371: Famous

Over the next few hours, Jiang Donghua fully demonstrated the terrifying efficiency a Dou Zun Expert proficient in the power of space could achieve in a relatively closed treasure-hunting location like the Pill World.

He did not need to cautiously compare rudimentary maps, traverse mountains and rivers, or constantly guard against attacks from magical beasts and other competitors like the other participants; his method was simple and brutal.

Relying on the powerful perception of his Spirit Realm Soul, combined with the vague red-dot areas on the parchment map, he could quickly pinpoint the specific valleys, caves, or energy anomalies where medicinal ingredients might exist.

He directly tore open space and performed ultra-long-distance teleportation, saving a significant amount of travel time.

When encountering guarding magical beasts, the weaker ones were instantly subjected to Space Strangulation, and even the stronger ones couldn't withstand a single move.

As for the medicinal ingredients, he skillfully harvested them and stored them properly.

In just a few hours, his storage ring, besides the required dragon blood ganoderma and seven-colored moon orchid, had accumulated more than a dozen additional rare medicinal ingredients of excellent quality!

If placed outside, any one of these ingredients would be enough to cause contention among Dou Zongs!

During this process, he also encountered various types of guarding magical beasts.

Among them were quite a few creatures with extremely high intelligence and keen senses.

The moment Jiang Donghua appeared, these magical beasts did not immediately attack like the Crimson Blood Red Wolf or the Mystic Ice Earth Dragon Lizard; instead, their fur stood on end, they let out whimpers of extreme terror, and without a second thought, they turned and fled!

They fled with such clean decisiveness, acting as if they wished they had extra legs, clearly having sensed the terrifying power within this human, a power capable of easily crushing them.

As for these sensible creatures, Jiang Donghua couldn't be bothered to chase them; he took the ingredients and left.

Of course, there were also some reckless fools whose intelligence had not yet developed, or who were overly confident in their own strength.

For those who actively rushed forward to court death, Jiang Donghua could only oblige them, sending them directly to reincarnation, while conveniently harvesting a few magical cores of decent quality.

As for robbing other participants of the medicinal ingredients they had already obtained?

Jiang Donghua never considered it.

Firstly, it was beneath him, and secondly, there was no need; the wild medicinal resources in the Pill World were abundant enough, and given his efficiency, finding ingredients himself was much faster than robbing others.

After collecting a considerable quantity of medicinal ingredients, Jiang Donghua had a sudden idea and dug out a small item from a corner of his storage ring that he hadn't used in a long time—a treasure seeking ruler.

This ruler could generally sense treasures with strong energy fluctuations within a certain range.

He casually tossed the treasure seeking ruler into the air. After spinning a few times, the ruler pointed in a direction that deviated from the main path.

"Oh? There are good things over here too? Let's go take a look."

And so, Jiang Donghua completely let loose, no longer limiting himself to the mission ingredients, and began wandering aimlessly through the Pill World, guided by the treasure seeking ruler.

Everywhere he went, any valuable heaven and earth treasures that the ruler reacted to or that he sensed with his soul were easily taken by him.

This kind of ridiculously high-efficiency, rule-disregarding sweeping behavior naturally could not be completely hidden from others.

Some participants who were lucky enough to witness him casually tearing space and instantly killing powerful magical beasts from afar were scared out of their wits. After scrambling away, they spread the news.

One told ten, and ten told a hundred.

Soon, a heart-stopping rumor began circulating among the participants still struggling to find medicinal ingredients within the Pill World.

"Did you hear? An old Dou Zun monster has appeared in the Pill World!"

"Is that true? A Dou Zun participating in the Pill Gathering? Isn't that bullying people!"

"Absolutely true! Someone personally saw him casually tear open space to travel, and instantly kill a Mystic Ice Earth Dragon Lizard whose aura was comparable to a Dou Zun in a single move!"

"My heavens! He seems to disregard the competition rules and is just ransacking the medicinal ingredients everywhere in the Pill World! It's like a bandit passing through!"

"It's over, it's over! We have to be careful, we absolutely must not run into him! I heard he has a bad temper, and everyone who met him was robbed..."

"Hurry, let's go, stay far away from him!"

Thus, in the following days, a strange phenomenon appeared in the Pill World: whenever Jiang Donghua showed up in a certain area.

