Dugu Bo was not one to hesitate.
Once he realized that the herb garden he had guarded for half his life had become the target of the entire continent, only one thought remained in his mind: pick them.
Pick them all.
Not leave so much as a single leaf for anyone else.
He turned and rushed into the center of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Then he bent down, both hands moving at once as he began uprooting herbs.
Closest to him was that Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. He stuffed it, soil and roots included, into the Wishful Treasure Pouch.
It was a treasure he had unearthed from an ancient ruin in his early years. Its interior space was sizable and could hold living things, making it perfect for storing these treasures.
Next came the Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma, the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew... one plant, two plants, three plants.
His movements became faster and rougher.
Some Immortal Herbs required special harvesting methods, but he ripped them out so brutally that they were ruined on the spot.
But he could not care about that anymore.
If he could not keep them, it was still better than leaving them for someone else.
There was also a Snowy Swan Kiss.
The moment Dugu Bo saw it, he was overwhelmed with excitement.
He had just learned of this Immortal Herb's effects from the Sky Screen.
"Snowy Swan Kiss... capable of multiplying toxins by hundreds or thousands of times... Snowy Swan Kiss..." His lips trembled, and so did his hands. He was a master of poison, and he knew better than anyone what this Immortal Herb meant to him.
To him, this Immortal Herb was no different from a divine artifact.
"A divine artifact... this Immortal Herb is practically this old man's divine artifact..."