Chapter 94: Hush Money

  As for Su Che's rogue behavior, Zhen Zhen didn't get angry at all, but instead quite appreciated his dare-to-be-different personality, which was somewhat similar to her own. Moreover, the Chi Yan Fa Lun was something she had discarded anyway and didn't care about it; as a true disciple in the middle of the foundation-building stage, she should be using high-grade spiritual equipment at least.

  Besides, Su Che's words were not wrong either. The consumption of so many Earth Escape Pills during the day must have been extremely distressing for him. Calculated at market price, it was a loss of at least several thousand Spirit Stones.

  Then, Zhen Zhen nodded and said: "If Su Shidi didn't mention it, I almost forgot. The loss you suffered should indeed be compensated for, and the Chi Yan Fa Lun can be considered as compensation to you, which is very reasonable."

  She took out a small porcelain bottle from the Qiankun bag and said, "This time I didn't bring too many valuable items. These three 'Great Achievement Pills' are eighth-grade spiritual pills. In the future, if you encounter the Foundation Establishment barrier, taking them together with the Foundation Establishment Pill can increase your success rate by 10%."

  Fei Yun immediately walked over to take the porcelain bottle, turned back and handed it to Su Che, and whispered: "The elixir that can increase the success rate of building the foundation is extremely precious, and it's impossible to buy on the market. Master sister got six pills from Master, gave three to Zhen Lan master sister to impact the foundation period, and left these three, just in time for you..."

  Su Che nodded slightly and immediately put away the medicinal pellets, his heart filled with joy: "Not bad, not bad, these three Great Completion Pellets are today's greatest gain. Because, magical instruments and spiritual instruments can be bought on the market as long as one has enough spirit stones. Only such rare medicinal pellets are the most precious treasures."

  But delighted as he was, Su Che still felt a little strange - how could Zhen Zhen bear to give him such an expensive gift?

  Just as I was guessing, Zhen Zhen suddenly spoke out the answer...

  "Su Shi-di, will these three Great Completion Pills satisfy you?"

  Zhen Zhen half-reclined on the ground and asked this question, seeing Su Che nodding his head, then said: "Since you're satisfied, then please entrust it to my junior brother. Today's matter, after returning to the mountain gate, don't mention it to anyone, can you?"

  "This is not a problem." Su answered readily, only then did she realize that her actions were just to shut herself up.

  Today's events were undoubtedly extremely perilous and embarrassing for Zhen. Originally, she had come to capture Su Che, but unexpectedly encountered a demonic cultivator, was severely injured, and even had her personal treasure stolen. However, thanks to Su Che's "repaying kindness with kindness", she managed to save her own life...

  Such a dramatic and ironic thing, if it gets out, Zhen Zhen will definitely become a laughing stock in the Tianxuan Sect, losing face is not to mention, she will also be scolded by her master, and may even leave a very bad impression on the Palm Gate Supreme.

  Su Che thought this was her true purpose for staying behind, rather than so-called protection.

  Of course, for Su Che, this is also a matter of no importance. After all, she herself is not a gossip who speaks recklessly behind people's backs. Even if she didn't offer any hush money, she wouldn't go around spreading the word about this kind of thing. After all, it wasn't as if she had won with her true abilities, so there was nothing to show off about.

  The three of them left the devastated battlefield and moved to another mountain, where Su Che dug out a simple cave. Zhen Zhen and Fei Yun went inside to treat their wounds, while Su Che stood guard outside in a symbolic gesture.

  This mountainous region is only over a thousand miles away from the Tianxuan Sect. In fact, it's rare for outsiders to pass through this road. Being able to encounter that bald-headed man during the day can only be said to be Zhen Zhen's bad luck, and even with such a small probability, they still managed to run into each other head-on.

  A peaceful night passed without any disturbance. The next morning, Su Che shouted into the cave, "It's daylight, I'm leaving."

  He immediately mounted his flying sword and soared away, no longer giving them any opportunity to make other requests.

  When Fei Yun rushed out of the cave, he had already flown far away. The little woman could only sigh softly: "He really has a hard heart..."

  ……

  Su Che flew out for over ten miles before descending again, putting away his flying sword and taking out the 'Crimson Flame Wheel'. After familiarizing himself with it a bit, he could control it normally.

  Soaring into the sky once again, after flying for a while, Su Che confirmed that Zhen Zhen was right. The Chi Yan Fa Lun was indeed an extraordinary artifact, and its attack and defense effects were still unknown. However, just using it as a flight artifact made it more than twice as fast as the superior-grade sword from earlier.

  In Xianyu, Lao Hei had already counted the gains of yesterday clearly. Some trivial things are not worth mentioning, and the most valuable ones are:

  Top-grade spiritual equipment: White Jade Ring; High-grade spiritual equipment: Flying Sword; High-grade spiritual equipment: Blood-colored Demon Blade; High-grade spiritual equipment: Myriad Ghosts Flag; Mid-grade spiritual equipment: Blood Cloud Banner; 8th grade elixir 'Great Success Elixir' x3; 7th grade elixir 'Fierce Evil Elixir' x7...

