Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “You still dare to show up? Aren’t you afraid of your shady business being exposed and being chased after by people?”
“Pah, where have I lied?” Ma Duo Bao sneered. “Treasure Master never cheats in his dealings, don’t you ruin Treasure Master’s reputation.”
“Hold it, do you even have any reputation?” Ling Han shook his head.
“Black Brother, how about we join hands?” Ma Duo Bao came closer.
“Why?” Ling Han asked. “You’re covered with jewels and pearls from head to toe, and you still need to join hands?”
If he didn’t unleash Demon Birth Sword, even he couldn’t deal with all of Ma Duo Bao’s Spirit Tools.
“Hehe, Black Brother, wouldn’t you want to do a huge business deal?” Ma Duo Bao smiled evilly, moved his head closer, and said in a low voice, “Don’t tell me that you’re not interested in the medicinal garden here!”
Ling Han was shocked. He said, “You want to steal from the medicinal garden here? Such great nerve.”
“Hehe, we’re people with the same pursuit; the second in line doesn’t tell off the boss!” Ma Duo Bao cupped his hands in salute to Ling Han, and said, “How about it, how about it? Treasure Master is most adept in lifting restrictions. What can you do?”
Ling Han scratched his head, and said, “From where did you get that I looked like a thief, and how come you’re admitting it all on your own?”
Ma Duo Bao laughed out loud and said, “All right, all right. Treasure Master’s done business for so many years, so the moment you lift your butt, Treasure Master will know what kind of crap you defecate. Like I said, we’re people with the same pursuit, yet you try to cover it up. Are you not regarding Treasure Master as a friend?”
Ling Han rolled his eyes and said, “We were never friends!”
“Unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough, aren’t we already friends?” Ma Duo Bao looked at Ling Han twice more. “This disguise technique of yours is really not bad, even almost deceiving Treasure Master.”
This time, Ling Han was truly shocked—the other party could actually see through his disguise?
He activated the Eye of Truth and looked towards Ma Duo Bao, but Ma Duo Bao reached out to cover his face—the lines of fabric on his sleeves emitted a faint light, making even Ling Han’s Eye of Truth unable to penetrate it.
“Wow, what luck you have to actually have gotten the Eye of Truth! Hahaha, now Treasure Master has complete certainty. You”ll be responsible for using your eye, and Treasure Master will be responsible for using his hands. I promise you that we’ll steal the medicinal garden till it’s barren,” Ma Duo Bao said excitedly.
A coldness arose within Ling Han’s heart. This guy could recognize the Eye of Truth with one glance—was he really just a youngster? If he could disguise himself, why couldn’t the other party? However, when they entered the mountain gates, a Flower Blossom Tier cultivator appeared. He might have looked unperturbed, but if a person with makeup surpassing the age limit were hidden in the crowd, he would definitely have found out at once.
Young or not could be seen from one’s life force. The various functions of the bodies of those past thirty would start going on a down slope and their life force would appear to be on a downward trend as long as they didn’t enter Flower Blossom Tier, which was completely different from the vigor of youngster.
However, if Ma Duo Bao was an old monster in disguise, and could deceive a Flower Blossom Tier practitioner’s eyesight, what cultivation was he at?
Ling Han thought to himself, and said, “Alright, then let’s join hands.” He was very interested in emptying the Winter Moon Sect’s medicinal garden.
Yu Long Mountains were the Winter Moon Sect’s private property, and in order to avoid people from sneaking into the mountains to dig up herbs and hunt monsters, the entire mountain range was protected by a mountain-protecting formation. If one tried to break through it with external power, the Winter Moon Sect would definitely be alarmed.
However, they already entered the Winter Moon Sect, so they weren’t scared of tripping the formation. As long as they had the ability to open up the medicinal garden’s restriction, they could easily rob the medicinal garden empty.
They looked at each other, both starting to laugh.
As they advanced, it was clear Ma Duo Bao had done the groundwork, staying in front to lead the way and walking in a fixed direction.
