Chapter 1032: Innate Beauty Nourishing Pill
Chapter 1032: Innate Beauty Nourishing Pill
The manager spoke actively, his words full of respect and admiration for this mysterious Azure Dragon King.
In this flourishing age of geniuses, Xiao Chen’s exploits were like a legend, a myth playing out in reality. Even in the Cloud Sea Domain, the upper echelons like these people had all heard of the Azure Dragon King’s story.
Mu Qinghan revealed a look of anticipation, but after that, he said with some disappointment, “Such a character is not someone we can come in contact with. However, after this matter is done, if we can step out of this Cloud Sea Domain, I might be able to step into the center stage of the Heavenly Starry Ocean.”
The Cloud Sea Domain was unremarkable in the Heavenly Starry Ocean. There were more than ten such sea domains just between the Southern Sea and the Northern Sea.
This was indeed a small place, extremely ordinary. Mu Qinghan was right; very few people would pay attention to it.
In the end, Mu Qinghan revealed an extremely resolute expression. He asked sullenly, “How are things on the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s side? Have we found out which Cyclic Astral Palace elite disciples have called on them?”
The manager shook his head and replied, “I’m not sure. They kept their secrets well. It looks like they do indeed know how to enter the Fire Li Sect’s Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion in the treasure mountain.”
The Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion was the treasury that the Fire Li Sect used to store Secret Treasures.
The many Secret Treasures the Fire Li Sect refined included elite King Grade Secret Treasures. There was a horrifying number of them, and several of them were powerful Secret Treasures that could not be produced with the current refining methods.
However, although the treasure mountain had attracted many experts for so many years, no one had managed to find the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion.
Its existence was even a mystery. Without the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion, the treasure mountain’s attraction for Martial Emperors was much lower.
Nevertheless, for experts under Martial Emperor, the treasure mountain still held a strong attraction. Aside from the various treasures that could be found in the Fire Li Sect Remnants—Secret Treasures and ancient Cultivation Techniques—there were all sorts of natural treasures growing on the treasure mountain. These rare and priceless treasures were already sufficient to draw many cultivators into taking the risk of exploring the place.
The treasure mountain was not accessible most of the time, normally staying at the heart of the ocean, in the deep abyss. That was a place that even Martial Emperors did not dare to enter.
The heart of the ocean was the most mysterious place of the oceanic world. Even Martial Emperors could remain just on its edges.
However, that place was saturated with enough Spiritual Energy to alter even time. Rumor said that spending ten thousand years in there was a hundred years outside.
Although this was just a rumor, the ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Herbs in there would be picked clean every time, yet the next time the treasure mountain appeared, there would be all sorts of ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Herbs again.
This gave the rumor more credibility. One hundred years was ten thousand years; one year meant one hundred years; one month would be ten years.
Mu Qinghan revealed a contemplative expression. After a while, he said, “Never mind. It looks like they are aware of the importance of the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion and know that the news cannot be leaked. Otherwise, if the City Lords hear of it, we would not even have leftovers to take.”
“Then should I go and inform Wen Ziran now? After all, we still do not know if he will accompany us and cooperate with us,” the manager asked.
Mu Qinghan waved his hand and replied, “There is no need for now. He will definitely agree. He won’t be able to resist the temptation of the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion. If not for trying to fool others and the Cyclic Astral Palace experts that the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion invited, I really would not be willing to share.”
One more person helping meant that Mu Qinghan would receive a smaller share. Fortunately, there were many treasures in the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion. Even after adding one more person, the profits would still be significant.
In two days’ time, Xiao Chen’s and Mo Chen’s injuries were mostly healed.
When Mo Chen’s injuries had healed, Xiao Chen naturally thought of refining the Heavenly Origin Pill. He looked for the manager to borrow the Heavenly Phoenix Medicine Cauldron and started to make preparations.
“I will leave the ingredients here. The rest depends on you. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”
Xiao Chen placed the ten sets of ingredients that cost him one million Black Astral Coins on the table.
Mo Chen smiled and said, “With a nouveau riche like you around, why would there be any pressure? You can go first. It will take at least two days before there is any result. You waiting here will not help.”
“Oh, right, is there truly no need to worry about the Mo Clan at Starry Cloud Island?”
“Many thanks for the concern. It is fine. I already anticipated today’s situation long ago and made preparations in advance. The Mo Clan will scatter in all directions. If the City Lord wants to take revenge on the Mo Clan, he will be disappointed.”
Mo Chen controlled the flame, familiarizing herself with the Heavenly Phoenix Medicine Cauldron as she answered Xiao Chen’s question. “In the future, if I gain the ability to resist the eight City Lords, I have my means to gather them back.”
Xiao Chen nodded to himself. This girl was really meticulous. Unfortunately, she was too unyielding.
It was hard to expect that she would even disfigure herself to preclude the temptation of others.
Actually, with her talent, Mo Chen could easily join a large sect. She would not need to shoulder everything herself.
“The Nine Cauldron Merchant Association’s saving you this time is likely because of the upcoming trip to the treasure mountain.” Mo Chen brought up another matter and spoke of her guesses.
“I know. There must be some other matters we do not know as well. The Nine Cauldron Merchant Association should not lack experts.” Xiao Chen nodded, agreeing with Mo Chen’s assessment.
“It is good to work with them. Compared to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, the Nine Cauldron Merchant Association is much more reliable and reputable.”
The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was the merchant association behind the Liu Clan. Xiao Chen had heard Mo Chen mention them before.
The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was rather tyrannical, having attempted to swallow up the Mo Clan several times. Since Mo Chen paid no heed to them, they supported the Liu Clan in order to suppress the Mo Clan. Mo Chen did not have a good impression of them at all.
