Chapter 93 Elder
Chapter 93 Elder
This Qi-refining disciple named He Xin looked very respectful, but what he said made Huang Anhe's face change color.
His eyes turned cold and he said grimly:
"He Xin, I only asked you to kill a random disciple in the secret realm. If you ask for too much, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
He spoke these words extremely fiercely, and at the same time, a powerful spiritual pressure emanated from his body, surging towards He Xin like a tide.
But under the spiritual pressure of the foundation-building cultivator, He Xin was like a spring breeze, his body straightened, with a smile on his face:
"Uncle Master, you are joking. Chen Yuan is very skilled. Although I think I am not weak, something unexpected happened during this trip to the secret realm. Top disciples from all sects will enter, and many people with extraordinary strength have signed up to participate. There are dangers everywhere. In such a dangerous environment, I still want to take the initiative to cause trouble for Chen Yuan. The risk is too great. Why would I ask for such a high price? Uncle Master, if you don't want to add spirit stones, please find someone else."
Huang Anhe's expression changed slightly, but the spiritual pressure emanating from his body became even stronger. He said coldly:
"You dare to break the contract, aren't you afraid of my Huang family's revenge?"
He Xin smiled:
"The Huang family is powerful, so I am naturally afraid of them. But I don't know if I can come out alive after going to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. Uncle Master, please don't threaten me with the Huang family. Besides, Chen Yuan killed Huang Yunshang and Huang Yundao, but he is still alive and well, isn't he?"
"How dare you insult my Huang family! Do you think my precious halberd is useless?"
Huang Anhe slammed the table and stood up. A ray of light flew out of his mouth and turned into a misty blue iron halberd. In a flash, it flew to the top of He Xin's head. The blade of the halberd was pressed against his forehead, and it was filled with murderous aura and was sharp and intimidating.
He Xin was pinned by the iron halberd, and his life or death depended on Huang Anhe's thoughts, but he remained calm and smiled slightly:
"If Master wants to take action, I will be powerless to resist, but the Law Enforcement Pavilion will not bypass Master, and in such a hurry, it will be difficult for Master to find another person to kill Chen Yuan."
Huang Anhe's eyes flickered, he snorted coldly, retracted his iron halberd, sat down again, and said:
"Well, I'll spare you this time, but don't think that I can't do anything to you just because I don't dare to kill you."
He was not out of control for a moment, but wanted to use the life-and-death crisis to disrupt He Xinxin's morale.
But I didn't expect that this person was so strong. Even with the iron spear approaching him, he didn't show any fear.
Since coercion doesn't work, we can only talk.
Huang Anhe said:
"You also said that this trip to the secret realm is extremely dangerous. Perhaps Chen Yuan would die in the secret realm without you having to do anything. But you asked me for more spirit stones. What's the reason?"
He Xin smiled and said:
"Otherwise, Chen Yuan is quite capable. If he is careful and cautious, he may still survive. But I will use the spirit fox in my hand to ambush and kill Chen Yuan in the secret realm. I will make sure that he will not escape death."
Huang Anhe's expression softened a little when he heard this.
After Huang Yundao's death, Huang Linye became furious and sent two Huang family foundation-building cultivators to rob and kill Chen Yuan outside Lingyun Market.
But after the two of them waited for three months, Chen Yuan still stayed in the market town and refused to come out, so they had to return in disappointment. Huang Linye then handed the matter over to Huang Anhe.
Huang Anhe had no good idea. After much thought, he felt that the best opportunity to take action against Chen Yuan was only in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.
He inquired from many sources and learned that among the independent cultivators who had joined the sect through the Ascension Conference, there was one named He Xin, who was very skilled and had a spirit fox in his hand with an extremely strong sense of smell, which allowed him to track the whereabouts of cultivators. Before entering Lingyun Sect, he was famous for seeking revenge for others and he had never failed.
