Chapter 8: Sneak Attack!

Dark Moon City; Castellan Palace.

In a secret room built of cold stones, a muscular shirtless man was as red a melted iron. Blood flowed like hot lava in his vessels.

The man’s hair was untied, and his strong arms and legs were tightly chained by the heavy Silver Ice Chains onto the nearby wall.

His stiff and unshaved face fluctuated frequently between mad and calm.

Deep within his pupils, thousand-year-old volcanoes seemed about to erupt at any time.

A beam of red light on the top of his skull appeared unpredictably and then faded away.

In the crimson beam of light, there were many vaguely visible Fire Flame Seals surrounding a smaller version of himself, except more violent and cruel.

“Father.”

A clear and gentle voice suddenly sounded in the room.

At the next moment, a graceful woman appeared in front of the muscular man.

The beautiful lady wore a long light-purple dress which was especially thin around her waist and set off around her breasts.

The dignified woman was as gorgeous and harmful as a sweet peach, making anyone‘s mouth watery.

“Are you okay?” She asked softly.

When advancing into the Yin God Realm, her father’s Soul of Earth did not transform properly into the Yin God, which resulted in some substantial disturbance of his Upper Core.

The unsuccessful transformation of the Soul of Earth was also half-burnt by the poisonous fire, causing him to fall back into the Middle Stage of Nuance Realm. Whenever his Souls of Earth and Heaven interests with his Soul of Life, his consciousness would be out of control.

The previous two times that he went out of control, he caused several tragedies in the Dark Moon City.

Fortunately that she was the Mayoress of the city, or else the consequences would be unimaginably out of control.

However, with no other choice, she spent large sums of money and bought the chain that was made out of Silver Ice Iron. She temporarily chained him up to avoid other accidents to happen.

Howl!

After screaming for a while, Yuan Qiufang finally returned his consciousness and the red beam of light disappeared from his head.

“When I just attempted to refining the poison in my Soul of Earth, I sensed that there was a powerful heat burst in the city. I checked it was from the ground under the Yu Clan. An alchemist was refining medicine!”

The madness on Yuan Qiufang’s face was replaced with deep confusion.

“After Yu Can’s legs were broken, their clan has been suppressed by the Huang Clan for a few years. With the power and wealth of the Yu Clan, they shouldn’t be able to hire an alchemist.”

He felt this was very strange.

“Perhaps, it was just someone from the Yu Clan who was playing around.” Yuan Lianyao frowned and said, “Alchemy? Easier said than done!”

“No!” Yuan Qiufang shook his head and said solemnly, “From what I sensed, it isn’t just playing around! The fire stream that busted out from that refining furnace was nothing of the ordinary! It must be produced by someone who truly understood the secrets of Alchemy. Fire Crystals were used as a fire source, and it successfully activated the array inscribed on the furnace!”

“What!”

Yuan Lianyao covered her mouth in shock and then whispered, “Even the lowest-level furnace has inscribed arrays, and I do know that their clan made some efforts to get a Low-Class Furnance. Just that no one has used it since. They don’t have anyone that knows how to activate it!”

“I am sure that now they do! Someone successfully activated the flame arrays on the furnace!”

“I got it, father. I will investigate this matter seriously.”

“If, if there is an alchemist!” Yuan Qiufang’s voice loudened from his excitement, “There might be hope for the fire poison in my Soul of Earth!”

“Father.” Yuan Lianyao sighed, “You know that your poison is not one that any alchemist can cure.”

She walked out without another word.

Just as she left, the hiss and roar sounded again in the secret room.

…

Yu Yuan swallowed a Meridian Extension Pill that he just made.

When the power of the pill started to spread out, he immediately set off the Nine Bright Heavenly Cycles and used his Ultimate Body to absorb as much spiritual energy as fast as possible.

Just like before, after the nine spiritual balls accumulated around his Yellow Room, they formed into a stream of spiritual energy and rushed toward the meridians.

Huff!

As the stream of spiritual energy combined with the power from that pill, Yu Yuan noticed a significant difference!

Under the pressure of the pill’s power, the opening of the ninth meridian sped up, and this time, there wasn’t any discomfort.

“Hey! That’s what they call a cure need the right medicine!”

He remembered that in his past life he tried to use the Meridian Extension Pill to initiate his cultivation process.

