Chapter 143 - Connate Elixir (1/2)

Chapter 143: Connate Elixir

Since returning to the Valley of the Medicine Masters after being gravely wounded, Su Mo considered feigning compliance, gambling that the youth might not be able to demonstrate once more the Connate-stage ability that had defeated him so soundly.

However, in his midnight dreams, the scene of his crushing defeat by the youth played out again and again. Repeating that scene when his life hung in the balance had caused his spirit to crumble.

This caused Su Mo to abandon any ideas of trying his luck.

Acknowledging the youth as Master might be humiliating, but it would ensure that he could live in peace.

He had practiced for more than sixty years before attaining the late Connate stage, and with his martial talent, there was still a chance that he would be able to successfully attempt reaching the Primal Core stage in his lifetime

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If he attained the Primal Core stage, he would break free of the upper limit of his lifetime, potentially living for three hundred years.

If he was not able to attain the Primal Core stage, he could hope to live just a hundred years.

If he managed to attain the Primal Core stage, he could live an additional two hundred years!

He was not willing to die for his dignity.

“Mm.” Zhou Donghuang lazily opened his eyes and gazed indifferently at the Valley Master of the Valley of the Medicine Masters, Su Mo, who was respectfully prostrated on the back of the thunder-feathered vulture.

“Get up,” Su Mo said evenly.

Su Mo waited for the youth’s reply before daring to rise and say respectfully, “Master, you must be weary from your travels. Shall I arrange a place for you to rest?”

“Mm.” Zhou Donghuang nodded. “Find me somewhere quiet.”

Riding on the thunder-feathered vulture, Su Mo soon led Zhou Donghuang and the golden-crowned eagle to the mountainside where their accommodation was. It was a cave by a small road that led to several main roads of the Valley of the Medicine Masters.

However, just beside the bends in both directions of the small road, two giant slabs of stone had been erected and carved with the words “Forbidden Place.”

The two carved words had even been painted in red paint, which made them extremely obvious.

“Master, this is where my respected teacher, the previous Valley Master of the Valley of the Medicine Masters, practiced. It is a paradise inside, and incomparably quiet and peaceful. Why don’t you go in and inspect it, and stay here if you find it satisfactory. If you are not satisfied, I will find accommodation at the foot of the mountain for you,” Su Mo said respectfully.

The entrance to the cave was very big, easily more than ten meters high and five or six meters wide. Not only in his current state, but even if Big Gold attained the Connate stage, he would be able to enter and exit the cave easily.

“Master, please go ahead.”

After leaping off the back of the thunder-feathered vulture to the ground, Zhou Donghuang followed Su Mo into the cave.

The thunder-feathered vulture waited patiently outside, but Big Gold followed them in.

Inside the cave, there was an indistinct white light that seemed to come from the cave’s depths.

After they had walked ten more meters, the white light became brighter, and they arrived at a bend in the path.

After rounding the bend, they entered into a gigantic cavern.

This cavern was vast, more than fifty meters deep and at least forty meters wide, with a height of twenty meters, as though it had been scooped out of the mountainside.

Seeing this, Zhou Donghuang was moved. “Such a large cave,” he thought. “Even if Big Gold attains the Connate stage, he could spread his wings here without a care.”

Everywhere in the cave, there were green plants that people had planted that gave off a fragrance that was immediately apparent. There was no lack of plants that could be used as herbs.

Besides this, there was a small waterfall at one side of the cave. Water welled out from a corner at the top of the cave and flowed languidly down, watering the plants around the cave.

In the middle of the cave, there was a free-standing wooden house, sparsely furnished. Aside from a wooden bed and a wooden table, there was nothing else inside it.

“Master, what do you think?” Su Mo asked anxiously, looking at the youth.

“It will do.”

Seeing the youth nod, Su Mo heaved a sigh of relief. He fished out a token from his pocket, which he had prepared in advance, and passed it to the youth. “Master, this is the ‘Token of the Medicine Master.’ Seeing the token is equivalent to seeing me. With this token, it will be more convenient for you in the Valley of the Medicine Masters in the future.”

There was only one Token of the Medicine Master in the Valley of the Medicine Masters, and it was usually passed down through successive generations of Valley Masters of the Valley of the Medicine Masters.

When the Valley Master of the Valley of the Medicine Masters passed the Token of the Medicine Master to someone, it meant that that person possessed supreme authority in the Valley of the Medicine Masters, equal to that of the Valley Master.

“Mm.” Zhou Donghuang took the token and stuffed it into his pocket, not even bothering to glance at the token that symbolized supreme authority in the Valley of the Medicine Masters.

“Master, when it is mealtime, I will arrange for someone to send your meals here.” Su Mo continued.

“Mm.” Zhou Donghuang nodded again.

“If that is all, I will not disturb your rest any longer.”

Su Mo bowed and retreated, and added on, “Master, I will be staying at the foot of this mountain below this cave. If there is anything you need, you may look for me anytime.”

“Hang on.”

Just as Su Mo was about to leave, Zhou Donghuang stopped him and proceeded to take out a piece of paper from his pocket, flinging it towards him.

The piece of paper floated lightly as though it came alive in the air, and landed gently on Su Mo’s palm.