Mortal: Starting by looting Han Laomo's entire herb garden

a few days later.

Deep within the Taiyue Mountains, in a secluded spot deep within the mountain.

Han Li stood in an empty cave, completely dumbfounded.

Gone.

It's all gone.

The batch of chalcedony fungus he had carefully cultivated is gone.

That batch of Heavenly Spirit Fruits is gone.

Those purple monkey flowers are gone too.

What pained him most was that the spring of spiritual energy deep in the cave had disappeared completely, leaving only a huge pit with traces of violent digging at the bottom.

Han Li squatted down and touched the soil around the edge of the pit.

This is... completely moved?

Only a Core Formation cultivator could move the Spirit Eye Spring.

He swallowed hard, a chill running down his spine.

Core Formation cultivator.

If that person discovers I'm planting spirit herbs here, they might just take care of me too...

Han Li dared not think any further.

He stood up, looked at the empty cave again, suddenly remembered something, and turned to run out.

Half an hour later, he stood in front of another secret medicinal garden, his complexion slightly better.

The medicinal herbs here are still there.

He went to two more places, and they were still there.

Han Li plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.

Fortunately.

If all the spiritual herbs had been planted in that cave with the spiritual spring, everything would have been ruined today.

He sat on the ground, his mind a jumbled mess.

He discovered that spiritual spring by chance. Its location was so remote, how could anyone have found it?

He immediately mounted his flying sword and searched through all the remaining medicinal gardens.

Thankfully, they're all still here.

Han Li stood before the last medicinal field, looking at the thriving spiritual herbs, feeling both joy and worry.

The good news is that there are still so many spiritual herbs, but the bad news is that the Core Formation cultivator who can move the Spirit Eye Spring will not visit his herb garden again.

Two years later.

Inside the cave, Lu Yan sat on a futon, his body surging with spiritual energy.

He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.

Peak of early Foundation Establishment stage.

With the help of the Spirit Eye Jade and the Spirit Eye Pearl, along with pills obtained through various means, he managed to reach the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage within a year.

Lu Yan stood up, stretched his limbs, and a familiar smile appeared on his lips.

It's time to give it to you again.

As usual, he disguised himself in several layers, and at the same time activated the Illusion Technique, his figure blurred and transformed into an ordinary-looking man in black.

He took out the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman, preparing to travel through time.

The world spun around.

Lu Yan steadied himself by holding onto the stone wall beside him, and his gaze swept around; he realized he was in a cave.

He extended his divine sense and checked the spirit stones in the storage bracelet, which were decreasing at a rate of one hundred per second.

It doesn't seem to be in the human realm, but it also doesn't seem to be any kind of market or anything like that.

He only has a little over 20,000 spirit stones now, and he doesn't have time to waste on this.

At this moment, Lu Yan's gaze fell on a silvery-white Ganoderma lucidum in front of the stone wall.

"Taiyi Silver Essence Ganoderma!"

Lu Yan's eyes lit up, and without saying a word, he stepped forward, plucked the fruit, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

This is a treasure that low- or mid-level body cultivators would fight over, as the user would gain an extra supernatural ability out of nowhere.

It can grow silver scales all over its body, making it impervious to swords, spears, water, and fire.

However, this thing is useless against high-level body cultivators. If you cultivate the Vajra Technique to the fifth level, its defensive power is stronger than this.

However, Lu Yan is only at the second level, and he cannot withstand magic weapons with his physical body alone. So this thing is just right for him, and it enhances his defense. This is a good deal.

After obtaining the Taiyi Silver Essence, there was nothing of value left here, so he immediately headed to the next stop.

The world spun around again.

Lu Yan had just steadied himself when his heart skipped a beat. This time, he had actually ended up in the sea. In front of him was a giant tree, its branches laden with fruit, each one the size of a fist, numbering at least a hundred.

Dragon scale fruit tree!

Lu Yan's eyes widened, and without saying a word, he reached out and picked it.

One, two, three...

