A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 87

Chapter 86 Where did this brat come from, daring to act so recklessly in the Taiyue Mountains?

He left, forgetting about a certain “pimp.”

That person said he would notify him before the secret shop opened.

However, he wouldn’t be able to wait.

Because Han Li went straight to the cave of the Spirit Eye Spring and began to try to set up the Inverted Five Elements Array.

He was like a man who had found a beloved toy when it came to setting up the array, touching the array plate, array flags, and other array-setting tools with great affection.

“Come on.”

He buried the array plate in the ground, then inserted array flags, whose value was no less than that of top-tier magic artifacts, into many nodes on the hundred-zhang cliff face. Then he arranged five mid-grade spirit stones of different colors into a small array shape and embedded them into the array eye, providing sufficient spiritual power to the entire array. In this way, the array was successfully set up. Setting up

the array seemed simple, but it took several hours.

Of course, compared to those mountain-protecting arrays that often took months, the current situation of only taking a few hours was much more favorable.

The next moment, a light barrier of array formation rose up, covering an area of over a hundred feet in radius.

With a wave of the main array flag Han Li had reserved, the light barrier quickly retracted, revealing a scene identical to the original one. However, it was merely a projection of the array; the area was undoubtedly sealed off.

Testing the array’s operation, it seemed quite effective. As Qi Yunxiao had said, its defensive and trapping capabilities were indeed difficult for Foundation Establishment cultivators to break through. At least the Jade Mantis and Icefire Wolf, trapped inside, were helpless, unable to escape even with their combined efforts, and hadn’t caused much trouble:

“Not bad, not bad.”

Han Li was quite satisfied with this half-finished Inverted Five Elements Array.

Just as Lei Wanhe had said, even Core Formation cultivators trapped inside would find it difficult to break through for a while, experiencing considerable trouble.

“However, to ensure stability…”

While considering, Han Li added five mid-grade spirit stones to the array’s core.

There was no other reason than that he had enough spirit stones. Therefore, he had to ensure that the great formation wouldn’t lack spiritual power and be broken by external forces through a war of attrition.

After setting up the formation, he headed straight for the main hall of Taiyue Mountain, keeping to the appointed time.

Confirming that Young Master Lin wasn’t in the storage hut, and after some inquiries, he learned from the mountain-guarding disciples that Senior Brother Lin was out on business.

Without further delay, he went to Hongying Mountain.

…

“Disciple Han Li greets Master.” Upon entering the cave hall, Han Li bowed first to Master Hong Fu.

“Eh? Junior Brother, your cultivation…” Dong Xuan’er’s beautiful eyes widened.

Why? Her junior brother’s cultivation had actually surpassed hers?

And by a significant margin!

This… this…

You see, she had been at the Foundation Establishment stage for several years, and had refined three or four bottles of pills bestowed by her master, yet even so, her magical power was still some distance from the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage. But what about her junior brother Han Li? He was already at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage!

She was clearly outmatched.

How could this be?

“Peak of early Foundation Establishment? How is that possible?”

The twin sisters, Xiulan and Xiuting, covered their lips in astonishment, their faces filled with disbelief. Their rapid progress in recent years, reaching the mid-Foundation Establishment stage in just twenty years, was due to a combination of factors: one’s dual spiritual roots, the other’s master’s numerous elixirs, the cultivation resources they bought with their own spirit stones, and their own persistent hard work. Each was indispensable.

But what about their junior brother?

His growth rate was far too fast!

Was he truly a useless person with four pseudo-spiritual roots, or a genius with a Heavenly Spiritual Root?

Even Hongfu looked on with surprise and doubt:

“Come forward and let your master take a look.”

Han Li didn’t refuse and offered his wrist.

After examining him, Hongfu was even more astonished:

“His magical power is pure and his foundation is solid; it’s not the work of demonic methods.”

But how was this possible?

Reaching the peak of early Foundation Establishment in just over three years after reaching it—even a Heavenly Spiritual Root wouldn’t have such a cultivation speed.

Could it be that her disciple had encountered some extraordinary event?

