Chapter 97: A Bad Premonition (Seeking Recommendation Tickets)

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  Next, Su Che and Lei Xiao finalized the method of this spiritual grass transaction.

  As he was already an inner disciple, his strength and status had improved significantly, so Su Che's courage also increased greatly. This time, he took out seven 500-year-old middle-grade spiritual grasses at once.

  Two of them were still traded with the Lei family, and they could be exchanged for sixty Earth Spirit Pills; the other five were entrusted to Lei Xiao to send to his uncle in Wu Hua Peak for sale, striving to exchange all of them for Earth Spirit Pills within ten days.

  After the serious talk, Su Che leaped out of the window of this aerial pavilion amidst Lei Xiao's extremely exaggerated farewell words and fell straight down the precipice.

  In mid-air, he took out the Scarlet Flame Wheel of Law, and with his flying sword, he soared to the next stop, which was another peak in the mountain gate, the 'Xianyuan Peak'.

  One year ago, Su Che followed Yu Qing to 'Xian Yuan Peak' and obtained the identity of an outer disciple of Xuan Ji Peak; this time, he himself became an inner disciple, so he also had the same power to recommend others to join Xuan Ji Peak.

  At first, in Xuanji City, four self-cultivating disciples rented a small courtyard together: Su Che, Jiang Chen, Wang Zhen Shu, and Hu Tou.

  Jiang Chen's outcome is not worth mentioning, Wang Zhen Shu and Hu Tou, under Su Che's help, smoothly advanced to the first layer of Qi Refining, passed the entrance examination, and successively joined Tian Xuan Sect as official disciples.

  Later, Su Che had contact with Wang Zhen Shu and Hu Tou, knowing that they were waiting for the fate of Xianyuan at Xianyuan Peak. It is unknown whether they waited in vain until today.

  If not, then Su Che would definitely have to pull them up once again. With the addition of the top ten main peaks, their future cultivation path would also be smoother.

  Descending onto the edge of the summit of 'Xianyuan Peak', Su Che walked towards the square in front of Xuanyuan Xianyuan Great Hall.

  As the distance gradually approached, the thousands of outer disciples waiting in the square also saw this inner door senior brother. Even though many of them were much older than Su Che, whether it was due to strength or identity factors, they all had to address Su Che as Senior Brother.

  With a sudden whoosh, the square fell silent. The disciples who were still whispering to each other all shut their mouths, because everyone knew that when an inner sect senior brother came to Xianyuan Peak, eight or nine times out of ten it was for one thing: to select one or two outer sect disciples with good qualifications and recommend them to the Ten Great Main Peaks as a follower, to do things on their behalf...

  Thus, several thousand disciples present sat up straight, each showing their best side, expecting to be chosen by this inner door senior brother.

  Everyone was sitting on the ground, but suddenly one person stood up and ran towards Su Che, shouting: "Su Shixiong, Su Shixiong, I am Wang Zhen Shu!"

  Several people who knew Wang Zhen Shu nearby immediately thought: "Ah? Wang Zhen Shu actually knows this inner door senior brother, now he's in luck."

  Even those who were unfamiliar with Wang Zhen's book knew that he had finally waited for his own destiny...

  "Zhen Shu." Su Che smiled and walked up to greet them, asking: "I've come to pick you up, where's Hu Tou?"

  Wang Zhen Shu hastily replied: "Two months ago, Hu Tou was taken away by another inner sect senior brother from Xuan Ji Peak."

  Su Che nodded secretly in his heart and thought: "The simplicity and honesty of Hu Tou are still quite likable."

  "Senior brother, you're already an inner disciple? So soon?" Wang Zhen Shu was extremely excited, his voice trembling noticeably. No matter how shocked he was in his heart, he also knew this principle: the more outstanding Su Che's performance was, the brighter his own future would be...

  Whether in the cultivation world or the secular world, if a person can find a strong backing, it is a great blessing.

  Su Che nodded and shifted his gaze towards the Xuanji Fairy Fate Hall: "Let's go in."

  "Alright, alright!" Wang Zhen Shu nodded vigorously.

  In this way, under the gaze of thousands of envious and jealous eyes, Wang Zhen Shu followed Su Che into the Xuanji Xianyuan Grand Hall, and soon came out with him again. The difference was that there was an additional 'Xuanji Jade Token' at his waist.

  Perhaps it wasn't until many years later that Wang Zhen could truly understand the weight of this fateful encounter he had obtained today.

  After leaving Xianyuan Peak, Su Che flew with his flying sword and brought Wang Zhen to Xuanyi Peak. He personally found the outer gate master brother 'Chang Tong', registered Wang Zhen into the book, and also gave the cultivation cave that he had lived in before to Wang Zhen.

  This is because Su Che has already become an inner disciple and cannot live in the outer sect area anymore.

  It's only been a year, and Chang Tong, who is still in the early stages of his foundation-building cultivation, will soon have to address Su Che as "Shixiong" (senior brother). This is an unavoidable situation - no matter how high the cultivation level of an outer sect disciple may be, unless they reach the Golden Dan stage, their status will always be lower than that of an inner sect disciple.