When I had picked about twenty, a deafening roar suddenly came from behind me.

"Human ants! You're asking for death!"

Lu Yan turned around and saw a burly man in golden robes leaping up from the depths of the abyss, wielding a golden spear, and thrusting it fiercely at him.

The figure was extremely tall, with a ferocious face, and exuded an overwhelming aura of menace.

Golden Dragon King!

The spear tip, imbued with violent power, slammed into the six layers of silver light shield.

clang!

The clang of metal against metal was deafening, yet the silver light shield remained completely still, without even a tremor. The Golden Flood Dragon King, however, was jolted back three steps by the force of the impact, his hands going numb.

He looked down at his hands, then at the thin silver light shield, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Lu Yan glanced at him, and seeing that the light shield was unharmed, he ignored him and continued picking fruit.

The Golden Flood Dragon King's face turned ashen. He took a deep breath, and golden light surged from his body. He gripped the spear with both hands, pouring all his demonic power into it. The spear hummed and emitted a blinding golden light.

"break!"

The gun thrust out, tearing the air apart with a shrill sound.

clang!

The silver light shield remained completely still. This time, the Golden Flood Dragon King retreated even further, his arm went numb, and he almost dropped his spear.

He stared at the layer of silver light, his expression shifting from surprise and doubt to disbelief.

"That's impossible!"

He roared and thrust his spear like a dragon, piercing the silver light shield one shot after another.

Ding ding ding ding.

The water echoed with a dense clang of metal, sparks flying everywhere.

Five shots, ten shots, twenty shots...

Lu Yan's hands never stopped picking fruit.

The Golden Dragon King stood with his spear sheathed, panting heavily, veins bulging on his forehead.

His hand was already cracked from the impact, and blood was flowing down the gun barrel. But the silver shield remained perfectly still, without even a crack.

"Human ants!" he gritted his teeth. "What kind of treasure is this?"

Lu Yan ignored him and continued picking fruit.

The Golden Flood Dragon King took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his anger, and his tone suddenly softened: "I have guarded my Dragon Scale Fruit for countless years, and it will be ripe in three more years. Picking it now would be a waste, as its medicinal effects would only be 30% of what it is when fully ripe. You might as well obediently put it down, and when it ripens, I will share it with you equally."

Lu Yan's hands didn't stop moving. Thirty percent? I don't believe you for a second. Forget thirty or fifty percent, I'll take it first.

Seeing that he remained unmoved, the Golden Flood Dragon King's anger flared up again. He glanced down at his cracked tiger's mouth, then at the damned silver light shield, and suddenly gritted his teeth.

"Good! Good! Good!"

He said "good" three times in a row, each word sounding as if it were squeezed out from between his teeth.

The Golden Dragon King slammed his spear into the ground, formed hand seals, and chanted incantations. His body began to swell, his golden robe bursting open to reveal a body covered in golden scales.

A terrifying aura rose from his body, and the seawater began to tremble.

"drink!"

The Golden Dragon King roared to the sky, his body growing three times larger, his scales gleaming with dazzling golden light, and his eyes bloodshot.

He pulled out the spear, the shaft trembling violently in his hand, as if it couldn't withstand the force.

"Go to hell!!"

The Golden Dragon King roared and hurled his spear with all his might.

The golden spear transformed into a streak of light, carrying a world-destroying power, and pierced straight at Lu Yan's face.

boom!

The spear struck the silver light shield, unleashing a deafening roar.

however.

The silver light shield remained completely still.

The force on the spear dissipated completely upon impact, the spear humming as it hovered before the light shield, its momentum waning.

The Golden Dragon King's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

The secret technique he used by burning his life essence couldn't even break through this layer of silver light?

A glint flashed in Lu Yan's eyes, and he instantly unleashed the Xuanming Sky-Tearing Claw, grabbing the spear whose power had been exhausted.

The Golden Flood Dragon King's pupils constricted sharply: "You dare!"

"Give it to me!"