"Mister Mo, I've placed the three Essence Mansion Grasses here…" Seeing that Mo Wuji was still staring at the spirit herbs on the ground, Yu Zhi took out three jade boxes.

Mo Wuji turned his gaze away from the pile of spirit herbs on the ground and said to Yu Zhi, "Brother Yu, although your pile of spirit herbs is still missing a few medicinal herbs for the Essence Mansion Pill, those herbs aren't particularly precious. I believe we can buy them outside…"

In fact, what excited Mo Wuji about this pile of spirit herbs was that he saw Qian Yuan Ginseng and ten-thousand-year Dragon Tendon Grass among them. He desperately needed these. Qian Yuan Ginseng and Dark Yellow Ginseng were ginseng of the same attribute and origin. But Qian Yuan Ginseng was a Fourth Grade spirit herb. Using Qian Yuan Ginseng to replace Dark Yellow Ginseng would increase the potency tenfold or more.

These were all top-grade spirit herbs that he needed to concoct the Meridian Opening Liquid, and now they were all in front of him. Adding the hundred-thousand-year Earth Pine Vein and the Purple Lotus Silk he had, he was only missing one top-grade Ganoderma lucidum among the spirit herbs.

As for the higher-purity fire crystal stones, he didn't have them. He did see higher-purity fire crystal stones, but unfortunately, before he could pick up a few, he was robbed. Although he didn't have higher-purity fire crystal stones, he had an even more awesome flame crystal. He had taken the flame crystal from the earth's fire vent. That flame crystal was definitely better than any fire crystal stone.

"Mister Mo, are spirit herbs better the fresher they are?" After hearing Mo Wuji's words, Yu Zhi suddenly asked an unrelated question.

Mo Wuji nodded and said, "That's natural. The fresher the spirit herb, the higher the potency of the pills refined. However, finding the freshest spirit herbs isn't easy. Your spirit herbs were dug up not long ago. Although they aren't preserved very well, they are still considered to be the freshest."

Mo Wuji didn't know much about preserving spirit herbs before. He could only buy some jade boxes from commercial buildings. These jade boxes were engraved with preservation array patterns, which could preserve spirit herbs for a long time. Besides that, fresh spirit herbs could also be made into dried spirit herbs. The potency of pills refined from dried spirit herbs was slightly lower than that of fresh spirit herbs. However, for top-grade pill refiners, there wasn't much difference.

Now that Mo Wuji had come into contact with array techniques, he wouldn't need to buy preservation jade boxes from other commercial buildings in the future. He could refine his own preservation jade boxes.

"Brother Yu, don't worry. I will definitely find a way to refine the Essence Mansion Pill for you. If I don't have the pill formula now, I will find a way to get it. I need a few of the medicinal herbs you have here. I wonder if you would be willing to part with them?" Mo Wuji couldn't help but say.

The Meridian Opening Liquid was too important to him. Once he left, it wouldn't be easy to find such fresh spirit herbs, let alone spirit herbs of the same level.

Yu Zhi pushed all the medicinal herbs towards Mo Wuji, even giving Mo Wuji the three jade boxes. Then, he said, "Mister Mo, these are all yours. I only ask that you can help me refine a batch of Essence Mansion Pills. No, not a batch. Just three pills. Even one pill will be enough for me."

Mo Wuji looked at Yu Zhi in confusion. "Brother Yu, you trust me that much?"

Yu Zhi smiled slightly. "I believe that Mister Mo is someone worthy of my trust."

In fact, Yu Zhi was extremely helpless. He didn't know how many pill refiners he had sought out to refine the Essence Mansion Pill. The family property that was left to him had almost been completely spent. But the Essence Mansion Pill was still out of reach, or rather, there was no news of it at all. Many Earth Grade Pill Refiners didn't even bother to see him.

Mo Wuji was the first, and only, pill refiner who agreed to help him refine the pill and even promised that he could refine the Essence Mansion Pill. He had no choice but to trust Mo Wuji. He decided that from now on, he would follow Mo Wuji until Mo Wuji successfully refined the pill.

In fact, he had more than three Essence Mansion Grasses. He had obtained six Essence Mansion Grasses in total, and he left behind three just in case. While the other spirit herbs for the Essence Mansion Pill were easy to find, the Essence Mansion Grass was too rare. He had spent all his wealth at the auction to get a bracelet just to enter the Five Elements Wasteland and obtain the Essence Mansion Grass.

Yu Zhi didn't know that the bracelet in his hand was sold to him by Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji saw through Yu Zhi's thoughts and said, "Wait a moment."

After saying that, Mo Wuji quickly went to a small hill dozens of meters away, took out a large bag and the Heavenly Manifestation Staff from his storage bag, and then returned, saying, "I only have one backpack. My backpack can't fit all these spirit herbs for the time being…"

He didn't dare to reveal his storage bag. After all, there were too many things in his storage bag that people coveted. Not to mention anything else, just the two five-year Soul Severing Crystals were very dangerous.

Before Mo Wuji could finish speaking, Yu Zhi took out a storage bag from somewhere and handed it to Mo Wuji, saying, "Mister Mo, I'll give you this storage bag. You can put your spirit herbs in the storage bag."

"Ah…" Mo Wuji looked at Yu Zhi hesitantly. Even if he helped Yu Zhi refine the Essence Mansion Pill, it wouldn't be worth that much. He wasn't giving Yu Zhi the pill formula for the Essence Mansion Pill.

"As long as Mister Mo can help me refine the Essence Mansion Pill, a mere storage bag is nothing," Yu Zhi said with an extremely firm tone.

