A low sentence echoed through the dark Yandang Mountain.
The voice was not loud, yet it rang in everyone’s ears.
The old Headmaster of the Chaotian Sect trembled all over in fear.
He recalled that kind of fear, the fear when the Seven Great Factions knelt at the feet of Daoist Dragon Profound years ago.
“That old monster is still not dead! Not dead yet!”
He hurriedly shouted: “Retreat! Quick…”
Before the last word “retreat” could exit his mouth, a bloody hole appeared on his forehead, that word forever stuck in his throat.
The night mountain forest seemed to have an invisible ghost wandering.
Wherever the ghost went, everyone’s forehead would develop a terrifying hole.
In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, nearly thirty percent of the more than three thousand people who came up the mountain had died!
Now, everyone was afraid. They couldn’t see clearly what was in the darkness, only seeing their companions falling like cut wheat.
The terrified crowd hurriedly ran down the mountain.
But that casual sentence sounded again.
“Run? Planning to run where? When I make a move, no one can safely escape from Yandang Mountain! Now kneel down on the spot and kowtow three thousand times, and you can keep your lives.”
Soon, clanging sounds echoed through Yandang Mountain.
The remaining two thousand plus people from the Seven Great Factions were scared witless by this ghostly spell, dropping their weapons and armor, kowtowing heavily again and again.
At the rear mountain of Yandang Mountain, a group of children gathered around two old men. When someone stepped through the air to arrive, all the children knelt together, shouting loudly: “We respectfully welcome Headmaster!”
Daoist Dragon Profound was not as old and decrepit as the world imagined.
Except for his snow-white hair, his body and skin were no different from a young person’s. A Blood-Red Small Sword flew from the front mountain, dragging a blood-red halo as it flew into his sleeve.
Seeing the Headmaster return, both the First Elder and Third Elder showed joy.
“Congratulations Headmaster, congratulations Headmaster!”
Daoist Dragon Profound looked at the kneeling children and said with a smile: “Brother Zhang, Brother Ning, the future reserves of our Dragon Profound Sect weren’t injured by those ordinary mortals, right?”
The First Elder replied: “Reporting to Headmaster, as soon as the incident happened, we took the children to the rear mountain to take refuge. No one was harmed.”
“That’s good! Seeing these children so full of vitality, the future of the Dragon Profound Sect is promising!”
The Third Elder pulled Erdan before Daoist Dragon Profound and said: “Headmaster, during your absence, three months ago our Dragon Profound Sect actually recruited a talent with Dual Spirit Roots! Come, Tiancheng, tell Headmaster what your current cultivation level is!” Get faster updates on g.com.
Erdan kowtowed, excitedly shouting loudly: “Disciple Yu Tiancheng pays respects to Headmaster! Replying to Headmaster, disciple has now cultivated to the peak of the Qi Condensation First Heaven and is charging toward the Second Heaven.”
Daoist Dragon Profound was astonished as he held Erdan’s small hand: “Only three months, and you can cultivate the Dragon Profound Three Revolutions Divine Art to the peak of the First Heaven! Brother Zhang, Brother Ning, you’ve given me a big surprise!”
He squatted down, looking eye-to-eye with Erdan, and smiled with satisfaction: “Very good, continue to work hard in the future, and strive to break through to the Qi Condensation Sixth Heaven as soon as possible! When that time comes, I’ll take you to join the Heavenly Profound Sect. When you grow up, you’ll definitely be able to dominate the cultivation world!”
Erdan’s face flushed red, and he stammered excitedly:
“Tha… thank you, Headmaster!”
Then Daoist Dragon Profound took out a jade bottle and handed it to Erdan.
“There are thirty-six Qi-Fusing Pills inside! The higher the cultivation level, the harder it is to improve. These pills can give you a helping hand.”
Wow!
The Headmaster’s reward left the other children dumbfounded.
Each person only got one Qi-Fusing Pill per month, but Erdan got a whole bottle at once!
The First Elder asked: “Headmaster, how should we deal with those mountain savages? Just let them kowtow and be done with it? We have quite a few disciples who died by their hands!”
Daoist Dragon Profound shook his head and said: “I’ve already killed over a thousand of them, enough to intimidate them for a long time. Keep the rest. The Dragon Profound Sect has huge expenses; if we don’t collect wealth from their hands, the sect will find it hard to sustain.”
