Chapter 384 300: Wooden Box (2)

The Orange Cat mumbled something, then continued to wolf down the fish.

To him, nothing was more important than eating.

Han Yuan trained for three days and three nights.

He only stopped his Cultivation after feeling his Heart Spirit exhausted from the prolonged visualization.

"Huuu..."

"This Cultivation is even easier than I imagined."

"It must be because of my constitution."

Han Yuan exhaled a breath of turbid qi that had accumulated in his body for three days.

He opened the Skill Proficiency Panel.

Host: Han Yuan

Innate Great Demon Skill: Perfection (Demonization)

Nine Mountains Heart Guarding True Skill: First Layer (246/1000)

Azure Heaven Annihilation Saber: Great Success (5263/8000)

Celestial Spirit Divine Fist: Great Success (6867/8000)

"Over two hundred proficiency points in just three days... not bad."

Han Yuan muttered to himself.

He swallowed a few Elixir Pills and returned to the wooden cabin to sleep.

There was no faster way to recover his Heart Spirit than sleeping.

After sleeping for six hours, Han Yuan awoke, full of energy, and once again began cultivating the Nine Mountains Heart Guarding True Skill.

.....

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.

This time, as Han Yuan was cultivating, his bones suddenly erupted with a sound like ropes being twisted taut, and his muscles began to squirm.

After a long while, Han Yuan opened his eyes.

Nine Mountains Heart Guarding True Skill: Second Layer (0/2000)

"Finally, a breakthrough..."

Han Yuan muttered to himself.

He stood up, feeling the changes in his body.

'Perhaps because I've only cultivated the First Layer, the physical changes aren't that significant. My skin is tougher, and my bones are a bit harder...'

In addition, he had also obtained a Secret Technique: Iron Mountain Lean.

It allowed him to erupt with extreme speed over a short distance and smash into an opponent with his shoulder.

This was normal, though. Han Yuan's own constitution was already ridiculously strong; the true power of this Cultivation Technique would only manifest once he reached its deeper stages.

Han Yuan stretched his limbs, and his gaze suddenly shifted forward.

A figure wearing tight-fitting attire and a conical hat slowly walked out of the woods.

It was a man with a weathered face, a scar running down his left cheek.

When he saw Han Yuan, he frowned slightly.

"Where is Wei Xiongtian?"

the man asked.

"He's dead. He entrusted me to bring that item here."

Han Yuan replied.

The weathered man sized Han Yuan up for a moment before saying, "Then bring the item over."

Han Yuan didn't waste words. He turned, walked into the wooden cabin, and tossed the man a wooden box that was tightly wrapped in black cloth.

The weathered man unwrapped the black cloth, took out the wooden box, and nodded. "That's right..."

Then he looked at Han Yuan again. "Aren't you curious what's inside?"

"I was... The thing inside seems to be affecting me."

Han Yuan said faintly.

"It seems your mental fortitude is quite good," the weathered man said with a smile.

He thought for a moment, then asked, "Can you do me a favor?"

"Let's hear it first." Han Yuan naturally wouldn't agree immediately.

"Help me continue to look after this wooden box..."

the weathered man said.

"Why?" The question left Han Yuan a bit confused.

The weathered man sighed. "I'm being hunted by a mysterious organization... This item absolutely cannot fall into their hands."

Han Yuan narrowed his eyes. "But that would put me at great risk."

The weathered man smiled. "Then what do you need? We can make a trade."

"I need the legacy Cultivation Technique of the Great Demon Palace," Han Yuan said in a deep voice.

The weathered man shook his head. "If I weren't being hunted, I could just accompany you to slaughter your way into the Great Demon Palace... Unfortunately, I can't show my face right now."

Hearing this, Han Yuan couldn't help but inwardly assess the weathered man's strength.

'The Great Demon Palace's power and heritage are likely no weaker than the Great Vajra Temple's.'

'Yet in this weathered man's eyes, it seems to be an existence he could erase with a wave of his hand.'

'Just how strong is this guy?'

Han Yuan didn't suspect the man was just bluffing.

His intuition told him that this man was genuinely terrifying.

"How about this... I'll leave you with three Sword Talismans."

