My Cultivation Starting from Archery

"Is it you?!"

Upon recognizing the person, Liang Zhan's heart trembled.

Around the Medicine Valley, eight direct disciples stood guard!

He could not imagine how the person managed to infiltrate without a sound.

"Somebody come—"

As Liang Zhan shouted, he raised his long sword in an attempt to strike back.

"Bang—"

He had just lifted his arm when another black thunderbolt struck, piercing through his wrist and nailing it to the wall. His long sword clanged to the ground, and he lost any ability to resist.

"Brother Chen!"

Liang Zhan squeezed out a smile at the masked figure before him, but it appeared twisted due to the intense pain: "Brother Chen, there is no need for such drastic measures, right?"

"Less nonsense!"

Chen Sansi tore off his mask.

In fact, his weapon was so conspicuous that being masked or not made little difference.

The only safe method was to tie up loose ends cleanly.

He shot another arrow at Liang Zhan's left hand and said, "Next, whatever I ask, you answer!"

The situation was overly complicated.

Just by eavesdropping on bits and pieces, he couldn't ascertain the whole picture.

It was best to keep a live witness to interrogate first.

"Ah—"

Liang Zhan shook physically from the pain and pleaded continuously, "Brother Chen! Ask me anything you want, I'll tell you everything I know without holding back!"

"Good!"

Chen Sansi asked, "Is the Immortal Treasure in Xiang Tingchun's hands, and is he using it to coerce you into donating military supplies to the Households?"

"How did you know?"

Liang Zhan was so severely injured that his forehead was covered in cold sweat: "What you said is correct."

Chen Sansi asked, "What exactly is the Immortal Treasure?"

With intermittent difficulty, Liang Zhan said, "I... I don't know..."

"Bang—"

In an instant, another arrow struck, pinning his right leg as well.

"Ah!!!"

Liang Zhan nearly passed out from the pain, "Brother Chen, spare my life, I'm not lying, we have been searching all along, and we only know that this thing can definitely extract the essence of Spiritual Grain..."

"Start from the beginning!"

Chen Sansi issued his final ultimatum.

"It was the barbarian Tuoba Tribe!"

With gritted teeth, Liang Zhan continued through his pain, "Two months ago..."

As the other party detailed his account.

Chen Sansi finally began to roughly understand the ins and outs of the matter.

Two months ago!

At that time, he had just crossed over and was still worried about Qin Xiong's affairs.

Meanwhile, on the distant grasslands, a royal succession struggle took place in the barbarian Tuoba Tribe.

The third prince of the Tuoba Tribe failed in his coup and, after faking his death, fled to the border of the Great Sheng Dynasty.

Before he left, he stole the Tuoba Tribe's treasure, naturally the Immortal Treasure, hoping to offer it to the Emperor Dasheng to convince the Great Sheng Dynasty to send troops to help him reclaim the throne.

After arriving at Po Yang.

Fearing pursuit, the Tuoba prince sought out the local magistrate, hoping he could notify the Prefecture City to find a martial expert from the city to escort him straight to the Capital City.

Old Zhang, who was the Magistrate at the time, had spent half his life in the bureaucratic world.

He knew all too well one thing.

If the higher-ups in the Prefecture City got involved, where would there be a share of credit for him?

Therefore, he sought help from the Four Great Martial Arts Schools, planning to monopolize this meritorious deed.

But a bloodied mess ensued.

Yunhe Master, after overhearing the conversation between the magistrate and the prince, got greedy.

Since no one knew about the prince being in Po Yang, couldn't they just kill him and seize the treasure?

In the future, with the help of the Immortal Treasure, they could grow stronger and step out of Po Yang to become a first-class sect in the Jianghu.

So, under the grand vision, the Four Great Martial Arts Schools joined forces to act, first poisoning, then launching a surprise attack, intending to kill the Magistrate and Emperor Tuoba together.

