Blue Cultivation Technique! Demon God Evil Pill!

Compared to the huge pile from before, these few items naturally seemed insignificant.

But every single one was clearly of a higher grade!

The most obvious aspect was their quality.

[Essence Recovery Pill] Type: Consumable. Quality: Green. Description: Rapidly restores spiritual power over a period of time.

[Blood-Replenishing Pill] Type: Consumable. Quality: Green. Description: Rapidly restores vitality and blood over a period of time.

Heaven-and-Earth Toss Type: Cultivation technique. Quality: Blue. Description: A hidden-weapon method. Using it allows one to learn Heaven-and-Earth Toss.

[Lifeless Evil Pill] Type: Consumable. Quality: Blue. Description: Stirs up desire, making one bloodthirsty, addicted to evil, frenzied, and devoid of reason.

Of the four items, the lowest quality was green, and two were even blue!

Wu Yu's gaze swept over the items, and his heart stirred when he saw Heaven-and-Earth Toss.

Tiger Roar Eight-Slash Saber was merely white quality, yet it was already so miraculous. How much more so a blue-quality cultivation technique?

And it was a hidden-weapon method—exactly what Wu Yu needed right now!

Originally, he had planned to kill the bandit archers, obtain a cultivation card for archery or something similar, or try buying firearms after leaving.

But now... there was clearly a better choice.

Though those thoughts ran through his mind, Wu Yu's expression remained unchanged as he calmly looked toward the village chief.

The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, studying him all along.

"I wonder about these items?"

Wu Yu slowly spoke.

"This old man shall introduce them to you, young friend."

At those words,

the village chief stopped observing Wu Yu's expression and said with a smile, "The two bottles of pills—one restores vitality and blood, while the other restores spiritual power. There are ten pills in each bottle! Twenty taels of silver per bottle!"

"Heaven-and-Earth Toss! This is a secret manual of the Tang Sect in the Shu Region, priced at fifty taels!"

"This bottle is a demonic sect pill, priced at forty... Forget it, thirty taels will do!"

He hesitated, as though worried Wu Yu would not buy it, then hurriedly added another sentence.

"Meeting is fate. No matter how many items you buy, young friend, I'll shave a little off the price!"

"Young friend, look at this cultivation technique. This is a secret manual! With only half a year of diligent training, you can get started. Plucking flowers and leaves, all can be used to kill!"

The old man's spittle flew as he boasted, but Wu Yu's expression did not change.

He frowned slightly, putting on an impatient look.

"Village chief, is that all?"

"Ahem... How about those previous items?"

The village chief smiled awkwardly.

"Forget the trash from before."

Wu Yu shook his head.

"Wrap up these ones. I'll take them all."

"Oh?"

The village chief's eyes widened, and he immediately beamed with delight.

"Oh my, young master truly is generous!"

"However..."

Wu Yu slowly opened his mouth.

The village chief's smile froze as he looked at him suspiciously.

"On this trip, Wu did not bring much silver. I only have ninety taels..."

"Deal!"

The village chief immediately cut Wu Yu off and swiftly pushed the four items before him.

Wu Yu was startled inwardly, realizing that even this price had been too high.

The value of silver in this secret realm world far exceeded his imagination!

Though he thought so, Wu Yu was not a stingy person. He immediately took out a large amount of silver from his inventory.

Chunks of gleaming silver fell down, drawing the village chief's gaze.

Even his breathing became hurried. He immediately slapped the cloth pouch at his waist and put away the pieces of silver.

Wu Yu did not rush to use the items either, calmly putting them away.

"Young master truly has a good eye. Even in the city, these few items of mine are rare."

With the silver in hand, the village chief spoke again with a smile, his face brimming with joy.

"You are too polite, village chief. We are merely each taking what we need."

After speaking, Wu Yu observed the old village chief's expression before immediately saying, "Speaking of which, that Evil Tiger Stronghold is truly outrageous!"

"Village chief, what is the background of the Evil Tiger Stronghold and the Mountain Lord?"

At those words,

the village chief stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and sighed. "To be honest with you, young master, the city has already sent people to deal with the Mountain Lord."

"Yet the Mountain Lord is truly cunning. It used the terrain to ambush us, resulting in grievous losses!"

"I have already reported the matter. Young master, please do not worry. In a little over a month, people will come to slay the demon."

"That Mountain Lord has already been severely wounded and is hiding in Lostway Cave, too afraid to emerge."

"How hateful!"

With silver paving the way, the village chief did not chase him out. Instead, he revealed certain old matters known only to himself.

Information on the Mountain Lord, on the Evil Tiger Stronghold, and on Lostway Cave,

these were things even the inn could not uncover.

After hearing everything, Wu Yu fell into thought and rose to take his leave.

"Many thanks for the reminder, village chief. Once I return, I will certainly report this to my family and send people to eliminate that beast!"

"Then on behalf of all the people of Redfang Village, I thank you, young master!"

The village chief rose and bowed.

Wu Yu nodded with a smile and turned to leave the wooden house.

Watching him depart,

Captain Lu entered the wooden house and asked curiously, "Master, why tell that outsider so much?"

"The origins of these people are a mystery."

The village chief's expression changed as he said, "Silver can be used to worship the gods and cultivate. How precious is it! Yet this man casually spends taels of silver."

"The patrol team sent word not long ago. The Evil Tiger Stronghold is missing dozens of tiger ghosts. One of them was even a Transcendent tiger ghost. I fear... these people were responsible!"

Captain Lu was shocked at those words.

"Just them? They're so frail!"

"The family..." The village chief pondered briefly, then ordered, "If this man truly is a descendant of some family, having them send people to eliminate the Mountain Lord would naturally be best! Even if he is a fraud, gaining that silver is no loss."

"He was clearly unaffected by the [Lifeless Evil Pill] just now, so he definitely is not from the Demon God Cult. No need to keep watching him!"

"Yes!"

After returning to the inn, Wu Yu entered his room and shut the door, only then letting out a sigh of relief.

"That old village chief is far too calculating."

"He must have concealed quite a lot, but what he revealed is enough!"

"Still, I should be more careful, in case some of it was lies."

Sitting in the chair, Wu Yu pondered slightly.

After resting for a while, he took out Heaven-and-Earth Toss!

This item was a book, not in the form of a card.

From what the village chief and the others had said, the people of this secret realm world were different from them.

"Half a year of hard training just to get started?"

Wu Yu's expression turned strange as a thought stirred in his mind.

In an instant, the book shattered, turning into countless motes of light that flew into Wu Yu's body.

That feeling of something "mysterious beyond mystery, wondrous beyond words" came again.

Wu Yu was dazed for an instant, as though he had entered the Tang Sect and trained Heaven-and-Earth Toss tirelessly day and night.

Heaven-and-Earth Toss was an untransmitted secret of the Tang Sect, using copper coins as hidden weapons to assassinate enemies.

It contained methods of refining essence, enhancing the body, speed, and agility.

It also contained methods of refining the spirit, consuming vitality and blood to enter the [Heaven-Earth State], allowing every shot to hit its mark, increasing attack range, and making hidden weapons turn corners.

In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed!

When he came back to himself, all manner of memories had already appeared in Wu Yu's mind, and warmth filled his entire body.

He looked at his arms. His muscles had become firmer, larger, and more powerful.

He flexed his fingers again. They were incredibly nimble!

Then he raised his leg and circled the table once. He moved like the wind, his motions coordinated and fluid!