If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

Zong Ze has been very happy lately. He has been in the mining area for almost three weeks now. In these three weeks, except for the first week, he has collected a total of forty low-grade crystals in the remaining two weeks. If Zhu Tianji knew how fast Zong Ze was, he would probably want to die!

Zongze was happy because at this rate, he would soon be free. Then he could find a place and build his own power. At the very least, the large army inside Xiao Hei's belly could come out and breathe!

Moreover, Zong Ze's understanding of the "Medicine and Mineral Chapter" is already very profound. If Zong Ze wanted to, he could gather the required low-grade crystals within a few days.

However, Zongze is not planning to leave yet, because he has not yet gained practical experience in gathering herbs.

Zongze decided to submit an application tomorrow to go to the herb-growing area to pick herbs.

He needs to combine theory with practice to truly master the "Medicine and Mineral Chapter"!

Moreover, if one were to produce a hundred low-grade crystals too quickly, it would easily arouse suspicion from others, but gathering herbs would completely eliminate any suspicion from others.

Zhu Tianji told Zong Ze that there are many kinds of herbs, ranging from first-grade to ninth-grade herbs, which can be found throughout the entire mountain range.

However, the higher the grade of the herb, the more terrifyingly powerful the monsters guarding it.

Therefore, people who usually pick herbs generally choose to pick the best herbs.

However, unlike the mining area, the mining area relies on iron ore, copper ore, and occasionally discovered crystals to exchange for contribution points. It is actually very difficult to exchange for a high amount of contribution points using these.

But picking herbs is different.

The danger of harvesting herbs is many times greater than that of mining, since the biggest danger in a mining area is a landslide, which some people may never encounter in their entire lives.

However, gathering herbs involves facing all sorts of monsters, and sometimes you might even encounter a king-level monster while searching for a single first-grade herb.

One Grade A herb can be exchanged for one contribution point.

A single second-grade herb can be exchanged for a full one hundred contribution points.

Three-grade herbs can be exchanged for one thousand contribution points.

A fourth-grade herb can be exchanged for 10,000 contribution points.

In other words, if a free herb gatherer can obtain a fourth-grade herb, he can immediately and openly leave the mining area and become a true free person from the outer lands of the Holy Word.

However, let alone fourth-grade herbs, even second-grade herbs are very difficult to harvest.

In the outer lands of Saint Word, the classification of monster levels is different from that on the Saint Word Continent. The lowest level monster in the outer lands of Saint Word is the soldier-level monster, and the combat power of the soldier-level monster is already equivalent to that of the level nine monster on the Saint Word Continent!

The first-grade herbs are usually guarded by soldier-level demonic beasts, whose combat power is equivalent to that of cultivators at the Martial Venerable level.

The guardian beasts of second-grade herbs are warrior-level beasts; anyone below the Divine Sect realm who encounters them is certain to die.

The guardians of the third-grade herbs are official-level demonic beasts, equivalent to the Transformation Realm experts.

The fourth-grade herbs are guarded by general-level demonic beasts, which are equivalent to the Great Power realm!

The guardians of fifth-grade herbs are commander-level demonic beasts corresponding to the God's Wrath realm!

There will definitely be king-level demonic beasts around sixth-grade herbs, and the strength of king-level demonic beasts is definitely no weaker than that of experts at the Opening Heaven Realm.

As for herbs of grade seven and above, they are guarded by Emperor-level demonic beasts, God-level divine beasts, and Main God-level divine beasts, respectively.

Legend has it that there are also tenth-grade herbs guarded by the supreme divine beast, but it is said that even the God of Light is helpless against the supreme divine beast!

As the old man said, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. Although picking herbs may lead to death, many people, including newcomers like Zong Ze, still want to have the experience of picking herbs.

After all, that thing made money way too fast; there's a real case in the records of the Shengyan Outer Continent Mining Area.

Three thousand years ago, a newcomer at the peak of the Martial God realm from the Holy Word Continent chose to gather herbs. However, his luck was so exceptional that he encountered a duel between two King-level demonic beasts the very next day when he went up the mountain.

It is said that the battle between the two king-level demonic beasts was so terrifying that even space itself became somewhat distorted.

The newcomer was accidentally teleported by a distorted spatial force to the side of a fifth-grade herb.

Originally, this newcomer was doomed to die, because there would definitely be a powerful demon beast of the level equivalent to a master of the Divine Wrath realm guarding the fifth-grade herb.

But on that very day, there were no guardian beasts near that fifth-grade herb. Not to mention any commander-level beasts, there wasn't even a single soldier-level beast in sight.

The newcomer obtained a fifth-grade herb and returned without any danger. A fifth-grade herb is worth a million contribution points, so he became a free agent the next day, and a free agent who also carried a high-grade crystal.

According to the analysis of the high priests of the Supreme Council, the battle between the two king-level demon beasts must have scared away the commander-level demon beast guarding the fifth-grade herbs, which is why the newcomer unexpectedly received such a great benefit.

Although this is just a random event, and it may never happen again in thousands of years, it is still something that has occurred and been recorded. For many people, this is an opportunity.

Zong Ze was very self-aware; he knew very well that if he tried to pick herbs of grade four or higher with his own strength, it would be absolutely suicidal.

However, relying on the "Medicine and Mining Chapter" and his own strength at the Divine Sect level, the Third Grade Herb Master still has a chance to harvest some herbs. Perhaps with sufficient preparation, even getting his hands on a Fourth Grade herb might not necessarily lead to certain death.

Once you can pick a fourth-grade herb, you can leave. As for how you got it, you can make up any story you want!

In addition, Zongze also wanted to smuggle some herbs out. The "Medicine and Mineral Chapter" is followed by the "Alchemy and Weapon Chapter," which describes alchemy and weapon crafting.

Refining weapons is easy. Although you can't buy good materials, you can use ordinary iron ore to practice when you're just starting out.

However, alchemy is not so easy to practice; how can one succeed without a large amount of herbs?

As for finding a way to buy herbs after spreading the word, that's not impossible, but the price would be too high for Zongze, who still needs to build his own power.

Fortunately, he still had Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei's belly could hold a person, let alone a little bit of herbs. Most importantly, even gods at the Opening Heaven Realm or even the God Realm could not see through Xiao Hei's belly.

Don't forget, although Xiao Hei may look like just a Martial God level demon beast now, his actual strength is that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, a Great Luo Golden Immortal on the same level as the God of Light!

The inner workings of a Great Luo Golden Immortal's belly are probably only visible to immortals or deities of the Luo Tian Shang Xian level or higher.