  Below fifth-grade elixirs, there are over a hundred pills. However, just like the seventh-grade "Lethal Elixir", they were all obtained from that bald-headed man's demonic cultivation elixirs and are not suitable for orthodox cultivators to consume, so I can only look for opportunities to sell them off.

  Ling Shi obtained more than 7,000, also found in Guang Kun's bag.

  Adding to that, half a year ago, he obtained the low-grade spiritual artifact, the Purple Gold Mallet, from Song Paozi. In total, he had six pieces of various grades of spiritual artifacts. One day, when Su Che reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he wouldn't lack spiritual artifacts to use.

  However, the Wan Gui Fan and Xue Yun Tan have too much demonic energy, and as a Tian Xuan Sect disciple, Su Che is definitely not suitable to use them. They can be sold on the black market or exchanged for other items instead.

  All in all, although I was chased by Zhen yesterday and got a bit disheveled, the gains afterwards were super rich, and all the material losses and spiritual losses were immediately made up.

  In just one and a half hours, Su Che flew out two thousand miles and arrived at Dongping County in the Great Xia Kingdom.

  Only when Su Che truly became a cultivator did he realize that behind each country in the mundane world, there was actually a certain cultivation sect supporting or manipulating it. The Great Xia Kingdom was one of the vassal states of the Tian Xuan Sect, and every year they had to pay a large amount of tribute to the Tian Xuan Sect.

  Therefore, once there are evil spirits and ghosts doing evil among humans, the Great Xia Kingdom will send people to report to Tian Xuan Sect, and they can get timely solutions. This kind of thing has also become a sect mission issued by Tian Xuan Sect to many disciples.

  This time, Su Che had to complete the 'Evil Spirit Hurts People' task. For the ordinary people of Dongping County, this kind of thing was undoubtedly the most terrifying disaster event. However, for cultivators, with only three deaths and five missing persons, it could only be considered a small matter. Even if there really were evil spirits, they weren't anything to be afraid of.

  It turned out to be true, Su Che relied on his own detective experience and cleared up the case of the evil spirit hurting people on the night he arrived in Dongping County. Not only did he clear it up, but also caught the evil spirit and put it into the heavenly prison.

  Later, Lao Hei surprisingly discovered that the aura characteristics of this evil spirit were exactly the same as those of the several hundred evil spirits sealed in the Wan Gui Fan held by the bald big man, as if they were printed from the same template.

  Su Che deduced that, in all likelihood, the bald man had stayed near Dongping County for a period of time and might have lost one of his evil spirits during a fight with someone else, which then escaped to Dongping County to wreak havoc on the people...

  It's no longer important whether this inference is true or not. In short, the evil spirit has been caught and the bald man has also disappeared from the world. This matter can be considered to have come to an end. The next afternoon, Su Che returned to Tianxuan Sect.

  Xuanji Peak, Teaching Hall, Su Che saw Lin Chang again and smoothly completed his task.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Lin Zhang took out a Ling symbol seal and stamped three bright red "Excellent" marks on Su Che's assessment certificate.

  Potential assessment: At 16 years old, promoted to late-stage Qi training, with a deep accumulation of good fortune and diligent hard work, therefore assessed as excellent!

  The faction contribution value has accumulated to over 8,000 points, far exceeding the stipulated value of 5,000 points, and is therefore rated as excellent!

  Task Assessment: Exceeded expectations in completing tasks, therefore rated as Excellent!

  Three superior ones, once again proved the saying 'it's easy to get things done with familiar people', in the face of Linglong, Yuqing and Yao Garden elder, Lin elder can be said to have opened a convenient door.

  Especially the last one 'overfulfilling the task', made Su Che himself somewhat embarrassed, because this task was really too easy, just going out for a stroll, and it was easily done.

  "Su Che, do you know?" Lin Zhang said with deep meaning: "Here, getting three excellent evaluations is absolutely not an easy thing..."

  However, the disciple found it extremely easy. Su Che was very clever and bowed down: "The kindness of Elder Lin, the disciple will remember in his heart, never to forget."

  "Uh-huh."

  Lin Zhang nodded in satisfaction and handed over the assessment certificate: "Congratulations on becoming an inner disciple of my sect. Today, you will be able to meet your master."

  "Master? The mysterious and venerable one?"

  Su's heart skipped a beat, for a moment, he couldn't tell whether the feeling in his heart was joy or worry...

  PS: To those book friends who have a deep hatred for Zhen Zhen, please calm down your anger temporarily, because this matter will lead to subsequent plot developments, and the wonderful story is still in the later chapters.

  Also, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to book friend 'Zhi Huo' for the generous reward and support, as well as old friend 'You Zhi Yao Bu' for their consistent backing.