Unrivaled Medicine God, page 148
The most important matter on hand was not to scheme but to preserve their strength to search for natural treasures!
Ye Yuan's words roused them from their sleep. These elders' enmity also became much weaker.
As for what happened here, they would report to the sect's upper echelons after leaving. The higher ups would naturally make a decision.
The Heavenly Sky Sect people had been watching the activities over here the entire time. When Wu Zhao saw that Ye Yuan resolved the crisis with just a few words, his face involuntarily fell.
Although this boy's realm isn't high, his thoughts are very deep. His grasp of the situation is also very on point! Looks like what Zhangyu said was right; this boy really can't be underestimated! En, I'll just find a chance later on and kill him! Wu Zhao thought to himself.
As for those words over there about colluding with the Heavenly Sky Sect, Wu Zhao did not mind in the slightest.
The seven great sect masters were all wise people. As long as the Heavenly Sky Sect existed for a day, they would not be foolish enough to tear at each other. That would only benefit the Heavenly Sky Sect!
"Alright, let's go first." Seeing that there were no opportunities to take advantage of, Wu Zhao brought the Heavenly Sky Sect disciples and left first.
The other elders also came around, and each brought their members to set off.
But after this sea of flowers incident, the elders also had sufficient understanding of this mystic realm's perils. They obviously would not dare to drop their guard again.
Wang Fan shot Ye Yuan a fierce glare again and said, "Brat, you'd best pray that you don't end up in my hands! Humph! Let's go!"
Finished talking, Wang Fan directly led a group of High Clarity Sect disciples and left.
Mei Zhen also let out a long sigh. He said to Ye Yuan, "Oh, Ye Yuan, all thanks to you for getting us out of a fix this time. Otherwise, we would have suffered an undeserved calamity!"
Ye Yuan smiled. Waving his hands, he said, "Nothing much. This is what I should do."
Mei Zhen nodded and said, "Let's go too."
"Wait a minute!" Ye Yuan called out to stop him.
Chapter 300. Harvesting Flowers |
"Is there anything else, Ye Yuan? The other sects are already long gone!" Mei Zhen reminded.
There were about a hundred people from the Eight Great Sects, neither too many nor too few in this mystic realm. Leaving later would mean having the good stuff taken away by others.
Regarding Ye Yuan, Mei Zhen could not very well issue a command directly. He could only adviced in a roundabout manner.
Ye Yuan said, "Rest assured, Elder Mei. Although there is a lot of good stuff in this mystic realm, it probably won't be so easy to obtain. Reaching first doesn't mean definitely obtaining first. Otherwise, the Heavenly Sky Sect would not have spent so much trouble to invite us over. Rather, since the other sects already left now, we can harvest the flowers at ease."
When Ye Yuan said this, everyone jumped in fright.
The toxicity of this sea of flowers was very strong. Everybody witnessed it with their own eyes just now. Now, Ye Yuan actually wanted to go harvest the flowers?
"Stop kidding, Ye Yuan! That sea of flowers probably has thousands of Orchid Heart Flowers. The strength of the poison is something that even Crystal Formation Realms cannot withstand. You also saw those people earlier yet you still want to harvest the flowers. Isn't this complaining that your lifespan is too long?" Mei Zhen said.
That scene earlier was truly too shocking, leaving everyone with a lingering fear in their hearts even up till now.
Towards this sea of flowers, everybody's attitude was in accord; to keep a respectful distance away.
Hence, upon hearing that Ye Yuan wanted to enter the sea of flowers to harvest flowers, Mei Zhen nearly jumped up.
"These flowers are not Orchid Heart Flowers, but Mantu Flowers. This Mantu Flower's outer appearance is extremely alike the Orchid Heart Flower, but it's a highly toxic entity. Furthermore, the sea of Mantu Flowers grows together. This will have a superimposing effect on the poison, practically reaching Quasi-Tier 4 level. That's why those people died upon contact," Ye Yuan explained.
"Mantu Flower? Really never heard of it before! But since the toxicity is so powerful, then even more so you mustn't go over!" Mo Yuntian said.
Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "How can one return empty-handed after entering a treasure mountain?"
"Treasure mountain? What kind of treasure mountain is a bunch of poisonous objects?" Mo Yuntian asked doubtfully.
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "You're uninformed of this Mantu Flower's origins, that's why you say so. This Mantu Flower is originally a poisonous item. Furthermore, its appearance also greatly differs from the Orchid Heart Flower. We see that the Mantu Flower looks exactly the same as Orchid Heart Flowers because it was formed through grafting."
"Grafting?" Everyone said in surprise.
"That's right. After the Mantu Flower matures, cut off everything above the rhizome completely, then graft the Orchid Heart Flower on it. Then it becomes the current Mantu Flowers. In reality, it should be called Mantu Orchid Heart Flowers," Ye Yuan explained.
"No way, right? Such a precious Tier 2 medicinal herb like the Orchid Heart Flower was actually used in grafting to become Mantu Flower. Isn't it too much of a waste of God's gift? It's really too bad." Tian Yu could not help letting out an emotional sigh.
He grew up by Skymaple's side since young and was much more familiar with all kinds of medicinal herbs compared to other people. The preciousness of Orchid Heart Flowers was such that even the Heavenly Sky Sect would not regard it as unimportant, let alone the Tranquil Cloud Sect which was short on resources to begin with.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Nothing to be sad about. The reason why this was done is naturally that there is a greater justification."
"What reason? So many Orchid Heart Flowers, if we bring them all back, it's enough to raise the Tranquil Cloud Sect's Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists' strength collectively by a whole stage. But now . . . able to look but unable to eat. Such heartache!" Tian Yu sighed.
"The rank of a medicinal herb is fixed. But under certain special environments, it can advance. No matter how precious the Orchid Heart Flower is, it's also just a Tier 2 medicinal herb. It has profound meaning to Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists, but to Crystal Formation Realm martial artists, it's of somewhat little value."
"Ye Yuan, you mean to say . . . the reason for grafting this Mantu Flower is to let the Orchid Heart Flower evolve?" Mo Yuntian's eyes became wide saucers as he asked in disbelief.
Ye Yuan nodded and said with a smile, "That's right! The Orchid Heart Flower is an extremely pure and nourishing medicinal herb. Even if a Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist swallowed an Orchid Heart Flower raw, it would have huge benefits towards cultivation. But to nurture Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers, it has to be in a highly toxic environment instead! After the Mantu Flower is grafted over by the Orchid Heart Flower, it converts the Orchid Heart Flower into an entity with even deadlier poison. But this toxicity can spur the true Orchid Heart Flower's evolution!"
Tian Yu asked in surprise when he heard this, "There's actually such a miraculous technique in this world?"
This grafting technique was not considered miraculous in the Divine Realm. Each major faction would have some of their own unique breeding methods.
But in the Endless World, this was an extremely phenomenal technique.
In Tian Yu's mind, the ranks of medicinal herbs were all fixed. He had never heard of being able to evolve.
Ye Yuan said, "Doesn't count as miraculous. It's just a problem of knowing it or not."
"Then doesn't that mean that there are Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers in this sea of flowers?" Mei Zhen said.
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "That's why I said that we can harvest flowers in peace after they left."
"But this sea of flowers is so huge. Moreover, it's all highly toxic, dying upon contact. How should we harvest?" Mei Zhen said with a frown.
Even if they knew that there were treasures in the sea of flowers, it was futile if they could not go in!
They had already witnessed the prowess of the Mantu Flower poison. They did not wish to risk their lives.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Very simple, just burn them all with fire!"
"B-burn them? But the Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers are inside too. What if the fire burns them all down? Furthermore . . . how to burn them? Ordinary fires cannot destroy Tier 2 medicinal herbs by burning," Mei Zhen said.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Everyone, follow me!"
As he spoke, Ye Yuan headed straight for the sea of flowers. Everybody held suspicions in their hearts but still followed.
Ye Yuan came to the borders of the sea of flowers, and with a flick of his hand, a pale yellow flame appeared.
