Chapter 655: Chapter 655: Old Man Gui Appears_1
"No, I don’t see the need to hide anything from you."
Zhang Xian chuckled, "Let’s move. We didn’t co here empty-handed, there must be treasures awaiting us in there."
"Haven’t we gone through it already?"
Zi Yu forced a wry smile and lanted, "Initially, I thought eting our sect would grant us many treasures, but it turned out to be quite a downer—the place was already emptied."
"There’s one place we haven’t visited yet." Zhang Xian laughed and started walking in another direction.
They had indeed searched throughout the sect premises without finding anything. But, they had yet to visit the dicinal garden.
Such a large sect could not lack a dicinal garden—it forms the cornerstone of a sect.
Perhaps the garden had been thoroughly raided when the sect relocated, but all they needed were so basic herbs, which were surely abundant. This was exactly the case with the last sect they visited.
"This guy..."
Mo Shaoyun followed Zhang Xian with a slight frown, slightly irked that he didn’t explain.
"He’s hiding sothing."
Fu iting had a sneaking suspicion, "Given the opportunity, I will unearth the secrets Zhang Xian is hiding."
"Elder Sister iting, what are you up to?"
Dong Qian questioned Fu iting, "Why does your smile look so crafty all of a sudden?"
Fu iting rolled her eyes at Dong Qian, "Qianqian, are you seeing things? I didn’t laugh at all, okay?"
Dong Qian pouted and said nothing more.
"We should have found it."
Suddenly, Zhang Xian sensed a flow of spiritual energy, and imdiately strode towards it.
It didn’t take long for him to arrive at a small courtyard filled with many strange and exotic plants. The shapes and colors varied, creating a fascinating spectacle.
"Wow, there are so many strange plants here!"
Dong Qian ran into the herb garden like a jubilant little bird, "Brother Zhang Xian, is this the dicinal garden? Are there any dicinal herbs we need?"
"What do you think?"
After a quick scan with his spiritual sense, Zhang Xian chuckled, "Although I haven’t found anything useful to
yet, there are indeed many dicinal herbs, even more than what I obtained last ti."
"Is this useful for our cultivation?" Zi Yu asked curiously.
Zhang Xian was surprised, "You don’t know?"
"I don’t. I don’t recognize these herbs either." Qi Yu shook her head.
Zhang Xian was montarily taken aback before realizing the reason.
Ancient martial artists had a limited understanding of alchemy. They only knew about modern herbs that had been discovered. Herbs from the ancient tis either went extinct or remained undiscovered.
Furthermore, ancient martial artists believed the objects that could boost their strength must be edible and directly raise their power.
Except for the extrely rare alchemist, they wouldn’t consider transforming inedible objects into edible ones that could enhance their power.
Pills were mystical in the ancient martial world, but their use was not widespread.
In his ti with the ancient martial world, Zhang Xian only saw Elder Qi seeking alchemical resources.
Zhang Xian smiled at Qi Yu and asked, "Elder Sister, do you think there are many resources beneficial to ancient martial arts?"
"Not many..."
Zi Yu responded, "And even if we encounter any, they don’t help cultivation much. The strange fruit my master gave to , for instance, was said to be a once-in-a-millennium find."
"Hehe..."
Zhang Xian chuckled, "Actually, there are quite a lot of resources, but you just don’t know how to use them. With the things right here, I can cultivate many innate experts."
"Are you joking?" Zi Yu didn’t believe it, "Do you think it’s that easy to reach the Innate Realm?"
Zhang Xian pointed out, "Isn’t it obvious? Isn’t Elder Sister Shaoyun and the others innate experts? Moreover, they haven’t even been cultivating for a year."
"Really...Really?"
Zi Yu asked in disbelief, "Less than a year, how can one reach innate?"
"Pills."
Zhang Xian explained, "The Body Refining Realm is just the starting point for cultivation—it’s only the foundation. If you can’t cross this hurdle, why even think about the future?"
"This..." Zi Yu found her knowledge completely turned upside down.
Before this, she had asked her master why they were helping Zhang Xian. Her master only offered an approving smile without a detailed explanation. There weren’t many who could win the master’s approval, even her reaching the Legendary Realm at thirty hadn’t made her master that excited. Since then, she had been sowhat interested in Zhang Xian. When she discovered Zhang Xian’s strength, she was slightly surprised — after all, she had raised her strength with external help.
Today, Zi Yu felt like her brain was overwheld. Zhang Xian hid an enormous secret.
This world was populated with cultivators, and a far-flung ancient civilization used to exist.
"Let’s start gathering the herbs."
Zhang Xian began to reap the herbs.
After a short walk, he suddenly spotted a tiny white flower and hurried over to it, "Eh? There’s a Flower Fairy here?"
"Wow! What a pretty little flower." Dong Qian imdiately ran over when she saw the ’Flower Fairy’.
When Mo Shaoyun and the other girls saw the ’Flower Fairy’, they were equally stunned.