But no matter how much he used, nothing would work, yet he was almost knocked out by the pain.

This time he finally felt the wonders of the Meridian Extension Pill

Before he took the pill, his ninth meridian was like a river clogged by large boulders; it was hard for any energy to pass.

After he took the pill, the boulders seemed to turn into soft sand; the energy passed easily.

Not only did the pill had analgesic effects, but it also healed slight damages to the meridians.

Now, the breakthrough process was made much easier for Yu Yuan.

He estimated that with the help of the Meridian Extension Pill, the efficiency would be eight or nine times faster.

Most importantly, he didn’t need to rest in between each cycle.

The last time he attempted a breakthrough, his meridians would need quite a while to recover from the torn before continuing.

With the help of the pill, the healing process would be continuous as he cultivated, so there was no need to rest anymore.

“A single Meridian Extension Pill can last me about ten or so days. If I use the five pills efficiently, I might be able to open up two more meridians, reaching the tenth stage!”

In order not to waste the power of the pill, for the next few days, Yu Yuan only stopped to ask An Ziqing for food.

Yu Can, after the lie he was told, did all he could to prevent anyone from disturbing his grandchild.

As a result, Yu Yuan was able to enter the state of concentrated self-cultivation.

One day, late at night.

Yu Yuan shuddered from the cold and halted his cultivation.

He woke up because a source of non-natural spiritual energy was mixed with the natural energy that he was absorbing.

The special energy had ice-cold properties, which did not align with his Nine Bright Heavenly Cycles. It would not do any good to his cultivation.

He was forced to stop.

“The energy of cold. Lin Zhuyun? Or is it Yin Jue?”

Yu Yuan frowned as he looked toward the closed doors and windows. He quietly took out a pill from his robe.

That pill, called the “Red Shelled Pill”, was made from the semi-finished Meridian Extension Pill.

The pill of course also used the ashes from the Red Shell Bloodworm.

The ashes, wrapped in sticky materials made from various other poisonous bugs, were exquisitely blended into the Meridian Extension Pill, thus made the Red Shelled Pill.

This poisonous pill was prepared specifically for Yin Jue.

“Not only do I know how to make the Red Shelled Pill, but I also know how to make the antidote. If the person is not an enemy of mine, I’ll just give him the antidote. If he was not here for a good cause… then best luck to him.”

He violently shook the small vase that contained the Red Shelled Pill.

The pill, after shaking, busted into a foggy mixture inside the transparent vase.

Yu Yuan stood up, moved to the window, and quietly opened a small crack. He pointed out the opening of the vase toward the outside and took off the cotton ball that was covering the vase.

A crimson mist flew out from the vase and thinned out immediately in the air.

Tiny, unnoticeable toxins were mixed with the air and naturally got attracted to any living organism close by.

A powerful cultivator would see some microscopic bloodworms, a hundred times smaller than fruit flies, flying joyfully with their rigid mouths wide open for prey.

This was the toxin inside Red Shelled Pill.

It was blood poison that could sense and be attracted by blood.

…

In the dark corner of the hall, where the moonlight could not reach, a dark figure was blended in with the shadow.

Yin Jue, in a dark grey robe, covered his face with a cloth of the same color. Only his two eyes were left out, which looked like a viper looking for its prey in the dark.

The maid An Ziqing’s eyes were wide open in fear and despair.

But she couldn’t make a sound.

Just like a while back, Yin Jue froze her again with his green fog.

Even her thoughts froze along with her body.

“Stupid girl, after I finish off that idiot, I will slowly torture you to death!” Yin Jue’s cold eyes were filled with killing intent, “He will die first, and then you, along with everyone in the Yu Clan.”

Many rice-sized green flames formed above his fingertips.

The green spots released cold icy energy that circled Yu Yuan’s room like ghosts.

“Since you didn’t die last time, this time you will!”

Yin Jue was confident in his success. He knew that if the Cold Shadows Sect learned that Yu Yuan was still alive after today, he would the one who’s dead.

The cultivation method that got him to Dark Burst Realm was the “Green Ghost Fire” given by the Cold Shadows Sect. Because the method he used was not advanced, it brought along many side effects.

But for him, this was the best method he could get already. He was grateful for it.

To not let the Lin Clan and the Cold Shadows Sect be disappointed, he would do anything for the next part of the Green Ghost Fire Method.

Suddenly, his expression changed!

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