Two days later, early in the morning.
At the southern outskirts of the Chu Country, the official road was currently filled with a thick fog. The white fog was like a giant white whale sweeping across the land. The air was incomparably humid, and if a person were to stand in the fog, their clothes would be soaked in a short while.
A two-man carriage was slowly breaking through the thick fog and moving forward on the official road. Two exquisite wind chimes were hanging on the carriage's roof, emitting a clear and melodious silver bell sound along the way.
The one driving the carriage was Huang Zhan. He was wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, covering his body tightly to resist the humid heat of the outside world.
Inside the carriage, Su Chen sat cross-legged on a soft cushion. This cushion was stuffed with dozens of fragrant herbs, emitting a fragrance that could calm one's mind.
Thinking back to when he bid farewell to Chu Tianming, the other party's expression was like soy sauce, Su Chen felt that it was funny.
This old emperor must be worried that he would not return.
"Master, please have some tea."
Ning Xiaoran knelt at the side and handed over a cup of bitter tea to dispel the cold and dampness.
Su Chen said, "Xiao Ran, it's almost dawn. When the sun comes out, the fog will disperse. You can return to the Ghost Pearl and take it with you."
Ghost Spirit Bodies were Yin spirits and were afraid of the sun's rays.
Ning Xiaoran said, "Master, don't worry. Xiao Ran is a Heaven Stage Ghost Servant. A little sunlight won't hurt Xiao Ran. As long as it's not a summer afternoon sun, Xiao Ran won't have a problem moving around in the outside world."
Is that so?
It seems that Heaven Stage Ghost Servants are quite powerful.
Without saying anything more, Su Chen took out a map and looked at it.
Chu Kingdom was located in the center of Southern Border. From the imperial capital to Shennong Province in the south, the journey was about three thousand miles.
Of course, there were no high-speed trains in the Xuanyuan Continent, but the horses here were very strong. Ordinary horses could travel thousands of miles in a day. The two horses pulling Su Chen's carriage were ferghana horses from the Imperial Palace of the Chu Dynasty. Their legs were three times stronger than ordinary horses. If the horses were whipped at full speed, they could reach Shennong Province in one day.
However, Su Chen was not in a hurry. Riding a horse was too tiring. It was better to sit in a carriage. It would take about three days to reach Shennong Province, which was considered fast.
He could also take advantage of these three days to learn more skills.
Su Chen didn't lack Cultivation Techniques and Skills for the time being. The Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art and the Art of Primordial Manifestation were definitely enough for him to use within the Heaven Rank. However, he had so many Skill Points that he couldn't not use them. Thus, Su Chen planned to learn more Life Skills.
As the saying goes, it's never a burden to have more skills. Mastering a few more core technologies would make it more convenient no matter what you do.
For example, the book that Su Chen was reading was about farming.
Don't underestimate this skill. Although the beginner level Botany skill could only be used to grow crops, as long as Su Chen had enough Skill Points, he could continuously upgrade the skill.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Life Skill 'Botany'."
After reading for more than two hours, the skill was finally activated!
Su Chen immediately entered the system interface and praised his Botany skill to the Grandmaster level.
This kind of skill consumed very few Skill Points. It only took a few hundred Skill Points to max it out.
The effect was not bad. Su Chen's mind was filled with a large amount of knowledge regarding Botany skills.
The Grandmaster level Botany skill was not used for farming. Its biggest use was to cultivate various types of herbs.
The rarer the herb, the harder it was to cultivate it. However, Su Chen now had the Grandmaster level Botany skill, so it wasn't a problem at all.
Other than Botany, Su Chen also learned a few small skills for daily life, such as cooking, painting, and carving.
Of course, he also used Skill Points to upgrade them to the Grandmaster level.
The Grandmaster level Cooking skill was equivalent to the level of the head chef of a state banquet. The reason why Su Chen upgraded his Cooking skill to the Grandmaster level was very simple. It was so that he could have two more good meals.
