“大哥，父皇的情况已经稳定下来了，我也要离开了。”阮夕颜开口。
世俗大陆上灵气稀薄，能够寻到的珍稀药材还是太少了。
她回到修真大陆上，也能早日让幻隐宗的人去大陆上寻找她需要的六种灵药，寻到的几率也能更大一些。
"Yan'er, are you leaving so soon?" Ling Haoyang frowned slightly.
"Brother, don't look like that. Cheer up. It's not like I'm not coming back. Once I've gathered all the spiritual herbs and refined the Emperor-grade pill, I'll be back."
"Remember to give Father one of the pills I left behind every day. Also, if there is any emergency, crush the mother-child bead I gave you."
Ruan Xiyan patiently gave instructions, down to the smallest detail.
"Don't worry, Yan'er, I will take good care of Father and manage the Yunli Empire in an orderly manner."
After settling everything, Ruan Xiyan and Yu Qiqi returned to the cultivation continent.
The Illusionary Concealment Sect.
Ruan Xiyan listed the six spiritual herbs needed to refine the Azure Soul Pill and handed them to Lu Ji, asking him to send people to the mainland to gather information.
Knowing the importance of these medicinal herbs to Ruan Xiyan, Lu Ji immediately set about arranging them.
Luo Wanyin learned about what had happened in the Yunli Empire from Yu Qiqi. She never expected that they would encounter such a thing on their trip back to the secular continent.
"If I had known, I would have gone back with you. Xi Yan, are you alright?" Luo Wanyin asked.
"I'm fine. Father is out of danger now. As long as I refine the imperial-grade pill, he will wake up." Ruan Xiyan's expression was firm.
“We’ll help too.” Yu Qiqi and the others exchanged glances and said in unison, “Your problem is our problem.”
Looking at her companions, Ruan Xiyan felt a warm current flow through her heart.
After making inquiries from various sources, they finally obtained information about one of the miraculous medicines.
"Sect Master, according to the information gathered by the disciples, the Golden Leaf Fruit has appeared in the area of Mount Jialan, which is within the territory of the Jiaxin Sect."
"Jiaxin Sect is a mid-tier power, mainly focused on cultivating inner strength. They are resilient, but the sect's overall strength is only average, and they have little presence among mid-tier powers."
Ruan Xiyan looked thoughtful. "I'll set off for Mount Jialan."
"Is the sect leader going alone? Should we bring some people with us? After all, that's Jiaxin Sect's territory. If a conflict breaks out, the sect leader can respond in time."
"No need, I can come and go quickly on my own, there's no need for so many people. You all stay at the sect and continue to gather information on other medicinal herbs," Ruan Xiyan instructed.
"Yes, Sect Master." Lu Ji obeyed.
With the sect leader's current strength, he is hard to match in the entire cultivation continent. Even if he goes alone, he should not encounter any problems.
Ruan Xiyan boarded a flying spirit ship and headed to Mount Jialan. She made sure to use the time on the ship to cultivate, hoping that once her strength broke through to the high-level Immortal Saint realm, she would have the opportunity to ascend to the Nine Provinces Continent.
Traveling to the Nine Provinces Continent is not as simple and easy as coming from the secular continent to the cultivation continent.
On the continent of Kyushu, various forces of heaven and earth coexist, including spiritual energy, as well as divine power and demonic energy that far surpass spiritual energy.
Only those who have reached the level of ascension and can withstand the tribulation lightning of ascension can travel to the Nine Provinces Continent on their first journey.
Otherwise, if one's strength is insufficient and one has not undergone the baptism of the ascension tribulation, suddenly arriving on the Nine Provinces Continent would easily cause one's body to be burst apart by those powerful forces.
Moreover, those who have reached the Immortal Saint realm are more likely to comprehend the divine power hidden between heaven and earth when they go to the Nine Provinces Continent.
Ruan Xiyan absorbed the spiritual energy around her. After entering her body, most of that spiritual energy was transformed into more powerful demonic energy.
A few days later, Ruan Xiyan arrived at the territory of Jialan Mountain. She put away her flying spirit ship and looked around Jialan Mountain, which was a mountain and forest integrated together.
The information gathered is that the Golden Leaf Fruit has appeared in Mount Jialan, but Mount Jialan is too big to be easy to find.
Ruan Xiyan released Yaoyao from her spatial storage. "Yaoyao, can you sense the aura of spiritual herbs around us?"
Yao Yao flapped her wings, flying left and right, and finally settled on a direction.
“Master, there seems to be the scent of herbs over there, faint and indistinct. I’m not sure if it’s the Golden Leaf Fruit that you’re looking for.”
"We'll find out once we go and take a look." There are no other clues now, and besides, she still has great faith in Yao Yao's keen sense of herbs.
Ruan Xiyan put Yaoyao back into the Wind Spirit Space and headed in the direction Yaoyao pointed.
As Ruan Xiyan ventured deeper into Jialan Mountain, she increasingly felt that something was amiss.
Normally, there would be magical beasts in these mountains and forests, but after walking for so long, we haven't seen a single one, not even a roar.
The entire forest was extremely quiet, with an eerie atmosphere permeating the silence.
Several indistinct voices came from afar, and Ruan Xiyan immediately became alert. She walked around several tall rocks and saw about a dozen disciples behind them.
Looking at their uniform disciple robes, Ruan Xiyan's eyes flickered slightly; they were from the Jiaxin Sect.
This is within the territory of the Jiaxin Sect, so it's reasonable to encounter members of the Jiaxin Sect here. But what are they doing?
The disciples of the Jiaxin Sect were sitting cross-legged on the ground. There was a crack a few inches in size in the ground in front of them, from which gray energy was constantly emanating.
Although the crack was small, the gray aura emanating from it was by no means weak.
The disciples closed their eyes and chanted incantations that were incomprehensible to others.
Then a force burst forth from their hearts, and those forces intertwined to form a web of the heart.
The mental network gathered before the crack, gradually flowing into it and slowly repairing the small crack, which was merging at an extremely slow pace.
Suddenly, a disciple spat out a mouthful of blood, and the next moment, a wisp of gray aura enveloped him.
Before he could even show a look of terror on his face, he vanished into smoke.
The other disciples, upon witnessing this scene, had barely begun to feel any emotion, just like the first disciple, before it dissipated completely without any struggle.
The leading disciple immediately spoke up, "Strengthen your soul and guard your heart; keep your heart as firm as stone and remain calm amidst all changes."
The remaining disciples murmured the words, and power surged from their hearts once more.
Their number of disciples was already small, and they had just lost several more. Their combined strength was insufficient to contend with the gray aura within the crack, and the repaired crack began to burst open.
Cold sweat trickled down their foreheads. No! If this continues, they will be wiped out sooner or later.
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