Early the next morning, Ye Yiming set off for the medicine building.

Due to the upcoming duel with Wu Yaoguang in a month, Ye Yiming had to make preparations in advance. Wu Yaoguang was, after all, a peak Earth-level martial artist. According to his own cultivation progress, Wu Yaoguang would have at least **hundreds of thousands of cultivation points.

But Ye Yiming currently had at most 44,000 cultivation points. Even if he used all of them to enhance his cultivation, it would only reach less than 50,000, which was still far from Wu Yaoguang's **hundreds of thousands.

Moreover, who knows if Wu Yaoguang might have a stroke of luck, suddenly breaking through to the Heaven-level realm within this month! Although the chances of this happening were very slim, Ye Yiming had to be prepared for this possibility.

Therefore, Ye Yiming believed that to ensure victory over Wu Yaoguang, his own cultivation must break through to the Heaven-level martial artist's realm. Otherwise, Ye Yiming would not feel at ease.

Previously, Ye Yiming did not dare to think about breaking through to the Heaven-level martial artist's realm. Even if he managed to refine a mutated Super Warrior Pill, the quantity needed was enormous, and Ye Yiming could only refine mid-grade Super Warrior Pills. As for the high-grade ones, he could only dream of them.

As for the top-grade Super Warrior Pills, Ye Yiming didn't even dare to hope for their mutation. Although Ye Yiming was now confident in refining top-grade Super Warrior Pills, it was only possible with a large amount of thousand-year-old ginseng.

Ye Yiming had only five pieces of thousand-year-old ginseng. No, now he had only four pieces left. Ye Yiming had already consumed one piece to refine a dozen high-grade Super Warrior Pills.

Ye Yiming estimated that refining a top-grade Super Warrior Pill would require at least three pieces of thousand-year-old ginseng. Under such harsh conditions, how could Ye Yiming still hope for a mutation in the top-grade Super Warrior Pills?

As for relying on the high-level absorption technique to absorb cultivation points, Ye Yiming didn't even dare to think about it. Currently, the high-level absorption technique could absorb nearly 9,000 cultivation points a day.

Although this seemed like a lot, considering that reaching the Heaven-level martial artist's realm required 1 million cultivation points, Ye Yiming had no hope for this.

However, the situation was different now. With the Purification Pill, even if it wasn't a mutated pill, Ye Yiming could still obtain all the cultivation points from the pill after consumption.

Thus, once he refined the Purification Pill and took it along with the top-grade Super Warrior Pill, Ye Yiming could immediately soar to the Heaven-level martial artist's realm and then crush Wu Yaoguang!

Ye Yiming got up early this morning to buy the herbs needed to refine the Purification Pill.

Most of the herbs required for the Purification Pill were quite common, and Ye Yiming quickly bought them at the medicine building, except for three.

These three herbs were not available in the medicine building. Two were too rare and were only available on the fourth floor of the building, which Ye Yiming couldn't access. However, Ye Yiming didn't plan to buy them there anyway, as he had already learned from the medicine building staff where these herbs could be found.

As for the last herb, it wasn't because it was too rare that Ye Yiming couldn't buy it. It was because this herb, called Qing Shui Grass, was too common and not very useful. Even the Ye family's Ye Ji Pharmacy didn't have it, let alone the medicine building.

After returning to the State Duke's residence and making some preparations, Ye Yiming set off for his destination—Baiyun Mountain!

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This time, only Ye Qi and Da Hei accompanied Ye Yiming. Ye Yiming's grandfather was quite at ease with only Ye Qi going along. Three days ago, when Ye Yiming had just refined the Super Warrior Pill, Ye Qi was the first to benefit from it.

With the help of a dozen mid-grade and two high-grade Super Warrior Pills, Ye Qi had now become a peak Earth-level martial artist.

If Ye Qi were to fight Wu Yaoguang now, Ye Qi would undoubtedly have a higher chance of winning. After all, Ye Qi had battlefield experience, which was incomparable to Wu Yaoguang, a young master. This was why Ye Yiming's grandfather felt reassured letting him accompany Ye Yiming to Baiyun Mountain.

Riding swiftly, Ye Yiming and Ye Qi soon arrived at Baiyun Mountain.

