Primordial Qi

Looking at the hundreds of people going away, Gu Chenyu felt confused. He picked 1,600 spiritual herbs, which ranked him among the top 20. He had never looked down on anyone, but he didn't expect that they were all so outstanding. The best one picked a full 2,300 spiritual herbs. After leaving the secret realm, the reward from Lingmu Sect would definitely be enough for his descendants to have the opportunity to practice in Lingmu Sect, and this was only for a month.

Today, Gu Chenyu and ten disciples from the Herb Collection Hall were preparing to leave the secret realm. These ten people were masters who had been in the Great Perfection of the Transformation Realm for a long time. It was only a matter of time before they ignited their spiritual power and became warriors in the Gathering Spirit Realm. Their strength was naturally strong. They were carrying a huge bag with hundreds of storage bags filled with spiritual herbs. Each of them had tens of thousands of spiritual herbs on him. It was conceivable that their mission was extremely important.

The mission to return the spiritual medicine must be carried out in secret. No one knows when they left, and no one knows who they are. Some of them may be mixed in the team going to the secret realm, and some of them are originally in the mobile team, so it is normal for them to disappear for a few days. They will be in the same world and go to the same place, while Gu Chenyu disappeared and appeared on a small road waiting for their arrival.

In the evening, these ten people appeared beside Gu Chenyu. All of them were dressed in black, and even their faces were hidden behind masks. No one knew each other, and no one would ask anyone. They all obeyed Gu Chenyu's orders.

"Try your best and we will reach the exit of the secret realm the day after tomorrow morning."

Gu Chenyu gave the order, and the others clasped their fists to show that they obeyed.

After taking a look at the map given by Old Li, Gu Chenyu led the ten masters and started to walk quickly. The storage bags were very heavy, but their speed was not slow either, and they followed closely behind Gu Chenyu.

They have good endurance, but they cannot withstand long journeys. They have to rest for an hour every four hours to maintain this progress. This is also the method Li Tianxuan taught him.

You cannot use light to illuminate objects when walking in the dark, as you will easily be discovered by monsters in the dark. The route map given by Li Tianxuan is to avoid monsters. The monsters you encounter are all sleeping monsters at night, so you can avoid being discovered if you move lightly.

Sure enough, using the method Li Tianxuan said, they worked almost without sleep and reached the exit the next morning.

The celestial warriors of Lingmu Sect could use the Tianji Mirror to spy on the situation at the entrance. When the ten of them arrived at the entrance safely, they were discovered by the celestial warriors of Lingmu Sect. While the people from other sects did not come to inspect, they quietly released the people.

"how?"

When Gu Chenyu and the others came out, a celestial elder asked.

Gu Chenyu and the others were all panting, gasping for breath. They took off their masks and took a closer look. Oh my god, isn’t this Wang Daosheng, the head of his herb collecting hall?

"Hall Master."

Gu Chenyu glanced at Wang Daosheng, and the other five celestial beings also came over. Wang Daosheng waved his hand, and a soundproof magic circle was set up.

“A total of more than 1.76 million spiritual herbs were collected this time, of which 100,000 have the potential to be promoted to heavenly medicines.” Gu Chenyu said.

Hearing this, the eyes of several celestial beings lit up, and they all looked happy. This record was really inspiring. In the past, it was good to have millions of spiritual medicines in the first time, but now it has increased so much, which means that this time we can not only empty the spiritual mountain, but also have the opportunity to empty the spiritual medicines in the inner circle.

According to their previous methods, hundreds of people would guard these spiritual medicines, and mining would be delayed for several days. The target was too large and easily attacked by monsters, resulting in a loss of hundreds of thousands of spiritual medicines. Since Li Tianxuan proposed the method of taking advantage of people's unpreparedness and reducing the target last time, the efficiency has been improved. This time, only ten people were sent to escort the spiritual medicines, which directly increased the benefits.

“Li Tianxuan is worthy of being the genius of my Herb Picking Hall and the number one person under me. Such a record is simply too good.” Wang Daosheng smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Indeed, the spiritual medicine we can get this time will be several times more. Just thinking about it makes me excited."

Zhou Quan and Mu Chengzhou, the two people from the Law Enforcement Hall, also had burning eyes, but then there was a hint of anger, saying, "That damn Protectorate takes 50% of our spiritual medicine every year, and other sects hand in 70%, turning the Spirit Wood Secret Realm into a place for them to collect money, and the rewards they get are not much. Now we have to give them so many spiritual medicines, it makes me angry just thinking about it."

