I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Zuo Lie responded with a gentle smile, his handsome face brushed by the wind, “Brother Han, you flatter me.”

“Let’s go together. Since we’re travelling together, we only need to buy one map, which will even help us save some Spirit Stones.”

Their speed was not fast and along the way, Han Yi managed to gather more intelligence through subtle probing.

Compared to the Xuandan Sect, which had traveled a great distance from Shu State, the White Jade Tower was a native sect of Qianzhou, hence, their knowledge about the Facing Reality Heavenly Realm was more extensive and comprehensive.

Through Zuo Lie, Han Yi learnt about the overall information regarding the Demon Clan in the Facing Reality Heavenly Realm.

In this mini world, there were twelve branches of Demon Clan – Emperor, Blood, Fire, Black, Evil, Huge, Yin, Water, Earth, Gold, Wind, and Rock.

Among them, the Emperor Demon Clan led the other Demon Clans, representing the orthodox Demon Clan, while the Black Demon Clan ranked fourth among the twelve clans.

Within the Black Demon Clan, there were eight tribes: Jing, Yu, Yi, Di, Ye, Deng, Cang, and Qi.

The Cang tribe was ranked seventh and was also known as the Seven Cang Tribes.

As a matter of fact.

Other disciples of the Xuandan Sect had a relatively good understanding of the Cave Heaven World.

Only Han Yi was an exception. He had only learnt about it a month ago and thus had a relatively limited understanding of the Cave Heaven World.

Other disciples, after securing their spots within the top too of the Earth Ranking, had gathered a great deal of information from the first batch of Dao brethren who entered the Cave Heaven World.

The ones who were appointed by other Supreme Elders also had their sources to probe for information.

Only Han Yi was appointed by Yuan Shun, who didn’t have much time to provide detailed information to Han and believed in giving him freedom rather than meticulous care. According to him, everything Han needed to know would naturally become clear once he entered the Cave Heaven World.

As for the information that Han enquired from Feng Jingyu on the Immortal Boat, it was mostly a question and answer session. Later, Feng Jingyu worried about revealing Xuandan Sect’s secrets and stopped discussing. He did not divulge all that he knew.

When Han met Fu Xuanxu, Fu assumed that Han, despite being strong, wouldn’t possess combat ability at the senior ninth level due to his low realm. Hence he didn’t share a lot of information.

The most important thing was that upon entering the Cave Heaven normally, the guidance of the original tribal witch would be available, and even if anything was unclear, it could be answered.

As a result, when Han first stepped into the Cave Heaven World, he felt like he was fumbling in the dark.

At this moment, he finally learnt more detailed information from Zuo Lie of the White Jade Tower.

“The Pillar of Light of Taixu fell at the ancestral temple of the Seven Cang Tribes, the Taixu Order is about to come out, and the cultivators from surrounding Demon Clan areas are all rushing here.”

“If we get there late, we might not even get a chance to see the Taixu Order.”

“Oh, I almost forgot. It’s your first time here. You should know about the Taixu Order, shouldn’t you?”

This time Han quickly nodded. Of course, he knew about the Taixu Order.

Zuo Lie finally breathed a sigh of relief. If even the Taixu Order was unknown to this Daosit, then he might start to question whether Han Yi had an ulterior motive.

A moment later.

Zuo Lie, along with Han Yi, approached the center of this primitive tribe. Interestingly, along the way, the tribal people paid no heed to them and showed no signs of curiosity or fear.

Seeing Han Yi’s surprise, Zuo Lie explained, “Cultivators like us are a common sight to them, so they won’t be surprised.”

“Here we are, let’s go.”

Zuo Lie then led Han Yi to a doorway where a wooden sign was hanging with two twisted characters written on it, which Han didn’t understand.

“This is the Witch’s card. The two characters on it are called Chi Mang. This is also the name of this human primitive tribe. This is the Chi Mang Tribe.”

“The places with this sign are where witches live. Each witch of a primitive tribe is named after the tribe. The witch living here is named Chi Mang.”

“If you’re lost, or you want to go somewhere, or you have obtained the Taixu Order and want to exchange for treasures, you can come to the witch to trade.”

Driven by curiosity, Han Yi followed Zuo Lie, pulled back the curtain and walked in. The room was rather dim and an old man with a weathered face sat in the center.

Upon entering, Zuo Lie immediately said,

“I need a map to the Seven Cang Tribes of the Black Demon Clan.”

The venerable witch lifted his head. His dim eyes sparkled, “Twelve middle-grade spirit stones.”

Zuo Lie frowned, “I remember a map like this doesn’t cost that much, does it?”

The witch chuckled, his laugh hoarse. He then said, “The Pillar of Light of Taixu has fallen on the Seven Cang tribes, all the incoming beings are headed that way. Naturally, the price of such a commodity has increased. I hope you understand, Dao friend.”

Zuo Lie’s brow relaxed, no longer wasting any words. He turned his hands over and took out six spirit stones from his storage bag and placed them on the table.

He then looked towards Han Yi, who understood his intent. However, he hadn’t brought a storage bag with him and didn’t even have a single spirit stone. He could only shake his head.

Zuo Lie’s brow furrowed and he took out another six medium-grade spirit stones from his storage bag, making it twelve in total.

