The Eight Great Imperial Clans and the Ascenders, having gathered enough vines and completed their weaving, embarked on their mountain climbing journey.
The Ascenders were slightly faster and took the lead. After Ling Wushuang and the others had climbed dozens of meters, Lei Yuxiao and the others began to climb.
It's worth mentioning that Lei Yuxiao and his group chose a position less than fifty meters away from the person on the very edge of Lin Heng's group.
Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Mountain are so vast that if you stand at the foot of the mountains and look to the left and right, the horizontal area exceeds one kilometer.
Given the sheer size of the Heavenly Mountain, could it be that the side Ling Wushuang and his group chose is easier to climb?
Of course not!
In that case, the wolfish ambitions of the Eight Great Imperial Clans are also quite obvious.
"These bastards chose such a close spot; it seems Brother Wushuang was right."
While climbing, Ye Feng couldn't help but curse when he saw where Lei Yuxiao and the others were climbing below.
"Ignore them; at least until we reach the mountainside, they won't have a chance to make a move."
"What we need to do is take the lead as quickly as possible and try to widen the gap as much as possible before we enter the misty area above the mountainside."
After comforting Ye Feng, Ling Wushuang directly pointed out the solution.
With a goal in mind, the six Ascenders silently began their joint mountain climbing.
Seeing that both groups had already climbed up, Rushou, who was standing below, suddenly shook his head.
"I wonder what Brother Dijiang is thinking."
"Climbing the Heavenly Mountain is already fraught with difficulties, and now you're adding conditions to make the challenge even harder."
"Doesn't he clearly like this kid a lot?"
No sooner Rushou speaking than a person holding a wine gourd suddenly appeared beside him; it was Tian Wu.
"Brother Dijiang wants to fully unleash Lin Heng's potential."
"I didn't understand why we had to make things harder for this kid before."
"But do you know what? Despite having the lowest cultivation level, he was the one who achieved enlightenment the fastest and was the first to successfully pass the trial."
'Gurgle gurgle!'
With that, Tian Wu raised the gourd in his hand and took a big gulp.
Rushou and looked up at Lin Heng's back one last time.
"Let's hope that Lin Heng really is the one we've been waiting for."
" The Pangu Holy Land is already showing signs of rebellion."
"It is said that the seal is about to break down."
"We don't have much time left."
Tian Wu smiled calmly.
"Although Lin Heng's talent is far inferior to Master's."
"But his potential is exceptionally vast."
"Perhaps this is the real reason why Brother Dijiang asked us to keep putting pressure on him."
"To be honest, I have high hopes for this kid. I can only hope he doesn't actually die on this Heavenly Mountain."
After Tian Wu finished speaking, he sighed, seemingly deeply worried about this seemingly ordinary challenge in the Heavenly Mountain.
Now let's look at Lin Heng and the others on Heavenly Mountain.
The steep mountain walls slowed their progress, and the fact that they were tied together with vines further limited their speed.
After about half a day, they had only climbed a few hundred meters in total.
During this process, some people lost their grip on the rocks while climbing, making it impossible for them to continue. They had to be helped by others to change their climbing path.
Whether it was the Eight Great Imperial Clans or the Ascenders, they all encountered the same problem, and more than once, which wasted a lot of time.
Just as Ling Wushuang and the others, who had been leading the way, climbed to a height of about 700 meters, they were suddenly attracted by a bunch of small golden flowers.
This is the first time they have discovered plants on the mountainside.
As they got closer, Ling Wushuang took a closer look.
Looking down at the little flower, it actually resembled a monkey's face. It had five blossoms and emitted a strong medicinal fragrance.
" The Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb, judging from its fragrance, must be at least a billion years old."
Ling Wushuang was overjoyed. Even someone at the Heavenly Firmament Realm would be quite tempted by a spiritual herb that had been cultivated for a billion years.
This is almost unseen in today's barren Nine Heavens.
Just as Ling Wushuang was about to reach out and pluck the Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb, Lin Heng suddenly shouted.
"Brother Wushuang, don't touch it."
With a sharp shout, Ling Wushuang's hand, which was still in mid-air, suddenly stopped, and she looked at Lin Heng with a puzzled expression.
"Brother Lin Heng, is there something wrong with these Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb?"
Ling Wushuang had learned about Lin Heng's performance in the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range from Ye Feng and others, so she was naturally afraid that the thing in front of her might pose some hidden threat.
Lin Heng did not reply immediately. After staring intently at the Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb for a moment, he answered with an uncertain tone, "I just faintly sensed a fluctuation of life energy within the mountain behind those Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb, but it disappeared in an instant."
These words silenced Ling Wushuang.
On one side was Lin Heng's uncertain fluctuations in life energy, and on the other side was the Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb, which was enough to tempt even those in the Heavenly Firmament Realm.
After a few seconds of internal struggle, Ling Wushuang gritted her teeth and made a decision. "Let's go, keep going up."
Ye Feng was stunned for a moment, then asked with great reluctance, "Brother Wushuang, that's a spirit herb that's a billion-year-old plant, are you just going to throw it away like that?"
Even though the Thirteen Factions have their own spiritual herb cultivation bases, few of them contain spiritual herbs that are over a billion years old.
Besides, such spiritual herbs are reserved for those at the pinnacle; Ye Feng and his group wouldn't normally be qualified to obtain them.
Now that such a treasure is right in front of you, how could you not be tempted?
Ling Wushuang, however, was far more rational. "A ten-billion-year-old spiritual herb is certainly rare, but if Brother Lin Heng's intuition is correct, do you know what's hidden behind this mountain?"
Ling Wushuang's words reminded Ye Feng of the time in the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range, when Lin Heng judged that the mountain they had entered in Yan Xishan was dangerous.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before Yan Xishan and his group were chased away by the demonic beasts from the Heavenly Firmament Saint Realm.
If, at this moment, another demonic beast were to appear after the Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb that had been there for a billion years, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The moment they climbed the Heavenly Mountain, they felt their cultivation being sealed by an invisible restriction.
Now that they are no different from ordinary people, let alone encountering a demon beast from the Heavenly Firmament Saint Realm, even if a demon beast at the Great Saint Realm were to randomly appear, they could easily wipe out the entire group.
Ling Wushuang clearly made the most rational choice.
While a billion-year-old Five-Headed Lion's Mane Herb is certainly tempting, it's not something I can't give up.
It's not worth risking your life for something like this.
Having understood Ling Wushuang's thoughts, Ye Feng sighed helplessly.
Seeing that no one else objected, Ling Wushuang took the lead and continued climbing upwards.
Apart from Lin Heng, the other four glanced at the Five-Headed Lion's Mane Spirit Herb one last time, but none of them made any further moves to take them.