At this moment, Ye Yunfei, leading Cui Hong and Xiao Xiao, had already rushed into the mountain range east of the city.
As soon as they entered the mountain range, the trio discovered that the area was covered in lush and verdant medicinal fields, each protected by a high-level Formation.
'It's incredible,' Xiao Xiao exclaimed in surprise upon seeing that most of the herbs in those fields retained their full medicinal properties. 'Even after such a long time here, the herbs are still growing, not withered or decayed by the passage of time.'
'These herbs have been growing for an extremely long time. Their medicinal age is ancient; each plant is incomparably precious. We've hit the jackpot,' said the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, appearing beside Ye Yunfei, its eyes gleaming as it looked at the fields stretching ahead.
'Indeed,' Ye Yunfei nodded. 'These herbs have been growing for so long, their medicinal age is advanced, and their value is immense.'
'Enough talk, let's get to work!'
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, unable to contain itself, transformed into a streak of golden light and charged toward the nearest medicinal field.
*Clang!*
A solid Formation light screen instantly appeared, blocking its path and rebounding it back several steps.
'Be careful, these Formations are very sophisticated and powerful,' Ye Yunfei immediately moved to the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm's side, worried it might be attacked by the Formation again, as some could both defend and actively attack.
'Think a mere Formation can stop me?'
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, refusing to accept this, charged forward again.
*Clang!*
It was rebounded by the Formation light screen once more.
'Damn it, these Formations are indeed very clever. Even I can't pass through them,' it said. 'But if I study it properly, I'll definitely find a way in.'
This time, instead of forcing its way, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm approached the Formation light screen. A large number of crimson points of light then floated out from its body, like a swarm of red fireflies dancing in the air, settling on the Formation light screen ahead.
'Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, are you planning to use your race's bloodline essence to break this Formation?' asked Hu Miao, appearing beside it with curiosity.
Seeing Hu Miao appear, Cui Hong and Xiao Xiao weren't too surprised, as they already knew Ye Yunfei was accompanied by several beings from other rare races.
'I'm using my race's bloodline runes to analyze and study this Formation,' the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm answered proudly. 'It's a racial divine ability I recently awakened. Our race claims to be able to traverse most spatial Formations and restrictions in the world, and it's not just hot air. Our bloodline runes can automatically analyze all sorts of Formations and restrictions. Just wait, I'll be able to freely pass through this Formation soon.'
'The bloodline runes of the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm race?' Ye Yunfei looked at the red bloodline runes floating before the silkworm with some curiosity.
'Fine, the few of you focus on cracking these Formations and collecting the herbs from these fields. I'll go ahead and search those buildings.'
With a flash, Ye Yunfei soared into the air and charged toward a cluster of buildings among the mountains.
Based on Wu Dechang's memories, Ye Yunfei had a certain understanding of this Divine Pill Hall, as Wu Dechang had come here before to request pills from the Hall Master and was thus relatively familiar with the place.
Soon, Ye Yunfei arrived in front of a multi-storied building in the mountains. The building was five floors high and looked quite luxurious. From Wu Dechang's memories, Ye Yunfei knew this was one of the core buildings of the Divine Pill Hall. The Hall Master usually cultivated in seclusion on the fifth floor, and the hall's higher-ups frequently gathered here to discuss various matters.
Ye Yunfei directly rushed into the building and arrived in the hall on the first floor.
At a glance, rows of shelves filled the first-floor hall. Some shelves held medicinal herbs, while others held alchemical pills.
'This can't be right?' Ye Yunfei thought to himself with disappointment. 'Most of these herbs and pills have already lost their medicinal properties due to being stored for too long. They're basically just waste residue.'
The herbs in the earlier fields remained intact because they were planted in the ground, protected by high-level Formations, and high-grade herbs themselves could grow for extremely long periods. However, Ye Yunfei wasn't here for these herbs and pills. Ignoring the items on the first floor, he directly charged up to the second floor.
He discovered the second floor was a small conference hall, likely where the Divine Pill Hall's higher-ups discussed hall affairs. Ye Yunfei then rushed to the third floor.
The third floor turned out to be a small library, with over a dozen rows of bookshelves, each holding some jade slips containing cultivation techniques.
Ye Yunfei knew these jade slips held various alchemical legacies collected by the Divine Pill Hall from across the world. Wu Dechang, in his past visit, could only enter the first-floor hall and had no chance to go to the second floor or higher, as this was a restricted area of the Divine Pill Hall, and no one was allowed up without permission from the higher-ups.
Seeing the technique jade slips on the shelves, Ye Yunfei was very excited. He immediately rushed over and reached out to grab them.
*Rumble…*
Before his hand could touch the jade slips, a Formation emerged from each row of shelves, protecting them.
