256: Chapter 256 I liked how you were just now! (Let me recover a bit.)

"A Semi-Saint legacy?" Wind Venerable opened his folding fan and waved it gently, nodding with a warm smile. "This old man is only a Four-Star Dou Zun; it's impossible for me not to be interested in a legacy of that level. Little fellow, why don't you tell me what you have in mind?"

Over the past three days, Wind Venerable and Yao Chen had talked late into the night. He had already learned many things, including Gu Han's formidable treasure-hunting and intelligence-gathering abilities, which had amazed him several times.

It was fortunate that such a person was a friend. If he were an enemy, one would likely lose sleep and appetite, worrying that he might suddenly appear one day in a much stronger state and easily crush you to death.

During these three days, Yao Chen also made his stance clear to Wind Venerable. Until Xiao Yan finished his seclusion, he didn't plan to return to the Starfall Pavilion for the time being.

Not only did his resurrection require Xiao Yan's help, but the other Materials also needed to be slowly gathered with Little Fellow Gu's assistance.

Furthermore, Yao Chen feared that returning to the Starfall Pavilion would attract the Hall of Souls, whom he would be powerless to resist in his Soul state.

He would lay low in the Black-Corner Region for a while, and after Xiao Yan finished his seclusion, the master and disciple would secretly head to the Central Plains.

Once they returned to the Starfall Pavilion and made complete preparations, he would be resurrected!

Wind Venerable naturally respected Yao Chen's decision. He had intended to stay and guard him for a while, but Yao Chen sent him off to accompany Gu Han, telling him to help out wherever he could.

"We are going to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion in the Heavenly Snake Empire." A cold killing intent flashed in Gu Han's eyes. "Senior, you cut off one of Hui Wen's hands. We should take advantage of his weakness to kill him. If we let him recover, he might turn around and bite us in the future."

"You're making me your hired muscle," Wind Venerable joked. "Although the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion has fallen and their other Elder is heavily injured, I remember their Mansion Master is a Six-Star Dou Zun, right?"

The Heavenly Serpent Mansion was by no means weak. After all, they could control the succession of the Heavenly Snake Empire's imperial family and receive tribute from nearby forces. Moreover, the Heavenly Snake Empire occupied the most resource-rich central region of the Northwest Continent, and its territory was dozens of times larger than that of the Jia Ma Empire.

The Heavenly Serpent Mansion had the capability to Cultivate Qing Lin to the level of a One-Star Dou Zun. Although this was related to her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the fact that she still had to flee from them even after breaking through to Dou Zun and controlling several Rank 8 Serpentine magical beasts suggested their strength was likely comparable to the Starfall Pavilion in its Peak period.

"The Mansion Master of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion recently clashed with a Dou Zun from the Flower Sect while exploring a ruin in the northwestern part of the Central Plains. He was injured and is currently in secluded recovery in the Central Plains." Gu Han smiled faintly. "After we deal with Hui Wen, we can look for a partnership with the Flower Sect when we head to the Central Plains to deal with the Mansion Master as well."

Everyone present: "..."

How does this person seem to know everything?

The Heavenly Serpent Mansion provoking him was like kicking a Heavenly Flame!

Easily ignited and explosive!

With a light chuckle, Gu Han continued, "Hui Wen's ancestor, the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Hui Qian, successfully broke through to the Semi-Saint Realm. However, this triggered a hidden trap left in his Soul by Senior Yao Chen using the Bone Chilling Flame. He died after struggling for several years."

"His body and his lifelong accumulations are all left within the Secret Realm where he underwent seclusion."

Hearing this, Wind Venerable's breathing suddenly became rapid. He immediately said with righteous indignation, "Let's go, we must go immediately, lest Hui Wen gets there first. What does the Heavenly Serpent Mansion matter? If we face them, we face them."

Everyone: We still prefer the way you looked just now.

"No rush." Gu Han shook his head gently. "Although most of the attack was absorbed by the Eight-Winged Black Heaven Python, the injuries you inflicted on Hui Wen, Old Wind, are not light. He is currently healing in a secret location and will return to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion in about three months."

