txolops Chapter 49 A Great Harvest! 3 Annual Spirit Herbs!
Chapter 49 A Great Harvest! 3 Annual Spirit Herbs!
Chapter 49 A Great Harvest! Three Thousand-Year-Old Spiritual Herbs!
The silver chains formed from the Dragon-Trapping Ring moved with lightning speed, binding the ugly man's entire body tightly before his horrified gaze.
The strong binding force from the chains made the flow of his spiritual energy somewhat sluggish.
"Fellow Daoist! It's a misunderstanding! A huge misunderstanding!"
The ugly man's face was covered in pockmarks as he cried out urgently, a cunning glint in his eyes, "Since you're wearing Senior Brother Feng's Cloud-Stepping Boots, it means you're his friend! I also have a long-standing friendship with Senior Brother Feng. We're all friends, so why fight to the death? Let's call it a day and make peace. I'm willing to offer spirit stones as compensation—"
As he spoke, he secretly directed the last remaining emerald green flying snake to harass Lin Chuan.
At the same time, he desperately activated a flying fork-shaped magic weapon, fiercely slashing at the silver chains on his body.
They were trying to escape from the Dragon Ring.
"friend?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan's lips curled into a cold smile. "Feng Yue? I sent him to the cycle of reincarnation long ago."
Since you're his friend, you might as well go down and keep him company on his journey to the underworld.
As he spoke, Lin Chuan continued his actions without stopping.
He maintained control of the Dragon-Trapping Ring with his left hand, and with a flick of his right, the small yellow dagger talisman he had obtained from Feng Yue appeared in his palm.
The pure spiritual energy of the Fiery Blaze was rapidly injected, and the talisman's light gradually intensified, emitting a sharp and piercing aura.
"What?! Senior Brother Feng—you killed him?!"
Upon hearing this, the ugly man was struck dumb, all color drained from his face, and his eyes were filled with disbelief and terror.
He knew Feng Yue's strength; Feng Yue was one of the top figures from Tianque Fortress on this trip, yet he had fallen at this man's hands? Then what about himself—
His fear intensified, and his attacks on the silver chain became even more frantic. However, the silver chain was a top-grade, exquisite artifact used to trap enemies, and it was exceptionally sturdy. How could he possibly break it in such a hasty manner?
After a few breaths, Lin Chuan had finished charging up his energy.
"go!"
The yellow dagger talisman flew out of his hand, transforming into a dazzling yellow light that shot straight at the ugly man who was firmly trapped in place with a sharp whistling sound!
"No--!"
The ugly man let out a desperate roar, blocking all his spiritual power and magical artifacts in front of him.
"Snap!"
"Pfft!"
The yellow dagger moved with unstoppable force, first shattering the ordinary flying fork artifact, then piercing the hastily erected bone shield, and finally, with its remaining momentum, easily tearing through the ugly man's protective aura and piercing through his chest!
The ugly man's voice stopped abruptly, his eyes quickly dimmed, filled with endless regret and fear, and he collapsed limply.
Lin Chuan stepped forward, took the storage bag from it, and casually killed the listless, emerald green flying snake that had lost its master's control, thus cleaning up the battlefield.
Taking stock of the spoils, the ugly man's offensive and defensive magical artifacts were only of average quality, far inferior to those of Feng Yue.
The wealth of elites like Duobao Nu.
However, this person was clearly extremely cunning and cautious, skilled in stealth and ambushes, and his storage bag contained various tools for tracking, infiltration, and...
There were many tools and materials used for poisoning, including over a thousand low-grade spirit stones and several mid-grade spirit stones, indicating that they had robbed and killed many weaker cultivators.
Even a mosquito's leg is meat, so the harvest is not bad.
Lin Chuan put away the spirit stones and useful items. More importantly, he found a jade slip containing information about the crater region in Chou Han's storage bag. Although it overlapped somewhat with the information distributed by Huangfeng Valley, it marked some special locations that were not mentioned in Huangfeng Valley's information and that might contain spiritual herbs or be dangerous. This undoubtedly gave Lin Chuan a more comprehensive understanding of the crater region.
In the following period, Lin Chuan significantly improved his efficiency in searching for spiritual herbs, thanks to increasingly detailed map data and a divine sense far superior to others of his level. He deliberately avoided the southern stone palace area, which the divination indicated as "mediumly inauspicious."
Neither the possible existence of the level-two demonic beast, the Ink Dragon (comparable to the early stage of Foundation Establishment), nor the group led by Nangong Wan of the Hidden Moon Sect, which is very likely to be active there, are things he cannot easily deal with in his current state.
