Chapter 360: Don’t Be Afraid

Su Che placed quite a high value on a servant like Old Demon Bai. It wasn’t so much his combat strength that mattered—no matter how strong he was, Su Che still wouldn’t risk letting him go to the Immortal Prison to fight others.
Those evil creatures known as Outer Realm Demons could never be trusted. Even if they pledged loyalty or seemed sincere at first, once set free, who knew what changes they might bring?
What could be utilized were the experiences and insights he had gained over countless years of wandering in the cultivation world. Additionally, since the old fellow was extremely cunning, he could offer strategies at critical moments.
It was sufficient to keep him as a strategist in the Immortal Prison.
Thus, Old Demon Bai settled in the first layer of the Immortal Prison in human form, exploring around with great interest. Seeing the mountains of cultivation resources, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “My master is truly mighty! I can’t remember how many years it’s been since I last saw such vast piles of high-grade materials and spirit stones in the cultivation world. Who would have thought I’d be able to witness such a spectacular sight in my master’s world!”
Yet, all these things were utterly useless to formless spirits like Outer Realm Demons. Their sustenance came from the souls and bodies of countless creatures, and what they loved most was devouring life.
Su Che stopped wasting time chatting with him and began planning in his mind: “With a Demon in the Yuan Ying stage already in hand, the next step is to go to the Mountain of Spiritual Herbs and obtain thirty thousand Thousand-Year Enchanting Flowers.”
Without hesitation, Su Che didn’t even return to Xuan Prison Peak. He left the mountain gate directly, using the Star Emperor Compass to fly toward the Mountain of Spiritual Herbs, twenty thousand miles away.
Twenty thousand miles took less than an hour at Su Che’s current flying speed. It was like an ordinary person leaving home to handle some matters within the same city. If everything went well, he could return to Tianxuan Sect on the same day.
So, how did Su Che plan to get those thirty thousand Enchanting Flowers from the Mountain of Spiritual Herbs?
By disguising himself and sneaking in to steal them? Or by using force to seize them?
Neither was needed!
It was a very simple and easy method.
About an hour later, Su Che arrived at an area outside the Mountain of Spiritual Herbs. He descended nearly a hundred feet underground, dug a hole to hide in, and then released the spirit herb doll Xiao Ling from the Immortal Prison.
“Okay, I’ll be back soon,” Xiao Ling said sweetly before disappearing.
As members of the spirit herb race, they took root underground. A spirit herb doll with thirty thousand years of cultivation experience like her was unmatched in earth movement techniques in the cultivation world.

Everything had already been arranged. Su Che entrusted Xiao Ling’er to infiltrate Lingyao Mountain to collect 30,000 Bewitching Flowers for him—of course, using the simplest and easiest method possible.
Xiao Ling’er had lived on Lingyao Mountain for 30,000 years and knew exactly where all the spiritual herbs grew. She was also a master of array formations; various large arrays and restrictions on Lingyao Mountain required her and her mother to refine them step by step. In fact, it was even easier for her to enter and exit Lingyao Mountain than for past masters.
Of course, she was the perfect person for this task.
Su Che had also reminded her in advance that she could meet her mother along the way, but not reveal too much about the Immortal Prison Space.
Spiritual herb dolls were inherently innocent. Once they promised Su Che, they would never break their word. This aspect was completely trustworthy. Moreover, her understanding of the Immortal Prison was only superficial—she only knew it was a large, special magical space. She knew nothing else about the Immortal Prison Tower. So Su Che wasn’t worried that she would reveal its secrets.
In reality, aside from Su Che and Lao Hei, no prisoner in the Immortal Prison knew much about it. Even if someone were released and escaped, the chances of them revealing its secrets were slim.
A magical space used to imprison others was not uncommon in the cultivation world. The Demon Subduing Peak used by Tianxuan Sect to confine extraterrestrial demons was such a high-level magical artifact, with an interior space as vast as a small world.
Given Su Che’s current status, it was normal for him to possess a spatial magical artifact for imprisonment. Generally, this wouldn’t arouse suspicion.
In less than half an hour, Xiao Ling’er suddenly appeared before him. “Done! All over 30,000 Bewitching Flowers have been stored in my Spiritual Wood Space.”
“With over 30,000 top-quality spiritual herbs missing at once, won’t it affect your mother?” Su Che had asked this question before and brought it up again out of concern.
“It’s fine,” Xiao Ling’er replied, shaking her head with big eyes. “We often transplant large numbers of spiritual herbs to our Spiritual Wood Space, cultivate them carefully, and then plant them back. Losing over 30,000 top-quality spiritual herbs isn’t a big deal for Lingyao Mountain. Even if they know they were taken by us, they’ll assume we must have a reason and won’t keep asking.”

Su Che nodded gently, thinking to himself, “The Spirit Medicine Mountain has millions of acres of medicinal gardens, with hundreds of millions of various spirit herbs. Their wealth is immense, so they certainly don’t care about such a small loss. Only an incident like the theft from their pill repository last time could deal them a serious blow. Besides, they hold great respect for Xiao Ling’er’s mother and would never harm her just because of thirty thousand top-quality spirit herbs.”

