Inside the city at that moment, Ye Yunfei and the others rushed into one of the palaces.
The palace was filled with rows of ancient medicine shelves, upon which sat numerous jade bottles.
An intense fragrance of elixirs permeated the hall.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had long since dashed ahead. It had already opened over a dozen jade bottles in succession, swallowing all the pills inside.
"This bottle contains Sixth Grade Dao Pills!"
Hu Miao rushed over, opened one of the jade bottles, and exclaimed.
"Most of these pills are Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Grade Dao Pills.
There are also a few bottles of Eighth Grade Dao Pills," Ye Yunfei said after a sweeping glance.
As he spoke, Ye Yunfei reached out with a pulling motion. Five jade bottles from one of the medicine shelves simultaneously flew up and landed before him.
These five jade bottles contained Eighth Grade Dao Pills!
"The quality is somewhat lacking," Ye Yunfei remarked after opening one and examining it, shaking his head as he didn't think much of them.
*Whoosh!*
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a streak of golden light and landed on Ye Yunfei's shoulder.
"These pills taste awful!
They're nowhere near as good as the ones you refine!" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei gave a faint smile.
As an Alchemy Venerable, he was confident that very few alchemists in the world could surpass his pill-refining skills.
What Ye Yunfei currently lacked was cultivation strength and alchemical materials.
If he had sufficient strength and all the necessary materials, he could even refine Emperor Pills, let alone these Dao Pills.
Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and the other disciples rushed forward and, in a matter of moments, collected all the elixirs within the palace.
"Let's go. We'll explore other places," Ye Yunfei said.
Next, they found many medicinal herbs, spirit crystals, magic treasures, and various kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in several other palaces.
The treasures stored within this city were indeed plentiful, and Ye Yunfei's group had made a great haul!
"Master, we've struck rich again!" Hu Miao said excitedly.
"Indeed," Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
"We must speed up. Otherwise, once those guys break through the formations and enter, we'll have to compete with them," Huang Shang reminded.
"Right. Let's pick up the pace," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"I'll lead the way!"
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a golden beam and shot out.
"Master, I've noticed that the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm seems to have a natural sensitivity towards treasures. It can easily sense where they are!
The most annoying part, however, is that whenever it discovers something particularly valuable, it always takes the first bite!" Hu Miao said.
"The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm loves to consume all sorts of rare treasures, and it's naturally highly sensitive to them.
The more and the higher quality the treasures it eats, the greater the benefit to its strength.
Devouring treasures is actually one of its cultivation methods.
If it wants to eat, let it," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
In the following period, Ye Yunfei's group looted several more palaces, amassing an even greater number of treasures.
Suddenly—
*Whoosh!*
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a golden beam and shot rapidly towards the center of the city.
"Master, it seems the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm has found something!
Judging by its haste, it must be something extremely precious!" Hu Miao said.
"Let's go and take a look," Ye Yunfei said, his figure blurring as he chased after the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
Hu Miao and the others also exerted their movement techniques and followed behind.
Moments later.
Five tall mountain peaks appeared ahead!
These five peaks stood at the very center of the city, arranged according to the Five Elements positions.
*Whoosh!*
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm charged up one of the mountains.
Around halfway up the slope, it suddenly stopped, its gaze fixed intently ahead.
"A medicine garden!"
Ye Yunfei arrived and followed the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm's gaze. He couldn't help but pause in surprise.
Directly ahead lay an ancient medicine garden.
The garden was densely planted with gleaming, radiant herbs, exuding an intense medicinal aroma.
"Wow!
Seventh Grade Dao Herbs, Eighth Grade Dao Herbs, Ninth Grade Dao Herbs..."
Hu Miao had also arrived. Staring at the garden ahead, she cried out excitedly.
"Huh? Master, look over there. Those few herbs... they aren't Dao Herbs. Could... could they be Sacred Herbs?"
Hu Miao's gaze suddenly fixed on a few particular herbs within the garden, and she exclaimed in astonishment.
*Hiss!*
Sacred Herbs!
Huang Shang and the other disciples had also arrived by now. Hearing Hu Miao's words, they gasped in astonishment.
Above Dao Herbs were Sacred Herbs!
For martial artists in the Xuanhuang Star Domain, Sacred Herbs were legendary, high-grade herbs.
Forget Sacred Herbs—even Seventh or Eighth Grade Dao Herbs were things that the vast majority of martial artists in the Xuanhuang Star Domain would never lay eyes on in their entire lives!
Even the four ancient sects of the Sacred Domain would find it difficult to produce a single Seventh Grade Dao Herb!
"Those... are Sacred Herbs?
Heavens, I actually have a chance to see Sacred Herbs!"
The disciples from the Heavenly Dao Academy stared at the herbs suspected to be Sacred Herbs, utterly amazed.
"Something's strange."
At this moment, Ye Yunfei was also carefully observing those few herbs, feeling that something wasn't quite right.
Right at that moment—
One of the white-colored herbs suddenly moved, bursting forth with billowing white radiance.
*Hum...*
The white herb trembled violently and began to rapidly transform.
In the blink of an eye, a delicate-looking little boy riding a snow-white serpent appeared before everyone's eyes.
"A Demigod Herb!"
Hu Miao was the first to cry out in shock.
"We've seen a Demigod Herb!"
The disciples stared wide-eyed, barely daring to believe it.
"This is not a Demigod Herb.
Rather, it resembles a mysterious race from legend.
I never expected to encounter one here," Ye Yunfei said after staring at the little boy and the snow-white serpent for a moment, shaking his head.
"Hahaha...
Finally! We've broken all the formations, we can enter the city now!"
"Quick, get inside!"
Just then, from the direction of the city gates came a series of shouts as numerous martial artists rushed in from outside.
The martial artists outside had finally broken through all twelve of the Slaughter Formations guarding the city gates and entered.
"Quick! Treasure hunting!"
As soon as they entered, the martial artists immediately charged towards the various palaces within the city.
"Empty!
This palace only has rows of medicine shelves, and there are no herbs or pills on them at all!"
"This palace is empty too! I only found a few leftover remnants of Supreme Grade Spirit Crystals!
It seems Supreme Grade Spirit Crystals were once stored here!"
"Damn it! This palace is empty too!
But there are traces of energy fluctuations from magic treasures left behind. There must have been many treasures here not long ago!"
Soon, the martial artists discovered that most of the palaces were stripped bare.
"It must be Ye Yunfei and those disciples from the Heavenly Dao Academy!"
"How infuriating!
They've actually looted so many palaces clean!"
"When it comes to exploring and treasure hunting, being one step ahead really is everything!
Those who move slowly don't even get to lick the crumbs!"
Many martial artists stamped their feet and beat their chests, extremely unwilling.
"Everyone! Ye Yunfei and those Heavenly Dao Academy disciples must be deep within the city. Let's join forces, kill them, and then split the treasures on their bodies!" the Man in Crimson Armor from the Tongtian Sect declared loudly.
Then, he took the lead and rushed deeper into the city.
The other martial artists also followed suit.
After all, most of the palaces near the outer areas had already been looted. Most likely, only the palaces located deep within the city still contained treasures.