Ye Yuan didn’t think that he would actually encounter the Strange Nether Flower again here. How could this not make him vexed?
But the Tier 9 Strange Nether Flower was extremely rare. Even with the Divine Realm’s vast territory and abundant resources, it was very seldom to be able to see it as well.
The rank of the Strange Nether Flower these people smelled shouldn’t be high. Otherwise, with their cultivation realm, how could they still be alive?
Forget about them, even if Ye Yuan had the Origin Magnetism Spirit Wood protecting his body, it could not ward off the poison of a Tier 9 Strange Nether Flower too.
However, Pei Wenqiang perceived the meaning in Ye Yuan’s words and could not help saying joyfully, “Your meaning is … you’re able to treat the poison in our bodies?”
Ye Yuan rolled his eyes and said, “Why should I treat you?”
Pei Wenqiang didn’t expect that Ye Yuan’s words previously actually came true so quickly. It was truly retribution.
“This … I can give you earth essence crystals! Also, I assure you that after you treat me, I absolutely won’t make things difficult for you anymore!” Pei Wenqiang hurriedly said.
Ye Yuan took a look at him and said with a cold snort, “From entering the grotto until now, you finally said something decent! Brother Jun, you’re poisoned the least. Stay behind and take care of them. I’ll go find the way to get rid of the poison!”
In this group of people, Jun Tianyu’s alertness was the highest. Therefore, he was poisoned the least.
Except that hearing Ye Yuan’s words, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said, “You going by yourself is too dangerous. Better for me to come along with you. If these people die, then they die. Nothing to feel pity about.”
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, “The flora fragrance of the Strange Nether Flower is so thick, it should be nearby. I can handle it alone. Brother Jun better stay behind.”
“This … Alright then.”
After Ye Yuan left, Pei Wenqiang suddenly opened his mouth and asked, “Younger Brother Jun, just what background does this Ye Yuan have? He possesses such strength at a young age. At the very least, he’s also an Alchemy Emperor successor, right?”
Truthfully speaking, Pei Wenqiang really admired Ye Yuan very much. His bad temper towards Ye Yuan was primarily more on the fact that Ye Yuan did not give him any face.
Jun Tianyu said coolly when he heard this, “Younger Brother Ye is it? He’s just a lower realm ascender.”
Pei Wenqiang nearly jumped up, exclaiming in shock, “What?! You’re saying that he’s just an ascender?”
Pei Wenqiang never would have dreamed that such a prodigious youth was actually just an ascender!
As the ruler of a city, Pei Wenqiang was too familiar with ascenders’ strength.
Among a million ascenders, there might not be one with accomplishments.
Even if there was one with accomplishments, it was also not possible to be this freakish like Ye Yuan.
From outside the grotto until now, the various means Ye Yuan displayed was simply fantastical.
An Alchemy Path genius like this was actually just an ascender!
Hearing Jun Tianyu’s words, the group of martial artists were very surprised too. For a moment, there were many discussions.
And right at this time, a black shadow slowly walked out from the darkness.
“Who’s there?!”
Jun Tianyu’s brows jumped up. If any enemy came at this time, it was not some good thing.
That black shadow’s profile gradually became clear. A young man dressed in a blue garment appeared in front of everyone.
“Junior!”
“Xu Yan!”
When Ying Tianya and Pei Wenqiang saw the arrival, they both had looks of astonishment.
After Ying Tianya stared blankly, he immediately revealed an expression of wild elation.
“Junior, it’s really great that you’re alright!” Ying Tianya immediately went up to welcome.
But right then, Jun Tianyu grabbed hold of him.
“Brother Jun, what are you doing? He’s my junior apprentice brother, Xu Yan. With him around, he can ensure our safety!” Ying Tianya even thought that Jun Tianyu was mistaken and hurriedly explained.
Jun Tianyu’s brows were tightly locked, an appearance as if confronting a formidable foe as he slowly said, “There’s a problem with this person!”
“Sigh! I’ve been very close with Junior since young. I can recognize him even if he turned to ashes. What problem can there be?” Ying Tianya said without a care.
