Chapter 92: Hades’ Canyon

Chapter 92.1: Hades’ Canyon

The day for training in the wilderness arrived in the blink of an eye.

Yan Xi Rou and Yan Xi Wu had received strict instructions from their mother that if they were not able to establish friendly relations with the pair of siblings from the Tranquil Abode, they must remember that they must at least not become enemies.

Although the two sisters did not know the reason for that, but upon hearing that even the highly shrewd Mo Han Yan who was known to be brilliant and sophisticated in her ways had fallen before that pair of siblings, the hearts of the sisters immediately quivered in trepidation, quietening themselves down.

It was heard that the lass Qing Yu was even a Elixir Cultivator as well, and following behind her might just earn them some advantages, and the two sisters started hatching their own plans.

Qin Fang came bright and early to the Eternal Peace Duke Manor, at roughly the time that the servants were just waking up. The sky was just turning the colour of a fish’s underbelly over the horizon and he had not expected that he would see two figures standing at the door, seeming like they had already been waiting there for very long.

Qin Fang’s face lit up with a tinge of admiration and he walked over there to say: “The two of you woke up so early?”

The two people stopped their conversation when they saw that Qin Fang had come and Qing Yu smiled as she said: “Even the Elder is here so early, how can we possibly expect you to wait for us instead.”

Qin Fang nodded his head in satisfaction. He had originally set the time as the third quarter of the Mao hour just at dawn and he had come about half an hour early. But it was clear to see that these two young ones had been waiting here for a long time and he liked people who were on time very much.

Because it was not time yet, and the sisters Yan Xi Rou and Yan Xi Wu had not yet come, Qin Fang then chatted with the pair of siblings for a while.

His wise and intelligent gaze then looked on appraisingly at the young lady with that countenance of peerless beauty and her smiling eyes. Without knowing why, he could not help but feel that the lass was hiding quite a lot of secrets. From the time that she managed to hide her highly profound cultivation back before, Qin Fang was already a little suspicious that her real abilities were actually more than she was showing.

With that thought in mind, he then asked carefully probingly: “Do you know why I want all of you to set off from here early?”

Hearing that, Qing Yu pressed her lips together in a smile and she then turned to look towards the youth beside her with an eyebrow arched up.

“You want us to get into the habit of waking up early, so that our bodies are able to adjust to its optimum state, which would aid us greatly in our cultivation?”

Qin Fang’s brows creased into a frown as he shook his head.

Qing Yu chuckled softly and then said: “Because we are going to the Hades’ Canyon this time and the place is filled with a thick vaporous miasma which grows even thicker under the beating of the sun’s rays. But once it reaches the Mao hour, the miasma will recede and we will only be able to enter that place at this time. Otherwise, once the sky grows bright, we’ll not even be able to find the entrance into the place.”

Hearing Qing Yu’s explanation, the youth then nodded his head in understanding.

Qin Fang then said in surprise: “How did you know that we’ll be going to Hades’ Canyon? And how did you come to know about the time the miasma will recede?”

“Over the recent period, the Elder has spoken to us about many places filled with various dangers, and described the characteristics and weaknesses of many types of spirit beasts. The Hades’ Canyon is a place that is famously known to have many spirit beasts, where all kinds and variety of them roam, and the level of danger in this place is not exceptionally high, considered to be just slightly above average in level, which is most suitable for us, people who are undergoing training in the wilderness for the first time.”

“As for the time the miasma recedes…..” Qing Yu’s words paused a moment, before she then continued in a slightly pleased tone: “I discovered that when I went to the perimeters of Hades’ Canyon and remained there overnight.”

The young lady’s words astounded Qin Fang even more.

That also meant, under the circumstances that nothing had been revealed to her, she had based merely on the small signs and little clues he had unconsciously revealed over the recent period with his words, to deduce and ascertain the location of their wilderness training he had decided upon!

Chapter 92.2: Hades’ Canyon

And as such a young little girl, she had actually dared to go running by all by herself to scout out such a dangerous place!

That kind of bravery made Qin Fang unable to help himself but sigh aloud, truly an example of newborn calves aren’t afraid of tigers.

Besides her, Qing Bei could only glance at her helplessly. No wonder he had not seen her around a couple of days back. So she had gone off on her own to scout the place.

The few of them continued to chat and three quarters of an hour passed without them knowing. The sound of a flurry of hurried footsteps then reached their ears from inside the Eternal Peace Duke Manor before the figure of Yan Xi Wu appeared first as Yan Xi Ruo came from behind looking rather dispirited, almost as if she had not fully awakened from sleep.

Although Qin Fang was feeling slightly displeased, he did not say anything. The third quarter of the Mao hour might have passed but they were not really very late.

They were afterall spoilt and pampered Young Misses used to fine clothes and food, and they had probably never had to wake up so early ever before. Compared to Qing Yu and Qing Bei, Qin Fang was rather displeased with the pair of sisters. Though they lived in same manor of the Duke, the characters of the two pairs of siblings differed very greatly.

The Hades’ Canyon was in the western side of the Green Wave Kingdom and it would take them less than an hour to reach there from the Imperial Capital on horseback, and the sky wouldn’t have brightened by much at that time.

After Qin Fang brought them to the destination, he would not be moving together with them after that, but went on to give each of them a transmission jade token. If they came to encounter danger or they are unable to remain in there any longer, they would just have to crush the jade token and they would be able to come out. But once the jade token was crushed, it would mean that they had failed the wilderness training.

The environment inside Hades’ Canyon was rather unusual. It was almost always pitch dark inside and there were only about four hours of daylight in there everyday, with the entire place plunged in darkness the rest of the time. If one remained in there for too long, they would easily lose track of the time and date.

Hence, Qin Fang had set the time for their wilderness training at ten days.

