Chapter 1551 - Where are the Immortal Herbs?

Chen Fan hovered in midair, gazing into the distance.

“So this is what the herbal garden island looks like!” he murmured in awe. Mountain ridges and rugged peaks, intertwined with lush green forests and sparkling streams, together created a truly peculiar landscape.

Compared with the overwhelming demonic qi outside, the herbal garden island also held demonic qi, but it was far less severe, surprising Chen Fan greatly.

Then again, it seemed obvious? This was the herbal garden of a major force, undoubtedly one of the sect’s most important and well-guarded domains. It made perfect sense that demonic pollution hadn’t taken complete hold.

“All the better. The demonic qi still hasn’t polluted the air here. I can still take in some primeval qi of heaven and earth. That’s good for me.”

The corner of Chen Fan’s lips curled up into a faint smile.

His Heaven and Earth Furnace could refine all things in the world. Let alone the impure demonic qi here, not even the demonic qi from the Hell Demon Realm could demonize him.

His every breath was refined by the Heaven and Earth Furnace, as the furnace and his being had long since melded. He purged all impurities and poisonous substances; only the essence most beneficial to his cultivation remained.

The air here contained half primeval qi, half demonic qi.

For others, inhaling it meant inevitably drawing in demonic corruption; while short-term effects were subtle, prolonged exposure would erode the mind, breeding murderous, irrational, and cruel impulses. Even a brief stay could leave a person uncharacteristically hot-tempered.

Chen Fan was different, however. The furnace refined away the demonic qi, leaving only the purest primeval qi behind.

He furrowed his brow again. “Isn’t this an herbal garden, though? Shouldn’t there be immortal herbs everywhere? Why don’t I see any around?”

He had expected to see plenty. If not a blanket of immortal herbs, then at least a generous scattering. After a hundred thousand or even two hundred thousand years, each stalk should glow like a lantern in the night! With such a strong medicinal presence, how could these legendary herbs be hidden?

However, as Chen Fan looked around him, he saw lush forests within the surrounding dozens of kilometers, but no scene filled with spirituality, not even a whisper of immortal herb energy.

“Was I too late? Have all the immortal herbs in the garden already been harvested ?”

Chen Fan shook his head. Even if that were the case, some herbs should have been missed. He had to find something; otherwise, his hundred and fifty thousand immortal stones would be wasted.

Suddenly, a crimson cloud gathered in the distance; on closer inspection, he realized it was a massive swarm of gigantic blood mosquitoes. Each mosquito was the size of an infant, their needle-like stingers sharp enough to pierce a martial artist’s protective aura.

An adult blood mosquito might only be a Void Immortal Level, with the young ones being merely in the Heavenly Star realm. However, such a huge swarm could definitely send people into despair.

Chen Fan couldn’t help but shiver.

Anyone less than a third or fourth-level Immortal Platform realm expert would face certain death trapped in the midst of such a swarm. A single sting, and their target would be sucked dry in an instant.

However, Chen Fan was unfazed. He would be fine as long as he wasn’t trapped in the midst of these gigantic blood mosquitoes.

Furthermore, he planned to go around them, not through them.

Unfortunately, the blood mosquitoes had already discovered Chen Fan. Buzzing, they swarmed toward him.

Moments later, the gigantic blood mosquitoes surrounded Chen Fan, blotting out the sky for him. The loud buzzing noises drowned out all other noises in the world, as if this were the only sound.

Chen Fan saw that the mosquitoes' stingers were still dripping with blood, implying they had just fed.

The Wings of Rain Dragon immediately spread open on Chen Fan’s back, and he tore an opening through the swarm of blood mosquitoes like a stream of golden light, killing thousands of them and charging out.

In the same situation, other cultivators might despair, but was Chen Fan just any ordinary third-level Immortal Platform realm expert? Not a chance!

Sword qi swept wildly as Chen Fan tore a path open, killing countless blood mosquitoes. Fresh blood poured down like rain.

Soon, Chen Fan broke out of the encirclement and disappeared from sight.

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More and more people surged into the herbal garden, each one brimming with anticipation, dreaming of limitless riches.

Yet, reality proved cruel. Instead of fields filled with immortal herbs, most encountered only disappointment. Many who entered became nothing more than food for the vicious demon beasts that prowled the garden’s depths.

Those demon beasts had absorbed demonic qi for hundreds of thousands of years. They had grown incomparably savage and ferocious. To the unlucky, they descended like frenzied bees, claiming many Immortal Platform realm experts’ lives.

“This shouldn’t be the case. Wasn’t this an herbal garden? Where are the immortal herbs?”

“Could it be that the immortal herbs in the herbal garden have all been harvested by the people who entered before us?”

“No! I came across some people who entered earlier. They didn’t get anything either!”

“Huh? That’s strange! There aren’t any immortal herbs in the herbal garden. Can it still be called a herbal garden, then?”

Within the herbal garden, numerous people were buzzing with discussion.

Although some people had obtained immortal herbs, their gains were minimal, and their quality was low. It was nothing like the ancient herbs that had grown for hundreds of thousands of years in the legends

As such, many people had gone crazy.

Many of them had paid a steep price to enter the herbal garden. It would be a wasted trip if they couldn’t gain anything and suffered a huge loss on top of it. That was the wealth they had accumulated for hundreds of years.

On a mountain peak, Chen Fan stood, squinting at the horizon. Three months had slipped by since he’d entered the garden, and despite his best efforts, searching far and wide, he’d found only low-grade herbs, none of much value. More than once, demon beasts ambushed him, and he narrowly escaped death.

Boom!

Suddenly, a dazzling red light shot into the sky in the far distance. Boundless vitality surged, stirring heaven and earth and causing it to change colors.

“That is...”

Chen Fan’s gaze immediately turned grave.

“What a powerful vitality fluctuation. Did some supreme immortal herb emerge in the world?”

In an instant, brilliant light erupted from Chen Fan’s eyes.

He hadn’t gained much over the past three months. Chen Fan was almost about to give up and treat the hundred and fifty thousand immortal stones as fees for a lesson. But now, the sudden appearance of a supreme immortal herb reignited his hope and anticipation!