At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

On this day.

Li Lan, inside the flying boat's cabin, raised an eyebrow, sensing something unusual.

Looking around, Tie Niu and Ding Sanquan were also the same.

Their faces were full of surprise.

Only the thick-browed cultivator, A'Hua, remained as calm as ever.

He chuckled and explained:

"Have you all noticed it?"

"Don't panic, the spiritual energy is rich near the spiritual vein, it's a normal phenomenon."

"This means we've arrived at Immortal Trace Valley."

A'Hua controlled the flying boat, finding a place to descend slowly.

Stepping out of the cabin.

Li Lan looked out and saw lush, green jungle as far as the eye could see.

The trees were tall and dense, each one like a green pagoda.

In the gaps between the jungle trees, all kinds of spiritual herbs grew vigorously.

The leaves of the spiritual herbs were full and glossy, their colors bright and vibrant, clearly extraordinary.

Stepping onto this land.

Li Lan felt that the spiritual energy permeating the air was far richer than what he had felt on the flying boat.

He felt that every breath was like devouring spiritual objects, making his internal organs incomparably comfortable.

His expression remained calm, but Li Lan was inwardly surprised.

This spiritual vein, even in its abandoned state, contained such rich spiritual energy.

What kind of scene would it have been when it hadn't been abandoned?

No wonder this spiritual vein could become the most important cultivation resource in the entire cultivation world.

Tie Niu and Ding Sanquan didn't think as much as Li Lan.

As soon as they left the flying boat, they were shocked by the vibrant and fantastical scene before them.

Coming back to their senses.

The two couldn't wait to grab the spiritual herbs around them.

A'Hua saw this and quickly stopped them.

"Don't move rashly!"

"This is only the outermost area of Immortal Trace Valley. The herbs nearby have already been picked over several times by my Guangji Temple disciples."

"Now, these spiritual herbs are too young and haven't matured. Picking them would be a pure waste."

"Later, the four of us will go deeper. That place is rarely visited, making it easier to find older spiritual herbs."

After speaking.

A'Hua took out three emerald jade slips from his storage bag.

He handed them to the three and said:

"These record the herbs we need to collect this time, and how to identify the age of the herbs."

"Our mission this time is very easy. As long as we collect these herbs, or collect spiritual plants older than fifteen years, it will be considered as completing the sect's contribution."

Li Lan took the jade slip and opened it.

Dense names of herbs came into view.

Seeing this situation, his brow furrowed slightly.

So many herbs, excluding the time to find and identify them, even picking them one by one would take a lot of effort.

From this, it could be seen.

It would be difficult for the four of them to leave this Immortal Trace Valley in the short term.

However.

Li Lan didn't feel dissatisfied about this.

Blessings and misfortunes are intertwined. The spiritual energy here is so abundant. Cultivating here should be twice as effective with half the effort.

Thinking like this, staying here for a while wasn't a bad thing.

"Alright, I've already explained what needs to be explained. Next, everyone will carry out their tasks separately."

"Remember what I taught you on the flying boat. Don't be too scattered. If you encounter a special situation, use a special way to send a message."

After A'Hua finished speaking, he put away the flying boat.

He randomly found a direction and left alone.

"In that case, Senior Brother Tie Niu, Junior Brother Ding, then Li will take his leave."

"We'll meet again after completing the sect mission."

Li Lan made a Daoist salute, and then chose to leave in the opposite direction from A'Hua.

At this time, Tie Niu's face was a little tangled.

Honestly speaking.

He had only stepped into the first level of Qi Refining for a short two years.

Having not experienced any setbacks, he felt quite insecure in this uninhabited jungle.

Tie Niu instinctively wanted to find a backer and stick together for warmth.

He originally wanted to discuss with Li Lan and act together with him.

After all, they were both new disciples, and it would be good to have someone to take care of each other.

Even if it meant sacrificing some of the herb picking progress, it wouldn't matter.

However, Li Lan's neat and tidy departure made him helplessly swallow back what he wanted to say.

"Ahem, Brother Tie Niu, well, I see that this place doesn't even have the chirping of insects or birds, it looks quite creepy."

"Why don't we not separate, and have a companion."

"Don't worry, when we encounter suitable herbs, I'll satisfy your quota first, and I'll just pick up the leftovers."

Ding Sanquan's proposal was exactly what Tie Niu wanted.

The latter pretended to be disdainful and said lightly:

"Look at your lack of ambition. Since you want to follow, then follow."

Ding Sanquan was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Thank you, Brother Tie Niu!"

… …

After leaving the group, Li Lan didn't rush to pick herbs.

Finding a safe place, he raised his hand and scattered four purple sandalwood spirit beans.

In the blink of an eye.

The four beans swelled in the wind, turning into four spirit bean soldiers.

After six months of unremitting efforts and experiments, Li Lan also had some of his own insights into the art of scattering beans to form soldiers.

Currently, when making auxiliary spellcasting materials.

He could already freely change the size of the spirit bean soldiers as he wished.

The four spirit bean soldiers in front of him were deliberately created by Li Lan sacrificing all their offensive power.

They didn't have weapons in their hands, and the whole body seemed to be shrunken, only the size of a palm.

It just so happened that they could be used here.

The wood-attributed spirit bean soldiers, when thrown into this jungle full of dead branches and fallen leaves, were like wearing a layer of natural camouflage.

It was simply difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

What's even better was.

The small size meant that urging them didn't require too much of Li Lan's mana and divine sense.

Under the confusion of the surrounding rich spiritual energy.

Even if the cultivator was intentionally paying attention, it would be almost difficult to find these spirit bean soldiers.

Using them to explore the terrain was simply too suitable.

If it weren't for Li Lan's current divine sense strength, which could only control four spirit bean soldiers at the same time at most.

He would definitely have unhesitatingly scattered all the stock in his storage bag.

"Go!"

Using the mental link, he issued a simple instruction to search for spiritual herbs, and Li Lan scattered these spirit bean soldiers out.

He himself found a long-abandoned cave and hid inside.

The situation in this Immortal Trace Valley was unknown.

Before thoroughly understanding it, the cautious Li Lan would naturally not take risks like Tie Niu and the two of them.

After releasing the spirit bean soldiers.

Taking advantage of this gap, he sat cross-legged again and began to absorb and transform the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Over the past two years, Li Lan had already developed good habits.

No matter what he did, he would always squeeze out time to cultivate.

This pseudo-spiritual root talent made him dare not slack off in the slightest, nor could he slack off.

Li Lan was very clear that heaven rewards diligence.

Effort may not be able to catch up with those geniuses with true spiritual roots and single spiritual roots.

But without effort, he would definitely be left far behind by them, with no chance of turning over.

What's more.

After the Initiation Ceremony, another year had passed in a blink of an eye.

His current lifespan was only thirty-nine years left, and there really wasn't much time to waste.

In the next seven days.

The four spirit bean soldiers brought him a lot of surprises.

Not only did they bring back a lot of information on qualified herbs, but they also discovered some Spirit Paulownia trees and Purple Sandalwood Spirit Beans.

The Spirit Paulownia fruits produced by the Spirit Paulownia trees could be used to refine spirit ink.

The Purple Sandalwood Spirit Beans could continue to be used to make spirit bean soldiers for backup.

If he could complete the sect mission here and also collect some useful materials.

It would definitely save a lot of spirit sand expenses.