"The Soaring Azure Heavens Sea-Guiding Sword... This sword technique carried something of a divine ability's might. I wondered whether True Person Dangxiao created it..."
The azure light filling the hall slowly faded. Huang Tian looked up at the ancient painting on the wall. A flame suddenly sprang up on the painting, and it slowly turned to ash.
Hum!
As the ash touched the floor, the wall shuddered and split open down the middle, revealing a dim passage.
Huang Tian studied it briefly, then stepped inside. Darkness pressed in from all sides. Only after a hundred paces did he glimpse a faint light ahead.
He walked unhurriedly to the end of the passage and stepped out. Daylight blazed, and an exceptionally rich surge of spiritual energy washed over him, leaving his whole body at ease.
He looked up and saw a vast field of spiritual soil enclosed by jade fences. Runes carved into the fences kept the spiritual energy from escaping.
Though the field was vast, it held nowhere near hundreds or thousands of medicinal herbs. A quick glance revealed only thirty-odd kinds of spiritual plants. Each stood well apart from the others, scattered across the field. Dense spiritual energy wreathed their flowers and leaves, which glistened now and then with dew. They looked fresh enough to drip, and quite delightful.
"Golden-Leaf Black Ginseng, Six Directions Pure Void Spirit-Nourishing Flower, Seven-Star Qi-Guiding Dragon-Joining Fruit, Millennium Blood-Jade Gourd..."
Huang Tian recognized fewer than half of the thirty-odd plants, but that hardly mattered. Medicinal herbs drew on nature's bounty. Apart from a few with unusual properties, most increased magical power when consumed. Besides, he could infer their uses from the nature of their spiritual energy.
Without hesitation, he flicked his fingers, sending out streaks of spiritual light. They fell into the field, harvested