Chapter 46: Grasping at Straws

  Luo Yu had been drawing talismans for two months and was getting a bit tired of it. At this point, Li Yanran could already draw a first-grade lower-quality talisman, so she let Li Yanran go back to practice on her own and told her to come find her if she had any questions.

  Jing Xi thought for a moment, then sent a voice transmission to Zi Ye, asking him to go with her to the Yun Tian trial forest. Zi Ye quickly replied, telling her to prepare some talismans and meet at the sect entrance in 5 days.

  Luo Yu closed the door and drew a series of talismans, this time including not only attack-type talismans but also auxiliary talismans such as divine movement talismans and dust-removing talismans. In total, she drew over 100 talismans, and five days passed by.

  At Chen time, Luo Yu arrived at the gate of the sect and found that Zi Ye and others were already waiting there.

  "Sorry I'm late." Luoyu apologized with a bow.

  At this time she was wearing a green robe, her hair combed into a Daoist knot, her figure thin and gaunt, from a distance she looked like a small Daoist priest.

  "No big deal, you're right on time. But I only heard Zi Ye mention a sister, when did we get an extra brother?" Wang Bin teased.

  Luo Yu touched the Dao knot on her head: "Hehe, this is more convenient."

  Zi Ye looked at his 'younger brother' speechless, but this outfit was convenient for going into the jungle.

  "Alright, stop teasing her. My sister Luo Yu, everyone has met her." Zi Ye introduced the team members to Luo Yu, "Sister, this tall guy Wang Bin is the captain, practicing Qi 11th level; on the left is Bai Qi, practicing Qi 10th level; in the middle is Lu Yuan, practicing Qi 9th level; and lastly this is Zhao Yu Cheng, practicing Qi 9th level."

  "I've met many seniors. I know my cultivation is low, and everyone is only bringing me along because of Brother's face." Luo Yu bowed to the crowd, "I will follow the captain's orders and absolutely not act on my own. Moreover, I can draw talismans, during our rest, I will supplement everyone with talismanic symbols."

  Wang Bin burst out laughing: "We're not just accepting you because of Zi Ye's face, we've taken a liking to your symbol drawing abilities. With your symbols, our gains from trying out the Lin family's trial will definitely be higher. We won't use your symbols for free either, the team will pay you according to market price. And during the beast hunting process, any demon beast blood obtained can be sold to you first, that's our team's rule. Let Zi Ye tell you the specifics, we're leaving now."

  Everyone stuck the divine movement symbol and quickly moved towards the Cloud Sky Trial Forest. Zi Ye also explained the rules of the team to Luo Yu, the most important point being to listen to commands, each doing their part, after leaving enough resources to complete tasks, the obtained demon beasts and spiritual herbs were prioritized for sale to team members, and then distributed according to effort in the form of contribution points and spiritual stones.

  Half a day later, Luo Yu and others entered the Cloud Sky Trial Forest.

  "We last explored a burrow of Moonlight Rabbits near the middle ring of the Trial Forest. Our goal is to collect the Moonlight Grass beside their burrows. The highest cultivation level among these rabbits is late third stage, and if we are careful, we can harvest the Moonlight Grass without startling them."

  Wang Bin turned his head to look at Luo Yu: "The Moon Flower Rabbit is naturally gentle, but if it senses a man's presence near its nest, it will become violent and attack anyone who appears within 500 meters of the nest, including cultivators and demon beasts. So this time, only you can get close, as long as you collect 100 stalks of Moon Flower Grass, we'll immediately retreat."

  Luo Yu was stunned and found that everyone was staring at her. Zi Ye opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Wang Bin's gaze.

  "Alright, I'll give it a try." Luo Yu nodded helplessly. A late-stage Three-Stage Moon Hua Rabbit could annihilate her in mere minutes.

  "Don't worry, we're all monitoring from 500 meters away. If anything happens, we'll rescue you at the first time." Zi Xi comforted.

  Two days later, Luoyu and the six of them arrived at their destination. All they saw was a huge withered tree lying horizontally on the green grassland. The grassland was circular and five miles in diameter, dotted with wildflowers, which seemed like two different worlds compared to the gloomy forest. This Moonlight Rabbit really knows how to find places! Luoyu exclaimed in her heart.

  Luoyu's divine consciousness could only perceive the fluctuations of spiritual energy within a hundred meters, and the range for clearly viewing the overall situation was only fifty meters. This was already the power of a late-stage cultivator's divine consciousness, but most of the time it wasn't even as useful as his eyes.

  She walked step by step forward and finally found a clump of special green grass on one side of the withered tree. They looked just like other green grass, but the color of their leaf tips had turned silvery white, emitting a faint moonlight under the sunlight. How beautiful.

  The Moonlight Grass is transformed from ordinary green grass. Every night, the Moonlight Rabbits come out of their nests in the withered trees to absorb the moon's power and cultivate themselves. The green grass around them gradually mutates into Moonlight Grass over time, which can be said to be a symbiotic spirit grass for the Moonlight Rabbits. When all the leaves of the Moonlight Grass turn white, they will swallow it, which will improve their cultivation to some extent. Therefore, if someone is discovered stealing the Moonlight Grass by them, they will definitely be hunted down.

