I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

The teleportation array flashed.

The two white-robed elders from the Star Palace walked over unhurriedly.

After examining the teleportation array briefly, the kind-faced elder addressed the group:

"This teleportation array is the only path to the next level, 'The Path of Ice and Fire.' However, you can have some time to gather some spiritual herbs and fruits before entering the second level as a reward for passing the first level."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone, and continued, "If you feel the next level is too dangerous, you can return here and wait. A month later, a teleportation array will appear that will directly return you to the main hall, and you can go back on your own."

As soon as they finished speaking, the two stepped into the teleportation array and disappeared in a flash of white light.

Immediately afterwards, those Nascent Soul stage monsters also set off.

Before leaving, the Yin Ancestor glanced at Han Li's direction, and his cold gaze sent a chill down Han Li's spine.

A sudden panic.

Zhou Yuan remained unmoved.

They were about to step into the teleportation array.

Zi Ling walked to his side and transmitted her voice, "Zhou Yuan, be careful... After we leave the Void Heaven Palace, let me stay by your side."

"Um!"

Zhou Yuan nodded, turned around, and stepped into the teleportation array.

With a flash of light, he vanished from the spot.

……

When Zhou Yuan opened his eyes again, the scenery around him had changed.

Here, the sky is clear and blue, dotted with fluffy white clouds. All around lies an endless expanse of verdant grassland, with distant, rolling mountains faintly visible. A gentle breeze carries the fragrance of fresh grass.

This is no longer the Void Heaven Palace.

It is clearly a beautiful place on land.

"Truly worthy of being a great master from ancient times..."

Zhou Yuan was filled with emotion.

As a time traveler, he knew that this was not an illusion, but a real world, and an independent space created by human hands.

This requires a cultivation level of the Void Refinement stage to accomplish!

At this point, Zhou Yuan would find it difficult to even comprehend a rudimentary form of spatial power, let alone create space.

Otherwise, he would have already tried to refine that Thousand-Mile Traction Talisman.

Those special talismans can tear through space and pull cultivators to escape thousands of miles away in a short time, making them life-saving artifacts!

Zhou Yuan estimated that one would need to reach at least the mid-stage or even late-stage Nascent Soul realm to attempt to refine the Thousand-Mile Traction Talisman.

He snapped out of his reverie and his gaze fell on a small path in front of him.

The path, overgrown with green grass, meandered into the distance, stretching as far as the eye could see.

After flying rapidly for hundreds of miles along this road, you will see a canyon that has been restricted by someone.

The canyon wasn't wide, but it was very long.

The inside and outside of the canyon are two completely different worlds.

There are two passages that lead through this place: the "Mystic Crystal Path" and the "Lava Path".

One is so cold it chills you to the bone, and you could easily be frozen solid; the other is so hot it's unbearable, and you could easily be reduced to ashes.

Only by reaching the end of the canyon can one find the teleportation array to exit, thus passing the second stage of the Ice and Fire Path.

Before entering the canyon, just as the two Star Palace elders said, everyone had one day to search for various rare and precious herbs.

As for what you can find, that depends on your own fate.

Zhou Yuan's figure blurred, and he soared into the sky.

As soon as he took to the sky, he saw a white-clad figure in the distance flying to the left.

It was a woman in white palace attire, with a slender figure and gentle temperament; it was a snowy night.

She was clearly also searching for elixirs, and flew toward the mountains on the left.

Zhou Yuan did not go forward to acknowledge them, but instead changed direction and flew to the right.

……

One hour later.

Zhou Yuan crossed the vast grassland, and below appeared a range of mountains.

Instead of choosing those mountains brimming with spiritual energy and clearly covered with spiritual herbs, he turned his gaze to those desolate rocky mountains.

Because, as a time traveler, he knew that in the original story, the Venerable Xuan Gu discovered the treasure that rivaled the creation of heaven and earth—the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng—in a certain inconspicuous desolate mountain.

Zhou Yuan's powerful divine sense spread out like mercury, meticulously scanning every mountain peak.

Finally, on an inconspicuous little rocky hill, his divine sense detected a faint, ethereal aura.

