Chapter Sixty: The Forbidden Land's Fragrance

  After the appearance of the black robe in Jiuzhaigou, the three villages of Heitaozhai and Wujizhai immediately left with their tails between their legs. Everyone in Jiuzhaigou was excited.

  "Now I appoint He Tao and Lu Zhen as the deputy masters of Jiuzhai Valley, and when I am not around, all matters in the valley will be handled by these two!" After giving the order, the black-robed figure left once again.

  "Chief is invincible!" "Chief is invincible!"

  Even if the black robe had left, those subordinates were all shouting loudly, and he himself came to the forbidden land of Jiuzhaigou.

  By the water pool, Xu Hua was meditating with his eyes closed. After Hei Pao arrived, he said softly: "Young Master, they have retreated."

  Xu Hua nodded slightly and looked at Hei Pao: "Is there anything unclear?"

  "The young master must be worried about Bai Gu Zhai and Hei Feng Zhai!" The black-robed man was no fool, and naturally understood the young master's plan.

  "Not bad, your current strength is not bad, at least among the Martial Kings it's not bad. However, Black Wind Fortress and White Bone Fortress are not simple either. I'm worried that there might be strong Martial Emperors within them. Although my strength has surpassed most of the strong Martial Kings, compared to the Martial Emperor, I still fall short."

  Although his strength has improved rapidly recently, Xu Hua did not look down on others because of this.

  "He nodded and said, 'Just wait for another year, the threat from Heifeng Village and Baigu Village will not be great, at that time I can take back what originally belongs to Jiuzhai Valley.'"

  Hei Pao naturally understood that what the young master lacked most now was time. With a year's worth of time, with the young master's talent, he should be able to possess the strength of an ordinary Martial Emperor!

  "Your Highness, those people are also starting to return, how should we arrange?"

  Xu Hua's eyes flashed with a hint of unusual color, and he said: "These people will be settled in this forbidden land from now on. Send someone to teach them the 'Body Refining Technique'!" Suddenly, a huge corpse of a demonic beast appeared, startling Hei Pao.

  "I still have a lot of these, it should be enough for them to use for a while!"

  The black-robed figure looked at the massive demon beast in front of him and said, "That's enough. With this much demon flesh, those people can at least compare to a late-stage Body Refining Cultivator. As for wanting to go further, that won't do. Only a third-grade demon beast can meet this requirement."

  "That's enough, once they have the power to protect themselves, I'll take them to the Taihang Mountains." Xu Hua thought of the cave at the end of the tunnel under the water pool, which was discovered just a few days ago.

  "You go and arrange it!" Xu Hua naturally couldn't personally arrange these things, so it was most suitable for Hei Pao, as the master of Jiuzhaigou, to make the arrangements.

  Hei Pao nodded and retreated, while Xuhua continued to meditate with her eyes closed.

  ……

  Jiuzhaigou, Conference Hall!

  The man in black sat high up and looked down at those below him, who were the beggars and the people who had originally disappeared.

  "You can become strong, be worshiped by others, and control your own destiny." The black-robed figure said calmly to these beggars.

  "Whoa..."

  These beggars immediately boiled over, discussing and speculating, even the Jiuzhaigou members who brought them back were puzzled as to why the village master would value these beggars.

  "Can I also become a warrior? I'm already thirty, past the best age for training!"

  "But I never want to live a life like an ant again, I want to become a warrior, and from now on, whoever bullies me, I will kill them!"

  "I want to become strong! Only as a strong person can I have the chance to enjoy this world."

  The man in black looked at their reactions and nodded in satisfaction: "I can make you strong, but you also know that there is no free lunch in the world!"

  "As long as the chief can make us strong, from now on my life belongs to the chief."

  "Me too! I'm willing to pay any price!"

  "I'm willing too!"

  These beggars, without much thought, agreed. After all, they had nothing to lose: no food, no clothes, no dignity. What was there to worry about? As long as they could become the strong ones, they were willing to pay any price.

  "Alright, since that's the case, I'll make you all strong, but success won't come easily. Perhaps only one or two of you will survive, and how far you can go in the future depends on yourselves." The black-robed figure looked at their determined gazes, finally understanding why the young master had chosen them.

  These people living at the bottom have no faith and no dependence; whoever stretches out a helping hand will be regarded by them as a god in their hearts.

  "Come with me!" The black-robed man stood up, ready to leave. At this moment, he suddenly looked at the Jiuzhaigou disciples waiting aside and said: "Your merits are not small either, come together!"

  "Ah……” These people heard Hei Pao's words, feeling as if they had been struck dizzy by happiness, it was simply unbelievable. However, looking at Hei Pao who had already left the great hall, those beggars also followed one after another, they hastily caught up, fearing that the village head would change his mind.

  As they walked, those Jiuzhaigou disciples looked around and suddenly exclaimed: "Isn't this the road to the forbidden land?"

