It was obvious that Liang Han had a better talent in alchemy out of these two. He might be ranked last, but he was quite favored by his master. Thus, his master lent the medicinal mink to the young disciple who was entering the Xuanyue Secret Realm.
Wei Fan wasn’t jealous at all, but protected Junior Brother Liang everywhere. It was because he admired Junior Brother Liang.
This was almost an open secret for all those who knew them.
This question could be described as saying something that shouldn’t be said. The moment this question came out, Liang Han was about to explode.
Liang Han gritted his teeth and recounted what happened in the morning, leaving the other cultivators of Sihong Academy stunned and looking at each other in bewilderment.
This… they didn’t know what to say. It was such a strange coincidence.
One of them said cautiously, “Junior Brother Liang, can it be that someone is specifically targeting you? Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental? The Xuanyue Secret Realm is so big, but this person has snatched the spiritual grass from you three times in a row.”
Another person said, “Yes, maybe they are following you on purpose. Every time, they will quickly pick the spiritual grass before the mink finds it.”
Wei Fan said angrily, “That must be the case. Don’t let me know who it is, or I will deal with them!”
This made him feel even angrier than if it happened to him. He felt sorry for his junior brother.
Some people were happy to praise Liang Han, and there were naturally people who weren’t happy about it. They exchanged looks and didn’t think the speculation made sense.
The speed of the mink wasn’t slow. From what the two said, the number of spiritual grass found was quite a lot. Even a cultivator at the peak of the qi gathering realm wouldn’t be able to collect all the spiritual grass by the time the medicinal mink arrived.
But the medicinal mink and Junior Brother Liang failed to catch the opponent’s tail for three consecutive times and had no idea who the other party was.
Still, it didn’t matter whether it was a deliberate targeting or a strange coincidence. Seeing Liang Han being frustrated made them feel happy in their hearts.
Someone advised Liang Han, “Brother Liang, calm down. Once you have rested, we will accompany you to look for spiritual herbs. We have so many people. No matter what conspiracy or trick the other party uses, it won’t succeed.”
Liang Han thought so too, and his anger subsided a bit. He cheered himself up and prepared to catch the thief who stole his spiritual herbs.
If Feng Ming heard their conversation and speculation, he would definitely cry out about the injustice.
He and Bai Qiaomo didn’t target those two people specifically. Who could blame them for having conflicting horoscopes?
At noon, the two of them replenished some food and set off again. This time, they weren’t specifically looking for spiritual herbs but to take a look at a place that was relatively close to their location.
In his previous life, Bai Qiaomo had been there but didn’t get the opportunity there.
This time, his horizons had been broadened, and his formation skills were higher than his previous life. He wanted to know if he could open that place.
As for spiritual herbs, they would only pick them from the places they passed along the way and wouldn’t deliberately take a detour. The secret realm was so large that it was impossible to pick all the spiritual herbs.
The two men rode on wildebeests and sped up, heading in the completely opposite direction of the people from Sihong Academy.
In the afternoon, the people from Sihong Academy finally found a place where spiritual herbs grew. They followed the medicinal mink there and found that all the spiritual herbs were present. This caused them to sigh with relief.
Liang Han felt relieved but also a bit unhappy. He still wanted to catch the thief, but why didn’t the thief show up?
Wei Fan thought he had guessed the reason. “The thief must’ve seen that there were so many of us and became scared. He doesn’t dare to steal our spiritual herbs any longer.”
Some people despised this statement. What did it mean to steal?
The herbs in the secret realm were ownerless. Whoever could pick them owned them. Even if someone snatched them, it was due to their own strength and ability to get them first.
These two guys treated the spiritual herbs as their own before even getting the herbs. They were so shameless.
In the afternoon, Liang Han and Wei Fan finally reaped the rewards and discovered several spiritual meadows, one after another.
As a result, all these spiritual herbs fell into their hands because they were the only two alchemists in the team.
This made the others unhappy. Did they work in vain? Didn’t they contribute to finding the spiritual herbs? Why couldn’t they get even a single spiritual herb?
The team that had gathered together split into two before a day had passed.
Some people followed Liang Han and Wei Fan, while the rest formed their own teams. Even if they didn’t have the cheat of the medicinal mink, there was no way they could gain nothing.
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Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo had to abandon their mounts and walk after entering the forest. However, with the help of the light body talisman and Bai Qiaomo’s guidance, the two of them traveled quite quickly.
After entering the forest, the number of spiritual herbs they found along the way increased. They also often encountered wild beasts. Since they had to rush to the place Bai Qiaomo mentioned, the two of them avoided the wild beasts before the beasts discovered them.
Feng Ming thought that he needed to practice with wild beasts to regain his combat awareness from his previous life, but he wasn’t in a hurry.
Bai Qiaomo didn’t get the opportunity there when he discovered it in his previous life, and neither did anyone else get it, but who knew if things would change if he did it again? Thus, it was better to get the opportunity first.
On the way, they found cultivators from other forces and also avoided them.
As the sun was about to set, Bai Qiaomo and Feng Ming finally arrived at their destination.
Bai Qiaomo pulled aside a dense vine and crawled in with Feng Ming.
