The Ghostly Doctor;Mesmerizing Ghost Doctor

CHAPTER 1426-1450

Chapter 1426: Fertilizer

“Whoosh! Whoa!”

Feng Jiu, who already walked over to the side, saw Chen Dao’s sword was raised high and plunged hard at the dragon. With a whimper, the dragon was cut into two. The dirt in the earth-drilling dragon sprayed out and splashed all over the ground. The whole air was filled with a foul smell.

Several alchemists at the back were relieved to see this. It’s good that the beast had died.

However, as soon as the dragon’s stench had cleared, there was a rustling sound again in the dark of the night. In the blink of an eye, a dozen or so strong earth-drilling dragons leapt out in front of them and some of their tails rolled towards their feet.

“Ah! So many!”

Several alchemists leapt to dodge the beasts and jumped into the trees, while some of them took out medicine and sprinkled them to prevent the earth-drilling dragons from approaching. Even Chen Dao was stunned for a moment.

However, it was not difficult to deal with this thing because it was afraid of fire. When he saw that the alchemists were climbing up the tree like monkeys and hiding, he was so furious that he blew his beard and glared at them.

“Aren’t you ashamed? How old are you to climb up onto a tree like monkeys and hide? Do you plan to leave these bugs to me to kill? Are you so disloyal and have no guts? You all lost faces!”

Being scolded by him, some of them blushed and some others ashamed. However, they didn’t go down from the tree. “Senior Brother Chen, you are the team leader. Naturally, you have to shoulder the responsibility of protecting us, right? Don’t think being the team leader is for nothing, ah!”

“Besides, our combat skills are not good. But, Senior Brother Chen, you are different! In your eyes, those earth-drilling dragons are small bugs. In our eyes, they are big ones. You can kill them with one sword while we may be swallowed at any time when we go down.”

When he heard this, Chen Dao felt both amused and angry. Look at these people, what kind of talk was this? Why make so many excuses for being a coward? They truly lost their face as a man.

While still deep in thought, Chen Dao saw an earth-drilling dragon that had a less dark tone scuttling toward him. He snorted, Once the blade in his hand had ample fire power, he swung it down and chopped the dragon into two. Having a mischievous idea, he used the blade to fling the two chopped parts of the earth-drilling dragon toward several people sitting atop the trees.

Those people suddenly sensed a thing flying their side and bumped into their arms with a thud. When they felt a cold touch in their arms, they looked down and couldn’t help but scream.

“Ah!”

Then, Chen Dao tossed each earth-drilling dragon that he had killed at them. His most nefarious idea was to shoot a smaller dragon toward the people on the tree.

“Ah! Chen Dao! There’s no one as outrageous as you!”

“Blargh!”

Some people exclaimed, while some others vomited. For a moment, several people on the tree huddled in confusion. They had no other choice but getting down from the tree. However, their bodies were covered with the earth-drilling dragon’s body fluid that smelled really bad.

“Senior Brother Chen, they’re here!”

Feng Jiu’s voice was heard from their front. Chen Dao solved the problem of the earth-drilling dragons and then leapt to where Feng Jiu was. Luo Heng and several others were lying unconscious in the mud pit. Although they were motionless, judging from their breaths, they should have no big problems.

Seeing that those few people were all right, Chen Dao could not help but smile and jokingly said, “Hey, were they caught to be made fertilizers?”

Chapter 1427: The earth-drilling dragon’s gallbladder

As he talked, he stepped forward trying to drag those few men out. Unexpectedly, once he stepped inside the pit, his expression changed. He immediately shouted at Feng Jiu who was about to enter the mud pit.“Don’t get in!”

Feng Jiu was startled. She halted her steps. After seeing him standing there with a different expression, she asked, “What’s wrong?” Chen Dao seemed to sink slightly inside the mud. Feng Jiu was astounded. “Is this the quicksand pond?”

“Correct. It’s the quicksand pond. You can’t come in.”

He stood still, even speaking and breathing softly. This time he finally knew why all of them were covered with mud and some of them had only their heads visible above ground. Originally, this insignificant mud pit was actually a quicksand pond.

The quicksand pond, as its name suggested, was a muddy and rotten land. If people entered it by mistake, they would fall into the pond. If they struggled hard, they would sink faster. Just as now, he was still standing. Because of gravity, soon he would sink to half his waist. The soil under the feet couldn’t be trampled on and the soil on the bodies acted as a magnet.

“A quicksand pond? Quick, look for some branches. Pull Chen Dao with the tree branch!”

Several men came in and yelled and hurriedly looked for branches to pull out people. But, at this moment, Feng Jiu’s hands moved and a coarse rope flew out and binding Chen Dao’s hand. At the next moment, Feng Jiu pulled Chen Dao out.

“Pop!”

He was fished out of the mud like pulling out some white radishes.

“Whew, I’m too scared to breathe. I’m so careless.” Chen Dao said. As he looked at the rope in his hand, his eyes flashed. He stroked his handlebar moustache and grinned at Feng Jiu. “Kid, you have great strength. You’ve got hidden power!”

Feng Jiu looked at Chen Dao’s muddy hand stroking his handlebar moustache, making them stained with mud. She couldn’t help laughing. “No, it’s just that Senior Brother Chen’s elegant and unrestrained figure is so slender. It didn’t require a strenuous effort to pull you out!”

“Hahahaha. Kid, any words coming out of your mouth always make people happy. Very good. Senior Brother will reward you later.” He lowered his head, looking at his half body covered with mud and sighed, “I’m covered with mud. Somehow, I felt like a muddy hog.”

Feng Jiu smiled with her eyes narrowed. Looking at those people still unconscious in the mud, she said with a smile, “Senior Brother Chen, if you don’t pull them out, they will sink.” Because the soil was stirred, the people in the mud began to sink again.

Chen Dao looked back. At the next moment, he lifted his feet and jumped over the pond to pull them out.

Feng Jiu saw it and leapt out to pull out two people. After a few times, both of them saved several people inside the pond. However, each one of them was still in a coma.

“The earth-drilling dragons have thorns on their tails. The thorn contains medical properties that can make people comatose. It has a different category from ordinary incapacitating agents. We can’t solve it with our potions. Feng Jiu, go and take the gallbladders of those earth-drilling dragons that were split into two.”

After Chen Dao checked for several people, he asked Feng Jiu to pick the earth-drilling dragons’ gallbladder.

“Alright.” Feng Jiu replied and returned to those chopped into two earth-drilling dragons and found an egg-sized gallbladder in the beast’ abdomen.

“Senior Brother Chen, here’s the gallbladder.” She handed the thing over. Chen Dao took the gallbladder and ripped a small hole to pour it on those unconscious people.

Chapter 1428: How to slip away?

Feng Jiu couldn’t help grinning at the dark green gallbladder poured on the unconscious men. The earth-drilling dragon’s gallbladder was also medicine, but, if unprocessed, it had a bitter and fishy taste. It was really unpalatable.

However, it certainly had a miraculous effect. Not long after that, the first person receiving the poured gallbladder woke up with a cough.

“Cough!”

Luo Heng choked up and awakened. He had a bitter and fishy taste in his mouth. When he smacked his lips to taste it, he glimpsed what Chen Dao was doing from the corner of his eyes. He suddenly fell on his stomach and vomited.

“Blargh…”

“Hey, Senior Brother Luo, you took the earth-drilling dragon’s gallbladder, not a poison. It just doesn’t taste very good.” Feng Jiu grinned widely at Luo Heng who looked up for a glimpse then vomiting violently on the ground.

Some of the alchemists were watching from the side. Their gazes were fixed at Feng Jiu for a while, both with shame and curiosity at this young errand boy.

Throughout the whole journey, this young errand boy was more adaptable to this environment than they were. Compared with him, they were just like pampered sons of wealthy families who had not experienced pain and were incompatible with this forest.

However, this young errand boy was not the same. His strength was clearly at the Foundation Building level, yet he was bold and careful. When they retreated, he stepped forward. With this scene in mind, they could only treat him differently.

“Why am I covered in mud?” Luo Heng looked at Feng Jiu inquiringly. “I clearly remember to be dragged away by an icy-cold thing. After that, I lost consciousness.”

“It was an earth-drilling dragon that dragged you into the quicksand pond.” Feng Jiu pointed to the quicksand pond nearby and said with a smile, “It was Senior Brother Chen and me who helped you guys up.”

Hearing this, those people looked at each other and then stood up and cupped their fists to thank Chen Dao.

“Thank you so much, Senior Brother Chen.”

“Many thanks, Junior Brother Chen.”

However, they were unanimous in ignoring Feng Jiu. In their eyes, she’s just an errand boy. There was no need for them to thank her nor could she afford their gratitude.

When Feng Jiu saw those people not only not thanking her but also directly ignoring her, she only smiled and said nothing.

“Thank you, Feng Jiu. I’ll invite you for a drink when we go back.” Luo Heng reached forward to pat Feng Jiu’s shoulder, but unexpectedly, his muddy hand hit empty space.

“Senior Brother Luo, I’m still clean!” Feng Jiu stepped three steps back and smiled with her eyes squinted.

Luo Heng Leng for a moment and then smiled. “Alright, alright. I know my hand is muddy, so I won’t touch you.” He looked around. “We have to find a place to wash and change clothes! I feel so uncomfortable getting all muddy.”

“There’s a stream ahead. Come with me.” Chen Dao said, taking them along with him.

Feng Jiu walked leisurely behind them. She felt like slipping away. But, she knew that if she disappeared, even if others wouldn’t look for her, Chen Dao definitely would do so.

But if she told him directly that she wanted to go solo, what kind of excuse should be used? And even if she told him, he probably wouldn’t agree. After all, in his eyes, she was a Foundation Building cultivator.

“So troublesome!”

She sighed helplessly. She had no other option but to follow them. She only hoped that they would go directly to the deepest part. Perhaps there would be a chance to meet her mother.

“Feng Jiu, there’s a mountain spring here. Do you want to come over to bathe?”

Chapter 1429: What’s wrong?

Feng Jiu arrived at that mountain spring pool, saying, “The spring water is rather cool at midnight. I’ll just wash my face and freshen up.”

Two torches were placed on the ground to illuminate the surroundings. The men had already begun to take their muddy coats off. When they were about to take off their trousers, several of them stopped their movements, as if they recalled something. They also seemed to notice that someone was watching them, so they looked up.