“Tell me, what exactly happened?”

She was very curious about her little disciple’s experiences over the past few years.

“Master, I’ve discovered something that’s helpful for cultivation, and I’ve personally tested it. There are no problems, so I’ve come to tell you and my senior sister.” Han Li said with a simple, honest smile.

“Your cultivation level is all because of this thing you mentioned?”

Hong Fu laughed.

“Yes and no.” Han Li nodded and then shook his head, then said more respectfully, “Master, I can’t take that thing with me. We can’t explain it here. Why don’t you and Senior Sister Xuan’er come to my cave? The thing is over there.”

The women were even more curious about this.

“Xiu Ting, Xiu Lan, you two stay here to look after the cave and the herb garden. Xuan’er and I will go sit with your junior brother.”

“Yes, Master.”

Although the two women also wanted to go, they had to stay because of their master’s instructions.

Han Li breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn’t want to share his opportunity with these two senior sisters he wasn’t very familiar with.

He could yield small benefits, but he still wanted to seize any opportunity that was big enough.

The three of them rode the magical flying carpet and quickly arrived at Han Li’s cave dwelling in the northwest corner of Mount Taiyue.

“Junior brother, I’m puzzled. This place has neither spiritual veins nor lush green mountains and clear waters, and it’s too far from the mountain gate to receive any protection. Apart from being slightly closer to the Tianxing Sect market in the Yuanwu Kingdom to the north, it has no other advantages. Why did you choose such a remote and desolate place for your cave dwelling?” Dong Xuan’er asked疑惑地.

In her opinion, it was far inferior to establishing a cave dwelling in one of the places where spiritual veins and spiritual energy converged within the mountain gate.

“Senior sister, you seem to have misjudged this time,” Han Li said with a smile.

As he spoke, he waved the main array flag in his hand, opening a small illusion array and revealing a misty passage:

“Master and senior sister, please come in.”

After the two women entered, they scanned the area with their divine senses but found nothing else.

They then saw Han Li open a well and use water escape to submerge himself.

After entering a secret passage through the underwater passage, they passed through another transparent light curtain.

“Your formation just now was quite good,” Hong Fu commented meaningfully from behind.

She was referring to the Inverted Five Elements Formation.

“That was obtained by my own fortuitous encounter and at a considerable cost,” Han Li explained briefly, without elaborating.

A short while later, the three entered a natural cave space about ten zhang in size.

“Senior Sister, look what that is!”

Han Li pointed to a small spiritual spring at the very center of the cave.

The gurgling spring water and the misty spiritual energy made Dong Xuan’er’s eyes widen in astonishment:

“This, this is, a spiritual spring?” A

spiritual spring in this godforsaken place?

And over the past few hundred years, at least eight thousand,000 cultivators have flown over this place, perhaps hundreds of thousands, even millions, of times, yet no one has discovered this spiritual spring below!

“This…”

At this moment, not only Dong Xuan’er was astonished, but even Hong Fu was slightly agape in surprise. Looking at her little disciple, the more she looked, the more something seemed amiss.

“There’s absolutely no sign of it being moved. This is definitely a natural spiritual spring,” Hong Fu confirmed after circling the spring twice. She

then clicked her tongue in amazement, secretly marveling at her disciple’s luck.

The child had even found a spiritual spring in such a remote corner; his fortune was truly extraordinary.

“Master, back then, I was just taking a twin-eyed rat for a stroll around Mount Taiyue. When we passed this place, the rat reacted extremely strongly, and that’s how we discovered this spiritual spring through this crevice,” Han Li said, pointing to a crevice filled with earth magic at the edge of the cave.

Although the small crack had been filled and reinforced with earth magic, the fracture in the rock layer could still be discerned with careful observation of divine sense.

Now, the rock layer, dozens of feet deep, was impenetrable even to the divine sense of a Core Formation cultivator.

She wondered if the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator, if detected, could penetrate it.

“Junior brother, your luck…”

Dong Xuan’er truly didn’t know what words to use to describe it.

