Chapter 3669 — The Jade Pendant Sounds the Alarm
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Wei Zhao focused his senses and surveyed the area, but all he could see were the utterly barren cliffs on either side. There was no sign of the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass anywhere. Indeed, within the range of his vision, even the most ordinary grasses and trees were a rarity.
To put it in a phrase commonly heard in the mundane world, this was such a godforsaken place that anything capable of growing here at all would already count as a miracle of nature.
"Could the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass really grow in a place like this?" Wei Zhao's heart sank. Finding even this barely suitable location had been no easy matter. If the grass was not here, then although the Heavenly Thunder Pig could help him locate another potential destination, whether he would have enough time was another question entirely.
The first day was already drawing to a close. Once darkness settled in completely, even Wei Zhao, despite his considerable skill and courage, would not dare move recklessly through the outer reaches of this rear mountain, where one could casually run into a Foundation Establishment spirit beast. And once the time needed for the return journey was taken into account, the opportunity left for him to search for the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass was truly not much.
The dilemma before Wei Zhao was whether to continue searching these canyon walls, which met the necessary conditions but seemed almost incapable of growing any spirit medicine, or to save time by hurrying on to the next suitable destination.
Just as Wei Zhao was weighing the options, unable to make up his mind, an excited cry suddenly came from the distance: the Heavenly Thunder Pig.
"Could it have found something?" Wei Zhao's spirits lifted, and he hurried over.
"Squeak! Squeak!" When Wei Zhao arrived, the Heavenly Thunder Pig poked out its head and pointed with a forepaw toward the section of cliff beneath his feet.
Wei Zhao followed the direction it indicated and looked down. About fifteen zhang below him, a section of tree trunk jutted horizontally from a crack in the cliff. It was nothing compared with the towering trees on the ground, each of which easily reached a dozen zhang or more, but amid these bare cliffs, it was already a rare and welcome sight.
But in the end, this was only a tree, not the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass he needed.
Just as Wei Zhao was beginning to feel disappointed, the Heavenly Thunder Pig beside him continued squeaking without pause. It even impatiently wrote in the mud: "Look carefully beneath the tree, to the right."
Wei Zhao froze. Along the journey, to make the search easier, he had carefully explained the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass's distinguishing features to the Heavenly Thunder Pig. Could its excitement mean that the grass really was here?
Following the Heavenly Thunder Pig's hint, Wei Zhao examined the area once more. A moment later, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Beneath the tree, hidden in a gap screened by its branches and leaves, he could make out the faint outline of a spirit herb. From its appearance, there could be no doubt that it was the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass.
At last, Heaven rewarded the determined! Wei Zhao immediately let out a breath. As long as he had found the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass, his mission was as good as accomplished. This trip had not been in vain.
However, finding the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass was one thing; harvesting it was another. Although Wei Zhao was now an expert at the early Foundation Establishment stage, there was one crucial problem: he could not fly.
The Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass was fifteen zhang below his feet, and the cliff face was astonishingly smooth. Looking down, he could not find even a single foothold. To climb straight down was simply out of the question.