The aura was extremely faint; if his divine sense hadn't far surpassed that of ordinary people, he would never have been able to detect it.

"This is it."

A smile appeared on Zhou Yuan's lips, and with a flash, he landed on the stone mountain.

The Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng is a treasure that rivals the creation of heaven and earth; its appearance in the human realm is nothing short of a miracle!

This item not only greatly benefits a cultivator's cultivation level, but also increases the probability of forming a Nascent Soul!

If it is refined into a pill, the effect will be even better.

Before coming, Zhou Yuan had made ample preparations.

He took out the gold box he had prepared beforehand, because only pure gold could capture the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng; it could ignore and escape other magical treasures and artifacts.

At the same time, a set of special equipment for capturing this spirit creature was also taken out.

He wanted to make the entire stone mountain as hard as iron, so that the spirit ginseng would have nowhere to hide!

The grand formation was quickly set up.

The entire rocky mountain has undergone a complete transformation.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yuan spread his divine sense and, following the pure spiritual energy, sensed the hiding place of the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng in a crevice in the rock.

"Little guy..."

Zhou Yuan smiled and took out the musk orchid beast's droppings.

Despite its unpleasant smell, this substance is extremely alluring to the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.

As long as it is placed in the formation, the incarnation of the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng will surely come to find it.

Sure enough, a little white rabbit appeared next to the pile of droppings not long after.

The rabbit was pure white, with a pair of blood-red eyes that kept darting around, looking around furtively.

Despite this, the rabbit's pink nose kept sniffing in the direction of the jade box, and its face occasionally showed a very human-like look of intoxication.

Now that the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng incarnation had been drawn out, the subsequent capture went extremely smoothly.

The moment the golden box closed, a rich spiritual energy rushed out, invigorating Zhou Yuan.

"My darling."

He put the box into his storage bag, feeling very happy.

Next, he searched the nearby mountains.

Luckily, they found a longevity fruit in a secluded valley.

The longevity fruit was only the size of a thumb, golden in color, and emitted a faint fragrance.

This item is of no benefit to cultivation, but it can increase the lifespan of the user. For those cultivators whose lifespan is running out and who are stuck at a bottleneck and unable to break through, it is simply a priceless treasure!

Zhou Yuan carefully removed it and stored it in a jade box.

"Good luck."

He timed it perfectly, preparing to head to the canyon.

……

After half an incense stick had burned.

Zhou Yuan's expression suddenly changed as he sensed two familiar auras in the distance.

He immediately concealed his presence and quietly approached.

In my line of sight, Han Li and the Extreme Yin Ancestor were standing together, with a Blood Jade Spider lying on the ground beside them, its eight eyes darting around.

Meanwhile, in the sky not far to the side, there was another person, just like him, hiding and watching.

"Who's eavesdropping over there? Come out here!"

Suddenly, the Yin Ancestor roared and his gaze swept towards a certain point in the void!

Zhou Yuan remained motionless, a cold smile playing on his lips.

With the strength of his spiritual sense, he is virtually impossible to be discovered unless he is seen by the naked eye.

The person discovered by the Yin Ancestor was clearly another voyeur.

Sure enough, a flash of azure light appeared in the void, and an old man in a scholar's robe suddenly appeared there, smiling as he looked at Ancestor Jiyin and Han Li.

It was none other than Qingyi Jushi.

"Brother Wu, why are you so angry? I only met you by chance. You wouldn't really want to fight me, would you?"

Zhou Yuan watched this scene from afar, thinking to himself:

"It seems that Han Li's Blood Jade Spider has been discovered by Ji Yin. That's good... If no one can pull the Void Heaven Cauldron out of the Cold Li Terrace, then there will be no fighting."

With Han Li's spider involved, the ownership of the Void Heaven Cauldron has become more uncertain.

He didn't listen any further.

Because from afar, another powerful aura was rapidly approaching!

That man had a bushy beard.

If you get too close, given the strength of the bearded man, there's a good chance he'll discover you hiding here.

Zhou Yuan didn't linger any longer and left silently, flying towards the canyon.