Chapter 48 [048] Bald Rock Ridge
Now comes the problem.

The immortal ship cannot move forward, and the people cannot use their spiritual power, so it is very dangerous to stay here.

The spiritual energy that had been surrounding the sound transmission stone also disappeared without a trace at this moment.

This means that it is impossible to use the sound transmission stone to ask for help from the master, or use the talisman to teleport directly away from this place.

——They are trapped.

In this situation, you must not go up the mountain rashly.

Cangying said, "Let's go back first. We can't use our spiritual power until we get close to Bald Rock Ridge. If we go back a distance and get away from here, maybe we can recover. Then we can ask the sect to send us help."

This is the best way at the moment.

The five of them began to walk back the way they had come.

Zhongli Jin suddenly noticed the bloodstains on Shi Qing's back. Recalling the scene where the girl used her body as a cushion under him, the boy's eyes trembled slightly.

After Shi Qing caught him, she asked about his situation, but she didn't say a word about her own situation.

"Your back!" Zhong Lijin was about to step forward and grab Shi Qing, but Cangying exclaimed before the young man, "Did you just do that?! Why didn't you say anything?!"

After hearing this, Chen Xiang finally realized that Shi Qing's clothes and skin were rubbed by the stones on his back. He immediately frowned and said in shock: "Hey! You are injured! Don't you feel it?!"

Shi Qing said: "It's okay, it's a small matter."

This is really just a small matter for her.

Cangying said angrily, "Little ass! How can flesh wounds be considered minor?! This Tushiling Ridge is filled with miasma and poisons. Even if it is a flesh wound, do you know what the consequences will be if it is infected and corroded?! You are made of flesh and blood, not iron. I have told you so many times that you are not allowed to endure injuries! You must tell me immediately! You idiot!!"

Shi Qing: "...Don't curse."

Cangying sneered: "Where did I curse? I was cursing an idiot!"

Shi Qing: “…”

If the bandage wasn't so weak, it would have been wrapped around Cangying's wrist and made her beg for mercy.

"Take a blood-recovering pill." Chen Xiang said.

"No, the blood-restoring pills are for treating internal injuries, but they are useless for the skin and flesh." Cangying began to strip Shi Qing of his clothes.

Seeing this, Shen Xiang blushed and was shocked: "What are you going to do?!"

"What a fuss." Cangying rolled her eyes at her and said, "Take off your clothes and apply medicine. Only topical medicine can be used for skin injuries."

"Hey! Junior Brother Zhongli and Senior Brother Xu are here!" Shen Xiang reminded anxiously.

Cangying: “…”

——I was so anxious that I forgot about this.

She looked at Zhongli Jin and Disciple Xu and ordered, "You two, turn around."

Zhongli Jin: “…”

Disciple Xu: “…”

Cangying's hand was still on Shiqing's collar, as if she would strip it off in the next second.

"Senior Sister Cang!" Zhong Li Jin couldn't help but call out to Cangying. His eyes fell on the hand that Cangying was about to take off Shi Qing's clothes. His eyes moved slightly, and there seemed to be something awkward and strange in his eyes.

Then the young man took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, walked forward, and said, "Senior Sister Cang, I have some internal medicine that can treat external injuries. You don't need to... take off your clothes and apply the medicine."

The boy's voice was inexplicably lighter when he spoke the last few words.

Cangying didn't hear what was wrong, but asked in confusion: "An external injury pill that can be taken internally? Nowadays, external injury pills are basically applied externally. The formula of internal pills has long been lost. Why are you so sure that your pill can heal external injuries?"

Zhong Lijin paused, then lowered his eyes and smiled without leaking any tears, saying: "Senior Sister Cang, this is the Resurrection Pill. The formula of the pill was also discovered by Junior Brother in our family sect. It is actually not lost, but it is not widely circulated and the formula is too precious, so Xuanxiao Sect was unwilling to give it out before."

Some sects would naturally not easily pass on their treasures.

Cangying was still somewhat shocked: "It's actually - the Resurrection Pill?!"

The lost resurrection elixir is several times more effective than the blood recovery elixir and can treat both internal and external diseases, making it a rare treasure.

Zhongli Jin poured out the pills and gave one to Cangying. The girl held it in her palm and looked at it carefully, tears welling up in her eyes, as if she saw a scene where something that should have been extinct unexpectedly appeared alive in front of her.

“Quickly feed it to Senior Sister Shi Qing.” Zhong Li Jin said.