“Stop there, hand over you tokens, and I can spare you your lives.” However, after they walked for a while, they encountered a small team in ambush. A total of thirty-four people began to surround them.
“You go or I go?” Ling Han said smiling at Ma Duo Bao
“Treasure Master is only interested in Treasures, just keep the tokens for yourself.” Ma Duo Bao shrugged.
As expected, this guy came especially for the Winter Moon Sect’s medicinal garden. Earlier, he probably scammed other people’s Origin Crystals on a whim, and thought that it was dumb not to take advantages when there was a chance.
Ling Han looked towards those people and said with a smile, “Now it’s a robbery. Get a bit more serious, and hand over all of your tokens.”
Those people were fuming with anger. They were the ones that was doing the robbery, alright?
“If you must go about it the hard way… Brothers, kill him!” These people waved their sabers and swords and charged over.
Ling Han frowned. If these people were just robbing, then he wouldn’t mind robbing back and letting them live. However, these people now bared their killing intent, already harboring the thought to kill.
He snorted and tapped the sword’s sheath with his left hand. Xiu , the long sword instantly bounced out, seized by his hands, and with a shua , a dazzling sword light swept across.
Pu, pu, pu, pu, fresh blood splattered everywhere. Traces of blood appeared on their right shoulders which immediately hung limply, the weapons in their hands instantly falling onto the ground as cries were heard one after another.
Ma Duo Bao clapped as he said, “Good job on acting cool, I give you ten points!”
Ling Han still didn’t kill them in the end, so settled for only crippling their right arms. It wouldn’t affect their movements hereafter, but they wouldn’t ever be able to use violence. He said indifferently, “Leave your tokens and get lost.”
These people knew they encountered an expert; with pale faces, they hurriedly placed their tokens together and ran right away without saying a word.
Now they were simply injured, and if they still weren’t sensible, then they might also lose their lives.
They ran backwards one after another. With their arms crippled, what the hell was the point in fighting.
Ling Han picked up the tokens and put them away into the Black Tower. In front of Ma Duo Bao who was adorned with jewels and pearls, he wouldn’t mind revealing his possession of a spatial spirit tool; Ma Duo Bao definitely wouldn’t think of the Black Tower that could form its own world.
On the way, they encountered several more robberies. Ling Han normally wouldn’t kill, unless the other party had gone too far. For example, if others unleashed a fatal sneak attack, then he wouldn’t mind killing the other party with one strike.
After half a day, they finally arrived at a large medicine garden.
Chapter 323
Chapter 323: Robbing the Medicinal Garden
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu
It was not quite a medicinal garden but rather a large scale medicinal farm, for there were only a few trees used for timber in the surroundings, wrapped by some cloth, forming a wall that couldn’t block anything.
However, Ling Han and Ma Duo Bao both revealed cautious looks.
This medicinal garden had a restriction protecting it.
It might look slack, but it was not so—it was filled with great danger instead.
“Little Brother Treasure, why don’t you explain how we can sneak in without a stir?
” Ling Han said. This medicinal garden was massive, taking up half of the mountaintop, and within it were fields upon fields of spirit medicine, which almost made him drool as he saw them.
There certainly were a few high-level spirit medicines, some he hadn’t even seen in his previous life.
After all, the Winter Moon Sect was a superpower in the north region.
“It’s Treasure Master! Older Brother Treasure!” Ma Duo Bao emphasized, rubbing his hands together and staring at the medicinal garden. “Now, use your Eye of Truth to find the weakest point of the defense. Treasure Master has a way to open a door that can be maintained for one day. However, we’ll definitely have to slip out after one day.”
“That’s enough.” Ling Han nodded. He activated the Eye of Truth at once and began searching.
It could see through the fabricated, reaching the essence—using it to unravel formations was the best option.
Weng , flashes of golden lines of fabric were in his eyes, and the world immediately appeared in a different form. This was a world completely made up of the six Origin Source elements: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and thunder element, which formed the cornerstones of the world from which everything else evolved.
