Chu Feng left the Cangming Medicine Sea, but his mind kept revolving around two things.
The first was Senior Sister Furong — what exactly was she cultivating with those Cangming herbs? A martial art? A Mystic Art? Or something else entirely?
The second was the Cangming Medicine Sea itself — which elder had planted so many Cangming herbs there?
Even though, in Chu Feng's eyes, the Cangming herbs were nothing more than simple medicinal ingredients, after what had happened with Senior Sister Furong, he was nearly certain that the Cangming herbs were far more than just ordinary medicine.
"That's strange… it feels like all this herb contains is pure medicinal potency — there's no Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth in it at all." Chu Feng sat cross-legged on the ground, clutching a Cangming herb in his hand, muttering to himself.
Chu Feng's Mental Power was extraordinarily perceptive, capable of detecting things ordinary people could never sense. And his Heavenly Eye was even sharper, allowing him to see what others could not.
Yet facing this Cangming herb, Chu Feng felt completely powerless. He knew it held other properties, but no matter how hard he tried, he simply couldn't uncover them.
"Chu Feng, you called me in such a hurry — is something wrong?" Just then, a voice rang out. It was Bai Ruochen.
After leaving the Cangming Medicine Sea, Chu Feng had come to the meeting spot he had arranged with Bai Ruochen and summoned her using a communication talisman.
But Bai Ruochen had been busy gathering Cangming herbs all over the place. Being suddenly summoned by Chu Feng, she had assumed something had happened to him. However, upon arriving and finding that not only was Chu Feng perfectly fine but also wearing a leisurely expression, she couldn't help feeling a bit resentful — it was as though she had been played for a fool.
"Obviously, it's to open this door." Chu Feng said with a grin.
"Doesn't opening this door require a hundred thousand seeds? Don't tell me you've already collected that many?" Bai Ruochen said with disdain.
Having collected only a thousand Cangming herbs in three days herself, she simply refused to believe that Chu Feng could have gathered so many in such a short time. Even knowing that his Spirit World techniques far surpassed hers, she remained convinced that it was impossible for him.
"Heh, just take a closer look and you'll see for yourself." Chu Feng pointed toward the massive gate he had summoned.
"Heavens — this…" When Bai Ruochen's eyes fell upon the gate, her face changed dramatically. She noticed that nearly all one hundred thousand keyholes on the gate had been filled with Cangming herb seeds.
"You… you really collected this many? How is that possible? That's… that's just unbelievable." Bai Ruochen was completely dumbfounded. With the facts staring her right in the face, she had no choice but to believe it — and yet this truth was simply staggering.
"I suppose I met a benefactor," Chu Feng said with a faint smile. Rather than keeping it a secret, he told Bai Ruochen everything — about meeting Yao'er, and even about that Senior Sister Furong.
"There's actually such a person? Your luck is absurdly good," Bai Ruochen said. The shock on her face had eased somewhat after hearing Chu Feng's explanation.
"What can I say? When you've got the karma, you've got the karma." Chu Feng grinned smugly. Then he asked, "Oh, by the way, Ruochen — have you ever heard of this Senior Sister Furong?"
"Based on what you've described, this Senior Sister Furong sounds very much like someone I know of. But if it really is that person, then this is truly extraordinary," Bai Ruochen replied.
"Who?" Chu Feng asked.
"On the Greenwood Inheritance Ranking, there is a woman named Jiang Furong."