The battle between the four Gushing Spring Tier martial artists was growing fiercer and more violent, inciting flames of rage from all four of them. Seeing that the deadlock was unable to be broken, they all made a move to snatch the stalk of godly medicine, obviously intending to get some benefits first.
“F***!” Ling Han cursed. He hurriedly drew the saber and rushed forward. This was a godly medicine, how could he allow it to be damaged?
But it was at this very moment that something no one expected happened—the stalk of godly medicine actually removed itself from the ground, slipped, and as if its roots were its legs, “Pa, pa, pa,” it turned a cartwheel on the ground and had broken through the siege of the four of them in an instant. It began racing away at a very fast pace.
F***!
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What the… a medicinal herb actually uprooted itself and was now racing off?
When they witnessed such a scene, everyone was stunned for a moment before finally coming back to themselves and swiftly chasing after the runaway herb.
Not even Ling Han had foreseen that something like this would happen.
Even if Huang Zi Tao and the others did not know the origins of this godly medicine, if a herb could actually uproot itself and run away, then with their intelligence, how could they not deduce that the value of this medicinal herb was far, far above what they had imagined?
A godly medicinal herb was running in front, while a large group of people was chasing after it. This scene was a bit funny, but no one had the intention to laugh at this moment. They had all put their focus into running, trying to grab hold of the runaway herb.
In myths, there were some treasures that had developed consciousness. They could travel underground and fly through the air, and this herb… though it was not travelling underground or flying through the air, since it was able to run around like a human being, its value should not be low.
As they ran, the commotion attracted more and more people to join in the ranks of chasers.
Ling Han discovered that this stalk of godly medicine was definitely doing this on purpose, because it kept continuously running around in circles, attracting more and more people to chase after it; yet, it was always in control of maintaining a proper distance, obviously being very skilled at this kind of game.
Could a stalk of godly medicine actually develop its own intelligence?
When he thought this, Ling Han could not help becoming overwhelmed with shock.
A thing like intelligence belonged to human beings and demonic beasts, and some demonic beasts may even have intelligence equal to a human being’s, yet he had never heard that plants could have intelligence as well.
With the deliberate leading of this stalk of godly medicine, out of the people who have entered this space, at least three quarters had joined in the race after the godly medicinal herb. However, not one of them managed to catch up to it. They all could only run after its heels and eat dust.
“We can’t go on like this!” Someone proclaimed.
“Why do I feel like I’ve been played with by a stalk of Spiritual Medicine?”
“Although this is an outrageous, but this is what I think—this stalk of godly medicine is evil!”
“Hehe, if you think it’s evil, you can give up. No one’s forcing you to run after it!”
“But I’m curious!”
No one was willing to give up. Now, even idiots should be able to guess that this stalk of godly medicine was unbelievably valuable. There were even some people who had deliberately left to inform those old monsters to have them set up a trap outside so that this stalk of Spiritual Medicine would not suddenly run off through the underground river and then disappear completely.
“Hear my command. Everyone move separately, and combine forces to catch this stalk of Spiritual Medicine!” The Third Imperial Prince said. “Now, the higher ranks have been alerted—according to them, we must apprehend this stalk of Spiritual Medicine at all costs, so please do not harbor any selfish motives, all of you.”
Everyone nodded. Since even the higher ranks outside the opening have been alerted, how could they dare to disobey?
It was most appropriate for the Third Imperial Prince to take command. Firstly, because he was strong enough, and secondly, because his status was high enough. As one command after another was announced, none dared to disobey. Even Hu Feng Yue, Sun Bu Ren, and the others obeyed his commands strictly.
On the surface, at least, there was no disagreement from them.
However, Ling Han could deduce that these young men were mostly filled with great ambition. How could they simply give up when such a valuable godly medicine was right in front of their eyes? They were all definitely filled with their own motives. Once they managed to get their hands on it, they would immediately swallow it. Who knows, maybe they would experience a dramatic transformation, and in a single step, become a god.
The circle of people widened, and the stalk of godly medicine kept running into danger in all directions. However, no one had guessed that the godly medicine had not been displaying its full speed at all. It was only now that it was surrounded by danger on all sides that it suddenly showed off a burst of speed, and became as quick as lightning.
Once it broke through their siege, the stalk of godly medicine actually raised its roots in their direction, like a human raising his finger. When they thought about it, the finger it was raising was definitely the middle finger.
Awesome, this wasn’t just a stalk of godly medicine, it was also a stalk of godly medicine with the character of a ruffian.
There was a strange feeling arising in all of them. They had actually been played by a stalk of Spiritual Medicine!
