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Demonic cultivators were eccentric beings in the first place, it was not uncommon that they have some special hobbies.
Recalling the words that Liu Chang had said, Elder Wu Yuan asked in doubt. “House in the forest?”
“Yes, it’s just north of the sect, it’s called… Secluded Immortal Abode!” Liu Chang replied.
“Secluded… Secluded Immortal Abode?!” Elder Wu Yuan’s pupils shrank. “Oh no!”
That was the place where the Little Uncle-Master lived.
Since the Demon King appeared there, didn’t that mean the Little Uncle-Master was in danger?
The others thought of this too and their faces changed once more.
Even if the Little Uncle-Master was talented and was quite powerful in his own right, he was still far behind the Demon King who had roamed the continent undefeated for thousands of years!
Since the Demon King dared to show himself, did it mean that… that Little Master Uncle had already perished in his hands?
The Sect Master, First Elder, and many others were already dead. If the Little Uncle-Master died too, there was probably no hope of recovering for the Immortal Guardian Sect.
For a moment, a dull atmosphere enveloped the area…
The room became so quiet that even the sound of needles dropping could be heard.
“Bring Liu Yi here we’re going to listen to what he has to say!” After a while, Wu Yuan instructed.
In this kind of a situation, they must not listen to one-sided words. Although the loyalty of these two could be confirmed, it was difficult to guarantee that these weren’t deceived by outsiders.
They said that Liu Yi secretly learned demonic cultivation methods. In that case, they just need to catch and interrogate him.
Afterwards, the truth would naturally reveal itself.
“No!”
Elder Yuan Buyi interjected.
“If this Liu Yi really is the Nirvana Demon King’s apprentice, the two of them will definitely have a way to secretly get in touch with each other!”
“There’s a chance that we might force the Nirvana Demon King to make his move in advance if we abruptly catch Liu Yi! Without any preparations, there is no way that we can resist him!”
Elder Wu Yuan didn’t know what to say.
Indeed, the other party stayed hidden and didn’t do anything so far. This was an indication that he might still have some scruples. If they caught Liu Yi without thinking deeper into it, then the battle between them and the Nirvana Demon King would be unavoidable by then.
“Then, what should we do?”
“First, we’ve got to pretend that we’re ignorant!”
“Then, we’re going to find a chance to sneak in and see if we can rescue Little Uncle-Master first!”
Yuan Buyi paused. After a few moments of silence, he spoke once more. “We’ve got to find a way to lure the Nirvana Demon King into our sect’s magic formation of protection. Using the power of all our disciples in unison, we should be able to suppress him!”
“What if there is no chance to save the Little Uncle-Master?”
“Then, we should find a chance to negotiate with the Demon King!”
Yuan Buyi thought about it for a moment before he declared. “As long as he is willing to release Little Uncle-Master, our Immortal Guardian Sect is willing to build an ultra-luxury sewer for him!”
“He can have… as much dung as he wants!”
“This is the only logical solution!”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Considering their current situation, they really couldn’t think of any other way apart from this plan.
“I hope that everyone will remain tight-lipped and remain from divulging any news to the public. In addition, we should send someone to quietly monitor this Liu Yi. If he does anything strange, it must be reported immediately!”
Having decided what to do next, Elder Wu Yuan issued a series of orders.
“Yes!”
Everyone nodded at the same time with solemn looks on their faces.
Da! Da! Da!
Just at this moment, outside the Hall of the Elders, a figure walked inside in a hurry.
“Master, Elders!” It was Chen Yu, the direct disciple of Elder Wu.
“What’s the matter?” Wu Yuan frowned and looked over to Chen Yu.
“Dayan City’s Dayan Market has just released some news that they are going to auction a peak spiritual weapon. It is said that this weapon has its own spirituality and it also contains the law of a Great Dao. It’s extremely powerful!”
“If an Immortal Temple Realm powerhouse is able to fully utilize its power, he’ll be able to reach the combat effectiveness of a Grand Master Realm expert!”
Chen Yu hurriedly explained.
“A peak spiritual weapon?”
Everyone was shocked.
Spiritual weapons were divided into five levels: low-grade, medium-grade, top-grade, peak, and perfect. Each of those that could reach the peak level was extremely precious. Even the Immortal Guardian Sect, which had a foundation of over 10,000 years didn’t have one!
Dayan Market actually had a weapon of this level to be auctioned?
Was this real or fake?
If they managed to obtain this weapon, then the crisis that their sect was currently experiencing could be considered solved. There was no need to worry about whether to build a sewer or where to buy a lot of dung anymore.
They might even be able to hold their own against the Nirvana Demon King if they had a peak spiritual weapon!
After all, this Nirvana Demon King had been sealed for 8,000 years.
No matter how strong he was, he was definitely not in his peak condition at this moment.
Chen Yu explained. “It was personally appraised by Elder Ji, Ji Feng…”
“Although it is only refined from ordinary materials, the refining technique is incredibly brilliant and it contains the profound truth of a Great Dao. Once activated, the power that can be executed won’t be weaker than peak spiritual weapons, it can only be stronger!”
As the guardian of Dayan City, the information that he was able to obtain was more accurate than outsiders.
