Chapter 682 - 268: The Wang Family Is Informed, a Chance Encounter with Master Yunya
Chapter 682: Chapter 268: The Wang Family Is Informed, a Chance Encounter with Master Yunya
"Twelve sets of Tree Hearts, plus one extra piece. At one hundred ninety thousand Spirit Stones per set, the total is two million, three hundred forty thousand."
The female cultivator went to the storeroom to retrieve the Spirit Stones. "It’s all here. Please take your time and count it, sir."
"If there’s anything else you need, sir, please don’t hesitate to let me know."
As she spoke, her eyes were like pools in spring, and she cast flirtatious glances his way.
When they exchanged the Storage Ring, she deliberately hooked her little finger across Xiao Chen’s palm.
After all, it wasn’t every day one met a Daoist so young and wealthy.
What’s more, he was exceptionally handsome.
For her, starting a romantic affair would be a fine choice indeed.
Unfortunately, Xiao Chen seemed completely oblivious.
After counting the Spirit Stones, he simply asked out of curiosity, "Excuse me, miss, is today some kind of special occasion?"
"How come I don’t see any other fellow cultivators on the streets?"
Seeing his reaction, the female cultivator felt a pang of disappointment. "Oh, it’s nothing too special. It just happens to be the day the Fan Family is publicly recruiting a son-in-law."
"Many of our fellow cultivators who admire the grace of the Fan Family’s fairy maiden have gone to watch the event."
"After all, she isn’t like me—getting on in years, my youth long faded."
As she spoke, a mournful look crossed her face. She folded her arms under her chest, making her twin peaks seem even more prominent.
"I see. Thank you, miss."
However, Xiao Chen paid her little gestures no mind and walked straight out the door.
’Since the Fan Family is recruiting a son-in-law, I’ll steer clear of the commotion.’
’According to my original plan, I should be heading off to hunt the Dragon Turtle now.’
’But for now, I should first study this Demonic Inheritance I just got my hands on.’
He left the Three-leaf Islands, found a random spot to settle in, and set up a Defensive Array.
Xiao Chen took out the Jade Scroll, pressed it to his forehead, and closed his eyes, pouring all of his Divine Sense into it.
Suddenly, his vision blurred.
He felt as if he had arrived in a dark, gloomy cave.
"Hahaha! What a perfect Tripod Furnace!"
Before he could get a clear look at his surroundings, a loud laugh erupted from behind him.
Turning his head, he saw a middle-aged cultivator with disheveled hair and a bluish complexion, grinning from ear to ear.
In front of him, a completely naked Golden Core Cultivator was kneeling on the ground.
Crimson ropes, along with two conspicuous Spirit-Extinguishing Nails in his back, suppressed any possible resistance.
"Since ancient times, we cultivators have been skilled at using external aids."
The middle-aged cultivator suddenly began to explain, "The Ancient Sages long ago made the methods for attaining the Dao public."
"The Way of Heaven is to take from what has a surplus and give to what has a deficit. The Way of Man is to take from the deficient to serve the surplus!"
Huh?
Xiao Chen was utterly bewildered by this speech.
’Is that really something a person like you should be saying?’
’They say Demon Cultivators are lunatics. Don’t tell me this Inheritance Jade Scroll was left behind by a lunatic too?’
But the inheritance process continued.
The middle-aged Demon Cultivator reached out and stroked the naked back of the Golden Core Cultivator.
His tone grew shriller. "Look, just look! A body brimming with Yang Qi."
He crouched down, looking at the innocent Golden Core Cultivator. "You must still have your Pure Yang Body, right!"
Because he was restrained, the Golden Core Cultivator could only glare furiously, unable to answer.
Then, the middle-aged Demon Cultivator recited a Heart Method.
He followed this with a live demonstration of the process of ’Absorbing and Replenishing Yang’ to enhance himself.
’Damn, I can’t watch this!’
Xiao Chen immediately looked away. Unfortunately, his Divine Sense didn’t have hands to cover its ears.
’Twisting the words of the Ancient Sages like this is so damn ridiculous.’
’Didn’t they say at the Black Market that the Black Abyss Demon Sect ranked in the top three among the Ancient Demon Sects?’
’Don’t tell me there were only three Demon Sects in the Compassion Sea during ancient times?’
Fortunately, the next part of the inheritance returned to the old ways the Demon Dao excelled at, like refining Essence Blood and sacrificing flesh.
Of course, none of this was of any use.
Xiao Chen had already seen similar Techniques in the Yellow Springs Secret Scripture.
After enduring for two hours, he finally saw a scene within the Jade Scroll: a Grand Elder of the Black Abyss Demon Sect from a bygone era, plotting a Demonic Calamity.
’Looks like some kind of Ancient Battlefield?’
Xiao Chen immediately focused his full attention, surveying the completely different surroundings.
Heaps of white bones carpeted the earth, mingled with broken banners and armor fragments.
As far as the eye could see, at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers were buried in the canyon.
A large number of Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators stood above the canyon.
Using special Demonic Spiritual Artifacts, they were drawing the Evil Qi from the valley and storing it in a colossal earthenware jar.
That Demon Sect Grand Elder was muttering to himself, detailing the process.
But Xiao Chen didn’t care about what he was saying.
He did his best to memorize the location and features of the entire canyon so he could find it later.
But to be honest, given the vastness of the Compassion Sea, finding a specific location would be extremely difficult.
Fortunately, the inheritance didn’t end there.
The scene before him flashed.
It was a scene of the Demon Sect Grand Elder leaping out of the sea, holding the earthenware jar with one hand.
Then, as if to make it easier for the Inheritor to find the Evil Qi and create a Demonic Calamity, the man actually made a point of looking around at the surroundings.
He recorded the shape of the entire island below, as well as the nearby sea conditions, into the Inheritance Jade Scroll.
’A pair of small islands to the west, and what looks like a large school of long-finned fish to the north.’
Xiao Chen immediately committed these key pieces of information to memory.
With these details, confirming the location of the Evil Qi would be much simpler.
’After so many years, that place must have accumulated a sufficient amount of Evil Qi again.’
Immediately after, the Jade Scroll cracked down the middle and crumbled completely to dust.
Under normal circumstances, this would be the moment for a cultivator to hastily memorize the Inheritance Techniques.