  "The black robe looked at them and said: 'The reason why the forbidden land is forbidden is because you are not qualified to enter, but now you have been given this right, you must learn to cherish it. Being able to come in here means that your future path will be longer and farther than others!'"

  Step! Step! Step!

  It seemed that he had heard some noise. Xuhua, who was meditating by the pond, opened his eyes and looked at the group of people in black robes walking towards him.

  "Long time no see, young master!" The man in black suddenly knelt down on one knee and saluted Xu Hua with great respect, stunning everyone.

  "Hiss..."

  "This is Master Xu! The leader actually paid respects to Master Xu!" Some people felt it was unbelievable, as they had always thought of Xu Hua as just the leader's guest, never expecting that in front of Master Xu, even the leader would pay respects.

  "Could it be that Master Xu is the real master of Jiuzhaigou?"

  Xu Hua nodded and said: "Have you all been instructed?"

  The man in black nodded, and Xu Hua looked at the group of people behind him and said: "From now on, you can call me Young Master. From now on, all of you are my people, Xu Hua's people. As long as you can persist, you will have everything that ordinary people cannot have - wealth, beauty, power... as long as you work hard enough, none of this is just a dream!"

  Although shocked, everyone was amazed that their master was so young, but no one disobeyed, and they all said: "Thank you, young master!"

  Xu Hua smiled slightly and pointed at the massive demonic beast corpse beside him, saying: "Do you know what this is?"

  "Monster!" "This monster should be second-tier, right?" In fact, they had already seen this big guy.

  "This is a second-order demonic beast, and it's also one of the important resources for you to become stronger. I hope you won't disappoint me, cultivate well, because your survival depends on it!" After giving these orders, Xu Hua jumped into the water pool and entered the underwater cave to cultivate, leaving other matters to be instructed by Hei Pao.

  Today is the first day, and everything seems a bit chaotic. Most of the beggars can't recognize a few words. After Hei Pao spread the "Body Refining Technique", those original disciples from Jiuzhaigou have started to cultivate. The demon beast was also dissected, roasted or boiled into soup, and devoured by this group of people until nothing was left.

  Those beggars couldn't understand the Body Refining Manual in a short period of time, and Hei Pao also knew that he couldn't force them. First, let them eat some demon beast meat to supplement their weak bodies.

  Wafts of fragrance suddenly floated out from the forbidden area of Jiuzhaigou, but the disciples of Jiuzhaigou did not dare to enter, after all, that was a forbidden place!

  In this forbidden land, everyone was happily eating the monster meat and drinking the monster soup. Of course, the happiest ones were those beggars.

  "It's delicious! Too delicious, I've never had anything so delicious before!"

  "We're in luck! From now on, as long as we have this demonic beast meat to eat every day, even if we die, it's worth it!"

  On the side, Hei Pao gazed at this scene faintly and then gnawed on the roasted meat in his hand with a crackling sound.

  After a while, many people felt their bodies heating up, especially the beggars, almost everyone was like this. Seeing this, Hei Pao said: "The meat of the second-level demon beast contains a lot of energy, you eat more and naturally feel hot, you practice according to the 'Body Refining Technique', it will have a great effect, those who can't practice yet can jump into the water pool to take a bath and dissipate heat, but there is a secret cave in the water pool that is not for you to enter, remember!"

  Plop, plop!

  Those beggars who couldn't cultivate jumped into the water one by one, and the icy cold water made them feel much better immediately.

  "It's so cool! It's really too cool, I feel like my whole body is full of energy, is this the charm of power?"

  Those who started practicing "Lian Ti Jue" also felt that their physical body was gradually becoming stronger!

  Finally, Hei Pao also left, he entered the secret cave!

  Xu Hua entered the secret cave, but suddenly discovered that the blood cocoon wrapped around Luo Cheng had undergone some changes. The originally tightly wrapped crimson flesh cocoon had actually developed a crack, revealing an even more vibrant red glow inside.

  Xu Hua was overjoyed, because he knew that Luo Cheng might be coming out soon, and he looked forward to Luo Cheng's strength!

  "Prince, Luo Cheng this..." Unbeknownst to him, perhaps due to Xu Hua's attention, he hadn't even noticed the arrival of the black-robed figure.

  "It's been many months, and finally there are some changes. It won't be long before this kid comes back!" Xu Hua didn't turn around, but instead gently stroked the blood scab in front of him!

  "I think Luo Cheng will be greatly surprised when he knows my current strength!" Hei Pao said with some confidence.

  Xu Hua turned around and looked at Hei Pao, shaking his head: "Hei Pao, you're too confident. Who knows, after Luo Cheng comes out this time, he might already have the power of a Martial Emperor. Your strength is pretty good now, but it's still some distance from mine, let alone a Martial Emperor. You'd better work hard! You are all people I trust the most, and I don't want your strength to fall behind my progress!"

  "Don't worry, I will definitely work hard!" The black robe's heart was boiling with enthusiasm!