Chapter 65: Return of the Dark Wind

  Su Che first arrived at Ling Long's residence and explained that he would be going out to temper himself for a while, and would return to the Medicine Garden within forty days at most.

  "Have you practiced the three layers of Qi?"

  Linglong noticed the change in his cultivation, and was slightly surprised. After all, he had a three-attribute spiritual root, with relatively average innate talent, yet at the bone age of fifteen, he could already reach the third layer of Qi Refining, which was no easy feat.

  "Yes, senior sister. The experience in the Demon Sealing Domain had a great impact on me. After returning, I took a deep breath and broke through to the third layer." Su Che said vaguely.

  Linglong nodded slightly, also knowing that he had been in seclusion for over twenty days. He said congratulations and took out a spiritual stone bag to hand it over: "This time, the disciples who survived the trial in the Demon Sealing Domain all have rewards of varying degrees. Yours is five hundred spiritual stones, Master asked me to pass them on to you."

  Su Che didn't reach out to take it, but instead asked: "Ling Long Shizhi, is this really a reward from Master?"

  "Ah...... yes." Linglong's expression stiffened, looking somewhat unnatural.

  Su Che shook his head and smiled: "Sister, you are straightforward by nature and really not good at telling lies."

  Her pretty face turned slightly red, and she said with a hint of annoyance: "I've given it to you, just take it, why ask so many questions?"

  "Alright, I'll take it." Su Che finally accepted the Spirit Stone pouch and said frankly: "But I know this is a reward from my master sister."

  "Devilish kid, hurry up!" Linglong hummed and turned around to walk into the inner room.

  Su Che shook his head and smiled, also turning around and walking out of this exquisite little building.

  The elder of the Medicine Garden had indeed said that the Supreme Elder Zi Xiao was quite satisfied with the disciples who had narrowly escaped disaster in the Sealing Demon Domain this time, and each of the disciples would receive a certain reward when they returned to the main peak...

  However, Su Che thought that the so-called reward was for those inner disciples, and as a special member mixed in the team, it was unlikely to receive an award personally presented by the mysterious and respected elder. That's why he asked tentatively.

  As expected, Linglong was not good at lying and was exposed as soon as she was slightly tested.

  The real situation should be: Linglong thinks that her contribution to the Demon Sealing Domain is not small, but after the event, she did not receive any reward. She feels it's very unfair, so she compensates herself by spending her own money.

  In the Xian prison, Lao Hei was even more dissatisfied, shouting: "Master, that Xuán Jī Zūn is really looking down on you with dog eyes, why did he ignore you like this and not give you a reward? Mù Yún from Tiān Jī Peak said it herself, the spirit symbols you contributed played a crucial role..."

  "It doesn't matter, old black." Su Che's mood was calm and peaceful, and he gently advised: "The respected Master Xuanji is just a nominal master. In his heart, he can only remember the ten great true transmission disciples, as well as inner door disciples like Yuqing and Linglong who have both talent and background. As for outer door disciples like me, there are thousands of them on Mount Xuanji, he simply can't take care of us."

  "No matter what, those who have underestimated you, I will make them pay the price!" Lao Hei still had a grudge and muttered: "You should know that I, Lao Hei, have one-third of the bloodline of the Heavenly Demon, and I must take revenge! And also one-third of the bloodline of the mouse, petty and narrow-minded! Hmph..."

  Su Che was amused by him and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but his feet didn't stop moving, and he walked out of the Lingcao Medicine Garden.

  The first stop of the journey has been decided, which is the Yin Wind Gorge that I have visited once before.

  There are two purposes for going to the Yin Wind Gorge, first is to capture another member of the Han brothers 'Han Zuo Jing', and strive to let the two brothers reunite in the immortal prison as soon as possible.

  Su Che had always believed that only secrets known to oneself were true secrets. So, the matter of the Secret Medicine Garden was a potential hidden danger for Han Suo from start to finish and should be eliminated as soon as possible. Since he had already reached the third layer of Qi Refining, he could collect his gains early.

