Four shichens passed, at the ancient building...

Thud!

Phew!

"Today, I'm extremely tired. This is the first time I have hiked in the forest in such a long time! But it's worth the effort. I got a lot of herbs!"

"Umm! Even though it's tiring and difficult, the payoff is worth it quite a bit."

"It's all thanks to him. Because of Zheng-Fu, we got these rare medicinal herbs!"

"Yes, I agree. Because he helped deal with the dragon spirit monsters we encountered along the way, we were able to return safely!"

"Sigh! How can I make him like me? If I get someone like him to be my husband, then even if I have to be expelled from the sect, I'll agree!"

"You!!!"

"Don't scold me! I know all of you think the same way I do. You don't have to raise your voice at me!"

We... Ermmm!

Hehe! Hehe! Hehe!

The young women all looked very happy. Even though what they chatted about was against the rules of the sect. And although everyone wanted Zheng-Fu to be their husband, they did not want to compete with each other and cut off their good relationships because they knew that Zheng-Fu would not pay attention to them anyway. Even their senior sister looked hopeless.

Of course, Zheng-Fu had heard every word of these young women. But he did not care at all. Although these female disciples from the Holy Heavenly Blossom Sect were good-looking, especially Yi-Lin who was beautiful enough to overthrow a city, Zheng-Fu never wanted to bond with them more than this. Before long, he and they had to be dispersed.

"Zheng-Fu, it looks like you're sad and troubled. If there's something uncomfortable, you can tell me. Think of me as your comrade!" Yi-Lin said from behind him, before walking over and sitting next to him.

"It's nothing! I'm just thinking of my lover and family!" Zheng-Fu immediately turned around and answered her straightforwardly.

Ah!

And it worked exactly as Zheng-Fu thought. Yi-Lin's face turned gloomy. But soon, she adjusted her expression and returned it to its original state before speaking, "Your lover must be very lucky to have you as a lover. But where is she? Is she in the same sect as you?" Yi-Lin could finally smile.

"No! She's not in my sect. She was in a distant place. It's so far away that I don't know whether I can find her. Actually, I'm not a person in this world. I'm from the below world. The reason why I'm here is that I came to look for her," Zheng-Fu told Yi-Lin without hiding anything, he also did not understand why he had said this to her.

"I'm sorry. Even though I have never had a lover before, I know what it's like to lose someone I love because my parents were killed when I was a child. As for me, I survived because of my master's help. So, I know how painful it is. I hope you find her!"

Yi-Lin now understood why Zheng-Fu looked so sad. It was because he had to leave his home and family for such a remote place. Moreover, he and his lover had separated from each other. She did not feel envious of that woman but felt pity for her instead.

"Thank you so much, Miss Yi-Lin! All right! You should go get some rest. Tomorrow we'll continue exploring the other side of the area. We have very little time here. So, we should make the most of our time!" Zheng-Fu felt better venting it and receiving Yi-Lin's encouragement. It was also the first time Zheng-Fu had a friendly and relaxed conversation with another woman.

Umm!

"You should rest for a while as well. After all, we're also cultivators, whether male or female, and we can help each other. So, if you're tired, you can go and rest. I'll stay on guard myself!" Yi-Lin felt no less good. Although she knew that Zheng-Fu already had a lover, her good feelings for him remained, but it was as a comrade only.

"Thank you very much, Miss Yi-Lin. You can rest now. If I want to rest, I'll tell you!"

Umm...

Five days passed...

After the first day of exploration went well, Zheng-Fu took the young women on another five-day expedition. Every day, they had gotten many rare herbs and ancient magic items; such as broken high heavenly-level armor or even fully intact ancient artifacts at the advanced Immortal level to the elementary heavenly level.

In addition to those items, they also found dragon spirit monsters' eggs. Zheng-Fu asked for all those eggs. Since he did not need the weapons and armor they found. And of course, the young women did not refuse his request even a bit. Because what they had gained was priceless. But Zheng-Fu was not so mean, he gave each of them one dragon's egg as well.

"Over the days we had a lot of fun. Also, our energy levels are rising because we have both truly fought against dragon spirit monsters and absorbed pure energy from rare medicinal herbs. Now, I'm close to being promoted to the Deity Soul stage!" Yi-Lin expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Zheng-Fu for giving many things to her and all her junior sisters.

