Chapter 1: Hell's Reishi

  Dark clouds filled the sky, with flashes of lightning bursting out from time to time, accompanied by dull thunder, a heavy rain was approaching.

  In the city of Wotou, Shen Xiang looked up at the sky and muttered to himself: "I can't delay any longer, I need to find a good spiritual medicine quickly, otherwise I'll have no chance of turning things around."

  Shen Xiang is sixteen years old this year, with a more robust and tall figure than his peers. This physique has a striking contrast with that youthful and handsome face, but those eyes that are not commensurate with his age look like they have matured more than their peers.

  Shen Xiang was going to pick herbs at this time. Although he was the grandson of the head of the Shen family, he couldn't become a powerful warrior because he didn't have spiritual veins. Therefore, he had been diligently training his body since childhood and often went out for secret training. He even fought with tigers and had several life-and-death experiences despite being young. His mental state and willpower were far superior to those of the same age.

  "Isn't this Shen Xiang? It's about to rain heavily, and you still want to go exercise?" An old steward walked over and said, seeing Shen Xiang so diligent, he couldn't help but admire him, but his eyes were filled with more regret.

  Shen Xiang has been studying hard every day for six years, but he is still stuck in the third level of Mortal Martial Realm. Most of his peers from the Shen family have already entered the fourth level of Mortal Martial Realm, and some even reached the fifth level.

  All of this is because he doesn't have spiritual veins, so he wasn't valued by the family. Now, he's just an ordinary person in the Shen family.

  Although he didn't have spiritual veins, Shen Xiang never gave up and had been working hard to cultivate himself. At least the process of striving made him feel very fulfilled.

  "Old Horse, I'm going to pick medicine." Shen Xiang ran to the back of Old Guan's house, laughing and pulling on a whip on his bald head.

  "It's no use, you don't have spiritual veins, no matter how hard you try, it's all in vain!" The old steward shook his head and sighed.

  For such words, Shen Xiang had heard countless times, but he still insisted on persevering, and no matter what, he would never give up.

  "Xiang Er, don't go out in this weather!" At that moment, a middle-aged man walked over.

  Shen Xiang pouted and said: "Dad, rainy days are a good time to pick herbs, at least we don't have to fight with others until our heads are broken and bleeding."

  The middle-aged man named Shen Tianhu, is Shen Xiang's father, a powerful martial artist with a great reputation, and the most promising candidate to succeed as the next head of the Shen family. Although his son has no spiritual veins, he has always encouraged Shen Xiang and occasionally given him some precious elixirs, but it was all in vain.

  "Take it." Shen Tianhu smiled helplessly and tossed a small box to Shen Xiang.

  Shen Xiang took the box, not even looking at what was inside. He knew it contained elixirs and chuckled, "Thanks, old man. Now I won't have to steal those chickens raised by Old Man Ma to supplement my body."

  This made the horse-faced steward's face turn sour, he didn't think that he would be targeted.

  Watching Shen Xiang's back disappear, Shen Tianhu could only sigh. Although he had a very high status in the Shen family, the elder of the Shen family managed the rare and precious cultivation resources such as Dan medicine very strictly. He could only save his own share to give to Shen Xiang, but that would not have much effect, because there was too little Dan medicine.

  As a father, who doesn't want their son to become a dragon? However, Shen Tianhu was also helpless and could only do his best to obtain the elixir for Shen Xiang.

  ……

  Xianmo Cliff, this is a very desolate place, at this moment, however, there is a bare-chested young man climbing on the cliff.

  At this time, it was pouring heavily, but Shen Xiang was climbing the cliff at this location. This was a very dangerous thing to do, considering that the bottom of the Xianmo Cliff was bottomless and shrouded in a black mist that carried an aura of death all year round, which is why many people didn't dare approach this place.

  But Shen Xiang came here to collect medicine, and climbed on the cliff wall, slowly moving down. If others knew, they would definitely laugh at him as a reckless madman. Everyone knows that this kind of bird doesn't lay eggs, and places with thick death energy will never have good spiritual medicine.

  Shen Xiang is not only not stupid, but also very clever. He knows that the Xianmo Cliff has existed for many years, especially the dead air below, and no one knows how many years it has been there.

  In the ordinary people's perception, there is no spiritual medicine in a place without any spiritual energy. However, Shen Xiang did not think so. He knew the principle of "things will reverse when they reach the extreme", and he was very sure that there must be a legendary precious spiritual medicine on this cliff wall.

  "The Hell Ganoderma" sounds terrifying, but it's a miraculous medicine that can revive the dead and whiten bones. It usually grows in ancient battlefields, cemeteries and other places with heavy yin energy, making it a rare and extraordinary herb.

  On a rainy day, some of the dark energy would sink down, allowing Shen Xiang to see deeper into the cliff walls. He went to a deeper place, where he could find that "Hell Spirit Mushroom".

  Although he didn't need the Hell Spirit Mushroom, after obtaining this sacred medicine, he could absolutely exchange it for many precious elixirs that would allow him to escape his predicament and possess great power.

  The raindrops hit Shen Xiang's body, making him feel very uncomfortable, and also made the rocks on the cliff more slippery. This made him even more cautious, carefully climbing down from the cliff, otherwise he would fall off with a slight carelessness.

