[You controlled the Sword Qi Barrier and charged forward, ten zhang, a hundred zhang... In this space turbulence, every step felt as heavy as a thousand jin!]
[But you persisted... However, the black passage that seemed so close appeared extremely distant due to the space distortion...]
[Clenching your teeth, you charged another thousand zhang ahead...]
[At this moment, you felt the black passage was only a few thousand zhang away from you.]
[But you had to give up, because more than half of your Body-Protecting Sword Aura was damaged. If you continued, you would be killed by the space turbulence before reaching the passage entrance...]
[Without hesitation, you retreated decisively along the original route...]
[When the last of the Body-Protecting Sword Aura dissipated, you successfully returned to the initial star path.]
[You looked at the black passage in the distance with some regret, but still entered the temporary passage.]
In the real world, Su Xing sighed as he watched.
"It's a pity, just a bit more... Next time, if I comprehend another hundred Sword Qi Barrier and my Body Refinement realm becomes stronger, I should be able to traverse another black passage!"
Su Xing was extremely curious about what lay beyond the black passage.
"Since I must enter the valley gathering place, I'll stick to the original plan, develop steadily for a while, and then find an opportunity to go to the Little Qingyun Realm to gain my freedom!"
Su Xing murmured, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
[You entered the temporary passage and felt the surrounding space tearing at you frantically.]
[You activated your Protective Gang Qi and blacked out...]
[When you woke up again, you were already in the valley gathering place.]
[You were only slightly injured and recovered three days later.]
[You found a job as a guard in a brothel and began gathering intelligence in the valley.]
[You learned that there were two years until the next Blood Seed competition.]
[So, as usual, under the guise of being a guard, you robbed those "freeloaders."]
[You quickly accumulated some initial funds, but it was not enough to buy the resources you needed.]
[Two years passed quickly...]
[In the fourteenth year, you participated in the Blood Seed competition.]
[You killed dozens of cultivators in the Return to Void Realm and Divinity Transformation Stage, accumulating a considerable amount of Spirit Stone.]
[You used these Spirit Stones to buy some Spiritual Liquid, a ninth-rank Alchemy Furnace, and started growing Gathering Spirit Flowers.]
[Another two years passed...]
[In the sixteenth year, you cultivated over a hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers and sold them to Old Song II.]
[You obtained a large amount of urgently needed resources, including various medicinal materials, several eighth-rank Escape Talismans, and a superior-grade Spiritual Artifact.]
[With these resources in hand, you prepared your plan to escape the valley.]
[According to your intel, the weakest two guards were in the early Mahayana stage, and they were not your match.]
[So, you sneaked into the forbidden area, waited until the two cultivators were chatting, then suddenly attacked, activated the Body-Protecting Sword Aura, and incapacitated them instantly.]
[You obtained a Pass Token and rushed toward the core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.]
[In the following days, you used Sword Flight to travel millions of li.]
[Afterward, you sensed an Immortal or a Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivator pursuing you and hid within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, using the terrain for cover and running deep into the mountains.]
[You used the Heavenly Secrets Shielding Technique to better conceal your presence, avoiding powerful demonic beasts, and continued toward the core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.]
[After achieving Great Achievement in Body Refinement, your escape speed greatly increased; even on foot, you could travel two hundred thousand li a day.]
[In this way, twenty days passed, and you gradually approached the core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.]
[At the same time, your feeling became more evident; perhaps Blood Nine was desperately searching for you.]
[So, you gritted your teeth and increased your speed again. After seven days, you had entered the core area...]
[In the core area, you kept running for three more days.]
[One day, you heard terrifying spell fluctuations from behind and realized that Tiger Immortal and Blood Nine were fighting.]
[Seizing this opportunity, you ran forward relentlessly.]
[You wanted to see if you could evade Tiger Immortal's pursuit and successfully traverse the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains...]
[A few days later, a strange wind blew from behind you.]
[Your heart tightened; you knew Tiger True Immortal had arrived.]
[As you turned to look, you saw Tiger True Immortal standing under a big tree, observing you.]
[He asked why the Descending Sect was chasing you.]
[Drawing on your previous experience, you refrained from revealing any information about the Qingyun Sect.]
[Instead, you took out a small bag of Gathering Spirit Flower seeds, claiming you were exceptionally skilled at growing Gathering Spirit Flowers and that the Descending Sect wanted to capture you to make you grow flowers.]
[Tiger Immortal's eyes flashed with a peculiar glint upon hearing this, and he asked how skilled you were.]
[You concealed the actual situation and said you could mature Gathering Spirit Flowers in ten years with a survival rate of over fifty percent.]
[Hearing your statement, Tiger Immortal stared at you with wide eyes, clearly astonished.]
[Then he waved his hand, captured you, and took you to the Tiger Immortal Fort.]
[Unlike common demonic beasts, Tiger Immortal didn't hate humans. He said he saved your life and would let you go if you grew Gathering Spirit Flowers for him for five hundred years as a repayment.]
[Upon hearing this, you feigned a frightened expression and quickly agreed.]