A typical herb-picking cultivator had no choice but to hand over all the herbs they picked, as they did not have the ability to refine such high quality herbs. Even if they had the ability, they could not bring the refinement equipment needed to the herb mountain as they were searched prior to entering the teleportation array. This prevented people from bringing their own herbs to exchange for dragon scale runes, as well as bringing their own refinement equipment, which prevented them from brewing the herbs on the herb mountain.
But with Yi Yun’s Purple Crystal, he did not need to brew the herbs. He could directly absorb the energy, so it was easy for him to steal the herb’s power.
“If I were to absorb the Blood Yang Flower’s energy, it will be a great supplement for me!”
Yi Yun was tempted. Previously, the Yellow and Mystic-ranked herbs he found were all turned in honestly.
The main point was that by stealing their power, it would do more harm than good. The low-grade herbs had impure energies, so they were not very helpful for Yi Yun. It had also a high possibility of revealing his secret.
The herbs picked in the Tai Ah Divine City herb mountain were given to the alchemists of the Divine City. Those old monsters were extremely terrifying. They knew all the properties of the herbs. If he had tampered with it, they were likely to discover it.
With the Blood Yang Flower, Yi Yun had three choices.
Sucking it dry, stealing the herbal essence or exchanging it for dragon scale runes.
If he didn’t suck it dry, then he would not get the Blood Yang Flower’s herbal essence but he would get 3000 dragon scale runes.
If he were to absorb a portion of it and then hand it over, it would be the best of two worlds, but it would increase the risk of his secret being discovered…
But upon careful thought, some loss in a herb’s essence would not be a great cause for doubt.
Yi Yun was wavering between the three and finally resisted the temptation by removing the third choice.
Although the possibility of him being discovered was tiny, there was no such thing as not getting your feet wet by standing beside the river. He might not be discovered the first time, but he might try again a second time.
If this happened again and again, he might be emboldened in his attempts.
Those magistrates and officials probably had such a mentality when they received bribes.
Yi Yun did not want to be penny-wise, pound-foolish. The road ahead of him was still long. It was not worth the risk for this petty gain.
Who would know what those old monsters would do?
So, he could only choose between the first two!
As Yi Yun was thinking, his expression suddenly changed!
Oh!?
Yi Yun was startled and went on high alert!
He quickly drew out his Thousand Army Saber!
What is this…?
Yi Yun looked around his surroundings. With his pupils constricted, he turned extremely focused.
How could this be, wasn’t he on a cliff? But now…
What… is this place!?
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