Good Heavens, Look What I Found

Seeing Liu Yanran's face full of confusion, Meng Tangtang was also stunned.

It wasn't Master?

As soon as the thought emerged, she immediately shook her head to dismiss it.

Impossible. Others might not know, but she was clearly aware of the great danger within Beast Taming Mountain.

Even the Xiantian expert guarding the place had fallen.

Relying solely on the Supreme Elders and the others, it would have been absolutely impossible to reach this place safely.

"Junior Sister Meng?"

"Ah, it's nothing. I didn't say anything."

Since they were safe now, she could just ask her Junior Brother or Master for the truth later.

Thinking of this, Meng Tangtang didn't say anything more.

Seeing that they had finally rescued the people, the members of the Jingyun Sect all breathed a sigh of relief. The next steps were simple.

They would return to the sect and spread the news of Beast Taming Mountain's destruction.

All the elders and disciples of Beast Taming Mountain had perished.

The Xiantian expert had bled to death, and the sect-protecting spirit beast had also been tortured to death before the group arrived.

It could be said that the entire Beast Taming Mountain was left with only Liu Yanran and a few others; it was effectively dead in all but name.

Staying any longer might lead to unknown dangers.

With this thought in mind, the group immediately chose to return. Since there was no point in Liu Yanran and the others staying behind, they simply left with the Jingyun Sect members.

Before leaving, Liu Yanran cast a complex look at the silent Beast Taming Mountain.

"Master, I will definitely avenge you!"

Not long after the group departed, in a sealed secret chamber somewhere, an aura of the Seventh Layer of Xiantian gradually flickered out.

Yin-Yang Elder could finally hold on no longer.

Meng Tangtang and her group were rescued and set out on the journey back to the Jingyun Sect.

Lin Cheng, meanwhile, headed toward Ten Thousand Beast Canyon alone.

He wanted to see what exactly lay behind that bronze sculpture.

"This is the place."

Looking at the layers of thunderous mountain ranges, Lin Cheng felt a sense of trepidation. The power contained within those bolts of lightning made even him feel a chill down his spine.

To be touched by even a sliver meant death or maiming.

Within a radius of hundreds of miles, only the canyon was a safe passage; everything else was a death trap.

"Found it!"

Soon, relying on that faint sense of connection, Lin Cheng discovered the anomaly.

With a flick of his divine sense, it spread out into the distance.

In an inconspicuous little canyon, the spiritual energy was so dense it was almost tangible. The mountains and plains were covered in spiritual herbs, emitting waves of strange, refreshing fragrance—it was truly a treasure trove unlike any other.

A child wearing a red bellyband lay leisurely among the herb bushes.

Beside him lay piles of bones, both human and beast.

The eerie, blood-red color looked completely out of place in such a paradise-like environment.

From time to time, curses could be heard coming from him.

"It infuriates me! I was just a little bit away, just a tiny bit away from completing the ritual."

"The blood essence of hundreds of cultivators... if I could have swallowed it all in one gulp, I would have completed my evolution. Damn that bastard human!"

"The ritual is ruined, and the connection to the Witch Demon Race is severed. Where am I supposed to find enough blood-food now?"

"Sigh, how troublesome."

"The blood of these demonic beasts just doesn't have the same spiritual essence as human blood; the effects are far too poor..."

The child muttered in dissatisfaction, casually grabbing a wolf demon that was wide-eyed with terror, opening his bright red mouth, and biting down.

The wolf demon let out a shrill, miserable scream.

The other surviving demonic beasts nearby all trembled, prostrating themselves on the ground, not daring to flee.

"This screaming... it has a unique flavor, though I still prefer the screams of humans..."

The child casually sliced open the wolf demon's belly, snatched out a heart that was still thumping, and tossed it into his mouth, chewing until his lips were smeared with blood.

After a long while, he let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"Life is truly good without those annoying alien species. It would be even more perfect if not for that detestable human ruining everything."

Whenever he thought of that mysterious human powerhouse who had caused his plans to collapse, a glint of malice and fear would flicker in the child's eyes.

That human was incredibly strong.

Even though it had only been a projection of his will back then, the child had sensed the man's immense power and the threat he posed.

That was why, even after his plans were ruined, he hadn't rushed to take revenge.

For now, he was no match for that man.

"Once I complete my evolution and possess power comparable to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, that human's death will be at hand!"

A strange, eerie red light flashed across the child's eyes.

He had remembered that man!

This grudge had to be settled, but not yet.

What he didn't know was that while he was busy cursing and swearing, a figure shrouded in gray mist was standing not far above his head, watching him intently.

"What kind of thing is this?"

Lin Cheng had activated the Great Concealment Art, hiding his aura and figure.

As long as the target's strength didn't exceed his own by too much, there was no possibility of being discovered.

Immediately after, he activated another divine ability: the Eye of Truth-Breaking.

A flash of purple light surged into his eyes as he looked down at the eerie child. The child's appearance gradually faded from his vision.

In its place was a bizarre-looking plant.

The main body was a wide, thick stem surrounded by countless roots, somewhat resembling a human shape.

It was blood-red throughout, as if cast from rubies, with red liquid faintly flowing inside that looked exactly like human blood.

It looked somewhat like the ginseng from Lin Cheng's past life.

But Lin Cheng understood that this thing was definitely not ginseng; it was more like some kind of evil object.

"I've really struck it rich this time..."

Lin Cheng licked his lips, his eyes gleaming as he stared at the vast valley. With high-grade medicinal herbs everywhere, this was truly a treasure trove!

With these herbs, he wouldn't have to worry about alchemy.

The spiritual energy in this valley was so dense it was staggering, and the spiritual herbs it nurtured were of an extremely high grade; over eighty percent of them were capable of refining Yellow-grade pills.

There were even quite a few Profound-grade spiritual herbs!

As for the child before him, it appeared to be the manifestation of some kind of spiritual herb, and of a very high quality at that.

"If I take all of these back, the pills I refine should be enough to feed me until I break through to the Golden Core Realm!"

Lin Cheng felt that this trip had been well worth it!

The high-grade spiritual herbs here, when added together, were likely dozens of times more than what could be scavenged from the entire Southern Region!

If it were just the herbs, it wouldn't have excited him this much.

But once these herbs passed through his hands and were refined into pills, their utility to him would be immense.

Currently, he had been working himself to the bone, struggling to cultivate, and had only just managed to break through to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.

He was still a distance away from the peak of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

With these, cultivation and the like would no longer be an issue!

Thinking of this, Lin Cheng hesitated no longer. He reached out a large hand and grabbed toward the cursing child below!

Based on his observations, this thing was a type of demon, and its strength, at most, was only around the third level of Foundation Establishment—far inferior to his own.

"What!?"

The eerie child, who had been lazily eating, suddenly found the world going dark before his eyes.

His pupils constricted, and he looked up in shock!

He stared in horror as a golden palm, dozens of feet wide, descended from the sky to suppress him.

"No!!"

The eerie child tried to flee, only to find the surrounding space completely sealed. He exhausted every trick he had, but he couldn't break free from the golden hand's lock.

In the end, accompanied by a miserable shriek, he was snatched up in the palm.

"Done!"

Lin Cheng waved his hand, and the dense, countless high-grade spiritual herbs in the valley were uprooted one after another, collected into his system space.

After finishing all this, Lin Cheng was beaming with joy.

It was definitely worth it!

This trip had not been in vain!