The Secret Chamber (3)

Gu Yueyao raised her delicate hand lightly, signaling to a Medicine King Valley disciple nearby.

The disciple understood and hurried away. Before long, he returned carrying several carved sandalwood boxes.

The instant the lids opened, a crisp medicinal fragrance washed over them. Inside, small celadon bottles were arranged in neat rows, their glaze the blue of skies after rain and their surfaces flowing with a gentle sheen—the completed Three-Heavens Flower essence.

While everyone had entered the secret realm earlier, Gu Yinchen outside had not been idle either. He had instructed the valley's elite disciples to gather Three-Heavens Flowers early and refine them with utmost care. After three days and nights of work, they had now produced quite a number of Three-Heavens medicinal essences.

"The refined Three-Heavens medicinal essence will shortly be distributed to each of you by the valley disciples. It will certainly help you recover your vitality. Once it has been handed out, everyone may rest for a while. At dawn tomorrow, pack your belongings and set off for home."

Gu Yueyao's voice was clear and firm. Her arrangements were unhurried, neither servile nor overbearing. Though somewhat forceful, the compensation she offered was generous enough that no one could find fault with it.

Everyone understood that Medicine King Valley was already running around with its hair on fire because of its two severely injured disciples. They truly had no energy left to properly entertain their guests.

Besides, having just emerged from a secret realm expedition, what everyone most wanted was naturally to confirm the value of the spoils they had obtained there.

They all knew that the circumstances within this secret realm had been far too unusual. Many of the things inside were beyond anything they had ever seen or heard of, utterly outside the scope of their understanding.