Chapter 1506 - 566: Another Hong Meng Heaven?
Early the next morning, Ye Lingyue got up.
Since she didn’t want to expose the matter of Hong Meng Heaven, Ye Lingyue and Little Wuya stayed in the same room.
Little Wuya was still sleeping soundly; Ye Lingyue pulled the quilt up over her.
After a round of breathing and cultivation, Ye Lingyue entered Hong Meng Heaven.
Ye Lingyue took out from the Life Qiankun Bag a stalk of Heavenly Scouring Grass she had casually taken earlier from those ten chests of Heavenly Scouring Grass.
Then she examined it carefully again.
The first time she laid eyes on these Heavenly Scouring Grasses, she had felt something was off.
First of all, she didn’t recognize this grass.
Ye Lingyue’s knowledge of Spirit Plants and Poison was anything but ordinary.
She was one of the rare people in this era who had inherited both the legacy of the Jade Hand Poison Master and the Hong Meng Fang Immortal.
She had memorized both the Hong Meng Notebook and the Five Poison Treasure Record at a glance, and remembered all the herbs in them.
But neither book contained any record about Heavenly Scouring Grass.
Secondly, this seemingly ordinary Spirit Grass, if held by someone who knew their stuff, would reveal that the Spiritual Power within it was much richer than that of ordinary Spirit Grass.
Things rich in Spiritual Power were undoubtedly more likely to attract the covetous gaze of demon beasts.
This was also why the people who transported Heavenly Scouring Grass earlier had always encountered large-scale beast attacks, dying or being maimed.
If Luo Qianche and the others hadn’t run into Ye Lingyue, they would have been doomed this time as well.
Combining these two points, Ye Lingyue could conclude that this Heavenly Scouring Grass was not the real Heavenly Scouring Grass.
Either the name was fake, or it was some kind of mutated Spirit Plant that didn’t belong to the Ancient Nine Provinces or even Qing Province at all.
But the latter was very unlikely, so Ye Lingyue believed it was more probable that Heavenly Scouring Grass was a false name.
It was just that, back then in front of others, Ye Lingyue hadn’t had the chance to examine it in detail.
Ye Lingyue used Cauldron Breath to carefully study the Heavenly Scouring Grass.
After checking it over, Ye Lingyue’s eyes lit up; she thought of something.
"So that’s what it is. No wonder I felt a sense of déjà vu—this is clearly Heart Execution Grass. But isn’t the lifespan of Heart Execution Grass at most only three years? Yet this stalk of Heart Execution Grass has been cultivated for at least ten years."
Ye Lingyue recalled this kind of grass.
This Heart Execution Grass was recorded in the Five Poison Treasure Record.
It was a medicinal grass, but at the same time also a Poison.
When it was first discovered, it was used to make painkillers. Once the Elixir was taken in excess, it would become addictive; without Heart Execution Grass, one would grow anxious, unsettled in mind, even unable to control one’s emotions.
So even the bold and unscrupulous Jade Hand Poison Master had deemed it a forbidden grass.
The reason Ye Lingyue could recognize at a glance that this was ten-year Heart Execution Grass was partly because Heart Execution Grass was yellow in its first year, and red in its third; there were very few Heart Execution Grasses over three years old on the mainland.
Yet the Heart Execution Grass Ye Lingyue held in her hand was green, and not emerald green, but dark green.
Heart Execution Grass only turns from red to green after three years, and the older it is, the darker the green.
To let a three-year Poison Grass grow into ten years was something that went against natural law, an extraordinary matter.
Unless... Ye Lingyue’s gaze unconsciously fell on those bare patches of Spirit Field in Hong Meng Heaven.
Unless the person cultivating these Heart Execution Grasses also had a Hong Meng Heaven in their hands.
In Ye Lingyue’s Hong Meng Heaven, the Spirit Plants, having absorbed nature’s spiritual energy, all had their age and internal Spiritual Energy greatly increased.
