Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 169: The 6-dan of the Heaven's Path Divine Art

Zhang Xuan was oblivious to the visit by the three master teachers. At the moment, he was in the kingdom's Book Collection Vault, and his eyes were gleaming with excitement.

"It's complete..."

After reading books for an entire afternoon, he had finally finished flipping through all of the Pixue realm books in the Book Collection Vault. He had also managed to compile a complete version of the 6-dan Heaven's Path Divine Art in the library.

The front part was exactly as he had deduced before, so he only had to follow the steps behind.

"Time to cultivate!"

In any case, he was here alone, so there was no need to restrain himself. Without any hesitation, Zhang Xuan sat onto the ground and started cultivating.

Pipa! Pipa! Pipa!

The moment he started training, a dense congregation of spiritual energy immediately surged into his body from the heavens, causing the acupoints in his body to blow open consecutively. A series of crisp ‘pops’ reminiscent of frying beans echoed in the vault.

After an unknown period of time, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes. A look of astonishment appeared on his face as he was in a state of disbelief.

"I actually managed... to open all 108 acupoints?"

Legend has it that there are 108 acupoints in a human's body. However, only 72 of which can be opened. Furthermore, there is a specific order to how these acupoints could be opened. With differences in every individual’s physique, there is a different order that everyone has to follow in order to achieve the best results. If one fails to follow the exact sequence, one might very well only open thirty to forty acupoints in their life and thereafter be stuck permanently.

He had initially thought that even with the Heaven's Path Divine Art, it would be considered an incredible feat to open 72 acupoints. Never in his dreams did he expect to be able to open all 108 acupoints.

At this moment, the acupoints throughout his body were twinkling, as a sky full of stars. He felt strength surge through his entire body.

If others were to learn that he had opened all of the acupoints in his body, they would definitely die of shock.

"108 acupoints mean that my strength has been boosted by 108 ding. Before reaching Pixue realm, I already have 20 ding of strength, and adding in the 90 ding from my physical body, my total strength is 218 ding. That is equivalent to a Tongxuan realm intermediate stage expert..."

Doing a rough calculation of his strength, Zhang Xuan's eyes gleamed with excitement.

In Tongxuan realm, one possesses 100 ding of strength in the primary stage, 200 ding in the intermediate stage, 300 ding in the advanced stage, and 400 ding in the pinnacle stage.

It is unheard of in Tianxuan Kingdom, or even in the surrounding kingdoms, for a Pixue realm pinnacle to possess the strength of a Tongxuan realm intermediate stage.

Yet, Zhang Xuan had easily achieved such a feat.

Even he himself couldn't help but suspect if he was dreaming.

There aren't many people in Tianxuan Kingdom who can rival him now.

After all, the strongest person in Tianxuan Kingdom currently is only at Tongxuan realm pinnacle.

"I should continue and see if there are Fighter 7-dan cultivation techniques..."

Zhang Xuan stood up and continued into the depths of the Book Collection Vault expectantly.

"What a pity..."

After circling around the entire Book Collection Vault once, Zhang Xuan could not help but shook his head in disappointment.

There wasn't any Fighter 7-dan cultivation technique in the Book Collection Vault.

But now that he thought about it, it was to be expected.

After all, Fighter 7-dan Tongxuan realm experts can be considered as the top-notch fighting power of the Tianxuan Kingdom. As such, the value of 7-dan cultivation techniques is incomparably valuable. Thus, how can one possibly leave such books lying around here, especially when visitors can be granted entry?

They would most probably be kept somewhere accessible only to the emperor.

"Since there is no cultivation technique, I should check out the battle techniques..."

Thinking of such, he walked with big strides toward the region where the battle technique manuals are stored.

There is a massive collection of books in the kingdom's Book Collection Vault. Even though the battle techniques kept here are not exclusive profound arts, its redeeming factor is that there are plenty of them. Just a single move can have several thousand different schools to it.

Zhang Xuan stopped before a certain bookshelf and glanced toward the books on it.

It is the region where the movement and leg techniques are stored.

《The 72 Lake Manoeuvre》、《Whirlwind Legs》、《34 Styles Chain Kicks》、《Eluding Traversing Dragon》

All kinds of movement and leg technique secret manuals filled the entire shelf.

"Wang Ying's legs were once injured. Even though she has the Body Nourishing Medicinal Solution to heal her legs, it would still be difficult for her to match up to the swift Du Lei. However, if she were to learn a good movement and leg technique, it should increase her chances of victory significantly.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan started flipping through the books.

Hualala, hualala!

In an hour's time, Zhang Xuan had managed to imprint all the books related to movement and leg techniques into his head, and two books had formed in his head.

Heaven's Path Movement Art and Heaven's Path Leg Art!

Casually flipping open the manuals, he immersed his concentration into the books. Four hours later, he managed to master the two moves.

Due to the books in the Book Collection Vault being about the most basic and fundamental moves, only a single movement was created, just like how it was for the Heaven's Path Spear Art.

That was especially so for the Heaven's Path Movement Art. It allowed him to move a distance of twenty meters the time of a tenth of a breath. His movement was so fast that it seemed as though teleportation.

Of course, attaining such breakneck speed causes a huge strain on the body. If it weren't for him cultivating the Heaven's Path Golden Body, such instantaneous movement would have caused his blood vessels to burst. Even so, given his current physical capabilities, he can only execute the move once. If he were to overdo it, it would cause him to bleed from his ears and nose due to excessive pressure.

Still, it is an extremely fearsome move. If one were to suddenly perform an instantaneous movement when battling with another person, even a Tongxuan realm pinnacle expert can be destroyed in an instant if he isn't guarded against it.

After learning the movement and leg techniques, he moved to the fists technique region and once again started flipping through the books, forming a single punching move.

Two hours later, he had easily completed learning the fist movement.

Just like the movement technique, even though it is just a single move, it allows his strength to be enhanced by a single fold instantaneously.

Given his current strength of 218 ding, a single fold meant that he was able to execute a punch with 436 ding of strength behind it. In other words, by executing the Heaven's Path Fist Art, his fighting prowess would rival that of a Tongxuan realm pinnacle expert.

Of course, this pushes his physical body to the limits as well. Just like the movement technique, he wouldn't be able to use it repeatedly. Given his current level of ability, he can only execute three punches at maximum.

Continuously flipping through the books and studying them, time passed slowly.

Fortunately, Zhang Xuan had foreseen that he would be staying in the Book Collection Vault for an extended period of time and had prepared some food in his storage ring in advance. Otherwise, he would surely die of hunger before he could even begin to train.

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Countless lanterns hung and lit the palace.

"Apothecary Chen Xiao, why are you here?"

Walking into the main hall, Du Miaoxuan was filled with bewilderment.

He was just an ordinary elder of the Du Clan, and following the deterioration of his cultivation, even that title had become just a name. Yet, he was summoned abruptly by Emperor Shen Zhui today and thus, he was completely confused by what was going on.

Upon walking into the palace, he saw that Apothecary Chen Xiao, Ling Tianyu, and Luo Chong were all here.

"I have also received His Majesty's summons. It must be something that has to do with Yang shi. After all, all of us here have benefitted from Yang shi's grace!"

At this moment, Apothecary Chen Xiao no longer looked as sickly as he did previously. On the contrary, he was filled with vitality and liveliness.

"That might be possible..."

Du Miaoxuan nodded his head in agreement. Ling Tianyu and Luo Chong also suddenly came to a realization.

However, there was no need for them to ponder over the matter as they would soon know the answer. At this moment, Emperor Shen Zhui walked into the main hall with large strides. Smiling, he introduced to the crowd.

"I am not the one who invited everyone here today. It was the three master teachers."

"Master teachers?"

Du Miaoxuan and the others were taken aback. They hurriedly stood up and saw three dignified elders following behind the emperor.

"Sit. You must be Ling Tianyu. I heard that your wife was sick. Can you tell me about what happened during the treatment?" After trading some pleasantries, Liu shi turned his attention to Ling Tianyu.

After a moment later.

"You say that... Yang Xuan, with a single look, discerned that your stone lion is made of Southern Blood Jade and deduced from it that your family member was sick? Then... With a few needles, not only did your wife awake from her coma, she even gained the ability to walk immediately?"

Liu shi widened his eyes in disbelief.

"The Southern Blood Jade absorbs a person's vitality. Given how your wife was stuck in a state of coma, this meant that her illness had already reached an extremely severe state. In order to resolve the issue, not only does one need to find the exact blockages of the meridians, one also requires intermediate-tier zhenqi to break open those blockages. To be able to see through those exact spots, such that there weren't any hesitation in his movements... Can a master teacher really possess such sharp eyes?"

