"Those are indeed the legendary Ghost Face Flowers."
Ye Yunfei glanced at the black flowers and nodded.
As an alchemist, Ye Yunfei had previously heard of this rare, mythical herb and knew its general appearance.
"Ghost Face Flowers are especially effective in refining Soul Power pills, but I've never been able to find this rare medicinal ingredient before," Ye Yunfei continued.
"Then what are we waiting for? There are some over there. Let's hurry over and grab them."
Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm was already itching to go upon seeing the treasure. "If we finally encounter them, we can't miss this opportunity."
"Look! There's no need to fight with them! The foot of that mountain over there seems to have Ghost Face Flowers too. Let's get over there!" Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly shouted, pointing towards the foot of another mountain in the distance.
This race of Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworms was highly sensitive to all kinds of treasures, allowing it to spot where they were faster than Ye Yunfei.
Sure enough, there were Ghost Face Flowers there as well! Ye Yunfei looked over, feeling slightly excited, and immediately rushed towards that direction.
As Ye Yunfei charged towards that mountain, many others in the distance also saw the patch of black Ghost Face Flowers at the mountain's foot. Several groups simultaneously charged towards the mountain from different directions.
However, Ye Yunfei's speed was noticeably faster!
Because within this continent, just like on the stone path before, flying was impossible. A highly profound flight-restriction formation existed here, one that even Ye Yunfei and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm couldn't break.
Therefore, everyone had to rely on their physical strength to travel. Ye Yunfei's physical strength was slightly superior even when compared to a Perfected Demigod, so his speed was naturally quicker.
Ye Yunfei was the first to rush to the foot of the mountain, quickly taking action to harvest the large patch of black Ghost Face Flowers there.
"Kid, stop right there! Our Demon Race spotted these herbs first!" a Demigod expert from the Demon Race shouted angrily at Ye Yunfei from the distance. Sweeping up clouds of black dust as he sprinted with incredible speed, his body radiated monstrous demonic aura.
"Ghost Face Flowers originally came from our Great Netherworld. They belong to the treasures of the Great Netherworld. Please, do not seize what is ours."
From another direction, a middle-aged man in a white robe floated and swayed over swiftly. His face was deathly pale, emanating billowing Yin energy. Apart from the people of the Demon Race and the Great Netherworld, members of several other forces also charged towards Ye Yunfei's location. Everyone knew Ghost Face Flowers were an exceptionally rare and precious treasure.
Ye Yunfei was extremely fast, harvesting all the Ghost Face Flowers within moments before turning around to leave.
"Kid, leave the goods behind!"
At this moment, the Demon Race's Demigod expert arrived. This was an Advanced Demigod whose upper body was covered in green scales, and a single curved horn exuding dense demonic aura grew from the center of his head.
This Advanced Demigod of the Demon Race extended a claw that continuously enlarged, like a stretch of demonic cloud, as it grabbed towards Ye Yunfei.
The expert from the Great Netherworld arrived almost simultaneously. With a wave of his hand, a piece of black cloth flew out, continuously expanding as it attempted to wrap around Ye Yunfei.
This black cloth exuded the stench of rotting corpses, dripped disgusting corpse oil, and unleashed powerful Corpse Path energy to suppress Ye Yunfei. This was a common type of treasure in the Great Netherworld: Shroud-Wrapping Cloth.
Simultaneously attacked by two Advanced Demigods, Ye Yunfei didn't panic. With a wave of his hand, he released over ten Demigod-level treasures. Activating them simultaneously, they erupted with surging artifact energy, respectively blocking the attacks from the Demon Race and Great Netherworld experts.
Seizing this opportunity, Ye Yunfei instantly distanced himself from the location. The Demon Race and Great Netherworld experts quickly blasted all dozen-plus artifacts Ye Yunfei had released into pieces.
However, they felt immensely surprised.
"Which faction does this kid come from? He can actually manipulate over ten Demigod-level artifacts simultaneously at such a young age?"
"But the energy aura he gives off seems to be merely that of a Heavenly Immortal. Have such monstrous geniuses emerged within our Chaos Void Sea?" the Demon Race expert said in an astonished tone.
"Damn it, we're a step too late! The Ghost Face Flowers here were all plucked clean by that kid," several other groups arriving from different directions said, looking flustered and exasperated upon seeing all the Ghost Face Flowers gone.
Since Ye Yunfei had changed his appearance and used a Soul Power Planet to generate a Soul Body aura different from his true body, members of these major forces didn't recognize Ye Yunfei's true identity.
