C20 Herba pterygii

"Humph!"

Gao Zhi's body swayed, and then he fell down and sat on the mountain top, the dao diagram automatically concealed itself.

"What?!"

Gao Zhi suddenly frowned, his eyes filled with surprise. In that short moment, he had actually used up all of his Dao power, his body was completely empty, as if he had just experienced a huge battle.

"This sapling is very strange."

Gao Zhi sat cross legged on the ground, his hands supporting his head. It seemed that when he came into contact with this ancient forest, there would always be something strange about it. However, Gao Zhi was not clear about its uses. For example, the White Tiger dao diagram and Giant Python Dao Diagram would all be able to give him the strength to battle. But only this little sapling, no matter how Gao Zhi tossed and turned, was unable to discover its true usage.

However, very quickly, Gao Zhi's attention shifted, he thought about the forest he suddenly saw, and it seemed to be extremely extraordinary, possessing a mysterious power.

"I really want to go take a look, but it's getting late."

Gao Zhi raised his head and looked at the sky. Tonight, he would go with Liang Dai and Wu Bupang to check on the 'Herba Pterygii'. If Gao Zhi didn't appear after a long time, he would definitely encounter suspicions from some people, and after a while, they would also notice Gao Zhi's location.

After a while, Gao Zhi cleared his mind, sat cross-legged on the mountain, and began to recover the dao energy in his body.

When night fell, Gao Zhi felt that his cultivation had recovered by about seventy to eighty percent, so he stood up and started to return. Furthermore, he had memorized the location completely in his heart. He felt it to be very extraordinary, and it was worth checking it out.

Gao Zhi appeared at the back of the mountain and purposefully circled around before he entered the Heaven Gate. Perhaps it was because there were a lot of disciples here, but no one paid attention to him.

Gao Zhi casually took a bath, ate a meal, and then quietly waited for Liang Kui and Wu Bupang to come find him.

During this process, Gao Zhi chose to directly cultivate 'Art of Elemental Heaven'. Maybe Lu Xian had long understood many things from the Elder Tianlong, and never brought up the matter of letting Gao Zhi cultivate a certain technique.

Up till now, Gao Zhi was only slightly clear that the 'Art of Elemental Heaven' was a Heaven-ranked cultivation technique. He didn't know whether or not this was a cultivation technique of the Gate of Heaven. After all, the Dao Lord Tianyun had never mentioned the Heaven Gate before.

After a long while, Gao Zhi felt that his dao energy had completely recovered, and even his vital energy and spirit had returned to normal. Soon after, the door opened, and Liang Kui and Wu Bupang sneaked in.

"Depart?" Gao Zhi immediately said, a light flickering in his eyes.

"Let's go."

Liang Chi nodded his head. Just as he entered the room, he turned around and walked out.

Gao Zhi jumped off the bed and followed closely behind Liang Chi.

It was a moonless night. Occasionally, there would be scattered stars that would hang in the sky, causing the night to become even darker.

Around him, there were lights flickering in some of the halls and huts. For the sake of adding some light to the night, many disciples in the Heaven Gate either went to bed or cultivated in their own rooms.

It was very quiet outside. There was not much noise. At most, there would be the sound of a light breeze blowing.

The three of them carefully made their way to the back of the mountain, trying their best not to make a sound. Soon, they arrived at the back mountain. Once they reached the back of the mountain, they would no longer have to worry about anyone in the Gate of Heaven sensing their presence.

Liang Kui carefully examined the situation around him and chose one of the positions. To Gao Zhi's surprise, that direction was the direction of the mysterious forest that he sensed earlier.

"It can't be that coincidental, right?"

Gao Zhi guessed in his heart, but he quickly realized that was not the case. When he was getting closer to the exit, he had actually gotten very far away from it.

Weeds and thorns grew everywhere. Not to mention night, even if it was day, it would still be hard to advance forward. Even though the three of them were cultivators, they could only barely discern the items, and very quickly, they could feel that their clothes were almost torn into strips.

Gao Zhi was still alright, his body was very strong. Although his clothes were torn, the thorns were unable to harm his skin. On the other hand, Liang Li and Wu Bupang continued to emit 'hissing' sounds. It was evident that they couldn't take it anymore. He reckoned that there was not a single place in his body that was good.

Compared to Liang Wu Zong, Wu Bupang was in an even more miserable state. Gao Zhi could even feel that his entire body was trembling;

"Hmm?"

Gao Zhi's heart skipped a beat as he thought of something. He purposely slowed down a few steps for Wu Bupang to walk in front of him. The dao diagram quietly appeared. It was that little sapling.

Following Gao Zhi's usage, strands of Dao Energy were emitted from the sapling and fused into the surrounding area. Something bizarre suddenly happened. In a one meter radius with Gao Zhi at the center, all of the vegetation quietly dispersed in accordance to Gao Zhi's will, opening up a path.

However, because it was too dark, other than Gao Zhi who knew about it, the other two were completely unaware. It was just that he found it strange that he had entered an open path.

"Strange, I've always remembered weeds and brambles."