“Master, senior sister, three years ago, I found a very small bead full of pure spiritual energy in this Spirit Eye Spring. At first, I didn’t dare to touch it, but later I discovered that absorbing its spiritual energy could accelerate my cultivation speed. Since I didn’t find any side effects, I treated it like a spirit stone and absorbed it all. My cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. However, during the absorption process, the bead got smaller and smaller, and finally it disappeared completely.”

Han Li initially spoke with great pride and joy.

But then, he became more and more flustered, like a well-behaved student worried about being criticized by the teacher.

“That bead, could it be a Spirit Eye Bead that hasn’t fully developed yet?” Hong Fu raised an eyebrow: A Spirit Eye Bead can be used in such a wasteful way?

“Junior brother, so that’s how you got your cultivation…” Dong Xuan’er, on the other hand, seemed to suddenly understand.

She knew it! Her spiritual root talent was clearly superior, she had been cultivating diligently, and her master had provided three bottles of elixirs to save her time, yet her junior brother had still managed to surpass her in cultivation. Something just didn’t seem right.

So that’s where the problem lay.

“Senior sister, it was just luck, pure luck,”

Han Li said modestly.

Actually, he could have waited until the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage before revealing the Spiritual Eye Spring. At that time, he could have easily attempted to advance to the late-Foundation Establishment stage. Moreover, the higher his cultivation level, the greater the benefits of digging the spiritual spring.

But he needed a cover and an excuse for his elixir-using cultivation methods,

so he had to reveal the Spiritual Eye Spring prematurely.

“Wait a minute, since you have this Spiritual Eye Spring to aid your cultivation, why did you go to the No. 6 herb garden?” Dong Xuan’er noticed something amiss.

“I went there to learn alchemy and research the Dao of Alchemy. Considering that buying the necessary spiritual herbs from others is too expensive and wastes too many spirit stones, it’s better to save costs by using the sect’s internal prices. Working as a manager and guard in the spirit herb garden not only ensures that I get what I pay for, but also that no one can cheat me; I can also earn rewards for taking care of the spirit herbs and guarding the garden. Senior Sister, over the past three years, I’ve received a guaranteed minimum salary of six mid-grade spirit stones.”

Han Li’s response was quite frank.

And that was indeed the case.

If you add the mid-grade spirit stone that the sect gives to Foundation Establishment cultivators for free every year, he would have received nine mid-grade spirit stones in three years.

“I see, no wonder you were trying to get spirit stones everywhere and selling a lot of low-grade pills before, so you were learning alchemy.” Dong Xuan’er suddenly realized.

“Senior Sister, you have no idea, I was thinking of innovating a Foundation Establishment Pill formula to make a fortune. I’ve poured tens of thousands of spirit stones into it, but it didn’t even make a ripple. I’m losing money hand over fist. I regret it so much!” Han Li muttered again, feeling a pang of regret.

This made Dong Xuan’er laugh so hard she almost clutched her stomach.

She had actually heard about this before.

At the time, she thought this junior brother was too unrealistic.

Now it seemed he had indeed wasted tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Tsk tsk.

He really knows how to make a mess of things.

Han Li, however, ignored Dong Xuan’er’s suppressed smile.

Instead, he looked at Fairy Hong Fu again:

“Master, I truly have no way to repay your kindness. I failed to give you that bead as a token of my gratitude immediately, which was already a sign of greed and disrespect. I am ashamed, so this Spirit Eye Spring must not remain here any longer.”

His words were sincere, filled with gratitude.

“You silly child, what nonsense are you talking about? These are all your opportunities. How could your master steal your disciple’s chance at immortality?”

Hong Fu’s expression was serious, feigning anger.

However, a hint of relief flashed quickly in her eyes.

“Don’t worry, keep this Spirit Eye Spring for yourself. No outsiders will know about this place.”

“Master…”

Han Li wanted to say something.