Huang Anhe went to him and spent a thousand low-grade spirit stones to ask him to kill Chen Yuan in the secret realm to avenge the brothers Huang Yunshang and Huang Yundao.
He Xin readily agreed, and Huang Anhe paid 500 spirit stones as a deposit to reassure him.
But now he came to me and asked for an increase in spirit stones.
Although Huang Anhe was angry, the registration had already ended. No one from the Huang family would participate in the trip to the secret realm. The disciples from the orthodox sect would not delay the search for spiritual medicine for this matter. The other disciples who came from the casual cultivation group neither had spiritual foxes in their hands nor were they as strong as He Xin.
If he wanted to kill Chen Yuan, he could only do it through He Xin.
He Xin was sure of this, so he was fearless.
Huang Anhe pondered for a moment and said:
"Add another 500 spirit stones, but I will give it to you after the journey to the secret realm is over. And you must promise that you will never let Chen Yuan walk out of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm alive."
He Xin smiled and said:
"Uncle Master, rest assured. I have always had a good reputation."
Huang Anhe snorted coldly:
"That's better. If you can't do it, I have my own tricks waiting for you!"
He Xin smiled slightly, bowed to him, and turned to leave.
Huang Anhe raised his hand and opened the cave door, letting him leave.
His threats were not empty. If He Xin dared to take the spirit stones and not do the job, he would let He Xin know what it meant to be unable to move forward.
He didn't cause trouble for Chen Yuan only because the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was about to open.
Instead of making things difficult for Chen Yuan over trivial matters and making him wary, it would be better to solve the problem once and for all in the secret realm.
If He Xin fails to accomplish this task, Huang Anhe has plenty of ways to make trouble for He Xin.
……
Seven days before the Dongxu Mountain secret realm was opened, Chen Yuan finally walked out of the Earth Fire Palace.
He returned the mission token and a bottle of Yuhua Pill, received twenty merits, then took out the nine bottles of Yuhua Pill he had accumulated and exchanged them for one hundred and forty merits and ten pieces of Yuhua Pill spiritual herbs.
Combined with the accumulation from the previous alchemy tasks, Chen Yuan’s good deeds exceeded 400, which was already a considerable number.
He rode the flying boat to the Talisman-Making Pavilion, took out all his good deeds, and exchanged them for two low-grade talismans.
Including the five he got from Yi Jin, he now has seven low-grade offensive talismans.
Adding more than fifty talismans, even the talisman-making master may not have as many talismans in his hands as Chen Yuan.
After getting the talisman, Chen Yuan returned to the cave.
After refining these three furnaces of Yuhua Pills, the success rate still did not increase to 80%.
But his alchemy skills have improved a little bit and have reached the 80% mark.
Unfortunately, the secret realm is about to open. If he is given another month, he has a hunch that he will be able to break through this bottleneck and his alchemy skills will undergo a qualitative change. Chen Yuan carefully put away the ten portions of Yuhua Dan Lingcao in a separate storage bag.
These inconspicuous spiritual herbs will play a crucial role in the success of this journey to the secret realm.
……
Seven days later, the sound of a long bell rang throughout the entire Lingyun Sect's mountain gate.
Chen Yuan had just drawn starlight into his body last night and was recovering his magic power in the training room. The sound of the bell directly penetrated the restrictions of the cave and came in.
Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, finished his training and stood up.
This is the Tianshu Bell, a magic weapon of the Lingyun Sect. When the bell rings, the sound spreads throughout the mountain gate, summoning all the Qi-refining disciples to enter the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain and set off.
He carefully checked his storage bag, took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and drove the flying boat towards Lingyun Peak.
Lingyun Peak is about nine hundred feet high and appears unremarkable when sandwiched between a number of high peaks inside the mountain gate.
But this mountain is where Lingyun Sect’s founder Lingyunzi practiced Taoism in seclusion. The tablets of successive Nascent Soul masters are enshrined here, and the sect leader’s hall is also built on the top of this mountain. It is the undisputed first main peak of Lingyun Sect.