"There are quite a few treasures on this continent. Let's make the most of our time and harvest what we can," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said to Ye Yunfei.
"From now on, I'll guide the way," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm added.
"Alright. You guide the way. Tell me immediately if you find any treasure," Ye Yunfei nodded.
Afterwards, Ye Yunfei continued delving deeper into this black continent.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm utilized his racial abilities. As soon as he detected treasure somewhere, he would immediately inform Ye Yunfei, who promptly took action, rushing over to seize the treasure.
This continent was filled with vast amounts of Yin-dark energy and laws, including Death energy and Death laws, Ghost Path energy and Ghost Path laws, Corpse Path energy and Corpse Path laws, and so on.
The convergence of all kinds of Yin-dark energy and laws made this continent appear extremely bizarre.
Simultaneously, because of this unique environment, the continent had given birth to many exceptionally precious, externally rare Yin-dark medicinal herbs and treasures.
As Ye Yunfei journeyed deeper into the continent, his gains were relatively plentiful, acquiring many medicinal herbs.
Apart from Ye Yunfei, there were many people from various major factions within the Chaos Void Sea also exploring for treasures all over this continent.
Because the entry and exit points of this Samsara Passage had been guarded by some major factions, forces and individuals without sufficient strength simply couldn't enter. Those qualified to come and explore for treasures were all members of those extremely powerful factions. Thus, those who could reach this black continent all had noteworthy backgrounds.
Ye Yunfei noticed that besides members of the Demon Race and Great Netherworld factions, there were also members of the Demon Race, Dark Faction, Shangqing Sect, and others.
"Master, look! That old guy from Heavenly God Hall is also here," Hu Miao suddenly said to Ye Yunfei, pointing into the distance behind them.
Ye Yunfei sent his Soul Power energy sensing back. Sure enough, he saw that Elder Fang from Heavenly God Hall leading his people onto this black continent.
"That kid from before is also here!" Elder Fang had just stepped onto the continent when he spotted Ye Yunfei from afar.
"Ignore him. If that old guy still tries to cause trouble for me, we'll handle it," Ye Yunfei said.
Elder Fang was a Perfected Demigod; his strength was certainly considerable. But Ye Yunfei was confident that even if he couldn't win, there wouldn't be any life-threatening danger, so he wasn't afraid.
"Look! Up ahead, there are several more medicinal herbs I don't recognize, but they must be of incalculable value. Hurry and go pick them!"
Just at this moment, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly pointed excitedly and shouted at a location ahead.
In a flash, Ye Yunfei dashed to that spot within moments. It was a slightly concave-shaped black valley.
Within the valley grew several black medicinal herbs, each with a bizarre shape, belonging to different types of precious Yin-dark herbs.
Ye Yunfei acted swiftly, harvesting all these black herbs in less than a breath, storing them inside a spatial ring.
Then, just as Ye Yunfei was about to leave this valley.
"Wait," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly seemed to have discovered something.
"Did you find something?" Ye Yunfei immediately stopped.
"This valley still has the aura of treasure. There's definitely some extraordinary treasure hidden here," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm replied.
"Oh? There's extraordinary treasure here? But besides those few black herbs earlier, the place seems barren everywhere, with no other herbs in sight," Ye Yunfei scanned the nearly lifeless black valley, somewhat puzzled.
"Who said only herbs count as treasure? Besides herbs, there can be other types of treasures, like artifacts or crystal stones," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm explained while performing detailed perception.
"I know. The treasure is buried underground," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm soon pointed at the valley floor.
"What's buried underground might be crystal stones or similar treasures," Hun Lao commented.
"Alright. I'll start digging now," Ye Yunfei nodded.
However, just at this moment, dozens of people rushed into this black valley. Some wore loose white robes, others loose black robes. They walked with a swaying, floating motion as if their heels never touched the ground. Ye Yunfei recognized at a glance that these were all members of the Great Netherworld.
"Kid, so you're here," the leader, a pale-faced middle-aged man, said in an icy voice as soon as he saw Ye Yunfei.
It was precisely the Advanced Demigod from the Great Netherworld who had attacked Ye Yunfei earlier.
"Elder, my divination suggests that a great quantity of Soul Stones are definitely buried underground in this valley," a deathly pale elder beside him spoke up.
"Excellent. These Soul Stones shall belong to us," the middle-aged man nodded.
