Chapter 427: The Medicine Garden

Under Han Li and Patriarch Cold Flame's hand seals and incantations, the five-colored light radiating from the five spirit treasures blazed intensely, and countless five-colored runes flew out, swirling around the treasures.

The five-colored light tumbled and interwove in midair, quickly merging into a massive five-colored light orb.

Deep within the orb, the five spirit treasures formed a circle and spun rapidly.

With each rotation, the five-colored orb expanded, soon reaching a hundred zhang in size, its dazzling five-colored light nearly blotting out the sky.

This sight left Lu Yuqing nearby mesmerized, her apricot mouth slightly agape.

At that moment, Han Li and Patriarch Cold Flame simultaneously raised a hand and struck the orb with a spell seal.

With a tearing sound!

A five-colored beam suddenly shot out from the center of the orb, striking the starlight barrier.

Where they met, the flow of stars on the barrier's surface remained unaffected, looking from afar like a five-colored passage connecting to the vast starry sky.

Han Li and the other chanted incantations, activating the mantra of the Grand Five Elements Capturing Spirit True Light. The five-colored beam instantly thickened, with dazzling five-colored light flowing within.

These lights then coalesced into five-colored arrows, each a zhang in size, and rained down like a storm onto the starlight barrier.

Rumble!

The once calm surface of the starry river shook violently. Starlight and arrow radiance intertwined, churning up clusters of five-colored light that spun rapidly, devouring countless stars and producing continuous explosive roars.

The starlight barrier rumbled and shook, its starlight dimming swiftly. The originally thick barrier quickly became thin.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart stirred.

This starlight barrier seemed extremely profound, yet its interior was so fragile. They had only just begun, and the barrier could no longer hold.

Though surprised, his hands did not stop, continuing to form seals.

Under the frantic flickering of the five-colored beam, more five-colored arrows emerged and shot down.

As time passed, the starlight barrier grew thinner, and after just a quarter of an hour, only a thin layer remained.

Han Li's eyes flickered, and he changed his hand seal. Almost simultaneously, Patriarch Cold Flame did the same.

The five-colored beam blazed brightly, and countless arrows emerged, merging into a single giant arrow a hundred zhang in size, with five-colored light flowing wildly over its surface.

With a piercing screech, the giant five-colored arrow crashed down onto the starlight barrier.

With a earth-shattering boom, the starlight barrier could no longer hold. Large swaths of the starry river collapsed, and the barrier shattered inch by inch.

Seeing this, Han Li waved a hand.

The five spirit treasures in midair dispersed; three flew into his sleeve and vanished.

The other two also turned into streaks of light, collected by Patriarch Cold Flame with a single gesture.

With the restriction gone, the original courtyard was clearly revealed, and a rich aura of spiritual energy and medicinal fragrance rushed forth.

Han Li flickered and immediately flew down. Patriarch Cold Flame and Lu Yuqing quickly followed.

The moment the three landed in the courtyard, clusters of starlight suddenly lit up on the surfaces of the stone pillars at the four corners of the courtyard walls. Starlight dots reappeared, and beams of spiritual light shot out, intertwining in midair.

In just a breath or two, the starlight restriction above the courtyard reformed, though only as a thin layer.

As the array patterns on the four stone pillars flickered, streams of starlight power emerged in midair, falling down and merging into the pillars.

The starlight restriction flickered faintly and slowly thickened.

Han Li looked up at the starlight restriction, frowned slightly, as if realizing something.

He then shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and looked toward the medicinal field beside him.

The medicine garden in the courtyard was divided into sections, separated by fences made of green jade.

Each section was covered by restrictions of various colors, within which grew various spirit herbs and flowers.

Han Li turned his gaze to a nearby medicinal field several zhang in size.

This field was covered by a light red restriction, inside which grew dozens of two-foot-tall red spirit herbs.

These herbs were entirely crimson, with oval leaves and a palm-sized bright red flower at the top, resembling a burning flame.

Even through the restriction, one could sense the astonishing fire-attributed spiritual power emanating from the herbs.

"Blazing Flame Grass..." Han Li's heart stirred.

This crimson spirit herb, called Blazing Flame Grass, was a well-known fire-attributed spirit herb used to refine some top-grade fire-attributed pills, even fire-attributed Dao pills.

The herb's fame came from a characteristic: once its age exceeded a hundred thousand years, there was a considerable chance it would give birth to a trace of fire-attributed law.

Apart from some special spirit herbs and spirit medicines, not many can spontaneously give birth to law power, and most require hundreds of thousands of years of age, but the Blazing Flame Grass can be considered an exception.

Although even when this grass gives birth to law power, it is not very strong, yet containing law power allows it to be used as an ingredient to refine Dao pills, and coupled with its low age requirement, it naturally becomes an ideal item for major powers to cultivate Heavenly Alchemists.

However, judging by the size of these Blazing Flame Grasses, they are at least three to four hundred thousand years old, and the fire-attribute law power born within them is naturally far beyond that of those a hundred thousand years old.

Moreover, if he had leisure time in the future and used the Heaven-holding Bottle to increase their age to five hundred thousand years, the value of such a batch of spirit herbs rich in fire-attribute law power would be unimaginable.

