After entering the secret realm, Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo no longer concealed their cultivation levels and displayed them truthfully. One was at the peak of the meridians opening realm and the other was at the peak of the qi gathering realm.
Bai Qiaomo said that it would become more difficult and take longer as time passed by to open up the 36 meridians in the body.
However, the situation was completely reversed by Feng Ming. The further he went on, the faster and less effort he took in reshaping his meridians.
Feng Ming didn’t understand the situation, and Bai Qiaomo didn’t understand it either. Of course, neither of them thought it was a bad thing.
So before entering the secret realm, Feng Ming reshaped all 36 meridians in one go. He consolidated and strengthened them. Now he was standing on the threshold of the qi gathering realm.
He just needed to open up his dantian and he could immediately step into this threshold.
What he needed to do now was find a place in the secret realm where the vital energy was rich and pure. Then break through the meridians opening realm.
This approach would help Feng Ming lay a better foundation, so he wasn’t in a hurry to break through before entering the secret realm.
Both of them wore a blue hairpin on their heads to secure their hair. But the truth was, this blue hairpin was the mysterious butterfly that had transformed from a cocoon into a butterfly.
The ten eggs that the two of them had in their hands had all been cultivated into butterflies by Feng Ming, and were brought into the secret realm this time.
“Brother Bai, which direction should we go in?”
Feng Ming looked around. It was just a coincidence that the place they entered was an open space with nothing to rely on nearby, or Feng Ming wouldn’t have screamed like that.
If there was only one tree, then Feng Ming could find a way to use it for support.
He hadn’t entered the qi gathering realm yet. Th9is meant he couldn’t use his energy like Bai Qiaomo did. He could only rely on his own physical body to bear the consequences.
“By the way,” Feng Ming suddenly remembered. “Brother Bai, have you been here before?”
Feng Ming always used ‘before’ to represent Bai Qiaomo’s previous life, so as to not leak this important information when speaking outside.
Bai Qiaomo nodded. “I came in, but the situation wasn’t very good at that time. But I still took the risk and gave it a try since I got the token.”
He had used the Blue Frost Spring Water at that time and repaired his dantian to return to the qi gathering realm, but his strength was far less than it was now. When the secret realm opened, he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to enter to find opportunities and improve his strength.
Bai Qiaomo took out the map given by Feng Jinlin. He compared it with the memories of his previous life and the surrounding terrain. He carefully considered it before saying, “We are very likely here, so I know where to go next. Let’s go.”
“Let’s release the mysterious butterfly first to explore the way.”
“Okay.”
The mysterious butterflies could hide their bodies, making them perfect for exploring the way. Cultivators at the qi gathering realm were unable to detect their traces, so the two of them released most of the mysterious butterflies.
One reason was to explore whether there was any danger around, and the other was to look for rare treasures.
The two of them released the wildebeests to use for transportation. Thanks to the help of the mysterious butterflies, they weren’t in a hurry. They could stay in the secret realm for three months.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Feng Ming was delighted. “I found something good here. Brother Bai, follow me.”
The mysterious butterflies acted as their eyes. Feng Ming could clearly sense that a mysterious butterfly he released had discovered a spiritual grass.
“Okay.” Bai Qiaomo followed with a smile.
The two wildebeests, one in front and one in the back, soon arrived at the place the mysterious butterfly had discovered. They saw a dark blue butterfly landing on a spiritual herb. Feng Ming could tell at a glance that this spiritual herb was the best one among all the spiritual herbs in the patch.
Feng Ming jumped off his mount and said happily, “This mysterious butterfly knows how to pick the best quality spiritual herb to stay with. All the ground ivy grass here are of the second-grade, except for the one it stopped at, which is of the third-grade. I happen to need the ground ivy herbs. I can use them to refine the second-grade meridians opening pill.”
The meridians opening pill was a pill that helped cultivators open up their meridians. It only required the second-grade ground ivy grass and third-grade ones were extremely rare.
If third-grade ground ivy grass was used as medicine, the alchemist could even refine the best-grade meridians opening pill. However, such best-grade meridians opening pills rarely appeared. Every time it appeared, it would cause a rush to obtain it.
Feng Ming didn’t need this third-grade ground ivy grass because given some time, he was confident he could refine the best-grade meridians opening pill.
However, in the alchemy inheritance of the Shengyuan Sect, this third-grade ground ivy grass could be used to refine another third-grade pill targeting the meridians. This pill had miraculous effects.
Feng Ming believed that his alchemy skills would be upgraded to the third-grade sooner or later, and he would become a third-grade alchemist. He had obtained this third-grade ground ivy grass early and would be able to use it soon.
Bai Qiaomo was also very happy. He had also read the book on alchemy and knew the effects of the ground ivy grass. “We are lucky.”
In his previous life, he hadn’t discovered this piece of ground ivy. He didn’t know who got it in the end.
Bai Qiaomo helped Feng Ming collect the ground ivy grass. There were more than a hundred plants in a large area, which was enough for Feng Ming to refine more than a hundred furnaces of the meridians opening pill. This saved a lot of yuan crystals.
After putting the last piece of ground ivy into his pocket, Bai Qiaomo frowned and said, “Someone is coming from behind. Let’s go.”
“Okay.”
Feng Ming packed the spiritual herbs and immediately climbed onto the wildebeest with Bai Qiaomo, quickly leaving in another direction.
In just a minute, a mink appeared first followed by two cultivators. The mink squeaked after it arrived here.