...

"The moment you entered, before you could even forge pills, he could tell that you were afflicted with death aura and would die at any moment? One who is afflicted with death aura would have a dark mark at their glabella, so it isn't surprising that he would be able to tell that much. Also, apothecaries often come into contact with cauldrons, it was natural that he would deduce as so... However, to be able to deduce all these without asking a single question... Why do I feel like he isn't a master teacher but a fortune-teller..."

"Also, he could tell that your unstable state of mind was caused by your consumption of Dragon-scaled Prawns just by your forging movements without asking a single question at all? You must be joking..."

...

Upon hearing everyone's experiences, the three master teachers became baffled.

The heck, is he some enlightened deity?

Even though master teachers possess sharp eyes, it isn’t that exaggerated!

"Looks like... there are only two possibilities. Firstly... That Yang Xuan's standard is much higher than ours, to the point that we are unable to comprehend the full extent of his abilities."

After a long moment, Liu shi concluded with a grim expression.

"Or secondly... He knows of their conditions beforehand and searched for a solution before curing their illness at a single go, thus astounding everyone here. In other words... He is an opportunistic fraud who is looking to make a fortune."

Zheng shi and Zhuang shi nodded their heads. They shared Liu shi's judgment as well.

"If it is the former, it isn't a big matter for me to pay him a visit and learn from it. But if it turns out to be the second..." Speaking of which, Liu shi's eyes turned cold. "As a master teacher, I have the responsibility to expose such black sheeps so that they do not sully the reputation of master teachers."

True Martial World - Chapter 425: Planting the evil energy

With the mask removed, Shentu Nantian saw a very familiar but hated face.

"Yi Yun! It's really you!"

Shentu Nantian clenched his fists. His nails pierced his palms till they bled.

"You… clearly swallowed the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill. Why... Why isn't your cultivation crippled!?"

Shentu Nantian could not believe that although Yi Yun had been saved a few months ago, Yi Yun should have been a cripple in Shentu Nantian's opinion. Living like that would have been worse than death.

However, he never expected that a trivial figure like Yi Yun, that he could crush to death anytime, was now standing in front of him, with the control of his destiny.

Back then, whatever he did to him had been exactly returned!

It was as if an ant he had nonchalantly stepped to death a few months ago had now stepped on him a few months later!

An ant stamping a human to death.

This was completely… an inconceivable matter!

Back then, in the Chu royal residence, when Shentu Nantian was disposing of Yi Yun, he never dreamed that there could be such a shocking reversal.

"Impossible, impossible, how can this be possible… !?"

Shentu Nantian repeated this again and again as if he was possessed.

Yi Yun squeezed his wrist gently and said lightly, "Senior Shepherd Boy has a unique healing method. Furthermore, with me using my mutated eyes, I guided Senior Shepherd Boy so he could heal my meridians. Although there were some twists and turns during the process, it left no lingering side-effects. As for you, that might not necessarily be the case… "

Yi Yun easily pushed the matter of him being healed on the Shepherd Boy. The Shepherd Boy had extraordinary means. For him to be able to come in and out of the battle formation that the Shentu family clan Elders had set up even after he was suffering from the Death Heavenly Revolution, it was not surprising that he could heal Yi Yun. Besides, Yi Yun's energy vision was something very mysterious to others. He could say it as he wished.

After knowing Yi Yun's true identity, Shentu Nantian was fully setback.

His mouth turned agape as his face paled. He fell into a lifeless state.

Previously, with the series of severe injuries, and after the series of provocation and torture, Shentu Nantian already was in an extremely provoked state.

And now, with the final life-threatening blow hitting him, it made Shentu Nantian unable to accept reality.

He could not accept the reversal in destiny. It was a simple matter for an emperor to sentence a beggar to be beheaded. There was nothing much to think about, but who knew that a few months later, the beggar had managed to revolt, imprisoning the emperor and wantonly torturing him. What would the emperor think?

It was not enough to describe it as a mental breakdown!

"This Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill isn't finished yet."

Yi Yun ignored Shentu Nantian as he looked at the Thousand Hand Granny.

The Thousand Hand Granny was alarmed. The white hair on her head began to stand up, "Little bastard, you… "

Before the Thousand Hand Granny finished her words, Yi Yun had flicked his fingers, sending the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill with his mental energy straight into the Thousand Hand Granny's mouth.

"Ah!"

The Thousand Hand Granny screamed as she lay prostrate on the ground. She desperately tried to vomit, but the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill had already flew into her stomach.

The terrifying frost Qi slowly began to seep into the Thousand Hand Granny's blood vessels.

The moment the medicinal essence entered her body, the Thousand Hand Granny began to tremble. Her dried lips turned white, while a thin layer of ice formed on her eyebrows and face.

The Thousand Hand Granny ate even more of the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill than Shentu Nantian. However, the Thousand Hand Granny's foundation was much better than his. Yi Yun kept his energy vision open all the time as he oversaw the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill's medicinal essence being circulated in the Thousand Hand Granny's body.

Soon, he realized that the medicinal essence was just right. It took some of her lifespan, but it did not completely cripple her cultivation.

However, with the frost Qi entering her vessels, a residual effect had been left behind, causing her strength to be greatly damaged. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"You… you... will die a horrible death!"

The Thousand Hand Granny gasped. Every breath of hers released icy particles.

However, this cursing was no different to a mosquito bite for Yi Yun.

Only a bitch would begin to use nasty words to condemn the other party when she could not beat someone in a fight.

Seeing the medicinal essence begin to erode the Thousand Hand Granny's cultivated Yuan Qi, Yi Yun touched his interspatial ring and took out a pile of nearly weathered beast bones.

There was still one final matter.

Yi Yun held the Red-eyed Wolf's bones, which contained that black evil energy, in his hands.

With a thought, the dark energy was extracted by the Purple Crystal. While the Thousand Hand Granny and Shentu Nantian were busy struggling, Yi Yun controlled the black energy and caused it to fly straight into Shentu Nantian's heart like a ghost from the back.

"Whew!"

The black gas seemed to be like a ghost as it silently pierced straight through Shentu Nantian's flesh.

That second, Shentu Nantian's body felt a sudden tremble, but then, there was not much change.

Yi Yun did not want Shentu Nantian or the Thousand Hand Granny to see the black gas entering Shentu Nantian's body. If they knew that he could control the black energy as he wished, it would be too outrageous.

After finishing everything, Yi Yun let out a long sigh of relief. He felt extremely good!

Although he was good at enduring and hiding his intentions, it did not mean he liked it. He liked to end grudges quickly, living a carefree life.

Yi Yun never thought of himself as a gentleman. If he had a grudge, he would definitely seek revenge. He would not pretend to be magnanimous, even though he clearly hated the other person.

As for the saying "for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long", Yi Yun felt it was quite a tragic thing. If revenge could be accomplished in a short period of time, who would endure for ten years?

Yi Yun walked out of the dungeon with his mind at ease. At the dungeon's entrance, he saw a girl, Lin Xintong.

Lin Xintong was as usual, wearing her spotless white dress. She clearly looked out of place in the dark dungeon entrance. She looked like a fairy who had strayed into Hell.

Seeing Yi Yun's look, Lin Xintong's lips curved slightly, "You went to see Shentu Nantian?"

"Yes."

Yi Yun nodded. Matriarch Lin originally intended to spare Shentu Nantian in exchange for information about the Great Empress mystic realm. However, with Yi Yun's sinister idea, he first tortured Shentu Nantian before they let him go. Lin Xintong was also aware of this.

Lin Xintong noticed that Yi Yun had already taken off his mask, it was apparent that Shentu Nantian now knew Yi Yun's true identity. She did not know what thoughts Shentu Nantian had as a result.

Upon thinking of this, Lin Xintong revealed a rare playful smile as she said, "Whoever offends you would surely have bad luck befall them. They would definitely not have a good ending."

"Uh… " Yi Yun awkwardly frowned. Although he had done things which he was not ashamed of, having Lin Xintong realize it still made him feel like he had been caught doing something bad, "Am I that evil… ?"

Lin Xintong chuckled, "Of course not! There is no need to show mercy against an enemy. Whatever you did was right. Actually, with a friend like you, I feel at ease. You can do many things that I'm unable to do, and some of them might be things that I would not have thought of. My strength is clearly higher than yours, yet, I feel like I am being protected by you."

As Lin Xintong said, she gave a knowing laugh.

This was an uncanny feeling. She had an unfortunate life growing up by being left out. Although the Matriarch was good to her, the Matriarch was in a high position. She was the decider of the internal matters of the Lin family, so there was a sense of distance felt by Lin Xintong.

