Mysterious Medicinal Herb

Yi Yun gripped the Thousand Army Saber tightly, his entire body surging with energy, like a cheetah poised to pounce.

At this moment, the original cliffs around Yi Yun had long since disappeared, replaced by a graveyard!

The desolate graves and ancient, weathered tombstones looked just like the scene Yi Yun had seen when he first came to this world.

Why is this happening?

After arriving in this world, Yi Yun encountered many powerful beings with terrifying strength, and also saw many magnificent and majestic divine cities, as well as all sorts of strange spiritual plants and wild beasts.

Many things challenged Yi Yun's understanding and exceeded his imagination.

But no matter how unimaginable it was, Yi Yun had never seen anything so strange before; this was truly the first time!

One second we were at the top of the cliff, the next we were here. Could this be a time tunnel?

Just then, the graves in front of Yi Yun broke open one by one, and corpses crawled out of them.

These corpses were ragged, their eyes lifeless, and their faces ashen.

Yi Yun felt a chill run down his spine; this was completely beyond his comprehension!

The corpses, upon seeing Yi Yun, began to glow red, as if Yi Yun's flesh and blood were attracting them.

They roared and pounced on Yi Yun!

Yi Yun's blood and qi surged, feeling waves of power coursing through his body. Faced with this incredibly bizarre event, Yi Yun stopped thinking about anything else; whatever was in front of him, he would kill!

"Snap!"

With a single slash, the Thousand Army Saber swept across seven feet of air, cleaving three of the leading corpses in half before Yi Yun!

Before Thousand Army Saber, even steel is like tofu. How much less so is rotting flesh?

Yi Yun charged out, his Thousand Army Saber sweeping across all directions. A casual slash could even cut a horse in half, and he could cut down three or four people at a time!

The gleaming blade flashed wildly, sweeping away corpses and splattering black blood.

This feeling is really similar to cutting a watermelon!

However, more corpses continued to emerge from the graves; one grave could sometimes yield four or five, or even a dozen, corpses.

These corpses seemed endless, no matter how many times they were killed.

Yi Yun's blade was covered in filthy blood and rotten flesh, and the hilt had become incredibly slippery. Yet, this kind of slaughter seemed to have no end.

Etc...

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Yi Yun, and the chaotic surroundings seemed to instantly quiet down.

Time seemed to slow down dramatically in that instant, but Yi Yun's mind was crystal clear.

From gathering herbs on the cliff, to the scene suddenly turning into a graveyard, and then to hordes of corpses rushing towards him, which he had to continuously kill.

All these changes were incredibly bizarre.

Anything unusual must be sinister!

Yi Yun's heart skipped a beat. He looked around again, and the corpses continued to rush towards him relentlessly. But upon closer inspection of the corpses...

It was very strange. Yi Yun had a feeling of déjà vu.

The corpse... seems familiar?

"Puff!"

A rotting corpse lunged at Yi Yun with its claw, Yi Yun simply watched as it did. He neither drew his sword nor dodged...

This claw tore through Yi Yun's flesh and blood, passing directly through his body!

Pain!

It hurts a lot.

But Yi Yun seemed to be possessed; he just stood there, completely ignoring the fact that his chest had been ripped open by the rotting corpse, and instead closed his eyes.

Connecting his mental energy to the Purple Crystal, Yi Yun opened his eyes again, only to find his vision completely white.

A vision focused solely on energy, devoid of illusion, reaching the very essence!

The corpses have all disappeared; in other words, they never existed in the first place!

All of this is just an illusion.

Why does it seem so familiar? It's because in his previous life, Yi Yun had seen many scenes in movies and novels where rotting corpses crawled out of graveyards and attacked the protagonists.

This scene is arguably the most common trope.

This memory, condensed in Yi Yun's mind, surfaced at this moment and transformed into an illusion that attacked Yi Yun!

In other words, what Yi Yun was seeing was actually something from his own memories, which is why it felt so familiar.

But why am I like this?

Who created these illusions?

Once a trial participant enters the Medicine Mountain in Tai'a Divine City to collect herbs, the entrance will be sealed off, and generally no outsiders will be allowed to enter.

So... could it be caused by the Blood Sun Flower?

No, that's not right. The book "Divine Wilderness" provides a detailed description of the Blood Sun Flower, which doesn't possess that ability at all.

The Blood Sun Flower's ability is to extend its leaves and absorb Pure Yang Energy when it is safe. When danger approaches, it will retract its leaves and hide itself.

This is a very simple ability, and it can't even be called an ability. After all, spiritual herbs are not comparable to wild beasts. Those Beast General level and King-level Savage Beast can easily wipe out a tribe, while Ancient Remnant Species can even destroy a city.

However, elixirs are generally not dangerous.

Even the highest-grade spiritual herbs, once harvested, are nothing more than Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures waiting to be put into the alchemy furnace.

The problem is, it's very difficult to harvest high-level medicinal herbs!

If it wasn't the Blood Sun Flower that caused this hallucination, then what could it be?

Yi Yun pushed his mental power to its limit, and Purple Crystal's vision became increasingly clear!

With all interference gone, Yi Yun finally saw two energy orbs within his Energy Vision.

