Translator: Seventh Peril Editor: Anuvrat
The moment Ye Zhong entered the Innate Gate, he could clearly sense a strange spatial fluctuation surrounding him. The scenery before him began to change.
What appeared before Ye Zhong was a dark, ancient passage. On both sides of the passage, there seemed to be many ornate stone rooms. Amid the silence, there was an ancient scent leaking out.
Apparently, this was the other side of the Innate Gate, the Inheritance Grounds!
Ye Zhong and the others looked at the scene in front of them. The eyes of the nine people, including Ye Zhong, were burning with passion. Even Ye Zhong’s gaze turned serious. The ancient scent in this Inheritance Grounds constantly indicated that there were quite a few good things that existed this time around.
“Everyone, I’m afraid this is not the time for us to fight. Let’s meet again at the Inheritance Hall!”
Mo Fanlong laughed and his body instantly shot out toward a certain direction.
As for the others, when they saw it, their eyes all flickered, but they did not immediately chase up to him.
Judging from the current situation, the inheritance of this Innate Temple was incomparably huge. Aside from it, there were also many other good things. Although everyone wanted the inheritance, they couldn’t miss out on the other treasures.
“Go!”
In the next moment, Rong Tian, Song Shaochen, and the others all chose different directions to rush in without hesitation. It was clear that they had their own plans.
“Senior Sister Su Yu, are you planning to go with me? Or do you intend to search for treasures on your own?” Ye Zhong looked at the seven figures disappearing in an instant, then turned around to look at Su Yu.
“Let’s go together. You seem to know a lot of things.” Su Yu took a glance at Ye Zhong but did not move right away like the others.
Hearing this, Ye Zhong nodded his head. He had a cooperative relationship with Su Yu due to the matter of the Innate Temple. Although they had separated before, since they had reunited this time, the cooperation naturally still existed.
Ye Zhong passed by many ornate stone rooms along the way. The entrances of these rooms were all covered in dazzling light, each room was filled with many treasures. However, Ye Zhong acted as if he did not see it, but kept running in a straight line to go deeper into the Inheritance Grounds.
In the beginning, Su Yu was still a little confused by Ye Zhong’s actions, but as time passed, she vaguely understood what Ye Zhong had in mind.
Ye Zhong indeed had a goal. As he sniffed the air for the scent of the Innate Spiritual Liquid, he pushed his speed to the limit. Even though Ye Zhong knew that in this Inheritance Grounds, there would be a lot of other good things. However, a divine material such as the Innate Spiritual Liquid was extremely rare even in the Three Thousand God Realms, let alone the Western Desolate Realm. Therefore, no matter what, Ye Zhong would never do something as stupid as let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles.
“*Thump—*”
After the duo scurried through the vast Inheritance Grounds for about an hour, Ye Zhong, who had been moving forward in a straight line, suddenly stopped in front of an ancient stone room.
The ceiling above the stone room was filled with moss, a place that anyone would have overlooked if they saw it. However, as Ye Zhong landed here, his eyes burning with passion.
The extremely faint scent of the Innate Spiritual Liquid was emanating from this stone room.
“This place is…”
Su Yu looked puzzled while staring at the ancient stone room in front of her. She did not understand why Ye Zhong would ignore so many treasures and come straight to this place.
“The Innate Spiritual Liquid in here is mine. As for the other items, pick whatever you want. We’ll fight for the inheritance later on.” After a simple explanation, Ye Zhong did not hesitate any longer. With a flick of his right hand, the Shura Sword Seal appeared on his palm, and with it, Ye Zhong placed his palm on the faint light barrier of the stone door.
“*Boom—*”
After breaking the light barrier with his palm, Ye Zhong took a deep breath as he stepped into the room. He scanned his surroundings briefly, his eyes flickered slightly.
“The Spiritual Herb Hall?” Su Yu looked around and spoke with surprise.
There were flowers and plants placed everywhere in this stone room. A faint medicinal fragrance emitted from these flowers and plants. It was evident that they were all good quality Spiritual Herbs.
However, Ye Zhong didn’t pay any attention to these Spiritual Herbs, his gaze quickly swept across the hall a moment and then landed on the deepest part.
At the end of this stone room, there was a palm-sized golden tree. On the golden tree, there was a crystal-like fruit. Within the crystal, one could see the flowing Spiritual Liquid, and it was only three drops.
“Three drops of the Innate Spiritual Liquid!”
