# Chapter 332: Ancient Divine Medicine
A dazzling divine radiance illuminated the air, making it sparkle like crystal, clear and translucent.
Li Heishui made the first move, charging into the sky to intercept this humanoid streak of light!
Ye Fan was even faster. His hands traced an arc, then pressed down forcefully, sending strands of power shooting from his fingertips to completely seal the cracked stone.
Meanwhile, the old Daoist nun sitting cross-legged on a cushion opened and closed her eyes, shooting forth two beams of light as she reached a large hand into the air.
"Pop"
The humanoid streak of light shattered with a soft sound as Li Heishui rushed through it, catching nothing.
The old Daoist nun's large hand swept across the void, raising a curtain of light that enveloped the Heaven-rank Stone Garden, sealing this space to prevent any divine object from escaping.
Everyone was stunned. They knew that something incredibly rare must have been cut out, something likely worth a fortune.
"What exactly is it? It's been years since I've seen such a sight—the phenomenon of a Soaring Immortal from Stone!"
"It must be an extraordinary treasure. Conservatively estimated, it should be worth at least a hundred thousand jin of Source!"
"Unbelievable. Its value must rival Divine Source. A treasure that makes one's heart race—I wish I could see what it is right now."
"That was a humanoid streak of light. Could it be that some ancient creature was cut out?"
The crowd buzzed with discussion, their emotions running high as if they themselves had cut out a rare treasure. Everyone craned their necks to peer into the light-shrouded stone garden.
A Soaring Immortal from Stone was a peculiar phenomenon. Since ancient times, it had been an auspicious omen for stone cutters. Once it appeared, it inevitably heralded the emergence of something extraordinary.
"Hahaha..." Li Heishui laughed heartily as he descended from the sky. The earlier scare had been a false alarm.
Many people hadn't known what a Soaring Immortal from Stone was before, but now they understood, as someone had explained it after the initial exclamation.
"They must have cut out a peerless treasure! Don't let anything go wrong!" Li Heishui was excited, rubbing his hands together as he approached.
Several old men who had been selecting stones in the Heaven-rank Stone Garden also gathered around. They were the ones who had first shouted about the Soaring Immortal from Stone. Their eyes burned with intense desire as they stared at the stone Ye Fan had sealed.
"This is a highly significant auspicious omen, one that hasn't appeared in many years." Yao Yuekong, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, stared fixedly ahead, his eyes gleaming with divine light.
At this moment, the Great Xia Prince and the White-Robed Little Nun also stepped forward in the stone garden. Such a precious stone would tempt anyone.
Even the old Daoist nun stood up, silently approaching to observe. It had been many years since such a strange phenomenon had occurred.
As for the white-haired Source Master, he was trembling with excitement, pacing back and forth beside them. Stone cutters most longed to witness such a sight.
"Hurry up and cut it! Cut it open!" The people outside the stone garden were itching with curiosity, desperate to see what was inside.
"Cutting it like this won't cause any problems, will it? Will the divine object inside leak its spiritual energy or try to escape?" Li Heishui asked worriedly.
He had heard many legends and naturally guessed that the thing inside this stone was a treasure of that level, worth as much as Divine Source.
"No worries. I have the purest jade vessel here. It will be enough to seal the spiritual energy and prevent any leakage." An old man nearby handed over a small white jade cauldron with a lid, clearly prepared for such a situation.
The old Daoist nun also spoke: "Rest assured and cut the stone. I have already sealed the stone garden. Even if there's something incredible inside, it cannot escape."
Ye Fan withdrew his strands of divine power. The cracked stone had returned to normal, no longer emitting divine radiance, lying quietly on the green grass.
"Crack"
Ye Fan carefully applied his blade, peeling away layers of stone skin. Before long, a crystalline gleam appeared, and a cold aura rushed toward him.
"So cold!"
Frost formed on the grass as the air temperature plummeted, and wisps of cold air drifted in all directions.
"It's a rare Source—Ice Snow Source!" the Great Xia Prince remarked.
After part of the stone was peeled away, a piece of snow-white jade the size of a fist appeared, embedded in the stone like a block of ice.