Cangying: “…”

Her eyes were filled with reluctance - suddenly she felt like she was wasting something so precious.

With trembling hands, he slowly fed the pill into Shi Qing's mouth.

“Wu——” She cried out: “That’s the Resurrection Pill! The Resurrection Pill! You actually used it to heal your minor skin injuries! This is going to make me cry to death!!”

Shi Qing tilted her head back slightly and moved her mouth away from her hand: "Then don't." Then don't give it to her.

"No!" Cangying straightened her head and fed her with tears in his eyes.

Shi Qing: “…”

Neck neck.

It's going to break. It's going to break.

*
The episode ended and the five people continued to walk back.

Chen Xiang suddenly thought of a question and said, "Come to think of it, didn't a disciple come to Tushiling two years ago? Didn't they say at that time that spiritual power couldn't be used here?"

"No," Cangying shook her head, "It could have been used at that time, otherwise Senior Brother Muzhou and the others would have reminded us before we set out, so the incident must have happened during these two years."

There has been a long drought here and the air is a bit hot and dry.

What is collected at Tushiling is not herbs, but some black jade. The black jade powder can be used as medicine to suppress spiritual energy. It is generally used in situations where one has just survived a catastrophe and the spiritual roots are madly absorbing spiritual energy and converting it into spiritual power.

The absorption of spiritual roots has always been limited and the amount needs to be controlled.

However, just after passing the tribulation, the spiritual roots of some people are out of control and will continuously accumulate spiritual power for the cultivators. The body cannot withstand the excessive amount of spiritual power and problems are likely to arise.

Therefore, pills made from black jade powder can inhibit the spiritual roots from absorbing spiritual energy.

The five people had only taken two steps when a loose pile of stones nearby suddenly moved.

"!" Something happened.

Shi Qing's eyes were slightly cold and he stood with his sword drawn.

Zhongli Jin also noticed the movement. There was no movement on his face, but the porcelain bottle containing the body-transforming water and the death powder had already slipped from the sleeve into the young man's drooping palm.

The five men stepped back a little, staring at the low pile of rocks vigilantly.

After a moment, a rat-like creature with a triangular head, a long nose, and black eyes emerged from the pile of rocks and met the eyes of the five people.

"..."

The next second, it rushed out of the pile of rocks and ran towards the five people, squeaking as if it wanted to express something.

"..."

"What does this rat mean?" Cangying asked.

Shen Xiang shook her head: "I don't know."

"Wait," Zhong Lijin thought it looked familiar, "It looks a bit like—"

Disciple Xu said, "Treasure-hunting rat."

"!"

Shen Xiang was startled, Cangying was surprised, and they said in unison: "Treasure hunting rat?!"

Treasure-hunting rats are the most popular spiritual creatures in the world. They can detect the scent of treasure. No matter it is a great magical treasure or some small magic items, nothing can escape their search.

I just heard that this kind of spiritual creature has not appeared in people's sight for nearly a thousand years, and I thought it had long been extinct! I didn't expect it to still exist! And I encountered it so unexpectedly!
"Why is the treasure-hunting rat here?" Cangying's eyes lit up, "Is there some great treasure nearby?!"

"What does it want to express?" Shen Xiang was confused. If the system was there, it should tell her the plot.

Then, the treasure-hunting mouse was seen biting Shi Qing's bandage that fell to the ground, as if it wanted her to go somewhere with it.

"Squeak!" the treasure-hunting mouse screamed and ran forward.

Shi Qing looked back at Cangying.

Cangying said: "This rat wants you to follow it, it must have encountered something."

But now they are unable to use their spiritual power, and if they encounter trouble they may not be able to help it solve it, and they may even put themselves in danger.

"Don't go." Shen Xiang said.

It'd better be so.

Seeing that Shi Qing didn't move at all, the treasure-hunting rat squeaked even more urgently, and suddenly took out a jade pendant from the small pouch on its belly.

The jade pendant is carved with many images of lush plants and trees, with the word "medicine" engraved in the middle.

Cangying picked up the jade pendant and frowned: "This is the identity card of a disciple of Medicine King Valley."

She seemed to recall something - "Wait! This season should also be the time when the disciples of Medicine King Valley go out to collect the missing herbs in the valley. Black jade can only be collected at Bald Stone Ridge. Perhaps a group of disciples of Medicine King Valley have entered before us!"

I didn't have enough time today, because I was working overtime...