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In the blink of an eye, ten days passed just like that.

Ever since he had obtained Su Yuanzhao's Imperial Sword Technique, it was as if Su Xing had obtained a precious treasure. Every day, he would lock himself in his room and meticulously study it.

During this period of time, Bu Ling'er had visited him several times, but he had always rejected her with all kinds of bizarre excuses.

Bu Ling'er was infuriated and stopped coming over.

"The heart is moved by the will, the sword has its own spirit, the will of the Qi is interlinked, the human and the sword are intertwined, the Imperial Sword Technique, up."

Su Xing stood in the middle of the courtyard and faced the sword in front of him as he guided the spiritual energy in his body step by step according to the formula in his mouth.

When he let out an angry shout, the sword instantly seemed to come to life as it quivered.

"Sword kinesis, go." With another order from Su Xing, the sword shot towards a nearby large tree with a formidable momentum.

This Imperial Sword Technique may seem simple, but when I was about to rely on my thoughts and spirit energy to control the entire sword, it was actually quite difficult. Not to mention having endless spirit energy be poured into the sword, thereby achieving the effect of killing, "Su Xing sighed and said to himself," If I want to control the Imperial Sword Technique well, the requirement for my spirit energy is too high. However, the level of my cultivation is too low, I am unable to cultivate the technique, and I am unable to open my spirit sea.

There were strict levels of restrictions on the path of training. Starting from the Refinement Realm, then the Spirit Realm, then the true spirit realm, and so on, all required one to walk through all of these steps step by step.

The Body Refinement Realm focused on the cultivation of the body as well as the cultivation of the spirit energy. However, the spirit energy at this time was usually external to the body.

Once a practitioner entered the spirit realm, they would be able to cultivate in a spirit art and open up a spirit ocean within their body. Not only could they absorb external spirit energy, they could also extract it from within their own spirit ocean.

Currently, Su Xing was only at the fourth level of Body Refinement Realm. It was impossible for him to open up a spiritual ocean in his body. Without a spiritual ocean, he wouldn't be able to store enough spiritual energy.

What do I do? The day of the competition is getting closer and closer. This Imperial Sword Technique is the key to my victory. If I don't use the Imperial Sword Technique when the time comes, how can I defeat Xue Tao? Su Xing fell into deep thought.

How could he get enough spiritual power?

Hm? That's right, pills, how could I have forgotten about this?

Su Xing suddenly recalled the importance of elixirs. These elixirs contained the purest of spiritual energy. As long as he had enough elixirs, he wouldn't need to worry about his spiritual energy drying up.

Without enough spiritual power, it would be a good idea to gather spiritual medicines.

But the problem was, pills were so precious, where could he get so many pills?

Even though there were many pills stored in the sect's Herb Garden, with his current status, it was impossible to get them from there.

'Looks like I'll have to go to the back of the mountain and search for some lucky chances, 'Su Xing thought.

He had the Spiritual Bead that could refine pills. As long as he had enough medicinal herbs, he would naturally not lack pills.

Since he had more or less finished his training, he decided to go to the back of the mountain and lie down to see if he could find anything new.

Disciples with lower realms of cultivation like Su Xing would normally not dare to venture too deep into the back mountain, because if they went too deep, they would encounter a Spirit Beast with a high level of cultivation. If they were to search for an opportunity under the Spirit Beast's noses, they might even be eaten by the Spirit Beast.

However, if one didn't go deep into the back mountain, it was very difficult to find valuable medicinal plants. After all, good things had already been obtained by those who came first.

Su Xing thought that they would definitely go to the back of the mountain. As for how deep they went, he would act accordingly.

Since he had already made his decision, Su Xing did not waste any time. Early the next morning, after notifying Su Yuan and Lan Yi, they headed to the back of the mountain.

Over the past year, the pills distributed to him by the sect were becoming fewer and fewer. He had no choice but to rely on his own abilities and come to the back of the mountain to roam around when he had nothing to do. He also wanted to try his luck.

Along the way, Su Xing was very familiar with the road. Very soon, he arrived at the place where he had come the last time. This place was also the deepest place he had been to after arriving at the back mountain.

This was where he had met the plant he had harvested last time.

According to Su Xing's experience, most precious herbs would grow in remote areas such as the cliff in front of him. He didn't know if he would be lucky enough to find a stalk of withering flower last time.

Su Xing explored step by step. Every time he came across a quiet place, he would stop and carefully inspect it.

"Hmm? What is that? " Suddenly, a dark green herb appeared in Su Xing's line of sight. His eyes instantly widened as excitement surged into his heart. "This is the Void Valley Lotus, the Void Valley Lotus that is known as a Tier 2 medicinal herb?"

Su Xing's smile was called 'Splendid Spring Light'. Could it be that his luck was too good to run into a Tier 2 medicinal herb here?

The Ethereal Lotus was located a few meters from the edge of the cliff. The cliff was overgrown, making it seem somewhat dangerous.

However, Su Xing was worried about nothing. It was already difficult for him to encounter a Tier 2 pill, so what was this level of danger?

He was eager to give it a try and was prepared to go down to pick this Netherworld Lotus.

Just as he was slowly moving along the cliff face and approaching the Netherworld Lotus, a protruding rock next to him was suddenly pushed out. This movement caused Su Xing to stop in his tracks.

What was going on? Su Xing had always been cautious with his actions. Why did the stone suddenly fly out? This was rather abnormal.

Just as Su Xing was about to use a stick to probe forward, something happened.

An object suddenly emerged from the place where the stone flew. It had two eyes the size of mung beans and was staring straight at Su Xing. Its mouth was constantly flicking its tongue.

It was a snake. It was actually a snake. Moreover, this snake was not even an ordinary snake. Su Xing felt that something had happened to him just by looking at its rock-like skin and triangular head.