"Congratulations to you, Miss Yi-Lin. I have gained a lot from you as well. Throughout the seven days we spent together, I felt quite a bit of joy and happiness, but those good times were limited. There are only three days left for everyone to be here. If we stay any longer than that, the secret land gate will close, and we'll never be able to get out of here!"

Zheng-Fu felt good around these young women as well because they always had fun talking to each other like women usually do, which made the atmosphere around him relaxed and warm. But even so, he had to talk about the farewell that would happen soon.

Umm!

"I understand! We all have obligations and responsibilities. Therefore, for the remaining three days, we'll not go with you. So that you have time to explore at your will. I have always been watching over you and saw that you had to watch out for us until there was no time to search for yourselves anything. That's why we all agreed not to follow you anymore!" Yi-Lin said with a warm smile that they would let Zheng-Fu explore alone because they saw that he had not gotten any items yet, unlike them.

'This is what you guys really think? …That I did not get any items? Sigh! But I can't blame them because I used my illusion spell on them and sneaked out to collect magic items and rare herbs. So they saw that I was just standing there protecting them without picking up anything,' Zheng-Fu secretly smiled inwardly. Indeed, he acquired many items during his explorations. Only he did not show them.

After telling Zheng-Fu that, the group of young women did not go with him. They agreed to wait for Zheng-Fu at the ancient building because it was the safest place. And that allowed Zheng-Fu to explore more dangerous areas without having to worry about these young women.

Whoosh!!!

At the edge of the forest safe zone that Zheng-Fu had explored…

Thud!

"From this area onwards, I can feel the frightening energy of many high-level spirit monsters. So, these next sections must be the places with a lot of treasures and magic items too!?" He discovered that from the big tree in front of him onward, there were many high-level spirit monsters. And Zheng-Fu predicted that there were probably more valuable magic items and treasures than in the safe zone as well.

"Well! Let me see what I can get back in the remaining three days!"

Whoosh!!!

Once Zheng-Fu had decided that he would continue, even if there were dangers ahead, he did not care about anything. After all, he could survive if he went alone. So, Zheng-Fu did not delay and dashed past a large tree that marked the entry zone of the dangerous area.

Half an hour passed...

Slash!! Slash!! Slash!!

Gazzz!!!

Roooar!!!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

About half an hour into the danger zone, Zheng-Fu encountered more than ten advanced Heavenly Star stage green flying dragon spirit monsters blocking his way. They appeared when Zheng-Fu was bending down to pick up a medicinal plant.

Their appearance made Zheng-Fu's face turn pale. Since he could not detect their energy waves earlier. It was not until they revealed themselves and were about to attack him that he could sense them and dodge their attacks before he let out his flying daggers to counterattack and kill three of them.

"Damn it! Why wasn't I able to sense them earlier?" Zheng-Fu was very surprised that he could not sense anything about them at all. But at that moment, he caught a glimpse of the scales of the green flying dragon spirit monsters whom he had just killed.

Huh!

"Could it be because of their green scales?"

Those green scales were glowing strangely. And Zheng-Fu felt that he could not sense their bodies under those scales.

"It must be because of their green scales that I can't sense them. Hmm! These items are pretty good stuff. This must be kept. So that I can test it and see if my thoughts are right!" But Zheng-Fu was definitely not going to let those green flying dragons go. Because he was very interested in their glowing scales.

[Flying Daggers Skill merges with Traceless Sword Skill]

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Gazzzz!!!

Roooar!!!

Zheng-Fu's battle with them ended very soon. He easily killed these flying dragons because they were not as strong as their level. It seemed that their abilities were assassinations and not direct combat. Therefore, in a confrontational battle, Zheng-Fu could easily kill them.

Wooooooosh!!!

"Oh, really great! But this isn't enough. I need to find more of them," Zheng-Fu said to himself, hurriedly storing the glowing scale-green flying dragon spirit monster's body in his dimensional space. He then turned his attention to the medicinal plants that he had been collecting earlier again. He was afraid that it would be damaged by battle. "By the way, the herbs I'm collecting aren't damaged, are they? Hmm, they're still in good condition. Then I'll continue to collect them!" Fortunately, they were not affected by the battle. So, Zheng-Fu continued to collect these herbs.

Grab! Grab! Grab!

In just a short time, Zheng-Fu was able to store all those herbs in his Heavenly Flora Garden. And when there was nothing of value left around here, Zheng-Fu moved further into the deeper forest.

Whoosh!!!

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