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The Fire Cloud Continent was located directly to the south. Here, the mountains were lush and the trees reached into the sky. There was an endless tropical forest filled with poisonous insects and fierce beasts.
The only flaw was that it was hot. The moment Duan Ling Tian and the others entered, they felt it. Even though he had a Fire Spirit Pill, as long as he ate one, he would feel cold all day. It was a very comfortable feeling.
"Young Master, should we rest for a while?" Xiao Feng Xian's horse carriage caught up to him.
"Alright, there are no villages here. I should find a place with people on it to rest. There are too many poisonous insects and beasts in this desolate place." Qi Liang also teased, "Xiaoxian, if the tiger came and bit you, it would be troublesome. Besides, if there's a bandit around, I'll take you away and make you my wife. You're even worse."
"F * ck you, crow mouth, you're the one suppressing my wife. With young master here, what do I have to fear?"
Qi Liang looked at Duan Ru, who was resting with his eyes narrowed, and became bold.
"Little Phoenix Fairy, you said that the bandits are here. Should we snatch you first, or the black rocks?"
"If it's a female king, I'll definitely rob you first. There's still an incomparably ugly female king, hahaha."
After Little Phoenix Fairy finished speaking, she felt satisfied and burst out laughing.
"This road is mine, and this tree is mine. If you want to live it from now on, leave behind the money to buy it." A group of bandits really did block their way. Xiao Feng Xian laughed, "Qi Liang, I said you're a jinx, right? Whatever you say will come."
Duan Meng didn't even raise his head. "Qi Liang, go down and take a look. You've been dismissed."
Qi Liang jumped down from the carriage and arrived in front of the bandit.
"Which one of you is the leader?" "I am, for what?"
A black burly man stood there, a shining broadsword in his hand.
"How much do you want?" Qi Liang knew what Duan Jian meant. As long as he could do it with money, he would not cause unnecessary trouble.
"10 Tier 6 spiritual pills for each person" Qi Liang sucked in a breath of cold air. It wasn't that he couldn't afford it, but that it was too expensive. These ten Tier 6 spiritual pills were enough to make him rich in a large empire.
"Could it be that the Fire Cloud Continent is filled with alchemists? Is a Tier 6 spiritual pill so worthless?" Qi Liang thought to himself. He felt that the bandits of the Fire Cloud Continent were quite wealthy.
"I don't have a Tier 6 spiritual pill, do you want the crystal?" Duan Ling Tian wanted to show off and revealed the fact that he had the crystal.
"Energy crystal? You do? "Then, yes, yes, yes!" The rogue cultivator said three words in succession.
"If you have one, could each of you help out?" The bandit leader's tone softened.
"Sure." There were quite a few brightly-lit energy crystals, so naturally he didn't mind. He took out a storage bag of five cubes energy crystals. The bandit leader took a look at it and then kneeled down.
Qi Liang looked at it and was stunned.
"What's going on? Why are you kneeling down? "
"Lord, since you have the Energy Crystal, you are definitely not an ordinary person. Can you meet our King?"
He didn't dare to make the decision for this matter, so he could only ask for instructions. Duan Ru Yue who was watching from the side also found it strange. Why did Qi Liang take out the energy crystal and kneel before him.
"Qi Liang, ask him, why is this so?"
Qi Liang asked in detail, but the bandit leader stammered as he did not know what to say. He could only plead Duan Jian and co. to meet his king with a sincere expression.
Duan Meng's curiosity was piqued for a moment. "Qi Liang, let's go in and take a look. Consider it rest."
The leader of the bandits, upon seeing that Duan Jidao was the leader, gave off a grand air and an extraordinary appearance. He knew he was also an expert and said with special respect, "Sir, as long as you see our King, you will definitely receive a reward."
What a joke, did Duan Judao do it for a small reward?
Of course not, Duan Ling Tian was just curious. When he heard that this forest was called the Dark Forest, he was not only interested in it, he was also a cultivator who concocted pills, so he should undergo tribulations. It didn't matter if there was danger, but as long as it wasn't a threat to his life, this risk was worth taking.
Wealth comes from danger, and it was also the purpose of Duan Jian as a person. There is no such thing as a pie in the world.
"What's the name of your King? Why do you want to meet someone with crystal ability?"
"Master will know once he goes. I don't know anything else." Please forgive me ".
Duan Meng knew that he wouldn't be able to get anything out of him unless he wanted to.
Duan Ling Tian was greatly shocked when he met the King of Mountains in the Dark Forest.
He had seen thin people, but he had never seen one as thin as this. They were simply skin and bones, and using the word skinny to describe them wasn't wrong at all. Not only did Duan Meng feel a wave of disgust in his heart.
However, the King of Mountain was very amiable. Although he had a ghost-like face, he still smiled. In Duan Ru's eyes, that smile was even uglier than crying.
"I don't know, what is the purpose of the King sending people to recruit us?" Since he was already here, he could only ask.
Milords, thank you for your trouble, we are not bandits, we are a sect of the Dark Forest, called the Black Sect, and we have always ruled the Dark Forest, my name is Roran Ke, I am the leader of the Black Sect, but, in recent years, there have been more and more monsters in the Dark Forest, and the Black Sect has been under extreme threat, so, I want to get rid of the monsters here, and I want to practice a kind of strange technique, called the Power of Darkness. As long as I can cultivate to my home, I will be able to reach the Deity Stage.
Duan Ling Tian understood. "Sect Leader Ruo Lan, do you mean that you want to make use of the energy crystal in our hand?"
"Yes, as long as mister has a large amount of energy crystals, I can cure your illness. Ruo Lan is willing to give up all her treasures to thank you."
Qi Liang interjected, "You're just a small Black Sect, what kind of treasure could you possibly have? Give it to our Young Master?"
Rana smiled, "That will depend on your abilities. Although our sect is not big, we still have some treasures."
"How much do you need?" Duan Meng was unwilling to blabber on, so he directly stated his request.
"10 thousand cubes." After Rana finished speaking, she nervously looked at Duan Ling Tian, deeply afraid that Duan Meng wouldn't be able to take out that many energy crystals.
"No problem, here you go." Duan Meng took out a storage bag and passed it to Rana.
If Rana saw this, it would devour the crystal as quickly as it could and would do so with a strange hand sign. Even if she saw him refining the energy crystal, she would still find it strange. Generally speaking, refining energy crystals were usually done by hand, and there were very few that would directly devour it.
After a short moment, Rana finished refining the pill and stood up in disappointment.
"I was wrong, I was completely wrong. I thought that with the ability crystal, I could recover my strength, but who would've thought, ah, this is all fate. Young master, come with me and choose your favorite treasures."
"Wait a moment," Duan Meng noticed the inklings. "Miss Ruo Lan, your body is poisoned with the poison of darkness and it devours your powers at all times, isn't that right?"
"Yes, how did you know?"
"Can you trust me?" Rana looked into Duan Jidao's eyes. "I believe you."
"Alright, I'll treat your wounds then." Saying that, he took Rana's hand and channeled a large amount of true qi into his dantian. At the same time, he used his soul force to forcefully suck in the poison of darkness from Rana's dantian into his own dantian. There was a strange change in his face.