Perfect World - Chapter 415

Medicine Capital

After leaving the capital, both the Nine-Headed Lion and Huo Ling’er were all on guard. It was because they obtained some information that someone was going to take action against Shi Hao’s group.

The majestic city walls moved into the distance, standing at the limits of the horizon. The red sun was setting in the west, and they weren’t attacked.

Even though they were staying in an inn in a small city, nothing unexpected happened. The night was extremely quiet, and the expected trouble didn’t come.

“Well, we received a report that someone went to the Blood God Pavilion and left behind a large sum of money to buy your head. However, the assassins didn’t accept it and returned those primitive precious bones.” Huo Ling’er obtained this piece of information.

Everyone sighed with regret. Even this well-known assassin palace in the wasteland region was intimidated by Shi Hao, not daring to take action against him. This left them extremely shocked.

“Brother Shi’s fame has spread far and wide. We’re so impressed.” The three-eyed clan’s two brothers were indeed shaken. Blood God Hall wasn’t an ordinary place. The assassins came from different clans, and they were all powerful and astonishing.

It was rumored that after all these years, there were very few times when they failed. At their peak, they even dared cut off the heads of supreme experts!

“It’s good that nothing unexpected happened!” Regardless, everyone was extremely happy. No one wanted to fight all the time, so it was naturally a good thing for the assassins to retreat.

The Formation Arrangement Realm was a barrier that was extremely difficult to break through. If Shi Hao wanted to shorten the time needed to enter an even higher cultivation realm, he had to use the pill recipe passed down from his ancestors.

What he lacked now were all types of spiritual medicines. He needed to gather them all.

“What famous mountains and great rivers does the Fire Nation have? I wish to personally pick those medicines.” Shi Hao asked Huo Ling’er for guidance.

“What famous mountains and great rivers? You don’t have to go to those places to collect spiritual medicines. You can purchase them at a high price,” Huo Ling’er told them. Medicine masters who were truly proficient in medicine refinement didn’t have the time to pick the ingredients themselves. There were always people who prepared those things for them.

“Let’s go to the Medicine Capital!” The Nine-Headed Lion said. He knew that field quite well. After all, its background was astonishing.

Medicine Capital was an extremely well-known place with an ancient inheritance. It has been extremely famous since ancient times.

It wasn’t a sect, but there were corresponding rules. It was an ancient city situated within Fire Nation’s borders. Many medicine masters roamed about there, so there were naturally many spiritual medicines.

It was rumored that this was the birthplace of the Medicine Deity.

Before this, Shi Hao didn’t understand much about these things. Now that he heard them talk about it, he became more and more interested. He decided to go there and exchange for enough spiritual medicines to break through.

“I’m going too!” The big red bird said. It came with Shi Hao to find a master, but this was also along the way. The Fire Nation’s ancestral land was in that direction.

Along the way, they didn’t waste any time. They sat on the void beast skin Huo Ling’er brought over and moved at top speed.

If they flew on their own, it would definitely take a month or two. This land was too vast, and there were great swamps and wildland everywhere.

Void Beasts were extremely rare even during the ancient era. Their bones and skin were all priceless treasures for making spatial magical artifacts.

In this world, it was almost impossible to see a living Void Beast, which was why this divine beast skin that could tear through the void was extremely precious.

After a while, they emerged from the void. The black crack behind them slowly closed.

“With this treasure, you can go anywhere you want. I’m so envious.” The flame crow and other descendants all drooled like the big red bird.

This was a mountain range that was surrounded by clouds and mists. The spiritual essence was extremely abundant, and one could vaguely hear the cries of apes and tigers. All types of vicious birds and strange beasts roamed about.

Where was this? It couldn’t be the Medicine Capital. Everyone looked toward Huo Ling’er in bewilderment.

“The distance is too far. Even if there are coordinates, the void beast skin still can’t accurately appear at its destination. However, it shouldn’t be too far off. Look, there is a faint medicinal fragrance that wafts out from this mountain range, indicating that there are quite a few medicinal fields. It seems like we are quite close.”

Huo Ling’er came to this conclusion and pointed at the nearby mountain peaks and other things.

