Female Novel
Chapter 798 An Ancient Herb
The Dragon Pagoda collapsed right away.
The collapse set off a great wave of dust which rose and floated into the air.
Numerous cracks were formed on the ground beneath the pagoda.
Of course, that was not what surprised the people. Instead, it was the rays of lights with a riot of colors
which shot right up into the sky from the ground.
The brilliance was blinding.
Most of the people assumed there must be some treasures hidden underneath.
However, no one was bold enough to get closer before Chen Hao took any action.
During the fearsome fight earlier, they were worried they would be killed by the King of North Realm by
accident.
“No!”
Chen Diancang was being carried away by the rest of the members of the Chen Cultivator Family
hurriedly.
At the sight of the colorful brilliance, he shouted continuously and kept his eyes widely open.
However, no one seemed to have heard his screams.
It appeared that he was trying to stop something from happening.
“Sir…” Master Ghost turned to look at Chen Hao.
With a nod, Chen Hao made his way toward the ground beneath the pagoda.
Beneath the debris of the pagoda, a deep pit the size of a huge well was formed.
From its appearance, the structure looked like an underground palace.
Under the impact of the collapse of the Dragon Pagoda, the roof of the underground palace was torn
and pulled upward.
“What exactly is that?”
The rest of the people could not wait for the truth to be revealed.
Chen Hao looked toward the inside of the pit and found that the radiance was emitted from a colorful
pond situated in the middle of the underground palace.
The underground palace was located more than 20 meters below the surface of the earth.
Together with Master Ghost and Lin Jiu, Chen Hao took a leap into the underground palace.
As Chen Hao went deeper into the palace, he started to develop a bizarre sensation.
It was because of the great abundance of the Vital Spirit in the palace.
Back then, as Chen Hao knew the pill-making technique, he would make some special pills to assist
with his cultivation.
Coupled with the gifts blessed on him thanks to the Essence of Nine Cycles, his cultivation improved at
a rather satisfactory rate, although not as fast as he had imagined.
It was because the amount of Vital Spirit contained on Earth was limited, therefore one could not
expect too much from it.
However, he had a totally different sensation from before.
He was overwhelmed by the Vital Spirit in the palace.
It was as though his body was totally immersed in it.
Lin Jiu and Xiao Cangsheng widened their eyes in surprise too.
They were experiencing the changes that were slowly happening to their bodies.
Streams of Vital Spirit penetrated every single cell in their bodies.
How should one even describe that sensation?
It was as though a man who led a destitute life and wished to become rich every single day was told
that becoming rich was impossible in his reality.
He could only accept his fate and survive under such circumstances.
However, it never occurred to him that one day, the balance in his account would show an extra trillion
or quadrillion. Now, Chen Hao and the rest were feeling the same thrill the man felt when he saw the
extra money in his account.
Even Chen Hao was deeply shaken.
“How could there be such an abundance of Vital Spirit? Where exactly is this place?” asked Xiao
Cangsheng in shock.
With a frown, Chen Hao first sized up the entire palace before focusing his vision on the colorful
ancient pond.
After mulling it over, he lifted his head all of a sudden and said, “Hmm, the pond seems like a kind of
Vital Spirit Source that was mentioned by Ziyan.”
Vital Spirit Source, as the name itself suggested, was the source and the origin of the Vital Spirit.
An immense amount of Vital Spirit could be channeled into it.
According to rumors, there existed a Cultivator Dynasty on Earth more than hundreds of thousands of
years ago.
During that time, there were plenty of Cultivators and highly-skilled fighters, some of whom even
attained the Invulnerable Body.
As a matter of fact, a Cultivator would have to pay an extremely high price each time they wanted to
achieve a higher tier in his or her cultivation.
It was an arduous and uphill process to go from the Cultivator to the King of Kings, then to Immortality
and the legendary Stage of Earth God.
However, some of them had actually obtained the Invulnerable Body during the Cultivator Dynasty.
Currently, it was doubtful as to whether anyone in this world had actually achieved the Ninth Tier ofnovelbin
King of Kings, not to even mention anyone who had achieved Immortality.
The most significant reason was the sudden depletion of the Vital Spirit on the surface of earth.
After that, the entire world was thrown into turbulence and calamity frequently befell. The Cultivator
Dynasty came to an end very soon because of it.
Fortunately, those who managed to survive the calamity discovered just in time that the inside of the
Earth was hollow instead of solid.
