After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

Seeing Jiang Zhixuan looking somewhat lost, Qin Chuan's expression softened, and he suddenly unbuttoned his clothes.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Zhixuan was immediately startled and asked in a panic, "What...what are you going to do?"

Ignoring Jiang Zhixuan, Qin Chuan took off his shirt and turned around, revealing his muscular back.

"I once encountered a little boy during a fight with another family. Because he was so young, I took pity on him and wanted to spare his life."

But the instant I turned to leave, he gripped the dagger tightly and slashed it upwards across my back, just two inches shy of piercing my heart!

Hearing this, Jiang Zhixuan's heart inexplicably clenched.

At the same time, she also saw the dense scars on Qin Chuan's back.

The most noticeable feature is the huge scar on his waist, which almost covers his entire back.

Qin Chuan chuckled self-deprecatingly, "When I turned around in disbelief to look at the little boy, I found him still smiling, his eyes filled with the joy of victory."

Then I struck out with my palm, smashing his head to pieces. From that moment on, I understood a principle: mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself!

As he spoke, Qin Chuan put on his clothes and slowly turned around.

Seemingly remembering something, he added, "Oh right, I forgot to mention, I was only thirteen years old that year, practically still a child..."

Upon hearing Qin Chuan's words, Jiang Zhixuan's breath hitched, and she was deeply shocked.

After a long while, a hint of guilt flashed in Jiang Zhixuan's eyes.

She lowered her head, her voice filled with apology, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't think that much about it before, that's why..."

Qin Chuan shook his head, interrupting Jiang Zhixuan, and said, "I'm not saying all this because I want your apology, nor do I want to lecture you."

I just want you to understand that in many situations, naive thinking like yours can kill you, and it can kill many other people!

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Zhixuan nodded vigorously, "I understand, Senior Brother Qin!"

As she spoke, she gave Qin Chuan a playful smile, "Thank you for your patient guidance, Senior Brother Qin!"

Seeing this, Qin Chuan shook his head helplessly and said no more.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened. In a crevice in the stone wall not far away, there grew a medicinal herb with three leaves, resembling an orchid.

This is exactly the white orchid they've been looking for!

At the same time, Jiang Zhixuan also saw the medicinal herb. She was overjoyed and was about to pick it when Qin Chuan stopped her.

Qin Chuan pointed to the weeds on the stone wall and asked, "What do you see up there?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhixuan looked in the direction Qin Chuan was pointing.

A moment later, her pupils constricted, and she exclaimed in surprise, "Black Scale Python!"

The Black Scale Python is a third-tier, eighth-grade Xuan Beast, with strength equivalent to the eighth level of Xuan Master!

This level of difficulty is almost on par with a B-rank mission.

Jiang Zhixuan never expected that the guardian beast watching over Bai Yelan would be this black-scaled python.

Besides its hard scales, the most formidable feature of this black-scaled python is its exceptional ability to hide.

It will blend into its surroundings and launch a surprise attack when you are completely unprepared.

She had no idea that the black-scaled python was hiding so well, blending in with the weeds on the stone wall.

Most importantly, it remains completely still; if you don't look closely, it's almost impossible to spot.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhixuan couldn't help but feel a little scared. If she had come alone this time, it was really hard to say whether she could have returned alive.

No wonder Elder Zhao, who was in charge of the mission, kept advising them before leaving, suggesting that the mission of gathering spiritual herbs was also highly uncertain.

Qin Chuan slowly walked towards the stone wall where Bai Yelan was.

Halfway there, he took out the Battle Golden Blade that Du Yifei had used before.

The white orchid was not located at a high altitude, only about three zhang (approximately 10 meters) above the ground.

Soon, Qin Chuan arrived at the foot of the stone wall. After taking a deep breath, he used the Shadowless Step to quickly jump to the crevice where the white orchid was, and picked the spiritual herb in one swift motion.

"hiss!"

The moment Qin Chuan picked the white orchid, the black-scaled python hidden in the weeds hissed and pounced on him.

The black-scaled python never expected Qin Chuan to be so fast. It was supposed to be waiting for the rabbit to come to it, but the white orchid was picked just like that.

"Hiss!" The black-scaled python's eyes turned blood red, and it opened its blood-red maw in mid-air, biting towards Qin Chuan's neck.

It moves extremely fast, and from a distance it looks like a black lightning bolt.

"die!"

Seeing the black-scaled python lunge at him, Qin Chuan remained calm and unleashed his full power as a ninth-level Xuan Master, swiftly slashing out with his battle-golden saber.

"laugh!"

A blur flashed by, and the black-scaled python's body was split in two, falling to the ground from the air.

At the same time, Qin Chuan also fell down from the stone wall.

"Good knife!"

Looking at the Battle Golden Blade in his hand, Qin Chuan's eyes flickered. In the past, when he was in the Qin family, although there were some magic weapons, their grades were not very high, so he was too lazy to use them.

Now that he has used this Golden Battle Blade, Qin Chuan is pleasantly surprised.

This was only because he relied solely on his own cultivation and the sharpness of the magic weapon itself. If he could learn sword techniques like Du Yifei's Gale Slash, he would be even more formidable.

When the two are used together, their power is amplified even further.

"It seems I'll have to find some handy magical artifacts when I have the chance in the future..."

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan muttered to himself.

Although the Golden Knife was valuable, he decided to get rid of it as soon as he had the chance, as keeping it would only make it a hot potato.

At this moment, Jiang Zhixuan also walked over and said admiringly, "Senior Brother Qin, you are really amazing!"

"Stop flattering!"

Qin Chuan handed the white orchid in his hand to Jiang Zhixuan.

"I mean it!" Jiang Zhixuan said earnestly after taking the white orchid from Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan smiled helplessly, ignored Jiang Zhixuan, and put away the black-scaled python beside him.

This third-tier, eighth-grade black-scaled python is far more valuable than the white leaf orchid, except that it doesn't offer any contribution points.

Having completed their mission, Qin Chuan and Jiang Zhixuan decided not to linger in the Qingcang Mountains and turned to leave.

Two hours later, the two returned to the second floor of the Heavenly Sword Sect's mission hall and found Elder Zhao.

"You really completed this mission?"

After glancing at the white orchid in his hand, Elder Zhao's eyes widened as he looked at Jiang Zhixuan and Qin Chuan in disbelief.

He was already quite shocked when he saw the two of them return unharmed.

When he saw the white orchid that Jiang Zhixuan took out, he was completely dumbfounded.

After a long silence, Elder Zhao asked, "What kind of mystical beast did you encounter with Bai Yelan?"