Very quickly, Ye Yunfei arrived before the light curtain of the first layer formation. At this moment, the vast majority of people were still attacking the formations, so his arrival at this spot immediately drew their attention.
A significant number of magical treasures and waves of attack energy came hurtling towards Ye Yunfei. However, without even glancing at them, he swept a hand, repelling all the incoming assaults.
Then, he produced a large handful of formation flags, inserting them into the light curtain of the formation in front at lightning speed. Following that, he took a single step and walked right through that layer of the formation light curtain.
When Ye Yunfei began his movement, those from the Lingxiao Sect, led by Senior Brother Qi, also immediately followed him at their fastest speed.
In an extremely short amount of time, before anyone else could even react, all the Lingxiao Sect members had followed Ye Yunfei into the first layer of the formation light curtain.
'It actually works!'
Upon stepping into the first formation light curtain, every member of the Lingxiao Sect was incredibly excited.
'Strange. Among the acquaintances I've had, I don't recall any with such profound attainments in formations. Who exactly is he?'
Ba Yizhou felt deeply puzzled, racking his brains to recall.
'How is this possible?'
Everyone else watched as Ye Yunfei led the Lingxiao Sect members swiftly into the first formation layer, all of them a bit dumbfounded.
It must be remembered, they had pooled the power of so many people earlier, yet had not managed to break a single formation until now. This clearly demonstrated just how high-level and sturdy these formations were.
'Let's continue,' Ye Yunfei said calmly.
He then led the Lingxiao Sect members, traversing formation after formation, and in a mere moment, they had passed through all the formations, arriving before the dozen or so herb gardens.
'Sure enough, there are True God-level divine herbs!'
As an alchemist himself, Ye Yunfei's ability to sense and identify herbs was extraordinarily keen. With a single glance, he discerned the level of all the herbs in these dozen or so gardens.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei reached out with his hand, making a grabbing motion in the air, instantly plucking dozens of True God-level herbs.
True God-level herbs were of immense value, so Ye Yunfei naturally wouldn't yield them to the Lingxiao Sect disciples.
'Begin,' Ye Yunfei said.
The Lingxiao Sect members, hearing this, immediately rushed into the herb gardens to start harvesting.
These dozen or so herb gardens covered a vast area, so it was impossible to finish picking everything instantly.
Ye Yunfei, Qin Xiaoyu, Lu Shi, Hu Miao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Huang Shang, and the others all emerged from the Phantom Shadow Pagoda and rushed into the herb gardens to start harvesting.
Although Hu Miao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, and Huang Shang were only three in number, their movement techniques and speed far surpassed those of the Lingxiao Sect disciples; each could almost handle the work of ten.
Ye Yunfei's speed was even faster, so swift that most could hardly perceive him clearly—only a faint blur moving rapidly.
Therefore, Ye Yunfei's side harvested herbs at a much faster pace than the Lingxiao Sect disciples.
'Elders and Brothers, the sole reason we are able to enter and harvest herbs here is entirely due to this young master. Therefore, we must not compete with him; we should yield to him as much as possible.'
Senior Brother Qi used Sound Transmission to instruct the other Lingxiao Sect disciples.
At the same time, this Senior Brother Qi had already begun to develop an intention to befriend Ye Yunfei.
'Damnit! If we don't get in there soon, all the herbs in those gardens will be harvested by them!'
Outside the formation light curtains, everyone was growing anxious.
'Step aside, all of you! I'll break the formations!'
Right at that moment, someone suddenly roared.
Rumble…
A total of five yellow talismans soared into the air, erupting with five different colored lights.
Then, the lights radiating from the five yellow talismans coalesced into a long, sharp blade, which fiercely hacked towards the first formation.
To everyone's astonishment, the first formation light curtain was actually cleaved open, leaving a gap.
'What kind of formation-breaking method is this?'
For a moment, even Ye Yunfei was somewhat taken aback, his gaze shifting to the five yellow talismans.
'These might be the legendary Five-Elements Formation-Breaking Talismans from ancient times. Only extremely high-level talisman masters could craft them,' Hun Lao spoke up.
'So that's it,' Ye Yunfei nodded.
He knew Hun Lao possessed the racial memories of the Chaos World Tree Clan, which awakened many ancient memories automatically.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Next, the long blade assembled from the five talismans continuously hacked gaps through formation layer after formation layer. A plainly dressed young man in hemp clothing followed behind the five talismans, continuously passing through the openings they created, swiftly arriving before the herb gardens.
'Get lost, all of you.'
Stepping into one of the herb gardens, the hemp-clothed youth released a terrifying surge of energy that swept out from his body, immediately sending over a dozen Lingxiao Sect disciples flying, tumbling out of the garden.
'Damnit!'
Seeing this, Senior Brother Qi of the Lingxiao Sect flared with anger. A flying sword shot out from within him, slashing towards the hemp-clothed youth. However, before the flying sword could even get close to the youth's body, it was directly knocked away.
'Too strong!'
Witnessing this, Senior Brother Qi was startled and immediately used Sound Transmission to tell the other Lingxiao Sect members to temporarily avoid provoking the hemp-clothed youth.
Once the hemp-clothed youth had entered, all the others also rushed in through the gaps in the formations, swarming into the herb gardens to harvest.
At this point, Ye Yunfei had already arrived before the three thatched huts. According to the perception of the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, it was highly likely there were treasures within these huts.
Reaching the middle hut, Ye Yunfei sensed for a moment, then directly walked in through the door.