One of the cultivators said, “The medicinal mink is a bit angry. What’s going on?” Then he saw the situation and understood. “Oh my god, who was quicker than us and dug up all the spiritual herbs here? Not even one was left.”
“The smell should be that of ground ivy. Well, it is just a second-grade spiritual herb. It isn’t worth much.”
“It is different. There should be something that can attract the attention of the medicinal mink. There should be something among the ground ivy grass. It is likely that a third-grade ground ivy grass was born. D*mn, don’t let me know who snatched my spiritual grass.”
It turned out that this mink was a type of medicinal mink cultivated by an alchemist, who grew up being fed various spiritual herbs and pills since childhood. It was very sensitive to the smell of spiritual grass and could help its owner find all types of spiritual grass. It was a good helper for an alchemist.
The two of them didn’t notice that there was a blue butterfly hidden in the leaves nearby. Feng Ming deliberately left this mysterious butterfly behind before leaving. He left a trace of his consciousness on the butterfly just to see what the person coming from behind was like.
Upon hearing what this man said, Feng Ming was so angry that he almost laughed. He described the situation to Bai Qiaomo, as well as the existence of the medicinal mink.
“A medicinal mink? It is indeed a good thing. These two cultivators are likely from Sihong Academy. There are indeed people from Sihong Academy who know how to cultivate medicine minks. An alchemist of the Kunyuan Sect also borrowed a medicinal mink from Sihong Academy to use.”
“However, it isn’t easy to cultivate medicinal minks. Just feeding them with spiritual herbs and pills is a considerable expense, so the person who can use a medicinal mink must be of high status.”
“This person is used to acting in a domineering way. You reminded me that we have just come into contact with the ground ivy. I’m afraid that the mink will smell it. Let’s use a powder to remove the smell first.”
This little trick was prepared for them by Feng Jinlin. Even if Feng Jinlin hadn’t prepared it, Bai Qiaomo would’ve brought it with him.
A medicinal mink was relatively ordinary when it came to tracking. It was only sensitive to the smell of spiritual herbs. Few people used the medicinal mink to track people.
The two of them immediately sprinkled medicinal powder that masked the smell of spiritual grass over themselves. Then a message from the mysterious butterfly let Feng Ming know that their actions weren’t in vain.
“What a domineering guy. He actually let the medicinal mink chase after us. The other party must be coming for the third-grade ground ivy grass.”
“Never mind them.”
The mysterious butterfly followed the two men and sent intermittent information back. The medicine mink lost its direction halfway through the tracking and circled around the place where Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo used the medicine powder.
The moment the two cultivators found out what was going on, they got angry and started cursing.
Not long after, the mysterious butterflies sent out by Bai Qiaomo also discovered a place where spiritual herbs grew. The two of them immediately ran over to pick the spiritual herbs. As a result, they found that the medicinal mink was also following the smell of the spiritual herbs, so the two of them immediately retreated.
It was conceivable how bad the mood of the two people who followed the medicinal mink was.
This time, Feng Ming learned his lesson and immediately used the medicine powder to remove the smell.
After seeing the picture sent by the mysterious butterfly in the rear, Feng Ming almost fell down laughing on the wildebeest. He wiped the tears from his eyes and said, “Do you think these two guys are at odds with us? We are clearly going in a different direction from them, but we still bumped into them. Moreover, they were one step behind us both times.”
Bai Qiaomo was also a bit amused. “It can’t happen three times. Let’s go to the next place. I hope we don’t bump into each other again.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Ming immediately and actively asked the mysterious butterflies to start searching. He wanted to find the third place as soon as possible to see if they were really in conflict with these two people.
The first two places were discovered very quickly, but the third place took the two of them and the mysterious butterflies a long time to find. It was almost noon when it was found. They immediately rushed over to pick the spiritual herbs as they were worried that the medicinal mink would come looking for them right away.
It was such a coincidence. Fortunately, they acted quickly. The mink appeared just as they left. The mink screamed again. Feng Ming, who wasn’t far away and could still hear the sound, could hear the anger in the scream.
They had angered the medicinal mink, but they really didn’t mean it.
Soon, they heard angry roars behind them. The two cultivators had arrived and saw the same scene as before. They destroyed the place as if to vent their anger and roared angrily.
Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo found a place to rest. Feng Ming sorted out the spiritual herbs they had harvested and continued to laugh happily.
“Could they really be from Sihong Academy? We haven’t even entered the academy, but we’ve already offended the people inside.”
Bai Qiaomo smiled. He hadn’t expected something like this to happen just after entering the secret realm.
However, their harvest wasn’t bad. In just one morning, they harvested more than 200 spiritual herbs.
The number of spiritual herbs in the last two places was small, but their quality was better than the first place.
Now they had more than a dozen third-grade spiritual herbs in their hands. It was no wonder that the two cultivators were so angry.
“It doesn’t matter. They don’t know it was us who did it.”
As Bai Qiaomo guessed, the two people they had a conflict with were indeed from Sihong Academy. They were both second-grade alchemists.
Not long after, they met someone they knew who was also from Sihong Academy.
This person became curious when seeing that the two men still had anger on their faces. Who was so blind as to provoke them?
“Junior Brother Liang, Junior Brother Wei, what’s wrong with you? By the way, Senior Brother Liang came in with a medicinal mink. Presumably, your harvest this morning wasn’t small.”
There were only two people who could bring in medicinal minks from Sihong Academy. One of them was Liang Han, who was Junior Brother Liang. Like Feng Ming, he was also a ger.
The other Junior Brother Wei, Wei Fan, was a fellow senior brother of Junior Brother Lian. They both learned alchemy from the same alchemist.
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