"Ugh. Ho-how is this possible? You...you’re actually a Peak Golden Immortal?"

Wang Ba’s expression suddenly changed, as if struck by a bolt of lightning. The cruel look he had moments before was instantly replaced by terror.

Immediately after, a powerful pressure surged from Fang Hong, like an invisible giant hand pressing down on him, causing his body to tremble uncontrollably.

Wang Ba was utterly bewildered. He and Fang Hong were only one minor realm apart, yet the disparity in their auras was like a chasm.

Just how many law meridians had Fang Hong condensed to possess such a sharp aura?

At this moment, Wang Ba finally sobered up completely. He realized he was in a deadly predicament, and his previous thoughts of revenge had long since vanished, replaced by fear.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he hastily pulled out a void talisman, wanting only to escape this dangerous place as quickly as possible.

However, it was already too late.

Just as Wang Ba took out the void talisman, Fang Hong had already made his move. Four golden chains suddenly shot out from the void without warning.

The chains were as fast as lightning, almost instantly coiling around Wang Ba’s limbs. Then, with a fierce tug upwards, they hoisted him into the air.

The void talisman slipped from Wang Ba’s hand. He watched, wide-eyed, as his hope of escape lay before him, yet he couldn’t grasp it. He completely panicked.

"You, what do you want to do?"

"You want to harm a fellow disciple? This is a serious crime explicitly prohibited by the sect. Aren’t you afraid of being discovered by the sect Elders and facing severe punishment?"

Wang Ba stared at Fang Hong with a face full of terror, trying to deter him with sect rules.

Fang Hong, however, seemed not to hear him. His face remained completely calm as he slowly raised his hand, and a Dark Demon Finger shot from his fingertip.

The purple beam directly pierced Wang Ba’s heart.

With a puchi sound, blood gushed from the wound. Wang Ba’s eyes widened suddenly, his body twitched violently a few times, and his aura instantly withered.

Immediately after, Fang Hong conjured the demon soul banner, absorbing Wang Ba’s Divine Soul, ending the battle cleanly and decisively.

"Who would know if I killed you in this desolate place?" Fang Hong muttered softly, looking at the corpse hanging in mid-air.

With Wang Ba’s death, the Immortal Artifacts within his body immediately lost the support of Immortal Qi and automatically appeared.

It was a longsword radiating a faint silver light, merely a sixth-grade Immortal Artifact, not of particularly high quality.

Fang Hong casually waved his hand, collecting the longsword into his storage bag, planning to feed it to his own Immortal Artifact later when he had time, to raise its grade.

After dealing with the Immortal Artifact, Fang Hong also took Wang Ba’s storage item. There were no precious treasures inside, only a few low-grade Immortal Artifacts and a pile of Immortal Stones.

Fang Hong didn’t mind and collected all these items.

After scavenging all the useful things, Fang Hong then fed his corpse to the demon gourd, refining it into a Late Golden Immortal Immortal Pill.

With Wang Ba, this troublesome little ant, out of the way, Fang Hong could finally focus on exploring this mysterious and unpredictable Treasure Realm.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Fang Hong’s mind stirred, and he performed the Transformation Technique.

A faint white light shimmered around him, and his figure and appearance rapidly changed within the white light.

A moment later, the white light dissipated, and the originally young Fang Hong had transformed into a burly, tall middle-aged man with a rugged face.

This way, even if he encountered other disciples, he wouldn’t have to worry too much about his identity when making a move.

The gray-robed Elder had specifically warned that the Treasure Realm was full of unknown dangers everywhere.

Fang Hong dared not be careless in the slightest. He immediately performed the Azure Wood Technique, and a green light flashed around him, eventually transforming him into a finger-thick, emerald-green vine.

This vine moved quickly along the ground, like a nimble little green snake. Not only was it fast, but it could also perfectly blend into the surrounding vegetation, making it difficult to detect.

This Azure Wood Technique was a sixth-grade Immortal Art, which could only be performed by condensing wood-attribute law meridians, and was specifically used for stealthy movement.

Thus, Fang Hong, in the form of a vine, wandered through the dense mountain forest, observing the surroundings while searching for Immortal Medicine.

Every so often, Fang Hong would stop, take out his immortal settling disk to check for Immortal Medicine, and only continue moving forward after confirming there were no anomalies.

Unbeknownst to him, two hours passed.

The immortal settling disk in Fang Hong’s hand finally reacted, and the reaction was unusually violent. The pointer on the disk spun wildly, clearly indicating that a large quantity of Immortal Medicine was gathered nearby.

"Could there be a Medicine Valley ahead?" Fang Hong’s heart immediately filled with joy.

He quickly put away the immortal settling disk, accelerated the vine’s movement, and rapidly approached the direction indicated by the immortal settling disk.

After about another stick of incense’s time, Fang Hong finally arrived at the place indicated by the immortal settling disk.

He stopped, cautiously poked his head out, and upon closer inspection, a small, sunken mountain valley indeed appeared before him.

This valley was not large, surrounded by dense trees, yet the Immortal Qi within the valley was exceptionally thick, several times denser than outside the valley.

Looking further into the valley, colorful flowers and plants grew in every corner—all precious Immortal Medicine.

The youngest of these Immortal Medicine were at least a thousand years old, and many even two or three thousand years old, all rare treasures.

What made Fang Hong even happier was that he found several main ingredients needed for refining golden bone pills and law condensation pills among these Immortal Medicine.

He had been worrying about not finding the main ingredients before, but unexpectedly found them all at once here.

Moreover, amidst these Immortal Medicine, Fang Hong also discovered an Immortal Medicine that was entirely earthy yellow and shaped like a small person.

It was none other than the legendary Earth Emperor Ginseng.

The Earth Emperor Ginseng, like the fire bodhi fruit, Wood Emperor Mushroom, and Golden Thread Peach, was formed by the condensation of earth-attribute Qi between heaven and earth.

As long as it was refined, one could condense earth-attribute law meridians.

For Fang Hong, who was diligently trying to condense more law meridians, this Earth Emperor Ginseng was a rare treasure. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Fang Hong composed himself and began to carefully observe the surroundings of the valley.

Soon, he noticed that there was also a pitch-black cave next to the valley.

A scorching aura slowly emanated from the cave, carrying a hint of danger.

Fang Hong carefully sensed it and discovered that two Demon Beasts, both at the Peak Golden Immortal realm, were hidden inside the cave.

"It seems this Medicine Valley is the territory of these two Demon Beasts." Fang Hong mused.

Fang Hong did not rush into the valley to gather medicine. Instead, he decided to eliminate these two Demon Beasts first.

Thus, he once again performed the Azure Wood Technique, making the vine he had transformed into even thinner. Then, clinging to the ground, he silently slipped into the cave.