Entering the Spirit Medicine Realm

"Enter!"

As the leader of the Five Upper Sects, Qi Yue swept his hand and led the way in.

With Ao Jin present, the Blood Demon Sect and the Shadow Demon Sect did not stir up trouble either, quietly watching the Dao Sect disciples enter the Spirit Medicine Realm.

Clatter!

After Lin Wan'er entered the Spirit Medicine Realm, a pile of items fell from the air, including quite a few talisman treasures and protective magical treasures.

The corner of Qi Yue's mouth twitched, and he reached out to sweep the items up.

Soon, it was Ye Xuan's turn.

Ye Xuan circulated the Chaos Dao Scripture at full power, wrapping himself in Chaos Spiritual Qi to make himself appear to be at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and cautiously approached the golden ring.

In case the golden ring rejected him, he was ready at any moment to pretend to break through to Foundation Establishment, giving himself an excuse for being rejected by the Spirit Medicine Realm.

"Phew!"

Taking a deep breath, Ye Xuan exchanged a glance with Ji Fenghe and stepped into the golden ring.

Without any obstruction, Ye Xuan successfully entered the golden ring and vanished.

Seeing that he had not been rejected, Ye Xuan inwardly breathed a sigh of relief, though he remained very tense.

After entering the golden ring, he discovered that he had not immediately appeared in the Spirit Medicine Realm. Instead, it was as though he were traveling through a wormhole.

Ji Fenghe and the other Dao Sect disciples had disappeared, and it felt as though a mysterious force was pulling Ye Xuan rapidly forward.

Seemingly surrounded by the cosmos, Ye Xuan discovered that his Chaos Dao Scripture was circulating even faster.

But this was clearly no time to cultivate. Ye Xuan could only continue concealing his cultivation while observing the changes around him with interest.

Streaks of light flashed past him.

I must try checking in here on the way back.

He had already checked in today, so he could only try on the return journey to see whether he could get anything good.

Since he had not yet reached the Spirit Medicine Realm, Ye Xuan still did not quite dare claim the Azure Cloud Boat, afraid that the Spirit Medicine Realm would bar him from entering.

An hour later, a glimmer of light appeared ahead of Ye Xuan. He had reached the end of this passage.

In the Spirit Medicine Realm, atop an unnamed mountain.

A spatial rift several zhang long silently opened, spat out a cultivator, then swiftly closed again, as though nothing had happened.

"So this is the Spirit Medicine Realm?"

Ye Xuan took a deep breath, the dense Spiritual Qi settling in his lungs before he slowly exhaled.

The Spiritual Qi here was actually somewhat denser than on Azure Feather Peak.

Without a map of the Spirit Medicine Realm, Ye Xuan did not know where he was.

With just a casual glance around, Ye Xuan discovered several hundred-year-old medicinal herbs.

"Looks like this isn't the core region."

Ye Xuan flew into the air and gazed into the distance.

An endless grassland stretched out before him, with some spirit medicines scattered among the grass.

Above, two suns shone in mutual splendor.

In the scenes of the Spirit Medicine Realm Ao Jin had shown them, thousand-year-old spirit medicines covered the ground, and there were plenty of ten-thousand-year-old spirit medicines too. Ye Xuan's current location fell far short of that.

"Let's first test whether the golden ring's restrictions are still in effect."

Ye Xuan opened his Qiankun Bag and carefully tossed out the Heaven-Peeping Mirror he had obtained earlier.

Clack!

The Heaven-Peeping Mirror fell from the sky and landed on the ground.

A quarter of an hour later, Ye Xuan descended and excitedly picked up the Heaven-Peeping Mirror.

"Looks like I can use my full strength now."

This way, Ye Xuan faced almost no danger within the Spirit Medicine Realm.

"System, claim the reward."

Rumble!

A long, narrow azure boat a hundred zhang in length appeared before Ye Xuan. At the same time, the system poured the method for controlling the Azure Cloud Boat into his mind.

"It excels at speed."

Ye Xuan opened his eyes and looked at the Azure Cloud Boat with delight.

On this trip to the Spirit Medicine Realm, Ye Xuan had intended to take a look at this new world. Now that he had the Azure Cloud Boat for transportation, his range would expand considerably.

