Falling off the cliff
The illusion carried on. As Yi Yun pretended to still be within it, he was thinking of a way to catch this primordial herb.
According to the ‘Divine wilderness’ book’s records, many primordial herbs have the ability to tunnel into the earth or water. Just like some novels that had records of human ginseng fruits, which had the ability to “dissolve upon contact with water, entering upon contact with soil…”
This sort of primordial herb would dissolve upon contact with water, and it would tunnel into the ground upon contact with soil. As such, they would be like the fish swimming in the ocean, impossible to find!
Catching a primordial herb needed to be done in one swift strike!
If it were to escape deep into the herb mountain, even a human sage would be helpless.
And Yi Yun was completely inadequate in terms of speed and experience in picking primordial herbs. Rushing to pick it would only result in failure.
The primordial herb still did not know that Yi Yun could see it. If Yi Yun were to draw out the Thousand Army Saber and rush at it, then the disguise from before would crumble. This would put the primordial herb on high alert.
Did he have to report this matter to the Divine City, letting a sage handle it?
If the tip-off led to success, then he would be rewarded. But the point was, if the human sage were to come with him, would the primordial herb discover it early on and slip off?
At that time, he might even be charged with the crime of crying wolf.
And even if the human sage had some exceptional method to capture the primordial herb, how was he going to explain his discovery of the primordial herb’s location?
Many things could easily arouse suspicion.
After some thought, Yi Yun decided to do it himself, betting all on a single attempt!
But… Not today!
Currently, he was grossly inadequate in preparations.
By rashly making a move, it could startle the enemy.
Although there might be no way of finding the primordial herb if it were to escape, Yi Yun had the confidence to locate the primordial herb’s location because the Blood Yang Flower did not have the ability to dissolve or tunnel through the earth.
Finding the Blood Yang Flower meant finding the primordial herb.
Yi Yun believed that the primordial herb was lurking around the Blood Yang Flower, protecting its ‘property’.
“The primordial herb’s hiding technique sure is good. Previously, when I used my spiritual energy to interface with the Purple Crystal, I could only detect the Blood Yang Flower, and missed that primordial herb. Its distance could not have been far off, but yet I didn’t see it. It was only when it used its magic could I find it!”
Yi Yun also felt lucky. For him to find a primordial herb was purely coincidental.
At the same time, Yi Yun felt that he needed to cultivate more, so he could increase his spiritual energy. Without sufficient spiritual energy, whether it was a primordial herb, immortal herb or primal herb, he would not be able to find it.
As Yi Yun was thinking, he suddenly found that in the illusion, there were more and more corpses surging towards him like a tidal wave, forcing him into a corner.
It looked like Yi Yun was in a forsaken cemetery, surrounded by plains. But Yi Yun knew that behind him was a cliff.
One more foot back and he would fall off the cliff.
Although 30 meters was not much, a person within an illusion would be unaware of this.
If Yi Yun hit his head first on the rocks, due to the heavy Flowing Mercury Gown he wore, his head and neck would take the brute force of the weight. He would be seriously injured and might even die from a broken neck!
Upon thinking of this, Yi Yun’s urge to catch the primordial herb grew stronger.
Although primordial herbs did not have the ability to kill, by using their magic to charm a cultivator, they could still cause a cultivator’s death.
Yi Yun had no room for retreat. He lowered the weight of the Flowing Mercury Gown to its lowest, and pretending to slip, he let out a cry and fell down the cliff!
Whilst midair, it seemed like Yi Yun was alarmed and bewildered, but secretly, he was maintaining his balance.
“Boom!”
Yi Yun fell to the ground on his back, sending rocks flying!
Even with the Flowing Mercury Gown’s weight at its lowest, the impact from falling thirty meters was still tremendous.
Yi Yun sprawled out on the ground. His body had formed a huge human-sized crater. In fact, before Yi Yun landed, he had gathered his body’s Heaven Earth Yuan Qi to cushion his fall. However, it still caused his body to ache.
Although he was uninjured, Yi Yun pretended to pass out. At the same time, using the Purple Crystal’s vision, he quietly observed the primordial herb at the top of the cliff.
Yi Yun could feel a faint sneer coming from the herb.
“Primordial herb, this rascal…”
Yi Yun made sure that he would make the primordial herb pay for this.
Soon, the primordial herb lost interest in Yi Yun and left in a carefree manner.