The Matriarch had too many grandchildren, and Lin Xintong was just one of them. This made Lin Xintong behave very carefully, even in front of the Matriarch.

Only when Su Jie appeared did Lin Xintong first feel that she could rely on someone. However… Su Jie was after all an elder. It was normal for her to be protected by him.

And now, this sense of protection had appeared from a youth that was in the same generation as her. This was her first time, which made it feel very wonderful.

When the Lin family first came into contact with Yi Yun, Lin Xintong was actually very surprised. Back then, she had never expected that she would be protected by Yi Yun, allowing her to get out of the crisis and her tragic fate.

It was like a dream.

"This time, you have completely offended Shentu Nantian. He can't wait to drink your blood and eat your flesh. You need to be careful in the future."

Lin Xintong turned serious as she warned Yi Yun.

Yi Yun knew this of course as he said, "I know, but there is no other way. Just from me disrupting their medicine trial, it is enough for them to want to kill me. Even if I don't do anything in the future, it would be useless."

"However, this time, Shentu Nantian sure has suffered a great deal. For him to carry on being a leader amongst the younger generation would be no easy task..."

Shentu Nantian's tragic state was a long story.

His soul was damaged, his body was damaged and the frost poison had entered his body. From the poison and the anger forming a mental demon in him, he had vomited blood out in anger.

All of these added up would definitely affect Shentu Nantian no matter how determined he was.

"Let's go. Follow me to Jade Bamboo peak. You might as well live in Jade Bamboo peak for the coming days. The Matriarch wants to chat with you. Besides… people from the Shentu family clan will soon arrive. They should be planning on bringing information about the Great Empress mystic realm."

Lin Xintong's words made Yi Yun think.

For the information regarding the Great Empress mystic realm, the Shentu family clan sure was fast.

This also showed how important Shentu Nantian was to the Shentu family clan. This was good news.

Could they really discover a good solution to heal Lin Xintong in the… Great Empress mystic realm?

True Martial World - Chapter 424: So it was you

Shentu Nantian had never felt so helpless before. In the past, he was the beholder of the fate of others. He enjoyed the feeling of having absolute power in deciding a person's life and death.

No matter how the person in his hands pleaded, he would do as he pleased.

However, now his life was in the hands of another. No matter how he begged or took on a soft stance, the other party could decide on his fate as he wished. This feeling was pushing Shentu Nantian to the brink of collapse!

"No… No!"

Shentu Nantian said with difficulty. He was arrogant by nature, and was greatly hallowed while he grew up. He had never felt this humiliation before.

However, now he had to give in. With his present injuries, swallowing the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill would definitely cripple his cultivation. There was no doubt about it!

Yi Yun looked deadpan. As he grabbed the thin air, just the mental energy of him being a Desolate Heaven Master could allow him to control the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill telekinetically.

"Stop, quickly stop!"

The Thousand Hand Granny was greatly worried. She did not want to see her most talented grandchild be crippled by Yi Yun.

"This pill will cripple Tian'er's cultivation. If Tian'er were to be crippled, he will lose his value. The Shentu family clan will definitely not give you the information of the Great Empress mystic realm if that were to happen. And I will rather die than tell you! If you do this, you will not be able to achieve anything!"

The Thousand Hand Granny hurriedly said.

According to Matriarch Lin's intentions, she would not kill or cripple Shentu Nantian. They still needed him to exchange for the information about the Great Empress mystic realm.

Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny knew this, hence they believed Yi Yun could at most just cause suffering of the flesh, and would not do anything else to them. However, now, with more and more medicinal essence entering Shentu Nantian's body, the Thousand Hand Granny became terrified!

As Yi Yun controlled the pill, the corner of his lips curled, "Do not worry. How can I really cripple him? I am still counting on Young Master Nantian to exchange for that Great Empress mystic realm!"

With Yi Yun saying this, the Thousand Hand Granny heaved a sigh of relief. At least this little bastard had not lost his rationality.

However, seeing Yi Yun not letting go, the Thousand Hand Granny angrily said, "Then quickly stop. If this carries on any further, Tian'er will really be crippled of his cultivation! When that happens, if that little witch girl's terminated meridians cannot be joined up, the Lin family will hold you responsible! Do you really think that with your contributions, they will allow you to misbehave? That little witch girl is the person that the Lin family cares about the most. If you spoil the Lin family's plans, no one can save you!"

"Right, what you say makes sense." Yi Yun said slowly. However, while he spoke, the medicinal essence of the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill carried on slowly entering Shentu Nantian's body. Shentu Nantian's face was white. He could no longer say a single word. His body was beginning to tremble slightly from top to bottom!

Bit by bit, the frost Qi surged inside Shentu Nantian's body. His eyebrows were beginning to form icicles.

Yi Yun carried on, "To let the Shentu family clan believe that Shentu Nantian still is of value, I have already decided to at most cripple a tiny bit of his cultivation. In the meantime, I will leave some internal injuries in his meridians. Then, it should be no problem."

When Yi Yun said this, the Thousand Hand Granny's heart skipped a beat!

As for Shentu Nantian who heard this, he felt like he had crashed down from a pinnacle. For a peerless genius like Shentu Nantian, if an internal injury was left in his meridians when he was still young, then no matter how much of a genius he was, he would no longer be the top genius of his era. In that case, his status in the family clan would greatly be reduced!

"Little bastard, you are crazy!" The Thousand Hand Granny quivered with rage, "Do you think that by crippling a portion of Tian'er's talent, the upper echelons of the family will redeem him with the information about the Great Empress mystic realm!?"

The Shentu family clan would greatly value a peerless genius who could be the heir.

However, if Shentu Nantian could be replaced, then his value to the Shentu family clan would be greatly reduced. The Shentu Patriarch would not hand over something as important as the Great Empress mystic realm just because of his personal preference.

"Of course, I will not go too far. I will just leave a tiny internal injury that will affect a tiny bit of his talent. It would not be easy to tell. Besides, would not the both of you help me conceal this fact?"

When Yi Yun said this, the words that entered the ears of the Thousand Hand Granny and Shentu Nantian were like the diabolical laughter of a demon.

Getting them to help Yi Yun conceal it!?

Yi Yun had stabbed them with a knife, yet did not allow for them to tell anyone of it. To think he could think of this!

However, in the present situation...

They really had to help Yi Yun conceal the fact!

This was because they were afraid that the Shentu family clan would give up on them.

Be it Shentu Nantian or the Thousand Hand Granny, they did not wish to die. They wanted to escape the Lin family. They may sound unyielding, but they were afraid that the Shentu family clan would chose the information of the Great Empress mystic realm over their lives.

In this situation, the Thousand Hand Granny and Shentu Nantian naturally could not let the family know that they had already been internally injured.

Furthermore, taking a step back, since the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was not completely swallowed, with just a tiny portion taken in, then the hidden injuries would not be too severe. They could still use a certain amount of resources to completely heal it.

Of course, it would still affect Shentu Nantian's cultivation speed. It would severely impact his future achievements.

Just thinking of this made Shentu Nantian's heart bleed. He had suffered terribly under this kid, yet he had to help him conceal the fact!

This was like having one's teeth being knocked out, but still having to swallow it!

The endless pain and hatred consumed Shentu Nantian. He knew that the medicinal essence of the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill he had taken in up to now had already caused irreversible damage to his dantian!

And at that moment, Yi Yun suddenly let go. The Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was no longer controlled by Yi Yun's mental energy. Shentu Nantian felt his jaw loosen. He immediately rolled on the ground and spat out the pill.

"Eugh!"

Shentu Nantian grabbed at his neck as he retched while sprawled on the ground. He was trying to vomit out the medicinal essence that had entered his body.

However, once the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill's medicinal essence entered the body, the frost Qi would enter deep into the meridians and dantian, so how could he vomit it out?

After retching for a long while, Shentu Nantian was still unable to get anything out. He sprawled on the ground like a dead dog.

"You..." Shentu Nantian suddenly looked up. His eyes exuded boundless hatred as he looked at Yi Yun!

He had never hated a person this much!

Even the hatred for the Shepherd Boy was just 1% of the hate he felt for this youth.

When he thought about the Shepherd Boy, Shentu Nantian's heart suddenly sank!

Oh?

A few months ago, Shentu Nantian had set a trap to deal with the Shepherd Boy. In the end, the Shepherd Boy ended up killing the Myriad Empyreal King. This caused people within the Shentu family clan to oppose Shentu Nantian as they criticized him. As a result, Shentu Nantian bore a lot of pressure. However, the Shentu Patriarch had come forward to suppress the matter.

