Chapter 349: Chapter 324 Yinuo Nine Refining_1
However, the speed of Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo was extremely fast. After the bald man and his group chased them for a while, they had completely lost the trace of Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo.
"That kid, he’s only in the True Body Realm, yet he’s so powerful. He must be an extraordinary talent cultivated by a major power. If such a character grows up, it will be a big hindrance to our great cause. We absolutely cannot let him live." Said an old man with a goatee.
"That’s a given. And such a powerful physique, if we take him back, the Immortal Lord will definitely be delighted and heavily reward us. We must search with all our power, we cannot let this person escape." The bald man said coldly.
"Be careful."
Suddenly, someone roared.
From behind them, Lu Yan’s figure reappeared without their knowing, rushing towards them like lightning. A flash of his knife cut through the air; two good heads flew up high and fresh blood sprayed several meters high like a fountain.
It turns out, Lu Yan did not run away at all. Instead, he was hiding halfway, waiting for an opportunity to ambush.
Whoosh!
After beheading two people with one slice, Lu Yan made another move, striking toward the goateed old man.
When Lu Yan made his move, he was selective.
He directly skipped those covered in Will Power Pattern.
Because such people are often hard to kill, maybe one move would not be enough.
And those without the Will Power Pattern were no different from ordinary martial cultivators and seemed to have a higher position without the Will Power Pattern.
The goateed old man changed color in fright. Before he could defend himself, he was immediately split in half by Lu Yan’s blade.
Then, the Five-Colored Battle Knife changed direction, swiping towards the bald man’s neck.
The bald man swung his sword to defend, but even though he was in the Primordial Spirit Realm, he had only just broken through the barrier not long ago, how could he face Lu Yan? With a clang, the bald man staggered backwards, his arms trembling, and he almost let go of his war sword.
"Block him, block him..."
The bald man retreated frantically towards the ten metal behemoths. The ten metal behemoths also roared and pounced towards where he was.
Lu Yan twisted his body, pounced like a great dragon, and caught up with the bald man in an instant. The Five-Colored Battle Knife continuously slashed, producing twelve strikes in a blink of an eye.
The bald man used all his strength, barely blocking two strokes. The third stroke was aimed at his forehead.
At the crucial moment, there was a light in his central brows and a Jade Talisman flew out. With a bang, it exploded, transforming into a light curtain, enveloping the bald man.
Clang, clang ...
The following nine strokes all landed on the light curtain.
The light curtain vibrated like ripples of water. After each hit, the light curtain would dim.
After the nine strokes, the light curtain had become extremely dim, and the bald man’s body was sent flying backwards by the immense force. He landed abruptly amongst the ten metal giants.
"Get him." The bald man yelled, filled with lingering fear.
Ten metal behemoths pounced at Lu Yan altogether.
Lu Yan quickly retreated.
These metal behemoths were indestructible, extremely difficult to deal with, even if ten came at once, Lu Yan had no confidence in handling them.
Whomp, whomp...
As Lu Yan rushed past them, flashes of his knife gleamed again, and two more skulls flew up. He then fled the scene.
The ten metal behemoths chased him for a while until the bald man stopped them.
He was too wary of Lu Yan in the end, fearing that if he gave chase, he would fall in another ambush by Lu Yan. He did not have many of those body-protecting Jade Talisman.
"This kid..."
Watching the four headless corpses lying on the ground, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
These people were the martial arts talents meticulously selected and cultivated over the years by the Immortal Lord. Now that five of them were so easily killed, he didn’t know how to explain it to the Immortal Lord when he went back.
....
Lu Yan ran for several hundred meters in one breath, reunited with Shen Yinuo, entered a tunnel, passed through a compound, and then slowed down.
"Those guys probably don’t dare to chase after us." Lu Yan said.
"I didn’t expect, the people from Fairy Ruins have also come. There are nine Fairy Ruins in Da Chu now, I wonder how many have come?" Shen Yinuo mulled, her face a little solemn.
"Yinuo, how much do you know about Fairy Ruins?" Lu Yan asked.
"Not much, just superficial knowledge. I only know that there are currently nine Fairy Ruins left in the Da Chu Dynasty, each of them has existed for an extremely long time, all existed since the ancient times."
"Also, every Fairy Ruin has a complex environment, with many creatures difficult to enter." Shen Yinuo explained.
"How many Immortals are there in each Fairy Ruin, and what is their approximate strength?" Lu Yan asked.
"I don’t know for certain, but I’m guessing there are at least ten. During the peak era of the Da Chu Dynasty, they organized powerful warriors to enter the Fairy Ruins for Hunting Immortals. Due to this, a few Fairy Ruins were destroyed, and the Fairy Ruins with the least number of Immortals also had more than ten Immortals."
"As for their approximate strength, I can’t say for sure, but the weakest are at the Primordial Spirit Realm. Moreover, mature Immortals seemed to be suppressed by some force and could not exert their strongest fighting power." Shen Yinuo explained.
"Suppressed by some force? Who suppressed them?"
"I’m not sure."
Shen Yinuo shook her head.
Lu Yan thought to himself, his face solemn. He had a bad feeling.
Ever since the Dagu Dynasty, for more than five thousand years, the Immortals have been hiding in the Fairy Ruins, refusing to partake in worldly disputes. But now they seem eager to get moving. There must be some change that he didn’t know about.
After a twisted and turned journey, they eventually found a quiet spot in the palace.
This place seemed to be a bedroom. There were dozens of rooms in a row, but everything in the room had been stripped empty, even the furniture was not spared.
Apparently, a lot of people were not clear whether these things were useful or not. However, anyways, everything is from the Fairy Ruin, so they like to follow the idea of taking it wrong rather than losing it.