The Source Master said, "This piece of Ice Snow Source is worth a thousand jin of pure Source. But it alone couldn't have caused the Soaring Immortal from Stone phenomenon. There should be something else inside."
"Keep cutting! Faster!" The people outside the Heaven-rank Stone Garden were more anxious than Ye Fan, with many shouting.
"Crack"
Ye Fan continued carefully peeling away the stone skin. When he cut along the cracks all the way to the stone's core, dazzling divine rays shot out once again.
It was extremely cold, yet incredibly crystalline. Many people caught a whiff of rich fragrance and an extremely pure spiritual energy.
"Excellent stuff! It must be a treasure!"
"Young man, don't cut that Source anymore. I'll take it. Eighty thousand jin of Source, what do you say?" an old man nearby spoke up.
"I'll pay ninety thousand jin of Source to buy this stone." Another old man excitedly raised the price.
Ye Fan smiled and said, "I want to cut it open and see what's inside."
"Young man, you should know there's great risk. Even with the Soaring Immortal from Stone phenomenon, sometimes it doesn't turn out to be worth much Source."
"That's right. Such things have happened. After cutting it open, there's only a small corner of some treasure inside, far from expectations. How about this: I'll offer a hundred thousand jin of Source. That's all I have."
"Seniors, we want to cut it open ourselves." Ye Fan shook his head. Clearly, there was something valuable inside. Why would he sell it when he was so close?
"Hmph!"
An old man snorted heavily, flicked his sleeve, and stepped aside, saying nothing more.
"Old Li, don't put on the airs of your Illusory Destruction Palace Supreme Elder here." Another old man chuckled.
Ye Fan glanced at the Illusory Destruction Palace Supreme Elder. This person should be a senior from Li Chongtian's sect. But even if the man was displeased, Ye Fan couldn't sell it like this.
"Continue cutting the stone. No one can cause trouble here." The old Daoist nun said indifferently.
Ye Fan continued applying his blade. Stone skin fell away with a rustling sound. Finally, he exposed part of the stone's core. In an instant, brilliant light shot out in all directions, and a humanoid figure rushed out, dancing and circling around the area.
A rich fragrance assailed their nostrils as the streak of light swirled around, creating a dreamlike scene.
"Heavens! What is that? They really did cut out a peerless treasure!"
"Incredible luck! It must be a priceless treasure!"
"That dark-skinned kid and that handsome young man are truly defying the heavens! How did they cut out something again?" Wu Ziming and his companions were furious, unable to accept this result.
Not long ago, they had been mocking them. This was a slap in the face—they had cut out a divine object, producing the strange phenomenon of a Soaring Immortal from Stone.
"Are these two country bumpkins trying to make me spit blood from anger?" Li Chongtian was filled with frustration, but he was also curious and leaned forward to watch.
"Brothers, my Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion will auction it for you later!" Yao Yuekong, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, called out.
It was a silver-white radiance, extremely sacred, swirling around Ye Fan. The stone's core was dazzlingly bright, and the fragrance wafting out was incredibly enchanting.
After completely peeling away the stone skin, a piece of Ice Snow Source the size of a palm appeared in Ye Fan's hand. It was even larger than the previous piece, worth at least fifteen hundred jin of pure Source.
Of course, that wasn't the most precious part. Its true value lay in what was sealed within the Source. The light was emanating from it.
"There's a treasure inside the Source! Truly a rare find!"
"This is... a type of spiritual medicine!"
"Wrong, it should be a divine medicine. Otherwise, how could it produce the Soaring Immortal from Stone phenomenon?"
Several old men gathered around, commenting excitedly.
"Young man, sell it to me. I'll give you a satisfactory price."
"One hundred fifty thousand jin of Source, deal or not? I, Li Yishui of the Illusory Destruction Palace, will go borrow the Source immediately." The Illusory Destruction Palace Supreme Elder who had snorted earlier also spoke urgently.
The silver sacred radiance finally began to dim, revealing the treasure inside the Ice Snow Source. It was indeed a plant, with a faint fragrance seeping through the Source.
"This is..."
"What a pity! How could this be?"
When the divine radiance faded and everyone could see clearly what was inside the Source, they were all extremely disappointed. It wasn't a complete plant—it was missing crucial parts.
