Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 130 - 121: Entering the [22 Updates!]

"Big brother."

Lu Qingfeng was cultivating with his eyes closed when he heard Qingyu's voice beside his ears. Opening his eyes, he saw the ceaseless roaring winds in front of the cliff, with turbulent airwaves rolling about.

"Finally, they're here!"

Lu Qingfeng stood up and walked out of his cave abode.

People were already bustling atop the Wind Roar Cliff.

The four major sects had gathered. As Lu Qingfeng appeared, he headed towards Zhou Yuan and the others. While walking, he glanced in the direction of the Red Rainbow Sect and saw Yang Bufan also looking his way, his face revealing a smile and nodding in acknowledgment.

Without having already witnessed the face behind his back, Lu Qingfeng would almost have been deceived by this façade.

Such an old-timer who has cultivated for hundreds of years has depths of cunning that Lu Qingfeng has come to understand well.

Gathering his thoughts.

Lu Qingfeng saw that the cultivators of the four major sects on Wind Roar Cliff were all beginning to move.

He looked down from the cliff.

Winds and clouds were sweeping over, with Spiritual Energy surging!

Layers of restrictions appeared and disappeared, gradually transforming in the sky into two pillars, as if they were gateways to the Immortal Court.

The Hundred Herbs Garden was opening!

...

"Be very careful with everything."

"Do not lightly trust the disciples from the three sects of Red Rainbow Sect, or those from Luoxia Sect."

Lu Qingfeng looked at the entrance to the Hundred Herbs Garden and then turned to Lu Qingyu beside him, speaking through a sound transmission.

"I understand, big brother."

Lu Qingyu nodded vigorously, his eyes brimming with anticipation and twinkling light.

Still, Lu Qingfeng was somewhat worried.

Although he had already used his Divine Skills to thoroughly understand the details of the True Qi Realm disciples from the three sects and had recorded them into a Jade Scroll given to Qingshan and Qingyu to study, the Hundred Herbs Garden posed even greater dangers with the presence of the Demon Clan and Demon Sect cultivators.

Lu Qingyu lacked experience in combat. Even though he possessed a powerful Cultivation Technique, extraordinary skills, and carried many aces up his sleeve...

"Can't be helped after all."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head, seeing the excited anticipation on Qingyu's face, and let out a self-deprecating smile.

"Elder Lu, once you enter the upper layer of the Hundred Herbs Garden, you must quickly find me to regroup. Ensure that you always have at least one Spirit Stone on you, otherwise, in less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, you will be expelled from the Hundred Herbs Garden. If something unexpected happens, you can immediately put the Spirit Stone in your spatial bag; this way, you will be able to last through half an incense stick's time and escape."

Yue Lingxi approached Lu Qingfeng and gave her final instruction.

"Elder Lu understands."

Lu Qingfeng nodded in response.

The basic information about the Hundred Herbs Garden was well documented in the Luoxia Sect's Jade Scroll given to him; it contained detailed rules about the Hundred Herbs Garden as well as the maps of both the upper and lower layers explored by the Luoxia Sect.

Yue Lingxi's reminder at this moment was due to her worry that Lu Qingfeng hadn't studied the Jade Scroll closely, which is why she emphasized the most important point separately.

No more idle chatter.

Cultivators from the four sects arrived at the edge of Wind Roar Cliff and, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, jumped down one after another.

The True Qi Realm disciples went first.

"Big brother."

Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu looked toward him, and Lu Qingfeng nodded with an encouraging look in his eyes.

The two leapt and entered the Hundred Herbs Garden.

The cultivators from the four sects took their turns entering, and the lower half of the Hundred Herbs Garden's gateway, originally transparent, gradually became solid. By the time the last True Qi Realm disciple entered, the doorway was sealed shut, allowing exit but not entry.

Next, it would be the turn of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

"Elder Lu, be careful in everything."

Zhou Yuan, Mei Qingyan, and others were still worried and stepped forward to remind him.

"Both of you, rest assured."

Lu Qingfeng nodded in response and leaped down from Wind Roar Cliff.

Looking around, three groups of Foundation Establishment Cultivators leapt down alongside Lu Qingyu, all nodding towards him as a sign of acknowledgment.

Lu Qingyu also saw the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Red Rainbow Sect, each wearing a smile, their eyes revealing nothing extraordinary, as if they were not just conspiring to take Lu Qingyu's life moments before.

"..."

Lu Qingyu kept his expression unchanged, his eyes sweeping across the waists of the cultivators. At their waists, each had an ordinary cloth bag, which did not isolate Spiritual Energy, showing traces of Spiritual Charm.