The restriction on the medicinal garden completely emerged in front of him, each and every nodal joint without a thread of secret.
Unfortunately, this restriction was too strong. If Ling Han were to unravel it now, then he would instantly collapse. However, to find the weakest location was still easy. Very soon, he pointed in a direction and said, “There.”
The two walked over and Ma Duo Bao took out three spirit talismans while muttering incantations. Weng, weng, weng, the three talismans immediately shone and he hurriedly pressed into the air, and with a pa, pa, pa , the three talismans were as if stuck to a wall, floating in midair.
The three talismans took three corners; each had two flashes of light surging out that connected to the other two talismans, forming a triangle.
“Let’s go!” Ma Duo Bao leapt out and through the triangle, entering into the medicinal garden.
This triangle was very small. Normally speaking, it would be impossible to pass through with Ma Duo Bao’s physique, but he contracted his stomach and his large belly actually disappeared all at once, easily passing through.
Ling Han couldn’t help but laugh as he said, “Little Brother Treasure, if you lost weight, you’d have some game.”
“Pah, this body full of meat is Treasure Master’s baby, priceless.” Ma Duo Bao breathed in, and his belly instantly swelled up, returning to its original state.
Ling Han also leapt through into the medicinal garden.
“Hopefully the spirit talismans wont’ be taken off, or else we’d be like a turtle in a jar,” Ma Duo Bao muttered.
“Hey, hey, hey, you only have three of those spirit talismans?” Ling Han took a hold of him.
“Treasure Master’s busy, how could Treasure Master possibly have spirit talismans left!” Ma Duo Bao said boldly and confidently.
Which meant that he’d done so many illicit things that he hadn’t had the time to replenish such spirit talismans.
Ling Han sighed and said, “Aren’t you too unreliable?
“You just found out?” Ma Duo Bao glared. “Hurry up, hurry up, let’s split up and leave when we’ve scooped up enough. If your greed gets you trapped and captured, then that’s not on Treasure Master.”
“The feeling’s mutual.” Ling Han smiled.
Ma Duo Bao turned to leave and find high value spirit medicines to harvest. If they were to rob by cleaning whole areas, it wouldn’t take long to startle the Winter Moon Sect, so they could only collect selectively.
Ling Han also immediately began to move. There was quite a decent amount of valuable spirit medicines here. After all, this was one of north region’s five strongest forces. However, Eight Tier and above spirit medicines couldn’t possibly be seen.
There was definitely a reason for north region’s martial arts level being low. It concerned the environment, which limited high level spirit medicines growing… unless there was some special circumstance, like a Shattering Void Tier warrior’s corpse, which perhaps contained enough “fertilizer” to breed a stalk of Tenth Tier medicine.
Ling Han selected by genus, digging it up by the roots and sending it into the Black Tower.
In any case, one year in the Black Tower was equivalent to a thousand years in the outside world. He would soon be able to turn one stalk of a spirit medicine into a dozen stalks, and into a hundred stalks.
He was collecting awfully happily, but in a short while, he heard a loud sound and felt fierce waves of Origin Power transmit over, shaking even the spirit medicines here.
“Tanned Brother, time to bolt!” He heard Ma Duo Bao’s tragic scream that was as if a pig was being killed. His extremely fat physique appeared immediately after, and behind him was an expressionless old man with the Spirtiual Pedestal Tier cultivation!
“Sh!t, why’d you bring him over here?” Ling Han hurriedly broke into a run as well.
“Treasure Maser couldn’t possibly know you were here!” Ma Duo Bao said, feeling wronged. “But, for better or for worse, you’re Treasure Master’s brother from now on!”
“No, I’m afraid that I’ll be thoroughly deceived by you!” Ling Han rejected decisively; this fatty was too devious.
“Pah, you actually dare to give Treasure Master the cold shoulder!” Ma Duo Bao was extremely displeased.