Because it was night time, the three of them did not dare to use the dao diagram to assist them in their advance. This was because it was said that there were even more demonic beasts in this forest, especially at night. And the Gate of Heaven was a taboo for demon beasts as they did not dare to enter.

However, Liang Zhen and the others were puzzled as to whether it was true or not. This was because they had never seen each other within the fifty kilometers square garden near the Heaven Gate. Many things were just hearsay.

"Don't tell me that it's late at night? You remembered the wrong direction and we went astray, right?" Wu Bupang expressed his doubt in a low voice.

"Impossible, my memory of the route is very strong." Although Liang Li wasn't old, his tone was very firm and confident.

Gao Zhi laughed, happy that this dao diagram was finally useful. However, the laughter was misunderstood to be perfunctory by the two. They no longer spoke and continued forward. However, Gao Zhi was no longer as obvious, and would instead have some thorns appear in front of him to block his way.

Gao Zhi really liked this feeling. It was as if at this moment, he could easily control the plants. However, the rate at which he was using up his Dao power was rather fast. In just an hour, he had used up at least 30% of his Dao power.

Finally, when Gao Zhi frowned and used 50% of his Dao power, Liang Qingming started to slow down and reminded the two of them that they were almost there.

"Hmm?"

Gao Zhi subconsciously looked around, and felt that the energy of heaven and earth had become a lot denser than before. Moreover, there was a faint fragrance in the damp air. This smell was very faint, if not for Gao Zhi activating the dao diagram, it would be difficult to detect it.

"We're here."

Finally, Liang Zhen's voice was filled with joy as he came to a stop in front of Jiang Chen.

"Where? "Where?"

Wu Bupang couldn't wait and stood in a row with Liang Kui. At the same time, he took out a crystal stone and released a gentle but bright ball of light. The three of them were worried that a demon beast would appear, so they didn't dare to use this to light it up.

This thing was called 'bright crystal,' and it was a kind of special crystal. It would emit a strong light in the night, covering an area of about ten meters.

"Huh?"

Gao Zhi walked forward and saw a strange plant. The flower was like a purple cloud, with only five petals that were less than half a foot tall. However, the leaves were extremely lush, as big as an adult's fingernail. At the same time, it was emitting a faint fragrance. It was refreshing to hear so. It was indeed a rare treasure.

According to Liang Kui's estimation, this plant should be at least five hundred years old, and two hundred years old was already equivalent to a Grade Four Pills. A five hundred year old pill was about to enter the tier of a grade-3 pill.

"Good stuff." Greed surfaced in Wu Bupang's eyes as he continuously gulped down his saliva.

"However, the formations set up here are very strong."

Liang Ke frowned. At the same time, he picked up a dried up twig from the ground and threw it over.

"Pah!"

With a light sound, the dried branch was instantly minced into pieces.

And at that moment, a very complex array pattern flashed by. It was obvious that this was a formation that focused on killing. Moreover, the people who laid this formation, as well as their individual strength, were all very skilled in it.

"Could it be that it was set up by some elite disciple?"

Wu Bupang's face twitched, and he bared his teeth: "Brat, what you're doing, is no different from slapping a tiger's butt."

"Don't forget, this is a five hundred year old Herba Pterygii."

Liang Ke glanced at him. How could he not know about this? However, if he had said it in advance, the two of them might not have come with him.

Wu Bupang thought for a long time before making up his mind, "Damn it, I'll do it when I get here. Who cares who he is?"

"Elite disciple?"

Gao Zhi expressed his confusion and asked.

"Mm, he's just an ordinary disciple like us right now. Do you still remember the thing I told you about? It is the matter of the annual great disciples' spar. The person who can stand above all others in that competition will become an elite disciple and will receive a great deal of benefits. "

Wu Bupang explained and suggested that the elite disciples were different from the ordinary disciples.

"Master Lu Xian is one of the elite disciples of his generation." Wu Bupang then added, and revealed one person, who was also the only person Gao Zhi was familiar with.

"Uncle Lu Xian is very strong. It is said that although he was ranked second in his generation, he is actually much stronger than first place." The two of them had entered the Heaven Gate earlier than Gao Zhi, so they more or less knew about many things.

"Oh?"

Gao Zhi squinted his eyes as the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

Xiao Zhi, take out your Gate of Heaven Killing Token, we need to quickly finish this, once the array is broken, it will definitely attract the attention of the people who want to set it up.

Liang Bu immediately urged Gao Zhi on, he was anxious, obviously he was also afraid that the person behind him would cause trouble for him.

"Alright."

Gao Zhi did not dawdle, as he was also very much looking forward to it from the bottom of his heart. He immediately took out the Heaven Gate Death Token, and under Liang Kui's tutelage, infused his own Dao power into it. Obviously, it was not enough, and could not be truly activated. Then, Liang Bu and Wu Bupang placed their right hands on it.

"Boom!"

A small gust of wind swept through the dead leaves in the surroundings, and with the Heaven Gate's Killing Order as the center, a killing formation appeared. The moment it appeared, it directly destroyed the formation in front of it.