In the courtyard's spirit fields, Li Yan recognized quite a few high-grade spirit plants. Every one was a rarity seldom encountered in the outside world, yet here he had seen so many varieties at once, planted in entire swaths.
As expected of the Heavenly Demon Grassland!
Li Yan could not help marveling inwardly. Even a major sect in the outside world might not be able to gather so many rare medicinal plants at once. The Heavenly Demon Grassland truly lived up to its name. It was a place where countless cultivators willingly gambled their lives, seeking opportunities with their blood. That alone held a fatal allure... The silver-robed youth watched Li Yan approach briskly along the stone path. He stood smiling before the bamboo cottage, and when Li Yan stopped in front of him, he spoke again with a smile. "I am Xiang Yanxiu!"
He introduced himself first.
"Li Yan pays his respects, Senior!"
Li Yan bowed to the silver-robed youth. The man's cultivation should have been at the middle stage of the Body Integration Realm. That was only Li Yan's vague impression. He could hardly probe him with Divine Sense; he had merely judged from the aura the man radiated after drawing near.
For the Purple God Dragon-Elephant Clan to have established itself in the central Heavenly Demon Grassland, the fighting strength of its Body Integration Realm cultivators undoubtedly could not be measured by ordinary standards. "Fellow Daoist Li, this way, please!"
Xiang Yanxiu nodded and turned toward the cottage, gesturing for Li Yan to follow.
Once they had seated themselves inside, a cup of spirit flower tea appeared instantly on the small table beside Li Yan. The tea was dark red, with a single petal floating in it that looked withered. Its appearance was truly unappealing.
There was