The Last Primal

Slyff Nae and the others were invigorated and continued forward hastily.

Before long, the four of them slowed down and stopped in their tracks. Their mouths opened slightly and endless shock filled their eyes!

Before them was a magnificent medicinal field that was separated into blocks with different spirit herbs. All of them grew in a splendid manner with a dazzling radiance, emanating robust spirit energy.

All of those spirit herbs swayed and let out a fragrant medicinal scent.

Even without any knowledge of elixir refinement, one could tell that those spirit herbs were already mature and were at least thousands of years old!

The Rain Frost Flower, Purple Cloud Mushroom, Blood Ginseng, and Spirit Essence Grass that the Sect Master's saving grace, the Ancient Elixir required were all present!

Furthermore, the Blood Ginsengs in this medicinal field were not just a thousand years old, but ten thousand years old!

The Blood Ginseng's shape was already humanoid with its feet and arms vaguely forming.

With another ten thousand years, the Blood Ginsengs would have turned into spirits!

Apart from the four types of spirit herbs, there were plenty of other rare materials such as the Scarlet Flame Rose, Blood Moon Flower, and Demon Essence Fruit.

Aiden and the others were delighted.

The value of this medicinal field was unimaginable!

When they got closer, the spirit energy was thicker and the medicinal fragrance almost materialized. With a slight whiff, Slyff Nae and the other two felt their injuries recovering.

Although they were in an underground palace, bright moonlight spilled down from above the medicinal field in a hazy and mysterious manner.

Raising his head slightly, Aiden caught sight of a series of magnificent crystals and gems at the top of the palace that could reflect the light from outside nicely onto the field.

From the outside, the underground palace could not be seen and it was merely in ruins.

However, through the crystals, everything outside could be seen from this palace!

It was truly an impressive design that was out of this world.

This was also the exact reason why this medicinal field was buried underground for thousands of years without withering or being discovered by exploring martial artists.

Aiden took a walk around the medicinal field and was drawn to a particular spirit field in the middle.

Although it had a large surface area, there was only a single stalk of spirit herb in it.

It was scarlet all over and looked resplendent. Swaying gently, there was a green and red fruit at the top that was the size of an infant's fist.

"What is this?"

Lian Juhe also took notice of the spirit fruit and asked instinctively.

"I think this is a Holy Holy Vermilion Fruit."

Aiden replied with a smile and joyful eyes.

At the mention of Holy Vermilion Fruit, Slyff Nae and the other two widened their eyes.

The Holy Vermilion Fruit was one of the most famous spirit items in the world because it only bloomed once every 5,000 years before taking another 5,000 years to bear fruit. It was also known as the Ten Thousand Year Holy Holy Vermilion Fruit.

After consuming it, Martial Masters would experience a burst in their spirit energies and could rise a single minor realm!

For someone like Aiden, although he had just formed his core, if he were to consume the Holy Holy Vermilion Fruit, he could advance to mid-stage Martial Master right away!

That was not all.

The Holy Holy Vermilion Fruit was a great tonic for Martial Masters with immense benefits. It could change their physiques to a great degree and burn away all impurities in their bodies, extending their lifespans!

Of course, that was for Martial Masters.

If ordinary mortals or Martial Knight martial artists were to consume the Holy Vermilion Fruit, they would be burned to ashes in the blink of an eye!

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"I heard that the Holy Vermilion Fruit is dark red all over and resplendent. Why is the fruit green?" Lian Juhe asked curiously.

"It isn't fully ripe yet."

Aiden replied. "But by the looks of it, it should ripen within a month or so."

Before it was ripe, the Holy Vermilion Fruit was not a great tonic and even possessed immense poison!

If ordinary living beings were to approach it, they would be affected by the aura released by the Holy Vermilion Fruit and would lose their minds, falling into a deep hallucination.

Most of these spirit items of the universe possessed the capability to protect themselves.

