Lu Li took action because Blood Fairy had found out the truth.
Six places on the island had Glyphs of Death. The other places were safe, so Lu Li did not have to worry.
Blood Fairy's understanding of Glyphs was not at the level of a master. After all, she had only studied for a short time.
That being said, she could easily find out where the Glyphs were. The lake was so dangerous, but Blood Fairy could find a way out. She must be quite good at Glyphs.
Lu Li flew over and walked among the flowers. Tens of thousands of flowers were blooming on the island. It was beautiful.
Those flowers and grasses should be elixirs. But they were not of high ranks and had not ripened yet. Lu Li did not plan to pick them all.
Maybe, after tens of thousands of years, those flowers and grasses could give birth to other elixirs.
He would leave some for future generations.
His target was a flower king among the flowers. On that flower king was a pink fruit. The fruit was like a peach, emitting an alluring fragrance. This was the fruit with the strongest fragrance.
"Aromatic Fruit. One fruit can help you cultivate for over a hundred years!"
A young lady on the lake could not help but yell. She had been staring at the fruit for a long time. Seeing Lu Li dashing toward the fruit, her eyes were burning with jealousy.
"This is Aromatic Fruit?"
Lu Li heard the young lady's voice but he did not stop. He came to the fruit.
Something strange happened. The flower closed on its own, trying to wrap up the fruit.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Li was fast. He grabbed the Aromatic Fruit with one hand, picked it up, and put it into a jade box in the Wicked Bead.
"What a waste. Aromatic Fruits must be stored in special containers or else the efficacy will be lost."
That pretty young lady was wearing a red dress, like a hot pepper. She could not help but shout when she saw Lu Li put the fruit in a jade box. She was so angry that her face turned blue.
Lu Li turned a deaf ear to her. It was not that he did not want to store the fruit in a special container, but that was the only jade box he had.
Time was of the essence. He did not have much time to think. The efficacy would be lost in the Wicked Bead. Later, he could absorb it in the Wicked Bead.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Li dashed toward the next herb. Blood Fairy had a good look. There were 16 in total and the lowest rank of them was Kylin Sun Grass.
"Where are you going?"
Lu Li saw a black herb sneaking around. He moved over at once, pulled it out from the ground, threw it into a jade box and put it into the Wicked Bead.
Swish swish swish!
Lu Li kept moving around to collect the herbs. There were 11 that didn't have Death Runes next to them. Lu Li chose to put this one away first.
He would slowly think of a way to deal with the remaining five stalks of divine medicine.
The Miracles were intelligent and some would run away when Lu Li came. That being said, they were not fast. Lu Li collected the Miracles one by one and threw them into the Wicked Bead.
The thirteen people in the lake had already flown half the distance. They were desperately urging their divine power to increase their speed.
Unfortunately, the Divine Rune Dojo was too powerful. They could not speed up and could only watch as Lu Li put away the herbs one by one.
Soon, Lu Li put away the 11 Miracles and turned to the other five.
Those five should be more advanced than the other 11 or else they would not be protected by the Death Runes.
Lu Li turned to a Miraculous Ganoderma on a boulder. This Miraculous Ganoderma had three leaves and each leaf was surrounded by colorful glow. It was fragrant.
The runes on the boulder were well-hidden. Lu Li did find some traces on closer inspection.
He thought for a moment, then used his divine power to form a giant hand and grabbed at the boulder.
"Buzzing!"
Before the hand got close, the boulder trembled. The runes on the boulder were revealed.
Then, the boulder gave out rays of light that enveloped an area with a radius of dozens of feet. Lu Li's hand was shredded by the light. It did not even last for the time for one breath.
"Impressive!"
Lu Li was taken aback by the energy in the light. If he were to rush over, given his strong body, he would be shredded to pieces in an instant.
"Blood Fairy, can you crack it?
You just need to help me get the herbs! "
Lu Li sent a message to Blood Fairy. After a while, Blood Fairy replied, "Not a problem. But I need time, at least an hour."
"An hour?
I don't have enough time … "
Lu Li shook his head. In an hour, the 13 would all be here.
By then, he would not only be helping others, but he would also be killed by the 13 of them.
"Let's see!"
Lu Li found a small tree outside the waterfall with runes as well. In the end, he put away the tree with the Mountain of Nine Wonders.
Now, he wanted to see if he could take the herbs.
He took out the mountain and flew toward the boulder. Soon, the boulder began to glow. However, the mountain suppressed the glow as well.
"He has treasures!"
The 13 people in the lake could see Lu Li's situation from their vantage point.
Young Master Yan shouted in surprise when Lu Li took out the mountain to suppress the glow.
The glow in their eyes dimmed. Lu Li had collected all the herbs and ran away on his own. It would be difficult to hunt him down.
"Back!"
Lu Li suppressed the glow from the mountain. He reached out a hand and grabbed the herbs on the boulder. He put them into a jade box and put them away.
"Alas …"
Young Master Fu sighed. If Lu Li could stand the Rune of Kill, then the rest of the herbs would be gone.
Lu Li would collect them all soon. The earlier he got into the tunnel, the sooner he could leave the Palace of Immortal Realm.
These five heavenly medicines were definitely priceless, they were all rare treasures.
Anyone who could get one would have gained a lot on this trip. However, Lu Li took all of them. Everyone was angry and unwilling to accept the fact.
More importantly, they all thought that Lu Li could get across the lake because they were distracted by the Rune Dojo. Lu Li had taken the herbs by force.
"Whoosh, whoosh ~"
Lu Li moved quickly and collected the herbs one by one. In less than an hour, he had collected all the herbs when the 13 people were one-third of the way.
"Guys, goodbye!"
Lu Li cupped his fists to the 13 people in the lake and walked toward the tunnel in the island.
The thirteen people's eyes were about to spit fire, but they didn't say anything. After all, they were all people of status. There was no point in arguing.
Lu Li quickly made his way to the entrance. It was a hole in the ground, glowing faintly. Clearly, it was the entrance.
When he was close to the entrance, Lu Li was taken aback. He noticed that the entrance was covered with runes.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Li could not take the risk. He reached out with his hand. Before he got close, a ray of light came out from the entrance. The light covered an area with a radius of more than one hundred feet. Lu Li's hand was torn apart.
"Hiss, hiss ~"
Lu Li gasped. There was a Rune of Kill here and it was even more horrifying than the one protecting the five herbs.
"Wait!"
Lu Li suddenly remembered what Blood Fairy said. She said that there were six Runes of Kill on the island, one for each of the five herbs and one for the entrance …
Extreme joy begets sorrow!