Chapter 471 - 466: You’re Welcome to Deliver Treasures Anytime

Du Youqian had already used two successive Tier Four Treasures—the Small Seal and the Conical Hat—to defend himself. With Little Wukong’s help, he then blocked the final burst of power from the Tier Five Jade Ruler with his Copper Skin Iron Bones Divine Ability.

Just as he saw that the Jade Ruler’s momentum was spent, before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, it suddenly flared with light once more.

While Treasures didn’t rely on kinetic energy for their destructive power, they still required a Cultivator’s Divine Sense and a consumption of Magical Power to operate.

A Cultivator’s Divine Sense and Magical Power, however, would ebb and flow; it was impossible for them to remain at their peak indefinitely.

Normally, after such a powerful burst, there would inevitably be a lull.

But this attacker shattered Du Youqian’s understanding. With almost no interval, he unleashed another burst of power.

Of course, it could also be a unique property of the Tier Five Jade Ruler itself!

Seeing that defense was futile, Du Youqian abandoned it completely.

’It’s time to go all out!’

He poured all of his Divine Sense into controlling Jinhuan, making it accelerate violently.

Before the Jade Ruler could strike, the rosy-lipped, pale-faced young man only had time for a look of astonishment before Jinhuan plunged into his side beneath his ribs.

The Snake Fang Sword Intent erupted!

Almost simultaneously, the Jade Ruler struck Du Youqian’s body with immense force.

The two events were separated by a hair’s breadth!

But Du Youqian knew his Snake Fang Sword Intent had struck first.

The explosive force of the Jade Ruler that struck him had clearly dropped by a tier.

More than half of Du Youqian’s body was practically turned into a honeycomb by the blow. Though he looked intact on the outside, his insides were riddled with countless injuries. Even a young child could have snapped his bones with a gentle touch.

The rosy-lipped, pale-faced young man also appeared unharmed, but the light in his eyes had vanished.

Every meridian in his body was shattered. He had no hope of survival unless a Great Power of Tier Five or higher, who was also a master of the healing arts, intervened to save him.

Du Youqian took a deep breath and activated his Instant Healing Divine Ability. More than ten years of his lifespan were consumed, but his body was restored to its original state.

After all, the injuries weren’t truly fatal. They looked gruesome, but they weren’t too difficult to repair. If he weren’t in a hurry to deal with his opponent’s Nascent Soul, he could have healed slowly on his own without issue.

Just as Du Youqian finished healing himself, a translucent Nascent Soul with a panicked and bewildered expression escaped from the top of the handsome young man’s head. Its appearance was completely different from the young man’s; clearly, that youthful look was a disguise created with a Secret Technique.

To an outsider, their entire exchange would have taken place in the blink of an eye, but it had been fraught with peril.

Neither side even had time to use their Heaven and Earth Divine Abilities, instead opening with their most lethal moves, which showed how seriously they took each other.

Du Youqian sighed to himself as he manipulated the sword Jinhuan to fly out of the young man’s corpse and slash toward the opponent’s Nascent Soul.

But his opponent was ruthless. After a silent sigh, the translucent Nascent Soul didn’t flee. Instead, it accelerated straight toward Du Youqian.

Just as it neared Du Youqian, its aura swelled violently.

Du Youqian’s Small Seal had already flown back. It expanded to ten feet square, shielding both Du Youqian and Little Wukong behind it.

With a tremendous BOOM, the man’s Nascent Soul exploded, giving Du Youqian no chance for a Soul Search.

The power of a self-destructing Nascent Soul was astonishing. Within a thousand-foot radius, the ground was scorched bare. It even blew the man’s corpse to smithereens. Du Youqian wondered if the Storage Treasure Pouches could have survived such a blast.

’If I can’t loot the body to recoup some of my losses, then this whole affair will have been... Well, even though I got a Tier Five Treasure, which is a huge win, I still feel a little cheated.’

He glanced at the Small Seal that had blocked the blast for him. It was covered in cracks. The cost to repair it would probably be enough to forge a new one.

Du Youqian and Little Wukong were unharmed. In contrast, Blood Sacrifice True Master, who had been farther away, was caught in the aftershock. He was covered in blood, without a single unbroken bone in his body.

Of course, for a Cultivator, such injuries only looked gruesome; they weren’t actually difficult to heal.

But Du Youqian had no intention of giving him the chance to heal.

Without even stopping to gather the spoils of war, he strode forward and, with a single finger strike, severed nearly half of Blood Sacrifice True Master’s meridians.

Blood Sacrifice True Master wailed, begging for mercy. "True Monarch! True Monarch! We can talk about this! Please, ask whatever you want! This junior will tell you everything I know! Everything!"

