Chapter 115: Undead King Sect! Chained Beast?!
Chen Xuan watched in silence as the girl convulsed violently before collapsing to the ground.
Despite her delicate appearance, he felt no sympathy.
Her characteristics had already made her identity clear.
She was a demonic cultivator, and not a simple one at that.
Judging by her companions’ abilities, it was easy to determine that they belonged to a corpse-refining sect.
Even within the demonic path, practitioners of such arts were notorious for their cruelty.
After all, refining corpses was no simple matter.
It required elaborate rituals, countless deaths, and an endless supply of bodies.
Although the girl had appeared innocent and had just been betrayed by her Senior Brother, she was far from pitiful.
Her hands had long been stained with the blood of innocents.
Chen Xuan did not dwell on the matter.
Instead, he focused on sorting through the memories he had just obtained.
Soon, he gained a rough understanding of the situation.
"Undead King Sect..."
Soon, he gained a rough understanding of the situation.
Before today, he had never heard of this term. Now, however, he understood its significance.
"A sect from the Xuanyuan Domain? What are they doing in the Tianxuan Domain?"
He frowned.
Unfortunately, no answer came.
The girl’s status had simply been too low, and neither she nor her companions possessed any real authority within the sect.
At most, they had heard rumors and made a few guesses of their own.
Shaking his head, Chen Xuan abandoned the line of thought.
With a casual wave of his hand, flames swept across the area. The fresh corpses and the older walking corpses were both reduced to ash.
Only after collecting their storage treasures did he shift his attention toward the black flower.
Like the group before him, he recognized it immediately.
Its characteristics were too distinctive.
Although he had never encountered a complete flower before, he was already familiar with the product derived from it.
Undead Flower—a precious spiritual flower born in areas dense with Death Qi.
Besides its beauty, the reason it was valuable was that it served as the main ingredient for a famous elixir.
Nascent Soul Pill.
’Not the entire Undead Flower is needed for each batch of pills.’
’Only a portion of its essence is required.’
Chen Xuan recalled as he carefully examined the flower.
’Judging by its size, this single specimen should be more than enough to produce hundreds of Nascent Soul Pills.’
Granted, that assumed he could gather the remaining ingredients.
However, compared to obtaining an Undead Flower, the rest of the materials were vastly easier to obtain.
With excitement, Chen Xuan carefully uprooted the flower.
Then, just as cautiously, he stored it inside his spatial ring.
Only after the process was complete and nothing unexpected occurred did he finally release a breath of relief.
A smile soon followed.
’I didn’t expect it.’
’I just arrived, and the harvest is already this great.’
’Tang Yuechen wasn’t exaggerating. The Dread Forest truly is a land of opportunities.’
Still, Chen Xuan quickly suppressed his excitement.
The abundance of resources did not change the fact that this place was extremely dangerous.
The presence of disciples from the Undead King Sect was already proof of that.
Moreover, from the memories he had just obtained, Chen Xuan knew this group was neither the only one operating within the forest nor the strongest.
At the same time, another suspicion was confirmed.
The strange events plaguing the eastern region were most likely connected to the Undead King Sect.
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After picking up the Undead Flower, Chen Xuan did not allow greed to cloud his judgment.
He didn’t try to gather more resources, but instead followed the route in the girl’s memories and ventured deeper into the forest.
Along the way, he encountered several groups of demonic cultivators, as well as lone wandering corpse puppets.
However, he refrained from taking action.
He knew that eliminating them would alert the enemy.
Compared to killing a few cannon fodder, it was far more efficient to go straight to the source of the trouble.
With his speed, the journey was short.
Shortly afterward, he arrived outside a cavern.
Several disciples of the Undead King Sect stood guard at its entrance.
Like the group he had encountered earlier, each disciple controlled several walking corpses through specialized treasures, forming a seemingly impenetrable defense.
’Unfortunately...’
Chen Xuan shook his head.
’...such measures are meaningless against me.’
The moment the thought crossed his mind, his body transformed into a streak of light.
It moved through the guarding teams and bypassed their surveillance, weaving past the guards without attracting any attention.
Throughout the process, none of the arranged formations were activated.
The Heavenly Insight Eye remained active, allowing Chen Xuan to see them and walk right past them.
As soon as he entered the cave, he felt the concentration of Death Qi surge dramatically. It was several times denser than outside.
Clearly, this was the heart of the forest and, most likely, the source of the Death Qi itself.
This realization, however, only deepened his doubts.
The Dread Forest had existed for centuries, while the Undead King Sect had only just recently arrived.
Whatever was happening here likely predated them.
’Did they discover something hidden within the forest?’
’Is that why they crossed multiple Domains to come here?’
Despite his doubts, Chen Xuan did not slow down.
Avoiding patrol after patrol, he continued deeper underground. The cave resembled an enormous nest.
Hundreds of passages branched in every direction, and if one did not know the way, they would quickly become lost.
Fortunately, Chen Xuan had no need to follow the paths. He simply stretched his divine sense, moving toward the area where the Death Qi was the most concentrated.
It didn’t take long. Shortly afterward, he arrived in front of a massive stone gate.
Unlike the previous checkpoints, no guards stood nearby.
Yet rather than feeling relieved, Chen Xuan became even more cautious.
The sound of wailing ghosts echoed in his ears, while metallic rattling soon followed.
An image immediately appeared in his mind.
An ancient, bloodthirsty creature was chained tightly and was currently struggling to break free.