Ye Yunfei had anticipated this situation. With a wave of his hand, he took out a large handful of Formation-Breaking Flags and tossed them forward, embedding them into the space ahead. He then threw a punch toward one of the Formations.
Simultaneously, his two Soul Bodies and over twenty Soul Force Planets also began rapidly researching and analyzing these Formations.
'Not enough. My power alone is still too limited,' Ye Yunfei thought to himself. He then took out a black cloth bag and poured out thirty puppets.
Under Ye Yunfei's command, these thirty puppets began assisting him in attacking the Formations. Originally, Ye Yunfei had refined twenty puppets in that square, but he later found time to refine ten more. So now he had thirty usable puppets in hand, all possessing deity-level strength.
This was equivalent to Ye Yunfei bringing thirty Deities to break Formations.
Although the Formations before him were excellent, they had experienced an extremely long passage of time, and their power had long since dissipated significantly. Moreover, Ye Yunfei himself was a Formation Master. With his two Soul Bodies and over twenty Soul Force Planets researching together, he quickly gained some insights into breaking them.
Moments later, with a *bang*, Ye Yunfei directly shattered one of the Formations. With a grab, he took all the technique jade slips from that bookshelf—three in total.
He then charged toward another bookshelf, leading the thirty puppets in a frenzied assault on its Formation. In this manner, Ye Yunfei broke through five or six Formations, obtaining over a dozen technique jade slips in total, all recording alchemical legacies collected by the Divine Pill Hall.
However, trouble soon arose. The power of the remaining Formations exceeded Ye Yunfei's expectations. No matter how hard he tried with his thirty puppets, he couldn't break them.
'The level of these Formations is too high. The alchemical legacies they protect must be even more precious. If only I could obtain them,' Ye Yunfei sighed after struggling for nearly half an hour with no effect. 'It's a pity I can't break them for the time being.'
'Forget it, let's go check the fourth floor.'
Ye Yunfei decided to temporarily give up and turned to rush up to the fourth floor.
Soon, he arrived on the fourth floor and entered a small hall there. His eyes lit up with excitement.
This floor housed many treasures related to alchemy. Ye Yunfei first saw over a dozen alchemical cauldrons. Around each Pill Cauldron hovered profound runes, emanating a rich fragrance of pills.
'Each of these alchemical cauldrons is very advanced. If I could obtain them, they would be of tremendous help to my alchemy.'
Next, Ye Yunfei saw over a dozen spatial rings placed on a long table. These rings likely contained the wealth and assets of the Divine Pill Hall. Besides providing pills for internal use by the Zhenhuang Divine Clan members, the Divine Pill Hall also sold pills externally, amassing vast wealth through these sales. One could say the Divine Pill Hall was far richer than the Puppet Hall.
Then, on another long table, Ye Yunfei saw ten jade vials, each containing a flame.
'It's actually ten different kinds of exotic flames!' Ye Yunfei's eyes shone with desire.
'Let's collect these alchemical cauldrons first!'
Ye Yunfei first targeted the Pill Cauldrons, manifesting an energy giant hand that fiercely grabbed toward one of them.
*Rumble…*
As Ye Yunfei expected, a Formation instantly appeared, protecting the Pill Cauldron.
*Boom!*
Ye Yunfei's energy giant hand collided with the Formation and was actually repelled.
Left with no choice, Ye Yunfei, along with his thirty puppets, began attacking the Formation enveloping the Pill Cauldron. Thirty puppets plus Ye Yunfei himself equaled thirty-one Deities madly attacking. Combined with Ye Yunfei's simultaneous use of his two Soul Bodies and over twenty Soul Force Planets for continuous research and analysis, they finally managed to crack a fissure in the Formation after a while. However, the fissure quickly repaired itself, restoring the Formation to its original state.
'These Formations are truly astounding!' Ye Yunfei couldn't help but marvel.
Consider that Ye Yunfei's own Formation skills were already very high, and he had the assistance of thirty deity-level puppets, yet he could only barely open a fissure in the Formation, which then instantly recovered. Formations of this level were currently far beyond his ability to arrange.
'Although it's difficult for me to completely break this Formation in a short time, taking out the Pill Cauldron inside is still possible.'
After cracking a fissure in the Formation, Ye Yunfei had a plan. He led the thirty puppets in another frenzied assault, soon creating a wider fissure in the Formation.
Before this Formation fissure could fully recover, Ye Yunfei's hand shot out like lightning, grabbing the Pill Cauldron inside.
Ye Yunfei then moved toward the other Pill Cauldrons, each protected by its own Formation.
Over the next two hours, Ye Yunfei continuously broke these Formations, managing to acquire a total of five Pill Cauldrons.