Chapter 40

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In the midst of the cherry blossoms dancing in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

Amidst the dangers of the dense forest, Chen Xun did not know if other wild beasts would be lured by the scent of blood. He did not chase the two fleeing thorny tigers. Instead, he and Su Tang used the cold snow to wipe the blood off their bodies, tidied up briefly, cut two pieces of pure tiger meat, and then sneaked towards the edge of the forest to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.

When they returned to the edge of the primeval forest and the lake, and saw no ferocious beasts chasing them, Chen Xun dug a snow cave under a cliff and hid inside with Su Tang to rest.

Hearing Su Tang recount the process of the attack, Chen Xun learned that the five thorny tigers had been lingering around the outer perimeter of the Great Solitary Peak, not daring to enter the stream valley to compete for food with the powerful wild beasts. However, when they saw Su Tang carrying the young leopard into the forest, they suddenly attacked.

Fortunately, after taking the Black Jade芷 (a medicinal herb), Su Tang's mystic acupoints had recovered vitality and could generate Dao essence true yang. She was able to engage the five thorny tigers in the dense forest, not only shooting two of them with her bow but also holding out until Chen Xun came to her aid.

The blood on the young leopard had been washed off by Su Tang with cold snow. Only then did Chen Xun notice that this young leopard was different from its mother. Its smooth, silk-like fur was a very clear sky blue, which was quite rare:

He really suspected that its mother had an affair with Uncle Wang next door.

The young leopard's eyes were still closed, curled up in Su Tang's arms, and its small pink tongue was licking Su Tang's snow-white arm.

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Although the life essence-rich, pure flesh in the stream valley was divided among the few victorious fierce beasts, Chen Xun and Su Tang still had a good harvest.

Most of the savage beasts had strong bodies and tough flesh, which were excellent materials for making armor. The soft, white, fine fur on the belly of the bear-lion was especially suitable for making inner armor.

The inner armor that protected Su Tang's life during her final blow against the golden divine ape, but was shattered, was made from the belly fur of a thousand-year-old bear-lion.

Three pieces of bear-lion belly fur, each with a history of three to five hundred years, were worth at least six to seven hundred Tian Gang talisman coins in Canglan.

The giant python, which was over twenty meters long, was a rare beast in the deep mountains of the Great Solitary Peak. The snake's eyes, only the size of eggs, emitted a clear, bright light in the snow cave, like two night pearls.

Su Tang did not know what the snake's eyes could be used for, but they were definitely rare treasures.

In addition to these, Chen Xun also collected a large amount of liver and gallbladder from the snow apes, giant pythons, black leopards, and bear-lions, as well as four small bottles of beast heart blood that could be used to refine true blood. These could be used to refine precious medicines that were highly effective for martial cultivation.

The pure and precious medicines obtained this time were so numerous that they would cause a sensation even in the city of Canglan, let alone in Pythong Tooth Ridge.

Chen Xun knew that he could not bring all these rare treasures back to Black Python, as any leak of information would bring catastrophic disaster to Black Python.

Su Tang also understood the principle of "possessing a treasure is a sin" and could not let Chen Xun bring all these treasures back to the tribe.

In the following days, she and Chen Xun took the young leopard and searched for spiritual herbs in the lake and wilderness, combining the snow ape gallbladder, giant python gallbladder, and beast heart blood to refine the Nine-Origin Nourishing Acupoint Pill.

The Nine-Origin Nourishing Acupoint Pill was not a top-grade spiritual pill, but it had a miraculous effect of cultivating the spirit and nourishing the acupoints, and even changing the blood and bone marrow, for cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage, especially those who had reached the True Yang stage or the late stage of the Martial stage. Its value was not inferior to a talisman weapon.

By refining one pill of the Nine-Origin Nourishing Acupoint Pill per day, Su Tang's cultivation recovered to the peak of the True Yang stage in just half a month.

For Su Tang to completely heal the severe injuries to her divine soul and restore her cultivation to the peak of the Middle Stage of the Rebirth stage, it would be very difficult and would require long-term cultivation in Canglan. However, her cultivation at the peak of the True Yang stage already made her as powerful as a newly ascended Rebirth stage cultivator.

After Su Tang's recovery, she did not immediately return to Canglan but stayed in the wilderness to help Chen Xun collect the Foundation Establishment spiritual herbs that could strengthen the body.

