Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 151 - 142 A Step Ahead 【Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch ’Half an Immortal Fate’ for the reward!】

Three Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Golden Wave Sect.

Four Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Demon Extermination Castle.

Three people from the Luoxia Sect, Yue Lingxi, Zhang Qingyuan, and Yue Miaoyin.

The three Sects stood in three different places, keeping a distance from each other. With the Returning Yang Fruit in front of them, no one dared to be sure whether the others had hostile intentions, even if they all belonged to the Juyun Four Sects.

Besides these three Sects from the Juyun Four Sects.

There were also eight from the Demon Clan and seven Demon Cultivators.

Within them, several factions had also formed.

"Elder Lingxi."

Zhang Qingyuan looked around, noticing that the Demon Clan and Demon Cultivators had significantly reduced in numbers, his eyes showed no joy but instead a trace of worry.

Leaning on a dragon-headed cane, Yue Lingxi surveyed the surroundings, finally resting her gaze on the skylark perched on Yue Miaoyin's shoulder and shook her head, "The skylark has no abnormalities, Elder Lu should be fine."

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After entering the Hundred Herbs Garden.

First, Lu Qingfeng needed to quickly gather the Spiritual Medicine needed for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill by breaking the prohibitions of Medicine Mountain using the Daluo Cave Temple methods. Second, in any conflict, he would have to exert his full strength, deploying all his Divine Skills and spells.

Whether it was the speed of breaking the prohibitions or the various powerful Divine Skills and spells, he should not reveal them in front of Yue Lingxi and the others.

Moreover, he frequently stayed on Medicine Mountain in the latter month, contemplating the "Heavenly Monarch Array Dao True Explanations" in the game, making him appear even more mysterious.

Thus.

Lu Qingfeng didn't accompany the three. To reassure them, he sent the skylark he had brought into the Hundred Herbs Garden to remain by Yue Lingxi's side, as a sign that he was safe.

When Lu Qingfeng was fleeing from the Returning to Truth Sect, in order to cultivate the nine skylarks, he had specifically studied a basic Beast Taming Method from the Heavenly Fox Realm, which was not presentable and only capable of taming ordinary birds and beasts.

Later, in the Red Smoke Realm, he studied the 'Seven Beasts Small Divine Number' and found another ordinary Beast Taming Method.

After strengthening it, he was able to subdue demon beasts and Spiritual beasts.

Creatures like the white crane and the Iron Feathered Flying Eagle were tamed and dominated using this method.

Accompanying the Beast Taming Method, he also learned the technique for refining Spiritual Beast Bags.

The Spiritual Beast Bag provides a dwelling for Spiritual beasts. Lu Qingfeng, through the Luoxia Sect's collection at Silver Horn Mountain, only managed to gather the most inferior materials and the Spiritual Beast Bag he refined could not even contain Second-rank Spiritual beasts.

However, the skylarks, which had followed Lu Qingfeng for years, consuming Yellow Chestnut Pills and Feeding Spirit Pills, had greatly increased their spirituality.

Yet they were still ordinary birds. Being able to hide in the Spiritual Beast Bag, they moved within the Hundred Herbs Garden without restrictions, not consuming any Spirit Stones, which was an unexpected joy that saved Lu Qingfeng many Spirit Stones.

"Hopefully."

Zhang Qingyuan thought silently, then said, "The situation this time is a bit odd. The Three Elements Demon Sect and the Sky Sun Six Veins should have full attendance, a total of thirty-two, but now only fifteen have come. It is unknown whether the others are hiding in the shadows, or have already been forced out of the Hundred Herbs Garden."

Zhang Qingyuan was a Pei Yuan Realm cultivator and had a long-standing reputation in the Luoxia Sect, having experienced the opening of the Hundred Herbs Garden several times.

He was quite familiar with the situation within the Hundred Herbs Garden.

In past years, in the first three months, at most, two or three cultivators from the demon side would have been reduced. It was rare to see more than half of the forces reduced.

After all, the real competition for the precious Returning Yang Fruits had not yet started.

The usual conflicts would be brief and not escalate to life-or-death decisions.

It's only during the competition for the Returning Yang Fruits that things would really heat up, with all sides launching their full power for one fruit, without any mercy.

And those who managed to grab a Returning Yang Fruit—if they were the more cautious ones or those with serious injuries—would generally put away their Spirit Stones to avoid accidents and leave the Hundred Herbs Garden after half an incense stick's time.

It was then that the number of Foundation Establishment powerhouses in the Hundred Herbs Garden would gradually decrease.

But now the Returning Yang Fruits had not yet ripened, and the number of demons and Demon Cultivators gathered under Sky Sun Mountain was too few, leaving Zhang Qingyuan somewhat puzzled.

