Chapter 74

First update of the day! I will be updating twice a day for the next two days. I need to plan out the detailed outline carefully. If everything goes well next week, I will definitely update three times a day!

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The Purple Copper Profound Heavy Peak is a mountain peak nearly a thousand zhang high, refined to weigh a million catties. The entire mountain peak is imbued with pure purple岚煞气 (Lan Sha Qi, a type of aura), and when deployed, it can form a massive gravitational field. People inside feel as if a huge mountain is pressing down on them, the pressure increasing sharply. Those with slightly weaker strength will be instantly crushed into a puddle of flesh, making it extremely powerful.

"A half-finished magical treasure can already possess the power of a top-grade Earth-class treasure. If it were fully refined, what level of quality could it reach?"

Chen Xi looked at the small mountain peak about a foot tall, which was spinning in his palm, and couldn't help but admire it. "However, for me, this power is already sufficient. Fortunately, it's just a half-finished magical treasure; otherwise, I might not be able to control it."

Generally, the cultivation of Yellow-class, Profound-class, Earth-class, and Heaven-class magical treasures requires specific levels of true essence. For example, an Earth-class magical treasure can only be refined by cultivators at the Two Instruments Golden Core realm, and a Heaven-class magical treasure can only be refined by cultivators at the Nirvana realm. Having a high-quality magical treasure doesn't necessarily make a cultivator an unparalleled expert.

"Hmm? That huge palace on the side of the cliff should be the lair of the Thunder Eagle King. There might be other treasures inside."

Chen Xi put the Purple Copper Profound Heavy Peak into his storage ring, looked up, and saw the exquisite palace. His heart stirred, and he leaped forward like an arrow piercing through the clouds, reaching the palace in a moment.

"Sky Soaring Treasure Hall? The Thunder Eagle King sure has a big mouth." Chen Xi glanced at the gilded plaque hanging in the center of the palace, shook his head, and immediately entered.

With the Thunder Eagle King's blood feathers fallen, the large and small demons under his command had all fled. The palace was now silent, like a luxurious tomb built after the death of an emperor, filled with a dead, oppressive atmosphere.

"Strange, the Thunder Eagle King's palace is so luxurious, how can there be nothing valuable here?"

Chen Xi's divine soul consciousness searched meticulously as he passed through the winding pavilions and terraces and the artificial mountains and streams, but he didn't find anything that made him excited, which left him quite puzzled.

At this moment, a low, weak voice suddenly sounded, "The commotion outside has stopped. Could the Thunder Eagle King be dead?"

Chen Xi identified the source and immediately came to a spot behind an artificial mountain. Under the moss and green grass, there was a cave entrance large enough for a person to enter. A spiral staircase led down, seemingly to the depths underground, and the voice came from inside.

"Since the palace is built on the side of a cliff, this cave should lead to the mountain's interior." Chen Xi thought for a moment, carefully entered, and decided to see what was down there and who had spoken.

After walking in the dark, damp, and narrow path for nearly a quarter of an hour, Chen Xi arrived at a spacious area. The light was dim, with only a few dim, small oil lamps hanging on the walls.

The place was dark, damp, and suffocating, filled with a nauseating dead air and a strong, pungent smell of blood, making the environment extremely harsh.

This was clearly a prison!

Chen Xi's gaze swept over the area and saw, a hundred zhang away, a series of cramped stone rooms. The doors of the stone rooms were sealed with thick, black iron pillars, making them completely sealed.

"Damn! The Thunder Eagle King is extremely cunning. If he hadn't suddenly deployed that gravitational purple mountain, how could I have been imprisoned here? It's best if he's dead; perhaps we can be saved."

"That's right, Brother Chai. I wonder who was fighting the Thunder Eagle King just now. If they can help us, it would be the best."

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The prisoners inside seemed not to notice Chen Xi's arrival. A low, muffled conversation echoed in the dark stone rooms, like rats whispering underground.

However, when Chen Xi heard the voices clearly, he was shocked and called out in a low voice, "Chai Letian, Yu Haobai?"

"Who!" "Who? You know Chai? Could you be a fellow cultivator?"

Indeed, these are the damned ones!

Chen Xi's eyes flashed with cold light. In the Southern Barbarian Nether Region, Chai Letian had made things difficult for him and even ambushed him from behind, throwing him into the abyss of the Crimson Flame Mountains. If his body hadn't reached the innate realm, he would have been crushed to death.

He had never forgotten this grudge and had sworn to kill this despicable person.

Now, to meet Chai Letian, who was imprisoned in the stone room, felt like a gift from heaven, making Chen Xi feel that karma had come full circle.

"Bad! It's Chen Xi!"

"Ah, no wonder, the voice is so familiar... Wait, Chen Xi? How could it be him?"

Inside the stone room, Chai Letian and Yu Haobai recognized Chen Xi's voice and shouted out. Both were in tattered clothes, their faces haggard, and their bodies covered in wounds, bound by a thick, purple-glowing chain, looking extremely pitiful.

Chen Xi came to the stone room and was also shocked when he saw their appearance.

