"Did we really get five spiritual medicines just like that?"
"It seems like, gathering all these spiritual medicines isn't too difficult after all!"
Soon after, Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan stepped outside and, upon learning that Mu Jinyu had already acquired the five required spiritual medicines, they exclaimed in amazement.
Mu Jinyu chuckled, "It's not that simple. This is because the Dragon Elephant Sect is a top-grade force of the Kunlun Ruins, and their Sect Master allowed me to choose from their treasure vault. Otherwise, how could I acquire so many at once?"
"You think it's simple, then first we must have other hidden sects and super clans open their doors and let us choose freely from their vaults, only then can it be called simple!"
Wen Rou's face grew bitter upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, "Indeed, it seems that collecting all these spiritual medicines is really difficult."
"Let's take it step by step. For now, I'll mature these five spiritual medicines and split them into two." Mu Jinyu shook his head.
These five spiritual medicines are not all mature. Some weren't mature when picked, discovered unexpectedly by the Dragon Elephant Sect, who feared that returning ferocious beasts guarding the medicine might steal them, so they were harvested early.
For them, harvesting early just slightly reduces the potency, and it's no big deal.
But to Mu Jinyu, immature spiritual medicines might just lead Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan's body swap to fail, so he can't use these medicines directly.
Since his Life Source Energy has a ripening effect, with just a simple effort, there's no reason not to take action.
Soon, Mu Jinyu matured the three unripe spiritual medicines with Life Source Energy, making their potency equal to naturally matured ones.
Then, Mu Jinyu took out the seeds and bases of the spiritual medicines, preparing to cultivate a second batch.
Cultivating from seed or base to maturity requires much more Life Source Energy than merely ripening.
Mu Jinyu spent a full three days in cycles of catalyzing, resting, cultivating, and continuing to catalyze...
Finally, he transformed the five variably matured spiritual medicines into ten fully matured ones!
"Whew... finally finished..."
Mu Jinyu opened his eyes, exhaling deeply as he looked at the ten mature spiritual medicines before him, with a look of contentment in his eyes.
"You worked hard; let me wipe your sweat."
Noticing this, Wen Rou's beautiful eyes showed a hint of heartache as she hurried forward to wipe Mu Jinyu's sweat.
Jian Ruyan, sitting aside, also looked at Mu Jinyu with some emotion.
Half a day later.
Mu Jinyu, along with Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou, checked out and left the inn.
Though the Hidden Dragon Conference had been over for three days, the discussions on the streets remained intense.
Some people greatly admired Mu Jinyu, finding him impressive for suppressing peers at eighteen, defeating opponents in their strongest domain, making him their idol.
Others deeply resented Mu Jinyu, believing that his appearance was why Ji Changxin couldn't win the Hidden Dragon Conference, causing the Dayan Dynasty's mighty Dragon Qi to dissipate and shift to the small Yan Kingdom, making their future cultivation much harder.
Many harsh words were spoken against Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu did not concern himself with such opinions.
Those who rely only on external aid, complain daily, and don't strive for improvement, aren't even worth a second glance from him.
Additionally, some people, though dissatisfied with the loss of Dragon Vein Qi Luck by Dayan Dynasty, didn't complain or speak foully as the former.
They decided to leave Dayan Dynasty, heading to Yan Kingdom, now rooted by the Dragon Vein, to continue their cultivation there.
There were many such individuals.
Historically, after each Hidden Dragon Conference, when the Dragon Vein shifted locations, they would follow it to continue cultivating elsewhere.
"Hehe..."
Mu Jinyu chuckled lightly, deciding to leave Dayan Imperial City.
However, he hadn't made a final decision yet, whether to first return to Yan Kingdom to have a look or casually roam nearby, to see if he could find the last seven spiritual medicines he needed.
"Buzz!!"
At this moment, Mu Jinyu's Heavenly Palace Token suddenly quivered slightly.
Mu Jinyu knew this was someone from the Heavenly Palace sending him a message.
Just like sending a text message.
Thus, Mu Jinyu extended his Divine Sense into the token, promptly receiving a message.
A message containing the whereabouts of three spiritual medicines.
The sender was Hua Yunfei, an insider Mu Jinyu won over before coming to the Hidden Dragon Conference.
Three days earlier, after obtaining the Soul Snatching Resolution Technique, Mu Jinyu sent the data for twelve spiritual medicines needed to Hua Yunfei, asking him to use the channels of the Heavenly Palace, and his Hua family's connections, to search for these spiritual medicines.
Three days later, Hua Yunfei finally found the whereabouts of three spiritual medicines, sending detailed information to Mu Jinyu.
However, what made Mu Jinyu's expression turn sour was...
In the three pieces of information Hua Yunfei sent, two spiritual medicines were already acquired by Mu Jinyu through the Dragon Elephant Sect...
Only one piece of information was usable.
"Damn."
Mu Jinyu cursed and then sent a message to Hua Yunfei, canceling the search for the five spiritual medicines.
Being completely under Mu Jinyu's control, Hua Yunfei dared not refuse any of his requests, agreeing wholeheartedly.
"Soul Shatter Grass..."
Mu Jinyu contemplated the spiritual medicine information sent by Hua Yunfei, muttering softly.
The second solution provided by the Heavenly Palace's Vice Palace Master involved breaking and rebuilding, using poison to counter poison.
The name of the Soul Shatter Grass itself indicated it wasn't a soul-nourishing spiritual medicine but a "poison" used for the annihilation of souls!
Ordinary people wouldn't dare ingest it, as it would utterly obliterate their souls!
The creator of the second solution was bold and meticulous, realizing that after Soul Seizing, the soul would gradually integrate with the new body, making it hard to dislodge with ordinary means.
Only by using extreme measures, employing a poison with the effect of soul shattering and spirit-cutting, to poison counter poison, unhinge the soul, then supplementing with other spiritual medicines to nurture the soul, and escort it back to the original body of the soul snatcher!
Could it truly succeed in swapping bodies again.
This is why the Soul Shatter Grass, though rare, few dared approach it to prevent their souls from being annihilated. Even having a lead wouldn't cause an uproar!
Thus, Hua Yunfei could swiftly obtain the Soul Shatter Grass clue.
"Alright, decided, I'll not return to Yan Kingdom yet, but go to Chu Kingdom, Yanyu City..."
Mu Jinyu said to Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan.
The two women naturally had no objections.
Seven days later.
Mu Jinyu, accompanied by Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan, had already left Dayan Dynasty and entered Chu Kingdom.
On a broad avenue capable of accommodating ten horse couriers in parallel, Mu Jinyu rode a carriage towards Yanyu City.
"Kill!"
"Don't let him escape!"
"Zhuo Yue, if you have the guts, don't run!"
"..."
Upon hearing the shouts behind the carriage, Mu Jinyu's expression shifted, whispering, "Zhuo Yue..."
Mu Jinyu was quite familiar with the name Zhuo Yue.
Back when he killed Ye Wushuang's disciple Ye Chen, to guard against Ye Wushuang, he specifically examined the Divine Rankings list.
He learned about Li Zhexiong, Yu Shenfeng, Zhuo Yue, and others.
Zhuo Yue, ranked third in the Huaxia Divine Rankings.
Known as Iron Fist Zhuo Yue!
"Is it him?" Mu Jinyu curiously muttered.