by Dragon King
He then went back to the entrance of the valley and switched the small piece of wooden board on the stone wall with the jade board.
Hao Ren didn’t expect the short message he left on the board at the entrance of the valley would spread so fast.
Right now, the board was covered with all kinds of information, and many of the characters couldn’t be seen.
“Three ten-thousand-year golden trees for 30 Beauty Pills.” Hao Ren copied the words down onto the jade board using the pen and added the word, filled, at the end.
“30 level 4 Foundation Establishment Pills for two ten-thousand-year black herbs.” Hao Ren revised the original exchange information; he lowered the number of spiritual herbs and elixir pills.
Afterward, he marked a star at the end which indicated that the information was important.
The red pen wrote the characters, and they stood out even more on the white jade board.
After thinking for a while, Hao Ren laid his finger on the jade board and released a sword energy which left a neat and thin line in the middle.
Host, Guest.
Hao Ren used his finger and left two words on the board, one on the top and the other one under the thin line.
In ancient time, even the top martial art masters would have a hard time leaving marks on jade with their fingers. However, Hao Ren just did it without any difficulty. He could now be considered as an immortal by mortals.
On top, there was the buying information from Ethereal Summit. On the bottom, there were the requests from the outside cultivators.
Now, the information was obvious at one glance.
Whoosh, whoosh… Hao Ren drew a vertical straight line down the middle
On the left were the items that were being offered, and on the right were what were being sought after.
Hao Ren looked at the jade board with satisfaction and brought Little White back into Ethereal Summit.
What he didn’t expect was that the formal format he randomly left here created the first trading center on Fifth Heaven.
It was later rumored that Nascent Soul Realm cultivators liked in the valley, which made it impossible for anyone to erase information from other cultivators! Controlled operations, private management, and a monopoly!
All the cultivation resources would be gathered here!
487 Asking the Master for Elixir Pills
Hao Ren uttered a long sigh of relief.
The all-night-long cultivation on Fifth Heaven enabled him to half-open an opening. With the reminder from old Grandma, Hao Ren realized that cultivation couldn’t be rushed. As a result, he started to be more cautious.
Since Hao Ren would be under Zhao Kuo’s special training in a few days, he wasn’t in a rush to break through his levels. He would rather follow Zhao Kuo’s guidance to reach a better level.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
The 320 sword energies came out of Hao Ren’s arms.
The Three Talents Heaven Earth Array Formation was being performed in the air the valley; its formation was neat and beautiful.
Little White ran out of its small cave, and it went to the grassland on the foot of the hill and started it ‘first pile’ of the morning.
“Three Talents Heaven Earth Array Formation!” Sitting in the cave, Hao Ren shouted abruptly.
Little White who was about to wipe its butt on the grass ran away immediately as it saw bunches of sword energies suddenly coming toward it.
The sword energies followed its butt while the bright lights around them cut off all the grasses around Little White.
Knowing that there was no way to hide, Little White finally lied on its back and spat a giant fireball.
“Haha…” Sitting in the cave, Hao Ren laughed as the 320 sword energies spun together to put out the fireball. Then, they stabbed toward Little White on its round tummy.
Little White cried and looked around but didn’t see Hao Ren. It knew that it couldn’t get away from the sword array formation, so it just released five-colored light from its paws and slid against the grass. Then, it shook suddenly and spat three fireballs.
Those fireballs were extremely hot and chased Hao Ren’s sword energies around.
Vroom…
The unstoppable sword energies annoyed Little White, and it started to howl in a low and fierce tone.
Its golden claws emitted golden sparks, and it transformed into a giant snow lion, which allowed it to block dozens of sword energies that were coming toward it.
Little White had evolved to level 2, and its golden fur had spread from its paws to its legs, making these body parts the toughest parts of its body. No weapons would be able to hurt it, and even regular dharma spells couldn’t damage it.
As a result of that, every part of a spirit beast was a treasure, especially the fur of high-level spirit beasts.
Snow lions’ fur would turn golden if they evolved level 5, just like Luojia which was owned by Duan Yao’s father. No regular weapon could do any harm to Luojia at all.
As for the snow lions on level 6, they were more powerful than a peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. In terms of strength, it could even reach a draw while battling with cultivators below the Soul Formation Realm.
The reason the Sky Mountain Sect could firmly occupy the mountains that contained plentiful nature essence was that a level 6 snow lion guarded them.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Little White used its front paws to smack off the sword energies that were shooting toward it. It then took the chance to fly and spat another fireball.
Boom.
The fireball exploded in the middle of the sword energies and melted down tens of them.
Hao Ren who was sitting in his cave felt his chest tighten. Then, he rushed to control the rest of the sword energies to encircle Little White.
Roar.
Little White let out an angry howl and waved its paws as fast as the wind.
Boom…
The 160 sword energies formed into a Twin Dragon Array Formation and dashed toward Little White.
Roar! Roar!
After spitting two small fireballs, Little White finally was unable to shoot any more.
As the sword energies were about to cut its ears, a massive block of ice came out of Little White’s throat.
The huge ice formed into a barrier that froze all the sword energies close by.