“Elder Ji personally appraised it? Then, there definitely isn’t any problem!”
“Elder Ji’s ability and character are still worthy of trust.”
“Since Dayan Market dares to spread the news like this, they must have a certain degree of certainty. I am just afraid that there are too many people who would want it, and the price will be too high! We may not be able to afford it!”
…
There was a clamor among the elders.
A treasure of this level would definitely attract the eyes of the many sects in Great Yan Prefecture. They would never miss the chance to obtain such a weapon. Once the news from Dayan Market spread, it wouldn’t be so easy to acquire it anymore.
“If we obtained this treasure, our Immortal Guardian Sect will continue to thrive! If not, we can only wait for our sect to be destroyed… Therefore, no matter how much it would cost us… we must buy it!”
Elder Wu Yuan made a decision and said, “The Nirvana Demon King chose to hide instead of directly attacking us. This indicates that he isn’t confident of winning for the time being. In this case, we shall stay put too. We shall only make a move once we have the weapon!”
“Okay!” Everyone nodded in unison.
…
At this moment, the news that Dayan Market was about to auction off a peak spiritual weapon had already spread throughout the entire Qianyuan Continent. The news created a lot of waves among the many sects that soon became eager to try to obtain.
Wind Thunder Sect.
“Tell Elder Mo Feng to temporarily stop looking for the Little Uncle-Master. He must go to the auction house first and buy this weapon! If we succeeded in buying this weapon, then it will be easy for our sect to replace the Immortal Guardian Sect.” Qin Wentian waved his hand.
Green Cloud Sect.
“A peak spiritual weapon?”
“A treasure of this level can actually appear in Great Yan Prefecture?”
“It is a pity that Master has gone out to travel and isn’t in the sect yet…”
“He is the best at alchemy and the appraisal of treasures, he’s the most suitable person to go to the auction…”
“In this case, Elder Yu Chen! You should go over and take a look…”
“Try to buy it, and if you can’t buy it… you must determine the source of it, and get in touch with the person who auctioned the weapon!”
Sect Leader Mo Qingcheng instructed.
“Yes!” An old man turned around and walked out.
At this moment, several powerful hidden independent cultivators were causing a stir.
“Go and confirm the news. If it’s true, then no matter what the price we have to pay—we must obtain it! In terms of money, we may not be able to compare to those big sects. However, we can just secretly rob them once they bought it from the auction house!”
“Rob them? Once they know that we’re the culprits, they will definitely not let us go!”
“Are you stupid? The Immortal Guardian Sect is right in front of us! We just have to turn them into our scapegoat. As long as the big sects can’t be certain as to who did it, they will have no way of finding us!”
A peak spiritual weapon was a fatal attraction to the cultivators.
None of them could refuse the chance to obtain one.
At this moment, the ten major sects of the Great Yan Prefecture, as well as countless independent cultivators were all eager to try and acquire this treasure. As for the cause of this incident, Su Yin…
He was unaware of what was happening in the outside world.
He was looking at the Nirvana Demon King lying on the bed in front of him with a frown on his face.
This guy’s injury was really too heavy.
Not a single part of his bones was intact.
His internal organs such as the heart and lungs have also been damaged. If it weren’t for his pulse and body temperature, Su Yin really would’ve suspected that he was dead.
Even if Hua Tuo1 was alive, he probably also couldn’t save someone from such a severe injury!
What’s worse was that Su Yin had never studied medicine at all.
He only learned Sow Care and how to treat injured animals!
“The soul remnant once said that if you are sick or injured. It’s either Yin or Yang are out of balance, or the Five Elements are out of balance. As long as I can find the correct crux of the problem, it should be the same for both humans and animals…”
The knowledge he had learned flowed into his mind.
If one wanted to learn normal medical skills, they needed to learn pathology and pharmacology.
Then, they also needed to learn the prescriptions to prescribe the right medicine to the patient.
But what he had learned from the soul remnant was completely different compared to conventional means!
It was the same as eye training for chopping firewood and nose training for distinguishing medicines.
For healing… what he trained was the sense of touch!
The principle was simple.
It was to treat people or animals as a complete whole.
Once someone was injured or sick, a balance was broken.
As long as he put his fingers on the patient, he would be able to feel what they felt, and experience the pain that they experienced. In this manner, he would be able to find out where the balance was broken. Then, once the crux of the problem was discovered.
He would then be able to look for the corresponding medicine to repair the damage.
Similar to repairing a punctured tire, as long as one patched the leak up. It would be repaired.
Others learned to treat diseases, but he learned how to treat by learning how to patch up tires.
Executing this method was easy to say but difficult to do.
In order to learn this skill back when he was still in the Forbidden Grounds. He had to catch small animals. Then, he would injure them before treating them. Afterwards, he would injure them again once they have recovered.
The donkey and the other beasts had also experienced and survived through that period of darkness…
Of course, it was limited to animals.
Humans… he had never made contact with any of them in the Forbidden Grounds.
Since this guy might die if he wasn’t cured, it was better to give it a go then do nothing about it.
With this thought in his mind, Su Yin no longer hesitated as he stretched his fingers forward…
He directly placed them on the Nirvana Demon King’s wrist.