"Each Sword Talisman is equivalent to a full-power strike from a Divine Sea Realm expert."

"What do you think of this trade?"

the weathered man proposed.

"If I keep this thing on me, will the people hunting you be able to sense it?"

Han Yuan inquired.

"Rest assured... the wooden box will block all detection."

"Otherwise, Wei Xiongtian wouldn't have been able to keep it for me for so long."

said the weathered man.

Han Yuan thought for a moment and finally agreed.

After all, Wei Xiongtian had kept it safe just by storing it in a random Money Shop.

This proved that his pursuers truly couldn't sense the item's presence.

The weathered man re-wrapped the wooden box in black cloth, handed it to Han Yuan, and then took out three small stone swords.

These were the Sword Talismans the man had spoken of.

"These Sword Talismans contain a wisp of my Sword Qi."

"You just need to crush them to use them."

the weathered man explained.

Han Yuan took the three small stone swords and saw that their surfaces were engraved with mysterious runes. Just holding them in his palm, he could feel a sharp Sword Intent.

"So when will you come back for the box?"

Han Yuan asked.

"I don't know... Perhaps I'll never come back for it."

"In any case, you just keep it safe for me... Don't give it to anyone."

"Take this half of the Jade Pendant... Whoever comes to you with the other half, you give the wooden box to them."

"If they don't have the Jade Pendant, don't trust them, no matter what."

the weathered man said seriously.

He then took out a broken white Jade Pendant.

Han Yuan took it as well.

"Alright, that's all for now... I can't stay here any longer."

said the weathered man.

"Alright."

"My name is Han Yuan. Might I ask for your name, Senior?"

Han Yuan asked.

"I... am Li Baozhou."

The weathered man smiled, and with a flash, he vanished.

'Li Baozhou... Never heard of him.'

'This man... I'm afraid he's already half a step into the Nirvana Realm.'

'Even someone like him is being hunted... Just how vast is that organization?'

Han Yuan's eyes flickered.

But he didn't want to know too much. All that mattered was keeping the wooden box safe.

After the weathered man left, Han Yuan packed his things and left with the Orange Cat.

Of course, as they were leaving, he had the Orange Cat spit out a fireball to burn the wooden cabin and everything in it to ashes.

......

After leaving Nine Witch Mountain, Han Yuan followed his plan and headed straight for Demon Ridge Cave, the location of the Great Demon Palace.

This time, he planned to go directly to pay a formal visit to the sect and see how the Great Demon Palace would react.

Before, he definitely wouldn't have done this.

But now, with three Sword Talismans in hand, he had confidence and was no longer afraid.

If worse came to worst, he could just fight his way out of the Great Demon Palace.

「Three days later.」

Han Yuan arrived at a mountain range shrouded in miasma.

This was Demon Cave Ridge.

The miasma not only made it easy to get lost but could also cause hallucinations.

Few people were willing to enter these woods.

And the Great Demon Palace was entrenched deep within this Demon Cave Ridge.

Han Yuan hadn't walked far into Demon Cave Ridge when he encountered several young men dressed in black Martial Artist's Attire.

"Who are you?"

"Why have you come to Demon Cave Ridge?"

a black-faced man demanded coldly.

"I am Han Yuan. I have come specifically to pay a visit to the Great Demon Palace."

Han Yuan said with a smile.

"Pay a visit?"

"We aren't recruiting disciples right now."

"Go back where you came from."

the black-faced man said impatiently.

Hearing the man's words, Han Yuan knew they were disciples of the Great Demon Palace. He smiled. "But I don't want to go back just like that."

"I'll have to trouble you to take me there."

The black-faced man instantly grew angry. "Who the hell do you think you are, demanding I show you the way?"

Hearing this, Han Yuan threw a punch at a nearby boulder.

BANG!

His arm instantly punched clean through the massive rock.

Seeing this, the black-faced man's scalp went numb with fear.

If Han Yuan had merely shattered the boulder, he wouldn't have been too surprised.

But to punch clean through it required terrifying explosive power.

'This guy, Han Yuan, is no simple character!'

"Gentlemen, I'll have to trouble you."

Han Yuan smiled.

The black-faced man instantly felt as if he were being stared down by a wild beast and quickly nodded in terror.