#1773 - Gather the Elixir

“Alas, to be honest, I only found out recently. It was the commotion caused by those few breaking the formation that was too big, and I happened to release this ant to help find treasures, that I found out. But it's not too late. According to their speed, it will take them quite a while to come up. Next, we should stay away from that direction and find a place to hide. As for the future, we'll play it by ear. If it really doesn't work out, we'll quietly retreat.”

Yue Fengshan sighed and spoke without any concealment.

“I see. Alright, then we'll listen to Fellow Daoist Yue.”

Lai Changyi and the woman exchanged a glance, and the former nodded.

Thus, the three of them stopped talking and hurriedly left this place, disappearing without a trace.

………

Meanwhile, on the other side, as soon as Wu Fan entered the medicine garden, he was immediately attracted by the scene before him. He looked around, dazzled, but his eyes were filled with excitement.

As expected, the age of the various spiritual herbs inside had reached terrifying heights, and they were all ancient species, many of which are now extinct.

Moreover, at a rough glance, there were at least hundreds of types of spiritual herbs and fruit trees here, with each plant numbering in the thousands.

Seeing this scene, Wu Fan forgot about collecting spiritual herbs and quickly shuttled through the medicine garden, examining each spiritual herb. The more he looked, the more shocked and ecstatic he became.

“Could this be the legendary Scarlet Firmament Fire Ginseng? Heavens, it's actually over ten thousand years old. And this, it must be the 'Earthen Origin Returning Fungus', gathered from the essence of a thousand-year earth vein, a holy product for healing. To think that this kind of medicine can be kept alive, it's unbelievable. This… haha, that's right, it's the Seven Emotions Heart Refining Fruit, a holy medicine for resisting inner demons. Even if it's not used to refine pills, it has great effects!…”

During his run, Wu Fan exclaimed repeatedly, laughing non-stop, because he saw too many ancient species, all of which were not found in the small space.

Ling'er was also infected by her master's emotions and couldn't help but giggle. However, she did not forget the main task, squatting there and quickly digging up spiritual herbs, but she was careful not to damage the roots.

At this time, Wu Fan stopped next to a fruit tree, carefully looked at it a few times, and couldn't help but grin.

This was a fruit tree about two zhang tall. It didn't seem tall, but it was unusually thick, with faint fire-attribute spiritual energy overflowing from it. The leaves were also fiery red, and it bore a total of twenty-odd fist-sized red fruits.

“My luck is really good, the Returning Spirit Scarlet Heart Fruit is also here. If I can find the other spiritual herbs, refining the Spirit Breakthrough Pill won't be difficult.”

Wu Fan nodded with satisfaction, then got up and left this place.

However, he was happy a little too early. Only a moment later, he actually found five more spiritual herbs for refining the Spirit Breakthrough Pill. If you add the Scarlet Heart Fruit just now, and the four types found in the third floor pavilion before, he had now gathered all the spiritual herbs, that's right, he had gathered them all.

Of course, normally speaking, he was still missing three types. Madam Yan had said that he needed to find nine types in total, but you should know that was for others. Over the years, Wu Fan had collected countless spiritual herbs, and naturally had many things that were difficult to find outside, and he happened to have the other three types.

But then again, even if he didn't have them, it wouldn't matter, because there were also those three types of spiritual herbs in this medicine garden, and their age was sufficient for use. This saved him from having to ripen them, and he could use them directly.

At this time, Wu Fan's mood could not be described with excitement. It could be said that this trip to the Fallen Dragon Valley had finally declared a complete success. When he returned, he could try to break through to the later stage. At that time, in this human realm, who would he be afraid of?

Next, Wu Fan stopped looking around and instead, together with Ling'er, happily began to collect spiritual herbs.

However, the spiritual herbs here were all extremely precious. In order not to damage the roots during excavation, Wu Fan did not control the puppets to help, but personally took the field and carefully collected them.

But this also led to the fact that after the entire medicine garden was completely collected, several hours had passed.

But this didn't matter to Wu Fan. Now, Ling'er had almost visited the entire ruins, and had not smelled any special spiritual energy gathering place, which meant that there was no better treasure trove.

Moreover, since Huangfu Sheng killed Zhan Xiao, no spiritual power fluctuations had been transmitted from the ruins, which could prove that the treasure vault had not been found yet.

He didn't believe that a dignified treasure trove wouldn't even have a defensive formation, after all, the medicine garden he was in had formation protection.

As for some other small buildings, Wu Fan was too lazy to search for them, because it was purely a waste of time. Thinking about how he had wasted several hours before, wasn't he still empty-handed?

At this time, Wu Fan looked at the empty medicine garden, his mouth almost splitting to the back of his ears, so he stopped lingering and left this place with Ling'er.

Next, he no longer ran around alone, but followed closely behind Ling'er, hoping to gain something.

However, things didn't go as planned. Wasting more than an hour in vain, he only got a few broken magical artifacts, just like before.

Now, the only place in the entire ruins that he hadn't visited was the depths of the northwest direction. Wu Fan decided to take a look there.

………

At the same time, far away in several directions, Madam Yan, Huangfu Sheng, Gongyu Gan and others were also excitedly running towards that direction.

Even Lai Changyi and the three of them were quietly approaching.

After an unknown amount of time, when Wu Fan arrived nearby, Huangfu Sheng, Madam Yan, and Gongyu Gan had already arrived in advance.

However, there was no sound here anymore, but it could be clearly seen that Xiahou Jian was standing in front of them, looking over with a wry smile.

Wu Fan touched his nose, shook his head and smiled. He didn't blame Xiahou Jian, but looked around at the surrounding scene.

It was not difficult to see that Huangfu Sheng and others had already reproached Xiahou Jian. After all, they had agreed in advance, but this person did not send a sound transmission talisman, obviously intending to enjoy the treasure alone. But unfortunately, this person did not understand how to break the formation. After a lot of work, he still had no chance to enter the ruins.

Regarding this conjecture, Wu Fan just glanced at the surrounding situation and guessed eight or nine out of ten.

Because this was an inconspicuous small valley, surrounded by a dense forest. And in the central location, there was a small hill, only five or six zhang high. It could also be said that it was the small mountain peak below the entire peak, because this place was not leveled like other places.

And below the stone wall of the small mountain peak in front, there was a hidden stone door, but it was covered by various weeds, making it impossible to see without careful observation.

However, the entire small mountain peak was covered by a layer of seven-colored crystal wall, which looked similar to the formation they had broken down the mountain before.