Chapter 705: Harvesting Spiritual Medicine, White Spiritual Water (Seeking Subscriptions)

After entering the valley, although he could see some spiritual herbs and spiritual medicine along the way, Song Qingming was still a bit worried that the spiritual medicine in this "Spiritual Medicine Garden" might have been damaged for the most part after so many years without anyone to look after it.

He didn't expect that the spiritual medicine here had not been damaged much after thousands of years. Only some low-quality spiritual medicine had aged and withered in advance because they had reached their maturity limit and had not been picked.

Looking at the patches of high-tier spiritual medicine in the "Spiritual Medicine Garden," Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan looked at each other, both showing happy expressions.

If these spiritual medicines could all be brought back to the family, they wouldn't have to worry about any cultivation resources for at least a few decades.

Not to mention other clansmen, with so many spiritual medicines of the third grade and above in the hands of the three Jin Dan ancestors, Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, and Song Qingyu, it should be no problem for them to successfully cultivate to the late stage of Jin Dan in the future.

After the two scanned the "Spiritual Medicine Garden," they each took out a storage bag and began to pick the many spiritual items in front of them like a whirlwind.

Except for those that were not yet mature, all other spiritual medicines, regardless of grade, fell into Song Qingming and the other's storage bags.

To speed up the action, Song Qingming specially summoned "Jin Feng" and arranged for him to help pick the lower-grade spiritual medicines in the "Spiritual Medicine Garden."

The three worked for half an hour and finally picked all the mature spiritual items in the "Spiritual Medicine Garden." With a full harvest, they soon gathered together beside the spiritual gathering formation in the middle of the "Spiritual Medicine Garden."

This "Spiritual Gathering Formation" was designed very ingeniously. After thousands of years, it was still collecting heaven and earth spiritual energy for the spiritual medicine planted in it, gathering almost half of the elite spiritual energy of the entire valley into the formation to supply the dozen high-tier spiritual medicines inside.

Although so many years had passed, most of these high-tier spiritual medicines in the "Spiritual Gathering Formation" were not yet mature, and only two were ready to be picked.

These two spiritual medicines were both precious spiritual medicines of the fourth grade with a medicinal age of over two thousand years.

Fourth-grade spiritual medicine is an extremely rare spiritual item in the cultivation world, and its value is hard to measure with spirit stones. Any one of them placed at an auction can attract top Nascent Soul cultivators to fight for it.

Song Qingming had cultivated for so many years and only had the good fortune to see a fourth-grade low-quality "Crystal Lotus" when he went to explore the Nascent Soul cave mansion with Xia Mo and others in the Yue Kingdom back then.

It was just that because Song Qingming went to help, he couldn't compete with them, and in the end, this precious fourth-grade spiritual medicine fell into Xia Mo's hands.

The two fourth-grade spiritual medicines in front of him were not inferior in quality to the "Crystal Lotus" Song Qingming had seen back then. Just the value of these two spiritual medicines was much higher than the hundreds of spiritual medicines Song Qingming and his group had picked before.

"Husband, this Heavenly Green Hundred Spirit Grass is already mature and can be picked at any time. However, the medicinal age of the other Twilight Sandalwood Flower is not enough. If we pick it now, the medicinal effect might be damaged, and it is estimated that the value of the spiritual medicine will be reduced by one or two percent."

"Should we pick them together, or wait until next time?"

Huang Siyuan was an alchemist and was already very familiar with various spiritual medicines. She soon recognized the spiritual medicines in front of her and stated the problems.

"Let's take them together. This secret realm will only be opened once every seventy or eighty years. Who knows when we will be able to come in again next time. In case of urgent need, we won't be delayed."

After hesitating for a while, Song Qingming soon made a decision and took the two fourth-grade spiritual medicines from the "Spiritual Gathering Formation" together with Huang Siyuan.

