Chapter 534
Chapter Title: Dark Heaven Village
After recruiting the Zhuge Scholar, I decided to relocate our base from Jin Rang Valley to Jang Ryeong Valley. While Mang Ryang had built his own intelligence network and forces in Jin Rang Valley, it wasn't on the same level as what the Zhuge Scholar had established in Jang Ryeong Valley. From there, I immediately set out to collect the remaining fortuitous encounters.
Flash!
My first stop was the secret chamber in the Dragon Gate Stone Cave's Hidden Yang South Cavern, whose location Han Jin-seong of the Fire God Flow had told me about. Since I already remembered the inner coordinates, I didn't need to bother breaking down the wall behind the fifteenth statue. Sure enough, an enormous hoard of platinum was stored there, and it was certain to be of great help to me.
I also gathered the crescent blade and the five manuals of the White Transformation Throw, then exited the Hidden Yang South Cavern's secret chamber. In truth, the most valuable thing to obtain here was the platinum, which I could use as a foundation to expand my financial power.
'I want to go to Penglai Island and rescue the Immortals, but it might be too dangerous right now.'
I could force my way to the Seven Stars Altar on Tamra Island and, with Cheon Woo-jin's help, open the path to Penglai Island. However, that realm was currently under the Sea God's dominion, and with the Sea God still alive, the Sea God tribes dwelling there were undoubtedly extremely powerful. Even if I rescued the Immortals, it would inevitably draw unwanted attention from the Sea God. It was clearly something I couldn't attempt until my power was sufficiently built up.
Flash!
I headed straight to the depths of the Aokigahara sea disaster where Cheong Wol was. Before long, I found Cheong Wol on the verge of death and placed him in my spatial pouch.