"Do you know this place?" Su Shi'er quickly asked.
Jiang Feixue nodded, "The Evil Pit is a place of extreme yin and evil within Yunmengze! It's shrouded in toxic miasma and evil aura all year round. Normally, cultivators would instinctively avoid it, and no one dares to venture deep inside."
"I see, I was a bit skeptical before, but now I'm starting to believe it!" Su Shi'er said with a slight squint, his tone calm.
His mind was suddenly filled with new thoughts.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Jiang Feixue was taken aback, looking at Su Shi'er in surprise, not understanding how he reached this conclusion.
Su Shi'er smiled and said calmly, "The Daoist scriptures say: Purity arises from filth, light is born from darkness. The Golden Sacred Spirit Spring is most holy, and its birthplace must be extremely filthy and impure."
As he spoke, he had already made up his mind.
He knew very well that with his spirit root aptitude, trying to improve his cultivation through hard work would take forever.
But the Golden Sacred Spirit Spring, just one bowl could equal sixty years of hard cultivation. Such treasures are rare in the world.
Without a doubt, he knew that the Evil Pit would be fraught with danger!
If possible, he would prefer to cultivate slowly and safely.
But the revenge for his grandfather and villagers awaited him, the Great Elder was eyeing him like a tiger, and even Ye Liangchuan from Heavenly Splendor Peak wanted him dead!
He had no choice.
If he couldn't quickly improve his cultivation, it would be a dead end.
"Right, the principle of extremes leading to reversal, why didn't I think of that? Brother Zhu, let's hurry and take a look."
"If we really find the Golden Sacred Spirit Spring, we'll be rich! One bowl is worth sixty years of cultivation, enough for me to advance several levels!"
"By then, I want to see who in my family dares to say I'm not diligent in my cultivation! Hehe..."
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Jiang Feixue immediately showed an excited smile, grabbing Su Shi'er's arm and heading out of the market.
"Huh? You're going too? That place might be quite dangerous!"
"If you trust me, let me go alone. If I'm lucky enough to find the Golden Sacred Spirit Spring, I'll definitely bring some back for you."
Su Shi'er raised an eyebrow and quickly said to Jiang Feixue.
Although they hadn't known each other long, he already considered her a friend.
With his Qi Refining stage seven cultivation, going alone would be safer. Bringing Jiang Feixue along would only be a burden.
"Don't worry, Brother Zhu, I have a treasure of extreme yang and strength. In the Evil Pit, I can definitely keep you safe!" Jiang Feixue looked around, patted her chest, and whispered to Su Shi'er.
"Alright! In that case, let's go!" Hearing this and seeing she had a means of protection, Su Shi'er said no more.
Taking a deep breath, they hurried side by side, heading towards Yunmengze.
Meanwhile, in the market.
A sleazy-looking old man with a crafty expression walked to a secluded corner. Seeing no one around, he quickly changed into a Taoist robe.
He disguised himself as a down-and-out Taoist, and his cultivation changed from Qi Refining stage one to stage two.
His cunning eyes scanned the area, then he clutched a sheepskin map and approached a young woman at Qi Refining stage five in another corner.
"Fellow Daoist, I have a treasure here. Are you interested?"
...
North of Qianshan Market, a hundred miles away, lies a dense forest shrouded in fog all year round.
The forest is filled with swamps, demonic beasts, naturally growing lingzhi, and other spirit minerals.
Because of this, many cultivators often venture into Yunmengze to collect various spirit materials.
Deep within Yunmengze, there is a large basin-like terrain.
This basin is perpetually covered in dark green fog, mixed with foul air, emitting a shocking stench.
Within the basin, hills rise and fall, resembling a miniature landscape.
This is the dreaded filthy place known as the Evil Pit!
On a winding path within the Evil Pit, three gray-clad figures, covered in gray cloaks, were huddled together.
Around them lay several freshly dead cultivator corpses.
A slightly chubby gray-clad man sneered, "These guys were clever, trying to take a shortcut."
On the other side, a skinny man said indifferently, "So what, they just died a bit earlier!"
"Enough! Dispose of these bodies quickly. We've got a lot of fat sheep this time. Once I refine their souls, my Ten Thousand Souls Banner will finally become a Low Grade Spiritual Artifact!" The short gray-clad man in the center said impatiently.
The chubby man immediately moved towards the bodies.
The skinny man suddenly shouted, "Wait, let me turn them into corpse puppets. If more people come, they'll ensure no one leaves alive."
With a glint of malice in his eyes, the skinny man spat out a gray-green bead the size of a pea.
He sprayed True Essence onto the bead, which turned into a strange gray-green mist, seeping into the corpses' noses.
"Hiss... You used up the corpse bead we painstakingly refined?" the chubby gray-clad man exclaimed.
The skinny man shrugged and said indifferently, "What's the rush! There's plenty of corpse energy in the Ten Thousand Bones Cave. Once the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is refined, we can make another bead!"
"Good job, third brother! Let's go, the main course is finally ready!" The short cultivator nodded in approval and disappeared into the dark green fog.
The chubby and skinny gray-clad men exchanged glances and quickly followed.
A day later.
Su Shi'er and Jiang Feixue stopped outside the Evil Pit, gazing at the basin shrouded in dark green fog, not rushing to enter.
In their view, groups of cultivators occasionally braved the stench and entered.
"Huh? Why are there so many people here?"
Jiang Feixue was initially puzzled, then clenched her fists in anger, revealing two small tiger teeth.
"That damned old man, he really had no good intentions. Selling the map to so many people, how deceitful! If I see him again, I'll punch his head to pieces!"
"No worries, with that eye artifact, we haven't lost out. If we're lucky enough to find the Golden Sacred Spirit Spring, it'll be a huge gain!" Su Shi'er said with a smile.
He wasn't surprised by the situation.
If it were just the two of them, he'd be more cautious.
With so many cultivators, if there was danger, it would be easier to slip away unnoticed.
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