Picking spiritual medicine in advance, although it would damage a little of the medicinal effect of this fourth-grade spiritual medicine, now that Song Qingming and his group had so many spiritual medicines, there was no need to feel sorry for the value of this little bit of spiritual medicine.

After picking all the mature spiritual medicines in the spiritual medicine garden, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan roughly counted them and harvested nearly three hundred mature spiritual medicines in total.

Among them, there were two fourth-grade spiritual medicines, over forty spiritual medicines and spiritual fruits of the third grade and above, including seven or eight main medicines that could be used to refine Foundation Establishment pills, and most of the remaining two hundred spiritual medicines were of the second grade and above.

According to the market value, the value of these spiritual medicines was no less than 400,000 spirit stones. Having obtained this huge wealth in this secret realm, Song Qingming and the other were also quite excited.

However, Song Qingming and his group were able to get so many spiritual medicines in the spiritual medicine garden this time because no one had come in for over two thousand years, and the spiritual medicines had never been touched.

After their large-scale picking this time, there would definitely not be so many mature spiritual medicines next time they came in, and it was estimated that they would only get two or three percent of this harvest at most.

Even so, not to mention other places in the secret realm, just this "Spiritual Medicine Garden," being able to pick spiritual items worth 100,000 spirit stones every hundred years, was an extremely important place for Song Qingming and even the entire family.

As long as the Song family could firmly control this secret realm in the future, relying on the resources inside, the family's development prospects would be limitless, and they could continuously cultivate Jin Dan cultivators.

Once the family's foundation was sufficient, it was not impossible for the Song family to become a Nascent Soul family like other Nascent Soul forces in the cultivation world and cultivate a Nascent Soul cultivator.

By then, the Song family could become a Nascent Soul family that could control its own destiny and would no longer be controlled by sects or other Nascent Soul forces around them.

Thinking of this, Song Qingming was also very excited, not knowing if he would have a chance to see this day.

After carefully collecting the picked spiritual medicines, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan spent a lot of time tidying up this "Spiritual Medicine Garden."

Although the two were not high-tier spiritual planters, they had learned some basic knowledge of planting spiritual medicine in the cultivation world.

After cleaning up the useless weeds in the "Spiritual Medicine Garden," they took out hundreds of spirit stones and filled them around, until the spiritual energy of the entire "Spiritual Medicine Garden" was higher than before they came, and both Song Qingming and the other showed satisfaction.

"The spiritual energy here is still sufficient. After completely refining these spirit stones, it can recover a bit more. Next time we come, let's just bring Yuansue."

"Her spiritual planting level is about to break through to the second-grade top-quality, so taking care of these spiritual medicines shouldn't be a problem."

Hearing Huang Siyuan's words, Song Qingming nodded slightly: "This time, because I didn't know the situation inside, I came in a bit hurriedly. Next time we come in, we must be fully prepared."

"It's almost handled here, let's hurry up and go take a look elsewhere!"

After the two walked out of the valley, Song Qingming performed spells to remove the formation flags on the "Profound Ice Formation." After the restriction guarding the valley resumed operation and re-blocked the ice hole that Song Qingming had punched through, they felt relieved and turned to leave.

With this "Profound Ice Formation," ordinary beasts could not break into the valley at all. The fact that no beast had been able to enter the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" for two thousand years was enough to prove the power of this restriction, which was enough for them to feel at ease.

After leaving the "Spiritual Medicine Garden," Song Qingming took Huang Siyuan to several other places recorded in the manual where high-tier spiritual items would appear.

However, it was a pity that because there was no powerful formation restriction guarding these places, most of them had been occupied by beasts, and most of the spiritual items inside had fallen into the beasts' bellies.

After Song Qingming and the other circled around, they only found a few third-grade spiritual fruits that were useful to them, and encountered a relatively unlucky third-grade low-quality Demon King to fight for spiritual items.

This demon, like "Chiyan," was a Demon King that had broken through to the Jin Dan realm for only one or two hundred years, and its cultivation was only at the early stage of Jin Dan. Song Qingming and the other killed it under their swords without much effort, harvesting many high-tier beast materials.

