Chapter 342 (1/2)

Chapter 342

As Long Chen advanced, the mountain valleys began to criss-cross, and it almost seemed like a maze .

Furthermore, the mist was growing denser, and his range of vision was less than three hundred meters . In this kind of environment, it was all too easy to get lost .

As he advanced, he saw fewer and fewer people . However, their cultivation bases were much stronger, and there were essentially no more core disciples present .

In fact, Long Chen even saw some experts on the Chosen-level . However, those experts weren’t from the monasteries, and so they only glanced at Long Chen . Their eyes contained some astonishment when they looked at him, which was most likely due to how daring Long Chen was with his low cultivation base . Someone only at the early Tendon Transformation realm dared to enter this deeply here?

Obviously, these people didn’t recognize Long Chen . They simply continued cautiously advancing and searching .

As for Long Chen, since those experts didn’t bother him, he also didn’t go provoke them .

Continuing forward, the mist became even denser, and more valleys and paths began to appear . Now it was extremely difficult to differentiate which direction he was travelling .

This was only a hundred miles into the Misty Mountain Valleys, but he no longer dared go any deeper . If he got lost inside, he might never be able to leave .

The disciples who had entered the Jiuli secret realm all had to reach a set location before the realm closed . That was the only way for them to be transported back to the outer world .

If they didn’t make it in time, they would be stuck in the secret realm . Their only option would be to stay in the Jiuli secret realm for another hundred years, waiting for when it opened once more .

However, ever since the Jiuli secret realm had appeared, none of those who had stayed in the Jiuli secret realm for a hundred years had ever managed to survive . They had all disappeared within the secret realm forever . As for the reason, no one knew .

In any case, the past experiences of their seniors told all these disciples that if they couldn’t make it to the gathering point when their time was up, they would definitely die .

“Nineheart Gra.s.s!”

Long Chen had been in the midst of hesitating about whether or not he should enter deeper when he noticed a cl.u.s.ter of strange gra.s.s on the cliff of the mountain in front of him .

Each strand was eight inches long, and had nine segments that looked like flowers . However, those flowers were not brightly-colored like real flowers, but a deep emerald green .

This Nineheart Gra.s.s was a main ingredient for the fifth tier Nineheart Meridian Opening Pill . It was extremely precious .

For cultivators that had reached the Meridian Opening realm, the Nineheart Meridian Opening Pill was a treasure they yearned for even in their dreams .

This one cl.u.s.ter had over ten strands of Nineheart Gra.s.s . If those old Meridian Opening Elders from the monasteries saw that, they would definitely go crazy .

“It’s just like he said . There are countless precious medicinal herbs in these mountain valleys, but once you enter to gather them, you’ll never be able to get out…”

On the way to the supermonastery, Ling Yun-zi had told everyone several taboos regarding the Jiuli secret realm . One of them was this place, the Misty Mountain Valleys .

The Misty Mountain Valleys were also called the Lostsoul Mountain Valleys, or even perhaps the Soulsevering Valleys . Ling Yun-zi had warned everyone that if they wanted to collect medicinal herbs here, they were only to stay on the fringes .

From the fringes, it was possible to see some distant mountains, and using those as markings, you would be able to walk out .

But if you entered too deep, then with the thick mist, you wouldn’t be able to differentiate north, east, south, west . If you entered, then you would be able to gather many medicinal ingredients, but you’d never be able to leave .

Long Chen looked back in the direction he had came from . It was incredibly misty, and the mountains were already turning indistinct .

“Let’s start with here then . ”

At the entrance of the valley, Long Chen found a covert place to dig a small hole, and buried a small medicinal pill . Replacing the dirt, Long Chen confirmed no one could tell he had done anything here and left .

This medicinal pill was called the Spirit Guide Pill . It wasn’t to be consumed, but to be used as a marker .

Alchemy was a profession that went back to the distant past . It could be traced all the way to the very origin of cultivation . It was a broad and profound profession . There were medicinal pills whose tiers were beyond a person’s imagination, and the many effects and possibilities were as countless as the stars in the sky .

This Spirit Guide Pill could be considered an auxiliary pill . Other than auxiliary, defensive, and offensive pills, it was said that as long as an alchemist was strong enough and they had enough materials, it was even possible to refine a medicinal pill that would take human form and fight with them . And so alchemy was an extremely divine art .

However, this medicinal pill was naturally far from reaching such a level . It didn’t have much of an effect . The ingredients that had gone into it were simply special in that they allowed Long Chen to set his own spiritual imprint on them .

This was just a medicinal pill to avoid getting lost . Alchemists could use such pills to orient themselves .

While Long Chen was unoccupied, he would often refine these kinds of auxiliary medicinal pills . These were all things alchemists prepared for themselves . Now this pill finally had a purpose .