Those precious medicinal herbs all grow in specific areas, and there are faint restrictions around them. If she hadn't studied formations, she probably would have missed out on a lot of good things.
"Hmm? There's fighting going on ahead?"
Su Chun's divine sense detected the fluctuations of spiritual energy and the sound of weapons clashing coming from not far ahead. A thought struck her, and she silently crept towards the direction from which the sound was coming.
After passing through a dense thicket of flowers, Su Chun saw the two sides fighting.
On one side were three cultivators dressed in the attire of the Righteous Path Alliance, two men and one woman, all at the early stage of Core Formation.
On the other side were two demonic cultivators, one fat and one thin, both at the early stage of Core Formation.
They were fighting over a blood-red Ganoderma lucidum growing on the edge of a cliff.
The Ganoderma lucidum was about the size of a palm, blood red all over, and exuded a strong bloody smell, clearly a very rare blood-attribute spiritual herb.
The two sides fought fiercely, with the righteous cultivators having a slight advantage due to their numerical superiority. However, the demonic cultivators' techniques were unpredictable, making it difficult to determine a winner for the time being.
Su Chun remained hidden in the shadows, not making a move rashly.
She was observing and waiting for the best opportunity.
"Blood Soul Technique".
The tall, thin demonic cultivator suddenly let out a fierce shout, and a thick blood mist erupted from his body. His aura surged instantly, faintly reaching the level of the mid-stage Core Formation realm.
"not good."
The righteous cultivator's expression changed; he hadn't expected his opponent to possess such a desperate secret technique.
The tall, thin cultivator seized the opportunity, swung his bone whip, and a blood-red whip shadow shot out like a venomous snake, instantly striking a righteous male cultivator.
"what."
The male cultivator screamed in agony as a layer of blood-red patterns instantly appeared on his body, and his aura rapidly weakened, clearly indicating that he had been poisoned.
"Junior brother."
The remaining man and woman's expressions changed drastically, and they quickly retreated, wanting to help.
But the obese demonic cultivator had been waiting for a long time. He opened his mouth and spat out a cloud of black poisonous mist, which enveloped the two of them.
"Be careful."
The righteous female cultivator summoned a white jade plate, which emitted a soft white light and blocked the poisonous fog, but she was also forced to retreat repeatedly by the impact of the poisonous fog.
The situation reversed instantly.
Su Chun's eyes narrowed; she knew the time had come.
Without the slightest hesitation, she darted out like a ghost, drawing both the Moon Soul Sword and the Star Soul Sword simultaneously.
"Starfire Sword Qi".
"Ice Soul Sword Qi".
Two sword energies, one red and one blue, were like two shooting stars, carrying two completely different powers of heat and cold, and slashed towards the two demonic cultivators who were pressing their advantage.
"who?"
The two demonic cultivators were shocked, never expecting that someone was lying in ambush nearby.
They hastily retreated to defend.
The tall, thin cultivator used his bone whip to deflect the Starfire Sword Qi, but the intense heat contained within the sword qi caused his arm to go numb, and his newly gained momentum instantly plummeted.
The fat cultivator's body was frozen by the Ice Soul Sword Qi, causing him to freeze.
"Right now."
The surviving righteous male cultivator reacted extremely quickly, seizing the opportunity. He swung his longsword, unleashing a sharp sword aura that slashed towards the frozen fat cultivator.
"Pfft."
The fat cultivator screamed in agony as he was cleaved in two by the sword energy.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the tall, thin cultivator dared not continue the fight. He turned and ran, turning into a streak of blood light and quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.
Su Chun didn't give chase; she knew the principle of not pursuing a defeated enemy.
"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."
The surviving man and woman quickly stepped forward, cupped their hands in thanks to Su Chun, their eyes filled with gratitude and wariness.
"It was just a small favor."
Su Chun said calmly, her gaze falling on the blood-red Ganoderma lucidum on the edge of the cliff.
The righteous male cultivator understood and said with a wry smile, "Fellow Daoist, we were the ones who discovered this Blood Soul Mushroom first."
Su Chun interrupted him.
“I know, but if I hadn’t intervened just now, you would probably be this demonic cultivator’s meal. How about this, the Blood Soul Mushroom is mine, and I can give you some compensation.”
As she spoke, Su Chun took out two bottles of pills from her storage bag and handed them to the two of them.
"These are two bottles of Rejuvenation Pills, a small token of my appreciation."
The Rejuvenation Pill is a fourth-tier healing pill, and it is quite valuable.
Chapter 168 Millennium Stone Milk
Su Chun didn't stay on the first floor. According to the information she knew, the Void Heaven Palace was divided into three outer layers and three inner layers. The outer three layers were suitable for cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, while the inner three layers were coveted by Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
So she prepared to go to the second level of the Void Heaven Palace.
Unlike the fairy-tale garden on the first floor, the space on the second floor felt oppressive and somber.
