Participating in the Azure Cloud Medical Hall Operation!

The Lord of Azure Dragon Mountain has immense power!

Within Blackwater County, he has many informants, and coupled with his cooperation with the Black Tiger Gang, he is incredibly well-informed!

The moment he leaves the Azure Cloud Medical Hall, his whereabouts will be reported back to Azure Dragon Mountain.

That's why his son can only seize this opportunity to sneak a peek at the fruit's ripeness!

To see if the fruit is still there!

Once it's confirmed that the fruit is still in its location and its ripening time is determined!

He will then cause a commotion in Blackwater County!

At that time, he will secretly head to Azure Dragon Mountain, consume the fruit, and break through to the Aperture Opening Realm, no longer fearing the Lord of Azure Dragon Mountain!

After finishing dinner, Su Xian hurried home. Along the way, he stopped at a few small stalls and bought several masks and sets of clothes!

Fortunately, he had the twenty taels of silver generously contributed by Song Zheng, otherwise, Su Xian truly couldn't afford it.

Returning home, Su Xian hid the clothes and masks.

He planned to join the excitement at the Azure Cloud Medical Hall in three days and earn some silver in the process!

However, he would need to conceal his identity.

150 taels of silver would be enough for Su Xian to head to the Black Market and search for some Muscle Forging Realm Martial Skills!

In the Black Market, the price of Martial Skills for the same realm is often less than half the price of Cultivation Methods.

As long as he obtains these 150 taels, Su Xian should be able to acquire a few Muscle Forging Realm Martial Skills.

As for Tendon Refining Realm Martial Arts, 150 taels wouldn't be enough.

But as long as he successfully kills those Cat Demons in the mountain this time!

Relying on Su Xian's talent in Martial Skills!

He should be able to push a Grade 2 Muscle Forging Realm Martial Skill to the level of a Grade 3 Tendon Refining Realm Martial Skill.

Just then, another knock sounded outside the door.

Su Xian frowned, opened the door, and saw the person in charge of collecting medicinal herbs for the Azure Cloud Medical Hall.

When Su Xian went into the mountains to gather herbs in the past, he sold the collected herbs to this person.

"Su Xian, do you want to go into the mountains recently? The Azure Cloud Medical Hall is offering a hefty price! Five taels of silver per herb gatherer!"

The moment Su Xian opened the door, the man flashed a smile and quickly said.

Su Xian shook his head slightly upon hearing this. He didn't plan to enter the mountain as an herb gatherer; his actions would be restricted.

It would be better to disguise himself tomorrow and enter the mountain as a martial artist; that way, he would have more freedom!

"No need. I just narrowly escaped death on Green Dragon Mountain a few days ago! I don't want to go in there again!"

Su Xian waved his hand, putting on a look of lingering fear.

"This... why don't you reconsider? That's five taels of silver! How long would you have to gather herbs to accumulate that much!"

"And this time, there will be martial artist adults accompanying us! It's absolutely safe!"

Seeing Su Xian refuse, the man's face immediately showed some anxiety, and he quickly tried to persuade him.

"No need to persuade me further! Even if there's money to be made, I need to be alive to spend it! Green Dragon Mountain is too dangerous right now! You should leave!"

Su Xian's tone was firm and left no room for doubt.

Seeing this, the man could only shake his head slightly and say:

"Alright! Alright! If you don't want to go, then don't!" With that, the man turned and left.

Su Xian directly closed the door and went back inside.

Listening to the sound of the door closing behind him, the man's expression faltered. He hadn't expected Su Xian to genuinely not want to go!

He had thought Su Xian was trying to negotiate a higher price!

"Forget it! If he doesn't want to go, he doesn't want to go!"

The man shook his head and quickly left.

"Do they really need so many herb gatherers to go into the mountains to collect herbs?"

Su Xian returned to his room, his brow furrowed. This was clearly not normal.

The Azure Cloud Medical Hall already had a large reserve of medicinal herbs.

Even if there had been heavy casualties among herb gatherers recently, leading to a sharp decrease in collected herbs, it was still more than enough for the medical hall's reserves!

And the purpose of this trip was to eliminate those Cat Demons; why not send martial artists directly into the mountain?

Why insist on having herb gatherers go along?

One must know that in the wilderness, if martial artists and herb gatherers encountered Cat Demons together, who would survive was self-evident.

Could those martial artists not outrun the Demon Race, but couldn't they outrun herb gatherers?

Su Xian took out a mask and changed into his newly bought clothes, controlling his facial and body muscles to change.

His limbs became noticeably thicker, and his face, due to the muscle changes, now looked like another person's.

At the same time, Su Xian spoke, and a rough voice emerged from his mouth, making him sound like a completely different person from before.

With his cultivation reaching the Muscle Forging Realm, Su Xian could already control the muscles around his body to undergo some changes.

It was very easy for him to completely transform into someone else like this.

Unfortunately, Su Xian's cultivation hadn't reached the Bone Tempering Realm yet!

Otherwise, he could have changed his height, and in that case, he wouldn't even need a mask much!

Two days later, Su Xian, dressed in green and wearing a pale white mask, arrived at the recruitment area of the Azure Cloud Medical Hall.

During these two days, Su Xian continued to gather information about the Azure Cloud Medical Hall's news regarding going up the mountain to slay demons and found it truly unusual!

There were too many people! Not only were there many martial artists, but there were also many herb gatherers!

Among the Blazing Sun Martial Arts School, quite a few martial artists in the Skin Grinding Realm who trained there were also participating in this demon-slaying operation!

Of course, the disciples of the Blazing Sun Martial Arts School's Master did not participate; they were not people who lacked money.

"Hello, I'm here to apply as a martial artist for gathering herbs on the mountain!" Su Xian said calmly to the man in front of him.

"Good! What realm are you?" The man glanced at Su Xian, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Although many people had come to participate recently, there were very few like Su Xian who still wore a mask.

"Muscle Forging Realm!"

"Is that so! Hit me with a punch to test!"

Hearing this, the man, with a slight surprise, extended his right fist.

Su Xian sized up the man in front of him, then clenched his right fist and, controlling his strength, punched the man's fist.

The two fists met, and the man opposite didn't budge. After a moment, he revealed a smile:

"Not bad, you are indeed in the Muscle Forging Realm!"

"Tomorrow, at this time, in this same place!"

"Before we go up the mountain, I will pay you half the reward! The other half will be paid after we come down!"

The man looked at Su Xian and said softly.

"Okay."

Su Xian nodded and turned to leave. His main purpose for participating in this operation was to figure out the situation with those Cat Demons and earn some money along the way.

After all, even if he encountered a more powerful demon race in Green Dragon Mountain by chance, He could still escape. At least he would run faster than the accompanying herb gatherers!

The next morning, Su Xian, wearing his mask and with a Mountain-splitting Saber at his waist, arrived in front of the Azure Cloud Medical Hall.

Unlike yesterday's location, this place was now filled with people.

There were hundreds in total, divided into two groups.

Su Xian glanced over; one group consisted of herb gatherers!

They made up more than half of the people present.

As for the martial artists' group, there were also quite a few people. Among them, Su Xian saw many familiar faces, people who trained at the Blazing Sun Martial Arts School!

Suddenly, Su Xian spotted a familiar face in the herb gatherers' crowd.