.......
Fortunately, Zhan Tingzhou's Five-Colored Divine Light was quite effective at restraining poisons and toxic powders.
But even so, taking him down and killing him still required considerable effort.
Now, waiting around with Lu Ding was simply to confirm the suspicions in his mind.
And as it turned out, the results proved Zhan Tingzhou's guess was correct.
Lu Ding was just about to step in and finish the job.
Zhan Tingzhou quickly stopped him: "Hold on, let see what secrets he has. The scene is going to get a bit bloody, so you..."
Lu Ding looked at him: "You're talking to about blood?"
Zhan Tingzhou chuckled under his mask: "Fair point."
He grabbed his knife.
He mounted the youth, drove the blade in with one slash, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
Zhan Tingzhou's hands ford an obscure magical seal.
Muttering incantations under his breath, his body writhed and slowly began to squeeze into the wound. In just a few monts.
His entire person had entered inside the youth's body.
Lu Ding found the sight sowhat disturbing.
Not because of the gore, mainly because it was disgusting.
At that mont.
Inside the youth's body, Zhan Tingzhou kept searching while forming hand seals.
"With Songyuan Valley's resources, it's very hard to cultivate soone to God Ascension. Based on the actual situation, if this Jin Chuan's talent was truly good enough to break through to God Ascension as a disciple, ignoring resource limitations, he could have easily gone to another better, wealthier force!"
"There's no way he'd hide for centuries just to reach God Ascension!"
"This only ans his talent is limited, but he possesses a rare treasure capable of defying fate and changing his destiny. And he was afraid of being discovered, so he hid in Songyuan Valley!"
As he spoke, Zhan Tingzhou followed the youth's ridians, bones, blood, and soul, searching everywhere for anything suspicious. Finally, he even violently tore open the inner landscape space of Heaven and Earth Observation and crawled inside.
The realms of Earth Observation and Heavenly Observation correspond to "Heaven Round and Earth Square." They nurture the internal space within the body, store the soul and spirit, overlap with the Spiritual Sea, and store Spiritual Energy - beyond this, they have no other major uses.
The mont he entered.
Zhan Tingzhou reverted to his human form. The scene before him was about what he had expected.
Completely unremarkable.
Average foundation.
But for soone like this to cultivate to God Ascension was absolutely unreasonable.
After a thorough search.
Deep within Jin Chuan's inner landscape, Zhan Tingzhou successfully found a patch of dicinal herb garden glowing with an erald green light.
At the center of the herb garden, Jin Chuan, whose soul had been rendered chaotic from severe injuries, was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the field.
He watched as rows of dicinal herbs gently swayed, releasing a mist of dicinal energy to help Jin Chuan recover from his wounds.
As the dicinal mist rose.
The herbs withered.
Seeds fell from the dried branches into the soil. The next mont.
Tender shoots of dicinal herbs burst forth from the ground.
Their growth speed was extrely fast.
Zhan Tingzhou's eyes lit up: "This growth rate... could it be that this herb garden has the ability to accelerate the growth of dicinal herbs!?"
Forget whether it had any other uses.
Just this one thing alone.
Even if one's talent was lacking, they could still forcibly raise their limits through large-scale rare natural treasures, accumulating small amounts to make a great whole, drop by drop wearing through stone.
If they could also get their hands on so good seeds for rare natural treasures...
If this herb garden's divine properties were deep enough...
Then...
God Ascension might really not be just a dream!!
Realizing this, Zhan Tingzhou imdiately pressed forward, planning to quietly eliminate Jin Chuan who was recovering from his injuries.
But just as he reached the edge of the herb garden.
A powerful repulsive force suddenly burst forth.
A killing intent struck.
Zhan Tingzhou didn't even dare to stop. He wrapped himself in the Five-Colored Divine Light, used every trick he had, turned around, and ran.
But even so.
The incoming attack still caught up to him.
A heavy blow.
BANG!!!!
The Four-Colored Divine Light, which had gathered four of the five colors, was blasted to pieces along with half of Zhan Tingzhou's body.
It sent him flying backward out of Jin Chuan's body, vomiting large mouthfuls of blood, nearly dying from the severe injuries!!
Lu Ding was startled, his face rarely showing a change. He rushed forward and caught the flying Zhan Tingzhou.
"What the hell happened to you!?"
Zhan Tingzhou's face was pale, his breath faint. He struggled to stay conscious, spitting blood as he spoke: "Quick!! Quick!! A trea...treasure...a rare treasure!!"
"Forget the damn rare treasure! Shut up! You're about to die! Stop talking!!"
Raising his hand to summon the [Eight-Dragon Sandalwood Chariot], Lu Ding grabbed Zhan Tingzhou and flew directly into it.
