"Hey...... Hey......"

  The thick fallen leaves wriggled slightly, and Gu Xiechen let out a low, muffled laugh. He carefully flexed his joints and muscles from the tips of his fingers to his toes, and found that except for his true energy being depleted by more than 90%, there was nothing wrong with his body. Only then did Gu Xiechen slowly crawl out from under the leaves. Inch by inch, he propped himself up, carefully examining the condition of every muscle and bone in his body, and found that indeed everything had returned to normal. Only then did Gu Xiechen suddenly stand up straight.

  A faint crackling sound, large pieces of broken skin and large chunks of dried blood fell off, revealing the newly grown white and smooth skin on the surface of the body.

  He pressed his fingers against the pectoral muscles with force, and Gu Xie dust revealed a relaxed smile after surviving the disaster.

  "Old dad, you're really great! For the sake of this Taoist fetus, you actually went to take down a vampire king! You're truly too awesome!"

  Feeling the Dao fetus still slowly releasing pure and rich energy, nourishing his body, the originally severely damaged physique not only recovered but also gained some enhancement. Gu Xuan's admiration for his father increased again. Using the heart core of the Bloodline Emperor as the main body to condense the Dao fetus, it was really surprising how he came up with this idea.

  The Type-III combat suit on his body was tattered and worn out, with only one belt still barely hanging around his waist. Gu Xie dust simply tore off the belt, exposing his body to the outside.

  A gentle breeze blew from the front row of fragrant cypress trees, carrying a refreshing and intense fragrance that invigorated the spirit. Gu Xie looked around at his surroundings, behind him was a winding valley with a narrow strip of sky, above him were dense clusters of trees clinging to the cliff face, in front of him was a row of cypress trees, and faintly visible through the gaps between the branches and leaves was a glimmer of light from the sky.

  I don't know if Sai Ren is still searching for himself outside, Gu Xie Cen thought for a moment, he strode towards the valley. Just after circling around the row of fragrant cypress trees in front, Gu Xie Cen suddenly stopped here.

  Behind this row of fragrant cedar trees is a dense peach forest, where the peach blossoms are in full bloom. The crimson petals fall to the ground with the wind, and the green grass is like a carpet. The red flowers and green grass blend together, making it a striking sight. A peach forest wouldn't normally surprise Gu Xiang, but what if this forest had over a thousand trees, each with trunks as thick as three meters?

  Almost a thousand peach trees are densely packed at the entrance of the mountain valley, with each tree trunk being over three meters in diameter. Gu Xianchen suspects that these peach trees have grown for thousands of years to reach their current state. The branches and leaves of the peach trees are intertwined, forming a dense canopy above Gu Xianchen's head. Fist-sized bright red peach blossoms are blooming profusely, resembling a blazing flame. Several fat-headed squirrels are quickly climbing through the branches, with several flower petals stuck to their bodies.

  These peach trees have been thriving for years, their vitality is so strong that it's intimidating. Just standing next to them brings a surge of dense life energy. Gu Xie took a few deep breaths, the fresh air wrapped in the fragrance of peach blossoms rolled around her lungs several times, and the fire poison that Aridyah invaded into her body last night seemed to have dissipated with it.

  "Wow, what a great place!" Gu Xiechen's eyes lit up, and he strolled slowly through the peach forest, admiring the lush peach trees that grew almost wildly, gradually walking deeper into the valley.

  Suddenly in front of a bright, already on the edge of Peach Forest, a stunning valley appeared before Gu Xian.

  The valley is about 17 or 18 kilometers long, and about three kilometers wide. There are more than a dozen crystal-clear streams flowing out from the surrounding mountains, converging into a small lake in the center of the valley. The water flows continuously into the lake, but the depth of the lake remains constant at around three feet. On the left side of the lake is a vast expanse of flower fields, with various rare flowers blooming profusely, and bees and butterflies dancing wildly around them. On the right side of the lake is a small patch of pine forest, where large clusters of orchids are growing on the branches of the pine trees, emitting a intoxicating fragrance from their cup-shaped blooms.

  Skipping over two small streams along the lakeshore and moving forward, bypassing this piece of flower field and pine forest, in front is a medicinal land.

  Gu Xiechen's face twitched, he never thought that there would be a piece of medicinal land here. In this medicinal land, he could identify ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, Ganoderma lucidum and so on. However, the part of the ginseng exposed outside the mud at his feet was as thick as Gu Xiechen's wrist. How long would it take for this ginseng to grow so fat? In front of a boulder, a three-foot-diameter jade-colored Ganoderma lucidum grew vigorously, its plump and beautiful leaves almost dripping with jade-colored juice.

