Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 149: Goodbye Yan Hongyu
The Yuan Yang Sect used spells to solidify the flowing mud around them into walls, forcibly opening up a piece of spiritual farmland above the spiritual vein. On the surface, there was no trace of a medicinal garden whatsoever, but Liu Yu knew this must be due to the formation.
Such a high-grade spiritual herb garden surely had an exceptionally brilliant formation, far beyond the capabilities of the Wutu Qingshi Formation.
“Uncle Liu, this is the place.”
A qi refinement stage disciple reported respectfully.
Liu Yu, dressed in a dark blue robe, nodded expressionlessly upon hearing this.
His pitch-black pupils scanned the vast black swamp and found nothing unusual.
Then, a faint white light quietly flickered from deep within his eyes, a characteristic of using the heavenly eye technique, as he looked back at the swamp.
This time, he finally discovered something. In a certain area of the wide swamp, a spot was “opaque,” and in the vision granted by the heavenly eye technique, strands of spiritual energy were diffusing outward.
“This is the spot!”
Liu Yu made hand seals, and a deep blue light struck the ground.
The blue light spread from where everyone stood toward the position of the spiritual herb garden, and along the way, a layer of ice crystals appeared on the soft muddy surface, capable of supporting the weight of a person stepping on it.
This was a low-tier spell, “Ice Condensation Technique.” Its power was weak, but it was quite practical in certain situations. Although Liu Yu did not possess the corresponding spiritual root, it was still very easy for him to learn low-tier spells with his high cultivation level.
After signaling ten qi refinement stage disciples to go ahead, a blue-red shield appeared around Liu Yu as he stayed behind to guard.
Before long, they arrived at the suspected location of the spiritual herb garden. Liu Yu followed Elder Yan's instructions, casting several specific spell techniques into the empty air to reveal an entrance for passage.
This was merely an opening in the first layer of the illusion formation, not a breach in the protective formation of the medicinal garden, so they could not enter the garden just yet.
To avoid being mistaken for intruders, he did not let everyone enter immediately. Instead, he took out a sound transmission talisman from his storage bag and whispered a few words before sending it into the opened cave dwelling.
The path formed by the Ice Condensation Technique would not disappear for a while, so Liu Yu and the others patiently waited in place.
About fifteen minutes later, the surface illusion formation rippled, and a middle-aged woman dressed in a daoist robe, resembling a female taoist practitioner, stepped out, followed by two inner sect disciples in the late stage of qi refinement.
“Yan Hongyu?”
Liu Yu's pupils constricted slightly, a trace of surprise showing on his face.
More than ten years had passed, and Yan Hongyu's appearance had not changed much. She was still as mature and voluptuous as ever, and her cultivation level had risen by a small stage, reaching the late stage of foundation establishment, with a much stronger spiritual pressure surrounding her.
“Greetings, Senior Sister Hongyu!”
Liu Yu smiled and cupped his hands, taking the initiative to greet her. Since both were at the foundation establishment realm, he naturally did not need to refer to himself as a junior.
Regardless, this woman had helped him before, albeit for reasons of reciprocity and benefit.
Moreover, being outside and coming to a medicinal garden likely to face attacks, with Yan Hongyu's late stage of foundation establishment, he might have to rely on her, making it necessary to maintain a good relationship.
The qi refinement stage disciples behind him looked at Liu Yu with even more respect, not expecting this newly promoted foundation establishment junior uncle to know Senior Sister Yan Hongyu. After all, Senior Sister Yan Hongyu was a relative of Elder Yan, lacking neither strength nor connections, and was quite famous throughout the Yuan Yang Sect.