Chapter 69

Watching Niu Ergen leave, Hu Donghan also returned to the wooden house and tidied up the things inside. Anything that needed to be taken was put into the storage ring. He also destroyed things that should not be seen by others.

After tidying up, Hu Donghan left the wooden house, feeling a deep sigh in his heart—

He had only been in the Yin Soul Sect for about eight months. Looking back, it seemed like he had been moving constantly within the Yin Soul Sect.

First, he lived in the outer disciples' courtyard of Dalian Peak for more than four months, then moved to Xiaocui坪. After that, he joined the Earth Fire Hall and went to Lingyao Mountain. It had only been a little over two months, and now he had to move to the Old Medicine Mountain...

"But, going to the Old Medicine Mountain will be much better for me than staying here! If I have to move, so be it..."

Hu Donghan sighed, feeling quite helpless—being constantly watched by a group of old perverts was definitely not a pleasant feeling.

He waited in front of the wooden house for a while, and Niu Ergen hurriedly ran over. Behind Niu Ergen were two more people, Liu Yiqing and Lu Jianwen.

Seeing Liu Yiqing and Lu Jianwen, Hu Donghan's expression stiffened slightly, then he looked at Niu Ergen.

Niu Ergen quickly replied, "Senior Hu, it wasn't me who said it. When I went over, they had already packed up and were waiting for me..."

"Hmm..." Hu Donghan understood—these two must have been instructed by Bu Yun.

Hu Donghan suspected that Bu Yun knew he didn't like these two guys. So, Bu Yun directly told them that Hu Donghan was leaving and that they should keep an eye on him. These two must be Bu Yun's informants!

Well, it has to be said that Hu Donghan misunderstood Bu Yun again.

Initially, when Bu Yun assigned these two, he did indeed have the intention of supervising Hu Donghan.

However, after the Old Ancestor of the Sky Seizing Clan thoroughly investigated Hu Donghan's background, Bu Yun no longer had the intention to continue supervising him. This time, Bu Yun genuinely wanted to help Hu Donghan—the Old Medicine Mountain was simply too vast. If Hu Donghan went there alone, he would be overwhelmed. Therefore, he informed Hu Donghan's two alchemy apprentices to help him recruit some helpers.

Moreover, in Bu Yun's view, the interests of alchemy apprentices and their affiliated alchemy disciples were fundamentally aligned. Since these two were Hu Donghan's alchemy apprentices, they would inevitably become important supports for Hu Donghan in the future! Informing them about this matter was also to help Hu Donghan.

Bu Yun did all this out of genuine goodwill. It was just unfortunate that Hu Donghan misunderstood him.

Hu Donghan nodded and said, "Alright, since you two are here, come with me! Do you two know where I'm going?"

"Yes!" Liu Yiqing and Lu Jianwen exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes, "Senior Hu is going to the Old Medicine Mountain, and we will naturally accompany you there!"

The Old Medicine Mountain!

This name was also quite well-known within the Earth Fire Hall.

Everyone knew that the Old Medicine Mountain was home to many spiritual herbs.

When Elder Bu Yun told them earlier, he had already said that everything in the Old Medicine Mountain would belong to Hu Donghan!

This meant that as long as they could enter Hu Donghan's inner circle, even a few stray spiritual herbs from Hu Donghan would be enough to keep them busy!

After learning that Hu Donghan had really cultivated the high-quality Lu Jiecao, they no longer had their initial arrogance. Now, they just wanted to follow Hu Donghan, improve their alchemy skills, and strive to pass the Earth Fire Hall's examination to become official alchemy disciples!

With three people, they left Lingyao Mountain. Guided by Liu Yiqing and Lu Jianwen, the four of them walked to a more secluded area. Soon, they arrived at another mountain peak.

At this mountain peak, the guards were only two Foundation Establishment disciples.

When these two Foundation Establishment disciples saw Hu Donghan and the others, they hurriedly came forward and greeted them, "May I ask if the four of you are senior brothers from the Earth Fire Hall? We greet you."

Hu Donghan nodded, and Liu Yiqing pointed at Hu Donghan and introduced him, "This is Senior Hu Donghan, an alchemy disciple of the Earth Fire Hall. As for the three of us, we are all alchemy apprentices of Senior Hu. Please open the entrance for us."

"Of course! Of course! We are the main peak disciples responsible for guarding the Old Medicine Mountain this month. Please take care of us." The two only checked Liu Yiqing's badge and didn't even dare to ask for Hu Donghan's badge. They immediately opened the entrance to the Old Medicine Mountain and let Hu Donghan and the others in.

Upon entering the Old Medicine Mountain, they saw a vast field of medicinal plants.

However, compared to the medicinal fields of Lingyao Mountain, the difference was significant.

Although there were spiritual herbs in the fields here, there were not many, and they were not growing well. Around the fields, there were many weeds. In some places, they could even see a few low-level herbivorous spirit beasts eating the spiritual herbs.

Of course, the area here was indeed much larger than Hu Donghan had expected—this Old Medicine Mountain was probably not much smaller than Lingyao Mountain!

If he could really plant the entire Old Medicine Mountain with spiritual herbs, the benefits would be so great that even a Nascent Soul Ancestor would drool! Even with just a rough management, the profits would be terrifying!

"My goodness! No wonder Elder Bu Yun looked at me so strangely earlier... It seems I really misunderstood them! This Old Medicine Mountain, requiring only thirty Lu Jiecao plants per year to gain all the benefits, is really a huge profit!"

"The idea of 'burning the bridge after crossing the river' really doesn't apply here. The Old Ancestor of the Sky Seizing Clan clearly wants to tie me to the Earth Fire Hall and the Yin Soul Sect with these benefits! But with such a huge profit, even if I am tied to the Yin Soul Sect, I am somewhat willing..."

Hu Donghan thought to himself, then turned to Liu Yiqing and Lu Jianwen and asked, "Did you two know that the Old Medicine Mountain was this big?"

Liu Yiqing and Lu Jianwen immediately nodded, and Lu Jianwen said, "This is something almost all alchemy apprentices in the Earth Fire Hall know. Alchemy apprentices in the Earth Fire Hall have one opportunity each year to enter the Old Medicine Mountain, where they can collect spiritual herbs, and one-tenth of what they collect belongs to them... Now that the Old Medicine Mountain will belong to Senior Hu, the other alchemy apprentices must be quite upset..."