  Another goal is: Luolianqiao, one of the prisoners in Xianyu, was born in Tianlu Peak and indeed has excellent talent in alchemy. However, his cultivation is too low, and he can only refine dan medicine below four grades.

  Currently, the elixir he mainly takes is 'Diling Dan', which belongs to the fifth-grade elixirs. This means that Luo Lianqiao's alchemy skills are of no help to him in his cultivation. However, among the third-grade elixirs he is skilled at refining, there is a special type of elixir called 'Dun Di Dan'. After taking the medicine for a moment, one can clearly feel the pulse of the earth and temporarily transform into the son of the earth, allowing them to perform the Earth Escape Technique and move freely underground.

  The Earth Escape Technique is beneficial for sneaking, ambushing or escaping. Strictly speaking, this is not a spell, but a divine ability that can only be performed by a cultivator at the Golden Elixir stage. With the 'Earth Escape Pill', it's equivalent to having mastered this divine ability in advance. Su Che was naturally extremely envious, and for himself, this was a top-notch practical life-saving method.

  However, the Tuan Di Dan is nowhere to be found in the market. Even if an inner disciple of the Tian Lu Peak successfully refines this elixir, they must hand it over to the sect without exception and are not allowed to keep a single grain for themselves.

  This means that Su Che wants to get this elixir, he must collect the materials according to the alchemy recipe, and then let Luo Lianqiao refine it in the immortal prison.

  The main ingredient for refining the Earth Escape Dan is the 'Earth Escape Poison Vine' which is a specialty of the Yin Wind Gorge. The last time he went to the Yin Wind Gorge, Lei Xiao needed to complete his sect's task, which was to collect the roots of ten Earth Escape Poison Vines.

  He first went to 'Wu Huafeng' to buy some Ling symbols, after leaving the mountain gate, Su Che arrived outside Xuanji City and borrowed the identity of prisoner Han Youming to send a transmission jade symbol to his brother 'Han Zuojing'.

  Han Youming also said that his brother, Han Suojing, would not give up on the Secret Medicine Garden and should be wandering around two places, either Xuanji City or Yinfeng Gorge.

  After waiting patiently for half a time, there was no response from Han Suo Jing, which meant that he was not near Xuanji City, and the only place left was Yinfeng Gorge.

  Su Che rushed all the way and only took an hour to complete the journey of hundreds of miles, once again arriving at the supply town on the east end of Yinfeng Gorge.

  Another jade token was sent out, but after half a time, there was still no response.

  "In the Immortal Prison, Han Youming said: 'The transmission jade symbol we used has an effective range of only 300 miles. My brother may have gone deep into the canyon to capture demonic beasts or collect spiritual herbs. After all, he also needs to earn spirit stones to continue his cultivation.'"

  Kill two birds with one stone, enter the valley, pick medicine and catch people!

  Su Che did not buy the roots of the evading poison vine in the town, because this spiritual grass was very popular. The scattered cultivators who mixed their days here would collect the evading poison vine and come to the market to shout a slogan, and they would be taken away by the Tianxuan Sect disciples who came to practice at a high price, and brought back to the sect in exchange for a considerable amount of contribution value.

  Since Lao Hei's detection ability has a great advantage in collecting Ling Cao, there is no need to spend Ling Shi and compete with others for collection.

  At the entrance of the canyon, Su Che saw once again the warning stone stele set up by Tian Xuan Sect: "Primary training ground, those with cultivation below three layers of Qi Refining are not allowed to enter, violators will be punished!"

  Su Che was a Qi Gong three-layer, of course, can enter the internal, however, like him alone into the Valley of Yin Wind is rare. Should remember last time, Lei Qing Xue was also a Qi Gong three-layer, but in the town to wait for familiar masters and brothers to form a temporary team before daring to enter the valley.

  However, this time Su Che came as a battle maniac. After entering the valley, he would definitely encounter demons and fight them, meet people and fight them. Others wouldn't come to find trouble for themselves, but they would go find trouble for others. If they didn't understand, it wasn't over...