Chapter 666 - 647: The Creditor, the Seventh Princess

Sun Lie glanced at Wang Meng. ’This Third-Transformation beast might still be salvageable, but its owner is nothing but a spendthrift.’

The so-called "Flame of Life and Death" was, in fact, the Phoenix Nirvana Divine Flame. It was a type of Divine Flame that only Divine Beasts with a Phoenix Bloodline could control. An extremely diluted amount of it was worthless.

In fact, many exceptional True Essence Beasts carried a trace of it within them, but it was a shame that such a minuscule amount could never be utilized in their entire lifetime.

He turned his attention back to the Third-Transformation Red Melt Bird. A mutated, Third-Transformation True Essence Beast that also possessed a trace of the Flame of Life and Death... This was quite a challenge for him.

"Void Refining Pill Qi, rise!"

With a soft cry, the fragrant medicinal aroma emanating from Sun Lie grew thicker. A stream of Pill Qi rose slowly into the air and, amidst the swirling white mist, a Divine Pill gradually materialized!

"Set!"

The burly Hall Master pointed, and the Divine Pill merged right into the Red Melt Bird’s body!

SCREECH...

The Red Melt Bird let out a wretched cry. Under the healing effect of the burly Hall Master’s Divine Pill Voiding Technique, its internal injuries began to mend. However, another bizarre power was constantly undoing the healing process!

"This is bad! This... is this the Power of Tribulation?"

Sun Lie cried out in alarm, hastily retracting his power and backing away!

To Wang Meng, who had been watching the entire process, the appearance of the Power of Tribulation was somewhat surprising, yet not entirely unexpected.

’I see now,’ Wang Meng thought. ’This Red Melt Bird wasn’t injured through normal means... It must have been wounded by a Celestial Tribulation during a failed attempt to force its advancement to the Fifth Transformation. How reckless. It’s impossible for a Red Melt Bird to reach the Fifth Transformation in the first place.’

Wang Meng blinked. ’That seems like the most plausible explanation.’ He nodded to himself.

To put it plainly, Wang Meng had only used his own Cultivation Technique to help Nine Discount increase its strength. Perhaps sensing the intense desire emanating from Wang Meng’s body, all five of his little companions had expressed a powerful urge to advance. Wang Meng had thought he could bend the rules and avoid interference from the Power of Laws, but in the end, he couldn’t escape it.

Clearly, the advancement of a True Essence Beast still depended on the beast itself. Wang Meng could only play a supportive role.

Sun Lie looked at Wang Meng with a puzzled expression. "It will be very difficult to save this True Essence Beast. Even if we succeed, it will be crippled. You should just give up."

Of course, Wang Meng refused to believe that. "Isn’t there any other way?"

Sun Lie was about to dismiss him but changed his mind when he saw Wang Meng’s persistence. "Perhaps... a Grandmaster Level Pill Cultivator might have a solution."

"Then please find a Grandmaster for me."

Wang Meng said it so matter-of-factly that it made everyone around him stare at him with odd expressions—some pitying, others amused.

"Is something wrong?"

Sun Lie was exasperated. Despite his burly and somewhat menacing appearance, he was good-tempered. "Do you think Grandmasters are like street vendors you can just summon at will?"

"Hey, kid, you think Pill Immortal Grandmasters are as common as cabbages at the market? You expect to get a Grandmaster to personally intervene for a mere Third-Transformation Red Melt Bird?"

The crowd erupted in laughter.

Just then, the Seventh Princess’s figure appeared quietly at the edge of the crowd. A shimmering light enveloped her, and her facial features began to shift. Next, her physique changed as well. In the blink of an eye, she had transformed into a completely different person.

"Why don’t you come back tomorrow? I’ll ask around for you." Sun Lie had taken a liking to the look in the Red Melt Bird’s eyes; it was stubborn. Despite its low rank, it was full of fighting spirit.

As a Pill Master who had spent a long time around True Essence Beasts, he couldn’t help but grow attached to them.

