A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 106 Looting, Green Treasure Chest

The four giant tiger puppets were the henchmen of the four late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The twenty or thirty giant wolf puppets were comparable to twenty or thirty cultivators in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, the Ink Dragon at this moment has already reached level three, comparable to the combat power of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

The key point is that this guy is a traitor.

This guy is very familiar with the environment of the forbidden area. He knows which places are guarded by which monsters and which medicinal herb producing areas are easier to conquer.

"Roar…"

A large lake stretching for miles where underground currents converge.

Xiao Liu channeled his grief into power, routing the Azure Water Crocodile horde. Even with two Level 2 Azure Water Crocodiles leading the charge, along with over a dozen Level 1 Upper-Tier support crocodiles, they couldn't stop Xiao Liu's rampage.

A total of sixty or seventy medicinal herbs were discovered in this area.

Among them were more than a dozen mature spiritual herbs and three mature spiritual fruits, many of which were high-quality materials that could be used to refine Foundation Establishment stage pills.

There are even two rare and precious specimens that are seven or eight hundred years old.

These dozen or so spiritual herbs and fruits alone are worth more than 30,000 spirit stones.

"Roar…"

The black dragon unleashed its divine power, and the crocodile horde retreated in defeat.

Seeing that this clan was about to be wiped out by Xiao Liu, Han Li, who had quickly finished picking the spiritual herbs, transmitted his voice:

“Teaching them a lesson is enough; there’s no need to commit further killings.”

If too many guardian spirit beasts are slaughtered, and subsequent groups of Yellow Maple Valley disciples discover too many gruesome battlefields, it will inevitably lead to complications and raise suspicions about each battlefield.

Therefore, it would be best for him to preserve the monsters in the central area as much as possible.

This would both increase the difficulty for the exploration teams, slowing down the disciples' progress and giving them more time to safely loot, and also enrich the experience for the younger players, making it difficult for them to penetrate too deeply into the central area in a short time.

In short, leaving the vast majority of the monsters alive is more beneficial than harmful.

He wasn't planning to give away too many spiritual herbs to Huangfeng Valley or to Linghu Laoguai!
He just wanted to eat one more portion all by himself!
He doesn't care about the interests of outsiders.

Only the interests of the Hongying Mountain lineage made him consider it to some extent.

"At worst, I'll just bring Dong Xuan'er some medicinal herbs that are five or six hundred years old," Han Li thought to himself.

Of course, we have to be wary of Linghu Laozu.

They even had to be wary of any other Core Formation cultivators, and keep it a secret from Master Hongfu.

Caution is the boat.

“Ang ang…”

Xiao Liu, being very obedient, followed orders and stopped bullying the group of Azure Crocodiles in front of him. Instead, he chased after the figure ahead and left the underground lake.

Then, there was another underground cave.

This time, however, the situation became somewhat strange.

Upon seeing the Ink Dragon, the dozen or so earth dragons not only refrained from attacking but also retreated back into their respective burrows. Little Six seemed completely unfazed, as if he were quite familiar with these earth dragons?

"Have you been here before?"

Han Li asked curiously.

Xiao Liu nodded upon hearing this.

"And you even managed to subdue them?"

Xiao Liu nodded again.

"I see."

Han Li smiled.

No wonder the earth dragons here seemed to be welcoming their arrival. Even though he had taken thirteen mature spiritual herbs that were quite old, the earth dragons remained quiet and showed no sign of making a move.

Only after the man and the dragon left did these earth dragons breathe a sigh of relief.

Han Li was unaware that this place previously possessed far more than a dozen earth dragons, but nearly forty. Among them was even a level 3 exotic beast earth dragon, which had the potential to mutate further. After being ravaged three times by Xiao Liu, only the current sixteen remained.

Even that level 3 one was killed in the last massacre.

This is the main reason why these earth dragons behaved so obediently.

More than twenty similar places of origin for medicinal herbs were subsequently discovered.

As long as Xiao Liu appears and roars upon arriving at the destination, the guardian beasts will cower in a corner, trembling in fear, until Han Li digs up the mature spiritual herbs and fruits and leaves with the black dragon Xiao Liu, at which point the guardian beasts will reappear.

