After a night, the grey-robed Alchemist, Pine Crane Tree, managed to refine a powdery medicine that could be dispersed into the air in the form of white smoke.
Coupled with the white smoke produced in the morning, no one would be able to detect the powdery medicine. Once inhaled, even a Lv 9 True Spirit Realm expert would fall unconscious!
Unless one consumed the antidote beforehand, there was no way to cure it.
The old man, Pine Crane Tree, gave the antidote to Long Yu and the others. Then, he turned the powdery medicine into white smoke, causing it to spread throughout the entire valley.
The valley had become Pine Crane Tree's territory. Anyone who entered would be at his mercy!
"A total of 50 Crystal Cores. Not bad."
Long Yu searched the bodies of the three Lv 9 True Spirit Realm experts and was satisfied with the 50 Crystal Cores he found.
"You can keep these fifty Crystal Cores for yourself."
Pine Crane Tree smiled faintly. He was not greedy for the 50 Crystal Cores.
To him, Crystal Cores were easily obtainable. He could easily exchange them for a few elixirs. There was no need for him to snatch them from a junior.
Most importantly, he owed Long Yu a favor!
Long Yu had saved his granddaughter, Xi Yangwu, from the hands of the Young City Lord. Not only did he not thank him, he repaid Long Yu's kindness with enmity. This was a double favor.
This was a double favor. Pine Crane knew that he still had a long way to go to repay Long Yu.
These 50 Crystal Cores could be considered as interest!
Long Yu did not stand on ceremony and kept the 50 Crystal Cores into his pouch. He thought to himself that he would be able to buy a lot of elixirs when he returned to Lv 7 True Spirit Realm.
Of course, he was worried that he would not be able to buy high-grade elixirs even if he had the Crystal Cores. That would be troublesome.
However, this was not something that Long Yu should be thinking about right now.
"Old Xi, what should we do with these three guys?"
Liu Yuan, who was dressed in black, asked as she stood beside Sunset Dance in a white dress.
"Abetting the evil, cripple your cultivation."
Sunset Crane said coldly. Then, he took action personally and destroyed their Dantian, destroying their Lv 9 True Spirit Secret Realm cultivations!
All the wealth on them was plundered by Long Yu. Now, their cultivation was crippled by Sunset Crane Pine. Their lives could be said to be completely finished.
Pine Crane was already being very merciful by not taking their lives. After all, these were accomplices who had almost ruined the life of his granddaughter, Xi Yangwu!
"I just don't know if the City Lord of the North Sea Border City will come in."
Long Yu looked at the entrance of the valley with interest.
He could see that there were already many Martial Cultivators guarding the entrance of the valley. Although they did not dare to enter, they were firmly blocking the entrance.
It could be seen that City Lord Xing Feiqun was hesitating, but that didn't mean he wouldn't come in!
"We still have an entire morning before the effects of the Soulless Powder wear off."
Pine Crane Pine said, "It would be best if Xing Feiqun enters the valley, but if he doesn't, then let him be. We'll leave this place on our own."
"The North Sea Border City has already suffered a great loss this time. Not only did Xing Feiqun lose his son, but four of his Lv 9 True Spirit Realm subordinates were also crippled."
Liu Yuan shook her head and sighed.
"That's what they asked for."
Long Yu chuckled. He did not have the slightest bit of pity for Xing Feiqun.
He wanted Pine Crane Pine to kill Xing Feiqun with the help of the Ocean Overturning Seal. Unfortunately, Pine Crane Pine seemed to have some reservations about it.
After all, Xing Feiqun was the City Lord of the North Sea Border City. He was not like the other Martial Cultivators of the Pugilistic World.
The North Sea Country had publicly acknowledged Xing Feiqun's position as the City Lord.
If they killed Xing Feiqun, they would undoubtedly be going against the entire North Sea Country!
Even Pine Crane Pine, a Lv 9 True Spirit Realm Elixir Master, would not dare to do that.
The four of them waited for an entire morning. As expected, Xing Feiqun did not have the guts to enter the valley. He only sent a few of his subordinates to explore the valley.
Unfortunately, none of his subordinates managed to bring any news out. They were all unconscious in the valley and all their belongings were taken away by Long Yu!
In just one morning, Long Yu had obtained a total of 70 Crystal Cores. It was a huge sum of money!
"These Crystal Cores were most likely given by Xing Feiqun to the Martial Cultivators who came to explore the valley. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come in so obediently …"
Pine Crane Pine narrowed his eyes. "You've gotten lucky this time. Even an old man like me would have to put in a lot of effort to earn 70 Crystal Cores."
"Since it's Xing Feiqun's, I have no qualms about taking it."
Long Yu laughed.
"The Soul-disappearing Powder's effect is about to wear off. Let's go."
Pine Crane Pine nodded. He held his granddaughter, Xi Yangwu, and used the Wind Manipulation Martial Technique to fly up into the sky above the valley.
