The valley was halfway up the mountain range. From a bird's eye view, it looked more like a basin in the middle of the mountain range.
Just as they were about to enter the valley, they sensed a wave of power envelop them.
"I know a few spatial arts. If we go down, we'll be less likely to be discovered," said Gu Li as he looked into the valley.
"Why didn't you use it earlier?" Yang Jian tried to pick a fight, but he'd forgotten that they'd never needed to use spatial arts before.
Being able to use spatial arts was naturally a good thing. Enveloped by Gu Li's power of space, Ye Zichen and the others passed through the mountain range's parallel space and slowly approached the valley.
The valley was roughly a thousand meters deep. After a few dozen breaths of time, they reached its bottom.
Everything was much easier than they'd imagined. Perhaps it was because of their spatial arts, but they didn't disturb the vicious beast as they descended.
"I've only scratched the surface of the Dao of Space. Even if we didn't actually encounter the beast, there's no way we could've reached the bottom so easily without being detected," said Gu Li. He couldn't help but remind them that things were going too smoothly.
"Not being detected isn't a good thing. Hurry up and get the Sorrow Relief Grass, then hurry back," said Yang Jian. Yang Jian's words struck a chord with Gu Li's heart. He'd been thinking the same thing ever since he'd set out in search of the Sorrow Relief Grass. Now that Yang Jian urged them on, Gu Li's barely reinvigorated vigilance was completely shattered. He ignored his strange success and headed straight for the Thousand Lotuses.
They approached.
An entire valley of Thousand Lotuses …..
The Thousand Lotuses had six petals and were roughly thirty centimeters tall.
Both the petals and leaves were pure crystalline, and the roots were the same. As a result, it was difficult to detect them in this snowy plain.
In the past, even a single one of these precious medicinal herbs was a blessing from the heavens. Yet here, there was an entire field of them. From the looks of it, there were at least ten thousand Thousand Lotuses growing here.
In truth, that was only the most obvious part of their value. The true value of the Thousand Lotuses lay in their seeds.
The reason why the bounty hunters who found the Thousand Lotus would dig up the soil around it was because the seeds of the Thousand Lotus were at its roots.
If the seed was planted and cultivated artificially, it could grow into a new Thousand Lotus.
Even the peak powers of the God, Yao, and Demon Realms had planted a few Thousand Lotuses. However, the number of Thousand Lotuses they planted couldn't compare to the number here.
If bounty hunters were to see such a large number of Thousand Lotus Flowers, they would definitely go crazy.
Forget about the bounty hunters, if Pu Jingwan saw them …
That scene could be imagined.
"The Direbeasts living here sure have a strong taste," Yang Jian said while pinching his nose.
The fragrance of the flowers was very pungent!
When Ye Zichen and co. approached, they couldn't help but frown at the pungent smell.
The smell of a single Thousand Lotus was actually very pleasant, but when so many of them were gathered together, it felt like they were sprayed with perfume …
Wearing the right amount of perfume was very tempting, but wearing too much would make people feel disgusted.
"Don't talk so much. Hurry up and take the Sorrow Relief Grass and leave."
Ye Zichen didn't want to stay here for too long. The fact that he hadn't encountered any ferocious beasts already made his heart race. However, since he was already here, there was no point in hesitating. He would just take the Sorrow Relieving Grass and leave.
The Venerable of Numinous Treasure hadn't lied to them. There really were some weed-like plants growing around the Thousand Lotus Flowers.
This type of plant was also crystalline in color, and it was very difficult to find them in this kind of snowy ground. They only had a single leaf and were no more than ten centimeters tall. They grew practically under the protection of the Thousand Lotus Flowers.
They were worried that damaging the Thousand Lotus Flowers would attract the attention of that ferocious beast.
As a result, they were extremely careful when picking the Sorrow Relieving Grass. Furthermore, they had to be on guard against the ferocious beasts in the valley. After a full hour, they'd only managed to pick a dozen or so stalks.
"Ouch ….."
At that moment, a strange cry echoed through the valley. Ye Zichen and the others froze in the middle of picking Sorrow Relieving Grass.
That cry didn't sound like a single ferocious beast, but rather a group of them.
Ye Zichen and co. quietly looked behind them, and noticed that several tens of three-meter-tall snow apes had appeared in the valley.
The Snow Apes were ice-blue, but their bellies were covered in long white fur.
As if they had seen an intruder, the dozens of Snow Apes patted their chests with their burly arms, and their ice-blue eyes flashed with anger at the intruder.
Especially when they saw the Sorrow Relieving Grass in Ye Zichen's hands …..
"Ouch ….."
Fury was written all over their faces. Ye Zichen and the others stood back to back and looked at the Snow Apes. "F * ck, they weren't guarding the Thousand Lotus Flowers, they were guarding the Sorrow Relieving Grass. We're finished! We were caught stealing their treasure! Look at their arms, they'll rip us apart! I won't do this kind of stealing in the future. Let the monkey do it! "Yang Jian shouted.