The wood-elent Azure Dragon's power steadily stabilized and healed his injuries.
Although the [Eight-Dragon Sandalwood Chariot] had not yet fully evolved into the Sage's mount, the [Nine Dragons Agarwood Chariot], its wondrous uses were still beyond the reach of ordinary items.
Even a fatal injury could be forcibly stabilized and quickly healed.
That was the true value of a Sage's mount.
But right now, Zhan Tingzhou's injuries could only be barely stabilized. On Zhan Tingzhou's wounds, the power of the [Eight-Dragon Sandalwood Chariot] was locked in battle with the residual force from the attack that had hit him.
Although the [Eight-Dragon Sandalwood Chariot] had the upper hand.
The opposing force was no ordinary thing either, managing to resist without losing too much ground.
Lu Ding watched with confusion, wondering what kind of thing it could be.
But the situation was urgent. No rare treasure was worth more than Zhan Tingzhou's safety.
If he died, the trail was cut. If he didn't die, even if they couldn't get the treasure today, there would be plenty more opportunities later.
Lu Ding circulated his energy, placing his hand against Zhan Tingzhou's back.
Of course, don't get the wrong idea - he didn't know any healing techniques.
He was simply using the soul control of [Heaven-Man Unity] and the body control of [White Snake Shakes Scales] to control [Way of the Jinche]'s ability to cut through anything, pouring it into Zhan Tingzhou's body to help the [Eight-Dragon Sandalwood Chariot] hack apart the residual opposing force.
Zhan Tingzhou, who had already started feeling a bit more comfortable.
With the infusion of Lu Ding's Spiritual Energy containing the slash of [Way of the Jinche], suddenly found himself in a world of pain.
"Holy... holy shit... it hurts... it hurts so much!!"
In his past life, Zhan Tingzhou had experienced all kinds of suffering and endured all kinds of injuries.
But this kind of pain today, millions of tis more agonizing than death by a thousand cuts - even the toughest man couldn't withstand it.
In Zhan Tingzhou's current state, you could ask him anything and he'd confess. He'd even fra a few innocent people.
Lu Ding was annoyed by his screaming, which was distracting. He threw a punch at the back of Zhan Tingzhou's head, performing a manual shutdown.
Zhan Tingzhou went out with a gurgle, only to be awakened by the pain the next second.
"Don't... don't punch , I'm already in pain all over my body, and now the back of my... my head hurts too. I can't pass out, it hurts too... too much!"
But painful as it was, he had to admit.
It worked!!
Lu Ding's unorthodox thod was pure 'field dic' stuff, comparable to opening a hole in soone's chest during CPR, reaching in, grabbing the heart, and giving it a couple of squeezes.
It was even more absurd than pulling out an artery for intravenous fluids and hemostasis, tying it off like a rubber band and stuffing it back in.
The pain had Zhan Tingzhou trembling, foam forming at the corners of his mouth.
But fortunately, with Lu Ding's help, the residual force on Zhan Tingzhou's wounds was soon chopped into bits.
Then the Azure Dragon's power of the [Eight-Dragon Sandalwood Chariot] covered them, dissolved them, and repaired the damage.
One could watch as strands of ridians and blood vessels reappeared, followed by bones and flesh, until finally, the area of Zhan Tingzhou that had been blown apart was restored to its original state.
There were basically no major issues. He would just need so ti to recuperate afterward.
Lu Ding carefully withdrew his Spiritual Energy, ensuring that the slashing force of [Way of the Jinche] wouldn't remain inside Zhan Tingzhou's body.
After doing all this, he let out a long breath and finally said: "What the hell were you doing? You almost got yourself killed!!?"
"If I had been just a bit slower, or if I hadn't been here, you'd be dead right now!"
Zhan Tingzhou moved his newly regrown half of his body: "But you were here, so stop scolding . I really didn't expect that the treasure inside this guy's body would have such a fierce and terrifying defensive chanism!"
Lu Ding asked curiously: "What exactly was it!?"
Zhan Tingzhou struggled to keep the excitent out of his voice: "A herb garden. A divinely extraordinary herb garden. From my investigation, what I know so far is that it can accelerate the growth of dicinal herbs and heal its owner's injuries. But I'm guessing it definitely has more uses than just these!!!"
Lu Ding listened, then turned his head to look at the youth lying on the ground.
A herb garden!?
What an ancient and cliché golden finger for a male lead from old-school novels.
He never expected to run into a 'male lead' under such random circumstances.
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I wasn't feeling well, so I wrote a bit slower, but I still managed to get the bonus chapter out. This is a bonus chapter for the Gift King that Jun Shen Hongchang sent earlier. Thank you, boss!
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