He had said all this just to ease his own conscience. It would be terrible if his actions ended up affecting Xiao Ling’er’s mother. Since nothing bad would happen, this mission was a complete success. Having resolved the issue in just half an hour, it was time to head back.

The thirty thousand-plus Bewitching Flowers could be temporarily left with Xiao Ling’er. It wouldn’t be too late to retrieve them once all other conditions were met and the fourth layer of the Immortal Prison could be accessed.

As for the four Yuan Ying ancestors of the Spirit Medicine Mountain, Su Che believed it was still too early to confront them, as his combat strength was still insufficient. While he wasn’t afraid of fighting them in the open, he didn’t have the strength to boldly invade a super sect’s sacred grounds.

His planned route was to first visit the Mi Xian Realm. If he could gain significant benefits—such as making Xiao Hei stronger—he would then target the sects in the Chaos Camp.

But as the saying goes, “Plans change faster than you think!”

Su Che used the EarthEarthEarth technique technique to emerge from underground and immediately flew high into the sky, speeding away from the Spirit Medicine Mountain. However, after flying less than five thousand li, he encountered a rapidly approaching beam of light. Judging by its speed, it was clearly a Yuan Ying cultivator.

The distance between them shrank instantly, and Su Che recognized his old acquaintance—Chen Xu, the ancestor of the Spirit Medicine Mountain.

Undoubtedly, Chen Xu was returning from a mission when he happened to run into Su Che on his way back to the mountain.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Both of them moved at lightning speed, but at a distance of about five hundred zhang, they suddenly stopped at the same time, completely ignoring their immense inertia.

“Tian Yu!”

Chen Xu was clearly stunned. He never expected to meet Su Che within his own territory. Subconsciously, he thought, “This brat is quite bold, daring to show up in his true form. Isn’t he afraid…”

Then, recalling the news he had received a few days ago, he suddenly realized, “Oh right, he has already advanced to Yuan Ying and become the first deputy leader of the Tian Xuan Sect. He’s no longer just the top disciple at the Golden Dan stage.”

“Tian Yu, why are you in my sect’s territory?” Chen Xu asked in a deep voice.

Although he knew full well that Su Che had already reached the Yuan Ying realm and had once killed Tai Hao and Tai Wu from the Tai Xu Sect, Chen Xu had heard that Su Che had used the power of Wind and Thunder Desolate Land to defeat those two Yuan Ying cultivators. Since this place was not Wind and Thunder Desolate Land, there was no need to fear someone who had just reached the Yuan Ying realm.

Chen Xu was also only in the early stages of the Yuan Ying realm, but considering himself an experienced Yuan Ying cultivator, and with the idea in his mind that Su Che was just a young kid, he unconsciously held a dismissive attitude and was unlikely to feel fear toward him.

Thus, his tone lacked respect and rather sounded like an interrogation of a junior.

“The world is vast—can’t I just pass by?” Su Che replied with a smile.

Chen Xu’s aged eyes gleamed as he quickly weighed his options in his mind: “Since I happened to encounter this Tian Yu, what should I do?”

“Killing him now seems unlikely. Even though he’s just reached the Yuan Ying realm, since both of us are in the early stages, the chances of defeating him are minimal.”

“But letting him go would be a shame, as this is such a rare opportunity.”

At that moment, Ancestor Chen Xu felt regret. If any of his fellow disciples happened to be here, the two of them working together could eliminate this greatest threat to the Tian Xuan Sect.

As if guessing his thoughts, Su Che continued to float closer with a smile and said, “Are you trying to keep me but feeling it’s too difficult alone? You must be quite conflicted.”

Ancestor Chen Xu snorted coldly, “I’d say you’re lucky today for running into just me. Otherwise…”

Before he could finish, Su Che laughed heartily, “Indeed, I’m lucky to have run into you alone. Conversely, that means your luck is terrible—you’re about to suffer greatly!”

Before his words faded, Su Che’s face turned deathly pale in an instant, then turned grayish-blue, like that of a lifeless corpse.

Ninety percent of his life force was sacrificed in an instant, granting him an extremely strange ability…

The Blindness Ability!

Complete blindness.

Whoa!

Without any warning, Chen Xu, who was still staring, felt an indescribable force envelop him. Immediately afterward, everything before his eyes went dark—their visual sense failed first.

“What’s going on?”

Before he could fully react in shock, he felt that his spiritual awareness also ceased to function. Then, even his innate instincts as a cultivator stopped working.

“What’s happening to me?”

Chen Xu screamed in utter terror, instinctively flailing his arms. Complete darkness—like a helpless child trapped in a airtight dark room, unable to see anything, only utter blackness, endless blackness. “Don’t be afraid.” Su Che’s extremely gentle voice reached his ears: “You’re just blind, not deaf. Though you can’t see, you’re not alone, because I’m still here.” In the Immortal Prison, Lao He laughed heartily: “Master, that’s too cruel. It’s precisely because you’re here that he’s afraid!”