Chapter 506 - Chapter 506: Chapter 498: Imperial Wood (2/2)

If the Scorpion Spirit turned into a demon, it would be a tenth-level insect.

The Ant Queen, if she ate it, could advance to at least Grade Seven.

There’s also a good chance that she could accidentally reach Grade Eight.

After arranging the All-Heaven Myriad Insects Formation outside the valley and checking for errors, he once again turned his attention to the valley.

It was still eerily quiet, so quiet that it was frightening.

He had yet to see any yellow fog appear.

“Could it be that the scorpion spirit has cozied up inside its cave to sleep in today? Or perhaps it’s just stepped out?”

Qin Niu decided to sneak into the valley first to have a look.

Gently descending into the valley along the rope that Liu Shengli had secured.

The rope was only about thirty meters long, hardly enough to reach the bottom of the valley. The landing spot was a mixture of rock and soil, with some low-growing plants.

Liu Shengli had chosen the location well, as there was a sloping path perfect for climbing.

As Qin Niu’s cultivation was far superior to Liu Shengli’s, he did not need to rely much on external support and swiftly made his way down to the valley floor.

Indeed, as Liu Shengli had described, the place was overrun with hook vines.

They climbed everywhere, their long hook-shaped tendrils stretching out.

The leaves resembled those of the mouse vine, but the two plants were definitely not the same.

He decided to look for that fruit tree first.

The light inside the valley was extremely poor, casting a very dark shadow. Sunlight had difficulty penetrating from outside.

Qin Niu’s Medicine King Sutra had advanced to the mid-stage of the Spirit Qi Realm, allowing him to easily sense the energy inside these plants and the strength of their medicinal aura.

“These hook vines are a bit strange!”

He found that the medicinal aura of the hook vines was continuous and considerable. It was even stronger than that of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Yet the energy inside them was separate.

Turning to inspect the tall ancient trees, he spotted several valuable Phoebe zhennan trees at a glance.

The largest one had a trunk so thick that it could be embraced by a single person.

This was not the deepest part of the valley, at most it was the middle section.

One could foresee that deeper into the valley there might be even larger Phoebe zhennan trees.

With the Scorpion Spirit guarding this valley, all the woodcutters who wanted to enter and cut down the Phoebe zhennan trees had all met with King Yama. It was for this reason that so many Phoebe zhennan trees could exist within the valley.

Besides that, there were also many camphor trees and red-leaf trees.

Qin Niu also discovered something interesting: the medicinal aura of these Phoebe zhennan trees carried a hint of purple.

This wood was known as Imperial Wood in ancient times, considered exclusively for royal use, truly having some extraordinary aspects.

He tried to run the Medicine King Sutra to absorb the medicinal aura from the largest Phoebe zhennan tree.

No sooner had he absorbed a small amount than he felt the alchemy stove within him spin rapidly, with a wisp of purple aura rising within the stove. He could perceive changes occurring within the alchemy stove, although he couldn’t describe them precisely.

Perhaps it was because he had absorbed too little of the medicinal aura from the Phoebe zhennan tree.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and he felt a sudden tightness in his heart. One of the Green Ring Worker Bees he had sent out to scout the valley had just died.

It had been killed just moments ago.

It must have been located in the depths of the valley.

Qin Niu had no time to absorb more of the Phoebe zhennan tree’s medicinal aura; instead, he quickly gripped the Ink Blade and tensed, ready for the Scorpion Demon to approach.

His Green Ring Worker Bees weren’t especially strong, about Grade Two at best, probably unable to defeat even a slightly more formidable Asian giant hornet.

But killing them in flight was not easy, and it presented significant difficulty. Ordinary insects couldn’t manage it.

In this valley, it was likely only the Scorpion Demon could have done so.

Suddenly, another two Green Ring Worker Bees met with trouble at the same time, both instantly killed.