A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 187
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Chapter 183 The Ancient Medicine Garden of the Void Heaven Palace: Comparison and Difference
“This is only the outer perimeter?”
Yanli was extremely surprised:
“But husband, we’ve flown at least 30,000 li.”
Such a vast area is almost comparable to ten Star Palaces’ Heavenly Star City.
“30,000 li, is that a lot?”
Han Li chuckled.
The Tiannan region stretches over 30 million li from north to south. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator traveled day and night without stopping, it would take nearly two months.
The southeastern span is also considerable.
The Qiling Mountains, from the Yuling Sect in the east, are 10 million li away from the Yue Kingdom in the heart of Tiannan.
That kind of span is what constitutes a continent.
But in this Chaotic Star Sea, even islands a thousand li in size are rare, and giant islands ten thousand li in size are even rarer.
It’s no wonder the two women, who have never seen true land, are so surprised.
Once their cultivation is stable, it’s not impossible to take them to Tiannan to broaden their horizons.
Seeing more of the world is very beneficial for cultivation. The more they see
, the more their perspectives change.
The original owner of the body and Ziling in the book are good examples.
Initially, the two only sought to form their Golden Core.
To achieve this would be a stroke of luck. However
, Zi Ling, after reaching Tiannan and the original body having formed her Golden Core, began to aspire to form her Nascent Soul.
After Zi Ling formed her Nascent Soul, she somehow managed to slip through the heavily guarded grasslands and reach the Great Jin Dynasty. Then, she was captured by the descendants of the Old Demon Hu, witnessing the grander scale of the Great Jin, which further fueled her desire to reach the Nascent Soul stage. She
was practically a female version of the original body.
What motivated Zi Ling, besides the original sin bestowed upon her beauty, was the ever-expanding horizons she gained.
Let alone cultivators, even mortals, after seeing the world, are rarely content to remain complacent in their own little world.
They all strive for higher cultivation levels and greater power and status.
For example, Yan Li Yuan Yao, who smuggled herself into the Spirit Realm, had already cultivated to the Nascent Soul and even the Void Refinement stage, and could have easily been quite proud of herself. However, she was fortunate enough to become a disciple of Qing Yuan Zi, a Mahayana cultivator, significantly broadening her horizons.
Back then, who wouldn’t want to strive for the Integration Stage or even the Great Ascension Stage?
Yuan Yao even reached the Great Ascension Perfection Tribulation Stage later on.
Therefore, it’s good for them to broaden their horizons.
It’s to prevent the two women from losing their motivation to cultivate and becoming lazy and hesitant if things come too easily.
They need to know that there are always people more capable than themselves,
and the Chaotic Star Sea is just a pond with a few opportunities.
“The medicinal herb garden of this Void Heaven Palace, within a radius of ten thousand miles centered on the teleportation array, is prepared for Foundation Establishment cultivators. What kind of spiritual herbs they can harvest depends on their own abilities.”
“From ten thousand miles to one hundred thousand miles, it’s prepared for Core Formation cultivators…” “
Currently, the section of over thirty thousand miles does indeed grow many spiritual herbs that can help improve cultivation in the early and middle stages of Core Formation, but it’s not suitable for the two of you at your current level,”
Han Li patiently explained.
Through his Xuan Bone’s understanding of this place, he had also gained considerable experience in researching it.
Speaking of which, it was pure luck that Master Xuan Gu, Xiao Cha, was able to stumble upon the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng tens of thousands of miles away when he first entered the Void Heaven Palace nine hundred years ago.
Even in this medicinal garden, the divine sense of cultivators was still suppressed by the omnipresent restrictions within the palace.
For example,
his divine sense as a great cultivator could hardly extend beyond a hundred miles. He
could only vaguely sense a range of eighty miles and clearly perceive a radius of thirty to forty miles.
The situation was much better than in the Ghost Mist Zone, but still far inferior to the outside world.
Even he was in such a predicament; how could Xiao Cha have stumbled upon the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng by chance, like finding a needle in a haystack?
To encounter it was truly luck.
“Husband, are you going to take us to an area a hundred thousand miles away?”
By this time, the two sisters had already guessed something.
It was simply that Han Li’s escape techniques along the way were too fast.
Faster than they had imagined.
Even while carrying the two sisters, he displayed escape techniques surpassing those of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
This was enough to explain something.
“We’re almost there. After we find the item, I’ll take you to a more distant place to try your luck.”
In this place, obtaining ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs isn’t easy, as various ancient beasts and strange creatures inhabit the area, and even high-grade spiritual herbs will be eaten by these beasts after a certain age. However, finding some thousand-year-old or even several-thousand-year-old rare spiritual fruits isn’t impossible.