Xiao Chen raised an eyebrow. In the Cloud Sea Domain, the Nine Cauldron Merchant Association and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion were about equal.
Mu Qinghan’s decision to help him this time was likely due to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
Seeing that Mo Chen already started on refining the Heavenly Origin Pill, Xiao Chen took his leave and said goodbye.
Refining Medicinal Pills required absolute silence. Even when Xiao Chen refined Medicinal Pills, he did not like having people around.
Just as Xiao Chen was about to close the door, he thought of something and stopped. “Your Solar True Flame Spiritual Mark is still with me. I’ll return it to you now.”
“There’s no need. You can keep it.” Mo Chen was focused on refining the Medicinal Pill, so she said without turning her head, “Are you leaving or not? If you are not, I will chase you out.”
Xiao Chen smiled helplessly and gently closed the door. “I cannot take your Solar True Flame for nothing. The Innate Beauty Nourishing Pill from the Compendium of Cultivation should be able to help you.”
Mo Chen already had her scars for too long. Furthermore, the scars were deliberate and had already merged with the flesh; ordinary Beauty Nourishing Pills would be ineffective.
Only the Innate Beauty Nourishing Pill could help Mo Chen.
There was another method that could help her, which was for her to become a Martial Emperor. In the process of forming the Golden Emperor Body, she could remove any kind of scar.
Aside from needing some time, refining the Innate Beauty Nourishing Pill required quite a bit of rare ingredients. The difficulty was not very high.
The only thing that Xiao Chen worried about was whether Mo Chen would be willing to use it or not.
As these two people started refining Medicinal Pills, the undercurrents of Shattered Cloud City surged.
The news of the eight Young City Lords perishing seemed to grow wings, spreading throughout the entire Cloud Sea Domain and stirring up a huge commotion.
Amid the winds of change, the seven City Lords of the Broken Cloud City, Separated Cloud City, Sky Cloud City, Fog Cloud City, Disordered Cloud City, Connected Cloud City, and Frost Cloud City, seven quasi-Emperors who held great influence in the Cloud Sea Domain, all arrived at Shattered Cloud City with sullen expressions and withdrawn murderous intent in their eyes.
These City Lords looked coldly at Shattered Cloud City’s City Lord, demanding an explanation.
These City Lords wanted to know why the Young City Lords had all gotten murdered like dogs in Shattered Cloud City’s City Lord’s Residence, yet the murderer remained at large.
Just as the treasure mountain was about to resurface, the Young City Lords of the eight cities had all died in Shattered Cloud City.
Such news inevitably gave rise to suspicions that this was an assassination ordered by another faction.
While the eight City Lords ruled the Cloud Sea Domain, they could not control everything in the region.
Not only were there major factions like the Nine Cauldron Merchant Association and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, which were not much weaker than the City Lord’s Residence, but there were also several peak great grandmaster-level Martial Sage loose cultivators who did not fear the City Lord’s Residence. If they worked together, even quasi-Emperors would find them problematic.
As for the main character of this story, Wen Ziran, his name spread throughout the entire Cloud Sea Domain.
What sort of person dared to kill the eight Young City Lords in the City Lord’s Residence, offending eight quasi-Emperors in one go?
Who gave this person such great confidence to show no fear and kill everyone?
However, after investigations, there was almost no news.
Everyone only knew that this person had never appeared in the Cloud Sea Domain before. The Southern Sea and Northern Sea had not heard of this name, either.
Wen Ziran was like a meteor that appeared suddenly. As he descended from the sky, he gave off a resplendent light and arrived in this Cloud Sea Domain.
The moment he appeared, he immediately stirred up the winds and clouds, causing undercurrents to flow.
[TL Note: “Stirred up winds and clouds” here means to cause a change in the situation.]
In just two days, the City Lords of the other seven cities put aside the matters they had on hand and traveled a great distance to Shattered Cloud City’s City Lord’s Residence.
At this moment, in an even grander hall behind the great hall of Shattered Cloud City’s City Lord’s Residence, seven people stared coldly at Shattered Cloud City’s City Lord, Wang Zhan, who was seated in the center.
“Old Brother Wang, this time, our heirs all died in your residence. You have to give an account to us. If you keep dragging this out, we will lose our patience.” Separated Cloud City’s City Lord, Shi Yong spoke first in a cold manner.
Xiao Chen had used a tiny saber to explode Shi Yong’s son, Shi Feng, not even leaving a complete corpse.
Frost Cloud City’s City Lord said, “You have not even captured the murderer. Old Brother Wang, you are not doing a proper job as a City Lord.”
The Young City Lord of Frost Cloud City, Meng Xingwen, was in an even worse state. Xiao Chen had punched him with five Dragon Force, twenty-five thousand tons of force. Not even a corpse was left.
The other City Lords all spoke up, piling pressure on Wang Zhan.
Of the eight, Wang Zhan had held his position for the shortest time. He was the most junior among them. When they all lectured him, they were not polite at all.
Seeing Wang Zhan remain silent, Shi Yong snarled, “Humph! Wang Zhan, I can’t be bothered to speak nonsense with you. You have three days to hand over the murderer and compensate each of us with five million Black Astral Coins and three islands. Otherwise, we will throw you out of the Cloud Sea Domain!”
Clearly, the seven already discussed this. With Shi Yong taking the lead, they got up and started walking out.
Just as the other City Lords were leaving, the previously quiet Wang Zhan picked up his teacup and said unhurriedly, “Haha! It is just a dead son. How many concubines do you all have? Do you think I do not know? This is a lousy excuse to try and use this to threaten me and split up my territory.”