Gao Xuezhi immediately flushed red and argued, "That doesn't count! Can something a fan does really count as breaking the law?"
With that, she hurriedly took out a small flowerpot, dug up the Blood-Calyx Orchid together with the soil beneath it, and planted it in the pot.
Veinlike channels lay hidden throughout the Blood-Calyx Orchid's stems and leaves. Whether a flower or a leaf was snapped off, spirit blood would spill out, and the spirituality of the entire flower would rapidly dissipate, so it had to be moved together with the soil beneath it.
This kind of spirit plant was a treasure of the Red Blood Wolf Clan and would normally be tightly guarded. Among the blood wolves, only the wolf king and warriors who had rendered great service could devour a Blood-Calyx Orchid to improve their cultivation.
Yet Gao Xuezhi had picked one so easily, and not a single blood wolf had jumped out to stop her.
Apart from the patrol of wolves they had encountered at the foot of the mountain, they had not encountered any other evil spirits.
Although they found it a little strange, they had no idea what had happened. After overcoming so many dangers to reach this place, they could hardly turn straight back at the first sign of something unusual.
After picking that plant, they discovered a second Blood-Calyx Orchid on their way to gather Red Mountain Stone Soil. This time, the little fatty, Yang Xie, picked it.
Their journey went smoothly, and they reached the edge of a steep cliff at the summit of Redcloud Mountain.
This cliff contained large deposits of red-blood stone ore. After exposure to intense sunlight, layers of spiritual crystals would form on the cliff, eventually becoming "red mountain stone soil."
Gathering red mountain stone soil was also