The Spiritual Pedestal Tier at the back was finally angered as he yelled out, “Two foolishly daring thieves actually daring to steal from this sect’s medicinal garden, submit to arrest swiftly, or else, once you’re in this old man’s hands, I’ll promise to peel your skin and lash your veins!”
“Pah, you think Treasure Master was scared into maturity?” Ma Duo Bao stuck up his butt, slapped it hard, and said, “Come catch Treasure Master! Tanned Brother, this old man’s up to you, Treasure Master’s got some stuff, so I’ll be going first!”
Shua , his figure accelerated fiercely.
It was unknown who said it, but when running for your life, you don’t have to be the fastest… as long as you’re faster than the ones running along with you.
Those words were very true!
Now, the Spiritual Pedestal Tier old man was closer and closer, only a few meters from Ling Han.
“You damned fatso!” Ling Han cursed. He hurriedly unleashed his sword, slicing it diagonally; instantly, a stalk of spirit grass was sliced off, and he threw it with a palm, smashing the spirit medicine at the old man.
“Old wretch, if you dare get any closer, careful that this master might be out of sorts and everything here could be destroyed!” he said with a smile.
The old man reached out with his hand and swiped the spirit medicine to the side, immediately revealing an expression of caution in fear of more destruction. He was responsible for guarding the medicinal garden. If he let the place suffer large damage, then even if he caught the two vermin, he would still suffer severe punishment.
In any case, these two people’s cultivation was so low that even if they ran out of the medicinal garden, he would have the chance to attack without restraint.
With that decided, he slowed down his steps, and maintained about thirty meters of distance from Ling Han, no longer approaching.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, the three were like a line, leaping swiftly.
The door opened earlier was already in sight, and Ma Duo Bao was the first to flee through it; however, he didn’t leave and waited at the door, reaching out with both hands and waiting for the instant Ling Han fled through. Shua, shua, shua, both his hands moved repeatedly and instantly ripped off the three spirit talismans.
Peng!
The Spiritual Pedestal Tier old man rammed right into the restriction, and instantly, a terrifyingly large power rolled by, sending him flying and rolling over everything in his path—who knew how many flowers and grasses he ruined.
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bsp; “Restrain your grief!” Ling Han and Ma Duo Bao said at the same time.
Chapter 324
Chapter 324: Yellow Dragon Fruit
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu
Although the Spiritual Pedestal Tier old man fell heavily, his strength was out of the ordinary after all; he immediately jumped up again, though his body was covered in blood. He instantly ran back to the restriction and stared fiercely at Ling Han and Ma Duo Bao.
“You guys won’t get away!” he yelled, straining his voice.
A dignified Spiritual Pedestal Tier cultivator actually let two juniors run from right under his nose. How could he bear to stand this? This wasn’t just about losing face, but being an incompetent sentry—the sect’s punishment would definitely await him.
“Pah, Treasure Master will leave how he wants, and leave whenever he wants. Can you deal with me?” Ma Duo Bao turned around and patted his but at the old man. “If you have the ability, come bite Treasure Master’s butt!”
“Tanned Brother, give me a Disguise Pill quickly!” As he turned his head, his expression changed, ingratiating himself with Ling Han.
Ling Han laughed with mischief and said, “We’re brothers, and I can surely give you a Disguise Pill, but that hairpin on your head is not bad.”
“No!” Ma Duo Bao hurriedly shook his head.
“That waist band…”
“No!”
“Boots?”
“No!”
“Then goodbye, I wish you luck!” Ling Han clapped his hands, about to walk off swaggeringly.
“Tanned Brother, you can’t just stand by when some is in peril!” Ma Duo Bao hurriedly pulled onto Ling Han, and said clenching his teeth, “Treasure Master’s going for broke, I’ll sleep with you for two days!”
Pu!
Ling Han instantly spurted out his saliva and hurriedly threw a Disguise Pill at Ma Duo Bao, leaping out. “Damned fatty, stay away from me, or else I’ll cut off all your fat!”
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