"Kid, exactly which faction do you come from? Those Ghost Face Flowers you harvested earlier belong to our Great Netherworld. Return them to me now," the middle-aged man's sharp, frigid gaze bore down on Ye Yunfei.
"Who says those Ghost Face Flowers belong to your Great Netherworld? I say all the treasures here belong to me. In that case, please hand over everything you've obtained on this continent to me," Ye Yunfei replied coldly.
"Impudence! A mere ant at the Heavenly Immortal realm dares to be so audacious before our Elder? Are you tired of living?"
A Initial Demigod from the Great Netherworld took a step forward, releasing billowing Yin energy that surged like violent tidal waves, bearing down on Ye Yunfei.
"Kid, I don't care which faction you're from. Daring to speak to our Great Netherworld Elder in such a manner is an offense against your superiors, an act of ultimate defiance.
Hand over everything on your person immediately, then get lost. Otherwise, not even your elders will be able to save you," the Great Netherworld Initial Demigod spoke while using his energy to suppress Ye Yunfei.
Vast, sweeping Yin winds howled madly, filling the entire valley with a startling force.
Members of the Great Netherworld cultivated Yin-dark energies. Once unleashed, not only would the opponent's body feel unbearably cold, but their Soul Body would also be affected, as if plunged into a ten-thousand-year ice cavern.
"Offense against superiors? Are you worthy?
It's best not to provoke me, otherwise you won't have a chance for regret," Ye Yunfei glanced at the Great Netherworld members, speaking coldly with a trace of disdain in his tone.
The strongest among these Great Netherworld members was merely an Advanced Demigod, truly not much of a threat to Ye Yunfei.
Only encountering a Perfected Demigod would make Ye Yunfei somewhat cautious.
"What?!"
The moment Ye Yunfei's words fell, several icy, sharp gazes fixed upon him.
A Heavenly Immortal daring to speak such words in front of Demigod experts left the Great Netherworld members both perplexed and furious.
"How strange. Unless this guy has problems with his head, he must have been thoroughly spoiled by the elders of his major faction – no sense of seniority, no concept of hierarchy or respect, hence this reckless, foolhardy demeanor he exhibits outside as well."
"These spoiled young masters are often the easiest to die," some Great Netherworld members couldn't help but speculate.
"Kid! A mere Heavenly Immortal daring to speak like this before me? You're truly tired of living," the Great Netherworld's Initial Demigod flew into a rage. His right hand directly grabbed out, instantly growing larger amidst billowing Yin winds.
The temperature in the small area of space where Ye Yunfei stood immediately plummeted sharply, as icy and bone-chilling as a mortal standing in a frozen, snowy wilderness.
This Initial Demigod didn't execute any specific technique or secret art; it was just a casual grab.
Because in his eyes, Ye Yunfei was merely a Heavenly Immortal, too weak. He could suppress him through pure energy.
"Be careful. That kid can activate over ten Demigod-level artifacts simultaneously," the Great Netherworld Advanced Demigod standing nearby cautioned.
He had witnessed Ye Yunfei activating over ten Demigod-level artifacts earlier.
"Elder, don't worry. I'm confident about handling a Heavenly Immortal," the Great Netherworld Initial Demigod said with a laugh.
"This guy is too arrogant. Let me deal with him," before Ye Yunfei could act, Hu Miao spoke up first.
"Alright then. You handle him," Ye Yunfei nodded, standing still with his hands clasped behind his back.
Ye Yunfei knew that apart from himself, Hu Miao, Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Hun Lao, and Huang Shang also needed opportunities to train, and real combat was the best kind.
"Master, watch me!" Hu Miao called out softly.
She then utilized her clan's illusion arts. Powerful Illusion Path energy and laws were instantly released, transforming into one bizarre, kaleidoscopic illusionary realm after another, instantly enveloping the Great Netherworld's Initial Demigod.
Successive illusions continuously affected him, causing this Initial Demigod to immediately become lost, standing there trembling all over, because his Soul Body was experiencing one strange illusion after another.
"Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Huang Shang, Hun Lao, Hu Miao and I will keep these guys occupied. You guys start digging up the treasure buried underground here," Ye Yunfei transmitted his voice to Hun Lao, Huang Shang, and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
The reason Ye Yunfei was still lingering in this valley entangled with these Great Netherworld people was precisely for the treasure buried underground. Otherwise, he wouldn't waste time here and would have long since left.
"Alright. Let's dig up the treasure," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm immediately responded.