Chapter 92 Main Medicine
Elder Han didn’t get angered, instead staying completely unfl.u.s.tered. He poured himself a cup of tea. His white hair covered his face as he lightly lifted the tea to his mouth.
At this moment, Ye Fan’s blood had turned cold.
Elder Han’s fingers were like iron strips, completely withered up with only a layer of skin covering the bones. Lifting his face that had been covered with white hair, his appearance gave people gooseb.u.mps. His face seemed like trash paper had been crumpled into a shapeless lump. His skin was filled with creases without the slightest l.u.s.ter. The most shocking thing was his mouth. His gums and teeth were both completely black without the slightest color of blood or life. Even his tongue had atrophied.
“Let’s go.” Finis.h.i.+ng his tea, Elder Han gently placed his cup down. He spoke neither quickly nor slowly, his voice without the slightest trace of life energy.
Ye Fan wanted to take out his golden tome, but he didn’t dare to act blindly without thinking. He knew that the power gap between different realms’ strengths was incredibly wide.
“Elder Han, do you not fear the wrath of the heavens when you do this? Treating a human life as medicine, even your fellow sect members might not agree with this…” Ye Fan was constantly thinking of countermeasures while speaking. If he were to fall into Elder Fan"s hands, his remaining life would be worse than death.
“I’ve long since made preparations, and no one will know anything about this.” Elder Han was like a withered old tree as he sat there calmly. The calmer he acted, the more gloomy and frightening he seemed.
Ye Fan took out the jade pendant Elder Wu Qingfeng had given him. “If you were to kill me, Elder Wu Qingfeng will know about it.”
Elder Han gently tapped the table. A sinister and cold air forced the jade pendant to crumble. The ice-cold bone-piercing coldness lasted for a long time without dispersing.
Elder Han indifferently said, “This place is over five hundred kilometers away from the Spirit Ruins Paradise. Wu Qingfeng won’t be able to sense anything at all.” He then sinisterly laughed, “Speaking of which, for a little brat you were quite sharp. When I gently patted you back in the ruins I secretly left a trace on you. Originally I thought I could capture you on the way back, but I never thought you would be one step earlier and disappear so quickly from my range. Only today did I manage to find you.”
“You old fogey…”
“We should get going.” Elder Han stood up, his body like a malicious spirit, gesturing the way for Ye Fan.
Ye Fan was as quick as a cheetah, trying to escape out the window.
“There’s no need to do these useless actions.” Elder Han reached out his withered hand and immediately detained Ye Fan, an extremely powerful force pulling him after the old man.
Different realms were separated by heavenly chasms that were impossible to make up for. Ye Fan’s heart sank. Elder Han had managed to capture him without using the slightest energy.
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Reaching the outside of the city, Elder Han muttered to himself, “First I should go see my old friend who promised to collect some kind of spiritual medicine for me. The time is approaching. Having found the main ingredient, I can go back and start refining the medicine.”
Ye Fan silently and motionlessly looked up at the sky, searching for the Jiang Family’s knight. He would rather be killed by the Jiang Family’s knights than be refined alive.
More than half the day pa.s.sed. By the time the sun started to descend over the horizon, Elder Han had already brought Ye Fan to a mountain range, almost reaching their final destination.
“Why hasn’t the Jiang Family’s knight appeared…?” Ye Fan was getting anxious.
“An old friend has come to pay you a visit…” Elder Han dashed into a ravine in front of them. His voice echoed against the mountain walls.
Just at this moment, a vague figure could be seen in the horizon quickly rus.h.i.+ng his way. The Jiang Family’s knight had been searching these surroundings all along, and he was attracted here by the words.
That knight was extremely powerful. He released a powerful killing intent and battle aura, and his whole body was covered in armor. Riding a ferocious beast, he dived down into the valley, creating a squall that caused the surrounding vegetation to snap in the wind.
“Who is it?” Elder Han pulled Ye Fan behind him.
At the same time, a malicious old white-haired man came out from the valley, and with just a glance he obviously did not appear like the kind type.
“Leave behind that youngster!” The Jiang Family’s knight’s voice was extremely cold and indifferent as he gazed at Elder Han and that old man who had rushed out of the valley.
Elder Han sensed that this opponent was very powerful, but he definitely wouldn’t abandon Ye Fan. He shouted to the old man from the valley, “Hurry and come help!”
Chi!
The Jiang Family knight attacked decisively. A b.l.o.o.d.y ray streaked across the sky. It was a blood-red iron spear that was constantly emitting crimson light. Who knew just how many cultivators’ blood it had drunk to release such a terrifying aura.
Elder Han took out a glowing green wooden ferule to meet it, but it was immediately sent flying and his body even trembled on impact. Pulling the helpless Ye Fan with him, he quickly retreated towards the valley.
The valley’s old man also attacked now, releasing a copper mirror that shot a resplendent light ray towards that Jiang Family knight.
Chi, chi, chi…
At the same time, Elder Han attacked with twelve green wooden swords that formed a profound formation, completely blocking any of the knight’s escape paths.
“Pesky insects!” That knight was not at all afraid. Urging his ferocious beast to fly into the sky, he blocked the copper mirror’s light and his b.l.o.o.d.y iron spear swept away the twelve green wooden swords.
“This person is too powerful, don’t hold back! Think of a way to beat him!” Elder Han hastily shouted. At the same time, he also sealed Ye Fan, throwing him into the valley.
Bang!
Ye Fan fell onto the ground, not tarrying at all to circulate the Dao Scripture’s mystical arts to weaken Elder Han’s seal. Luckily Elder Han was busy attacking the knight, not knowing Ye Fan’s power. The seal was extremely simple, and under the Dao Scripture’s mystical arts, he quickly broke out.
