"Hong Hong"

  Zhang Ruochen's footwork was swift and agile, his body seemed like a series of phantoms, retreating while defending against Lu Fang's attacks.

  In an instant, the two had exchanged over twenty moves.

  Lu Fang's cultivation was not as good as Lang Xing, but it was still very strong, far surpassing the average early-stage warriors of the Di Ji Realm. The swordsmanship he displayed was a mid-grade Ling-level technique, extremely powerful, and had almost pierced Zhang Ruochen several times.

  Zhang Ruochen borrowed the power of the spatial domain and could barely hold her back.

  "The top ten disciples of the Four Institutes, each one is a genius among geniuses. They broke through the extreme realm, and indeed they are not ordinary extreme realm warriors that can be compared to them."

  Zhang Ruochen's eyes flickered with a glance, and he saw Yue Linchong rushing quickly in this direction.

  "With my current cultivation level, even taking on Lu Han would be a bit of a strain. If I were to go up against those two, I'd definitely lose."

  "Heavenly Heart Points the Way"

  Zhang Ruochen swung out a seven-meter-long sword energy, forcing Lu Hang to retreat.

  "If you have the guts, come and kill me in the Ghost Fog Mountain."

  Zhang Ruochen unfolded his Wind Dragon Shadow, transforming into nine residual shadows. In an instant, he had already escaped a mile away, disappearing into the miasma.

  Lu Han was extremely angry and kept stomping his feet.

  She had already broken through to the Earthly Boundary, and with just one move, she could kill an ordinary early-stage Earthly Boundary martial artist. Yet, she was actually escaped by a newborn, and naturally, she couldn't help but feel angry.

  Lu Fan grasped his battle sword and was about to go after Zhang Ruochen to kill him.

  "Girl, don't easily venture into the depths of Ghost Fog Mountain. According to the map's records, there are some extremely powerful unknown creatures in Ghost Fog Mountain. Even if a martial artist from the Extreme Boundary Realm were to enter, it would be certain death. Zhang Ruochen escaping into Ghost Fog Mountain is absolutely a dead end."

  Yue Lin blocked Lu Han, being very cautious, and said: "It's just a trivial matter of Zhang Ruochen, it won't stir up any big waves. We should first focus on collecting the Three-Leafed Sacred Air Grass."

  Lu Han's eyes were somewhat uncertain, and he said: "Although Zhang Ruochen is just a newborn, his fiancée Huang Yanchen is a ruthless character. If we let him escape and tell Huang Yanchen about what happened here, it will be very unfavorable for us."

  Yue Lin Chong said, "As long as we collect enough San Ye Sheng Qi Cao, our cultivation will definitely make rapid progress. At that time, why should we be afraid of Huang Yan Chen? We'll just guard outside, and if Zhang Ruo Chen escapes from inside, we can slowly capture him."

  "Alright, let's collect the Three-Leafed Sage Grass first." Lu Hang said.

  The three-leaf sacred air grass on the outskirts of Ghost Fog Mountain has been picked by Zhang Ruochen, but there are still more three-leaf sacred air grass growing at the foot of Ghost Fog Mountain. There are even more in the middle of the mountain.

  Of course, the closer you get to Ghost Fog Mountain, the stronger the toxicity of the miasma and the greater the danger.

  Yue Linchong and Lu Han's detoxification beads could only support them to reach the foot of the mountain. If they dared to go further up the mountain, they would definitely be poisoned to death.

  Even at the foot of the mountain, there are more than ten times as many three-leafed sage grasses growing compared to the outer perimeter.

  At this moment, Zhang Ruochen has escaped to the foot of Guiwu Mountain, and his spatial domain has shrunk to a diameter of five meters.

  "It's better not to go up the mountain for now, let's just cultivate here and refine those eight stalks of Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grass first."

  Zhang Ruochen found a rather secluded location at the foot of the mountain and entered the inner space of the Time-Space Crystal. At the same time, the Time-Space Crystal fell into a gap in the stone and disappeared from view.

