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"Hmph! It's those annoying scraggly birds, I see them everywhere, they're like a persistent ghost..." Before Ye Chen could answer, Zi Yan spoke up unhappily.
However, after hearing her words, Xiao Yan's gaze towards Zi Yan changed.
Good guy!
To speak of one of the most powerful families among the Warcraft clans in such a tone, what exactly is this little girl's true form?
At the very least, her bloodline should be no lower than that of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, right? Otherwise, this little girl named Zi Yan should be suppressed by the other party's bloodline by now.
Ye Chen glanced at the group of Heavenly Demon Phoenixes opposite him and found that the strongest one was only a five-star Dou Zun, which immediately put his mind at ease.
However, he still warned Xiao Yan, "Be careful of these guys. I have some grudges with the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan. They might try something underhanded once we get to the ruins..."
Xiao Yan: "...!"
Xiao Yan nodded silently, but couldn't help but complain in his heart.
"Does making enemies now require consideration of social standing?"
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Only someone with Ye Chen's strength and background could live so comfortably after offending the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
Otherwise, the others would probably have been wiped out by the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, so there wouldn't be any question of a grudge...
With Ye Chen, who had read the original novel and acted as a "guide," the group entered the ruins with great ease. They not only easily passed through the strange fire path, but also subdued the ten Earth Demon Puppets used to guard the ruins and a Heaven Demon Puppets comparable to a two-star Dou Zun.
If it were just a demon puppet, Ye Chen wouldn't care so much.
After all, he currently possesses a Heavenly Demon Puppet comparable to a five-star Dou Zun, and it was crafted primarily from a Heavenly Demon Phoenix...
What Ye Chen truly valued was the combined attack formation engraved on these demon puppets. If he could thoroughly study this formation, it would be of great benefit not only to Ye Chen but also to the entire Ye family!
Chapter 381 The Heavenly Dragon
After passing through the gate guarded by puppets, Ye Chen and the others found themselves in front of a colossal palace that resembled a giant.
A person standing in the main hall appears so small.
Looking around, one could see that there were many deep corridors around the main hall, and it was unclear where they led.
However, at this point, some people seemed to disregard everything else, and several large groups began to rush into those passages in batches.
To find the Soul Infant Fruit, one would definitely need to find places like a medicine warehouse or a pharmacy. Although Xiao Yan didn't know exactly where these places were, he was worried that someone else would get there first.
Seeing this, Ye Chen chuckled and said, "Hehe, don't be in a hurry. These relics left behind by ancient Dou Sheng are different from ordinary sect halls..."
After speaking, he turned to look at Zi Yan, a habitual offender of medicinal herbs, and smiled, "So, did you find any useful information?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan immediately turned his gaze to Zi Yan.
"I can smell some medicinal herbs, but it's very faint..." Zi Yan sniffed and said.
"Alright, you lead the way."
After saying that, Zi Yan's small body had already darted out.
Ye Chen and the others quickly followed behind.
However, Xiao Yan's curiosity was now even stronger...
"What exactly is this little girl's true form? How does she even have the ability to find medicine?"
Well, what he didn't know was that Zi Yan's powerful ability to find medicine was not only due to a bit of innate talent, but also largely due to practice making perfect...
Led by Zi Yan, Ye Chen and the others quickly traversed the various passages. Along the way, they could see some rooms that had been violently damaged, but they paid no attention to them.
Before long, the group stopped at an ancient stone gate. The gate was covered with moss, its dark green color conveying a sense of the passage of time.
"The smell of medicinal herbs is strongest here. It must be where the herbs are stored. I just wonder if they've spoiled after all these years," Zi Yan said, pointing to the stone door.
"Why don't we go in and take a look?"
With that, Ye Chen pushed open the stone door...
However, behind this stone door was not the stone chamber that everyone had imagined, but a forest... an ancient forest entirely constructed from various rare medicinal herbs!
Even though he had expected it, Ye Chen still couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"Compared to the medicinal herbs here, even the Myriad Herbs Mountain Range in the Pill Realm is probably inferior..."
Ye Chen's greed was instantly aroused. At this moment, he wished he could pack up this entire space and take it away!
Unfortunately, while it's not impossible to do this, it requires at least the level of a Dou Sheng, or even a high-level Dou Sheng, to have such an ability. So, for now, he can only watch helplessly.
