Chapter 27: Displaying Special Talents

  Su Che was mentally conversing with Lao Hei when he heard Lei Xiao say, "Yin Feng is cunning and timid, it's easier to kill him directly. To capture him alive not only requires a certain level of skill but also specialized capture tools. Su Shidi, that's why I suggested you just buy one, it's more convenient."

  Su Che nodded; Lei Qingxue asked curiously on the side: "You bought a yin wind mouse?"

  "Yes." Lei Xiao replied with a smile: "Yesterday, Su Shidi urgently needed a low-grade demon beast to refine his magic tool, so I let him buy a Yin Wind Mouse in the town, anyway it's not expensive."

  "It's just a trivial matter, there's no need to waste spiritual stones." Lei Qingxue gently shook her head: "Xiao Xiao, you're not frugal yourself, you're used to being extravagant, but don't lead Brother Su astray."

  "Su Shidi doesn't lack those few spirit stones, besides, I was the one who helped him haggle over the price with all my might!" Lei Xiao muttered in a low voice, arguing for a moment, then winked at Su Che: "No way, Third Sister just likes to teach me a lesson, actually, she's only a few months older than me."

  Su Che smiled and explained for him, "Qing Xue Shizhi, it was I who hastily refined the magic artifact, which gave me the courage to enter the Yin Wind Gorge. I'm worried that my strength is insufficient, and I'll become a burden to Lei Shixiong."

  Lei Qingxue nodded and, still with the dignity of a senior sister, instructed: "You were born too well-off, you don't understand the hardships of ordinary people. You should really experience the life of a self-taught disciple to truly understand that every single spirit stone is hard-earned."

  Su Che knew she was also being kind, so he nodded honestly and accepted her advice. However, in his heart, he was thinking: I am indeed a self-taught disciple from Xuanji City!

  After this conversation, Lei Qingxue and Su Che also became more familiar with each other, and their conversations increased. Judging from the personalities of these siblings, Su Che thought that the family education of the Lei family was very successful. Although they were wealthy heirs, they did not have an arrogant or pretentious air about them, and were still very pleasant to be around.

  As we continued to move forward, the terrain in the canyon became more complex, and the cliffs on both sides were even more precipitous. As we walked, we would occasionally encounter forks in the road, and some huge boulders would block our view, making it easy to get lost. Fortunately, those who dared to enter the canyon were all cultivators, so even if they got lost, they could climb up the rocks and run to the top of the canyon to identify the direction.

  As they walked along, Lei Qingxue suddenly said, "There is a Wind Spirit Grass over there."

  Along her line of sight, Su Che and Lei Xiao saw that on the right cliff wall, more than ten zhang high, there was a light blue small grass growing in the stone crevice, with only a very small piece of leaves exposed, and it was fortunate that Lei Qingxue's eyesight was extraordinary, and her mind was as fine as hair, so she could notice it.

  "Is that the Wind Spirit Grass?" Su Che mentally reminded Lao Hei: "Remember the appearance of this spirit grass, if you find it, notify me in time."

  "Yes, master."

  Su Che had already known that Lao Hei's detection method, although not as far-sighted as human cultivators, would not miss any clues within its detection range. It could even see through a certain depth of soil or stone walls, and even if there was spiritual grass growing in the deep crevices of the rocks, it couldn't escape Lao Hei's search.

  Look at Lei Qingxue again, the height of over a dozen zhang was nothing to her cultivation base of three layers of Qi Refining. She rose into the air, like a flying fairy, and her small, lovely pale brown boots lightly tapped the protruding parts of the stone wall, and with a few whooshing sounds, she flew up.

  In the blink of an eye, she descended from the sky, with a handful of pale blue spiritual grass, seven leaves, and a small string of deep blue bean-like fruit hanging on the middle stem.

  "Less than thirty years of medicinal age, barely usable." Lei Qingxue smiled faintly and put the Wind Spirit Grass into a special spirit grass medicine pouch.

  Su Che didn't ask about the use of Feng Ling Cao, and it's probably not some kind of precious medicinal herb. Besides, if he wanted to learn about spiritual grasses, there were vast numbers of related books in the sect that he could read for free.

  "Let's go," said Lei Qingxue: "We still need to collect nineteen more."

  "Fengling grass is quite common, and it's not hard to find nineteen more stalks. My hidden place, Duandi poison vine, is the really difficult one." Lei Xiao muttered softly, seemingly having forgotten that he had volunteered for this task himself, without anyone forcing him.