  Before refining the Three-Leafed Spirit Grass, Zhang Ruochen took out that piece of spiritual meat and divided it into ten portions with the Snow Dragon Sword, each portion weighing about a catty.

  Inside that piece of spiritual flesh, there was actually a huge fire-attribute spirit crystal, with extremely good quality, more crystalline and transparent than ordinary spirit crystals, and the spiritual energy was also thicker.

  "Exchanging this large piece of spirit crystal can yield at least fifty ordinary spirit crystals."

  The quality of Lingjing also has its ups and downs, generally can be divided into four levels: ordinary Lingjing, medium Lingjing, high-quality Lingjing, top-level Lingjing.

  Each level of Ling Crystal has a price difference of ten times.

  That is to say, one top-grade spirit crystal can be exchanged for a thousand ordinary spirit crystals.

  The Ling crystal in Zhang Ruochen's hand could be cut into five medium-sized Ling crystals, equivalent to the value of fifty ordinary Ling crystals.

  The number of ordinary spirit crystals is the most widespread, so they have become a currency for transactions between warriors.

  Medium spirit crystal, high-quality spirit crystal and top-grade spirit crystal are all very rare and hard to find in the market.

  Generally speaking, only poor and low-level warriors use ordinary spirit crystals for cultivation. High-level warriors almost all go to buy mid-grade spirit crystals for cultivation.

  Zhang Ruochen put aside that large piece of intermediate spirit crystal and picked up a piece of spiritual meat weighing one catty, quickly devouring it.

  This is the spiritual meat within a third-order savage beast, which can compare to twenty kilograms of second-order savage beast's spiritual meat even if it's only one kilogram. The spiritual energy is very dense and has greater benefits for warriors.

  Then, Zhang Ruochen took another San Ye Sheng Qi Cao and started refining it.

  The three-leaf sacred energy grass is easier to absorb than the semi-sacred true liquid, swallowed into the abdomen, directly melting into a white medicinal liquid, penetrating into the blood and five organs, and automatically drilling into Zhang Ruo Chen's body.

  It only took Zhang Ruochen half a day to fully absorb the medicinal properties of the first Three-Leafed Sage Grass, and that one catty of spiritual flesh was also absorbed by Zhang Ruochen, transformed into his own power.

  "It's indeed the Three-Leafed Sage Qi Grass, in just half a day, it has increased the true qi in my Qi Lake by 30%."

  Zhang Ruochen's heart slightly stirred with joy, and he continued to refine the remaining seven stalks of Three-Leafed Sacred Air Grass. At the same time, he also swallowed all nine catties of Spiritual Meat.

  The holy power of the seven stalks of Three-leaf Sage Grass and the spiritual power of the nine catties of Spiritual Meat spread rapidly throughout Zhang Ruochen's body, as if sixteen light balls were suspended within him. Even with thirty-six meridians opened up, some of it was still not fully absorbed.

  A wisp of white true energy escaped from the pores and spread throughout the entire interior space of the Time-Space Crystal.

  Zhang Ruochen's body was like floating in the clouds, greedily absorbing the surging holy power and spiritual energy.

  The thirty-six lines of meridians run a large cycle, and the true energy in the Qihai will increase by one section.

  Four days have passed, and Zhang Ruochen has refined all seven stalks of Three-leafed Sage Grass and nine kilograms of Spiritual Meat. Every cell in his body is filled with true energy, and his cultivation has reached the perfect state of the Great Extreme Realm's Great Ultimate Position, just one step away from breaking through to the Great Perfection of the Great Extreme Realm.

  However, Zhang Ruochen suppressed his boundary and did not allow himself to break through.

  He had taken a total of eight stalks of Three-Leafed Sage Grass and ten kilograms of Spiritual Meat, and it was absolutely impossible for him to absorb all the sacred energy and spiritual power within four days.

  He estimated that he had only absorbed one-fifth of all the holy power and spiritual energy, while four-fifths of the holy power and spiritual energy were still hidden in his body and had not been absorbed.

  If he is willing, he can now break through to the Great Perfection of Xuanji Realm, but in that case, he will not be able to reach the Supreme Ultimate of Xuanji Realm.

