After they left the ruins, sunlight bathed the small world. Flowers and grasses flourished, ancient trees towered overhead, and life thrived everywhere.
Bai Yixin and his group headed for the Hundred-Herb Garden. Traveling together as such a formidable force, they directly frightened many creatures along the way into fleeing.
Of course, a few powerful creatures eyed them covetously, watching them again and again and making several attempts to attack.
Bai Yixin wasn't about to indulge them. He picked out one that looked like it might taste good, killed it to warn the others, and hacked it apart with his broken sword in a swift, decisive stroke.
The terrifying creatures in the dense forest saw this and ultimately kept their distance.
After that, Bai Yixin's group finally neared the Hundred-Herb Garden. Even from far away, they could see auspicious light rising over the area, with all kinds of plants radiating brilliance.
It was a garden of Spirit Medicines, shrouded in holy light and shimmering with flowing colors. Essence surged through it, and even ordinary medicinal herbs growing there became crystalline and translucent, brimming with Spiritual Energy.
"Mine, mine, it's all mine!"
Little One's eyes glittered with countless little stars at the sight. He turned into a little miser, a string of drool trickling from the corner of his mouth.
"Good! That's the spirit! That's what I like to see—let's go rob the place!" Bai Yixin clapped Little One on the shoulder. Feeling the sacred aura coming from the Divine Garden, he was drooling too.
If they could snatch everything, they wouldn't have to worry about running short of Spirit Medicines for a long time. They could also spare the elders of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion's Medicine Garden from being plundered again.
"Crack."
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the hills in the