“You told us previously that your junior was poisoned by a peculiar poison, so he needed an alchemist to come in and treat. But you look at him, how is there any hint of being poisoned?” Jun Tianyu said.
“Senior Apprentice Brother, you take a look at me, who else can I be if not Xu Yan?” The blue-clothed youth said with a smile.
Ying Tianya was slightly hesitant. He also felt that it was somewhat amiss. The timing Xu Yan appeared was seriously too coincidental. Moreover, if he was completely fine, why did he send him a message?
“You say that you’re Xu Yan, do you have any proof?” Ying Tianya said alertly.
“Senior Apprentice Brother, have you forgotten? Back then, we secretly descended the mountain and were punished by Master to repent facing the cliff for a year! Also, when we were small, I was bullied by our fellow apprentices. It was you who stepped forward to beat them off …”
Xu Yan stated a number of incidences in a row and finally made Ying Tianya loosen up his guard.
Even Jun Tianyu gradually became relaxed too when he saw Ying Tianya’s expression.
This sort of thing, if it was not the person in the flesh, it was completely impossible to know.
“Junior, it’s really you!” Ying Tianya went up to hug Xu Yan with an agitated look.
But right at this time, Xu Yan suddenly smiled evilly and said, “You fools actually delivered yourselves to the door one by one. Truly foolish to the max. Better let me exonerate you all!”
…
Ye Yuan finally found the Strange Nether Flower all by himself following the floral fragrance.
This was a sea of flowers, and at the center, there was an altar.
On the altar, there was a massive coffin.
Seeing this scene, Ye Yuan’s expression could not help changing.
Chapter 755 - There’s a Problem
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Hope Spirit Wood, Strange Nether Flower, Soul-Sealing Stone! No wonder there are so many Strange Nether Flowers here. Turns out that it is to borrow the power of the Strange Nether Flowers to seal up a divine soul! Looks like this ancient grotto is indeed a scheme set up to exist countless years!” Ye Yuan said as his expression changed slightly.
Strange Nether Flowers were able to make martial artists lose essence energy, but it still had another function!
Coupled with Hope Spirit Wood and Soul-Sealing Stones, it could reduce the expenditure of the divine soul to the maximum degree.
Ye Yuan saw that the altar was constructed entirely from Soul-Sealing Stones at first sight, while the coffin was made from Hope Spirit Wood.
Assembling these things together and complementing with secret arts, one could seal up the divine soul and keep the divine soul from perishing!
This sort of method was extremely obscure. Ye Yuan only saw it before in an ancient record.
Now, seeing this altar and coffin, he immediately connected it together.
“Humph! Looks like this Xie Lingzi has wishful thinking of resisting the Heavenly Dao, wanting to obtain the opportunity to revive through this sort of means! Looks like Qin Meixuan they all being refined into puppets and placed in the plaza was not by chance. This kind of method requires large numbers of martial artists’ divine soul as nourishment, while us, these people, entering the ancient grotto precisely provides this kind of opportunity for him! Heh, such insidious means!” Ye Yuan
said with a cold sneer.
This sort of method was very vicious, requiring large numbers of living souls as a sacrifice. Therefore, Ye Yuan was very repulsed with this too.
It was just that revulsion was revulsion. Even if he knew Xie Lingzi used this sort of means, Ye Yuan did not have that ability to counter it either.
According to Ye Yuan’s calculations, this Xie Lingzi’s strength should be Peak Dao Profound Realm. Furthermore, he had extraordinary attainments in the Formations Path and Alchemy Path.
How could the contingency set up by such a person possibly be wrecked by a Divine Traversing Realm boy?
But Ye Yuan could confirm one point, being able to arrive here indicated that the transmission array he chose was right!
If he went to choose the other two transmission arrays, it would surely be even more perilous.
The pressing matter on hand was to cure those people. Otherwise, once their divine souls were devoured by Xie Lingzi, the consequences would be too ghastly to imagine.
Regarding finding the antidote this sort of thing, Ye Yuan was still very adept.
