Chapter 1340

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The tranquil forest became embroiled in chaos as two powerful creatures battled against each other.

After running for a while and not getting rid of the giant snake, Xin Ja decided to just fight it out with the giant snake.

As their battle intensified, the forest ground was turned into ruins.

"If you give up now, I will not kill you, but if you insist on hunting me, then you can only blame yourself for your death!" Xin Ja annoyingly shouted at the large beast which already have its eyes red in berserk mode.

It did not even stop and just darted at Xin Ja without a care of its life.

Bam!!!

Xin Ja lifted his sword and then focused the Ki energy from his arm to the tip of his blade. As the force gathers the Ki stone in his bracer began to dim.

Xin Ja's eyes turned into slits as he leaned forward. When he was about to rush, he suddenly stopped as he saw a few beasts floating in the air.

"Human! How dare you intrude on our territory!" shouted a flying beast that looks like a black crow.

Xin Ja looks at the beast but did not say anything.

The one beside the flying black crow is a slender multicolored snake with wings and a single horn on its forehead.

A bright ray of light came out of its eyes and hits the giant snake.

That ray of light seems to have calmed the giant snake as it looks at the powerful beasts in the air and slowly back away.

"I was lost in my travel and accidentally enter this place… and was attacked by that giant snake…" Xin Ja said as he kept his blade.

"Hmm… Hiss… Interesting… A Ki-Master body and a cracked dantian… What an interesting fellow… If I devour you, I will surely know your secret…" the multicolored snake said as it hissed.

Xin Ja frowned but did not say anything, he just stood calmly with folded hands on his chest.

"Human, it seems that since you have entered our place… We cannot let you live anymore. We don't want any other humans falling into this place don't we?" the crow said as if smirking.

Xin Ja could sense that these beasts are at the level of a late-stage Ki-Champion. If he fights against them then he would surely die.

So he could only use his ability to try and escape if worse comes to worst.

"Do you think it would be that easy?" Xin Ja smirked as he waves his hand.

Three pills appear in his hand which made the flying beasts astonished.

When he was about to throw a pill on the ground, the crow suddenly shouted."Wait! Stop!"

Xin Ja stopped but his vigilance is already high as he watches the floating beasts with wary eyes.

"You… are you a pill alchemist?" asked the crow.

Xin Ja squinted but did not answer. He did not know what these fellows wanted with a pill alchemist but he would not want to stay to find out.

As he lifted his hand to throw a pill, the crow grew anxious.

"Stop! Stop! I promise that we will not attack you… We… we can trade! Yes, you humans like to trade, right? We can trade pills with precious herbs!" he shouted.

Upon hearing those words, Xin Ja looks at the crow then his figure suddenly teleported atop a tree while looking at them at the same height.

When the powerful beasts saw this, their eyes are already filled with astonishment. Although they are very powerful, they knew that if this human truly escaped, they would not be able to catch him.

"What have you got?" Xin Ja suddenly asked.

He could not hide the excitement in his eyes as he truly wanted to practice refining higher-level herbs. As of now, he knew that if ever his ability came back, he would be truly capable of refining 99% to 100%. This is because… he has already improved his senses to such a degree that he could detect minute changes in the herbs.

The crow suddenly opened its mouth and produces several herbs that are at the 4th to 7th tier. Upon seeing the herbs, Xin Ja could not help but look at them with a wide smile on his face.

The snake and the other beasts did not hesitate to produce several herbs at the 3rd and the 7th tier which truly made Xin Ja elated.

"These are the herbs we will trade… show us what you got, human…" the crow said with a smirk.

Xin Ja did not bother to answer as he quickly takes out several pill bottles that are already inside his ring for a long time. He concocted these pills when he was in school, or while making a name for himself in the Jimal kingdom.

When the beasts saw the pill bottles, their jaws almost fell to the ground.

The crow showed greed in his eyes as he wanted to suddenly grab the pills.

"I will exchange all of these for the herbs in here… What do you say?" Xin Ja asked.

"Wait… let me check first…" the snake did not hesitate to open one using its body and its tail.

When the aroma of the pill wafted in the air the powerful beasts are all dumbfounded.

What the snake opened is a level 7th pill with high purity. That single bottle would surely push it to the next level of its cultivation strength, or if it is lucky it could push it to the next realm.

"That is a 7th level realm-breaking pill… It is refined using…" Xin Ja began explaining but was suddenly cut off when the snake did not hesitate to swallow the pill bottle.

The beasts were all dumbfounded.

"Do not swallow everything or you'll die!" Xin Ja could not help but shout.The snake smirked then suddenly floated away.

Everyone wanted to chase after it but decided not to.

"Sigh… You guys should know that the levels of the pills in these bottles are 5th tier up to the 7th tier. Please don't be impulsive as to swallow it as a whole…" he reminded.

Then he began explaining the pills to the rest of the beasts in front of him.

They then began to take what they needed and the rest was given to the crow.

"Hehe… I did not expect that you, my friend is not like any other human… You even reminded us… Hehe… I like you… Very good, very good… You will be this lord crow's friend from now on…" the crow seem to have smiled as it swallowed the pill bottles.

"You can have all of these things… I hope that you can visit us here again my friend for a spirit herb trade in the future…" the crow added.

Xin Ja's jaw almost dropped, but he controlled himself. Those pills might be useful to him, but his cultivation is not reliant on pills. He cultivates using Ki energy and pills are only used for supplements. With his ability in pill refining and the pills he has refined, he has enough until he reached the late stages of the Ki-Champion realm.

After gathering the herbs, the two parties left in a good relationship, and Xin Ja did not expect to even gain the right to trade with these masters.

If he needed more materials for pills then he could just come to this place.

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After traveling for many days, Xin Ja soon arrived in the periphery of a medium-sized city.

"This might be the Rock Ledge city…" he muttered while walking with a group of travelers.

"You're right young man…" an old man replied while walking behind him.

When Xin Ja shifted his gaze he saw the old man walking with a young boy in front.

He noticed that the old man is actually blind, but the strange herbal medicine wafting from his body made Xin Ja think that this blind old man might be an alchemist.

"Hmm… Then I'm in the right place… Are the two of you also joining the alchemist contest?" Xin Ja asked.

The old man smiled and nodded his head.

"Young sir, this is Alchemist Dou… and I am his hand boy…" the young boy said with a proud smile.

He has been the hand boy of Alchemist Dou for 3 years now and has produced a couple of pills. Although by himself he would not be able to produce pills because he needed to follow Alchemist Dou's instructions blindly, his ability to refine and produce pills through strict and quick movement made him invaluable to the blind alchemist.

"Nice to meet you… I am Xin Ja, and I am going to represent the Ao family…" Xin Ja introduced himself.

"I am Alchemist Dou, a rogue alchemist…" the old man introduced.

"And this is Tongtong, my grandnephew…"

Xin Ja nodded his head and travel with the two to enter the city.

While talking, Xin Ja could not help but admire the dedication that the old man to alchemy even after losing his sight.

He truly admires such a fellow and wished him good luck before the two separate after entering the city.

Xin Ja then began asking about the Ao family manor.

But he could sense that something is wrong as those people would look at him with pity in their eyes.