The two of them randomly picked a room, closed the door. Then, with a flash of light, a Martial Arts Avatar appeared and stood by the door, being their protector.
"Yinuo, there are many people here. To avoid unexpected happenings, let’s refine the treasures with the Yin Yang Melting Furnace Method to increase the speed." Lu Yan suggested.
Originally, they planned to concentrate all resources to one person, to allow one person to advance first.
According to the previous agreement, it was now Shen Yinuo’s turn to use them.
However, this time they had received a lot of heavenly treasures, specifically nineteen. Additionally, Lu Yan still had one Blood Ginseng left, so all together, they had twenty.
These twenty heavenly treasures should be enough for each of them to go through transformation once.
Therefore, using the Yin Yang Melting Furnace Method to split the energy evenly was the most efficient way.
This time, Shen Yinuo did not object and her face blushed as she nodded.
Soon, the two of them opened their hearts to each other, held each other’s hands, and the Great Sun Melting Furnace appeared, floating above their heads.
The lid of the furnace opened, and a Blood Ginseng flew into the Great Sun Melting Furnace and was quickly refined.
Then, a rich and pure energy circulated back and forth inside both of them, eventually accumulated within their bodies.
Just over two hours had passed, and a Blood Ginseng had already been fully refined.
For Lu Yan alone to refine a Blood Ginseng, it would take a full day and night. However, with their combined effort, the speed was ten times faster than if Lu Yan had done it by himself.
Continue!
The second heavenly treasure flew into the Great Sun Melting Furnace.
The third one, the fourth one...
...
Meanwhile, in a corner of the Immortal Palace.
Boom Boom Boom!
A fierce battle broke out.
An expert from a fairy ruins was commanding thirteen immortal puppets to surround and attack a single man.
That man was none other than Wu Hao.
Although Wu Hao was a strong fighter, he was failing against the thirteen indestructible immortal puppets, putting him on the defensive.
Finally, by relying on the formidable defense of the metal monument, he continually pushed back five immortal puppets, broke free from the encirclement, and attempted to escape.
However, a group of people appeared in front of him.
This group of people also had a dozen giant immortal puppets with them.
Another fairy ruins expert had arrived.
The fairy ruins expert moved his hand, commanding the puppets to start their attack.
Faced with over twenty immortal puppets, Wu Hao was helpless and his power soon began to drain.
Thud!
An immortal puppet struck Wu Hao with a heavy claw, sending him flying. Wu Hao coughed up a mouthful of blood as a few of his ribs broke.
"Don’t kill me, I surrender, I will submit to the Fairy Ruins," Wu Hao shouted.
However, the immortal puppets were unmoved and continued to attack.
"I am the Sect’s Son of the Shengwu Sect, Wu Hao. The Shengwu Sect is powerful. If I secretly support the fairy ruins, it would be a great benefit," Wu Hao cried out in utter desperation.
Both fairy ruins experts looked at each other, controlling the immortal puppets to stop and surround Wu Hao.
"Wu Hao, how can we trust you if you say you surrender? You’re very powerful, if you seize a chance to attack us surreptitiously, none of us would be your match," said a young man with a war sword on his back.
This person was named Su Zong, a primordial spirit expert from a fairy ruins.
"What do I need to do for you to trust me?" asked Wu Hao.
"It’s simple."
Su Zong answered, a smile on his face. He produced a Jade Vial from his hand, saying, "There is a worm in this vial, an Immortal Gu made by our Immortal Lord himself. If you swallow it, it can enter your soul. If you harbor any malicious intentions, once the Immortal Gu makes a move, you will undoubtedly die."
After finishing speaking, he pushed the jade vial and it flew towards Wu Hao.
Wu Hao caught it, his expression fluctuating.
"If you don’t swallow it, it proves that you aren’t truly surrendering, and we’ll have to send you on your way," Su Zong’s eyes brimmed with murderous intent.
"Fine, I’ll swallow it."
Grinding his teeth, Wu Hao opened the vial, and gulped down the blood-red worm inside.
In an instant, red light radiated from his forehead. The shadow of a bug could be seen flickering for a second.
Su Zong wore a satisfied smile, instructing the immortal puppet to retreat.
"Next, I have a task for you. Bring the cultivators from various powers to the edge area. We need to take these people back to the Fairy Ruins," Su Zong commanded.
Wu Hao bowed and clenched his fists in response.
...
Time flew, and soon, almost two days had passed.
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo had been refining heavenly treasures the whole time. Luckily, they were not disturbed by anyone during these two days.
During these two days, they had refined a total of eighteen heavenly treasures, each of them ending up with nine when split evenly.
As expected, breaking through to the True Body Ninth Refinement was much harder than the Eight Refinement.
When Lu Yan was breaking through to True Body Eight Refinements, he consumed six Immortal Demon Fruits and a Blood Ginseng.
He made the estimation that two pieces of Immortal Demon Fruits were equivalent to one Blood Ginseng.
Actually, he had refined the equivalent of four Blood Ginsengs before he had broken through to True Body Eighth Refinement.
To break through to True Body Ninth Refinement, the energy required was several times that of the Eight Refinement.
Fortunately, some of the heavenly treasures they received had copious amounts of medicinal power, exceeding that of the Blood Ginseng.
Therefore, Shen Yinuo reached her limit first and began her transformation.
Lu Yan, on the other hand, felt that he was still short.
While Shen Yinuo was transforming, Lu Yan took out a heavenly treasure on his own, swallowed it and refined it by himself.
Less than a day later, Shen Yinuo successfully transformed and stepped into True Body Ninth Refinement. The surface of her body radiated a divine, flawless light as if she was a fairy descending into the mortal world.
After a while, the radiating light began to dissipate.
Afterwards, she sat quietly, watching Lu Yan refining herbal medicine.
