The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

Within the Crimson Forbidden Land, Lu Yao, with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, had already harvested more than seventy century-old spiritual herbs, more than an entire sect had obtained.

"Brother Han, it's almost time. You can go out now."

Lu Yao estimated the time; there was only half an hour left before the forbidden area closed, so it was about time to leave.

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Li's figure emerged from the pile of rocks.

"Brother Yao, I won't share this elixir, since I didn't contribute anything."

As soon as Han Li came out, he said that he would not take any of the spiritual medicines, since he had not done anything.

"also."

Lu Yao chuckled lightly and did not force the elixir on Han Li.

The idea of ​​splitting the spoils 30/70 with Han Li was just a spur-of-the-moment decision; he wanted to bring Han Li along, since Han Li was considered a chosen one.

Lu Yao hadn't forgotten that there was a Nascent Soul cultivator named Xiang Zhili in this forbidden area. If he were to encounter him, Lu Yao would have no choice but to run away.

Lu Yao estimated that there were still some people in the forbidden area rushing here, but not many, so there was no need to wait until the last moment.

"Brother Yao, I'll go out first."

Han Li cupped his hands in greeting to Lu Yao, then turned and stepped onto the teleportation array, leaving the forbidden area.

After Han Li left, Lu Yao waited for a quarter of an hour before stepping onto the teleportation array and being teleported out of the forbidden area.

Lu Yao felt a flash of light before his eyes and found himself at the light cave at the entrance to the forbidden area.

Lu Yao moved swiftly and landed steadily on the stone platform outside the forbidden area.

As soon as Lu Yao appeared, he was the focus of everyone's attention, especially the Core Formation cultivators from the seven major sects, who stared intently at him and probed him with their divine senses.

"As expected, he is at the Foundation Establishment stage!"

"Boy! How did you manage to sneak into the forbidden area without our knowledge?"

……

The Core Formation elders from the seven major sects instantly landed around Lu Yao, especially Old Monster Qiong, who protected Lu Yao behind him.

After Nangong Wan came out, she immediately told Qiong Laoguai about Lu Yao's situation, which shocked him greatly.

However, Old Monster Qiong could not reveal Nangong Wan's existence, so he did not tell anyone else.

"Go ahead and speak freely."

Old Monster Qiong chuckled and immediately asked Lu Yao to explain how he broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Lu Yao glanced at the Core Formation elders from other sects, feigned fear, and quickly gave the reasons he had already fabricated.

"What did you say! There are Heavenly Dust Fruits inside the forbidden area?!"

"This is impossible! We have controlled this forbidden area for over a hundred years and have never heard of such a precious medicine!"

"Boy! How dare you talk nonsense! Believe me, my soul-searching technique is powerful!"

……

Several Core Formation elders from the six sects changed their expressions, and upon hearing about the existence of the Heavenly Dust Fruit, they were all unsettled.

The Heavenly Dust Fruit is the main ingredient of the Dust-Reducing Pill, which is a pill that can help Core Formation cultivators break through bottlenecks. Its value is immeasurable. If Lu Yao really ate this precious medicine, it would not be impossible for him to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"This is a personal opportunity, and I don't think you can say anything about it. The sapling of the Heavenly Dust Fruit will not escape you. You can send someone to investigate again in five years."

Old Monster Qiong smiled and put an end to the matter.

The other six remained silent, clearly having taken the matter to heart.

"Since that's the case, we won't say any more. But isn't it a bit excessive for Senior Qiong's disciple to collect spiritual herbs at the exit of the forbidden area?"

The Core Formation elder from Spirit Beast Mountain shook his head and glanced at Lu Yao.

"Hahaha, you old rascal, there's never any fairness in the forbidden area trials. Do you think all the disciples of your Spirit Beast Mountain have the same strength and magic weapons? Cultivation is also a part of strength, even the foundation!"

Old Monster Qiong laughed loudly, looking at the elder of Spirit Beast Mountain with disdain.

Upon hearing this, the elder of Spirit Beast Mountain's expression immediately turned grim, but out of fear of Old Monster Qiong's strength, he dared not say anything more.

"Alright, alright, they're just some spiritual herbs. Why ruin the harmony between our seven sects? This young friend's breakthrough in the forbidden area is quite an opportunity, so we naturally won't make things difficult for him."

Fu Yunzi stepped in to smooth things over and prevent further conflict.

"Senior Qiong, Brother Li, shall we continue this bet?"

Fu Yunzi changed his tone and looked at Li Huayuan with a smile.

Li Huayuan glanced at the light hole at the entrance to the forbidden area and estimated the time in his mind.

Just then, a figure flew out from the entrance to the forbidden area and landed awkwardly on the stone platform.

Lu Yao recognized the person at a glance; it was Xiang Zhili, who had entered the forbidden area to explore the coordinates of the spirit realm.

After bowing awkwardly to Li Huayuan, Xiang Zhili stood among the disciples of Huangfeng Valley.

The entrance to the forbidden area was immediately sealed off, and anyone who hadn't come out would have died inside.

“Senior Qiong, since the betting continues, your disciple cannot participate in the distribution of the spiritual herbs he obtained.”

Li Huayuan certainly couldn't allow the spiritual medicine obtained by Lu Yao to be included in the harvest of the Hidden Moon Sect, otherwise his two pieces of refined iron would definitely belong to Old Monster Qiong.

"Exactly, exactly. If it's about your disciple, I won't bet."

Fu Yunzi nodded repeatedly, standing on Li Huayuan's side.

"Hehehe, how can you two be so shameless? If it doesn't count, it doesn't count."

Old Monster Qiong raised his eyebrows and looked at the two of them with a face full of resentment.

"Haha, Senior Qiong is such a straightforward person."

Fu Yunzi smiled and quickly began to call out the Qingxu Sect disciples who had come out of the forbidden area to bring out the spiritual medicines.

Eleven disciples came from Qingxu Sect, fourteen from Huangfeng Valley, and eighteen from Yanyue Sect. The other sects each had fewer than ten disciples, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Each sect sends twenty-five disciples, and the mortality rate exceeds half, but these Core Formation elders are already used to it.

The disciples of Qingxu Sect placed the spiritual herbs from their storage bags one by one on the ground.

Qing Songzi obtained the most medicinal herbs, a total of thirteen, while the other disciples also had several.

"Not bad, not bad, a total of ninety-three spiritual herbs."

Fu Yunzi stroked his beard, clearly very satisfied with the quantity.

"Hmph, with just a few spiritual herbs, my Yellow Maple Valley has three more people than your Qingxu Sect, so it's no less than yours."

Li Huayuan turned his head away, came to his disciple, and began to count the spiritual herbs.

As the disciples continued to take out spiritual medicines, Li Huayuan's expression darkened.

By the time the thirteenth person reached the top, there were only eighty-two spiritual herbs, averaging five or six herbs per person, which was nowhere near the harvest of the Qingxu Sect disciples.

Fu Yunzi, who was standing to the side, had already started to chuckle, which made Li Huayuan's expression even more unpleasant.

"What are you waiting for? Take out the elixir."

Li Huayuan approached Han Li and said impatiently that he was ready to place his bets.

Han Li dared not delay and quickly took out the spiritual medicine from his storage bag.

One, two, three...

When the number of medicinal herbs reached ten, Li Huayuan stared wide-eyed at Han Li in disbelief.

The others on the stone platform were also staring at Han Li, unable to believe that a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining could collect so many spiritual herbs.