Chapter 132: Chapter 132: Purification Pill
The cave dwelling was deeply secluded, sometimes peacefully silent, other times erupting with shouts.
The stone rooms branched out in all directions where accomplished martial artists often entered in groups of three to five. Some were individually searching for stone keys while others would start a fierce battle when meeting martial artists who were in the process of opening small sealed stone rooms.
Many people were driven mad by the prospect of treasures and fortuitous opportunities.
After stepping through three consecutive stone rooms, Shi Xiaole finally found a small sealed room on the side wall of the fourth room. Picking up a stone key, he inserted it into the hole.
Creeeak.
The stone door opened, revealing a thumb-sized gemstone inside.
"To thrive in the Martial World, one certainly can’t be short of money."
Since it was something he got for nothing, Shi Xiaole wasn’t overly bothered about whether it was a disappointment or not.
Along the way, he had to engage in several battles and as per his wishes, acquired three more stone keys. Unfortunately, though, he only obtained a third-tier inferior secret book and a bottle of blood-boosting pills.
Although there were many sealed rooms, it was not possible for every one of them to contain good items. Some were even completely vacant. After all, although masters at the Xuanqi realm are known to be wealthy, their wealth also has a limit. Especially with items like secret books, the sheer quantity is absolutely limited.
"Dongfang Haoran, why did you design your tomb to be like this?"
As he journeyed further, Shi Xiaole began to ponder the main question.
It should be noted that most martial artists do not wish for their tombs to be dug up after they die, hence they would set up many hidden weapons and traps. However, all that Shi Xiaole found in Dongfang Haoran’s dwelling were fortuitous opportunities.
It was as if it was deliberately designed for outsiders to visit.
"Perhaps it’s a test he designed to find a successor for his Frenzy Technique."
Tucking away his doubts in the back of his mind, Shi Xiaole continued to move forward.
...
In one of the stone rooms, a group of grandmasters were helplessly slumped on the ground, all of them looking at the young man in the yellow garment standing in the middle with horrified faces.
"Gentlemen, any other secret techniques left to show?"
The young man in the yellow garment twirled the stone key in his hand and asked with a smile.
"No, none left."
Someone’s lips turned white with fear.
There were seventeen of them in total, and the strongest amongst them had reached the Fifth Tier peak of Qi Absorption realm. The weakest was at the Fourth Tier, yet they were unable to withstand even five moves from the young man in yellow.
What’s more terrifying is that he appeared perfectly at ease, making it clear he hadn’t employed his full strength.
"Boring."
The young man in the yellow garment walked away.
"We have exhausted all our methods against him, but there’s not a shred of killer intent on him. God! I know who he is now - he’s Xiang Mingzhen, the ’Yellow Dargon Talent’ who never kills!"
Finally, someone exclaimed.
"It could only be him. We can’t say we didn’t deserve to fail this time."
’Yellow Dargon Talent’ Xiang Mingzhen, one of the outstanding figures in the Floating River Area, boasted exceptional potential and remarkable power. However, his personality was quite strange. No one in the world has been able to provoke him to commit murder.
Even if the person was a heinous criminal, if they fell into his hands, their martial arts would be wasted at most.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn’t help but feel a chill run down their spine. They were fortunate to have encountered Xiang Mingzhen; otherwise, they’d hardly have been left alive if it were anyone else.
In the straight-tunneled passageways, the murderous intent was like a swamp, making one feel suffocated.
"I hate being ambushed."
The young man was decked out in brocade clothes. With a skinny, pale face and average height, he stood there, resembling a straight spear; one might feel the prickling sensation just by looking at him.
"Young Master Ling, we didn’t know it was you."
The crowd stepped back, their footsteps disarrayed.
The light in the tunnel was far from sufficient. Seeing someone alone, these unacquainted Martial World guests naturally wouldn’t hesitate to attack.
Who would have expected that they would clobber an iron plate?
Ling Tianyu, known as the ’Yama Gun,’ one of the top talents in the Floating River Area, loathed evil like poison and was strict with rules. Anyone who offended him wouldn’t find it easy to get away.
Although he’s a man of the Righteous Path, Ling Tianyu’s methods often drew criticisms from his seniors of the same path. However, regardless of people’s speculation about him, he went on with his ways and completely disregarded their opinions.
"Young Master Ling, we’ll leave immediately, please don’t take today’s incident to heart."
The leading person signaled with his eyes, and the crowd quickly retreated.
"Looking at your actions, I can tell you’re not good people. Thinking of leaving after what you did? Did you ask me?"
Ling Tianyu, with a pale face, revealed a slightly sickly excited smile.
The next moment, without any noticeable movement, he darted into the crowd like an eel. wails and screams echoed wherever he went.
"Men, let’s fight it out with this son of the Ling family."
The remaining people turned pale realizing that Ling Tianyu wouldn’t let them off. With no other option, they broke out in full force, launching attacks toward Ling Tianyu from all sides.
"Circling Ninefold Kill!"
"The Heavenly Overwhelming Palm!"
"Unseen Gravestone Demolition Hand."
With the great momentum of the attacks combining, the only response from Ling Tianyu was a disdainful smile.
"All of you can go to hell."
He was seen spinning fast like a top, his arms like two spears, stabbing out and retracting at an extraordinarily fast frequency.
In the midst of the ’plop’ sounds.
A figure vomited shards of liver and crumpled to the ground like a sack of sand, instantly dying.
"I don’t like to kill, I just rid the Martial World of threats."
Gazing at the dead bodies scattered around, Ling Tianyu broke out into a hearty laughter.
Hundreds of meters away, a martial artist, who had achieved the sixth layer of Qi Absorption, put on a reluctant face and admonished, "Miss Ye, we are both from the Righteous Path sects in the Martial World. Your actions are unjustifiable."
