The Five Families Search for Medicine

Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong, who were lost in thought, were startled and turned to look.

Only then did they realize that the person who had asked for help was Wang Changming, the Wang Clan Head.

At this moment, Wang Changming and Wen Xianyun, the Wen Clan Head, were being suppressed and beaten by a Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment demon ape, and had no power to fight back.

Wang Changming and Wen Xianyun could only use their Spirit Talisman Cave and magic shields to create a light barrier, barely managing to withstand the powerful blows from the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment demon ape's fists clinging to the rock.

After receiving the signal, Ling Yunhong and Liu Daozhou considered it for a moment before setting off, each launching an attack to provide assistance.

With the combined power of four Foundation Establishment Cultivator— Ling Yunhong, Liu Daozhou, Wang Changming, and Wen Xianyun —and a Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Flame Cloud Tiger, the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment demon ape was killed in no time.

With the death of the demonic ape, Wang Changming and Wen Xianyun both breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Changming, who had invited Liu Daozhou and Ling Yunhong to come and help, was quite adept at handling things. He pointed at the corpse of the demon ape and said...

"Thank you both for your help. You may take this demon ape's inner core."

Liu Daozhou gazed at the corpse of the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment demonic ape on the ground, then glanced at his own Spirit Beast, the Flame Cloud Tiger, beside him. Seeing the longing in its expression, he gritted his teeth and asked Ling Yunhong, "Ling Daoyou, could you lend me the inner core of this demonic ape? It's worth about five hundred Spirit Stone. We can split it in half. If you're willing to give me the inner core, I'm willing to add fifty Spirit Stone, making it three hundred Spirit Stone in total."

Ling Yunhong thought about it carefully. He realized that his Pill Refining and weapon crafting skills had not yet reached the second level. If he wanted inner cores, he would only hand them over to the Hundred Spirits Sect to exchange for Contribution Points or sell them in the market for Spirit Stone. Now that he could earn more Spirit Stone, he nodded in agreement. "Okay."

Upon hearing this, Liu Daozhou immediately took out three hundred Spirit Stone and handed them to Ling Yunhong. He then walked to the side of the demon ape's corpse and dug out its inner core.

As time went by, all the Qi Training Demon Ape on the battlefield were killed.

The late- Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Ape King, who was trapped by the Endless Flame Fire Formation set up by the thirty Qi Refining cultivators of the Luo Clan and Luo Minghui, who was in the late-stage Foundation Establishment stage, was also killed not long after.

The battle ended with a resounding victory for the cultivators from Huai River County.

After the battle, Luo Minghui, the strongest person in the area and the Clan Head of the Luo Clan clan, collected the corpse of the Ape King and summoned the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the other four clans together.

"Gentlemen, this mountain is occupied by a group of demonic apes, so there must be many spirit medicine and Spirit Plant. What do you think? Should each family enter the mountain to search for them on their own, or should we search together and divide the spiritual items we find equally?" Luo Minghui asked the Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the other four Lineage for their opinions.

Wen Xianyun, the Wen Clan Head, which had the weakest foundation among the five clans, was the first to speak upon hearing this. "I agree to search for spiritual spirit medicine and Spirit Plant together and share them equally. If each clan searches for spirit medicine Spirit Plant in the mountains on its own, who can out-search the Liu Daoist Friend Lineage? The Liu Family's Spirit Beast have very keen noses."

"I also agree with splitting it equally."

"I also agree with splitting it equally."

Ling Yunhong and Wang Changming, the Wang Clan Head, both agreed with this idea and spoke up one after the other.

"Since all three fellow Daoists agree to divide it equally, let's proceed accordingly," Luo Minghui said.

Upon hearing this, Liu Daozhou, the Clan Head of the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan, frowned slightly, but since most agreed, he couldn't object.

