158: Venturing deep into forbidden areas, gathering herbs is as easy as pulling weeds.

Passing through that heavy layer of Light of Taichu.

The world before them suddenly opened up.

Unlike the thousands of miles of scorched earth and Death Qi outside.

The interior of the Taichu Ancient Mine was actually a brilliant, Spiritual Qi-rich paradise that was almost liquid... a blessed land!

This place was a world of its own.

Beneath their feet, the ground was covered with a strange moss emitting a faint fluorescence, each stalk containing astonishing vitality.

Overhead, gems hung like shining stars, illuminating the entire underground world as bright as day.

And on both sides of that winding mine tunnel.

Countless... Primordial Divine Medicines grew, long extinct in the outside world and only existing in ancient records!

crimson blood dragon ginseng, shaped like a swimming dragon, blood-red all over, emitting an alluring fragrance.

Starry Blue Silver Grass, its leaves as deep as the starry sky, breathing in and out starlight.

Nine-Aperture Spiritual Flower, blooming with nine petals, each petal seemingly containing a Law of the Great Dao... "Gulp."

Shi Tian looked at the treasures covering the ground and swallowed hard.

He couldn't even hold his hoe steadily.

"Se... Senior Brother..."

"Am I still dreaming?"

"Is this... really that legendary Forbidden Zone of Life where death is certain and countless experts have been swallowed?"

"How does it look... even wealthier than Revered Master's backyard?"

Xiao Chen also took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart.

Wealthy?

This wasn't just wealthy.

It was as if the Spiritual Qi of the entire Middle Province had been drained to nurture such a piece of divine land!

Every blade of grass here, if taken outside, could make those Holy Land Old Ancestors fight to the death!

"Stay calm."

Leng Yanran walked up from behind, her cold and beautiful face rarely showing a... professional smile.

It was the smile of a hunter seeing prey, or a miser seeing a mountain of gold.

Revered Master said."

"Waste is shameful."

"Since these things are growing here and nobody wants them, as Disciples of the Hidden God Sect, we have an obligation to help them... change to a better environment."

She turned her head and looked at the Junior Sister beside her, who was already eager and whose eyes were shining.

"Qingwu."

"Are you ready?"

Disciple Hua Qingwu nodded, her originally charming peach blossom eyes now full of drive.

She rolled up her sleeves, revealing two snow-white, lotus-root-like forearms.

In her hand, at some point, a... small shovel had appeared.

That was what Li Daoxuan usually used to loosen soil, and now it had become her "Magic Treasure."

"Senior Sister, I've been ready for a long time!"

"Revered Master said, when stocking up, be early, move fast, and keep your posture cool!"

"Do it!"

With an order.

The Hidden God Sect "Female Demolition Team" was officially online.

Leng Yanran's figure flashed, appearing directly in front of that crimson blood dragon ginseng.

The dragon ginseng seemed to have gained intelligence; sensing danger, it tried to burrow into the ground to escape.

"Run?"

Leng Yanran sneered, the death gods scythe in her hand lightly hooking.

"Come back here!"

The back of the scythe precisely caught the dragon ginseng's neck (if it had one).

Then.

She didn't hesitate for a moment, nor did she show any tenderness.

She directly reached out and grabbed the dragon ginseng's leaves.

"Up!"

"Puchi!"

That crimson blood dragon ginseng, which had grown for at least fifty thousand years, was pulled out of the soil by her like an ordinary carrot.

Bringing up a large clump of dirt.

"Senior Sister! This soil is also good stuff! It contains Dragon Qi!"

Disciple Hua Qingwu reminded her from the side.

"Take it!"

Leng Yanran waved her sleeve, stuffing both the ginseng and the soil into her Storage Ring.

Immediately after.

The two of them set their sights on another Divine Medicine nearby.

"Senior Sister, look at that!"

Qingwu pointed to a small tree on the edge of a cliff emitting nine-colored divine light.

The small tree was only palm-high but had nine branches, each crystal clear, like a work of art.

"Is that... a branch of the nine marvels undying medicine?!"

Xiao Chen's eyelids twitched as he watched from behind.

nine marvels undying medicine!

That was the Supreme divine object of the legendary God Silkworm Ridge, long lost! There was actually a branch here?!

Although it wasn't the main body, its value was enough to rival half an undying medicine!

"Pull it!"

Leng Yanran was concise.

"But... there seems to be a Restriction below..."

Qingwu hesitated slightly; she could feel a terrifying Dao pattern lingering around the small tree.

"Restriction?"

Leng Yanran curled her lip in disdain.

"In the face of absolute power, all Restrictions are paper tigers."

She didn't use any array-breaking methods.

She simply sacrificed the lid of the swallowing heaven demon jar in her hand.

"Weng—"

Emperors Might permeated.

