At the foot of the steep mountain, two golden-armored Martial Cultivators sat on the ground, obviously guarding the supreme grade ancient ginseng.
As for the other members of the royal family, whether it was the royal princess or the golden-armored youth who looked similar to Long Yu, none of them were present. They were probably on their way.
"The supreme grade ancient ginseng contains a strong amount of Spiritual Qi. Once it is picked, the Spiritual Qi will begin to dissipate. Therefore, it is best to consume it when it is just picked."
Long Yu thought to himself. He roughly guessed that the royal family wanted to wait for the others to arrive before consuming the supreme grade ancient ginseng.
This gave Long Yu an excellent opportunity to make his move.
"Can you sense the position of the supreme grade ancient ginseng?"
Long Yu asked sternly with his head lowered.
"Probably."
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple reluctantly nodded, "But that place is too high. Even if I control the shadow, I can't pick the supreme grade ancient ginseng."
"Then what do you want?"
Long Yu asked with narrowed eyes.
"Let me absorb the Spiritual Qi of the mid-grade ancient ginseng. If I can step into the eighth layer of the Martial Path, I should be able to pick the supreme grade ancient ginseng."
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple said in a low voice. His withered eyes flashed with shrewdness.
"Is that so?"
Long Yu coldly snorted, "Since you're so useless, then die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Long Yu exerted force with the sword in his hand. Immediately, a bloody mark appeared on the Thousand Thread Sect disciple's skinny neck!
This caused the Thousand Thread Sect disciple to jump in fright. He hurriedly said, "Wait! I can try first! "
"Don't play any tricks. If there are any abnormalities, I will kill you first."
Long Yu coldly said. He no longer exerted force in his hand. However, the sword was still placed in front of the guy's neck.
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple finally realized that Long Yu was not an easy opponent to fool. Now, he could only try and see if he could obtain the supreme grade ancient ginseng.
"However, I have to remind you that the royal family members are extraordinary. Even if you obtain the supreme grade ancient ginseng, you won't have the chance to absorb its Spiritual Qi!"
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple reminded.
"You don't need to worry about that. What are you waiting for?"
Long Yu said coldly.
That person didn't dare to be careless. He hurriedly controlled his shadow and followed the shadows of the ancient forest towards the steep mountain wall.
With a long sword in front of his neck, he did not dare to act recklessly. He carefully observed the scene in front of him and found that it was evening. Under the light of the setting sun, the steep mountain wall was completely in shadow.
This brought great convenience to the movement of his shadow!
Hiding in the shadow of the setting sun, he controlled the shadow to move forward quickly. Soon, he climbed up the steep mountain wall that was five hundred feet high.
"No, it's too far. I can't reach it."
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple said in a low voice. At this moment, his control over his shadow had already weakened to a certain extent. If it went any higher, he would no longer be able to control his own shadow!
The disciples of the Thousand Thread Sect could control shadows, but of course, there was a limit to the distance. Moreover, the further the distance, the weaker the control, and the slower the movement of the shadow.
"Let's approach slowly. Don't play any tricks, unless you want to die."
Long Yu said coldly. He held the Thousand Thread Sect disciple hostage and slowly moved towards the bottom of the steep mountain wall.
As they moved slowly, the shadow on the mountain wall got closer and closer to the peak grade ancient ginseng. Due to the shadow of the mountain wall under the setting sun, the two golden-armored Martial Cultivators that were guarding it did not notice the situation on the mountain wall at all.
Long Yu led the Thousand Thread Sect disciple and circled around the two golden-armored Martial Cultivators. Finally, they approached the mountain wall and arrived at a forest at the bottom of the steep mountain wall.
"I reached it."
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple was slightly excited. "Did you pick it?"
"Yes."
Long Yu nodded.
"You have to withdraw your concept first. Otherwise, my shadow won't be able to display such great power."
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple said again.
"You should know that I can release this Heaven Suppressing Concept at any time. Therefore, it's best if you don't take any chances."
Long Yu said coldly. Then, he withdrew the Heaven Suppressing Charm!
The Thousand Thread Sect disciple let out a sigh of relief. Immediately, he circulated the Profound Qi in his body. Immediately, the sound of rocks falling came from the steep mountain wall!
"Who!"
"Someone's there!"
The two golden-armored Martial Cultivators immediately noticed the abnormality on the steep mountain wall. They immediately raised their heads and looked at the steep mountain wall!
They looked up and saw a black shadow holding a top-grade ancient ginseng in its hand. The ginseng exuded an extremely dense Spiritual Energy as it fled along the mountain wall into the distance!
"People from the Thousand Thread Sect, you're courting death!"
One of the golden-armored Martial Cultivators coldly snorted when he saw the situation. He moved his feet and his entire body flashed to the steep mountain wall. Step by step, he moved up the mountain wall.
With a loud bang, golden Profound Qi blasted out. A wave of trembling fluctuations blasted a large hole in the mountain wall. Gravel exploded and tumbled down.
However, the speed of the Thousand Thread Sect's shadow was extremely fast. Even the golden-armored Martial Cultivators who had reached the ninth level of the Martial Dao couldn't catch up.
In just a moment, the shadow quickly ran along the steep mountain wall with the top-grade ancient ginseng. In the blink of an eye, it hid in the dense forest at the bottom of the mountain wall.
"The top-grade ancient ginseng's Spiritual Energy is so dense. You want to steal it from under our noses? You're simply delusional!"
One of the golden-armored Martial Cultivators sneered and waved his hand. "Chase!"
"No matter who it is, anyone who dares to touch our imperial family's things will die without a doubt!"
The other golden-armored Martial Cultivator said indifferently. He didn't seem to make any movements, but his entire golden-armored figure had already appeared ten feet away. His speed was as fast as lightning!