Hong Fu waved her hand to interrupt:

“I appreciate your kindness. But you should keep this opportunity for yourself.” At her level, having a Spirit Eye Spring was indeed a bonus, but not a lifeline. With the spring’s enhancement, it could accelerate her arduous cultivation by about 10%. Without it, it wouldn’t matter much.   Anyway, she knew her own situation. In her current state

, forming a Nascent Soul would be extremely   difficult.   After all, she only had 150 or 160 years of lifespan left.   To reach the late stage of Core Formation, or even the Pseudo-Nascent Soul stage, she didn’t know if she would have to endure decades or even centuries of hardship. By then, her body will be old and her lifespan will be nearing its end. Forcibly shattering her core and condensing her nascent soul will only hasten her demise. Her situation won’t be much better than that of Old Monster Qiong now.

Rather than stealing the immortal opportunities of her disciples, it’s better to pave the way for the children.

Speaking of which, Han Li is truly a good child. Although he’s a bit clever, he’s sincere, down-to-earth, and steady, and his way of treating people is gentle and pleasant. If Xuan’er could become his cultivation partner, the two could complement each other in many ways. At that time, with her careful cultivation and the help of this Spirit Eye Spring, they might not be unable to form their Core Formation in a hundred years.

Fairy Hong Fu thought of many things in an instant.

Han Li, on the other hand, was getting anxious.

Wasn’t he using the Spirit Eye Spring to earn some money from Master Hong Fu, and then use her to unlock the true treasure beneath the Spirit Eye Spring?

That astonishing spiritual energy would only shoot out when the Spirit Eye Spring was moved. And to move this Spirit Eye Spring without damage, at least a Core Formation cultivator would be needed.

Moreover, at that time, the astonishing spiritual energy could be absorbed by the three of them, without benefiting outsiders.

Furthermore, Young Master Lin has been away from the mountain gate for several days, undoubtedly to contact his former subordinates in the Thousand Bamboo Sect. This will inevitably lead to bloodshed. After being injured, he will most likely flee from the direction of the Heavenly Star Sect market towards the Yellow Maple Valley mountain gate, hoping to receive treatment.

At that time, even if he doesn’t pass through the mountain where the Spirit Eye Spring is located, he will still pass through the surrounding area. A Core Formation stage cultivator’s divine sense can cover a radius of tens of miles, and a more powerful one can see objects in mid-air a hundred miles away. Seeing Huang Long and the others chasing Young Master Lin, how could Master Hong Fu stand idly by?

At that time, the Great Evolution Technique, the Puppet True Understanding, and even the hundreds of Level 2 Qi Refining late-stage puppets of Huang Long and the other seven Thousand Bamboo Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators, along with that Level 4 Foundation Establishment late-stage puppet, will all become spoils of war.

And he, as a participant, a disciple of Master Hong Fu, and having conveniently given up the Spirit Eye Spring, with so many favorable conditions, asking for some “trash” that Core Formation stage cultivators look down upon shouldn’t be unreasonable, right?

In other words, he chose this time to invite Master Hongfu here with the intention of killing multiple birds with one stone.

It wasn’t about showing courtesy to his own master.

Unfortunately, his master’s mind was made up, and his first plan failed.

Fine, then the second plan.

It was at this moment that

the cave where the three of them were located shook very slightly.

Immediately afterward, a continuous rustling sound traveled through the mountain and into the cave.

An ordinary mortal might not have noticed this tiny movement. But those present were all cultivators, with exceptionally sharp senses, able to detect even the slightest rustling, let alone this sound clearly caused by a strong attack on the external formation.

“What’s going on?” Dong Xuan’er was the first to frown.

“Let’s go, let’s go see.”

Han Li guessed what was happening, his heart pounding.

However, he showed no excitement or joy whatsoever. Instead, with a furious expression, he first returned to his cave through the underground passage, then flew out to look at the hundred-zhang mountain wall shrouded by the Inverted Five Elements Array two miles away.

The scene before him made him involuntarily curl his lips into a smile:

truly a godsend.

Good, good, good indeed.

My little darlings of the Thousand Bamboo Sect, you have a path to heaven but choose not to take it, you have no way to hell but insist on venturing in.

