Chapter 132: Captured

132. Chapter 132: Captured

"Although the Small Yang-Yang Pill is a substitute for the Yang-Yang Pill, one or two Spirit Herbs within it cannot be replaced."

Although the Ghost Immortals of the Netherworld Court improved the Yang-Yang Pill, they merely swapped Spirit Herbs for others of the same attribute; yet not all Spirit Herbs have substitutes. There is one called the Five Elements Yin-Yang Grass, which is the so-called main herb.

This Spirit Herb has long since vanished, making it impossible to replace with other Spirit Herbs.

Moreover, the Ghost Immortals of the Netherworld Court tried using other Spirit Herbs as substitutes, but it was useless.

Or rather, it helped a little, but still could not cure the root cause.

To put it this way, what Xiao Wan eats every day is actually food brewed from the Spirit Herbs used to refine the Small Yin-Yang Pill.

Luo Yao now understood: Xiao Wan's condition could be resolved, but a key Spirit Herb was missing, and that herb had already vanished; even if a Ghost Immortal were incredibly powerful, they could not conjure it up.

"Is it not in those Ancient Ruins?"

The master of that oppressive pressure seemed to be playing cat and mouse, gradually increasing the pressure to see how long Luo Yao could endure, which actually suited Luo Yao's intentions even more.

"Are you with that person?"

Her eyes rolled; escape was impossible, so she could only pretend to cooperate.

Thus, the swindler who could not kill her proposed cooperation, offering to act as a bridge for him.

She wanted to see how things were going with the swindler; at least, there were no other options on Gong Min's side.

Therefore, after a thousand years of scavenging, not a single Five Elements Yin-Yang Grass could be seen in the wild.

Or rather, after tomorrow, she would no longer be human.

And that secret was that the Princess was in the hands of that swindler.

Luo Yao was somewhat unwilling to give up; she remembered many such rumors in the Immortal Cultivation World.

Under his oppressive pressure, she not only withstood it but broke through, and at such a young age; naturally, this surprised him, for he had been a cultivator in life and instinctively knew Luo Yao's talent was dozens of times better than any cultivator he had seen in his lifetime.

She struggled to swallow the Red Sun Pill, then frantically drove her Spirit Power to resist this terrifying oppressive pressure.

Then this miraculous Spirit Herb vanished from the Immortal Cultivation World.

"Little Sister Luo, it's alright."

"Pfft!"

After Luo Yao broke through to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation, she nearly roared at the sky to vent her feelings, but upon seeing a black-armored Fierce Ghost appear before her, she immediately showed caution.

"Do you know what the other name for the Five Elements Yin-Yang Grass is? It is called the Jiuzhuan Huanhun Cao."

Now, so many cultivators are in the Ancient Battlefield because countless cultivators were drawn there back then; afterward, they settled there or hid from enemies.

But she refused to give up.

Luo Yao briefly introduced the cooperation between the two, but swapped their identities: for instance, Luo Yao was doing business with the swindler and accidentally discovered his secret, while the swindler wanted to kill to silence her, but he could not kill her; furthermore, the powerful force behind her made the swindler wary.

Who would have known it would be exposed so quickly?

The Fierce Ghost narrowed his eyes at Luo Yao; having just heard the communication between the swindler and Luo Yao, he certainly would not let Luo Yao go.

Xiao Wan comforted her from the side, clearly unaware of her future fate, nor that she would sleep forever tomorrow.

After speaking a few words with Xiao Wan, Luo Yao left.

The old man glanced at You Wan, then sighed, "Very well; after all, the Netherworld Court owed me a favor in earlier years, so this counts as returning a kindness."

However, more importantly, the Five Elements Yin-Yang Grass requires a special growing environment, and such an environment cannot be simulated; that is to say, even if cultivators or major factions brought the Five Elements Yin-Yang Grass back, they could not plant it.

"Oh? It's getting more and more interesting."

After that voice spoke, the oppressive pressure enveloping Luo Yao vanished instantly.

Upon arriving at the agreed location and contacting the swindler via the swindler's Communication Jade Pendant, Luo Yao heard his urgent voice: "Run quickly!"

"The Immortal Cultivation World is so vast; surely such a Spirit Herb can be found?"

"I do not know where she is; only that swindler knows. I entered into this cooperation by sheer chance..."

Clearly, he saw Luo Yao's talent and courage.

Luo Yao's expression grew grim; upon seeing the swindler being hunted, she knew the Netherworld Court could not be relied upon.

Certain Spirit Herbs and Beasts that had vanished from the Immortal Cultivation World were actually discovered by cultivators within Ancient Ruins.

"Interesting."

Luo Yao frowned, but the old man helplessly said.

Before Luo Yao could react, she saw a figure fly rapidly in the distance, followed immediately by a group of Fierce Ghosts clad in armor.

Boom!

"So there is another one!"

Boom!

Finally, drawing on the Spirit Power of the Spirit Milk, Luo Yao broke through the bottleneck of the eighth layer of Qi Condensation under that terrifying oppressive pressure.

"Speak: where is the Princess? Reveal what you know, and I can make you my subordinate."

Luo Yao clenched her fists, then looked at the old man: "Senior, may Xiao Wan rest here for one night?"

As the terrifying aura enveloped Luo Yao, her entire body felt as if crushed by a great mountain; the stone slabs beneath her feet shattered instantly, and Luo Yao nearly fell to her knees.

Although her Innate Dharma Treasure absorbed some force, the gap in strength between the two was simply too great, and Luo Yao still spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"In other words, it can revive the dead and flesh the bones."

"Years ago, the Netherworld Court offered a reward of one million Yin Soul Beads, and this bounty spread throughout the Immortal Cultivation World, yet still yielded nothing; no cultivator found it, or perhaps even if some did, facing a life-saving Spirit Herb, they did not wish to reveal it."

With the old man's explanation, Luo Yao quickly understood why it had vanished.

After that came the current situation.

Unable to be planted meant that once used, it was gone.

For such a rare Spirit Herb, cultivators would uproot it entirely and take it away upon seeing it; even a small seedling would be taken, with attempts made to bring it back and plant it.

But even while spitting blood, Luo Yao gritted her teeth and persisted, for she sensed an opportunity.

This also led the major powers to become even more desperate to find wild Five Elements Yin-Yang Herbs, and although some had already gone extinct, with a few still remaining, over the following million years, cultivators continuously unearthed them, and then...

Luo Yao fell silent; had it been her, she would have known how to choose, after all, a million Yin Soul Beads, though precious, could not buy her life.

Afterwards, using their teleportation scrolls, they arrived at Duanzui Cheng, but the treacherous merchant sent her away and went alone to contact the people of the Nether Court.

"How could cultivators possibly let such a rare Spirit Herb go? Thus, in the ancient era, they were thoroughly scavenged by cultivators."

That voice sounded somewhat mocking; subsequently, Luo Yao felt the pressure on her body surge sharply.

Luo Yao had not lied; it was all the truth, but she had simply swapped the identities.

Moreover, she felt that as long as she did not lie, given that the Fierce Ghost valued her future, it surely would not kill her.

As for tricking the treacherous merchant, Luo Yao felt no guilt; after all, if not for the treacherous merchant, she would not have been captured.