Mo Wuji saw that Yu Zhi had another storage bag on his waist and knew that this storage bag must have been something he robbed. He could tell from the bloodstains on his body.

"Alright, I'll accept it then. Thank you," Mo Wuji knew that he could definitely help Yu Zhi refine the Essence Mansion Pill, so he didn't waste any more words.

Seeing Mo Wuji put away the storage bag, Yu Zhi continued, "Mister Mo, the reason I asked you if fresh spirit herbs are better for refining pills is because I know a place where there are all fresh spirit herbs."

Hearing this, Mo Wuji looked at Yu Zhi in surprise. "Quickly take me there."

Yu Zhi had found the Essence Mansion Grass and might not be interested in fresh spirit herbs, but he was different. He was a pill refiner. Moreover, his Meridian Opening Liquid was still missing a top-grade Ganoderma lucidum.

"Alright, Mister Mo, just follow me," Yu Zhi replied without hesitation.

Mo Wuji collected all the spirit herbs on the ground into the storage bag, then fastened the storage bag to his waist and quickly followed Yu Zhi back along the direction he came from.

……

Three days later, Yu Zhi and Mo Wuji arrived at a deep canyon. Mo Wuji saw many corpses that had long since died here. Besides that, there was only a mess on the ground.

"I discovered a huge medicinal garden here. Everyone fought fiercely to snatch the spiritual herbs. I risked my life to snatch those spiritual herbs, and the Essence Mansion Grass was snatched here. I also heard that there is a spiritual herb garden deep in this canyon." As he spoke, Yu Zhi pointed to the deeper part of the canyon.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go." Mo Wuji said without hesitation. He only wanted to compete for spiritual herbs, and he only wanted Ganoderma lucidum. Even if it was a Ganoderma lucidum that was tens of thousands of years old, it would only be a Fourth Grade spiritual herb, so no one should fight with him for a Ganoderma lucidum, right?

The two continued to go deep into the canyon. After walking for half a day, they saw a mess on the ground again. In addition, there were some fragments of spiritual herbs that had been shattered, but no corpses were seen.

Mo Wuji was speechless. Fortunately, there were no pill refiners here. If there were pill refiners who saw so many precious spiritual herbs being chopped into fragments, they would probably bleed in their hearts.

They continued to walk forward and passed several more places that had been robbed.

"It seems that this canyon was originally a place for the production of spiritual herbs…" Mo Wuji stopped here and looked at the canyons on both sides.

Yu Zhi obviously noticed Mo Wuji's change and immediately said from the side, "There may be spiritual veins under the canyons on both sides. That's why so many top-grade spiritual herbs are growing here."

Mo Wuji suddenly realized. No wonder he felt that the spiritual energy was getting stronger and stronger after entering this canyon. It turned out that there were spiritual veins under the canyons on both sides. Fortunately, there were spiritual herbs everywhere in this canyon, otherwise, Mo Wuji suspected that the canyons on both sides would have been dug open long ago.

"Boom boom boom!" A series of roaring sounds came, and the dazzling light of magic treasures continued to rise into the sky. Then, the sound of magic treasures colliding and muffled groans came.

"We're almost there," Yu Zhi quickened his pace.

Mo Wuji quickly followed. After the two turned a corner in the canyon, they saw dozens of cultivators fighting for spiritual herbs. Some of the spiritual herbs on the ground were trampled into a mess, but no one paid attention to them.

No one stopped fighting for the spiritual herbs even when Mo Wuji and Yu Zhi arrived.

"Mister Mo, what spiritual herb do you want? I'll snatch it for you…" Yu Zhi stood beside Mo Wuji and had already summoned the Crescent Moon Blade.

"It's that Ganoderma lucidum…" The first thing Mo Wuji saw when he arrived here was a one-meter-tall Ganoderma lucidum. He knew that this was at least a Ganoderma lucidum that was one hundred thousand years old when his spiritual will landed on it.

The value of Ganoderma lucidum had always been low in the cultivation world, so no one had snatched it yet, and this was exactly what he needed in his dreams.

As Mo Wuji spoke, he pounced forward. He had to get this Ganoderma lucidum.

"Get out of the way…" Just as Mo Wuji pounced next to the Ganoderma lucidum, an angry shout came, followed by a huge pair of scissors opening their mouths, wanting to cut Mo Wuji in half.

Mo Wuji wanted to see how far his strength was from a real Spirit Building Realm cultivator. He shifted his body, and the Heavenly Manifestation Staff in his hand slammed down with all his strength.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time Mo Wuji had used the Heavenly Manifestation Staff to fight. Last time, he wanted to smash Dong Lun into pieces with one staff, but unfortunately, his Burst Ice Talisman was too ruthless and froze Dong Lun before his staff could hit him on the head.

"Ka!" The Heavenly Manifestation Staff and the huge scissors slammed together, and primordial energy exploded. The violent power swept towards Mo Wuji, and Mo Wuji felt as if his chest had been smashed by a hammer. His entire body was in a state of shock.

The gap was so big. Before Mo Wuji could even think of this, the power pressing down on his Heavenly Manifestation Staff instantly weakened.

Mo Wuji was overjoyed. He didn't care what caused the other party's power to weaken. He swallowed the blood that had reached his throat, and the Heavenly Manifestation Staff in his hand swept around with primordial energy again.

When he counterattacked, Mo Wuji finally understood why the other party's power had weakened. Yu Zhi's Crescent Moon Blade had slashed on the back of this guy, almost tearing him open.

(Second update seeking monthly votes!)