86: Yungao grass and red thorn vine

Cloud Mist Mountain is submerged in a sea of clouds all year round, its peaks like scattered dark green pigments in an inkstone, with only a few sharp tips poking out.

Beneath Cloud Mist Mountain lies a Low Grade Earth Vein, which is why the Lin Family chose this place as their ancestral land.

In various parts of the mountain, some Lin Family disciples have cultivated Spirit Plant Gardens.

Not long after the last Yao Beast tide erupted, it was now a time for recovery.

Lin Yongmao exited Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff, choosing not to go to areas where people cultivated Spirit Plant Gardens and Spirit Medicine gardens, instead opting for desolate, uninhabited places.

The reason was simple: only in places rarely visited by humans was there a slight chance of encountering good Luck and finding traces of yun gao grass.

To ensure better Luck, Lin Yongmao even brought his Moon Toad Rabbit out and put it into his Spirit Beast Bag.

Large areas of Cloud Mist Mountain remained undeveloped, and these areas were rarely visited by Cultivators.

As Lin Yongmao walked, mists and clouds surged beneath his feet, making the search for yun gao grass truly difficult.

Fortunately, his Divine Sense had already Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage, allowing him to use Divine Sense to leave his Body and scan.

In other words, he could now know what was covered by the mists and clouds without needing to see with his eyes.

His temperament was slow, and his searching speed was also slow.

If he really couldn't find it, he would simply go to the Family Spirit Plant Garden; perhaps it was cultivated there or they had seeds.

Searching area by area, Lin Yongmao still didn't see any sign of yun gao grass.

Let alone yun gao grass, he didn't even see a single other Spiritual Plant or Spirit Medicine.

Lin Yongmao secretly complained, "Damn it, have the Lin Family members scoured this place clean?"

Lin Yongmao had no harvest, which made him lose interest in continuing his search.

"Brat, let me out! Let me out! The internal space of this broken bag is too small!"

Inside the Spirit Beast Bag, the Moon Toad Rabbit was arrogantly shouting.

Lin Yongmao was speechless; no Spirit Beast had ever complained about the environment of a Spirit Beast Bag before, and this Moon Toad Rabbit was the first.

Helpless, Lin Yongmao could only release him.

Lin Yongmao grabbed the Moon Toad Rabbit in his hand and threatened, "Don't talk anymore, don't ask for a beating!"

In such a place with poor visibility, sound travels more clearly.

Sound could very likely expose his position, and Lin Yongmao didn't like the feeling of the enemy being in the dark while he was in the open.

Moon Toad Rabbit: "[○･｀Д´･ ○]"

"Originally, this Rabbit Venerable wanted to say I found something good, but now I won't."

The Moon Toad Rabbit's Black Slave face was filled with displeasure.

Lin Yongmao tightened his grip on the Moon Toad Rabbit, fearing that this Qi Luck Spirit Beast would run away; they were not within a Formation now.

"Good Black Slave, tell me, what did you find? I'll give you good food when we get home."

Lin Yongmao gritted his teeth, trying to keep his voice low.

"Really?"

"Really!"

"To the front left, about three li ahead, there seems to be a strong Spiritual Qi fluctuation. But what exactly it is, I can't sense."

Although a Qi Luck Spirit Beast doesn't have treasure-hunting abilities, its perception of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is much sharper.

As for that strong Spiritual Qi fluctuation, whether it was a treasure or a Yao Beast remained unknown.

Lin Yongmao followed the Moon Toad Rabbit's guidance and headed in that direction, becoming more vigilant at the same time.

"It's a cliff..."

Lin Yongmao was somewhat helpless; upon reaching the location, he found it was a sheer cliff.

Lin Yongmao wished he could punch the Moon Toad Rabbit; was he supposed to jump off the cliff?

The Moon Toad Rabbit asked in confusion, "That's right, it's here! Maybe it's on the cliff face!"

Lin Yongmao almost ground his back molars: "Maybe?"

"It's definitely on the cliff face, the Spiritual Qi fluctuation is extremely strong, there must be many treasures," the Moon Toad Rabbit quickly explained, fearing a beating.

"Then I'll trust you one more time."

Ignoring its protests, Lin Yongmao stuffed the Moon Toad Rabbit back into the Spirit Beast Bag.

As for himself, he had already tied a long rope woven from vines, one end tied to an ancient pine tree and the other to his waist.

He began to descend the cliff step by step.

There was nothing else he could do; Lin Yongmao was only at the eighth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage, completely unable to fly.

Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators could fly by controlling Magical Artifacts, using external objects to fly.

Golden Core Stage Cultivators could directly fly in the air, no longer needing external assistance.

Of course, there was also a type of flying Magical Artifact that even Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators could use to fly.

Lin Yongmao's Cultivation was insufficient, and he didn't have a flying Magical Artifact, so he could only climb down step by step.

The cliff face was covered with natural erosion marks resembling Dragon-like calligraphy, a testament to the great power of nature.

The entire cliff face was like an unmarked ruler, where he could barely find a place to step every few meters.

If not for the vine rope, Lin Yongmao might not have been able to move at all.

This was also thanks to his Body Refining Cultivation Technique, the "Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art"; his Physical Body strength far surpassed that of Cultivators at the same Realm, otherwise he wouldn't dare to easily attempt this.

Many plants grew on the cliff face, but most of them were common plants.

They grew resiliently in the crevices of the rocks.

Solitary pines, thorn vines, shrubs, wild grass...

"Damn it, where is the spiritual object Black Slave mentioned?" Lin Yongmao couldn't help but complain again.

The Moon Toad Rabbit became increasingly certain that there was a spiritual object below; the closer it got, the more it could feel the rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Two hundred meters down, Lin Yongmao could sense it without the Moon Toad Rabbit's reminder.

Amidst the vast cloud and mist, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi below had gradually turned into a liquid state.

Consistent with the Qi form of a Cultivator.

The Qi within a Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator's Body is gaseous, it transforms into liquid in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and becomes solid in the Golden Core Stage.

With a solid Golden Core, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator's spiritual power can be said to be inexhaustible.

Five hundred meters down, the vine rope was almost at its end, and Lin Yongmao finally discovered a large earthen platform on the cliff face.

On this platform, he could walk steadily, feeling completely safe.

And on the cliff face next to the platform, there was a deep, bottomless stone cave.

This stone cave looked like an Immortal Cave belonging to a Cultivator or a Yao Beast.

On the earthen platform, several Spiritual Plants grew in the wind, and some of them were surrounded by a thin mist.

"It's yun gao grass!"

Lin Yongmao was pleasantly surprised, and quickly wielded his hoe, digging them out one by one and putting them into a jade box.

There were five yun gao grass in total; with these five yun gao grass, Lin Yongmao could successfully Cultivate countless yun gao grass.

At that time, he could refine as many Qi Condensation Pills as he wanted.

Besides the five yun gao grass, Lin Yongmao also saw a small red vine growing around them.

The "Medium-Level Spiritual Plant Compendium" contained records about this red vine.

This was the offensive spiritual plant, the Crimson Thorn Vine.

The Crimson Thorn Vine had no medicinal value, but it possessed considerable offensive capabilities.

As long as this spiritual plant was given enough time to grow, it could develop sentience and become a plant-type Yao Beast.