by Feng Yise
The cold-faced man really risked it all and directly took out all the gains from the operation this time as the bargaining chip.
The medicinal pill seller's expression changed when he heard this and was just about to stop it when he heard Lin Feng chuckle and say, "Shi Kaiyong, you said it! Alright, I'll test out a few moves!"
Finishing and without waiting for the medicinal pill seller to stop him, he directly unleashed several palm knives.
Who knew that after a few palm knives were struck out, Lin Feng's face greatly changed!
"This . . . This medicinal pill really does have problems! My essence energy expenditure is actually three to four times faster than normal!" Lin Feng cried out.
These words were just like throwing down a bomb. All the martial artists' gaze locked onto the medicinal pill seller.
"Mali . . . Malicious slanders! My . . . My medicinal pills don't have any issues! It . . . It must be that you guys colluded together!" The medicinal pill seller remained stubborn and refused to admit it.
"Screw your uncle! I, Lin Feng, have worked in this occupation for so long, no one has ever said that about me, your father! You sold fake medicine to me, your father, and even said that your father is slandering you?! Brothers, go and waste him!" Lin Feng unwittingly flew into a great rage and was about to call his team to waste that medicinal pill seller.
The medicinal pill seller was greatly alarmed and instinctively wanted to run. But the surroundings were encircled by demonic beast hunters, where to flee to?
"Wait!" Lin Feng's team was about to take action when Shi Kaiyong stopped it.
Chapter 165 - Expert
"What? Shi Kaiyong, you aren't trying to protect him this time, right?" Lin Feng asked in a harsh tone.
Emotions were running high at the moment. Lin Feng himself was also the person who was swindled. His tone naturally would not be good.
However, Shi Kaiyong did not mind. He just said icily, "Lin Feng, leave it to me! I have ways of making him yield everything. At that time, it wouldn't be too late to deal with him."
As he spoke, Shi Kaiyong looked over to the medicinal pill seller. That ice-cold gaze made the medicinal pill seller unwittingly shudder.
When Shi Kaiyong said so, Lin Feng was no longer so insistent. He dusted his hands and said, "Fine, up to you."
Shi Kaiyong looked at the medicinal pill seller and asked coldly, "Are you going to submit, or do you want me to take action?"
The medicinal pill seller gritted his teeth and advanced instead of retreating as he attacked Shi Kaiyong.
But before he even touched Shi Kaiyong, a person shot out from the sides to attack his flank.
The medicinal pill seller was greatly shocked and hurriedly evaded. But another person cut off his path of retreat.
Boom!
The medicinal pill seller took a blow to his back and staggered as he charged over towards Shi Kaiyong.
What greeted him was a solid punch, right in the abdomen. The medicinal pill seller was in so much pain that his mouth went wide open.
Right then, a tiny thing which shot out from who knew where flashed past and accurately landed inside his mouth.
"Gulp!" The medicinal pill seller involuntarily swallowed on his own and immediately felt that things were not good.
"Urgh . . . Hurrk . . ."
The medicinal pill seller desperately tried to vomit out the thing he swallowed, but that thing melted once it entered his mouth. Just a short while and it vanished with trace.
Immediately after, he felt his divine soul tremble, and then, he became unaware of anything.
When Shi Kaiyong saw this scene, he also felt slightly afraid. Just now, he wanted to find who threw that object but did not manage to do so. That mysterious person was clearly an expert.
"You can ask now. Ask him anything, and he will answer."
At this time, that voice appeared inside Shi Kaiyong's mind once again.
Shi Kaiyong was stunned. Only now did he know why that mysterious person wanted him to pry that medicinal pill seller's mouth open.
Could that be a medicinal pill which was thrown in just now? What kind of medicinal pill could actually have such an effect?
Shi Kaiyong collected his emotions and opened his mouth, and asked the medicinal pill seller, "Just who in the world are you? Why did you come here to peddle medicinal pills?"
The medicinal pill seller answered woodenly, "I'm called Huang Song, a retainer . . . of the Wan Family. The owner sent me to the Endless Forest to sell medicinal pills to you all. At the same time . . . plan to defame the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion to make them unable to rise again."
