Chapter 68

"Y-Yes, I'm sorry, I was too rash just now..."

Under the gaze of everyone, the armored girl spoke bitterly.

It was the first time she had bowed her head and apologized to someone, and her heart was filled with a mix of emotions, as well as a sense of bewilderment.

Could this be the price of growing up?

Seeing this, Uncle Yong sighed with relief, a hint of satisfaction in his expression.

He respectfully said to Su Yi, "Master Immortal, my young lady has been pampered by the clan since childhood and has not experienced the trials of the world, so she tends to act rashly. Please forgive her!"

The other guards also hurriedly bowed, begging Su Yi to forgive her.

Su Yi glanced at the armored girl, said nothing more, and turned to carefully examine the Six Extremes Yin Corpse.

He would not hold a grudge against a young girl.

As he had said before, killing the Six Extremes Yin Corpse was his original purpose for this trip, and saving these people was just a side effect.

He was not interested in their gratitude.

Seeing this, Uncle Yong and the others all felt relieved, realizing that Su Yi would not hold the young lady's earlier rudeness against her.

The torrential rain had quietly stopped at some point, the thick clouds in the sky dispersing, and the once dark world was restored to brightness.

Faintly visible, a very pale afterglow appeared on the horizon.

It was the evening twilight.

The courtyard of the dilapidated temple was in disarray, but wild grass was sprouting from the soil, creating a scene of life and death, a bleak and unrestrained painting.

Uncle Yong and the armored girl returned to the main hall to tend to their injuries.

Su Yi stood in the courtyard, examining a folding fan he had just picked up from the ground.

The folding fan was made of the spiritual material "Ink-Spotted Spirit Iron," and the fan surface was woven from Blood Yin Silk. It was adorned with crude talisman patterns, depicting the totem of eighteen mountain spirits.

"This must have been made by the Yinsha Sect, with crude craftsmanship that is a waste of such spiritual materials," Su Yi said with some regret.

The folding fan was severely damaged, almost beyond repair. Otherwise, the spiritual materials could have been dismantled to forge a decent sword.

He casually discarded the item and turned his attention back to the Six Extremes Yin Corpse.

In the end, he found nothing.

He frowned, suspecting that the creature, having awakened its intelligence and having a disciple of the Yinsha Sect serving it, had already taken the Six Yin Grass and the Extreme Yang Flower, and possibly even the Yinsha Spirit Vein.

But now, there was not a single treasure in its remains.

"Could this creature have a lair where it has hidden all the treasures?"

As Su Yi pondered, he took out a fire striker and flicked it, causing flames to spread over the ground. The remains of the Six Extremes Yin Corpse instantly caught fire, and thick black smoke rose into the air.

When the remains were completely reduced to ashes, Su Yi was about to return to the main hall when his eyes suddenly lit up.

He saw a jade pendant, no larger than a child's palm, dark and dull, lying in the pile of ashes. It would have been hard to notice if not for careful inspection.

Su Yi immediately picked it up and examined it, a smile appearing on his face.

The jade pendant felt smooth, with mountain and water patterns engraved on it, its color as dark as ink, simple and elegant.

Most importantly, it was a storage item!

According to Su Yi's knowledge, storage items were extremely rare in the Great Zhou Dynasty, even some martial arts grandmasters did not possess them.

It wasn't that these items were particularly valuable, but they were extremely scarce.

Su Yi hadn't expected that this Six Extremes Yin Corpse would possess such an item.

After a brief examination, Su Yi used his fingers to apply force, lightly wiping the black jade pendant. The weak restriction on the item immediately disintegrated and disappeared.

Sensing the contents, he found the internal space to be extremely narrow, only about three feet square, barely enough to hold a large wooden box.

Currently, the storage space contained various items, such as scattered jade bottles, spirit medicines, spirit stones, and scrolls.

Clearly, the Six Extremes Yin Corpse had stored all its treasures in this jade pendant.

Among them were the Six Yin Grass and the Extreme Yang Flower, which Su Yi had come to Ghost Mother Ridge to find.

However, the Yinsha Spirit Vein was not found, possibly already refined by the Six Extremes Yin Corpse or still hidden somewhere on Ghost Mother Ridge.

Soon, Su Yi finished sorting through the spoils.

He found nine spirit medicines: five of the first grade, two of the second grade, and two of the third grade.

Notably, although the Six Yin Grass and the Extreme Yang Flower were both third-grade spirit medicines, they were extremely beneficial for the cultivation of Furnace Realm grandmasters, making them more valuable than ordinary third-grade spirit medicines.

The martial arts grandmaster Xiao Tianque had come to Ghost Mother Ridge to gather the Six Yin Grass to refine his own Dao.

In addition to the spirit medicines, there were fifty-five first-grade spirit stones and over ten bottles of various cold and yin medicines, which were items for ghost cultivators to refine their strength. These had no value for Su Yi but could be used by Qing Wan.

Finally, there was a scroll made of tanned animal skin, old and yellowed.