Everyone nodded and stepped on their precious artifacts. They flew out of this mountain range and arrived at a plain. After traveling over a hundred miles, they saw an ancient city. It was precisely the Medicine Capital.

Outside this city, there were all types of medicinal fields. Not only was there a sweet fragrance pervading the air, but there were all types of spiritual essences swirling about, making it look rather unordinary.

Apart from this, there were a few extremely rare and precious spiritual bugs that crawled about within the old medicine.

“Hey, is that the Golden Medicine Butterfly?!” The Rainbow Luan cried out in alarm.

In that medicinal field, there was a golden butterfly fluttering about. Its wings were golden in color. It was about three feet long and was scattering down brilliant radiance.

Wherever it passed, those medicinal herbs would be full of vitality, many flower buds were blossoming and rich with medicinal fragrance.

There were two types of butterflies that were the most well-known. One was the Crack Demonic Butterfly, and its fighting strength was astonishingly terrifying. The other type was the Golden Medicine Butterfly, which could make spiritual medicines grow even better. Apart from this, it could also help medicine masters refine medicine.

“It’s not a pure-blooded Golden Medicine Butterfly, but it is still quite rare!” Huo Ling’er came to this conclusion.

Around the city were medicinal fields. Many formations were engraved, gathering essence energy from all directions and guiding it into the soil to nourish those medicinal herbs.

“Apart from those Great Desolate Forbidden Lands, it’s rumored that this is the most suitable place for plants to grow,” said the Nine-Headed Lion. It was obvious that he had heard those legends before.

The Medicine Deity was born here, and in the end, he also died here. His spiritual essence, including medicinal properties, all turned into spiritual rain that nourished this lance.

“During the ancient era, heavenly talents rose, and saints fought for supremacy. Even the Medicine Deity fell. One can see just how glorious and terrifying that era was.”

They arrived in front of the ancient city. This city wall was extremely short, to the extent that some places had collapsed. The wall was in tatters, and the city gates had long been lost.

However, the city was bustling with activity, not showing the slightest sign of desolation.

Since ancient times, the Medicine Capital had already become a holy land. Even though the city wall had collapsed, it didn’t affect everything within the city.

In fact, it wasn’t that the people here didn’t have the ability to repair the wall, it was just that they didn’t feel the need. The medicine herbs didn’t need the city walls to protect them, and the ancient walls and other things were just traces of the past.

As soon as they entered the city, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted over them. The smell made them feel comfortable.

“Is this a spiritual medicine tree?” The Flame Crow was stupefied.

There was an ancient tree next to the city’s main road. The trunk was so thick that so many people couldn’t wrap their arms around it. There was an ancient feeling to it, and the green leaves emitted green light. Apart from this, there were a few enormous flower buds that flowed with sparkling multicolored light and released a fragrance.

The Flame Crow had heard rumors that there was an ancient medicine herb in the Medicine Capital that underwent a mutation. It grew from a stalk of spiritual grass into a tree and had lived for an extremely long time.

“This spiritual medicine has lived for over five thousand years, but in the end, it didn’t turn into a holy medicine. Instead, it gradually developed intelligence and became a medicinal tree.”

There were quite a few old medicines that had lived for an incomparably long amount of time, and some were even ten thousand years old, but those that could grow into trees and break free from the past were rarely seen.

It was rumored that this spiritual herb suffered a lightning strike and unexpectedly received a baptism of Lightning Tribulation Liquid. It then mysteriously underwent a mutation, resulting in its current state.

Shi Hao knew how precious the Lightning Tribulation Liquid was. Back then, when he was in the Heaven Mending Pavilion, Mu Yan taught him lightning techniques. To fulfill Shi Hao’s wish, Mu Yan brought him into the clouds during the thunderstorm to refine this Lightning Tribulation Liquid. It was extremely dangerous.

Before that, Old Ancestor Mu Yan himself had only refined a single drop.

For this spiritual herb to be able to obtain a portion of Lightning Tribulation Liquid’s baptism, was a tremendous natural luck!

“It isn’t a holy medicine, but its effects aren’t much inferior to holy medicines. More importantly, it possesses powerful fighting strength,” Huo Ling’er said.

Everyone was naturally shocked. After learning this tree’s origins, they all surrounded it and watched.

