Wits Against the First-Order Magical Beast Green Snake

The Beauty Pill described in the Medicine Emperor's introductory alchemy manual required Pretty Lady Herb, which was relatively rare, but the other medicinal ingredients and herbs were common and could be found everywhere.

Chu Yang estimated that there was no need to use the medicinal ingredient stores of Mier Auction House's Wutan City branch. The medicinal storehouses of either the Xiao Clan or the Lie Clan alone would be enough to meet his needs.

As for Pretty Lady Herb, Chu Yang estimated that, throughout Wutan City, it was probably like Lantern Heart Grass—valuable but unavailable. It would be impossible to find medicinal ingredients of this kind.

Chu Yang had come down into the valley specifically to gather these Pretty Lady Herbs.

Although the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King was no longer there to help him, Chu Yang still did not summon the Yellow Demonic Puppet. There were far fewer Pretty Lady Herbs than the Lantern Heart Grass from before, only around seven or eight plants in total. Even if he did it alone, it would take only a moment.

However—

Chu Yang had made things too easy in his mind!

After descending from the sky and putting away his Azure Cloud Wings, he had barely reached for a Pretty Lady Herb when something happened.

A surge of danger suddenly struck at him!

Chu Yang's senses were exceptionally sharp. The repulsive force of Great Dou Absorption immediately came into play.

An invisible force pushed away the danger that had been rapidly closing in on him.

At the same time, he widened his eyes and searched for the source of danger with eagle-like sharpness.

Chu Yang immediately caught sight of something green flashing among the grass and trees, nearly the same color as its surroundings.

Fortunately, he had pushed his repulsive force to the limit, slowing that rapidly flashing thing down somewhat.

At once, Chu Yang spread his wings and rose into the air.

There were too many ambushes hidden in the grass below. It was truly impossible to guard against them all.

Once airborne with the Azure Cloud Wings, Chu Yang finally saw that what had just attacked him was a Green Snake.

This was more like the Monster Mountain Range, where danger lurked everywhere. Along the way before this, the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King had helped him block countless hidden dangers he had not even known existed!

Now that the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King had left, the magical beasts here would not give Chu Yang any face. They had no idea that he possessed incredible alchemy skills, enough to make even the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King, a regional king, willingly become his underling.

These Green Snakes were skilled at camouflage. Like chameleons, they were almost the same color as the grass, making them impossible to guard against without careful attention.

They were at least first-order magical beasts, and they looked venomous. Chu Yang thought to himself.

Suddenly, one of the Green Snakes hidden in the grass shot into the air toward Chu Yang, who had not yet flown very high.

Although Chu Yang hurriedly raised the Azure Cloud Wings higher and used his repulsive force at the same time, he still nearly got hit by the venom sprayed from the Green Snake's mouth.

However, these Green Snakes could not fly. Once Chu Yang raised the Azure Cloud Wings higher, they could do nothing to him. But then he could not gather the Pretty Lady Herbs either.

I should have realized there would be poisonous creatures around such brightly beautiful plants! Chu Yang grumbled inwardly.

He had yet to advance to Dou Master. Even if these Green Snakes truly were first-order magical beasts, they would not be weaker than him, and there were so many of them.

For a moment, Chu Yang truly seemed at a loss.

He had originally planned to join forces with the Yellow Demonic Puppet, but then remembered that the puppet seemed to have only the strength of a six-star Dou Practitioner. After taking Dou Practitioner Pills, he had already surpassed it in level. Besides, he still had no idea how to increase its strength.

"What should I do? Am I supposed to stay in the air and wait for the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King to return? Who knows when it'll come back?" Chu Yang could not help muttering to himself.

Yet he was unwilling to give up these Pretty Lady Herbs.

One Green Snake, two Green Snakes, three Green Snakes...

Chu Yang flapped his wings in the air, seemingly casually surveying just how many Green Snakes were actually present.

At the same time, some screen in his system space lit up. The system's strength-detection function automatically assessed the Green Snakes' strength—first-order magical beasts.

They really were first-order magical beasts!

There might be dozens of these Green Snakes, and some were still hiding, ones Chu Yang had not yet discovered.

With so many first-order Green Snakes, even though the Yellow Demonic Puppet felt no pain and was not afraid of poison, Chu Yang knew it still would not be able to gather the Pretty Lady Herbs if it went down there. He had originally hoped to let the Yellow Demonic Puppet try, but he immediately abandoned the idea.

Chu Yang circled in the air for a while, flapping his wings. He saw that these Green Snakes were specifically guarding the Pretty Lady Herbs, and they now seemed to be keeping their eyes fixed on him in the sky.

Could he really do nothing except wait for the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King? Chu Yang had no idea how long it would be gone.

"I've got it—"

After Chu Yang's eyes spun around for a moment, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

With the Medicine Emperor's miraculous alchemy manual, it seemed that just casually combining a few herbs from the Monster Mountain Range could turn decay into something miraculous! The Monster Mountain Range itself was a natural treasure trove of medicinal ingredients, with too many types of herbs to count.

Chu Yang flapped his Azure Cloud Wings and began circling above the valley where the Pretty Lady Herbs grew, as well as the mountain peaks surrounding it.

Before long, he had gathered some leaves, seeds, and flowers.

When Chu Yang had entered the Monster Mountain Range to look for Lantern Heart Grass, he had not planned to refine pills inside the mountains. Moreover, he did not yet possess an alchemy cauldron he truly liked, much less a higher-grade pill furnace, otherwise he would have kept one in his Storage Ring.

Perhaps his career as an alchemist had only just begun, and he had not yet fully prepared himself. The alchemy cauldron he was currently using had been prepared for him by the Xiao Clan, and it was an ordinary one.

This time, he had thought that once he gathered the Lantern Heart Grass, he could return to Wutan City. Who could have expected the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's child to suddenly have an emergency, followed by his accidental discovery of Pretty Lady Herb, which could be used to refine Beauty Pills for Yun Yun?

Then he encountered this group of Green Snakes. His journey through the Monster Mountain Range seemed to have been delayed once again.

Instead of using the leaves, seeds, and flowers he had temporarily gathered to refine pills, Chu Yang mixed them together and crushed them with Dou Qi, just as he had prepared wound medicine for the injured magical beasts under the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's command.

However, what he had prepared now was not medicine to heal magical beasts, but medicine to injure them!

After preparing the medicine, Chu Yang flew lower and used Dou Qi to send it toward the Green Snakes.

At first, the Green Snakes thought these things were hidden weapons Chu Yang was firing at them, and they scattered to avoid them.

But these things were not meant to strike them! Once Chu Yang's medicinal pellets fell to the ground, they began scattering outward like flower petals.