CHAPTER 387: CHAPTER 385 EARTH SPLIT CANYON

"Zhong Lin, let me introduce you. This is Senior Sister Tang Yimei, this is Senior Sister Sang Xue, and this is Junior Sister Changsun Yue.

The two senior sisters have already condensed their Xuandan cultivation, and Junior Sister Changsun Yue is also at the perfection of the Yunling Realm."

Chu Yu introduced the three people in front of him.

Tang Yimei’s cultivation is the highest, already at the late stage of the Xuandan Realm, wearing a white palace dress embroidered with plum blossoms, exuding a proud chill, giving a sense of arrogance just like her name.

Sang Xue is at the middle stage of the Xuandan Realm, relatively petite, yet with excellent proportions, a lovely face with round cheeks filled with sweetness, coupled with prominent snow-white... a youthful appearance... ahem.

Changsun Yue, in contrast to Sang Xue, is very tall, even taller than him by a whole head, just slightly shorter than Zhong Lin, her appearance is average, and can be described as plain and unremarkable.

"Senior Sister, this is Zhong Lin, who has just joined the Juying Association and was awarded a token by Senior Sister Ying He. He is a Seventh Grade Alchemist with Xuandan Realm cultivation."

Chu Yu’s tone carried a sense of pride.

Look, this is a Seventh Grade Alchemist, someone I invited.

With Chu Yu’s introduction, the eyes of the three women brightened, especially because the identity of a Seventh Grade Alchemist made their hearts heat up.

"Nice to meet you, Senior Sisters, Junior Sister Changsun."

Zhong Lin cupped his hands in salute, a gentle smile on his lips, appearing cultured and refined.

"Great, with Junior Brother Zhong’s help, this trip to the Medicine Garden is sure to yield the greatest benefits," Sang Xue said excitedly.

"Indeed, I thought we would need to find a pharmacist, but I didn’t expect Junior Sister Chu to actually bring in Junior Brother Zhong. This trip to the Medicine Garden will rely on you," Tang Yimei spoke, her voice crisp and clear like alpine streamwater, pleasant and melodious.

"Senior Sister is too kind, this time I’m the one getting the advantage," Zhong Lin replied.

"Enough of this, let’s be on our way!"

Earth Split Canyon is located directly east of the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land, within the territory of the Upper Sun Country, over 20,000 miles from here.

Xuandan martial artists take about two or three days on foot, even slower for Transcendent Realm martial artists. Along the way, it’s mountainous, and relying on oneself, it might take ten days or half a month to arrive. Martial artists flying must consider their own Spiritual Origin consumption and the potential dangers, making it impossible to fly at full speed.

Fortunately, on Juying Peak there are curly-feathered pelicans raised, large and very docile beasts, not slow and with excellent endurance, making them a good mount.

The only downside is that they’re a bit ugly, quite unpopular in the Juying Association, so they only keep two.

The sisters of the Juying Association either travel on immortal cranes or bluebirds, and if it weren’t for the large number of people this time, they wouldn’t have used this fellow.

Caw-caw!

The curly-feathered pelican flapped its wings and instantly darted into the clouds.

Zhong Lin sat cross-legged on the back of the curly-feathered pelican, curiously patting it.

The pelican’s back was wide and flat, ample room for seven or eight people with no issue.

Its feathers were grey-white, eyes light yellow, the gular pouch also yellow, the neck and back bearing curved crest feathers.

At a glance, it was quite similar to a clumsy goose.

"So ugly,"

Sang Xue glanced at it, clicking her tongue with a disdainful look. Indeed, this curly-feathered pelican was incomparable to those graceful white cranes.

With the breeze brushing their faces, the curly-feathered pelican swiftly shuttled through the clouds, though not as fast as Zhong Lin flying with a sword, its advantage was that it required no Dan energy.

"Zhong Lin, how does it feel? This is a benefit exclusive to joining the Juying Association. Other Outer Sect disciples can only rely on themselves for travel, enduring boredom and needing constant elixir intake to replenish their Spiritual Origin," Chu Yu remarked proudly.

"Ugly and slow,"

Zhong Lin hadn’t spoken, but Sang Xue chimed in her usual critique.

"The curly-feathered pelican looks awkward in the air, and its speed doesn’t match the immortal cranes. If it weren’t for its broad back, even the sisters in our association wouldn’t bother raising it."

"Demon beasts are hard to tame, and demon birds even more so. Senior Sister Ying Ju discovered two curly-feathered pelican eggs, raised them generation after generation into these mounts. Other disciples would envy this, so what if it’s ugly or slow?"

Tang Yimei shook her head, smiling.

Zhong Lin shrugged, all the pros and cons had been discussed—what more could he say?

Casual chatter along the way.

Zhong Lin fairly grasped the personalities of these three women.

Tang Yimei was aloof and not talkative, Sang Xue was lively, whereas Changsun Yue didn’t say much other than greeting him as ’senior brother.’

It only took a day for the continuous mountain ranges below them to vanish, soon revealing a vast fissure canyon.

This canyon seemed like the earth itself had cracked open, stretching for thousands of miles, depths unknown, viewed from above it seemed like another world, different from the sunny world above. Occasionally, the shadow of bats could be seen flying in the dark—they appeared to harbor a bat nest in the depths of this fissure.

"Here we are, let’s descend!"

Steering the curly-feathered pelican downwards, the five landed on one side of the fissure canyon.

Tang Yimei patted the pelican, and the creature let out a few cries before shooting up to the sky, soon vanishing into the horizon.

"The spirit beast is off to forage, when we return, it will naturally come back and won’t wander off," Chu Yu explained through a voice transmission.

Zhong Lin nodded without saying much.

The five made no stops, heading directly into the fissure canyon.

As soon as they entered, countless bats flew out of the crevice like a cloud of locusts.

These bats were each the size of a palm, with razor-sharp teeth and eyes glowing with a bloody light, quite frightening.

"Be careful, these are bloodsucking bats, full of toxins, try not to get scratched,"

Tang Yimei grasped in the air, producing a Glazed Long Sword in her hand. With a sweep of the blade, icy energy surged, and with piercing shrieks, several bats were sliced in two.

Chu Yu also took out her Overlord Spear, executing the Phoenix Triple Strike; instantly several bats were shattered, blood spraying.

Zhong Lin and the other two women attacked as well, all three wielding long swords.

The five formed a horned formation, continuously advancing deeper into the canyon, soon arriving at a boundless plain.

Seeing the scene before him, Zhong Lin felt a headache—under a canyon lay a plain, making him feel as though he wanted to lift his past life’s geography teacher’s coffin board.

Can terrain really exist like this?

"This Earth Split Canyon is vast, home to many demon beasts, we must be cautious. The five of us should move in mutual support, no rash actions, and no reckless deep delving.

Junior Brother Zhong, since this is your first time here, don’t act rashly and follow my lead," Tang Yimei said solemnly.

"Rest assured, Senior Sister, I will,"

Zhong Lin nodded, sensing that if even Tang Yimei, with her late Xuandan stage cultivation, was this grave, the Earth Split Canyon must be dreadfully perilous.