"Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda..." Ning Fengzhi gazed at the Sky Screen, his eyes fixed on the aromatic silk beauty. His grip on his scepter tightened involuntarily.
As the master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, no one understood better than he did what those two additional tiers meant.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was hailed as one of the continent's strongest support martial souls, yet behind that strength lay a limit that could never be overcome.
Level seventy-nine!
Among the sect's successive masters, there had been no shortage of exceptional talents. Yet no matter how they cultivated, they could only stop before that barrier in the end.
Ning Fengzhi was no exception. Over the years, he had searched for ways to advance his martial soul, but all his efforts had come to nothing.
Now, however, Li Qingshan on the Sky Screen was telling him that a single herb could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!
"Fengzhi." Sword Douluo Chen Xin glanced at him, his expression much graver than before. "Are you planning to go to Sunset Forest?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ning Fengzhi said:
"Of course I am!"
"Uncle Jian, you must understand what this aromatic silk beauty means to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Even if there's only a sliver of a chance, I have to see it for myself."
Hearing this, Gu Rong slowly nodded beside him. This was no longer simply a matter of gaining a few levels of soul power.
If Ning Fengzhi's martial soul could truly evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the heights the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could reach would change along with it.
Chen Xin looked up at the Sky Screen, sweeping his gaze over the mountain walls surrounding the medicinal garden. "Sunset Forest is vast. Finding this place will probably take some effort."
"All the more reason not to delay." Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath, barely suppressing his excitement. "We aren't the only ones who can see the Sky Screen."
As his words fell, Chen Xin and Gu Rong exchanged a glance. Both understood what he meant. Once news like this spread across the continent, who could possibly sit still?
They wanted to go, and naturally, others would too.
Ning Fengzhi immediately turned and called toward the door:
"Prepare for departure!"
"Uncle Jian, sorry for the trouble, but please come with me. Uncle Gu, I'll leave the sect in your hands for now."
Gu Rong nodded.
"Go with peace of mind."
Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.
Tang San looked up, his gaze following Li Qingshan's movements on the Sky Screen as the shock in his eyes deepened.
Singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
Eight-petal immortal orchid.
Aromatic silk beauty.
He knew all those names!
Not just their names-the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record also documented their appearance, effects, and the precautions required when harvesting and consuming them.
Yet Tang San had never imagined he would see so many immortal-grade herbs on the Sky Screen all at once!
What made it even harder for him to remain calm was that those three were clearly not the only ones in that medicinal garden.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well... Tang San repeated the name inwardly, his breathing gradually quickening.
No wonder.
Only a treasured land like that could nurture so many precious herbs at once!
"Little San?" Noticing his expression, Yu Xiaogang could not help asking, "Do you recognize these things?"
Tang San came back to his senses and immediately nodded. "Teacher, I once read about them in an ancient book. The effects that senior described on the Sky Screen are no exaggeration."
Hearing that, Flender turned toward him from beside them. "You mean that golden flower really can evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"
Tang San fell silent for a moment, then gave a slight nod.
"It should be able to."
"The aromatic silk beauty is an immortal-grade herb. Its benefits for flawed martial souls are beyond imagination. The singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and eight-petal immortal orchid are also treasures you would never find in ordinary places."
"If someone consumes an immortal-grade herb suited to them, the benefits won't be limited to an increase in soul power. It will also be an enormous help to their future cultivation."
At this, Flender's expression finally grew serious. Until now, he had merely been marveling at how lucky the Yu Xiaogang on the Sky Screen was to have found a teacher willing to search far and wide for medicinal ingredients for him.
Now it seemed they, too, had a chance to visit that medicinal garden!
Yu Xiaogang did not speak immediately, but his gaze drifted involuntarily toward the jade boxes Li Qingshan had just put away. If those herbs really could evolve martial souls, then what about his Luo Sanpao?
"Teacher."
Tang San's voice pulled him from his thoughts.
"Let's go to Sunset Forest too."
Yu Xiaogang looked at him.
Tang San said earnestly:
"Since the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is in Sunset Forest, we have a chance of finding it. If we arrive too late, those immortal-grade herbs may all be gone."
At his words, Flender instinctively looked up at the Sky Screen.
A moment later, he understood. With so many people watching, those powerful sects had probably already begun making preparations.
"We'll go too!" Flender decided on the spot, declaring in a deep voice, "With such a tremendous opportunity right before our eyes, we'd truly be throwing it away if we didn't even dare take a look!"
With that, he immediately turned to gather the academy's other teachers, while Tang San looked back at the Sky Screen, doing his best to memorize the terrain surrounding the valley.
Spirit City, the Pope's Palace.
"Singular velvet sky chrysanthemum!"
Yue Guan's eyes lit up as he gazed at the Sky Screen.
He had recognized it earlier, when Li Qingshan stopped before that large golden flower. But when the man spoke its name and harvested it intact, Yue Guan still could not help taking two steps forward.
Those petals, that heart, and the golden radiance shining at its tip-how closely they resembled his martial soul!
"Yue Guan."
Bibi Dong's voice came from behind him.
"Do you recognize these herbs?"
Though she was not versed in pharmacology, she could tell that Yue Guan's reaction was anything but ordinary.
Yue Guan hurriedly turned and bowed.
"Your Holiness, I do."
"That singular velvet sky chrysanthemum is the same as my martial soul, an exceptionally rare immortal-grade herb. As for the other two, ordinary medicinal herbs cannot compare to them either."
As he spoke, he could not resist glancing up at the Sky Screen again.
"This man can explain their names, effects, and even their harvesting methods so clearly. He is indeed deeply versed in pharmacology."
Bibi Dong slowly straightened in her seat. "Then according to you, the things in that medicinal garden really are that useful?"
"Yes."
Yue Guan nodded, his tone growing solemn.
"Immortal-grade herbs are precious not only because of their medicinal potency, but also because they can often improve the foundations of those who consume them, allowing soul masters to go further in their future cultivation."
"If we obtain suitable immortal-grade herbs, Nana and the others could use them too."
At this, Bibi Dong's gaze shifted slightly. Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were already among the most outstanding members of Spirit Hall's younger generation.
If they could advance even further from that foundation...
Yue Guan had clearly thought of this as well, and immediately continued, "Your Holiness, I recommend that we set out for Sunset Forest at once to search for this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
"Now that the news has spread, the Upper Three Sects will certainly make their move. The other factions won't let an opportunity like this slip by either."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong considered for a moment before rising to her feet. "In that case, you and Gui Mei will accompany me."
At her words, delight immediately surfaced in Yue Guan's eyes.
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
Bibi Dong looked up at the medicinal garden on the Sky Screen, her expression gradually turning serious. These were things that could evolve martial souls and even change a soul master's future cultivation potential.
Now that she knew where they were, she naturally had no reason to hand them over to others.
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