Shen Yuan didn’t bother with her, he quickly sat down cross-legged on the ground and took out a few different kinds of pills.
Qi replenishing pills, healing pills, and anti-poison pills just in case the thunder carried some sort of poison. He first threw some healing pills inside his mouth and began circulating the Primordial Vessel Cultivation Technique to absorb all the healing properties of the pill.
But even that was not enough since his injuries were truly extreme. The only time he was more injured than right now was during his tribulation.
He slightly frowned, feeling the foreign lightning Qi inside his body, but without thinking further he activated his Ancestral Thunder God Codex and devoured all the remnants of lightning inside his body.
After that, he took out a King Grade healing medicine that he got from the treasury and began swallowing it.
Time slowly passed and in around half an hour, his body nearly healed to his peak. But his Qi reserves were still running low. He glanced down to see a few Qi Replenishment Pills.
“Tsk tsk, these won’t do. I should use the Peak Grade Spirit Stones together with pills to maximize the effects.” He made up his mind, but before starting his cultivation, he peeked out from the grass and looked at the empty scorched ground ahead.
‘Good, those fuckers left.’ He heaved a sigh of relief and took out the Spirit Stones and ate the pills before he started replenishing his Qi.
…
“Haa…” After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes, feeling as new as ever. The Dao Armor from his body had also vanished by this point.
“So that was the feeling of having a Dao Armor?” He said aloud in a confused voice.
[Yes, but your Dao Armor is incomplete. You have only created the Dao Armor from one of your Physiques. You need to reach the Dao Core Forming Realm if you want to use your complete Dao Armor.]
Yue Lan examined him closely before answering.
Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow, “No wonder I felt empty despite the surge in my power. And if I’m not wrong it should be Chaotic Vessel Physique that had turned into a Dao Armor.”
[Indeed, but I’m still surprised by your use of Void Steps. That technique allows for such a limited amount of teleportation yet you somehow managed to alter it slightly and increase the distance even in this Mystique Realm where the space is more solidified.]
Shen Yuan proudly raised his head, “You underestimate my genius too much.”
[Oh? Is that why you had to run away from Mo Yanhui before?]
Shen Yuan’s face darkened slightly as he remembered what Mo Yanhui had done to him, “I will take care of that bastard first before looking for treasures.”
[But how? From what we have gathered so far, he should be much stronger than you.]
“Before, that might be the case, but now that I have a Dao Armor I still have a chance of winning. But not like I had any plans to fight head-on.” His lips formed a cold smile as he headed deeper into the forest.
[Hmm? You got some special way to handle him? Tell me.]
Shen Yuan shook his head with a chuckle, “It will be a surprise for you.”
Yue Lan got silent; by now she had learned that he wouldn’t tell her something if he didn’t want to tell her. Repeatedly asking was just a waste of time.
“Oh by the way, take out Xueyan, I will need her help.” He said after a moment of thought.
A small portal formed in the air, from which Xueyan jumped directly on Shen Yuan’s head. He picked her up from his head and brought her in front of him.
“I will need your help later if the place is what I’m imagining it to be. It will be fun.” He softly said to her.
Xueyan cutely tilted her head, as if confused about his request. He shook his head, “I will tell you once we reach that place.”
Xueyan meowed at him before closing her eyes in the enjoyment of his embrace. Shen Yuan headed deeper from where the strange waves of Qi were coming.
…
“Is this the core of the Forest Zone?” Liang Hui asked, looking at the massive cave entrance. They had finally reached this place after fighting wave after wave of Life Beasts.
The cave entrance was so massive that it would easily reach a height of 60 meters and its diameter would be over 100 meters.
All the disciples that had been fighting before had gathered here, looking at the cave where the strange waves of Qi were coming from.
“Are you guys going inside or not?” Mo Yanhui impatiently asked looking at others.
“If Brother Mo is so impatient then he can head inside first.” Bai Wuji coldly said. He had no good impression of him after what he had done to Shen Yuan.
Mo Yanhui didn’t mind his attitude and nodded, “Sure, let’s do that. Who knows I might obtain the mysteries of this Forest.”
He entered the cave together with his fellow sect mates. Bai Wuji, Liang Hui, and the others also didn’t waste their time and entered inside the cave entrance.
Just as the last of the disciples entered the cave, a shadow walked out of the nearby bushes. “Yanhui oh Yanhui, I hope your Dao Heart is strong enough for what is about to happen to you.” He coldly smiled before covering himself with dense Spatial Qi together with his Spatial Intent.
The last time Mo Yanhui had managed to spot him due to his carelessness, but this time he would be prepared. He then entered the cave entrance as well.
Once inside the cave, he felt the increase in Life Energy; even a mortal can live up to 200 years of age if they live here. But strangely there were no herbs growing.
Shen Yuan found this odd but attributed it to the strange nature of the green Qi. He heard voices from ahead as he utilized his powers at max to mask his presence before walking forward silently.
He peeked from behind one of the boulders. There, he saw six paths in front of the group of disciples. All paths seemed identical without any difference. Mo Yanhui, Bai Wuji, and Liang Hui quickly chose their paths and entered.
While the two remaining groups also decided on two paths and entered there.
Shen Yuan waited for a while to see if anyone would come back or not. But seeing that no one was coming back, he walked towards the pathways. He stood in front of the only pathway that no one had chosen.
One reason was due to the extreme danger they felt from this path. It probably held multiple Beast Lords at the Peak of Dao Core Forming Realm.
“Perfect.” Shen Yuan calmly smiled and entered inside. The path was still wide enough to fit a massive beast. After a while, his eyes flashed with surprise as he saw around six Peak Beast Lords and a few more normal Beast Lords.
But then his eyes gleamed with happiness as this was exactly what he wanted. He took a few steps back and created some distance between himself and the beast.