Since there was such a large patch of Strange Nether Flowers, there must be the antidote item here. Either way, these Strange Nether Flowers could not cause harm to Ye Yuan. Hence, he also started searching with no scruples at all.
Strange Nether Flowers this kind of exotic poisonous object, under normal circumstances, the antidote item could be found in the vicinity.
It was just that people who did not understand medicinal theory, even if the antidote was placed in front of them, they would not recognize it either.
Roughly an hour later, Ye Yuan finally found the antidote item under a thicket of Strange Nether Flowers: the Pinnate Star Grass!
This process lasted close to four hours. Ye Yuan found a total of eight stalks of Pinnate Star Grass. Using to resolve the Strange Nether Flower poison of so many people should be more than plenty.
Obtaining the antidote, Ye Yuan was just about to leave, but heard a series of groaning sounds!
“H-Help …”
Indistinctly, Ye Yuan heard someone calling for help.
But in this place, apart from those martial artists traveling together with him, who else would call for help?
And this voice clearly came from the direction of the coffin. This direction was direct opposite from the direction he came from, making it even less likely to be the martial artists traveling with him.
Ye Yuan’s brows furrowed, but finally still decided to leave!
This place was too dangerous. Who knew if this cry for help was a major trap or not.
But just as he was about to walk away, that voice came over once more. “H-Help … I … I am … Crimson Afterglow Holy Land’s … Xu Yan!”
Hearing this name, Ye Yuan finally could not resist stopping his footsteps.
He was not foreign to Xu Yan this name. Wasn’t it precisely Ying Tianya’s junior apprentice brother?
Ying Tianya said that his junior was poisoned with a peculiar poison, that was why he would find him to come with He Shuming. Now, this sort of situation, could it be that what Xu Yan was inflicted with was this Strange Nether Flower’s poison?
With a couple of leaps, Ye Yuan arrived in close proximity of the altar. Indeed, he saw a blue-clothed youth lying at the fringe of the altar, on his deathbed. His appearance was miserable.
“You’re Xu Yan?” Ye Yuan asked with furrowed brows.
Xu Yan nodded his head with a feeble look and said, “I-It’s precisely me! L-Little brother, you actually know me! Could it be that … you’re brought in by my senior apprentice brother? You showed up here; what … what about my senior apprentice brother?”
Ye Yuan’s brows knitted slightly. Sweeping a glance over Xu Yan, he discovered that he was indeed poisoned very severely.
Being poisoned or not, it was impossible to hide from Ye Yuan.
But Ye Yuan did not let his guard down and kept observing Xu Yan’s expression continuously. The tiniest bit of his actions all could not hide from Ye Yuan’s eyes.
It was just that during this process, Xu Yan’s expression did not have any irregular aspects; it was just the expression of a person who had despaired but then saw hope.
“Your senior apprentice brother was poisoned too. He’s just over there. I’m here to find the antidote for him.” Ye Yuan said.
Xu Yan was overjoyed when he heard that and said, “R-Really? T-That’s great! Little brother, could you … bring me over to meet my senior apprentice brother or not?’
Ye Yuan said, “How will you go over like this? I better treat your poison first.”
As he said, Ye Yuan brought out the Square Cauldron and refined the Pinnate Star Grass into juice. Then placing in a container, he took out a bit for Xu Yan.
“Can … Can this thing work?” Xu Yan asked doubtfully.
“Of course it can!” Ye Yuan said coolly.
Xu Yan drank the Pinnate Star Grass juice dubiously. Indeed, he discovered that the essence energy within his body recovered little by little.
Before long, Xu Yan stood up like someone who was fine.
“Haha! Little brother is indeed not an ordinary person! Great kindness can’t be thanked with words! Xu Yan will definitely repay generously!” Xu Yan clasped his hands and said.
But Ye Yuan said indifferently, “You’re welcome. I was trying my best to do what was entrusted to me too.”
“How can that do! My senior is my senior, I’m me! Oh, right, quickly bring me to go find Senior Apprentice Brother. I’m very worried about him too,” Xu Yan said.
Ye Yuan nodded his head and led Xu Yan over to the place everyone was resting.