He formed a Method Formula with his hands, and the Azure Cloud Boat began rapidly shrinking until it was only ten zhang long.

Ye Xuan jumped aboard the Azure Cloud Boat, sat in the main seat, and stroked the boat.

"Go!"

Ye Xuan poured out a vast quantity of spirit stones, formed a Method Formula, and gave a low shout.

The Azure Cloud Boat instantly vanished from its spot, appearing a hundred li away in the blink of an eye.

The several thousand low-grade spirit stones poured out in front of Ye Xuan instantly dissipated.

"Tsk, tsk, this thing is a gold-devouring beast. I can't afford it, can't afford it. Better use the surrounding Spiritual Qi to power the Azure Cloud Boat."

Ye Xuan formed another Method Formula. The formations on the Azure Cloud Boat lit up, and Spiritual Qi from over ten li around came swarming in. The Azure Cloud Boat set off again. Though slower than before, it was already many times faster than Ye Xuan at full speed.

After familiarizing himself with the Azure Cloud Boat, Ye Xuan stopped for the moment and took out the Spirit Link Jade Pendant.

"No response. Looks like Senior Brother Ji isn't within ten thousand li of me."

Ye Xuan put away the Spirit Link Jade Pendant and used his spiritual sense to probe his surroundings. There were no animals within a hundred li, only spirit medicines, grasses, and trees.

"Looks like the Spirit Medicine Realm is huge."

The five sects had sent more than ten thousand people into the Spirit Medicine Realm in total, yet he was the only person within a hundred li.

"Never mind. I'll find the direction of the core region first."

Ye Xuan piloted the Azure Cloud Boat around an area spanning ten thousand li, carefully examining the concentration of Spiritual Qi in each location, hoping to find the direction in which it grew denser.

During this time, Ye Xuan casually picked over a dozen thousand-year-old medicinal herbs. He did not even glance at herbs younger than a thousand years.

There was no helping it. The Spirit Medicine Realm was simply too rich. If he picked even the hundred-year-old herbs, half a year would have passed by the time he finished roaming the hundred thousand li or so around him.

"This way."

Ye Xuan raised his head and looked east, piloting the Azure Cloud Boat swiftly in that direction.

On this trip to the Spirit Medicine Realm, Ye Xuan's goal was not spirit medicines, but check-in rewards. The denser the Spiritual Qi, the better the check-in rewards. As for spirit medicines, they were merely incidental.

Several hundred thousand li away from Ye Xuan, Ji Fenghe put away his Spirit Link Jade Pendant with an unconcerned expression. Though being unable to travel with Ye Xuan took away some of the fun, it could not interfere with Ji Fenghe's desire for an outing.

With a thousand-year-old spirit medicine between his teeth and a folding fan waving in his hand, Ji Fenghe picked a random direction and strolled along, as though he really had come for an outing.

"I'll find somewhere to break through to Foundation Establishment first."

Almost all the Southern Region disciples began searching for safe places to establish their foundations after entering the Spirit Medicine Realm. They had not forgotten the world's blessing. Moreover, breaking through to Foundation Establishment would increase their strength somewhat, making it easier to find their teammates and withstand danger.

Apart from a very few lucky ones who encountered other disciples upon entering the Spirit Medicine Realm, everyone else was like Ye Xuan, with no one around them at all.

Yellow Moon Valley.

With all the Puppet Sect disciples entering the golden ring, every disciple of the Five Upper Sects had now gone inside.

Ao Jin formed a Method Formula.

The enormous golden ring in the air began rapidly shrinking, becoming the size of a finger ring as it hovered in midair, but Ao Jin did not put it away.

"I'll leave this passage here. In half a year, it will automatically open the passage to the Spirit Medicine Realm and allow the disciples who just entered to return."

After explaining this to the others, Ao Jin left directly.

He still had quite a few golden rings and needed to visit other locations to open them one by one.

All that remained was to wait.

The five returned to their respective warships and sat cross-legged, waiting for the disciples to return in half a year.

For those six months, the area within a hundred li of Yellow Moon Valley became forbidden ground in the Southern Region. Anyone who dared enter would face a joint attack from all five.