Shentu Nantian naturally hated the Shepherd Boy to the bone!

And all of this was due to another youth. It was because of him protecting that little witch girl time and again. He had distracted Shentu Nantian, giving the Desolate race spy an opportunity. If not, Shentu Nantian would not have needed to lay a trap to deal with the Shepherd Boy. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Now, Shentu Nantian recalled the process in which he dealt the youth...

He had first thrown him into the dungeon and set a ten-day period. He then spread the news that he would use the "Dismembering the Heart" punishment ten days later to lure the desolate race to come save him!

In the dungeon, the youth had been locked in chains and was force-fed a Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill. Shentu Nantian wanted to cripple the youth's cultivation, so as to prevent him from becoming a future threat even if he was saved.

The Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was able to do this perfectly. It was not something that anyone should be able to tell and was thus the perfect choice.

Thinking carefully about all this, his current experience was very similar!

It was as if… it was identical!

The incredible coincidence of history had been reproduced on himself. Could it be...

Shentu Nantian suddenly looked at Yi Yun with blood-thirsty eyes. It was full of killing intent.

The two eyes in front of him slowly overlapped with the hatred-filled eyes of the youth from a few months ago...

They were both fifteen years old, and… this youth recognized the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill. Right, with his humble origins, how was he able to recognize the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill? How could he be so sure at distinguishing it from the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill?

It was because… he had eaten it before!

He remembered all the hate he had in the past. Now, with his schemes, he had perfectly reconstructed them, step by step, to make Shentu Nantian realize it!

Back then, what Shentu Nantian did to the youth had been completely reproduced!

"It's you, you are that little bastard! Ah Ah Ah Ah!" Shentu Nantian seemed to go crazy as he howled crazily. He charged at Yi Yun as he lost his mind.

However, what met him was a punch from Yi Yun.

"Peng!"

Yi Yun's punch hit Shentu Nantian in the face. His face was like an opened dye house. His face was completely blue and black, while his nose was bleeding profusely.

Shentu Nantian slammed to the ground once again as he fell on his back. He began to laugh bitterly.

"It's you, that little bastard! It's you! If I knew this earlier, I would have strangled you. No! If I knew this would happen, I would not have used you to lure out the Desolate Race. I would have dismembered your heart on the spot! I would not have let you die. I would treat you again and again for a thousand times, for 10,000 years. I would make you wish you could die! Ah Ah Ah! I hate you! Hate!"

Shentu Nantian was like a madman as he scratched crazily at the ground. His knuckles turned white as the flesh of his fingers tore.

"Puah!"

Without any warning, Shentu Nantian spat out a mouthful of blood. His body began to tremble violently. He was nearly on the brink of insanity!

He was already full of serious injuries. With Yi Yun force feeding him a small portion of the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill, the frost Qi had already entered his body. With anger then burning his heart, the combination had caused him to vomit blood.

This was really vomiting blood from anger!

When mortals encountered something that made them enraged, they could die from anger.

Typically, a warrior would reach such a stage. They would end up with mental demons. It would become an obsession due to the anger, influencing their cultivation!

Now, Yi Yun had become Shentu Nantian's mental demon. As long as Yi Yun did not die, that anger would scar Shentu Nantian for life!

"Yi Yun, I Shentu Nantian swear that I will make you suffer a living death!"

Yi Yun looked at Shentu Nantian. Shentu Nantian had finally recognized him. He did not find it surprising, nor did he mind it. This was because the hatred Yun Yantian had brought forth had far exceeded that which he brought forth as Yi Yun.

As such, it was no longer a big deal for Shentu Nantian to recognize him.

With a hand pressing on his chin, Yi Yun slowly lifted off the mask...

True Martial World - Chapter 423: Helping You Heal

The Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was actually not a poisonous item. It only contained an extremely cold Yin energy that was very oppressive. If a person with lacking a cultivation base swallowed it, it could cause the person's meridians to break, crippling one's cultivation base.

Seeing Yi Yun hold the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill, the mouths of the Thousand Hand Granny and Shentu Nantian twitched. However, they did not believe that Yi Yun would be able to identify the pill. This was because this pill was extremely valuable. It was a secret concoction made by the Shentu family clan. A junior like Yi Yun would never have come into contact with it.

Yi Yun played with the pill. Just holding it made Yi Yun feel the cold biting into his body.

Yi Yun could still clearly remember the feeling of the frost Qi entering his bone marrow from two months ago.

Back then, when the frost Qi rushed into Yi Yun's dantian, and all of his blood vessels, it had made him feel an extreme cold that came from deep within his soul. Following that, even the pure Yang Yuan Qi that Yi Yun cultivated was rapidly eroded by the frost Qi.

As a result, his face had turned pale and his body trembled. Icicles then formed on his eyebrows and hair. Following that, even his black hair had turned white.

Yi Yun's back faced Shentu Nantian as he held the pill in between his index finger and thumb. In front of the dungeon's candle light, he could see through the crystal clear pill. The flickering candle light looked unreal and beautiful through it.

Yi Yun squinted his eyes. This pill was the one that Shentu Nantian had fed him, leading him to feel endless pain, nearly pushing him to the brink of his death.

Yi Yun spent quite a long period of time admiring this pill.

Behind Yi Yun, the Thousand Hand Granny and Shentu Nantian looked each other in the eye. None of them knew what Yi Yun was doing.

"This kid, why is he so interested in the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill? He cannot be..." Shentu Nantian was feeling alarmed. To have such a dangerous pill fall into this kid's hands, and having his life completely in the grasp of another person did not feel good when he was completely unable to put up any resistance.

"Impossible! This little bastard is not from some famous family, that can be seen at a glance. He must be some bumpkin that Su Jie found in some remote region. With his experience, how can he recognize the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill? He may even think that it is some treasure."

The Thousand Hand Granny dismissed Yi Yun's origins. In the Tian Yuan world, those from big family clans tended to have a form of superiority complex. The big family clans had such immense amounts of heritage that it made it hard to comprehend. So how could a warrior from humble origins compare to them?

Hence, the Thousand Hand Granny completely despised Yi Yun. In her eyes, Yi Yun was just a small, ant-like figure. She was just feeling extremely pissed that she was now in his hands.

As Yi Yun admired the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill, he suddenly opened his mouth, "I cannot find any news of the Great Empress mystic realm in neither of your interspatial rings."

Upon hearing this, Shentu Nantian sneered. He was thinking, was that not obvious!?

Of course, he would never say those words out aloud. This was definitely not a good time to agitate Yi Yun.

"It seems the both of you have no intentions of revealing information of the Great Empress mystic realm?" Yi Yun also said.

Another obvious pile of bullsh*t!

Shentu Nantian knew that the Great Empress mystic realm was the only trump card keeping him alive. He definitely would not reveal it. For this Yun kid to say something so idiotic, he must have intelligence problems.

As Shentu Nantian was having these malicious thoughts, Yi Yun suddenly turned around as he gave Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny a playful look.

Shentu Nantian's heart sank. He did not know what the meaning of Yi Yun's gaze was. At that moment, the Thousand Hand Granny's face was sullen as she said with her husky voice, "Junior, return the Eternal Frost Sword to Tian'er and the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill to me. These two items should not be defiled by you. If you do not, then when my Shentu family clan comes to negotiate, it will not be something let off that simply!"

The Eternal Frost Sword was Shentu Nantian's companion sword, which was also the azure sword Yi Yun had kept. It was the most valuable thing Shentu Nantian had.

It would be very normal if the Shentu family clan wanted back the sword when the Shentu family clan began negotiations.

As for the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill?

Yi Yun hesitated for a bit. He was holding a Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill?

Seeing the Thousand Hand Granny's muddy eyes looking at the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill in his hand, Yi Yun suddenly understood the intentions of the old hag.

"You say I am holding a Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill?"

Yi Yun seemed slightly stunned as he looked at the pill in his hand.

"What do you think?" The Thousand Hand Granny smiled disdainfully. "What a bumpkin, not from a good family. So what if you have some talent? You can't even identify precious items! You can't even identify the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill!"

The Thousand Hand Granny mocked Yi Yun with a queer voice.

The Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill she mentioned was much more famous. Besides, in the Thousand Hand Granny's interspatial ring, there was a jade scroll that introduced the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill.

This Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill looked extremely similar to the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill. Even an experienced alchemist would not be able to distinguish between the two at a glance.

However, the effects of the two pills were extremely different.

The Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill was an extremely good medicine. Ignoring the difficulty at refining it, just the ingredients needed to refine it were just slightly inferior to the materials needed to make the Great Empress relic.

