The Mystery of the Soulfall Forbidden Zone (Please Vote)

In the Desert Sea, within a sandy valley.

Holes of every shape and size riddled the ground. Sand Ginseng Scorpions crawled out of them, covering more than half the valley in a dense swarm.

Every scorpion gleamed earthy yellow.

Each was plump and powerful, shaped like a scorpion made from a plump ginseng root, with especially strong pincers.

They loved eating placer gold and supplemented it with flesh and blood.

Their diet resembled that of Soil-Turning Earthworms, making them an unusual presence even in the Desert Sea.

"Jingzhong, here's the pill formula. I adapted it from the Earth-Tier Pill. One day, it might even produce Sand Ginseng Scorpions at the peak of the second tier—or the third tier!" Ye Jingcheng crouched and set down a Sand Ginseng Scorpion.

He also handed Ye Jingzhong a jade slip.

Of course, the slip held more than a revised formula. Ye Jingcheng had obtained it by forming a Blood Pact with one of the scorpions, then dissolving the pact.

An Advancement Pill formula for first-tier Sand Ginseng Scorpions was not difficult to make.

Its ingredients were fairly easy to find, too. After all, the Ye Family controlled the entire Sand Sea Cultivation World.

The scorpions already brought the Ye Family considerable returns, especially with their enormous population. It was worth Ye Jingcheng's trip to contract one and derive the formula.

Behind him, Chu Yanqing had brought Ye Qingnian and Ye Qingfeng.

The two little ones were over a year old now. They wanted to catch the scorpions, but Chu Yanqing kept stopping them, leaving them howling with frustration.

They were on the verge of tears.

"Stop charging ahead! Be careful, or your father will send you back to Sky Shadow Peak!" Chu Yanqing scolded.

The teleportation array had been destroyed, and Ye Jingcheng planned