Amidst the bushes, a ginseng plant emanates vigorous life force, its leaves lush and vibrant. Shen Wang takes out the new Black Death Blade and digs out a large patch of soil nearby at once, shaking the soil loose to reveal a ginseng as thick as a baby's arm, with roots several feet long, packed with potent medicinal strength.

"Thousand-year ginseng, a treasure worth thousands of spirit stones outside. This ginseng appears to be three thousand years old, easily worth over ten thousand spirit stones."

Shen Wang displays a joyful expression: "This place is indeed good; though it's dangerous, the profits are high. I've just entered and already encountered such ginseng that is greatly useful to Golden Core Cultivators."

Shen Wang continues to remove some soil, collecting the ginseng along with its leaves to take home for nourishing his wife and children with primordial Qi.

"Ah!"

A miserable scream rings out in the distance, coming from the human side. Upon hearing it, Shen Wang's figure vanishes, heading swiftly towards the sound.

At this time, those involved generally have low cultivation; he could easily go over to check the situation.

Advancing forward, he encounters another batch of medicinal herbs, a large patch of Polygonum multiflorum, and Shen Wang stops to dig up the herbs, including some thousand-year Polygonum multiflorum.

Shen Wang harvests those over five hundred years old, gaining over a hundred pounds, before proceeding towards the misery without delay.

To him, items in his possession are valuable; whatever isn't in his hand doesn't count.

Not far away, he stops in front of a patch of Codonopsis, twitching his facial muscles: "Could this be the ancient herbalist's field of the Flowing Light Medicine Venerable? After so many years, there are still various medicinal herbs growing."

Shen Wang can only continue to stop and gather herbs, deciding to abandon the idea of checking out the noise's source, considering the battle likely already ended.

Collecting the finest Codonopsis, Shen Wang rubs his chin, thinking: "There are many good things in this forest; one person collecting herbs is a bit slow. Should've brought Chen Xian along."

"If things get difficult, perhaps I should release Black Death to help with gathering herbs."

While contemplating, a faint cracking sound reaches him, and Shen Wang, like a ghost, moves closer, observing through the woods as a Pig Demon is devouring a piece of reishi.

"..."

It's the second time Shen Wang feels like cabbage being plowed by pigs. This reishi here includes those at the thousand-year level, now uprooted by the Pig Demon.

The creature hasn't consumed much but deliberately took a bite out of the reishi, at this moment appearing to have consumed excessively, releasing medicinal power, causing steam to emanate all over its body.

Seeing the demon about to gnaw on the most radiant reishi in the center, Shen Wang swiftly approaches, kicking it flying away.

Bang!

Shen Wang's kick is powerful, the thick-skinned Pig Demon's bones cracking and breaking, causing it to cry in agony like a slaughtered pig.

Rumble.

The enormous body, weighing tens of thousands of pounds, crashes into a thousand-year-old tree, momentarily unable to rise, continuing to wail on the ground.

Shen Wang doesn't continue the killing, allowing the Pig Demon to scream, bending down to collect the finest reishi.

The reishi resembles jade, showing vibrant colors, clearly high-grade.

He collects it without hesitation and continues to gather other reishi.

The Pig Demon screams for a moment, noticing Shen Wang's lack of concern for its cries while collecting herbs. In fear, it attempts to rise, shocked to find its spine broken, entirely unable to stand.

Terror fills its eyes; how could a seemingly ordinary human be so powerful, capable of disabling it with just one kick!

Its eyes dart around, uttering another loud scream.

More demons than humans have entered this time; if it screams longer, it surely can attract more demons to come.

Quickly, the soil behind Shen Wang churns, and a pangolin emerges to launch a surprise attack on him.

It is met with a cold glint; Shen Wang's figure appears beside, one strike dropping, separating the pangolin's head from its body.

"Doing the same deed a second time holds no surprises."

Shen Wang holds a blood-dripping blade, poking a few times into the pangolin's mouth, and out tumbles a pile of herbs.