Opposite him, the young girl with willow-leaf eyebrows, gripping a pair of swords, replied with a smile, "Swordsman Fu, I discovered the key first. You are the one who’s not playing fair."
The man surnamed Fu silently cursed his misfortune.
The key had indeed been discovered first by the young girl with willow-leaf eyebrows. He originally thought that revealing his identity alone would earn him enough respect.
After all, Fu Sheng was a highly respected martial artist in the Martial World.
Unfortunately, he had the misfortune of running into Ye Linglong this time.
Ye Linglong, known as the ’Double-bladed Jade Girl’, was one of the leading talents in the Floating River Area. She earned her reputation in the Martial World with her exquisite dual-sword technique. Despite her currently being at the third level of Qi Absorption, it is said that she has killed over twenty sixth-layered underworld experts.
Ye Linglong smirked faintly, positioning her hands in a ready stance.
With just this move, Fu Sheng felt a shiver run down his spine. He instantly abandoned his wishful thinking, throwing out the key and saying, "Miss Ye, as you wish."
Sheathing her twin swords, Ye Linglong reached out and pulled in the key. Strangely, the key in her hand wasn’t made of stone, but of an entirely different material - copper.
"Copper keys are much rarer than stone ones, I wonder if there’s any secret behind it."
She tried to insert the copper key into the hole of the sealed small stone chamber, but it didn’t fit. Ye Linglong slightly furrowed her brows, then promptly brushed it off.
With her strength, aside from some absolute top-notch freaks and experts who were at the seventh level of Qi Absorption or above, she feared no one. Even if those people did bother her, they mostly wouldn’t dare to go too far, considering her background.
If a copper key doesn’t work, then she would just have to find a stone one instead.
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Conflicts were ceaselessly happening everywhere.
Shi Xiaole swung his Shattered Snow Blade with his left hand, and the three Qi Absorption, fourth-tier martial artists ahead of him felt a pain in their wrists, their weapons instantly falling onto the ground.
"This boy’s sharp."
"Run."
The three men didn’t bother to pick up their fallen weapons and immediately scattered to escape.
Shi Xiaole didn’t give chase.
He was never a bloodthirsty person, generally speaking, as long as the opponent didn’t try to kill him first, he wouldn’t bother to retaliate.
Picking up the stone key and fitting it into the hole, the door of the small stone chamber clicked open with a snap, revealing a small porcelain bottle inside.
"It’s actually a Purification Pill!"
Uncorking the bottle, Shi Xiaole couldn’t help but rejoice.
The Purification Pill, as the name suggests, was known for its ability to purify internal power and expel impurities from the body. It echoed the efficacy of the Purity Pills, refined in the past by the Huajian Sect.
However, comparing the effects, one Purification Pill was no less than ten Purity Pills.
On the market, one Purity Pill could be sold for several hundred taels of silver, enough for an ordinary family of three to live comfortably for several years. But the Purification Pill could be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver. The key point is that it was not available in the market. Even if you had money, you wouldn’t be able to buy it without connections.
Back when Shi Xiaole was stuck at the eighth level of the Hidden Qi realm, he consumed seven Purity Pills just to cleanse the most of impurities from his internal power. If he had used a Purification Pill instead, one would have been enough and even then, it would have been more effective in removing impurities.
Most importantly, based on Shi Xiaole’s current power level, the remaining five Purity Pills likely wouldn’t have much effect.
So this bottle of Purification Pills had come at just the right time.
"Gentleman, just put what’s in your hand down. Don’t make trouble for yourself."
Just then, an excited voice echoed through the chamber.
Shi Xiaole looked towards the sound, only to see a young man, dressed in elegant clothes and adorned with long, center-parted black hair, leisurely enter the stone chamber. He couldn’t suppress an excited grin.
Just a whiff of the scent in the air was enough for the young man to determine that the thing in Shi Xiaole’s hand must be valuable. Considering this, how could he resist wanting to take it for himself?
"Planning to rob me? You picked the wrong person."
Shi Xiaole completely ignored the young man’s words, putting the porcelain bottle into his pocket without blinking an eye.
"I bet you don’t know who I am. Let me tell you, I’m ’Single Gun’ Ling Tianhua."
Ling Tianhua declared with a laugh.
The moment most young people in the Floating River Area hear his name, they cannot help but turn pale. Even many martial arts experts would fear him to an extent.
No doubt, Ling Tianhua, besides being a powerhouse in his own right and a nearly first-class talent in the Floating River Area, was also the twin-brother of the ’Yama Gun’ Ling Tianyu.
Just based on Ling Tianyu’s reputation alone, which of the younger generation would dare disrespect him?
"I don’t care if you are a single-gun or any other kind of gun, it would be best if you left quickly."
Shi Xiaole responded calmly.
Such an innocuous retaliation shocked Ling Tianhua for a moment before he burst into laughter out of anger, "Just because of what you said, I want to poke a hundred holes in your body, until you bleed to death."
There was no one else around. Being a member of the Righteous Path, Ling Tianhua directly voiced his cruel intentions. After all, in the past, he had tortured a lot of people in this way. As long as he covered up the act afterwards, who would be able to connect it to him?
Whoosh!
As the fierce wind howled past, Ling Tianhua sent a punch flying towards Shi Xiaole, causing a ripple-like distortion in the air.
The level of martial arts in the Floating River Area was a notch higher than in the Cloud Triangle.
So as a nearly first-class talent, Ling Tianhua’s true strength would undoubtedly make him a genuine leading figure in the Cloud Triangle, and most likely one who ranked at the top tier.
"Go back."
Shi Xiaole also threw out a punch, but it was both flexible and sturdy, soft and iron-hard. It gave off an eerily calm demeanor.
