Day after day, Yi Yun was like a hardworking gardener, picking all sorts of herbs in the herb mountain. His dragon scale runes were constantly accumulating.
After ten days, Yi Yun had gained another 2000 dragon scale runes.
Not only that, because he had been wearing the Flowing Mercury Gown for a long period of time, Yi Yun's physical strength had improved greatly. His movement techniques had also reached the point of perfection.
At this moment, deep in the mountain, Yi Yun was rapidly advancing through the bushes. Suddenly, about ten miles away, Yi Yun saw a faint light rising up.
Oh?
With a thought, Yi Yun interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal and focused on it.
He saw the energy glow tumbling, as if there was a phantom image of a lion or tiger roaring in the light. It was extraordinary.
As it was too far away, Yi Yun could not see it clearly, but there was no doubt that it was a herb!
Only a high-grade herb could transmit its energy fluctuations to such a far distance. Besides, the energy glow was so strong that it could take the form of a beast. It was no ordinary herb.
Yi Yun looked up and saw the Sun in the sky. It was a quarter past noon, the time when the Yang Qi was the strongest.
Some herbs would appear at the time when the Yang Qi and Yin Qi were the strongest, absorbing the essence of the Sun and Moon, as well as Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.
This kind of medicine was extraordinary in its own way!
"I wonder what grade of herb it is. After picking this herb, I can consider entering the Wilderness Divine Hall again!"
With this thought in mind, Yi Yun's body exploded with strength. Wearing the Flowing Mercury Gown, he took a step forward, sending rocks flying.
Carrying 200 cauldrons of weight, Yi Yun was like a desolate beast as he ran up the mountain!
These days, Yi Yun could clearly feel the Flowing Mercury Gown's weight gradually reducing.
"Maybe, I should consider increasing the weight of the Flowing Mercury Gown tomorrow."
Yi Yun planned. After reaching the large success stage of the Minute Subtlety realm, Yi Yun knew every change in his body's strength like the back of his hand.
He felt that it was more suitable for him to bear 220 cauldrons of weight.
His body moved through the towering mountains as the wind howled in his ears. Yi Yun followed the Purple Crystal's guidance and came to a cliff that was more than a hundred feet high. He looked up and saw the top of the cliff. Yi Yun could see the tumbling phantom image of a lion and tiger.
This stalk of precious medicine was growing on the cliff!
However, this cliff was vertical and extremely precipitous. The largest protruding rock on the precipice was a stone. It was only the size of a washbasin, and the distance between each stone was messy, making it difficult for apes and monkeys to climb.
Yi Yun carefully looked at the cliff. Every protrusion on the cliff was reflected in Yi Yun's mind. He quickly calculated the best route for climbing the cliff.
There was only one chance, because the protruding rocks could only support his heavy body once. Every time he borrowed strength from a rock, it would break.
He had to make use of this momentary energy to advance to the next rock.
Yi Yun took a deep breath. The energy condensed to the extreme, and he leaped up!
Boom!
At the moment Yi Yun leaped up, the ground beneath his feet cracked open. Yi Yun grabbed the first protruding rock and used it as leverage.
This rock was immediately broken by Yi Yun's grip, but at this moment, Yi Yun had already grabbed a second protruding rock!
With the augmentation of the large success stage of Minute Subtlety, Yi Yun's control of every ounce of strength was perfect.
He was immersed in this mysterious state, and in one breath, he jumped up dozens of times. Finally, he climbed up the cliff that was more than a hundred feet high.
After jumping up the cliff, Yi Yun panted heavily. His muscles were trembling gently.
The continuous high-intensity exercise had caused Yi Yun's muscles to protest. Waves of soreness assaulted him like a tidal wave.
But Yi Yun did not have time to care about this. He looked around. The cliff's top was very flat, with gravel and fallen leaves. And in the middle of the cliff, there was a large skeleton. The skeleton was mostly buried in the soil, and its surface was weathered.
It looked like the skeleton of a beast that had died a long time ago. There was not much Heaven Earth Yuan Qi in the skeleton, and it looked like a normal beast's skeleton.
And the rich herbal essence and the phantom image of the lion and tiger had disappeared. It was as if this was a normal cliff that had buried a beast.
Yi Yun looked at it for a while, and his lips curled into a smile.
This herb knew how to hide itself.
Some herbs were like crickets in summer. When there was no one around, they would chirp happily in the grass. But once someone approached the grass, even if one's footsteps were light, they would be discovered by the crickets, and they would stop chirping.
Every summer night, people could hear the sound of crickets rising and falling in the grass. There seemed to be hundreds of crickets, but if you wanted to find one without the help of any tools, you might not be able to find one even after an hour.
When warriors picked herbs, it was the same situation. Finding a herb was too difficult.
Yi Yun pondered for a while facing this large beast's skeleton. With the Purple Crystal's vision, he could see that although the beast's bones had been weathered greatly, there was still an extremely small amount of energy left within the bones.
This was not an ordinary beast's bone, but a desolate beast's bone. It could even be a high-grade desolate beast's bone!
This thought flashed in Yi Yun's mind. For a high-grade desolate beast's bone to be weathered so badly, with little energy left, made Yi Yun think of something.
Could it be …
Yi Yun stroked his chin. At this moment, the herb had restrained its medicinal essence and hidden itself, but … it was useless against Yi Yun.
The corners of Yi Yun's mouth curled up as he interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal. Very quickly, his vision turned white.
As for the hidden herb, it was as obvious as a spark in the night. Yi Yun found its location with a glance.
