Austin went straight to the Medicine Valley accompanied by Iris and Anna.
The valley was huge. Austin attempted to explore it with his spiritual sense, but he had underestimated the size of the valley for he couldn't even detect the end of it.
All he could surmise was that the valley was over 6, 000 meters deep.
"Wow! Look! Six black flowers! Right there! You know, they are grade-four medicinal herbs!"
Anna cried out in surprise a moment later. She was pointing at a rubble heap where six bright flowers presented themselves in all their glory.
Her interest piqued, Anna ran directly towards the heap.
"Watch out! Anna!
There may be diabolic beasts around!"
Iris shouted, warning Anna about her haste.
Anna had just stopped in her path when a few dark brown shadows jumped out of the heap and flew straight at Anna. Winds whistled behind them as they rushed in fury.
Anna hadn't had time to make sense of the beasts. She hurriedly pulled out her sword, but the dark shadows were all over her.
Anna was paralyzed with fear and couldn't react to the danger. She closed her eyes instinctively, waiting for the upcoming attack. Out of the blue, a dozen rays of sword radiance passed close to her and protected her from the dangers.
Hiss… Hiss…
"They're level-four demonic beasts, the dead wood snakes!"
Anna stared in horror at the beasts in front of her. There were more than a dozen snakes, each of which was very much like a withered branch except they were much more menacing.
The shadows turned out to be three dead wood snakes. They were lurking on the rubble heap where the black flowers were growing. When Anna approached the heap, they launched an attack.
Dead wood snakes were level-four demonic beasts. As their name suggested, they looked like dead wood and often disguised themselves as withered branches. Once the enemy came close, they would launch a sudden and violent attack, giving the target little to no time to respond or defend themselves.
As a matter of fact, when Anna saw those black flowers, Austin had discovered that there were three dead wood snakes near them with the help of his spiritual sense. However, before he could warn her, she had already rushed over. So he had pulled out his sacred sword, ready to kill the dead wood snakes when they would launch their attack.
"Thank you, Austin. If it wasn't you, Anna wouldn't have been able to survive the attack."
Iris felt rightfully indebted to him. It was a matter of fate that they had decided to follow Austin.
A variety of medicinal herbs at the fourth or fifth grade constantly presented themselves to the three throughout the way. Sometimes if they were lucky enough, they could find valuable medicinal herbs every dozen steps. The three were very excited.
In a span of 1, 000 meters, they came across almost 100 medicinal herbs, all of which were the fourth or fifth grade.
In some auctions of the Violet Orchid Empire, a grade-four medicinal herb could be auctioned off for hundreds of thousands of vital energy crystals. The price of some rare ones could even reach millions of vital energy crystals.
In the Medicine Valley, there were medicinal herbs at the fourth or fifth grade everywhere. The cumulative value of all these herbs could make them rich beyond their dreams.
As Iris and Anna picked the medicinal herbs at the fourth or fifth grade and put them into their Space Rings, they were screaming and dancing with joy.
No wonder there were countless opportunities for martial artists in the Mysterious Nether World. These medicinal herbs at the fourth or fifth grade alone would have been terrific harvests. After they left the Mysterious Nether World, they could sell off these medicinal herbs for extortionate prices or use them for cultivation.
However, these medicinal herbs were guarded by many diabolic beasts, most of which had reached the fourth or fifth level. They were dangerous and any martial artist would have to be an expert to kill them.
However, Austin could defeat them easily with just a move.
According to the note left by an ancestor of Pure Dream Convent, the Medicine Valley was much safer than the Bee Valley and the Fire Valley. It was true. These diabolic beasts at the fourth or fifth level were not threatening at all. Strong warriors who had reached the premium stage of Earth Realm could dare to fight their way in and survive.
For those young martial artists belonging to the Mysterious Realm, defeating those beasts was a piece of cake.
However, among the 100 young warriors from the Violet Orchid Empire who had entered the Mysterious Nether World, only a handful had reached the Mysterious Realm.
In the Medicine Valley, the division of labor among the three was clear-cut. Austin dealt with the beasts that guarded the medicinal herbs, while Iris and Anna collected medicinal herbs. They would then divide the medicinal herbs equally.
Originally, Iris proposed that Austin get 70 percent of medicinal herbs, and Anna and she got the other 30 percent. She knew very well that if not for Austin, it would have been difficult for them to march ahead or to even collect so many herbs.
Now, all they needed to do was follow Austin and collect the medicinal herbs without having to deal with any of the diabolic beasts.
However, Austin refused Iris's proposal and insisted on dividing the medicinal herbs into three equal parts, one for each person.
Iris and Anna were overwhelmed by his gentlemanly conduct.
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