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Su Yun's eyes turned stern.
Seven months of training, along with Old Medicine's experience, were enough to keep him calm in this situation.
He didn't have the ability to fly and had come to this cave using a rope.
It made sense that someone might follow the rope from outside.
The three stone boxes were stuck to the stone platform, and he couldn't store them in his System Space right now.
Su Yun waved his hand and put away the three keys.
He thought to himself, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
He tore off the Skeleton's arm and took the scroll inside.
With another thought, he entered the System Space.
After Su Yun entered the System Space, a figure holding a long sword cautiously emerged from the cave.
Just as the figure reached the spot where Su Yun had been standing, Su Yun activated the system's scanning function within the System Space.
This was something he had discovered over the past seven months.
Perhaps due to his advancement to the Martial Practitioner stage, he had noticed a change in the system's scanning function shortly after arriving at the Beast Mountain Range.
The scanning range had expanded from one meter to two meters.
As for the ability to scan the outside world from the System Space, Su Yun wasn't sure when it had appeared.
After all, he hadn't tried it when he was still at the Martial Qi stage.
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Fan Fan
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Eight-Star Martial Practitioner
Martial Technique: *Water Absorption Technique* (Yellow Rank Intermediate)
Combat Skill: *Water Manipulation Sword Technique* (Yellow Rank Advanced)
Item: First-Rank Ice Elemental Magic Core Sword
"Has he left already?"
Fan Fan carefully observed the cave and relaxed.
The cave was narrow, with almost no place to hide.
Confident in his strength, Fan Fan slightly lowered his guard.
It was understandable; as one of the few Martial Masters in Green Mountain Town, an Eight-Star Martial Practitioner was already a formidable figure.
"Everything in this cave has been taken!"
Fan Fan saw the traces left by Su Yun using the system's storage ability to take the gold coins and herbs, and cursed his bad luck.
Just as he was about to leave, he noticed the three stone boxes on the stone table and was delighted.
"Still something left!"
Fan Fan walked towards the three stone boxes, completely unaware of the danger.
As Fan Fan approached the stone boxes, Su Yun silently appeared behind him.
His fist tightened, glowing with a faint yellow aura. After a brief moment of silence, he struck Fan Fan with all his might.
"Pong!"
A dull thud echoed as Fan Fan's body was sent flying.
Su Yun growled, "Explode."
Another, deeper thud came from inside Fan Fan's body.
"Peng!"
As expected, the Eight-Star Martial Practitioner who had just appeared didn't survive the chapter.
It wasn't that Fan Fan was weak; on the contrary, an Eight-Star Martial Practitioner was already quite strong in Green Mountain Town.
Su Yun's *Burning Cold Technique* was powerful enough to rival a low-grade Mystic Rank martial technique, and *Eighth-Level Collapse* was an advanced Mystic Rank combat skill.
Overcoming three stars wasn't too exaggerated.
Especially since it was a sneak attack.
*Eightfold Collapse*: An advanced Mystic Rank combat skill. When mastered, each attack contains eight layers of force, which, when stacked, can rival a low-grade Earth Rank skill.
He had only reached the second layer of hidden force. If he could detonate all eight layers of hidden force inside an enemy's body, even a Five-Star Martial Practitioner could rival a Martial Master.
Su Yun wasn't delusional; Earth Rank combat skills were fundamentally different from Mystic and Yellow Rank skills.
Even a low-grade Earth Rank skill would allow him to contend with a Martial Master.
In Green Mountain Town, all the Martial Practitioners practiced Yellow Rank martial techniques and combat skills; there were no Mystic Rank ones.
If he mastered *Eightfold Collapse* and with his current level of the *Burning Cold Technique*, he could dominate Green Mountain Town!
Putting aside unrealistic fantasies, Su Yun took out the three keys and opened the stone boxes.
He took *Seven-Color Poison Scripture*, *Purple Cloud Wing*, and *Roar of the Fierce Lion* and stored them in the System Space.
He then approached Fan Fan and picked up the long sword in his hand.
Such weapons were not uncommon in this continent of martial arts and qi.
Weapons enhanced with magic cores not only had greater destructive power but also amplified the user's martial qi, making them highly favored by Martial Practitioners.
This long sword was enhanced with an ice attribute magic core, which, being close to water attributes, also amplified the power of water attribute Martial Practitioners. It was no wonder Fan Fan kept it.
But now, it would benefit Su Yun.
Su Yun chuckled.
While Green Mountain Town had plenty of first-rank magic cores, magic core weapons were rare.
Although the continent of martial arts and qi didn't have the concept of weapon forging, enhancing weapons with magic cores still required skill.
Even in Wu Tan City, magic core weapons were not common.
When Su Yun left Wu Tan City, he had forgotten to take a few from the marketplace, so he didn't have any magic core weapons on him.
Fan Fan had some luck; with his Eight-Star Martial Practitioner strength and this sword, he likely lived a comfortable life in Green Mountain Town.
Su Yun had no intention of staying in the cave any longer. He had already taken all the opportunities it offered, and there was no need to linger.
Without hesitation, Su Yun left the cave, climbed up the cliff using the rope, and left the area.
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He returned to Green Mountain Town and found an inn to stay in.
He usually stayed within the Beast Mountain Range, but this time, he needed to restock supplies, so he returned to the town.
He closed the windows and doors tightly, sprinkled a sleep-inducing drug in the room, and entered the System Space.
He put aside *Seven-Color Poison Scripture* and *Roar of the Fierce Lion* for now and took out *Purple Cloud Wing*.
Compared to the other two, *Purple Cloud Wing* was more appealing to him.
The enthusiasm in Su Yun's eyes was unmistakable as he unfurled the scroll.
*Purple Cloud Wing* was a dark black, with faint purple cloud patterns. Upon closer inspection, the wings seemed to be made of black steel, giving them a unique metallic texture, and the feathers emitted a faint heat.
Beside *Purple Cloud Wing* was a small line of text, but Su Yun didn't pay much attention to it; there was no need to.
He had already read the introduction to *Purple Cloud Wing* in his previous life.
It was derived from the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, a fifth-rank magical beast. If a Martial Practitioner who hadn't reached the Martial King stage could fully activate it, they would possess flight speed comparable to a Martial King.
In fact, it would be even faster than an average Martial King, given its origin from the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.
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