The participants in that area, regardless of whether they had found ingredients or not, would flee at top speed like startled birds, terrified that if they were even a moment slow, that Dou Zun would casually deal with them.

Jiang Donghua was quite happy about this; with no one to disturb him, he could plunder more freely.

The days spent in the Pill World were incredibly fruitful for Jiang Donghua, with gains far exceeding his expectations.

He had practically treated this treasure trove as his own private garden, using the power of space and his Spirit Realm Soul to conduct a highly efficient sweep.

When he felt the ten-day deadline was approaching and prepared to leave, his spiritual sense swept over his storage ring. The originally spacious interior was now completely packed with various medicinal ingredients.

By a rough estimate, the number of medicinal ingredients he had collected in these few days amounted to over a thousand!

Among them were many high-quality items that were aged and pure in medicinal properties, and there were even several rare treasures that could serve as the main ingredient for refining a Ninth Grade Pill!

"Hmm, this trip to the Pill World has been quite rewarding. It was not a wasted journey."

Jiang Donghua nodded in satisfaction.

These ingredients were enough for his alchemy needs for a long time to come.

Calculating the time, there was still some left before the ten-day limit, but he couldn't be bothered to stay any longer.

After discerning the direction, he immediately locked onto the location of the Pill World exit.

"Time to leave."

As his voice fell, he pointed his fingers like a sword and lightly swiped at the void in front of him.

"Screeech!"

A stable spatial rift appeared instantly.

Jiang Donghua stepped in, and his figure instantly vanished within this independent medicinal ingredient space.

For the remainder of the journey, he did not choose to fly, but instead relied on continuous short-distance spatial shifts, speeding toward the northern exit area.

This method of travel required extremely high control over the power of space and consumed a lot of energy, but the speed was astonishing.

In less than half an hour, the stable spatial platform maintained by the Pill Tower experts at the exit of the Pill World was already in sight.

The space at the exit twisted, rippling like water, and Jiang Donghua's figure calmly stepped out of the void, landing steadily on the platform.

His manner of appearance seemed undramatic, but the spatial fluctuations that had not yet fully calmed down, along with the unique aura of someone who had torn through space to arrive, were like a bright beacon in the darkness, instantly attracting the attention of everyone waiting or having just exited the platform.

Spatial shifting!

Everyone present was an elite of the alchemy world, possessing extraordinary insight, and immediately understood what this meant.

This was a technique that only a Dou Zun Expert could master, at the very least!

Moreover, performing it with such ease meant he was definitely not an ordinary low-level Dou Zun!

Immediately, the platform erupted in commotion.

Those who were originally near the exit area almost subconsciously retreated backward, filled with awe and apprehension, giving way like a tide to create a large open space.

Some of the weaker individuals turned pale and did not dare to breathe loudly, afraid of attracting the attention of this mysterious expert.

After landing, Jiang Donghua remained calm, as if he had only done a trivial thing.

His gaze casually swept across the platform, finding that thousands of people had already gathered here, far fewer than when they entered ten days ago, clearly indicating that the elimination rate of the Pill World was quite high.

His appearance immediately became the focus of the entire venue.

Countless gazes, both overt and covert, focused on him, and the platform filled with bursts of suppressed murmuring, faint as the buzzing of mosquitoes.

"Look! It's him!"

"That's right! It's that Dou Zun senior who acted like a lunatic in the Pill World!"

"My goodness, he really came out! He looks so young..."

"Quiet down! Do you want to die? Absolutely do not anger this senior! I heard that in the Pill World, a few short-sighted fools tried to steal his ingredients, and they didn't even leave behind ashes!"

"The aura around him feels even more terrifying than our sect's Great Elder!"

Although these discussions were subtle, how could they escape Jiang Donghua's perception?

However, he didn't care. He acted according to his own heart and hadn't actively robbed anyone; as for whether the rumors were exaggerated, he couldn't be bothered to explain.

Ignoring the gazes around him—gazes filled with awe, curiosity, and even a hint of fear—he walked straight to the edge of the platform, found a quiet spot, stood with his hands behind his back, and waited silently for the Pill Tower staff to announce the rules for the next stage. All the surrounding noise was irrelevant to him.