"The Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill is not something a person with your cultivation level can use. You are a Desolate Heaven Master apprentice, whose combat power is not even worth a glance. That pill you have is useless. Return it to me, or in the negotiation in a few days time we would definitely talk about this. Your Lin family will definitely be put in a negative position. You still want to stay in the Lin family. Do you think Matriarch Lin will condone of you messing around!?"

The Thousand Hand Granny's words were extremely reasonable, so much that they nearly made Yi Yun believe them.

However...

Yi Yun shook his head gently.

Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill? Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill?

If it were juniors with limited insight, they would not have been able to distinguish between the two extremely similar pills. However, Yi Yun had personally eaten the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill before. That pain due to the biting cold that reached the bone was how he remembered this pill.

So how could he misidentify the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill?

"You are saying this is the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill?"

Yi Yun smiled. The Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill was a treasured medicine. The Thousand Hand Granny's act was purposely done to make him misidentify it!

Seeing Yi Yun's cold mask and teasing tone, the Thousand Hand Granny's heart skipped a beat.

Could this kid know something?

She wanted to let Yi Yun think that he was holding on to the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill. If Yi Yun carried on rummaging through her interspatial ring, he would see the jade scroll introducing the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill, which was almost identical to the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill.

As such, Yi Yun would then definitely believe in her words.

And in the jade scroll, it had introduced how juniors with weaker cultivation levels could use the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill. One could drink the soup made from melting the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill with water.

Once a Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill was made into a soup, its medicinal properties would slowly disperse, then, even a junior at the Yuan Foundation realm would be able to intake it.

The Thousand Hand Granny believed that with Yi Yun's greedy character, the more she pretended the preciousness of the pill, the more she said that the Shentu family clan would pursue the matter of the pill, the more he would not hand the pill back.

He would deceive the Lin family and secretly take the pill and intake it after smelting it with water.

In that case, he would be swallowing a Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill!

Finally, when the frost Qi entered his body, his meridians would be damaged, crippling his cultivation.

This result was what the Thousand Hand Granny was dreaming to see.

"Impossible, with his knowledge, it is impossible for him to distinguish the difference between the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill and the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill."

As the Thousand Hand Granny was thinking, Yi Yun began speaking slowly, "I see, the Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill! I definitely would not dare to take such a precious pill! If I were to take it, then the Shentu family clan would definitely insist on this point during the negotiations. Then, I will not be able to withhold my face and this would affect the smooth negotiations. If I cannot obtain any news of the Great Empress mystic realm, then I would have sinned greatly."

Yi Yun's willingness to admit his mistake shocked the Thousand Hand Granny and Shentu Nantian.

The Thousand Hand Granny was afraid of Yi Yun's suspicions, so she had acted out in that way. She never expected it to be counterproductive. This kid was too flippant in his attitude. How could he change his attitude that easily?

Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny quickly tried to think of something in the hopes of luring Yi Yun into swallowing the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill, without making him suspicious.

However, at that moment, Yi Yun had already walked before Shentu Nantian and smiled, "Actually, both of your wounds are indeed quite terrible. You are both guests of the Lin family, yet you are so badly injured. I feel sorry about it. Since this Frost Soul Chill Silkworm Pill is so precious, then I will feed it to you. This way, you can nurse your wounds, lest the Lin family gets criticized for its poor hospitality."

As Yi Yun said this, he pinched open Shentu Nantian's mouth.

Shentu Nantian's expression immediately changed!

"What… are you doing!?"

Shentu Nantian was inexplicably horrified, but Yi Yun pretended to look puzzled, "Helping you heal!"

As Yi Yun said this, he placed the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill into Shentu Nantian's mouth. The moment the pill touched Shentu Nantian's tongue, the biting cold entered his body, scaring Shentu Nantian silly.

His lips turned pale, his expression ashened. He was nearly scared out of his wits!

For a person like Shentu Nantian, death was not as terrifying as the damaging of all his meridians and losing his cultivation. That was 10,000 times more terrifying than death!

"No! Stop!"

Shentu Nantian's eyes turned bloodshot as he struggled with his life. However, how could he resist Yi Yun when his cultivation level was completely suppressed? The Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill began to melt in his mouth. Traces of the medicinal essence began to enter Shentu Nantian's meridians and blood vessels!

"Kid, stop!"

The Thousand Hand Granny was also terrified as she shouted loudly. However, Yi Yun simply turned a deaf ear.

"Little bastard, I will kill you!"

The Thousand Hand Granny charged forward, but Yi Yun gave a side kick, sending her flying backward!

"Peng!"

The Thousand Hand Granny slammed into the wall in a pathetic manner. Seeing her beloved grandchild about to lose his cultivation, her face turned ashen.

"You… You know what pill this is?"

The Thousand Hand Granny said with a trembling voice. At that moment, she finally realized this possibility.

"I can recognize the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill even if it turned into water!"

Yi Yun said nonchalantly as the Thousand Hand Granny turned dumbfounded. How did he recognize it? He had even accurately called out the name of the pill!

And at that moment, the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was still in Shentu Nantian's mouth. He was struggling not to swallow it as he felt full of despair!

True Martial World - Chapter 422: Taking advantage of their perilous state

"Who the hell are you!?"

Shentu Nantian was beginning to feel suspicious about Yi Yun's identity. It was no longer a surprise that Yun Yantian had a grudge against him.

Shentu Nantian did not believe a fifteen year old child would have any close connections with him. Maybe Yun Yantian's family had been killed by him.

Unfortunately, as Shentu Nantian was ruthless, he had killed a lot of people. Hence, he had grudges with many people, so he could not immediately figure out who Yi Yun was.

Yi Yun ignored Shentu Nantian's words. With a stroke of his chin, he leaned over and grabbed Shentu Nantian's hand.

"What are you doing!?"

Shentu Nantian was powerless at that moment, and he was like a flickering flame. How could he resist Yi Yun? He only felt pain in his fingers as Yi Yun took his interspatial ring off.

"Yun!!"

Shentu Nantian's interspatial ring contained a large portion of his wealth!

As the heir to the Shentu family clan, Shentu Nantian naturally had tremendous wealth.

Back then, when Yi Yun was captured by Shentu Nantian, Shentu Nantian did not even take a look at Yi Yun's interspatial ring as Yi Yun was too poor compared to him.

But now, with the tables turned, it was completely different. Shentu Nantian's interspatial ring was very attractive to Yi Yun.

He could not waste whatever good things there were in the ring.

In for a penny, in for a pound, Yi Yun also took the Thousand Hand Granny's interspatial ring.

The two rings were extremely high in quality. Their interior spaces were more than ten times larger than what Yi Yun was wearing.

And the ring Yi Yun was wearing was given to him by Lin Xintong along with the Soul Nurturing pill. If Yi Yun wore that ring back in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, the difference would be even greater. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Nice ring!"

Yi Yun praised with glee. At that moment, Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny were so angry that their lungs were to about to explode. However, they could do nothing.

When the Lin family locked them up, they would not take advantage of their perilous state and steal their interspatial ring.

In the Tian Yuan world, powerful families had to care for their face, so they did not do such things. However, this so-called powerful family vibe clearly did not exist in Yi Yun's eyes.

Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny had a mental connection with their respective rings. If anyone touched their interspatial rings, they would feel it. If the other person's mental powers were not as strong as theirs, they would not be able to open the interspatial ring.

Of course, it was completely different for the current Shentu Nantian.

Shentu Nantian's mental state was terrible. He could not even complete a single seal of the Mystic Crystal Hand properly.

Yi Yun sank his mental energy into Shentu Nantian's interspatial ring in a no-holds-barred manner. He ruthlessly wiped the spiritual connection!

"Ah!"

Shentu Nantian let out a scream. He clutched his head and painfully fell to the ground.

At the moment Yi Yun wiped the mental connection, Shentu Nantian felt as if a chunk of his brain had suddenly been sliced off. It was so painful that it made him break out into cold sweat.

Boundless hatred rose up within Shentu Nantian's heart. He had never felt so much hate in his life!

His body was seriously injured, his cultivation level was suppressed, and he was locked in a dungeon. A top-grade woman that was about to be his was gone. He was then brutally beaten by an ant-like person who later stole his interspatial ring and wiped away his mental mark!

At that moment, Yi Yun was casually rummaging through Shentu Nantian's interspatial ring. When Shentu Nantian looked at his ring being rummaged through, this humiliation made him feel like his eyes were bursting!

Yi Yun quickly finished sweeping through Shentu Nantian's interspatial ring. He made a few discoveries.