Three days later, above a bottomless canyon in the southeast corner of the secret realm, two streaks of light suddenly flew from afar and landed on an open space on the edge of the canyon.

"Is the place you mentioned below?" Just after arriving above the canyon, Song Qingming immediately asked "Chiyan," who was standing on Huang Siyuan's shoulder.

After carefully scanning the surroundings, "Chiyan" nodded repeatedly: "That's right, it's below. Let me lead the way for the two masters!"

After the blood-red "Chiyan" replied to Song Qingming, it immediately jumped off Huang Siyuan and flew quickly toward the bottom of the canyon.

Seeing this, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan also immediately turned into two streaks of light and followed.

After searching in the secret realm for two days, Song Qingming and the other had already explored the places recorded in Zhao Jibai's manual. Song Qingming and the other, who didn't know where to look for spiritual items for a while, followed "Chiyan" to the place where it stole the spiritual water.

Although beasts have a much longer lifespan than human cultivators, most of the time they are in a state of unopened spiritual wisdom, and only after cultivating to the Jin Dan realm can they slowly open their own spiritual wisdom and gradually catch up with human cultivators in cultivation.

Besides relying on hard cultivation, beasts, like human cultivators, can also use some means and take some special spiritual items to purify and improve their bloodline and open their own spiritual wisdom in advance.

The two Demon Kings Long Feng and Qingluan that Song Qingming knew back then, as well as the "Ice Fire Dragon" that Song Qingming was hatching and cultivating, were all beasts that had already opened their spiritual wisdom in advance.

However, there are many low-tier beasts in the cultivation world, and beasts that can have this opportunity to open their spiritual wisdom in advance are like those lucky people with outstanding natural spiritual roots and talents among human cultivators, almost one in ten thousand.

"Chiyan" having such good fortune was also greatly beyond the expectations of Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, so Song Qingming was also very curious about the spiritual water that could change its destiny.

After entering the canyon with "Chiyan," they soon passed through the clouds and mist that obscured their vision in mid-air and arrived at the very bottom of the depths of the canyon.

The bottom of this canyon was extremely narrow, only less than a zhang wide, and there was a stream of water that didn't look deep flowing through the middle, and the sound of the stream flowing quickly came from time to time. "That spiritual spring is in a cave not far upstream. It has always been my cave mansion, and it has been occupied by that hateful black bear for decades."

After arriving at a place it was very familiar with, "Chiyan" also stirred up a bad memory in its heart and complained to Huang Siyuan behind it aggrievedly.

Seeing this, Huang Siyuan also immediately comforted: "Don't worry, it's just a mid-stage Jin Dan beast. With us helping you get revenge, it won't be able to run."

Under the leadership of "Chiyan," Song Qingming and the other soon arrived outside a pitch-black cave upstream of the stream.

Before Song Qingming and "Chiyan" could confirm the location of the beast, a violent roar came from the cave entrance, shaking the entire canyon.

Before long, a huge black bear with a tall and strong body ran out of the pitch-black cave and arrived in front of "Chiyan," who was running at the front.

At first, seeing "Chiyan," this old rival, this black bear Demon King was also very disdainful, relying on its more powerful mid-stage Jin Dan cultivation to want to drive it away.

However, before it could start, two more powerful auras suddenly appeared behind "Chiyan," making the "Black Bear Demon King," which had just wanted to make a move, suddenly put down its sharp claws.

"Haha! Stupid bear, you're going to be unlucky today."

Seeing this "Black Bear Demon King" appear, a ball of red flames also appeared on "Chiyan," and it was ready to wash away its shame and avenge the hatred of its cultivation cave mansion being snatched by the other party for so many years.

After "Chiyan" gathered a ball of flames on its head, it immediately flashed into mid-air and took the initiative to launch an attack on the "Black Bear Demon King," shooting out a red flame.

