In this situation, Mo Wuji wouldn't be the slightest bit soft-hearted. The Heaven Machine Staff directly slammed onto the neck of the guy with the giant shears.

With a cracking sound, that cultivator’s neck and half of his shoulder were smashed into pieces by Mo Wuji’s staff. Without even a groan, he collapsed to the ground.

Mo Wuji dug up the spiritual ginseng as quickly as possible and put it into his storage bag. Yu Zhi then grabbed the guy’s storage bag and stowed it away.

From the time Mo Wuji dug up the ginseng, to being ambushed by the cultivator with the giant shears, to Mo Wuji and Yu Zhi joining forces to kill the opponent, it only took a few breaths. The two of them seemed to have done this many times before, their cooperation was so skillful.

“Dare to kill my junior brother, kneel down for me…” A surge of violent aura pressed down, followed by a fist blasting towards Mo Wuji and Yu Zhi.

Mo Wuji and Yu Zhi, even working together, couldn't withstand this violent aura and their legs cracked under the pressure. Mo Wuji gritted his teeth, preparing to strike the opponent with an Unexpected Thunderclap, when he felt a similarly powerful force erupting from beside him.

Mo Wuji was startled. If this powerful primordial energy had struck him from behind just now, he would have been dead or severely injured.

"Boom!" The two forces of primordial energy collided, blasting a huge pit in the ground. Mo Wuji also felt the pressure on his body lighten. He subconsciously gave up on activating the Unexpected Thunderclap.

Then, Mo Wuji heard a calm voice saying, "So what if I killed your junior brother?"

"Hou Yucheng, do you want to interfere?" A sturdy man landed not far in front of Mo Wuji. He was the one who had suddenly attacked Mo Wuji and Yu Zhi just now.

"Brother Hou, thank you for your help. Senior Sister Qu, I didn't expect to see you again." Mo Wuji turned around and saw Hou Yucheng and Qu Wan'er.

If it hadn't been for Hou Yucheng and Qu Wan'er, although he could have used the Unexpected Thunderclap to defuse the previous attack, it would have been difficult to escape the sturdy man's assault. This burly man's cultivation was at least at the mid-stage of Detachment, while he was only at the ninth level of Meridian Opening, and Yu Zhi was at most at the completion of Spiritual Building.

Hou Yucheng smiled slightly at Mo Wuji. "We were teammates who went to the Ice Peak together."

After saying that, Hou Yucheng looked at the sturdy man again and said, "I've decided to interfere in this matter. Come at me, Hou Yucheng, if you have any complaints."

The man glared at Mo Wuji and Yu Zhi, but didn't say anything more. He turned and left. Hou Yucheng's strength was higher than his, and he was from a major sect, so he couldn't do anything to Hou Yucheng.

"Brother Mo, I knew you were alright. Sure enough." Hou Yucheng cupped his fist at Mo Wuji in a very gracious manner.

Qu Wan'er also said from the side, "Senior Brother Hou thought something had happened to you and has been worried about it, saying that he was the one who asked you to go over. Fortunately, you are safe and sound."

Mo Wuji felt that he couldn't see through Hou Yucheng. But this time, Hou Yucheng had saved his life, so he was very grateful.

The surrounding spiritual herbs had now been snatched away. The three of them didn't leave, but stood on the spot and began to reminisce. Mo Wuji learned from Hou Yucheng that the two canyons were indeed spiritual veins, and various spiritual herbs naturally grew in the middle of these two veins. Because of the long years, the inferior spiritual herbs had long been eliminated, and those that survived were all top-grade spiritual herbs.

Mo Wuji also briefly explained that he had survived because he was trapped in an ice cellar. Later, after going through many hardships, he finally escaped with his life.

Mo Wuji didn't mention his harvest in the ice cellar, and Hou Yucheng didn't ask. Of course, Mo Wuji didn't ask Hou Yucheng and Qu Wan'er what they had obtained under the Ice Peak.

Yu Zhi saw that Mo Wuji was familiar with Hou Yucheng and Qu Wan'er, and he fell silent. Before, he had followed Mo Wuji because he wasn't afraid of Mo Wuji swallowing his medicinal herbs. Now, the people Mo Wuji knew were much stronger than him. Even if Mo Wuji wanted to swallow his medicinal herbs now, he would be helpless. Fortunately, he had kept a few medicinal herbs for himself.

Just as Yu Zhi was uneasy, Mo Wuji called Yu Zhi over and said to Hou Yucheng and Qu Wan'er, "This is Yu Zhi. His wife is sick and he wants me to help him refine pills, so he came here to look for spiritual herbs."

Hearing Mo Wuji introduce him publicly, Yu Zhi finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly came forward to greet them. He, as a rogue cultivator, felt extremely inferior and had no status in front of genius disciples like Hou Yucheng and Qu Wan'er. Mo Wuji, at least, had the identity of a Pill Refiner.

"Oh, I wonder what spiritual herbs Brother Yu is still missing?" Hou Yucheng was consistently polite and courteous, and didn't show the slightest neglect because Yu Zhi was a rogue cultivator.

Mo Wuji helped to say, "He is still missing Heavenly Spider Fruit and Extreme Orchid Flower. These two spiritual herbs are relatively common. I believe that there will still be some in the depths of this natural canyon..."

When saying this, Mo Wuji was still a little ashamed. His reason for coming here was originally to help Yu Zhi pick Heavenly Spider Fruit and Extreme Orchid Flower, but he immediately snatched the ten-year-old spiritual ginseng. By the time he got his hands on the ginseng, all the spiritual herbs here were gone.