Zhou Quan showed a complicated expression. Although he was the head of the Law Enforcement Hall, he was also a sixth-grade alchemist. He knew how precious these spiritual medicines were. Unfortunately, the Protectorate was too powerful and they could not resist at all.

"We should actually be thankful that the battle happened thousands of years ago and we didn't participate in that war. The brutality of the battle is more than we can bear." Another old man from the Medicine Refining Hall said. His name is Ling Cheng. He has been practicing for a thousand years and is relatively familiar with the battle back then. The Lingmu Sect was beaten to a pulp with blood flowing like a river.

"Aren't they just a few monarchs? Our Lingmu Sect's ancestors may not be afraid to come out and fight."

Mu Chengzhou said angrily that the spiritual herbs they had collected in the secret realm with great effort could only be regarded as tributes, and not destroying your sect was the greatest tolerance they could offer.

"Monarch? Even the four old monsters above the monarch level were destroyed by the Dawu Dynasty. The other monarch level strongmen were killed and fled, not daring to come out. The ancestor of our Lingmu Sect even dared to stay in seclusion underground." Ling Cheng said helplessly. They were like lambs raised by the Dawu Dynasty, who would be fleeced when the time came, or they were like leeks underground, being cut one after another.

"Seniors, why don't you listen to what I have to say." Gu Chenyu said. He had a good idea: "Since we have to hand over the spiritual medicine, why don't we pocket half of it?"

“This is probably going to be difficult.”

"All those who are here today are the powerful celestial beings of my Lingmu Sect. There are no outsiders. We have traveled all the way here day and night to show up at this time. Now that there are no outsiders, why not..."

Wang Daosheng showed a strange expression on his face and said in a deep voice, "It's possible."

"The eleven of us have come all the way without any obstruction from any monsters or humans, and our actions were very secretive. If anyone among us was eaten by a spiritual beast, or if something special happened, resulting in an insufficient number of spiritual medicines this time..." said Gu Chenyu.

"That's a good idea, it makes sense."

Some people nodded and thought it was okay, but they didn't know how much was appropriate.

"Brat, dare to tell me a plan. We will take one million spiritual herbs between us and pretend that a few people were killed. According to the number of herbs collected in previous years, if four people were killed, that means there are about 300,000 spiritual herbs missing. 760,000 spiritual herbs are enough to make up for it. While there is still time, we will sneak back..."

The plan was approved, and Wang Daosheng directly took away six hundred storage bags, which contained millions of spiritual herbs.

After opening the secret realm, Gu Chenyu and the others went deeper without stopping, avoiding the spying of the Heavenly Secret Mirror. They sent four disciples back to report the news, while the others found several monsters that were beaten half to death and seriously injured. Of course, these were all pretended and the injuries were not fatal.

The number of storage bags was redistributed, and Gu Chenyu was beaten up without any hesitation. His face was bruised and his mask was even blown off. Several people were shocked when they saw Gu Chenyu's face, as if he had been beaten so hard that they could not recognize him.

"It's okay, good job, this is more effective than a mask."

After a night's sleep, they all appeared within the viewing range of the Heavenly Secret Mirror with injuries and mutual protection. The celestial beings from the outer sects could not help but be shocked when they saw this miserable appearance. Fortunately, they were not their own disciples, otherwise they would have been scolded to death.

"It looks like one of ours. Oh my god, what happened? It's so miserable." The disciples of Lingmu Sect said. Many of them knew that someone had come out today, so they also wanted to collect spiritual herbs to plant.

Wang Daosheng watched the few people limping slowly towards the exit with a gloomy face and murderous intent. The celestial beings from the outer sect nearby did not dare to say anything. This tragic scene was most likely caused by the actions of their people.

Looking at the various thoughts of other sects, Wang Daosheng felt very proud in his heart. It seemed that his acting skills were also first-rate.

The people in the Protectorate didn't know what to say when they saw the expressions of the people from the Lingmu Sect were as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly. This showed that they had lost a lot of medicinal materials, and they would also suffer losses of many spiritual medicines.

The celestial ancestors who appeared to be feeling sad and distressed were actually very happy in their hearts. They knew in their hearts that millions of spiritual herbs were hidden directly this time, but they had to put in enough effort to show off, otherwise they would arouse suspicion from other forces.