The time it takes an incense stick to burn ago...

In a certain part of the forest of Hundred Mountain Range, a group of people was talking among themselves, laughing, eating.

Suddenly they smelled a very strange but very attractive fragrance.

"This fragrance? Is there a rare medicinal herb maturing deep inside this forest?" A middle-aged lady twitched her nose and said.

Beside her was a middle-aged man. He also smelled the fragrance and suddenly he stood up and said, "Brothers and sisters, it looks like there is a rare medicinal herb maturing somewhere inside the Hundred Mountain Range. If we can obtain this medicinal herb, our Zhang Family's strength will surely rise."

"Third Uncle, let's go and search for this medicinal herb. This fragrance is very instancing and from the looks of it, this fragrance is spreading throughout the forest of Hundred Mountain Range. Those members of the Ma Family and Wang Family are also here. We should not delay any longer and search for this medicinal herb." It was Zhang San who said this.

All of the members of the Zhang Family nodded their heads and looked at the middle-aged man and woman.

The middle-aged lady who was also the second aunt of Zhang San nodded her head and said, "Let's go."

"Roar! Roar!"

Exactly at this moment, roars of countless magical beasts echoed throughout the forest.

"Wha... What is happening?" Zhang San shuddered a little and said.

All the members of the Zhang Family were stunned for a moment.

"Woosh! Woosh!"

Suddenly, they heard the footsteps of tens of magical beasts coming toward them. All the members of the Zhang Family including the middle-aged man and woman stood up and brandished their weapons. They were ready to fight with the coming magical beasts.

The sound grew closer and closer and it also became louder. All of a sudden, the members of the Zhang Family saw tens of different types of magical beasts coming toward them from within and outskirts of the forest of Hundred Mountain Range.

"All of you, be ready to fight." The middle-aged man said loudly. Magical beasts were already in front of the members of the Zhang Family.

"Attack!"

"Yaaa!"

The middle-aged man shouted loudly and ran toward one of the magical beasts with a sword in his hand. All members of the Zhang Family also ran toward the magical beasts.

"What?"

Before these people can attack the magical beasts, they saw, magical beasts ignoring them. The magical beast who was in front of other magical beasts jumped high in the air and descended on the ground ten meters away from the members of the Zhang Family. It still did not stopped and kept running deeper inside the forest and soon disappeared from the sight of the members of the Zhang Family.

Seeing this, all of them stopped in their tracks and did not attack those magical beasts who were coming toward them. They were puzzled and did not understand what is going on.

This matter did not end here. All other magical beasts that were coming toward them, came, ignored the members of the Zhang Family, and went straight deeper inside the forest.

"What is going on?" Zhang San muttered in a low voice but it was enough to be heard by the members of the Zhang Family.

The middle-aged lady thought for a while and suddenly as if thinking of something, she said, "I think these magical beasts are also going deeper inside the forest for that medicinal herb. The senses of magical beasts are already much higher than us humans. After smelling the fragrance of the medicinal herb that is about to mature, how can they not go after it."

"You are right. Let's hurry and go. We need to be faster. Not only do we have to obtain that medicinal herb before these magical beasts, but we also have to obtain it before the other two families." The middle-aged man said anxiously and chased after the magical beasts.

All members of the Zhang Family also chased after him and soon they disappeared from where they were before.

.....

Exactly 1000 meters left from where the Zhang Family were, there was another group of men and women.

At this time, they also smelled the fragrance of the light blue coloured flower.

A middle-aged man who was also bald, twitched his nose and smelled the fragrance of the flower two or three times and said with an excited face, "Listen, all of you, this fragrance is coming from a certain medicinal herb which is very rare. Let's all go and get our hands on this medicinal herb. The other two families are also most likely going there. There will definitely be intense competition between us three families."

"So, I announce here that whoever can obtain that medicinal herb, will be rewarded with 30 low-grade spirit stones. They can redeem their rewards from the treasury of our Ma family."

"Second elder, we will do our best. Let's go brothers." A young man about 1.9 meters tall, said loudly.

"Let's go."

"Yes let's go and obtain this medicinal herb."

Suddenly, as if a kind of fire was ignited in the hearts of the members of the Ma Family. They started shouting with an excited face.

Seeing this, the second elder of the Ma Family nodded his head in satisfaction. The aura coming from his body was the same as the middle-aged man of the Zhang Family.

What does it mean?

It means that the second elder of the Ma Family was also a Martial Emperor Realm martial artist.

"Where is Ma Bao?" The second elder of the Ma Family asked the previous young man.

That young man was about to answer the second elder when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him out of nowhere.

"Ma Bao, where were you?" Seeing this figure, the second elder of the Ma Family asked.

"Second elder, let's not chit-chat. Hurry up and let us go deeper inside the forest so that we can get our hands on this medicinal herb." Ma Bao shook his head and said.

Ma Bao was the eldest son of the current patriarch of the Ma Family. He was only 28 years old but from his aura alone, one could say that he was also a Martial Emperor Realm martial artist.

He is the number one core disciple of the Thunder Cloud Sect. Just one week before, he obtained an opportunity and broke through to the First Stage of the Martial Emperor Realm.

He was also known as the number one genius of Southwood City and number two genius of the entire Golden Fragrance Country.

"Roar! Roar!"

"Roar!"

Just as they were about to go deeper into the forest, they heard the roaring sound of many magical beasts.

"Tg-dng!"

"Tg-dng!"

They felt the footsteps of many magical beasts and soon they were able to see those magical beasts. There were tens of magical beasts and every one of them was coming toward them.

Just like the members of Zhang Family, they also brandished their weapons, ready to fight with these magical beasts. But soon, their mouths were open agape as they saw these magical beasts ignoring them and going straight deeper inside the forest.

Ma Bao immediately understood what was going on. He said, "These magical beasts are also going deeper inside the forest for the medicinal herb. Let's not waste any more time."

Saying this, Ma Bao, with the second elder of the Ma Family as well as other members of Ma Family, chased after the magical beasts and disappeared deep inside the forest of the Hundred Mountain Range.

.....

Same as the other two family members, there was another group of people in a certain part of the forest of Hundred Mountain Range.

These were members of the Wang Family. Wang Family was also one of the three big families of Southwood City.

In this group of peoples, there were also two Martial Emperor Realm martial artists. One was an old man about 50 or 55 years old and another was a middle-aged man.

The old man was the First Elder of the Wang Family and the middle-aged man was the younger brother of the current patriarch of the Wang Family.

These two men lead the members of the Wang Family here so that when the time comes, they can go to the Cloudsmoke Forest and compete with the other two families for the treasure that was about to born.

They also smelled the fragrance of the light blue coloured flower and just like the other two families, they also decided to go deeper inside the forest and get their hands on this rare medicinal herb before the members of the other two families.

They also encountered many magical beasts and just like what other members of the two families faced, these magical beasts ignored them and went deeper inside the forest of the Hundred Mountain Range.

The members of the Wang Family also chased after the magical beasts along so that they can find the medicinal herb without wasting any effort and time searching for it.