Seeing all this, Han Li had every reason to suspect that Xiao Liu had probably already explored the entire area of ​​the ring mountain right next to the core area.

"You bastard, you were able to reach level 3 so quickly, could it be because you raided many places that produce spiritual herbs and stole a lot of spiritual herbs that would be of great benefit to you?"

"Roar…"

Mo Jiao Xiao Liu let out a muffled growl.

He then proudly raised his chin.

Han Li nodded slightly.

Xiao Liu began to revert to his ancestral form at level 1, and fully transformed into a dragon at level 2. A level 2 dragon bloodline is typically comparable to a level 3 demon beast, which is equivalent to a human cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. At this point, having already entered level 3, his overall strength is comparable to a level 4 Blood Jade Spider.

There are no monsters with a single strength exceeding level 4 within the forbidden area.

In other words, Xiao Liu is the one who can challenge the ceiling.

Two ordinary level 3 monsters wouldn't be enough to beat this giant mudfish.

If you can't win, you naturally can't protect the elixir.

No wonder many of the twenty or thirty medicinal herb producing areas we visited had been gnawed on by something. It seems that the mature medicinal herbs that would benefit the dragon were all squandered by this little rascal.

All that was left was stuff that this guy couldn't use.

"By keeping you behind and giving you simple instructions on how to grow, I truly helped you achieve your goals."

Han Li praised.

Even so, on the first day, he still managed to acquire over four hundred century-old medicinal herbs thanks to Xiao Liu as his guide, including many fine and rare specimens.

While he was busy plundering the spiritual herbs deepest in the central area, the outer area was being swept away by hundreds of Yellow Maple Valley disciples.

On the first day, the disciples only searched a small part of the outer area, and many places were still unexplored.

During this period, some disciples did indeed gain a lot, but others did not gain any benefits at all.

The first day passed quickly. Before the forbidden area was completely dark, the group of Qi Refining cultivators from Huangfeng Valley began to converge on the four gates of the city wall outside the ring mountain, forming small groups ranging from a few to a dozen people.

Clearly, there are different factions among the three major families, and even within the families themselves.

The next day comes.

Teams from Yellow Maple Valley used the special magical artifact "Scattering Cloud Banner" to disperse the nearby fog while attempting to venture deeper into the ring-shaped mountain range in the central area.

The lack of the Moon Sun Pearl to dispel the fog resulted in low efficiency for the group.

Fortunately, each person had one or two top-tier level 1 monsters protecting them, which greatly reduced the difficulty of exploration.

For three consecutive days, hundreds of Purple Monkey Flowers, Jade Marrow Fungus, and other three main ingredients needed for Foundation Establishment Pills were collected by the disciples of Yellow Maple Valley, along with a large number of forbidden spiritual herbs.

Of course, there will be casualties.

The general situation is as follows: the teams that did not attempt the fifty-mile inner ring exploration of the central area suffered few casualties. However, several squadrons of a dozen or so people, relying on their superior numbers and thus feeling very confident, encountered level two or even level three monsters, resulting in heavy casualties.

Even if a Qi Refining cultivator's talisman is powerful, the user's low cultivation level, weak spiritual sense, and inferior magical power prevent it from unleashing its full potential. For example, the original body at the eleventh level of Qi Refining could only make the Gray Sword talisman roughly equal to the Azure Dragon Banner, a top-tier, high-quality magical artifact.

Although elites at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining are much stronger than those at the eleventh level of Qi Refining in all aspects, even elites at the Qi Refining stage find it difficult to trigger two or three percent of the power of the talisman.

As for talismans, they're lucky if they have one-tenth the power of magic treasures.

Many talismans are less than half the power of magic treasures.

In other words.

The Qi Refining stage elites of Huangfeng Valley were only using methods comparable to one or two thousandths of a magic weapon to deal with second- or third-level guardian beasts and even beast clans.

It's easy to see from this intuitive data comparison:
How risky is it to try and snatch food from a tiger's mouth?

If they encounter a troublesome level-two demonic beast, casualties are inevitable. If they are even less lucky and encounter a powerful level-three demonic beast, heavy casualties can occur in an instant.

Especially given the lack of the Moon Pearl to dispel the fog.