Another short flight of a cup of tea.
“We’re here, this is it.”
Above an inconspicuous little mound, the flight suddenly stopped, revealing three figures.
After stopping, Han Li told the two curious women not to release their divine senses:
“Don’t rush over, and don’t reveal your divine senses. There’s a sentient spirit herb down there with a very strong sense of perception. If anything goes wrong, it will burrow into the rocks and never reappear. We mustn’t disturb it.” “
In a moment, you two will set up the Earth-elemental Four Symbols Xuanwu Formation, while I go find its true form.”
“We’ll take it on two fronts simultaneously.”
“Remember, be careful and patient, and don’t be impatient. That thing is very important to me, and equally important to you. It’s a key factor in whether you two can break through to the Core Formation stage and condense your Nascent Soul stage in the future.”
Han Li repeatedly reminded them.
It was a rare opportunity to run a dungeon together, and he didn’t mind giving the two women a sense of participation.
He had already prepared things like a net woven from pure gold, an Earth-elemental formation set, and some kind of spirit beast’s droppings.
After learning the Four Symbols Black Tortoise Formation and other formations from Xuan Gu’s memories, he not only took the time to craft tools but also taught Yuan Yao Yanli the earth element technique.
“What is this? It stinks!”
The two women, who had opened a box out of curiosity, recoiled upon smelling the pungent odor, pinching their noses in disgust.
Seeing this, Han Li laughed,
“This is the dung of the Musk Orchid Beast, the favorite of the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.”
It was also a dark chapter in the history of “Qu’er” after she gained sentience.
Once everything was arranged,
not long after…
In the forest, a snow-white hare, its pink nose twitching, crept stealthily towards the pungent stench of the Musk Orchid Beast.
Its small, blood-red eyes darted around, cautiously observing.
If observed through the spiritual eyes enhanced by the Great Evolution Technique, one could see the astonishingly radiant aura emanating from the little creature.
This was none other than the spirit body of the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng. What was
the foul stench of the Musk Orchid Beast to cultivators was a peerless fragrance to the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.
Sure enough,
the little creature wriggled its head and swayed its body with obvious enjoyment as it approached.
The two women adored the little creature.
Their eyes lit up at the sight of this cute little thing.
However, they valued Han Li’s instructions even more, remaining patient and well-hidden, not revealing their presence.
Only when the little creature entered the Four Symbols Black Tortoise Formation and approached the box containing the Musk Orchid Beast’s dung did the two women close in.
Meanwhile…
Han Li extended his divine sense, searching every inch with all his might.
Finally, following the clues, he found a groove in a boulder.
Inside lay something resembling an old tree root.
This root was about half a foot long, yellowish-brown in color, with a dry, wrinkled outer skin. The only difference from an old tree root was that this root had a beautiful silver flower growing on its top, emitting a faint glow and a subtle fragrance.
Clearly, it was no ordinary object.
This seemingly unremarkable thing was actually the [Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng’s true form].
“The true form really knows how to hide. If a Nascent Soul cultivator were passing by, they would most likely miss it without thoroughly searching every inch of the ground.”
What a pity.
Back then, they were unlucky enough to run into the knowledgeable Xuan Gu.
The three of them found the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng’s true form and then captured the little guy’s spirit body, quickly reuniting. Han Li took the spirit body and let it come into contact with the true form; the former immediately merged into the latter.
After placing the item in a metallic box, Han Li looked towards the depths of the medicinal herb garden:
“Alright, let me show you around a bit more.”
Because he had acted quickly, catching the rabbits had only taken him a little over an hour, meaning he still had plenty of time left.
He couldn’t waste this time.
With a burst of light, he continued deeper into the area. In
the tens of thousands of miles of mountain range, they encountered countless mountains brimming with spiritual energy. The spiritual energy of each mountain was no less abundant than that of the former main peak of Taiyue Mountain. Some mountains even possessed a purity of spiritual energy comparable to the six main peaks of the Luoyun Sect.
Undoubtedly, these mountains were teeming with rare spiritual fruits and herbs.
This place was practically a sacred cultivation ground that cultivators dreamed of.
Of course,
there were also ancient beasts guarding the spiritual herbs.
Until they approached a hundred thousand miles, they arrived at a place resembling a shallow sea.
“I’ll deal with the ancient beasts guarding the spiritual herbs here in a moment. You two should harvest the herbs as soon as possible. Have you both forgotten the spiritual herb illustrations you’ve collected over the years, and the herb manuals and theories I’ve taught you?”
“Don’t worry, husband.”