"Wouldn’t it be better if I see for myself?" Du Youqian wasted no more words on him. He slapped the back of Blood Sacrifice True Master’s head and began a forced Soul Search.

"Reporting to the Honored Envoy: A Cultivator raised in Momenan, who calls himself Qingxu Tongxuan Guanmiao True Monarch, disappeared two hundred years ago. He was said to be searching for a passage to the Human World through a weak point in space. This person recently returned to Momenan, killed our sect’s Supreme Elder with a single blow, and cut down one of the top three masters of Swordsmanship in Momenan..."

"This Qingxu Tongxuan Guanmiao True Monarch has recently been plundering the Inheritances and Tier Four and Tier Five resources of the various Major Sects. No one can stop him, and no one dares to object..."

"Honored Envoy, the resources this person has plundered are worth over one hundred million Spiritual Jade. If the Honored Envoy is interested in this haul, you may wish to take action..."

"Blood Sacrifice, the True Monarch will send someone to deal with this person and recover the resources. You are to cooperate fully with them. Do not fail."

Du Youqian focused on the communications between Blood Sacrifice True Master and the Human World. As for the Holy Blood Sect’s Inheritance and Blood Sacrifice True Master’s personal history, he only skimmed through them.

Although his Divine Sense was strong enough to completely overwhelm Blood Sacrifice True Master’s, protecting him from being too deeply influenced...

But reviewing another person’s entire life would inevitably have some influence, some corrupting effect.

It simply wasn’t necessary.

He already knew more about the Holy Blood Sect’s Inheritances and secrets than this man did.

At most, he took a moment to understand the new Secret Technique the Holy Blood Sect had recently created for siphoning Essence Blood.

Du Youqian got the feeling that this was definitely not a Cultivation Technique that a Core Formation Cultivator could have created. There was likely something more to it.

As for the visitor from the Human World he had just slain, it was undoubtedly either Jin Xiao Master or Boluo Master. It had to be one of the two.

And the mastermind, needless to say, was certainly a Divinity Transformation True Monarch. In all likelihood, it was the same True Monarch Zhaoxiang Guangde that Huang Bo Master had mentioned.

Letting go of Blood Sacrifice True Master, who was as limp as a dead dog, Du Youqian began to loot the body.

The Nascent Soul’s self-destruction must have destroyed one or two Storage Treasure Pouches. The loot on this visitor from the Human World was far less abundant than Du Youqian had imagined.

In total, there were two Tier Four Treasures. One was a rare Flying Treasure, a Tier Four Flying Boat. The other was a defensive item: a crude Dharma Robe stitched from Tier Four Tiger King Fur.

This would at least cover Du Youqian’s losses.

There was also a Tier Five Talisman Treasure, worth several hundred thousand Spiritual Jade.

And there were various assorted materials and Elixirs, along with some worthless trinkets, totaling about five to six hundred thousand Spiritual Jade in value.

Du Youqian presented the materials and Elixirs to Little Wukong. The monkey rummaged through them, completely uninterested. He only stared at the Dharma Robe stitched from Tier Four Tiger King Fur, seemingly tempted.

So Du Youqian tossed the Dharma Robe to him. The monkey slipped it on, and with a single thought, the robe shrank to a perfect fit.

It even changed its style, becoming more rugged and primitive, which actually suited Little Wukong’s monkey-like temperament...

He leaped about in the Tiger Skin Dharma Robe, clearly overjoyed.

After he finished looting the body, the more Du Youqian thought about it, the angrier he became.

’I may have profited this time... A Tier Five Treasure has to be worth at least three or four million Spiritual Jade!’

’They’re welcome to come and deliver more treasures anytime.’

’But to stoop so low, using deception and sneak attacks—that’s just wrong!’

’A Divinity Transformation True Monarch? Ooh, I’m so scared. But it’s like I always say: the killer was Qingxu Tongxuan Guanmiao True Monarch. What does that have to do with me, Sui Xiao?’

’I have to go meet this True Monarch Zhaoxiang Guangde. I can’t just suffer this in silence... Ahem, or rather, I should call it "getting rich on the quiet"...’

Carrying Blood Sacrifice True Master, who was limp as a dead dog, and with the heroic Little Wukong perched on his shoulder, Du Youqian performed a quick refinement on the captured Tier Four Flying Boat and set off toward the East Sea Teleportation Array.

He was going to find this True Monarch Zhaoxiang Guangde and call him to account!

Arriving above the Teleportation Array, he left Little Wukong on the Flying Boat. Du Youqian then dove into the sea with practiced ease. He swam down to the undersea grotto and proceeded unimpeded to the front of the Teleportation Array.

The Holy Blood Sect Cultivator guarding the Teleportation Array clearly recognized Du Youqian. Not daring to obstruct him, the guard gave a wary salute and stepped aside.