Chapter Thirty-Nine: Robbing the Seven Leaf Flower

  Plundering Seven Leaf Flower

  Zhou Yuan frantically absorbed the Thunder Element, and his internal yuan force, although it couldn't increase even a little more, became increasingly restless, as if it was about to break free from its heavy shackles at any moment.

  As long as he can break through this invisible shackles, Zhou Yuan can break through to the second heavy law of Fa Shu, the realm of casting.

  "It's unbelievable, I've reached the Gathering Yuan Realm in just ten days, could it be that I'm about to break through again?" Despite feeling incredulous, Zhou Yuan continued to frantically absorb the external thunder elements.

  Time passed from noon till midnight, Zhou Yuan was worried to find that this huge pressure still existed, but he himself could never break through the realm of performing techniques.

  He shook his head and sighed, "It seems that this is a phenomenon that will occur in the later stages of cultivation after reaching the Gathering Yuan Realm. It's a kind of shackles, as long as you can break through it, you can make a breakthrough to the Artistic Realm. However, I estimate it's very difficult. In the past, Zhou Xun and others also didn't know how long they stayed in this stage."

  Zhou Yuan no longer cultivated his yuan power, which had already become full and abundant. As long as he couldn't break through the boundary, he wouldn't be able to increase the total amount of yuan power in his body.

  For a moment, Zhou Yuan also fell asleep, he took out the Dan Wang Xin Jing given to him by Lian Dan Lao and began to read it carefully.

  Refining elixirs is something that many people on the Central Plains Continent can do, but not too many. As for a top-grade refining manual like the Dan Wang Xin Jing, it's extremely rare.

  The classics of alchemy are generally rare, not to mention the earth-level ones, even the most ordinary yellow-level ones are not easy to buy. Generally, the masters of alchemy all pass down their skills through one lineage and then continuously improve them themselves. These are their precious experiences, so how could they easily take them out?

  If it weren't for the fact that Dan Wang Zong Lao Zhou Xin believed that the future rise of the Zhou family rested on Zhou Yuan's shoulders, why would he have given the only copy of the Zhou family's Earth-grade Alchemy Heart Scripture to Zhou Yuan?

  Zhou Yuan carefully flipped through it, although he was not yet able to refine the elixir, but he felt that he needed to remember the names and shapes of these materials, one day they would come in handy.

  To know, a good elixir, after taking it, can greatly enhance one's realm, like Zhou Yuan's Gathering Realm, sometimes just one top-grade elixir can make him break through to the Second Layer of Shifting Technique Realm.

  Zhou Yuan's memory was indeed not to be underestimated. The more he read the Dan Wang Xin Jing, the more he became engrossed in it. Finally, until the sky had turned a pale white, Zhou Yuan put down the Dan Wang Xin Jing. By this time, he had already memorized the entire Dan Wang Xin Jing and could recite it fluently.

  Out of the room, in the courtyard, there was not a single person. At this time, Feng Ao Xue and Luo Shui Tian had gone to ask for an audience with their instructor, they all wanted to quickly break through to the magical boundary.

  With nothing better to do, Zhou Yuan wandered around the True Martial Academy. The entire academy was vast and boundless, covering an area of nearly a hundred miles in circumference. There were countless students inside, with numbers reaching into the tens of millions. Most of the time, the students were free to roam as they pleased, either cultivating on their own or completing tasks. Many of the young masters, however, were more interested in chasing after the female disciples.

  Zhou Yuan saw that among the students coming and going, many men and women were intimately leaning on each other, chatting and laughing nonstop. Unbeknownst to him, a melancholic feeling arose in his heart.

  He remembered Feng Ao Xue, and when it came to Feng Ao Xue, Zhou Yuan was definitely fond of her, but they hadn't reached the point of romance yet. After all, both of them were still young, and Zhou Yuan himself was only eighteen years old. Now discussing such matters was indeed a bit premature.

  Just as Zhou Yuan was feeling annoyed and depressed, a deliberately lowered voice suddenly came over.

  "Brother Xiong, you said that the Seven Leaf Flower that Big Brother has been guarding is about to mature? If it matures, then he'll be able to break through to the Shizhuan Boundary! The Shizhuan Boundary, ah? That's an incredibly powerful existence, with just one spell, a whole mountain peak can be destroyed!" A thin and weak man said in a low voice, perhaps because he was too excited, his voice was small but still audible.

  Zhou Yuan was even more surprised to discover that the person he called "Xiong Ge" was actually the tall and sturdy young man who had been injured by him in the cafeteria.

  Brother Xiong was clearly very angry, and he slapped the thin man's occipital bone heavily. "Thin monkey, can't you be quieter? If others hear it, how can we rob them? I'll tell you, this time big brother must succeed, this is his reliance on breaking through to the realm of Shizong. If it goes wrong in our hands, we're probably all dead."

  The thin monkey shrank its neck, apparently frightened.

  Zhou Yuan just glanced at the two of them and pretended he hadn't seen anything. Taking advantage of their inattention, he slowly followed behind them.

  The two of them walked further and further away, and eventually left the Zhenwu Academy. Zhou Yuan didn't stop, tightly following the two of them, because he had a thought, that seven-leaf flower, he had seen it in the Dan Wang Xin Jing, it was the main material for refining the Juyuan Dan.

  Of course, the Seven-leaf Flower alone cannot be refined into a Giant Yuan Dan; several other auxiliary materials are needed. However, apart from the Gathering Yuan Dan, all the other auxiliary materials can be easily obtained and are available for purchase at a pharmacy.