These were Spirit Stones.

To enter the Hundred Herbs Garden, Spirit Stones are the key.

True Qi Realm cultivators only need to carry twenty Spirit Stones to enter. For Foundation Establishment Cultivators, two hundred Spirit Stones are required.

In the upper layer of the Hundred Herbs Garden, from the eleventh day onward, one Spirit Stone is consumed every day.

In the lower layer of the Hundred Herbs Garden, from the eleventh day onward, one Spirit Stone is consumed every ten days.

In other words, after entering the Hundred Herbs Garden, Foundation Establishment Cultivators must ensure that the value of Spiritual Medicine collected each time averages no less than one Spirit Stone, and True Qi Realm cultivators must ensure that the value of Spiritual Medicine collected every ten days is no less than one Spirit Stone in order not to suffer a loss.

The value of Spirit Stones is astonishing; even for a large sect like the Luoxia Sect, the annual surplus of Spirit Stones does not exceed fifty. Calculated based on the opening cycle of the Hundred Herbs Garden, the Luoxia Sect can save up to a maximum of six hundred Spirit Stones every twelve years.

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Yet the four Foundation Establishment Elders and eighteen True Qi Realm disciples entering the Hundred Herbs Garden carried a total of one thousand one hundred and sixty Spirit Stones.

This was a massive investment.

If too little Spiritual Medicine was harvested and too many Spirit Stones were consumed, there might not be enough Spirit Stones for the next entry into the Hundred Herbs Garden, leading to the awkward situation of having a spot but not enough Spirit Stones to enter.

The balance of considerations lies with the cultivators who enter the Hundred Herbs Garden.

Lu Qingyu retracted his gaze and barged through the gate.

...

Outside the Hundred Herbs Garden.

Wind Roar Cliff.

"Such boldness from Sect Master Zhou Yuan, he even dares to send the immensely potential Dan and Artifact Double Extreme Master Lu into such a perilous place like the Hundred Herbs Garden."

Lord Feng, the master of the Demon Extermination Castle, looked towards the closed gates of the Hundred Herbs Garden and spoke with a rusted voice.

Zhou Yuan replied with a smile, "Lord Feng flatters me too much, with Senior Sister Yue protecting him, the Hundred Herbs Garden is not a dangerous place for Elder Lu."

"Tch tch."

"With such a character like Master Lu, if there was even a slight chance of him coming to harm in the Hundred Herbs Garden, our Red Rainbow Sect would not allow him to take this risk."

"The courage of the Luoxia Sect is admirable!" said Yang Bufan on the side with an interjection that left much to be pondered, rather intriguing.

Upon hearing that, Zhou Yuan continued to smile, but when he looked back towards the gates of the Hundred Herbs Garden, a trace of unease arose in his heart.

...

Lu Qingyu crashed through the gate, feeling as though he had passed through a barrier, and after a spell of dizziness, he found himself in a place with overlapping peaks and lush vegetation.

It was the Hundred Herbs Garden!

"The Hundred Herbs Garden has mountain ranges lined up, with heavy restrictions. Each mountain is teeming with Spiritual Medicine."

Lu Qingyu landed and steadied himself, feeling as if carrying a weight of thousands of pounds. This was the unique pressure of the Hundred Herbs Garden, forcing these high and mighty cultivators to walk on foot, unable to fly or escape.

"This Hundred Herbs Garden—"

Lu Qingyu looked around at the heavens and the mountains, his curiosity about the origins of the Hundred Herbs Garden growing stronger.

Such a Spirit Land, even a Jiedan True Man might not be able to create it. The entrance appeared in the Juyun Mountain Range, and aside from the Nine Revitalizing Fruit Trees, the most precious Spiritual Medicine found here was merely Third-rank Spirit Medicine.

Truly peculiar.

"The Hundred Herbs Garden has been in the mortal world for over three hundred years since its emergence in the Juyun Mountain Range, without any anomalies, perhaps it was the playful creation of a predecessor."

Lu Qingyu shook his head to dispel these stray thoughts.

He took out two Spirit Stones from the cloth bag on his waist to keep on his person, and the remaining Spirit Stones were placed into his storage bag.

After spending the first ten days in the upper level, each additional day required the consumption of a Spirit Stone.

"Let's try some Divine Skills!"

Feeling the pressure on him and circulating his True Qi, Lu Qingyu executed a Divine Skill: Light Splitting and Shadow Transformation, Sword of the Void Condensation.

Whoosh!

Sword light flickered.