Chapter 11: Boransformation Step

  Watg the man in bck quickly flee, Zhao Heng did not pursue him.

  Because he really couldn’t catch up. The man's speed was too fast, even with injuries, he was still faster than Zhao Heng.

  Moreover, who knows if there were apliearby? The best pn was to leave—"The thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is the best."

  Anyway, Zhao Heng hadn’t revealed his identity. The other party only remembered the name "Liu Hong" from the Miseous Peak of Yuhua Sect. What did that have to do with Zhao Heng?

  He used his ko lift the bundle on the ground, then turned and ran in the opposite dire of the man in bck.

  After running for several miles, he reached a secluded, empty spot. Only then did Zhao Heng stop.

  He rested briefly, then, with the bundle in hand, he moved to a nearby stream. He pced the bundle in the flowing water, ri for a moment, and therieved it.

  After all, the man was from the demonic path, so there was a ce the tents might be poisoned. Washing it in flowing water would make it much safer.

  He carefully cut open the buh his knife, and nothing ued happened. Ihere were only some herbs, a dozen Mystic Crystals, and a packet ed in oiled paper.

  Zhao Heng carefully uned the oiled paper and found a gray-colored book. It hadn’t been soaked, thanks to the oiled paper, and there was no dust or strange odor on its surface.

  After firming there was no poisoook the book and exami closely.

  "Intermediate Martial Skill: Boransformation Step."

  Just a gnce made Zhao Heng’s eyes light up.

  "An actual body teique!"

  In fact, when he fought the man in bck, Zhao Heng had suspected that the man practiced some form of movement teique. Now, it was clear—it was this "Boransformation Step."

  In the cultivation world, martial skills were already extremely valuable, and body teiques were even rarer among them.

  After all, having a body teique that allows oo move faster than their oppo by even a siep meant that one could always seize the initiative. At critical moments, it could even save one's life.

  For someone like Zhao Heng, who roo ay, a body teique was the perfect way to alleviate his worries—how could he not be thrilled?

  Moreover, aside from this body teique, Zhao Heng also noticed that the herbs the man had gathered were quite familiar. Many of them matched the descriptions of poisons from the "Poison Cssic" he had obtained earlier.

  He specuted that the man was likely preparing to brew poison with these herbs.

  tally, Zhao Heng had been wanting to make the poisons from the "Poison Cssic," and now he had the materials.

  This trip had indeed yielded great rewards. Not wanting to lioo long, Zhao Heng quickly stored the items and ged his clothes before setting off again.

  He rushed back, and finally, before su, he returo the sect.

  "Help me exge these materials for Mystic Crystals!"

  Upourning to the sect, Zhao Heng immediately went to the Merit Hall and exged all the materials he had obtained from the magical beasts for Mystic Crystals.

  The skins and cws of ten fox dogs were exged for fifty Mystic Crystals. Then, he went to the Mission Hall, turned in all the tasks he had taken, and earwenty more Mystic Crystals.

  , he visited the market at the foot of the mountain, where he bought dry food, jerky, and two hundred pounds of quicklime, spending five Mystic Crystals.

  Including the ten Mystic Crystals from the demonic martial artist and the twenty Mystic Crystals from the miseous disciples who had been trag him but were taken out instead, he was left with a total of one hundred a Mystic Crystals.

  If it had been before, Zhao Heng wouldn’t have believed it—he had earned so many Mystic Crystals in just ten days.

  This was all thanks to Zhao Heng’s rapidly increasing strength.

  Now that he was at the Seventh Layer of Body Refining, with the ability to fight at the Eighth Layer, he was sidered a top-tier disciple among the miseous workers.

  However, Zhao Heng was not satisfied. No matter how strong he became, he was still no match for Liu Hong.

  The one hundred a Mystic Crystals could only be used to roll the dice ten times to accumute some lud steal a ce. To ensure he passed the Miseous Disciple Assessment without surprises, it was still a bit precarious.

  "I’ll just have to take it oep at a time," Zhao Heng muttered to himself.

  For the period, Zhao Heuro the Miseous Peak and began a period of secluded cultivation.

  He had already exceeded his task quota for the month, so there was no need for further assigs.