This thought flashed through Ye Lingyue’s mind, and she shook her head. How could that be possible.
Hong Meng Heaven, as well as the Qian Cauldron, were both unique.
There could not be a second one in this world.
Maybe she was overthinking it, or perhaps the Heart Execution Grass had mutated.
But rather than guessing the age of the Heart Execution Grass, what Ye Lingyue was more curious about was who exactly had ordered this batch of Heart Execution Grasses.
According to what Luo Qianche had said, the tasks issued by the City Lord’s Mansion weren’t necessarily tasks from the City Lord’s Mansion itself; they could also be privately commissioned and issued via the City Lord’s Mansion.
There was probably something fishy in this. Otherwise, why take good Heart Execution Grass and insist on calling it Heavenly Scouring Grass.
Ye Lingyue thought for a moment, then put the Heart Execution Grass away. Right now was not the time to be worrying blindly over these wild grasses.
As the team leader of the Huangquan Team, she had more pressing matters to concern herself with.
Ye Lingyue let out a sigh and exited Hong Meng Heaven.
In the inn room, Little Wuya had just woken up and was still groggy. When she saw Ye Lingyue, she called out "Boss" in a soft, sticky tone.
Ye Lingyue told her to sleep a little longer, then paced over to the table, took a sip of water to moisten her throat, and picked up an account book lying on the table.
She had prepared this account book after joining the Jiu Provinces Hunting.
It recorded the daily expenses of the team after entering the Wild Hunt.
Last night’s lodging and food had cost one hundred and ten Merit Points.
The three thousand five hundred Merit Points on her Jiu Provinces Card had already shrunk to just over three thousand three; burning through them like this was not viable.
So Ye Lingyue urged the team members early that morning.
The team split into two routes. One, mainly male members, went to the City Lord’s Mansion to see what tasks they could accept.
The other, mainly female members, went to familiarize themselves with the surroundings of Qiyu City.
When there were many people—especially with someone like Guangzi, who couldn’t shut his mouth once he opened his box of words—the whole way was very lively.
After they passed through the bustling market, Ye Lingyue saw up ahead a standalone shop, looking quite imposing and very different from the other businesses, and couldn’t help paying attention to it.
With just one look, she saw that the plaque hanging above the shop read "Liu Guang Pavilion."
Liu Guang?
Wasn’t that the name of the team that woman called Dongfang Liuli, whom Luo Qianche had mentioned earlier, belonged to?
Could it be that Liu Guang Pavilion was connected to the Liu Guang Team?
Along the commercial street, there were all kinds of shops of various sizes.
But only this Liu Guang Pavilion had the grandest entrance; it was even more spacious than the City Lord’s Mansion.
Moreover, the number of Demon Hunters coming in and out of Liu Guang Pavilion was also quite large.
"Ling Yue, this shop looks pretty lively. Let’s go in and take a look."
Guangzi’s nose twitched, just like a little dog.
He seemed to have caught a whiff of Medicinal Grass fragrance near Liu Guang Pavilion.
Could this imposing pavilion be selling Elixir Pills?
Whenever Elixir Pills were involved, Guangzi’s interest perked up, and he egged Ye Lingyue on.
"We can go in, but let me be clear first: all expenditures in the city require Merit Points. You’re only allowed to look, not buy—especially you, Guangzi."
Just from the scale of Liu Guang Pavilion, Ye Lingyue knew this place would burn money, so she simply brought out her inner iron rooster in advance and laid down three rules with everyone.
The women also understood the situation with Merit Points and nodded repeatedly in agreement, then followed Ye Lingyue, flowing in with the crowd into Liu Guang Pavilion.
They didn’t know that at the very instant Ye Lingyue and the others stepped into Liu Guang Pavilion, up on the top floor of Liu Guang Pavilion, in a gorgeously decorated pavilion, a pair of beautiful eyes was fixed on Ye Lingyue and her group.
When those eyes fell on Ye Lingyue, the pupils contracted slightly, and a cold light flared up in their depths.