Even Yun Xi, who came from the Archaic Divine Mountain and had seen many wondrous medicines, looked surprised as she sized up this tree.

Its branches were lush and verdant, and it was over a hundred meters tall. The old skin on its trunk was cracked like dragon scales, and those leaves released strands of green light.

Everyone smelled a wave of fragrance and became absent-minded. They all stood there in a daze.

Apart from this, this spiritual medicine tree also dropped a few sparkling branches, touching their bodies and releasing multicolored light.

Shi Hao was shocked. He already revived, but he didn’t feel any killing intent, so he didn’t resist.

Soon after, the Nine-Headed Lion, Flame Crow, and the others also snapped out of their daze. They were all amazed. This ancient tree’s fighting strength was definitely impressive!

Huo Ling’er explained, “Anyone who enters the Medicine Capital will be examined by the Spiritual Medicine Tree. It can detect those who harbor malicious intentions toward this place.”

The Nine-Headed Lion nodded and said, “I’ve also heard about it. Apart from this, I’ve also heard that the flowers produced by this spiritual medicine tree are treasures that are only inferior to holy medicines.”

“You all know quite a bit,” someone nearby laughed and said. At this moment, they had already entered the city, and there were many people on the streets.

“What a pity. The old medicinal tree only produces a few flowers each year, and each time, it would be auctioned off at an astronomical price. Normal people wouldn’t be able to afford it.” Another person sighed with admiration.

On this tree, there were only a few flower buds. Their colors were all different. They were sparkling, brilliant, and releasing radiance.

After entering the city, Shi Hao and the others wished they had more than a pair of eyes. There were all types of medicinal herbs. All types of medicinal fragrances mixed together seemed to cleanse one’s body.

“The Medicine Capital is a good place…” They sighed with emotion.

“Check out these divine herbs! Each piece will only cost you a saint-level magical artifact!.” Not far away, someone set up a stall to sell.

This left the big red bird and the others stupefied. Divine herbs?

“Well, you have to have sharp eyes here. Make sure you know what you’re buying,” someone reminded them.

They immediately took the hint. Even in the Medicine Capital, all types of plants that didn’t live up to their reputation that were put up for sale. Of course, there was a chance that unique and wondrous medicines might appear.

“Check out these Golden Medicine Butterflies! There is only one pair, and you can’t find them anywhere else. If you want them, then hurry and make an offer.” On the other side, an elder carried a jade container while peddling.

Shi Hao and the others moved over to take a look, only to see two caterpillars in the jade container, which left them speechless.

“Youngster, have you ever heard of breaking out of the cocoon and turning into a butterfly? This is the Golden Medicine Butterfly’s young form. It hasn’t transformed yet.” The elder was all smiles.

“Who are you trying to fool? They’re just two worms!” The big red bird was displeased.

The elder’s expression was calm, and he didn’t feel embarrassed at all. “I’m not lying. If a true Golden Medicine Butterfly really can be found in this world, it will definitely be in the Medicine Capital. Who knows. It might still be a caterpillar that has slept for endless years.”

They didn’t stop and kept moving forward. Soon after, they were shocked again as they looked toward a strange medicinal vine.

There was a small medicinal field here. Many people lined up here, waiting to refine medicine in an orderly manner. What was shocking was that the one who refined medicine was an ancient vine.

“What’s going on?” Shi Hao and the others were all shocked.

There was a flower on top of this ancient vine that was shaped like a medicinal cauldron. It flickered with bronze color and could emit light and produce flames. After the people in line threw in the medicinal herbs, this bronze flower cauldron began to refine medicine. It was extremely astonishing.

An old woman explained to them, saying, “This is a divine medicinal vine from the Medicine Capital. The flower it produces is like a bronze cauldron. Moreover, it has absorbed a divine flame that descended from the sky, allowing it to transform and eventually develop intelligence. It can help people refine medicine.”

“Is that possible?” Shi Hao and the others were extremely shocked, feeling the Medicine Capital even more mysterious. They wanted to stay here for a period of time to carefully investigate the city.

“You all came at the right time. In a few days, a divine supreme treasure of ancient medicine may appear here. That grand occasion is extremely worth watching!”