The thing that the Magical Beast Mountain Range lacks least is all kinds of rare medicinal herbs.
However, many medicinal herbs either grow in harsh environments, are guarded by Demonic Beasts, or grow in deceptive ways that even professional Alchemists might not be able to identify accurately.
But for Chen Yang, these problems were not problems at all.
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Nowadays, in the entire eastern region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he was the strongest player. Let alone mere fourth or Fifth-Tier Magical Beasts, even if the Amethyst Winged Lion King showed up, Chen Yang would snap the horn off its head to turn it into beads.
Thus, over the next half-month, Chen Yang harvested more than three hundred types of medicinal herbs suitable for refining fourth-grade pills and above in the eastern region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He also obtained a dozen or so fourth and fifth-tier Monster Cores; he was definitely making a fortune.
Aside from these, Chen Yang's greatest gain was the progress in his cultivation.
One night, he found a cave at random, and upon waking up, he found he had become an Eight-Star Dou Huang.
"I can Breakthrough even while sleeping. This Nine Yang Divine Body is probably not inferior even to the Divine Grade Bloodline of the Ancient Eight Clans, right?"
Chen Yang estimated that perhaps only the direct Bloodline of a Dou Di would be qualified to compare with his Nine Yang Divine Body.
"My whole life, I have been as if treading on thin ice. Being able to become an Eight-Star Dou Huang expert is entirely due to my own hard work!"
Chen Yang stretched lazily with a look of sentimental reflection. Working hard at using cheats—how could that not count as hard work?
...And just as Chen Yang reached Eight-Star Dou Huang, Xiao Yan's cultivation here was also quite effective. His Fighting Qi cultivation had already touched the edge of Seven-Star Dou Shi, and his Alchemy Skill had also improved considerably, but he was still some distance away from becoming a Third-Grade Alchemist.
The Low-Level Yellow Rank "Burning Technique" was the biggest obstacle to him becoming a Third-Grade Alchemist.
"I'll finish this cultivation early and then go look for a Heavenly Flame. I've truly had more than enough of this Burning Technique!" Xiao Yan grumbled under his breath and then continued to Cultivate his Dou Technique.
With his current Six-Star Dou Shi cultivation and a Physical Body comparable to a Third-Tier Magical Beast, using the "Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler" wouldn't leave him completely drained of strength all at once.
On the contrary, the feedback from his Physical Body strength allowed him to be more uninhibited when using the Dou Technique.
"It's been over two months since I left. Xun'er and the others should have arrived at Jia Nan Academy by now, right?" Xiao Yan swung the xuan heavy ruler a few times, then leaned against a large tree with the ruler as support, panting heavily and muttering in a low voice.
"What? Thinking about your little girlfriend again?" Yao Lao floated out, looked at Xiao Yan, and asked with a smile.
"Teacher!!!" Xiao Yan's face turned beet red at Yao Lao's teasing, and a rare youthful look appeared on his resolute face.
"If you miss her, you miss her. It's not something to be ashamed of. Thinking back to when I... cough cough..." Yao Lao was about to start bragging to Xiao Yan, but then he suddenly remembered he was Xiao Yan's teacher and needed to maintain at least some dignity.
"Hehe, Teacher, why don't you tell me the story of you and my Mistress?" Xiao Yan immediately became interested and sat cross-legged, ready to listen to a story.