First was a pile of jade scrolls. Inside them were all sorts of cultivation techniques and heritage. Some of the heritage was extremely valuable in the Shentu family clan. It required a sufficient number of family contribution points to exchange for them.

There were about 4-5 of those heritage scrolls.

There was also an ancient jade scroll that had complex runes engraved on it. With a simple search, he confirmed that it was the ancient Desolate Heaven technique heritage!

Without a doubt, this jade scroll was taken out of the Great Empress mystic realm by the Shentu family clan!

Other than the jade scroll, Yi Yun also found a large bunch of elixirs. Inside all these exquisite elixir bottles were soul nurturing and wound healing medicines that were top grade.

Besides these elixir bottles, there were three big chests.

These chests were made of a special metal. There were even seals on the exterior of each of them.

Yi Yun took the chests out and used the Sonic Deathblade to open the lock. With a kick, he opened the lid. Immediately, a pure and powerful Heaven Earth Yuan Qi surged out, filling the entire dungeon!

Within the chests were neatly arranged desolate bone relics!

These desolate bone relics were extremely pure in quality and they were uniform. Although they weren’t that precious, they were after all three huge chests worth.

In the warrior's world, a uniform quality of desolate bone relics were often used as common currency to purchase all sorts of items.

These three chests were not used by Shentu Nantian for cultivation. Instead, it was his wealth. He could use it to splurge when he was out in the city.

Yi Yun did not stand on ceremony as he kept the three large chests of relics.

Finally, it was… weapons.

Shentu Nantian was a sword user. Yi Yun took an azure sword out. It was Shentu Nantian's companion sword!

Seeing his companion sword in Yi Yun's hands, Shentu Nantian's eyes turned red. This was the item that was worth the most in his interspatial ring. It was given to him by the Shentu Patriarch when he came of age.

A gift from the Shentu Patriarch would be obviously valuable!

"Fine sword!"

Yi Yun pulled the azure long sword out. As he brandished it, Shentu Nantian's body trembled as he clenched his fists. His fingernails sank deep into his palms.

His beloved sword was now nonchalantly being held in Yi Yun's hands. This feeling was like his most beloved woman that was dedicated to him was now being blasphemed by Yi Yun.

"Yun Yantian, you deserve a horrible death!"

Shentu Nantian sent a nasty curse out, but at that moment, he felt some pain in his soul. It was like a 10,000 pound sledge hammer had slammed on it. His face went pale like a sheet of paper.

Taking advantage of Shentu Nantian's weak mental state, Yi Yun ruthlessly wiped his mental connection with the azure sword.

Yi Yun did not stand on ceremony as he kept Shentu Nantian's sword.

He was just in need of a sword. Previously, in the Tai Ah Divine City, the Tai Ah Divine City Elders had promised to give Yi Yun a sword and saber set.

However, as the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was attacked by a desolate beast horde, the matter of giving him the weapon set was put on hold. As for the sword and saber sets that Yi Yun had, other than the mysterious rusted sword, the rest were extremely common.

Unfortunately, despite finding so many treasures in the ring, Yi Yun did not find any records regarding the Great Empress mystic realm. This was reasonable as the Great Empress mystic realm's secret was not a cultivation technique manual. It could not be encoded in a jade scroll. It was meaningless to let Shentu Nantian carry it around with him.

After rummaging through Shentu Nantian's ring, Yi Yun decided to rummage through the Thousand Hand Granny's ring.

However, despite having her cultivation level restricted, the Thousand Hand Granny's mental energies were still fine. Her soul was not damaged.

Yi Yun attempted once, but he was unable to wipe the Thousand Hand Granny's mental connection. He actually felt a spiritual backlash, causing a dull pain in his soul.

Yi Yun clenched his eyebrows and turned to look at the Thousand Hand Granny. She looked hatefully at Yi Yun and sneered, "Little bastard, do you think you are able to wipe my mental connection? Dream on!"

Before she finished her words, Yi Yun had already raised his feet as he kicked the Thousand Hand Granny's face with all his strength.

"Boom!"

With an explosive sound, Yi Yun's kick had slammed the disheveled Thousand Hand Granny's head into the dungeon's stone walls.

"Ah!"

The Thousand Hand Granny screamed as the chains binding her body began to clink and clank!

Yi Yun had no mercy as he kept sending out his right foot. Every attack targeted the Thousand Hand Granny's face. Without any cultivation and any Yuan Qi protecting her body, the Thousand Hand Granny was just an ordinary granny. How could she withstand Yi Yun's stamping on her?

The Thousand Hand Granny was trampled by Yi Yun till she was dazed, and at that moment, the Thousand Hand Granny felt a terrible pain in her head. At the moment when her thoughts were in a state of confusion, her mental connection mark on her interspatial ring had been ruthlessly wiped by Yi Yun!

Yi Yun held the Thousand Hand Granny's interspatial ring and shook his head, "Why do you make things so hard? You are already locked in here and your cultivation has been suppressed. Why are you trying to withhold a ring?"

Yi Yun rummaged through the Thousand Hand Granny's interspatial ring, completely ignoring her ferocious eyes.

There was even more good stuff in the Thousand Hand Granny's interspatial ring!

There were five large chests of desolate bone relics in it!

There were plenty of cultivation technique manuals, weapons and medicines. Their grades were even higher than those in Shentu Nantian's ring.

And Yi Yun found a saber in the Thousand Hand Granny's ring as he wished.

This saber was not used by the Thousand Hand Granny as it was just part of a collection of hers. The saber was blood red in color. There was a life-like ghost head engraved on the saber handle, which made it look extremely evil.

On the saber blade, the words "Blood Red Lotus" were inscribed.

Red Lotus saber!

Yi Yun casually brandished the saber and the blood-colored beams looked like a blood-infused storm was surging over.

This saber had clearly drunk a lot of fresh blood as it had killed countless times!

Just the killing Qi gathered on the saber was enough to make it as a murderous weapon.

"Fine saber!"

Yi Yun was very satisfied.

This saber was just a collection of the Thousand Hand Granny, so it did not have any mental marks left behind by the Thousand Hand Granny. Yi Yun very happily imprinted his mental mark on the saber.

"Little bastard, I swear I will grind your bones to dust!"

The Thousand Hand Granny shouted hoarsely. She was so angry that her entire body was trembling. The chains were also clinkering around.

Yi Yun ignored the old hag and carried on rummaging through the ring. He opened every elixir bottle and gave a sniff. Suddenly, the corners of his lips formed a little arc. He had found it. She really had it!

Yi Yun opened a blue jade bottle. As he gently overturned the bottle, a full-bodied ice-blue pill that emitted a biting chill rolled out.

It could be said that this pill was something unforgettable for Yi Yun. This was because he had been force-fed one before.

It's name was the ‘Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill’!

True Martial World - Chapter 421: How the Tides Change

After Matriarch Lin left with Lin Xintong, Yi Yun remained on the mountain peak as he absorbed the pure Yang Qi in the rainbow-colored Yuan Qi cloud.

Some of the Lin family Elders also cultivated pure Yang laws. They too coveted the Yuan Qi cloud, however, they could only cultivate under this cloud for about three hours, which would not benefit them much.

These people simply gave up.

"Little Friend Yun, you practice a pure Yang cultivation technique too?" A Lin family Elder noticed that Yi Yun seemed to be cultivating under the Yuan Qi cloud, so he came over and asked.

After the medicine trial session, Yi Yun's status in the Lin family had sharply risen. Hence, the Elders in the Lin family were much more polite with Yi Yun.

"Yes."

Yi Yun nodded and the Lin family Elder smiled, "We Desolate Heaven Masters actually do not really need to hone our combat skills. Pure Yang laws are too profound. Practicing the Desolate Heaven technique already takes up a large portion of our time. If a law is to be cultivated, choosing something simpler like the five-elemental laws would do. For example, the fire-elemental laws are pretty good. In terms of fighting, the fire-elemental laws are similar to the pure Yang laws. Although it is weaker in strength,the fire-elemental laws are much easier to learn. With this comparison, the fire-elemental laws are much better."

As he had a good impression of Yi Yun, this Lin family Elder began to give him some pointers. In his opinion, youths inevitably were over-ambitious. They would be too naive regarding martial paths, and they would recklessly choose profound and difficult to learn laws like Yin-Yang or Space-Time, eventually causing them to go through many detours.

"Thank you for the senior's advice." Yi Yun said modestly, before carrying on absorbing the pure Yang Qi.

Seeing Yi Yun's actions, the Lin family elder turned speechless. Clearly, the youth in front of him was not listening.

By choosing pure Yang laws, this kid probably wanted to accomplish a lot in the martial path too. He was too greedy.

