He only hoped this conjecture would not become reality.

If Silver Willow became the center of this Heaven and Earth Upheaval, it would inevitably attract cultivators from the entire Mysterious Yellow Great World to converge here.

When that time came, all of Silver Willow would become an ancient battlefield, and all living beings here would be mercilessly wiped out.

"Young Master Adam, with so many spiritual ingredients here, aren’t you going to pick a few? Any single one of these herbs flowing into Silver Willow would trigger a bloody slaughter."

"Even though you don’t know how to refine pills, this young lady is a Rank Two Alchemist. I can refine medicinal pills for you completely free of charge!"

Seeing Adam sitting on the bluestone in a daze, seemingly unmoved by the herbs, Maren had finished her harvesting and assumed he did not know their true value. she spoke up to remind him.

Adam smiled faintly, seeing that Maren had finished gathering, he stood up and said, "Miss Maren, since you’ve finished here, let’s continue exploring toward the depths of this secret realm!"

Maren nodded, the two continued forward, heading deeper into the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm.

It was evident Maren had prepared extremely thoroughly for this exploration.

Along the way, there were many more precious spiritual ingredients and exotic flowers, all stowed into storage bags by Maren one by one. Adam truly wondered just how many storage bags she had brought with her.

One had to remember that in the outer perimeters, the massive quantity of spiritual herbs had been almost completely cleared out by her, yet she surprisingly still had empty bags left.

The two continued onward, soon, a thatched cottage appeared ahead.

A flash of joy appeared in Adam’s eyes, this was his final destination. Those true immortal herbs and rare treasures were housed exactly within that thatched cottage.

...

The thatched cottage was about three meters tall and only a few meters wide, simple, crude, and even somewhat mottled and dilapidated.

The front yard was enclosed by a bamboo fence. Inside the yard, there was only a stone table, two stone stools, and a bronze alchemy cauldron.

The bronze cauldron was heavily rusted, but ancient pictorial patterns on its body were still faintly visible.

Yet this cottage, which looked far inferior to even the homes of commoners, gave off a profound feeling of the Great Dao returning to absolute simplicity.

Adam pushed open the bamboo gate, ripples appeared in the space before his eyes.

As he stepped one foot into the yard and lifted the other, he suddenly felt the world spin around him. By the time he regained his senses, he was standing alone in the yard.

Adam looked around, a flash of confusion passing through his eyes.

The cottage was still the same cottage.

The stone table, stone stools, and bronze cauldron were still there, but the yard enclosed by the bamboo fence had disappeared.

Looking up inadvertently, Adam’s pupils shrank sharply.

In front of the cottage, a blazing sun scorched the earth. Behind the cottage, the sky was filled with stars.

Such incompatible scenes appearing simultaneously above the cottage looked truly bizarre.

Adam opened his palms and reached toward the blazing sun, wisps of scorching heat transmitted from his palms through his entire body.

Wisps of Daoist charm flowed from his eyes. Adam executed Omniscience of All Things and looked toward the great sun, his expression changed drastically on the spot.

This great sun was completely real.

The bright solitary moon and the sky full of stars were all real as well.

Could it be that the master of the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm had sealed an entire pocket dimension around this cottage? The bamboo fence had not enclosed a small cottage, but a whole world.

Adam was severely startled by this conjecture, such supreme divine abilities were simply inconceivable.

If the master of this secret realm could truly imprison a piece of heaven and earth around this cottage, then to what unfathomable degree had this person’s strength reached?

Just as he was deep in thought, a hearty laugh echoed from the world around him.

Two figures, one in black and one in white, appeared beside the bronze cauldron.

The hearty laughter had come from the white-robed old man.

This was a projection of the Great Dao, these two old men’s cultivation had reached the peak of creation, and the Dao they cultivated could influence heaven and earth, leaving behind this projection to be seen by later generations.

The projected scene was of the two old men refining pills, Adam had seen this exact scene when he comprehended the Pill King’s Precious Mirror, so he did not pay it much mind.

However, Maren beside him watched completely mesmerized, as if she had fallen into sudden enlightenment.

Adam did not disturb her, he carefully sensed the subtle movements in the air and was instantly delighted.

Sure enough, a medicinal fragrance wafted over from behind the cottage, his previous perception had not been wrong.

That was an aura far more supreme than the ancient herbs on the outskirts.

The fragrance itself was filled with Daoist charm, far beyond what those herbs could compare to.

The backyard was the Yin side of this world, adorned with a bright solitary moon and a sky full of stars.

The distance between the front and back of the cottage was only a few meters, but Adam felt as if he were bogged down in a deep quagmire, bearing the weight of a thousand mountains on his back.

Although the other shore was right in front of him, his body could hardly break free, unable to advance a single step.

Just as he was at his wits’ end, a dazzlingly colorful curtain of light rose around his body, seeing this, Adam immediately used his profound methods to activate his Time Domain.

The five-colored light curtain gently unfurled, emitting a streak of radiance that isolated the space on both sides of him, he instantly felt the pressure lighten significantly.

He still bore the weight of a thousand mountains on his back, but his body could now move, he slowly shuffled forward.

Although it was only a distance of a few meters, it felt as if Adam had spent several epochs.