The Urban Medical Martial Immortal

Chapter 979: Chapter 973: Battle of Qingzhou Valley

Qingzhou Valley!

The stele carved with three broken characters is exceedingly dilapidated, with traces eroded over time, exuding a heavy aura from ancient years.

The stele before him signifies that someone had been here, and lived for a long period!

But now, it has been abandoned!

”This should be an ancient site! There’s still some spiritual energy inside, suitable for cultivating breakthroughs!”

Lin Tian’s vast Divine Sense swept over it, quickly probing the valleys miles within to see it clear as day. Retracting his gaze from the broken stele, he stepped into the valley,

”There is indeed spiritual energy, but it’s not lasting. It’s unsuitable for a sect to establish here. Not to mention a group of people, even two or three cultivating here, a few days and the spiritual energy would dry up! It’s reasonable it was abandoned. Currently, it’s perfect for alchemy practice! Just hope no one interrupts midway...”

Inside the valley, the terrain is relatively flat, with a river winding its way.

Entering, Lin Tian could see a path of broken bluestone slabs laid along the river.

Dense forests and scattered rocks lined both sides.

The only remaining structure is a foundation amidst the dense forest, barely discernible.

Lin Tian proceeded straight to the deepest part of the valley, soon arriving at a cave entrance.

”This place is secluded, no one would come to this wilderness valley anymore!”

Nodding in satisfaction, Lin Tian entered the cave, where the surrounding spiritual energy was richer than outside, perfect for alchemy and cultivation.

Upon entering the cave, a cool breeze swept over him.

To Lin Tian’s surprise, there was light coming from the innermost part of the cave.

Exits on both sides.

Following the light, Lin Tian soon reached the other side of the cave entrance.

However.

This side of the entrance is on a cliff.

Looking down, there’s a vast lake, surrounded by mountains in the distance.

This place might just be a reservoir!

”This place is great!”

Lin Tian exclaimed in admiration, preparing to find a flat place to organize the things in his storage bag.

But at this moment, Lin Tian suddenly caught a whiff of a strange fragrance.

Scanning around, Lin Tian finally noticed a white flower at the cave edge, swaying in the wind, faintly emitting bursts of fragrance.

Upon seeing this, Lin Tian’s expression changed drastically, quickly covering his nose.

”Ice Soul Flower!”

Staring at the flower, Lin Tian’s face became grave, his eyes filled with apprehension. Taking a deep breath, he muttered softly, his tone immensely serious.

Lin Tian recognized the flower before him.

The Ice Soul Flower is an exceedingly poisonous plant; within a ten-meter range, even its fragrance inhaled for over a minute would result in death.

It’s equally deadly to cultivators, destroying their cultivation, severing meridians, and annihilating souls!

Even Golden Core Cultivators cannot escape its effects!

So in the past life, once Lin Tian recognized this plant, he knew many cultivators would steer clear away from it.

If Lin Tian were at the Nascent Soul Stage, he wouldn’t fear this poisonous plant, but currently, he must be cautious, even upon entering the Golden Core Stage.

”Almost fell into the trap!”

Enshrouding himself with True Qi, Lin Tian let out a relieved sigh, filled with fear. Had he reacted a bit slower just now, it would have been perilous.

But as long as he noticed it without stepping into its poisonous range, or allowing the fragrance to enter his body, he would be fine.

With proper precautions, even passing by to pick it would not result in poisoning.

Though an Ice Soul Flower is a Spiritual Grass, it offers no benefits to cultivation and cannot be refined into an elixir.

Its only use is for Poison Cultivators to refine Poison Pills or poisoned hidden weapons through cultivation methods, for combat purposes.

”Better to collect it first! Besides freeing up the area for cultivation, perhaps this thing might come in handy someday...”

Lin Tian rummaged through his storage bag for a box, walked forward, enveloped the Ice Soul Flower with True Qi, tossed it into the box, and stored it in his storage bag.

How could such a thing be here?

Lin Tian was puzzled, glancing around, feeling a bit perplexed.

In such an environment, Ice Soul Flowers rarely grow naturally.

They usually select dark, damp places saturated with miasma.

However.

Lin Tian had no time to think further, sitting down where he was, extracting a pile of things from his storage bag.

Six-winged Golden Cicada, Devouring Sky Grass, Black Can, Death Spirit Grass, the Jade Bottles containing Nine Celestial Blood from Burial Village and Blood Essence from Dragon Slayer Tribe, Magic Wand Skull...

A heap of things that Lin Tian hadn’t sorted through earlier.

The Six-winged Golden Cicada was still immobilized by Lin Tian’s Silver Needle control.

This creature, even over decades like this, wouldn’t die; its life force is terrifying even in larval form, astonishing people.

Time was pressing, and Lin Tian was in no rush to subdue it, so he stashed it back into his storage bag.

Then, he picked up the Black Can, something left behind after killing Hong Qi, which even a sword from Evil like Xiaotian could not leave a mark on.

The Can, as you can see, is quite unusual!

Subsequently, Lin Tian tried various methods, attempting to refine and open the can, but the can showed no reaction.

Finally, Lin Tian had to give up, putting it away once more.

Aside from that, the Magic Wand Skull obtained from the Guardian Ancestor of the Holy Gu Sect was also fiddled with by Lin Tian for a long time, with no results.

Lin Tian gave up, beginning the alchemy process.

The Devouring Sky Grass, Death Spirit Grass, Nine Celestial Blood, Blood Essence, and the last remaining Fu Wangsheng Spirit Flower were all refined into elixirs.

In just a few hours, Lin Tian had finished the task.

Time was nearing dusk.

From the cave entrance, looking out across the lake below the cliff, gazing into the distance, one could see the sunset hanging on the horizon.

Lin Tian prepared to consume the elixirs and immerse himself in cultivation.

But suddenly, from the other end of the valley entrance, came the sound of footsteps and voices.

Lin Tian’s expression tightened, his Divine Sense instantly spread out.

A man and a woman, both in their twenties, walked in from outside.

The man was tall and well-built, with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, very handsome.

The woman was heavily made-up, her eyes seductive, her gaze alluring, and her figure voluptuous and graceful.

At this moment.

The young man and woman both had a heated and battle-ready look in their eyes.

The woman coquettishly said, ”Senior Brother Long, are we really doing it here? If someone sees us, it’ll be trouble! If it reaches your brother’s ears, he’ll kill us for sure...”

”Junior Sister, what are you afraid of, come on, let’s have a fierce battle!”

The young man licked his lips and rushed at the woman, the two engaged in a scuffle amidst a pile of withered grass.

They had no idea Lin Tian was watching them from deeper inside.

”They just started fighting?”

Inside, Lin Tian widened his eyes, watching the man and woman furiously wrestle, a look of bewilderment on his face.