Long Yu did not hesitate. The black wings on his back spread out and he reached out to Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan blushed slightly but still reached out to hold Long Yu's hand tightly.
"Rise!"
The wings on Long Yu's back spread out and he took off!
The four of them flew up into the sky from the valley and quickly flew into the distance. Their speed was so fast that the people in North Sea Border City who were guarding outside the valley could not catch up.
Many of them wanted to use their martial techniques to knock the four of them down. But before long, the four of them had already risen into the clouds and completely disappeared from their sight!
At this moment, Xing Feiqun could finally understand the situation in the valley.
"What? They've been crippled? "
Xing Feiqun's eyes widened when he saw the three experts at Lv 9 True Spirit Secret Realm. How could three experts at Lv 9 True Spirit Secret Realm be crippled so easily?
Moreover, he didn't even hear the slightest sound of fighting. In other words, they had been killed without a sound!
Xing Feiqun felt a chill in his heart.
Offending a high-level Elixir Master was not going to be easy!
At this moment, even if Xing Feiqun regretted it, there was no one who could make him vent his anger or teach him a lesson. Xing Liang, who had caused all this, was dead!
If he wanted to blame someone, he could only blame himself for not educating his son properly.
…
In the northeast of North Sea Kingdom, there was a vast forest deep in the mountains.
The Heartless Mountain Range was the name of this mountain range.
It was called this because there were several powerful demonic beasts named "heartless" in this mountain range. For example, the Heartless Demon Blade, the Heartless Mountain Cat, the Heartless Dark Tiger, and so on.
The biggest characteristic of these demonic beasts was that they always acted alone!
Of course, these solitary Heartless demonic beasts were not something that ordinary Martial Cultivators could handle. Even an expert in the Unity of True Spirit Realm would need three to five people to barely handle one.
As time passed, the Heartless Mountain Range became a deserted place. Occasionally, powerful Martial Cultivators would form small teams to enter and hunt one or two Heartless demonic beasts.
Long Yu held Liu Yuan tightly and flapped the Lunar Wings on his back. Soon, he followed the elderly Elixir Master and Pine Crane to the Heartless Mountain Range.
"The Heartless Mountain Range is where Xiao Wu and I live."
Pine Crane said calmly as he rode the wind.
"Heartless Mountain Range? That's a good name. "
Long Yu smiled. "Will Elder Xi be called the Heartless Elixir Master?"
"Yes, but that was in the past …"
Pine Crane was stunned for a moment before he shook his head and pointed to a higher peak in the middle of the mountain range. "Let's go down. We'll stay there from now on."
The Heartless Mountain Range was thousands of miles away from the Tang Kingdom and Mixed Sound City.
The reason why Long Yu had followed Pine Crane here was because they had agreed on the way. Pine Crane would teach Long Yu alchemy as repayment and compensation to Long Yu.
Long Yu was naturally happy to accept this.
As long as he could learn alchemy, he would not have to worry about improving his Martial Arts Realm even if he was alone in the deep mountains and forests!
Moreover, alchemy was an extremely useful way to make money. It was common knowledge that Elixir Masters were the wealthiest group in the Heavenly Mandate Continent.
Soon, the four of them landed on the peak that Pine Crane had pointed to.
The reason why Liu Yuan followed them was because she had nowhere else to go. She might as well follow Long Yu to cultivate and comprehend the power of the Lunar Heavenly Tablet.
Along the way, Sunset Crane's granddaughter, the little girl, Sunset Dance, didn't say anything. It was obvious that this girl was rather taciturn.
However, she was still very respectful toward her grandfather, Pine Crane.
"The conditions here are simple. Brother Long, Miss Liu, if you want to stay here, you'll have to build a wooden hut."
Pine Crane pointed to the only wooden hut on the peak.
There were three rooms in the wooden hut. Pine Crane and Xi Yangwu lived in two of the bedrooms, and the other was the alchemy room.
It was obvious that the old and the young lived here often, so the wooden hut was very clean.
It was a simple matter to build a wooden hut.
Long Yu and Liu Yuan worked together and quickly gathered many ancient tree trunks from the surroundings. They built another wooden hut together.
This wooden hut was not far from Pine Crane's hut. There was a small forest between them, but it was divided into four rooms. Long Yu and Liu Yuan each had two rooms.
"This is the depths of the Heartless Mountain Range. Very few Martial Arts Cultivators can come here. Moreover, I've refined a type of medicine near this mountain all year round to keep all demonic beasts away."
Pine Crane's words let Long Yu know that he might be isolated from the rest of the world for the rest of his life.
At least, he would not leave this mountain before he learned alchemy!
The life of learning alchemy soon began just like that.
Due to the remote location, there were almost no battles. Long Yu was not in a hurry to raise his Martial Arts Realm. Instead, he first consolidated his current strength.
Duskcrane Pine left the mountain alone and went to the nearby Passionless Mountain Range to gather medicinal ingredients.
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