" Sam , whom did the Core Elder Kumar offend ? Tell me honestly .. " Raven asked with a serious expression because he thought that this matter was not simple at all .
First the Core Elder who was a Martial Peak Expert was mortally injured in some fight which he refused to elaborate on . Then coincidently , his only grandson was assaulted by a Level 3 Besst near the Poison Garden where no beast dare to enter from outside because the poison mist is very dangerous for them who dont have enough qi control to form qi armor to protect themselves for longer periods of time .
" Ahem .. Young Master is really wise . I too found this matter suspicious but the Elder refused to elaborate so I only managed to gather limited information . It is said that Elder Kumar had offended the Sect Leader of Sword Cliff Sect in the past . I can only guess that something happened once again between them after more than 30 years of time . "
Hearing this information , Raven was silent for a while . He started pondering because if he had to provoke The Sect Leader of Sword Cliff Sect for such a matter , then honestly the risk was not worth it . But Raven was the Son In Law of Elder Mark who was famous for being a righteous Elder . Raven in the end could only accept the mission because he knew that Core Elder Kumar , requested the mansion of Head Inner Court because he trusted Mark . So Raven could not break that trust just because of some unknown factors .
Raven still felt confused because no other Elders were willing to help so maybe Elder Kumar was not much popular inside the Sect. Raven was promised the reward of 3000 Sect Points if he brought a corpse back and reward of 10000 sect points , if he brought the grandson of Elder Kumar back alive . The reward was in fact generous so Raven's mood became a little bitter as he could purchase many herbs with these many points .
Sam returned right after Raven accepted the mission because he needed to report this to Elder Kumar . Raven just took a look at the map he got from Sam and left after wearing a new White Robe . He was famous figure so many eyes were locked on Raven when he traveled towards to the Sect gates . But Raven paid them no glance and hastily left the Sect because the Poison Garden was far and even with his top speed , Raven would need at least 24 hours to reach there .
Soon Raven reached the familiar White Cloud City but had no time so left quickly and nobody dared to stop him because it was common sight of Inner Disciples rushing somewhere as they had to complete missions.
The Poison Garden was located more than 200 kilometers away from the Rock Mountain. In between these two places , there existed dangerous plain where demonic beasts moved in hoards . The Rock Mountain served as a barrier for those beasts as they were unable to climb the mountain and reach the White Cloud City . The beasts were only low level ones because the strongest was a giant serpent which was only a Level 3 beast .
This serpent was the only one who could venture inside the Poison Garden freely while others would be effected by the poison mist there . The serpent was cunning because it usually hid underground and preyed on humans and beasts who could only be eaten after seeing the large mouth of the serpent.
Raven climbed the steep Rock Mountain which was more than 15000 meters in height and saw the beautiful look forward from the height . In the right direction , Raven could see a dark cloud faintly which was isolated from the rest of the forest area . This dark area was the Poison Garden as the mist blocked the sunlight and Raven could only see dark clouds in that direction . This feeling was eerie but Raven felt excited instead because he was more than fifty percent sure that this Garden must contain some kind of treasure .
The Poison Garden was never fully explored because even Martial Peak experts could not maintain their qi armor for more than 100 kilometers inside the garden to see the most inner part . The main problem was that there was no area inside the Poison Garden , where one could rest for little while to recover their qi . So cultivators could only rely on pills to replenish qi fast . But they had to be extremely careful of the innumerable dark swamps and poisonous beasts so they could not refine the pills completely in time either. So the Sects could only mark the Poison Garden as one of the most dangerous places inside the Northern Region and forbade excessive entry.
But there were many people who disregarded this warning and came here only to never return . The Sect's were helpless as they could only warn the nearby cities and could not place personnel near the Poison Garden because the area was very dangerous .
Raven claimed down but this time it was the other side of the Rock Mountain . Raven could hear various beast roars from downstairs but he ignored them as he carefully climbed down using the small number of footholds and made new ones himself with some qi blasts .
The day went by and night arrived so Raven chose to rest inside one of the natural Caves in the Rock Mountain . He had underestimated the time needed to reach the Poison Garden as from the looks of it , Raven could only reach there tomorrow evening because he would have to fight many beasts on the way . Raven closed his eyes and spent the night strengthening his qi by circulating it according to scripture from the True Elemental Art . Raven smiled as he knew that he would reach the Martial Soldier Realm in a few days because he was reaching the limit gradually.