Battle Through the Heavens: Reborn as a Devouring Python, Medusa is taken home.

Chapter 163, An Unexpected Encounter with Cao Ying

The second challenge requires entering the Pill Realm, finding the corresponding medicinal herbs according to the task list, and leaving the Pill Realm within the specified time to pass the challenge.

Ning Su has already received the task list, which only lists three types of medicinal herbs.

"Wind Star Grass, Eight Treasure Spirit Flower, Holy Son Bellwood... Goodness, these are indeed precious and high-grade medicinal herbs, and the ones that are not hard to find don't even require our help."

Ning Su roughly knew that the purpose of this second round of assessments at the Pill Tower was to use these free laborers to help them find medicinal herbs in the Pill Realm.

Of course, since you've come to participate in the Dan Conference, you must abide by the rules they set.

If you're not happy about it, then just quit. That's fair, isn't it?

However, this second round of assessment also has some advantages. That is, apart from the medicinal herbs required by the task, if you can find any other medicinal herbs, they are all yours.

This can be considered a hidden perk of the second assessment.

After all, the medicinal herbs in the alchemy world are extremely rare, and they are priceless and unavailable outside. Finding them here is a real bargain.

To put it even more extremely, if you don't intend to complete the game, you can completely ignore everything else and spend all your time finding medicinal herbs and then taking them out.

Of course, most people wouldn't do that.

After all, you can always get medicinal herbs, but you can't participate in the Danhui every year.

If you miss it this time, you may not have the chance to participate in the next one.

They came here for the Dan meeting, didn't they? How could they possibly neglect the essential for the trivial?

"The map shows the possible locations where these medicinal herbs might be found, but they're all quite far away... It's so frustrating."

Looking at the location on the map, Ning Su also felt troubled.

Although I know this step isn't difficult, even just finding the medicinal herbs takes a lot of time.

"Let's try looking in the nearest place first."

Ning looked at the map and headed towards the nearest circled area.

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The Dan Domain is quite large, but you can still see quite a few people occasionally. Everyone is looking for the medicinal herbs they need on their respective task lists. Even if someone needs conflicting herbs, there will be no disputes in the short term.

Since no one has found the medicinal herbs yet, there's no reason for any argument.

However, occasionally one can still see people arguing or even fighting over rare medicinal herbs.

This is actually not a wise thing to do. If a dispute arises over the medicinal herbs and a fight breaks out, resulting in both sides being injured or one side being hurt, it will affect the subsequent mission.

Therefore, the best course of action at this stage is to act discreetly on your own. If you find any rare medicinal herbs, take them away quietly and try not to get into fights with others.

However, human nature is sometimes like that, and it's unavoidable.

Anyway, Ning Su hasn't seen any medicinal herbs that particularly appeal to him yet, so he should prioritize completing the mission.

Soon, he arrived at a medicinal herb location shown on the map—Windstar Forest.

It is possible to find Wind Star Grass here.

The surrounding area was a tranquil forest, with the occasional bird call making the atmosphere even more serene.

Where is the Wind Star Grass?

Ning carefully searched her surroundings, afraid of missing even the slightest detail.

Finally, he saw a small purple grass standing against the wind on a rock, shaped like a five-pointed star.

Wind Star Grass!

"Looks like I'm pretty lucky." Ning Su took three steps at a time and picked the Wind Star Grass.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a scarlet flower growing on the trunk of a large tree not far away.

"Heavenly Blood Flower?"

Ning Su recognized the medicinal herb growing on the tree at a glance; it was the extremely rare Heavenly Blood Flower!

If this medicinal herb were sold outside, it could probably fetch over a million gold coins.

"Looks like today really is my lucky day."

Ning walked over, preparing to reach out and pluck the Heavenly Blood Flower.

Suddenly, a wind blade shot from the side. Although its power was not particularly domineering, it did carry a certain sense of "asserting sovereignty," stopping Ning Su's movements and successfully snapping the entire tree in half.

But Ning Su moved quickly, decisively stepping onto the tree trunk and flipping over to grab the Heavenly Blood Flower.

"call!"

A fragrant breeze blew in, and a beautiful figure appeared in front of Ning Su, her slender hand reaching out, trying to snatch the Heavenly Blood Flower directly from Ning Su's hand.

But how could the person arriving possibly be faster than Ning Su?

Ning Su swiftly reached out and grabbed the man's wrist, causing him to let out a soft groan of pain, and his figure was completely frozen in place.

This is a woman dressed in a black dress, with a slender and graceful figure, exuding a hint of aloof beauty, and her appearance is absolutely stunning, captivating all who behold her.

"Aren't you going to let go?" The woman couldn't help but say when she saw Ning Su still holding her hand.

"You're the one who tried to steal my medicinal herbs, and you're still so self-righteous?" Ning Su looked at her amusedly, but still let go of her hand.

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The other party failed to take the medicinal herbs even after the sneak attack, so it's impossible for them to try and steal them now in front of Ning Su.

"I didn't expect you to react so quickly. I've lost." The woman readily admitted that she was no match for him.

Ning glanced at her twice, then put away the Heavenly Blood Flower and turned to leave.

This prompted the woman to quickly call out to him, "Hey, the Blood Flower was a medicinal herb I needed for my mission that day. Want to trade with me?"

"No change."

Ning refused without even thinking.

Although the Heavenly Blood Flower was not the medicinal material for his mission.

However, all the alchemists participating in the alchemy gathering can be considered his competitors.

Since they are competitors, he naturally wouldn't offer to help others.

The best thing for Ning Su would be to prevent her from obtaining the complete medicinal materials and eliminate her from the selection process.

The woman wasn't angry at Ning Su's answer; instead, she became even more interested in him.

"Hello, my name is Cao Ying. What's your name?"

"Cao Ying, who is known as the enchantress of the Cao family?" Ning Su was stunned for a moment, not expecting to run into this guy here by such a coincidence.

No wonder she's so beautiful. Cao Ying is called a witch, not only because of her talent in alchemy, but also because of her beautiful and alluring appearance.

"It seems you know me, but I don't like people calling me the Cao family's witch. You can just call me by my name."

"In return, can you tell me your name now?" Cao Ying said.

Given her personality, most people wouldn't meet her standards.

But Ning Su's cultivation level and the audacity with which he rejected her without hesitation made her find him interesting.

"I'm not interested. It's not like I asked you to tell me your name."

"Let's talk about it again after you pass the second stage, if there's still a chance."

After saying that, Ning Su turned and disappeared into the jungle.

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(End of this chapter)