A couple of miles away, the image of the elder leaving appeared in Ye Chen's mind. He could see the subtle changes in the elder's expression and eyes.
"Dragon Blood Grass, a spirit plant that contains the blood of a dragon. The blood of a dragon is just like a spirit crystal stone, having a huge effect on the improvement of the spirit body. This Dragon Blood Grass is almost three thousand years old, which is at least equivalent to thirty normal spirit crystals. Most importantly, the blood of a dragon contains the power of a dragon. Even if there is only a trace of it, it is still very precious to a body training expert."
Ye Chen was very clear about the value of the Dragon Blood Grass. Using it as a spirit crystal stone would be a bit overkill. The power of a dragon contained in the blood of a dragon was the most essential part of it. When the old man chose to give up on the Dragon Blood Grass, he must have had a moment of hesitation and heartache.
However, this had nothing to do with Ye Chen. It was fine as long as he got the Dragon Blood Grass.
Shoo!
His body flashed as Ye Chen turned into a shadow and shot out.
In the next half a day, every time Ye Chen passed by a mountain, he would obtain a few valuable spirit plants. These spirit plants were at least two to three thousand years old, while the older ones were at least ten thousand years old. Of course, once the spirit plants reached ten thousand years old, they basically could not continue to grow anymore. In fact, many of the same spirit plants could not even live for a few hundred years. Those that could live for a few thousand years were the best of the same kind. Therefore, they could withstand the passage of time.
After passing through dozens of mountains, Ye Chen came to a flat area surrounded by mountains. The spirit qi in this area was very dense, and there was a drizzle in the air. This drizzle was not normal rain, but spirit rain condensed from spirit qi.
Opening his hand and grabbing a handful of spirit rain, Ye Chen could clearly feel that the spirit rain had turned into spirit qi and merged into his body, being refined into pure Zhen yuan.
"What a terrifying spirit qi! Training here would not be slower than training with top rank spirit stones. Moreover, after a long time, the body would be nourished by the spirit qi, and it would be able to improve the spirit body even faster."
Ye Chen sighed inwardly, feeling quite emotional.
The flat area occupied a very wide area. After flying for four to five miles, Ye Chen finally arrived at the center of the area. Here, he finally understood why the spiritual energy in this area was so thick that it was drizzling. It turned out that this was a medicinal garden, a medicinal garden surrounded by a vine fence. The vine fence was very high, around fifty meters high. Ye Chen didn't think that he could fly over, but of course, he didn't need to. In front of him was an entrance propped up by two giant trees. Through the entrance, he could see the colorful and brilliant colors of the medicinal garden.
"So many Spirit Herbs. I've struck it rich this time. Once I get out and exchange them for Upper Spirit Stones, I won't have to worry for the rest of my life."
"What's the point of exchanging them for Upper Grade Spirit Stones? Exchanging them for pills to increase one's strength with a Rank 5 Sect is the way to go."
"That's true. Hurry up, there are more and more people."
Ye Chen was not the first to discover the herb garden. There were already many people inside, all busy picking herbs and enjoying themselves.
"Eh? Star Spirit Fruit? Meridian Cutting Plant? No one wants to pick them?"
Ye Chen noticed some of the spirit plants on the edge. There were a lot of different kinds of spirit plants, and a few of them caught Ye Chen's attention. They were the Star Spirit Fruit, which could help peak level Late Clasping Yuan Realm warriors to reach the Astral Reaching Realm, and the Meridian Cutting Plant, which could increase the training potential of warriors below the Sea of Souls Realm …
But, it was not that surprising, since all of the people here were Sea of Souls Realm warriors. Who would want to pick the top and mid rank spirit plants? Everyone would be fighting for the ones that would be useful to them.
"Come here!"
Ye Chen waved his hand, using his Zhen yuan to loosen up the soil. He was about to pull out a couple of mid rank spirit plants through the air. But, what surprised him was that the soil in the garden had been nourished by the spirit Qi, making it extremely hard. As the soil cracked open, the broken parts turned into crystal particles, making a cracking sound.
"No wonder these people are stepping on them one by one. If I were to try to take them through the air, it would only cause a huge amount of waste."
Ye Chen shook his head and forced a smile as he also bent down to pick them.
"Mid rank Iron Wire Plant!"
"Mid rank Detoxification Plant!"
"Top rank Yuan Fruit!"
"Top rank Purple Heart Wood!"
"Top rank Heaven Immortal Tea!"
There were just too many spirit plants in the garden. If he were to pick them one by one, it would take him at least ten days to half a month. But, Ye Chen was not in a hurry. Once the Treasure River Island appeared, it would stay for three months. After that, it would disappear again. For him, time was more than enough.
Whoo!
Whoo! Right then, a vibrating sound was heard from the center of the garden. It sounded like a bee, but was hundreds of times louder than a bee. There was also the sound of metal vibrating mixed in.
The buzzing sound was getting louder and louder, eventually covering the whole area. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked toward the direction of the sound.
Gold, a bright gold color!
Countless bright gold objects attacked toward everyone at a speed as fast as golden lightning.
"Ah!"
A couple of Sea of Souls Realm warriors who were the closest to it widened their eyes and fell onto the ground. Their bodies were full of holes, and the color was light gold. Through some of the wounds, one could see a couple of pinky finger sized golden thorns. It was indeed these thorns that had pierced through their protective Zhen yuan and bodies.
"It is the Golden Needle Bee! Run!"
