"Zhao Yanzi is now on level 10 of the Qi Refinement Realm. If she cultivates here, she will reach the Foundation Establishment Realm faster." Hao Ren looked at Xie Yujia and said, "Why don't you try your cave abode?"
"Ok …" Xie Yujia was not as excited as before. With Little White on its back, she slowly flew toward the new cave abode which was about eight meters away from Hao Ren's.
This cave abode was bigger and deeper than Hao Ren's, and Hao Ren had even carved out a small bedroom with his sword energies.
Zhen Congming wandered around the valley and checked if Hao Ren had made any mistakes with the array formations. Then, he came to Xie Yujia's cave abode and tossed an item to her.
It was an ornament with a golden base, and a fist-sized luminous pearl was inlaid on the top of the base. Putting it in Xie Yujia's hand, the hidden bedroom in the corner suddenly brightened up.
"It's so simple …" Zhen Congming said before flying out of the cave abode to check it out.
He had sensed the existence of several small sects nearby. Since Hao Ren and Xie Yujia were going to stay here for a while, he would go and check it out.
No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Zhen Congming would never 'look down' on a small sect.
Xie Yujia smiled as she held the luminous pearl that Zhen Congming gave her. The fist-sized luminous pearl emitted a gentle light. It was neither dazzling nor dim, and its heavy golden base allowed it to stand steadily on the stone wall of the bedroom.
Zhen Congming was usually arrogant, but he was not a bad person.
If this item was auctioned in the city, it would definitely fetch a sky-high price. Although Xie Yujia didn't know where he got it from, she knew his super stingy personality. The fact that he gave it to her meant that he approved of her.
After putting the luminous pearl on a protruding stone on the stone wall, Xie Yujia walked out of the big stone room and sat on a spacious stone chair before closing her eyes to cultivate. The nature essence here was indeed four to five times more intense than on land. Xie Yujia felt that it was smoother than when she cultivated in her dorm room after circulating the Qi Refinement Scroll slightly.
Although the Life Note could activate the nature essence, Xie Yujia didn't dare to use it casually after learning its drawbacks from Zhen Congming. Instead, she relied on the most basic absorption of the Qi Refinement Scroll to obtain a trace of nature essence from the valley.
In the cave abode next door, Hao Ren was also seizing the time to cultivate. The Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll surrounded Hao Ren in the form of hundreds of sword energies. Like shadows, the sword energies stuck to Hao Ren's skin and moved in his pores.
The realm of 72 openings was much higher than when he had just unlocked 40 openings. Although the cultivation speed of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll was slow, it could stabilize the foundation of a cultivator. As long as he cultivated step by step, there was no possibility of regression.
Hao Ren's current limit was 160 sword energies. If there were 40 students in a class, the number of sword energies Hao Ren had was equivalent to the number of students in four classes. If all the students in four classes stood on the field, they would occupy a large area. If he went up another level, there would be 320 sword lights, which meant that there were eight classes, which was close to the number of students in a grade. Then, there would be 640 sword lights, and then …
When the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll reached the end, it was indeed invincible in one-on-one battles.
When Zhao Kuo passed the Heavenly Tribulation, Hao Ren had seen the magnificent scene of tens of thousands of soldiers blocking the heavenly lightning bolts. When the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll reached the highest level, it was the same magnificent scene.
Crack!
Hao Ren unlocked another opening in his dragon core.
Dozens of small sword energies entered the gap in the dragon core and quickly filled the newly opened opening. At the same time, the dormant dragon core began to spin at a high speed, and the nature essence in the cave abode was instantly absorbed by Hao Ren's body.
For a second, his body felt like it was expanding, but it was immediately suppressed by the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll.
After unlocking the dragon core continuously on Fifth Heaven, Hao Ren was no longer surprised. He calmed his mind and allowed the nature essence outside the cave abode to enter.
Xie Yujia sensed the fluctuation of nature essence nearby, but she didn't expect Hao Ren to have another small breakthrough.
"I'm back! I'm back! "
Zhen Congming yelled outside the cave abode.
With a cloth bag in his arms, he landed on the ground outside the cave abode and yelled, "Xie Yujia! Xie Yujia! "
Xie Yujia, who was cultivating in her cave abode, walked to the entrance and asked, "What's wrong?"
"The nearby sects are too poor. They don't even have spiritual herbs older than 200 years. I only dug up some seedlings …" Zhen Congming murmured and yelled again, "Hao Ren! Hao Ren! "
Hao Ren was too lazy to pay attention to him since he was stabilizing his realm. However, he heard Zhen Congming yell again, "Brother! Brother! "
Since he had already called him 'Brother', Hao Ren had to put away his sword energies and walked to the entrance of the cave. "What are you doing?"