The ancient herb manuals provided by the Crimson Forbidden Land, combined with the illustrations of various spiritual herbs the two women had collected in the Chaotic Star Sea, along with their medicinal uses and harvesting methods, meant they had a good grasp of them, if not memorized.
Han Li nodded, then summoned a level four Spirit-Smelling Rat and the sixth Black Dragon. He
also divided his divine sense into hundreds of parts, summoning a swarm of Gold-Eating Insects.
Seeing the seventh-level peak Black Dragon immediately rub against their husband, the two women’s eyes widened in surprise.
“A seventh-level spirit beast?”
“And a dragon-like one at that?”
Their husband actually had such a grand scheme?
“Aren’t spirit beasts difficult to grow quickly?”
Could it be that their husband had raised these spirit beasts using the same methods he used to raise them?
“Screech…”
The Wind-Howling Eagle spread its wings and soared into the sky.
Providing a high-altitude view just in case.
“Awoo…”
The Icefire Wolf walked on water, freezing everything in its path.
It is said that it takes more than a day for ice to freeze three feet deep.
But the waters that the Icefire Wolf trod were instantly frozen more than ten feet deep.
“A level six spirit bird…”
“A level seven spirit beast wolf…!”
Just who is her husband?
“Go.”
On four or five islands within a hundred miles.
Any ancient beast that showed its face was besieged by the Gold-Eating Insects and several high-level spirit beasts.
For the troublesome ancient beasts that the spirit beasts could not defeat for a while, Han Li would use the Invisible Needle to deliver a fatal blow.
Hundred miles, hundreds of miles, thousands of miles…
He kept an eye on the ancient beasts guarding the spirit herbs and relentlessly pursued them, while the two women harvested them from behind. The division of labor was clear, and the efficiency was greatly increased.
In addition.
The main body also appeared with a concealment bracelet to hide its aura and explored the surroundings with the Twin-Pupil Rat.
At this moment, the Twin-Pupil Rat’s two eyes were wide open.
Locking onto a direction, they flew off.
Finally,
the main body and the Twin-Eyed Rat discovered a small spiritual spring, about ten feet in size, beneath an island.
Nurtured for tens of thousands of years, this space was a veritable wonder.
Unfortunately, later generations, limited by various conditions, couldn’t fully utilize this treasure trove.
Six or seven hours passed, and the three harvested a vast quantity of spiritual herbs in this area.
Among them were no fewer than a hundred thousand-year-old herbs, and no fewer than three thousand herbs over four hundred years old! There were also six extremely rare treasures, the kind that had long since disappeared from the outside world.
They left behind all the herbs under four hundred years old.
If they had harvested those as well, the total amount would have been even more staggering.
The two women were extremely busy during the herb-gathering process.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the mature spiritual herbs on these dozens of islands or mountains easily surpassed those in the Crimson Forbidden Land, which had been developed for many years and had little spiritual herbs left.
If they had more time, the three of them could have taken even more.
In addition, they obtained more than ten high-level ancient beast inner cores.
The low- to mid-level ancient beasts were only stunned, not killed.
These ancient beasts, which are gradually becoming rare in the outside world, have now become a rare resource.
“No wonder the Void Heaven Palace instance, which is held every three hundred years, is only open to outsiders for one day.”
“No wonder, no wonder…”
If this place were open for several days or even ten days in a row, the Void Heaven Palace would probably not be able to withstand outside cultivators coming in to fleece it. Large areas would be looted by Nascent Soul stage cultivators leading their people.
Some powerful forces would even rise to prominence because of this, threatening the Star Palace’s status. If
it is only open for one day, even if Nascent Soul stage cultivators want to harvest extensively, they will suffer from insufficient time and cannot collect much.
However,
even if it is only open for one day, the benefits are still astonishing.
“Let’s go, we’ve made a new discovery.”
Han Li first retrieved his main body and the Twin-Pupil Rat, then collected many spiritual herbs, and then took Yuan Yao and Yanli to the location of the Spirit Eye Spring.
Upon seeing such a spiritual eye, the two women’s excitement was beyond words.
They both felt that this trip was truly unreal. “
At the Core Formation stage, one can’t fly this far.
There’s not enough time.
At the Nascent Soul stage, one can fly very far, but they don’t care for these spiritual herbs.
Thus,
this resource-rich ‘awkward zone’ remains.
” “Husband, should we take this Spirit Eye Spring with us?”
Yanli asked.
In the Chaotic Star Sea, demon cores are easy to obtain, spiritual herbs are relatively scarce, and spirit stones are even more so.
Spirit Eye Springs and other spiritual items are mostly in the hands of Nascent Soul stage cultivators, rarely falling into the hands of Core Formation stage cultivators.
