Chapter 8: Treasure Hunt

Finding a random inn to stay in, Su Yun settled down, freshened up a bit, and then sat down cross-legged to practice. It was already evening, and he planned to enter the Magic Beast Mountain Range tomorrow for cultivation.

...

The night passed quickly, and Su Yun tidied up his attire before opening the system.

"System, transmit Yao Lao's experiences regarding herbs, cultivation, and training to me."

"Ding, organizing Yao Lao's memories."

"Ding, organization complete."

"Ding, transmitting."

Yao Lao's memories were vast, and even with some selection, Su Yun still took two hours to digest them.

Stretching his muscles, Su Yun got up and headed towards the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Through the system's transmission, he experienced Yao Lao's journey as if he were Yao Lao himself.

With a grasp of about sixty to seventy percent of the overall experience, he gained some confidence for his journey into the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Arriving at the mountain range, Su Yun took a deep breath.

This time was different from cultivating in Wutan City; countless people had lost their lives in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. Despite his confidence, he still felt nervous.

After all, he was just an ordinary person from peacetime who had crossed over. How could he not hesitate in the face of life and death threats?

Adjusting his mindset, Su Yun stepped into the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Without trials, how can one grow?

...

Years are irrelevant to cultivation; practitioners do not count time.

On the outskirts of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, a figure draped in black robes and wielding a long sword leaped among the trees and rocks.

As if noticing something, the figure sped up, and the long sword slashed out at a peculiar angle.

"Splut!"

The sword pierced flesh and bone.

A flame leopard resting in the forest let out a mournful cry, struggling for a moment before lying still.

Su Yun pulled out the long sword, stored the flame leopard in the system space, glanced around to ensure no one was watching, then with a thought, entered the system space himself.

"Finally gathered everything."

Inside the system space, Su Yun took off the black robe, revealing a pleased expression.

Extracting the blood of the flame leopard, various herbs, and the blood of other fire-attributed magical beasts, Su Yun began refining.

Since entering the Magic Beast Mountain Range, he had been cultivating his Dou Qi and practicing martial arts for more than seven months.

Alchemy was also something he had learned during these seven months.

With Yao Lao's memories infused, learning alchemy was much simpler for him than for others.

With Yao Lao's memories as a foundation, as long as he practiced a bit, he could become a first-grade alchemist. However, due to his Dou Qi cultivation, he could only temporarily stop at that level.

The medicine he was currently refining was a first-grade pill called Flame Blood.

This Flame Blood was composed of several different fire-attributed herbs and the blood of two first-order fire-attributed magical beasts. It could accelerate the cultivation speed of fire-attributed practitioners.

This item was a simplified version of Burning Blood. Burning Blood was a fourth-grade pill mentioned in the original work that Yao Lao had prepared for Xiao Yan's accelerated cultivation.

He didn't have such good conditions, with no old man backing him up and unable to afford the fusion function of the system, after all, Burning Blood required a fourth-order magic core. He could only use this simplified version, Flame Blood.

His Burning Cold Decision, which practiced both fire and ice attributes, was effective even when only using fire-attributed martial arts.

This item was quite special; it was called a pill but was actually "potion."

It was somewhat similar to Foundation Building Elixir.

This was already his third batch. Naturally, he was familiar with the process, and it only took him half an hour to refine it.

Applying the Flame Blood on his body, Su Yun let out a painful hiss.

This thing was truly unbearable for ordinary people.

Crossing his legs, he began cultivation.

...

After a night of cultivation, Su Yun left the system space and appeared once again in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

During the seven months of cultivation here, he had never ventured into the interior of the mountain range.

It couldn't be helped; any magical beasts encountered inside were at least third or fourth rank.

With his current physique, he wasn't even enough to fill a tooth gap.

Even encountering second-rank magical beasts on the outskirts of the mountain range forced him to retreat into the system space.

Despite his talent, after seven months of cultivation, with the assistance of Flame Blood, he had only reached the level of a five-star practitioner.

Dou Qi cultivation was fundamental.

In the seven months, the Burning Cold Decision, which was comparable to a low-grade earth-tier technique, combined with selected advanced martial arts techniques, made it easy to deal with seven or eight-star practitioners. However, facing second-rank magical beasts comparable to Dou Masters was another matter.

"I should go to that cave." The burning excitement in Su Yun's eyes was barely concealed.

Leaving aside other things, just the high-level Xuan-tier skill, Purple Cloud Wings, was already extremely precious.

Flight techniques were not even known by Yao Lao, and the method of refining them had been lost in the current Dou Qi continent.

The Purple Cloud Wings were obtained from the fifth-rank magical beast, Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.

According to the original work, it took the cave's owner three years to capture it.

It could be seen that his strength should also be at the level of a Dou King. In the Agama Empire, he was also one of the top experts.

And he should have been around for quite some time.

It's just a pity that he didn't pass down the method of refining it.

Su Yun thought greedily.

...

Using Qingshan Town as a supply point, after more than a month of training in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, as described in the original work, Su Yun had already figured out the location of the cave.

Arriving at the cliff, Su Yun's shadow flickered in the moonlight.

When it came to treasure hunting, one still needed to be careful. Compared to daytime, there were fewer mercenaries in the Magic Beast Mountain Range at night.

Taking out a few medicine packets from the system space, Su Yun scattered them around the cliff before disappearing back into the system space.

As a pinnacle Dou Zun, Yao Lao had rich experience in training. These medicine packets were configured based on Yao Lao's memories.

They could drive away low-level snake-type magical beasts. Su Yun was familiar with the description of the cave's entrance from the original work and naturally wouldn't miss the rock snakes there.

"Hiss..."

Soon after Su Yun scattered the medicine powder and entered the system space, the sound of snakes hissing came from below the cliff.

Then, dozens of rock snakes leaped into the air, flying towards the distance.

With a thought, Su Yun appeared on the cliff again. Without hesitation, he took out a rope and tied it to a tree, then climbed down the cliff.

With the rock snakes driven away, the journey to the cave was smooth.

In just a moment, Su Yun reached the cave.

Approaching the stone door, he searched for a bit, then reached out and pressed a small protrusion under the stone door.

A creaking sound followed, and the stone door gradually moved upward.

If he didn't want to avoid making any noise, Su Yun wanted to laugh out loud to show his excitement.

Entering the cave, he collected the gold coins on the ground into the system space.

Then, he looked at the herbs, among which were leaves alternating between white and red.

These past seven months, he had gradually absorbed Yao Lao's memories, especially regarding herbs, which he had memorized early on.

Even without the system scanning, Su Yun knew the name of this herb.

Ice Spirit Flame Grass!

The leaves were divided into white and red, with crystalline substances covering the white branches. On top of the fiery red crown, it burned like a flame. These two completely opposite colors and attributes grew strangely on a single plant.

Collecting all the herbs into the system space, Su Yun walked towards the three chests.

"Thud!"

"Hmm! Someone's here..."

(End of this chapter)