He told Feng Ming, “At that time, I was trying to avoid the wild beasts and fled here in a panic. I accidentally found a passage behind this, so I went in.”
After pushing aside the dense vegetation, they saw a passage behind it that was big enough for one person to crawl through.
Bai Qiaomo was in front and Feng Ming was behind. He also carefully restored the vegetation behind him to its original state, trying not to be discovered if possible.
After walking more than ten meters, the passage became wider and higher. They were able to walk upright. Bai Qiaomo held a night pearl in his hand for lighting.
They walked for a few dozen meters, and the space in the mountain where they were located became larger. What appeared before them should be a man-made stone chamber.
The stone chamber was empty, but there wasn’t much dust. This was abnormal.
Bai Qiaomo embedded the night pearl into the wall and said to Feng Ming, “Brother Ming, do you see what the problem is?”
“There is a formation here.”
“Yes. Junior Brother Ming has good eyesight.”
Feng Ming laughed twice. “I can’t see any traces of a formation at all. I don’t know much about formations. I just saw that there is very little dust here. In order to maintain the situation, it must be inseparable from the effect of a formation.”
Bai Qiaomo still praised him. “Junior Brother Ming is very observant.”
Feng Ming accepted it shamelessly and moved closer curiously. “Where is the formation? Let me feel it.”
“Here.” Bai Qiaomo pointed to a wall in front of them. “When I came here before, I found that this wall was both real yet empty. But after several days of hard work, I couldn’t solve the formation here. I had no choice but to leave with regrets.”
“My level of formations at that time wasn’t as high as it is now. It was only after I left the Feihong Continent that I conducted a deeper study on formations. At that time, my level of formation was probably only at the level of a second-grade formation master. However, according to my speculation, the formation here is a fourth-grade formation.”
Feng Ming took a breath. “Wow, this is a fourth-grade formation. Is there any cultivator who entered who has reached this level?”
Bai Qiaomo made a hand gesture and threw it over. Feng Ming saw a layer of spiritual light emanating from the wall. Sure enough, there was a formation.
Feng Ming reached out to touch it. But what he touched was still a cold wall. It was really magical.
However, he wasn’t interested in studying formations. He decided to master the art of alchemy first. He said he would be responsible for Bai Qiaomo’s pills. It was just that at his current level, he was still a bit short of providing Bai Qiaomo with pills.
Bai Qiaomo used various detection spells and threw them over. Feng Ming admired the various colors of light that emerged from the formation for a while.
He watched for a while before feeling it wasn’t interesting. He thought about it and said, “I’ll refine a pill. There is the ground ivy grass which can refine the meridians opening pill.”
“It’s okay. The formation can’t be broken for a while. This way, it won’t be boring for you, Junior Brother Ming.”
Thus, the two of them went about their own business. Bai Qiaomo tried hard to study the formation in front of him and to break it in a labor-saving way.
Feng Ming took out the alchemy furnace and ran to the side to make the pills. Not long after, the stone chamber was filled with the rich fragrance of pills.
Due to the limited space, the fragrance became even stronger.
Feng Ming was refining pills to improve his alchemy skill, so he didn’t think it was a waste of time to stay here.
After finishing one furnace, he started on the second one. If he felt tired, he would adjust his breathing and recover on the spot. By the time he refined the tenth furnace, he had produced a full furnace with the best-grade quality.
Feng Ming randomly took a best-grade meridians opening pill and put it in his mouth. He chewed it and swallowed it, trying to personally feel the medicinal power of this best-grade meridians opening pill.
Due to the help of his soul power, the medicinal power of the meridians opening vein was quickly digested and absorbed. Feng Ming discovered that this meridians opening pill had the effect of widening the meridians.
No, it should be the best-grade meridians opening pill that had this effect. The effect of one pill might be very small, but the accumulated effect from taking more would be amazing.
It was impossible for others. No large force could allow cultivators to take best-grade pills as if they were sugar pills.
But Feng Ming had no problem. He took several pills in a row and felt very satisfied. He used his soul power to help refine the medicinal power of the pill. The effect was very good, and it was absorbed very quickly.
Feng Ming was full of energy after swallowing the pills. He continued to refine the meridians opening pill. Most of the pills that came out of the furnace were best-grade.
After an unknown amount of time, Feng Ming heard a slight banging sound in the stone room and looked up.
Feng Ming quickly jumped up and ran towards Bai Qiaomo. What he saw in front of him was no longer a wall, but another passage. He sniffed and said, “I seem to smell something good.”
Bai Qiaomo was amused by his statement. “Is your nose so sensitive?”
Feng Ming said happily, “Really, I’m not lying to you. There really is a treasure deep in this passage. Let’s go in and take a look. I will put away the furnace.”
After turning away to put away the alchemy furnace, Bai Qiaomo set up another layer of defense here so he would know if someone broke in. Then he took the night pearl and walked into this passage with Feng Ming.
The passage led downwards, becoming wider and wider as they went forward until they came to an open underground space. Feng Ming exclaimed in surprise when he saw the situation of the underground space.
“Brother Bai, is this the legendary yin-yang spring? Is there a pool of yin-yang spring water hidden under the ground?”
Bai Qiaomo had guessed there would be an opportunity inside, but he hadn’t expected it to be the yin-yang spring.
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