Wang Teng followed close behind, teaming up with Gu Ming.
Cyan Treasure tilted its head to look at Dumb Flower. The plump creature was no longer as clumsy as it had been before.
On the contrary, its walking speed here on the back mountain trail was no slower than the two Beastmasters, and it moved with ease.
While the grassy terrain certainly gave it an advantage, the main reason was that Dumb Flower’s Speed had increased.
Gu Ming glanced over as well, recalling Dumb Flower’s impressive physical test results from yesterday.
Its Speed, shattering the slow impression from a month ago, had risen to a score of nearly 18, putting it on par with the Little Cyan Snake’s straight-line running speed of 20.
Additionally, Dumb Flower’s Power was nearly on par with the Little Cyan Snake’s, capable of striking with a force of ninety pounds.
And this was before its Evolution. Its physical stats alone were already incredibly close to the post-Evolution Little Cyan Snake.
One could only imagine that once Dumb Flower evolved, it would completely surpass the current Little Cyan Snake in both Power and Speed.
Of course, that didn’t an the Little Cyan Snake had no chance of winning. No matter how fast Dumb Flower was in a straight line, it wasn’t as agile as the Little Cyan Snake.
Although Dumb Flower’s Speed had increased, its physical limitations were unchangeable.
When it ca to making multiple turns and dodging attacks, Dumb Flower’s reaction ti was clearly inferior to the Little Cyan Snake’s.
"Did you sense it?" Gu Ming asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yes. Dumb Flower sensed a parasite inside. If its Perception isn’t wrong, it should be a Black Thorn Blightworm. We’ll need Thorn-removing Spirit Leaf Grass, Cold Jade Marrow, and Poison Transformation Liquid..."
Wang Teng rattled off a long list of ingredients. Gu Ming had thought of most of them, but there were a few herbs he hadn’t considered. ’Probably knowledge from the Wang Family’s training,’ he guessed.
"Cyan Treasure, scout ahead."
Cyan Treasure slithered down from his neck and went ahead to scout. Following Gu Ming’s silent instructions, it parted the tall grass and moved forward to check things out.
Wang Teng was also using his knowledge to identify the forest environnt, searching for the herbs he needed.
For this test set by the teacher, there was so overlap between the Spirit dicine and the treatnts required for the Spirit Pets.
However, the dicinal properties of most herbs were opposites, aning the route everyone took up the mountain would determine which Pet Beast they could save first.
If the herbs were picked clean by soone else beforehand, the rescue mission would definitely be slowed down.
It was worth noting that treating a Pet Beast wasn’t about rigidly following the formulas given in textbooks.
Most of the ti, herbs with similar dicinal properties could be used as substitutes for one another. It wasn’t that a specific dicine was absolutely necessary.
The students’ search for dicine on the mountain was a test of their compounding abilities. If a certain type of herb was unavailable, they had to find a substitute with similar properties.
A short while later, the two noticed a faint chill in the air ahead, a stark contrast to the surrounding heat. Wang Teng’s Benny reacted; it sensed a dense, icy aura ahead—perhaps the key to solving the Jade Water Turtle’s fire poison problem.
Sure enough, behind a massive boulder, both Dumb Flower and the Little Cyan Snake discovered so Cold Jade Grass emitting a faint blue glow.
They grew in a shaded spot, their leaves long, thin, and black with a faint blue sheen. The veins resembled threads of ice, the stems were lustrous, and tiny, frost-covered flower buds at the tips gave off a bone-chilling cold.
This was the raw material for the Cold Jade Marrow needed by the Jade Water Turtle.
Cold Jade Marrow was a low-level dicine ntioned in the textbooks, made from Cold Jade Grass and Cold Spiritual Water. The process required grinding the Cold Jade Grass into a paste and soaking it in Cold Spiritual Water until it froze into frost particles. This activated its dicinal properties. Then, it had to be heated with a controlled fla to create a slurry, which would cool to form the Cold Jade Marrow.
Cold Spiritual Water was ford from dewdrops that had been infused with either Ice Spiritual Qi or Water Spiritual Qi.
This was no small task; they had to start collecting it as soon as they found the herb.
Otherwise, once the morning passed, the Spiritual Qi preserved in the dewdrops would surely evaporate.