  As for Su Che's progress in his cultivation, Chang Tong was undoubtedly extremely astonished, but with his identity, he couldn't casually ask a single question.

  Su Che was humble as usual, and gave Chang Tong ten pieces of Ling Stone, asking him to take good care of Wang Zhen Shu; Chang Tong declined, but could only pat his chest and agree.

  Until then, Su Che had sent Wang Zhen Shu to the cave where he used to live in a daze, as if in a dream, and had fulfilled his promise to his friend that day.

  "In Xianyu, Lao Hei sincerely admired: 'Master, you are indeed a person who cherishes old relationships.'"

  "Those who have helped me, or treated me with sincerity, even if it's just a tiny bit of kindness, must be remembered in my heart." Su Che smiled faintly: "When I have enough power myself, the same tiny bit of strength may be able to bring them great help."

  "Yes, master." Old Hei said in a low voice: "So, you only need to keep the bright side of your body. As for me, Old Hei, those who have persecuted you, made things difficult for you, and looked down on you, I will also remember them in my heart. Once I have the opportunity to capture them into the immortal prison, hum, I will go all out, do my best, spare no effort..."

  In Lao Hei's boastful words, Su Che brought a smile on his face and went to another mountain thousands of miles away, 'Wu Hua Peak'.

  Upon arriving at Mowu Peak, Su Che transformed his appearance and identity, using a fake face and persona to peddle low-grade spiritual grasses and minerals from the Yin Wind Gorge. Although the prices were cheap, due to the large quantity, it still attracted some attention. Therefore, Su Che didn't mind the trouble and constantly changed his appearance, spending two days selling a total of 60,000 spirit stones.

  Sixty thousand spirit stones weren't enough, and Su Che spent another whole day changing his appearance and buying high-grade elixirs above grade five on Wuhua Peak. As long as they were auxiliary cultivation elixirs, he would buy them all, since the life force provided by Lao Hei could resolve any hidden dangers from taking the elixirs, so even eating them randomly wasn't a concern.

  After all, the Material Peak was an internal trading market of the Tian Xuan Sect. No one dared to rob others within the mountain gate. Relatively speaking, Su Che's trading action was a bit excessive, but as long as he wasn't seen through by others and his true identity remained hidden under the cover of Concealing Spirit Technique, there was nothing to worry about in terms of safety.

  Ten days later, Su Che found Lei Xiao again and obtained 206 Earth Spirit Pills from him. Still following the principle of good brothers profiting together, Su Che only took two hundred pills in whole numbers, and gave the extra six Earth Spirit Pills to Lei Xiao.

  Lei Xixi put away the elixir and said, "By the way, yesterday, Zhen Yan from Tianwu Peak came looking for you. When she couldn't find you, she came to me, repeatedly asking about your whereabouts. I just replied that I didn't know, hadn't seen you in a long time... That woman is really annoying, no wonder Qingyu Shixiong doesn't like her."

  Huh?

  Su Che's heart was filled with doubts: "The entanglement between Zhen and me, hasn't it been resolved already? Could it be that Zhen Lan is not willing to let go?"

  Bian Xiang asked Lei Xiao: "Did Zhen Yan say why she wanted to find you?"

  "This is not it." Lei smiled and shook his head: "When she was about to leave, she just said that she would go find Yu Qing Shixiong to ask about your whereabouts."

  Upon hearing this, Su Che's heart suddenly rose with a somewhat bad premonition...

  It's said that a strong-willed woman like Zhen Zhen, having sworn an oath to no longer bother herself with troubles, must have countless ways to comfort her own sister and wouldn't let Zhen Lan come to pester her again.

  It's just that, even if someone from Tianwu Peak comes to find you, it should be Feiyun who does so. After all, she is eager to remove the special influence of the 'Qingyuan silk', and should look for you and Master Yuqing, and quickly perform the technique to extract the silk.

  But now, it's precisely Zhen Lan who has come to ask about her whereabouts, which means that it's very likely...

  "Yes, master." Old Black also had the same inference: "That Zhen Zhen might be having bad luck, walking backwards, and who knows what kind of misfortune he's encountered again, until now he hasn't returned to Tianwu Peak. Zhen Lan came looking for you, it's to ask you for a person!"

  "If it's really like that, then it's troublesome!"

  Su Che continued to analyze: "It's only been over a dozen days, for cultivators, being away for over a dozen days doesn't count as anything. I reckon it's just Zhen Lan who got anxious and probably hasn't alarmed Tian Wu Zun yet."

  "It should be." At this point, Lao Hei couldn't confirm it anymore.

  Su Che's mind was racing, quickly weighing the pros and cons. In the end, he hastily bid farewell to Lei Xiao, not even daring to go ask Yu Qing Shixiong about it. Instead, he used his Concealment Technique to transform into a third-layer Qi Practitioner outer sect disciple and swiftly left the mountain gate, rushing towards the Yin Wind Gorge several hundred miles away.

  Doing so is certainly not fleeing in fear of punishment, but rather another decision.

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