Mortal: I have a gathering technique

Time slips away, bit by bit.

A little over half a day later, a dog's furtive figure entered the underground swamp world.

Fang Qing could see clearly that it was Han Li.

After looking around for a while, Han Li picked up a mound of earth and crawled inside.

Before long, Nangong Wan led a large group of Yanyue Sect disciples and rushed in through the passage.

Upon seeing the golden treasure chest in the pavilion, Nangong Wan's face was filled with excitement, and her eyes burned with fervor.

In the corner, Fang Qing remained motionless, watching Nangong Wan use the Vermilion Bird Ring magic weapon to beat the Ink Dragon half to death.

Watching the Mo Jiao transform from a dying creature into a level two demon beast, causing chaos and destruction among the cultivators of the Hidden Moon Sect.

Seeing that Nangong Wan and Han Li were trapped, they finally joined forces to kill the Mo Jiao.

During this process, Fang Qing only did two things:

First, release the Bewitching Bead; second, activate the Minor Five Elements Talisman to seal the passage.

Just as Nangong Wan had collected the dragon's soul and was completely relaxed, Fang Qing decisively threw the remaining Bewitching Bead in his hand over.

Nangong Wan was extremely exhausted after the battle and was unable to notice Fang Qing's actions immediately.

By the time she realized it, the Bewitching Pearl had already exploded half a zhang away from her.

A cloud of colorless and odorless smoke billowed around, instantly enveloping Nangong Wan and Han Li.

"Who?"

Nangong Wan only had time to utter a question before her consciousness drifted into a hazy state, and her eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

She had already inhaled a lot of sleeping powder, but because she was in a state of combat, she did not show any symptoms. Now, stimulated by the sleeping powder, she felt like a mountain had collapsed.

"mean……"

In the final moments before she fell into a deep coma, she finally realized what had happened to her, but by then, all she could do was utter a mumbled curse; it was too late.

On the other side, the old demon was still excited about dissecting the ink dragon, and by the time Nangong Wan reminded him, he had already lost consciousness.

Fang Qing did not immediately appear in the corner.

However, he was immediately displeased by Nangong Wan's insults.

"I'm despicable? I saved your virginity, do you even know that?"

"Like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, not recognizing a kind heart!"

While inwardly complaining, Fang Qing waited a while longer, and after confirming that both of them were unconscious, he quickly went over.

As usual, each person will be given a talisman to suppress the spirit.

Then, Fang Qing extended a finger and placed it on Nangong Wan's slender, fair wrist...

A moment later, his eyes lit up, and his face was full of joy.

"It really is a fire-attribute celestial spiritual root!"

After examining Nangong Wan's spiritual root, Fang Qing turned around and walked to Han Li's side, pulling out a bulging little bag from under Han Li's collar.

The small bag was tied with a string and hung around Han Li's neck. Fang Qing didn't break the string, but instead took the contents of the bag out directly.

This is a round bottle with a slender neck, about the size of a jujube, and dark green in color with strange branch and leaf patterns on its surface.

It was none other than the old demon's golden finger—the Heavenly Bottle!

Fang Qing stared at the small bottle in her hand, her thoughts racing.

"It's already noon on the fourth day. Based on the time, I only have a maximum of two more opportunities to collect samples."

"Logically, all of it should be used on the Heavenly Palm Bottle, but this bottle is too high-level. Nine times out of ten, after collecting something once, the gathering technique will have a cooldown period."

"Therefore, to maximize profits, the initial investment should be made on Nangong Wan."

"However, whether to extract the fire elemental root or the memories, that is the question!"

Fang Qing looked down at Nangong Wan, his fingertips constantly stroking her chin.

After weighing the options for a while, Fang Qing finally decided to collect the memories.

His fire spirit root was already at the dual spirit root level, and with his extreme yang body, his cultivation speed was even better than that of a heavenly spirit root. Changing to a heavenly spirit root would only be icing on the cake.

On the contrary, the benefits of Nangong Wan's memories are clearly greater.

Even disregarding the secret techniques and skills of the Hidden Moon Sect, the [Plain Maiden Reincarnation Technique] alone is worth it.

Fang Qing was extremely interested in this skill.

Before Nangong Wan, no one in the Hidden Moon Sect practiced this skill. After Nangong Wan, no one else was seen to pass it on, as if this skill was born to belong to Nangong Wan.

Most importantly, Nangong Wan relied on this technique to cultivate all the way to the Taiyi Realm.

That's incredible!

[Memory Collection!]

A golden light appeared, and Fang Qing turned Nangong Wan's memories into a memory bead and put it into his storage bag.

After doing all this, he walked to the entrance of the passage and began to study the Lesser Five Elements Sumeru Forbidden Technique.

……

On the surface, in the main hall of the Blue Stone Palace, a group of Qi-refining disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect were still struggling to control their magical artifacts and bombard the ground, intending to dig a passage to the underground swamp world.

Unfortunately, the bluestone on the ground was extremely hard, and even after working for several hours, they only managed to dig a pit about ten feet deep.

But no one dared to give up!

Time passed little by little.

The fifth day arrived in the blink of an eye.

As noon approached, Fang Qing stopped comprehending the forbidden technique and casually picked up the Palm Heaven Bottle that was placed to the side.

Originally, given the ability of the Gathering Technique to collect methods for crafting artifacts, the most suitable method for Fang Qing to collect was the crafting method for the Palm Heaven Bottle.

Unfortunately, the Palm Heaven Bottle is a mysterious treasure born from chaos. Such mysterious objects are naturally formed and cannot be crafted.