"Wow, this is a great place!"
Zi Yan, whose eyes were already sparkling with countless little stars, shattered Ye Chen and the others' illusions with a single sentence. She wiped away her drool and leaped into a patch of energy-rich Ganoderma lucidum, grabbing one and stuffing it into her mouth!
The medicinal herbs here have grown for countless years, resulting in an exceptionally rich energy content.
This is a great tonic for Zi Yan.
Although the taste was slightly inferior due to the lack of refining, the abundant energy made Zi Yan overlook the taste.
"Alright, let's go. Let's find the Soul Infant Fruit first, we can deal with these things when we get back..."
Ye Chen picked the little girl up and rolled his eyes as he watched her grab at things and stuff them into her mouth.
Ye Chen's words brought Xiao Yan back to his senses.
As an alchemist, upon seeing this scene, his first thought was also to thoroughly plunder the place.
"Yes, let's find the Soul Infant Fruit first!"
After speaking, Xiao Yan immediately began to fly into the forest.
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"I wonder how many years these ruins have existed. It seems this ancient forest has evolved its own ecosystem. Be careful, there might be powerful magical beasts here..."
Seeing the occasional appearance of beast shadows, Ye Chen cautiously offered a reminder.
Of course, this was mainly directed at Xiao Yan, because he was the only weakling there...
After traveling some distance, Ye Chen sensed several more unfamiliar presences appearing within the forest.
"Other people have come in, and they're not coming from the same direction as us. It seems there's more than one entrance to this place!"
Ye Chen's reminder made Xiao Yan nervous.
"Then we need to speed things up, otherwise it'll be troublesome if someone else gets there first..."
Just then, Zi Yan's voice came: "We've found the Soul Infant Fruit..."
With that, the small figure rushed into the dense forest first.
Before long, Ye Chen and the others stopped in their tracks. What appeared before them was a lake that was about ten feet long.
In the center of the lake, there is a small piece of floating land, like a small island in the middle of the lake. On that island, there is a small tree with a very strange shape...
The sapling was entirely grayish-silver in color, its branches intertwined like vines. As these branches extended and outlined themselves, they formed a strange arc. If viewed from a distance, one would find that the plant's posture resembled that of a heavily pregnant woman, and within the belly formed by the heavy branches, a faint golden light seemed to overflow.
"It really is the Soul Infant Demon Tree..." Upon seeing this strangely shaped plant, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said with delight.
Although they found the Soul Infant Demon Tree, none of them acted rashly.
Wherever there are spiritual treasures in the world, there are bound to be exotic beasts guarding them. Although this place is in ruins, it is home to many exotic beasts with ancient bloodlines, so the level of danger is no less than that of the outside world.
Sure enough, after sensing the approaching unfamiliar presence, a huge shadow quickly appeared in the seemingly calm lake...
With a loud boom, a colossal creature burst out of the water, its enormous eyes scanning the surroundings with a fierce glint.
"Huh? It's actually a Heavenly Dragon! It's extinct in the outside world..." Zi Yan exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the giant magical beast bursting out of the water.
Although Zi Yan had never seen this kind of magical beast before, the inheritance from her bloodline allowed her to recognize its true form at a glance.
A seventh-tier peak Heavenly Flood Dragon is quite powerful, but with Zi Yan present, they don't need to fight at all.
Zi Yan transformed into a small purple dragon and appeared atop the Heavenly Flood Dragon's head. With a childlike roar, the once ferocious beast instantly became a docile pet...
"This is... a dragon? Could it be the Ancient Void Dragon?" Xiao Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and then an unbelievable thought came to his mind.
Who would have thought that this seemingly cute little girl would actually be such a legendary monster!
Chapter 382 Beast Spirit Shield, Dragon and Phoenix Bones
Looking at the Heavenly Flood Dragon in front of him, Ye Chen was intrigued, thinking that it was a very good guardian spirit beast.
However, his current strength is still a bit weak. If he could advance to the eighth rank, he might be able to become like Xiong Zhan from the Pill Realm and have a chance to become the king of magical beasts in this ancient forest.
The most important reason why he had such thoughts was that Ye Chen had taken a liking to this space and wanted to take it back to use as the Ye family's medicinal garden.
However, this will probably only be possible once he breaks through to the Dou Sheng level.