"Wood Hengyan from the Golden Wave Sect, when isolated, was forced by a Demon Cultivator from the Three Elements Demon Sect to leave the Hundred Herbs Garden. Later on, three other people from the Golden Wave Sect arrived and killed one of the Demon Cultivators, while the other was severely injured and left the Hundred Herbs Garden."

"But that's just two Demon Cultivators."

Yue Miaoyin also felt it strange, and for some reason, the figure of Lu Qingfeng flashed through her mind.

"And there's the Red Rainbow Sect—"

Zhang Qingyuan added on the side, his eyes filled with a sense of schadenfreude, "The people from Red Rainbow Sect have yet to appear; it seems they've either been annihilated by demons, or they have already left the Hundred Herbs Garden. With the Red Rainbow Sect eliminated so quickly from this venture to the Hundred Herbs Garden, they'll likely have to tread carefully for the next twelve years!"

There were many conflicts between Red Rainbow Sect and Luoxia Sect, and the impression of the former amongst the Luoxia Sect's elders and disciples was quite poor.

Now that the Red Rainbow Sect seemed to be out of the game, Zhang Qingyuan was naturally pleased.

However, this meant that the Juyun Four Sects, when facing the severely depleted Demon Sect or Demon Clan, no longer held an overwhelming advantage.

The situation had become evenly matched.

The three from Luoxia Sect exchanged messages through voice transmission, as did the Golden Wave Sect, Demon Extermination Castle, Demon Clan, and Demon Sect.

The atmosphere was tense; everyone was clueless about how this strange situation had come to pass.

The instigator of this disaster, Lu Qingfeng, had only just arrived.

"Everyone is here."

After giving Yue Miaoyin and the others a look, Lu Qingfeng's gaze swept over the cultivators from the Golden Wave Sect, Demon Extermination Castle, Demon Sect, and Demon Clan, before vanishing into the darkness, remaining undetected even by cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Body Tempering Realm like Yue Lingxi.

He quietly reached the base of Sky Sun Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng looked towards the mountain; heavy prohibitions were laid here as well.

According to Zhou Yuan and others, the prohibitions guarding the Returning Yang Fruit Tree were far more complex than those on the Third-rank Medicine Mountain. For over three hundred years, no one had ever broken through the prohibitions and ascended the mountain to obtain the fruit before the prohibitions lifted of their own accord.

"These prohibitions—"

Lu Qingfeng's eyes sparkled with spirit light as he carefully discerned the patterns of the prohibitions.

But given his limited knowledge of prohibitions, even with clear sight, he was unable to penetrate the profound mystery within. He could only try to unravel it thread by thread, looking for a path that might be viable for passage.

After giving it some thought, Lu Qingfeng indeed found a spot.

"Daluo Cave Temple, truly ingenious!"

Great joy filled Lu Qingfeng's heart.

The prohibition of Sky Sun Mountain that neither Foundation Establishment Cultivators nor experts well-versed in prohibitions could solve; yet when Lu Qingfeng's Spirit Eye swept over it, there were no secrets to speak of.

Daluo Cave Temple's Divine Skills might lack any combat abilities, but when used appropriately, they could defy the heavens.

"Investigation Method, Divination Spell Numbers, Concealing Qi and Hiding Body Technique, Death Replacement Technique, Escape Technique..."

"These methods are useless in combat, but their applications are wide-ranging, and their effects are extraordinary; I must pay closer attention to them in the future."

Lu Qingfeng made a mental note and immediately followed the path discerned by his Spirit Eye; before the eyes of people like Elder Lingxi, he stepped into Sky Sun Mountain.

His figure concealed, unnoticed by all.

Within the prohibitions.

Wind and thunder raged, water and fire surged tumultuously.

Lu Qingfeng stepped on Mysterious Positions, choosing Life Gates and avoiding Death Gates.

After navigating twists and turns for half an hour, he suddenly came upon a clearing where a lush spirit tree stood, resembling a splendid canopy.

"This must be the Returning Yang Fruit Tree."

A look of elation appeared on Lu Qingfeng's face as he saw amongst the dense branches and leaves, twelve bright red fruits hidden.

[Spirit Plant: Returning Yang Fruit Tree]

[Grade: Seventh-Order]

[Description: This tree flowers every twelve years, bears fruit every twelve years, and matures every twelve years; yielding twelve Spirit Fruits every thirty-six years]

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[Spirit Fruit: Returning Yang Fruit]

[Grade: Fifth-Order]

[Description: Cultivators below Core Formation Stage can extend their life by ten years with a single fruit, and one may consume up to three fruits in a lifetime]

[Note: Unripe]