“Take it off. Why don’t you take it off? We’re watching!”

Two female alchemists stood by, staring at them. Their robes were stained with mud and clung to their bodies, outlining their graceful figures.

Feng Jiu could not help smiling. She shot the two women a glance and then turned around to sit under the tree not far away.

“You two, go ahead and wash first. Hurry up, don’t waste too much time.” Chen Dao signalled the two women to go to the mountain spring to bathe while telling the male alchemists, “All men withdraw ten meters away and turn their backs.”

The male alchemists had to endure the discomfort of having their clothes stuck to their bodies and retreated ten meters away. Men certainly should give way to women. It’s a form of courtesy as well as self-cultivation.

When the two women saw this, they glanced at each other. While one person was guarding, the other bathed and changed clothes. Because there were men ten meters away in this forest, they didn’t dare to bathe for too long. They simply washed the mud away and changed the dirty clothes then quickly put clean clothes on.

“We’re done.” Once the two women reached that side, they used their spirit energy breath to dry their hair.

In the dim of the night, standing under the tree and illuminated by the moon while caressing their hair, the women’s curvaceous figures and enchanting mien made the men staring blankly at them.

“Ouch!”

One of them didn’t pay attention to his feet, tripped over a stone and fell down on the ground, allowing several men beside him to recover and stabilize their minds.

The man who fell down smiled at the women sheepishly. He stood up quickly and rushed toward the mountain spring.

Feng Jiu glanced at those people with a quaint look then looked away.

About an hour later, everyone had finished washing their clothes and cleansing their bodies. Feng Jiu had a nap while waiting for them under the tree. She didn’t wake up until she heard Chen Dao’s voice.

Having changed into clean clothes, Chen Dao walked over and saw Feng Jiu taking a nap with her head leaning to one side. He shook his head and laughed. “This kid can fall asleep here?”

“Senior Brother Chen, shall we go on or stay here for the night?” One man asked. He actually wanted to stay, after all, they had a rough night here.

“Take a rest then! Let’s leave when it’s dawn.”

Chen Dao then took out a robe and wanted to put it on the sleeping Feng Jiu. Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached with the robe on his hand, Feng Jiu woke up. The moment she opened her eyes, the vigilance and cold light burst out from her eyes, startling Chen Dao. He looked as if he was frightened.

“Senior Brother Chen? What’s wrong?” Feng Jiu woke up and looked at Chen Dao, who took a step back with a robe in his hand. He looked somewhat stunned and unresponsive.

“This forest is freezing at midnight. Thinking you’re still young and weak, as well as seeing you fall asleep, I wanted to cover you with a robe. To my surprise, you woke up immediately.”

Chapter 1430: Effortless

It was beyond comprehension why he was startled when Feng Jiu suddenly opened her eyes. His heart was pounding violently. If he had not held back from screaming, he would have really lost his composure in front of others.

“Cough!”

He coughed, holding his fist in front of his mouth while pondering inwardly. If he were screaming, it would be a blow to his image.

However, the sharp and cold light in the boy’s eyes when he opened his eyes was surprising. His vigilance was very strong. It was not like that of a Foundation Building cultivator.

“No need, I just took a short nap. I got clothes, too.” She smiled with her eyes narrowed to a crescent and looked at everyone. “Are we going to rest here tonight?”

“Mm, let’s rest for a while!” He answered and walked over to sit next to Feng Jiu. But, when he just sat down, Feng Jiu jumped up.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Dao was startled, looking at the abruptly standing Feng Jiu.

“Senior Brother Chen, look, the Specter Grass!” She pointed to the reappearing pair of Specter Grasses. Her eyes were shining.

Chen Dao took a glance, and sure enough, the Specter Grass appeared again. But, he was not interested. “This thing is too difficult to catch. Since you can’t pick it, let’s leave some strength to rest!”

Several other alchemists noticed the grass, too. They recalled their losses because of the Specter Grass. Even though their hearts were stirred, they made no movement. They knew their own strength. If they couldn’t pick these two Specter Grasses and this matter was not handled well, they would repeat the same mistake. Forget it!

“Don’t you want it either, Senior Brothers?” Feng Jiu asked several of them with a smile.

Hearing this, Chen Dao glanced at him and smiled. “Kid, from what you said, do you perhaps want to pick them? If you have the skill to get them, I can help you to refine any medicinal pills you need, as long as all the herbs are gathered.”

“Tch!”

Those alchemists sneered and glanced at Feng Jiu contemptuously, “Can you catch the Specter Grass grass that we were unable to pick? You overestimate yourself.”

“Hey hey, since everybody doesn’t want them, I’ll go and grab them!” She ignored their contempt and walked with a grin toward the two Specter Grasses not far away.

At the resting place, everyone seeing this scene was not feeling sleepy. Each one of them watched the figure in blue attentively, wanting to see the boy made a fool of himself. Surprisingly, she groped inside her cosmos sack and found a fishing net.

The crowd stared blankly with a strange expression on their faces. They saw the boy step forward softly while focusing his gaze at the two Specter Grasses a distance away. Then, he started his move and the net spread over one of the grass.

“Ah!”

Someone stood up with an exclamation. He stared at the front with eyes open wide, looking very excited. “He caught it!”

Yes, the boy caught the Specter Grass.

Feng Jiu looked at the Specter Grass inside the net and laughed loudly. She was familiar with the growth properties of the Specter Grass, so she took a thin thread, tied it to one she had caught and released it.

The other plant moved up and kept a short distance away. At the next moment, Feng Jiu spread the net and caught the other one effortlessly. She put the two Specter Grasses directly into the space.

The Specter Grass was split into male and female. If the male plant was caught, the female would linger. If the female plant was caught, the male would escape quickly. Therefore, as long as she caught the male plant first, she could naturally catch both of them.

Chapter 1431: Not For Sale But Can Be Borrowed

Chen Dao was very surprised when he saw that. He felt that Feng Jiu’s actions were really quite intriguing sometimes. While no one was able to catch the Specter Grass, Feng Jiu was able to catch the Specter Grass with a dip net with ease, it was truly an unwavering slap in the face!“Just look at him, all of you, he’s not even twenty years old! And he’s only an errand boy, not even an alchemist, and he is able to do something that none of you are able to. Are you ashamed of yourselves?”

As she listened to Chen Dao speaking, Feng Jiu’s mouth twitched. She put away the net and was walking over when an alchemist stood in front of her, blocking her way: “I give you pills in exchange for the two Specter Grass plants.”

Feng Jiu looked back at the person in front of her, her eyes squinted as she smiled and replied: “Not exchanging.”

She was planning on planting those two Specter Grass plants in space! The Specter Grass was an essential ingredient for many pills, and it also has many uses when added to different prescriptions, there was no way she was going to give up the plants.

“I can…..”

Before the alchemist was able to finish his sentence, he was pushed aside by Chen Dao who had walked forwards. He staggered a few steps backwards before he steadied his footsteps. When he saw that it was Chen Dao, he couldn’t help but shouted angrily: “Chen Dao, what are you doing?”

Chen Dao wrapped his arms across his chest and narrowed his eyes as he looked at him: “I was just about to ask you the same thing! Have you no shame? You want him to exchange the spirit plant that he picked himself with you? If you keep pestering him like this, do you believe that I will kick you into the mud pit?”

Rendered speechless by those words, that man could only glance bitterly at Feng Jiu before he pursed his lips and turned around and returned to sit under the tree. However, being arrogant, he was unable to stomach this humiliation.

Chen Dao glanced at that man and snorted, then said to Feng Jiu: “Make sure you keep your own things safe. If they dare to give you any trouble, come to me. You are under my protection, if they dare to cause trouble for you, they are causing trouble for me.”

When Feng Jiu heard this, she grinned: “Thank you Senior Brother Chen.”

“Okay, let’s rest now. We will continue walking at dawn.” He waved his hand and found a place to sit down and rest.

At this time, Feng Jiu leapt up into a tree to sleep. As she leaned against the tree and looked down at the people below her, the corners of her lips curled upwards. She was about to close her eyes when she saw that Luo Heng had also leapt up onto a tree nearby.

“Hey, Feng Jiu. Why do you have a dip net with you? Why didn’t you take it out?”

Feng Jiu glanced at him and smiled: “I used it for fishing in the past, and sometimes I would use it to catch beasts too. It just so happens that it is perfect for catching Specter Grass this time.”

“How about selling it to me? I don’t want your Specter Grass, just your dip net, and I will trade you some pills for it.”

“No, I still need it” She closed her eyes and ignored him.

“Hey…..”

“I’m going to sleep Senior Brother Luo. I won’t sell it to you, however I might lend it to you. But let’s talk about it tomorrow after I wake up.”

Upon hearing this, Luo Heng smiled: “Okay then!” It was good enough to borrow it! With the dip net, he would be able to catch the Specter Grass!

Early the next morning, everyone awoke to the sounds of the birds and insects and saw the rays of sunlight shining through the forest. The morning air was extremely fresh and there was a very peaceful feeling to it. Everyone’s mood was instantly clear.

There were inexhaustible resources here, they might have missed out on Specter Grass, but there were many others. They shouldn’t keep thinking about those two Specter Grass plants as it would make them seem too petty if they did.

Chapter 1432: I Want To Go In

The whole team walked into the forest and entered the innermost area. There were all sorts of spirit herbs that could be seen growing wildly, some in the weeds, some in the bare ground and some out of the seams of rocks.Feng Jiu was at the back happily picking the herbs and found that the further in they went, the higher the level of the herbs were. Other than her, there were a few people in front who had started picking spirit herbs that were useful to them. The ten of them were scattered and there was no conflict.

After a few days, Chen Dao’s team were resting in the forest while Feng Jiu was picking spirit herbs. After she had put a grass plant in her cosmos sack, she saw a pair of shoes and a gorgeous skirt appear in front of her, moving faintly.

She was taken aback. When she looked up and saw the person in front of her, a smile appeared on her face: “Senior Sister.” Wasn’t this one of the two girls from before? What did they want from her?

“Junior Brother Feng.”

As soon as her delicate voice spoke, her white and slender fingers were already on Feng Jiu’s shoulders gently rubbing them back and forth. Her beautiful eyes stared at Feng Jiu with an inexplicable meaning in them.