Yi Yun walked to an empty space and pulled out the Thousand Army Saber.
"Cha! Cha!
Cha! "Yi Yun slashed three times in an instant, and then the Thousand Army Saber's blade was inserted into the soil. Yi Yun's palm slapped the saber's hilt.
"Peng!"
With a loud explosion, the soil exploded!
After the dust settled, Yi Yun pushed aside a thin layer of soil. Under the soil, there was a red fruit the size of a fist.
This fruit was red and crystal-clear. It was fragrant. On the surface of the fruit, there were small shiny granules. It looked like a ripe pomegranate with its skin peeled off.
It was incredible that such a beautiful fruit was growing underground.
And around the fruit. There were seven leaves. The leaves looked drooping and the color was dark, as if they would wither at any time.
But every leaf had a fragrance. In the middle of the leaves, there was a shiny blood line. It meandered and did not dissipate.
Yi Yun took a sniff and felt an inexplicable fragrance rush into his body, nourishing his limbs. It made his blood boil uncontrollably.
"This is the Blood Yang Flower! A mid-grade Heaven-ranked herb! "
Yi Yun remembered the records in the "Divine wilderness" book.
The Blood Yang Flower grew underground. It liked rich blood Qi and Yang Qi.
A typical Blood Yang Flower's seed would germinate on a desolate beast's corpse. When the Blood Yang Flower germinated, it would absorb the blood Qi from the desolate beast's corpse to grow.
In a short span of a day or two, a desolate beast's corpse would be sucked dry and its energy would be sucked dry.
And this energy would be stored and slowly absorbed. For its own growth.
When the desolate beast's energy was completely digested, it would grow a few leaves from the ground at noon, when the Yang Qi was the thickest. It would absorb the pure Yang energy!
As long as someone approached, its leaves would shrink back. It looked normal on the surface.
The only thing that could expose the Blood Yang Flower was the desolate bones on the ground.
As the Blood Yang Flower had sucked dry its energy, the desolate bones looked like ordinary beast bones. No one could recognize them.
There were too many types of desolate beasts. Even if they saw a living desolate beast, they would not be able to see it. Even if one saw a living desolate beast, it would be difficult for them to recognize all of them, not to mention a severely eroded bone. To be able to recognize the desolate beast from the bone's appearance, only an experienced Desolate Heaven Master could do so.
"Blood Yang Flower. Good stuff. This Blood Yang Flower is probably 700 to 900 years old. "
Yi Yun carefully plucked the Blood Yang Flower.
The Blood Yang Flower took 300 years to germinate, 300 years to bloom and 300 years to bear fruit. The Blood Yang Flower in front of him had already borne fruit. That meant it had grown for at least 700 to 800 years!
A 700 to 800 year old Blood Yang Flower was definitely worth more than 3000 dragon scale runes!
Yi Yun coveted 3000 dragon scale runes.
But … Yi Yun also coveted the Blood Yang Flower!
Yi Yun was hesitant as he looked at the Blood Yang Flower.
A typical herb-picking cultivator could only hand over the good herbs they picked. This was because they did not have the ability to refine high grade herbs. Even if they had the ability, they did not have the equipment or conditions to refine herbs in the wild. Before they came to the herb mountain, they had to be searched. They were not allowed to bring other herbs, in case someone used their own herbs to claim dragon scale runes. They were not allowed to bring any refining equipment, in case someone gave them special treatment on the herb mountain.
But Yi Yun had the Purple Crystal, so he did not need to refine the herbs to absorb the herbal essence. Hence, it was easy for him to cheat on the herbs.
"If I were to absorb the energy of this Blood Yang Flower, it would be a great supplement for me!"
Yi Yun was very tempted. He had previously picked many Yellow and Mystic-ranked herbs, but he did not touch them and handed them over.
The main reason was that it was not worth it to touch them. These low grade herbs had impure energy, so they were not of much use to Yi Yun. Besides, it could expose his secret.
The herbs picked from the Tai Ah Divine City herb mountain were handed over to the Divine City's alchemists. Those old freaks were very terrifying. They knew the properties of various herbs like the back of their hands. If he were to do anything to them, it was very likely that they would discover it.
Yi Yun had three choices for the Blood Yang Flower in front of him.
If he absorbed it, the dragon scale runes would be gone.
If he did not absorb it, he would not be able to obtain the Blood Yang Flower's herbal essence.
If he only absorbed a portion and handed over the rest, it would be the best of both worlds. But it would also increase the risk of his secret being discovered …
But upon careful thought, the occasional loss of a herb's Qi should not be enough to arouse suspicion.
Yi Yun hesitated for a long time before he resisted the temptation and eliminated the third possibility.
Although the chances of him being discovered were extremely low, standing by the river would always get one's shoes wet. If he was not discovered the first time, there was a possibility of a second attempt.
If this happened again and again, he would become more and more daring.
Those corrupt county magistrates and prefectural magistrates probably had the same mentality in the beginning.
Yi Yun did not want to lose the big for the small. He still had a long way to go. This tiny profit was not worth Yi Yun taking the risk.
Who knew what those old freaks had up their sleeves?
Hence, he could only choose between the first and second!
As Yi Yun was thinking, his expression suddenly changed!
Oh!?
Yi Yun was alarmed and became alert!
He suddenly pulled out his Thousand Army Saber!
What is this …
Yi Yun looked around and his pupils constricted. He concentrated his spiritual energy to the extreme.
How could this happen? Wasn't he on the cliff? But now …
What … is this place!?
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