Ye Yunfei led Hu Miao and the others onward, harvesting many more treasures along the way. The gains included medicinal herbs, crystals, and various other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
What delighted Ye Yunfei was finding quite a few Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures containing wood-attributed energy.
"As long as I collect enough wood-attributed treasures, I can cultivate the Greenwood Emperor Body. If I cultivate it to a perfected state, my physical body will undergo a qualitative leap! When injured with a perfected Greenwood Emperor Body, as long as there are plants containing wood-attributed energy nearby—flowers, grasses, trees—I can directly absorb them to allow my body to recover rapidly. Moreover, it will give birth to even more physical body supernatural abilities!" Ye Yunfei mused inwardly.
"What a pity. Those five fiendish demon beasts actually managed to escape in that valley. Otherwise, I could have extracted and stored their Bloodline Essence to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art Tempering Art later." Ye Yunfei recalled the five fiendish demon beasts from the valley, feeling a tinge of regret. Back then, during Ye Yunfei's killing spree atop the Profound Magnetic Mountain as he slew those Soul Formation Realm experts, those five beasts had actually managed to escape successfully.
As Ye Yunfei led Hu Miao and the others forward, searching for treasures everywhere, nearly every corner of the Divine Fall Land was abuzz with human martial artists.
"Hahaha… Thirty Sixth Grade Dao Pills! Who would have thought such immensely valuable treasures were hidden in this dilapidated cave!" Over a dozen young martial artists stood within a ruined cave, laughing heartily.
"Damn! A large-scale top-grade crystal vein! We're rich! Start digging!" A disciple of a certain major force stood beside a crystalline vein, exclaiming wildly in elation.
"A Seventh Grade Dao Medicine! It looks like the legendary Hundred-Armed Guanyin Fruit! We've struck it rich!"
"Haha… This unremarkable thatched hut actually contains fifty high-grade Honorable Treasures!"
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Occasional bursts of jubilant laughter rang out throughout the Divine Fall Land. One had to admit, treasures were everywhere in the Divine Fall Land! Many martial artists achieved good harvests.
Of course, danger lurked around every corner in the Divine Fall Land as well, and many martial artists perished miserably during their treasure-hunting expeditions.
"Quick, let's hurry and take a look! I heard a supreme-grade crystal vein was discovered in the mountain range ahead, containing many supreme-grade crystals!"
As Ye Yunfei's group advanced, suddenly, a team of over a dozen people in the distance activated their movement techniques, rushing towards a mountain range ahead.
"Supreme-grade crystals!"
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power was immensely powerful. Even though those dozen or so people were far away, Ye Yunfei heard them clearly.
"Let's go! Let's speed up!"
Ye Yunfei, with Hu Miao and the others, also accelerated, following the group from afar.
The value of supreme-grade crystals was enormous! One supreme-grade crystal was equivalent to one hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Crystals! Thus, even Ye Yunfei was somewhat tempted.
Moments later, they arrived within a certain mountain range. A large group of martial artists had gathered here, their gazes fixed on a flat area amidst the mountains. Radiant treasure light emanated from the ground in that flat area, making it obvious a crystal vein lay hidden underneath.
At the same time, a large group of fiendish rats, each the size of a stray dog, guarded the flat area, baring their fangs at the surrounding human martial artists, appearing extremely ferocious. The number of these fiendish rats was immense—at least a thousand of them!
About two to three hundred human martial artists surrounded the flat area, each holding weapons or magical treasures.
Ye Yunfei's party arrived and blended into the crowd, attracting no particular attention.
"Everyone, we have gathered over three hundred people now. Let's work together to kill these fiendish rats, and then we can excavate this crystal vein! Look, this supreme-grade crystal was found right on that flat ground!" a burly man declared loudly while raising a crystal shimmering with dazzling crystalline light high into the air.
Supreme-grade crystals!
Staring at that crystal, everyone revealed greedy expressions.
"Therefore, this must be a supreme-grade crystal vein. I believe there's no need for me to elaborate on just how valuable that is," the man continued.
"Alright! Let's all take action together, kill those fiendish rats, then split this supreme-grade crystal vein!"
"Enough talk, let's move!"
The other martial artists all began shouting eagerly. Everyone was itching to rush in and excavate that supreme-grade crystal vein.
"In that case, let's begin!" The burly man waved his hand and charged towards the fiendish rats, leading the assault.
Roar! Roar!...
The fiendish rats also roared in fury. This area was their home, and the sudden arrival of so many human martial artists thoroughly enraged them.
Boom! Boom!...
A great battle erupted. The combat power of these fiendish rats roughly corresponded to the Middle Primordial Soul Realm among human martial artists. Among the over three hundred human martial artists, some were Soul Formation Realm experts. So, in terms of numbers, the fiendish rats held the advantage; in terms of combat power, the humans held the advantage.
For a while, both sides fought fiercely.
After a short while, finally, under the full assault of the human Soul Formation Realm experts, large numbers of fiendish rats were slain. In the end, after a fierce battle, over half of the thousand-plus fiendish rats were killed, while the remaining minority turned and fled.
"Start digging!"
All the martial artists, utterly thrilled, began excavating.
Boom! Boom!...
With two to three hundred martial artists working together, they dug a pit over ten meters deep in the blink of an eye, revealing a crystalline vein. Brilliant, dazzling crystals appeared before everyone's eyes.
It was indeed a supreme-grade crystal vein!
At this moment, all the martial artists went mad, swarming into the pit and beginning to scramble for the supreme-grade crystals.
"Get away from this area! The crystals within ten feet are all mine! Dare to step in, and you die!"
"If you don't want to die, stay at least five feet away from my person. Otherwise, I will kill!"
"You dare snatch my crystals? Die!"
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Soon, conflicts erupted during the scramble for crystals, leading to fights. Even agonized screams rang out as people were constantly killed. Particularly the Soul Formation Realm experts, each acting with extreme arrogance, killing any Primordial Soul Realm martial artist daring to approach them on sight.
The value of supreme-grade crystals was so great it had driven these human martial artists to see red with greed!
Ye Yunfei, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and the five Academy members also rushed into the deep pit and began excavating supreme-grade crystals.
"A mere early-stage Primordial Soul Realm cultivator dares to snatch my crystals? Die!"
Suddenly, a man with sinister, predatory eyes threw a punch towards an Academy member not far from Ye Yunfei. This man's strength was at the Solid Stage of the Soul Formation Realm!
"Senior Brother Ye, save me!"
That Academy member was completely suppressed by the opponent's fist force, unable to move, and cried out in terror. After all, the difference in their cultivation realms was far too great.