The central area, shrouded in mist, is ultimately the home ground of the monsters, giving them an undeniable home-field advantage.

In contrast, the visiting human cultivators were clearly fighting on foreign soil.

Only Han Li's side had a smooth journey.

The second day in the forbidden area.

Guided by the black dragon, and with several level 4 giant tiger puppets and twenty or thirty level 3 giant wolf puppets acting as artillery emplacements, he swept through thirty or forty medicinal herb producing areas in the inner fan-shaped area fifty miles to the north. He harvested more than five hundred medicinal herbs.

On the third day, we arrived at the peak in the northwest that was over three thousand feet high.

He's determined to conquer this snow-capped mountain.

The reason he was at odds with this snowy mountain was simple: he hadn't found the elixir there.

"No elixir?"

how come?
Such a huge snow mountain, yet not a single medicinal herb has been found?

Near an ice wall platform close to the summit, Han Li squinted in thought:
"The map of the forbidden area clearly states that the summit of this highest peak is a small basin, and many cold-attribute spiritual herbs are planted in the basin. How could it be gone?" The map of the forbidden area has never been wrong before.

But right now, there's no basin at the mountaintop.

All that remained was accumulated ice and snow.

It is a hard ice layer with a thickness of more than two hundred feet.

Where did the Herb Basin go?
Not only are there no medicinal herbs in this place, but there is also no trace of demonic beasts.

"Could it be that the map of the forbidden area is wrong?"

If it is a place where spiritual herbs are produced, how could it not have guardian demonic beasts?

"No, that's not right..."

"The spiritual energy within the forbidden area is far more abundant than that outside; it's impossible for such a precious environment not to produce spiritual herbs."

He believed in the map information left by the Lord of the Forbidden Land, and even more so in his own judgment.

Undeterred, he searched the entire 3,000-zhang area of ​​the Great Snow Mountain again, scanning every inch with his divine sense, leaving no corner unchecked. The result was still nothing.

"Where have you gone?"

What was supposed to be a mountaintop basin turned into an iceberg?
After struggling for more than half an hour, Han Li returned to the position he had initially been in, near the summit.

"Tch, all that work for nothing..."

At this point, he was ready to give up.

With a casual flick of his sword, he shattered the ice peak at the very top of the mountain.

Several meters of ice shards tumbled down.

He then turned to leave.

The harvest this time was plentiful, and even the lack of the spiritual herbs recorded on the forbidden area map was not a big deal.

But at that moment, a thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly stopped in his tracks as he descended the mountain.

He stared blankly at the ice and snow beneath his feet, lost in thought.

Immediately, a very interesting idea popped into my head:

"Could all the medicinal herbs in this place be buried down here?"

Tens of thousands of years have passed, and times have changed. It is entirely possible that the mountaintop basin, under the influence of continuous snow accumulation, gradually evolved into an ice layer of more than two hundred feet...

"So, there might be a small, undiscovered garden of medicinal herbs buried beneath this?"

If this speculation is accurate…

"Just try and you will find out."

As Han Li stroked his chin in thought, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He then arrived at the point where the ice layer met the mountainside. With the Silver Sword in hand, a dozen Iron-Armed Beasts appeared:
“Dig it for me!”

Dig downwards at an angle.

Anyway, the ice layer isn't too thick; we can draw a conclusion by digging about 20 or 30 feet at most.

then.

Not even a cup of tea.

He and a dozen or so iron-armed beasts dug out a passage more than thirty feet long.

Silversword and the Iron-Armed Beasts dug the tunnel, while a large storage bag at his waist carried away the rubble and debris. He was the miner in front and the porter behind.

"Pat-pat-pat..."

Pieces of gravel fell to the ground. Suddenly, the sword wielded by the magic user seemed to have struck a formidable wall reinforced by powerful restrictions, and the blade transmitted back an unusually strong recoil.

"what?"

Sensing a change in the feel of the object, Han Li perked up and became more cautious.

After he removed the nearby rubble, at the end of the passage, a stone wall with the restriction still in effect appeared.

Even his top-grade magic sword, Silver Radiance Sword, could hardly leave a trace on this stone wall.

