Chapter 328: 186 Sky Blue Grass

After what felt like ages, just as Elder Bai Ye and company were about to reveal themselves, they involuntarily noticed the entrance shaking.

Knowing someone was entering, Master Mo’s eyes lit up and he nodded at the others.

The weapons in their hands slowly lifted, and “whoosh!” they stabbed forth in unison.

In an instant, saber qi, sword qi—a massive surge of Strength—rushed forward, and the two Galaxy 6-dan experts who had just activated the Tri-Colored Land didn’t expect an ambush. They quickly raised their palms to meet the overwhelming onslaught.

Boom!

Their chests tightened, and the two of them simultaneously turned pale, blood spurting out.

The two Galaxy 6-dan Peak experts were injured in a single move.

Knowing they couldn’t withstand a continued assault, they tapped the ground with the tips of their feet and shot forward together.

Retreating was already out of the question; they had to steel themselves and charge forward to see who their adversary was and whether they stood a chance of victory.

As they advanced, the two great experts struck out left and right, their booming Strength wreaking havoc and affecting those in the ambush as well.

“Su Chen? Wen Lingxun?”

Feeling the power, Elder Bai Ye and his group stepped back, pausing their attack and immediately recognizing the faces of the two men. They couldn’t help but let out an involuntary grunt.

“Elder Bai Ye?”

The Galaxy 6-dan expert called Su Chen squinted, recognizing the adversary before him.

He had thought that rushing toward the light would be fast enough, but it turned out the other side was faster and even set up an ambush.

“Huff, huff, huff!”

While the two were speaking, the gateway flickered again, and the remaining ten people entered. Seeing Elder Bai Ye and the others already there, they all showed signs of wariness.

“Weren’t you saying that Zhang Xuan would come, so we set up an ambush for him? What’s the meaning of this?”

Ling Yusheng was so angry he was about to explode.

They had just arrived and should have been searching for artifacts; they could have collected a bunch by now. Instead, they wasted time lying in wait for Zhang Xuan, and Elder Bai Ye had assured them he would show up… Now look, he hadn’t come, but a whole lot of cultivators had!

Even though these newcomers weren’t as strong as them, their numbers were plentiful. United, they might not easily triumph even with a top expert like “Brother Du” on their side.

“I didn’t see it coming either…”

Elder Bai Ye was completely baffled.

After entering the gateway, he had cloaked their power. Logically, without the tri-color flow, they should have been safe even if discovered. He hadn’t anticipated that people would arrive so quickly and in such numbers.@@novelbin@@

The key point was that Zhang Xuan seemed not to have arrived…

Feeling frustrated, Elder Bai Ye still let out a cold snort, “This Tri-Colored Land was discovered by us first. You should all turn back and avoid unnecessary conflict…”

Before he finished speaking, a displeased voice rang out, “Artifacts are owned by those with merit. Since we’ve all encountered them, naturally, whoever gets them first shall have them…”

Whoosh!

With the words, someone dashed out ahead towards the front.

“Not bad, you say it’s yours just because you say so? I’m saying it’s mine…”

Seeing someone making their move, how could the others restrain themselves? They all charged forward in unison.

“How dare you!”

“I can’t believe they dared to take action despite my threats,” Elder Bai Ye’s face darkened as he swung his Mo Dao at the guy charging at the forefront, slashing down with all his might.

Even before the glint of the saber reached him, it tore the air apart, leaving a huge gash. With the Strength of this strike, let alone a Galaxy 3-dan or 4-dan cultivator, even 6-dan experts would have been forced to give ground.

However, the first figure to rush in seemed to know the Defect of this move and easily dodged it with a slight flicker. The next moment, he had already darted into the valley ahead, grabbed a plant of herbal medicine from the ground into his palm, and then disappeared into the dense underbrush.

“This is… He’s impersonating Zhang Xuan!”

Elder Bai Ye’s pupils shrank.

Only he knew Elder Bai Ye’s Mo Dao so well that he could evade it with ease even during such a dire moment—no one else!

“Chase!”

Elder Bai Ye was about to explode with anger, realizing that instead of walking into his ambush, the other party had brought in a large group to distract them and sneak in successfully. He immediately pursued in the direction where the guy had vanished.

“Quickly go look for the artifacts…”

Seeing Luo Tianya charge out directly, Su Chen, Wen Lingxun, and the others knew the opportunity had come. They dared not hesitate, and in an instant, over a dozen people scattered in all directions.

If one or two people were to dash out hastily, Ling Yusheng, Mu Hongtao, and the others might have managed to block them, but now with so many people rushing out at the same time, they couldn’t be stopped. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight people had burst out several dozen meters, all entering the valley.

“Stop chasing, let’s hurry and find the artifacts too, otherwise, we’ll end up with nothing…”

Knowing that even if they managed to kill these people by some stroke of luck, more would definitely come in later, Mu Hongtao, looking utterly frustrated, couldn’t help but shout out, following closely behind everyone else and charging into the valley.

This Elder Bai Ye was so unreliable. They had been ambushed twice, and not only had they gained nothing, but they had also suffered consecutive losses.

Entering the valley, the Thousand-year-old medicinal plants they had just seen were now completely stripped bare, obviously picked clean by others!

The more he thought about it, the angrier Mu Hongtao became. He continued forward and in less than two minutes, a level piece of land came into view.

It was half an acre in size, sparsely dotted with a few plants of herbal medicine that hadn’t been completely harvested.

“Thousand-year-old Water Plant, Thousand-year-old Wood Fragrance Ganoderma, Thousand-year-old Lotus Leaf Red…”

Just one glance, and Mu Hongtao couldn’t help but tremble.

There was no doubt, this must have been an herbologist’s garden. The leftovers after harvesting were rarely seen in the outside world; how powerful must it have been when full?

“If it weren’t for that fool Elder Bai Ye making us wait to kill Zhang Xuan, all these herbs would definitely have been ours…”

The more Mu Hongtao thought about it, the angrier he became.

Had they not set up an ambush earlier and chosen to harvest first, by now they would have had a pile of artifacts; it wouldn’t have come to picking up leftovers.

In the future, not a single word from Elder Bai Ye should be trusted!

“Teacher, what is that over there…”

As he was dejectedly harvesting the few remaining plants, Mu Xiaoqing suddenly spoke up.

Mu Hongtao was taken aback for a moment and quickly looked up, following the direction of Mu Xiaoqing’s pointing finger, and saw a plant.

It was growing on a nearby peak, showing a blue-gray color.

“Is that… Sky Blue Grass?”

His pupils shrank with excitement.

“Sky Blue Grass?” Mu Xiaoqing looked puzzled.

Mu Hongtao explained, “It’s a very precious medicinal herb, greatly beneficial in breaking through to Galaxy 7-dan. If I can obtain it, perhaps I might make the final stride… This one plant could be worth all the artifacts in the garden!”

Although losing a whole garden of medicine made him very upset, if he could harvest this plant, it would definitely make up for his losses.