Wild Dogs

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming frowned and immediately activated his cultivation technique to test the waters.

Only then did they realize that the surrounding spiritual energy had indeed become much thinner.

Xue Ming's face showed disbelief as he spoke in a low voice.

"This is strange. The scenery and vegetation here haven't changed much, so why has the spiritual energy become so thin?"

Then he waved his hand, activated his internal energy, and dispersed all the blood cocoons that had trapped around Yang Fan's body.

After the blood cocoon was removed from his barrier, Yang Fan immediately gasped for breath and collapsed to the ground.

He then pushed himself up and stood up, looking ahead.

After he took in his surroundings, he was taken aback and stood frozen in place.

He never expected that behind the wind wall would be a lush and verdant scene.

Before this, the entire environment was barren, but unexpectedly, it turned into this scene after passing through the wind wall.

Seeing Yang Fan's shocked expression, Xue Ming asked a question.

"Surprised?"

Yang Fan snapped out of his daze and quickly nodded to Xue Ming.

"Yes, disciple originally thought this place would be a barren wasteland, but I did not expect there to be so much vegetation."

As Yang Fan spoke, he continued to look around, and after a while, his eyes lit up.

Not far away, a medicinal herb was growing.

This medicinal herb looks to be about twenty years old.

Seeing this, Yang Fan was overjoyed and stepped forward to pick the medicinal herb.

Xue Ming immediately spoke up and called out to him.

"etc."

Yang Fan stopped and turned around, his face full of confusion.

"What's wrong, Master? There's a medicinal herb here; it would be such a waste not to pick it."

Xue Ming snorted coldly and waved his hand at him.

"That medicinal herb is at most twenty years old. What use would it be to you if you harvested it?"

"Why don't we go with Master to the herb garden? The herbs there are hundreds or even thousands of years old, and there are many benefits to them."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Yes, disciple will obey Master."

Although he outwardly appeared pleased, inwardly he was sneering.

Hmph, what use is a ten-thousand-year-old elixir if it's still not in his hands?

While Yang Fan was pondering, Xue Ming had already stepped to Xuan Yang's side.

"Alright, forget about any changes in the spiritual energy here, hurry up and get the herbs from the herb garden."

"Next, try to go to the talisman hall and see if there are any left in the talisman-making hall."

Xuan Yang nodded and immediately turned and strode forward.

"it is good."

As he walked forward, he glanced in Yang Fan's direction, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Kid, are you surprised that there's a medicinal herb garden here?"

"Let me tell you, this place used to be a training ground for a certain sect."

Before he could finish speaking, Xue Ming waved his hand, interrupting him.

"Alright, that's enough. I've already mentioned these things to him, and he understands."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yang swallowed the words that were about to come out.

He could only glare awkwardly at Xue Ming, then immediately quickened his pace and walked forward.

The group walked forward, but after only a few steps, Xue Ming showed an impatient expression.

He grabbed Yang Fan by the collar, leaped into the air, and flew forward with Yang Fan in his arms.

Seeing this, Xuan Yang could only snort coldly.

"I was saying that you're flying so fast that I can't absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to improve myself."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming smiled and shook his head.

"The spiritual energy here is too thin, you won't be able to absorb much even if you do now. You'd be better off going to the herb garden to absorb it properly."

Hearing this, Xuan Yang didn't say anything more, but continued to follow the other person forward.

And so, the group continued their journey without encountering any other cultivators along the way.

Seeing this, Yang Fan couldn't help but frown.

"Why don't I see any other cultivators? There should be quite a few people coming in."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming snorted coldly.

"It's not that easy!"

Xue Ming spoke in a low voice as he flew.

"Let me tell you, putting everything else aside, even just getting through the outer perimeter of the first few checkpoints will be difficult for them."

"Those swarms of insects, those who enter for the first time are caught off guard and suffer heavy losses."

"And those skeleton boatmen, if no one had given them advance directions or prepared some flesh and blood beforehand, they wouldn't have been able to get across."

Xue Ming spoke as if reciting a familiar story, clearly having already guessed that no one else could compete with him.

Hearing Xue Ming's words, Yang Fan nodded, looking like he understood.

After flying forward for several hours, Xue Ming's speed slowed down.

He led Yang Fan to a stop outside a valley.

Looking at the lush green valley ahead, Yang Fan immediately felt relaxed.

He was in a very bad mood after being held hostage along the way.

Fortunately, looking at the environment here helped him feel a little better.

Just as Yang Fan was looking ahead, Xuan Yang walked over.

"I didn't expect that after so much time, the restrictions here still haven't been broken. It seems that we can achieve great things if we go in."

Yang Fan scratched his head in surprise.

"A ban?"

"Where are the restrictions?"

Yang Fan looked around and saw that the valley in front of him was lush and green, and it didn't look like there was any restriction at all.

Xue Ming glared at him.

"Of course you wouldn't be able to tell, kid."

"The restrictions here were extremely troublesome even for us two Nascent Soul cultivators back then, let alone you."

Then Xue Ming raised his hand and threw a stone forward.

A moment later, the stone crashed forward, and then a faint blue light shield appeared in front of it.

This blue light shield completely encloses the valley, making it impossible to enter.

Seeing this, Xue Ming nodded.

"Not bad, and it seems this restriction is even stronger than before."

"Could it be that the formation below can absorb the surrounding spiritual energy on its own and use it?"

"That must be the case, otherwise it wouldn't be so difficult to destroy."

"However, this restriction has been in place for too long and should be nearing its expiration."

"Logically speaking, if we have another hundred years, we can enter without breaking the restrictions."

Hearing this, Xue Ming sneered.

"If we wait another hundred years, the daylilies will be too cold."

"I need to break through to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible. The medicinal herbs in this herb garden can help us break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

"The key is to get the medicinal herbs as soon as possible. Alright, let's break the ban quickly."

Xue Ming walked to the side as he spoke.

Xuan Yang shrugged.

"You're the one who should break the seal. Didn't you say you were an expert in formations?"