo, coo, coo." A regular sound of birdsong came from not far away. This was the early code of the S-level pioneering corps.

Leng Yue leaped up and flew towards the source of the bird singing. Ten minutes later, he met up with Yan Fuzhen.

Yan Fuzhen had two subordinates who were also acquaintances and were both very powerful special forces fighters.

"Adjutant Leng, how does it feel to have almost capsized in a ditch?" Yan Fuzhen looked at Leng Yue and said sneerly.

"It's okay. I sent out a distress signal, why didn't you come? Butler Yan, are you seeking revenge for personal gain?" Leng Yue questioned.

"You did send out the signal, but Miss Ning and the others are nearby. How could you let me show up? Instead, you provoked the Soul-Eating Vine, but you failed at the critical moment, putting Miss Ning in danger. It's fortunate that Miss Ning's plant pet can restrain the Soul-Eating Vine. Otherwise, even if we showed up, we might not be able to save you. If you implicate Miss Ning again, your life will be over." Yan Fuzhen accused him dissatisfiedly.

"I will report today's situation to the Marshal. You'd better think about how to explain it to him." Yan Fuzhen said in a cold tone.

Leng Yue's handsome, fair face gradually turned red. "I didn't expect the rules of this secret realm to be so strange and suddenly suppress me so strongly."

In fact, he realized he had made a mistake a long time ago.

"As for me, the Marshal didn't give any special instructions. I will protect Miss Ning in secret according to my own plan. You don't need to tell me what you want to do. If there is nothing very urgent, there is no need to contact me." Yan Fuzhen said, and left with his men.

Ning Xuan didn't care about Leng Yue's whereabouts. This cave was dug out at the bottom of the mountain. It was made of hard and thick rocks above and below, and surrounded by rock walls. Inside the cave, Ning Xuan placed sound wave monitors on the floor, ceiling and rock walls on all four sides. As long as there was no abnormality in the sound wave monitor and the defensive formation at the cave entrance was not touched, they could sleep soundly in this cave.

Ning Xuan, Lin Mo and Chen Nan were looking at two maps. The map in Lin Mo's hand was the one he bought when he entered the Lingxiao Secret Realm three years ago. The one in Ning Xuan's hand was the one Yan Fuzhen had just bought from his channel two days ago. It was said to be the latest version.

Comparing the two maps together, you can see that in three years, the iconic locations in the Lingxiao Secret Realm have undergone tremendous changes.

Ning Xuan's original plan was to find the Spiritual Medicine Valley first. According to the latest version of the map, the Spiritual Medicine Valley, like the Mist Hidden Gorge where they are now, is located in the southeast corner of the Lingxiao Secret Realm.

However, in the past two days, they searched the surrounding area and did not find the Spiritual Medicine Valley. They only found the Mist Hidden Gorge and found a place to stay there.