Chapter 217 - 155: Nine Yang Sacred Body

Chapter 217: Chapter 155: Nine Yang Sacred Body

Elder Wuu nodded slightly. "Do you remember Chai Yuan, the one you traded with for the Fire Python Inner Core? He’s a successor from Celestial Treasure Mountain, and they never lack for heavenly treasures. He’s still on the island. I’ll go ask him."

"Oh? He hasn’t left yet?"

Chen Xuan’s eyes lit up.

"Yes."

Elder Wuu nodded.

"Alright, go ask him. I’ll wait for you at my residence!"

Chen Xuan smiled.

Elder Wuu immediately cupped his fist and withdrew.

Chen Xuan, for his part, led Mr. Zhuo toward his residence on the island.

Before long, a handsome man dressed in tight-fitting, blue-black martial attire walked over. It was Chai Yuan, who had a somewhat roguish air about him. He approached with a smile and said, "Young Hero Chen, I hear you’re looking to buy some heavenly treasures?"

"Yes."

Chen Xuan immediately rose, greeting him with a smile.

"What kind? For cultivation again?"

"That’s right!"

"Tell me, how much do you need?"

Chai Yuan smiled.

"...How much do you have?"

"I don’t have much on me right now, only five stalks."

"What’s the price?"

"Price?"

Chai Yuan gave a slight smile and waved his hand dismissively. "Talking about price sours the mood. If Young Hero Chen wants them, what’s the harm in me just giving them to you?"

"Give them to me?"

Chen Xuan’s eyes flashed.

"That’s right."

Chai Yuan grinned, very generously taking a bundle from his back. "There are also two life-extending heavenly treasures inside. I’ll give them to you as well. How about we just call it making a friend?"

Chen Xuan immediately fell into thought.

’He’s giving me so many heavenly treasures just to make a friend. This is no small favor! Repaying this debt in the future won’t be easy.’

But then his thoughts shifted, and a smile appeared on his face.

’As long as it doesn’t violate my principles, what’s a small favor? If he tried to make me violate my principles, I wouldn’t give him the time of day anyway. After all, I’m not some inflexible fool.’

"Since Brother Chai puts it that way, it would seem too ungracious of me not to accept."

Chen Xuan chuckled softly, casually accepting the bundle and beginning to inspect it. "If Brother Chai runs into trouble in the future, as long as it’s within my power, all you need is to say the word. Even if I have to ride a thousand li, it will be done!"

"Excellent! With those words from Young Hero Chen, I’ve truly struck gold!"

Chai Yuan was overjoyed.

Chen Xuan opened the bundle. Inside were two boxes. One contained five identical, air-dried treasured herbs, which pulsed with dense Primordial Qi.

The other box held two treasured herbs that resembled ginseng.

’These must be the life-extending ones.’

"Someone, prepare a banquet! I want to drink heartily with Brother Chai!"

Chen Xuan laughed.

"Yes, Elder Chen."

Elder Wuu immediately went to make the arrangements.

Before long, a fine banquet was served.

Chen Xuan invited Mr. Zhuo and Elder Wuu to sit as well. They all ate, drank, and made small talk.

The rich aroma of food filled the air.

As the wine flowed and spirits rose.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside, and a figure rushed over at extreme speed. Upon seeing Chen Xuan, he quickly said, "Elder Chen, there’s news about the matter you asked me to keep an eye on."

Even Xu Kai himself hadn’t expected it. Chen Xuan had barely left when a new mission, sent by express from a thousand li away, arrived.

Chen Xuan’s eyes lit up.

"Elder Xu, have you eaten? Come, join us. And tell me, what’s the mission?"

He quickly gestured for him to join.

Xu Kai walked over quickly and sat down in a nearby seat, panting. He took a letter from his person and handed it to Chen Xuan. "Just now. A letter sent by express courier from the Alliance. It’s a True Essence Realm mission."

"A True Essence Realm mission?"

