Blood Sun Flower

Day after day, Yi Yun, like a diligent gardener, gathered various spiritual herbs in the medicine mountain, and his Dragon Scale Rune continued to accumulate.

After ten days, Yi Yun had acquired another two thousand Dragon Scale Rune.

Moreover, due to his long-term cultivation while wearing the Flowing Silver Shirt, Yi Yun's physical strength has made great progress, and his Movement Technique have become increasingly refined.

At this moment, deep in the mountains, Yi Yun was moving swiftly through the bushes when suddenly, dozens of miles away, Yi Yun faintly saw a radiant light rising up.

Um?

Yi Yun's heart stirred, and he connected his spiritual power to the Purple Crystal, staring intently at it.

The energy shimmered and surged, with phantom images of lions and tigers seemingly roaring in the light, exuding extraordinary power.

Because of the distance, Yi Yun couldn't see it clearly, but without a doubt, it was a precious medicinal herb!

Only high-grade medicinal herbs can transmit energy fluctuations to such a far distance. Moreover, the energy radiance was so intense that it could evolve into a beast form, which is absolutely remarkable.

Yi Yun looked up and saw the sun blazing overhead; it was noon, the time of day when the yang energy was at its peak.

Some herbs sprout at noon and midnight, when yang and yin energies are at their peak, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon and the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.

This medicine has extraordinary properties!

"I wonder what level of medicine that is. If I can harvest this herb, I might consider entering the Desolate God Hall again!"

With this thought in mind, Yi Yun unleashed a powerful force. Dressed in Flowing Silver Shirt, he took a step forward, sending rocks flying.

Carrying the weight of two hundred cauldrons, running across the high mountains, Yi Yun was like a wild beast!

In recent days, Yi Yun has clearly felt the weight of the Flowing Silver Shirt on his body gradually decreasing.

"Perhaps... we should consider increasing the weight of the Flowing Silver Shirt tomorrow."

Yi Yun planned that after achieving mastery of the Subtle Movement Realm, he would have a complete understanding of every change in his body's power.

He felt that he was now suited to bear the weight of 220 ding (a type of ancient Chinese cooking vessel).

As Yi Yun traveled through the towering mountains, the wind whistling past his ears, he followed the guidance of the Purple Crystal and arrived at the foot of a cliff several dozen feet high. Looking up, at the top of the cliff, Yi Yun could see the undulating phantoms of lions and tigers.

This precious medicinal herb grows on a cliff!

However, this cliff is vertical and steep, extremely dangerous. The largest protruding rock on the cliff is no bigger than a washbasin, and the distance between each rock is messy, making it difficult for even monkeys to climb.

Yi Yun carefully examined the cliff face, the position of every protruding rock on the precipice imprinted in Yi Yun mind. He quickly calculated the optimal climbing route.

He only had one chance, because the protruding rock could only support his heavy body once at most; every time he used a rock for leverage, that rock would break.

He must use this momentary force to propel himself toward the next rock.

Yi Yun took a deep breath, concentrated his energy to the maximum, and leaped into the air!

"Boom!"

The moment Yi Yun leaped into the air, the ground beneath his feet cracked open. Yi Yun grabbed the first protruding rock and used it for leverage.

The rock snapped instantly under Yi Yun's grip. But in that instant, Yi Yun had already grabbed the second protruding rock!

With the enhancement of Movement Technique mastery of Subtle Movements, Yi Yun's control over every bit of power was practically perfect.

He was immersed in this mysterious state, and in one breath he jumped upwards dozens of times, finally climbing to the top of the cliff, which was more than ten feet high.

After leaping onto the cliff, Yi Yun gasped for breath, his muscles trembling slightly.

The continuous high-intensity exercise had caused Yi Yun's muscles to protest, with waves of soreness washing over him.

However, Yi Yun didn't have time to pay attention to these things. He looked around and saw that the top of the cliff was very flat, covered with some gravel and fallen leaves. In the center of the top of the cliff, there was a huge skeleton, most of which was buried in the soil and its surface was almost weathered.

It looked like the remains of a wild beast that had been dead for a long time. There wasn't much Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi on the remains; they were just like ordinary animal bones.

The potent Medicinal Power and the phantom images of lions and tigers that Yi Yun had seen earlier had also disappeared, as if it were just an ordinary cliff that had buried a wild beast.

Yi Yun watched for a while, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

This herb even knows how to hide itself.

Some herbs are like crickets in summer. When no one is around, they chirp merrily in the grass. But once someone approaches the grass, even if your footsteps are very light, the cricket will notice and then stop chirping.

Every summer night, people can hear the chirping of crickets rising and falling in the grass, seemingly dozens or even hundreds of them. However, if you try to find one without any tools, you might not find it even after an hour.

For martial artists gathering herbs, this is a common situation; finding a single herb is extremely difficult.

Faced with the enormous beast bones, Yi Yun pondered for a moment. Through Purple Crystal's vision, he could see that although the beast bones were severely weathered, there was still a very small amount of residual energy inside.

This is not an ordinary animal skeleton, but the skeleton of a wild beast, and it may even be the skeleton of a high-level wild beast!

The thought flashed through Yi Yun's mind: a high-level wild beast bone, yet so weathered, with almost no energy left. This made some connections in Yi Yun's mind.

Could it be...?

Yi Yun stroked his chin. At this moment, the herbs had already withdrawn their Medicinal Power and concealed themselves, but... this had no effect on Yi Yun whatsoever.

A smile appeared on Yi Yun's lips. He connected his mental energy to the Purple Crystal, and soon his vision turned into a vast expanse of white.

The hidden herb, as conspicuous as a spark in the night, was located by Yi Yun at a glance.

