Reentering the Blackwater Mountains

Reentering the Blackwater Mountains

After entering Azure Sun Town, Ye Yun headed straight for the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

The moment he entered the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, a maidservant came forward and asked Ye Yun, "Young Master, how may I help you?"

Ye Yun took a look and found it quite a coincidence—it was the same maidservant who had received him last time.

"I want to buy some pills. Introduce them to me."

Upon hearing Ye Yun's words, the maidservant led him to a display counter nearby. More than a dozen different kinds of medicinal pills were laid out on it. She asked Ye Yun, "May I ask what type of pills you wish to purchase, Young Master? We have pills that aid cultivation, heal injuries, restore true qi, and counter poison."

After thinking for a moment, Ye Yun said to the maidservant, "I want healing pills and pills that restore true qi. Introduce them to me."

"Certainly." The maidservant pointed at two kinds of pills and introduced them to Ye Yun. "Young Master, this one is a Rejuvenation Pill. After taking it, injuries can recover quickly. As long as the injury is not too severe, one can make a full recovery within a day. This one is a Qi-Replenishing Pill. After taking it, it can increase the recovery speed of true qi by thirty percent for two hours. Would these do?"

After hearing the introduction to the two pills, Ye Yun frowned. "Are there any pills that can heal injuries faster?"

"There are. Our shop also carries a Life-Rejuvenation Pill. Ordinary injuries can heal within two hours after taking it, while more serious injuries can heal within a day. However, it is somewhat expensive." The maidservant answered with some hesitation.

Ye Yun nodded in satisfaction after hearing that. "Then I'll take five Qi-Replenishing Pills, five Rejuvenation Pills, and two Life-Rejuvenation Pills. Calculate the price."

The maidservant carefully worked it out, then said to Ye Yun, "Young Master, Qi-Replenishing Pills cost three thousand taels of silver each, Rejuvenation Pills cost five thousand taels each, and Life-Rejuvenation Pills cost twenty thousand taels each. The total comes to eighty thousand taels of silver. Is there anything else you need?"

No wonder the maidservant had said the Life-Rejuvenation Pills were expensive. Their price was nearly on par with Aperture-Opening Pills. At that moment, Ye Yun gained a thorough understanding of just how profitable alchemists were. However, he could never become an alchemist, because becoming one required cultivating a fire-attributed cultivation method. Martial artists like him, who cultivated ice-element techniques, need not even think about it.

After grumbling inwardly, he pretended to reach into his robes for money. In reality, with a thought, the banknotes inside his Storage Bag appeared in the hand he had slipped into his robes. He took them out, handed them to the maidservant, and said, "Check whether it's correct."

The maidservant accepted the banknotes and counted them. Once she confirmed there was no issue, she said to Ye Yun, "Young Master, please sit here for a moment. I'll fetch the pills for you right away."

Ye Yun nodded and sat down on a chair nearby to wait.

Before long, the maidservant approached carrying a tray with three small bottles of pills on it.

After receiving the pills, Ye Yun carefully inspected them. Finding no problems, he headed out of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

Seeing this, the maidservant bowed to Ye Yun and said, "Take care, Young Master. We welcome your next visit."

After leaving the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Ye Yun went straight to an inn, rented a room, and ordered some food.

After eating, Ye Yun began his indispensable daily cultivation. Since the inn was crowded with too many eyes and ears, it was inconvenient to use the Iceheart Lotus Platform to assist his cultivation. After cultivating for an entire night, he felt that compared to usual, his progress was as slow as a turtle crawling.

Early the next morning, when the sky had only just brightened, Ye Yun checked out and hurried toward the Blackwater Mountains.

After two hours of travel, he finally arrived at the outskirts of the Blackwater Mountains. Without hesitation, Ye Yun walked straight inside.

Along the way, he casually killed several demonic beasts that attacked him. He smoothly passed through the mountain range's outskirts and arrived in the inner region. Unlike the outer region, the inner region of the Blackwater Mountains was home to many second-rank demonic beasts, and even third-rank demonic beasts could be found there.

Ye Yun carefully searched his surroundings. In a place like this, one moment of carelessness could cost him his life.

After searching for over half an hour, he finally found a low-grade second-rank Ironclad Savage Bull. The Ironclad Savage Bull was a demonic beast with extremely strong defenses. But now that it had encountered someone like Ye Yun, who feared no strong defense, it could only blame its bad luck.

At that moment, the Ironclad Savage Bull discovered Ye Yun. Fierce light flashed in its eyes as it stared at him, then it let out a roar and charged toward Ye Yun, its entire body wrapped in demonic qi.

Ye Yun watched the Ironclad Savage Bull's attack, which came with immense momentum.

His expression remained calm. He curled the five fingers of his left hand into a claw, covering them with Ice Profound Force true qi. When the Ironclad Savage Bull was still half a meter away from him, his left claw shot out like lightning, shattering the bull's demonic qi as though it were paper. Then his five fingers pierced directly through the Ironclad Savage Bull's forehead.

The next instant, the Ironclad Savage Bull crashed to the ground. Its enormous weight split the earth and sent dust billowing into the air.

The Ironclad Savage Bull, famed for its defense, had been instantly killed with a single blow. If word got out, who knew how many jaws would drop. The Ironclad Savage Bull's demonic qi and the iron armor covering its body were pierced through in an instant before Ye Yun's powerful true qi.

Demonic qi was a kind of energy that demonic beasts developed after reaching the second rank. It could enhance their defense, attack power, speed, and more.

A low-grade second-rank Ironclad Savage Bull posed no challenge whatsoever to the current Ye Yun. At the very least, a mid-grade second-rank demonic beast would be needed to contend with him.

After swiftly clearing the battlefield, Ye Yun continued searching ahead.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Over those three days, Ye Yun killed more than a dozen low-grade second-rank demonic beasts and two mid-grade second-rank demonic beasts, and found three Red Jade Flowers required for the mission.

At that moment, the sounds of fighting reached Ye Yun's ears. Following the direction from which the sounds came, he carefully made his way over.

After walking for only a few minutes, Ye Yun saw four martial artists in the distance besieging a high-grade second-rank Dark Nether Python. Among the four martial artists was a young man dressed lavishly. He was not very old, yet he continuously directed the other three martial artists.

He looked like the young master of some Lineage who had come to the Blackwater Mountains for training. Like Ye Yun, that young master was a Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer martial artist. Of the three guards, two were Qi Refining Realm Fifth Layer martial artists, while one was a Qi Refining Realm Sixth Layer martial artist.

Just as Ye Yun was preparing to leave, he suddenly noticed a valley behind the Dark Nether Python. It appeared to be the Dark Nether Python's nest. After looking at the battle, he estimated that it would not end anytime soon.

With that thought, Ye Yun immediately came up with an idea. He slowly retreated some distance, then circled around from the side, bypassing the front entrance and entering the valley from the hillside on the other side.

After entering the valley, Ye Yun saw a cliff at the far end. Beneath the cliff was a cave roughly two people tall. It appeared to be the Dark Nether Python's nest.

Ye Yun carefully walked into the cave. Its interior was dark and damp. After walking inward for about five minutes, he finally reached the end of the cave.

At the end was a huge karst cavern. Uneven stalactites hung from above, while small pools of water dotted the ground everywhere.

As Ye Yun continued examining the cavern, he suddenly saw a stone pillar protruding from the ground not far away. At the center of the pillar was a small depression, and within that depression was a pool of milky-white liquid.

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