One was a direct disciple of the Starry Sky Palace, whose ancestor was a renowned Nether Transformation realm cultivator in the Southern Border, with a noble status and powerful background. The other was a student of the Ten Thousand Cloud Academy, one of the three major academies of the Dragon Abyss, known for his elegance and talent, and was also an outstanding figure among the younger generation. Now, both had fallen into this dark, sunless prison, looking like beggars, which was truly astonishing.

However, despite the astonishment, Chen Xi's killing intent only grew stronger. He wouldn't miss this opportunity to beat a fallen dog.

Swish!

Chen Xi held the Gengjin Sword Bamboo and cut through the steel bars outside the stone room like slicing tofu, then stepped inside.

"What are you going to do! Chen Xi, we are fellow cultivators, can't we talk this out?" Yu Haobai's face changed drastically, and he called out repeatedly.

"Hmph, you can't kill me. I'm just a waste from a fallen family. If you kill me, not only will you die, but everyone related to you will die too. Of course, if you save me now, I won't hold past grudges and will even grant you great benefits. What do you say?" Chai Letian maintained his superior attitude, his voice filled with disdain and confidence.

Chen Xi was taken aback, looking at Chai Letian with a strange expression. He couldn't imagine that even at this moment, this guy still had such a domineering and arrogant attitude. Was he stupid, or just pretending to be ignorant?

"Chen Xi, Chai Daoist is right. Think about it. Chai Daoist's ancestor is a Nether Transformation realm cultivator, and I come from the Ten Thousand Cloud Academy. Why would you want to offend us?"

Seeing Chen Xi silent, Yu Haobai thought he was afraid and became more assertive, his voice carrying a sense of superiority.

Chen Xi indeed didn't speak and had no intention of speaking. He just swung the Gengjin Sword Bamboo and cleanly cut off Chai Letian's hand.

Before Chai Letian's painful cry could even be heard, Chen Xi had already shoved the severed hand into his mouth, turning the scream into a muffled groan. Blood flowed from his mouth, staining his chest, and he fell to the ground, trembling in pain, looking extremely terrifying.

"You... You..."

Yu Haobai was stunned by Chen Xi's sudden attack, especially when he saw Chai Letian with his own severed hand in his mouth, he couldn't help but want to scream, but he was afraid Chen Xi would also cut off his hand and shove it into his mouth.

"I ask, you answer. Otherwise, I'll kill you and then ask Chai Letian." Chen Xi said coldly.

Yu Haobai nodded rapidly, completely terrified. Chen Xi's ruthlessness and decisiveness made him feel a deep, bone-chilling fear.

"Where are Du Qingxi and the others?" Chen Xi asked. He thought Du Qingxi and the others might also be here, but after searching with his divine soul consciousness, he found no one else besides Chai Letian and Yu Haobai.

"They seem to have been captured by the Kunpeng Demon King. It's said they are to be used to refine some kind of pill."

Yu Haobai answered, seeing Chen Xi's unfriendly expression, he trembled and continued, "It's true, but they haven't died yet. To refine the pill, they need a certain number of Purple Mansion cultivators. They have only captured eight so far, and they still need more."

"Since that's the case, why are you two imprisoned here?" Chen Xi pressed, finding Yu Haobai's answer vague and only half-believable.

"The Thunder Eagle King planned to use our souls and blood to refine his mountain treasure. That's why we were imprisoned and tortured daily to extract our overwhelming resentment to enhance the treasure's power." Yu Haobai answered, his face contorted with a mix of pain and anger.

"What about Su Jiao and the others?"

"I don't know, but among the eight people the Kunpeng Demon King captured, there seems to be Su Jiao and his group."

"Right, how could so many of you be captured by a few demon kings? As far as I know, each of you has Purple Mansion cultivation. If you worked together, you could easily kill any demon king."

"We were scattered. After mysteriously emerging from the Southern Barbarian Nether Region, I appeared alone in the Southern Barbarian mountains and was captured by the Thunder Eagle King, where I met Chai Daoist."

"Divide and conquer? It must be so..."

Chen Xi fell into deep thought. "Now, two of the seven demon kings have been killed by me. There are still five others, and I don't know the strength of the Kunpeng Demon King. According to Mu Kui, this guy's strength is second only to the Profound Eye Old Turtle King and is on par with the Green Hill Fox King..."

"I've answered everything I know, Chen Xi, please spare me. We have no grudges. If you must kill, you should kill Chai Letian. He's the one who threw you into the abyss. I, I haven't offended you... Ah!"

Swish!

A sword light flashed, and Yu Haobai's head flew into the air. As he died, he seemed to still be in disbelief that Chen Xi would do this...

"Who knows what you might do to me in the future if I don't kill you?" Chen Xi shook his head. Yu Haobai, to save his life, had repeatedly changed his stance, blaming everything on Chai Letian, like a reed in the wind. Such a person was the most hateful and the most dangerous to leave alive.

"Puff, cough, cough, cough..."

Beside him, Chai Letian finally managed to spit out the severed hand from his mouth. Looking at Yu Haobai's headless corpse, his face turned ashen, and he coughed violently, saying, "You can't kill me. If I die, my Chai family ancestor will surely know it was you..."

Swish!

Another cold light flashed, and all sounds ceased. The dark, damp, and dark mountain prison fell into a deathly silence once again.

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