Martial Master

As soon as Qin Chen took the rock in his hand, he knew that what the cloaked man said was true. There was indeed a trace of the essence of the bitter rhyme herb on this rock.

Qin Chen had encountered the bitter rhyme herb twice in his past life. That kind of aura was all too familiar to him. Even if it was just some powder from the herb sprinkled on it, the rock would still retain the essence for a very long time.

After sniffing the essence of the bitter rhyme herb from the rock, Qin Chen casually inhaled, and his body felt extremely comfortable, as if some impurities within him were being washed away.

Qin Chen knew that this was due to the bitter rhyme herb’s essence cleansing the poison in his body.

However, this feeling only lasted for a moment before it vanished.

Qin Chen sighed slightly. He understood very well that if he had a whole plant of the bitter rhyme herb in hand, he could directly step into the realm of the Earth Level Martial Realm, and there would be no future troubles at all.

Putting away the rock, Qin Chen coldly said, "Speak, where exactly did you see this bitter rhyme herb?"

Hearing this, the originally tense cloaked man felt a sense of relief and let out a long breath.

What he feared the most was that Qin Chen would not be interested in the bitter rhyme herb. As long as Qin Chen was interested, everything would be manageable.

His fearful expression slightly retracted, the cloaked man stared at Qin Chen and said, "As long as you let me go first, I will tell you where the bitter rhyme herb is."

"Let you go?" Qin Chen sneered, "You tell me first, and I might consider giving you a chance to live."

"No way, you must let me go first." The cloaked man quickly shook his head.

Within this great formation, his life and death were basically controlled by Qin Chen. Once he disclosed the location to Qin Chen, if Qin Chen did not let him leave, wouldn’t he be doomed?

"Do you have the qualifications to bargain with me?" Qin Chen mocked.

"You..."

The cloaked man's face went pale, and he spat blood in frustration. If it were any other young man who dared to speak to him like this, they would have been dead by now. But now, under these circumstances, he had no choice but to lower his head and gritted his teeth, "Then how can I trust you?"

"Trust me? What kind of person am I? How could I deceive you? As long as I confirm that place has the bitter rhyme herb, I will naturally give you a way out," Qin Chen said with a cold smile.

Whether the cloaked man lived or died meant nothing to Qin Chen. As long as he obtained the bitter rhyme herb and broke through to the Earth Level Martial Realm, even without the fire refining insects and the devouring ants, this cloaked man wouldn't be able to stir up any trouble for him.

The cloaked man stared at Qin Chen, seeing that Qin Chen had no intention of backing down, he couldn’t help but struggle inside.

"If you don’t want to say it, then you don’t have to. I can kill you right now."

With a thought, buzzing sounds arose, and countless fire refining insects and devouring ants above the cloaked man began to stir restlessly, as if they were about to pounce down.

A strong sense of crisis enveloped the cloaked man’s heart. He felt that as long as he did not speak, Qin Chen would definitely kill him without a moment's hesitation.

His face changed, and he quickly gritted his teeth, "Alright, I’ll speak. I hope you keep your promise."

The cloaked man gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "This Qinglian Blood Spirit Fire and many strange spirit insects were all found by me in a perilous place in the Da Wei Dynasty, the Black Death Swamp."

"Black Death Swamp? Be more specific," Qin Chen frowned. He had no knowledge of the perilous areas in the Da Wei Dynasty.

"Yes, it’s the Black Death Swamp," the cloaked man gritted his teeth and explained. "The Black Death Swamp is an extremely terrifying perilous area in our Da Wei Dynasty, located on the southern border, adjacent to the Great Xia Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty. The environment there is harsh, filled with blood beasts, and countless martial artists have fallen inside each year."