Feng Jiu’s body stiffened. She stood there with a smile on her face as if unsure of what was going on: “Senior Sister, what, what are you doing?”

Although this woman looked like she was in her twenties, however, her strength was definitely more than this age. She actually dared to make a move on an inexperienced person, how despicable.

“Junior Brother Feng, you’ve picked so many herbs but you don’t know how to refine them. Why don’t Senior Sister I, suffer a loss and help you refine them?”

“Hehe, no need. Senior Brother Chen said he would help me refine them.” When her hand touched Feng Jiu’s chest lightly, she smiled silly and backed away a few steps.

When she saw the young boy had retreated, the woman covered her mouth and chuckled. She was just about to take another step forward when she saw the youth look at her in surprise and called out: “Senior Brother Chen!”

When she heard that, her heart stopped in shock. She looked back thinking Chen Dao was behind her. However, when she turned her head, she saw that there was no one around. By the time she turned back to the youth, he had disappeared without a trace.

“Argh, little rascal.” She snorted as she flexed her fingers and walked back.

When Chen Dao, who was chatting to Luo Heng saw Feng Jiu rushing over, he asked: “Did you call me just now? I thought I heard you shout.”

“Yes, I did, I called for you.” Feng Jiu came to their side and smiled: “I wanted to ask if we are going to continue walking inside here.”

“Well.” Chen Dao stroked his moustache and said: “Actually, the elders have instructed us to only walk around the outer areas of the forest, as for the depths of the forest…..” He hesitated, then continued: “Although there are some extremely precious spirit herbs in the depths of the forest, there are also some ferocious spirit beasts guarding them. The sect doesn’t actually recommend for us to venture into the depths.”

Feng Jiu’s eyes lit up and she asked: “Then are we going in?” Her mother is most probably inside. Since they were already here, even if they didn’t want to go inside, she was still keen to go inside and take a look.

“You want to go in?”

When Chen Dao saw the look of anticipation on his face, he was a little surprised: “You don’t even know how to refine pills and you are only going to sell the spirit herbs that you have picked. Besides, I have already said earlier, there are ferocious spirit beasts inside with strong combativeness, so it’s not suitable for us alchemists to go inside.”

Upon hearing this, Feng Jiu grinned: “It’s such a rare opportunity for me to be able to come in here, I want to go and take a look.”

Chapter 1433: It’s A Deal

“I don’t think you should go in.”

Chen Dao continued: “Your strength is not good enough and you will encounter danger if you go in. Besides, we were just saying that we have picked more than enough spirit herbs these last few days and were thinking of finding a place to settle down and refine elixirs.”

“Senior Brother Chen, you all go ahead and refine elixirs. I will just go in for a quick look. Don’t worry about me, I will be fine, really.” Feng Jiu was about to say something else when suddenly, she heard a loud bang.

“Bang! Boom boom boom!”

“What is that noise?”

Everyone was taken aback, they quickly stood up and looked around. The noise had come from midair and for a while, they couldn’t make out where it was coming from.

When she felt the ground vibrate, Feng Jiu was taken aback for a moment, then said: “It could be a giant bear.”

“How do you know?” Luo Heng looked at her and asked.

“The sound of it landing on the ground is heavy and loud, plus there is a rhythm. Only a giant bear can make a sound like that. The ground is still vibrating slightly, so this bear must be huge and most probably above the Saint Beast level.

“Bang! Boom boom boom!”

“It’s coming from over there!” She pointed to the depths of the forest directly in front of her: “It’s getting closer. It’s a giant bear from the depths of the forest!” She drew in a breath and lifted herself up to a branch on a tree then started to look deep into the distance from high above.

Faintly visible, she saw a giant brown bear running over and it was frightful watching it gain speed.

“This is a peak level Saint Beast giant bear! Senior Brother Chen, quickly, take them away from here.” Feng Jiu shouted and pointed to the other side.

Upon hearing this, Chen Dao frowned and asked: “What about you? Are you not leaving? It’s not the time to fool around now, get down from there and leave with us.”

Feng Jiu looked down at Chen Dao who was standing under the tree and smiled: “Senior Brother Chen, thank you very much, but I have to stay behind. I will stay behind to lure the giant bear to the other side and stall for time. Only then will you all have enough time to escape.”

When he heard this, Chen Dao said: “It’s just a giant bear. I have medicine in my space to deal with it. All I need is a pill to reduce the bear in size.”

Feng Jiu shook her head: “It’s useless dealing with such an enormous bear. Besides, this peak level Saint Beast giant bear is one stage away from becoming a Sacred Beast. Those medicines will have no effect on it at this stage. Just hurry up and leave.”

“Let’s go! If he wants to stay behind then let him stay behind. Let’s run for our lives now!” An alchemist said and went in the direction Feng Jiu pointed to.

“That’s right, let’s go! We don’t have a strong combative strength like you guys. If you’re not leaving, we will leave.” The rest of them ran away quickly. Only Luo Heng and the two female alchemists remained.

“Senior Brother Chen, let’s go!”

Luo Heng said. After glancing at Feng Jiu, he turned and left. As for the two female alchemists, although they were quite surprised that Feng Jiu was standing in the tree and refused to leave, they didn’t say anything and left with everyone else.

“Be careful.”

Chen Dao looked at Feng Jiu and urged once again: “If you encounter danger once you get in there, avoid it if you can. The people from the south will be sent out once the time comes. If you can’t make it out once you are in the depths of the forest, all you have to do is find a place to hide and stay alive.”

Upon hearing those words, Feng Jiu’s eyes moved slightly and her eyes narrowed with a smile: “Yes, I understand Senior Brother Chen. Hurry up and leave! We will meet back in the Sect and I will catch another Spirit Bamboo Rat and bring some wine to enjoy with you.”

“It’s a deal.” He smiled, then turned and left.

Chapter 1434: Oh, a female bear

After she watched them leave in haste, Feng Jiu retracted her gaze and looked at the brown bear. In the next moment, she had lifted herself up using her energy and flew towards the brown bear.

“Come here!”

She stepped on the giant bear’s shoulder and led the bear deeper into the depths of the forest.

“Roar!”

The giant bear was enraged at being stepped on and chased after Feng Jiu, roaring angrily. At this moment, Feng Jiu noticed that there was an arrow wedged into the brown bear’s back. The sleeve of the arrow was black and shiny, it looked poisonous as well. However, if there was poison on the arrow, why had the brown bear not fallen down?

“Roar!”

“Boom boom boom!”

The sound of the giant bear’s roar could be heard resonating through the forest and was accompanied by the banging of its feet as it ran. Everyone who had fled in the other direction looked apprehensive when they saw that Feng Jiu hadn’t followed after them.

“Feng Jiu…..”

Luo Heng looked at Chen Dao and asked: “Are you sure we don’t have to bring him back with us?”

“No, let him go! He is a strange person, nothing will happen to him.”

Chen Dao waved his hand and said to everyone else: “We will find a place to rest for a few days. If you want to pick more spirit herbs we can go to another area to do so. If you want to refine pills, we can find a place to do that. What do you all think?”

When everyone heard this, they nodded in agreement: “Well, yes, let’s do that!”

Hence, under the leadership of Chen Dao, they set off in the other direction.

As for Feng Jiu, she had seen a spirit herb as she headed into the depths of the forest and stopped along the way. At this point, the brown bear who was chasing after her had rushed over with a loud roar, its sharp claws were aimed at her as it leapt forward. The few wind blades that were created by the bear’s sharp claws had made several deep marks on the ground.

“Tsk tsk. Such rage is no good. Be careful or you will ruin my spirit herb.” Feng Jiu put away the spirit herb that she had picked and shook her head as she spoke to that brown bear. After she had avoided the bear, she looked at it up and down.

“Are you male or female?”

She leaped up onto a big tree and sat down with one hand caressing her chin as she stared at the brown bear below. Her pair of clever and sly eyes rolled around as if she had thought of something.

“Roar!”

The brown bear rushed forward with a loud roar but it was unable to get up onto the tree. It couldn’t help but hug the trunk of the big tree and shook it violently as it tried to shake the human on the tree off. When Feng Jiu saw this, she couldn’t help but laugh.

“Your intelligence is limited! Do you think you can shake me off like that?” She sat on the tree branch and laughed as she glanced down at the giant bear’s belly.

“Oh, it’s a female bear! What a coincidence, I have a male bear at home. How about you come back with me to marry my male bear and be its companion?” She smiled, her eyes shone brightly. The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

This brown bear was the same breed as her Little Black. However, in comparison to her Little Black, this bear was much higher in rank and was about to enter the Sacred Beast level. If she brought the bear back, Little Black would no doubt be overjoyed.

She was bringing a companion back for her little beast!

“Roar roar!”

The female bear roared angrily and smashed the big tree heavily. The big tree’s branches had straightened out from being shaken and its leaves were falling off. However, Feng Jiu was still sitting on the tree branch and the female bear with an arrow wedged in its back was gradually growing weaker.

“Aoooo!”

It fell to the ground and sat there guarding the tree. It was panting away, as if it was getting tired, or, it could also be due to the injury on its back. Eventually, it fell flat on its stomach.

Chapter 1435: I Have Little Black At Home

“Hey!”

She called out from the tree and threw some little branches down. When she saw that the female bear was lying motionless on her stomach, she jumped down from the tree. As she was approaching the bear and was about to help it remove the arrow from its back, she saw the female bear raise its head suddenly and pounced at her.

“Roar!”

“Huh! How crafty!”

She whispered and retreated quickly on her toes, avoiding the female bear’s attack. When she saw that its eyes were filled with anger and hatred, she knew that it must be angry.

“I didn’t hurt you, it’s useless getting angry at me!” She waved her hand and sighed: “Shall I help you remove the arrow from your back? Even if you can withstand the poison, it’s not a good idea to leave the arrow wedged in your back, right?”

“Roar roar!”

“Enough, stop shouting, do you really think I can’t defeat you!” She rolled her eyes and glanced at the female bear. In the next moment, two silver needles appeared between her fingers and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, revealing a sly smile.

“For my Little Black, I will take you in!”

As soon as she had finished speaking, the two silver needles flew out with a swish and pierced the female bear that was just about to pounce. The female bear let out a long howl and her whole body plunged forward and it collapsed onto the ground.

