Chapter 32: No One Is Worry-Free

While she appears calm, she is actually quite temperamental, though she never lets her emotions show. As the saying goes, 'accompanying a ruler is like accompanying a tiger.' Being by her side is no different from being with a tiger!

She is indeed a rare beauty, perhaps the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. But you never truly know a person just by their appearance. Can you imagine? For every meal, she makes me devour large quantities of wild beast remains and the 'corpses' of spiritual herbs. Then, in the dead of night, she makes me completely immerse myself in water filled with these spiritual herb remains, claiming it will strengthen my physique!

Another time, I wanted to learn spatial divine abilities to make future travels easier. Instead, she taught me how to shrink myself, then picked me up in her palm and toyed with me!

Lu Yang vehemently denounced Yun Zhi's various cruel acts. His words quickly resonated with the little medicine kings, who expressed their sympathy.

The Ginseng Doll couldn't help but exclaim, "In that case, let's coordinate from inside and out! You be the inside man, and we'll be the outside support. Let's overthrow that demoness right now!"

Lu Yang was startled and quickly tried to dissuade them. "Absolutely not! We need to plan this carefully. Senior Sister Yun Zhi is the top disciple of the Dao Inquiry Sect; her cultivation is unfathomable. We're too weak with just the few of us."

He calmly analyzed the situation: "For the sake of caution, let's wait until I cultivate to the Tribulation Transcension stage. That way, we'll have a much better chance. Then, we can act together, launch a counterattack against Senior Sister, and succeed in one fell swoop!"

"By then, those with grievances can exact revenge, and those with injustices can seek redress. Wouldn't that be much better?"

The little medicine kings, impressed, thought, "As expected of a human, their thinking is so thorough! I originally thought your intelligence was slightly inferior to mine, but who would have thought you'd come up with such a meticulous plan? It seems our intellects are quite evenly matched!"

With a common enemy, Lu Yang and the little medicine kings quickly bonded. They howled and clamored, all vowing to defeat the demoness.

With Lu Yang joining them, the little medicine kings' lineup was like a tiger with wings. Victory seemed as easy as reaching into a pocket and grabbing something!

At the entrance of the herb garden, Old Man Ba watched Lu Yang's inspiring plan through a water mirror. He let out a long sigh.

Yun Zhi had specifically instructed him to keep an eye on Lu Yang's movements and to report any mishaps in the herb garden to her immediately.

Now, did this situation count as an incident?

If he really told Yun Zhi, even if it wasn't an incident now, something unfortunate would likely happen later.

"Why are none of these young people ever trouble-free?"

"After all that talk, I still haven't shown you the spells I know." Lu Yang stretched, performed the 'Earth Shrink' spell, and, striking a diving pose, plunged directly into the soil.

The Dao Comprehension Tree King reacted similarly to Yun Zhi, marveling at the sight. Having lived for so long, it had never witnessed such a spell before.

On the surface, it appeared to be a spatial spell like 'Shrinking Ground to an Inch,' but in practice, it resembled a Five-Element spell.

To be able to cast an unprecedented spell at such a young age truly made him a spell genius.

Lu Yang now used 'Earth Shrink' with great proficiency, performing crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle techniques. Watching him occasionally emerge from the ground only to fluidly dive back in, one could easily mistake the soil for water.

After the Kirin Immortal Herb and the Flower of Ages' End finished their bout, the Ginseng Doll and the Three-Leaf Star Grass recounted Lu Yang's tragic experiences under the demoness's clutches, which also resonated with them, stirring great excitement.

"Our medicine kings finally have an informant among the humans!"

The four little medicine kings sat on the Dao Comprehension Tree King's trunk, applauding and thinking Lu Yang was incredibly amazing.

Lu Yang let out a strange cry, straightened his legs, and leaped high into the air. With his arms spread wide in a cross shape, he spun 3600 degrees in the air. Then, with a thud, he plunged to the ground, landing face-first — he'd gotten dizzy mid-spin.

His attempt to show off had failed.

The little medicine kings hastily scrambled to help Lu Yang up.

Such injuries were merely superficial for a Foundation Establishment cultivator and would heal quickly.

Seeing that Lu Yang could indeed loosen the soil, the little medicine kings took out the herb garden map and instructed Lu Yang to burrow through the ground in order.

"The roots of the herbs in this area go very deep, extending up to three meters into the soil. You must be careful not to touch their roots, lest we misunderstand your intentions. My advice is to loosen the soil by burrowing between three and five meters underground. That's the safe zone."

"For other areas, the herb roots are between half a meter and two meters deep, so just dig below two meters."

Lu Yang asked curiously, "What happens if I touch a root?"

The Ginseng Doll stated gravely, "We'll think you have a foot fetish."

"???"

The Flower of Ages' End interjected, "Many of you humans are perverts. You like to suck on our plant 'foot skin' with wine. You say it's delicious and makes a good accompaniment for alcohol, and for this, you even cultivate and grow it on a large scale."

"What plant are you talking about?"

"Peanuts."

Lu Yang found it difficult to follow the little medicine kings' line of reasoning.

Fortunately, he didn't dwell too much on the question. He began burrowing into the ground according to the route provided by the Ginseng Doll.

The Ginseng Doll, having grown tired of watching the earthworm couple burrow, found watching a human burrow much more amusing. They all ran behind Lu Yang, following closely.

The little medicine kings naturally possessed earth-burrowing abilities too, but their method involved merging with the earth, which was entirely different from Lu Yang's way of pushing the soil aside.

The soil in Lu Yang's wake was soft, which was perfect for the little medicine kings.

The Dao Comprehension Tree King watched the little medicine kings playing gleefully and sighed. Trees, after all, couldn't burrow.

It then looked up at the scorching sun and sighed again. "Why did I grow so tall? I don't even have a patch of shade."

The Dao Comprehension Tree King felt the world was full of malice towards it.

The little medicine kings followed Lu Yang around all day, playing behind him. On the way back, they were frolicking and giggling, saying, "Let's boil some water for a bath!"

The Dao Comprehension Tree King had already prepared wooden tubs filled with water. The water was drawn from the stream used to irrigate the herbs.

A bright glow emerged from the Kirin Immortal Herb's abdomen, slowly moving upwards until it reached its mouth, from which it spat out true Kirin flames.

The Kirin Immortal Herb resembled a real Kirin, no wonder ancient people, upon seeing it, would firmly believe they had encountered a Kirin.

The true Kirin flames had an extremely high temperature, and in the blink of an eye, they made the water boil and bubble furiously.

The little medicine kings jumped in one after another, closing their eyes and floating on the water's surface.

Lu Yang found this scene exceptionally familiar, like something he had seen in a kitchen.

Then it dawned on him: this was called 'medicinal cuisine.'

However, it was the first time he'd seen medicinal cuisine where the ingredients voluntarily jumped into the pot.

Before long, a medicinal aroma wafted out, filling the air. Lu Yang took a breath, immediately feeling invigorated, and even noticed a tendency for his cultivation to increase.

"As expected of medicine kings, their medicinal power is truly formidable."

Lu Yang looked at the little medicine kings splashing and playing in the water, a helpless smile appearing on his face.

He remembered Senior Sister saying that immortality was a poison. It was a suffering unbearable for ordinary people; only those with extraordinary personalities could endure the agony of eternal life.

The little medicine kings had experienced endless years and witnessed countless historical events. All the people and events recorded in history had passed, yet only the little medicine kings remained alive.

Perhaps only their childlike personalities allowed the little medicine kings to live for so long without breaking down.

They were just too easy to fool.