“I’m so angry, I will definitely eat you!” One of them with an impatient character shouted loudly in his anger.
The circle of people was once again in place and gradually shrank in size, leaving less and less space for the stalk of godly medicine to run around in.
Ling Han frowned. With the huge commotion that this stalk of godly medicine has stirred up, even if he was able to dominate over everyone here, would he be able to get this stalk of godly medicine undamaged? If he ate it in front of the eyes of everyone here… then who knows if he’d be made into human soup by the old monsters waiting outside once he exited this place!
That was really something that the old monsters would do, because most godly medicines had the ability to extend one’s lifespan, and what do those old monsters lack the most?
Time and life!
He could not help feeling troubled. What could he do now that would allow him to make this stalk of godly medicine his own without alerting anyone else to the fact? He had the Spatial Ring, so there was absolutely no problem for him to conceal it without any trace, but the problem was, how could he acquire the godly medicine without letting anyone else find out?
As he continued to run, he continued to ponder this problem.
The godly medicine was now forced into a corner. After all, there were too many people here, so no matter how fast it was, it was completely useless.
Ling Han stopped abruptly, and gasped, “Danger!”
Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan did not have the slightest doubt about his words, so they immediately stopped, but the others all snorted at him. This brat must be trying to fool them. They have already entered this place for quite a long time—when had they encountered with any kind of danger here?
Although this was the belly of the mountain, there was always light flickering all around them, allowing their environment to be without a single hint of darkness. Yet in front of them appeared a dark space, as if it was a gigantic maw of a monster waiting to swallow them.
“Xiu,” the godly medicine had already run in, and everyone else was right at its heels. But all of a sudden, “peng, peng, peng, peng.” It was as if they had ran into an invisible wall, and they were immediately bounced back. Some of them were sti
ll fine, only coming out with bleeding wounds. Yet there were others who had been seriously injured, and some of their bones were poking out of their skin.
The godly medicine stopped, and once again used its roots to signal at them, provoking them.
There was no one angry this time, though, because they all came off quite horribly from the crash, and had not yet regained their breaths.
“Bastard!” One of them immediately raced to Ling Han, and used his finger to point at Ling Han’s nose, “Since you know there was danger ahead, why didn’t you say so early on?”
“Can you be a bit reasonable?” Liu Yu Tong put herself in front of Ling Han, a baleful look on her face, “Didn’t Ling Han already tell you there was danger ahead? You all were the ones that didn’t stop running!”
“Heng, you didn’t say so clearly, who knows what that danger is?” Someone argued illogically, saying loudly, “Ling Han, if you’re a man, then step out here. Don’t let a woman defend you.”
This person was in the eighth layer of Element Gathering Tier, and so naturally was completely no match against Liu Yu Tong. But Ling Han was only in the sixth layer of Element Gathering Tier, making him think that Ling Han was an easy target.
“Sigh, ugly people do everything to attract attention.” Ling Han lightly pushed Liu Yu Tong to one side.
Liu Yu Tong could not help feeling a bit worried. She was naturally not worried that Ling Han would get hurt, but rather was worried that this guy had too quick a temper, and would kill off this guy that was deliberately provoking him. In that case, it wouldn’t be easy to settle things.
“Don’t worry. For the sake of Miss Liu, I will be merciful!” The person laughed coldly. The reason why he had deliberately provoked Ling Han was only to make him suffer a bit, so that Ling Han’s image in Liu Yu Tong’s eyes would be ruined.
“Pa!”
He had just finished talking, and his face had suffered a heavy slap. He could feel a burning pain on his cheek. He stared blankly for a moment, before realizing that he had been slapped by Ling Han. Instantly, he flew into a rage, and similarly raised his palm, striking towards Ling Han.
“Pa,” Ling Han’s palm once again rose and struck his face. He had moved later yet had hit his target first, and once again gave him a slap. Moreover, the force of the blow was exceptionally strong, causing the man’s figure to sway. The palm that he had raised naturally did not hit anything.
He could not believe this reality, and so once again aimed a slap at Ling Han.
“Pa, pa, pa, pa.” He was really unlucky this time, as Ling Han slapped his face repeatedly.
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“Anyone else not convinced?” Ling Han stopped moving, and smiled at the others.
Everyone else shook their heads. This guy was really too fierce. Anyone who was not in Gushing Spring Tier was completely unqualified to come to blows with Ling Han.