Ginseng, Codonopsis, reishi… all thousand-year-level; this creature, lacking a storage ring, hid them within its mouth.

"To me, you yourself are also a type of herb."

Shen Wang stabs the pangolin, extracting a pigeon egg-sized yellow demon pill.

This item, tainted with blood, differs from a human cultivator's Golden Core, not purely essence, qi, and spirit, but formed from a demon beast's essence blood and demon essence, akin to a Golden Core, consolidating most of its cultivation.

Demon pills require no Golden Core level, generally condensing as a small demon at Qi Cultivation level, and as cultivation heightens, demon pills purify further, eventually resembling human Golden Core existence.

For humans, this item's essence is abundant, thus it's a special herb well-suited for alchemy, akin to Shen Wang's blood, being a unique drug lead and raw material.

Storing the demon pill separately, then securing the pangolin's corpse and herbs together, its carcass too serves as medicinal material.

Shen Wang proceeds to harvest the remaining reishi, with no further demons charging forward.

He glances at the distance, walking towards the Pig Demon.

"Don't kill me, take everything."

The Pig Demon speaks humanly, then, like a hamster, spews out a large amount of herbs, even more than the pangolin, albeit with a distinct stench that makes Shen Wang wrinkle his nose.

"With your condition, even if I spare you, many demons will devour you."

Shen Wang shakes his head.

"Don't..."

The Pig Demon attempts to speak, but Shen Wang's blade already pierces its skull, blood spurting forth.

"Your body holds no medicinal value anymore, eating you is unpleasant."

Shen Wang says while collecting herbs; although they stink, they are treasures he can sell to others outside.

After tidying up, Shen Wang suddenly vanishes, appearing beside a tree.

Poof!

Blood splatters; a toxic snake is pinned to the tree, stabbed precisely at its lethal spot, widening its eyes. It didn't expect being discovered while lurking quietly.

"Even a Five-Step Snake is a treasure, yet you, a mere little demon, dared to approach, bold indeed."

Shen Wang clucks in admiration as the snake unwillingly passes, becoming Shen Wang's prey.

While he muses, a shadow turns and swiftly departs.

Shen Wang's figure vanishes, appearing beside a demon beast.

"This human is extraordinary, leave quickly."

"He's absolutely no ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator."

"That damn foolish pig, what was it screaming before dying?"

Demons attracted by the Pig Demon's cries witness Shen Wang's ferocity, each one trembling with fear, fleeing faster than when they arrived.

Their concealment proves futile against Shen Wang's eyes; Shen Wang hunts down and slays eight little demons and three great demons, only stopping after discovering another source of herbs.

"Truly, this place is filled with treasures..."

Shen Wang muses, a hint of curiosity stirring within.

These herbs haven't been harvested nor bear signs of being eaten by creatures, indicating minimal presence of large entities except perhaps insects throughout this period.

Such circumstances seem predictable; one might say the Flowing Light Medicine Venerable barred other beings, yet if for millennia no other life existed, these herbs should be quantifying into ten thousand-year spans.

Any herb reaching ten thousand years often transfigures into spiritual medicine, whereas those he encounters hardly exceed three thousand years.

"Did the herbs gain intelligence and flee, or did something harvest older herbs, or perhaps they don't reach ten thousand years?"

Shen Wang ponders, activating a talisman given by Song Huirui.

The talisman floats, guiding in a certain direction. Shen Wang follows, neither too fast nor too slow.

Eventually converging with the main group becomes essential, lest a formidable entity arrives.

If he encounters herbs and demon beasts along the way, he shows no courtesy, harvesting and slaying as needed, especially demon beasts whom he actively hunts.

In this cave mansion space, the demon race holds an advantage; slaying one demon means facing one fewer demon later.

That's his mindset; similarly, the demon race considers accordingly. Shen Wang finds human clothes along the route, yet the corpses vanished, undoubtedly entering demon beasts' stomachs.

An hour passes, Shen Wang halts by a demon wolf, its body entirely blackened, clearly poisoned, contemplating.

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