  The Moonlight Rabbit has a habit of rarely coming out during the day, only emerging at night to absorb the moonlight. This gave Luo Yu the opportunity to steal the Moonlight Grass.

  Luoyu stopped in her tracks, looking around cautiously. She didn't see any sign of Yuehua Rabbit or other demonic beasts. It seemed that this patch of grass had been claimed as territory by the late-stage third-tier Yuehua Rabbit, and other demonic beasts wouldn't dare to come near.

  The green light shines under the white sun, it's just the right time to do something sneaky! Luo Yu quietly made her way to the front of the Moon Flower Grass and waited for a while. Not seeing any movement from the withered tree, Luo Yu felt at ease and took out the jade shovel, carefully digging up the Moon Flower Grass.

  The white color on these grasses is mostly concentrated at the tip of the leaves, only a dozen or so have extended to the middle of the leaf plate. It seems that the variation years of these grasses do not exceed 50 years, because the hundred-year-old moonlight grass has completely transformed into white, and this is also the time for the moonlight rabbit to feed.

  She selectively dug up nearly a hundred stalks of Moon Flower Grass that were over a year old, which was only one tenth of the total amount of Moon Flower Grass. Luo Yu decided to dig a few more and then prepare to retreat.

  If you dig too much, Moonlight Rabbit will be on high alert and it won't be easy to come back and steal again - these are Wang Bin's words.

  Just as Luo Yu was about to close the jade box after putting in the last Moon Flower Grass, the situation suddenly changed.

  "There's a little kid over there, looks like he's dug up some spiritual herb. Let's hurry over!"

  "Hurry up, don't let that kid get away!"

  From the other end of the meadow, six or seven people darted out of the thicket, shouting and rushing towards the withered tree.

  Luo Yu was startled and immediately put the jade box into her storage bag before quickly retreating.

  "Sister, come running over here." Zi Ye waved his hand anxiously, they were currently standing in a thicket of trees a thousand meters away from the withered tree.

  Everything was too late, the group of male cultivators had already entered the 500-meter sensory range of Yue Hua Tu. At this time, Luo Yu had just run out of 100 meters and saw hundreds of red-eyed white rabbits jumping out from the tree trunks of the withered trees, emitting shrill screams. Luo Yu's running speed became even faster, while Yue Hua Tu divided into two teams, one team chasing after Luo Yu, and the other team attacking the seven male cultivators on the other side.

  A third-stage Moonlight Rabbit leaped into the air, just about to slap its sharp claws on Luo Yu's back. She suddenly turned around and swung her long sword with all her might, striking it down. With a "ding" sound, Luo Yu retreated half a step, but the Moonlight Rabbit was knocked to the ground, a trail of blood emerging from its claw.

  It can be seen that being beaten up while practicing body strengthening has been quite effective, and I should thank Sun Daniu later. Also, I'll have to make a request, which is to exempt me from sparring practice.

  Her mind was racing, but Luo Yu didn't stop attacking. A flame shot through her long sword and struck the ground, just as a white light was spat out from Yue Hua Tu's mouth. The two instantly cancelled each other out. Yue Hua Tu's attack power came from his body and the power of the moon. The moon belonged to the extreme yin force, although it was restrained by the flame, but Yue Hua Tu was one level higher than Luo Yu, so they neutralized each other.

  In just a few moments, the Moonlight Rabbit caught up from behind, and the five people who had been waiting in ambush also came forward to assist. The crowd fought together, but all they saw was the colorful light flashing on the grassland, which was firmly suppressed by the moon's white light.

  "We can't keep up with so many Moonlight Rabbits, Ziyu quickly pull Luoyu back, everyone hurry and retreat into the woods." Wang Bin shouted loudly, unleashing a big move, a large number of golden blades repelled about 10 Moonlight Rabbits.

  "Everyone, throw your talismans!" Luo Yu shouted loudly, flinging out five fireball talismans.

  "Bang, bang, bang——"

  The crowd reacted, and the various talismans given by Luo Yu were suddenly activated. After a burst of noise, they temporarily repelled the Moonlight Rabbit. Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone stuck on the Divine Movement Talisman and quickly retreated into the forest, startling the low-level demon beasts in the forest to flee in all directions. Of course, there were also demon beasts that took advantage of the fire to loot, but when they saw the dozens of furious Moonlight Rabbits behind them, they meekly shrank back into their nests.

  After running continuously for 10 miles, the Moonlight Rabbit finally stopped chasing and slowly retreated back to the Dry Tree Nest Cave, but left a few Moonlight Rabbits to guard the Moonlight Grass. From now on, if someone wants to steal the Moonlight Grass again, it won't be easy. Although Wang Bin and others didn't see it personally, they could also foresee this situation and secretly hated those meddling cultivators.