Shi Kaiyong instantly felt his blood boil when he heard that. This Drunken Star Manor will really stop at nothing!
They already occupied such a huge advantage, yet they had to drive the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion to their wits ends!
"Did Wan Donghai make you sell these fake medicinal pills?" Shi Kaiyong gnashed his teeth as he held his patience and asked.
"No, it's the Second Boss, Wang Dongyang. He . . . He said that those demonic beast hunters are all . . . all miserable wretches, unworthy of using such fine medicinal pills. Hence, he refined these medicinal pills anew, lessened the medicinal strength, and even added some stuff to make you all temporarily unable to feel the decline in medicinal effect. But as long as essence energy is utilized, it will be exposed."
Pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, it directly turned the whole matter upside down.
"I'm going to f*ck him, that Wang Dongyang! He's the miserable wretch! His whole family is all miserable wretches!"
"F*ck your mom! Your father won't ever go to the Drunken Star Manor to buy medicinal pills anymore!"
"Mother . . .! Indeed, none of those brothers are good things! Who supported the Drunken Star Manor? Isn't it us, these demonic beast hunters? To actually scold us miserable wretches?! And even sell fake medicine?!"
. . . . . .
Briefly, public sentiments were raging!
With this, the Drunken Star Manor's reputation among demonic beast hunters is already utterly rotten.
Next, Shi Kaiyong asked a few more inner-circle questions, but Huang Song did not know much.
Even so, some behind the scenes were still dug out by Shi Kaiyong; such as killing demonic beast hunters to rob them and etc. All these touched the bottom-line of the demonic beast hunters even more.
The demonic beast hunters present most likely took up a significant percentage of the State of Qin's demonic beast hunters. One could imagine how the Drunken Star Manor's business would be like in the future.
After some time, Huang Song suddenly woke up. Seeing the countless vicious gazes, his heart instantly trembled.
"I . . . What happened to me earlier? Wh-What are you thinking of doing? I . . . I'm someone from the Drunken Star Manor! You dare to touch me?!" Huang Song stammered.
Lin Feng looked at Huang Song and kept smiling. Except that the smile, no matter how one looked at it, did not appear too friendly.
"Brothers, we bought so many medicinal pills just now. Since these medicinal pills are all fake, then shouldn't we return them to him?" Lin Feng suddenly said to everyone.
These demonic beast hunters were all experienced. When Lin Feng said that, they guessed Lin Feng's intentions and could not help praising.
The outcome that followed was apparent. This Huang Song was stuffed by those medicinal pills until he exploded. It was an extremely tragic end.
. . . . . .
"Big brother, just who was the person secretly directing you just now?" a member of Shi Kaiyong's team could not resist asking out of curiosity.
Shi Kaiyong shook his head and said, "Don't know, but this person is undeniably an expert! I've never even heard of this type of secret transmission skill! And that medicinal pill which made Huang Song tell the truth is completely unheard of! In my opinion, this person definitely has deep relations with Pavilion Lord Ye and is extremely powerful!"
"Big Brother is right. This person is abnormally mysterious. Just now, you made me pay attention to the surrounding people, but I didn't even get a clear view of how that expert moved to fire out that medicinal pill! This person actually saw through those fake medicinal pills easily and also possess such incredible medicinal pills. Definitely also an Alchemy Dao expert!"
Shi Kaiyong nodded and said, "That's right! From my conjecture, this person has the strength of Alchemy Grandmaster at the minimum! But since there's such a powerful aid behind Pavilion Lord Ye, why hasn't there been any movements? I have a feeling that as long as this person is willing to lend a hand, the Drunken Star Manor is surely no match!"
The teammates said in shock, "Al-alchemy Grandmaster? Doesn't that mean that there's a Crystal Formation Realm expert among us?"
The teammates lifted their heads to scan around and felt rather worried.
A Crystal Formation Realm expert hiding among a bunch of Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists. This is absolutely not a good feeling.