That terrifying Restriction, which was originally enough to strangle a Saint, instantly... withered before the aura of the swallowing heaven demon jar.

Like a mouse seeing a cat, it automatically dissipated.

" alright, No restrictions."

Leng Yanran clapped her hands, "Junior Sister, do it."

"Got it!"

Qingwu rushed forward excitedly, waving her small shovel.

"Clang clang clang!"

In no time.

That incredibly precious branch of the nine marvels undying medicine was dug out completely, without even a single root hair broken.

"Senior Sister, this stone is also not bad!"

"This is Taichu Life Stone! The main ingredient for refining Longevity Extending Pills!"

"Pry it away! We must pry it away!"

"Senior Sister, the night-luminescent pearls on this wall are so big!"

"Pry them out! Take them back for Da Huang to play with as marbles!"

...Two stunning girls.

One a cold elder sister type, the other a charming enchantress.

At this moment, they were like two village girls who had entered a vegetable garden.

Wherever they passed, truly... not a blade of grass remained.

Whether it was Spirit Medicine, divine minerals, or decorative gems and ancient jade.

As long as it had a bit of Spiritual Qi, they wouldn't let it go.

Pulling, digging, prying, and plucking!

Their movements were so skilled it was heartbreaking.

Xiao Chen, Ye Fan, and Shi Tian, who were following behind, were stunned.

"Senior Brother..."

Shi Tian held his hoe, feeling his career was being challenged.

"Don't you think Senior Sister and the others... are a bit too brutal?"

"Is this even picking herbs?"

"This is clearly weeding!"

Xiao Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and gave a dry laugh.

"This is called... being professional."

"We can't fall behind either, let's get to work!"

Thus.

The three men also joined the "stocking up" team.

Ye Fan was even more simple and crude.

He looked at the huge pillars supporting the mine tunnel, made of Taiyi Essence Gold, and his eyes were shining.

"This thing... should be quite valuable, right?"

He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around a pillar as thick as three people combined.

"Heh!"

With a low growl, the Archaic Sacred Body's golden light flared!

"Rumble—"

The earth trembled.

That Essence Gold pillar, which had supported the mine tunnel for hundreds of thousands of years, was actually... shaken by him!

"Up!"

Accompanied by a tooth-aching grinding sound.

That hundred-zhang-long pillar was pulled out by Ye Fan like a giant green onion!

Then.

Without even looking, he stuffed it directly into the myriad things mother qi cauldron above his head.

"Clang!"

Finished.

"Uh... Fourth Junior Brother, take it easy."

Xiao Chen's eyelids twitched, "If you pull out all the pillars, what if the mine collapses?"

"It's fine."

Ye Fan patted the dust off his hands with an honest face.

"Revered Master said, if it collapses, that's just as well. Bury those old monsters inside, saves us the trouble of fighting."

Xiao Chen: "..."

That makes sense.

I actually can't refute it.

Just like that.

The Hidden God Sect group of five, plus a big yellow dog responsible for sniffing out scents.

In the outer area of the Taichu Ancient Mine, they launched an unprecedented... grand sweep.

The originally eerie and terrifying Forbidden Zone of Life, filled with the aura of death.

At this moment.

It became extraordinarily lively.

Everywhere there were "clang clang clang" sounds of smashing walls and "heave-ho" sounds of carrying things.

There was also Shi Tian's excited shouting:

"Wow! There's a dead person here! The bones are golden!"

"Senior Brother! Can these bones be used to make soup?"

"..."

They were like a group of industrious little bees.

Treating this ancient mining area, which had been silent for eons, as their own backyard.

Picking, digging, carrying.

Not a shred of reverence.

Only... the joy of harvest.

However.

What they didn't know was.

While they were digging with great fervor.

In the deepest part of that mine.

In that absolute darkness where even light could not penetrate.

An ancient, decaying, yet infinitely majestic will.

Was... slowly awakening.

"Hoo..."

The sound of heavy breathing rang out again.

This time.

It was no longer the lazy turning over from before.

But carried an... extremely obvious... anger.

It was the "waking up on the wrong side of the bed" anger of someone who had someone relieve themselves at their front door and then conveniently dismantle their front gate!

"Who is it..."

That voice was low and raspy, as if coming from the end of Hell.

Every word shook the surrounding rocks, making them rustle and fall.

"Who pried away... my... Life Stones..."

"Like they were bricks?"

"Who pulled out... my... Divine Medicines..."

"Like they were weeds?"

"And they even damn... want to take my pillars... to use as clotheslines?!"

Boom!

An indescribably terrifying Supreme pressure instantly filled the entire underground world!

That aura was ten times stronger than the previous Taichu Old Ancestor!

That was an... Ancient Emperor who was once truly invincible in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and suppressed an era!

He was awake.

And.

Very angry.

Extremely angry.