A single drop of Innate Spiritual Liquid was enough for him to have the ability to break through to the Eighth Layer of Body Tempering, the Three Stages of Heavenly Insight. The effects of these three drops of Innate Spiritual Liquid were not to be underestimated, as it might even give him the possibility of breaking through to the legendary Ninth Layer of Body Tempering, the Imperishable Fleshly Body.
Although it was just one possibility, this possibility was enough to make one’s blood boil!
“That thing is mine! The rest is all yours! “
At that moment, Su Yu’s gaze also landed on the golden tree. Although she couldn’t recognize what it was, its strange fluctuation caught her attention. But Ye Zhong spoke quickly to interrupt her thought.
Su Yu slightly nodded after a moment of hesitation. She knew that this thing was definitely not simple, it should be the Innate Spiritual Liquid that Ye Zhong was talking about. However, since she didn’t know what was the use of it, it would be better to maintain and improve the camaraderie between them.
Seeing that Su Yu nodded her head, Ye Zhong was not polite and approached cautiously. He reached out his hand and pulled out the Innate Spiritual Liquid from the tree.
“*Boom—*”
However, just as Ye Zhong was about to pluck the fruit, an intense gust of wind blew towards him from the side in an instant.
“Be careful!”
At the rear, Su Yu was the first to notice it. However, she did not have enough time to help and could only cry out in alarm.
“*Bang—*”
When Ye Zhong managed to grab the Innate Spiritual Liquid, he had to strike out instantly with his palm to repel the approaching whirlwind. He then took a few steps back in a flash.
“*Thump— Thump— Thump—*”
As Ye Zhong retreated, he saw a long snake a few meters long emerging from the garden of flowers and plants. Its eyes were glowing with a dark blue light, but its scales were like tree trunks, twisting and bending.
Ye Zhong frowned slightly as he took a glance at the snake, and immediately recognized the snake’s identity and its real strength.
Medicine-Swallowing Cyan Snake was equivalent to a human at the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering.
“What should we do now?” Su Yu looked at the Medicine-Swallowing Cyan Snake that had suddenly appeared and frowned. Although the two of them working together wouldn’t be difficult to deal with, she was afraid that they would destroy the surrounding Spiritual Herbs.
“Let me do it.”
After observing the Medicine-Swallowing Cyan Snake for a moment, Ye Zhong waved his hand and put away the Innate Spiritual Liquid. With a shake of his hand, the Kongming Sword appeared in his palm.
“*Hiss— Hiss—*”
Medicine-Swallowing Cyan Snake, who was approaching slowly just now, stopped on its tracks. It could sense something in Ye Zhong’s Kongming Sword that made it apprehensive.
“*Swish—*”
However, in the next moment, it could not endure the anger of having its Innate Spiritual Liquid stolen. After a moment of hesitation, it pounced forward.
“*Clang—*”
Ye Zhong’s eyes flickered, and the Kongming Sword in his hand flashed. The next second, the Medicine-Swallowing Cyan Snake was cut in half and landed on the ground.
Looking at this scene, Su Yu was slightly stunned, but a moment later she shook her head and laughed bitterly. It had only been a few days, but Ye Zhong’s skills were getting more and more terrifying. Even she had to admit that she had a high chance of losing to Ye Zhong, and could receive only a few moves of his.
“Alright, collect everything.” Ye Zhong kept his Kongming Sword and spoke softly.
“Understood, Youngest Junior Brother!” Su Yu smiled sweetly and gave Ye Zhong a glance before waving her hand, preparing to collect all the Spiritual Herbs of all kinds in the garden into her Universe Ring.
“*Woosh—*”
However, just as Su Yu moved, countless sharp sounds of wind-breaking rang out within the stone room. Then, with a speed that could not be seen with the naked eye, several streaks of light shot towards Su Yu’s vital points.
“*Swish—*”
Ye Zhong’s figure flashed out as he raised his right hand, his finger flicked and accurately parried those blindingly fast streaks.
“*Clink— Clink— Clink—*”
A metallic clanging sound rang out and numerous black coloured silver needles fell onto the ground. When the needle heads contacted the ground, they caused the stones on the ground to corrode. Clearly, these needles contained some kind of poisonous substance.
Such a ruthless method made Ye Zhong’s expression change slightly. He lifted his head and stared coldly at the entrance.
At this moment, a man in a black robe was walking in from the entrance. When he noticed that Ye Zhong was gazing at him, the pale young man suddenly grinned and said, “Heh, I didn’t expect someone to arrive here faster than me…”