Just as this attack flew in front of its eyes, the "Black Bear Demon King" shook its fur, and its front paws suddenly slapped the ground hard, and a transparent water mirror appeared in front of it, easily blocking "Chiyan's" attack.

"It actually cultivated a water-attribute technique. No wonder Chiyan is not its opponent. This demon is still a bit tricky!"

Seeing that "Chiyan" was restrained by the other party's technique in the fight with the "Black Bear Demon King" and soon fell into a disadvantage, Huang Siyuan whispered, then took out her natal magic treasure, the "Purple Gold Seal," and went up to help join the battle.

The "Black Bear Demon King" had actually just advanced to the mid-stage of Jin Dan not long ago. Facing the siege of Huang Siyuan and "Chiyan," two early-stage Jin Dan cultivators, it could no longer take much advantage.

After the two sides fought for a while, a black shadow suddenly attacked from mid-air, and another black-clothed man with not low cultivation joined the battlefield, making the "Black Bear Demon King," which could still cope, gradually unable to resist and falling into an extremely passive situation.

However, although it was at a disadvantage, the "Black Bear Demon King's" physical body was very strong. Facing the siege of Huang Siyuan and the others, there were not many injuries on its body.

Seeing that the other party had many people and great power, and it couldn't win by staying, the "Black Bear Demon King" decisively performed divine abilities to force back Huang Siyuan in front of it and quickly fled to the high sky to the side, wanting to escape the battlefield and the canyon.

However, just as the "Black Bear Demon King" made a move, several streaks of golden spiritual light suddenly flew out from the mountain wall, like ropes, directly binding the "Black Bear Demon King's" limbs, leaving it in mid-air as it wanted to escape.

This sudden change caught the "Black Bear Demon King" off guard, and it struggled desperately in mid-air, wanting to get rid of the restraint of the golden rope.

But this rope formed by golden spiritual light, although tangled into a ball by the "Black Bear Demon King," was unexpectedly extremely firm. No matter how it struggled, it couldn't be broken, and instead, it bound the "Black Bear Demon King" tighter and tighter.

Seeing this scene, Huang Siyuan, "Chiyan," and "Jin Feng," who were chasing from below, were overjoyed and hurriedly joined the battle to continue besieging the trapped "Black Bear Demon King."

And not far above their battlefield, Song Qingming was concentrating on controlling a golden formation flag in his hand, performing spells to control the golden rope binding the "Black Bear Demon King" below.

Just when Huang Siyuan and the others went up to fight the "Black Bear Demon King," to prevent the other party from finding a chance to escape, Song Qingming had already taken a step ahead and set up a "Jin Guang Binding Demon Formation" above the canyon.

Although the time was not sufficient, Song Qingming set up this formation casually, but the "Jin Guang Binding Demon Formation" was a third-grade formation after all. Even if its power was weakened, it was not difficult to trap a "Black Bear Demon King" that had just broken through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan.

Besieged by three Jin Dan cultivators including Huang Siyuan, and with its figure restrained by the "Jin Guang Binding Demon Formation," unable to exert its full strength, the "Black Bear Demon King" soon had many injuries on its body.

After insisting for half a stick of incense, this somewhat unlucky "Black Bear Demon King" let out a scream and finally fell in front of everyone unwillingly, and was ended by Huang Siyuan with her natal magic treasure.

"Stinky bear, bullying me and snatching my cave mansion back then, you have today too!"

Seeing the "Black Bear Demon King" lying on the ground without movement, "Chiyan" immediately jumped onto its head and began to show off its power and feel proud.

Huang Siyuan just split open the "Black Bear Demon King's" belly and took out the natal inner core hidden in its body. Song Qingming, who had put away the formation flag above, also flew to their side.

"This guy's skin is really troublesome. It feels much thicker than an average Demon King. If it weren't for husband's final move, the three of us might not have been able to keep it!"

