Chapter 1079: Turning the Tables

Watching the figures recede into the distance, Ye Yuan couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.

It seemed that Jian Shisan and Shu Yunqing had completely ignored his words.

But a super holy land's every move wasn't so easily made; he needed to hurry to the Holy Domain.

After the great battle, the entire Eternal Medicine Garden had fallen into utter chaos.

Those million-year-old medicinal spirits had long since fled to unknown places. Ye Yuan had to give up on searching for herbs.

Two months had passed, and the outside world still knew nothing of the变故. It was best to head to the Holy Domain as soon as possible.

In the City Lord's Mansion of Yungao City, Old Man Han listened with furrowed brows as Ye Yuan recounted the events in the Eternal Medicine Garden.

"Old Man Han, you're a titan of the Divine Domain. There's no way you haven't heard of the demon race. Now that the demons have emerged again, you can't just stand by, can you?" Ye Yuan said.

Old Man Han frowned and said, "Such a major matter—of course I won't stand idly by. When you move against the Medicine King Hall, just let me know, and I'll come. But... sigh..."

As he spoke, Old Man Han let out a long sigh.

The emergence of the Holy Mother Demon Flower had drained almost all the primal energy from the Eternal Medicine Garden.

Now, the Eternal Medicine Garden was little more than an empty shell. Those tens-of-thousands-to-millions-of-years-old medicinal herbs had scattered in all directions, impossible to retrieve.

The great battle had also destroyed countless herbs. Imagine a battle involving a hundred thousand martial artists—the destructive power was unimaginable.

The entire Eternal Medicine Garden was in shambles.

Without the Eternal Medicine Garden, Yungao City's status in the Divine Domain would naturally take a hit.

As the city lord of Yungao, Old Man Han naturally felt disheartened.

Seeing this, Ye Yuan sneered, "Old Man Han, your face is getting thicker and thicker! I fought the demons in the Eternal Medicine Garden, narrowly escaping death, and you still want to extort medicinal herbs from me!"

Old Man Han had a habit: he loved collecting all kinds of medicinal herbs.

Though this was a common ailment among alchemists, Old Man Han was clearly more afflicted than most.

Yungao City didn't restrict outsiders from entering the Eternal Medicine Garden, but the city took a cut of whatever martial artists obtained inside.

Those below the Void Profound realm, even peak Divine Kings, had to obediently hand over their share. Otherwise, they would die horribly.

Over the past few millennia, Old Man Han had amassed an unimaginable collection of herbs.

With the upheaval in the Eternal Medicine Garden, only Ye Yuan and a few others had escaped, so Old Man Han naturally wanted a piece of the spoils.

But Ye Yuan shut him down with a single sentence.

Unfazed and unabashed, Old Man Han grinned and said, "The Eternal Medicine Garden is destroyed, so my Yungao City is no longer worthy of its name! Brother Ji, you can't just stand by and watch me die!"

Ye Yuan shook his head and said with a half-smile, "Old Man Han, don't give me that! The demons were lurking right under your nose, and you didn't notice a thing, causing such a huge disaster. I nearly lost my life in there—shouldn't you be compensating me?"

Old Man Han was taken aback, never expecting Ye Yuan to turn the tables on him.

"Ha... haha, Brother Ji, just kidding, don't take it seriously! I won't ask for anything, alright?" Old Man Han said with a laugh.

Ye Yuan laughed, "Old Man Han, don't think I'm joking with you! I'm about to refine some pills, and I'm short a few spiritual herbs. Just be kind and compensate me!"

Old Man Han was startled, his face darkening. "Brother, you know spiritual herbs are my lifeblood. If you really set your sights on them, don't blame me for being rude."

Old Man Han was a top-tier expert, a pinnacle existence in the Divine Domain. Even Void Profound experts dared not act presumptuously before him.

But Ye Yuan was not buying it at all.

"Don't you want to know how I escaped from the demons? Old Man Han, how about... we try our hands? You can test whether your herb garden can still be saved!" Ye Yuan threatened.

Old Man Han's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he regretted it deeply.

If he had known, he would have met Ye Yuan outside and not brought him in.

Earlier, when he heard Ye Yuan talk about what happened in the Eternal Herb Garden, Old Man Han was also quite astonished.

A hundred thousand martial artists had died inside. The demon race's strength must have been formidable. How did Ye Yuan escape?

Old Man Han was certainly confident in his own strength, but facing Ye Yuan, he had no confidence in protecting his herb garden.

The Eternal Herb Garden was destroyed, let alone his own garden.

Finally, Old Man Han backed down.

"You brat, when did you become so shameless? Enough, enough, you win! Pick whatever spiritual herbs you need, but nothing over three hundred thousand years old is allowed!" Old Man Han said resentfully.

He hadn't expected that his attempt to extort would fail, and instead he was blackmailed by Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan laughed heartily, "Don't worry, for the pills I'm refining, two hundred thousand years is enough."

Watching Ye Yuan pull out the spiritual herbs from his garden one by one, Old Man Han's heart bled.

...

"Brother, any discoveries?" Kuang Tianming asked when Ye Yuan returned to his residence.

After more than two months of refining pills, Kuang Tianming had finally recovered to his peak state.

When he learned about the fierce battle in the Eternal Herb Garden, he was shocked beyond words.

And today, Ye Yuan's extortion of Old Man Han was not really aimed at his spiritual herbs.

He found Old Man Han suspicious, so he deliberately tried to probe him, but... the result disappointed him.

Ye Yuan shook his head and frowned, "Old Man Han is a sly old fox, not a single flaw! But I still feel something unusual about him. He has lived next to the Eternal Herb Garden for thousands of years. Could he really know nothing about what's inside? And the news of the divine-grade spiritual herb's emergence is also suspicious. I originally thought it was spread by the Medicine King Hall, but on second thought, that seems unlikely. If anyone could spread the news most conveniently, it would be Yungao City!"

After today's probing, Ye Yuan found not a single clue.

Kuang Tianming sighed, "The demon race's affairs are complicated. The only certainty now is the Medicine King Hall. It seems that to break the deadlock, we have to start with the Medicine King Hall."

Ye Yuan sighed, "That's the only way. But those old fellows in the Holy Domain won't be easy to convince!"

Kuang Tianming said, "It concerns the survival of the human race; they have no choice but to take it seriously!"

Ye Yuan shook his head with a bitter smile, "The higher the realm, the greater the power, the more selfish they become! Getting them to act is difficult!"

As they were talking, Ruan Shuangzhou suddenly entered and reported, "Sir, there's someone outside who calls himself Yue Jianfeng, saying he wishes to see Miss Lier."

Ye Yuan was startled and felt somewhat puzzled. Why would the Yue family send Yue Jianfeng to see Lier at this time?