Not much time had passed when Xiao Yu and the other five emerged from the Beast Spirit Barrier. It had been less than an hour since they entered the Primeval Forest.
"With so many medicinal ingredients, who knows how long collecting them will take? More and more people are coming here, too. Brother Chen still needs to find what he came for, so we probably can't stay much longer."
After emerging, they spent a dozen or so minutes traveling through the forest and gathering medicinal ingredients. Their haul was substantial, but compared with the entire Ancient Forest, it was not even a single hair off nine oxen.
That left Xiao Yan feeling rather dejected.
Xiao Yi Xian chuckled beside him. "We've already obtained what we came for. These are just extras, so there's no need to force it."
"Sister Xiao Yi Xian is right. Brother Yan, don't force it. Be a little more carefree."
Chen Ye nodded in agreement. He truly did not care about these medicinal ingredients. Though they had astonished him at first, that did not mean he was particularly interested in them.
"You aren't alchemists, so of course you don't understand how this feels. Right, Brother Yu?"
Xiao Yan shook his head. As an alchemist, what he needed most were pill formulas and medicinal ingredients. With his teacher's entire collection at his disposal, he had no shortage of formulas, but precious medicinal ingredients were scarce wherever one went.
Before Xiao Yu could speak, Zi Yan nodded furiously. "Right, right! It would be such a waste not to take all these medicinal ingredients with us."
Xiao Yu smiled faintly and stroked the little girl's head. "Indeed, I'm reluctant to leave them behind, too. But I have another way. I can't collect everything, but I can take most of