"If I thought of cheating, I would have done it long ago!"

Hu-Tai-Min immediately replied upon hearing Zheng-Fu's words. He was slightly dissatisfied that Zheng-Fu thought that way about him. But he could understand that as an outsider, Zheng-Fu was naturally paranoid.

"How do I know?! You and I haven't known each other for a long time; it's normal for me to think that way. If you were me, you'd probably think so too! All right, get these crystals and go back. I'll quickly return to the safety zone as well!" Zheng-Fu hurriedly handed the crystals to Hu-Tai-Min before chasing Hu-Tai-Min back to the village to quickly exchange Rainbow Mushrooms for him.

Blop!!!

"I understand. Then, in about a week, I'll meet you at the safety zone," said Hu-Tai-Min, before he received the Purple Heaven crystals and immediately left.

Whoosh!!!

After Hu-Tai-Min left, Zheng-Fu started collecting all the herbs and everything valuable along the route again.

Another two days passed by, and Zheng-Fu obtained a large number of medicinal herbs. Some herbs could increase energy, and some were poisonous herbs. Moreover, he obtained some weapons and armor from the dwelling area of the spirit monsters he encountered.

In the safety zone...

"I'm tired as hell! But it's very worth it. By the way, how much more energy can I raise with only two weeks left? Sigh! I'll use the last remaining Rainbow Mushroom for this remaining time then!"

Zheng-Fu felt very regretful thinking that he only had two weeks left to stay inside Heavenly Command Secret Land because, inside this land, many things could help raise his energy level. Whether they were special areas, the spirit monsters that were his training partners, or many level-up herbs. Everything helped Zheng-Fu very well.

But no matter what, he could not stay. He could only spend the remaining two weeks increasing his energy level as much as possible.

Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!

Booooom!!!

Wooooooosh!!!

Zheng-Fu decided to eat the Rainbow Mushroom and swallowed it down. After that, the enormous energy in the Rainbow Mushroom crazily spread throughout his body. But it was much lighter than the first time. Because Zheng-Fu's energy level had already risen, plus his Subdue Heaven-Command World Energy Cultivation Technique had also been developed, the absorption of energy was smooth and was not wasted in any way.

Another week passed...

Wooooooosh!!!

Booooooom!!!

The sixth level of the Heavenly Golden Core stage!

After Zheng-Fu sat absorbing the energy from the Rainbow Mushroom for a week, he finally successfully promoted energy to the sixth level of the Heavenly Golden Core stage. In Zheng-Fu's senses, it was a very long time. But in reality, for the average person, promoting one level of the Heavenly Golden Core stage should take a month or more. If someone knew that Zheng-Fu had been promoted within a week and saw Zheng-Fu showing dissatisfaction, they would get annoyed and gather together to stomp on Zheng-Fu.

"Umm! The sixth level of the Heavenly Golden Core stage! Ha ha ha, with this level, I can fight one who's at the first or second level of the Deity Soul stage. But this is not enough. I must be stronger than this. Because the effect of Rainbow Mushroom still has a lot left. It should have allowed me to advance to the next level if nothing went wrong. But why hasn't Hu-Tai-Min come yet? Or is that guy really trying to cheat me?!"

Although he was not satisfied that it took him a week to level up his energy, he was able to accept it. After all, the Rainbow Mushroom still had energy left for him to absorb. And Zheng-Fu calculated that he should be able to advance to another energy level. At that moment, Zheng-Fu suddenly remembered that Hu-Tai-Min had appointed him and would come to see him this week. But he could not even see Hu-Tai-Min's shadow. Therefore, he was worried that Hu-Tai-Min would really cheat him.

Whoosh!!!

Thud!!!

"I already told you that I'm not that kind of person. You're always a negative person. Is there ever a time when you're optimistic!?" At this moment, Hu-Tai-Min suddenly appeared in front of Zheng-Fu before speaking with a slightly dissatisfied tone.

Ah!

"How would I know! Since I didn't see you coming at the appointed time, I naturally had to think like this!" Zheng-Fu said with an irritated face and shrugged.

Huh!

"Here, take it! Your Rainbow Mushrooms and Abyssal Flake Ore, another eighteen thousand lumps!"

Hah!?

"Eighteen thousand lumps of Abyssal Flake Ore? Wouldn't this be too much? Such a huge amount, is this from the whole volcano?" Zheng-Fu could not help exclaiming in surprise. He did not expect that Hu-Tai-Min would gather so much Abyssal Flake Ore in just a week.