For example, even Shentu Nantian and Lin Xintong who were proud children of heaven would not attempt to master both aspects to an extreme. Although they had pretty good accomplishments in the Desolate Heaven technique, the two of them were more focused on their martial path.

They would give up learning most of the complicated sealing technique in the Desolate Heaven technique while cultivating profound martial laws.

The old man shook his head and left.

And at that moment, Yi Yun had already absorbed about a third of the rainbow Yuan Qi cloud's pure Yang Qi.

This absorption rate was about the same speed as the dissipation rate of the Yuan Qi cloud itself.

Yi Yun did this just to be careful. He specifically used the Purple Crystal to absorb the pure Yang Qi that was about to disperse away. By doing so, even if a Great Emperor were to stare at the Yuan Qi cloud, he would not be able to know that the Purple Crystal had magically absorbed it.

At that moment, Yi Yun's body was already full of energy. No matter how gentle the pure Yang Qi in the Great Empress relic was, Yi Yun's body had its limits.

The remaining pure Yang Qi was stored inside the Purple Crystal.

As the pure Yang Qi was highly compressed, it had now liquefied into golden droplets. It looked like melted gold and it was extremely pure.

Seeing the golden droplets, Yi Yun was extremely delighted. With them, his cultivation level could rapidly increase in a short period of time.

Yi Yun had already been stuck at the early stages of the Yuan Foundation realm for quite some time.

Other than the golden droplets, the Purple Crystal contained two other energies.

The first was the pure Yang spirit, which was what Yi Yun had obtained in Fallen Star Gate.

The second was the extremely cold Yin energy. Back when Yi Yun was thrown into a cell by Shentu Nantian, Shentu Nantian force fed Yi Yun a Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill.

This Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill contained an extremely cold Yin energy. If not for the Purple Crystal absorbing and compressing its energy, Yi Yun's cultivation would have been destroyed.

Thinking about this, a playful smile suffused on Yi Yun's lips. It was time to visit Young Master Nantian. How Shentu Nantian treated him back then, it was time to return it to him in the same way!

After absorbing all the pure Yang Qi, Yi Yun was not in a rush to leave. He glanced at the pile of bones left behind by the Red-eyed Wolf and put them away.

With the Purple Crystal's energy vision, Yi Yun knew that the black evil energy was still hidden amongst the bones.

After carefully examining the black gas, Yi Yun realized that not only did it not have any signs of deterioration after swallowing the Red-eyed Wolf's vitality and flesh, it had actually grown stronger.

Of course, as the Red-eyed Wolf was too weak, the evil energy did not become that much stronger. However, this discovery alarmed Yi Yun.

What was this evil energy? It seemed like it could grow!

It sounded too fantastic and it was extremely creepy!

Could it be that this evil energy could grow indefinitely?

Upon thinking of this, Yi Yun shook his head and rejected the idea. It was unlikely as the Shentu family clan probably used primordial true spirit-grade treasures as materials to refine the Great Empress relic.

They would not have been able to find materials more precious that that.

Under these circumstances, the evil energy that resulted from the Great Empress relic would not have been able to grow indefinitely.

But...

If it was used against Shentu Nantian, it would be enough.

The corners of Yi Yun's lips suffused a smile as he headed towards the dungeon.

...

The Lin family's dungeon was itself a strong fortress.

The dungeon was constructed from a special metal. The engraved runic arrays made it indestructible!

People who were thrown into the dungeon would have their cultivation level restricted. Even a figure like the Myriad Empyreal King would not be able to do anything once he was thrown into the dungeon.

The Lin family's dungeon had previously imprisoned a demonic person who had stirred up a lot of trouble in the Tian Yuan world. He was imprisoned until his death.

The dungeon was located in the Death Hell peak, one of the Lin family's 18 main peaks. From the peak of the mountain, there was a passageway that was thousands of meters long. The dungeon was located at the other end of the passageway, deep inside the mountain.

"Open the door!"

Yi Yun easily entered the dungeon with the warrant Matriarch Lin gave him. Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny were imprisoned inside a large cell.

Shentu Nantian's hands and legs were bound with chains.

This scene was too familiar with Yi Yun.

How the tide changes, Yi Yun had been chained in a cell a few months ago by Shentu Nantian. Now, the situation had reversed.

The world was indeed unpredictable.

Beside Shentu Nantian, the Thousand Hand Granny was suspended in the air with chains. Her hair was disheveled and she looked like a ferocious ghost. When she saw Yi Yun appear, she immediately struggled towards Yi Yun.

"Crash!"

The chains tightened, and no matter how much the Thousand Hand Granny struggled, she was unable to grab Yi Yun. Her gaze looked liked she wanted to tear Yi Yun's flesh off with her mouth, bit by bit.

"Little bastard! Remember this day, for I will make sure you lead a living death!"

The Thousand Hand Granny hated Yi Yun so much. Everything that had happened today was all thanks to Yi Yun.

Seeing that hateful and wrinkled old face, Yi Yun shook his head, "It seems that you have not accepted the reality of having your powers sealed. Now, you can no longer threaten me..."

As Yi Yun spoke, he suddenly lifted his hand and mercilessly slapped down.

"Pa!"

With a clear slapping sound, the Thousand Hand Granny heavily slammed into the wall. Her face was covered with dry black blood that seemed to be smeared with mud. However, this was not a result of Yi Yun's blow. It was a consequence of the combined attack of Matriarch Lin's and a few Lin family Elders' attack.

"Little bastard? Tsk!" Yi Yun took a towel out of his interspatial ring and wiped the black blood stains off his hand before throwing the towel on the ground. "How many times have you cursed me? Probably ten or twenty times? My temperament sure is good to endure it up to now, you old witch..."

As Yi Yun said, he sent another merciless punch at the Thousand Hand Granny's right eye!

Yi Yun felt pleased with the feeling of fist meeting flesh.

The Thousand Hand Granny gritted her teeth while staring at Yi Yun. She was greatly maddened, but she could not do anything to Yi Yun. She had never been in such a cowardly state in her entire life, to be brutally beaten up by an ant-like person!

"Yun!" Shentu Nantian stared at Yi Yun, "Do not forget that in a few days, I will walk out of here. The elders in my family will trade the information about the Great Empress mystic realm in exchange for me!"

"I will remember how you treat me today. One must be sparing in his ways, I advise you to give yourself a lifeline!"

Shentu Nantian was smart. He knew that if he were to revile Yi Yun, he would only be subjected to physical pain.

As a wise man does not fight when the odds are against him, he used the fact that he would eventually leave the Lin family as a threat to warn Yi Yun not to mess around.

Yi Yun stroked his chin and nodded, "That's reasonable! However, according to what you say, I should cherish whatever time I have now. I should abuse you to get back my capital..."

As Yi Yun spoke, he sent a big slap at Shentu Nantian.

"Pa!"

Yi Yun's palm fully came into contact with Shentu Nantian's face, and accompanying the slapping sound, Shentu Nantian snorted before being sent flying by Yi Yun.

He was riddled with injuries, so he was already on his last breath. With his cultivation level suppressed, Yi Yun's slap made Shentu Nantian feel like a thousand drums were being banged beside his ear. He began retching while sprawled on the ground.

The damage to his soul was too life-threatening. Just using a bit of his mental energy or receiving any external physical attacks would cause a repercussion to his injuries, giving him a terrible headache.

"You...You..." Shentu Nantian's eyes turned red as he deadly stared at Yi Yun, "I have no grudge with you, why are you treating me this way?"

Shentu Nantian no longer dared to say any unyielding words.

The Thousand Hand Granny had been slapped when she reviled Yi Yun.

His outcome was the same when he threatened Yi Yun.

In that case, he could only take a soft stance.

"No grudge?" A mocking smile appeared on Yi Yun's lips.

Yi Yun's words made Shentu Nantian think.

There was a grudge?

Upon careful thought, why was this kid wearing a mask to hide his looks? Besides, it sounded like his voice was not his original voice. He was clearly trying to hide his identity.

An uneasy sense of foreboding rose in Shentu Nantian's mind. He stared at Yi Yun's eyes. Yi Yun's mask could not cover his eyes, but it was very difficult to recognize a person just from his eyes.

Shentu Nantian only felt that Yi Yun's eyes looked familiar. As to where he had seen them before, he was unable to remember.

True Martial World - Chapter 420: Thank you

"Put everyone from the Shentu family clan into custody!" Matriarch Lin ordered. Not only Shentu Nantian, none of the other Shentu family clan Elders were allowed to leave either.

The people from the Shentu family clan looked at each other, unsure of what fate lied ahead of them.