Chen Yuan arrived at the edge of the peak and landed the flying boat.
The top of the peak is a very large square paved with white jade tiles, and it seems to have no end in sight.
In the middle of the square, there is an extremely majestic hall.
At this time, Qi-refining disciples landed on the edge of the square one after another, gathered in twos and threes, and walked towards the master's hall.
To show respect to the sect master, all disciples of Lingyun Sect must walk step by step from the edge of the square to the sect master's hall, even the Jindan elders must do the same.
Exceptions can only be made in emergencies.
Chen Yuan landed the flying boat, attracting the attention of several people around him. However, they found that he was just a stranger and stopped paying attention to him.
Chen Yuan looked around but did not see Mo Jingchun, so he stood there and waited silently.
After a moment, a hearty voice came into my ears:
"Junior Brother Chen, you're here pretty fast."
He looked back and saw Mo Jingchun riding a flying boat, coming against the wind, with his clothes fluttering and his sleeves flowing.
The flying boat stopped in front of Chen Yuan. Mo Jingchun stepped down from the flying boat and put it away.
Chen Yuan bowed and said:
"Senior Brother Mo."
Mo Jingchun smiled and said:
"Let's go. Since the Tianshu bell has rung, the Jindan elders must have arrived. I just don't know which elder will lead the team this time."
The two of them came all the way to the master's hall and waited outside the hall with the other Qi-refining disciples.
A quarter of an hour later, all eighty-seven Qi-refining disciples gathered outside the master's hall and stood in silence.
A moment later, two figures walked out of the master's hall, followed by four or five foundation-building monks.
The two men were one old and one young. The old man had white hair and beard, was tall and strong, dressed in black and had a dignified look.
The young one was a Taoist priest, wearing a black and white Taoist robe, with his hair loose, a handsome face, a smile on his lips, and a free and easy aura. He seemed to be blending with the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth.
Mo Jingchun was surprised when he saw the two people:
"Two elders are accompanying us this time?"
Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, and just as he was about to ask, the old man spoke calmly:
"Are there any disciples who have not arrived yet?"
A foundation-building cultivator behind him glanced around and said with a salutation:
"Your Excellency, all eighty-seven disciples have arrived."
The old man nodded, stroked his storage bag, and eighty-seven streams of light appeared out of thin air and flew towards the disciples.
Everyone quickly raised their hands to catch it, and the stream of light dissipated, turning into a jade slip.
"This is the map of the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. You must remember it in your heart and collect spiritual herbs carefully. The top three people who have the most harvests in this secret realm will be rewarded with three foundation-building pills, a low-grade spiritual weapon, twenty mid-grade spiritual stones, and two bottles of Yuan-increasing pills!"
When the disciples heard this, they all showed joy in their eyes and their fighting spirit was boosted.
Seeing this, the old man nodded slightly, raised his hand, and a stream of light flew out, arrived at the square, and turned into a hundred-foot flying boat, three feet off the ground, hanging in the air.
There is a three-story tower on the boat, with hexagonal corners, red-lacquered pillars, and a cave door and round windows.
His figure flashed, and the next moment he appeared on the flying boat, saying loudly:
"Get on board quickly!"
Upon hearing this, all the disciples used their light body skills to rush onto the boat.
The young Taoist smiled casually, stepped on the water, and his body floated like a light feather and landed on the boat.
The old man flicked his sleeves, and the flying boat slowly rose into the air and arrived in front of the thousand-foot-high wall of clouds.
He made hand gestures and shouted:
"open!"
The white clouds slowly flowed to both sides, revealing a passage, and the flying boat sailed into it.
Behind the flying boat, white clouds filled the passage again, and the several foundation-building monks also flew away in their light.
Silence returned to the top of Lingyun Peak.
There will be another chapter in the evening. I wish you all a happy Spring Festival in advance, good luck in the Year of the Dragon, and all the best!
(End of this chapter)