The sky was overcast, and beneath our feet lay hard, cold black rocks. A faint smell of sulfur and a barely perceptible stench of blood filled the air.
In the distance, some twisted metal fragments and huge fossilized bones can be vaguely seen, as if this place was once an ancient battlefield.
Su Chun concealed her aura and moved like a ghost through the shadows of the rocks.
She cautiously extended her divine sense, probing the surrounding movements.
The process of entering the second level was not smooth.
After passing through the portal that exuded a gentle aura, she was not greeted by the peace she had imagined, but by a sudden spatial turbulence.
With her exquisite movements and the aid of Mulan's magic, she barely managed to maintain her balance and avoid being torn apart by the turbulent currents.
Upon entering, she sensed several powerful auras clashing and fighting nearby. Clearly, the competition here was several times more intense than on the first floor.
"It seems that the second level offers greater opportunities, but also more dangers."
Su Chun thought to herself, becoming even more cautious.
Her main goal for this trip was to find an earth-attribute longevity treasure needed to break through to the late stage of Core Formation.
Based on her knowledge of ancient formations obtained from Xuan Zhenzi, she deduced that a secret realm of the Void Heaven Palace level was very likely to nurture such rare and precious materials.
Her divine sense was like an invisible net, carefully searching every inch of land.
Suddenly, her gaze was drawn to a valley ahead where wisps of white steam were rising.
The valley was deep and long, and its entrance was filled with a rich earth-elemental spiritual energy, mixed with an extremely pure and heart-stirring life force.
"It's here."
Su Chun's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly made her way towards the valley.
The closer you get to the valley, the stronger the pure earth-elemental life force becomes.
Su Chun could even feel the earth element power within the Five Elements Golden Core in his body beginning to stir slightly.
"It is definitely a top-grade earth-attribute longevity spiritual material."
Su Chun suppressed her excitement and cautiously ventured into the valley.
Deep in the valley, the view suddenly opened up.
Inside a huge natural cave, stalactites of all shapes and sizes and stalagmites grew in abundance.
In the center of the cave, on a stone platform about half a zhang square, milky white liquid was gushing out.
The liquid was viscous like fat, exuding an intense, irresistible earth-elemental spiritual energy and vibrant vitality. It was the very stone stalactite that Su Chun had been searching for.
The Millennium Stone Milk, a supreme treasure of the earth element, can not only greatly enhance the cultivation of earth element cultivators, but is also a sacred item for healing, stabilizing the foundation, and prolonging life. For Su Chun, who is cultivating the Longevity Technique, it is an indispensable key material for breaking through to the late stage of Core Formation.
"Great! It's like finding a needle in a haystack, only to have it come to me without any effort."
Su Chun was overjoyed.
However, she did not rush forward immediately.
Because she wasn't the only one in the cave.
At this moment, seven or eight cultivators had gathered around the stone cave, each with a powerful aura and greedy eyes staring at the thousand-year-old stalactite on the stone platform.
Among them were three late-stage Core Formation cultivators.
One was a burly, resolute middle-aged man, wielding a heavy axe, exuding an aura of unparalleled strength. He was the body cultivator who had met Su Chun once before on the first floor.
The other was an old man in a green robe with a sinister face. He held a whisk in his hand, his eyes flickered, and he was surrounded by a faint poisonous mist. He was obviously a demonic cultivator who was proficient in poisons.
The third was a woman dressed in white, with stunning beauty and a cool demeanor. She held a slender soft sword in her hand. She was a well-known female cultivator from the Righteous Path Alliance, known as "Ice Heart Sword" Liu Ruyan.
Besides these three late-stage Core Formation cultivators, there were four or five mid-stage Core Formation cultivators from different factions, who were cautiously standing on the edge, their eyes darting back and forth between the three experts and the millennium-old stone stalactite, clearly waiting for an opportunity.
Su Chun felt a chill run down her spine and silently hid behind a huge stalactite, holding her breath.
Three late-stage Core Formation cultivators and four or five mid-stage Core Formation cultivators—this lineup was even stronger than she had anticipated.
Taking away the millennium-old stone stalactite right under the noses of these people would be extremely difficult.
"Hmph, Liu Ruyan, Black Wind Old Ghost, I didn't expect you to come too."
The body cultivator wielding the mountain-splitting axe spoke in a deep, gruff voice, his gaze sweeping over Liu Ruyan and the old man in the green robe, filled with intense hostility.
"Tieshan, if you can come, why can't we?"
Liu Ruyan's voice was cold and clear, and the soft sword in her hand trembled slightly, emitting a chilling sword aura.
The old man in the green robe, known as the Black Wind Old Ghost, chuckled sinisterly.
"Hehe, the thousand-year-old stalactite will be obtained by those who are destined to find it. The three of you should rely on your own abilities. Why bother with all this nonsense?"
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