Su Tang thought that since Chen Xun possessed ancient blood, it would be extremely difficult for him to break through the ninth stage of the Martial stage. To advance to the Rebirth stage, he would need a large amount of Foundation Establishment spiritual herbs to strengthen his body.

Although some of the rare herbs, including the snow ape gallbladder and beast heart blood, were somewhat wasted when combined to refine the Nine-Origin Nourishing Acupoint Pill, Su Tang still tried her best to refine more of these pills for Chen Xun's Foundation Establishment and spirit cultivation. She also taught him the refining method.

When they parted, Chen Xun and Su Tang came to the isolated mountain stone fort that had been swallowed by the wolf pack, the place where they first met.

The full moon was like a plate, and the earth was filled with the spring atmosphere. The night was no longer as cold as ice. Su Tang stood tall, wearing a fur coat, but her clear and beautiful appearance was out of the ordinary. The aura around her was like a precious jade that had been immersed in extreme cold for a long time, emitting a piercing cold light...

This must be the aura of a proud daughter of Canglan?

Chen Xun sat on a stone beam at the cliff's edge, looking at Su Tang, whose cultivation had recovered to the peak of the True Yang stage, and felt a sense of unattainable height.

Su Tang, who had recovered to the peak of the True Yang stage, gave off such a cold and piercing aura. What kind of aura would she have when her cultivation was fully restored, or even when she reached the peak of the Rebirth stage, standing high above all others?

Su Tang did not know what Chen Xun was thinking. Looking at the moonlight that bathed the valley, it seemed that countless souls were still wailing in the valley, mixed with the cries of ghosts and wolves. She felt a lot of reluctance about leaving, but in the end, she handed the young leopard in her arms to Chen Xun and said:

"In about a month, Uncle Thirteen should send someone to Pythong Tooth Ridge to select tribal descendants to recommend to the academy. Remember to come and find me then..."

"Okay." Chen Xun was not sure if he wanted to find Su Tang after entering the Canglan Academy. It seemed like a very distant matter, so he just responded casually.

Su Tang, who had recovered to the peak of the True Yang stage, was no longer a little girl who relied on him and needed his care everywhere.

"Then let's make a deal: when you enter the academy, I'll take you as my disciple," Su Tang said.

"Be your disciple? Let's skip that," Chen Xun yawned and said, "To be able to be your disciple, one must be a direct descendant of the Su family, and I will eventually return to the wilderness..."

Su Tang looked at Chen Xun in surprise, not understanding why his indifferent tone seemed a bit distant?

"If you don't want others to know about your ancient blood, you can tell outsiders that you have been practicing the Frost Blade Intent since childhood..."

"Frost Blade Intent?" Chen Xun asked in confusion.

"Yes, practicing the Frost Blade Intent can also generate extremely cold mystic qi. The Frost Blade Intent, like the Great Peng Secret Fist, is not a profound secret technique and is widely spread in Yunzhou. If you say it's a family tradition, others will find it hard to doubt..." Su Tang explained.

Chen Xun understood. After suffering a fatal injury, half of his body's flesh and blood had been destroyed by the electric snake lightning. It was the essence of his soul sea that generated a strange phenomenon, absorbing vast amounts of mystic cold qi to reshape his body, turning it into a mystic cold spirit body.

Although the mystic cold spirit body was an excellent cultivation quality in the noble families and sects of Yunzhou, the ancient blood from the six-armed giant demon and the strange phenomenon in his soul sea were even more mysterious and precious.

If Chen Xun did not want the drop of six-armed giant demon blood in his body to attract others' covetousness and fierce competition, he could not tell outsiders about the mystic qi reshaping his body and the bones regenerating.

However, whenever he used his barbarian soul martial arts, the mystic cold qi would naturally leak out, making it hard to hide. The best excuse was to tell outsiders that he had practiced a mystic technique with mystic cold attributes.

He had already integrated the five postures of the Great Peng Secret Fist into his sword techniques, so pretending to practice the Frost Blade Intent was seamless.

Chen Xun thought that Su Tang had considered everything for him. He then wrapped the broken sword, snake eyes, and other items in three pieces of bear-lion belly fur and handed them to her, saying:

"These things will only bring disaster to Black Python if I take them back. Take them to Canglan. Also, I won't mention the wilderness to anyone. We can meet again in Canglan if we have the chance..."

With that, Chen Xun slung the iron-bow on his back, hung the quiver with less than half a pot of iron arrows on his waist, and leaped down the cliff, heading into the distance...

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