The larger one, about the size of a washbasin, is blood red and burns like a flame; this is the energy of the Blood Sun Flower!

Yi Yun was about to pick the Blood Sun Flower, but before he could even get his hands on it, he suddenly encountered a graveyard and a multitude of corpses.

Not far from the Blood Sun Flower, however, there was a glimmer of energy that shocked Yi Yun.

That ball of energy was long and narrow, only a little over a foot long and about the thickness of a wrist.

Its energy light was very faint, much dimmer than that of the Blood Sun Flower. However, it was precisely this faint energy light that made Yi Yun pound with fear!

Because the purity of the energy it contained completely exceeded Yi Yun's imagination!

Only in the Desolate God Hall could the energy Yi Yun drew from the Three-headed Lion-Roc be compared in terms of purity.

What exactly is this?

A spiritual herb with a purity comparable to that of Ancient Remnant Species... could it be...?

A thought suddenly flashed through Yi Yun's mind, a thought that made his heart race and his breathing quicken.

Could it be Primordial Relic Medicine?

Above the Heaven Tier herbs, there are also divine medicines with different names such as Primordial Relic Medicine, Immortal Divine Medicine, and Primordial Desolation Strain.

These precious herbs would even tempt the Human Race Sage!

In Tai'a Divine City, there are elders who leave Tai'a Divine City from time to time to come to Medicine Mountain to search for medicine. At their level, the fourth-level Heaven, Earth, Profound and Yellow herbs are no longer useful. What they are looking for are naturally the Primordial Relic Medicine!

Primordial Relic Medicine are difficult to harvest, but for the elders of the Divine City, with their cultivation and methods, as long as they discover Primordial Relic Medicine, they will always be able to obtain it.

The key problem is... we can't find it!

Even in the Medicine Mountain of Tai'a Divine City, Primordial Relic Medicine are extremely rare, and can only be found by chance!

Moreover, the key point is that many Primordial Relic Medicine have become sentient. They have various ways to hide themselves and confuse the enemy, so that you won't even know they are there even if you walk right past them!

Human Race Sage naturally possess keen senses, and even someone like Zhong Yi, who has an absolute talent for perception, would find it difficult to compare with Human Race Sage.

The problem is that after the Human Race Sage entered the Medicine Mountain, the Primordial Relic Medicine disappeared far away, Human Race Sage no chance to find or harvest them.

For this reason, even for Human Race Sage, it is not easy to collect a Primordial Relic Medicine!

These thoughts flashed through Yi Yun's mind in an instant, and his heart was pounding!

Calm down! I need to calm down!

Yi Yun told himself this, knowing that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity laid out before him.

If I could find this herb, immense benefits would await me!

But harvesting this medicinal plant is easier said than done!

Yi Yun's cultivation level is too weak. What is a precious medicine that is easy for Human Race Sage to obtain is extremely difficult for him!

However, having a low cultivation level also has its advantages!

Since this Primordial Relic Medicine has become sentient, it probably possesses a certain level of intelligence and should be able to distinguish between the strength and weakness of the herb gatherer.

It was precisely because Yi Yun was weak that it didn't take Yi Yun seriously, dared to show itself in front of Yi Yun, and even used Illusion Technique to confuse and tease Yi Yun.

If Human Race Sage were here, it would have run as far away as possible. To use such Illusion Technique in front of Human Race Sage is tantamount to courting death.

The opponent underestimated him; this was Yi Yun's greatest advantage!

Of course, they didn't know about the Primordial Relic Medicine, but Yi Yun had the Purple Crystal to pinpoint its location.

"What do I do?"

Yi Yun's brain was working rapidly.

He stopped looking at the Primordial Relic Medicine. Since it had become a spirit, it would probably notice him if he looked at it, which would make it wary.

"Pretend you can't find it, and we'll plan this carefully!"

Yi Yun made these plans, he seemed to be lost in a daze, unable to distinguish north from south.

Meanwhile, Yi Yun maintained his Energy Vision, his peripheral vision constantly observing the Primordial Relic Medicine.

Yi Yun discovered that the Primordial Relic Medicine was lingering nearby, seemingly watching a good show.

This guy!

How could Yi Yun feel comfortable being tricked by a medicinal herb?

Um?

Yi Yun suddenly realized that the Blood Sun Flower had quietly moved to a secluded corner of the mountain rocks, where it had burrowed back into the earth and was now even deeper.

Yi Yun suddenly realized that the Primordial Relic Medicine was using illusions to deceive him in order to take the Blood Sun Flower from his hands.

The appearance of the Primordial Relic Medicine the moment he Blood Sun Flower was clearly not a coincidence.

Perhaps it was to protect the Blood Sun Flower, or even that the Blood Sun Flower was simply discovered by chance by Primordial Relic Medicine, which then cultivated it and kept it for its own absorption.

Some Primordial Relic Medicine nurture high-level spiritual herbs, slowly absorbing their energy essence to fuel their own growth!

It's like some ancient beasts that guard a spiritual plant for thousands of years, until it blossoms and bears fruit, and then swallow it whole.

Yi Yun suspected that this Primordial Relic Medicine was of this kind!

...(To be continued~^~)