Shi Kaiyong frowned and said, "Dumbass! What are you looking for? That senior is hiding among us, so he definitely doesn't wish to expose his identity. Otherwise, he also wouldn't be so cautious. With his capabilities, just a slap and he can smack Huang Song to death. Why would he cause such a mess for? This matter is concluded. I'll also talk to the two of them in a while. Just take it as if this incident never happened!"
Those team members broke into a cold sweat again after hearing Shi Kaiyong say that and hurriedly nodded like chicken pecking rice.
Shi Kaiyong also lowered his voice and said, "The treasure seizing event this time, we'll just do our best. Take utmost care to not irritate some dreadful existences. Otherwise, you won't even know how you die! I reckon that there's already no small number of Crystal Formation Realm martial artists among the humans. And I have a feeling that there will be even more amazing experts appearing!"
Before Shi Kaiyong finished talking, a surge of mighty aura abruptly appeared. The crowd which had already calmed down was once again stirred up.
This aura was powerful to the point it was suffocating!
These people were all Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists, but they could not even muster up the courage to resist!
Chapter 166 - Sea Transformation Realm Expert!
"So . . . So powerful!" Nanfeng Zhirou clenched her jaw and was clearly straining to withstand this pressure.
Just then, a faint soul strength extended in front of her. The pressure instantly reduced.
Nanfeng Zhirou looked at Ye Yuan in astonishment but saw Ye Yuan flash her a light smile.
This fellow, towards the utilization of soul strength, he has actually already reached such a degree? Nanfeng Zhirou was very amazed in her heart.
To her, Ye Yuan was just like a map which could never be fully unfurled.
Every time she felt that she understood Ye Yuan more, she would discover that her understanding was only a part of him.
"This . . . This person is so strong. What's his background?" Nanfeng Zhirou asked.
"How would I know? I only know that there's that few Crystal Formation Realm martial artists in the State of Qin. I don't know anything else. Furthermore, I don't feel like the State of Qin has Sea Transformation Realm martial artists." Ye Yuan was dumbfounded.
His predecessor was a top-tier noob, so no need to talk about that.
Ji Qingyun was also utterly unfamiliar with the Boundless World. Such a long time and he had not even heard of any powerhouses' name.
"Sea . . . Sea Transformation Realm?"
Nanfeng Zhirou's eyes popped out. This was her first time seeing a Sea Transformation Realm expert.
"If not? It's also impossible for Ninth Level Crystal Formation Realms to release such powerful pressure, right?" Ye Yuan curled his mouth and said.
Just then, a shadow cut across the skies. A large bird-like creature stopped in mid-air just like that. On it, an elder stood upright with a majestic aura.
"All get lost for old me! Within a mile radius from the gorge entrance, any trespassers will be killed without mercy!"
The elder's words were just like rolling heavenly thunder, spreading out in all directions and entering everyone's ears. He left these words extremely arrogantly and drove the large bird to fly towards the entrance of the gorge.
"Who's that person? So rampant! He asks your father to leave, and your father leaves? Your father just refuses to leave!"
The people by the sides looked at him like they were looking at a fool. "Then you stay. We're going!"
"Aiya, don't! Together, go together! Just who on earth is that person? Why is he so powerful? Glancing once at him gave the feeling like I was crumbling!"
"If I didn't see wrongly, that old man is the Black Crow Old Man who went missing for many years! When he went missing, he was only at the Crystal Formation Realm. I didn't think that not only did he not die, but he also even advanced a step and stepped into Sea Transformation Realm!"
"My god! Sea Transformation Realm! It's hopeless in my entire life . . ."
"We all know . . ."
The crowd retreated like tidal water. Even the Crystal Formation Realm martial artists who arrived previously also fell back sensibly.
In front of Sea Transformation Realm martial artists, Crystal Formation Realm martial artists were simply not worth looking at!
Sea Transformation Realm did not lie within the major realms carved out by martial artists, but it laid between the Crystal Formation Realm and Soul Sea Realm. It was a special type of state!
The Sea Transformation; its full name should be Shattering the Core, Transforming into Sea!
