"Boom..."
At last, he saw the dawn of hope. After traveling an unknown distance and an unknown number of days, he glimpsed the end of the stone stairway—a stretch of land.
Not long after, he finally emerged from the ancient road.
In an instant, an ancient, desolate aura washed over him. It felt somewhat familiar. This should be the Eight Regions, the Lower Realm where he had once lived.
"No, there's something else!"
In that very instant, Shi Yongheng's heart trembled. He could hardly believe it. He caught a refreshing fragrance that seemed to cleanse his very soul, as though it could make one rise into the clouds and ascend.
As expected of the place where the Lord of the Forbidden Zone resided.
This was definitely no ordinary great medicine. Even divine medicine held no such attraction for him in his current state. That left only one answer: an immortality medicine.
The end of the road was vast and empty, a great desert lacking all signs of life. For medicinal fragrance to waft through such a place was undoubtedly a strange phenomenon.
At times it was rich, at times faint. The fragrance shifted constantly, its subtle scent lingering in the air.
He had only just crossed a sand dune when he saw part of the scene ahead.
Amid the desert stood an extremely ancient medicinal garden, while hills had appeared in the distance, so abruptly that it was startling.
A stone stele stood ahead, bearing several large characters carved by an immortal being.
"This junior, Shi Yongheng, passed through your esteemed land and has caused a disturbance."
"Rumble!"
The moment his words fell, a shocking change occurred within the Forbidden Zone. The medicinal fields shone, their fragrance becoming even stronger, while many old herbs actually moved, fleeing in all directions.