"Thank you very much, then." Wang Meng clasped his hands in a gesture of thanks.

Ji Ruyan watched on coldly. In her current form, she looked like an aloof young man.

Wang Meng had just reached the entrance when someone blocked his path.

"Excuse me, miss, could you please let me pass?" Wang Meng said after a brief glance upward.

The person blocking his way was none other than the Seventh Princess, Ji Ruyan, who was so startled by his words that she almost jumped.

Her current disguise was a rather profound form of Magic known as the "Celestial Splendor Imperial Ceremony." Only someone at least a full level of Cultivation higher than her should have been able to see through it...

’Is Wang Meng really that powerful?’

’Impossible!’

’How could someone with a Five Elements Abandoned Body have such sharp discernment!’

’That’s it!’

’Wang Meng must be trying to insult me! He saw a man and deliberately called him ’miss’... I’ve heard that vulgar commoners use this method to mock others. Calling a man ’miss’ is the ultimate insult!’

’Since it’s the ultimate insult, then I have to act appropriately enraged!’

"Wh-You... you... Are you trying to get yourself killed?!"

Ji Ruyan had to think for a moment before forcing out the insult. Even in her pure, sheltered world of endless scholarship, Ji Ruyan couldn’t entirely escape worldly vulgarities and had picked up a few curses. The funny part was that she had learned them from her tenth sister, the Tenth Princess.

Wang Meng stopped in his tracks with a sigh of resignation. At his level, he couldn’t care less about such provocations, but he had forgotten that he was now in Haojing.

Different worlds had different rules. This wasn’t the Small Thousand Realm, and what’s more, his "body" itself was a huge problem.

The Seventh Princess took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to smash Wang Meng to a pulp with a single punch. She was a princess, after all. Even when taking revenge, she had to do so with a princess’s grace, not with crude violence. That would be far too low-class.

’What is truly high-end revenge? It’s to completely crush an opponent mentally, to make them despair, go mad, and kneel before you, weeping and begging for mercy.’

’And right now, such an opportunity was right in front of her!’

CLACK!

With a crisp sound, the Seventh Princess flicked out a pendant.

The moment Sun Lie saw the pendant, his entire body shuddered. ’What a day to be seeing ghosts,’ he thought.

"Gr-Grandmaster!" The words had barely left his mouth as he bent at the waist, performing a deep, formal bow.

The Seventh Princess nodded and gestured with her hand. "At ease."

Her cold gaze, however, remained fixed on Wang Meng.

Sun Lie immediately rushed in front of Wang Meng. "Young man, it’s your lucky day! Hurry up and pay your respects to the Grandmaster!"

Sun Lie was genuinely concerned for the Red Melt Bird. As a Pill Cultivator, he was dying to know who had managed to push a Third-Transformation Red Melt Bird to this point. It was clear they had been on the very brink of success, an incredible achievement in itself.

Since this great personage, who possessed proof of being a Pill Immortal Grandmaster, had taken the initiative to stop Wang Meng, she must be willing to help. Of course, all Grandmasters had their pride. What Grandmaster would ever take the initiative and ask someone to let them treat their True Essence Beast?

Ji Ruyan simply stared icily at Wang Meng. The Third-Transformation Red Melt Bird was nearing its limit. With her Pill Immortal Grandmaster Level Cultivation, she could clearly sense a Power of Tribulation—one that was neither strong nor weak—steadily tearing the creature’s body apart.

Wang Meng was stunned for a moment. ’This chick who likes to dress up as a man is a Pill Immortal Grandmaster?’

He was a bit skeptical, but he decided to go with the flow and nodded at Ji Ruyan. "Um, could I trouble you... Grandmaster... for your help?"

’For me, Master Wang, to have to call a little slip of a girl ’Your Excellency’... it’s a bit much.’

"And just because you ask for my help, I have to give it?"

Ji Ruyan said with a cold smirk.

Wang Meng was speechless. ’What is with this person?’ "If you’re not going to help, then why are you blocking my way?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)