“Boom!”

As she looked at the weak fallen female bear, Feng Jiu smiled and stepped forward: “See? I didn’t lie, did I? You really aren’t my opponent.”

She came to the female bear’s back and inspected the wound then her eyebrows twisted slightly: “These kinds of sleeved arrows are barbed. If I were to just pull it out, a chunk of flesh would probably be pulled out along with it. Tsk tsk, I don’t know what kind of person would use sleeved arrows, let alone barbed ones.”

As she murmured to herself, she took out her dagger. Since she was unable to pull out the sleeved arrow directly, she had no choice but to cut open the wound to remove the sleeved arrow. Fortunately, she had anaesthetic drugs that she applied to the wound before she started.

After about the time it took half a stick of incense stick to burn, a sleeved arrow that was dripping in blood was finally removed from the giant bear’s back. Feng Jiu had applied medicine to the wound before she bandaged it. After she cleaned her hands, she gave the brown bear a pill to eat and then removed the two silver needles from the bear’s body.

“All done.”

She backed away a few steps then smiled and asked: “Did you take an antidote for poison? Otherwise, why are you not affected by the poison? Are there spirit herbs in this forest that can cure hundreds of poison?”

She thought about it and decided that it was a strong possibility.

“Roar!”

The brown bear gave a low growl, still wary. However, after seeing that Feng Jiu had taken no further action, its roar lowered even more and it lay on its stomach. Once it had recovered its physical strength, it leapt up sharply and ran into the forest quickly.

“Hey, you’re leaving just like that?” Feng Jiu stared after it and shouted: “I really have a Little Black at home to be your companion.”

“Roar!”

It’s only response was a roar and then it ran away, its thumping sound getting more and more distant.

Upon seeing this, she could only shake her head and continue walking towards the forest. It was more important to find her mother! She wondered what spirit herb Master Third Sun had wanted her mother to pick. The more precious the spirit herb, the more dangerous it was. Would she be in danger entering the depths of the forest by herself?

In the evening, when the smell of blood had permeated through the air, she paused, then headed towards the direction of the scent of blood.

About three hundred metres away, she saw ten alchemists panting and sitting under a tree resting. They looked scared out of their wits with multiple wounds on their bodies and blood oozing out of their wounds.

Chapter 1436: We Have Been Surrounded

When she saw that they were all members of the Sect, she walked over: “What happened to all of you? Did you encounter a fierce beast?”The sudden sound they heard had made the ten of them jump up in fright.

Some of them were covering their wounds, and some exclaimed in fright. When they saw the youth in cyan coloured robes walk out, they stared at him.

“Who are you?”

“Oh, I am also a member of the Pill Sun Sect, I’m from Third Sun Peak.” She was stunned for a moment, then smiled with a silly grin on her face.

One of the alchemists was frowning as he stared at Feng Jiu: “You are from Pill Sun Sect? How did a Foundation Formation Cultivator get in here?”

“I remember now, Chen Dao brought him in. I saw him following Chen Dao, he is definitely an errand boy from the Third Sun Peak.” Another alchemist said and when he realised that he was indeed a member of their sect, he let out a breath of relief.

As long as they knew that he wouldn’t be a threat to them it was fine.

“Did you encounter a fierce beast? Why are all of you injured?”

She asked out of curiosity as these men were Golden Core cultivators and one of them was even a Nascent Soul cultivator. How did they get this awkward? Could it be that these alchemists only cultivated spiritual power and not practiced their combative power? What a waste of their strength rank.

“None of your business!” An alchemist said as he applied medicine to his wound. However, he had hurt his hand and was unable to bandage it after he had applied the medicine. Therefore, he shouted over to Feng Jiu: “Come and help me bandage my wound.”

After hearing those words and seeing that no one was willing to answer her questions, showing obvious disdain at her status as an errand boy, she smiled and said: “But that’s none of my business!”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked, and then furious: “You’re just an errand boy, you should count yourself lucky that we would think highly enough of you to allow you to come near us and bandage our wounds.”

Feng Jiu waved her hand: “Forget it, I am just an errand boy, but I didn’t come in here to help you bandage your wounds.” She chuckled and said: “You’re all alchemists, can’t you help each other bandage your wounds? Why do you need an errand boy like me to do it?”

Upon hearing Feng Jiu’s words, everyone’s expressions wavered slightly. When they realised that Feng Jiu was seriously not going to help them bandage their wounds, their faces darkened in anger. This errand boy was too presumptuous! They would make him suffer after they returned to the Sect.

“Awoooo!”

Suddenly a howl of a wolf could be heard, followed by intervals of wolves howling. When they heard the sounds of the wolves howling, the expressions of the ten alchemists changed and they stood up immediately.

“It’s a pack of wolves!”

“It’s a pack of wolves! What should we do?”

As she watched their pale stricken faces, Feng Jiu leant against a tree leisurely and said: “It must be a pack of wolves. Your bodies are covered in blood and the scent of blood is so strong that I could smell it from a few hundred metres away, let alone these wolves that like to feast on human meat.”

When they heard Feng Jiu’s words, someone panicked: “Quick! Let’s get out of here!” They would only be safe if they left the depths of the forest and went to the outermost area of the forest.

At this moment, they were filled with regret. If they hadn’t come inside to pick precious spirit herbs, they wouldn’t have put themselves in such grave danger.

“Awoooo!”

The sounds of the wolves howling drew nearer and nearer and they seemed to have surrounded them in a semi-circle. The ten alchemists tried to move towards the outermost area when they heard a howling of a wolf and stopped in cold sweat.

“We have been surrounded…..”

Chapter 1437: I Will Take Care Of It

Feng Jiu leaned against the tree with her arms folded and looked at the panic-stricken alchemists with a strange expression on her face. Well, she thought that these alchemists were too afraid of death.

In fact, cultivators with Golden Core strength shouldn’t have felt so overwhelmed, even if they only possessed the spiritual power and lacked combative power. Yet, these people were afraid of dying from the wolves’ claws just from hearing the howling of the wolves. They didn’t even have the will to fight, even if they had the ability to fight, what then?

“What shall we do? What shall we do? Oh, that’s it, climb up the tree, quickly!”

As she watched them leaping up the tree one after another, she couldn’t help but grinned: “Some of the wolves in here can leap up trees.” As soon as she had finished speaking, she saw their faces freeze one by one as they stared blankly at each other.

“Awoooo!”

The sound of the wolves howling could be heard again. And at this time, a few wolves had emerged ten metres away, each one was one metre high with grey fur, the slightly ajar mouths of the wolves revealed sharp wolf teeth dripping saliva as their bloodthirsty eyes stared at them.

“Wolves, the wolves are here!”

The alchemists’ faces turned pale. Though some of them held swords in their hands, their hands were shaking involuntarily. As honoured alchemists, they looked upon fighting in disdain. They might be able to deal with some lower strength beasts, however, they were shocked just looking at these bloodthirsty brutal wolves. How could they still have the strength to fight them?

As she looked at the pale faces of the alchemists up on the tree, Feng Jiu grinned: “Dear alchemists, although I am just an errand boy, I am still a Foundation Formation cultivator. Though I am not good in alchemy, I excel in combat and I am more than capable to deal with these wolves.”

Upon hearing those words, everyone was stunned and looked at Feng Jiu in surprise: “Really?”

“Of course.” She raised her chin and replied.

“Then hurry up and drive the wolves away!”

When she heard this, Feng Jiu smiled happily: “It’s really not that difficult to drive the wolves away. However, I will be doing the work with no reward…..”

When they heard this, everyone looked at each other and said: “If you drive the wolves away, each of us will give you a bottle of medicinal pills!”

“Medicinal pills? No, I don’t want them.”

She shook her head: “I don’t want medicinal pills.” She had her own medicinal pills, why would she need theirs? Besides, she might not want their medicinal pills.

“You don’t want them?”

Everyone was startled: “You don’t want medicinal pills from us? You are so dumb! Do you know how precious our medicinal pills are?” He is definitely just an errand boy, he didn’t even want medicinal pills?

“If you don’t want medicinal pills, then what do you want?” Someone asked in surprise.

“Gold, silver, gems, jade and jewellery are all fine. I just don’t want medicinal pills.” She grinned and asked: “Do you have any of the things I asked for?”

Upon hearing her request, there was an odd expression on everyone’s faces: “You really just want gold, silver and jewellery?”

“Yeah.” She nodded in response.

“First, drive away the wolves and then we will pay you.” One of the alchemists said.

Unexpectedly, Feng Jiu laughed loudly and said: “It’s okay, the wolves haven’t gotten near yet. I think that it’s better that I collect the gold, silver and jewellery first. That way, I will have more courage and work harder, don’t you think so?”

“But how can we take it out in this kind of situation? It’s inconvenient!”

Upon hearing this, Feng Jiu waved her hand: “It’s not inconvenient at all. Come on, you’re all up in the tree, I will make my collection one by one.” Saying that, she jumped over to the closest person.

Chapter 1438: Shock

Under Feng Jiu’s cheeky stare and grin, that person had no choice but to undo his cosmos sack to dig out some gold coins and gems for her. After he watched Feng Jiu take the gold and gems then put it in her cosmos sack, the corners of his lips twitched and he asked: “Is this enough?” He would be broke if he dug for more.

“Yes, it’s about right!” Feng Jie nodded and grinned at him with narrowed eyes. She patted his shoulder and said: “Don’t worry. With me around, you won’t be losing any arms or legs.”

When he heard those words, the alchemist’s mouth twitched. He looked down at the youth’s toes as he jumped over to another person and received his so-called reward.

Although everyone had taken out gold coins and precious gems to give to her, there were a couple who were reluctant and stared at Feng Jiu suspiciously saying: “You can drive away the wolves all by yourself? You’ve got to be kidding. You better think about it carefully. If you deceive us, you will suffer when we get back!”

“Awooooo!”

The sound of wolves howling could be heard once again. One of the gray wolves then slammed into the tree and the tree shook violently. The alchemist on the tree was unable to steady his footing and he slipped. He fell onto the wolf’s back and rolled to the side. His face paled in shock and he screamed.

“Arghhh! Help!”

“Awooooo!”

“Hiss!”