Chen Xuan’s eyes flashed. He took the letter and scanned it quickly.

Soon, his expression hardened.

The letter was from a Martial Alliance elder at the True Qi Ninth Layer named Zhou Yuan. He was in charge of Huoyun Province, but a short time ago, his daughter, Zhou Ling’Er, had disappeared—no trace of her, dead or alive.

After he bribed the Listening Wind Pavilion and conducted a careful investigation, he finally found a clue.

It turned out his daughter had been secretly abducted and refined into a ’Xuan-Yin Cold Pill’. By the time her body was found, she was a mangled mess, unrecognizable, her entire essence drained away...

The faction that abducted his daughter was called the Taixu Sword Sect, suspected of being an external agent for some Grotto Heaven power...

Heartbroken and unsure how to proceed, he had written to the Alliance headquarters, hoping they would handle the matter.

"Refining a human into a pill? They’re courting death!"

Chen Xuan’s tone turned icy.

"Refining a human into a pill?"

"Elder Chen, could you elaborate?"

Mr. Zhuo, Elder Wuu, and Chai Yuan looked puzzled.

Chen Xuan took a shallow breath and passed the letter directly to Chai Yuan.

Chai Yuan took a closer look, his pupils contracting. "’Xuan-Yin Cold Pill’? This is the work of Jiang Longyang. Jiang Longyang is one of the three great young masters of Heaven-Burning Valley, and Heaven-Burning Valley is the headquarters of the Taixu Sword Sect. There’s no mistake."

Heaven-Burning Valley?

Beside him, both Mr. Zhuo’s and Elder Wuu’s expressions changed slightly.

’How did we get involved with this faction?’

They were once considered a part of the Martial Alliance.

They split off during the Martial Alliance’s most glorious era...

"Jiang Longyang? Then why would he use an innocent woman to refine this ’Xuan-Yin Cold Pill’?"

Chen Xuan’s tone grew cold.

"No, not innocent."

Chai Yuan spoke quickly, "This isn’t a secret in the Grotto Heaven world; many factions know about it. That Jiang Longyang of Heaven-Burning Valley has a special constitution. He was born with the [Nine Yang Saint Body]. His [Nine Yang Saint Body] is exceptionally strange. Every time he cultivates a new layer, endless flames erupt from within him.

Over time, these flames accumulate into an immeasurable amount of fire poison. The higher his realm, the stronger the poison, and when it acts up, the pain is unbearable.

There’s only one way to suppress the fire poison: take one ’Xuan-Yin Cold Pill’ every month.

And a primary ingredient for this ’Xuan-Yin Cold Pill’ is a young virgin girl born in a Yin year, Yin month, Yin day, and Yin hour. This dead girl must have met the criteria! Otherwise, Heaven-Burning Valley would have never captured her!

Furthermore, it’s said that during the refining process for the Xuan-Yin Cold Pill, the victim suffers endless agony until her very essence is drained from her while she’s still alive. In short, it’s an utterly inhumane act."

"What?"

Chen Xuan’s eyes widened in shock.

’Something like this actually happens? A virgin girl born in a Yin year, Yin month, Yin day, and Yin hour... The odds of that are one in ten million! But she just happened to fit the bill. And this Jiang Longyang needs one of these pills every month? How many innocent girls has he had refined?’

"Elder Chen, perhaps... we should just let this go?"

Mr. Zhuo, at his side, couldn’t help but advise.

’That’s Heaven-Burning Valley we’re talking about! Even at its peak, the Martial Alliance couldn’t defeat them. After so many years, they’ve become a behemoth... We can’t be reckless about this!’

"Let it go?"

Chen Xuan’s face darkened. "Let it go, my ass!"

He slammed his palm on the table, the fiery aura around him surging.

’If I hadn’t known about this, it would be one thing. But now that I know, I’m supposed to just let it go? That’s absolutely impossible. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even be able to live with myself. What would be the point of retribution points then? To hell with retribution points!’