Someone let out a shrill scream as he tried his best to fly back.
The others woke up from the shock and turned around to run as fast as they could.
Ye Chen squeezed his eyes as he saw the so-called Golden Needle Bee. It was the size of a palm, and its whole body looked like it was made of gold. The vibrating sound came from their wings, which vibrated at an extremely high frequency. Even with Ye Chen's soul power, he could barely tell what it was.
There were a lot of them. With a rough estimation, there were at least hundreds of thousands of them. They turned into a wave of golden light, attacking toward Ye Chen.
"Run!"
Ye Chen did not have any other thoughts in his mind. The only thing he could do was to run, run as fast as he could. If he were too slow, he might lose his life in the garden and become the fertilizer for the spirit plants.
Soon, Ye Chen arrived at the closest vine fence. He took out his emerald longsword and threw out a sword attack.
Crack!
The vine fence was unbelievably tough. Ye Chen's sword attack only managed to cut through a couple of arm-thick vines, which were as smooth as a mirror. Looking at the thickness of the fence, Ye Chen could not help but feel helpless. Compared to the whole fence, the few vines that had been cut off were only like a strand of hair on a human's body, which meant nothing at all.
The screams were getting louder and louder. A lot of them stopped abruptly on the way, but soon, more screams were heard without stopping for even a second.
In the ancient era, the Golden Needle Bee was ten times more famous than the Blood Dragon Snake. This kind of beasts might not be that powerful individually, but when they moved together, it would be a nightmare for the enemies. Their stingers contained a deadly poison that could easily pierce through the protective Zhen yuan. Their bodies were as hard as steel, and warriors with a higher cultivation might not be able to cut through their bodies. Moreover, their constantly flapping wings could leave a bone-deep wound on one's body.
"Damn it!"
Ye Chen gave up on cutting through the fence and flew towards the entrance a couple of miles away. Right now, he was starting to hate the size of the herb garden and the density of the spirit qi. The garden was huge, and it would take a while to fly to the entrance. The density of the spirit qi would create a huge obstacle, which would increase as one's speed increased, making it impossible for Ye Chen to break through the speed of sound.
When Ye Chen was less than one hundred meters away from the entrance, a group of Golden Needle Bees had their eyes on Ye Chen. Buzz!
Buzz! Buzz!
Like a golden bomber, the Golden Needle Bees separated into three groups. One of them shot out with a speed that was too fast for people to react.
"Piss off!"
Ye Chen threw out a sword attack, and a golden-cyan sword light shot out.
Pooh!
Chin!
What made Ye Chen gasp was that besides one Golden Needle Bee that was cut in half by the longsword, the rest of them were only blown away by the sword light. They flew back dizzily, with faint sword marks on their bodies.
"These guys are way too tough!"
Ye Chen understood that if he wanted to kill the Golden Needle Bees, he would have to use close range attacks. Sword qi and sword light would not be able to kill them at all. Shoo!
Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!
Golden thorns shot out one after another, making Ye Chen's scalp go numb. He shook his wrist and performed the Speed Sword Hell, and the sword light shot out.
The attacking power of the Speed Sword Hell was not high, but blocking the golden thorns was not that hard.
While fighting and retreating, Ye Chen finally reached the entrance. Without thinking, he rushed out with all his power.
Once outside, the spirit qi was much thinner, and Ye Chen's speed started to increase again. But, what made him feel helpless was that the golden needle bees' speed was also increasing at the same time, which actually shortened the distance between them. Biting on his teeth, Ye Chen let go of his protective Zhen yuan layer and performed his sword light flying spell, turning into a beam of sword light to escape.
The Golden Needle Bees were persistent, as if they would not stop until they caught up to Ye Chen.
A wave of sword light, and a wave of golden light, the two began a chase.
After passing over a couple of mountains, Ye Chen arrived at a vast lake. He could not help but have an idea. After all, the Golden Needle Bees needed to flap their wings to increase their speed. Under the water, flapping their wings would cause an unimaginable amount of resistance. On the other hand, warriors relied on Zhen yuan to move forward, so the resistance would not be as much as the Golden Needle Bees.
Splash!
Ye Chen shot into the water.
As expected, the Golden Needle Bees that were chasing him stopped. A couple of them that could not stop in time followed Ye Chen into the water, but soon came out again.
After circling around the lake for a couple of times, the Golden Needle Bees gave up on chasing Ye Chen and went back to where they came from.
"Finally got rid of them!"
Under the water, Ye Chen let out a breath.
Staying under the water for a while, Ye Chen saw that there was no more movement, so he got out of the water and chose a direction to fly. He could not go to the herb garden anymore.
The outer part of the island was filled with spirit plants, and there were mountains everywhere. Going further in, there were fewer spirit plants, at least they did not grow in clusters.
Shoo!
Ye Chen arrived in front of a magnificent palace.
Entering the palace, Ye Chen focused his eyes.
In the hall of the palace, there were three human figures. One of them was the elder in the straw cape who had fought with him before. Right then, the elder also looked over with a faint smile on his face.
"Little brother, how have you been?"
Ye Chen smiled lightly, "What a coincidence."
"Indeed!"
The lady in red next to the elder laughed, "You are not the one who had embarrassed the fisherman, are you?" She had heard about it from the elder before, and she was quite surprised at that time. After all, according to the elder's description, Ye Chen was only in his twenties, and he already had the power to injure the fisherman. No matter how he did it, it was enough to shock people.
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