The other alchemists on the trees couldn’t help but gasp when they witnessed this scene. With their pale faces, they hugged the branches to prevent themselves from falling off the tree. Especially after the alchemist had fallen off the tree, not only was there the wolf under the tree, but a few other wolves had also started making their way over to him.

As they stood on the trees, they could imagine what happened next would be the alchemist being torn to pieces. When they thought of that, their bodies trembled and they involuntarily squatted down as their legs had become weak from fear.

Feng Jiu however, had reacted differently to them. After she had heard the movement behind her and turned around quickly. She flew down quickly when she saw what had happened and raised her hand. A sharp cold light flashed before everyone’s eyes, and in the next moment, only a scream of hiss sounded, then blood burst out everywhere and spilled onto the ground!

“Ah….”

The alchemist who had fallen under the tree screamed in horror when he saw the pack of wolves close in on him and shut his eyes, not daring to open them.

When his face was covered in warm blood, he opened his eyes to see a figure dressed in azure standing before him holding a blood-stained dagger. The giant wolf that had pounced towards him was lying on the ground dead, his neck slashed. That one metre long wolf was taken down by him just like that.

“D..dead, dead?”

That alchemist collapsed to the ground, his body on top of the wolf’s corpse. He was at a loss and could only feel the red blood in front of him.

“What are you still doing here? Get up there quickly!”

Feng Jiu kicked the wolf’s corpse away with one leg and helped the alchemist up with one hand, then she threw him up onto the tree with great strength.

“Ah!”

The alchemist exclaimed and hugged the tree tightly, staring dumbfoundedly at the young figure in azure down below…

It was the same for the other alchemists on the tree. They only saw the azure figure weave through the wolf pack with the dagger moving up and down in her hand, reflecting light and bloody, murderous….

He, was he really just an errand boy? Was he really just a Foundation Formation cultivator? When did Foundation Formation cultivators become this strong?

Chapter 1439: Who Is He?

“Awoooo!”

The wolves’ blood had provoked the wolves and brought out their nature even more. They roared ferociously and their razor sharp wolf claws were like sharp blades when they were drawn, leaving deep claw marks on the tree trunk.

As more and more wolves joined the pile of wolf corpses on the ground, everyone on the tree couldn’t help but swallow involuntarily, horror and fear blatant in their eyes. The youth that was circling the wolf pack actually took the lives of the fierce beasts so easily, like that of a Slaying God. They couldn’t even see a single wound on his body, and the blood that was splashed onto his azure clothes belonged to the giant wolves….

“Awooooo!”

A long howl of a wolf came and the remaining seven of eight wolves stared at Feng Jiu unwillingly, grinning and hissing. In the end, they could only retreat in haste howling as they fled.

Feng Jiu’s gaze swept across and she saw the Wolf King standing far away at a distance. After looking at the Wolf King, she turned back and knelt down and then started digging the beast crystals out of the giant wolves.

At this point, when the alchemists on the tree saw that the danger had been removed, they let out a breath of relief softly. They looked at each other and felt comfortable enough to come down from the tree. They adjusted their robes and tried hard to maintain their noble bearing as alchemists.

However, each one of them had panicked and pale faces, and some were still trembling slightly. There was no colour in their faces at all, but it was funny to see them struggle to maintain their dignity.

After she had put away the beast crystals, Feng Jiu turned around to face the two men behind her and stretched out her hand. She revealed a harmless smile and said: “You haven’t given me my reward yet.”

The two of them were momentarily startled. When they thought back to the brutality she exerted when she killed the wolves, their hearts trembled and they immediately opened their cosmos sacks to take out a good amount of gold and jewels and placed them in Feng Jiu’s hands.

When they saw Feng Jiu checking the weight of the gold and jewels in her hands, the two men said hastily: “That’s all we have. You don’t need to use gold coins in the Secret Realm so we haven’t got much with us. We have lots of medicinal pills if you want them.”

When they said those words, the two men felt strange, even the people next to them felt weird about the situation, and their expressions showed their confusion.

In the past, people usually begged them to give or sell medicinal pills to them. This was the first time they had to ask an errand boy if they wanted their medicinal pills, and they were giving them away for free too. This was indeed a strange feeling for them.

“Forget it. Although we are from different peaks, after all, we belong to the same Sect. I won’t be so calculative with you.”

She smiled and put away the items in her hands then said to them: “You better get to the outermost area quickly! There are more than just giant wolves in the depths of the forest. If you get surrounded, you will lose your lives for sure. Don’t die for some spirit herbs that you have never even seen before.”

As she looked at the alchemists who were being lectured by her like young children, Feng Jiu had to suppress the weird feeling and gather her composure. She coughed lightly: “Well, if there is nothing else then I shall be leaving. In the future please take care of me when we are back in the Sect.”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this and said hurriedly: “Of course, of course.”

They watched the youth nod his head and leave. After his azure figure had disappeared into the forest, everyone recovered from their daze and looked at each other: “Who is he? Does anyone know his name?”

Chapter 1440: Drinking water that was used to wash the fee

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. They only knew that the youth was an errand boy from Third Sun Peak and came in here with Chen Dao, other than that, they didn’t know anything else.

“It’s fine, once we return to the Sect we will be able to find out who he is. We need to leave here at once, the scent of blood is too strong.” One of them said and hurriedly led everyone towards the outside of the forest.

At the other side, Feng Jiu who had just made a tidy profit was in a very good mood. The pace of her footsteps was extremely fast and strange, as if her feet were not even touching the ground.

Around evening time, she found a source of water in the forest that was flowing downwards from a high place. The water was clear at the bottom with a few leaves floating on the surface.

After she had washed her face, she removed her shoes and sat by the water and soaked her feet in the water. The cold water penetrated her body through the soles of her feet and she closed her eyes as she welcomed the comfortable feeling.

“It’s so cooling.”

She murmured softly with a smile on her face and her hands behind her back. Her head tilted upwards as she squinted as she looked up into the sky and listened to the birds in the forest chirping, the wind rustling over the leaves and the relaxing sounds of the mountain spring. She was completely relaxed.

Sometimes she felt a bit at a loss, wandering around by herself and practicing by herself. She had led this kind of life for quite a long time now, and it was rare for her to have loved ones in her life. In fact, sometimes she just wanted to be a lazy and idle person.

When she brings her mother home, she would also go back with her. She didn’t care about the Eight Supreme Empires, it was better for her to return to her Phoenix Empire and be an idler there.

While she was deep in thought, she suddenly heard a voice coming from the forest. She was taken aback and stood up immediately. After she wiped her feet and put her shoes back on, she walked the trail of the mountain spring water.

About a hundred metres away, she saw two middle-aged men washing their faces in the spring water and then taking a few sips of water. As she watched the two men drinking the water that flowed down from where she had washed her feet in earlier, the corners of her mouth twitched and she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Who is it?”

The two men turned around immediately on guard and called out in a deep voice. After their gazes had swept around their surroundings and fell on the youth in azure robes, they frowned.

“Who are you?”

Feng Jiu’s gaze swept across the badges that were pinned on their chest and medallions that were hung down from their waist, and he calmed his thoughts. She coughed lightly then stepped forwards and bowed: “Third Sun Peak’s errand boy disciple Feng Jiu greets Martial Uncles.”

“You are an errand boy disciple from Third Sun Peak?”

The two men were slightly surprised as they looked at the youth in azure robes. They glanced at the medallion that was hanging from the boy’s waist and thought it a little strange. They asked in confusion: “You’re only at Foundation Formation stage aren’t you? You’re just an errand boy, so how did you get in here?”

“Martial Uncle, it was Senior Brother Chen Dao who brought me in here. I am in the same team as Senior Brother Chen Dao. However, we got separated when we encountered a Giant Bear in the forest. I was chased into the forest by the Giant Bear and that’s how I bumped into Martial Uncles.”

Her expression was filled with excitement and surprise as she looked at the two people in front of her with respect: “I have delivered medicinal herbs to both your cave dwellings Martial Uncles. I just wasn’t fortunate enough to meet Martial Uncles in person. I didn’t expect to bump into Martial Uncles here. I am really lucky.”

Truly lucky indeed, they even drank the water I had washed my feet in. She didn’t know what to say.

From the badges on their chests and the medallions on their waists, she reckoned that they were disciples of Master Third Sun. This was normal for them to be in here. After all, there were precious herbs in here that were not available outside.

But….

Chapter 1441: Picking Medicinal Herbs at the Thousand Medicines Mountain

Her eyes flickered as she remembered Master Third Sun’s words to her mother that night. Therefore, she looked at the two men and asked with a smile: “Speaking of which, what a coincidence this is. I bumped into Martial Uncle Shangguan earlier in this part of the forest as well!”

“What? You bumped into Junior Sister Shangguan?” The two men looked at Feng Jiu in surprise: “She really went into the depths of the forest?”

After she heard this and watched their reactions, she blinked her eyes and said: “I just saw a figure in white that looked very much like Martial Uncle Shangguan from a distance. I didn’t actually bump into her directly. However, I have met Martial Uncle Shangguan several times at the Peak, therefore, I am quite sure that the person I saw is her. But…”

“But what?” The two men asked nervously.

Feng Jiu glanced at them and replied with a worried expression: “It’s just that it looked like Martial Uncle Shangguan was injured when I saw her earlier and there was no one else beside her. I wanted to catch up to her, but I am only a Foundation Formation stage cultivator and I couldn’t keep up with her speed.”

After some inquiring, she had found out that Master Third Sun’s disciples had special thoughts towards her mother. Since that was the case, she could make use of that now.

Sure enough, after they had heard this, the two men’s eyebrows twisted and they walked to the side and whispered: “Eldest Senior Brother is right, Junior Sister must have gone to pick the few medicinal herbs that Master is lacking.”

“Could the matter that Eldest Senior Brother spoke of be true? Master really intends to…..”

“No matter what, I think we need to warn Junior Sister.”

“It’s just that if Master has decided on something, even if we have the intention to help, we can’t change the result.”

“Regardless of anything else, if Junior Sister does go to pick those three medicinal herbs, then she would have gone to Thousand Medicines Mountain in the depths of the Secret Realm. The medicinal herbs that Master wants can only be found there. However, there are so many beasts guarding Thousand Medicines Mountain, if we don’t get there in time, I’m afraid Junior Sister will….”

“Then let’s hurry over, we might get there in time to help.”