Gu Ming imdiately had the Little Cyan Snake follow Dumb Flower to collect the nearby Cold Spiritual Water.
About ten minutes later, the two Pet Beasts returned, each carrying a leaf or two filled with Cold Spiritual Water.
The two began the process.
They ground the Cold Jade Grass into a paste and placed it in the leaves filled with Cold Spiritual Water.
With a SIZZLE, the water rapidly froze into frost, and layers of Cold Qi rose from the surface.
At this point, they needed a beaker for heating.
Since both of them were aiming for the Cultivation Elent, they naturally ca prepared with such equipnt.
As for a fire source, they could either start one by drilling wood or simply use a lighter.
During this process, a rustling sound ca from the forest.
A team of student Beastmasters stumbled upon the scene and saw the two of them refining the dicine.
Although Beastmasters of the Cultivation Elent weren’t typically skilled in combat with one another, when competition arose and there wasn’t enough Spirit dicine to go around, they might resort to snatching it directly from other Cultivation Elent Beastmasters.
In such a situation, one couldn’t have high expectations of the other party’s moral standards.
Wang Teng, who was controlling the temperature to refine the potion, saw the newcors and his expression imdiately changed.
"Damn it, the Cold Jade Grass is all gone."
"They have Cold Jade Marrow in their hands..."
"Dumb Flower, stop them!"
"Go!" Gu Ming shouted.
In fact, as the opponents had approached, Cyan Treasure had already circled around behind them.
The mont they looked at the beaker in Wang Teng’s hands, Gu Ming seized the initiative and had Cyan Treasure strike.
Cyan Treasure imdiately bit the back of one Pet Beast’s neck, injecting it with venom. Then, with a flash and a twist, it used its Master Level Body Technique to get behind the other Pet Beast and delivered another swift, light strike.
The two students’ faces fell.
Their Pet Beasts were a Yellow Dog and a Green-headed Duck—one Earth Elent, one Grass Elent.
The two had worked together, searching for dicine until they reached this spot, only to be ambushed by Gu Ming’s group.
By the ti the two students reacted, both of their pets had been injected with venom. A purplish-black color slowly appeared on their bodies, and their movents beca sluggish.
Cyan Treasure waited for about ten seconds. Seeing that the two pets still had so strength left, though their movents were much slower, it imdiately moved in to deliver two Head Hamrs.
THUD!
THUD!
Both Pet Beasts imdiately fainted, losing their ability to fight.
"Good job, Cyan Treasure!" A smile appeared on Gu Ming’s face as he petted the Little Cyan Snake, which had co over looking for praise.
The entire battle had been overly simple; a real fight had never even broken out.
’Well, they’re Cultivation Elent Beastmasters, after all. They aren’t skilled in combat to begin with,’ Gu Ming thought.
Seeing that their Pet Beasts were down, the two students could only scowl, take out their phones, and report their pets’ defeat in the class group chat.
Imdiately after, a nearby proctor arrived, guided by their location. A re five seconds passed before a Healing Pet Beast cast a curative light, and points were awarded to Gu Ming’s team.
After this flurry of activity, Wang Teng, having controlled the heat perfectly, finished refining the Cold Jade Marrow. It now just needed to cool.
During this ti, Gu Ming and the others set off again to find the remaining Spirit dicine.
Wang Teng was still shaken after seeing Cyan Treasure’s agile, lightning-fast movents.
He thought to himself, ’If Dumb Flower were to face Cyan Treasure, it would probably be bitten and rendered helpless in an instant.’
He asked, "Aren’t you going to try for the Combat Elent score?"
"There’s no rush. We can just snatch it later."
The 100 dicine bottles were buried on the back mountain, and they still had to search for clues there.
Gu Ming planned to first complete the Cultivation Elent task, then randomly intercept and rob a Combat Beastmaster on the way down the mountain.
This kind of strategy was common in past exams.
Therefore, the difficulty of the next battle would certainly not be low. It wouldn’t be as easy to launch a successful sneak attack as it had been just now.
Wang Teng thought for a mont, then shook his head. "Sorry, I probably can’t help much. With Dumb Flower’s current abilities, it would be difficult to provide any support."
Gu Ming hadn’t been counting on Dumb Flower to be a core fighter anyway. "It’s fine," he said. "I have another helper."
Wang Teng was taken aback. He knew who Gu Ming was talking about.
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