Chapter 527 - 525: Land of Extreme Medicine

"You don’t need to know about that. If the Secret Tomb Secret really does appear, I’ll take you to broaden your horizons," Li Qiye said nonchalantly.

Hearing Li Qiye’s words, Lan Yunzhu didn’t press the matter. She understood that the Secret Tomb Secret was definitely an incredible item or a monumental affair.

"Let’s go." Li Qiye led Lan Yunzhu deeper into the Medicinal Garden. They had barely taken two steps when they saw a Soul Grass growing on a ridge. The Soul Grass was coiled up like a little dragon. If not for its tail, which was still rooted in the soil like a grass root, one might have mistaken it for a real little dragon.

"A Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass! It’s already an Eight Transformations Soul Grass. Just one more transformation and it will become a Dragon Grass!" Lan Yunzhu, who knew her treasures, couldn’t help but say with emotion.

Soul Grass was the main ingredient required to refine Life Pills; without it, one couldn’t create them. There were many types of Soul Grass, but the Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass was the most classic variety. Moreover, its medicinal properties were the best, which was why Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass was much more sought-after than other types in the outside world.

Soul Grass undergoes Nine Transformations, with the ninth being the absolute limit for all Soul Grass, and the Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass was no exception. It was divided into three stages: the first three transformations were the insect stage, the middle three were the silkworm-grass stage, and the final three were the Dragon Grass stage. Legend has it that after the ninth transformation, a Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass would completely metamorphose into a small dragon!

At this moment, Li Qiye made his move. His large hand swept over to grab it. The Eight Transformations Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass was unwilling to fall into his grasp, but under Li Qiye’s restraint, it had no way to escape and ultimately ended up in his hand.

One had to understand that in the outside world, an Eight Transformations Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass was an absolutely priceless treasure. Furthermore, such a Soul Grass would grow in treacherous locations, guarded by Insect Kings and poisonous beasts.

However, in the Lost Immortal Medicine Garden, a Soul Grass of Eight Transformations was merely an ordinary Spiritual Elixir and Herb.

"Remember, there are three rules in the Lost Immortal Medicine Garden," Li Qiye said after putting away the Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass. "First, you can only pick ordinary Spiritual Elixirs and Herbs."

"What do you mean by ordinary Spiritual Elixirs and Herbs?" Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but ask.

Li Qiye smiled and said, "Ordinary Spiritual Elixirs and Herbs refer to things like Little Medicine Kings and Ordinary Medicine Kings. Generally, this means Medicine Kings up to three million years old, and Soul Grasses up to and including the ninth transformation."

"Could a Soul Grass actually have Ten Transformations?" Lan Yunzhu asked, puzzled. This was, in fact, an impossibility. Everyone in the world knew that Nine Transformations was the limit for a Soul Grass.

Li Qiye just smiled at her question and said, "The second rule: for Emperor Medicines, Immortal Elixirs, True Immortal Medicines, Divine Trees, and so on that are over five million years old, the principle is that they must be willing. If they are willing to go with you, you can take them. If you try to take them by force, you will face sanctions!"

"How are Emperor Medicines, Immortal Elixirs, and True Immortal Medicines classified?" Lan Yunzhu asked curiously.

Li Qiye smiled and shook his head. "In truth, there’s no standard classification. Some people call a three-million-year-old Medicine King an Emperor Medicine, but that’s just the classification used by Little Pharmacists. Only when a Pharmacist reaches a certain level can they truly come into contact with those legendary Medicine Kings. Therefore, most Pharmacists refer to spiritual medicines over five million years old as Emperor Medicines. As for extremely rare spiritual medicines, like the Immortal Phoenix Grass, they are called Immortal Elixirs."

"And True Immortal Medicines?" Lan Yunzhu asked. "Are there real and fake Immortal Elixirs?"

Li Qiye explained, "The term ’True Immortal Medicine’ is just to distinguish them from other Immortal Elixirs. An Immortal Herb and Plant like the Immortal Phoenix Grass is exceedingly rare, but it’s not a ’true’ Immortal Herb. True Immortal Herbs are said to come from an ancient era, perhaps even planted by Immortals themselves. Some even say that True Immortal Medicines hold the secret to eternal life!"

"Do True Immortal Medicines really exist in this world?" Lan Yunzhu asked. "Can they really grant someone immortality?"

Li Qiye didn’t answer her questions. By this point, he had already dug up a two-million-year-old Silver Maple Grass. It was a supplementary ingredient for refining Life-extending Medicine, and at over two million years old, it was absolutely a priceless, world-shaking treasure.

"The third rule: don’t be too greedy. You can pick any ordinary spiritual medicine here without any danger. However, if you get too greedy and dig up too many, you will still be sanctioned by the garden. The absolute limit is to leave one for every three. In other words, for every three Medicine Kings, you must leave at least one behind. That is the absolute limit!"

Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but give a wry smile. Here, spiritual medicines like Little Medicine Kings and Medicine Kings were only considered "ordinary." One had to remember that a three-million-year-old Medicine King was already a priceless treasure, sought after by all! You couldn’t even buy one if you had the money!

"What are the garden’s sanctions like?" Hearing Li Qiye mention the garden’s sanctions several times, Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.

"It’s simple," Li Qiye said with a smile. "If you’re not an Immortal Emperor, don’t even think about facing the garden’s sanctions. Otherwise, you definitely won’t be leaving this place alive."

