A Primordial Remnant Feast vs. the Hundred Herb Garden

Everyone flew to where the Nine-Headed Golden Lion was trapped, and the Golden Lion hurriedly shouted, "Big Brother! It's a trap! Hurry, leave!"

The Golden Lion, three beings from the Three-Eyed Race, a Five-Colored Luan Bird, and a Fire Crow were all trapped inside a Teleportation Formation.

When the White Tiger in the distance saw Shi Hao's group, he gloated, "You're here. Perfect-I'll catch you all in one net."

Seeing the Nine-Headed Golden Lion trapped, Shi Hao quickly reassured him, "Little Brother! Don't worry, I'll get you out. I'll treat you to tiger meat in a bit."

Jun Moxiao said, "I'll leave them all to you. Consider it practice. I'll set up the pot and boil some water. Make it quick-there's another Primordial Remnant hiding over there, probably the White Tiger's helper. Oh, right! Senior Sister Ling'er can join in too, for practice."

"I can handle them. Xiaoxiao, rescue the Golden Lion first."

Shi Hao looked at the murderous little tiger in the distance as though he were looking at a huge platter of meat.

"Little tiger, I really admire your nerve. You actually dared to attack my little brother."

With that, Shi Hao immediately charged at the White Tiger and began fighting him. Before long, a Golden-Winged Roc launched a sneak attack from behind, frightening Huo Ling'er into shouting, "Watch out behind you!"

Seeing this, Huo Ling'er joined the battle, helping Shi Hao fight the White Tiger and the Golden-Winged Roc.

With a wave of his hand, Jun Moxiao shattered the Teleportation Formation trapping the Nine-Headed Lion, rescuing the Nine-Headed Golden Lion and his friends. The Nine-Headed Lion was utterly overwhelmed with gratitude.

"Big Brother's Big Brother, thank you!"

Jun Moxiao said, "Say, Nine Heads, how did you get so pathetic? You actually got trapped by a little tiger? That's a blow to your mighty reputation!"

The Nine-Headed Lion said haughtily, "We of the Golden Lion Race are born majestic and imposing. That little White Tiger just caught me with a dirty trick."

"All right! You're imposing. Now hurry up and beat up that widdle tiger."

Jun Moxiao knew this was a goofy lion who would do anything to save face, and found him quite amusing.

The Nine-Headed Lion charged over with a roar, shouting, "Big Brother! I'm here to help!"

But by the time he reached the battlefield, Shi Hao had already killed the little White Tiger and the Golden-Winged Roc. Shi Hao had also obtained the White Tiger's spatial treasure, the Heaven-and-Earth Bag, and the Golden-Winged Roc's treasure, the Magnetic Essence Peak.

With Shi Hao's current strength, dealing with the little White Tiger and the Golden-Winged Roc was child's play. He finished off both Fierce Beasts in a few swift moves.

The Nine-Headed Lion said, "Big Brother, you were way too fast. You're incredible."

Shi Hao said, "Little Brother, you're late. They fell before I even put any strength into it. But I'll treat you to White Tiger meat. Consider that revenge for you."

Standing to one side, Huo Ling'er said haughtily, "Nine Heads, this princess helped too. Why aren't you praising me?"

Seeing that the water was boiling, Jun Moxiao shouted to Shi Hao, "Hey! Stop bragging, you lot. Hao Tian, the water's boiling. Enough chatter-hurry up and stew those two Primordial Remnants. We're waiting for our meat!"

"Hahaha...! We're in for a treat today. A White Tiger and a Golden-Winged Roc-enough for a proper feast."

Laughing heartily, Shi Hao expertly stripped the fur and feathers from the two Fierce Beasts and removed their innards. One look at his movements showed he was an old hand.

Watching Shi Hao's practiced technique, the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, Big Red, and the Five-Colored Luan Bird cautiously asked, "Big Brother, just how many Fierce Beasts have you eaten? You're so good at this."

Shi Hao said, "At least a thousand. Anyway, I can't remember."

"What are you scared of? Hao Tian isn't going to eat you."

Looking at Nine Heads, Big Red, and the others, Jun Moxiao felt that they were a little afraid the Bear Child might casually slice off another chunk of their flesh to eat. The Nine-Headed Lion had already had five of his heads eaten before.

"Pfft... heehee...! Nine Heads, that little rascal cut off five of your heads before!"

Huo Ling'er remembered when everyone had eaten Golden Lion heads together. Even the Nine-Headed Lion himself had joined in.

"Relax! You're my little brothers now. I won't eat you."

Shi Hao quickly reassured the Fierce Beasts. As their big brother, how could he possibly eat his little brothers?

Before long, Shi Hao had prepared a huge pot of meat. Its mouthwatering aroma drifted over a thousand meters away, hooking the greedy worms in anyone who caught a whiff.

"Time to eat! Everyone, help yourselves!"

