Inside the secret realm, there was no need to worry about such dangers because the medicinal herbs within were the purest, most genuine, returning to the origin of heaven and earth.
This was why most spirit hunters preferred to go to safe secret realms.
Because in safe secret realms, medicinal herbs could grow very well.
Some secret realms even had rules about time.
A day passed outside, and a month passed inside the secret realm.
Medicinal herbs from within secret realms were extremely valuable.
If one could find a way to bring them out, they could make a fortune.
Of course, Duan Chen was not thinking about making money right now.
Although he had the idea of making money, the most important thing for him at the moment was to take all the medicinal herbs out and improve his strength.
He knew of a recipe for medicinal baths that required an immense amount of herbs.
If he could collect them all within the secret realm, he wouldn't have to painstakingly complete missions outside.
The reason he had been working so hard on missions before was not only to provide himself with better living conditions and to support Old Zhang and the others in their retirement, but also to collect herbs for his medicinal bath.
To be able to enter a secret realm, and more importantly, it seemed to be an unexplored one.
Duan Chen suddenly felt a surge of excitement.
This meant the secret realm would be very dangerous, but danger always went hand in hand with opportunity.
He took out a box made of jade.
This type of jade box was called a medicine storage box.
It could store medicine, but also medicinal herbs.
For some herbs that would lose their potency when exposed to air, placing them in such a medicine storage box would perfectly preserve their medicinal power.
Before coming to the secret realm, Duan Chen had filled his spatial ring with almost an abundance of these boxes.
One could imagine how much of a hoarder he was.
Every small green dot he saw, he collected and placed into a medicine storage box.
The most remarkable thing was that the internal space of these medicine storage boxes was actually very large, and of course, they were very expensive.
It could be said that their price was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Yet, Duan Chen had an entire ring full of them.
This had to be attributed to Xi Er.
Thanks to Xi Er, that genius girl obsessed with medicine, who could earn millions or even tens of millions per surgery.
She frequently used medicinal herbs and often bought them, and to preserve their potency, she possessed countless medicine storage boxes.
When Duan Chen brought this matter up with Xi Er, she generously offered to give him hundreds of them.
Duan Chen was tempted but refused.
He only took what he needed and made an agreement with Xi Er for a three-seven split.
He would get seven, and Xi Er would get three.
These medicine storage boxes were considered borrowed.
As he collected herbs along the way, he deliberately avoided the small red dots.
Duan Chen did not wish to engage in combat at the moment.
On the map, these small red dots were all the same size.
His abilities had not fully unlocked the ancient text.
It could only indicate whether there was danger, but not the extent of the danger.
In other words, these red dots could be a rabbit that bites, or a boss with a strength they could not resist.
And in secret realms, there were usually no strange occurrences...
Usually.
Duan Chen's brows furrowed slightly.
To be honest, he had sufficient reason to suspect that this secret realm had mutated.
Normal secret realms should not have strange occurrences, but this secret realm, where everyone who entered died, was enough to make him suspect if something was amiss.
So he deliberately avoided these red dots, fearing it would slow him down, and hurried towards Jun Ci's location.
However, as he was about to arrive, he took a moment to check the map and suddenly discovered a problem.
That is, some of the small green dots around Jun Ci were moving.
Wait.
Duan Chen suddenly stopped.
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
Moving green dots could absolutely not be animals.
Because in his map statistics, any animal, even a mosquito, was marked as a red dot.
Of course, an attack of mosquito's level was not enough to be recorded on his map.
Therefore, green dots could be plants.
And moving green dots were definitely humans.
Those humans were gathered around Jun Ci, covering the red dots, yet the surrounding red dots did not decrease.
And on the map, Jun Ci's health was steadily decreasing.
Enemies.
Realizing this possibility, Duan Chen completely abandoned his pride and activated his Swift Steps, rushing towards Jun Ci's location regardless of energy consumption.
After all, he was his teammate.
Even for the sake of winning the final privilege, he could not stand by and watch his teammate die here.
Meanwhile, at Jun Ci's location, Jun Ci was hanging on the cave wall, holding his sword, the blade inserted into the cave wall.
He struggled to maintain his position, not falling, and beneath him, or rather in the void below his feet, were countless snakes.
This was a snake den.
And these snakes had long since undergone significant changes due to spiritual energy.
They had even developed intelligence, and every snake was ravenously hungry, their eyes fixed on Jun Ci hanging above, their mouths agape, waiting for Jun Ci to fall so they could swallow him whole.
On a protruding platform above Jun Ci, a group of young men and women were gathered.
They watched Jun Ci below, pointing and laughing merrily.
Among them was none other than Qin Wuji.
Jun Ci's luck was truly something, to have landed in the same place as someone who hated him so much.
To land in the same place was one thing, but to be tricked into falling into a snake pit.
If it hadn't been for his quick reaction, he would probably have been devoured by snakes by now.
Qin Wuji laughed heartily from above.
"Jun Ci, Jun Ci, you must be reaching your limit now, right?"
"If you beg me, I'll pull you up, alright?"
Jun Ci gritted his teeth, remaining silent.
Sweat was forming in his palms. If this continued, he might slip and fall, as his weapon had no anti-slip device.
Qin Wuji, fully aware of Jun Ci's state, leisurely sat on the protruding platform, picked up a pebble, and threw it at Jun Ci's head.
He had a look of malice and mockery on his face.
Jun Ci's forehead and body were covered in wounds from the impact of the pebbles.
A grim expression flashed in his eyes.