  As for the mining area, he had been supposed to report every ten days, but after the i in the mine, Zhao Heng had taken sick leave and had not returned. Elder Liu had not sent ao find him.

  Zhao Heng khat Elder Liu wasn’t letting him off the hook; instead, he was waiting for the right moment to strike.

  Most likely, Zhao Heng would be targeted during the Miseous Disciple Assessment in ten days.

  With a sense ency, Zhao Heng focused on his training. Apart from practig the Qing Song Formu and the Stone Crushing Fist every day, he also studied poison-making using the "Poison Cssid the necessary equipment.

  He even began training in the "Boransformation Step."

  Unfortunately, the difficulty of this body teique was even higher than that of the Stone Crushing Fist. It would be impossible to master it in a short time.

  Every day, Zhao Heng raced against time, wishing he could turn one day into three.

  Seven days passed, and Zhao Heng’s cultivation had improved siderably. The medial effects of the Body Refining Pills had been fully absorbed.

  He could vaguely sehat he was on the verge of breaking through to the Eighth Layer of Body Refining. He just wasn’t sure if he could make the breakthrough before the assessment.

  Moreover, Zhao Heng had successfully brewed a new batch of Corpse Powder and a type of "Soft Muscle Powder" that could weakerength of a Body Refining practitioner.

  Even after achieving this, Zhao Heng still felt uneasy.

  Every day, he rolled the Dao Seed dice. As expected, for seven days, he had obtained a bit of "stealing" each time.

  To increase his ces of getting something good, Zhao Heng visited all the peaks of the Yuhua Sect. Unfortunately, the success rate of ordinary stealing was too low, and he ended up with nothing.

  With only three days left, Zhao Hehat he wasn’t adequately prepared.

  He couldn’t help but sigh. If only he had enough Mystic Crystals, like before, and could do a few "luck extras" and "perfect transformations," he would be absolutely certain of passing the Miseous Disciple Assessment.

  "Sigh… How I make some quick money?" Zhao Heng fell into deep thought.

  With his current strength, even if he hunted magical beasts, he would only earn a few Mystic Crystals in three days—maybe ten or twenty at most.

  After p for a while, Zhao Heng finally walked out of his dorm and headed for the Mission Hall.

  The Mission Hall was the fastest way to earn Mystic Crystals, and there were high-reward tasks avaible. Zhao Heng decided to look for an opportunity.

  Arriving at the Mission Hall, Zhao Heng sed the top of the task board with the crowd.

  The tasks at the top were the highest reward ones.

  Zhao Heng looked around, but his expression turned bnk.

  "Kill a third-tier magical beast, the Blood-eyed Wolf. Task reward: Three hundred Mystic Crystals."

  "Kill a demonic martial artist at the Bone Refining stage. Task reward: Two hundred and fifty Mystic Crystals."

  "Pick a fifty-year-old Lingxi Herb. Task reward: Four hundred Mystic Crystals."

  ...

  Looking around, all the high-reward tasks were either extremely dangerous and required powerful strength, or they involved finding rare spiritual herbs guarded by powerful magical beasts.

  These tasks seemed uo Zhao Heng, who was at the Body Refining stage, and none of the other miseous disciples seemed ied in them either.

  Zhao Heng shook his head in disappoi and was about to leave the Mission Hall.

  As he passed a crowded area, he overheard a versation.

  "Wow... This search task actually offers a reward of three hundred Mystic Crystals, and you don’t even have to leave the sect."

  "You meaask to find the lost jade pendant at the Qinglong Pool to the west of the sect?"

  "You know about this task too?"

  "Of course! This task has been posted for almost half a year.

  It’s said that a female disciple from the outer sect actally lost a jade pendant at the Qinglong Pool. This pendant is of great importao her, so she posted the task, a rge reward for its return.

  Wheask was first posted, many people rushed to take it, but in the end, no one found it.

  A few unlucky ones were knocked unscious by the big fish in the pool and drowned. After that, no one dared to take the task."

  "Yeah, Qinglong Pool is so vast. Finding a jade pendant there is like searg for a needle in a haystack. Only a fool would take such a task."

  "I’ll take this task!"

  As soon as the words were spoken, a figure pushed through the crowd and headed straight for the top of the task board where the search task osted.

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