"Without him using his blood to open the entrance, or the secret technique held by the Mansion Master, we cannot forcibly enter the Secret Realm where Hui Qian secluded himself."

"How do you know everything?" Wind Venerable finally couldn't help but ask.

"I obtained this information by chance," Gu Han said, acting as if it were nothing.

Everyone: We knew you'd say 'by chance' again.

"I see." Wind Venerable asked with a serious face, "Then why haven't you 'by chance' obtained the secret technique to open the portal?"

Gu Han: "..."

My Soul Realm isn't high enough. I probably need to be at the Middle Stage of the Heaven Realm before I can deduce it using the Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Art.

Or I could rely on an Opportunity and luck, but that's too uncertain to rely on.

"It shows I'm not lucky enough yet," Gu Han replied seriously.

Everyone: Enough, it's more than enough!

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Time flew like a white horse passing a crevice; two months passed in the blink of an eye.

After the Eighth Grade Pill, the three-colored Pill Lightning bone-growing blood-merging pill, was refined, several more three-colored, four-colored, and even one five-colored Pill Lightning appeared over the City Lord's Manor in Yunmu City.

However, aside from some Alchemists who came to observe from afar with a sense of pilgrimage, no more short-sighted forces or individuals appeared to try and seize the Medicinal Pills.

The various forces in the Black-Corner Region remained quiet for half a month. Upon discovering that Yunmu City was indeed uninterested in the areas outside the territory north of the western Heavenly Flame Mountain Range, they immediately began to fight and kill for dominance.

Chaos, lawlessness, greed, and slaughter—all the dark sides of human nature remained the main themes of the Black-Corner Region.

Even though Yunmu City and the Jia Nan Academy were now two exceptions, they did not affect the overall environment.

And this was exactly the situation Gu Han wanted to see, as it made it convenient for Yunmu City to build a resource circulation platform.

"Brother Chen, I've been to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower. That disciple of yours should be able to break through in another month."

"If I haven't left by then, you can certainly come with us."

In the backyard of the Yunmu City Lord's Manor, Wind Idle waved the folding fan in his hand with a gentle smile on his face.

"I'm afraid there won't be such an Opportunity," Yao Chen shook his head with a smile.

Wind Idle was about to ask why when a spatial tunnel appeared nearby, and three figures stepped out.

It was Gu Han and his two wives, Cai Die and Colorful Glass.

"Little Fellow Gu has finished his seclusion."

Wind Idle closed his folding fan, clicking his tongue in wonder after sensing the auras of the three.

"In just two short months, it's reasonable for his two wives to break through to the Seven-Star Dou Zong level, but his strength actually soared from a Two-Star Dou Zong to a Six-Star Dou Zong. What kind of Medicinal Pill did he take?"

"It's definitely not related to pills." Yao Chen was equally surprised. His Soul Realm was only a body away from breaking through to the Heaven Realm, so his perception was even sharper than Wind Idle's.

Gu Han had not only broken through, but his aura was also terrifyingly stable, even more so than Xiao Yan's strength explosion after evolving the Burning Technique by devouring a Heavenly Flame.

Although Xiao Yan's strength would skyrocket, his entire body would be tempered by the Heavenly Flame before and after the evolution of the Burning Technique, so he didn't fear an unstable Realm at all.

"He doesn't have the strength to refine and devour a pill with such an effect."

"And the pills he can refine the medicinal power of don't possess such an effect."

Yao Chen guessed that the Cultivation Technique Gu Han practiced must also be extraordinary.

But the truth, naturally, was not that.

In fact, Gu Han relied on his Dual Cultivation Technique to practice with Colorful Glass, Cai Die, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin simultaneously. With the enhancement of the Yin Yang Twin Flames, he rapidly devoured the cultivation of the Flame Gold Crowned Python within the Snake Seal on his forehead.

That was why his cultivation could skyrocket so stably.