"We're going to a pocket space off to one side between the third and second layers!" the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast said mysteriously.
"A pocket space?" Li Xiaoya paused in surprise, then hurriedly asked, "What sort of place is that?"
"The Herb Garden!" the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast whispered.
"The Herb Garden!" Though the voice was quiet, it struck Li Xiaoya's ears like a thunderclap, and he cried out in delight.
Heavens!
That was a herb garden! How many treasures would the herb garden of a suspected immortal contain? Perhaps there really were heavenly materials and earthly treasures there that could help Zhang Hong's injuries. Perhaps even the nine-heavens immortalizing grass was growing inside! No wonder Li Xiaoya was so delighted.
"Then let's hurry!" Li Xiaoya could not help urging the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast. Even with his present cultivation and state of mind, he could barely contain himself.
"But there's a problem!" The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast showed no sign of haste. Instead, he frowned and said, "The Herb Garden has restrictions and a guard. They won't be easy to get past!"
"Uh! Restrictions and a guard?" Li Xiaoya paused in surprise, frowning as well. A mere gatekeeper on the first layer had been this middle Heaven-and-Earth Stage One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast. Surely the demon beast guarding somewhere as important as the second layer's Herb Garden would be no weaker? At that thought, he reined in his eagerness and began to ponder. But then it occurred to him that, since the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast had suggested going there, he ought to have some confidence. Only then did he ask, "Oh! Fellow Daoist One-Horn, what do you have in mind?"
"To tell you the truth, I know the fellow guarding the Herb Garden!" Seeing Li Xiaoya quell the excitement and eagerness in his eyes so