"Junior disciple, what do you mean by that? It's good that no one is snatching the medicinal ingredients from us, isn't it?"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhang Ying became curious.
With so many spirit herbs and medicinal plants covering the ground, if no one snatched them, they would all be theirs!
Why was Lin Chen looking so serious and unwilling?
"This Southwest Grand Competition has been held for hundreds of years. They must all know exactly how many medicinal herbs are in the valley."
"Especially those sects with hundreds of years of heritage, how could they not know that there are so many heavenly treasures here?"
Lin Chen looked at Zhang Ying and voiced his doubts.
Given their nature, if they knew there were treasures here, why wouldn't they come to seize them?
Yet, with so many spirit herbs laid out here, and no one coming to pick them, there must be some secret!
"This..."
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhang Ying instinctively fell silent.
That's right, what Lin Chen said was indeed correct.
Currently, everyone participating in the Southwest Grand Competition was incredibly greedy. How could they willingly give up so many heavenly treasures and not come to collect them?
"Then, are you saying we should leave?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Ying looked at Lin Chen and asked her question.
"Hmm... You set up the formation first, then we'll collect the spirit herbs."
"With so many heavenly treasures, we have no reason to give up!"
Lin Chen gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, making up his mind.
With so many heavenly treasures, if he had a new alchemy furnace, the pills he refined would be enough for him to cultivate to the late stage of Core Formation!
Now that they had encountered this, there was no way they could let it go, no matter what!
"Yes, okay!"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhang Ying nodded and readily agreed.
"By the way, senior sister, do you know any other formations?"
"The Eight Gates Trapping Armor Formation has already been exposed, so we can't use it anymore. Otherwise, if they discover it, you'll be in danger."
Lin Chen then looked at Zhang Ying and expressed his concerns.
He had now broken through to the middle stage of Core Formation and was not afraid of anyone from the Blazing Fire Sect. However, Zhang Ying was only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Even with a formation, if she wasn't prepared, it would be very dangerous if she encountered any Core Formation cultivators from the Blazing Fire Sect.
Even with Master Zhang Long's protective amulet, if anything unexpected happened, Lin Chen could not accept such consequences for the rest of his life.
"Hmm, okay, I have another formation called the Nine Stars Formation."
"Although I'm not proficient in this formation, it can barely trap a cultivator at the middle stage of Core Formation."
Zhang Ying pondered for a moment before replying to Lin Chen.
For Zhang Ying now, she indeed possessed quite a few formations. However, only a few of them could help Lin Chen deal with Core Formation cultivators.
It was unavoidable. Her cultivation was too low, so even if she used other formations, they wouldn't have much effect.
Only these two formations could be effective against Core Formation cultivators.
"Hmm, okay, then you set up this formation and start collecting the medicinal materials."
"I'll be on alert around here!"
Lin Chen nodded, his expression full of certainty.
Although the surroundings were filled with heavenly treasures, it gave him an unreal feeling.
After all, he also knew the nature of the people from the Five Sects and Four Families.
Let alone those from the Blazing Fire Sect, even Sun Zhiqian, the head of the Sun family he had just met, was inherently very greedy.
If they knew that there were so many heavenly treasures in this valley, they would never give up.
But most importantly, the Southwest Grand Competition had been held so many times. With the influence of these aristocratic families, they would definitely have thoroughly explored every corner of this secret realm.
This meant that these people must have known about the abundance of spirit herbs and medicinal plants in this valley.
Yet, under such circumstances, the spirit herbs and medicinal plants in this valley had not been harvested or damaged in the slightest.
This could only mean that there must be something that had deterred the outside forces!
Making them afraid to enter this valley to collect medicinal ingredients!
Otherwise, they wouldn't have left such a great benefit for him and his senior sister.
Now that they had come here and discovered these heavenly treasures, they would naturally be unwilling to leave directly.
The best way was to prepare in advance before collecting them. If anything unexpected happened, they could at least look out for each other, couldn't they?
"Okay."
Zhang Ying nodded and immediately began setting up the formation in the surroundings.
As Zhang Ying laid down the formation, the entire valley was covered by its range.
Only then did Lin Chen's heart settle a little.
Although the power of the Nine Stars Formation did not seem to compare to the Eight Gates Trapping Armor Formation Zhang Ying had used earlier, he could tell that this formation's power was not small either.
Ordinary Core Formation cultivators would surely have no chance of survival if they entered the formation!
"Then I'm going to collect the medicinal herbs!"
After setting up the formation, Zhang Ying joyfully walked into the valley and began collecting the medicinal herbs.
In just half an hour, more than half of the medicinal herbs in the valley had entered Zhang Ying's storage bag.
"Junior disciple, give me one of your storage bags. My storage bag is already full."
At this moment, Zhang Ying, full of excitement, spoke to Lin Chen.
"Oh? It's full already?"
Hearing Zhang Ying's words, Lin Chen was indeed surprised. He knew there were many heavenly treasures in the valley, but he didn't expect there were so many now!
A storage bag could hold tons of things, but now it was filled by Zhang Ying collecting spirit herbs.
Moreover, what was most important was that only half of the medicinal herbs in the valley had been collected, and more than half were yet to be harvested. If all of them were collected, how many storage bags would that fill?
"Yes, yes, I also didn't expect the spirit herbs and medicinal plants here to grow so well."
Zhang Ying nodded, her expression filled with excitement.
She had never seen so many spirit herbs and medicinal plants in her life!
"Hmm, here you go."
Lin Chen smiled slightly and casually took out a storage bag.
These were storage bags obtained from killing those Blazing Fire Sect cultivators earlier, and they were now useful.
"Hmm, okay, then I'll continue collecting the medicinal herbs!"
Zhang Ying casually took the storage bag and was about to continue collecting the herbs.
However, at this moment, a roar suddenly came from the depths of the valley.
"Roar!!!"
The sound was like a dragon's roar, shaking the cliff walls of the entire valley.