Evidently, she had already collected ten Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchids.
“If you guys really can’t recognise the herb, you can ask for your beasts‘ help. Your beasts’ sense of smell and sight tend to be sharper than humans on average.” The tall girl was a little puzzled by Yue Yang, who was currently using his Divine Vision to sweep his eyes over the surroundings, vigilantly guarding against sneak attacks by demons. But she was happy that somebody was being a bodyguard free of charge. This way, she could set her mind on gathering the herbs. She saw that Yue Yang’s group of newbies really had such poor foundations that she couldn’t hold back from guiding Ye Kong, who looked more honest. “Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid, generally speaking, would not nestle in places that are too deep. They also need to absorb energy from the Devil Moon, so you don’t need to search in very deep and submerged areas. Secondly, you must keep a lookout for Demon Insects, normally, they do not like to stay near the stone crevices where the extremely poisonous Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchids are normally found, but they do not mind staying near the Rat Spot Flying Yang Grass, so places where the Demon Insects roam about can also be ignored. Thirdly …… ”
With the guidance of the tall girl, Ye Kong spent quite some effort before finally finding one herb growing in the middle of a shallow rock crevice, without any water submerging it or Demon Insects crawling about.
Since it corresponded with all the requirements, this should be that Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid, Ye Kong was just feeling inwardly gleeful.
But, as he grasped the herb, the Little Princess Bei Bei, who was riding a Level Two Bronze Hobby and spiralling about swiftly, swooped down on him fast and her girly voice continuously shouted. “Idiot, quickly throw it away!”
The tall girl also reacted, crying out “Oh God, that is Fishy Juice Tempt Worm Grass, the juice from this type of grass will attract large amounts of Demon Insects, quickly discard it!”
Ye Kong indeed detected that there was an additional faintly fishy smell in the air, and it was really different from the odourless juice of the Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid. Looking around him again, he didn’t notice when, but suddenly a large group of Demon Insects bearing their fangs and brandishing claws had appeared.
Frightened, he hurriedly threw away the herb.
He noticed that he hadn’t thrown it far enough away from himself. The group of Demon Insects surged upon him, and it was still a far from good situation, so he hurriedly picked the herb up again and took to his heels, drawing the tide of Demon Insects after him.
When he threw that Fishy Juice Tempt Worm Grass far away and wanted to escape from the swarm of worms again, he realized that he had already been surrounded by the torrent of Demon Insects.
When the Li Clan brothers and Fatty Hai saw this, they hurriedly summoned their beasts to save Ye Kong.
After a long time, the four idiots, who had their entire bodies filled with bites of the Demon Insects and covered all over in wounds, finally fought their way out of the swarm of worms under the help of the Hui Tai Lang. They immediately fled to Yue Yang’s side, every one of them worn out as a dead dog.
Ye Kong was still okay but had received a big shock. Fatty Hai was so tired that he immediately fell to the ground, unwilling to move even an inch even when Demon Insects had crawled all over his body.
Yue Yang had only sent out his Hui Tai Lang and did not personally go to rescue them. These Demon Insects were of a very low level. Ye Kong and company could deal with them. This was also a good opportunity to toughen them up.
Little Princess Bei Bei showed a very burdened expression and chided Ye Kong and company like a little adult. “Brothers, if you do not know how to pick the herbs, don’t randomly pick them. This is the Demon Abyss. My Empress Mother, ah, I mean, my mother said that in the Demon Abyss, one cannot lower one’s guard no matter what we are doing.”
When they realized that they were even scolded by a six or seven year old little child, Ye Kong and company looked at each other in dismay, not knowing whether to laugh or cry in their hearts.
There was one little girl of the group of five kids who flew down and waved her hand, advising them. “All of you don’t move. We discovered a few hundred Black Eared Spheres growing as a thicket. They are probably going to blossom in about an hour. We will gather them at that time, as that would be the most fresh and most useful type of Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid. All of you don’t be too anxious and maintain your body strength. Later, just concentrate on protecting us while we are picking the herbs. Bei Bei, summon your beast to give them some treatment first. We’ll search again later and see whether there are still Black Eared Spheres around here.”
“Where are the Black Eared Spheres?” The tall and pretty girl was astounded. “Princess Qi