Damian and the group continued traveling through the outer region of the Black Mist Forest even more carefully than before.

Since they couldn’t go deeper, they wanted to search every corner, trying to see if they could find something good so this journey would still be worthwhile.

Also, after a few days, the other cultivators gradually relaxed around him because, to their surprise, this senior wasn’t arrogant at all.

Most of the time, he simply walked quietly while carefully observing the surroundings.

Meanwhile, Damian himself was slowly becoming more accustomed to this new world, especially the parts about fighting and killing.

Over the past few days, he had already killed many demonic beasts to temper his mind, but in the end, he still had one fear. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Soon, the group arrived near a rocky cliff covered in thick vines, and one of them suddenly noticed something. "Wait a minute, look over there."

Everyone quickly turned in the direction she pointed. Between the cracks of the cliff, a faint black root-like herb quietly grew there.

Kellan was truly surprised upon seeing it. "Black Spirit Root? How can it be here?"

Damian raised an eyebrow. "Black Spirit Root? What kind of herb is that?"

Kellan quickly explained, "This herb is quite rare. It is a top-rank profound-grade spiritual herb."

Damian was really shocked after hearing that, as he had never even seen a low-rank one before, but this time, he directly saw a top-rank one.

But to his surprise, Kellan sighed afterward. "But still... although it’s rare, it’s not really that precious to most people."

Damian raised an eyebrow, confused. "Why is that? Isn’t this spiritual herb a good one?"

Kellan glanced toward the spiritual herb again and answered, "Because this herb only has one function, which is to heal shattered spiritual roots."

Damian’s eyes instantly widened after hearing that. Wasn’t this the herb he really needed right now to heal his disciple, Violetta?

But before Damian could get excited, Kellan sighed helplessly once more and explained further.

"It sounds incredible at first, but the spiritual root restored by this herb will always become the lowest quality possible."

The other teammates also sighed, knowing that even if it was rare, the price wouldn’t be that good.

But to their surprise, Damian suddenly grinned because he had his cheat. For others, a mortal-grade spiritual root might be worthless.

But for him? With his cheat, even trash could eventually become treasure.

As long as Violetta could cultivate again, then everything later could slowly be improved, and he believed he could eventually get something that could directly increase the grade of her spiritual root.

Damian directly looked at them. "If you all don’t want this herb, then I want to take it."

The group immediately looked toward him, surprised.

Damian looked at their faces and began to explain. "Honestly, my disciple currently has a shattered spiritual root."

He sighed, then continued, "So even if the restored spiritual root becomes the worst quality, it’s still better than remaining crippled forever."

Kellan and the others stared at Damian for a moment before slowly nodding together.

Kellan turned to him and smiled. "Don’t worry, Senior Damian, we’ll help you obtain it."

Another person, the same woman who had noticed the herb first, also smiled. "Yeah, Senior. You have protected us for several days already, so we will help you this time."

Damian was a bit surprised after hearing that. He didn’t expect these cultivators to be different from the ones he always read about in novels.

He then smiled lightly toward them. "Thank you for your help, fellow cultivators."

Kellan and the others quickly smiled back, but before anyone could do anything further... a cold laugh suddenly came from nearby.

"Looks like our luck is pretty good too."

The expressions of Damian’s group immediately changed as they saw several cultivators slowly walk out from the surrounding forest.

There were eight people, and all of them were at the Qi Refining realm. Unlike Kellan’s group, these people were clearly hostile.

The tall leader looked at the Black Spirit Root on the cliff before grinning coldly.

"A top-rank profound-grade herb... even if it’s considered useless, it can still be sold for a huge amount of spirit stones."

Kellan’s expression darkened upon hearing that. "We found this herb first."

The tall man only snickered mockingly. "So what? Do you think this forest belongs to you?"

The atmosphere instantly became tense as the hostile group clearly had no intention of leaving peacefully.

Meanwhile, Damian narrowed his eyes slightly while gripping his sword, as he didn’t really want this to happen.

He had never killed a human before, so he didn’t know if he could actually do it, but for Violetta’s sake... he could only grit his teeth.

Meanwhile, the tall man suddenly looked toward Damian, and upon sensing his aura, his expression stiffened briefly, but he didn’t back down.

He just unsheathed his sword. "So what if you have a Foundation Establishment cultivator? Do you think you can stop all of us?"

Without wasting any more time, the tall man pointed his sword forward. "Kill them!"

Kellan and the others quickly gritted their teeth before meeting the attackers head-on.

But to their surprise, the enemies were stronger than they expected, as most of them had a higher cultivation stage than them.

Three ninth-stage Qi Refining realm cultivators directly charged toward Damian together.

Clearly, they planned to overwhelm him with numbers because they thought that a Foundation Establishment cultivator wandering around the outer area should be a weak one.

Damian narrowed his eyes slowly before instantly stepping backward.

Compared to demonic beasts, fighting cultivators was far more dangerous.

One attacker targeted Damian’s neck while another targeted his waist at the same time.

Damian barely blocked the first sword before twisting his body to avoid the second attack.

Even then, his sleeve was still sliced, making Damian frown.

The tall man only smirked upon seeing him. "As expected, a Foundation Establishment cultivator wandering around the outer area really is a weak one."

Damian frowned even more after hearing what the tall man said.