Chapter 441 - 207: Entering the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm, Obtaining a Tier Four Spirit Medicine
Chapter 441: Chapter 207: Entering the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm, Obtaining a Tier Four Spirit Medicine
A small river flowed by, its banks alone dotted with several thousand Tier One Spirit Grasses.
However, Xiao Chen paid them no mind. Like the other Golden Core True Men, he flew deeper into the realm using Sword Control.
The layout of the entire Hundred Herbs Secret Realm was like a giant peach.
The entrance was the tip of the peach. The farther one went, the wider it became, and the more likely one was to encounter High Tier Spirit Grass.
At first, Xiao Chen deliberately controlled his speed, staying only slightly ahead of the others.
Since everyone had chosen slightly different directions, he soon left the Range of Divine Sense of the other Golden Core True Men.
He immediately activated "Chasing Stars and Racing the Moon" at full power and arrived at the Five Peach Plains in no time.
Then, following the directions from the inheritance information, he turned east, continued north after encountering a large grove of willow trees, and crossed over two large mountains.
Finally, he landed in a cave at the base of the third mountain.
"Is this the Spirit Medicine Garden?"
Xiao Chen walked through the cave. It seemed to be just an abandoned cavern, with nothing to see but moss on the walls.
He probed with his Divine Sense but found nothing out of the ordinary.
After venturing nearly three miles deeper, a solid wall appeared before him, indicating a dead end.
Xiao Chen reached out and pressed against it. It felt solid, like a real wall.
Curious, he took out his Flying Sword and slashed. A crack immediately appeared on the wall, and fine stone particles trickled down.
’This realistic?’
From his Storage Bag, he took out the Token he had obtained from the secret chamber in the Yellow Springs Traveling Palace.
As if sensing something, the originally pitch-black Token suddenly began to emit a bright, silvery glow.
As the glow intensified, Xiao Chen felt the wall before him grow somewhat illusory.
He reached out his hand again, and this time it passed right through, as if the wall were a mere phantom that didn’t exist at all.
He stepped forward, and just as he expected, his entire body passed smoothly through the wall and into the heart of the mountain.
After a few dozen steps, the space around him cleared, and he found himself in a new tunnel.
The tunnel was pitch-black, so dark he couldn’t see his hand in front of his face.
Looking up, he could see an exit about a thousand feet ahead, emitting a faint light.
Stepping out of the tunnel, the view suddenly opened up before him.
Several acres of fertile fields were divided into three rows, bordered by irrigation channels through which a Spiritual Spring flowed, nourishing the entire area.
The first row, running from east to west, was planted with a hundred flowers, a hundred herbs, fruit trees, and exotic woods.
The second row, from west to east, was planted with Ganoderma, vines, ginseng, and velvet thread plants.
As far as the eye could see, everything was Tier Three Spirit Medicine.
The layout of the third row, however, was different. The field was a chaotic mess, as if it had been ravaged.
A few stalks of Spirit Medicine remained at the edges, while eight Bodhi Trees were planted unevenly in the middle.
Each tree bore purple Bodhi Fruits. Their color transitioned naturally from deep purple to light violet, their skins were finely textured, and a golden light faintly shimmered from within.
These were precisely the Tier Four Spirit Fruit, the Purple Gold Bodhi.
He sucked in a sharp breath. ’They actually planted Bodhi Trees! I’ve struck it rich!’
Xiao Chen released his Divine Sense and immediately did a quick count. The tree with the fewest fruits had twelve Bodhi Fruits, while the one with the most had eighteen.
In total, there were a full one hundred and twenty fruits!
If he were to take these out into the world, it would probably attract even Nascent Soul True Monarchs to fight and steal them.
Fortunately, Xiao Chen was the only one in the Spirit Medicine Garden. If a group had come, they would have likely been at each other’s throats by now.
For any Golden Core Cultivator, this was an astronomical fortune.
’It’s a good thing I prepared enough Jade Boxes. They should be able to hold everything,’ Xiao Chen sighed with relief.
The Bodhi Fruits were not very large, only about the size of a walnut, so a single Jade Box could easily hold ten.
One could even squeeze in twelve, but there was no need. Damaging even one would be a devastating loss.
Taking the White Dew Willow Gloves from his Storage Ring, Xiao Chen took a deep breath and carefully reached out to pick a Purple Gold Bodhi Fruit.
He quickly enveloped its base with True Essence, poured out a drop of Spirit-Storing Dew, and carefully spread it over the surface with his True Essence.
He then continued to channel his True Essence, patiently waiting for the Spirit-Storing Dew to form a thin protective film over the Spirit Fruit’s surface.
Only then did he take out a Sealed Medicine Jade Box and gently place the fruit inside.
The reason for such a tedious process was that, according to the Spirit Grass Atlas, this particular fruit was exceptionally delicate.
Any mistake in the process would cause the medicinal properties of the Bodhi Fruit to diminish greatly.
For example, if an ignorant Cultivator picked it directly without gloves, its preservation period would be drastically shortened.
And without the Spirit-Storing Dew, its medicinal properties would leak away.