It’s not that the ’Flower Fairy’ is so alluring, satisfying everyone’s aesthetic, but the appearance of the ’Flower Fairy’ is like that of a fairy soaring in the ninth heaven, which is very peculiar.
The ’Flower Fairy’ is a kind of beautiful flower that has a humanoid appearance, hence the na ’Flower Fairy’.
"It seems my luck isn’t too bad."
Zhang Xian crouched down, carefully picking the ’Flower Fairy’.
With this dicinal plant, he has the main ingredient that he needs. The other ancillary dicinal materials are not a problem; he has them all in his hand.
However, there’s a flaw in the elixir refined from Flower Fairy and beast blood as the main dicine. With his current strength, taking the elixir could guarantee a hundred percent breakthrough into the Spiritual Origin Realm. But elixir refined from Flower Fairy has an incubation period, during which no one knows when it will suddenly take effect, which is a fatal drawback of the Flower Fairy.
"Is this thing useful to you?" Zi Yu asked curiously.
Zhang Xian smiled, "Of course, with this, I can break through to the Spiritual Origin Realm. However, it’s uncertain how long it will take to take effect."
The won looked at Zhang Xian puzzled, "What do you an?"
"The elixir refined from this kind of dicinal material, will have a latent period, which varies from person to person. So people may react just a day or two after taking it. While for others, it may take one or two months without any reaction, for the majority of people, it’s usually three months before the power of the elixir is triggered." Zhang Xian sighed and said, "I need to find sothing else, three months is too long."
Yao Rao laughed, "It shouldn’t be that bad, right? Maybe you’ll breakthrough in a day or two after taking it? Your luck has always been good."
"I dare not take that gamble." Zhang Xian shook his head while laughing.
When his words fell, he continued to search, leaving the task of gathering dicinal herbs to the won.
However, he didn’t find any other dicinal material that could replace the ’Flower Fairy’, and he was sowhat frustrated. The thing he lacked the most now was ti.
The ancient martial arts world was already in na only, and the Spokesperson of God’s next target was definitely Lingxiao Island. The formations on his island couldn’t withstand the combined attack from several practitioners of the Legendary Realm.
"Didn’t find it?" Seeing Zhang Xian’s gloomy face, Zi Yu asked with a frown.
Dong Qian also pouted, "Looking at Brother Zhang Xian’s expression, he must not have found it. If not, should we go see sowhere else?"
"No need..."
Zhang Xian shook his head, "Let’s go back."
"Are we leaving now?" The won all looked at Zhang Xian, asking in unison.
Obviously, they had high hopes for this ancient site, but what they got was so ordinary that it was hard for them to accept.
This place is an ancient relic.
"Let’s go..."
Zhang Xian nodded and took the first step to walk out.
...
Ti flies, seemingly in the blink of an eye.
Lingxiao Island, as always, is bustling and everything seems so thodical.
After the ancient martial arts world was torn apart, the Spokesperson of God did not take action against Lingxiao Island.
"Whether I can stand firm or not, it all depends on you now."
In one of the secret rooms on Lingxiao Island, Zhang Xian looked at an elixir exuding a delicious fragrance in front of him. After muttering to himself, he opened his mouth and swallowed it.
This elixir was made with beast blood and ’Flower Fairy’. If lucky, he could breakthrough to the Spiritual Origin Realm very quickly, if not, the result was uncertain.
"You dead rabbit, co out."
Suddenly, a thick voice ca from outside.
"Uh..."
When Zhang Xian heard the voice, he paused, then instantly sprang up and dashed out, "Hehe, old man, you finally showed up."
"Did the elixir co out?"
Outside the secret chamber, a man in a gray robe, with his hands behind his back, asked with a smile.
This man was Zhang Xian’s master, Old Man Gui.
"What do you an?"
Zhang Xian looked at Old Man Gui and laughed, "How did you know I was refining elixir?"
"Aren’t you trying to trick
by pretending not to know?"
Old Man Gui glared at Zhang Xian and said angrily, "How dare you try to deceive ? All your actions are entirely under my control."
"Uh..."
Zhang Xian scratched the tip of his nose and looked at Old Man Gui, "What good news have you brought by suddenly coming out to find
today?"
"Hmm..."
Old Man Gui nodded and said, "Take Zi Yu and co with
to a place."
"What place?" Zhang Xian asked with confusion.
Old Man Gui said, "During this period, I have been investigating the secrets of your ancient heritage and while I didn’t have any major gains, I did stumble upon a place that you might want to see."
"Another ancient relic?" Zhang Xian stared blankly then asked in surprise.
Old Man Gui shook his head and said, "Whether it is an ancient relic or not, I cannot guarantee, you have to go and see for yourself. However, the place is protected by formations."
"There’s a formation?"
Zhang Xian’s eyes lit up and he smiled, "If there’s a formation, then it definitely is a relic from the ancient tis."
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