The legendary ice and fire-elemental snow lion! Little White finally exposed its potential.
Sitting in the cave, Hao Ren smiled with content.
His sword energies were like dharma treasures but not exactly. If they were regular dharma treasures, they would be frozen by Little White already.
The sword energies turned into tiny sparks of nature essence and went back to the cave where Hao Ren was.
Little White was powerful but was also too lazy. Therefore, the only way to improve its strength was to push its limit.
That block of ice melted all of a sudden, and it crashed onto a big piece of land.
Luckily, where Hao Ren battled with Little White was the corner of the valley. If it were in the middle of the valley, and he ruined the spiritual herbs, Xie Yujia would be very upset.
The sword energies went back to Hao Ren’s cave and returned to his body. He lost some of his nature essence during the battle with Little White, but he still felt happy.
“Little White, Little White.” Hao Ren clapped his hands toward Little White.
Little White looked back at Hao Ren who was standing in the middle of the hill. Then, it turned around and ignored Hao Ren.
This little beast seemed angry now.
Hao Ren laughed.
He poured six elixir pills out of the bottle and threw them at Little White.
The elixir pills flew steadily to Little White over the valley.
The elixir pills fell beside Little White on the grasses, but it chose to ignore them.
“Fine, Little White…” Hao Ren flew over and petted its head.
“Ruff… Ruff
…” Aggrieved whispers kept coming out of Little White’s mouth.
“Alright, alright, I will inform you before any battle from now on.” Hao Ren rubbed its soft neck gently.
Little White lifted its head, stared at Hao Ren with its teary eyes, then chewed on the elixir pills that were on the grasses.
“Good…” Hao Ren rubbed its round head and realized Little White was innocent sometimes.
Although this animal liked beautiful girls, food, being lazy, rolling around, and pretending to be little… It was still very loyal.
After eating the elixir pills, Little White licked Hao Ren passionately. It was close to him again.
Hao Ren might look unhappy with Little White, but he actually cared about it a lot. If anyone ever tried to bully Little White, Hao Ren would be the first one to avenge.
“We’ll go back shortly.” Hao Ren rubbed Little White’s ears. Then, he went back to check the entrance of the valley.
According to rumors, there was a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator living in Ethereal Summit. Thus, there shouldn’t be any cultivator trying to get close at night.
However, Hao Ren still went there out of curiosity to see if there were any new messages left on the jade board.
The array formation of the valley opened, and Hao Ren noticed two people standing at the entrance as he was about to check on the board.
One of them was a beautiful lady, and the other was a pretty girl.
Both of them were wearing Daoist robes that were common on Fifth Heaven, but one of them was kneeling while the other was standing.
The girl who was kneeling had some terrible wounds in her face that looked new, and there were still bruises on both of them even though they got cleaned.
They didn’t expect people to show up, so they were shocked to see Hao Ren.
Seeing Hao Ren who was dressed strangely and young, they got so surprised that they didn’t know what to say.
“What’s the matter?” Staring at them, words jumped out of Hao Ren’s mouth subconsciously.
“Master, please grant us some elixir pills.” That beautiful lady looked at Hao Ren and finally talked, “We were thrilled to see you come back to the valley last night, but we were afraid to interrupt your cultivation. Therefore, we waited here on our knees the whole night.”
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488 How Dare You?!
Hao Ren stared at this beautiful lady and vaguely remembered that she was the sect master of Qin Yin, one of the three small sects nearby. As for the person who was on her knees, she was probably a disciple of the sect.
Living in Ethereal Summit actually meant that Hao Ren had taken away this spiritual valley owned by all three sects before. However, since the three sects believed that a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was living in the valley, they didn’t dare to fight against it and were very respectful.
As long as Xie Yujia needed some material and announced it, all three sects, especially Qin Yin sect, would try their best to get them.
Hao Ren had observed the three small sects recently and found that they were well-behaved and quiet compared to other sects on Fifth Heaven. All that they focused on was training their own disciples. Although they would have conflicts from time to time, they never tried to provoke other sects.
“What is going on?” Hao Ren looked at the sect master of Qin Yin and asked.
“It was like this…” The sect master of Qin Yin faced Hao Ren with respect and explained, “Yesterday, Kongtong Sect which is 250 kilometers away suddenly attacked us and robbed all the Foundation Establishment Pills and Beauty Pills that were rewarded to us. All the disciples of Qin Yin Sect tried to defend, and even Seven Star Sect and Qiong Hua sect offered their help. However, we still lost to the masters from Kongtong Sect.
She looked at Hao Ren and realized that there was no change on his face, so she kept going, “Wu Yan is a disciple of Qin Yin Sect, and she just reached Core Formation Realm. However, those evil cultivators damaged her golden core. I, Liu Yan, wish that you could help to cure Wu Yan!”
The sect master of Qin Yin was about to get on her knees in front of Hao Ren as she was talking.
Hao Ren looked very young, but the sect master of Qin Yin didn’t dare to look down upon him. From what she knows, a great cultivator of Nascent Soul Realm lived in the Herb King Valley, and she had at least a male disciple and two female disciples
“This young man doesn’t seem powerful at all, so he might be a disciple of that great Nascent Soul Realm cultivator,” the sect master of Qin Yin thought and didn’t dare to neglect Hao Ren.