  "Wait, don't go yet!"

  Su Che shouted in a low voice, leaped into the air and landed on a huge rock to his right, pointing at a certain gap in the cliff wall above: "There's still one more Wind Spirit Grass inside."

  That gap was very deep, and due to the angle, Leisi siblings couldn't see the Wind Spirit Grass that Su Che said. They hesitated for a moment before jumping onto the huge rock where Su Che was standing, and only then did they vaguely see a faint blue color.

  "Really!" Lei laughed with wide eyes, looking at Su Che in disbelief: "How did you know? Just now when I was standing down there, it was impossible to see that place."

  Lei Qingxue also took a deep look at Su Che, thinking to herself: "It's not just that it can't be seen from below, even standing here, if it weren't for his guidance, it would be very difficult to discover that hint of color. His search ability is so excellent, it seems that his family is indeed extremely accomplished in this field."

  "Awesome!" Lei's exaggerated expression still hadn't subsided, as he hugged Su Che's shoulder and said: "Before we cultivate our divine sense, your ability is absolutely of great use! Good, good, from now on, my Hidden Earth Toxic Vine will be relying entirely on you."

  As they spoke, Leixiao took out a book called "Lingcao Tujian" from his Qiankun bag, flipped through it quickly and pointed to a page with a picture of a vine-like plant on it. "Su Shidi, this is the Duandi Duxin (Hidden Land Poison Vine). Help me complete my task and I'll invite you to...". He glanced secretly at his sister and lowered his voice: "What do you want to do? I'll invite you!"

  Su Che was still studying the map, when Lei Qingxue had already plucked that Wind Spirit Grass from the cliff and flew down, carrying a faintly fragrant air current with her, which of course wasn't the fragrance of the Wind Spirit Grass, but rather the pure and delicate scent of a certain young maiden.

  Similarly, Le Qingxue was also extremely delighted with Su Che's demonstrated searching ability. After all, with this ability, not only would the current gathering task be much easier, but in the future, similar treasure hunting tasks could also be completed together... The Lei family didn't lack spirit stones, what they lacked was contribution points for their sect.

  Next, the three of them continued to venture deeper into the canyon. With Lao Hei's detection abilities, Su Che helped Lei Xiao and Lei Qingxue collect two roots of the elusive poisonous vine and six stalks of wind spirit grass.

  Su Che's personality is relatively cautious, even if he deliberately shows off his skills, he must control them just right, only giving people a surprise, but also within the bounds of reason, and will not make people suspicious, nor will it trigger other people's greed because of this little special talent. After all, after building the foundation, anyone can cultivate divine consciousness, so this kind of special talent no longer has any special color.

  Having one more friend means having one more path. The Lei family has a deep foundation in the Tianxuan Sect, and being on good terms with them will not bring any harm. It was with this mindset that Su Che was able to showcase his talents without losing his composure, causing the Lei siblings to look at him with newfound respect, allowing their interactions to be on an equal footing and at the same level.

  Three young men happily collected spiritual grass, while the follower behind was extremely cautious and patient... Lao Hei had calculated it for him, front and back, that guy had activated the transmission symbol a total of five times.

  "It's about time, they should be showing up soon, right?" Su Che thought to himself.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  "Right on cue, about a minute later, Old Black reported: 'Master, there are four people ambushing at the fork in the road ahead, three men and one woman. I can describe their appearance to you through spiritual painting.'"

  "Alright, let me take a look." Su Che replied.

  It was just an instant, and Su Che's mind received a nearly realistic image, as if Lao Hei had recorded what he saw and sent it to Su Che for viewing. It is said that the "Shadow Painting Memory Crystal" in the Xiu Jian realm also has similar functions, but Su Che and Lao Hei's spiritual communication method was more direct and faster.

  Su Che saw that behind the fork in front, there were three men and one woman ambushing, among whom a young man had a distinctive face, with a dark red birthmark on the right temple.

  "It was actually him!" Su Che immediately recognized this guy as the vendor who sold him the Shadow Wind Mouse yesterday.

  "It was just a purchase of a Shadow Wind Mouse, a transaction of only twelve Spirit Stones. Neither I nor Lei Xiao showed off our wealth or spoke excessively to offend them, so why do these guys want to plot against us? What is their motive?"

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