Chapter 8: Medicine Valley

  After Xu Shengqi left for a while, Qin Yunxiang excitedly pulled Chu Lianfeng, like a happy little bird, with joy overflowing from her words, "Lianfeng brother, just now that was... you've already recovered your cultivation... it's great!"

  Chu Linfeng smiled and nodded, "Xiaoyun'er, do you still remember the promise we made together when we first discovered that huge tree cave on top of Purple Cloud Peak?"

  "Of course I remember, it's a secret between you and me." Youqin Yunshang blinked her clear autumnal eyes, saying with some girlish shyness.

  "On my second trip to the Sealing Demon Valley, I have indeed recovered my Xuan Yang Spiritual Body. However, things are different now than they were in the past. Before I recover to the fifth heaven of the Human Realm, I don't want others to know about this matter. Can you keep it a secret for me?" As he spoke, Chu Linfeng lightly stretched out his right hand's pinky finger and smiled at You Qinyin.

  Youqin Yun's cloud-like skirt was now completely immersed in the joy of her beloved brother, Chu Linfeng, being able to set foot on the path of cultivation once again. At this moment, she was also reminded of the beautiful memories of her childhood by his words, and a faint blush appeared on her delicate face as she fiddled with the hem of her clothes, revealing her little girl demeanor. After hesitating for a while, she stretched out her small pinky finger, which tightly hooked onto Chu Linfeng's pinky finger.

  "Little Cloud will listen to you."

  After Ding Xuan had secretly hidden his cultivation for a while, Chu Lianfeng suddenly had an epiphany and thought of a way to quickly break through the third heaven of the Human Realm.

  Then she chatted and laughed with Youqin Yunshang for a while, instructing the latter not to come looking for her again in the near future, as she needed to retreat and focus on her cultivation. Only then did she bid farewell to the reluctant Xiao Yun'er.

  After waiting for Qinyun to leave, Chuleng returned to his residence and picked up a package. He then set off along the winding mountain road towards a region about 100 miles away from Ziyun Peak.

  Yaogu - This is a huge basin covering hundreds of miles, also the most densely vegetated area of the vast Yuanshan Mountains, with numerous rare and precious plants inside.

  However, since there was no alchemist within the Xuan Yuan Sect, Medicine Valley wasn't a place of great importance and only had a second-generation disciple watching over it, with very few people visiting.

  Years ago, Chu Linfeng had also been curious and wanted to sneak into Yao Valley, but he was caught by his then-master Tongxuan Zhenren and strictly ordered not to trespass again. This wasn't because Tongxuan Zhenren was worried that Chu Linfeng would damage the rare plants in Yao Valley, but rather because he was worried that Chu Linfeng would be injured by the various demonic beasts within Yao Valley.

  The creator is wonderful, and the medicine valley has many rare plants and trees. At the same time, it also gave birth to many powerful demon beasts. Although these demon beasts are rarely ferocious by nature, they have never left the medicine valley. However, they also have a bottom line: whoever picks the precious grasses and strange woods that they guard will be entangled in a life-and-death struggle with them.

  It is precisely for this reason that, in the absence of absolute necessity, the disciples of Xuan Yuan Sect try not to pick any herbs or plants from the Medicine Valley, lest they provoke the ferocious beasts and create unnecessary evil battles.

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  He has been in the Xuan Yuan Sect for 36 years, and as a disciple with mediocre innate talent and a wooden spiritual body, he is extremely lucky to have cultivated to the Seventh Heaven of the Human Realm. However, he has been stuck at this level for eight years now, and he himself is well aware that this might be his limit in this lifetime.

  It has been five years since he came to Yao Gu as a gatekeeper, and Zhu Bai Sui is quite content with his life. Although being the gatekeeper of Yao Gu is a job that lacks presence and can even be said to be extremely boring, for someone like him who is somewhat weak-willed, being able to avoid the intrigue and infighting within the sect and live in peace in such a place filled with spiritual energy is not a bad thing.

  The residence of the hundred-year-old was built at the only entrance to Yao Gu, because inside Yao Gu there were many ferocious beasts and a considerable number of extremely powerful flying ferocious beasts. It was almost impossible for anyone to fly in with a sword, so if anyone wanted to enter the valley, they would have to go through Zhū Bǎi Suì's pass.

  Except for the beginning of spring every year, a senior elder will be sent to the valley to collect some rare medicinal herbs that have been previously recorded, which are used for the Taoist transaction meeting. It has been a long time since I had contact with other sects.

  But today is an exception.