  On the contrary, if he can suppress his boundary and absorb all the holy power and spiritual power hidden in his body, which accounts for four-fifths of the total, and then break through the boundary, his physique will definitely reach another height, which is very beneficial to impact the Supreme Realm of Xuanji.

  "With my current cultivation, I should have already reached the level of the top 50 on the Mystic Board." Zhang Ruochen felt that his current strength was not inferior to Huang Yanchen's.

  If it were a one-on-one fight, it would be hard to say who wins and who loses.

  Of course, Huang Yanzhen has probably already broken through to the Earth Pole Realm and reached another height. Unless Zhang Ruochen breaks through to the Mysterious Extreme Realm's Great Perfection, he won't have a chance of defeating her.

  "With my current strength, I am no longer afraid of those two disciples from Beiyuan."

  Zhang Ruochen released his true energy, stirring up the time-space crystal stone, causing it to fly out of the gap in the stone and fall to the ground.

  A flash of white light on the surface of the crystal stone, and Zhang Ruochen once again arrived at the foot of Ghost Fog Mountain.

  Zhang Ruochen used his space-time domain to wrap around his body and went to find the traces of Yue Linchong and Lu Han.

  "The three-leafed Sage's Breath under the mountain was indeed taken away by them, and it is unknown whether they have left or not." Zhang Ruochen had been cultivating in the Time-Space Crystal for four days, while only a little more than a day had passed outside.

  They shouldn't have left so soon.

  Just then, Zhang Ruochen saw the figures of Yue Linchong and Lu Han in the distance, standing at the entrance of the mountain road, seemingly arguing.

  Zhang Ruochen stood behind a giant crimson boulder, mobilizing his true energy and channeling it into the ear meridian to carefully listen in on their conversation.

  Yue Lin Chong had a bulging package on his back, inside which were dozens of stalks of Three-Leafed Sagegrass. He advised, "Hongmei, we've already picked ninety-eight stalks of Three-Leafed Sagegrass at the foot of the mountain, enough to make our cultivation advance by leaps and bounds. There's no need to go up Ghost Fog Mountain and take risks."

  Lu Hong's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, revealing a scornful expression. "Are 98 stalks of Three-Leafed Sacred Air Grass a lot? At most, it can only support our cultivation up to the late stage of the Earth Extreme Realm. To reach the Sky Extreme Realm and become a martial arts legend, who knows when that will be? I, Lu Hong, don't want to marry a useless person. Are you going or not? If you're not going, then I'll go alone."

  Yue Lin Chong gritted his teeth tightly, grasped Lu Han's wrist, and after repeated struggles, finally made up his mind, saying: "Lu Mei, you stay at the foot of the mountain, Gui Wu Mountain is too dangerous, I'll go instead to pick the Three-Leaf Holy Spirit Grass, and I'll give you half."

  After saying this, Yue Lin strode resolutely towards Ghost Mist Mountain.

  Lu Fang gazed at Yue Linchong's back, her eyes fixed on the bundle on his back. A cold, beautiful smile spread across her face as she swiftly drew her sword and stabbed it into Yue Linchong's heart.

  "Hmm"

  The crimson sword tip went through Yue Lin's chest from the front.

  A drop of scorching hot blood fell from the tip of the sword and dripped onto the ground with a pattering sound.

  "Why" Yuelin Chong's whole body trembled, his voice filled with an unspeakable despair and indignation.

  "Whoosh"

  Lu Hong's face was extremely cold, he drew his sword and kicked Yue Linchong in the back, knocking him to the ground.

  She walked over, took the bundle off Yue Linchong's back, opened it and saw the dozens of Three-Leaf Saint Qi Grass inside. A satisfied smile appeared in her eyes.

  Lu Hong closed the package, looked at Yue Linchong in the blood pool, and sneered: "You think I don't know the danger of Ghost Mist Mountain? If you climb up Ghost Mist Mountain, it's absolutely a one-way trip. Since we're both going to die anyway, why not choose to die under my sword? At least that way, I can get your Three-Leaf Holy Spirit Grass."