Qing Mo stood on the Marginless Island, holding Zhu Qingyi in one hand, turned around, looked towards the shore of the Marginal Lake, and said, “My lord, they will definitely follow the safe route we just walked to board the island, and we must speed up our search for the Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass.”
“Then we can only create some trouble for them.”
Zhang Ruochen grabbed his hands into the void and released two strands of spiritual power, causing the spatial structure on the lake to distort to a certain extent.
The once safe route became no longer safe.
Of course, even so, with the abilities of those Saint realm powerhouses outside, they should be able to find the safe route out again very quickly.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo’s speed was still to be fast.
The two of them travelled towards the depths of the Edgeless Island, and before long, they entered a forest that emitted the scent of strange flowers. In the forest, there were no flowers to be seen, and all those scents were coming out from the leaves.
Zhang Ruochen hurriedly held his breath and warned, “Be careful, that’s the Flowerless Illusion Tree, one of the Eight Illusion Trees.”
“What is an Illusion Tree?”Qing Mo was a bit puzzled.
Zhang Ruochen said solemnly, “Illusion Trees are also plant-like beings, and the odour they emit has an Illusion Poison, and once a cultivator inhales it, they will create all sorts of different illusions. Some powerful Illusion Trees are even capable of performing illusion spells that are even more terrifying than the illusionists amongst humans.”
“The so-called Flowerless Illusion Tree actually grows flowers. It’s only that when a cultivator sniffs its temperature and gets hit by the illusion poison, they won’t be able to see the flowers on the tree.”
Qing Mo’s face went white as he said, “Wouldn’t it be that we’ve all been hit by the Illusion Poison?”
“The fact that we can now see that the tree is full of leaves means that the poisoning isn’t deep and the effects aren’t too great.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Is it possible to see something else?”Qing Mo asked.
“The more Illusion Poison that is absorbed, the stronger the illusion that is produced, and the things that are seen, are naturally different. When the illusion is strong to a certain extent, the cultivator will lose his mind and slash himself, or even die of fright from the illusion.”
Qing Mo hurriedly released the Infinite Sacred Flame, condensing it into a spherical flame light shield that wrapped around her and Zhang Ruochen, not daring to dip into the outside air so as not to inhale more illusory poison.
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “You don’t have to be so nervous, we’re only inhaling a small amount of illusionary poison now, only if we step out of the Illusionary Forest, the toxins in our bodies will dissipate and the illusions will also disappear.”
This place was once a place where a Dan Dao Ancestor resided, so naturally, there were a lot of dangers, although, Zhang Ruochen had a smile on his face, he was still cautious and didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless.
“My lord, look, there is a Sacred Pill there.”
Qing Mo revealed a delighted expression and pointed to a place ten feet away.
There, there was indeed a three-coloured Saint Pill, shaped much like a Ganoderma lucidum, with a diameter of more than a metre, emitting three faint layers of Saint Light.
“It’s probably grown for 30,000 years, and it’s worth a lot. It seems like there are not only Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass on the Unbounded Island, but also other holy medicines.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Qing Mo had all but taken a step and took two steps, but then stopped and said, “What if it’s just our illusion?”
Zhang Ruochen realised that Qing Mo was getting more and more astute and laughed, “It’s not that there isn’t such a possibility, so it’s better for us not to be too greedy, not to pick it, and go directly to look for the Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass.”
Qing Mo’s eyes stared straight at the holy medicine, biting her lips tightly, she said, “It’s really not willing to give it a try.”
With that, her right hand lifted up, and on her snow-white index finger, a vine as green as jade grew out and flew towards that sacred medicine.
The vine had just touched the holy light on the periphery of the holy medicine, the spiritual qi of the heaven and earth in the woods shook violently, and then, a lightning bolt condensed on the ground and struck out from the bottom up.
The vines at Qing Mo’s fingertips turned into black ash in an instant.
Sensing the danger, Zhang Ruochen grabbed Qing Mo and Zhu Qingyi at the first opportunity and executed the Thunder Running Technique, fleeing the area in a hurry.
“Too scary, it really was an illusion.”
Qing Mo patted his chest, terrified.
Just now, if they had fled one step slower, I’m afraid that all three of them would have been buried in the forest.
“It may not be an illusion, however, there is indeed a great danger around that Sacred Pill, and it is possible that it is located at one of the nodes of the Great Sacred Remnant Formation.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“What? There is also a Great Saint Remnant Formation on the island?”Qing Mo spat out her tongue.
Zhang Ruochen said, “The Marginless Island is located in the Marginal Lake, since the Marginal Lake has a Great Sage Remnant Formation, how could the island not have formation inscriptions?”
Zhu Qingyi also had palpitations in her heart, feeling that staying with Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo was really going to break her down, and said in a cold voice, “This is a place where the Great Sage used to reside, so can you guys be more careful, don’t get me killed.””Keep quiet.”
Zhang Ruochen made a silent packing, turned around, looked behind him, and whispered, “Why do I always feel that someone is following us, there is a pair of eyes watching us at all times.”
Qing Mo stretched out a hand and touched Zhang Ruochen’s forehead, saying, “My lord, have you absorbed the Illusion Poison again, creating even stronger illusions?”
Zhang Ruochen grabbed Qing Mo’s wrist and moved her hand away, saying, “I’m very lucid, I haven’t reached the level of being confused by the illusion. Next, we must be doubly careful, this island really is exceptionally odd.”
They continued on their way, and in the forest, they saw several more Sacred Pills, each of which was precious, and the Saints’ hearts were pounding at the sight of them.
However, after having learnt a lesson once, they didn’t dare to pick them again.