Two miles away, a horde of six or seven hundred puppet beasts were relentlessly attacking the hundred-zhang mountain wall, constantly spewing energy blasts. The previously hidden Inverted Five Elements Array had already been revealed under the continuous and intense firepower, presenting a hundred-zhang spherical light shield whose inner workings were impossible to discern.

And just as a giant puppet tiger spewed out an extremely blazing pillar of fire, a ripple spread across the surface of the array.

And maintaining such a massive offensive was none other than the seven Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.

One was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and seven at the early Foundation Establishment stage.

“How dare they! Running wild in my Taiyue Mountain’s Yellow Maple Valley!” Dong Xuan’er exclaimed angrily, slapping her storage bag and pulling out her preferred top-tier magic weapon.

She wasn’t blind; how could she not see that the hundred-zhang-high mountain wall was where Han Li’s Spirit Eye Spring was hidden?

Were these strangely dressed people here to steal the Spirit Eye Spring?

“Hmph!”

Fairy Hongfu snorted coldly and directly flicked her sleeve.

From within her sleeve, a magical flying sword transformed into a streak of light, heading straight for the seven unfortunate members of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.

Seeing this, Han Li hurriedly reminded them,

“Master, don’t damage those puppets. They’re all worth spirit stones.”

A level 2 puppet, equivalent to a Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator, is comparable to a high-grade magic weapon. Its selling price is at least seventy or eighty low-grade spirit stones. Especially the level 4 giant tiger puppet, whose combat power is comparable to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and is also comparable to a top-grade magic weapon, is worth at least several thousand or even tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Destroying it would be a real waste.

They absolutely cannot let Master Hongfu replicate Lei Wanhe’s brutal behavior.

Meanwhile, Huang Long and the others from the Thousand Bamboo Sect were originally working enthusiastically, wishing they could smash the Inverted Five Elements Formation to pieces so they could capture the young master Lin who had “escaped” into it.

But the next second, they all got goosebumps all over their bodies.

Because just two miles away, a powerful aura of a Core Formation cultivator suddenly surged forth! And it wasn’t just any early-stage Core Formation cultivator, but a late-stage Core Formation cultivator far more formidable than their sect leader!

Holy crap…!

This godforsaken place actually has a Core Formation cultivator who would deign to open a cave and cultivate here in seclusion?

Are they blind, or is this Core Formation expert blind?

They then turned their resentment towards Lin: Young Master, Young Master, so you were waiting for us here?! You bastard, we’ll haunt you even as ghosts, we’ll curse you to a terrible death!

“Senior, spare our lives, we had no intention of offending you…”

Huang Long and the others were terrified.

Instinctively, they begged for mercy.

But because Hong Fu attacked too quickly, and because they were so close, before they could even finish a sentence or make a move to escape, several of them were killed instantly. Easily annihilated by that red sword. No matter the defensive spells, magic artifacts, or talismans, they were all worthless before a magical treasure.

The first to fall was Huang Long, who controlled the giant tiger puppet.

The remaining three scattered, attempting to escape, but how could they outrun a magical flying sword?

In less than two breaths, they were all instantly killed.

Their deaths were utterly swift and silent.

Too fluid, too decisive, too fast, too overwhelming!

In just a few blinks of an eye, seven Foundation Establishment cultivators, whose strength was not weak, were completely wiped out!

Han Li watched, his heart pounding with fear, yet also filled with awe.

This was the Core Formation stage?

This was Master Hong Fu?

So fierce.

So domineering. So

powerful it was simply unreasonable.

If he were to face her directly, he would definitely be dead in a single exchange. More likely, he wouldn’t even have time to react before Master Hong Fu made her move, and he would already be dead.

“How dare they run wild in my Yellow Maple Valley, and even steal my disciple’s opportunity? Humph!”

Fairy Hongfu, like Dong Xuan’er, had clearly misunderstood something.

She misunderstood that Huang Long and the others were after the Spirit Eye Spring.

Well,

what a beautiful misunderstanding.