The few Gushing Spring Tier martial artists gave a humph. They had no fear of Ling Han, yet they dreaded facing Liu Yu Tong. Currently, Liu Yu Tong had her sword in hand and was standing guard by Ling Han’s side, so no one dared to make any reckless moves.
Most importantly, they did not have the time to bother with Ling Han right now. That stalk of Spiritual Medicine had escaped into the mysterious zone, so the most important thing now was how they were going to tempt it out of there.
More and more people poured out to surround this area on all sides.
This was probably the central zone of the whole underground space. It was circular in shape, and occupied quire a large area. Most importantly, that dark area seemed to be swallowing all of the surrounding light as if it was a solid object, capable of blocking their sight. A person standing at one end would not be able to see the other end at all.
Thankfully, there were enough people who had entered here, and could somewhat ensure that this area was completely surrounded. At least, if that stalk of godly medicine ventured out, they would know instantly.
“What now?” After they had formed a circle around the dark area, everyone asked awkwardly.
“Make sure it’s trapped! I don’t believe it’s never coming back out!” Someone said.
“Are you stupid? That is a plant. It can completely dig its roots inside for a few years to a few hundred years, but what about us? We would have to leave after three days, at most!” Another person rebuked.
“Oh, right!” The person who had spoken earlier said with a bit of embarrassment.
Everyone was frowning in thought. That was definitely a stalk of Spiritual Medicine and may have even reached the legendary godly level, yet they could only stand here and watch. This feeling was really about to drive them crazy.
Some of them left to inform the old monsters waiting outside the opening, hoping that they could have some idea about what to do, while the others continued to stand guard here.
Ling Han slowly neared that invisible wall. He stretched out a hand to feel it.
A very familiar feeling.
A sliver of a smile turned up the corners of Ling Han’s lips. Years ago, he had ventured to a lot of ancient historical sites and had witnessed a lot of similar situations. That was also why he had shouted out the warning earlier on.
This was not a wall, but an aura field, an aura field that was at a level above Heaven Tier!
If he was still in Heaven Tier, then based on the studies he had done on this kind of aura field, he could break through it by force and allow himself to pass through, but now…. he was completely unqualified to attempt that kind of thing.
Could it be… that he would have to use that?
Ling Han took out the damaged saber. This was his disciple’s treasured saber, and could also possibly be the only remnant of his disciple that he would be able to find. If he used all the remaining might of the Spiritual Tool in a single explosive burst, he should be able to forcibly use the power on par with Heaven Tier.
But, the problem was, such an explosive burst would also mean the complete end of this treasured saber.
Ling Han hesitated. Moreover, there was another problem. This treasured saber could only explode with such power once, so after he entered, how was he going to get back out?
But after a short moment, he finally made his decision. He had to go in!
Because, there was not only the godly medicine inside. The secret behind that great battle years ago should also be hidden there, and he wanted to find out the reason for that battle. Moreover, if there was really the corpse of an ultimate warrior of Shattering Void Tier inside that had formed this aura field, then who knows, he may have a way to disperse this aura field.
“You two, cover for me,” Ling Han said to Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan.
As this area was very big, everyone was standing about ten metres apart from each other to completely surround this area. Thus, Ling Han was standing in between the two girls. It would not be very easy for the people standing at the other side of the two girls to notice him there if they weren’t paying attention.
The two girls did not know what he intended to do, but they both nodded, because they knew that this guy had the ability to achieve the impossible.
Ling Han began to revive the treasured saber. Jiang Yue Feng’s martial intent originated from him, and though he was extremely weak at the moment, their martial arts were of the same vein. With the stimulation of his divine sense, the martial intent engraved in the treasured saber began to awaken. “Weng,” the seals on the treasured saber began to light up one by one, shining brightly.
However, this was the last light that would be coming from it. Soon, it would become completely ordinary, like any other normal weapon.
Ling Han did not have the slightest bit of hesitation. He used the treasured saber to pierce through the aura field to open up a path for himself.
Even so, he was still in a very emotionally tense state. The treasured saber in his hand was shaking as if it was a fish out of wate
r, and even his body was shaking along with it from the force of its quivering, so much that he was forced to walk in a zigzag pattern.
His figure instantly disappeared into that dark area, and could no longer be seen.
Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan were both dumbstruck with shock. They exchanged a look with each other, and in the other’s eyes, they could both see deep astonishment, as well as strong admiration. Was there anything that this youth—no, this man—could not do?
They quickly withdrew their gazes and became alert, focusing on the task of covering for Ling Han to ensure that no one would notice that he had disappeared. Otherwise, even if Ling Han did manage to get any treasure, based on his current ability, he would not be able to keep it.
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