Yi Yun walked to an open space and drew his Thousand Army Saber.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Yi Yun made three consecutive slashes in an instant, and then the blade of the Thousand Army Saber Blade plunged into the soil and rocks. Yi Yun then slammed his palm on the hilt of the blade.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the earth and rocks exploded!

After the dust settled, Yi Yun brushed away a thin layer of soil, revealing a fist-sized red fruit hidden beneath it.

The fruit is red and translucent, with a wonderfully fragrant aroma. Its surface is covered with tiny, shiny bumps, much like a ripe pomegranate with its skin peeled off.

It's incredible that such a beautiful fruit grows underground.

Around the fruit grew seven leaves, which looked droopy and dull in color, as if they were about to wither at any moment.

But every leaf has a fragrance, and in the middle of the leaf, there is a shimmering blood-red line that meanders and does not dissipate.

Yi Yun only took a sniff, but he felt a strange fragrance rush into his body, nourishing his limbs and bones, making his blood surge uncontrollably.

"This is the Blood Sun Flower! Heaven Tier medicinal herb!"

Yi Yun remembered the record in the book "Divine Wilderness".

Blood Sun Flower grows underground and thrives in rich blood energy and abundant yang energy.

Generally, the seeds of the Blood Sun Flower will take root and sprout on the corpses of wild beasts. When the Blood Sun Flower sprouts, it grows by absorbing the life force from the bones of the wild beasts.

In just one or two days, it can drain the corpse of a wild beast into a dried-out skeleton, almost completely draining its energy.

It stores this energy, slowly absorbing it to fuel its growth.

Once the beast's energy has been fully absorbed, it will sprout a few leaves from the ground at noon each day when the yang energy is at its peak, absorbing Pure Yang Power!

Its leaves will retract as soon as someone approaches. It appears perfectly normal on the surface.

The only thing that might even give away the Blood Sun Flower was the skeleton on the ground.

Because the Blood Sun Flower had already drained its energy, the desolate bones looked just like ordinary animal bones, and no one would recognize them.

There are too many kinds of wild beasts. Even if people see a living wild beast, it is difficult to recognize them all, let alone a piece of severely weathered bone. Only those with extremely rich experience in Savage Heaven Master can recognize which kind of wild beast it is just by looking at the shape of the bone.

"Blood Sun Flower, what a treasure! This Blood Sun Flower is probably seven to nine hundred years old."

Yi Yun carefully plucked the Blood Sun Flower.

The Blood Sun Flower takes three hundred years to take root and sprout, three hundred years to bloom, and three hundred years to bear fruit. The Blood Sun Flower in front of us has already borne fruit, so it has grown for at least seven or eight hundred years!

Blood Sun Flower that's seven or eight hundred years old is definitely worth more than three thousand Dragon Scale Rune!

Yi Yun was very envious of the three thousand Dragon Scale Rune.

But... Yi Yun also coveted the Blood Sun Flower!

Yi Yun looked at the Blood Sun Flower, feeling hesitant.

Even if ordinary herb gatherers find good herbs, they can only hand them over because they generally lack the ability to refine high-grade herbs. Even if they did have this ability, they wouldn't have the necessary magical artifacts or conditions for refining medicine in the wild. Before coming to the Medicine Mountain, they have to undergo a body search. They cannot bring other herbs to prevent someone from using their own herbs to fraudulently obtain Dragon Scale Rune, and they cannot bring medicine refining artifacts to prevent someone from giving them special treatment on the Medicine Mountain.

However, Yi Yun has Purple Crystal, which allows him to absorb Medicinal Power directly without refining the medicine, making it easy for him to steal the medicinal herbs.

"If I absorb the energy of this Blood Sun Flower, it will be an extremely beneficial tonic for me!"

Yi Yun was very tempted. He had previously collected many Yellow-rank and Black-rank medicinal herbs, but he hadn't touched them and had obediently handed them over.

The main problem is that it would be counterproductive to harm them. The energy of these low-grade medicinal materials is impure and mixed, which would not be of much use to Yi Yun, and would also likely expose his secrets.

The herbs collected from the Medicine Mountain in Tai'a Divine City are all handed over to the alchemists of the city. Those old monsters are extremely terrifying; they know the properties of all kinds of herbs like the back of their hand. If you tamper with them, they are very likely to find out.

Yi Yun had three choices regarding the Blood Sun Flower before him.

Once it's dried out, the Dragon Scale Rune will be gone.

If I don't inhale it, I won't get the Medicinal Power of the Blood Sun Flower.

If I only take a portion and hand over the rest, that would be perfect, but it would also slightly increase the risk of my secret being discovered...

But thinking about it carefully, the occasional loss of a portion of the medicinal Spiritual Qi shouldn't arouse suspicion, right?

After much hesitation, Yi Yun resolutely resisted the temptation and ruled out the third possibility.

Although the chances of being discovered are extremely slim, even the most persistent person can get their shoes wet. If I don't get discovered the first time, I might try again in a while.

If this happens repeatedly, they may become increasingly daring.

Those county magistrates and prefects who accepted bribes probably had the same mindset at the beginning.

Yi Yun didn't want to lose more than he gained; he had a long road ahead of him, and this small profit wasn't worth the risk.

Who knows what tricks those old monsters have up their sleeves?

Therefore, you can only choose one of the first and second options!

Yi Yun was thinking, his expression suddenly changed!

Um!?

Yi Yun was startled and became extremely vigilant!

He suddenly drew his Thousand Army Saber!

What exactly is this...?

Yi Yun looked around, his pupils contracted, and his mental energy was concentrated to the extreme.

How could this be? Wasn't he on the cliff? But now...

What exactly is this place...!?

...(To be continued~^~)