Twenty-one, going out

  Xun Daozi cut off the tea, seeing that his masters had no signs of leaving the pass, and he also felt that his "Shang Qing Hold Sword" was almost practiced, with some self-defense ability. Moreover, his Five Elements Escape Technique was basically mastered, and in general, escaping should be no problem. He went out just to find a tea tree, not to fight with others, and after finding the tea tree, he would return, so there shouldn't be much danger.

  Xun Daozi made up his mind and went to bid farewell to Su Xin, telling her about his plans.

  Su Xin heard that Xun Daozi was going to leave the mountain valley to find tea trees, although he was a little worried, but did not stop him, only reminded him to be careful and come back early.

  Xun Daozi also promised to return as soon as possible.

  He didn't make much preparation, Xun Daozi carried that dark red wooden stick and walked towards the distance in big strides under Su Xin's silent gaze.

  Xun Daozi left the valley and randomly chose a direction to head straight forward. When he left the valley, he had also thought of bringing that Jidao beast along as a mount, making a majestic appearance, but later on, he couldn't find the thing anywhere, no idea where it was hiding. On the other hand, he felt that riding the Jidao beast out would be a bit too showy, causing unnecessary trouble, and with his own low cultivation level, he wouldn't be able to take care of himself in case of danger, so he left the valley alone.

  Out of the valley, in the Xun Dao Mountain range, Xun Daozi was also quite familiar and knew that there were no tea trees, so he didn't stop and rushed all the way to the outside of Xun Dao Mountain.

  After several hours, Xun Daozi had run over a thousand miles, leaving the range of Xun Dao Mountain and arriving at a relatively flat place, but he didn't know where it was.

  Out of Xun Dao Mountain, Xun Daozi also became more cautious and dared not to run wildly. He slowed down his pace, carefully explored the surrounding environment, and moved forward while searching for the main goal of this trip - tea trees.

  I don't know if the tea trees in Honghuang are still rare, but Xun Daozi searched for half a month and didn't see any sign of them. During this half-month period, Xun Daozi climbed cliffs and steep walls during the day, explored deep gorges and searched remote valleys. At night, he would find a place where he felt safe, set up an alarm spell that could provide early warning (this was one of the techniques that Xun Daozi had learned from his experience with the Tianxian fruit, which he hadn't used even in the valley before), and then meditate and cultivate his internal energy.

  In the past half month, Xun Daozi had also seen some fierce beasts fighting, but he didn't pay attention to them and left directly to find his own target. He also encountered some rare herbs and spiritual flowers, but now Xun Daozi was no longer ignorant like before, having received guidance from Laozi and being influenced by Su Xin's teachings, he had a certain understanding of the many heavenly treasures and rare plants in the Hongyuan world. However, looking at these rare herbs and spiritual flowers now, Xun Daozi could only let them go. No choice, couldn't carry them.

  He would say without hesitation that he wants to learn the Sleeve of Yuán Yuèzi, and the treasure he needs most is a spatial treasure that can hold a large number of items. Looking at the rare flowers and grasses in front of him, Xún Dàozi wants to bring them back to Sùxīn for cultivation, but he doesn't have anything to hold them in, so he can only let them go to waste. Although he had hidden several jade boxes in his sleeves when he came out, how many could they hold? Of course, the rare flowers and grasses he encountered were not particularly precious varieties; otherwise, Xún Dàozi would have made a special trip to dig them up and bring them back. Now, Xún Dàozi can only reluctantly bid farewell.

  It's been almost a year since Xun Daozi left the valley, and he is now thousands of miles away from Mount Xundao. The jade box in his arms contains some rare flowers, herbs, and spiritual medicines that he considers precious. He has encountered some small demons that have transformed into different forms and has fought a few battles that were not too intense. However, he still hasn't found the tea tree he's been searching for. All he can do is continue to wander aimlessly in the mountains and valleys, occasionally reminiscing about his peaceful and fulfilling life of cultivation with Su Xin in the valley.

