The two arrived quickly and left just as swiftly, without a sound.
Su Shi'er lay on the tree, not daring to make a single noise from start to finish.
When he heard someone approaching, although he didn't sense anything, he didn't dare to act rashly, remaining cautiously alert in his heart.
"Thunder Drum Peak? What kind of place is that?"
"However, this so-called trial, which is said to only allow disciples below the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage to enter, is not actually the case."
"The Peak Lord of Heavenly Melody Peak can find a way in, what about others? It seems I need to be more careful in my actions."
Su Shi'er pondered silently, and soon, three figures swiftly passed by.
These three were not highly cultivated, all at the third level of the Qi Refining stage, responsible for patrolling the surroundings of Heavenly Splendor Peak.
The three stood on the hillside, quickly scanning the area, and left swiftly when they found nothing.
Once they were gone, Su Shi'er floated down from the tree, quietly using the Wind Summoning technique, stepping on the breeze as he approached the Spirit Plant Garden.
As he neared the dense fog, there was surprisingly no one guarding nearby.
Staring at the dense fog ahead, Su Shi'er took a deep breath and cautiously stepped inside.
The moment he entered, the fog roiled and surged. A tremendous pressure came from all directions, making it difficult for him to breathe. His whole body felt as if it were trapped in a quagmire, unable to move an inch.
Su Shi'er hurriedly activated the blood light shield, silently cursing that if the jade token was useless, he would be in dire straits.
"Is this the power of a formation? No wonder those disciples from Heavenly Splendor Peak don't dare to come near!"
A thought flashed through his mind, and in the critical moment, he quickly took out the jade token, while tightly holding an escape talisman in his other hand.
Fortunately, as soon as the jade token appeared, it emitted a faint glow, and the violently surging fog seemed to sense something, quickly receding.
"Good, it seems this jade token is indeed a pass!"
Feeling the pressure lighten, Su Shi'er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
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Clutching the jade token tightly, he quickly determined the direction and hurried towards the Spirit Plant Garden.
The fog extended for miles on the outskirts, growing denser as he approached, with the light from the jade token growing brighter.
Su Shi'er speculated that without the pass, the closer one got to the Spirit Plant Garden, the greater the pressure would be.
Reaching the wall of the Spirit Plant Garden, he leaped over it effortlessly using the Shadowless Phantom Steps.
As soon as he entered, he inhaled a refreshing breath. The air was filled with abundant spiritual energy, invigorating him and lifting his spirits.
"Such rich spiritual energy, even without spirit plants, this garden is an ideal place for cultivation."
Taking a deep breath, Su Shi'er finally turned his gaze to the garden.
"My goodness, so many spirit plant herbs?"
The sight made him gasp, his eyes widening in disbelief.
The Spirit Plant Garden stretched over hundreds of acres, divided into neat plots of various sizes.
Several plots were covered by formations, naturally simulating different environments for the herbs to grow—shade, sun, rain, heat... truly extraordinary.
The plots were filled with various herbs, the lowest being second-grade low-grade spirit plants, with many first-grade ones that had aged into second-grade.
From afar, the plots were neatly arranged, with a few third-grade spirit plants visible.
The entire Spirit Plant Garden contained tens of thousands of spirit plants.
"Hundred-year ginseng, astragalus, lingzhi... Xuanfeng treasure leaves, Koran flowers, Dream Dew fruits..."
As his gaze swept over each area, Su Shi'er's heart raced, his pulse quickening.
He recognized most of the spirit plants, but there were also many that weren't in any herbal compendium.
After a quick scan, his heart pounded vigorously, as if it would leap out of his throat.
"With so many herbs, their value might surpass that of an entire peak."
"With these, even without the mysterious Pill Furnace, I won't lack pill medicine and can quickly enhance my cultivation."
"No, I need to gather these herbs quickly and then get out of here. The Peak Lord of Heavenly Melody Peak is a formation expert; she might be able to enter in less than two days!"
With his thoughts racing, Su Shi'er quickly calmed his excitement, not daring to waste any time.
He ran to a plot filled with over a hundred five-hundred-year-old ginseng plants and got to work.
It was a moment of great harvest!
However, to prevent anyone from discovering the missing spirit plants, he carefully dried the soil after harvesting each area, disguising it as barren land.
He even left some withered or half-dead spirit plants behind.
Over two days, Su Shi'er scoured the Spirit Plant Garden, collecting nearly ninety percent of the spirit plants.
By then, all his storage bags were filled with spirit plants, and his storage ring was also packed.
"Good thing I got this storage ring; otherwise, even if I got in, I wouldn't be able to carry so many spirit plants."
"The remaining spirit plants are of good quality; I need to gather them quickly and leave. Judging by the time, the Peak Lord of Heavenly Melody Peak should be arriving soon."
In the early morning, having just finished collecting another area, Su Shi'er muttered to himself, scanning the garden and seeing only two areas left. He turned his attention to the nearest one.
In this plot stood a single towering tree, a hundred meters high, shrouded in dense fog.
The tree was lush with branches and leaves, bearing seven round, crimson fruits the size of fists.
Su Shi'er was puzzled, his eyes twitching as Meng Tianyi's words from that day echoed in his mind: In the Spirit Plant Garden grows a hundred-year Vermilion Fruit tree that takes two hundred years to sprout, two hundred years to flower, and two hundred years to bear fruit.
"Wait... is this... the hundred-year Vermilion Fruit?"
Staring at the towering tree, Su Shi'er's heart raced once more.
The hundred-year Vermilion Fruit was a true third-grade spirit plant. Although low-grade, its ability to enhance cultivation made it highly sought after by all cultivators.
Suppressing his excitement, Su Shi'er hurried forward to pick the hundred-year Vermilion Fruit.
Harvesting these fruits would make this trip worthwhile.
"Is that... a high-level demonic beast?"
Noticing some colorful marks on the Vermilion Fruit tree, Su Shi'er's eyes twitched, and he suddenly stopped.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that coiled around the tree branches was an enormous, thick serpent covered in fiery red patterns.
Its massive size was clearly not that of an ordinary beast but a powerful serpent-like demonic beast.
The giant serpent had its eyes closed, seemingly asleep, yet it exhaled clouds of mist with each breath, enveloping its entire body.
If not for Su Shi'er's caution and the use of the Heavenly Eye technique, he might never have discovered the serpent's presence.
In his eyes, the serpent's aura was particularly weak, seemingly not strong.
Yet the solid aura gave him the same feeling as when he first saw the mysterious and stunning woman from Heavenly Melody Peak before entering the trial.
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