After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 77 Entering the Purple Forest Mountains to Search for the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard

Not long after, Chen Ling successfully returned to the market town of Sanjiang City with Ye Xiaobai.

Looking at Ye Xiaobai, who was standing to the side with his eyes closed, focused on healing himself, Chen Ling couldn't wait to ask, "Senior Brother Ye, that thief was clearly poisoned. We could have easily chased after him and killed him to rid the people of this scourge! Why did you let him go?"

“Junior sister, he is indeed poisoned, but the poison pill I used was made with a low-aged spirit-sealing herb, so its effects won’t last long against a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. There isn’t enough time to kill him!” Ye Xiaobai slowly opened her eyes and patiently explained.

"Sigh, he got away this time. I wonder when we'll be able to kill him!" Chen Ling said with a hint of regret.

"He will definitely die next time!" Ye Xiaobai said firmly, then closed his eyes again to focus on recuperating.

Chen Ling knew that Ye Xiaobai had also suffered considerable internal injuries this time, so she could only leave quietly and let him recover properly.

……

A secluded place.

After leaving Ye Xiaobai and the others on her sword, Liu Yuqing found a quiet place to heal her wounds and detoxify.

To her utter surprise, after a brief period of internal energy cultivation and meditation, Liu Yuqing discovered that the blockage in her meridians had completely disappeared, and her spiritual energy was flowing smoothly.

Liu Yuqing then realized that he had been tricked. The poison was not a big deal at all. He could just regulate his breathing and he would be fine. It was just that his spiritual energy was not flowing smoothly when he was first poisoned.

"You beast! You actually tricked me with a fake poison pill! If I see you again, I'll tear you to pieces!" Liu Yuqing cursed viciously.

……

Five days later, Ye Xiaobai's injuries had fully healed, and his cultivation had made considerable progress. He felt that he was about to reach the threshold of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

After being baptized by Liu Yuqing's sword intent once again, Ye Xiaobai's sword intent has improved considerably, reaching the level of minor accomplishment.

If Ye Xiaobai were to encounter Liu Yuqing again, he felt that they would be evenly matched in terms of sword intent. However, Liu Yuqing had obtained a high-level Xuan-rank sword technique, so Ye Xiaobai would be no match for him again. Nevertheless, Ye Xiaobai had prepared a secret weapon.

During his spare time these past few days, Ye Xiaobai also refined some Mysterious Spirit Beast-Nourishing Pills, just in case.

Now that his own strength has improved enough, Ye Xiaobai feels it's time to find a demon beast to help him. If he could capture a spirit beast with intelligence, that would be even better.

So, Ye Xiaobai went to the teahouse in the market early in the morning to inquire about the monsters in the vicinity.

Ye Xiaobai only learned about this by asking Lu Ping, who was familiar with all sorts of news in the market. Yunmoxuan Teahouse is where you can find out about everything, big and small, happening around the market.

Ye Xiaobai had just entered the teahouse and ordered a cup of ordinary spiritual tea when he heard people discussing something.

"Have you heard? The Soul-Seizing Evil Lord has been lurking around the market again recently!"

"Yes! Several more female cultivators have been harmed by him!"

"I heard that a female cultivator who tried to harm the White Tiger Sect a while ago was saved by her fellow disciples and thus escaped disaster!"

"Why doesn't the White Tiger Sect go and wipe out this evil cultivator?"

"Don't even mention it! This guy is a master of disguise; he's committed so many evil deeds and still hasn't been caught!"

"Keep your voices down, whatever you do, don't let that guy hear us talking behind our backs, or we'll be dead!"

"Hush! Hush!"

Then I heard other people talking about something.

"I heard that a rare Tier 3 Purple Flame Thunder Leopard recently appeared in the Purple Forest Mountains to the south. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators went to hunt it down, but most of them were killed or injured!"

"After all, it is a rare monster that combines fire and lightning attributes, a sight that only appears once every hundred years. Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators are definitely no match for it!"

"Indeed, it's more comfortable for us to just stay here and drink tea!"

Upon hearing the words "Purple Flame Thunder Leopard," Ye Xiaobai was so excited that he almost choked while drinking his tea.

"Purple Flame Thunder Leopard! It's such a rare beast, what a waste not to capture it and make it a mount!" Ye Xiaobai thought to himself.

"Waiter, check out!"

Ye Xiaobai gave the spirit stones and then left the teahouse.

Ye Xiaobai knew that he couldn't capture this kind of demonic beast with both thunder and fire attributes on his own; the best way to capture it was through an array.

Moreover, a third-order formation is definitely not enough; only a fourth-order formation can control this ferocious beast.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Xiaobai went to the Treasure Pavilion and bought a fourth-order formation—the Myriad Manifestations Return to Truth Formation—for 40,000 spirit stones.

Ye Xiaobai didn't have many spirit stones left in his storage bag. He could only sell some extra pills to exchange for some spirit stones. Fortunately, he could refine some pills himself, otherwise he wouldn't have any spirit stones to buy anything.

Ye Xiaobai also bought some information about the habits of the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard and other rare monsters, so he at least had a general understanding of the monsters he wanted to capture.

With everything prepared, Ye Xiaobai set off for the Purple Forest Mountains.

Ye Xiaobai had originally planned to bring Li Xinyan and Chen Ling along for help, but they were both in seclusion, so he had to go alone.

The journey was relatively smooth, but they still encountered many cultivators hurrying along, all heading towards the Purple Forest Mountains.

Ye Xiaobai knew that these people were all after the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard, and it seemed that a fierce battle was about to begin.

An hour later, Ye Xiaobai successfully reached the edge of the Purple Forest Mountains.

In the distance, a range of towering mountains stretched out, with many purple trees growing among them, and the cries of monsters could be heard from time to time in the distance.

Just as Ye Xiaobai was about to enter the Purple Forest Mountains alone, a group of old and young people interrupted his actions.

The older cultivators, with their full heads of white hair, were probably in their sixties or seventies, but their cultivation had already reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. The younger ones were only sixteen or seventeen years old, similar to Ye Xiaobai, but their cultivation was only at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage.

“Fellow Daoist, the Purple Forest Mountains are extremely dangerous. Why don’t we travel together? It would be much safer that way!” the elder said.

"Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist. I'm used to being alone. Farewell!" Ye Xiaobai naturally wanted to catch the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard by himself, so he decisively declined the team invitation and entered the Purple Forest Mountain Range.

"Grandpa, why did you invite him? He's just a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stages!" the young cultivator said.

"You brat, when you're out in the world, you rely on the support of friends from all walks of life. Make more like-minded people so that when you encounter danger, you'll have more people to share the burden with. Do you understand?" the boy's grandfather said slowly.

"I understand!" The boy silently acknowledged his grandfather's statement.

"Should we wait for the other cultivators to arrive before going in together?" the boy asked after a moment.

"Let's wait a little longer. If there's really no one there, we'll go in!" the boy's grandfather said calmly.

Ye Xiaobai was unaware of what happened next; he had already traveled an unknown distance into the Purple Forest Mountains.

After entering the Purple Forest Mountain Range, Ye Xiaobai clearly felt that the spiritual energy was much richer. He might be able to find a lot of precious spiritual herbs, since he was currently short of money and needed to refine pills with spiritual herbs to exchange for spirit stones.

They also smelled the fragrance of many exotic flowers and herbs, but they couldn't find any trace of the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard.