Chapter 225 Sacred Artifacts
Qi Feng looked up abruptly, his face changing drastically. Disregarding his attack on Chen Xuan, he waved his hand, and tens of thousands of蠱 worms around him surged towards his body, forming an armor on him in an instant.
With a deafening bang!
The sharp sword energy struck Qi Feng, as if a giant wielding a celestial sword had cleaved down.
Qi Feng grunted, his aura suddenly becoming extremely weak.
A collective gasp of disbelief echoed from the surroundings as they watched the scene, their eyes filled with disbelief.
What was going on? It looked like special effects!
“You… what is this?”
Qi Feng stared at Chen Xuan, his voice hoarse.
His expression was terrifyingly grim, more so filled with fear. Only he knew what he had just experienced.
If not for the 蠱 worms that had condensed into armor, blocking the sword energy, he would have likely died here by now.
However, this fellow had done nothing, yet he had pushed him into such a predicament. It was unbelievable.
“He’s not dead?”
Chen Xuan frowned.
“Even if you die, I won’t die…” Qi Feng sneered, though a sense of unease lingered in his heart.
Before he could finish speaking, a faint sound interrupted him.
The 蠱 worms on Qi Feng’s body rolled onto the ground, dead as could be. Simultaneously, a sense of crisis surged.
“Run!”
Qi Feng glanced at the 蠱 worms on the ground, his face contorting in a drastic change. He shouted and turned to flee!
What sect leader’s dignity, what face, compared to his life, these were nothing.
But after only a few steps, another sword energy descended. With a deafening boom, Qi Feng instantly exploded into a mist of blood.
The Xuan Yin Sect forces were instantly stunned!
This was their Sect Leader, Qi Feng, who had been rampant in the southeastern region. Yet, he had died without even touching a single hair of the young man before him. Was this a joke?
“Not bad, not bad!”
Chen Xuan’s eyes flickered. This attack formation was quite good; his efforts were not wasted.
At this moment, a cloth bag from Qi Feng’s person flew over. Chen Xuan caught it and opened it, his gaze immediately sharpening.
Inside the cloth bag, besides many pills, there was a black pottery jar containing 蠱 worms, three ancient porcelain shards, and a vajra pestle of ancient style, covered in copper rust.
These pills were equivalent to inferior spirit-replenishing pills and could be used for cultivation. The three ancient porcelain shards and the vajra pestle were surprisingly treasures containing dense spiritual energy!
He also noticed that the pills and the treasures had a similar aura.
The last time, he had discovered treasures containing spiritual energy on members of the Xuan Yin Sect, and now, he had found such treasures on the Sect Leader of the Xuan Yin Sect. Where did the Xuan Yin Sect get so many of these things?
After all, to this day, he had only managed to acquire a few such treasures.
The people of the Xuan Yin Sect might know something.
Chen Xuan’s cold gaze swept over the Xuan Yin Sect forces: “It’s time to settle accounts with you.”
Upon being swept by Chen Xuan’s gaze, the Xuan Yin Sect forces turned pale and their limbs felt cold.
“What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and run, are you waiting for dinner?”
Someone shouted, and the Xuan Yin Sect forces finally reacted, turning to flee.
“You can run, but I guarantee you’ll suffer the same fate as your Sect Leader.”
At this moment, Chen Xuan’s playful laughter came from behind.
These words struck the crowd like lightning. They froze in place, not daring to move.
Even their Sect Leader had perished; how could they, mere clowns, make any waves?
“Grandpa, we know we were wrong. We were just following orders, and we didn’t intend to trouble you.”
“That’s right, it’s all the fault of our Sect Leader. He was blind and arrogant. We didn’t want to become your enemy.”
The Xuan Yin Sect forces fell to their knees before Chen Xuan, desperately begging for mercy, even calling him “Grandpa.”
Chen Xuan said in surprise, “Aren’t you afraid your Sect Leader will crawl out of the underworld to find you if you speak of him like this?”
The crowd looked somewhat embarrassed, but compared to their lives, nothing else mattered.
“Where did your Xuan Yin Sect get this from?” Chen Xuan pointed at the porcelain shards and the vajra pestle taken from the cloth bag.
“These were dug out from the rough stones on our Xuan Yin Sect’s sacred mountain and then cut. Because these things contain terrifying energy and can be used for cultivation, we call them sacred artifacts.”
Someone’s eyes gleamed with greed upon seeing these items, and then they noticed the pills in Chen Xuan’s hand: “That’s right, these pills are made from the energy extracted from these sacred artifacts.”
Oh?
Chen Xuan frowned. No wonder he had felt a similarity between the pills and the treasures earlier. It turned out that the pills’ energy was extracted from these treasures.
However, it was clear that while the Xuan Yin Sect people had noticed the dense spiritual energy in these treasures, they couldn’t absorb it like he could. Moreover, this method caused more than half of the dense spiritual energy to be lost.
“I don’t want to kill anymore. How about we strike a deal?” Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes, looking at the people before him.
The Xuan Yin Sect forces thought they had misheard and rubbed their ears vigorously.
“Are you serious?” the burly young man tentatively asked.
Chen Xuan nodded.
The Xuan Yin Sect forces showed a hint of a smile.
“Don’t get happy too soon. First, listen to my conditions,” Chen Xuan said calmly.
“Please, just give the order. As long as you let us go, we will go through fire and water for you.”
“Yes, we are willing to serve you, my lord.”
The Xuan Yin Sect people only wanted to survive.
Chen Xuan pondered for a moment: “After you go back, help me collect all your Xuan Yin Sect’s sacred artifacts and send them over.”
“This…” The Xuan Yin Sect people looked hesitant.
These were sacred artifacts, all stored in the treasury, and they had little contact with them.
Even if the Sect Leader was dead, there were other elders. They couldn’t make decisions for all of them.
“Do you have difficulties?” Chen Xuan asked coldly.
“How could we?”
“My lord, rest assured, we will definitely help you collect them.”
Everyone had their own thoughts, but they all had one common goal: survival. Once they returned to the Xuan Yin Sect in the southeast, miles away, what could this guy do to them? Did he dare to go to the Xuan Yin Sect?
These people were talking enthusiastically, but after their Sect Leader died, they had shifted all the blame onto him, showing their utter lack of loyalty. Without some means, how could they be made to obey?
At this moment, Chen Xuan’s thoughts stirred. He took out the jar of 蠱 worms and dripped his own blood into it. After these 蠱 worms swallowed his blood, they would obey his commands. He then flicked his finger, and a golden thread crawled into their ears, burrowing in instantly.
“You can also use 蠱?”
This action happened almost in the blink of an eye. When the crowd realized they had been infected, their faces changed drastically.
Chen Xuan smiled faintly, offering no explanation.
He was proficient in mountain medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination. What difficulty could mere 蠱 techniques pose?
“You have one month. If you fail to collect the sacred artifacts, you will not receive the antidote for the 蠱 worms. At that time, your chest and abdomen will churn and swell like a barrel, and you will bleed to death within seven days. I don’t need to remind you of this, do I?” Chen Xuan said calmly.