Former Interstellar Mercenary In Urban Cultivation World-Chapter 1396: The Hidden Core

He would have to wait until she found that strand of white essence and used the Reincarnation Pearl to restore balance before he could awaken.

If that was the case, she didn’t know when she’d be able to find that white essence. Otherwise, Kenny Lin might remain like this forever.

Since Kenny Lin was recovering in a good direction, Amalia felt a lot better.

With her consciousness returning to her body, the two of them quickened their pace.

It seemed the Spirit Garden suppressed outsiders, preventing flight, so they had to walk on foot.

Even so, Amalia’s speed was still very fast, and it wasn’t long before they reached the first location they considered a formation core.

He would have to wait until she found that strand of white essence and used the Reincarnation Pearl to restore balance before he could awaken.

If that was the case, she didn’t know when she’d be able to find that white essence. Otherwise, Kenny Lin might remain like this forever.

Since Kenny Lin was recovering in a good direction, Amalia felt a lot better.

With her consciousness returning to her body, the two of them quickened their pace.

It seemed the Spirit Garden suppressed outsiders, preventing flight, so they had to walk on foot.

Even so, Amalia’s speed was still very fast, and it wasn’t long before they reached the first location they considered a formation core.

Compared to the previous gardens they had found, this one looked almost insignificant. The sign above the entrance read "Myriad Herbs Garden."

"The Myriad Herbs Garden is the garden personally tended by the Planting Fairy, so it’s called the Myriad Herbs Garden. But there are several such Myriad Herbs Gardens, so this shouldn’t be the formation core," Wealth suddenly said.

"Why not?"

"If it were the formation core, the Verdant Heatroot Token should have responded."

Amalia instantly understood and turned around without hesitation. "Let’s go, we’ll head to the next one."

Wealth jumped onto her shoulder. "Mother, aren’t we going inside to take a look? If there are spiritual herbs inside, it would definitely be better than the previous gardens."

"Since we’re looking, let’s go straight for the best one. We don’t have time to waste here." Besides, she was a little worried about the situation outside. She should have investigated the situation before entering.

"Alright." Wealth noticed her urgency and stopped persuading her.

They continued toward the next one. As long as the Verdant Heatroot Token didn’t react, they walked straight past the gate, not even sparing a glance.

At her place, whether human or devil, if they discovered a garden rich in spiritual energy, they would work together to break the formation, and by the time they left, the garden would be in ruins.

Time passed quickly, and by late afternoon, Amalia had checked four Myriad Herbs Gardens. None of them were the formation core she was looking for. The places marked on the eight trigrams as possible formation cores had been reduced to just one. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The two of them spent another two hours, traveling a thousand miles, and finally arrived at the last garden.

Amalia was surprised to find that the garden before her was not a Myriad Herbs Garden at all but rather a rather run-down small garden, barely a thousand square meters in size.

The Myriad Herbs Gardens they had passed earlier were at least two thousand square meters, so compared to those, this one seemed rather small.

Could such a small, run-down garden really be the formation core?

At that moment, the Verdant Heatroot Token in Amalia’s hand suddenly grew hotter, as though it had been thrown into a furnace. The temperature kept rising, possibly as high as a thousand degrees. If she weren’t a cultivator in the Body Integration Stage, she might not have been able to hold it.

The Verdant Heatroot Token suddenly broke free from her hand and flew into the air above the garden.

To her astonishment, dense mist began to pour out from the small, worn-down medicinal garden, enveloping the entire area.

After a while, as the mist outside the small garden dispersed, everything had changed drastically.

The fence outside the garden had transformed into a flower trellis, entwined with green vines, blooming with colorful flowers, fluttering in the breeze.

The medicinal plots were neatly arranged, square and orderly within the garden, and the sound of nearby stream water could be heard.

This sudden change made Amalia instantly realize—she had found the true formation core.

This medicinal garden must have been the place personally cultivated by the Planting Fairy in the past, but had been hidden behind an illusion.

Without the Verdant Heatroot Token, no one who saw it would ever believe that the Planting Fairy once lived in such a shabby little hut—and so, they would pass it by.

"Mother, go in quickly!" Wealth urged at once.

Amalia snapped back to her senses and hurried through the small gate opened by the Verdant Heatroot Token.

The moment she entered, the small gate vanished.

The formation itself seemed to be an illusion; from the outside, nothing inside could be seen.

As the medicinal garden transformed, the prodigies scattered throughout the Spirit Garden, searching for spiritual herbs, also noticed the changes happening around them.

They walked out from their respective gardens and looked up to find an unusual cloud of spiritual energy gathering in one section of the sky above the Spirit Garden.

"There’s an anomaly—it could mean a treasure has appeared. Maybe it’s the spiritual herb we’re all searching for?" Seongwoo Jin exchanged a glance with Jinhwa Hou as he spoke.

"Let’s go and check it out."

The two of them spoke in unison and immediately headed toward the location of the anomaly.

At the same time, the cultivators and devil clans from other sects also suspected that a great treasure had manifested, and all rushed over at top speed.

Before they arrived, they encountered each other along the way, and a fierce skirmish broke out immediately.

This delay allowed others to catch up quickly.