“Master, I’ve been very careful to hide the Spirit Eye Spring. How did they know about this place?” Han Li frowned.

“Junior brother, nothing stays hidden forever. You’ve been cultivating this cave for three years; mistakes are bound to happen.” Dong Xuan’er shook her head. “It’s fortunate you invited Master here today; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”

“Regardless of the reason, these people who dared to run wild in my Yellow Maple Valley deserve to die.” The girl still seemed somewhat angry.

“Hmm~”

Master Hongfu agreed.

Whatever the reason, these people from the Thousand Bamboo Sect had run into her trap; killing them was fine. If the Thousand Bamboo Sect’s leader, Jin, had any objections, he could come to Yellow Maple Valley to demand an explanation.

Just then, a blinding white light suddenly appeared on the horizon.

This white light rapidly approached, like a shooting star.

Before the white light even arrived, a loud shout rang out:

“Where did these brats come from, daring to be so insolent in the Taiyue Mountains? They even dared to attack the cave dwelling of our sect’s disciples! You’re tired of living, I’ll send you on your way…”

The voice seemed to come from a great distance, and even after being attenuated over countless miles, it still made Han Li and Dong Xuan’er’s ears ring and their internal organs churn.

However,

after only a few breaths, a soft exclamation came from the other side:

“Eh? Senior Sister Hong Fu?!”

A few breaths later, the white light flashed closer and landed in front of the three members of the Hongying Mountain lineage, quickly revealing a large, fat man covered in fat.

Because this person was so fat, his eyes were squeezed into two narrow slits, making him appear squinty. His chin was covered with layers of flesh, far exceeding the category of a double chin. His waist was thicker than a water bucket; it seemed like it would take two people to hug him. This man was none other than Lei Wanhe, one of the eight Core Formation elders of Huangfeng Valley. A

Core Formation stage cultivator with a thunderous spiritual root, renowned for his thunderous techniques.

Although his cultivation was only at the mid-Core Formation stage, it was rumored that his combat skills were almost on par with those at the late-Core Formation stage.

“Greetings, Uncle-Master Lei,”

Dong Xuan’er and Han Li bowed to Lei Wanhe in unison.

Hong Fu nodded, then asked,

“Junior Brother Lei, what are you doing here?”

“Ah, just a coincidence. I just returned from Yuanwu Kingdom and was passing through this area.”

“What were you doing in Yuanwu Kingdom, Junior Brother?”

“Senior Sister, you don’t know, I’ve already gathered all the auxiliary ingredients for refining the Yuan-Enhancing Pill, along with four of the six main ingredients, but I’m still missing two high-quality spiritual herbs over five hundred years old to substitute for those two main ingredients. So, over a year ago, I went traveling, traversing Yue Kingdom and several neighboring countries, visiting not only markets large and small, but also major pharmacies in the mortal realm. All to find those last two substitutes.”

Lei Wanhe smacked his lips as he explained.

He waved his hand, indicating that Han Li and Dong Xuan’er should dispense with formalities.

“Have you found the substitutes?”

Hong Fu asked, blinking, a strange smile appearing on her face.

Han Li and Dong Xuan’er immediately understood.

They clearly understood why their master had that strange smile.

Lei Wanhe, however, didn’t understand and was still sighing to himself.

“High-quality spiritual herbs over 500 years old are hard to find. In the past year or so, I’ve only managed to find two small, high-quality ones that are 400 years old. I returned to the sect this time to try and refine a batch of slightly weaker Enhancing Essence Pills.”

He was over 300 years old and at the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation realm.

If he could break through the bottleneck with the medicinal power as soon as possible, he might be able to form a Nascent Soul in the future.

But if it was a few decades later, it was hard to say, hard to say…

“Senior Sister, since those juniors from the Thousand Bamboo Sect were so blind, and you’ve already dealt with them, I won’t stay any longer. Junior Brother still needs to return to his cave at Thunder Gang Mountain to start refining pills. I’m off…” Lei Wanhe said, about to ride away on a white cloud.

That white cloud was one of this Core Formation cultivator’s magic treasures.