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"Cut the crap. We should have enough Sorrow Relieving Grass for them to use. Let's kill our way out before that big guy gets here."
Ye Zichen tossed the Sorrow Relieving Grass into the Yao-Sealing Pagoda, then his eyes blazed.
"Raging Sea of Fire!"
The Five Elements Dao Art was a fire-type Dao Art.
The raging flame suddenly burned in the snowfield. The scorching white flame melted the snow in the snowfield into fine streams that flowed into the cracks between the rocks.
Just as he'd expected, the Snow Apes lived in the snowy mountains all year round.
Fire was their natural enemy!
When they saw the raging inferno, the Snow Apes visibly panicked.
However, when they saw the surrounding snow melt, they were instantly enraged. They were even angrier than when Ye Zichen and Ye Zichen had stolen the Sorrow Relieving Grass.
"Ouch!"
The Snow Apes patted their chests and ran through the flames. They were extremely fast. Every step they took left a deep footprint in the ground.
Their fists were their most lethal weapons. Ye Zichen watched the Snow Apes run past him, then a pair of wind wings appeared on his back. He retreated several meters and dodged the Snow Apes' fists.
"Rip ….."
To his surprise, the Snow Apes' fists clearly hadn't hit him at all, but a deep wound appeared on his face.
"Be careful, these Snow Apes are a bit strange. Even if they can't hit you, they'll still get hurt."
However, when Ye Zichen looked over at Gu Li and Yang Jian, he realized that his warning was unnecessary.
Both of them were fighting with the Snow Ape with weapons in their hands. You punched me, and I stabbed you with my sword.
As for the class allocation among the three …
It was basically two warriors and one sorcerer!
Although Ye Zichen's cultivation level was rather low, it wasn't the time for him to slack off. Yang Jian and Gu Li purposely prevented the Snow Apes from getting close to Ye Zichen, while Ye Zichen, who was protected at the back, took on the role of magic output …
"Flame Explosion!"
"Wind Shadow!"
"Roar of the Rain!"
"Unstoppable Thunder!"
Ye Zichen, who was standing at the back, was like a magic cannon as he bombarded the Snow Apes with his Wind, Rain, Lightning, and Fire Elements. Not only did the Snow Apes feel crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, Ye Zichen could faintly smell the smell of barbecued meat.
However, as they fought, more and more Snow Apes crawled out of the valley.
Even now, Ye Zichen and co. did not know where their lair was. All they knew was that after one batch died, another batch would appear out of nowhere.
"We can't keep wasting time like this," Gu Li frowned after fighting for over two hours.
After fighting for more than two hours, Gu Li frowned. With Ye Zichen continuously casting spells from the back, while he and Yang Jian fought at the front, the normal snow apes were unable to do anything to them for a while.
However, they couldn't do anything to the Snow Apes either ….
This was their main base of operations, and there were simply too many of them.
After killing one batch, another batch would appear. Never mind how much spiritual energy they'd expended, they didn't have enough time to waste on them.
An Lu, Pu Jingwan, the Great Sage, and Xuan Ji were still waiting for them to return with the Sorrow Relief Grass.
Furthermore, the big guy they'd followed hadn't even come out yet. Dealing with these little guys had cost them so much spiritual energy. If the big guy suddenly appeared, what would they do?
"Also, don't you feel like they're getting fiercer and fiercer?"
Yang Jian swung his arms. Previously, he could chop off a Snow Ape's head with a single swing of his lance.
Now, the Snow Apes could hold out against him for a few rounds. Just now, one of the Snow Apes had punched him so hard his palm hurt.
"Perhaps they're elites now?" Ye Zichen furrowed his brows.
They could sense that the Snow Apes were much more resistant to his Dao of the Five Elements. Some of them were even able to stand within his flames and fight alongside them.
"It doesn't seem like it." Gu Li stared at the distant Snow Apes. They were currently in a truce, and the Snow Apes sensed that these invaders were difficult to deal with. They didn't want to see their comrades die at Ye Zichen's hands. Ye Zichen and the others needed time to consume pills and recover their spiritual energy.
Both sides were at peace.
Ye Zichen took advantage of this time to distribute the divine-grade spirit-recovery pills.
Fortunately, he'd had the foresight to conserve some. Otherwise, running out of spiritual energy would've been difficult to deal with.
"Hey, look at those wild monkeys." Yang Jian suddenly pointed at the Snow Apes. "What are they doing with their nostrils?"
Hearing that, Ye Zichen and Gu Li noticed that as they consumed pills to recover their spiritual energy, the Snow Apes' nostrils flared, and their auras gradually grew stronger as time went on.
Their auras rose so slowly that they hadn't even noticed.
But now, it seemed that the Snow Apes' auras had increased by at least ten percent.
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