At this time, the Third Elder and First Elder exchanged a glance, simultaneously saying: “Headmaster, our…”
Daoist Dragon Profound waved a hand, smiling: “I won’t shortchange you two brothers. Here.”
An orange-yellow pill appeared in each of the two Elders’ hands.
The two Elders were pleasantly surprised as they bowed: “Thank you, Headmaster!”
Shu Han’s small body carried Mu Wan’er on his back, quickly walking into the Yandang Mountain valley.
He didn’t dare bring Mu Wan’er into his wooden hut, instead finding a cave to put her inside.
Mu Wan’er’s situation was not optimistic. The wound at her waist wouldn’t stop bleeding, and she had now fainted from excessive blood loss.
“I need to stop her bleeding immediately!”
Shu Han’s big head quickly turned, thinking of the Arborvitae Leaf recorded in the medicinal compendium as having hemostatic effects. He rushed into the Medicine Refining Pavilion, taking a stalk of Arborvitae Leaf and Purple Jade Zhi from the medicine cabinet.
After using the Black Jar to copy them, Shu Han first returned the two original stalks, then holding a pile of medicinal herbs ran back to the cave, grinding them into medicinal powder and properly bandaging Mu Wan’er’s wound.
Soon, the Arborvitae Leaf took effect, and Mu Wan’er stopped bleeding.
However, her injury was still critically dangerous.
At this time, the Purple Cloud Zhi came into play. Shu Han ground it into medicinal powder and fed it to Mu Wan’er.
Then he held Mu Wan’er’s pulse point, his small face anxious: “Sister, you must hold on!”
Finally, the Purple Cloud Zhi’s effect of strengthening the foundation and cultivating vitality worked, and Mu Wan’er’s pulse stabilized.
Shu Han began observing the trauma at Mu Wan’er’s waist. Through the blood scab, he could see a slender hole, with faint black threads spreading at the wound site, and the flesh where the black threads spread was necrotizing.
What a terrifying wound!
If Shu Han hadn’t impulsively pushed Mu Wan’er down that day, she would have been pierced through the heart and died instantly.
But if the wound developed like this, Mu Wan’er would not be far from death either.
Shu Han thought the only thing that could save her was the Clear Spirit Powder pill formula his master gave him.
Clear Spirit Powder was a sacred healing medicine of the mortal world.
“It seems I need to temporarily give up refining Yellow Dragon Pills and focus on Clear Spirit Powder instead. Looking at sister’s complexion, even with the Purple Cloud Zhi sustaining a breath of life, she won’t last more than half a month.”
The next day.
After Shu Han cleaned up the traces Mu Wan’er left in the valley, he went to the valley entrance to move charcoal as usual. Erdan and Goudan stood at the valley entrance, seeming to have waited for him for a long time.
Seeing that each other was unharmed, the three little friends hugged in a group.
Goudan said admiringly: “Big-Head Brother, I really admire you! Last time you said something would happen, and last night something really did happen!”
Shu Han asked: “Where did you take refuge last night? I searched all over the mountain but couldn’t find you anywhere!”
“The First Elder and Third Elder took us to the rear mountain! Later, the Headmaster alone killed those mountain savages until they were utterly defeated! Those people were scared to death-listen, they’re still kowtowing now! The Headmaster is really too awesome!”
Shu Han was speechless. So the clanging sounds that had been going all night were actually the remaining people from the Seven Great Factions kowtowing!
At this time, Shu Han finally understood what his master once said.
Immortals and mortals are certainly different.
It’s just that the realm has not been reached.
Then Erdan proudly slapped six Qi-Fusing Pills into Shu Han’s hand.
“So many! Where did you get these, Erdan? I can’t accept them; take them back quickly!”
Erdan hastily stepped back: “Big-Head Brother, are you treating me as an outsider?”
Goudan also advised: “Big-Head Brother, just accept them. Last night Erdan struck it rich! The Headmaster rewarded him with a whole bottle of Qi-Fusing Pills at once-a full thirty-six! Erdan also gave me some. Our brothers will progress together!”
Helpless, Shu Han didn’t want to disappoint Erdan’s good intentions, so he could only accept the six Qi-Fusing Pills.