Chapter 397 - Hypocrisy
Chapter 397: Hypocrisy
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Qing Mu, Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect.”
After a moment, the Second Demon Venerable suddenly calmed down.
There were two problems in front of him. First, he couldn’t shake the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect with his strength alone.
Second, the Linglong Divine Gold might not be in the hands of that young cultivator.
After going through everything that happened that day, he realized that Chen Chen was not the Spirit Severing stage cultivator who had obtained the Linglong Divine Gold that his subordinate had mentioned.
That was because that kid had only entered the Spirit Severing stage in the Peach Blossom Sect.
However, he was certain that this kid was most likely related to that Spirit Severing stage cultivator. Otherwise, he would not have become his subordinate.
In short, he had to capture that kid first.
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Half a day later, the Second Demon Venerable returned to the Crimson Fiend sect. As the strongest sect within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, the Crimson Fiend sect’s abode was much larger than the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect’s.
Strictly speaking, the Crimson Fiend sect was a combination of forces. The ten great Demon Venerables usually addressed each other as brothers and rarely interfered with each other.
As they approached the main hall of the Crimson Fiend Sect, the Second Demon Venerable gathered his emotions and managed to squeeze out a tear. Then, he walked into the main hall in a hurry.
Before he stepped into the main hall, he shouted loudly, “Big Brother, you have to make a decision for me!”
A tall, strong, blue cultivator with two horns on his head frowned when he heard the shout. A moment later, he saw his second brother staggering and walking toward him with a face full of grief and indignation.
“What happened? Is it necessary for you to be so sad?”
The sect master of the Crimson Fiend sect, the head of the ten great Demon Venerables, asked calmly.
He had some understanding of this second brother of his, so he basically did not believe the emotions that the other party revealed.
“Big Brother, my… My only son was killed by someone!” Tears flowed down the Second Demon Venerable’s face, as if he had suffered an unspeakable grievance.
When the Great Demon Venerable heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, “Only son? Why do I remember that you seem to have many illegitimate children?”
Hearing this, the Second Demon Venerable’s expression immediately became awkward. He didn’t expect this big brother to even know about this kind of thing. Thinking of this, he became secretly vigilant.
The matter of the Linglong Divine Gold must not be known by this big brother. Otherwise, he would have nothing to do with it.
Although they were both at the peak of the Spirit Severing stage, his strength was still inferior to his big brother’s.
“Big Brother… forget about those sons below the Void Refinement realm. This time, the one who died was also at the Spirit Severing stage. He was the strongest among all of my sons. Originally, I was going to choose him as the successor of my legacy! However… Today, he was chased to his residence and killed. His body and soul were exterminated!”
“Which sect did this? Can’t you solve this matter by yourself?”
“The Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect did it. Because I value this son very much, I installed a Mother-And-Son Shadow Stone in his cave abode. I didn’t expect to see such a tragic scene!”
The more the Second Demon Venerable spoke, the more indignant he became. Then, he took out the shadow stone and played the scene of his son being exterminated in the hall.
“Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect…” the great Demon Venerable squinted. He knew about this sect. Most of them were alchemists, and their foundations were abnormally rich.
However, this kind of sect rarely clashed with other cultivators. Now that they actually chased up to the sect and killed the Second Demon Venerable’s son, it was most likely that the Second Demon Venerable’s son had done something unkind.
Although he knew that this was definitely the reason, he did not care.
Reason being the Second Demon Venerable’s son in the picture had already said several times that he was the son of the Crimson Fiend Sect’s Second Demon Venerable, but that young man still very callously took his life.
This was a complete lack of respect to his second brother, let alone the Crimson Fiend sect.
Within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, there were no sects that dared to disregard the Crimson Fiend sect, let alone a mere alchemy sect.
It seemed that after a long time of not taking action, the surrounding sects began to jump again.
With this thought in mind, he subconsciously wanted to agree to help his second brother, but before he could say anything, the Second Demon Venerable spoke first, “Big Brother, there’s no need for you to personally take action against an alchemy sect. As long as you send some of your capable subordinates to me, I’ll be satisfied. Moreover, I want to personally take revenge for my son!”
Hearing this, the great Demon Venerable’s expression darkened.
Second Demon Venerable hurriedly added, “If we can really destroy the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect, you’ll take 70% of the resources we plunder!”
Only then did the great Demon Venerable nod in satisfaction.
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At the same time, Chen Chen and Qing Mu returned to the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect with the essence soul of Fairy Wu Nian, which was about to be drained.
When Qing Mu saw how miserable his master had become because of him, tears streamed down his old face.
A moment later, the two of them arrived in front of an elder who was of the Spirit Severing stage in the sect. This elder in the Spirit Severing stage was good at refining healing pills. When he saw the terrible state that Fairy Wu Nian had ended up in, he sighed slightly and said, “Junior Sister has become like this. The exhaustion of her essence soul is almost irreversible. If you want to keep your life, you have to find a ten-thousand-year-old Spirit-Nurturing Lotus and nurture your essence soul in it. Only then will there be hope.”
“In the sect…” Qing Mu subconsciously asked.
The elder smiled bitterly and shook his head. It was obvious that the sect did not have a treasure like the Spirit-Nurturing Lotus.
“However, I can refine a Spirit-Nurturing pill that can slow down the rate at which her essence soul dies and buy her another one or two years.”
Qing Mu immediately thanked him respectfully when he heard this. He was so excited that he could not control himself.
In a year or two, he could make many things. As long as he was willing to pay the price, he might be able to find a ten-thousand-year-old Spirit-Nurturing lotus. This rekindled hope in his heart.
Chen Chen moved his fingers by the side. A thought could not help but arise in his heart.
‘Am I going to make a comeback?’
Although he cultivated extremely quickly by relying on treasures, it was also extremely difficult to transcend the tribulation. However, he did not know if the heavens would overlook it if he only took a tiny bit of it?
Just as he was hesitating in his heart, the expression of the elder in front of him suddenly changed, and then his expression became strange.
“What’s wrong, Uncle-Master?” Qing Mu hurriedly asked, afraid that the change in his Uncle-Master’s expression was because of Fairy Wu Nian.
“It’s nothing. It’s just that the sect master failed to break through to the Unification stage again.” The elder shook his head helplessly.
“He failed again?” Chen Chen was a little curious when he saw that the elder didn’t seem to be very sad.
‘Could it be that the sect master had failed many times?’
“You guys have just arrived at the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect not long ago, so it’s normal that you don’t know some things. The sect master tried to break through to the Unification Stage six times but failed. This is already the seventh time.” The elder explained.
Chen Chen’s heart thumped when he heard this.
‘Is the Unification Stage so difficult?’
‘Could it be that Li Xian has also failed to break through and had come out of seclusion early?’
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but shudder.
“Chen Chen, Qing Mu, bring Fairy Wu Nian here to me.”
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind. Chen Chen subconsciously looked at the highest peak of the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect.
That was where the sect master, Perfected Yu Ding, was staying, and it was also Perfected Yu Ding who had used his divine senses to transmit the voice just now.
In fact, he had not seen Perfected Yu Ding in all the time he had been in the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect. Now, he was finally going to meet the sect master of the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect.
Qing Mu, who was standing by the side, had obviously heard the transmission as well. He immediately stood up with a whoosh.
The sect master was definitely more capable than the elders. Moreover, strictly speaking, his master could be considered as the sect master’s right-hand man. If it was the sect master, there might be other ways to save Fairy Wu Nian.
With that thought in mind, he and Chen Chen hurriedly bid farewell to the Spirit Severing stage Elder and flew towards the main peak of the Jade Tripod Alchemy Sect.