Han Li did not rush to pick these spirit herbs; he turned and walked toward other medicinal fields, since it seemed no one had been here for a long time, and there must be many more heavenly materials and earthly treasures of greater value than the Blazing Flame Grass.

At this moment, Cold Flame Ancestor and Lu Yuqing also walked away with delighted expressions, each searching on their own.

Han Li soon stopped beside a medicinal field. In this field were clumps of dark purple spirit herbs, only half a foot tall, very slender, shaped like wheat seedlings.

A strange odor emanated from these herbs, a mix of fragrance and some pungent smell.

Han Li stared intently at these purple spirit herbs, paying no attention to the strange odor.

This herb was called Extreme Vision Grass, and it was quite famous in the Northern Cold Immortal Domain.

He had read a record in a classic: in the far north of the Northern Cold Immortal Domain, there was a Night Light Island, where grew a kind of flying spirit beast called the Night Light Spirit Falcon. At its strongest, it only had the strength of the Combined Body stage, and its numbers were few, so no one had ever paid it much attention.

Later, a True Immortal rogue cultivator happened to capture a Night Light Spirit Falcon on Night Light Island and made it his spirit beast.

Although this Night Light Spirit Falcon had low cultivation, its eyesight was extremely powerful, able to see conditions tens of thousands of miles away. This True Immortal cultivator was overjoyed and, relying on this bird, made a considerable name for himself.

Later, this matter leaked out by chance, immediately attracting many cultivators to Night Light Island to capture Night Light Spirit Falcons. But they soon discovered that these Night Light Spirit Falcons had ordinary eyesight, nowhere near as powerful as the legend claimed.

Surprised, that True Immortal rogue cultivator went to Night Light Island again to investigate. Later, he discovered that near the nest of the Night Light Spirit Falcon he had captured, several spirit herbs grew. It was precisely by swallowing these spirit herbs that his Night Light Spirit Falcon had become so sharp-sighted.

After this news spread, these strange herbs that originally emitted a peculiar odor suddenly gained great fame. They were named Extreme Vision Grass, and their reputation quickly spread throughout the Northern Cold Immortal Domain, attracting countless people to search for and pick them.

However, Extreme Vision Grass grew slowly and had strict environmental requirements. It was originally very rare, and after being extensively harvested by countless cultivators, it became increasingly scarce. By now, it had already gone extinct, not appearing for nearly a million years. Unexpectedly, it existed here.

Moreover, these Extreme Vision Grasses before him were at least two to three hundred thousand years old, of immense value.

A hint of joy flashed in Han Li's eyes. He took a few more glances before shifting his gaze to the other medicinal fields nearby.

"Phoenix Pattern Flower!" "Silver Moon Gan Luo!" "Dawn Light Grass!"

He quickly examined over a dozen medicinal fields and called out these extremely precious spirit herbs, many of which were already extinct in the outside world, with increasingly bright eyes.

Phoenix Pattern Flower and Silver Moon Gan Luo, among several other spirit herbs, contained astonishing spiritual power and were excellent materials for refining pills that strengthen the foundation and nourish the origin.

Moreover, the spirit herbs in these medicinal fields were all hundreds of thousands of years old, their medicinal power exceedingly abundant. They were already too potent for refining True Immortal-level pills and should be suitable for refining Golden Immortal-level pills.

Additionally, there were several types of spirit herbs in the fields that Han Li, with all his experience and knowledge, could not name at once.

These unfamiliar spirit herbs were also brimming with spiritual power and inner spiritual light, appearing to be extremely extraordinary items.

Han Li's heart rejoiced; this medicinal garden had indeed not disappointed him.

Boom, boom, boom—a series of loud noises came from not far away.

Han Li looked up and saw that Cold Flame Ancestor and Lu Yuqing had already begun to break the restrictions on the medicinal fields.

However, the restrictions in these fields seemed ordinary but were exceptionally resilient.

The two struck repeatedly but could not break them for a time.

Seeing this, Han Li hesitated no more and flicked his sleeve.

Seventy-two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords instantly surged out from his sleeve, circled in the air, and transformed into a green misty sword formation, covering several medicinal fields.

He muttered incantations, fully activating the sword formation.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Countless extremely sharp sword qi emerged, slashing against the restrictions of the medicinal fields.

The power of the Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword Formation under Han Li's full activation was formidable; the restrictions trembled violently, their light rapidly dimming.

After a few breaths, these restrictions shattered with a loud crash.

Han Li waved his sleeve again, and hundreds of dark yellow bean pellets shot out, then transformed into hundreds of Dao soldiers.

He waved his hand, sending out a dazzling green light that swept across the ground.

The green light dissipated, revealing hundreds of jade boxes and jade containers.

"Collect all these spirit herbs," Han Li instructed calmly.

Upon hearing this, the Dao soldiers each took jade boxes and busily set to work.

"Dao soldiers!"

Cold Flame Ancestor, who had just broken the restrictions on one medicinal field and was collecting the spirit herbs one by one, heard the commotion and looked over at Han Li, once again startled.

Han Li's strength had already shocked him greatly; he never expected that Han Li also knew this obscure and difficult-to-cultivate Dao soldier technique, leaving him at a loss for words.