She was busy picking peaches.

Huang Fugui led the crane forward. A short while later, its cry could be heard.

"Master, come quick, there's something good here."

Jian Ning grabbed the peach in her hand and teleported there instantly.

Huang Fugui was squatting on the ground, his eyes fixed on the small white flower on the green leaves in front of him.

From a distance, it was inconspicuous, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there were actually five flowers, each resembling the shape of a swan.

The petals were tightly closed, yet they couldn't stop the spiritual energy from overflowing.

"This is a Heavenly Moon Flower!" The name immediately came to Jian Ning's mind. No wonder the spiritual energy was so abundant that night.

These moonflowers only bloom at night and possess exceptionally high spiritual energy. If they cultivate for a thousand years, they can transform into human form. The bouquet of flowers before her now clearly has a lifespan of five hundred years.

It only produces one flower bud every hundred years, so it grows extremely slowly.

When the nine hundred and one thousand years pass, these flowers will turn from white to bright red. That will be the time when the spiritual energy is at its peak.

In the world of cultivation, the Heavenly Moon Flower is a rare and highly sought-after herb, considered a divine herb. Anyone who obtains it and consumes even half a flower can immediately break through a major cultivation realm and extend their lifespan by a hundred years.

Now that she has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, she already has a lifespan of two hundred years. If she were to gain another hundred years, she wouldn't have any trouble achieving the Golden Core stage.

Although he was secretly pleased, he did not move his feet.

This Heavenly Moon Flower is already five hundred years old, and it must have developed sentience. It must also be protected by a ferocious beast, but we don't know what it is, as it hasn't appeared yet.

Could it be that they didn't sense their arrival? That's highly unlikely.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to take Huang Fugui and the crane back to his immortal abode. He walked around the immortal herb once, but there was still no movement, so he simply sat down cross-legged in a suitable spot.

She has plenty of time and will not act rashly. Let's see who can outlast whom.

Two hours later, Jian Ning suddenly felt a slight fluctuation in the air above the Heavenly Moon Flower, and the temperature around her noticeably dropped.

This made them even more vigilant.

This thing seems to be very clever, and almost invisible, or it has some kind of treasure that can conceal its form.

The time for them to test their patience had come. Jian Ning decided that if he didn't move, neither would she. Her spiritual energy shield protected her entire body. She appeared relaxed on the outside, but in reality, she was extremely tense.

As the sun gradually set, the sky began to darken.

Finally, that thing couldn't hold back any longer. Suddenly, the air in front of her went into a vacuum, and then Jian Ning felt an extremely cold aura rushing towards her.

It was incredibly fast, arriving almost instantly.

The spittoon-like object she had been holding suddenly grew larger, completely engulfing the air in front of her.

Jian Ning refused to believe it. This was a Yellow-grade spiritual artifact, which she had bought at a high price on the black market. She was sure she could catch this invisible thing.

He didn't bother to see what was in the spittoon; digging for the magic herb was the priority.

He took out a jade hoe from his storage bracelet, and after digging a couple of times, he suddenly turned around in shock.

Just now, the connection between the spittoon and her was suddenly severed. This thing is quite capable. Even such a powerful magical artifact couldn't trap it.

His subordinates quickly sped up, and in just a few dozen seconds, less than a minute, the immortal herb entered the immortal abode.

Looking back, the spittoon was slowly melting.

Yes, it melted. It was like being burned by a high-temperature fire. In the blink of an eye, the artifact had a hole the size of a bowl burned into its top.

Jian Ning had already obtained the treasure and didn't want to get entangled with it anymore, so she summoned Ruoshui.

Just as I was about to fly away on my sword, the air in front of me distorted. It felt as if flames were burning, but I couldn't feel any heat in the air.

They stopped Jian Ning directly.

It was clear that the thing in front of them was extremely angry, baring its fangs and claws and constantly changing shape.

It's definitely because Jian Ning has already taken this immortal herb for herself. It has been guarding it for so long and hasn't even gotten a single petal. Who could stand that? They would definitely go crazy.

Jian Ning didn't want to get entangled with it any longer. If it wouldn't let her go this way, she would try another. Just as she mounted Ruoshui's sword and took flight, that flame-like thing blocked her way again.

It kept swallowing and spitting in front of her, preventing Jian Ning from leaving.

The action it made was clearly meant to make Jian Ning return the Tianyue Flower that she had just dug up.

How could that be? Once something is in Jian Ning's hands, it's absolutely impossible for her to take it out again.

She didn't reply, and the Ruoshui Sword suddenly shot up vertically, heading straight for the mountaintop.

Jian Ning's action completely enraged it. With a loud bang, it swelled to an enormous size, and the entire space seemed to collapse.

Ruoshui Sword's flight speed couldn't keep up with the speed of spatial collapse. It was just a hair's breadth away from reaching the mountaintop when it suddenly fell from mid-air.

Ruoshui Sword also seemed to have suddenly lost its spiritual power, and it couldn't support Jian Ning's weight at all. It fell even faster than Jian Ning.

In that instant, Jian Ning waved her right hand, and a long whip shot out from her storage bracelet. Judging from the material, it was probably made from the shed skin of a python. It nimbly coiled around the big tree on the mountaintop.

With the buffer of this pull, Jian Ning's body paused in mid-air for a moment, and then used the force to rise again.

Seeing that Jian Ning was about to escape, the thing below suddenly rolled itself into a ball like a cannonball and crashed into Jian Ning's body with a whoosh.

She felt a chill run through her body, followed by an intense heat as if all the blood in her body was being baked dry. Without even having time to think, she subconsciously activated the Nine Revolutions Burning Heaven Technique.

His skin suddenly split open, and blood gushed from every pore. Then, under the effect of the Heaven-Burning Technique, it healed rapidly.

Just that one blow sent a shiver down Jian Ning's spine. It hurt so much! It was like having her flesh torn apart. The sensation was truly agonizing.

But that unknown thing is now inside her body. If she doesn't refine it and it takes over her body's dominant consciousness, Jian Ning of this world will completely disappear.

On this point alone, Jian Ning would absolutely not allow it.

With a thud, Jian Ning, who had fallen from the sky, crashed to the ground, creating a deep, V-shaped crater.

Thankfully, she hadn't stopped exercising lately. Otherwise, that blow would probably have killed her.

If that were the case, Jian Ning would be unwilling. Although it was the end of the world, she hadn't thought about dying. Besides, she hadn't yet achieved the goal she had just set, so she certainly couldn't just disappear like that.