If they accidentally run into those dozen or so members of the Hidden Moon Sect, the consequences of being ganged up on and beaten would be unimaginable.
He moved steadily through the crater, using the speed of his Cloud-Stepping Boots and his own strength to avoid several unnecessary conflicts and focus on gathering resources.
By the time the third day had completely passed and the dawn of the fourth day (based on the timekeeping artifact) broke, eighteen fully aged Foundation Establishment Pills containing the three main medicinal ingredients (Purple Monkey Flower, Jade Marrow Fungus, and...) lay quietly in the jade box on his person.
Heavenly Spirit Fruit).
As the divination results for the new day are updated, [Today's divination: Minor auspiciousness]
[The divination reads: Today you entered a mountain peak resembling a bull's head on the eastern side of a ring-shaped mountain range, where you discovered a cave hidden by vines and found three thousand-year-old blood ginsengs.]
"A thousand-year-old blood ginseng! And three of them!"
Even with his resolute will, Lin Chuan couldn't help but feel a jolt of emotion and an overwhelming surge of excitement.
A miraculous medicine that has lasted for millennia!
This is beyond the scope of conventional understanding for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage.
For Core Formation stage cultivators, millennium-old spiritual herbs are precious main ingredients for refining and improving their magical power and breaking through bottlenecks, with a value far exceeding that of the main ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills!
This is an excellent resource to pave the way for his cultivation after he establishes his foundation!
"We must go!" Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Chuan immediately sped off towards the eastern side of the ring mountain, based on the divination text and the information in his hand.
After a careful search, he indeed found a natural cave entrance completely covered by thick vines at the foot of a mountain peak shaped like a reclining ox.
Without the guidance of a divination, it would be extremely difficult to detect.
The cave was deep and dark, with a strong, fishy smell.
Not long after they ventured deeper, they encountered a demonic beast guarding the spiritual medicine—a giant python as thick as a water bucket, with a single horn on its head, its entire body as red as blood, and faint flame patterns on the edges of its scales!
The Bloodflame Serpent, a peak-level level one demonic beast, possesses strength comparable to a human cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining, and is particularly adept at spewing scorching poisonous flames.
A fierce battle broke out.
The Bloodflame Serpent is extremely ferocious, with flames reaching extremely high temperatures, and its body is incredibly agile.
Lin Chuan dared not be careless and once again used the Dragon Imprisoning Ring to restrict its movement, while using the yellow dagger talisman he obtained from Feng Yue as the main attack.
The talisman was incredibly powerful. Although it consumed some of its power again, it ultimately succeeded in killing the Blood Flame Serpent deep within the cave.
Beneath a stalactite in a box of spiritual energy at the innermost part of the cave, three thousand-year-old blood ginsengs, dark red in color, shaped like infants, and exuding a rich blood aura and spiritual light, are clearly visible!
Lin Chuan suppressed his excitement and carefully harvested them intact, solemnly storing them in the most secret jade tablet space.
After obtaining the thousand-year-old blood ginseng, Lin Chuan was in high spirits and continued his search.
On the latter half of the fourth day, the competition in the crater seemed to intensify, and the frequency of encounters between cultivators increased.
Lin Chuan encountered several more conflicts arising from the struggle for spiritual herbs.
When the other party saw that he "only" had the aura of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, they threatened him and tried to forcibly take it from him. Lin Chuan no longer held back.
Having experienced numerous life-or-death battles with masters, his combat experience, timing, and use of magical artifacts have become increasingly refined and skillful.
The Azure Cloud Sword, the Dragon-Trapping Ring, the Yellow Silk Umbrella, and the Cloud-Stepping Boots—these magical artifacts worked together seamlessly in his hands, often striking down his opponents with lightning speed before they could even fully react.
In these encounters, there were many elite disciples from other sects with considerable strength, but they all became the victims of Lin Chuan's sword, and the spiritual herbs in their storage bags naturally went to Lin Chuan.
When the "night" of the fourth day (the forbidden area was still bright) fell, Lin Chuan took stock of his gains. In addition to the three thousand-year-old blood ginsengs that were worth incalculable, he also had fifty-two of the three main ingredients of the Foundation Building Pill that were hundreds of years old!
If word got out about this terrifying harvest, it would be enough to shock all the high-ranking members of the seven major sects. It's likely that the combined total of all the surviving disciples from some of the smaller sects wouldn't even equal the amount of spiritual herbs he gathered alone.