As the two men were getting ready to head into the depths of the forest, a hand stretched out and grabbed their robes.

“Martial Uncles, please wait a moment!”

Feng Jiu who had been listening to their conversation looked at them with innocent eyes blinking and said: “Martial Uncle, take me along! We are so deep in the forest, if I stay here alone, I will die.”

“If you walk in this direction and keep going straight you will reach the outer periphery. We have to go into the depths of the forest. If you come along it will be inconvenient.” One of the men said and brushed her hands off his robe: “Let go.”

Feng Jiu didn’t let go but instead she said: “But Martial Uncle, what happens if I encounter a fierce beast after you leave? I will die. Martial Uncles, we are all from Third Sun Peak, and even though I am only a disciple who runs errands, I am still a disciple! You must bring me with you!”

The two men frowned and looked at each other then flicked their gazed away: “If you follow us you will die faster.” As soon as they had finished speaking, they ignored Feng Jiu and gathered their energy to head into the forest.

Upon seeing this, Feng Jiu grinned: “Thousand Medicines Mountain? Is this our destination?” She whispered and lifted herself up on tiptoes then followed the two of them.

At the same time, at the foot of Thousand Medicines Mountain, a white-robed Shangguan Wanrong had arrived and was looking up at the steep rocks of the mountain and the tens of thousands of medicinal herbs that were growing on the mountain.

It was not going to be an easy task to find the medicinal herbs that she needed on this mountain.

Chapter 1442: Senior Brother Won’t Harm You

After she looked at the mountain in front of her, she took out her flying sword to fly up the mountain. The mountain wall on this side was too steep and she could only go up to look for the medicinal herbs.

However, when she took her sword out and approached the mountain, a coercive force struck her and violently lifted her in midair. Her whole body lost balance as she fell.

“Ah!”

She exclaimed. Because the coercive force had caused her to lose her balance, she was unable to stabilize her body when she fell. Just as she was falling, a figure swept in and caught her.

Shangguan Wanrong was startled and slightly surprised when she saw who had caught her: “Eldest Senior Brother? What are you doing here?” She steadied herself once her feet were on the ground and backed away from him hurriedly, her expression complicated as she looked at the person standing in front of her.

The man looked about thirty years old and was dressed in an azure robe, his ink black hair was tied back and his face was well-shaped and handsome. In a world of cultivating immortals with handsome men and beautiful women, he was not considered handsome.

However, he had a calm breath exuding from his body and his deep set eyes glowed with wisdom. His whole body exuded the stability and courage of a mature man. At this moment, he looked at Shangguan Wanrong who had stepped away from him. Though he withdrew his hand with a neutral expression on his face, there was a sense of melancholy in his heart.

“Junior Sister, you can’t pick the medicinal herbs from this mountain.” He looked at her and said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanrong’s eyes flickered: “Eldest Senior Brother knows I am here to pick medicinal herbs?”

Didn’t Master say that he had only told her about this matter? Wasn’t she the only one who was supposed to come to this mountain to pick the medicinal herbs? Didn’t he say that Eldest Senior Brother and the rest had other orders? Why…..

Sensing her doubts, Duan Mubai sighed lightly: “Master didn’t tell us that you are coming to Thousand Medicines Mountain to pick medicinal herbs, but we know about it. Junior Sister, we have followed Master for so many years, Master’s affairs cannot be hidden from us, you know….”

He paused, as if he didn’t know how to say it, as if what he wanted to say was difficult to put into words.

Shangguan Wanrong frowned slightly: “Isn’t it just picking medicinal herbs? Is there something else that I don’t know about?”

Duan Mubai looked at her and his eyes flickered slightly as he replied: “Stretch out your hand.”

She hesitated for a while when she heard that request before she stretched out her hand. She watched as he placed his finger on her pulse point and carefully analysed her pulse. When she saw this, she wondered, what was this about? Was there something wrong with her body?

Impossible, if there was something wrong with her body she would know about it. After all, she was an alchemist and she was versed in medical knowledge.

After a while, Duan Mubai retracted his hand and sighed: “Master is indeed worthy of his status. I am useless, I can’t detect the abnormality in your body. But I can tell you that you can’t go and pick the medicinal herbs. If you do, you will lose your life.”

“Why?”

She didn’t understand. Although Master was stricter with her and didn’t allow her to go out nor allow her to have much contact with her Senior Brothers, he would refine pills for her from time to time for her to improve her strength. Why would he harm her?

Moreover, she was always careful in handling things. Even if Master had given her pills, she would always check that it was non-toxic and harmless to the body before she took them. Therefore, there shouldn’t be anything wrong with it.

Duan Mubai looked at her calmly and said slowly: “Junior Sister, do as I say! After you leave this place, just make up a reason to explain why you were unable to pick the medicinal herbs, Senior Brother won’t harm you.”

Chapter 1443: You’re an Errand Boy

He looked at her and said with a faint voice: “Junior Sister, I think you should actually leave Pill Sun Sect.”

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanrong’s heart sank and she asked: “Eldest Senior Brother, do you know something about me that I don’t know?”

“Eldest Senior Brother, Junior Sister!”

Two voices drifted over and the two people who were standing at the bottom of the mountain looked back. They saw two people not too far away and a figure in cyan robes following about ten metres behind them.

“It’s Third Junior Brother and Fourth Junior Brother.” Duan Mubai said, his eyes swept past the two people to the cyan figure behind them: “Who is that?”

Shangguan Wanrong looked at the two people in front then set her eyes on the person at the back. When she saw who it was, she couldn’t help being shocked: “It’s Feng Jiu, Third Sun Peak’s errand boy disciple.”

But, how did he get in here?

“Eldest Senior Brother, Junior Sister, why are the two of you together?” The two of them looked at them in surprise as they approached.

“I knew that Junior Sister would come here, so I came here to wait for her.” Duan Mubai said and looked at the two of them: “Why did you bring an errand boy with you? How did he get in here?”

It was stipulated that only alchemists with Golden Core strength and above could enter. The youth was just an errand boy and also only a Foundation Formation cultivator, how did he come in? And he even followed them here?

“What?”

The two of them were stunned and looked at each other then looked back. When they saw the figure in azure clothes following behind them, a strange expression flashed across their faces: “We told him to leave first, we didn’t expect him to follow us here.”

What surprised them even more was that the errand boy was able to keep up with them.

However, when they saw that the errand boy did look a bit dishevelled, his azure robes were ripped in places and his face was stained with dust, he was also sweating and panting from following them from behind, they felt a bit relieved.

“Martial Uncle Shangguan!”

Feng Jiu waved to her mother from a distance and grinned happily when she saw her standing there safe and well. She walked forwards quickly.

God knows how hard it was to make herself sweat profusely and look dishevelled. They would be surprised if she didn’t have a hair out of place and looked neat and tidy after following them here.

When she got to the front, her eyes narrowed as she smiled and bowed respectfully to Duan Mubai: “Greetings Martial Uncle.”

After spending so much time in Third Sun Peak, she hadn’t met any of them, it was quite an unexpected surprise to meet three of them at once. The remaining one however didn’t seem to be here.

“Why are you here?” Shangguan Wanrong looked at Feng Jiu and asked. As she looked at her covered in sweat and her dishevelled appearance but free of wounds on her body, she couldn’t help but wonder.

In the depths of the forest, even Golden Core alchemists would inevitably get hurt. Although this youth appeared dishevelled, she saw no wounds on his body as if he had not encountered any danger along the way.

Upon hearing this, Feng Jiu smiled, squinting at her: “I was chased by a giant bear into the depths of the forest. Fortunately I bumped into the two Martial Uncles and I followed them here.”

At first impressions, the eldest disciple of Master Third Sun, Duan Mubai was a little beyond her expectations. This person was calm and introverted. He had also maintained a youthful appearance and one couldn’t tell that he was already in his thirties.

Duan Mubai glanced at Feng Jiu once over discreetly and asked: “You are an errand boy disciple of Third Sun Peak?”

Chapter 1444: Get Out Quickly

“Yes.” She replied, closing her eyes.

Duan Mubai stared at Feng Jiu for a while before he moved his gaze away from her and looked at Shangguan Wanrong: “Junior Sister, what are you going to do next?”

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their eyes onto Shangguan Wanrong and saw her look up at Thousand Medicines Mountain and said: “Since Master has instructed me to pick those three medicinal herbs, then I have to go. As for the other matter, we will talk about it when we return to the Sect!”

She wanted to see why she would lose her life if she picked those three medicinal herbs! What was the connection between her and those three medicinal herbs? What was her Master up to?

A glint flashed by Feng Jiu’s eyes and she thought to herself: Those three medicinal herbs? What exactly were those three medicinal herbs? Why did the expressions of those people change when they mentioned those three medicinal herbs?

Duan Mubai sighed: “Junior Sister, why do you insist?”

“Eldest Senior Brother, don’t say anymore.”

Shangguan Wanrong looked at them and said: “I will enter Thousand Medicines Mountain to pick the medicinal herbs. Don’t follow me. Don’t worry, I will be fine. We will meet back at the Sect.” After speaking, she bowed respectfully to the three of them and walked towards the mountain.

“Junior Sister.”

Duan Mubai stood in front of her and blocked her path, frowning slightly: “The Thousand Medicines Mountain has air restrictions and you can’t fly up there on your sword. It’s too dangerous to go up there like this. If you fell from midair again like you did before, how many times do you think you will be so lucky?”

“I will be careful.”

She looked at him calmly and said: “Eldest Senior Brother, this is the task that Master has instructed me to carry out. Besides, Master told me that he has other tasks for the rest of you. I assume that all of you shouldn’t be here right now.”

Upon hearing this, their eyes flickered.

She was right, they shouldn’t be here, their Master did have other tasks for them to carry out separately. However, once they found out that she was here, they couldn’t help but come rushing over.

They didn’t follow her but only watched her go forwards and codon’t help but look at each other helplessly. Finally their gaze landed on their Eldest Senior Brother: “Eldest Senior Brother, are we really going to let Junior Sister go and pick the medicinal herbs? Apart from other things, there are many venomous snakes and fierce beasts in there, if she goes in alone will she….”

“Go and carry out the tasks Master has instructed you to do! Otherwise you won’t be able to account for yourselves when you return to the Sect. I will follow Junior Sister and keep an eye on her.” Duan Mubai instructed and motioned for the other two to leave first.

