"What even Emperor Yan couldn't do, you think you can?"

Faced with King You's repeated questions, Jiang Zhi remained unmoved, simply saying calmly, "I know what I'm doing, and I know I haven't betrayed my ancestors. Besides, how do you know I haven't made any preparations in these thousand years?"

"Even if the 'Compendium of Materia Medica' is a wild beast that has broken free, I am confident that I can bring it back into my hands!"

"You're crazy."

Facing the seemingly spirited Jiang Zhi, King You only uttered three words.

"Everything is irreversible now, King You, just wait and see," Jiang Zhi replied calmly.

King You gave Jiang Zhi a deep look. In fact, there was something else he kept to himself: Jiang Zhi's mind had likely been subtly influenced by the "Compendium of Materia Medica" over the past thousand years.

But he was more afraid of provoking the Flame King and causing unpredictable consequences, so after a brief pause, the King of the Underworld ended the conversation and turned to leave, saying, "I'm going to see Xiaoling."

Jiang Zhi made no move, watching as the Netherworld King transformed into black mist and disappeared into the night sky before turning his gaze back to the enormous book whose light had once again faded.

“Mangshan, before sinking... I have never seen anyone make the 'Hundred Herbs Classic' react on its own. I hope you won't disappoint me. Perhaps this time, there will be an unexpected surprise.”

With a kind of crazy expectation, Jiang Zhi murmured.

...

Shen Qian was unaware of what was happening outside. At this moment, he was standing on a vast, desolate, and strangely peculiar land.

The first thing that catches the eye when entering the room is the sparse human figures scattered around.

At a glance, there were over a hundred people.

"I must have been drawn into that book... the 'Compendium of Materia Medica,' so this is the inner world of the 'Compendium of Materia Medica'?"

Chen Qian calmly pondered, "Then who are these people standing here?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Qian went to the nearest figure, turned his head and looked, and then Tong Kong shrank back.

The man had a gold and silver herbal badge hanging on his right shoulder; Shen Qian had seen a similar badge before when he was in the Yan Clan's royal palace.

This is the mark of a Grand Alchemist, also known as a Title Alchemist!

But... why is this person so lifeless, looking like a walking corpse?