Another world existed in the space between the crust of the Earth and its core.
This world depended on the core of the Earth as their source of energy, which was akin to the function
of the sun.
For hundreds of thousands of years, the surviving Cultivators lived and developed their lives there.
However, they could never regain their former glory.
After all, there used to be an abundance of Vital Spirit Sources on the surface of the earth.
Out of everyone’s expectation, there existed a Vital Spirit Source underneath the Dragon Pagoda.
If only I practised cultivation here back then. Although achieving Immortality was really hard, I am sure I
could have easily achieved the Eighth Tier Cultivator of the King of Kings! thought Chen Hao to himself.
“Sir, it seems like someone has paid a visit here before, and some other stuff is kept inside here!” said
Master Ghost anxiously after scanning his surroundings.
“Instruct the men of the Xuanyang Palace to cordon off the surrounding area of the Dragon Pagoda. No
one else is allowed access!” After Chen Hao laid out his instruction calmly, Lin Jiu immediately
executed it.
Only then did Chen Hao avert his gaze from the Vital Spirit Source to some other areas.
Although the size of the palace was small, it contained everything essential.
A coffin was placed at a corner of the palace.
Chen Hao got closer in order to check it out.
The body placed inside the coffin was none other than the one of the Celestial War God.
That day, Chen Diancang had killed the giant python and snatched away the body of the Celestial War
God. As it turned out, he had stored the body here. No wonder the old man chose this place as the
arena for our final fight!
A huge cauldron used to make pills was also placed inside the palace.
Chen Hao knew that Chen Diancang was going to put him into the cauldron and make pills out of him.
If he were not a Fifth Tier Cultivator, he might actually have been killed by Chen Diancang.
Chen Hao let out a sigh.
“Sir, take a look at this. There’s an ancient scroll here!” Master Ghost called out to Chen Hao in a
slightly surprised tone with a scroll in his hands.
Chen Hao took the scroll from him.
The scroll was slightly torn and arranged in a scattered manner because of its ancient origins.
However, the content of the scroll could still be read clearly.
On top of it, an image of a bizarre-looking plant could be seen near the top.
Then, two maps were drawn under it.
Underneath the maps were some commentary.
It seemed like Chen Diancang had spent a lot of time studying the scrolls as there were a lot of notes
made by him next to the commentary.
“Sir, what does the scroll say?” asked Xiao Cangsheng.
“Firstly, if I am not mistaken, this ancient plant is the mysterious Origin Herb that was depicted in an
ancient book on pill-making given to me by the Celestial War God!” After scrutinizing the image of the
plant, Chen Hao could not help but speak in a rather stern voice.
“The Origin Herb?” echoed Xiao Cangsheng and Master Ghost in puzzlement.
Chen Hao muttered to himself, “The Origin Herb is the main ingredient used to make the Pill of Origin.
In this world in its current time, ancient plants like the Origin Herb have already gone extinct. Even
during the Cultivator Dynasty, the Origin Herb was one of the most precious ingredients! It’s extremely
rare and scarce!”
As Chen Hao was recalling the depiction on the ancient scroll on pill-making, he recounted everything
to the two of them.
“The ancient ingredient to make the Pill of Origin? Oh my god!” Upon listening to Chen Hao, Xiao
Cangsheng was so shaken that his jaw dropped.
“Elder Xiao, do you know about the Pill of Origin?” asked Master Ghost in a slightly surprised tone.
“Of course. The Pill of Origin is an indispensable ingredient for one to go from the stage of King of
Kings to the stage of Immortality. Achieving the stage of King of Kings is itself a very difficult process.
Throughout hundreds and thousands of years, there were some who have achieved the Ninth Tier
Cultivator of the King of Kings. However, because they were unable to obtain the Pill of Origin, they
could never achieve the state of Immortality! No one has managed to find it up until now…” Xiao
Cangsheng said as he let out a sigh.
“The importance of the Pill of Origin surprises me!” Master Ghost nodded in acknowledgement.
“Exactly. The Origin Herb cannot be found, not to mention the Pill of Origin. Without the assistance of
the pill, one would suffer grave injuries and get killed if one were to attempt the breakthrough,”
explained Chen Hao before flipping to the next page of the scroll.
A map was shown.
After taking a brief glance, Chen Hao’s eyelids twitched as his entire body froze.