The Supreme God of Martial Arts

"Don't worry. I have made people send messages to all the sects in the East Mainland.

If any of them dares to go against our disciples, we will send killers to hunt their disciples down and kill everyone related to them.

However, we will ignore the murders resulting from fights for benefits, when our disciples and theirs go out for adventures.

I hope I have made my message quite clear to them.

Their great cultivators of advanced realms can't target our disciples. As for the fighting between our disciples and theirs, we can't stop it from happening. It will be an adventure for them.

To rise again in the East Mainland, the FlHoly Land has to train many disciples. We will need disciples who have endured and survived all kinds of tests and adventures.

The last thing we want is they live a protected life in the headquarters and their minds have never been troubled by the outer world. We don't want them to be ignorant of the sinister nature of human beings. This would be bad for the development and rise of our FlHoly Land.

As for the causalities and injuries, don't let those trouble your mind any more. To grow up and becstrong, they have to deal with those things sooner or later," the old man said slowly but firmly. He seemed to have already made up his mind.

"Elder Brendan, you're right! I totally agree with every word you've just said," the middle-aged man replied as he nodded his head.

The other two men also nodded their heads in approval.

"In that case, issue a notice right now and call together all the disciples who haven't reached the Emperor Realm. They can volunteer to set off for the Wild Herb Valley and gather herbs," Elder Brendan announced loudly.

Before wasting any time, the message was sent out.

In the headquarters of the FlHoly Land, all the disciples whose cultivation base was lesser than the Emperor Realm received the message, via their Contact Jade Slips.

The message soon reached inside the uttermost vital energy refining hall in the valley.

Thick mist of spiritual energy whistled across the space inside the hall, and then engulfed Austin completely. His whole body got submerged in the mist. A golden light cfrom it.

Inside the thick mist of spiritual energy, Austin was sitting quietly. He took the cross-legged position while his mind was concentrating on the cultivation.

The golden light turned into a ball above his head. Slowly it expanded and had a diameter of approximately ten meters. Such bright golden light was pouring out from the ball that no human eyes could look straight into it.

The violent torrents of vital energy were raging and rolling through his energy meridians. A rumbling noise could be heard.

It was just what Austin had been waiting for. It was the sign of another breakthrough.

Surprised, Austin realized that his vital energy realm was on the verge of another breakthrough so soon.

It surprised him more that he had reached the medium stage of Semi-holy Realm just stago. Not much thad passed and he was experiencing another breakthrough.

He wondered if it was possible for him to reach the point of another breakthrough in just ten days.

This was something beyond his wildest imagination.

Austin was both, surprised and excited.

He decided to press on till the finish, without any delay or hesitation.

However, at exactly the smoment, he felt the vibration of his Contact Jade Slip.

He responded instantly and released his spiritual sense to sense what was going on.

He read the message and knew that the headquarters had convened a party of all disciples who were beneath the Emperor Realm. Helpless and disappointed, Austin had to quit his cultivation and leave the Vital Energy Refining Palace.

In a few moments, he arrived in the square.

The moment he reached there, he saw a sober man in his forties. He was standing in the middle of the spacious square, with two to three hundred disciples surrounding him. Austin pushed his way through the crowd and stood in front.

That sober man turned out to be Steward Nolan.

His golden robe seemed to have sucked all the rays of light which were around him. The pressure emitting from his body was intimidating.

The disciples who were standing around him, felt the pressure and found it even hard for them to breath.

Austin guessed that Steward Nolan vas a cultivator who was at least at he premium stage of Divine Bridge Realm. He could make that เวน conclusion since he had the sntensity of vital energy as that of Waldron Xiao, the prminister of ke Solamnia Kingdom, and Rodolfo he grand marshal. Content belongs o englishSoon, all disciples beneath the Emperor Realm had gathered in the square.

Steward Nolan's eyes scanned the disciples, and a deadly silence fell upon the square. Nobody dared to speak or make a sound. "Good!" Steward Nolan nodded and smiled softly. "You were summoned here because I have got an important message for you guys. Of course, it's a voluntary mission. You can sign up only if you want to do it," he said slowly.

All disciples stood there quiet, waiting to hear the announcement.

"You're going to go and gather herbs in the Wild Herb Valley," Steward Nolan added.

"The Wild Herb Valley is a forbidden zone from ancient times. The enshrouding mist of the spiritual energy there nourishes all sorts of magical herbs. You can find so many precious and rare species which probably don't exist elsewhere.

Nine-grade, ten-grade and even superior herbs are growing and flourishing there.

t's said that this valley had existed el even in the ancient times and was >pen for all. But then sglorious. ind great masters set a series of complicated spells and traps outside the valley for protection. Now, nobody has succeeded in reaking those spells and traps.

However, the good news is that every thirty years, those spells and traps outside the valley becweak, and a path provides the outsiders easy access to the valley.

In spite of all this, I must warn you that the rules inside the valley are unique and mysterious. You will feel restricted and depressed once you have gone inside.

The valley is inaccessible to those cultivators who are at high vital energy realm.

So, only those cultivators who are below the Emperor Realm can get there. If any cultivator of Bitter Sea Realm or more advanced realms tries to break in, the spells and traps will be triggered and the valley will shut down.

Every thirty years, when the valley opens, all sects in the East Mainland, including the three holy lands will send their disciples to gather herbs from the valley.

On this mission, you get to gather rare and precious herbs and experience tough situations, which will help you grow stronger,' Steward Nolan explained patiently and in detail.

All the disciples listened carefully to what he was saying with keen pleasure.

"Three days later, we'll see the Wild Herb Valley open.

This time, Elder Brendan has decided to send out our disciples to enter the Wild Herb Valley and gather herbs.

11 The mission has its dangers and difficulties because you have to compete with the competent disciples and cultivators from other sects. The fights will be bloody, and people may get hurt or even die.

Once inside the valley, you will cacross disciples of all the sects from the East Mainland, small or big, including the three holy lands. The situation will get chaotic because so many cultivators and disciples are fighting for those limited resources. Apart from that, sunknown dangers will be lurking in the valley. These may include but are not limited to ferocious monsters and beasts as well as sterrifying arrays and spells.

Based on what happened in the past, we fear that whenever the Wild Herb Valley opens, dreadful fighting will occur there. Even today I remember the worst fighting I have ever witnessed. About ten thousand people entered the valley, but only three thousand survived till the last. Most of them died.

So, this herb-gathering mission is a dangerous and serious test for all of you," Steward Nolan said in a serious and concerned tone.

The prospect of bloody fights, casualties and the fear of the unknown enemy sent chills down the body of those disciples. Sof them took a deep breath and were worried about their safety.

It was a fact that the mission had a death rate of 70%. Such a high rate wasn't something they could ignore.

"Alright then! I'm done with the introduction and explanation regarding the mission. You have one day to think over it. Then you can choose if you want to join this mission or not.

If you think you are too weak to get involved in bloody and gruesfights and combats, I advise you not to set foot in the Wild Herb Valley.

It will only mean suicide for you," Steward Nolan added. As he had finished briefing them all about the mission, the crowd was dismissed. There were whispers heard as the disciples started moving. They had to think and make a decision if they wanted to take up the mission or not!