"Hiss . . . Essence fire! That . . . Is that Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame? H-How is that possible? You're only at the Spirit Condensation Realm, how can you have a Tier 4 essence fire?" Mei Zhen cried out in shock.
Ye Yuan gave a simple explanation, leaving the group of Tranquil Cloud Sect disciples unbelievably envious.
Tian Yu looked at the Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame dancing in Ye Yuan's palm and only knew now that Ye Yuan did not even go all out during the grand competition!
If the Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame were unleashed, without needing to unleash its full power, he would not be able to escape death too.
Only to see Ye Yuan lightly thrust his palm forward. The Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame vanished with a swoosh.
Immediately after, they saw the sea of flowers igniting area by area.
"Ye Yuan, this . . . this is a Tier 4 essence fire! Wouldn't the Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers be burned down with you burning like this?" Mei Zhen asked with a frown.
"Rest assured, Elder Mei Zhen. Just look on, and you'll see. This sea of flowers have roughly three thousand plus Mantu Flowers, and nurturing one Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flower requires the expenditure of 100 Mantu Flowers. That's also to say that there are roughly more than 30 Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers in this sea of flowers. We won't bring even one less away!" Ye Yuan said assuredly.
Mei Zhen was half-believing, half-doubting. But he still waited patiently.
The Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame was extremely powerful. It quickly burnt this sea of flowers into nothing, not even leaving residue behind!
When everyone focused their eyes over there, they indeed saw that there were a sparse number of plants left in the sea of flowers!
Ye Yuan went forward and directly harvested five Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers. He turned around and said to Mei Zhen, "These Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers are useful to me, so I'll take five. Elder Mei, please take the rest back to the sect."
Chapter 301. Encounter on a Narrow Path |
Mei Zhen looked at those stalks of Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers and involuntarily frowned, showing a pondering look.
"Elder Mei, if we didn't have Ye Yuan, we wouldn't even have gotten a single stalk of Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flower. He only took five stalks which isn't considered much," Mo Yuntian saw Mei Zhen frown and hastily went up to say.
Mei Zhen was stupefied, then smiled bitterly and said, "Where did that come from, Yuntian? I'm not grumbling that Ye Yuan got too many, but because I feel that it's too little. It's just that I can't really make a decision on this, that's why I hesitated."
When he finished speaking, he turned to Ye Yuan and said, "How about this, I'll keep the rest of the Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers first. After returning, I'll report to Sect Master about today's events and request him to give you some more stalks."
But Ye Yuan waved his hands and said, "No need. Five stalks are enough. Quickly harvest them, Elder Mei; we should set off already."
With Ye Yuan saying this, Mei Zhen continuing to insist appeared rather corny. He could only put away the remainder Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers.
This Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flower was a core ingredient in a Tier 3 cultivation medicinal pill, the Essence Stabilizing Pill. Five stalks of Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers were enough to refine a hundred pills to Ye Yuan. It was plenty to use in the short-term.
Only after gathering the Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers did the Tranquil Cloud Sect group start advancing towards the depths of the mystic realm.
Having gone through the Mantu Flower Sea incident, the group did not dare to lower their guard again. They were on high alert the entire way. Fortunately, nothing major happened.
Rather, it was Ye Yuan's discerning eyes that discovered pearls. He even obtained some rather rare Tier 2 medicinal herbs along the way.
But ever since the Orchid Heart Flower Sea, they did not encounter any more Tier 3 medicinal herbs.
On the way, Ti Wujiu who was silent the whole time suddenly asked Ye Yuan, "Junior Apprentice Brother Ye, you previously said that this Mantu Flower is a grafting object. Doesn't this mean that that sea of flowers has an owner? Could it be that this mystic realm . . ."
With Ti Wujiu saying this, all of them include Mei Zhen was stunned speechless!
Using Mantu Flowers to breed Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers, this was a huge expenditure! And this was even still the outer-most boundary of the mystic realm.
Li Zhangyu also said that there were even many Tier 4 medicinal herbs in this mystic realm!
If this mystic realm really had an owner, then everyone would be in danger. A faction that could create such a spectacle was likely even more powerful than the Heavenly Sky Sect!