Baiyun Mountain was the only mountain in Tianyang Kingdom with an altitude exceeding three thousand meters, reaching over five thousand meters. Located in the central part of Tianyang Kingdom, it was not far from the capital, Tianyang City, so Ye Yiming and Ye Qi arrived quickly. The mountain was named Baiyun Mountain because its peak pierced the white clouds due to its great height.

The foot of the mountain was lush with grass and trees, with countless medicinal herbs. Many herbalists and medicine gatherers in Tianyang Kingdom relied on the herbs at the foot of Baiyun Mountain for their livelihood. However, they could only gather common herbs within a thousand meters of the mountain.

Above a thousand meters, demonic beasts appeared, making it extremely dangerous for herbalists and medicine gatherers. Even the lowest-level demonic beasts posed a significant threat to them, with the slightest mistake potentially costing them their lives.

Moreover, most demonic beasts on Baiyun Mountain lived in groups, making it even more dangerous to gather herbs above a thousand meters. Only martial artists with high-level skills dared to venture above this height.

Ye Yiming's goal was the three-thousand-meter altitude, where he could find the herbs he needed. Although the higher he went, the stronger the demonic beasts became, Ye Qi, a peak Earth-level martial artist, made the journey relatively safe.

After settling their horses in the only small town at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, Ye Yiming and Ye Qi began their ascent.

Along the way, Da Hei was unusually excited, running back and forth and occasionally barking, attracting the attention of passing herbalists. This left Ye Yiming feeling a bit exasperated.

Good heavens! Does this glutton really need to be this excited?

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

Just as Ye Yiming was about to scold Da Hei, it suddenly started barking wildly ahead.

This time, Da Hei's bark was different, conveying an urgency that called Ye Yiming over. Ye Yiming hurriedly ran over with Ye Qi.

When they reached Da Hei, Ye Yiming saw it wagging its tail excitedly by a small pond. Seeing Ye Yiming approach, Da Hei wagged its tail even more vigorously.

What's this?

Seeing this, Ye Yiming initially wanted to scold Da Hei, but when he saw some green grass by the pond, he stopped.

Is this Qing Shui Grass?

Qing Shui Grass was a green herb that grew only in watery places, hence its name. It was a common herb used for healing injuries but had a slow effect. Due to its abundance and slow healing properties, people rarely collected it specifically. However, it was a staple in ordinary households.

Before coming here, Ye Yiming had shown Da Hei pictures of the herbs he was looking for, hoping it might help. Unexpectedly, Da Hei had actually found Qing Shui Grass.

Although Qing Shui Grass was common, if Da Hei could find it, it might also find the other two herbs!

"Good job, Da Hei! Well done! Here, take this!"

Ye Yiming praised Da Hei and threw it a few pills.

"Woof!"

Da Hei leapt up to catch the pills, barked excitedly at Ye Yiming, and then ran off again.

It seemed that after getting a taste of the reward, it was now off to find more herbs to please Ye Yiming, hoping for more pills.

Seeing this, Ye Yiming could only smile wryly. But Ye Qi, standing by, spoke up.

"Hahaha! Young master, Da Hei is getting smarter. It's even earning rewards now."

Ye Qi was now extremely loyal to Ye Yiming. After Ye Yiming gave him a few Super Warrior Pills, allowing him to reach the peak Earth-level martial artist realm in just three days, Ye Qi seemed to have attached himself to Ye Yiming, staying by his side all day.

Ye Qi had volunteered to accompany Ye Yiming to Baiyun Mountain this time. Originally, Ye Yiming's grandfather wanted Ye Qi to stay and cultivate in seclusion, hoping he would soon break through to the Heaven-level. But upon hearing that Ye Yiming was going to Baiyun Mountain to gather herbs, Ye Qi begged and was allowed to go.

Seclusion?

Why would I need seclusion! Following the young master, who knows when he'll be in a good mood and give me some amazing pill, and then I'll break through to the Heaven-level. Why would I need seclusion!

With this thought, Ye Qi was now more obedient to Ye Yiming than to the Duke's orders.

Hearing Ye Qi praise Da Hei, Ye Yiming felt pleased. Just as he was about to say something, a black shadow suddenly darted out from the nearby bushes, startling both Ye Yiming and Ye Qi. But when they saw what it was, they were even more shocked.

Yes, they were shocked!

It wasn't because the black shadow was a powerful demonic beast. On the contrary, it was a person that startled them.

Uh, it should be a person, right?