Ning Xiaochuan had the two sword servants escort Yu Ningsheng onto the ship, while he headed into Purple Qi Garden.
A Blood Toad Wood grew within Purple Qi Garden. It resembled a toad, and its bark, trunk, and leaves were all blood-red, as though fresh blood might drip from them.
Blood Toad Wood was a type of Profound Spirit Wood. Like Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines, it was a treasure that could only be encountered by chance, worth a fortune beyond measure.
It was precisely because a Blood Toad Wood had been planted here that the soil in Purple Qi Garden had changed, gathering Heaven and Earth Profound Qi and turning the place into a spiritual land highly suitable for martial cultivation.
Since he was leaving, he naturally had to take this Blood Toad Wood with him!
Ning Xiaochuan pressed both hands against the ground. Centered on the Blood Toad Wood, a circular crack ten meters in diameter spread open.
"Rise!"
A huge mound of earth slowly rose from beneath the ground, flying together with the Blood Toad Wood planted at its center into the Universe Pouch Ning Xiaochuan had prepared long ago.
With this Blood Toad Wood, Ning Xiaochuan would be able to refine Blood Pills at any time to prolong Yu Ningsheng's life.
After putting away the Blood Toad Wood, Ning Xiaochuan planned to head to the Underground River Channel, meet up with Yu Ningsheng and the Four Great Sword Servants, and leave the region where the Imperial City stood.
Suddenly, the cliff wall some distance away trembled slightly.
What was going on? "Boom!"
Just as Ning Xiaochuan was puzzled, a thunderous explosion erupted from the cliff wall, and countless shattered stones came rolling down.
At the center of the cliff wall, a pitch-black cave as tall as a person