After martial artists enter the Crystal Formation Realm, the compression of essence energy already reached the limits!
It was no longer possible to want to continue storing essence energy inside the body.
When Crystal Formation Realm martial artists reach the Ninth Level Crystal Formation Realm, the dantian became the greatest obstacle of shackling martial artists' breakthrough instead!
Thereupon, ancient sages used powerful soul strength to shatter the dantian's fetters, creating this step of Shattering the Core, Transforming into Sea, which also laid a solid foundation for martial artists to continue breaking through their limits!
Crystal Formation Realm martial artists pulverize the dantian along with the crystallized state essence energy and transform into a miraculous state. This process was Sea Transformation!
This sea was called the Dantian Sea.
After the dantian transforms into a sea, martial artists could take their first steps to communicate with the outer world's heaven and earth essence energy, transferring the outside world's heaven and earth essence energy for their own use. Their strength would experience a substantial increase.
Invoking the outside world's heaven and earth essence energy when compared to using the heaven and earth essence energy within the body, the former was naturally more superior.
Hence, the strength of Sea Transformation Realm martial artists and Crystal Formation Realm martial artists were not even on the same level!
No matter how powerful Crystal Formation Realm martial artists were, it was impossible to make everybody feel such pressure. But Sea Transformation Realm martial artists who borrowed Heaven & Earth essence energy could easily do this.
However, Shattering the Core, Transforming into Sea was only a special state. It should be said that it was the embryonic form of the Soul Sea Realm. Therefore, it could not be categorized as a major realm.
Even so, the might of Sea Transformation Realm martial artists already exceeded the understanding of ordinary people.
It could be said that Crystal Formation Realm martial artists still belonged to mortal martial artists, while Sea Transformation Realm martial artists already took the first step to transcending beyond mortal and the secular!
Ye Yuan looked at the back figure of that old man who floated away and could not resist sneer
ing. "Just the First Level Sea Transformation Realm, what's there to be arrogant about?"
Nanfeng Zhirou hurriedly covered his mouth. "You don't want to live anymore?! That's a Sea Transformation Realm expert!"
Feeling the faint aroma coming from Nanfeng Zhirou's palm, Ye Yuan felt very comfortable and invigorated.
"Isn't it just Sea Transformation Realm? Give me ten years. I guarantee that you will break through to the Soul Sea Realm! Uh . . . However, ten years seem to be a little too long," Ye Yuan transmitted his voice.
The ten years being too long was Ye Yuan saying that he might not stay in the Boundless World for ten years.
Even if he could stay in the Boundless World for ten years, he would also leave the State of Qin in the future, and leave the Tranquil Cloud Sect. It was not possible to keep staying by Nanfeng Zhirou's side to be a nanny.
But Nanfeng Zhirou did not think so. "Ten . . . Ten years? Soul Sea Realm?"
Even though it was a voice transmission, Nanfeng Zhirou felt tongue-tied.
Ten years to breakthrough to the Soul Sea Realm, forget about the State of Qin, even in the Tranquil Cloud Sect, nobody dared to boast like this.
Furthermore, Ye Yuan did not say it was him breaking through, but to help her break through!
Also, Ye Yuan did not say break through to the Sea Transformation Realm, but break through to the Soul Sea Realm!
Is there a mistake?
This feeling did not feel like they were talking about breaking through cultivation realm, but more like playing a game, casually talking about it to breakthrough cultivation realms.
Ye Yuan also misunderstood. He glanced at Nanfeng Zhirou and said, "Ten years too long? Uh . . . Eight years is also possible! But it can't be any lesser! With your talent, just eight years is somewhat overly forceful already. Your foundation will be unstable."
"Puchi!" Nanfeng Zhirou nearly vomited a mouthful of old blood.
Although she knew that Ye Yuan was very amazing, why did these words feel so unreliable?
Ye Yuan also could not be blamed. Not too much time had actually passed since his rebirth. Even though he already gradually adjusted to the State of Qin's lifestyle, many concepts were still stagnated in his previous life.