Shen Yuan Ring

As Ji Daoyi led the group into the formation, the grassland in front of them turned into a vast expanse of white, and the path they had come in through disappeared.

Wang Dan, who was walking at the very back, exclaimed, "Brother Dao, the way we came in is gone!"

"Don't worry about it, just follow my lead."

Ji Daoyi knew this would happen, so he wasn't surprised.

They walked through the formation for nearly ten minutes before finally arriving at the herb garden.

The elemental energy here is extremely dense, to the point that it has become atomized.

Many of these medicinal herbs are ancient, some even hundreds of years old.

The aroma of medicinal herbs throughout the garden made them feel intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves.

After inhaling a few breaths of the medicinal essence, they all felt as if they were about to break through their cultivation levels!

"Dao Yi, I'm about to break through."

"Brother Dao, me too. Not only is the Yuan energy here abundant, but the Yuan energy in the air is also mixed with the spiritual energy emitted by the spiritual herbs."

The others nodded in agreement. Ji Daoyi understood that everyone wanted to take this opportunity to break through their limits. He chuckled and scolded:

"Since you've all sensed the opportunity to break through, what are you waiting for? Break through quickly! These spiritual herbs aren't going to disappear on their own, and this kind of breakthrough opportunity doesn't come around every day!"

Seeing everyone sitting cross-legged on the spot, Ji Daoyi didn't just wait idly. He also found a place to sit down and start cultivating!

While Ji Daoyi and his group were in seclusion, the others in the secret realm also had their own opportunities. Some obtained rare and precious materials, while others were unlucky and died in the mouths of monsters, or were hunted down by others who then profited from the chaos.

Many people from the five major families also lost their lives. If Ji Xiaohu and his group hadn't been lucky enough to have Ji Daoyi come to their rescue, they would probably have become food for the monsters long ago.

Time passed quickly. Ji Daoyi woke up from his cultivation and saw that everyone's cultivation aura was still steadily rising. He was happy for them.

Although he had reached the peak of the Tendon Refining stage half a month ago, he did not intend to use this to break through to the Meridian Opening stage.

Breaking through now will only raise his realm, and won't be of much help in this secret realm.

Since most of the people who entered the secret realm this time were at the Body Refinement Realm and none of them were at the Nascent Soul Realm, his strength here was already considered invincible.

It would be better to suppress the power of breakthrough and hone his skills in the Tendon Refining Realm, making his foundation more solid.

The Body Refinement Realm is essentially a foundation for future cultivation levels, so the more you accumulate, the more helpful it will be for breaking through to higher realms later.

After finishing his cultivation, Ji Daoyi did not disturb everyone. Instead, he got up and went to a distant place to pick mature spiritual herbs, and also to see if he could find the medicinal king purple ginseng hidden here.

And sure enough, after hundreds of years, this herb garden was unlike the overgrown weeds in his previous valley. The spiritual herbs here grew exceptionally well. Ji Daoyi estimated that a single herb over a hundred years old could be used as several herbs, and the probability of refining high-grade pills was several times higher than with ordinary spiritual herbs.

Fortunately, Ji Daoyi had many storage bags on him, so he could easily take away even a large number of spiritual herbs.

After several hours, he had only managed to harvest one-tenth of the medicinal herbs. His only regret was that he had not found the king-sized herb.

A day passed, and the Yuan energy in the herb garden was much thinner than before. Although the Yuan energy was still very dense, it could no longer reach the initial level of Yuan energy turning into mist.

Ji Xiaohu and the other three have all successfully broken through, and they are now consolidating their new realms.

The first to wake up after stabilizing his realm was Wang Dan. He was originally at the peak of the first organ realm, and it took him more than a day to break through to the second organ realm.

When Ji Daoyi saw that Wang Dan had finished his breakthrough, he happily went over and patted him on the shoulder. He took out several bottles of Five Organs Pills from his storage bag and handed them to him. Wang Dan did not stand on ceremony. He knew that without these Five Organs Pills, it would be a pipe dream for him to continue to break through quickly.

Before long, Ji Xiaohu, Ji Zihan, and Sun Puyue all finished their breakthroughs.

Ji Xiaohu jumped up with joy and excitedly hugged Ji Daoyi, saying, "Brother Dao, look, we've broken through to the Tendon Refining Realm! This time when we go back, we can stay in the inner courtyard to cultivate together again."

Ji Zihan and Sun Puyue said excitedly, "Yes, we never expected to break through again in this secret realm. Even if we didn't obtain any inheritance on this trip, we've already made a good loss."

"It's good that you've broken through. It's only a matter of time before everyone breaks through to the Tendon Refining Realm. Wang Dan, don't be discouraged. I believe you will reach the Five Organs Realm and break through to the Tendon Refining Realm soon too."

Hearing Ji Daoyi's words and thinking of the pills he had just given her, Wang Dan's dejected mood improved considerably. She said contentedly, "I'm fine. I know my talent for cultivation isn't very good. If it weren't for your help, even if I could cultivate in the inner courtyard, I probably wouldn't even be at the Blood Refining Realm by now. Meeting you all is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me."

"Wang Dan, don't worry, Brother Dao will refine a large number of Five Organs Pills for you. That way, you'll reach the Five Organs Realm in just a few months. Right, Brother Dao? You wouldn't abandon Wang Dan in the outer courtyard, would you?"

Upon hearing Ji Xiaohu's words, Ji Dao's lips twitched, and he was both amused and exasperated.

Seeing this, Wang Dan immediately came to Ji Daoyi's rescue, saying, "Brother Dao has already taken good care of me, giving me quite a few Five Organs Pills, enough for me to use for a while."

"Let's not think about things that far ahead. Let's focus on harvesting these medicinal herbs first. We've already wasted a lot of time here. I have some empty storage bags here; each of you can take one."

After Ji Daoyi finished speaking, he took out four empty storage bags from his body and handed them to them.

With the addition of these experts, the number of mature medicinal herbs in the garden visibly decreased, and they did not harvest the seedlings. Firstly, these seedlings had little medicinal value, and secondly, it was best to leave some room for others, giving them a chance to succeed later.

This means that the medicinal herb garden has not lost its inherent value.

After all the medicinal herbs had been harvested, Ji Daoyi and his group of five still hadn't found the king-grade purple ginseng.

Just as Ji Daoyi was deep in thought, Ji Zihan said, "Daoyi, is it possible that the aunt is mistaken? There is no Medicinal King Purple Ginseng here at all. We have searched this place again and again, we're practically digging three feet into the ground."

"Auntie shouldn't be lying to me. Since it's the King of Medicine, it certainly won't be the same as these ordinary spiritual herbs. If we find it too easily, it won't show its value. Let's look around and see if there's anything that's different about it."

"Unusual?" Wang Dan murmured upon hearing Ji Daoyi's words, then her eyes lit up as she realized something.

"Brother Dao, do you remember the question I asked you? The question I asked you in the very center of the herb garden!"

Ji Daoyi seemed to have thought of something. Without bothering to answer, he went straight to the center of the herb garden, and sure enough, he sensed something different there.

After a while, he discovered a very well-hidden formation here.

Once he broke through the formation, he saw a purple ginseng the size of an arm standing in the very center of the herb garden.