Chapter 342 (2/2)

The Spirit Guide Pills he had refined all had his specific spiritual imprint that only he could sense, so he didn’t need to fear other pill cultivators destroying them . That was why Long Chen dared enter .

He did one final inspection to be sure he hadn’t made any mistakes before continuing deeper . Arriving at the Nineheart Gra.s.s, he used a special jade shovel to excavate it it and carefully placed it into his life ring .

Even though this life ring couldn’t allow it to continue growing, it would keep it from decaying . Live medicinal ingredients were much more valuable than dead ones .

Just these stalks of Nineheart Gra.s.s could be exchanged for a huge amount of points . If Long Chen refined them into Nineheart Meridian Opening Pills, then they would fetch a shockingly high price .

“As expected, the legends are true . Once you enter this place, it’s extremely difficult to leave . ”

Long Chen turned back and the only thing he could see was this white mist . He wasn’t even able to see the valley entrance anymore .

This was the most bizarre aspect of the Misty Mountain Valleys . Looking deeper in, it was possible to see for hundreds of meters . However, looking outwards, you wouldn’t even be able to see a few meters in front of you .

There were also smart people who had used their own smart methods . They had tied a string to the outside world so that they could enter and then leave by following the string .

But this place contained people from both the Righteous and Corrupt paths . If you were to tie a piece of string to the outside, then enemies would easily find it .

When you finally returned to your original location, you would find a group of people waiting to kill you and take your treasures . So that was not a good method .

After collecting the Nineheart Gra.s.s, Long Chen returned to where he had buried his Spirit Guide Pill . Looking into the indistinct mountain in the distance, he confirmed his orientation didn’t have any problems . Only then did he go about erasing any of his footprints .

After all, the Misty Mountain Valley was famed for being terrifying . Long Chen didn’t dare be careless . Ever since he had been buried in that ancient tomb, he had become much more cautious .

Previously, if that Spirit Guide Pill had failed him, he could still have followed his footprints out . But now that he had confirmed his method worked, Long Chen erased those footprints so that others wouldn’t know he had gone in . He definitely didn’t want there to be a large group of ambushers waiting for him when he returned .

As he continued deeper, he found a shocking amount of precious ingredients . In less than a few hundred meters, he saw three cl.u.s.ters of Nineheart gra.s.s as well as four other types of precious herbs that were all extremely rare in the outside world .

That naturally delighted Long Chen . Alchemists all loved obtaining rare medicinal ingredients, and Long Chen was no exception . That was especially true since he had his Pill G.o.d memories .

Although those memories were incomplete, he had perfect knowledge of medicinal ingredients . He even had knowledge of medicinal ingredients that didn’t even exist in the outer world .

Long Chen couldn’t help feeling incredibly grateful to that fellow who had ‘gifted’ him his own life ring in the monastery’s trial . That fellow really had helped him out .

Following along the valley, he entered several miles deeper when he reached a fork in the road that led to other valleys .

He once more buried a Spirit Guide Pill here and continued deeper . Three days later, Long Chen’s life ring was packed with hundreds of precious medicinal herbs .

These were all exceptionally high tier medicinal ingredients . If he refined them into high tier medicinal pills, their value would be terrifying .

Bang!

Just as Long Chen was gathering medicinal ingredients, a m.u.f.fled noise came from inside his body . The surrounding wind surged around him, and a majestic energy soared from his body .

“I’ve broken through to the first Heavenstage!” Long Chen couldn’t help being delighted . It had already been several days since he had advanced to Tendon Transformation, and he hadn’t deliberately cultivated . Instead, he had used Three Connecting Flower Tendon Pills to nourish his tendons .

What was a pleasant surprise for him was that his body’s ability to absorb medicinal energy was absolutely shocking . Even after consuming over ten Three Connecting Flower Tendon Pills, he was still absorbing one hundred percent of their energy . Although it was a special that that could be continuously consumed, the fact that he was still absorbing its full medicinal energy was shocking .

Furthermore, not only were his tendons growing stronger, but his cultivation base also slowly rose with it .

Medicinal pills were only a supplementary a.s.sistance to cultivation . Although they could quickly increase your cultivation base, if you didn’t work hard yourself, your foundation would become unsteady . Your aura would grow chaotic, and if they continued for too long, your cultivation base would essentially become crippled in the future .

So while cultivators were dependant on medicinal pills, they couldn’t be completely dependant . Even if you used medicinal pills to increase your strength, you would have to spend some extra time stabilizing your foundation . If you wanted to stabilize quicker, then the best way was to go out fighting, and the higher level the fight, the faster your foundation would settle . A life and death battle was the most efficient way to stabilize your power .

However, Long Chen realized he didn’t need to worry about that . There was not the slightest sign his foundation was growing unsteady . Could it be that the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art could consume unlimited medicinal pills? Long Chen had thought of that theory more than once .

After advancing to the first Heavenstage, Long Chen felt as if his body was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with energy, and couldn’t help smiling . He took out another batch of Three Connecting Flower Tendon Pills and threw them into his mouth .

Since his body could continuously absorb medicinal energy, Long Chen decided to eat medicinal pills like food . This was also a kind of test towards the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art . He needed to uncover its secrets one by one .

Continuing forward, Long Chen ran into several more valleys, and harvested quite a few precious medicinal herbs .

But suddenly, Long Chen saw a skeleton lying on the ground before him, and his pupils shrunk ever so slightly .