Inside, he saw a green-robed elder sitting cross-legged. With three long wisps of beard hanging down before his chest, the elder appeared to be resting with his eyes closed.
'This is just a phantom image, not even a true soul power imprint. It was likely left behind by some powerful expert from ancient times who frequently sat here. Over time, his figure was imprinted into the fabric of this space,' the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm quickly noticed that the green-robed elder before them was merely a shadow.
'Indeed,' Ye Yunfei agreed after sensing it more closely.
'Look! In front of him, there is a scripture scroll,' the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Upon closer inspection, Ye Yunfei indeed spotted a yellow scripture scroll lying in front of the green-robed elder. Furthermore, this scroll was slowly flipping its pages on its own, page after page continuously opening.
'This scripture is about alchemy,' Ye Yunfei said with a surge of excitement, stirred by the words he saw inscribed on the pages.
This was a rare opportunity!
Ye Yunfei immediately used his soul power energy to commit every single word on each page of the scripture to memory.
'The alchemy techniques recorded in this scripture are incredibly profound.'
Very quickly, Ye Yunfei discovered that the alchemy techniques recorded in this scroll were the most advanced he had ever encountered so far. The pages continued to flip slowly, over and over in a continuous cycle.
'It seems the scene of this senior reviewing the scripture in the past was recorded by the spatial laws and is now being 'played back.' I must seize this chance.'
Utilizing his formidable soul power, Ye Yunfei meticulously recorded every single character on each page of the scripture, not missing a single one.
Right at that moment, a figure suddenly walked in from outside. It was the hemp-clothed youth.
'Get out!'
The hemp-clothed youth caught sight of the scripture scroll before the green-robed elder in a single glance, an excited expression flashing across his face. He then shouted at Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei's brow furrowed slightly, and he instantly threw a punch. A torrential emperor's might instantly erupted, sweeping towards the hemp-clothed youth like a raging ocean.
The hemp-clothed youth's expression darkened. A simple, unadorned-looking short knife appeared in his hand, and he slashed it towards Ye Yunfei.
With a *hum*, a searingly sharp blade light instantly bisected the space between him and Ye Yunfei, racing towards Ye Yunfei's body.
'This guy is quite strong,' Ye Yunfei couldn't help but secretly acknowledge.
*Clang!*
A white short sword materialized before Ye Yunfei, blocking that blade light. Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei unleashed Moonslayer Slash, the Soul Force Star Method, and Soul Blades to attack the hemp-clothed youth's soul sea.
However, a transparent treasure pearl suddenly floated up within the hemp-clothed youth's soul sea, radiating vast waves of soul force energy. It directly blocked all three of Ye Yunfei's soul-force martial techniques.
'What kind of magical treasure is that?' Ye Yunfei was rather shocked seeing that transparent pearl.
The cultivation realm of this hemp-clothed youth before him was the same as Ye Yunfei's: Intermediate Void God. But his combat power was absurdly formidable.
'You have some skill.'
The hemp-clothed youth was also somewhat surprised by the strength Ye Yunfei displayed, and he said in a low voice.
'Nevertheless, you still must get out.'
The hemp-clothed youth swung the short knife in his hand, which rapidly enlarged, roaring through the air as it hacked down on Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei grasped the white short sword, continuously parrying.
'That's also a True God-level magical treasure, no wonder its power is so immense,' Hun Lao said in surprise, watching the short knife in the hemp-clothed youth's hand.
*Hum!*
A golden spear materialized in Ye Yunfei's hand. It violently tore through space, thrusting towards the hemp-clothed youth's head.
Facing Ye Yunfei's War God Spear technique, the hemp-clothed youth's expression changed slightly; he could perceive how terrifying this martial skill was.
*Boom!*
A silver shield materialized before him. With a *clang*, it deflected the golden spear Ye Yunfei had thrust forward.
'Again.'
Ye Yunfei raised a palm high, another golden spear appearing in its grasp, which he fiercely stabbed towards the hemp-clothed youth. At the same time, his other palm shot forward.
*Rumble…*
In the next instant, a blazing, luminous mass manifested behind the hemp-clothed youth, erupting with astonishing heat and blinding golden radiance.
Then, this brilliant mass transformed into an enormous palm, blazing fiercely and carrying terrifying energy, smashing towards the hemp-clothed youth.
The hemp-clothed youth was startled. The short knife in his hand lashed forward, while his other hand balled into a fist to strike backwards. Simultaneously, over a dozen magical treasures flew out from his body, forming a tight protective barrier around him.
*Rumble…*
Following a deafening blast, the hemp-clothed youth's body was directly forced out of the hut.
The hemp-clothed youth's face turned ashen. Ever since entering the Yangming Secret Realm, during every conflict and treasure scramble with others, he had almost bulldozed his way through with virtually no match. To think he would now encounter such a powerful opponent.
'The Sun-Devouring Bright-Sun Palm's power is indeed formidable,' Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
Ye Yunfei had obtained two martial techniques from the Yangming King: one was the War God Spear, the other was the Sun-Devouring Bright-Sun Palm.
*Hmph!*
Glancing coldly at Ye Yunfei inside the hut, the hemp-clothed youth snorted, then walked towards another nearby hut.
'That guy is truly formidable!' Ye Yunfei couldn't help but remark.
'Indeed. He's only at the Intermediate Void God realm, but his combat power doesn't seem much inferior to yours,' Hun Lao nodded in agreement.
A short while later, Ye Yunfei had completely committed to memory every character on every page of the scripture scroll lying before the green-robed elder. In other words, he had obtained a complete alchemy scripture.