Furthermore, his divine sense could not penetrate this barrier. The slightest contact was met with the barrier's tearing. Only by seeing the stone wall with his own eyes, or by touching this wall covered in ancient restrictions, could he confirm its existence.

It cannot be detected by divine sense alone.

"Could this be a restriction similar to that of the Ink Dragon Stone Palace?"

Instead of being upset by this discovery, he was overjoyed.

Dig down the stone wall until you reach the ground, which is also protected by a restriction.

He then dug horizontally around the stone wall, and after digging only half a circle, he found a hole, a square opening about ten feet wide.

To be precise, we've unearthed an open door.

"It really is a stone palace!"

Moreover, it is a stone palace with well-preserved and powerful protective barriers.

Just then, the sniffing rat poked its little head out of his pocket, excitedly sniffing the opening in the stone wall.

Upon seeing this, Han Li narrowed his eyes and released his divine sense.

His divine sense extended inward along the gap and immediately discovered a stone staircase sloping downwards.

However, due to the interference of the restrictions on the stone walls, his divine sense could not extend too deeply, and his perception quickly became blurred. This prevented him from determining where the stone steps led or what lay at their ends. But this exploration further confirmed his belief that this place was a massive stone palace.

So, shall we go in and explore?

He hesitated for only half a second before he had an answer and took action.

Several level 2 lizard puppet beasts ran ahead to scout and avoid potential dangers, while the black dragon was temporarily stored in his spirit beast bag and could be summoned at any time. In the large-capacity storage bag, numerous level 3 and 4 puppets could also be released to fight at any time.

Before long, he entered an underground cave filled with crystals.

It's more like an abyss than a cave.

The underground space was not wide, but its depth was astonishing; even when his divine sense was fully extended downwards, he could not reach the bottom of the abyss.

"Such a strong yin energy!"

The concentration of spiritual energy is also quite high.

What's going on with this place?

How could there be such a strong yin energy?
"little six."

With a tap of the spirit beast pouch, the black dragon appeared.

Han Li leaped up and carefully stepped onto Xiao Liu's back:

"Go down."

Soon, the man and the dragon flew downwards.

It flew for nearly 10,000 feet.

Only then did his divine sense reach the bottom. What he perceived made his breathing become even heavier:
"A green treasure chest?"

Could this be another location of one of the four great lineages?
The information inside the golden treasure chest only mentioned the existence of three major inheritances, stating that there were inheritances in the outer area and also in the central area.

However, it did not specify where it was located.

"The green treasure chest likely contains Buddhist legacies..."

Why did he incite Master Hongfu and other high-level cultivators of Huangfeng Valley to secretly open the Crimson Forbidden Land? Why did he risk his life by dispersing his cultivation to enter the forbidden land when his cultivation resources were still relatively abundant?
One word: greed.

They coveted the rare and precious medicinal herbs within the forbidden Bloodstained Land, including fine and rare herbs, even thousand-year-old top-grade herbs, and some even ten-thousand-year-old herbs that could be considered the ultimate treasures.

The millennium-old elixir is also very helpful for improving cultivation in the Core Formation stage. He had already obtained the formula for the Enhancing Essence Pill.

This ancient elixir can even be used to enhance cultivation in the late Core Formation stage or even the Nascent Soul stage.

Each one is worth a million spirit stones.

At the bottom of the abyss right now, there are many medicinal herbs that exude a rich medicinal fragrance.

In addition, he coveted the legacy left by the other three ancient heroes.

If he could obtain the secret techniques left behind by the four ancient Nascent Soul stage cultivators, he would certainly have no shortage of them, not to mention anything else.

Finally, it was also to take away Mo Jiao Xiao Liu.

This is the last chance in a century.

After this, the Yue Kingdom will change hands, and the right to use the Crimson Forbidden Land will also change hands, making it difficult to sneak in then. He will have to wait until he forms his core, condenses his nascent soul, and reaches the late Nascent Soul stage before he can enter again.

"The medicinal herbs down there must be enough to make even spirit-sniffing rats restless from a great distance..."

Just as he was about to leap down to pick the spiritual herbs, Xiao Liu suddenly looked in a direction below the abyss.

It then unleashed a series of defiant roars, which echoed loudly, like a series of muffled thunderclaps.

Han Li's mind immediately tensed up.

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