“Hopefully you guys fight until both sides are heavily injured!” Ye Fan arrived at the valley’s deepest parts, and climbed the cliffs in order to quickly leave this place. When he saw a powerful large river, he didn’t hesitate at all before throwing himself into the wild water.
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He didn’t know how many kilometers he floated, but he only got out once the sky was full of stars. There was no one else within the empty countryside. He rested for a short time before starting to walk further.
“Hehehe…” a bone-chilling sinister laugh came from behind him.
Ye Fan’s heart trembled, and he didn’t even look back before trying to run. But the sinister laugh only continued to get closer, sounding like an owl’s cry that wouldn’t leave him.
“Old fart, you really won’t die!” Ye Fan stopped, finding that there was no path for him to take.
In the darkness, Elder Han’s withered old figure floated over the ground, looking like an evil spirit. His left arm had been chopped off, and his whole body was covered in blood.
Ye Fan went completely cold. This old b.a.s.t.a.r.d hadn’t been killed by the knight! He was now truly in dire straits.
“It’s a shame my old friend was crushed dead. I only managed to escape by using all my tricks and strength…” Elder Han’s voice was extremely sinister, like a raging devil.
“It really is a shame he didn’t take your life as well,” mocked Ye Fan.
Elder Han’s eyes emitted two cold rays as he silently floated over. His withered body had a deathly air.
Ye Fan wanted to wait until he was close enough to risk it all with one strike from the golden tome, but he wasn’t even given a chance. A green light lit up the night sky like a will-o-the-wisp, covering and sealing him. Elder Han’s withered body advanced forward out of the dark, his white hair flying back to expose hisa dried-out face, appearing extremely malevolent and frightening with two eerie lights glowing within his eyes.
“I like fresh lively bodies like yours. Your body is full of vigorous energy, and I believe your blood will be exceptionally sweet…” Elder Han grabbed Ye Fan with his remaining hand and soared into the sky.
Ye Fan’s heart was completely cold. He had bitterly worked to run for so many days, but in the end, calamities were difficult to escape.
“I already left a trace on your body, so you can’t run!” A verdant green light rushed out of Elder Han’s body, binding Ye Fan. In an instant, they both disappeared beyond the horizon.
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Elder Han wasn’t returning to the Spirit Ruins Paradise, but instead bringing Ye Fan to one of Yan’s isolated and empty mountain ranges. They entered one of the cliff’s caves that led all the way to the center of the mountain.
“Don’t be afraid. Death is not painful…” Elder Han’s eyes flashed with a terrifying light.
The mountain’s central cave was very well hidden. There were many bright pearls embedded along the walls so that it wasn’t dark. Elder Han quickly carried Ye Fan to a wide open stone room. Bursts of medicinal fragrance came out. Inside were over ten large medicinal cauldrons, all taller than a meter with complicated marks carved into them.
“I finally collected the spiritual medicine, hahaha…” Elder Han laughed heartily, a very unpleasant sound like devils were crying, making Ye Fan’s scalp go numb.
Other than the medicinal cauldrons, there were also over ten medicinal cabinets. Elder Han opened them one by one, released bursts of medicinal fragrance.
“Look at all that I’ve prepared for you! They’re all priceless spiritual medicines!” Opening a wooden case, he took out a lotus seed around the size of a pigeon egg. It was a s.h.i.+ny black, looking like it was made of black jade. A dense fragrance scattered from it that could even enter people’s bones.
“Do you know what this is? This is the lotus seed birthed from a Black Jade Divine Lotus. It is only dropped once every five hundred years. This small thing’s value is hard to calculate, and it contains an inexhaustible Life Qi.”
Placing down the wooden case, he opened up a simple jade case, and a bright green light immediately flowed out. A chicken egg-sized green fruit like green jade was circulating a gentle light within it.
“Do you know what this is? This is the fruit of the legendary Green Snow Lotus. It grows upon a snowy mountain at least tens of kilometers high, and only forms after not seeing sunlight for a thousand years. It was guarded by powerful demons, and I had to waste eight years to barely manage to pluck it by chance.”
Each of these items contained extremely large amounts of Life Qi. If Ye Fan were able to consume them, he would be able to grow his Sea of Bitterness to a much larger size.
Elder Han continued to walk forward, once again taking out a wooden case and opening it, revealing a faint red light. A strange nine-leaved herb whose whole body seemed like red jade flickered inside. A particular herbal fragrance filled the air.
“Do you know what this is? The legendary Nine Leaf Phoenix Herb!” Elder Han appeared extremely excited. “Legendary says that only ground that has been dyed with the blood of a phoenix can give birth to this divine herb. I used over ten years of time, traveling out of Yan to countless ancient lands and ruins before finding this one. This is an absolutely priceless rare spiritual object!”
Elder Han continued to open cases, a.s.sembling more than ten types of spiritual medicines, each kind extremely priceless and rarely seen in this world. Their price was absolutely impossible to calculate!
The cave was lit up with the various multicolored lights from the spiritual medicines. Bursts of refres.h.i.+ng medicinal fragrance filled the air.
Even though he was in such a situation, Ye Fan still felt dazzled by these medicinal ingredients. They were all far too precious. If he could consume them, his cultivation base would definitely advance greatly.
Elder Han laughed gloomily, saying, “You don’t need to be jealous. At that time, I’ll place you all within one medicinal cauldron and slowly refine you all.”
“If you have this many spiritual medicines, it should be enough to extend your longevity. Why do you also need to capture me?”
“If I was just refining the Yang Recovery Pill, then they really would be enough. But once I learned you had eaten the sacred fruit and drunk from the divine spring, my requirements naturally increased.”
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