Its speed was almost supersonic.

Han Li was extremely envious ,

but could only watch helplessly.

“Wait, Junior Brother, do you know about the Blood Trial four years ago?” Hong Fu called out to Lei Wanhe.

Upon hearing this, Lei Wanhe didn’t rush to leave. Instead, he shook his head and said, “Senior Sister, I had just entered the bottleneck of the peak of the mid-stage of Core Formation and was in seclusion in my cave.”

Who would disturb him during his seclusion?

“Then Junior Brother must not know what Junior Brother Huang, Junior Brother Li, and I gained?” Hong Fu’s

smile deepened.

“What did Senior Sister gain? Hey, I remember the time before last, Junior Brother Li lost a piece of superior iron essence to Fu Yunzi of the Qingxu Sect, right? Did you also go to the Blood Trial last time and gamble with fellow Daoists from other sects for fun?” Lei Wanhe became interested. “

That’s right.”

Hong Fu nodded, and her next words made Lei Wanhe’s eyes widen with envy, his pupils glowing green:

“That time, I won two Invisible Needle Talisman Treasures from Old Monster Qiong of the Hidden Moon Sect, and Junior Brother Li won three Invisible Needle Talisman Treasures from Old Monster Qiong and a level five Blood Thread Dragon Inner Core from Fu Yunzi!”

“What?!”

Lei Wanhe was stunned.

“Their sect’s forbidden area profits can beat the Hidden Moon Sect?

Don’t be ridiculous.

In hundreds of years, their Yellow Maple Valley hasn’t won even once. “

But the senior sister in front of him was clearly not joking.

“Wait…”

Then, as if remembering something, Fatty Lei’s breathing became rapid:

“Senior sister, you, you, you, you can’t tell me that our sect obtained quite a few high-quality forbidden area spiritual herbs during the last Blood Trial?”

“Yes, not only were there high-quality herbs that were five or six hundred years old, but also rare treasures that were over eight hundred years old.” Hong Fu nodded.

“Oh my!”

Lei Wanhe was so excited he almost jumped up and down.

“No, no, no, if there were high-quality or even rare spiritual herbs, why didn’t anyone notify me?”

Does Zhong Lingdao still want to be the sect leader?

“Because the high-quality and rare herbs were all picked up by me and Junior Brother Huang in advance.” Hong Fu blinked.

Lei Wanhe’s expression immediately changed: “Senior Sister, you…”

“I didn’t violate the sect’s rules. The superior spiritual herbs I chose were obtained by my disciple during the Blood Trial. According to the sect’s rules for accepting disciples, I can take half as a gift. Of course, before I could even speak, this child took the initiative to give me half of the spiritual herb’s proceeds.” Hong Fu made no attempt to hide her admiration for the little disciple beside her.

Lei Wanhe turned his head and began his first serious examination.

“These two young people’s spiritual root aptitude is quite ordinary, isn’t it? Could they both be ordinary three spiritual roots?”

“Xuan’er has three spiritual roots, and Han Li has four spiritual roots.”

Lei Wanhe: “…Four-element pseudo-spiritual roots?”

How is that possible?

Four-element pseudo-spiritual roots can also achieve Foundation Establishment?

He was shocked once again.

“It was my unassuming disciple who brought out enough spiritual herbs and thwarted the Hidden Moon Sect’s scheme, allowing Junior Brother Li and me to win easily.”

“I see, so it was the Foundation Establishment Pills obtained through the merit points earned from exchanging spiritual herbs in the forbidden area.” Lei Wanhe was even more astonished after understanding the reason:

Tsk tsk, a considerable number of Foundation Establishment Pills are needed for a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator to cross the Foundation Establishment hurdle. How many rare spiritual herbs, long extinct in the outside world, would one have to harvest in the forbidden area to exchange for enough Foundation Establishment Pills?

This little guy has some luck.

“And what about Junior Brother Huang Nie? Why did he choose the high-quality spiritual herbs?”

Lei Wanhe was still somewhat indignant about this.