  Xun Daozi travels through the mountains and valleys, searching for tea trees everywhere.

  He arrived at a desolate place, looking around in all directions, wanting to find a direction to leave. Before he could decide which way to go, he felt the ground beneath his feet trembling. Xun Daozi was momentarily stunned, having never encountered such a situation before, and didn't know what had happened or if there was any danger.

  Xun Daozi looked around and found a clump of bushes to hide behind, preparing to stay and see what was going on.

  Xun Daozi hid and didn't dare to use his divine sense to investigate, fearing being discovered by others. He quietly hid there, feeling the increasingly intense tremors, which clearly indicated that a massive creature was approaching.

  Xun Daozi quietly lay in the bushes, looking through the gaps in the bushes at what was ahead. He wondered what kind of creature could cause such a big commotion.

  The tremors on the ground grew more and more violent, Xun Daozi crouched in the coffin, could only hold onto the bushes with his hands, otherwise he would be shaken into the air like the stones on the ground.

  Xun Daozi crouched in the bushes, quietly waiting for about half a time, when he saw a plume of smoke and dust rising into the sky from afar, rolling in. The earth shook like a tremor, and the sound of thunderous rumblings followed the shaking of the earth.

  It seemed far away, but that smoke and dust came extremely fast. In just half a stick of incense time, the smoke and dust arrived at a place not far from Xun Daozi.

  The way-seeking son looked with all his might and saw that the smoke and dust were actually caused by a giant beast running, bringing up clouds of dust. Every time the beast stepped on the ground, the earth would shake violently, accompanied by a dull rumbling sound like thunder.

  Xun Daozi clung to the bush with all his might, not letting his body be shaken off the ground. His eyes were fixed on the giant beast. The beast was about 20 zhang high and over 50 zhang long from head to tail, with six legs, hooves like a cow's, its whole body covered in armor-like scales, its head one zhang long, nostrils extremely large, eyes very small, ears like bamboo tubes, its tail dragging behind it like a giant python. Its body was covered in scars, and one of its hind legs was severely injured, clearly powerless. Xun Daozi had never seen such a gigantic wild beast before.

  However, Xun Daozi still knew that this was a Hong Huang Man Beast. The bodies of these beasts were enormous, but their intelligence was not open, and most of them lived on grass. A small number of them survived by preying on other Man Beasts, extremely ferocious, and occasionally some possessed certain innate divine abilities, which were quite powerful.

  The beast in front of Zhen Daozi was obviously fleeing from being hunted, and those who could hunt such a huge beast were certainly not simple people.

  Xun Daozi shifted his gaze to the back of the ferocious beast, wondering what kind of creature was killing it. Xun Daozi knew that although he had a high level of cultivation in the Tianxian realm, he hadn't experienced many battles and might not be as skilled as some cultivators who had gone through life-and-death struggles in the Dixian realm. He was always cautious and careful, afraid of putting himself in a desperate situation. He also thought about finding opportunities to train his combat skills. Now that he saw such a huge ferocious beast being killed, he couldn't help but feel curious. Although he wasn't afraid of such a beast, he didn't have a good way to kill it, so he wanted to see the creature that was killing it and possibly learn some combat techniques from it.

  Xun Daozi stared at the dust behind the fierce beast, and before he could see what was following behind it, he heard a loud, mournful cry from the beast. The cry sounded like that of an ox, but it was extremely thick and resonant, causing Xun Daozi's ears to ring loudly.

  That fierce beast's body suddenly stopped in its tracks, looked up at the sky and let out a mournful howl, clearly showing extreme pain.

  The fierce beast dragged its crippled leg, turned around on the spot, stood still, pricked up its two ears, and let out a series of loud roars, like a succession of muffled thunderclaps.

  The flying dust settles, revealing things hidden by the dust.

  The beast's hind legs were dragging, clearly crippled, and the other hind leg was probably also severely injured in the previous blow, trembling with fear, apparently unable to run, and finally stopped and desperately charged at the enemy with a loud roar.

