Chronicles of the Green Vine: A Mortal’s Path to Immortality

That noon, at the edge of the sinkhole outside Burning Flame Valley, the esteemed experts from various factions and the City Lord of Falling Star City, who had been waiting for a long time, finally took action. Several Core Formation cultivators once again painstakingly opened the exit.

Behind them stood Foundation Establishment cultivators from various factions, watching the dark passage with various expressions, waiting for the first person to emerge.

An hour after the passage was opened, a middle-aged man walked out calmly. This man was dressed as a scholar, seemingly a rogue cultivator, with his clothes spotless. He didn't look like someone who had just gone through life and death.

After the scholar came out, he looked around. Immediately, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from Falling Star City took him to the side to rest.

In the next half hour, no more rogue cultivators came out. Instead, a dozen disciples from various factions walked out of the dark passage one after another.

These disciples were more or less injured, and most of them looked exhausted as they walked towards the location of their elders, then sat down cross-legged to rest.

Subsequently, rogue cultivators and disciples from the Nine Sects occasionally emerged. Among them, several had broken arms and legs and were seriously injured. Although such injuries were not fatal to cultivators, limb regeneration was not an easy task.

After more than an hour, nearly two hundred people had come out, with disciples from the Nine Sects accounting for 80%, and rogue cultivators accounting for less than thirty.

At that moment, a gray-clothed youth walked out of the passage. This person had ordinary features and ragged clothes, and it was Zhang Ling.

While searching for the exit, he unfortunately encountered two rogue cultivators who tried to rob him. It took him some effort to kill them.

Looking at the situation outside the passage, the cultivators from various factions were gathered together. Zhang Ling looked around and found the location of the rogue cultivators and sat down cross-legged like them.

However, he did not meditate to recover his spiritual power, but instead observed the situation of the disciples and rogue cultivators.

There were more than a dozen disciples from each of the Nine Sects, with as many as twenty-three disciples from the Giant Demon Sect, but the rogue cultivator team only had twenty-eight people.

Knowing that there were more than four hundred rogue cultivators who entered, the number of people who came out was too small.

Also, Mu Xiaoyan was not seen in the rogue cultivator team. Logically, this girl had already collected all the spiritual herbs and should have come out quickly. Thinking of his own experience, Zhang Ling's heart sank. The Burning Flame Valley was the most dangerous at this moment.

Although there were seven or eight exit passages in Burning Flame Valley, some of the experts among the rogue cultivators and disciples did not come out. The intentions of these people could be imagined, they must be planning to rob other cultivators.

After all, everyone entered Burning Flame Valley for spiritual herbs, and the cultivators still inside had more or less gained something. Cultivators with high strength now take action, and perhaps the spiritual herbs they obtain can be doubled or even several times.

After all, the amount of spiritual herbs is related to the reward of the Foundation Establishment Pill, and this temptation is enough to drive people crazy.

In this strange atmosphere, every cultivator was waiting quietly, either closing their eyes to rest or staring blankly at the dark passage.

In the blink of an eye, another half hour passed, and the number of people who came out reached more than three hundred, and the number of rogue cultivators also reached thirty-four.

Zhang Ling opened his eyes and looked at the passage which had shrunk by half. Suddenly, his divine sense moved and he breathed a sigh of relief. He saw Mu Xiaoyan sneaking out.

Zhang Ling immediately sent a voice transmission, and Mu Xiaoyan walked over quickly with a happy expression. She chose a place next to him to sit down and exchanged information about her situation with him.

After another half hour, the passage had shrunk to only two zhang in size, and there were bursts of fluctuations around the passage. The space became somewhat illusory, and it seemed that the passage was about to disappear.

In response, the several Core Formation cultivators did not interfere in the slightest, each closing their eyes to rest, waiting for the passage to close.

In the last half hour, several more people walked out before the passage closed. After a young rogue cultivator came out tumbling and crawling, the dark passage shook and turned into a breeze and dissipated.

After the passage was closed, the major sects also began to count the number of people. A total of one hundred and thirteen rogue cultivators came out.

At this point, the Burning Flame Valley secret realm trip came to an end. The next time it opens will be in thirty years. And those who failed to come out will not be able to come out after the next passage opens.

In thirty years, Qi Refining cultivators cannot survive in Burning Flame Valley. Not to mention that there are countless monsters, and even some powerful monsters are not weaker than Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Every once in a while, the earth fire in Burning Flame Valley will erupt, and all parts of Burning Flame Valley will be covered by fire poison. Even if Qi Refining cultivators have magic weapons, they will not be able to last for a month. Eventually, they will either be swallowed by monsters or corroded by fire poison and turn into ashes.

"Alright, you have some luck to be able to come out of Burning Flame Valley. Now, show what you have gained."

Soon after, a clear and cold voice rang out in the rogue cultivator team. An old man with a long beard stood in front of everyone. This person was an elder of Falling Star City and had late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation. Behind him were also a middle-aged man and a woman, both of whom had Foundation Establishment strength.

The long-bearded elder patted the gray pouch on his waist, and a small animal was released by him.

This was a monster that looked like a mouse, only the size of a palm. It strangely had a red nose and looked quite cute.

Squeak~ Squeak~

As soon as the monster came out, it fell to the ground and circled around the long-bearded elder. The elder beckoned, and the big-nosed mouse jumped onto his arm.

Touching the monster mouse's blue fur, the elder took out a brown pill. The monster excitedly called out twice, looking a little restless at the pill.

The elder flicked his finger, and the pill was thrown into the air. A black shadow flashed, and the monster instantly swallowed the pill. Its speed was not weaker than that of an ordinary late-stage monster.

"This is the Spirit-Seeking Beast of the Beast Controlling Sect. It has a natural talent for keen sense of smell, especially for the spiritual power of plants and trees. Even spiritual herbs placed in storage bags can be clearly identified. Alright, you can come forward one by one and hand in the spiritual herbs."

After the elder finished speaking, he looked at a young rogue cultivator in green clothes. This person was stunned and quickly stood up, respectfully saluted the elder, and opened his storage bag.

With a flash of white light, more than a dozen boxes appeared on the ground. A red spiritual force swept over these boxes, and all the boxes were opened.

"Three fifty-year Flame Flowers, one hundred-year Clear Valley Grass, a piece of Green Rock weighing ten pounds..." The middle-aged man and woman behind the elder walked up and quickly checked the spiritual herbs.

This young man handed in a total of nine spiritual herbs and several different ores, attracting the attention of many rogue cultivators.

However, the spiritual herbs handed in by this person did not include Flame Yang Flower and Heavenly Star Grass. Finally, the monster mouse at the foot of the long-bearded elder jumped to the young cultivator's shoulder and scurried around on him for a while.

The young man looked ugly, but he did not make any extra movements. After a few breaths, the big-nosed monster mouse returned to the feet of the long-bearded elder and made two squeaking sounds.

"No problem."

The long-bearded elder said expressionlessly. Then, at the suggestion of the Foundation Establishment female cultivator, the young rogue cultivator took out his identity jade token.

The female cultivator waved her hand and condensed dozens of large characters in the air, which were the list of spiritual herbs handed in by the young cultivator. She pointed at the jade token, and this information was entered into the jade token.

"Take it. This is your proof of joining the Nine Great Sects. As for whether you can reach the reward of the Foundation Establishment Pill, you will know after you join the sect." The woman threw the jade token to the young man and said slowly.

"Thank you, Senior."

The young man was excited when he heard this and thanked the three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

In any case, he was able to come out of Burning Flame Valley and had the qualification to enter the Nine Great Sects. Now that he heard it with his own ears, he naturally had no doubts.

"Next."