"I dug up some seedlings. You go and clean up the valley! Plant some flowers and plants, and they can be used to make elixirs for Xie Yujia in the future! "Zhen Congming looked up at Hao Ren at the entrance of the cave and yelled with the cloth bag in his arms.
"How dare you call Yujia by her name? Call her Sister! "Hao Ren frowned slightly.
He always felt that this kid was nice to everyone except Yujia, and he was a bit creeped out.
However, after half a second of hesitation, Zhen Congming changed his words and said, "You go and clean up the spiritual herbs and make elixirs for Sister Yujia!"
He didn't care about his reputation in front of the elixir making project! Zhen Congming's nature was the same as Little White. As long as there were tangible benefits, he didn't mind pretending to be cute!
Hearing Zhen Congming call Yujia 'Sister', Hao Ren was a bit relieved. His right hand suddenly shot out 16 earth-elemental sword energies.
The sword energies slashed toward the ground of the valley and immediately left 16 deep grooves. Hao Ren waved his left hand lightly, and the other 16 earth-elemental sword energies flew toward the flat ground of the valley.
The sword energies crisscrossed and instantly formed 225 neat squares! Wherever the Sword Qi swept through, all the weeds and wild flowers were sliced cleanly! Patches of brown soil could be seen on the ground!
Hao Ren's move was clean and neat, and Zhen Congming admired it secretly.
One was a set of sword array formation techniques, and the other was a set of dharma notes. Both of them had special cultivation techniques. Thinking about it carefully, they seemed to be a complete set.
Zhen Congming tilted his head and thought about it, but he couldn't figure out the reason. Then, he yelled at Yujia, "Sister! The seedlings are all here! Come and plant them. They will all die if they are left for too long! "
Surprised that Hao Ren had cultivated a mature field in two seconds, Xie Yujia flew back to the flat ground of the valley on Little White's back.
The seedlings that Zhen Congming dug up were plants that she had never seen before. Some had triangular leaves, some had red and green fruits, and some had colorful flower buds …
"This is Bone Connecting Bamboo Shoots, this is Lantern Grass, this is Wind Blue, and this is Soul Returning Incense … As long as they are planted in places with dense nature essence, they won't die easily …" Zhen Congming explained to Xie Yujia excitedly. Then, he took out a small shovel and planted the seedlings into the soil.
Xie Yujia helped him cover the seedlings with the soil while she learned. Strangely enough, the vitality of the spiritual herbs that had withered suddenly recovered after being planted into the soil, and they became even more vibrant than before.
"My Big Dipper Constellation Array Formation can gather nature essence. As long as the spiritual herbs aren't of high levels, they can live after being planted here …" Zhen Congming said proudly as he planted the spiritual herbs in different patches according to their elemental attributes.
If it were in the past, he wouldn't have wanted to do such a troublesome thing. He would have gone to Sixth Heaven or even Seventh Heaven to steal some materials and made elixir pills in peace.
However, his master Qiu Niu was in seclusion cultivation in the Nine Dragon Palace, and the Nine Dragon Palace was isolated from the outside world. Without his master's protection, Zhen Congming didn't dare to go to Sixth Heaven or Seventh Heaven. Therefore, he could only hang out on Fifth Heaven with Hao Ren.
Demon beasts had to cultivate like cultivators once they successfully transformed into humans. Zhen Congming's realm was barely Kan-level, and Qiu Niu didn't want him to progress too fast. That was why he didn't teach him any advanced techniques.
Kan-level was the lowest level among dragon cultivators, and it was equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Realm among human cultivators. Although he had powerful dharma treasures, it wasn't safe. If Zhen Congming didn't want to hide in the East Ocean Dragon Palace, he had to rely on Hao Ren.
Of course, if he was in danger, he could turn back into his demon beast form. However, it would cause too much noise …
While Zhen Congming and Xie Yujia were happily planting flowers in the valley, the Seven Star Sect, Qiong Hua Sect, and Qin Yin Sect near Ethereal Summit were complaining.
In the short span of an hour, the formations of the three sects' herb gardens were broken, the spirit herbs were stolen, and all the spirit seedlings in the gardens were taken away. No matter if they were 10-year or 200-year old, none of them were left!
The herb gardens weren't forbidden areas of the sects, so it wasn't a big deal. However, when all the spiritual herbs were taken away, it immediately escalated to the level of the Sect Masters.