The two golden-armored Martial Cultivators were now quite unhappy. The imperial princess had asked them to go ahead and look at the top-grade ancient ginseng. They didn't expect it to be taken away.
At that time, even if they took it back, the ancient ginseng's Spiritual Energy would have been lost and they would definitely be punished.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the two of them to let go of the person who had taken away the top-grade ancient ginseng, even if the other party was the daughter of the Thousand Thread Sect's Sect Master.
However, very quickly, the two of them turned ashen.
Because halfway through their pursuit, the Spiritual Energy emitted by the top-grade ancient ginseng suddenly disappeared!
It wasn't gradually weakening or fading, but suddenly, the rich Spiritual Energy was completely gone. They couldn't even feel a trace of it.
"Could it have been eaten by someone?"
The two of them couldn't help but think, but even if it had been eaten by someone, the rich Spiritual Energy shouldn't have disappeared so quickly!
The two golden-armored figures quickly passed through the thicket, advancing towards the place where the Spiritual Energy of the top-grade ancient ginseng had disappeared.
Not long after, a bony corpse of the Thousand Thread Sect's disciple appeared in front of them. The top-grade ancient ginseng had long since disappeared.
"What exactly happened?"
The two of them looked at each other, their expressions extremely solemn.
The Thousand Thread Sect's disciple who had stolen the top-grade ancient ginseng had died here, but the top-grade ancient ginseng had disappeared. This scene made the two of them feel as if they had fallen into an abyss.
"Quickly, search the surroundings!"
The two of them weren't willing to lose the top-grade ancient ginseng just like that, so they immediately split up and searched.
However, since they couldn't feel the aura of the top-grade ancient ginseng, how could they possibly find it?
After the two of them left, in a thicket not far from the Thousand Thread Sect's disciple's corpse, a figure flashed quickly and instantly disappeared into the boundless thicket.
This figure was Long Yu.
Just now, when he had obtained the top-grade ancient ginseng, the Thousand Thread Sect's disciple had taken the opportunity to display a martial technique, wanting to use his shadow to subdue Long Yu. However, he had been directly suppressed by Long Yu's Heaven-suppressing Charm, and his heart had been shattered with a single punch.
Immediately after, Long Yu had used the Nine Underworlds Dragon Seal to completely conceal the Spiritual Energy of the top-grade ancient ginseng.
At that time, the two golden-armored Martial Cultivators were already not far away. If Long Yu had run away, he would have been detected by them, so he had hidden in a nearby thicket.
The two golden-armored Martial Cultivators hadn't thought of this, so they had actually searched elsewhere.
Long Yu had seized the opportunity to slip away.
Not long after, the two golden-armored Martial Cultivators returned from different directions with gloomy expressions.
"Did you find anything?"
One of them asked.
"No."
The other person shook his head. "To be able to instantly make the top-grade ancient ginseng's Spiritual Energy disappear, I've thought about it for a long time. There's only one possibility, and that is that it has been stored in a unique spatial treasure."
"A unique spatial treasure."
The man's expression became very ugly. "Those who possess unique spatial treasures are considered important even in the Imperial City. How could they appear here …"
The two of them had no other choice but to wait where they were. Not long after, the imperial princess and the golden-armored young man arrived together.
Hearing their words, the golden-armored young man's expression changed. "A unique spatial treasure?"
When it came to the level of a unique spatial treasure, it was definitely not a simple matter!
However, those who possessed unique spatial treasures were all wealthy and respectable in the Imperial City. A mere top-grade ancient ginseng wasn't enough for them to risk offending the imperial family to rob it.
"Seal all exits. The disciples of the Zhentian Clan, the Ice Sect, and the Thousand Thread Sect, all of them must be strictly interrogated before they leave. If there are any suspicious people, arrest them immediately. "
The golden-armored young man directly gave the order with a gloomy expression!
The top-grade ancient ginseng belonged to the imperial family. Now that it had been robbed, no matter who it was, they must pay the price!
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On the other side.
After Long Yu obtained the High Grade Ancient Ginseng, he immediately found a secluded place and prepared to absorb the Spiritual Qi within the Best Grade Ancient Ginseng. Otherwise, the longer it took, the more Spiritual Qi would be lost.
However, he didn't intend to completely absorb it. Instead, he planned to temporarily store most of the spiritual energy in the Nine Abyss Dragon Seal.
"If I absorb all the spiritual energy within the top-grade ancient ginseng, I can try to break through to the eighth stage of the Martial Path. However, such a rapid increase in cultivation would easily arouse suspicion. It's better to be safe!"
After making up his mind, Long Yu began to absorb the top-grade ancient ginseng.
The spiritual energy contained within the top-grade ancient ginseng was as vast as the sea. Compared to the high-grade ancient ginseng he had absorbed not long ago, it was more than ten times denser.
Of course, if he wanted to break through from the seventh stage of the Martial Path to the eighth stage, he needed to absorb more than ten times the spiritual energy.
If it weren't for a coincidence, Long Yu would still be far from the eighth stage of the Martial Path.
"Top-grade ancient ginseng, absorb!"
Long Yu bit the top-grade ancient ginseng and began to absorb the spiritual energy within it. At the same time, he used the Nine Abyss Dragon Seal to store most of the spiritual energy.
Waves of dense spiritual energy were absorbed into Long Yu's body. After absorbing about ten percent of the spiritual energy, the profound energy in his meridians surged, raising his body's basic strength to seventy-two thousand jin, which was the limit of the seventh stage of the Martial Dao.
"That's enough!"
Long Yu stopped absorbing, opened his eyes and stood up!
At this moment, his strength was much stronger than before. Moreover, the Nine Abyss Dragon Seal also stored ninety percent of the top-grade ancient ginseng's spiritual energy.
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