Then, as if he had suddenly thought of something, he said: “By the way, take the errand boy disciple with you. Let him…..where is he?” When he turned around, the youth who was standing behind him was nowhere to be found.

The two of them froze and glanced around then suddenly pointed to the front: “Eldest Senior Brother, look, the errand boy is over there!”

At some point, the youth had gone past them and was following behind Shangguan Wanrong. When they saw this, they couldn’t help but be stunned.

“What is this errand boy trying to do? He is only a Foundation Formation cultivator and yet he dares to enter Thousand Medicines Mountain? Does he not want to live anymore?” Duan Mubai said irritably and hurried along to catch up with them.

At this time, when Shangguan Wanrong saw the youth was following behind her, she stopped and asked: “Why are you following me? Go back quickly.”

Feng Jiu grinned and looked back at her with squinted eyes: “Senior Uncle Shangguan, aren’t you going to pick medicinal herbs? I will accompany you to go in and also collect medicinal herbs at the same time.”

“It’s very dangerous inside.” Shangguan Wanrong frowned and said: “You should get out of here quickly with them or you will lose your life for no reason.”

Chapter 1445: Be Alone

“It’s okay, I can protect myself.”

Shangguan Wanrong was about to speak when she saw that Duan Mubai had walked over to speak to Feng Jiu with a serious expression on his face: “You’re just an errand boy, how will you protect yourself? Get out of here with them quickly.”

When she heard this, Feng Jiu blinked and walked over to Shangguan Wanrong’s side: “Martial Uncle Shangguan, let me come along! I really won’t give you any trouble at all. I have made it here after much difficulty so I would like to come along to pick some medicinal herbs too!”

She paused slightly and the continued speaking after she glanced at Duan Mubai: “Besides, there’s no rule against disciples who have come in here for training to stay away from this Thousand Medicines Mountain! Even if you won’t let me follow you, I will still go into Thousand Medicines Mountain, I will just stay away from you!”

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanrong’s eyes flickered and she looked deeply at Feng Jiu then said: “In that case, then come along!”

“Junior Sister.”

“Senior Brother, you should go and finish your task! Nothing will happen to me here. Even if something were to happen, it would probably be when I return to the Sect. At that time, if I am unable to help myself, then please save my life Senior Brother.”

Her voice paused slightly and she looked into the distance sighing softly: “I still have wishes I have yet to fulfill, people I still want to meet.”

She was not afraid of death, she was only afraid that she wouldn’t get to meet her daughter and the man who was hidden deep within her heart….

As Feng Jiu looked at the expression on her face and her helplessness, she felt a twitch in her heart. Mother, are you thinking of Father and me? Are you hoping to come back to see us? Actually, I am here, right here in front of you.

When Duan Mubai heard this, his expression stiffened and he nodded solemnly: “Rest assured Junior Sister, I promise to help you.” He looked at her deeply and still feeling unsure, he reminded her: “In that case, you must be careful entering Thousand Medicines Mountain.”

“I will.” Shangguan Wanrong nodded in response and watched him as he walked towards the other two Senior Brothers and left together.

“Let’s go!” She looked at Feng Jiu and turned around to walk forwards.

Feng Jiu followed behind, her mouth opened as if she wanted to say something but didn’t know how to say it.

Should she tell her directly that she was her daughter? She was Feng Qing Ge? Would she believe it? Even she couldn’t quite believe it if she had said it. How could someone who belonged to a Ninth Grade Country come to the Eight Supreme Empires and stand in front of her?

If she had said that, it would seem like she was sent to spy on her and get close to her.

As she thought of this, she couldn’t help but scratch her head in annoyance. Sigh, why was it so difficult to acknowledge your own relative?

Shangguan Wanrong who was walking ahead could feel the youth staring at her from behind, and from the sound of his breathing, he seemed perturbed by something.

However, since he didn’t say anything, she didn’t ask either, after all, it was his privacy.

She slowed down and looked ahead and said: “The Thousand Medicines Mountain has air restrictions so we can only go around from this side and go up from the other side. Follow me closely. Some of the medicinal herbs are poisonous so don’t touch anything without asking or you might get poisoned.”

“Yes.” Feng Jiu replied and quickly walked up to her side. After glancing at her, she walked forwards with her.

The two of them were alone, there would be many chances to reconcile with each other. She had to find a good opportunity or her mother might think that she was sent to spy on her and would become wary of her.

Chapter 1446: Taste my craft

Two days later, they went around the foot of the mountain and climbed up the Thousand Medicines Mountain. Feng Jiu followed at her mother’s side, watching her skillfully explore the path in the forest, checking whether any ferocious beasts were around and paying attention whether guardian spirit beasts would appear when they were gathering herbs.

For two days, they did not encounter any major events or dangers. They walked to the edge, close to the precipice, where the first herb seemed to grow.

She looked at her mother who was squatting down to pick a spirit herb and asked, “Martial Uncle Shangguan, Martial Uncle Duan and others said you must gather three kinds of spirit herbs. What kind of spirit herbs are those?”

She was curious, which three spirit herbs must be gathered? What’s more, it seemed that if all the three herbs were taken and handed to Master Third Sun, there’s a good possibility that her mother would die. Why?

“They are premium spirit herbs. You aren’t familiar with it.” Shangguan Wanrong looked back at her. “Are you tired? Do you want to take a break?”

When she heard this, Feng Jiu replied hurriedly, “I’m hungry.”

Shangguan Wanrong took out a fasting pill and gave it to Feng Jiu, “You’ve run out of food, right? Take this!”

Unexpectedly, Feng Jiu shook her head and waved a hand, “I don’t like taking medicine to fill my stomach. I prefer eating meat.” At this point, she grinned from ear to ear.

Shangguan Wanrong was startled, then a faint smile appeared on her face. “If you want to eat meat, you have to look for it on this mountain. See if there is any meat to eat.”

“Shall we take a break?” Feng Jiu asked, looking at her expectantly.

“Rest! There’s plenty of time, so no need to rush.” Shangguan Wanrong looked around and pointed to a place not far away. “Over there! There is a big flat stone over there with no grass around it. We can take a rest there.”

“Alright.” Feng Jiu replied. Then, she spoke again, “Martial Uncle Shangguan, sit there for a while. I’ll be back after a bit.” With that, she ran off.

“Hey, you…” Before Shangguan Wanrong finished speaking, Feng Jiu had already ran off quickly, so she could only sit on the big rock and wait for her there.

After about the time it took for an incense to burn, Shangguan Wanrong, who was drinking water, saw the young man in azure come back with two wild pheasants in one hand and a bundle of dry branches in the other. Stunned, she got up and went towards Feng Jiu.

“Martial Uncle Shangguan, please sit down. Leave these to me.” Feng Jiu grinned, signalling her not to come over.

When Shangguan Wanrong reached her side and took the bundle of branches from Feng Jiu’s hand, she was surprised. “I didn’t see any pheasants during the whole journey. How did you manage to catch them?” This type of pheasant was the fastest creature. They couldn’t be caught without a certain speed, especially in such mountain forests.

“What’s so special about catching two pheasants? I often run around outside alone and am used to these things. I’m experienced at this.” She smiled with her eyes in the shape of crescents. She had Shangguan Wanrong sit by and started handling the food herself.

Before long, the branches were lit and then roasted the already cleaned wild pheasants on the fire. “Martial Uncle, just wait for a taste of my craft! Those fasting pills don’t have such fragrant meat aroma!”

Shangguan Wanrong chuckled and took a branch with pheasant from Feng Jiu’s hand. “Let me help.” Looking at the pheasants roasting in the fire and at the young man’s skilled technique, she couldn’t help but ask, “You’re so young. Why do you do these things often?”

“It’s because I run around a lot!”

Chapter 1447: Right in front of her

Shangguan Wanrong was stunned. “Why do you have to run around? You’re so young, does your family feel at ease?”

Feng Jiu stopped turning over the pheasant and looked up at her with a smile. “I’m here to look for my mother. Besides, I can protect myself well.”

“Looking for your mother?” She was surprised. “Have you found her?”

“Yes, I found her. She’s at the sect.” Feng Jiu answered, looking at her.

Seeing the smile in the boy’s limpid eyes, Shangguan Wanrong had a sudden and inexplicable palpitation in her heart. She always felt that the boy spoke with deep meaning and obscure, as if shrouded with a layer of gauze, making it impossible for her to see clearly.

“Then, does your mother know you’re looking for her? Does she recognize you since you are in the same sect?” Perhaps it was because the subject had struck a chord with her, she couldn’t help but ask again.

Feng Jiu smiled with her eyes narrowed. “My mother must have thought that I’m at home. My home is far away from here. She wouldn’t expect that I would come here. Besides, she left when I was very young. It’s normal not to recognize me.”

“Why did she leave you?” She asked, looking like she was in a daze.

“My mother’s family didn’t allow her to be with my father, so they arrested her and locked her up. My father raised me alone. Sometimes my father would hold my mother’s things and just stared blankly . I thought, when I have the ability, I will bring my mother back.”

She paused, looking at the dazed and despondent woman in front of her. “I want my family to be reunited. Martial Uncle Shangguan, please tell me. If you were my mother, would you return home with me?”

Shangguan Wanrong stared at Feng Jiu. A burst of tempestuous mood and excitement rose up in her heart. Her eyes reddened and tears rolled in her eyes. At that split second, memories flashed in her mind.

A series of information kept repeating in a way that seemed both incredible and unfathomable…

Before, she always felt that the young man seemed to like to be close to her. She always appeared everywhere she went. On those several occasions, her closeness and joy were so obvious.

Feng Jiu told her that her surname was Feng and she was called Feng Jiu…

Feng Jiu told her that she missed her mother…

Feng Jiu even came to ask her whether she could enter the mystic realm during the experience. Feng Jiu also told her that she only had the Foundation Building strength and could not enter the secret land, yet she came in anyway.

Feng Jiu not only entered the mystic realm, but she also came to her side…

If she had not been able to figure out this series of things by now, she would have been in vain as Shangguan Wanrong.

Looking at Feng Jiu, dressed in azure and disguised as a young man, the more she looked, the more she felt that this was a peculiar woman. What kind of a boy was she?