Previously when everybody was listening to Ye Yuan talk about this Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flower, their minds were in a state of shock, resulting in them overlooking this issue.
Thinking about it now, the group could not stop breaking out in cold sweat.
Could such a powerful influence actually be hidden in this Southern Domain territory?
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Senior Apprentice Brother Wujiu's thinking is indeed meticulous. This place indeed had a master in the past! However, that should be something a long time ago."
Listening to the first half of Ye Yuan's sentence, everybody's heart involuntarily jumped. They only relaxed after hearing the second half.
Except, this strong contrast unwittingly left everyone feeling out of breath.
"How do you know, Junior Apprentice Brother Ye?" Ti Wujiu enquired.
"After ranked medicinal herbs absorb sufficient essence energy, they will reach a level of saturation. The essence energy in this place is abundant, that's why it can sustain the medicinal herbs' state of maturity. But those familiar with medicinal herbs can tell the difference in the herbs' age. These Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers probably has the age of several thousand years already. If this place had an owner, it's impossible to leave these Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers unchecked to fall into disuse for such a long time," Ye Yuan explained.
Ye Yuan's degree of familiarity towards medicinal herbs was hard to imagine by everyone. He only had to observe slightly to be able to tell the age of these Tier 3 Orchid Heart Flowers. That was why he was so certain.
"Moreover, this place has clearly been deserted for a long time. It's overgrown with all sorts of weed, and demonic beasts run wild. It's absolutely not a land with a master. If my conjectures are correct, this place might be some sect's medicinal garden back then. It's just that who knows what kind of accident befall the sect, resulting in it being deserted like this. This sect should be much more powerful than the present Heavenly Sky Sect!" Ye Yuan uttered his own conjectures.
Mei Zhen and the rest nodded their heads quietly when they heard it. This analysis was perfectly logical and reasonable, and it also dispelled their apprehension.
Ever since entering the mystic realm, unknowingly, everyone had already regarded Ye Yuan as the backbone.
When encountering anything, the first thing they thought of was not to seek advice from Mei Zhen but to ask Ye Yuan.
But the strange thing was that nobody felt that this was inappropriate, including Mei Zhen himself.
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The Tranquil Cloud Sect group did not move quickly.
After two days, they arrived at a dense forest.
"Quickly look! Isn't that a Tier 4 medicinal herb, the Vermillion Lotus Iceheart Fruit?" a Tranquil Cloud Sect disciple cried out in surprise when he saw the bright red fruit not far away.
Tier 4 medicinal herbs belonged to items of strategic significance to the major sects in the Southern Domain! Even the Heavenly Sky Sect would also have bloodshot eyes when seeing Tier 4 medicinal herbs.
Previously, Skymaple practically expended all of Tranquil Cloud Sect's Tier 4 medicinal herbs in order to refine the Seven Profound Soul Driving Pill. This was also the reason why the pressure on him was enormous like a mountain.
Seeing the Tier 4 medicinal herb currently, it was hard for the Tranquil Cloud Sect disciples to not feel agitated.
That disciple was about to pluck it while talking when he was held back by Ye Yuan.
"Senior Apprentice Brother Pang, don't go over!" Ye Yuan said gravely.
"What?" Senior Apprentice Brother Pang froze and involuntarily broke into a cold sweat.
On the way, under Ye Yuan's lead, they had already avoided several certain death scenarios!
So upon seeing Ye Yuan stop him, Senior Apprentice Brother Pang instantly realized his recklessness as cold sweat poured unceasingly.
This mystic realm was indeed just as the Heavenly Sky Sect said, there were natural treasures everywhere. But to want to obtain these natural treasures, one had to pay the price in blood!
These two days, the Tranquil Cloud Sect group also encountered many Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal herbs along the way. But not one of these medicinal herbs' surroundings was not abnormally dangerous!
Even for Crystal Formation Realm martial artists, a moment of carelessness would result in death at the scene!
But Ye Yuan lead everyone time and time again, avoiding the dangers. So up until now, the Tranquil Cloud Sect did not lose a single man!
