Chapter 666: Six-Petaled Butterfly Violet
After a short wait, the female cultivator returned with the spiritual herbs Qin Sang had requested, and brought along a piece of good news.
"South of Pingbo Port, there's a place called Black Gold Mountain. Rumor has it that deep within the mountain range lies a rift valley containing Earth Malevolent Qi. But the area within Black Gold Mountain is chaotic and unsafe. Senior, you must be cautious..."
She handed Qin Sang the herbs along with a detailed geomantic map and kindly offered her warning.
Qin Sang took the map and noted that Black Gold Mountain wasn’t very far from Pingbo Port. It sat near the fringes of the port’s sphere of influence. If he traveled at full speed, he could reach it in seven or eight days.
Factoring in the round trip and the time needed for corpse refinement, he would still make it back in time before the Qiongyu Merchant Guild set out.
Black Gold Mountain covered a vast area and was an unclaimed zone. Although several witch race forces operated around it, none of them were particularly powerful. As long as he remained cautious, he had little to fear from being surrounded or ambushed.
"Thanks for your efforts," Qin Sang said.
He carefully stored away the geomantic map and proceeded to inspect the herbs.
After a short examination, Qin Sang discovered that while the female cultivator had managed to gather quite a few herbs, none of the most valuable items on the list were present. Not even a single stalk of Soul-Guiding Grass.
"Are spiritual herbs really this scarce in Canglang Sea? A guild this large, one that even deals in astras, doesn’t have a single stalk of Soul-Guiding Grass?"
Irritated, Qin Sang said aloud, "Do you think I don't have enough spirit stones? I can understand if Perpetual Camphor is unavailable, but not even a single Soul-Guiding Grass?"
Sensing the hidden anger in his tone, the female cultivator grew nervous and hurriedly explained.