This place was unusually secretive and did not have much intruders usually.

Otherwise, there would be countless corpses around the vicinity of the spirit items!

The Holy Vermilion Fruit could only be plucked after it was ripe.

Furthermore, once the fruit ripens, if it wasn't plucked within a single day, it would fall off on its own.

Once the Holy Vermilion Fruit makes contact with mud, all the energy contained in the fruit would flow back into the mud and return to the earth – it would be completely wasted.

Aiden remarked, "Let's dig up all the spirit herbs in the outer perimeter of the Holy Vermilion Fruit and give up on those inside. Don't get close to the Holy Vermilion Fruit by all means!"

"There's no hurry. The spirit energy here is robust and the medicinal fragrance is rich. We can use the chance to meditate here for a while and our injuries should be healed before long," Lian Juhe remarked deeply.

Slyff Nae and Krisia Hall nodded.

Aiden furrowed his brows slightly and did not speak further.

The most logical decision after discovering such a treasure ground in the Great Forbidden Ruins was to dig up the spirit herbs and leave as soon as possible!

The Great Forbidden Ruins was not a kind place.

Dangers did not come from the ruins alone, but also other martial artists!

If any intruders were to enter and catch sight of this medicinal field, needless to think, a bloodied battle would be invoked!

When he saw that Slyff Nae and the other two had already assumed the meditative positions to heal up, Aiden did not interrupt them.

At that moment, he had two other doubts in mind!

Firstly, there should be ferocious beasts in the vicinity of this universal artifact treasure item, guarding it!

Aiden believed that any ferocious beasts hiding here wouldn't be able to avoid his detection.

But up till this point, he did not notice any trace or aura of any ferocious beasts.

That was way too strange!

Secondly, apart from the Holy Vermilion Fruit, there was also the Scarlet Flame Rose, Blood Moon Flower, and Demon Essence Fruit.

It was probably not a coincidence that so many spirit herbs with the power of flames was born in this place!

There was an extremely high chance that the rumors about the connate spirit fire in the Great Forbidden Ruins were true!

A clear spirit spring surrounded the medicinal field, emitting a rich spirit energy that nourished the spirit fields constantly.

Aiden meandered along the spirit spring and continued deep into the palace.

A thousand feet away, he arrived at the mouth of the spirit spring.

The mouth of the spirit spring was a gigantic pool that was gurgling with spring water, flowing continuously for tens of thousands of years.

This pool seemed like it was created for baths to be taken. Made with white jade, it was more than five meters long and had a depth of two meters.

Exquisite drawings of fishes, dragons, flowers, and birds were etched around the walls of the pool.

Against the reflection of the jade, the clear spring water shimmered brightly and the fishes, dragons, flowers, and birds on the walls seemed alive!

A flowering crabapple blossomed in the middle of the pool.

The spring water gushed and a misty fog spread.

In the haziness, an alluring body seemed to form above the flowering crabapple with a pleasant elegance. Beautiful as white jade with a rouge tinge, it was extremely charming and reached into one's soul!

Aiden felt his heart skip a beat and shut his eyes hurriedly.

A moment later, he opened them again and looked over. There was nothing on the flowering crabapple except for the fog around it that changed endlessly.

The owner of the pool and medicinal field should have been a woman and her status in the Great Forbidden Ruins should have been rather imminent!

Reaching out, Aiden splashed gently in the pond and his eyes lit up.

True enough!

The spirit spring was warm!

There had to be a powerful source of fire deep beneath this place!

He did not know what status this woman held in the past or how powerful she was to be able to create such a majestic palace underground in the capital.

Not only that, she made use of the powerful fire source underground to nurture a medicinal field and turn the spirit spring into a hot spring.

Circling around the hot spring, Aiden surveyed the ground with a keen gaze, seemingly looking for something.

In theory, there should be an entrance leading underground in the vicinity of this hot spring!

However, after circling a few times, Aiden discovered nothing.