“Young Master, something is wrong with this person! You got to be careful!” Ye Yuan was just walking when the Qin Meixuan inside the spatial spirit artifact actually transmitted to him through divine sense.
“En, I know.” Ye Yuan’s reaction showed that he was not too surprised.
Rather, it was Qin Meixuan who had a look of astonishment when she saw Ye Yuan’s appearance of holding the pearl of wisdom in his hands.
“You know?” Qin Meixuan’s cherry-like mouth opened to form a circle.
She saw Ye Yuan’s action previously and even thought that Ye Yuan was already hoodwinked by Xu Yan. That was why she voiced out to warn. Who knew that Ye Yuan saw through it long ago.
Ye Yuan said, “En, this physical body should be Xu Yan without a doubt. But the divine soul probably isn’t himself already. He thinks that he concealed it very well. Actually, when I pried into the Strange Nether Flower poison in his body, I already saw through the anomalous.”
Qin Meixuan had a look of astonishment. She still did not quite believe it at first, but hearing Ye Yuan said it so firmly, she knew that he was not bragging. He really saw through it.
It was just that she did not quite dare to believe Ye Yuan actually saw through that this Xu Yan was actually possessed already in the time he took to inspect the wounds.
“Young Master, since you saw through the irregularity, then why did you still help him resolve the poison?” Qin Meixuan asked puzzledly.
Chapter 756 - What Are You Afraid Of
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“He dared to let himself get poisoned, he naturally has ways to resolve the poison. Whether I treat him or not, it doesn’t matter to him at all. To still play this sort of games with me with his strength, he must have other schemes. Since that’s the case, why don’t I play along with him and take a look at what on earth he’s trying to do? Exposing him now is detrimental and not helpful to me,” Ye Yuan said nonchalantly.
Qin Meixuan threw herself at Ye Yuan’s feet in admiration when she heard that.
Facing a powerful adversary like Xu Yan, to be able to see through right away and keep a presence of mind in the face of danger, pushing the boat along the current, how powerful a heart and strength did this require?!
“Young Master is indeed formidable!
But there is a familiar smell on this person’s body. It’s just that he hid it very covertly, so I don’t know who he is either.” Qin Meixuan said.
Ye Yuan was slightly surprised as he said, “Familiar smell? Could it be … Xie Lingzi?”
Qin Meixuan shook her head, her expression suddenly becoming fierce as she said, “No. I would recognize that guy even if he turns to ash!”
“Like this huh, I got it.”
Ye Yuan was rather surprised in his heart. If Xu Yan were possessed by Xie Lingzi, he would not be surprised at all.
But according to what Qin Meixuan said, this Xu Yan was actually not possessed by Xie Lingzi. Could it be that there were still other people casting covetous eyes here?
All of a sudden, the situation became even more complicated.
Before long, Ye Yuan brought Xu Yan to the place everyone was resting at, but it was already completely empty.
This kind of situation was actually long within Ye Yuan’s expectations. He was indifferent about the others, it was just that Jun Tianyu’s safety, Ye Yuan was very worried.
But the more it was like so, the more he exhorted himself to be calm.
“This … Where are the people? They were clearly resting here previously. Why are they all gone?” Ye Yuan deliberately panicked and said.
“Little Brother, are you mistaken? Or perhaps, they couldn’t wait for you and left by themselves?” Xu Yan said uncertainly.
“Impossible! They were all inflicted with the Strange Nether Flower’s poison and can’t walk far at all. Unless …” Ye Yuan’s face revealed an expression of thick worry.
“Unless what?”
“Unless they were captured by people and rounded up in one fell swoop!” Ye Yuan said.
Xu Yan’s expression changed as he said, “Senior Apprentice Brother and I are as close as brothers. No way, I must go and save him!”
Ye Yuan sneered inwardly, but on the surface he asked, “There is only one path here. We didn’t see anybody at all just now. Where were they captured and brought to?”
Xu Yan was secretly delighted and said, “There isn’t just one path here. There is still a hidden pass at the side. I discovered it when I came. It’s just that I haven’t had time to go in and explore, then I got poisoned. In my opinion, they must have been brought away by people through there!”
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