  No one knows what's under Xianmo Valley. Although many people have gone down, no one has ever come back up. Falling in means death!

  Two hours passed and the heavy rain continued to fall. Shen Xiang relied on his strong physique, which he had trained for many years, to climb down several dozen meters deep into the cliff wall.

  Shen Xiang found a relatively better place to settle down, at this time he carefully observed below, suddenly, he saw something that made his heart beat violently.

  "Agaric of the Underworld!" Shen Xiang excitedly shouted, his eyes fixed intently downwards. About ten or so zhang below him, there was a white, pancake-like object stuck to the cliff wall, and he was extremely certain that this was the legendary Agaric of the Underworld.

  Here is always covered with black death all year round, and the color of hell fungus and cliff wall are very similar, it's hard to find.

  Shen Xiang was excited beyond measure, he calmed himself down, rested for a moment, before slowly making his way down.

  Before long, Shen Xiang arrived beside the Hell Spirit Mushroom. He swallowed his saliva and looked at the white Hell Spirit Mushroom that was as big as a washbasin. He could still feel the strong life force emanating from it.

  Shen Xiang could only use one hand to pick this hell ganoderma, he estimated that it was over a thousand years old, and if sold at an auction, it would be a astronomical figure.

  Shen Xiang finally managed to pick the lingzhi with great effort and put it into that precious storage bag. He grinned, "Haha, the time for me to turn my fate around has arrived!"

  He just needs to sell this Hellfire Reishi and he can buy a lot of good quality elixirs, at that time he will be able to make rapid progress!

  The rain gradually subsided, Shen Xiang was a very contented person, so he didn't continue to search for the vast cliff wall, but chose to climb up instead. After all, his physical strength was limited, and climbing up was also extremely arduous and perilous.

  Just as he had climbed for more than half a time, he suddenly felt that the cliff was slightly trembling!

  Shen Xiang's heart skipped a beat, and his excited heart sank immediately. He had a bad premonition. He looked up to see many small stones falling from the cliff wall, tumbling into the bottomless abyss below, while the originally slightly trembling cliff wall shook more and more violently.

  "Damn it, I finally got the Hell Spirit Mushroom, don't play tricks on me, heaven!" The sudden earthquake made Shen Xiang involuntarily curse.

  He had to keep calm and hold himself tightly against the uneven cliff face or he would be shaken off.

  The increasingly severe tremors left Shen Xiang gradually desperate, at this time he saw that larger rocks were constantly falling from above, and he felt that the rock he was grasping with both hands had also produced cracks.

  "Heavens, I just got the Hell Spirit Mushroom and you're making me go to hell, are you kidding me?!" Shen Xiang couldn't help but curse loudly, and at this moment, the black air below began to rise, and the rock Shen Xiang was holding onto suddenly split open...

  "Ah——" Shen Xiang's body plunged into the abyss filled with swirling black air, his voice full of discontent echoing from below...

  After an unknown period of time, Shen Xiang opened his eyes and found that he could see light. What was even more unbelievable was that he was underwater and yet he could still breathe!

  Shen Xiang floated up to the water's surface, and where he was, was a pool of water, but the pool was emitting a white, holy aura.

  What left Shen Xiang stunned was that not far from the pool were two women with disheveled hair and beautiful faces, sitting cross-legged.

  What shocked him the most was that these two women, who looked like celestial beings, were not wearing any clothes! Two perfect and flawless bodies were thus fully exposed before him!

  Those two naked women were like they were carved out of sheep fat jade, without a single impurity. Their twin peaks were full and firm, their waists were slender and delicate, they were so beautiful that it took one's breath away... This was the most beautiful woman Shen Xiang had ever seen.

  Such a stunning and sultry scene instantly petrified Shen Xiang, his face turned red, his ears were burning, and his heartbeat and breathing seemed to have stopped!

  Two women sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at each other, completely unaware of Shen Xiang's presence. This made Shen Xiang feel a sense of being looked down upon, as if he had been ignored by two beautiful women.

  After a moment of distraction, Shen Xiang finally saw that the bottom of this abyss was full of scars, with many cracks and pits, broken stones all over the ground, and among the broken stones, there were many very fragmented white silk fabrics, which seemed to have been caused by a battle, and he guessed it was the two women who fought and caused their clothes to be torn.

  Shen Xiang didn't know why these two stunning beauties were fighting in this deep abyss, but he could see that they were incredibly strong, and their strength far exceeded his understanding, able to unleash earth-shaking powers.

  "What a beauty disaster, she actually shook me down! Luckily I'm not dead!" Shen Xiang cursed in his heart, but he was very curious about these two mysterious women.

  Shen Xiang gazed straight at the two flawless jade bodies in front of him, and quietly walked towards the two women.

  The deep abyss next to the Xianmo Cliff was called Hell, but Shen Xiang, who was currently staying at the bottom of this hell, felt as if he was in a fairyland. There was a pool of water here that emitted holy white light, and most importantly, there were two absolutely beautiful women standing naked by the side of the pool.

  It was then that the two women realized that a pair of fiery eyes were scanning them from a distance, which made them feel ashamed and indignant.