Chapter 9

Saint Red Butterfly is a mid-rank three-star herb, and it is a mutated herb. Its original form is actually a high-rank one-star herb, Red Butterfly.

The medicinal effects of Red Butterfly are very singular, used for stopping bleeding and healing wounds. The mutated Saint Red Butterfly, however, has many more effects. Besides stopping bleeding and healing wounds, it can also detoxify, resolve stasis, replenish blood, enhance qi, and nourish yin and yang. Moreover, the most valued effect by Jiang Chen is to nourish the qi sea.

Ordinary mid-rank three-star herbs are generally worth four thousand low-quality spirit stones. Saint Red Butterfly, being a mutated herb, is worth twice as much, reaching eight thousand low-quality spirit stones per plant, similar to high-rank three-star herbs. There are four plants here, which is definitely a windfall.

"One plant of Mystic Yuan Grass can restore half of my seventh qi sea. Saint Red Butterfly should be able to restore at least half as well!"

To be honest, using Saint Red Butterfly to nourish the qi sea is a waste. Nourishing the qi sea is just one of the medicinal effects of Saint Red Butterfly; otherwise, it wouldn't be worth eight thousand low-quality spirit stones.

Picking four Saint Red Butterfly plants, Jiang Chen carefully placed them in the leather bag on his back.

The leather bag is an essential item for martial artists entering the mountains; otherwise, there would be no place to put many materials. Of course, if one has a treasure pouch, it would be even better. The treasure pouch has a vast internal space, making it very convenient to carry. Unfortunately, the treasure pouch is extremely valuable and only possessed by martial artists at the Vajra Realm.

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"Let him escape."

Following the river, Elder Wan ultimately failed to catch up with Jiang Chen.

"What should we do?"

Liu Yuan was unwilling.

Elder Wan said solemnly, "We can only notify the family and have them send a large number of experts. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the two of us to find his tracks."

The Liu Family, as an old-established two-star family, has many Flying Heaven Realm martial artists, and the family head is a peak ninth-rank Flying Heaven Realm martial artist, almost reaching the Vajra Realm.

"This is the two-star forbidden area, Lingyun Mountain Range. The family head might not agree to send too many experts, but Longfeng's father will definitely come."

Liu Yuan nodded, shivering involuntarily when mentioning Liu Changfeng's father. With Liu Changfeng dead, they didn't know how to explain it to him.

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"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

Picking four Saint Red Butterfly plants seemed to deplete Jiang Chen's luck. He then faced a series of misfortunes, first being hunted by a low-rank two-star ferocious beast, then almost being eaten by a giant man-eating flower, and now, hundreds of mid-rank one-star ferocious beasts, Bloodthirsty Rats, were targeting him.

On a tree as thick as five people could encircle, Jiang Chen's sword flashed continuously, and the Bloodthirsty Rats fell dead one after another.

"This isn't a solution."

The attack frequency of the Bloodthirsty Rats was too high, leaving Jiang Chen no time to catch his breath.

"I must break through."

The trees around were filled with Bloodthirsty Rats, and escaping by climbing the trees was unlikely.

"Kill!"

Diving down, Jiang Chen's sword burst with light, and the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique was unleashed.

In an instant, at least four or five Bloodthirsty Rats were killed, and seven or eight were knocked away by the sword's momentum, creating a short path for Jiang Chen.

Without hesitation, Jiang Chen dashed forward.

After about a quarter of an hour, Jiang Chen finally escaped the pursuit of the Bloodthirsty Rats, but his true qi was almost depleted.

"The Lingyun Mountain Range is too dangerous. This place is at the edge of the deep Lingyun Mountain Range, and high-level ferocious beasts could appear at any time. I need to use Saint Red Butterfly to nourish my qi sea and see if I can break through with the Biyue Fruit."

Deciding on this, Jiang Chen收敛气息，开始寻找可以闭关的地点。

不久，江辰找到了一座岩山，岩山半山腰有一个隐蔽的岩洞，离地面大约七八米。

脚掌借力，几个连环蹬，江辰轻巧地落在岩洞入口处。

“这里不错。”

仔细观察了一下，发现岩洞内部没有危险，江辰放下心来。

岩洞中，江辰盘膝坐下，取出一株圣蝴蝶红。

深吸一口气，江辰连着根茎把圣蝴蝶红咬碎吞了下去。不一会儿，江辰感觉到一股暖流在胃部扩散开来，散入四肢百骸，其中一股特殊的暖流朝着第七气海汇聚过去。

如同久旱的沙漠遇到倾盆大雨，即将枯死的庄稼遇到甘霖，江辰的第七气海轻微地蠕动起来，贪婪地吞噬着暖流。

原本只恢复了半成的第七气海继续恢复。

一成。

一成二。

最终，江辰的第七气海恢复到一成二的样子，黯淡的光点逐渐明亮起来。

一不做二不休，江辰再次吞服了一株圣蝴蝶红。

一成三。

一成五。

一成六。

这次第七气海恢复到一成六。

“第二株药效降低了一半，第三株再降低一半的话，总体恢复程度估计不到一成八，算了。”

江辰没有继续吞服圣蝴蝶红，太浪费了。

“试试看能否让真气通行。”

