Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

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After Jin Kui and his companion teleported away, the remaining cultivators rushed forward, and a hazy white spiritual light shone one after another.

Su Mu blended seamlessly into the crowd, his body enveloped in a soft aura of teleportation. His figure vanished completely from the spot.

The dizziness from the teleportation was fleeting.

When Su Mu opened his eyes again, he found himself in a small, independent world.

The spiritual energy here is very strong, the sky is a beautiful blue, and the surrounding area is an endless green grassland. The wind blows and stirs up layers of green waves.

In the distance, mountains stretch endlessly, and the air is filled with the faint fragrance of grass and trees, which is refreshing and invigorating.

"It must be that this place was created by ancient powerful beings like the Ice Soul Fairy using spatial rifts to open up a small world. Such heaven-reaching and earth-shattering supernatural power is truly astonishing."

Su Mu sighed softly, said no more, and with a burst of red light around him, he rode a crimson escape beam and flew straight towards the distant mountain range shrouded in spiritual energy.

The other cultivators who were teleported to this place did the same. Due to the limited time, everyone was eager to find treasure. They all transformed into rainbows of various colors and scattered towards the depths of the grassland, fearing that if they were a step behind, the opportunity would be seized by others.

Several hours later.

Su Mu had already traversed the vast grasslands and entered the mountains. The peaks here were brimming with spiritual energy, and among the cliffs and forests, one could often find rare spiritual herbs and medicines, most of which were quite old.

"A thousand-year-old red heart mushroom? This is quite rare. It seems I'm pretty lucky."

He raised his hand and gently scooped up a spiritual herb that glowed with a faint pink light from a cave by the deep pool.

This spiritual herb has thick leaves, a clear and refreshing medicinal fragrance, and a restrained spiritual light; it is clearly over a thousand years old. Counting this one, it is the second thousand-year-old spiritual herb he has found in this place.

Although there are many spiritual herbs here, the Void Heaven Palace only opens once every few hundred years. After several waves of cultivators have harvested them, spiritual herbs that are hundreds of years old are easy to obtain, but those that are thousands of years old are still very rare.

He was able to find two plants in a row thanks to the Netherworld Dust Insect's exceptional sensitivity to fluctuations in spiritual energy, which allowed it to locate these hidden places that are difficult for ordinary people to detect.

Just as he carefully put away the Red Heart Ganoderma and was about to leave, he suddenly sensed four cultivators riding on escape lights, rushing towards him at high speed.

"Is it her?"

Su Mu's gaze sharpened slightly, and he immediately recognized the figure in the blue light ahead as Yuan Yao, dressed in a black robe.

Her breathing was slightly unsteady, clearly indicating she was injured. She glanced back at the three streaks of light that were relentlessly pursuing her, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. With a flick of her wrist, she suddenly flung out a bright green pellet.

Upon seeing this, the three cultivators behind him changed their expressions and dared not be negligent in the slightest. They hurriedly summoned their respective magic treasures, and layers of spiritual light condensed in front of them, transforming into several thick protective light shields.

But with a soft "poof," the emerald green bullet instantly transformed into a ball of dark green flame, about ten feet in size.

This fire was extremely strange and domineering. As soon as it touched the three people's magical treasures, it made a sizzling sound and gradually melted the treasures. Then, it broke through them like a hot knife through butter and burned through the protective spiritual light of two of them.

In the blink of an eye, the two cultivators were completely engulfed by the green flame. They didn't even have time to utter a scream before turning into a handful of ashes and disappearing with the wind.

Only one person, in a moment of desperation, activated some kind of teleportation artifact, and with a flicker of his body, escaped directly from the range of flames, thus narrowly escaping death.

"Azure Fire Thunder, it really is her!"

Su Mu's heart stirred, and he transformed into a streak of red light, rapidly approaching Yuan Yao's location.

Seeing the two cultivators die, Yuan Yao breathed a sigh of relief, but when she thought about being forced to use another precious Azure Fire Thunder, a look of heartache flashed across her face.

She took a deep breath, about to unleash a hammer-shaped magic weapon to finish off the last person.

Just then, her expression changed as she sensed another streak of light approaching at an extremely fast speed, arriving in front of her in an instant.

The light dissipated, revealing a handsome male cultivator dressed in white robes.

With a wave of his hand, a fiery python, its body entirely crimson, appeared out of thin air and swallowed the surviving cultivator whole, leaving not a trace behind.

After doing all this, he turned his gaze to himself with a smile.

Yuan Yao's heart tightened. She took out another Azure Fire Thunderbolt, secretly holding it in her palm. Her voice deliberately became low and hoarse as she coldly warned:

"Sir, please do not approach any further, or do not blame me for being impolite!"

Upon hearing this, Su Mu immediately stopped and did not take another step forward, but simply smiled faintly.

"Fellow Daoist, please don't misunderstand. I was attracted by this commotion and came here to lend a hand, since I saw that you were traveling with Fellow Daoist Han."

Yuan Yao remained vigilant, her tone still icy.

"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. I have only met Fellow Daoist Han a few times. May I ask who you are? Are you perhaps a friend of Fellow Daoist Han?"

Su Mu nodded slightly, his tone very calm.

"I am Xiao Yan from Tianxing City, and I am neighbors with Fellow Daoist Han."

"Xiao Yan? You're Alchemist Xiao from Tianxing City!"

Upon hearing this name, Yuan Yao's eyes flashed with surprise. She even forgot to maintain her deliberately hoarse voice and reverted to her original gentle female voice.

Su Mu was slightly taken aback, somewhat surprised that this woman would have such a strong reaction after hearing his name, even inadvertently revealing her voice.

Yuan Yao realized she had lost her composure, and after a moment's hesitation, she simply raised her hand and removed the hood of her black robe, revealing a stunningly beautiful face.

The woman had fair, snow-white skin, long, jet-black hair that cascaded over her shoulders, and a gold hair ring adorned her forehead. Her beauty was both aloof and alluring, making her unforgettable at first sight.

She gave Su Mu a charming smile and a graceful bow.

"I have long admired the name of Alchemist Xiao of Tianxing City. My surname is Ruan, and I have met Fellow Daoist Xiao before. Speaking of which, I once purchased some pills personally refined by Fellow Daoist."

Su Mu was slightly surprised, and a look of doubt appeared on his face.

"I have met Miss Ruan before, but my pills are widely circulated, so I don't have much of an impression of you."

Yuan Yao chuckled softly, her eyes sparkling with charm.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, you naturally wouldn't remember. The first Heart-Burning Pill you ever auctioned was purchased by me, and I was deeply impressed by you then. Oh, and I also acquired the Jade Soul Pill that you later auctioned. In a way, we have some kind of fate together."

She sighed softly, her tone tinged with regret.

"It's just a pity that Fellow Daoist only auctioned that Jade Soul Pill once, and I was unable to obtain another one."

"Jade Soul Pill..."

A barely perceptible glint flashed in Su Mu's eyes. The Jade Soul Pill he had auctioned off was only a substandard product, barely capable of repairing the soul, because the soul energy he had refined into it was too thin.

This woman went to great lengths to acquire the item back then, probably for the sake of her senior, Yanli.

However, he happened to have a Jade Soul Mushroom containing complete soul energy, which, if used as the main ingredient...

Thinking of this, he slightly curled the corners of his mouth, chuckled, and casually uttered a sentence that made Yuan Yao's heart suddenly pound wildly.

"I see. Speaking of which, that Jade Soul Pill was just a flawed product. I can refine a genuine, finished Jade Soul Pill at any time."