After the corpses of the demonic apes on the battlefield were all cleaned up, more than one hundred Qi Refining cultivators from the five families of Huai River County, led by the Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the five families, wandered around the mountains occupied by the original Rock Armor Ape, searching for spirit medicine and Spirit Plant.

Because of a Second Grade Middle Rank Spirit Vein, this mountain range is rich in Spiritual Qi, which has also led to the growth of many spirit medicine and Spirit Plant within it.

However, this place is occupied by Demon Beast, and the mature Spirit Plant spirit medicine have long been devoured. What would be left? Most of the Spirit Plant that remain in the mountains are immature spirit medicine and Spirit Plant.

Those present, all being Lineage cultivators, did not waste these young Spirit Plant and spirit medicine. Each family's Spirit Planter used Secret Method to transplant them. After the five families distributed them evenly, they were all stored in Spirit-Locking Jade Box, waiting to be Spirit Plant in the Spirit Field spirit medicine they returned to their Lineage.

During the search for Spirit Plant, the large group of cultivators deliberately avoided the Spirit Vein deep in the mountains.

Only after all the spirit medicine and Spirit Plant around the mountain range had been collected did the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the five families lead their teams into the depths of the mountain range, to the location of the Second Grade Middle Rank Spirit Vein.

As they ventured deeper into the mountains, everyone present could feel that with each step they took into the mountains, the surrounding Spiritual Qi became more concentrated.

Before half a cup of tea had passed, the group followed the direction of the spreading Spiritual Qi and entered a small valley in the mountains where the Spiritual Qi was extremely abundant.

The valley is mostly flat land, with dozens of large trees.

Many of these trees are spiritual trees imbued with Spiritual Qi.

Spirit trees can grow not only in Spirit Field, but also in places with extremely rich Spiritual Qi. However, these wild spirit trees are generally of varying grades and grow very slowly due to the lack of Spirit Field.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Just as the cultivators were using their Divine Sense to investigate the grade and number of the spiritual trees in the valley, several very faint ape cries came from some caves in the valley cliffs.

This unusual activity also made the hundreds of cultivators from the five families in Huai River County, who had just experienced a great battle, wary. Many cultivators summoned their Law Artifact, ready to use them at any time.

At this moment, Luo Minghui, the Clan Head of the Falling Dusk Luo Clan in the area, spoke up.

"These are just the cries of small Rock Armor Ape that haven't yet reached a certain rank. There's no need to panic."

After saying this, the cultivators present used their Divine Sense to probe into the caves one by one, and found that they were indeed small Rock Armor Ape that had not yet reached the required rank. Only then did everyone feel relieved. At the same time, some of the younger or middle-aged cultivators in each group had already begun to pay attention to those small Rock Armor Ape.

The Rock Armor Ape clan possesses the bloodline of Foundation Establishment Demon Beast. Although Foundation Establishment is extremely difficult, these apes can reach at least the Early-Stage Qi Training upon adulthood. If resources are invested in their cultivation, reaching the Qi Training Middle Stage is entirely possible, and it is even possible for some Rock Armor Ape with better aptitude to reach the Qi Training Late Stage.

They could only think about it, but without the five Foundation Establishment Cultivator from various families leading the way, no one dared to make a move.

At this moment, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the five families paid no attention to the small Rock Armor Ape in the caves and cliffs around the valley. Instead, they all focused their gaze on a spirit tree, five zhang tall and covered with green leaves, deep in the valley.

As Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Planter, Ling Yunhong examined the five-zhang-tall spirit tree from head to toe and guessed its origin. He was somewhat excited, but he did not reveal the type of the tree and tried his best to hide his excitement.

Luo Minghui Luo Minghui also recognized the tree. He subtly noticed Ling Yunhong's expression beside him and thought to himself, "Ling Yunhong, as Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Planter, must have recognized the tree's type. The Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the other three families also have some knowledge of it. If they inquire about it later, they can probably find out the tree's origin. It's probably impossible for him to keep it all to himself."