"Brother, this guy is so pitiful, why don't we give him some compensation?"
While Ye Chen was pondering, Zi Yan had already discussed it with the Tongtian Jiao. However, it seemed that the little girl was a bit reluctant to see the spiritual object that this guy had guarded for who knows how many years being taken away, and she said to Ye Chen.
These words not only startled Ye Chen from his deep thoughts, but also brought Xiao Yan, who was caught up in ecstasy, back to his senses, and he felt a pang of shame.
"Alright, I have two pills here that are quite effective for tempering the physical body and purifying the bloodline of magical beasts, so I'll give them to it..."
Ye Chen threw out two medicine bottles, which were then swallowed whole by the Tongtian Jiao.
Of course, it wasn't eaten directly, but rather stored in its abdominal space.
It will probably take quite some time to digest these two pills.
Seeing Ye Chen make a move, Xiao Yan felt a little embarrassed, but he still said, "I don't have anything good here, but I do have a mature Transformation Grass..."
Upon hearing the words "Transformation Grass," the Heavenly Flood Dragon's enormous eyes lit up again. It nodded its large head vigorously, expressing its gratitude to Ye Chen and Xiao Yan.
The deal was struck, and Xiao Yan quickly retrieved the Soul Infant Fruit nurtured within the Soul Infant Demon Tree.
Just as everyone was preparing to leave, Zi Yan, who had been quite excited, suddenly looked a little confused. She tugged at Ye Chen's sleeve and looked into the depths of the forest, saying, "Big brother, I sense that something in there is calling to me..."
Ye Chen raised an eyebrow and a smile appeared on his lips.
"In that case, let's go in and take a look..."
Although the aura of the surrounding magical beasts became increasingly terrifying as they went deeper, Ye Chen didn't care.
With Cai Die by his side, he didn't think the magical beasts here posed any threat to him. If any were particularly uncooperative, Ye Chen wouldn't mind catching a few to take away for his own amusement…
The group continued deeper into the forest, and then stopped when they were nearing the center.
However, what puzzled everyone was that all they could see in front of them was an empty field, and they didn't find anything special.
Just as Xiao Yan was about to ask if they had come to the wrong place, he saw Zi Yan slowly take about ten steps forward, then solemnly extend her small hand...
Just as its small hand touched the void half a foot in front of it, a golden light suddenly appeared out of thin air.
The golden light was shaped like an inverted bowl, round at the top and wide at the bottom, with an area of about ten feet. Although the golden light was dazzling, it was obscured by the layers of trees, and it was impossible to see unless you got very close.
"What is this?" This question arose in the minds of Xiao Yan and the others.
Ye Chen's expression turned solemn as he thought to himself, "This must be the Beast Spirit Shield. But from the outside, it only looks like this small area, while inside it is a vast space. It's truly amazing..."
"This is a Beast Spirit Shield. Only extremely powerful magical beasts can condense such a shield when they are about to die." Zi Yan gently stroked the shield with her small hands, a faint look of sorrow on her face, as she explained to everyone.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Judging from Zi Yan's behavior, the owner of this beast spirit shield is probably of the same race as her...
Having grasped this point, everyone understood Zi Yan's expression at that moment.
Butterfly approached and gently stroked the little girl's hair. As a fellow member of the magical beast race, she could better understand Zi Yan's feelings at this moment.
Just then, Zi Yan, who was rubbing the light shield, suddenly changed her expression and said, "No! This beast spirit shield not only has the scent of the Primordial Void Dragon, but it also seems to have a bit of... the scent of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan? But this scent is far purer than that of the current Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan."
These words startled not only Cai Die, but also Xiao Yan and the Iron Sword Venerable.
A bloodline even purer than the Heavenly Phoenix Clan—doesn't that refer to the ancient Heavenly Phoenix? Wasn't that species extinct ten thousand years ago?
If you think about it this way, the existence of this ruin could even be pushed back to the time when the Dou Di (Battle Emperor) once existed!
"Can you open it?" Ye Chen asked.
"This kind of beast spirit shield can only be activated by those with the same bloodline..."
As she spoke, the little girl didn't hesitate to slash her palm. The beast spirit shield that came into contact with the golden blood then fluctuated rapidly, and a golden crack slowly tore open.
"Let's go..."