  In front of the beast, a tall man over 6 feet, with a waist wrapped in animal skin, hair scattered, carrying an unknown giant beast femur about 30 feet away from the beast standing at will. The femur was the hind leg bone of some giant beast, crystal clear like jade, emitting a mysterious glow.

  A giant of nearly two zhang in the eyes of Xun Daozi was also a giant, but in front of the fierce beast, he was just an insignificant small figure. But now it was this insignificant small figure that had severely injured the huge fierce beast, which was now dragging its heavily wounded body towards the small figure that had severely injured it and roaring loudly, yet not daring to launch any attack, clearly showing extreme fear.

  Looking at the big Han, he was carrying a huge unknown giant beast bone, standing casually, deaf to the roar of the barbaric beasts, and only gazing lightly at the barbaric beasts in front of him.

  Xun Daozi looked at the big Han who was facing the fierce beast with a nonchalant expression, and his heart moved. He slowly stood up from the bush, without making a sound, and quietly watched the fierce beast and that big Han.

  The big man sensed someone was watching, turned his eyes to see Xun Daozi holding a wooden stick standing beside a bush. The big man looked at Xun Daozi for a moment, didn't say a word, suddenly burst out, jumped into the air, raised the huge beast bone high with both hands, and chopped it down towards the savage beast's head from ten feet away.

  Xun Daozi saw the beast bone slash down, emitting a white light that was clearly like sword energy. The big man's hand holding the beast bone slashed down with force, and the white light at the tip of the bone ignored the ten-zhang distance between him and the ferocious beast, slashing onto the beast's equally massive head before it could react. The ferocious beast let out a mournful cry, its head tilted to one side, but instead of falling over, it charged forward with force after letting out the cry.

  That big Han did not dodge when the beast charged forward, but instead raised the animal bones high again and chopped them towards the beast's charging head. This time, the white light emitted from the front end of the animal bones was much more intense, and the white light chopped onto the beast's head again before it hit the big Han.

  The fierce beast let out a mournful cry, its head tilted to one side, its two front legs buckling, and its massive body crashed to the ground with a loud thud, sending dust and debris flying everywhere. The fallen body slid over twenty feet before coming to a stop.

  That big man had already flashed to one side at the moment when the beast fell to the ground, with a bone in his hand being dragged casually.

  The dust settled, and the fierce beast was silent, with a huge gash of over 20 zhang on the ground.

  That big man didn't care about the barbaric beast that had fallen to one side, but instead looked at Xun Daozi.

  Xun Daozi dragged the wooden stick and walked towards the big man in large strides, stopping about 15 meters away from him. He bowed his head and said: "I am Xun Daozi, traveling to this place, seeing the strong man hunting and killing beasts, extremely brave and martial. I stopped to watch, disturbing you, please forgive me."

  The big man heard what Xun Daozi said, and a smile appeared on his face. He also made a fist and said: "I am Shi Yong, the power shaman of the Hou Tu tribe of the Wu clan, hunting here. If the Taoist master does not disdain, you can follow me to the tribe for a chat. How about it?"

  Xun Daozi bowed his head again and said: "So be it!"

  "Please!" Da Han said, turning around and walking to the back of the beast. He lifted the beast's massive tail, which was like a giant python, and tucked it under his arm, while holding the animal bones on his shoulder with one hand, and started walking.

  Xun Daozi was shocked when he saw the dark and powerful physique of the Shaman tribe, as Shi Yong effortlessly dragged this massive beast while walking. In his heart, he had a new understanding of the Shaman tribe's physical strength. The beast was over 20 zhang tall, with its body length exceeding 50 zhang, weighing no less than several million catties. Yet, it was being dragged along so lightly, which was almost unbelievable to Xun Daozi.

  Although startled in her heart, Xun Daozi quickly followed Shi Yong's pace, walking beside him and occasionally exchanging a few words with him.