Lan Yunzhu’s expression changed drastically upon hearing this. An Immortal Herb like the Time Flower was already heaven-defying, something even a Saint Emperor wouldn’t dare to provoke. If picking something like that would incur the garden’s sanctions, then just as Li Qiye had said, it was best not to even think about taking such Immortal Elixirs unless one was an Immortal Emperor—or unless the elixirs were willing to leave with you.

"Don’t just stand there in a daze. Finders keepers. I’m not sharing what I pick, you know," Li Qiye said as he casually dug up a Nine Transformations Jade Blood Bamboo.

Lan Yunzhu snapped back to her senses and immediately shouted, "Hey, Uncle! Are you bullying a girl? You just started digging sneakily without saying anything!" With that, she completely disregarded her ladylike image, let out a cry, and rushed over to compete with Li Qiye for the spiritual medicines.

Li Qiye couldn’t help but laugh and let her have a Medicine King.

Lan Yunzhu followed Li Qiye, digging all the way, and her harvest was astonishing. Eventually, she started to feel numb to it all. Digging up Medicine Kings here was no different from pulling up radishes—it was effortless, and they would encounter another one every few steps.

Of course, Lan Yunzhu was not a Pharmacist, so her technique for digging up Medicine Kings was far inferior to Li Qiye’s. If he hadn’t been letting her win, she wouldn’t have stood a chance of snatching any from him. Even though she hadn’t gathered as many Medicine Kings and Immortal Herbs as Li Qiye, Lan Yunzhu was already more than satisfied.

Just think about it: that Saint Emperor from the War Race had chased a single Medicine King for ten thousand miles while wielding an Emperor Artifact, an incredibly arduous journey, and it was still unknown if he would even succeed in the end! And yet, here they were, digging up Medicine Kings as easily as pulling radishes. It was a blissfully happy affair.

"We’ve finally reached our destination." After they had dug for a long time, Li Qiye stopped and looked at the place before them, a smile appearing on his face as he spoke slowly.

Lan Yunzhu was taken aback. Only then did she realize that digging up Medicine Kings wasn’t Li Qiye’s goal at all; it was just something he did along the way. ’If even digging up Medicine Kings isn’t his purpose, what could possibly be valuable enough to attract his attention?’

Lan Yunzhu, who had been in the middle of digging up a Medicine King, couldn’t help but stand up as well. When she saw the scene before her, she was utterly stunned. Her mouth hung wide open, and for a moment, she couldn’t close it.

Before them was a Medicine Field, one as emerald-green as jade. Wisps of green smoke were rising from it, but upon a closer look, it wasn’t smoke at all. It was a type of Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi—an extremely precious kind.

In the Medicine Field grew Immortal Medicine Divine Trees, one after another. Each one was like a living person, breathing in the mist and absorbing the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi.

Li Qiye led Lan Yunzhu into the Medicine Field. The moment they stepped inside, a draconic roar echoed with a "ROAR!" A Flying Dragon instantly appeared before them. It wasn’t large, but its entire body exuded a Dragon’s Breath. It roared at Li Qiye and Lan Yunzhu, seemingly warning them not to set foot in this place.

"Easy now, take it easy." In response to the Flying Dragon’s furious roar, Li Qiye remained relaxed and leisurely. He smiled and said slowly, "This is no way to treat a guest."

"This is not a place you should be. It does not belong to insignificant creatures like you." At that moment, a voice rang out.

The speaker was actually a Gu Shu. An old man’s face was visible on its trunk. A timid person would be scared to death by such a tree.

"Since I am here, I must have my reasons," Li Qiye said, not the least bit hurried and still completely at ease.

"What are all these things?" Lan Yunzhu whispered to Li Qiye, watching as the Flying Dragon looked ready to attack them.

Li Qiye chuckled and gestured lightly at the Flying Dragon before them. "This is a Ten Transformations Dragon Silkworm Cordyceps! That one is a Soldier Guard Tree with a lifespan of eight million years..."

"That is a Reincarnation Celestial Soul Vine..." Li Qiye pointed at the various Immortal Herbs and Plants in the Medicine Field that were breathing in the mist, identifying them one by one as if he were listing his own family heirlooms, all while looking completely relaxed.

"Is that a seven-million-year-old Purple Blood Ginseng King?" There were some Immortal Herbs and Plants that Lan Yunzhu didn’t need an introduction to; she recognized them after a careful look.

"Wrong. I am called the Ginseng Ancestor," the Ginseng King, which was erupting with purple light, said in a spectral voice. A talking Ginseng King was enough to scare anyone to death!

Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but gasp. A Ginseng Ancestor like this was an absolute top-grade treasure for extending one’s lifespan, something even an Immortal Emperor could consume. A Ginseng Ancestor like this was an absolutely priceless treasure. If an Immortal Emperor were here, they would take a Medicine Ancestor like this by force, even if it meant suffering the garden’s sanctions!

"This is our territory!" the Soldier Guard Tree warned Li Qiye. "You should leave now. We don’t care what you do in other parts of the Medicinal Garden, but you cannot enter here."

"Whether I can come or not isn’t up to you," Li Qiye said with a wide grin. "In fact, you aren’t the masters of this place either, are you? However, I’m a peace-loving person and would rather not resort to violence. I have this thing here, and I think it should be enough for me to borrow this Medicine Field for a bit, right?"