Song Qingming nodded when he saw this: "This demon's strength is average, but its physical body is somewhat strong. If we hadn't come in, it should have had no opponents in this secret realm."

"Give it a few hundred more years, and it might have been possible to break through to the late stage of Jin Dan. After removing this scourge, there shouldn't be any powerful beasts in the secret realm."

"Hmph! This stupid bear wasn't much stronger than me originally. It was just that it occupied the spiritual spring in the cave mansion and used the spiritual water to strengthen its physical body to break through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan. Otherwise, it would have been enough for me and the master to deal with it."

"You mean it broke through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan after drinking spiritual water? Can this spiritual water also strengthen the physical body?" Song Qingming asked with some doubt.

The reason for his doubt was also because "Chiyan" was also a beast that had drunk spiritual water, but its physical body was not much different from the mouse-type Demon Kings Song Qingming had encountered before, it just opened its spiritual wisdom in advance.

"Chiyan" nodded immediately: "When I first fought with this guy, its physical body wasn't this strong. It was only after it snatched the cave mansion that I gradually found it becoming more and more powerful."

"It has changed so much in just a short dozen years. If I'm not mistaken, it must be because it also drank the spiritual water."

"Oh! Then according to what you said, besides opening spiritual wisdom, this spiritual water also has the effect of strengthening the physical body. It is indeed wonderful."

Song Qingming nodded thoughtfully, didn't ask any more questions, turned and came to Huang Siyuan's side, helping to deal with the huge corpse of the "Black Bear Demon King."

Besides the natal Jin Dan in its body, the bear paws and bear gall... on this "Black Bear Demon King" were all rare high-tier beast materials outside.

Regardless of whether what "Chiyan" said about the spiritual water was valuable or not, being able to kill a mid-stage Jin Dan Demon King and get tens of thousands of spirit stones worth of beast materials this time, Song Qingming and his group didn't make the trip in vain.

The two spent a long time before finally collecting the materials on the "Black Bear Demon King," and then walked into the pitch-black cave beside them under the leadership of "Chiyan."

This cave was very spacious, enough for five or six people to walk side by side, but it was a pitch-black bottomless abyss, making people feel a trace of invisible oppression after walking in.

Seeing that "Chiyan" in front lit up the entire cave with the fire light emitted under Huang Siyuan's signal, Song Qingming hurriedly put away the night-luminescent pearl he had just taken out.

After the two followed "Chiyan" and walked hundreds of zhang into the cave, they finally arrived in a large cave about ten zhang in diameter.

After arriving here, "Chiyan" also became excited all of a sudden, jumped a few times on the ground and arrived in front of a depression in the middle of the cave, looking greedily at a pool of white spiritual water gathered inside.

"This damn black bear, it really drank a lot of spiritual water over the years. Fortunately, it wasn't all drunk by it!"

"This is the spiritual water you mentioned!"

Hearing the complaint in "Chiyan's" mouth, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan carefully scanned the entire cave and followed.

The white spiritual water in the pool looked somewhat similar to the "Millennium Spirit Milk" Song Qingming had seen. Although it didn't look particularly eye-catching, it did emit bursts of very rich spiritual energy, clearly not an ordinary thing.

Just as Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan were carefully observing the white spiritual water in the pool, "Chiyan" to the side had already buried its head into the water pool and began to swallow the spiritual water inside.

"Sigh!... Who let you steal a drink!"

Seeing that this guy started swallowing the spiritual water they had just obtained in front of them, Song Qingming hurriedly frowned, picked it up, threw it to the ground to the side, and scolded it angrily.

It was not easy to find so much spiritual water this time. Song Qingming hadn't even figured out the value of these things yet, so he couldn't let it all be fed to the greedy little mouse in front of him before he got his hands on it.

Thrown to the side, "Chiyan" looked at Song Qingming glaring at it fiercely, and was also a bit scared, running to Huang Siyuan's side aggrievedly. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 706 =====