Chapter 18

In the mountain cave camp, Mo Ling and the two others began to use low-grade and mid-grade herbs to temper their bodies and heal their injuries, hoping to recover their strength as soon as possible to help Ye Mo defend the mountain cave camp.

Mo Ling is now a mid-rank warrior.

Wang Hu is a beginner warrior, but he is very close to the mid-rank, only lacking suitable body-tempering herbs to break through.

The three of them each took body-tempering herbs.

Ye Mo, on the other hand, held his sword and stood guard at the cave entrance, keeping watch and protecting the three.

"With my current seventh-layer body-tempering and the Double Wave Slash, even if the young demon crab comes, I can resist it with the spirit wood fence!"

Ye Mo pondered in his heart.

Since he broke through to the late-stage warrior yesterday and cultivated the "Double Wave Slash," his confidence had greatly increased, and the young demon crab no longer seemed as terrifying as it did when he first encountered it.

At least he now had the courage to face the young demon crab.

The bonfire burned, and the night was long.

What disappointed Ye Mo was that the young demon crab did not visit his mountain cave camp that night, having gone somewhere else on the island. No other sea demons or fierce beasts appeared either.

The first to complete the body-tempering was Mo Ling.

She was slightly disappointed; using her own inch of red blood vine, she remained at the fifth layer of body-tempering, failing to break through to the sixth layer as she had hoped.

Wang Hu, after taking the healing herbs, looked much rosier and was no longer as pale as he was during the day, with his injuries clearly much better.

Yang You did not suffer much internal injury; after applying some hemostatic herbs, his external injuries were mostly healed, though he was still anemic and needed some time to rest.

Seeing the three's progress in cultivation and healing, Ye Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they still faced significant dangers ahead, everything seemed to be trending in a positive direction.

As the night deepened, the four of them gradually fell asleep.

...

The next dawn.

When Mo Ling woke up, she found washed wild fruits beside her and realized she was the only one in the cave. She looked outside the cave.

Wang Hu and Yang You were making spirit wood shields outside, and it seemed Ye Mo had been out for a long time.

After eating the wild fruits, Mo Ling went out, greeted the two, and began to help them make the spirit wood shields.

She was the princess of Donglai Kingdom, with a status far higher than Wang Hu and Yang You, who were apprentices at a weapon shop in a certain place in Donglai Kingdom. In the past, she would never have helped them make spirit wood shields.

"Princess, we haven't been up for long either, but when we woke up, Brother Ye seemed to have been out for a long time..."

Wang Hu, noticing Mo Ling's awkwardness, spoke frankly.

"He goes out before dawn every day."

Mo Ling smiled lightly at Wang Hu, a gesture of gratitude for his kindness, but this smile almost made Wang Hu lose his focus and cut his own hand.

Wang Hu blushed and continued working.

Yang You, besides nodding in response to Mo Ling's greeting, focused entirely on making the spirit wood shield.

...

On the hill, the cliff.

Ye Mo clung to the cliff, holding onto two thick vines growing on the rock wall, moving slowly forward.

Not far ahead, there were several white mushrooms, as smooth as congealed fat and as white as jade.

Ye Mo originally intended to search for herbs in the plains and forests within a dozen miles around the mountain cave camp, but then he thought that since the island's warriors were all in dire need of body-tempering and healing herbs, the easily accessible areas were probably already searched by the warriors.

He guessed this was why he had found so little yesterday, so he decided to target the dangerous areas like rocky cliffs and dense shrubs. Because these places were very dangerous, no warrior had yet risked going there to pick herbs, making it easier to find good herbs.

He needed to go to these places early; if he delayed, other warriors might find them first.

"This is congealed fat jade?!"

"Sure enough, there are still many good herbs on the cliff!"

Ye Mo was somewhat excited.

"In the last two hours, I found several mid-to-high-grade body-tempering and healing herbs. Among them was a very old black mountain herb and these white mushrooms called congealed fat jade. When combined, they can make the excellent Black Jade Continuation Ointment, a top-grade ointment for treating severe injuries. With this ointment, as long as the injured are not dead, they can recover quickly."

Thinking of this, Ye Mo became even more cautious.

There was another vine three zhang ahead, and a misstep could mean falling dozens of zhang down the cliff, which would likely result in death or severe fractures. At this critical moment, severe fractures were almost as bad as death.

Ye Mo focused all his attention, leaped sideways, and grabbed the vine three zhang away. The congealed fat jade was within reach.

Nothing unexpected happened, and Ye Mo picked the congealed fat jade and put it in his clothes, then started to head back.

A moment later.

Ye Mo sat on a rock, sorting through his day's harvest.

Several mid-grade hemostatic Buddha hand herbs, high-grade healing congealed fat jade and black mountain herbs, a high-grade body-tempering herb called dragon palm blood, and a pile of other mid-to-low-grade herbs.

He was satisfied, put all the herbs in his clothes, and began to return to the mountain cave camp.

...

At the mountain cave camp.

When Ye Mo took out all the herbs from his clothes, the three of them couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"One eighth-grade healing black mountain herb, three eighth-grade healing congealed fat jade, one sixth-grade healing bitter ginseng, one ninth-grade body-tempering dragon blood palm..."

"So many!"

"Brother Ye is really amazing, to have picked so many herbs in just the morning!"

Mo Ling's voice, as she counted the herbs, made Wang Hu gape in astonishment, and even the usually taciturn Yang You opened his mouth wide.

"There are still some to be found now, but it will be harder in the future. How are things on your side?"

Ye Mo asked.

Hearing this, the three of them snapped out of their shock.

"Twenty spirit wood spears are completed, and ten spirit wood shields are made. We can start building the short wooden arrow towers soon."

"Good, the efficiency is high. After building the two short wooden arrow towers, you can heal and temper your bodies in the camp and guard it. As for the amount of herbs to use, you can ask Mo Ling. In the afternoon, I plan to observe the other warrior camps on the island. If anything happens, we can prepare in advance!"

Ye Mo increasingly felt that saving these two was not in vain; at least, they were quite diligent.

"Okay! Be careful, and try to avoid warriors with malicious intent!"

Mo Ling, who had finished counting the herbs, said.

"Yes, some warriors are greedy and vicious, thinking of ways to rob other warriors!"

Wang Hu added.

Ye Mo merely nodded slightly, took his green saber, and left the mountain cave camp. With his current seventh-layer body-tempering and the "Wave Slash" technique, most warriors, except for a few extremely strong high-rank warriors, could not harm him.