  Looking at the handsome young man standing still at the entrance of Yao Gu, Zhu Baishi felt a little familiar.

  "Goodbye, Master Shifu, I'm going into the Valley once..."

  When Chu Linfeng first entered the Xuan Yuan Sect, he had met Zhu Baosui once. Seven years later, with his abnormal memory, he recognized the other party at a glance.

  Seeing Chu Lianfeng dressed as a miscellaneous disciple, Zhu Baishui couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Medicine Valley doesn't accept miscellaneous disciples, what are you doing here?"

  For years, Zhu Baishi has been almost isolated from the world. He is not even clear about the various things within his own clan. It's not surprising that he can't recognize Chu Lianfeng, a former genius.

  Chu Linfeng smiled and took out the Silver Xuan Order from his bosom, calmly saying: "It will be several months at most, or at least several dozen days. I am going to enter the valley."

  Staring at the silver token in Chu Lianfeng's hand, Zhu Baishou couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He couldn't understand why a mere servant disciple would possess the Silver Token, which was only granted to the most outstanding among the second-generation disciples as a symbol of power.

  "You possess the Silver Mystic Token, which indeed qualifies you to enter the valley, however..."

  Bai Sui furrowed his brow slightly and sized up Chu Linfeng before continuing, "With your cultivation at the second level of the Human Realm, you'll probably be unable to even cross the outer perimeter of Yao Gu, let alone suffer injuries from the demonic beasts inside. You should think carefully about the severity of this matter."

  Chu Linfeng remained unmoved, a hint of a smile still playing on his lips as he said, "Thank you for your concern, Master Chu. I've thought this through clearly. Life and death are predestined, but I have an unavoidable reason to enter the Medicine Valley. I hope you can understand, Master."

  Wishing a hundred years, he hesitated for a moment, but saw him raise his hand, and a faint yellow talisman flew towards Chu Linfeng. The latter caught it in one hand, and it was a jade token.

  "Take this 'transmitter' and keep it safe. If you're in danger in the Medicine Valley, crush it, and if you're in the outer area, I'll come to rescue you. As for inside the Medicine Valley, everything depends on your own luck." After saying that, Zhu Bai Sui didn't say another word and immediately removed the seal at the entrance, indicating that Chu Lin Feng could enter now.

  Received the "Transmission Token", Chu Linfeng bowed to Zhu Baishui, and immediately walked through the entrance passage that had been lifted, heading towards Yao Valley.

  Chu Linfeng chose Yao Gu as the reason for his rapid breakthrough was actually very simple. Without the help of Dan medicine, if he wanted to strengthen himself before the sect's grand competition and become absolutely strong, he could only rely on the "special product" in Yao Gu.

  Of course, this "special product" is not the various rare plants in Yao Gu, but the various forms of demonic beasts inside the valley. In the eyes of most cultivators, the value of demonic beasts is not high.

  Although all demon beasts with strength above the third stage have cultivated a demon core in their bodies, and the demon core is a good thing that can replace elixirs to improve cultivation strength, however, because once a demon beast dies, the demon core will automatically explode, making it impossible for cultivators to obtain the demon core even if they hunt down the demon beast.

  In this way, naturally there will be no cultivators who go and do such a thankless task.

  In the Sealing Demon Valley, the Nine You Demon Lord imparted his lifelong research on alchemy and medicine to Chu Linfeng. Due to limitations of his innate physique, Chu Linfeng could not become an alchemist, but this did not mean that the knowledge imparted by the Nine You Demon Lord was useless.

  To know that Jiu You Mo Zun Zhao Lie is the first person in the magic cultivation world over 3,000 years ago, and also a rare alchemy master. Not to mention his mastery of various magical techniques, just relying on his identity as an alchemy master, many powerful cultivators in the cultivation world come to him seeking elixirs.

  As for the price of exchanging elixirs, it would never be inferior. Someone as powerful as Jiu You Mo Zun naturally wouldn't settle for ordinary things. Thus, in his lifetime, he had exchanged elixirs for countless rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures, cultivation techniques, divine abilities, and even magical artifacts.

  Zhao Lie's lifelong learning was so profound that it can be said that few people could surpass him. Among the many knowledge he passed on to Chu Linfeng, there was a special method called "Duō Dān", which was a crucial technique that allowed one to obtain the demon core even after killing the demon beast.

  Since there is no elixir available, the demon elixir will be used as a substitute. As a result, the Medicine Valley, where demons are everywhere, has naturally become the best place for Chu Linfeng to break through his bottleneck.