It contained a cultivation secret technique called the "Nine Yinsha Profound Yin Art."

The name sounded intimidating, but after a brief read, Su Yi shook his head in disappointment.

It was merely a "corpse refinement" technique, a branch of ghost cultivation.

At its peak, it could only achieve the level of "borrowing a corpse to form a body, transforming into a human," barely comparable to a Yuan Dao cultivator.

Compared to the "Ten Directions Asura Sutra" he had taught Qing Wan, it was far inferior.

Completely insignificant.

"Given my current cultivation, I need to consume one first-grade spirit medicine per day for cultivation. Even with the spirit medicines I've gathered, it would only last me half a month."

"To cultivate 'Bone Refinement' to its peak, half a month is not enough."

"I still need to continue searching for spirit medicines."

Su Yi thought to himself, "But with this black jade pendant, this trip was not in vain."

He put away his thoughts and hung the jade pendant at his waist.

With a storage item, he wouldn't need to carry a heavy bag when traveling.

This was what Su Yi found most satisfying.

In cultivation, he was confident in his diligence and hard work.

But when not cultivating, he was extremely lazy, preferring to let others do the work.

As the twilight deepened and night approached, a bonfire was lit in the main hall.

When Su Yi entered the main hall, Uncle Yong and the others quickly stood up to greet him.

"Master Immortal Su, it's already late. We have prepared some light wine to express our gratitude. Please take a seat."

Uncle Yong smiled and invited him.

Beside the bonfire, a lavish spread of wine and food was already prepared, and a spacious and bright spot was left for Su Yi.

"I won't be polite then."

Su Yi wasn't that pretentious, sitting down and stretching comfortably.

Seeing that everyone was still standing, he casually said, "Sit down, there's no need to be so formal. I don't care about such details."

Uncle Yong and the others then smiled and took their seats.

Throughout, the armored girl remained distracted, her head lowered, her face pale, and silent, still not recovered from the earlier shock.

But she no longer had the arrogant and tyrannical aura from before.

Su Yi didn't care about her thoughts and continued to eat and drink.

Seeing Su Yi's casual attitude, Uncle Yong and the others gradually relaxed and began toasting and chatting with him.

Su Yi didn't refuse, but he hardly spoke.

Even so, this gentle attitude greatly reassured Uncle Yong and the others.

They were truly afraid of being remembered by this terrifying existence who had slain the Six Extremes Yin Corpse. If so, it would be a nightmare no one could bear.

Guo Bing was also very happy.

The events of the day had broadened his horizons and strengthened his belief that Su Yi could easily cure the yin poison in his body.

During the conversation, Uncle Yong no longer hid their identities, introducing them one by one and revealing their purpose.

Su Yi then learned that they were from the Yuan Clan, one of the four top forces in Yunhe County.

The armored girl was named Yuan Luoxi, the youngest daughter of the Yuan Clan's patriarch, Yuan Wutong, and was regarded as the clan's precious gem, pampered and indulged.

Uncle Yong's full name was Cheng Wuyong, an external clan elder of the Yuan Clan, serving as the leader of Yuan Luoxi's guards.

The guards were all elite members of the Yuan Clan, with Blood Moving, Tendon Refinement, and Bone Refinement level martial arts strength, fierce and skilled in battle.

Their purpose in coming to Ghost Mother Ridge was to search for the "Six Yin Grass," which Yuan Luoxi wanted to use as a birthday gift for her father, Yuan Wutong.

Hearing this, Su Yi raised an eyebrow and asked, "How did you find out that Ghost Mother Ridge has the Six Yin Grass?"

He had once heard from Princess Lingyao Zijin that very few people in the entire Yunhe County knew about the Six Yin Grass on Ghost Mother Ridge.

The previously silent Yuan Luoxi finally spoke, "It was mentioned by Grandpa Xiao when he visited our home a while ago, and I secretly remembered it."

She kept her head lowered, her tone low.

"Xiao Tianque?" Su Yi asked.

Yuan Luoxi was startled and finally raised her head, her beautiful eyes wide with surprise. "You... Master Immortal, do you know Grandpa Xiao?"

Even her address had changed.

This indicated that her attitude toward Su Yi had undergone a significant change.

"I naturally know him. Not long ago, he brought his granddaughter to Ghost Mother Ridge but was injured by the Six Extremes Yin Corpse. If not for me, he would have been dead."

Su Yi said casually.

Cheng Wuyong and the guards were all shocked.

They knew how revered Xiao Tianque was, a distinguished guest who required the clan patriarch to personally receive him when he visited the Yuan family.

Yuan Luoxi, recalling something, blurted out, "Master Immortal, could you be the high-ranking person Grandpa Xiao mentioned?"

Her gaze toward Su Yi changed, filled with surprise, disbelief, and a hint of reverence.

"If you're talking about the one who saved his life, that would be me."

Su Yi said absentmindedly.

He now understood that the information about the Six Yin Grass came from Xiao Tianque, which led to Yuan Luoxi's group coming to Ghost Mother Ridge.

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