She finished speaking very quickly, then reached into her sleeve and took out a 500-year-old ginseng from her spatial storage.

"Master, look!"

When her master saw the ginseng, he immediately put down his teacup, took it, and examined it carefully, a smile gradually spreading across his face.

“Excellent, it’s been a long time since I’ve encountered ginseng of this age.”

Su Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief and fawned over to massage her master's shoulders.

“Master, I’m so lucky! I saw it as soon as I went up there, so I dug it up and brought it back to you right away.”

"You're thoughtful."

The master glanced at her, waved for her to get out of the way, and took the ginseng back to his room.

Su Yuanyuan shrugged, she was used to it. She went over to continue processing the herbs, knowing that their efficacy would be reduced by half if left until tomorrow.

She caught a glimpse of Jin Jiuling's room out of the corner of her eye and just happened to see his foot retracting.

Withdrawing her gaze indifferently, Su Yuanyuan quickly finished processing the herbs. "Let the dying man roam a couple more days," she reasoned.

Two days indeed. After Jin Jiuling carried her back to his room to curry favor with his master, Su Yuanyuan refused to go up the mountain to gather herbs. After her master had gone far away, she gently knocked on Jin Jiuling's door.

When Jin Jiuling opened the door and saw her, he stiffened almost imperceptibly and looked at her warily.

"I wonder what business you have with me, young lady?"

"I told you to stay away from my master. Some people just like to cause trouble for others."

As Su Yuanyuan spoke, she shook her head, and with a flick of her wrist, two silver needles were already between her fingertips.

Jin Jiuling took a few steps back and assumed a defensive stance.

"What do you want to do?"

"You're too much trouble, please go die."

As he spoke, he flung out the silver needles in his hand, and the two needles went straight for the two fatal acupoints, Jiuwei and Jujue.

Jin Jiuling's expression changed drastically. He sprinted forward, dodging the silver needles. With a fierce look, he formed a claw with one hand and attacked Su Yuanyuan's neck.

"Tsk, this is troublesome."

Su Yuanyuan clicked her tongue lightly. People who know light-body skills are really annoying. They have to clean up before their master comes back.

She immediately disregarded everything and flung out dozens of silver needles with both hands. Sure enough, no matter how fast Jin Jiuling dodged, a few still managed to pierce his acupoints.

He cried out in pain, clutched his chest, and backed away, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at her.

“I have never offended you, so why do you want to kill me? If it is because of your master, I swear I will never go near her again. I will leave the valley tomorrow.”

Su Yuanyuan didn't bother arguing with him and threw out more than a dozen silver needles, most of which were aimed at vital points.

Jin Jiuling's movements were slowed down because the silver needle had pierced his heart, and he was hit by the silver needle.

His face contorted, his eyes filled with venom as he stared at her, and his body slowly fell backward with a dull thud.

Su Yuanyuan walked over, placed her hand on his neck and waited for a while until he stopped moving before removing her hand.

She glanced at the back mountain, intending to throw him there, but instead dragged Jin Jiuling's body toward the river.

The river runs through the entire valley, and she struggled to drag the body downstream. With her small frame, dragging an adult man was too strenuous.

Su Yuanyuan stopped when the courtyard was out of sight. She took out the corpse-dissolving liquid from her spatial storage and carefully poured a little onto the corpse.

In an instant, a foul stench spread, and Su Yuanyuan covered her nose and took several steps back, her brows furrowing tightly.

The smell is too strong. I hope it doesn't drift into the yard. She just drew up the body-dissolving liquid today. She originally wanted to bury the body, but she drew up the body-dissolving liquid this morning. Isn't this a godsend?

Heaven has been so kind as to send her this stuff, it would be a shame not to use it now, but I didn't expect it to smell so strong.

Seeing Jin Jiuling's body turn into blood, Su Yuanyuan waved her hand to fan the surroundings, found a wooden stick, and scooped the soil from that patch of ground into the river bit by bit.

She clapped her hands. That would be enough. All she had to do was tell her master that he had left the valley. Whether her master believed her or not was none of her concern.

Su Yuanyuan looked downstream, wondering if there was a way out of the valley there, or if there would be a maze there as well.

After hesitating for a moment, she turned around and went back. Once she finished her studies, her master would definitely let her leave; there was no need to rush.

When the master returned in the evening, Su Yuanyuan went up to him and took the basket from his back.

"Master, Jin Jiuling has left."

"Huh? Where did he go?"

The master looked at Jin Jiuling's room with a puzzled expression. The door to his room was open, and there was indeed no one inside.

Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "I don't know, I just saw him going downstream."

The master's expression changed slightly after hearing this, and the look he gave downstream was unreadable to her.

"What's wrong, Master? Is there something there?" Su Yuanyuan asked cautiously.

"No, let them go then."

The chef looked away, washed his hands, and went into the kitchen. Su Yuanyuan became even more curious; he didn't seem to be alright.

After dinner, she pestered her master for a long time, but couldn't get any information out of him. She even got double the workload. Her interest in the downstream work disappeared immediately, and she began to painfully complete the assignments.

After Jin Jiuling disappeared, Su Yuanyuan also began to formally study medicine, and her real suffering began.

She couldn't possibly finish what she was supposed to memorize and practice every day, so her master would point out her mistakes and demonstrate them on her body, causing her to cry out in pain every time.

The good news was that she drew ten pieces of Primordial Cold Iron. The system said that nothing in this world could break it and suggested that she make it into silver needles, but Su Yuanyuan firmly refused.

Once the silver needle is thrown out, it can't be retrieved. Using it is too wasteful. Besides, it itself says that this world is unbreakable. How can such a large piece be crafted?

Su Yuanyuan put the item on the shelf in her space, thinking she might need it sometime.

Time flies in the mountains. Su Yuanyuan has completed her studies and stayed for several more days after her coming-of-age ceremony. Today, her master finally agreed to let her leave the valley for training.

She skipped and hopped along behind her master, carrying a small bundle on her shoulder and the travel money her master had given her in her arms.

"Master, don't worry, I will definitely write to you often."

The master reached out and tapped her forehead, smiling helplessly, "You're a grown woman now, be more mature, be careful when you go out, and don't trust others easily."

Su Yuanyuan patted her chest and said, "How could I be fooled? Master, you should be worried about me fooling others."

The master's lips curled up, looking at her with a half-smile, "It's rare that you still have some self-awareness."

"……master!"

The master shook his head, pressed down a stone on the mountain wall, and a small hole appeared next to it.

The master reached in and did something, and Su Yuanyuan watched as a path appeared in the woods ahead.

"Wow~ So awesome!"

"Go ahead, but be careful with your rations. It will be several days before we see any towns after we leave the valley."

Su Yuanyuan nodded, said goodbye to her master, and then ran along the path without looking back.

She was finally able to get out. She had been suffocating in the valley for so many years. She hadn't run far when she looked back and could no longer see the way back.

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