However, she not only disguised herself remarkably, even her manner also did not have a trace of a daughter’s delicate appearance. When she thought of the way Feng Jiu handled the pheasant neatly and recalled her saying that she often ran outside in order to find her mother, her heartstring was gripped tightly. She made an effort to restrain herself so as not to let her tears fall.

Even if, at this time, she wanted to confirm, even if she wanted to hold her in her arms and ask about things, even if she wanted to hear her call her Mother, she could only hold herself back at this moment.

What was her master going to do to her? She still hadn’t figured it out yet. She didn’t want her daughter to be involved in the same danger as her. When she understood the matter, she would go back with her!

Chapter 1448: Keep for self defence

She also wanted her family to be reunited. However, after so many years, she didn’t dare to have this thought.

Feng Jiu just said that her father always held her mother’s things when he missed her. So, after all these years, he had never remarried? His memory was obviously sealed, how could he remember all these?

With that look in her eyes, sitting quietly with a blank and despondent gaze, Shangguan Wanrong had no reaction even though the pheasant on the fire was slightly burnt.

Seeing this, Feng Jiu took the branch in her hand and asked her, “Martial Uncle Shangguan, you haven’t answered me yet. Will my mother come home with me?”

At this, Shangguan Wanrong came to her senses. She lifted her sleeve to wipe her tears away and adjusted her mind, suppressing the turmoil and excitement in her heart forcefully and gazed at her. “She will. She will go back with you, but not now.”

Feng Jiu looked at her fixedly. Their eyes met. That layer of unpierced barrier seemed to have disappeared in front of them. They guessed each other’s identity but did not acknowledge their relationships.

After a long time, Feng Jiu restrained her gaze. “I know.” This matter should have been related to the Master Third Sun. What on earth did this man want to do?

Seeing that she held her eyes back with an unsmiling face, Shangguan Wanrong said hurriedly, “She will go back. When she has dealt with her affairs, she will go back, I promise.”

“Mm hmm. I believe you.” She looked up with a smile and nodded.

After a while, the roast pheasant was done. After adding a little seasoning, she handed one to her. “Have a taste.”

“Thank you.” Shangguan Wanrong took it, whispered her thanks, tore off a piece and began to eat.

While eating roast pheasant, they chatted. Maybe it was because they opened their mouths. Although they didn’t break through the barrier and acknowledge the relationship, their feelings and mood were a little different.

After eating the roast pheasant, they continued to move forward. This time, Shangguan Wanrong took the initiative to talk. “Among the three herbs my master asked me to collect, one of them is the Stone Iron Azalea. This kind of spirit herb grows in the crevices of the stone walls and can only be seen in the mountain walls’ precipices. When I go halfway up the mountain to have a look, you can stay and wait.”

“Stone Iron Azalea? This is a very rare spirit herb. There must be a guardian beast by the spirit herb’s side. Located halfway up the mountain, most of the guardian beasts are poisonous snakes.” Feng Jiu spoke with a frown. “Since you’re gathering the Stone Iron Azalea, I’ll go down and pick it! I can recognize this spirit herb.”

“That won’t do. It’s too dangerous. It’ll just head down, don’t worry! It’s not my first time picking herbs. It’s going to be alright.” She refused directly. When she reached the top, she took a thick rope from the space and tied it to her body.

“I came prepared. Everything was complete and I had taken the antidote beforehand.”

Feng Jiu had no choice but to come forward and take the rope in her hand and tie it firmly to her. “Then, be careful. I’ll wait for you above. One side of the rope will be tied to the big tree here.”

As she spoke, she tied the other end of the rope to a nearby tree. “Call me if you need anything or pull on the rope.”

Shangguan Wanrong had a gentle smile on her face. “I know. Don’t worry. Wait for me here, you also have to be careful with the surroundings, in case there are ferocious beasts.”

With that, she took some pills from the space and handed them to her. “You can keep these for self defence.”

Chapter 1449: Found it

“No need, I have them.” She shoved the pills back to her. However, Shangguan Wanrong shoved them again to Feng Jiu.

“Take them!” Shangguan Wanrong insisted. After taking a glance at Feng Jiu, she turned around and walked towards the edge. “I’m going down.”

Looking at the several medicine bottles in her hand, Feng Jiu smiled and put them away. “Mm, I’ll help pull the rope for you.” With that, she pulled the rope around the edge so that she could go down.

The Thousand Medicines Mountain was very high. It took them two days to go up the mountain. She didn’t even know where the Stone Iron Azalea was growing on the mountain precipice. IT’s because when they went up from the foot of the mountain, there was a layer of fog mid-air, blocking their line of sight. It was the same when looking down from the mountaintop. It was impossible to see it from afar. Only after going down the precipice would people be able to look it over.

It took Feng Jiu no less than an hour to put the rope down. When she went to the edge and looked down, she could not see her mother’s figure because she was blocked by the fog.

“I wonder what’s down there? It’s too dangerous to go on like this.” She murmured, a little uneasy.

Stone Iron Azalea was a kind of spirit herb that could prolong one’s life and was one of the main herbs that must be used when refining the Longevity Pill. Because it was very rare, it was difficult to see it at a high price even in the auction houses outside.

Did Master Third Sun look for this herb to refine a pill that could increase longevity? However, ordinary Longevity Pills should have no effect on him. As far as she knew, Master Third Sun was already several hundred years old.

While she was still pondering the matter, she suddenly heard the rustling sound and looked back. It was unknown when a dozen monkeys jumped out from the tree. Each of the monkeys screamed while some of them wanted to untie the rope tied on the tree.

“Go away!”

Feng Jiu yelled and raised her hand. A wave of pressure came out and attacked the monkeys. Perhaps fearing the pressure of the ancient immortal beast inside her, those monkeys jumped up after being thrown out a few meters away. The monkeys dared not come forward again, they scattered and fled towards the surrounding area.

Feng Jiu sat under the big tree where the rope was tied while holding the rope in one hand. She sensed the movement below from the tightness of the rope and its swaying motions.

At the same time, Shangguan Wanrong, who went down, searched around the stone wall. When she saw a spirit herb growing between a stone crevice, her eyes lit up and her face joyful.

“It’s the Stone Iron Azalea!”

Seeing the spirit herb two meters away, she held the rope in both hands, pushed her feet against the mountain wall, and pushed her body out a bit. Then, she took a deep breath and swung the rope to the other side using the force of her feet on the stone wall.

Feng Jiu sensed the swing of the rope. After a moment of surprise, she got up quickly and came to the edge. She called out, “Senior Uncle Shangguan, are you alright?”

“I’m alright. I found the Stone Iron Azalea.” Shangguan Wanrong, at the mountain’s midpoint, answered back. She swung her body right where the stone crevice was, but she didn’t come near right away.

There must be a guardian beast nearby the spirit herb. If she went to pick it like that, she might lose her life at any moment.

Then, turning her hand over, she took out a gold coin and struck it at the crack in the stone with a thump. As she shot it down, a dark figure sprang up with a swish and nipped the gold coin away.

When she looked at the figure intently, she saw that it was a little snake as thin as a little finger. The snake was black and glossy. It was known at first glance that the snake was very poisonous.

Chapter 1450: Three Spirit Herbs

“It’s the coal snake! A drop of its venom can kill a ferocious beast. Snake gall is a good thing. Since I encountered it, it’s convenient to catch it.”

Shangguan Wanrong murmured, fixing her eyes on the shiny black snake. At the next moment, she smeared the medicine in her hands, then swung forward using the rope’s force and grabbed the snake’s head in an instant.

At the same time, Feng Jiu, who was waiting above, heard the voice coming from below. Although the sound was not so clear amidst the wind, she was not worried knowing that her mother was alright.

After waiting for about the time it took an incense to burn, she sensed the rope shaking. She guessed that her mother had already collected the herb. So, she quickly retrieved the rope and pulled her mother back from the precipice.

About an hour or so, she was pulled up from the bottom. Feng Jiu came up to see that her mother had no wound except for her clothes getting dirty from friction. She was relieved.

“Are you alright? Did you get the herb?” Feng Jiu asked while helping her untie the rope.

“Here it is. Look, this is Stone Iron Azalea, one of the essential ingredients for refining Longevity Pill.” Shangguan Wanrong smiled. She took out the spirit herb she had picked and showed it to Feng Jiu. “I also caught the Stone Iron Azalea’s guardian beast, the coal snake.”

When she heard this, Feng Jiu was immediately startled and anxious. “Coal snake is extremely venomous. Its reaction is also very fast. You didn’t get bitten, right?”

“No, even though it’s fast. I’m faster than the snake.” She put away the spirit herb with a smile and patted her clothes. “I still need to find two more herbs.”

Feng Jiu asked, “What kind of herbs are those two? I can help you look for it.”

Shangguan Wanrong smiled. “Although you are very familiar with spirit herbs and have been sending herbs to the peak for some time, those herbs are very rare even in the sect. Even if you see them, you can’t recognize them.” It’s because she had never seen the three herbs before.

“If you don’t say it, how do you know I can’t recognize it?” She flashed a cunning smile. Feng Jiu looked at her mother with a smile and told her proudly. “I’m amazing. There are no spirit herbs that I don’t recognize.”

“Oh?” Shangguan Wanrong chuckled. “So, have you really learned about them?”

“Mm hmm. I’ve learned.”

Feng Jiu nodded. She was very confident. It was impossible for her not to know things related to spirit herbs. If her mother only told her what kind of spirit herbs she was looking for, perhaps she could deduce what Master Third Sun was going to do with it.

However, currently, although Stone Iron Azalea was one of the essential herbs of Longevity Pill, that’s all she knew. She had no idea about several other herbs used. Even she couldn’t find out what kind of elixir the final pill would be, but it must be related to the Longevity Pill.

Shangguan Wanrong looked at her and took out a folded paper from the space. “These are the three herbs I am looking for.”

Feng Jiu took it and opened it. Three spirit herbs were written on the white paper. The name and growth habit of the spirit herbs were marked on it. The first on the list was the just picked Stone Iron Azalea.

“The second herb is the longevity flower, and the third is the seven-leaf variation grass?”

Looking at the above several kinds of spirit herbs, Feng Jiu wrung her eyebrows slightly. What kind of pill would be produced from a combination of the three spirit herbs?