Jun Moxiao picked up a large bowl and filled it to the brim.

"Mmm! Delicious. Hao Tian, your cooking keeps getting better."

Shi Hao said smugly, "That's what you call professional."

Everyone cheerfully gathered around the huge pot of precious Primordial Remnant meat and ate with relish.

Jun Moxiao asked, "Hao Tian, you haven't opened your Ten Cave Heavens yet?"

"Earlier, when I was helping Xiao Tian seize the Taiyi True Water, I drank a bellyful. After refining it, I'm almost there. It feels like I'm still just a little short."

Shi Hao was determined to open ten Cave Heavens. Jun Moxiao had said he would definitely manage it in the Hundred Broken Mountains, and now that he felt close, he was extremely excited.

The Nine-Headed Lion and Big Red were startled. "Ten Cave Heavens? Big Brother, are you really that fierce?"

Jun Moxiao said calmly, "Without ten Cave Heavens, you'd be too embarrassed to call yourself a genius. For us, ten Cave Heavens are only the starting point. Oh, right-Senior Sister Ling'er will probably open nine Cave Heavens on this trip to the Hundred Broken Mountains."

Huo Ling'er felt tiny before these two little brats. Ten Cave Heavens were only their starting point, while she wasn't even confident she could open nine. Could the gap between people really be so vast? Were they even human?

"Junior Brother, cultivating feels so hard! Compared to you two, I'm just trash."

Jun Moxiao said, "Eat more. This Primordial Remnant meat rivals precious medicine! Hao Tian, I heard from the Pavilion Master that there's an Immortality Spring in the Hundred Herb Garden, along with all kinds of spirit herbs."

Shi Hao said, "Of course we can't pass up treasures like that. Otherwise, Heaven will strike us with lightning."

Jun Moxiao said, "I'll have to split up with you afterward. I heard there's a Pu Demon Tree, and I need to destroy it. If it's allowed to grow, it'll bring a terrible disaster."

The Nine-Headed Lion said in surprise, "A Pu Demon Tree? We encountered it at the entrance to the Treasure-Splitting Cliff. Someone was devoured by it. The sight was terrifying."

Shi Hao said, "We have to destroy a menace like that. We'll search separately afterward. I'll look for opportunities elsewhere, and we'll meet at the Hundred Herb Garden."

Big Red and the Nine-Headed Lion said, "Then we'll come too."

Thinking of how fierce the coming battle at the Hundred Herb Garden would become, Jun Moxiao decided not to let them follow. They would only hold them back.

Jun Moxiao told Huo Ling'er and the others, "Our opponents will only get stronger from here on. You'd better not go. How about this: Senior Sister Ling'er, take Nine Heads, Big Red, and the others with you first. Wait at the exit of Flower-Fruit Mountain. Once we get the precious medicine, you'll all have a share."

Huo Ling'er also knew she would hold Shi Hao back if she stayed with him, so she quickly took out an Earth-Shrinking Talisman and a map and gave them to him.

"We'll wait for you at Flower-Fruit Mountain. You must be careful."

"Big Brothers, both of you be careful."

Before leaving, the Nine-Headed Lion, Big Red, and the other Fierce Beasts also called out to Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao. They knew they were too weak to accompany them.

Jun Moxiao checked the Hundred Herb Garden's location on the map. The Pu Demon Tree was probably there, so he split up with Shi Hao, who headed toward the Heavenly Bone Forbidden Zone to search for treasures.

"We'll part ways here and meet again at the Hundred Herb Garden."

While Shi Hao was traveling, the Little Pagoda on his head transmitted its voice to him. "That brother of yours is terrifying."

Shi Hao was startled. "Little Pagoda, you can talk? You say Xiaoxiao is terrifying? He's been my brother since childhood. Of course I know he's powerful."

The Little Pagoda said, "I am a supreme divine weapon passed down from the Ancient Era. Naturally, I can speak! Your brother's strength has broken the rules of the Heavenly Dao. The moment a strand of my divine sense approached him, several terrifying auras scared it away. He's very mysterious."

Shi Hao said, "I know Xiaoxiao is mysterious! He doesn't even need to cultivate. He sleeps every day, yet he's still stronger than me. But he's my brother, so there's nothing to fear."

The Little Pagoda said helplessly, "All right!"

Meanwhile, after winding his way around, Jun Moxiao finally arrived at the Hundred Herb Garden.

Because the Divine Immortality Spring lay deep within the Hundred Herb Garden, many precious herbs grew there. An Ancient Era mighty being had laid down a field here, preventing the use of treasured techniques. Only physical strength could be used.

As Jun Moxiao entered the Hundred Herb Garden, he indeed felt a terrifying pressure settle over him. The treasured technique he unleashed soon vanished, but his body was so powerful that this pressure was child's play to him.