尝试着操控真气进入第七气海，江辰脸上露出难得的笑容。虽然第七气海没有痊愈，但可以让真气通行了。以往真气一旦进入第七气海，不仅血肉绞痛，真气也会流失，是真气禁区。

“先恢复功力再说。”

突破境界必须处于巅峰状态，江辰现在的真气量只有巅峰时期的一二成，不足以突破。

取出一块下品灵石，江辰闭上眼睛，运转归元功吸取灵石中的元气。

不知不觉，等江辰睁开眼的时候，外面已经天黑了。

“成败在此一举。”

缓缓吐出一口浊气，江辰从怀里掏出玉盒，打开玉盒，三枚碧月果静静地躺在里面。

拿出其中一枚，塞进嘴里。

轰！

仿佛火山爆发，强大的药效转化为真气，融入江辰的第六气海中。待第六气海承受不住这股真气，真气开始上涌，顺着第七气海进入第八气海，噗一声，第八气海被贯通开启，真气逐步进入。

不过随着时间的推移，江辰发现，第八气海还很不稳定，有紧闭的征兆。一旦第八气海紧闭，第八气海中的真气会被排斥出来，等于浪费了一枚碧月果。

咬了咬牙，江辰下意识地运转虚无剑体大法。有了虚无剑体大法的增幅，江辰的真气勇猛了许多，硬生生盘踞在第八气海中，纹丝不动。接下来的事情则容易多了，江辰把真气一丝丝一缕缕地送入第八气海，开疆拓土。

当一枚碧月果的药效消耗干净，江辰终于突破到了气海境八重中期境界。

当然，他这个气海境八重中期要大打折扣，和别人的气海境七重中期差不多。毕竟第七气海无法储存真气，相当于少了一个气海，少了一重境界。

第二枚碧月果服下，江辰一鼓作气，继续提升修为。

气海境八重后期。

气海境八重巅峰。

江辰本想顺水推舟地突破到气海境九重，不过第九气海比他想象中更坚固，且他现在的修为境界还不稳固，强行突破有可能会引发不测。毕竟第九气海位于眉心位置，距离脑海很近。

“终于突破了。”

一年的压抑，一年的苦闷，今朝彻底消失。不过江辰也心有余悸，如果不是虚无剑体大法的存在，这次肯定会失败。或许等第七气海恢复到五成以上的时候，才能不依靠虚无剑体大法突破。

长身而起，江辰拔出长剑，一招繁星变递了出去。

密密麻麻的寒星闪烁，总共是二十一道。

修为提升一重，江辰的剑法境界也随之提升。此中原因不难理解，毕竟有些武功是有修为限制的，修为越高，参悟武功越容易。就好比一个金刚境武者，哪怕其悟性不怎么样，也很容易把一门黄级武功修炼到大成境界。

吼！

就在江辰演练剑法之时，岩洞外忽然狂风大作，紧接着，一个巨大的黑影窜了进来，猛烈攻向江辰。

借着月光，江辰看清楚了来者样貌，这是一头狰狞的豹类凶兽，身上毛发呈暗黄色，有漆黑的条纹，在其背部，镶嵌着四颗龙眼大小的黑色结晶，闪闪发光。

一星高阶变异凶兽黑晶豹。

“来得好。”

如果是以往，江辰是不愿意和一星高阶变异凶兽战斗的。要知道一星高阶变异凶兽的实力堪比飞天境一重武者，防御则是飞天境一重武者的几倍。江辰固然能和飞天境一重武者勉强抗衡，但想要战胜一星高阶变异凶兽难度很高，存在生命危险。

“覆雨翻云！”

长剑翻转，密集的剑芒迸发，几乎覆盖整个岩洞。黑晶豹尚未靠近江辰，便被这密集剑芒轰了出去，血水撒了一地。

身形一闪，江辰跟着掠出岩洞，又是一记流云剑法叱咤风云轰在黑晶豹身上。

十次呼吸过去，黑晶豹奄奄一息，被江辰一剑刺中心脏，死得不能再死。

“虽然打了它一个措手不及，但我现在的实力，完全能和绝大多数的飞天境一重武者一决高下。”

脸上带着一丝笑意，江辰开始收集黑晶豹身上的材料。

黑晶豹身上总共有六颗变异结晶，一颗价值一千低级灵石，六颗就是六千。至于其它材料不怎么值钱，江辰懒得去收集了。

感受到此地血腥味太浓，江辰悄无声息地离开岩山范围。

...

“砰砰砰砰砰砰！”

一排排大树拦腰而断，恐怖的气浪直冲出去。几头被吸引过来的二星低阶凶兽还来不及发出吼声，便被气浪碾碎，震飞，血水涂了一地。

万老和刘元神情恐惧，低着头不敢去看暴怒的刘长空。

刘长空，刘家四长老，刘长风的父亲，修为高达飞天境八重。亲子丧命，刘长空连击杀万老和刘元的心情都有了，好在他还有理智存在，毕竟见过凶手的只有这二人。

“小畜生，总有一日，我会让你后悔来到这个世界上。”

“长风我儿，你等着，为父会帮你报仇的。”

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