As the ground rose, an azure sky came into view. Only a semicircle of wall remained, and a vast expanse opened up ahead, filled with pillars that emitted spirit light, forming light curtains over individual Medicine Fields.
Farther away stood an enormous tree that blotted out the sky and sun, fully a thousand zhang in size...
Wonderful! A Medicine Garden!
Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu were both filled with excitement. A Medicine Garden in the Ascension Immortal Palace was no ordinary place. From the look of it, the garden was full of rare treasures. Such intense medicinal fragrances and auras hardly seemed to belong to ordinary Heavenly Treasures!
However, Fairy Ningyu and Ye Han both calmed themselves.
Fairy Ningyu said, "Junior Brother! Let's be careful!"
Ye Han nodded. After a moment's thought, he tapped his Storage Bag, and a Metal Puppet flew out, responding to the commands of his divine sense.
The Metal Puppet raised its shield and swiftly headed out through the exit into the Medicine Garden ahead...
In such a dangerous place, having a Puppet or something similar clear the way could spare them plenty of trouble...
Spirit light flickered in Ye Han's eyes as he looked toward the Medicine Gardens. He discovered that they were all enclosed by the Light Barrier restrictions of the Formation Pillars. His divine sense could not penetrate those restrictions to see exactly what spirit medicines grew inside.
It seemed obtaining these spirit medicines and Heavenly Treasures would still be quite difficult.
Meanwhile, the Metal Puppet under his control had already entered the Medicine Garden.
The instant the Puppet stepped into the Medicine Garden!
Whoosh! Soil scattered everywhere as an enormous tree root several zhang long burst out of the ground like a whip and wrapped around the Metal Puppet...
Ye Han's expression