“He has a nominal disciple in the Chen family. He didn’t accept the apprenticeship gift before. After the last trial, he intercepted the high-quality spiritual herbs that the child brought out by using the rules of the apprenticeship gift.”

Hearing this, Lei Wanhe’s eyes turned red with envy.

If he had known that the Crimson Forbidden Area could still be as profitable as it was two hundred years ago, he would have definitely wanted to get involved.

He would be very satisfied if he could get one or two rare spiritual herbs—no, two high-quality ones.

You see, the spiritual herbs in the forbidden area are far more potent than ordinary herbs from the outside world. Even the same high-quality herbs can have significantly different effects. If he could use a high-quality herb from the forbidden area to refine a batch of Yuan-Boosting Pills, the pills’ efficacy would definitely be enhanced, which would undoubtedly help him break through his bottleneck.

Unfortunately, he missed the last opportunity.

“Senior Sister, you specifically kept me here to say so much, it wasn’t just to show off in front of Junior Brother, was it?” Lei Wanhe suppressed his amazement and narrowed his chubby eyes again.

“You two go and deal with that over there.”

Master Hongfu pointed to the large pile of junk left behind by the Thousand Bamboo Sect members and gestured to Dong Xuan’er and Han Li.

Dong Xuan’er immediately left obediently.

Han Li then opened the cave’s protective barrier:

“Master, Uncle-Master, please talk inside.”

“Hmm, you’re thoughtful.”

After the two disciples had gone to collect their spoils, Hong Fu led Lei Wanhe into her disciple’s fake cave, which was used as a cover:

“Junior Brother, those high-quality spiritual herbs and even that rare Purple-Gold Flower I have are actually of little use to someone like me in the late stage of Core Formation, but they’re quite useful to you…” Hong Fu

deliberately drew out her words slightly.

Lei Wanhe immediately understood .

His eyes lit up, and he stepped forward, his chubby face full of earnestness:

“Senior Sister, my dear Senior Sister, you must sell me two. Whatever you want, just name it… anything that I can offer!

“

Han Li and Dong Xuan’er entered the ruins of the previous battlefield and gathered up the scrap metal.

There was a giant tiger puppet, and over seven hundred level 2 Qi Refining stage puppets comparable to high-grade magic weapons.

There were also more than ten storage bags.

“Junior brother, it’s good you reminded Master not to destroy these people’s things, otherwise, our harvest would have been greatly reduced.”

Over seven hundred puppets of comparable value to high-grade magic weapons.

A giant tiger puppet that looked quite powerful.

Plus so many Foundation Establishment cultivators’ storage bags.

If they had all been destroyed, at least seventy or eighty thousand spirit stones would have been lost.

“Senior sister, actually, Master would have handled it carefully without me saying a word.”

Master Hong Fu wasn’t Lei Wanhe, who had just returned from searching for spiritual herbs and was in a bad mood.

Besides, with Master Hong Fu’s discerning eye, how could she not see the value of the numerous puppets and the wealth contained in the dozen or so storage bags?

These Foundation Establishment stage protectors of the Thousand Bamboo Sect, who could control so many puppets simultaneously, must be very wealthy. Their spirit stone reserves must be astonishing.

Sure enough.

Han Li glanced at one of the storage bags and clicked his tongue in amazement:

“Senior Sister, this storage bag contains over two thousand spirit stones. The other two storage bags I have are about the same…”

“Mine are too,” Dong Xuan’er replied, “and this one is even richer, containing over three thousand low-grade spirit stones and twelve mid-grade spirit stones. Huh? And a piece of iron essence?”

Of course.

Besides Huang Long and his group’s storage bags, there were actually six other Foundation Establishment stage cultivators’ storage bags.

However, the big fish eat the small fish.

After those six were wiped out by Huang Long and his group, their storage bags became spoils of war and fell into Huang Long and his group’s hands. Each of the six people’s storage bags contained over a thousand spirit stones, totaling around   　seven

or eight thousand. However, if you include the various magical artifacts, talismans, materials, and other supplies, it’s quite valuable.   (End of Chapter)