After spending half an hour, Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo finally walked out of the Flowerless Illusionary Forest, and a huge medicinal garden actually appeared in front of them, occupying over a thousand acres of land.
At the edge of the medicinal garden was a fence wall, with a green vine twisting around it, its leaves were bright green, emitting a grain of glittering light.
In the medicinal garden, there were densely planted medicinal herbs, even holy medicines were everywhere. There were vermilion-red fruits that were borne on trees, holy herbs that grew like white cranes, and medicinal flowers that bloomed in beautiful purples and reds.
As the breeze blew by, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out, and Zhang Ruochen felt incredibly comfortable just by breathing in, and his heavily injured body seemed to become less painful.
“This is a treasure left behind by an ancestor of the Dan Dao, even an ancient sect’s medicinal garden pales in comparison to this place.”Qing Mo revealed a look of awe.
Zhu Qingyi’s eyes were also glowing, making it difficult to remain calm.
Whoever was able to obtain this Pill Garden, with the Spirit Medicines and Sacred Medicines in the Pill Garden, it would be enough to cultivate a large number of strong people, and his or her own cultivation would be able to rise swiftly.
Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen detected a spiritual power fluctuation coming from not far away, his eyes slightly glazed over as he said, “What kind of person?”
“Wow…”
With a wave of his arm, an electric blade flew over.
Roughly twenty feet away from Zhang Ruochen, the spiritual force fluctuations became stronger and stronger, and a translucent silhouette presented itself.
The silhouette gradually became clear, and it was actually a bald old man.
The bald old man let out a light laugh and pressed his palm forward, a wisp of flame flew out from his palm and condensed into a flame shield seal that was one zhang long, resisting the electric blade.
Qing Mo saw the bald old man and exclaimed, “How did you old fellow arrive at the Unbounded Island so quickly?”
“What old fellow? Got to call senior.”
The bald old man was in an extremely good mood, with a smile on his face, staring at the medicinal garden in front of him, with flames coming out from inside his eyes, he excitedly said, “Worthy of being a Time and Space Successor, it really does have extraordinary abilities, thanks to you for bringing my old man here, and now, everything here will belong to me. Haha.”
The bald old man was naturally Gu Songzi.
There was no need to guess that he must have been following Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo all along, only that his spiritual power was simply too powerful and concealed his body’s aura, so even Zhang Ruochen did not spot him.
It had to be said that this old fellow was indeed quite cunning.
Zhang Ruochen’s twin eyebrows frowned slightly as he said, “How do you know my identity?”
Gu Songzi smiled and said, “Before you came to the Immortal Machine Mountain, the Wine Crazy Man had already sent a message to me, telling me to help you no matter what.”
“That’s how you helped me?”Zhang Ruochen hummed lightly.
Gu Songzi said, “Young man, why are you so angry? You brought me here, and I helped you heal your injuries, it was originally a transaction of equal value, each taking what he needed, fair and reasonable. Why are you feeling dissatisfied?”
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head, not bothering to argue with Gu Songzi, it could only mean one thing, the friendship between the Wine Crazy Man and Gu Songzi really wasn’t that good, and in the end, he still had to rely on himself in order to exchange for the chance to be healed.
Moreover, the wine madman was too unreliable to tell Gu Songzi about his identity. With Gu Songzi’s shoddy character, would he use this opportunity to take advantage of the fire?
Zhang Ruochen said, “Since, I have brought senior here, shouldn’t senior honour his promise?”
“There’s no rush, when old me fetches the Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass, I will definitely help you renew your three veins, and I will never go back on my word.”
Gu Songzi took a step forward and marched towards the medicine garden, halfway there, he stopped again, fished out a medicine bottle from his pocket and threw it to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “From now on, this medicine garden belongs to Old Husband, you and that girl are not allowed to step foot in the medicine garden. Otherwise, the healing can only be waived.”
“Petty.”Qing Mo muttered.
Obviously, Gu Songzi was worried that Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo were picking away the holy pills in the Pill Garden, or perhaps, in the Pill Garden, there was something else so precious that the old man wanted to keep it all to himself.
Zhang Ruochen grabbed the pill bottle and asked, “What’s in this?”
“After receiving a transmission from the Wine Crazy Man, the old man also made some preparations and refined a Vein Junction Pill for you. As long as you take the Vein Junction Pill, the three veins in your body will be able to recover in an instant. However, it can only be maintained for a day. After one day, it will be knocked back to its original form.”Gu Songzi said.
“Are you playing with me?”
A black line emerged from Zhang Ruochen’s forehead.
You can only recover for a day, and you call this recovery?
“There’s no rush.”
Gusongzi appeared calm and added, “A normal Vein Junction Pill will definitely not be able to allow you to recover. However, as long as old me finds the Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass, I will be able to refine an even more brilliant Vein Junction Pill, and at that time, it will be the time for you to be healed. Young man, now you know, searching for the Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass is actually helping yourself.”
Gu Songzi walked into into the medicine garden and reminded once again, saying, “Remember, this is now old man’s private medicine garden, the two of you must guard outside, never let outsiders intrude into the medicine garden, even if they steal a single Sacred Pill, old man won’t help you renew your three veins again.”
Qing Mo’s hands were clasped in front of his chest as he ground his teeth and said, “It was clearly him who sent out the message himself and lured those cultivators here. Now, yet he wants us to stop those cultivators from entering the Pill Garden, is this old man deliberately giving us something to do?”
“Presumably, at the very beginning, he didn’t even believe that with the power of the two of us, we would be able to break in here.”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and appeared to do nothing, as long as Gu Songzi could keep his promise, everything would be fine.