  What made Gu Xiechen incomprehensible was that the soil of this medicinal land was a mysterious deep purple, and there were constantly milky white air flows seeping out from the soil. It seemed that under the nourishment of these milky white air flows, these ginseng and lingzhi could grow so lush and thick. Gu Xiechen carefully squatted down and used his fingers to stir a strand of milky white air flow that had just sprayed out from the ground, and this air flow actually seeped into Gu Xiechen's body, merged with his meridians, and transformed into a strand of pure innate luanqi.

  Gu Xiechen was startled and instinctively leaped backward, jumping out of the way by seven or eight meters. He cautiously circulated his true energy for three large cycles, and the milky white air flow transformed from his true energy merged with his own without any abnormalities. During the circulation, he couldn't feel anything unusual. Only then did Gu Xiechen put down his guard, staring blankly at the vast expanse of medicinal land in front of him, which stretched for nearly a kilometer, his eyebrows furrowed tightly together.

  "What kind of place is this? The legendary paradise? This land's energy, it can actually directly absorb and transform into true energy? I've never heard of such a place on Earth."

  His eyes flickered for a moment, and Gu Xiechen whispered to himself: "Maybe there's such a place? The Asian Dao Alliance, and those few organizations that are on par with it. At least I've seen the undead!"

  "Is anyone there?" Gu Xie Chen suddenly shouted loudly: "May I ask if anyone is there?"

  The majestic sound waves spread throughout the entire valley, but the valley was eerily quiet. The mountain walls covered with wisteria and gnarled trees perfectly absorbed the sound of Gu Xuan's voice, without returning even a hint of an echo.

  Gu Xie stared blankly at the medicinal field in front of him, it was clear that this piece of land was man-made. The ginseng, ho shou wu, and lingzhi were all planted in the most suitable environment for their growth, and each type of spiritual medicine had its own plot of land. They were neatly arranged, with every cluster of lingzhi accompanied by a boulder; every ginseng plant was accompanied by several trees. Each type of medicinal material was distributed according to the five elements and directions, with every five plants forming a regular pentagon.

  Keep an eye on the five-acre field of ginseng, Gu Xiechen's right hand ruthlessly inserted into the purple soil. His right claw pierced underground for about a foot, and his fingertips touched a hard object. With a natural grab and lift of his right hand, a human-head-sized, all-emerald-green Zakula energy crystal, like the color of green leaves after rain, was held in Gu Xiechen's palm.

  A faint wisp of green air swirled around the Zha'kr crystal, a dense and refreshing aura seeping into his body through his fingertips, drop by drop, washing away the last remnants of Gu Xuan's poison.

  "Is anyone there? Hey, this joke isn't funny!" Gu Xiechen dug out another human-head-sized green crystal from the ground beneath the five Wu Shou trees. Both crystals were extremely pure and had a rich color that was pleasing to the eye. Holding one of the crystals in his hand, Gu Xiechen's Huan Yuan True Classic technique suddenly started circulating on its own, with threads of cool energy flowing through his meridians. In no time at all, the depleted aura around him was replenished.

  With a wave of his hand, Gu Xie dust settled the two crystal stones back into their original place, and he strode towards the bamboo forest at the end of the valley.

  This is a strange purple-silver bamboo, over three zhang tall, but as thin as a finger. The sparse stalks of bamboo sway naturally in the clear breeze, and the leaves knock against each other, making a crisp "ting-ting" sound. Thin wisps of white mist swirl around the base of the bamboo, like smoke or fog, setting off this purple-silver bamboo forest like an immortal realm.

  Rushing through the bamboo forest, a sudden burst of purple flowers flooded into view. This was a dense, fiery purple wisteria, hundreds of feet long and wide, cascading down from a hundred-foot cliff, wildly blooming with joy, the purple flower sea radiant and resplendent. Gu Xie almost laughed out loud at first sight. The dazzling, unrestrained flower sea made Gu Xie's heart feel bright and clear.

  To the left, two to the right, a thatched cottage of several dozen square meters was quietly standing there, surrounded by a sea of purple wisteria flowers. On the cliff in front, there was a square cave entrance, above which were three ancient and heavy-looking seal script characters - "I'm going myself". If Gu Xuan hadn't studied the Daoist Canon since childhood, forcing him to learn these ancient characters, he wouldn't have been able to recognize them either.

  I'm going, the three words are so carefree. The master has left, leaving behind a valley of peach trees, a patch of flowers, a patch of cypress and orchid, a patch of medicinal herbs, a bamboo forest, as well as this stunning purple wisteria flower sea and three thatched cottages, one mountain cave.

  Three thatched cottages, Gu Xie chose the two on the right and went in.

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  The lovely Xiao Gu is about to develop slowly, hehe... What about the recommendation tickets? Let Pig Head's recommendation tickets also flourish!

  Highly recommended!