Such a Spirit Eye Spring is extremely valuable.
If auctioned, it would start at least at five or six hundred thousand spirit stones.
“You two already have two Spirit Eye Stones, adding a Spirit Eye Spring is just right. Moreover, the true wonder of the Spirit Eye Spring lies in the extremely pure spiritual energy released during the first teleportation.”
“Go, fly directly overhead and see if you can receive a wave of spiritual energy baptism…”
Han Li smiled and continuously cast complex spells towards the Spirit Eye Spring.
Streams of spiritual light entered the spring, and water quickly gushed forth from its source.
The next moment,
just as Han Li uttered the word “rise,”
a pillar of spiritual energy shot forth from the spring, soaring into the sky.
Han Li, prepared in advance, swiftly absorbed some using his golden treasure chest.
Yuan Yao, in mid-air, brightened her eyes, not only absorbing it herself but also using the container-shaped magic treasure she had refined over the past two years to absorb as much as possible.
Yan Li did the same.
Even the Wind Howling Eagle high in the sky benefited, feasting to its heart’s content.
“Good.”
Seeing that the spiritual energy released from the Spirit Eye Spring hadn’t been missed by the two people and the beast, Han Li nodded.
As expected,
the quality of the spiritual energy released from the Spirit Eye Spring was even higher than the quality of the mana and true essence possessed by ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
Giving the two people and the beast a baptism through a kind of empowerment should ensure that all three benefit.
Calculating the time, only the last half hour remained of the day.
“It’s about time to head back.”
So as not to miss the appointed time.
…
An hour earlier.
Hundreds of thousands of miles away, Barbarian Beard and Qingyi Hermit also returned with joyful expressions, their hands laden with spoils.
Barbarian Beard, in particular, had obtained the inner core of an extremely rare Nascent Soul-level ancient beast; his smile was unstoppable.
Qingyi, having obtained a Longevity Fruit and picked several thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, was also very satisfied with his harvest.
If it were him, he certainly wouldn’t have been able to deal with that mountain demon comparable to the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
But with Barbarian Beard acting as a punching bag, he could easily and comfortably pick up the scraps.
“A Longevity Fruit, another sixty years of lifespan…”
They were quite pleased.
The other cultivators also had their share of gains.
However, the general situation was that those with higher cultivation levels obtained more and more precious spiritual herbs.
Those at the Core Formation stage, with lower cultivation levels, only dared to venture within a range of ten to twenty thousand miles, not daring to go too deep to avoid delaying their return journey. Furthermore
, while gathering herbs, they also had to find ways to deal with the ancient beasts guarding the spiritual herbs and fruits. The key issue was that these areas had been visited countless times by predecessors.
Some high-quality spiritual herbs had already been picked, leaving only immature ones.
Therefore, the amount of spiritual herbs gathered was very limited.
Some unlucky ones even returned empty-handed with grim faces.
For example, Wang Ning and her daughter.
The two women were not in a good mood at this moment.
Limited by their strength, although the mother and daughter had also gathered a few herbs that were several hundred years old, it was only slightly better than nothing. It didn’t provide much assistance to their respective cultivation.
Gan Rushuang, on the other hand,
without her two burdens delaying her, also had a considerable harvest.
As a “competitive talent” in the cultivation world of Tiannan, having tasted the helplessness and bitterness of sects shifting their focus to Yue Kingdom and the Northern Liang Kingdom of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, how could Grandma Gan not cherish this rare opportunity to profit?
Let alone ordinary thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, she even managed to acquire two top-grade three-thousand-year-old herbs, which were extremely rare and priceless in the outside world.
“It’s a pity I didn’t have enough time,”
Gan Rushuang lamented inwardly.
After inquiring about the profits of Wang Ning and her daughter, she was immediately overjoyed at her earlier decisiveness.
“Thank goodness…”
Thankfully, she hadn’t taken the two of them with her.
Otherwise, while the mother and daughter could have shared a considerable profit with her, she would have suffered a significant loss.
If it were a win-win situation, she could accept it, but sacrificing her own interests to enrich the mother and daughter made her truly uncomfortable.
“Thank goodness…”
It was at this moment that she finally understood why Han Li hadn’t taken her and Wang Ning with him.
She then felt a pang of jealousy that Han Li had taken Yuan Yao and Yanli with him.
Undoubtedly…
Being cared for by a Nascent Soul cultivator in the Void Heaven Palace’s medicine garden would undoubtedly bring far more benefits than acting alone.
“Hmph, we’ll see.”
She was determined to reach Nascent Soul stage. (
This chapter is being posted early; I have some things to do tonight.
I was afraid I’d forget.
Posting early also allows me to correct typos.)
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