"Didn't you tell me yourself that the more, the better? I've done as you said, why are you complaining?!" This time, it was Hu-Tai-Min who had a hot head. Because Zheng-Fu had previously told him to find as much as possible, and he had already done so. But Zheng-Fu said it was too much.

"I'm only saying things! I'm just shocked by the number of them. I didn't mean to complain or anything. On the other hand, I'm even appreciative of your work!" Zheng-Fu quickly changed his expression when he saw Hu-Tai-Min's dissatisfaction. Because he knew that if Hu-Tai-Min was angry, he would definitely leave the secret land today.

Tch!

"Never mind! By the way, how far has your cultivation developed? Ah! Are you leveling up again? It means you ate Rainbow Mushroom to level up so quickly, right?" Hu-Tai-Min got tired of arguing with Zheng-Fu. Instead, he changed the topic to ask about Zheng-Fu's cultivation before he could sense that Zheng-Fu's energy level had risen to another level.

"Yes, something like that! Anyway, I need to raise my strength as soon as possible. It's natural for me to use Rainbow Mushroom to level up. By the way, what are you going to do from now on?" Zheng-Fu admitted that he used the Rainbow Mushroom to level up his energy so quickly because his time was not much left. Before he could leave, he had to become even stronger than this.

"I'll do the same thing I've always done. Today may be my last day to see you. And I don't know when we'll meet again. So, I want to say something. If ever you become the strongest, please avenge my son. Because I might not be able to leave this place," said Hu-Tai-Min with a sad expression, for this might be the last time he would see Zheng-Fu. And he also wanted Zheng-Fu to avenge Jin-Tian on his behalf.

"Why can't you guys get out of this place? Or is it because of the king of secret land?" Zheng-Fu had been wondering about this since he heard Hu-Tai-Min say it for the first time and thought it might be about the king of the secret land.

"Part of it is about that guy, but that's not all. We, Savage Fire Tiger Race, are cursed not to get out of this secret land. Only the king of this land can set us free. And to become the king of secret land, you only have to defeat and kill the current king!"

Hu-Tai-Min explained the true reason to Zheng-Fu: everything stemmed from them being bound to the secret land by a curse. The only way to free them was to defeat the King of the Secret Land, a being whose strength rivaled that of a deity. Even the Sectmaster of the Heavenly Command Sect and the Five Pillar Elders of the sect could not overcome it.

"And in this secret land, are there still other races living?" And this was another matter that Zheng-Fu wanted to know for a long time.

"Besides my race, in this secret land, there are also the Winter Wolf Race, Emerald Green Serpent Race, and Stream Waterfall Race, for a total of four races. Each race must protect a different specialty area. For example, my race is the protector of the Sweltering Volcano. The other three races protect Poisonous Forest, Nine-layer Reverse Waterfall, and Hundred Thousand Years Freezing Cold Ice Yard that I mentioned earlier!"

Hu-Tai-Min immediately answered Zheng-Fu's question, explaining that apart from his tribe living within the secret land, there were three other tribes as well, each residing in different areas.

"And what about your relationship with those other races?" Zheng-Fu also wanted to know the relationship between each race.

"Three of the four were friendly. Only the ambitious Emerald Green Serpent Race wanted to take over the rest of the races. But they couldn't because their venom couldn't do anything to the three of us races. Since within this secret land, there are so many healing herbs to cure their venom, the rest of the three races have joined forces against those damn green snakes!"

Oh!

"You really ask a lot! I suppose you better take the time to continue to cultivate. If you still ask me questions like this, I will ask you to talk all day and night until you can't cultivate at all!" Hu-Tai-Min was too tired to answer Zheng-Fu's question, so he spoke about cultivation and also slightly threatened Zheng-Fu.

Hah!

"I was just asking a little bit! All right, I won't ask anymore. Then you can go now. I'll continue to cultivate now." Zheng-Fu's face looked like he was a little dissatisfied, but he was not really dissatisfied. He knew that Hu-Tai-Min was worried about his cultivation and always warned that Zheng-Fu really had very little time left. Thus, Zheng-Fu smiled before continuing, "Good luck to you and your race. Hopefully, next year, when I come in again, you guys will still be in the same place. Because at that time, I'll come and take all of you out of here!"

Mm!

"Thank you so much. You too, I also wish you good luck and survival until then," Hu-Tai-Min also blessed Zheng-Fu. He knew that, as Zheng-Fu had to madly raise his strength like this, there had to have been something serious, so he wished Zheng-Fu good luck and survival.

Mm!

"Till we meet again!"

"See you later, comrade!"

When the two had finished saying their goodbyes, Hu-Tai-Min immediately left.

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