The three sects were not willing to submit to each other, but they were distributed in the same mountain range, and they were all small sects of about the same size. Therefore, when something really happened, they still had to unite. The three sects' herb gardens were all cleared, forcing the three sect leaders to quickly meet up.
In the cave abode in the valley, Hao Ren unlocked two more openings in one go. Then, he took the opportunity to stop and walked to the entrance of the cave to check the situation.
On the flat ground at the foot of the mountain, all kinds of spiritual herbs were planted in different areas. Hao Ren roughly looked at them and found that there were more than 100 types.
Xie Yujia and Zhen Congming were digging the last few spiritual herbs into the soil with their hands covered in mud.
Hao Ren knew that these fresh spiritual herbs must have come from an illegal source. However, the sects on and above Fifth Heaven were always fighting over these herbs, and Hao Ren didn't want to blame Zhen Congming.
Above the valley, dozens of cultivators were moving back and forth as if they were busy investigating something.
Hao Ren knew that the valley was protected by array formations, and he knew that these cultivators couldn't enter. He was about to fly to the foot of the mountain to check on Xie Yujia and Zhen Congming when he saw a voice transmission note flying toward him from outside the valley.
The array formations could block attacks and cultivators, but they couldn't block voice transmission notes that contained weak nature essence.
Hao Ren stood where he was and opened the voice transmission note with his finger.
"Senior in the valley, Seven Star Sect, Qiong Hua Sect, and Qin Yin Sect are here to greet you! We are sects cultivating around the Herb King Valley. Recently, our herb gardens have been robbed, and we're afraid that the herb thieves will disturb your cultivation. We hope that you won't mind! "
Hao Ren thought for a moment and understood the meaning of this voice transmission note.
First, the three nearby sects wanted to find an excuse to talk to him and introduce themselves to him. Second, they suspected that the theft had something to do with him and wanted to test him. Third, they wanted to report the situation and hope that Hao Ren wouldn't think that it was the doing of the three sects if the cultivators who robbed the herb gardens broke into the valley.
"What a joke! Do you think that I would steal your herbs?! "Hearing the content of the voice transmission note, Zhen Congming roared toward the outside of the valley in a hoarse voice.
He was a thief crying thief, but the three sect masters who were waiting outside of the valley were frightened. They didn't expect that this senior was in the valley, and they didn't expect that the voice transmission note they sent after careful consideration would make this senior unhappy.
"In the future! No one is allowed to get close to my valley! "Zhen Congming continued to yell fiercely.
He was a bit guilty, but his voice traveled through the array formation with a majestic aura, making the ears of the three sect masters buzz.
The disciples who were patrolling around the valley immediately left the area.
Hao Ren looked at Zhen Congming and smiled, thinking that this kid was really good at using his connections to intimidate others. However, it was a good thing that there were always some cultivators flying above the valley. Even if they couldn't enter the valley, they were still annoying.
"However, since you called me a senior, I'll give you elixir pills when you come to the entrance of the valley in three days!" Zhen Congming thought for a moment and said.
Outside of the valley, the three sect masters who were about to leave were overjoyed.
Sky Mountain Sect on Sixth Heaven was not only good at raising spirit beasts but also spiritual herbs and elixir making techniques. This senior of Sky Mountain Sect obviously knew how to make elixirs as well!
However, they didn't know that Zhen Congming was thinking that since Xie Yujia was going to learn elixir making, there would be some low-level waste elixir pills in the process. Instead of throwing them away and wasting them, it was better to give them to these sects. Now, even Little White wouldn't eat elixir pills below level 3.
If these sects were scared away, they would have to go further to steal more herbs in the future. If they stayed around the valley, they might be able to do some chores for them.
After receiving the promise from the 'senior' in the valley, the three sect masters left gratefully. Hao Ren, who lived below First Heaven, couldn't imagine the hardships of the small sects on Fifth Heaven.
If the three sects weren't united in the midst of their quarrels, if this mountain range wasn't remote, and if they weren't low-key, they would have been destroyed by the sects further away.
Even the White Sand Sect, which Zhao Yanzi almost succeeded in impersonating last time, could rival the three sects!
At this moment, Zhao Yanzi, who was in confinement in the Dragon Palace, was reading a physics book and thinking about when she would go to Fifth Heaven again to loot the White Sand Sect's Scroll Pavilion!
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Now, Xiaolong writes as soon as she gets home, eats, and writes until 11 o 'clock at night. Xiaolong writes slowly, and her brain cells are drained as fast as her Nature Essence. I hope everyone can understand her.
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