Jade Glass of the Azure Moon

Could this be a place no one had ever set foot in before?

For a moment, Xue Fuyao did not know whether to call herself lucky or unlucky.

Since no one had set foot here, that meant it had never been explored. She might discover ancient things here, such as ten-thousand-year-old spirit medicines.

Outside, those would be worthy of an auction house.

At the same time, however, it also meant unknown dangers lurked here.

At that thought, Xue Fuyao promptly used the Heavenly Eye to scan her surroundings.

Nothing. There was not a single Monster Beast nearby, and this place was no illusion either. It truly existed.

"Have I really struck it lucky this time?"

Ever since her rebirth, Xue Fuyao had felt she was much luckier than in her previous life.

After confirming that there really was no danger nearby, she began gathering the spirit medicines growing on the ground.

Even the youngest of these spirit medicines were a thousand years old, showing that no one really had come here in a very long time.

Xue Fuyao picked all these spirit medicines and placed them in jade boxes for safekeeping.

Fortunately, when she learned she would be entering the secret realm, she had ordered a batch of custom-made jade boxes overnight. Otherwise, she really would not have had enough. Some older or rarer spirit medicines needed to be stored in jade boxes to preserve their medicinal properties.

Just as Xue Fuyao was gathering these medicinal herbs, the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet on her wrist suddenly trembled. Immediately afterward, the thought "want to eat" appeared in her mind.

Xue Fuyao looked at the thousand-year-old spirit medicine she had just gathered, then at the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet, and asked tentatively:

"You want to eat this?"

The Demon-Suppressing Bracelet trembled again in response.

Seeing this, Xue Fuyao held the spirit medicine in front of the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet. The next second, the spirit medicine turned into golden particles and merged into the bracelet.

After absorbing these golden particles, the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet flashed briefly, then quickly returned to normal.

Xue Fuyao carefully sensed the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet's condition. Presumably, a single thousand-year-old spirit medicine provided too little energy.

After that, apart from setting aside a portion for her own use, Xue Fuyao fed all the spirit medicines she gathered to the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet in one go.

The Demon-Suppressing Bracelet did not disappoint. After absorbing so many spirit medicines, its condition had noticeably improved.

Gradually, Xue Fuyao reached the center of the valley. She also discovered that the closer she came to the valley, the rarer and older the spirit medicines growing there became.

As she discovered more and more spirit medicines, Xue Fuyao's steps gradually slowed. If she still failed to notice something was wrong at this point, she really would have lived an entire lifetime in vain.

The Heavenly Eye on her forehead opened again. There was still no danger, but she did discover something unusual up ahead.

A pale purple light invisible to the naked eye shot into the sky, forming a protective barrier that enveloped the entire valley.

No wonder there was not a single Monster Beast here. It was not that there were none, but that those Monster Beasts could not get in at all.

After confirming there was no danger, Xue Fuyao hurried toward the purple beam. Soon, a plant roughly twenty or thirty centimeters tall, with five leaves and a pale purple flower blooming at its tip, appeared before her.

A faint fragrance filled the air, leaving anyone who smelled it feeling refreshed and at ease.

As though sensing an outsider approaching, the flower trembled twice, seemingly afraid.

"Calm down!"

Xue Fuyao spoke helplessly as she looked at the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet trembling violently on her wrist.

This plant was clearly extraordinary at a glance, so she did not want to let the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet devour it.

After carefully identifying it-or rather, confirming it over and over-Xue Fuyao finally learned the identity of this mysterious spirit plant.

In the Cultivation Realm, there was a book called the Record of Strange Spirits. It recorded all the unusual spirit plants in the Cultivation Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Demon Realm, a hundred kinds in total.

The Record of Strange Spirits was no secret, so anyone in the Cultivation Realm could buy it. However, the copies circulating outside contained extremely vague descriptions, mostly specious statements, without a single illustration.

But in the Yuanji Sect's Library Pavilion, Xue Fuyao had read another version of the Record of Strange Spirits. Not only were its entries extremely detailed, but they even included illustrations.

Thus, upon seeing the spirit plant before her, Xue Fuyao quickly confirmed its identity. It was none other than Jade Glass of the Azure Moon, the spirit plant ranked ninety-ninth in the Record of Strange Spirits.

Although it ranked near the very bottom, Jade Glass of the Azure Moon's abilities drew countless alchemists and apothecaries like ducks flocking to water.

Jade Glass of the Azure Moon had no offensive power whatsoever, nor could it be used as medicine. Apart from its delicate fragrance, it had no effect on humans or Monster Beasts. Even the barrier it formed actually had no defensive power at all; anyone who wanted to enter could do so freely.

But how could a spirit plant included in the Record of Strange Spirits truly be ordinary?

Although Jade Glass of the Azure Moon had no offensive power and was itself exceedingly fragile, a barrier would appear wherever it grew.

Though this barrier had no defensive power, it possessed an extraordinarily heaven-defying ability to conceal. Essentially, even if you walked right past it, you might not discover its existence.

Moreover, many rare spirit medicines could grow within this barrier without being planted, and Jade Glass of the Azure Moon could draw on these spirit medicines to expand the barrier continuously.

Xue Fuyao assessed the size of the barrier. She had just gathered quite a few spirit medicines, so it would probably begin shrinking before long.

At that thought, she did not hesitate. She carefully approached Jade Glass of the Azure Moon, intending to have it acknowledge her as its master first.

A wood spiritual root allowed its bearer to form contracts with certain powerful spirit plants for their own use. Xue Fuyao thought that if a wood spiritual root could do it, then her creation spirit root should be able to as well.

With that thought, she removed her disguise, and the aura of her creation spirit root and Creation Green Lotus Body spilled out of her.

As though sensing the aura, Jade Glass of the Azure Moon, which had been so resistant and frightened just moments before, actually calmed down. It even rubbed its leaves and flower against the hem of Xue Fuyao's skirt, its eagerness to please perfectly clear.

Seeing this, a trace of amusement flashed through Xue Fuyao's eyes. It seemed she had guessed correctly.

She crouched down, took a dagger from her Storage Bag, and cut her palm with it. Blood immediately rushed out through the wound, dripping onto Jade Glass of the Azure Moon's pale yellow stamens.

The blood was absorbed the instant it touched the stamens, staining their pale yellow a vivid, almost dripping red. At the same time, Xue Fuyao sensed a faint, elusive connection between herself and Jade Glass of the Azure Moon.

But this was still not enough!