Inside the Ice Snow Source was sealed a light blue root and stem, as crystalline and translucent as sapphire. There were no leaves above the root and stem.
"What a pity! The crucial part of the medicinal herb is missing!" Several old men expressed deep regret and disappointment.
"No, there is another part. Look! How could it be so peculiar?" One of the old men exclaimed in surprise.
"That's right, there really is a part. These are... a pair of feet!" After careful observation, everyone present was astonished.
This plant was truly unique. Above the light blue root was a pair of tuberous growths shaped like human feet. They weren't very large—only about an inch long—and were silver-white, similar to the Ice Snow Source.
They were definitely tubers, but they looked so much like human feet that people mistook them for the severed feet of a small jade figure.
"This is..."
"Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a divine medicine that didn't grow leaves and was shaped like a human body. Could this be that divine medicine?"
"Very possible. It has been extinct for countless ages. Only its shape is known. Few people know its specific effects."
"Since it's called a divine medicine, it must have incredible effects. It's priceless!"
The old men were both excited and regretful, because this human-shaped divine medicine was too incomplete. Only the root and a pair of "medicinal feet" remained. The other parts had disappeared and weren't sealed in the Source.
"A miracle! To actually see a divine medicine from the ancient era. Only Divine Source and Ice Snow Source can seal such plants."
Everyone outside the stone garden was stunned. A divine medicine from the ancient era... It sounded like a fairy tale. All were dumbfounded.
"Young friend, how about selling it to me for forty thousand jin of Source?" an old man spoke up.
"Why has the price dropped instead of risen? Weren't you offering a hundred fifty thousand jin of Source before?" Li Heishui was dissatisfied.
An old man shook his head and said, "Earlier, the light was dazzling, blinding everyone. We couldn't see clearly. Now that the divine radiance has dimmed, revealing its true form, its actual value is apparent. If it were a complete divine medicine, it would be more precious than Divine Source, with incalculable value. But it's incomplete. As you can see, it's just a pair of 'medicinal feet.' It's only worth that price."
Ye Fan spoke calmly: "In this age, divine medicines are nowhere to be found. When the various Saint Lords' lifespans run dry in their old age, they wander through the vast wilderness but can never find one. Not a single old Saint Lord has ever reappeared in the world. How could such a life-altering divine object be worth only forty thousand jin of Source?"
Li Heishui also said, "Exactly! This is a human-shaped divine medicine. Even exchanging it for a piece of Divine Source wouldn't match its value."
"I, Li Yishui, am willing to offer fifty thousand jin of Source." The Illusory Destruction Palace Supreme Elder spoke.
Ye Fan shook his head and refused. He sealed the Ice Snow Source in a jade vessel, not wanting its spiritual energy to dissipate.
Li Yishui's expression immediately darkened. "Young man, don't be too greedy. A divine medicine this incomplete really isn't worth that much."
"Senior, that's not quite right. This is a divine medicine I cut out myself. Whether I sell it or not has nothing to do with greed, does it?" Ye Fan replied.
"Brothers, could you speak with the Dao One senior and let me come in?" At that moment, Yao Yuekong, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, spoke up.
Li Heishui and Ye Fan were naturally happy to have him enter. After speaking with the old Daoist nun, the purple-robed Yao Yuekong strode in.
"At most... I'll offer sixty thousand jin of Source to buy this incomplete medicine!" Li Yishui spoke again.
Ye Fan suddenly said, "Everyone, you're overlooking one fact. This divine medicine's roots are intact and undamaged. It might be possible to revive it!"
"I'll buy this divine medicine for eighty thousand jin of Source!" the Great Xia Prince suddenly declared. Beside him, the White-Robed Little Nun blinked her big eyes, showing a hopeful expression.
"The Dao One Holy Land will reclaim this rare treasure for a hundred thousand jin of Source!" The old Daoist nun, who had been silent all along, suddenly announced a shocking price.
"Actually, I want to find a place to plant it and see what kind of divine medicine it yields." Ye Fan remained unmoved.
At that moment, the news that the Dao One Holy Land had cut out a divine medicine spread rapidly. The Miaoyu Convent, Guanghan Pavilion, various Holy Land stone workshops, and many great sects all received the report.