Witch smiled and collected the spirit stones, before handing over a piece of beast skin.

“Right, if you acquire any fragments of the Taixu Order, you can trade them here with me for spiritual items. You will definitely be surprised.”

The witch addressed Zuo Lie and Han Yi, who were leaving his house.

After leaving the witch’s room, Zuo Lie shook his head: “The witch now is getting greedier and greedier, even raising the prices.”

“By the way, Daoist Han, why don’t you even have a single spirit stone on you?”

Han Yi took the opportunity to ask: “Daoist Zuo, I was about to ask about this. According to the rule of Cave Heaven, when the Taixu body falls within the Cave Heaven World, shouldn’t everything on the fallen body remain there? Why would you dare to bring a storage bag and risk losing it in the case of your demise?”

Zuo Lie stared at Han Yi, his expression strange.

“Daoist Han, you might not know this. The Facing Reality Imprint can not only leave a mark on ourselves, but also on storage bags and even magical implements.”

“My storage bag has the Facing Reality Imprint, even if I fall, it would follow me back to the Taixu Illusionary Realm, and would not be left in the Cave Heaven World.”

“No wonder Daoist Han doesn’t have any spirit stones. That makes sense.”

“Never mind, take these six spirit stones as my assistance to you.”

Han Yi finally understood.

He had never thought the Facing Reality Imprint could be used on objects other than cultivators. It seemed that cultivation practitioners like himself who used magical implements must have added an extra Facing Reality Imprint to their storage bags, and the sword immortal who was blown up by the Black Demon Clan, likely left a Facing Reality Imprint on each spirit sword.

Such extravagance.

Yet every member of the Xuandan Sect had only one Facing Reality Imprint, and they had none to spare for their storage bag, that’s why naturally, they would discourage their disciples from bringing magical implements to the Cave Heaven World.

In the end, it all came down to one word: poverty.

Fu Xuanxu and the others didn’t mention this point because they knew that once the disciples entered the Cave Heaven World for the trial, they would naturally discover this not-so-secret answer.

Han Yi fell silent and, during his silence, a new doubt arose. Given that the Xuandan Sect was primarily dedicated to alchemy, it should supposedly be well-off. Why hadn’t they thought of acquiring an extra Facing Reality Imprint for their disciples who were participating in the Cave Heaven trials? In doing so, they could carry their storage bags, have all their magical implements, and their fighting power would be at least doubled.

Could it be that the Xuandan Sect is running out of money? Or is there another hidden reason?

From observing the development of the sect over these past ten years or so, Han Yi vaguely sensed that both reasons might be true.

Before leaving the primitive tribe, Zuo Lie’s face suddenly turned serious: “Daoist Han, though we are traveling together, when we arrive at the Black Demon’s Cang Clan’s territory, we are on our own and we won’t be merciful.”

“This is the rule amongst those of us who have come to The Facing Reality

Heavenly Realm. You must understand this point.”

Han Yi nodded, indicating that he understood.

He now also understood that in the Cave Heaven World, individuals who arrived, also known as outsiders, referred to cultivators like them who came from the Yu Heng World. These cultivators had an unspoken rule. When facing Different Races, they would not fight amongst themselves. Only after killing the members of Different Races and competing for the Taixu Order would they rely on their own abilities.

During his first arrival, outside the ancestral shrine of the Seven Cang Tribes, the four legendary Qi cultivators were preparing to attack the shrine together, which also indicated this unspoken rule.

But.

Han Yi was also puzzled by this situation, but as he was currently with Zuo Lie, he didn’t deem it appropriate to ask about it.

“By the way, I’m at the Qi Cultivation Peak, what is Daoist Han’s level of cultivation? If we encounter the Demon Clan halfway, it’s better for both of us to have some coordination.” Zuo Lie asked.

Earlier, when he first arrived, he was too close to Han Yi and like Han Yi, it wasn’t appropriate to directly use magic to explore. On the one hand, the detection might not be accurate; on the other hand, it was considered disrespectful behavior.

“I just entered the eighth stage of Qi Cultivation.” Han Yi explained.

“Good, Daoist Han being able to enter the Cave Heaven World, even if you are at the ninth stage of Qi Cultivation, you should be quite strong. We will cooperate … Huh? No, did Brother Han just say you are at the eighth stage of Qi Cultivation?”

Zuo Lie suddenly stopped, turned to look at Han Yi, and looked somewhat doubtful. Did he hear wrong just now?

“Daoist Zuo, I am indeed at the eighth stage of Qi Cultivation, you did not hear incorrectly.” Han Yi politely responded, his face calm. He didn’t claim to be especially strong, even if he encountered someone at the Qi Cultivation Peak, he would not be afraid, and if he had magical implements at his disposal, he would even dare to fight those at the legendary Qi Cultivation stage.

Zuo Lie furrowed his brow, gazing at Han Yi. After a moment, he finally loosened his brows, as if he had a sudden realization. “I see. Daoist Han must be the offspring of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator of the Xuandan Sect. That’s why you had the opportunity to enter the Cave Heaven World.”

Han Yi:”???”

Not only did Feng Jingyu suspect this, but even Zuo Lie had the same idea. At this point, Han Yi started to doubt whether he was thinking differently from others..