Suddenly, roars from Fierce Beasts rang out ahead, along with a sly, irritating voice. "Ow! It hurts! It hurts! My head's going to split open!"

Jun Moxiao looked. Well, well-wasn't that Shi Hao and the God-Striking Stone? Shi Hao had reached the Hundred Herb Garden before him. He was really fast.

A Golden Beast also lay on the ground, clutching his head and roaring. Apparently, he was the servant of Yun Xi from Heavenly God Mountain.

"Keep yelling and I'll hit you again."

The Golden Beast's loud roars irritated Shi Hao, who hurled the God-Striking Stone straight at him.

Bang!

The Golden Beast took a heavy blow to the head from the God-Striking Stone and was finally knocked unconscious, collapsing to the ground.

The God-Striking Stone wobbled and cried, "Ow! I'm dizzy."

Just then, a sharp feminine shout rang out. "Who dares touch my Golden Beast?"

A lovely figure in purple flew out and shouted at Shi Hao, "You're the one who hit my Golden Beast!"

Shi Hao saw a fat girl, but he believed she was a transformed Fierce Beast, so he asked curiously.

"You're a Fierce Beast too? What's your true form?"

The purple-clad woman shouted, "Damn you! You wicked thief, you're courting death!"

She immediately began fighting Shi Hao. After exchanging a few blows with her, Shi Hao said, "You're quite powerful for a female Fierce Beast."

The next moment, he unleashed the God-Striking Stone and struck her forehead, leaving her trembling with rage.

"Ahem! Ahem! Quite a lively fight! Hao Tian, let me tell you-this female Fierce Beast is a tigress! A really scary kind. Be careful, or she'll eat you. Hahaha..."

Jun Moxiao coughed, startling them both.

Called a tigress by a little brat, Yun Xi snapped viciously at Jun Moxiao, "You little brat, you're the tiger! Your whole family are tigers!"

"Hao Tian, look, the female Fierce Beast is getting worked up. Hahaha..." Jun Moxiao found Yun Xi's adorably fierce expression hilarious.

Shi Hao looked utterly bewildered by the exchange between Jun Moxiao and the purple-clad woman.

"Xiaoxiao! You're here too. This female Fierce Beast is pretty strong. She isn't really a tigress, is she?"

Trembling with rage, Yun Xi glared at Shi Hao and shouted, "You hateful little thief! You're the tigress!"

"Hahaha...! Hao Tian! She isn't a Fierce Beast. She's a genius girl from the Celestial Clan."

Jun Moxiao couldn't help laughing, but he really was afraid Shi Hao would mistake her for a tigress and accidentally kill her. That would be trouble, so he could only tell him the truth.

"So she isn't a Fierce Beast. She's a fat girl from the Celestial Clan." Understanding dawned on Shi Hao. This fat girl is actually quite pretty.

Good grief, he just blurted it right out. Truly worthy of the name Bear Child.

"You two keep fighting. Hao Tian, don't hurt the pretty big sister too badly. I'll go inside and get the Immortality Spring. Oh ho! There's a Chi Dragon and a Bi Fang Bird too. I'll drive them out so you can practice on them."

Leaving the pair alone, Jun Moxiao darted into the depths of the Hundred Herb Garden, where he saw the Chi Dragon and the Bi Fang Bird facing off.

Seeing a human arrive, the two beasts immediately ordered Jun Moxiao, "Human, leave this place."

Without even waiting for them to finish, Jun Moxiao swiftly kicked both beasts, knocking them outside for Shi Hao to deal with.

"Off you go, flying beasts!"

Jun Moxiao passed through a protective barrier and reached the Immortality Spring, only to find sand everywhere and no spring.

Remembering that the Immortality Spring was beneath the sand, Jun Moxiao quickly began digging. Several little golden water dragons emerged, and he caught them and placed them in his system space.

Jun Moxiao asked the system, "Meng Die! Is this Immortality Spring the same as the Spring of Life?"

Meng Die said, "The Immortality Spring is far less effective. There's a pool of it deep underground. These little water dragons are Immortality Spring water that has developed spiritual awareness, so they're somewhat better than the water below."

Jun Moxiao thought it over and decided to leave the underground water alone. After all, all kinds of spirit herbs grew here, and it would still be useful in the future.

Jun Moxiao left the Teleportation Formation and found Shi Hao gone. Who knew where his fight with those half-blood beings from the Primordial Divine Mountain had taken him?

That woman was the Celestial Clan Saintess, and the Golden Beast was her bodyguard. It was during this encounter that she formed an inseparable bond with Shi Hao, eventually becoming one of his wives.

Jun Moxiao figured the Pu Demon Tree was at Flower-Fruit Mountain. Calculating the time, he realized the native beings of the Hundred Broken Mountains were about to awaken, and the Divine Monkey King was preparing to unleash a massacre. Thinking of the Peach Sacred Medicine and Monkey Wine, Jun Moxiao hurried toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.