  But the Seven Leaf Flower was exceptionally precious, and it wasn't sold in ordinary pharmacies. It only grew in some deep mountains and ancient forests. Zhou Yuan didn't expect that these two people would actually know where to find a Seven Leaf Flower.

  Juyuandan, as the name suggests, is a dan medicine that can produce a large amount of yuan force after being taken. It is extremely precious and is a treasure that all Taoist priests desire to have. Just like Zhouyuan, taking just one Juyuandan pill allows one to break through their shackles and reach the realm of spellcasting with the excess yuan force.

  So, Zhou Yuan made up his mind to take action and snatch the Seven Leaf Flower. However, from the other party's words, it seemed that they had another leader who was a cultivator of the Gathering Origin Realm, which was something Zhou Yuan needed to pay attention to slightly.

  The two people in front, the farther they walked, the more they went out of the city of Fahwang, and finally headed towards a mountain peak outside the city. It has always been an unchanging law that the best materials and treasures are born in the depths of the mountains and forests. Zhou Yuan tightly followed behind the two, and soon entered the depths of the mountain peak.

  The mountain wasn't very high, nor was it steep. The three of them slowly made their way up to the middle of the mountain. At first, they were still able to walk upwards, but after a while, the terrain suddenly became much steeper. Two people started using their hands and feet to climb upwards, while Zhou Yuan also increased the distance between himself and the other two, afraid of being discovered by them.

  As they went deeper, the number of shrubs and thorns increased. Zhou Yuan wasn't careful for a moment, and his arm was scratched with a small wound.

  After dragging on for about half a time, in front of Zhou Yuan, suddenly opened up, Xiong Ge and Shou Hou had stopped, and in front of them, a cave appeared, very dark, very deep. Zhou Yuan hid behind a dense bush, he even suspected that this was not the place where the Seven Leaf Flower was hidden, but rather like a wild bear's den.

  "Big brother, we're here!!" Xiong Ge said respectfully outside the cave.

  "Xiong Kaisan, no one is following you, are they? You're too careless, I don't trust you at all." A clear and crisp male voice came from the depths of the cave.

  Xiong Kaisan looked around, feeling a bit guilty. He hadn't paid much attention to it just now, but being asked like this made him feel a little scared. However, after seeing the silence all around, Xiong Kaisan felt at ease again.

  "Brother, I've got this! Don't worry, no one will tail us!" Xiong Kaisan said with a pat on his chest.

  "I don't care about you, just hurry up and come in, I'm going to take this Seven Leaf Flower now, trying to break through to the Refining Technique realm as soon as possible."

  As soon as Zhou Yuan heard this, he was stunned. It seemed that this so-called "big brother" didn't know how to refine elixirs at all. He couldn't refine the Seven Leaf Flower into a medicinal pill and could only use the most primitive method of directly consuming it. This way, a lot of the medicine's potency would be wasted, but the effect was still quite impressive.

  This is the usual method used by mages across the continent who do not practice alchemy. When they encounter heavenly materials and earthly treasures, if they cannot be refined into medicinal pellets, they would rather waste some of their medicinal properties and directly swallow them whole.

  Zhou Yuan sighed heavily at the waste of heaven's gift, it seemed that heaven wanted him to collect this treasure.

  Xiong Kai and Hou Jingming walked in, Zhou Yuan hesitated for a moment, then slowly followed them into the cave. The cave was not straight, but curved like a crescent moon, with many strange-shaped giant rocks protruding from it, which happened to be a good hiding place for Zhou Yuan.

  At this time, Xiong Kai Shan and Hou Jing Ming walked in front of a young man with their heads slightly lowered, apparently showing great respect for the old leader.

  At this time, in front of Lao Da, there was a bright flower quietly blooming. This flower was extremely beautiful, with seven petals and seven colors, each different from the others, very dazzling. From far away, Zhou Yuan could feel a fragrance wafting over, and after lightly smelling it, he immediately felt his spirit full and his mind clear and refreshed.

  "It's indeed a treasure, with such a rich medicinal fragrance. Once I get my hands on it and refine it into the Giant Yuan Pill, I'll definitely be able to break through to the Magic Technique realm in one go. Gathering elements to form spells, with just a wave of my hand, mountains will crumble and the earth will shatter - what an exhilarating prospect!" Thinking this far, Zhou Yuan could no longer hold back, he tore off a piece of cloth from his sleeve and covered his face.

  Robbing things, of course, must cover one's face. It is a principle that anyone who has been involved in robbery knows.

  Ah!!!

  Having done all this, Zhou Yuan immediately stood up, his whole body like a fully drawn bow, shooting out at incredible speed, almost in the blink of an eye, he swept to the front of the three people.

  No matter whether it was Lao Da or Xiong Kai Shan and Hou Jing Ming, they were all stunned. It wasn't that they were afraid, but rather the suddenness of the event had left them momentarily speechless.

  But the boss is the boss, he was the first to come back to his senses and saw that someone was going to snatch away the seven-leaf flower he had searched for with great difficulty. Suddenly, he became furious, his chest violently heaving, clearly on the verge of anger.

  "You dare to rob me?! You're tired of living!!!" The big brother roared, throwing a fierce punch at Zhou Yuan.

  *sigh*...

  His brother's arm was filled with a large amount of airflow, rapidly circulating, and he was actually cultivating the power of wind elements.