He would come back here to receive them after ten days.

When the few of them reached the Hades’ Canyon, a large part of the sky had lit up, gradually turning brighter.

The entrance into the Hades’ Canyon showed itself fleetingly before them under a veil of white misty fog. It was a hole formed from strangely bent trees that was the height of several men.

“I will only be escorting all of you up to here. All of you can go your own way inside now!” Qin Fang said indifferently. “The mission I am giving you for this training is for each of you to collect at least five spirit beast cores that is of the third level or higher.”

“Yes Elder.” The few of them answered.

Under Qin Fang’s watchful gaze, they all went into the thick blurry fog and walked through the entryway. In almost the same instant that they came into the fog, it seemed as if the fog had suddenly become a lot thicker, and was emanating a faint almost unnoticeable fragrance.

Qin Fang quickly retreated back by a few steps and covered his nose and mouth. The miasma was as dangerous as he had thought, and he wondered if all of them would be able to pull through.

The entrance that was formed by the misshapen trees was now fully hidden and not a sign of its existence could be seen anymore.

But not long after Qin Fang left, the enormous trees under the miasma suddenly quivered like humans and after a few rounds of transformation, the hole formed by the trees suddenly disappeared completely, turning to become a row of tall trees in a forest that could not look any more ordinary.

“The little fox went to the Hades’ Canyon?”

At that same moment, in a private room within the Fragrance Court, the violet eyes of a man glinted as he asked.

In front of him, Bai Zhi Yan nodded his head. “That’s right. I just came to know about it. It seems like they set off yesterday before dawn and they went there for rigorous training to enable them to be admitted into the Faint Mist Sect.”

“Is that right?” Lou Jun Yao curled up the ends of his lips. He then continued to ask: “What’s the situation like in Cloud Heaven recently?”

Chapter 92.3: Hades’ Canyon

“The batch of Elixir Cultivators we recruited before had quite a number of spies who sneaked in trying to gather information but Little Monster was really smart. He brought out the antidote elixir cultivated by Qing Yu, asked all of them to list out a breakdown of its components, and they had to produce an elixir that was exactly the same. What do you think was the result?”

When Bai Zhi Yan spoke of that, the expression on his face just shone with delight. “Not to even mention cultivating the elixir, not a single one among them was able to even name all the components correctly. I have to say that it is truly such a big waste that the lass is not in Cloud Heaven. With her level of talent and ability, even if she was in the White Fen Lands, the Guildmaster of their Elixir Cultivator Guild will have to give up his position for her.”

“You really think so highly of her?” Lou Jun Yao said with an almost imperceptible smile.

Anyone who was able to remain by Lou Jun Yao’s side were all not ordinary people, and they were all afflicted with the same condition which was arrogant haughtiness. Besides their own Lord, they looked down on everyone else with Bai Zhi Yan the most extreme among the whole lot.

Even in Cloud Heaven itself, there were not many people who convinced him but his impression of Qing Yu had always been very good.

Hearing that, Bai Zhi Yan then blinked his beautiful looking peach blossom like eyes. “That is only natural. Not to mention that her medical skills are already a few heads higher than mine but just based on the fact that as a puerile little girl back then, she was able to escape from under your hands without a scratch on her and had even stolen the Polar Fire Core, such guts and resourcefulness is enough to make me prostrate myself before her!”

“But there is one matter that I still do not understand.” The joking expression on Bai Zhi Yan’s face was suddenly restrained. “The voodoo curse you were afflicted with back then was so powerful that even I was not able to get close at all. How come you were still fine when that little lass touched you?”

Lou Jun Yao was speechless. “…..”

[If even a superior grade Elixir Cultivator like you does not know, how could I possibly know anything about that?]

Lou Jun Yao had not said a word when Bai Zhi Yan’s expression froze for a moment, like he had just thought of something highly incredible. His tone of voice was rather hesitant as he said: “Could it possibly be like what is portrayed in all those skits everywhere? That only the one that is destined by fate is able to come in such close proximity?”

Lou Jun Yao’s gaze glinted sharply and he then said in a dark tone: “I think you stayed too long in these warm and gentle villages for too long. That kind of thinking is highly dangerous.”

Bai Zhi Yan was puzzled. “Dangerous?”

“I am already several hundred years old, and to me, that little fox is no different from a little young and innocent child. You can actually spout such words like the one destined by fate, isn’t that very dangerous?” Lou Jun Yao retorted.

Bai Zhi Yan’s face was serious. “So what? Although the little lass is a little young, but her mind and the way she deals with things are anything but innocent. Moreover she has good looks and has great character, why can’t she be the one destined in your life?”

Speaking up to this point, Bai Zhi Yan’s demeanor had become confrontational. Feeling highly displeased with the attitude Lou Jun Yao was showing, Bai Zhi Yan was taking a terrifying stance that seemed to be saying “The maiden is good in every single way, so how could you possibly not like her?”.

Ignoring Bai Zhi Yan’s nagging, a twitch tugged at Lou Jun Yao’s temple as he resisted the urge to throw the person in front of him out of the window but went on to say softly instead: “I heard that the injured Lightning Blaze Unicorn you saved back then has advanced to the eleventh level?”

“That’s right. The last time it advanced, I was almost struck half to death by its Lightning Tribulations. It’s really so troublesome in these low level lands. All spirit beasts above the eighth level have to be strictly confined.” Lou Jun Yao succeeded in diverting Bai Zhi Yan’s attention away. “Speaking of this, I had never thought that there would be such a great seedling of spirit beasts in such low level lands. If I train and nurture it properly, it might have a chance of becoming a Super Divine Beast.”

“Where did you place it?” Although it would be contained within a barrier, a Lightning Blaze Unicorn beast like that could not possibly be kept in any ordinary place for long.