Qian Duoduo cleared his throat awkwardly and said, "Uh, Wendong, maybe we should head back. There’s not much point in staying here."
"I previously sent the coordinates of this place to a friend. He helped measure the direction that the Baiyue Stone is facing, and it isn’t a straight line."
He had always thought that the Baiyue Stone was looking towards Moonwatch Village, assuming the two locations were in a straight line, but it turned out that wasn’t the case.
Ye Qingxin asked curiously, "So where is the Baiyue Stone facing?"
Qian Duoduo replied uncertainly, "It seems to be in the direction of these two mountains in the Northeast."
Moonwatch Village is located on the north side of the Qinling Mountains, with mountains to the south and also a series of undulating mountain ranges to the east. Although not entirely surrounded by mountains, it is quite secluded.
At this moment, a crescent moon appeared between the eastern mountains, nestled between them, looking very dreamlike.
"Isn’t this the location of Medicine King Valley?" Xu Wendong suddenly stood up, his expression extremely excited.
Moonwatch Village is very remote and it’s difficult to see the moon, but now a crescent moon appeared between the two mountains, which coincidentally was in the direction of the Baiyue Stone.
Was this a coincidence?
"Let’s go and take a look," Xu Wendong immediately stood up and flew towards the moon with the fastest speed, Ye Qingxin and Qian Duoduo struggling to keep up.
It seemed like a short distance, but it took Xu Wendong a full hour to reach their destination.
Here, two large mountains stood close together, one in front of the other, with a gap between them forming a notch, perfect for viewing the rising moon from the direction of Moonwatch Village.
Upon arriving here, they found nothing unusual, not even traces of human habitation.
This left the three of them feeling somewhat disheartened.
Then, at that moment.
A spine-chilling laughter erupted from the darkness, "Wow, you’re really amazing. Found by you, you win."
A figure appeared before them out of thin air.
A filthy and disheveled figure.
It was none other than Tiezhu, the village guardian of Moonwatch Village.
Tiezhu’s sudden appearance startled the trio because none of them were ordinary people and had not sensed any human presence nearby.
Especially not a deranged village guardian suddenly appearing in front of them.
Even though they weren’t ordinary people, they were still taken aback.
Clearly, there should be a formation nearby.
Tiezhu pushed back his messy hair and grinned at Xu Wendong and the others, "Do you want to come in and play?"
Qian Duoduo put on a friendly smile, "Yes, can you take us inside?"
Unexpectedly, Tiezhu ignored him and instead looked at Xu Wendong with a silly smile, as if his answer was very important.
Xu Wendong asked, "Can you take us inside?"
"Follow me! But you must walk in my footsteps!" Tiezhu turned around, took three steps forward to the left, then two steps to the right, and finally took two steps backward, looking very serious.
"Tiezhu, is this the only way to get inside?" Qian Duoduo asked nervously, afraid that a mistake might ruin everything.
Tiezhu turned back, with a stern face, said, "Just for fun, hehe~~~" and then ran forward without looking back.
Xu Wendong and the others were speechless, indeed, they couldn’t view the world of a village guardian with normal thinking.
The scene before them distorted instantly, as if they entered a paradise. They found themselves in a picturesque valley with blooming flowers.
The spiritual energy was abundant here, filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, with many rare herbs growing.
Although there was a group of structures in the distance, they had become ruins.
This reminded people of the tale of Medicine King Valley provoking the heavens, leading to sky thunder which razed it to the ground.
"Holy crap, we finally found it!" Qian Duoduo was ecstatic, hugging Tiezhu and attempting to give him a kiss. After all, it was thanks to Tiezhu that they gained entry here, otherwise, even if they had found this place, they wouldn’t have gotten in.
But upon seeing Tiezhu’s yellowing teeth and silly demeanor, he almost lost his dinner.
"I sensed the fluctuations of a magic artifact," Xu Wendong’s eyes sparkled brightly, then he soared into the sky, crossing the medicine field and arriving at the ruins of Medicine King Valley. There, he found a grinding-wheel-sized pale gold pill furnace beneath the ruins.
The size of this pill furnace was similar to the previous Ge Furnace, also three-legged, with lifelike dragon and phoenix carvings on its body, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
Moreover, the lid had three Golden Crow carvings, appearing exceptionally majestic.
Unlike the Ge Furnace, this pill furnace was light, only a third of the Ge Furnace’s weight, making it rather handy.
"This item is of much higher quality than the Ge Furnace. If used to refine elixirs, the effects would surely be excellent." Xu Wendong didn’t hesitate, biting his fingertip and dripping blood on the pill furnace.
The next second, the pill furnace disappeared before his eyes, entering his body, successfully refined by him.
"Let’s call this furnace the Golden Crow Furnace."
Xu Wendong named the furnace and continued to search the ruins. Unfortunately, except for finding some useless stone slabs, he found nothing of value.
It was no surprise, considering Medicine King Valley went through a catastrophe. It’s a miracle that the pill furnace remained; how could one ask for more?
Once certain there was nothing useful, Xu Wendong looked at Ye Qingxin and Qian Duoduo in the distance, "What are you two doing?"
Qian Duoduo was squatting on the ground, appearing dusty, but grinning, "Of course, digging and digging in the little medicine field." As he said this, he held up a ginseng at least five hundred years old.
In the secular world, a ginseng over five hundred years old is a priceless treasure, but here, they’re everywhere.
Xu Wendong couldn’t resist and joined the group digging for herbs. After all, there were so many unclaimed herbs here that they could take home to use.
After all, herbs are an eternal currency in the Cultivation Realm, while money from the secular world meant nothing to cultivators.
They worked busy until late at night, thoroughly harvesting the medicine field of Medicine King Valley. Each of them was left breathless but with astonishing results. According to incomplete statistics, the three of them picked over eighty kinds of herbs, totaling more than six hundred plants, all over five hundred years old.
Qian Duoduo handed Xu Wendong a cigarette, casually saying, "Wendong, you now have a pill furnace, and we have so many herbs, can you refine higher-level elixirs now?"
Xu Wendong’s mouth curled with a bitter smile, "Refining elixirs is not that simple."
Qian Duoduo asked, "What else do we need?"