However, the Prince was not one to be trifled with and, under such circumstances, he forcefully took the key and escaped.

The Four Great Martial Arts Schools were only left with a box they could not open.

And not long after, the Prince stealthily returned, killed Yunhe Master, and reclaimed the Jade Box.

The matter blew up.

Seeing that they could no longer keep it a secret, the Four Great Martial Arts Schools sought help from Xiang Tingchun, hoping he would take action and promising that once they obtained the Immortal Treasure, they would share it together.

As for what happened next,

Chen Sansi became involved.

During the pursuit of Emperor Tuoba, the Witch God Sect intervened rashly.

This led to the Prince being seriously wounded and escaping, only to die outside the city.

As a result, the treasure was picked up by him.

What a thrilling treasure hunt.

"Spiritual Grain!"

Chen Sansi pressed for answers relentlessly, "What is Spiritual Grain used for?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Liang Zhan, his mouth filled with blood, insisted, "The Prince didn't reveal much.

"We only know that with the Immortal Treasure, one can refine treasure medicine that aids in cultivation.

"Among them, Spiritual Grain is one of the most important raw materials.

"Exactly how it is used, we are not clear.

"That's why...

"We captured people for experimentation.

"Pan Quan developed a special kind of Medicine Pills, grinding Spiritual Grain into powder and adding it to them. Once ingested, a person begins to absorb the Spiritual Grain.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Roughly ten people are needed to completely purge the toxin from the Spiritual Grain.

"Unfortunately, this process also wastes most of the essence of the Spiritual Grain, resulting in Medicine Pills that are only moderately effective, offering significant help only to bone training martial artists."

Chen Sansi glanced at the local man dying in agony and understood what was happening.

His face showed no expression, "You're using living people as filters?"

"They're just lowly peasants, what does it matter?"

Liang Zhan spoke naturally, "Even a locally concocted medicine can have such good effects. If we get the Immortal Treasure and give it some time, not to mention Refining Internal, even reaching Hua Jin is not far-fetched!

"Otherwise, why would we willingly be stepping stones for Xiang Tingchun's promotion? It's all for the Immortal Treasure!"

"Brother Chen, let's cooperate!

"As long as you don't kill me, we'll pretend today's events never happened.

"Not just that, my Liang Family will provide you with all the resources you need. With your qualifications, Refining Internal is only a matter of time.

"Once you achieve Refining Internal, we can join forces to kill Xiang Tingchun, seize the Immortal Treasure, and ascend to the pinnacle of Martial Arts!"

"You still want to kill Commander Households Xiang?"

Chen Sansi deliberately frightened him, "Guess who sent me here?"

Liang Zhan became somewhat confused, quickly correcting himself, "No, no, Brother Chen, you misunderstand, you cannot kill me!

"As long as you don't kill me, I can give you anything, money, medicinal materials..."

His gaze shifted outside, "The Medicine Garden! Do you see this garden of medicinal herbs? Spare my life, and everything here is yours!"

"Fool! If you're dead, everything will still be mine!"

Chen Sansi stated.

This rendered Liang Zhan completely silent; he could not utter a word for a long while.

Chen Sansi pointed to the body on the ground used for testing the medicine, "Just now, you said he was what?"

"A, a lowly peasant from the countryside..."

Liang Zhan answered as a matter of course.

His voice grew lower, making one last effort to survive, "Brother Chen, are we really unable to cooperate? Xiang Tingchun won't treat you as one of his own. For him, as long as he can climb the ranks, he will discard anyone! Isn't it good to continue capturing people for alchemy to improve our cultivation?"

"Brother Liang, have you forgotten something?"

Chen Sansi looked at his panicked eyes and said solemnly, "I too come from the countryside."

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An arrow from a Qimei crossbow directly pierced through Liang Zhan's forehead, ending his life.

Chen Sansi turned his gaze to the corner, where the Pharmacist lay bleeding on the ground, barely alive:

"Do you have a sack here?"