Shentu Nantian was horrified at that moment. He had only heard the "Dismembering the Heart" punishment Yi Yun mentioned, as for the rest of Yi Yun's words, they were all said to the Matriarch in a Yuan Qi transmission. He did not know what the Matriarch would do to him.

"Matriarch, can you please restrain their cultivation level?" Yi Yun said out loud. Matriarch Lin nodded as she stood in front of Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny. Both of their faces were covered in blood, their situation was terrible.

Hearing that his cultivation level would be restrained, Shentu Nantian looked hatefully at Yi Yun as his mouth curled. At that moment, he wished that he could tear off Yi Yun's flesh bit by bit.

The eyes of Matriarch Lin flashed a cold beam as she tapped Shentu Nantian’s and the Thousand Hand Granny's bodies as quick as lightning.

"Peng!"

With a loud explosion, Shentu Nantian's body trembled as he was sent rolling on the ground a few times. Matriarch Lin had restrained Shentu Nantian by sealing his meridians.

Shentu Nantian was now suffering from his injured soul as well as the suppressed cultivation level. He was no different from an ordinary person now.

Actually, Matriarch Lin greatly desired to smash Shentu Nantian's dantian, directly crippling him.

However, as the Lin family was hoping to use Shentu Nantian to exchange for the method to enter the Great Empress mystic realm, the Matriarch could not torture Shentu Nantian too terribly. At least, it should not be visible when negotiations with the Shentu family clan was held. If the Shentu family clan knew that Shentu Nantian had already become a cripple, they would give him up immediately, and go to war with the Lin family.

"Little Friend Yun, I will give you full autonomy in handling this matter. I believe you have your discretion."

Matriarch Lin was very assured when it came to Yi Yun.

This astonished many from the upper echelons of the Shentu family clan. All of them were usually a famous name in the Tian Yuan world. They could easily cause a commotion upon visiting a small family clan, with the family clan's head personally welcoming them. Now however, their fate was to be decided by a junior.

It was such a great ridicule.

Two administrators of the Lin family were assigned to listen to Yi Yun's orders.

Yi Yun did not stand on ceremony and simply said, "For the Shentu family clan guests, find a clean and decent guest house for them to stay in. As for these two..."

Yi Yun looked towards Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny, "Find a dungeon and simply lock them up."

Dungeon?

The two Lin family administrators were shocked upon hearing this. This kid sure did things seriously. Both Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny were members of the upper echelon of the Shentu family clan, but this kid was actually planning on imprisoning them in a dungeon!

"Little bastard, you better not fall into my hands. I will let you live a living death!"

The Thousand Hand Granny cursed. Yi Yun waved to the administrator, "Hey brother, stuff her mouth."

Uh...

The two Lin family administrators were speechless and turned to look at Matriarch Lin.

Matriarch Lin nonchalantly said, "Just follow the instructions."

After all, the Lin family had already lost all decorum with the Shentu family clan, so there was not much left to be considered. The two family clans were originally enemies. Now, with the Lin family knowing that the Shentu family clan had been scheming against the Lin family, how could they not sound out after being stabbed by a knife?

In the warrior world, one could only survive well by being more ruthless. Only then would one not be humiliated.

If everyone were to just endure and put up an attitude of not minding incursions from others just because they were a super family clan, then this sort of large family clan would eventually be eaten up by others. It was not enough to just verbally condemn.

Seeing the bloodied Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny being carried away like dead dogs, many of the Elders from the large family clans, who had good relations with the Shentu family clan, broke out in cold sweat.

Amongst them, the Song family's long-browed elder, who had strongly supported the Shentu family clan, was feeling most nervous.

He had said, in a matter-of-fact manner, that the Great Empress relic did not have any problems. To prove that, he had used the Mystic Crystal Hand to aid Yi Yun, along with Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny.

However, now, amongst the three who aided Yi Yun, he was the only one left standing there. Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny had already been dragged off to the dungeons.

The long-browed elder wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "I was dim-sighted from old age. Although I did participate in the refinement of the Great Empress relic, I only saw a tiny portion of the recipe. I really did not see problems with the relic."

The Song family, which the long-browed elder belonged to, was much weaker compared to the Lin family. Furthermore, with him at fault, the Lin family could easily count the Song family as accomplices. That would be no simple joke.

Yi Yun had guessed that the long-browed elder really did not know much. This included a large majority of the Shentu family clan's Elders as they too did not know anything about this matter.

After all, it was better when less people knew something to ensure the secrecy of the matter.

"For Elder Song to explain it away with the reason of being dim-sighted from old age, this junior really has nothing to say against that."

"However, Elder Song, you should know that just now, when this junior was risking his life to stand out and question the Shentu family clan, I was looked down upon and suspected by others. Elder Song, you stood up for the Shentu family clan and was so sure of yourself, pushing me into an extremely unfavorable situation. If I did not gain the opportunity to prove myself, or failed to perform well due to experiencing too much pressure, resulting in me failing to extract the evil energy, then me dying would not have been a big deal, but the Shentu family clan's scheme would have succeeded. Many years later, when Miss Lin then died as a result, it is not unlikely that the Lin family would have been swallowed by the Shentu family clan! That would then have been irreversible."

Yi Yun was not a magnanimous person. Yi Yun still held the long-browed elder accountable for his actions, even if he was not aware of the truth.

Although Yi Yun would not put the long-browed elder through a terrible situation, rattling him up was not a bad idea either.

The long-browed elder bitterly cried in his heart. This little rascal was the kind of person who did not let one off easily. He could remain so calm even in front of all the mighty figures of the Shentu family clan, so how could he fail to perform well due to experiencing too much pressure?

This was clearly Yi Yun trying to con him!

Of course, he could not say this out loud. He was smart and knew the underlying meaning in Yi Yun's words.

He said, "I was foolish and nearly made a grave mistake. Little Friend Yun is right. Just my apology is not sincere enough. I will give a satisfactory answer to the Lin family. Also, I will make reparations to Little Friend Yun."

The long-browed elder did not mind compensating Yi Yun using material goods because this youth was just too terrifying!

He was still so young, yet his Desolate Heaven technique talent had reached such an extraordinary level. Furthermore, he had just now single-handedly destroyed the Shentu family clan's machinations.

So many mighty figures had fallen into his hands. Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny even nearly died from his schemes. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

If he was this brilliant at such a young age, he would become even more so when he grew up.

The Song family may have allied with the Shentu family clan, but that was just due to their mutual interests. Although they usually followed the Shentu family clan's lead, it would be a joke if they were to help the Shentu family clan bear the brunt force of an attack.

Long-browed believed that Yi Yun would accomplish much in the future, so he was happy to get the chance to befriend Yi Yun.

Hearing the long-browed elder's words, Yi Yun was satisfied. He would be a fool if he did not collect benefits. It was also absolutely legitimate for him to obtain those benefits.

"Little Friend Yun, this matter was settled all thanks to you. The Lin family has stood in the Tian Yuan world for so many years. Our family’s rules are also very clear with its rewards and punishments. You must be tired after extracting the evil energy. Go take a rest. Come see me in the Jade Bamboo peak early tomorrow morning."

Matriarch Lin gave Yi Yun an affable smile. She suddenly thought of something and spoke to Lin Xintong who was beside her, "Xintong, you should come too."

"Yes." Lin Xintong nodded slightly. Before she left, she glanced deeply at Yi Yun. A strange light flickered in her eyes.

Although she had said that she believed in Yi Yun, Lin Xintong still felt deeply touched when Yi Yun actually managed to complete what seemed like an impossible task.

She had seen Yi Yun remain extremely calm, despite the dwindling amount of sand left in the hourglass. When he extracted the evil energy, without feeling any need to rush, and sent it into the desolate beast's body, proving the toxicity of the evil energy, a strange and wondrous feeling surged in Lin Xintong's heart.

This was mainly because she had seen this youth walk out from the vast wilderness. She had witnessed his incredible growth process, so this wondrous feeling was even stronger.

"Thank you."

Lin Xintong lips gently moved as the soft and sweet words entered Yi Yun's ears.

Yi Yun felt his ears itch with the young girl's whispering words.

He slightly smiled and said, "Thank you too, for believing in me by betting your dignity and innocence."

Lin Xintong said, "My dignity and innocence cannot compare to you betting your life."

"Well, of course it cannot be compared for me. However, for Miss Lin, it is completely different."

Yi Yun knew that a speckless girl like Lin Xintong would never have given up her own dignity just to carry on living.

Lin Xintong gave him a gentle smile and did not speak any further. She accompanied the Matriarch and left silently. Her beautiful figure disappeared into the green sea of bamboo...