Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 56 The Herb Garden

"That guy surnamed Zhong is definitely dishonest." Ling Tianyu, who had been wronged, gritted his teeth in hatred.

"It's alright. The restrictions on this formation have been greatly weakened. Even without the Beast Spirit Gate, we can break it in no time." Yan Yuxue's tone was calm, but her hand movements were quite fast when casting spells.

But the others were not so calm. Shen Tu Ren began to gather all his spiritual power, and the black blade in his hand burst forth with a strong killing intent.

"Break it for me!"

Shen Tu Ren gripped his black knife tightly, leaped up, and slashed down at the stone drum with all his might.

The stone drum was immediately activated and a large number of runes were released, but they were much dimmer than before. The others also cast spells to attack.

Finally, the magic array that had just healed was torn open again, creating an even larger crack.

Shen Tu Ren immediately rushed in first, followed closely by the three members of the Corpse Soul Sect.

"Senior Brother Xiao, let's hurry in too," Wang Debao urged, worried that the magic array's restrictions would heal again.

Xiao Ming wasn't anxious at all; instead, he turned around and glanced at Yan Yuxue.

The woman exchanged a glance with Xiao Ming, smiled faintly, and walked past him toward the gap in the barrier.

"Senior Brother Xiao, please be careful once you go inside."

Yan Yuxue's reminder rang in his ears, and then the woman's figure disappeared.

"Let's go in too." Xiao Ming followed closely behind.

Upon entering the mist, Xiao Ming hadn't gone far before his view opened up.

Before us stretched gentle slopes, upon which different medicinal herb fields had been cultivated.

Contrary to expectations, the fields were filled with medicinal herbs and fruits. Most of the plants in the medicinal field had withered and died, and there were very few mature medicinal herbs.

Even so, everyone was overjoyed and immediately dispersed to pick spiritual herbs and fruits.

"Senior Brother Xiao, look! This is Ghost Spirit Grass, at least five hundred years old... And this Wax Yin Fruit is bigger than my fist..."

Wang Debao ran to a small tree that was about ten feet tall and excitedly said to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming nodded, but seemed somewhat absent-minded.

"Senior Brother Xiao, what's wrong?"

"Don't you find it strange? The medicinal herbs we collect all seem to be of the yin spirit type."

Xiao Ming squatted down, picked up a smear of soil, and smelled it.

"This herb garden is too yin in nature."

"That's true, but there's not a single person to be seen in this ghostly realm. It doesn't make sense that the yin energy is so strong. Who knows how many people have died here before?" Wang Debao shared half of the spiritual fruit he had picked with Xiao Ming.

"Senior Brother Xiao, let's go take another look over there."

Wang Debao climbed up the hillside, just as he was about to pick some medicinal herbs, when suddenly his body trembled and he froze on the spot.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Ming, noticing something was amiss, immediately summoned his bronze shield and rushed over.

As he crossed the hillside, he followed Wang Debao's gaze and was immediately struck as if by a heavy blow.

A huge demonic beast was lying in the mist ahead, seemingly observing the two of them. Although its appearance was unclear, its aura was terrifying, like a mountain pressing down on them. Even the fourth-tier demonic beast, the Storm Shadow Tiger, looked like a harmless kitten in front of it.

The only creature comparable to this demonic beast is probably the Cloud Mist Dragon of the Beast Spirit Sect elder.

A seventh-tier demonic beast—this is absolutely a terrifying beast comparable to a Core Formation cultivator!

"I'm going to die!" Xiao Ming felt his body trembling uncontrollably.

However, the demonic beast hidden in the mist, though terrifying in its aura, did not attack them. It simply remained hidden in the mist, watching the two of them.

"What's going on? Is this guy playing a trick on us?" Xiao Ming wondered, but he still didn't dare to make a move.

However, after a while, they found that there was still no movement.

"No, that doesn't make sense." Xiao Ming frowned slightly.

Could it be...?

With that thought in mind, Xiao Ming mustered his courage and walked over.

"Senior Brother Xiao, don't go over there, you'll die," Wang Debao said in a trembling voice.

As Xiao Ming stepped into the mist, a strong gust of wind swept through, dispersing the mist and revealing a massive skeleton of a demonic beast.

"So it was dead." Seeing this, Wang Debao struggled to his feet and walked over shakily.

"Thank goodness, I almost thought I was going to die here."

"Strange, I clearly felt some kind of gaze just now. Was it just my imagination?" Xiao Ming stroked the monster's skeleton.

Its spiritual energy had been completely dissipated; it had been dead for at least several hundred years. As for the cause of its death...

Xiao Ming noticed a mark on the beast's brow, in which the outline of a hand could be vaguely seen.

Could this monster have been killed by someone with a single slap? And what level of strength did that person possess?

Xiao Ming then looked at the beast's neck, where it was wearing a tattered collar, indicating that it was a domesticated beast.

Perhaps they were guardian spirit beasts raised and kept by our ancestors to protect the medicinal garden.

"It seems that someone has been to this secret realm a long time ago, and that senior's strength was extraordinary," Xiao Ming muttered to himself.

"Senior Brother Xiao, we've found a treasure!" Just as Xiao Ming was pondering, Wang Debao's excited voice rang out.

Following the sound, they saw Wang Debao had climbed onto the monster's spine, pulled out a dagger, gestured a few times at the joint, and then pulled out a Ganoderma lucidum that emitted an eerie red light.

"Blood Marrow Fungus is a spiritual herb that has a certain chance of growing by absorbing the essence and blood of fourth-order demonic beast bones. It is one of the main ingredients for refining Foundation Establishment Pills."

Several plants had actually grown on the skeleton of the monster in front of him, and both their age and quality were top-notch. Wang Debao was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

The two quickly divided up the few Blood Marrow Mushrooms, then briefly circled the gentle slope a few times. After confirming there was nothing else of value, they immediately flew to other gentle slopes to continue scavenging for more medicinal herbs.

After the two left, the place became quiet.

Suddenly, the soil beneath the monster's skeleton shifted, and a strange black stone statue emerged.

It resembled an infant, but had a ghostly face and sharp teeth. It looked at the two departing people and revealed a sinister smile.

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On the other side, as the remaining spiritual herbs dwindled, conflicts intensified as people scrambled to seize them.

With a mournful cry, Shen Tu Ren raised his hand and brought his knife down, and a demonic bird lay on the ground, its blood flowing everywhere.

"How dare you kill my Ghost Claw Bird!" The Beast Spirit Sect cultivator glared angrily at Shen Tu Ren, his eyes red.

"Enough nonsense, this precious herb is mine. If you don't want to die, get lost." Shen Tu Ren snorted coldly and walked straight towards the precious herb.

Although the Beast Spirit Sect cultivator was reluctant, he was even more afraid of Shen Tu Ren's strength and dared not step forward.

Just then, the blood on the ground suddenly seeped into the ground rapidly, and wisps of black mist rose up and merged into the lifeless body of the demon bird.

Shen Tu Ren removed the precious medicine and carefully put it into his storage bag.

However, at that moment, the ghost claw bird suddenly stood up and pounced on him again.

"You dare to come again!" Shen Tu Ren roared angrily, his spiritual power condensing on his black blade. A black blade aura filled with murderous intent slashed out, cutting the ghost claw bird in two.

Having dealt with the demonic pet, Shen Tu Ren then turned his attention to the Beast Spirit Sect cultivator.

"I didn't do it." The Beast Spirit Sect cultivator also looked surprised and suspicious.

He had clearly sensed that the Ghost Claw Bird had lost its life force and had lost contact with him, so how did it suddenly come back to life?