Painting and carving had other uses.
This was the beginner level skill of a Divine Pattern Master. The Divine Pattern Master's status in the Xuanyuan Continent was extremely high. It was much higher than Alchemists and Beast Tamers. In the entire Southern Border, there wasn't even a beginner level Divine Pattern Master. He could only read about it in some books.
Su Chen was very interested in this special profession.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for upgrading both Painting and Carving skills to the Grandmaster level. You have automatically comprehended the Divine Pattern Carving skill. You have obtained a new skill, Divine Pattern Technique."
The sudden system notification made Su Chen overjoyed. He just wanted to pave the way. He didn't expect that it would lead him directly to Rome. This was really effortless.
Su Chen immediately entered the system interface and prepared to upgrade his Divine Pattern Technique to the Grandmaster level.
"Damn, it actually costs 10,000 skill points to upgrade the Divine Pattern Technique to the Beginner level. This is too much!"
Looking at the cost of upgrading the Divine Pattern Technique, Su Chen was stunned.
He had spent less than 1,000 skill points to upgrade his Alchemy skill to the Grandmaster level. If the Divine Pattern Technique to the Beginner level required 10,000 skill points, then wouldn't the cost of upgrading it to the Grandmaster and Grandmaster levels be even more shocking?
"This Divine Pattern Technique must be very powerful. I'll upgrade it!"
With 10,000 skill points added, Su Chen immediately upgraded his Divine Pattern Technique to the Beginner level.
In an instant, a large amount of information surged into Su Chen's brain like a tidal wave. The amount of information far exceeded the Grandmaster level Alchemy and Beast Tamer skills. Su Chen only felt his vision turn black and he fainted.
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"Brother, I don't know if we will succeed in getting medicine from the Valley of the Apothecaries. What if the Valley of the Apothecaries rejects us? What should we do about father's illness?"
At the southwest border of Chu, a group of people was rushing on their way.
The group was led by a man and a woman. They were siblings from the Lim Clan of the Qin Kingdom.
The one who spoke was the eldest daughter of the Lim Clan, Lin Yuerou. She was covered in dust from rushing for days on end, but it still couldn't hide her beauty. However, her eyebrows were furrowed with worry.
The eldest son of the Lim Clan, Lin You, who was riding on a ferocious tiger beside her, comforted her, "Little sister, don't think too much. No matter how powerful the Valley of the Apothecaries is, they are not a match for the Qin Kingdom. Father is the number one general of the Qin Kingdom, with 100,000 soldiers under his command. As long as we show our identity, the Valley of the Apothecaries will definitely give us face."
"I hope so." Lin Yuerou sighed.
Although her father still had military power, he had been seriously injured in the battle with the Chu Kingdom and had been bedridden for months. They had seen all the doctors in the Qin Kingdom, but none of them were able to heal her father's injuries. Right now, the Valley of the Apothecaries was their only hope. If they couldn't get the medicine, then it would be difficult for her father to keep his life.
Once they lost their father, a Heaven Realm expert, the Lin Clan's status in the Great Qin Kingdom would plummet, and the Great Qin Royal Family would definitely take back their military power.
Over the years, the Lin Clan had made many enemies in the Qin Kingdom. Without her father's protection, the Lin Clan would become food on the table of those wolves and leopards. Those fellows had long since harbored bad intentions. They wouldn't give up until they ate the Lin Clan to the bone.
At this moment, an exquisite carriage appeared in front of Lin You and Lin Yuerou's vision.
When Lin You saw the insignia of the Chu Kingdom's Royal Family on the carriage, he was instantly enraged. His father had been killed by those bastards from the Chu Kingdom.
"Surround it!"
Following Lin You's order, more than a hundred elite Tiger Guards sped up and surrounded the carriage.
Lin You rode forward on the ferocious tiger and shouted to the old man sitting in front of the carriage, "Old man, call the people in the carriage down!"
Huang Zhan pushed up his bamboo hat, "Young man, are you calling me?"