After all, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was too mysterious to a small sect like Qin Yin. They couldn’t take the risk even though this young man might just be a little disciple.
“Did you suffer any casualties?” Hao Ren asked with a cold expression.
“Six disciples died, and two were seriously injured,” Liu Yan answered in a low voice.
“Humph…” Hao Ren snorted.
Liu Yan looked at Hao Ren anxiously; she didn’t know what that snort meant.
“Is he angry that we are coming to him for this incident? Does he think that this incident is too small for the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator to care?” the sect master of Qin Yin thought.
To a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, small sects on Fifth Heaven were as weak as insects. They could wipe out a small sect with just one finger.
If this Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in the Herb King Valley wasn’t kind to Qin Yin sect and didn’t often give them elixir pills, the sect master of Qin Yin wouldn’t dare to come here because of the deaths of her disciples.
“Are you lying?” Hao Ren looked at Liu Yan and asked.
After hearing Hao Ren’s questions, Liu Yan looked at Hao Ren anxiously. “Everything I said is true. There is absolutely no lie! I would never lie to Master! Please investigate!”
The female disciple who was kneeling in front of the valley in sorrow and was too scared to interrupt suddenly raised her head and said, “As long as Master is willing to avenge for my sisters, I, Wu Yan, is willing to be your cauldron and help you increase your realm!”
Cauldron was a term in dual-cultivation. It was where the female cultivator sacrifices all her cultivation strength to make the male cultivator improve in strength. To a female cultivator, after being a cauldron, her foundation and future would be ruined.
“This is a detox elixir pill. Crush it, and you can use it to cure injuries. This is an essence replenishment pill which helps with recovery. Here is a foundation establishment pill that helps with stabilizing realms.” Hao Ren took three elixir pills and handed them to Liu Yan.
“Thank you for granting us the elixir pills!” Liu Yan was moved to tears, and she could finally let go of the breath she was holding in.
“Even the elixir pills given by the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator’s disciple are excellent level 4 elixir pills!” she thought.
“Here are some more essence replenishment pills. Keep them with you and give them to the other injured disciples.” Hao Ren put some more elixir pills in Liu Yan’s hand.
All the elixir pills that Xie Yujia gave Hao Ren were the best. Therefore, the elixir pills he took out of his necklace were all level 4; none of them were level 3 elixir pills.
After seeing that the sect master of Qin Yin was too excited to say anything, Hao Ren looked at the female cultivator who was still on her knees and asked, “Where can I find Kongtong Sect?”
“On the Yellow Dragon Mountain which is 250 kilometers in the west,” Wu Yan raised her head and said determinedly.
“Ok.” Hao Ren nodded and entered the valley.
Wu Yan who was still kneeling outside the valley looked at her sect master, feeling confused about Hao Ren’s reaction.
Only a little while after, Hao Ren came out of the valley.
He now changed to a traditional robe on Fifth Heaven and a pair of ordinary shoes. There was also a longsword on his back and a flying sword in his hand.
“Oh my God, Zhao Yanzi even took away their shoes,” Hao Ren thought as he walked out of the valley.
The young disciple, Wu Yan, and the sect master of Qin Yin, Liu Yan, both looked at Hao Ren in surprise.
“I don’t know that place. Come with me and show me the way.” The flying sword in Hao Ren’s hand seemed to have a soul of its own as it flew below Hao Ren and took him into the air.
Wu Yan paused for a second before nodding determinedly. “Alright!”
“Come on!” Hao Ren said to Wu Yan.
Wu Yan got on Hao Ren’s flying sword with caution.
This flying sword was of good quality. Even though Zhen Congming would never be interested in it, it was good enough for Hao Ren to use as a disguise.
What Zhao Yanzi ‘robbed’ could be useful sometimes.
Whoosh…
A streak of white light appeared, and Hao Ren instantly flew thousands of meters away with Wu Yan.
Liu Yan watched Hao Ren disappear in the distance and was surprised. She didn’t expect that this young man could be so incredible.
Countless sects filled up Fifth Heaven. Even the sect masters didn’t know how many sects were there. All the sects were roughly divided into four tiers.
The first-tier sects on Fifth Heaven were affiliated with the sects on Sixth Heaven. For example, White Sand Sect was affiliated to Sky Mountain sect which was on Sixth Heaven.
The second-tier sects were associated with first-tier sects, which meant that they had a little connection to the sects on Sixth Heaven, and they were still considered powerful.
The third-tier sects had nothing to do with the sects on Sixth Heaven at all. Among those sects, they were grouped based on their strength. Battles and killings happened very frequently.
The fourth-tier sects were small sects like Qin Yin Sect that occupied a small area, and the number of disciples they had was limited as well.
If Qin Yin Sect, Qiong Hua Sect, and Seven Stars Sect merged, they would barely make a third-tier sect.
Kongtong Sect, the sect that attacked Qin Yin Sect this time, was a second-tier sect on Fifth Heaven. It used to be the same size as Sky Mountain Sect when it was still on land.