Qu Wan'er smiled and said, "Then there's no need to continue looking for them. I happen to have these two spiritual medicines here."

As she spoke, Qu Wan'er waved her hand and took out several spiritual herbs, which were exactly Heavenly Spider Fruit and Extreme Orchid Flower.

When Yu Zhi saw that Qu Wan'er didn't ask anything, but took out the spiritual herbs needed for the Profound Gate Pill, he quickly stepped forward to thank her.

Qu Wan'er waved her hand. "These spiritual herbs are nothing. I owe Pill Refiner Mo far more than these spiritual herbs."

If Mo Wuji hadn't given her a bracelet, even if she could have come in, the price she would have paid would have been more than just these few spiritual herbs. So, she was still very grateful to Mo Wuji in her heart.

Mo Wuji didn't care. After putting away the spiritual herbs, he asked in confusion, "Senior Sister Qu, there must still be spiritual herbs in the depths of this canyon, right? Why not continue searching?"

Hou Yucheng explained, "If we go further into this canyon, it will take at least three days to reach the next spiritual herb growth area. That's six days for a round trip. If we do that, we won't have time to get out. Besides, in a few more days, the poisonous fog of the Five Elements Wasteland will cover everything, and all kinds of demon beasts will return. At that time, it won't be easy to save our lives, let alone find spiritual herbs."

Mo Wuji saw that many people, except for a few cultivators who were still hesitating, had already turned around and were fleeing out of the canyon.

"Since that's the case, let's go back too." Spiritual herbs were good, but for Mo Wuji, Yan'er's safety was the most important thing.

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Hou Yucheng immediately said.

Qu Wan'er had already made a fortune, so she naturally agreed to go back. Yu Zhi's purpose for coming here was for the Profound Gate Pill, and now his reliance was entirely on Mo Wuji. Whatever Mo Wuji said, that's what he would do.

After Mo Wuji and his group of four turned around to leave, the last few people who were hesitating finally turned around and returned. Precious spiritual herbs were tempting, but if they lost their lives, everything would be fake.

......

"Brother Mo, it's really a pity this time. Three months in the Five Elements Wasteland is not enough time at all. Brother Mo was actually trapped under the Ice Peak for nearly two months." As the four of them walked back, Hou Yucheng said with a hint of regret.

Qu Wan'er smiled and said, "It's hard to say. It's like me. If Senior Brother Hou hadn't saved me, I might have already perished here. It's like when Pill Refiner Mo encountered danger before, Senior Brother Hou also took action to save him."

Mo Wuji knew what Qu Wan'er meant, which was that his strength was very low. If he hadn't been trapped under the Ice Peak for two months, he might have already been killed.

In fact, Qu Wan'er wasn't lying. With Mo Wuji's cultivation, he could have been killed at any time in the intense competition just now.

Perhaps, among all the people who entered the Five Elements Wasteland, he spent the least amount of time searching for treasures. Because he spent most of his time on cultivation.

"Maybe even if I didn't take action, Brother Mo wouldn't have been afraid of that guy's sneak attack. In two months, Brother Mo might have even found a True God Flower." Hou Yucheng said very naturally.

Mo Wuji even suspected that Hou Yucheng knew that he had a backup plan, which was why he said this.

"Brother Hou, have you ever seen a Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal?" Mo Wuji didn't want to talk too much about his own strength, and he wanted to know if what he had obtained was the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal, so he asked.

Hou Yucheng smiled and said, "From a certain point of view, the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal is more precious than the True God Flower. How could I have seen such a thing? I do know that the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal is a four-cornered crystal in shape, with a slight yellow tinge in its crystalline appearance..."

Hearing this, Mo Wuji's heart sank. He finally understood where his mistake was. What he had obtained was not the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal at all. Not only was it not, but it also differed greatly from the appearance of the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal.

The Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal that Hou Yucheng described was indeed there below, because not far from where he obtained the two ice flowers, there was a row of four-cornered crystals that Hou Yucheng described. Those crystals all had a slight yellow tinge in their crystalline appearance. But that row of things was thrown aside like garbage. Mo Wuji was prejudiced and naturally thought that the things being cherished on the ice altar were the most precious. How would he know that the row of things that were thrown aside were the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal?

No wonder that couple said that they had seen the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal. What they saw was the thing that he considered a pile of garbage.

"There's still one day left until we leave the Five Elements Wasteland. Let's speed up a bit." Seeing that the conversation between Mo Wuji and Hou Yucheng had cooled down, Qu Wan'er interjected.

Mo Wuji sighed. It was too late. If it wasn't too late, he would definitely go back again, even if he might freeze to death, he would take back the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal.

Damn it, he and Hou Yucheng went to the Ice Peak together, and only knew to ask Hou Yucheng if there was a Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal in the Ice Peak, but didn't know to ask Hou Yucheng what the Limitless Soul Tempering Crystal looked like. Even if Mo Wuji was sure that he wouldn't make this kind of mistake again, he couldn't bear to make this kind of mistake even once.

"I just won't give it to you, what can you do to me?" A very loud voice startled Mo Wuji out of his regret, followed by the sound of primordial energy colliding together.

Zhen Shaoru? Mo Wuji saw that Zhen Shaoru was fighting with a thin, bearded man. He didn't hesitate to take a step and landed on the side to watch. If Zhen Shaoru couldn't defeat the opponent, he would have to help, even if his cultivation wasn't enough.

(The third update is here, requesting monthly ticket support. Today's update ends here. Good night friends! I will be on the road all day tomorrow, and the update may be unstable. If there is any shortage, it will definitely be made up the day after tomorrow.)