Celestial Refining Divine Scripture

"Senior Sister, what’s going on? Why are you helping Xu Yang target the Yang Family?"

Qin Qian racked his brains but still couldn’t figure out why Liou Xueyan would step forward.

You have to understand, with Liou Xueyan’s status and position, just saying that would deal an enormous blow to the Yang Family.

Originally, the Yang Family had already turned the tide.

Even with that next act, it’d be hard to stop them.

But with Liou Xueyan’s move, it was a whole different story.

Liou Xueyan shot Qin Qian a glance and said coolly, "He’s giving up the bounty on the one codenamed Iceblade."

"What?"

Qin Qian was dumbfounded, staring blankly for a long while before he finally reacted.

So Xu Yang had exchanged the Iceblade bounty for Liou Xueyan’s help.

Iceblade has peak Celestial Immortal strength—the bounty on his head far surpasses the other two.

That’s tens of millions of second-grade Immortal Crystals.

The thought of Xu Yang going to claim the Iceblade bounty made Qin Qian feel as disgusted as if he’d swallowed shit.

"But—but he hasn’t captured the real Iceblade yet. What if he never finds him?"

Qin Qian snapped out of it, looked at the departing Liou Xueyan, and hurriedly chased after her.

But hearing this, Liou Xueyan couldn’t be bothered to waste any more breath on Qin Qian.

...

Qin Qian felt utterly disgusted, but even more so were Yang Yuan and everyone in the Yang Family.

Yang Yuan was about to go crazy.

Xu Yang pulled this off?

How on earth did he persuade Liou Xueyan?

Those two are nothing less than mortal enemies.

Yang Yuan couldn’t believe Liou Xueyan would step out for Xu Yang just to make the Yang Family sick to the stomach.

But the facts were right in front of him.

The crowd was quickly dispersing.

Every gaze at the Yang Family, at Yang Zhenyuan and himself, was full of oddity.

No denying it, Liou Xueyan’s final words hit like a hammer.

Adding in everything before and after, it was practically shouting to the world that the Yang Family was up to something shady.

"Damn it."

Yang Yuan was shaking all over in rage.

"Young Master, what do we do now?" Yang Zhenyuan’s face was as white as a sheet, looking helplessly at Yang Yuan.

What to do?

There’s nothing to do!

Yang Yuan’s face darkened; by now, he had no moves left.

All he could do was hope some people couldn’t resist the lure of a Golden Immortal Talisman, and a crowd would still gather.

Yang Yuan looked up, only to realize Xu Yang’s group had vanished from the rooftop, and pent-up frustration nearly drove him mad.

"Xu Yang!"

"You’re ruthless!"

On the other side—

Xu Yang and Yi Que had already returned to the manor.

Senior Brother had been waiting for a long time.

Those two cultivators who fought to the death in public—it was all their Senior Brother’s scheme.

Both of them were condemned prisoners.

They’d been specially controlled by Senior Brother’s methods.

"Junior Brother, what’s with Liou Xueyan?"

"Did you...sell your looks?"

Senior Brother glared at Xu Yang, baffled.

Xu Yang’s mouth twitched. "As if?"

"Just made a deal with her."

"But, Liou Xueyan’s appearance had an amazing effect. Now, even with Golden Immortal Talismans at stake, anyone thinking of going after the Yang Family is going to think twice."

"Especially those with good information—knowing about the recent assassin attacks, they’ll be extra careful!"

Yi Que frowned slightly: "But there’ll always be some who don’t care."

"It’s no big deal. To come this far is enough—do our best and leave the rest to fate."

Xu Yang smiled faintly.

He still believed: with five Golden Immortal Talismans, only five people could get them—it’s one in ten thousand, and they’d still risk their necks.

But the other five major powers suddenly had a ton of Middle and Late Stage Celestial Immortal Talismans, and he’d also added in Nine-Turn True Immortal Elixirs and Celestial Fire Golden Leaf Elixirs.

One’s a dream, the other’s more real.

Anyone smart knows what to pick.

Besides, do they really think the Yang Family would just let people take those five Golden Immortal Talismans so easily?

"Let’s wait. Once the news breaks tomorrow, we’ll see the outcome."

Yi Que and Senior Brother exchanged a glance and both nodded.

At this point, both sides were out of tricks.

It’s all up to fate now.

Early the next morning, as dawn broke,

Xu Yang walked out of the manor with his two senior brothers.

All through Four Spirits Town, tons of cultivators could be seen pouring in.

Today was the day the trade fair began.

The six great clans and sects, along with a dozen weaker forces, were hosting it together.

At this trade fair, the treasures up for grabs could drive anyone mad.

One family might not matter much, but all together they were shocking.

For loose cultivators and small sects, it held peerless allure.

"Look, that’s Ye Family’s announcement."

"Whoa, Nine-Turn True Immortal Elixir—there are actually twenty for sale!"

"And Celestial Fire Golden Leaf Elixir? Wait, is that THE Celestial Fire Golden Leaf Elixir? That’s a top-tier second-grade elixir that can let a Late Stage Celestial Immortal power up fast!"

"That’s some serious generosity."

"And not just the Ye Family—the Ming Family, the Jiang Family, Flame Dragon Mountain and Lingxi Sect, all five of them put up announcements. The trade fair’s got both Nine-Turn True Immortal Elixirs and Celestial Fire Golden Leaf Elixirs!"

"Yang Family’s missing!"

"Damn—they added loads of second-grade talismans to the gambling section—lower, middle, and upper grade, all there."

...

The cultivators who saw the announcements instantly went wild.

You know, there were no shortage of Late Stage True Immortal cultivators here.

No need to explain how powerful Nine-Turn True Immortal Elixir is!

You almost never see it even in the black market.

And Celestial Fire Golden Leaf Elixir is even crazier.

For most in the Celestial Immortal Realm, it’s practically a life-saver when things get critical.

Even if you can’t use it yourself, you can always pass it down.

All five major factions have them!

Combine that with yesterday’s face-off—unless you’re a moron, you have to get the message.

"Heh, even if the Yang Family’s stuff is real, there are only five Golden Immortal Talismans. I’m not dumb enough to bank on that luck."

"And besides, the Yang Family probably isn’t giving them out easily."

"I’m going with the other five factions. Whether the Nine-Turn True Immortal Elixirs or the Celestial Fire Golden Leaf Elixirs, I’ve got better odds."

"Even if you handed me a Golden Immortal Talisman, I couldn’t use it. What a waste. A mid-grade second-tier talisman is plenty—five major factions, each offering up to a hundred..."

...

The crowds surged, everyone deep in discussion.

With choices like that, it wasn’t a hard decision.

And as for Yang Yuan, who’d been watching anxiously, when he heard the news, he turned silently and entered the Yang Family’s treasure vault, making not a sound.

He knew, this trade fair was going to leave the Yang Family broke, down to their underwear.

There was no saving the situation.

No trick could help now.

"Looks like it worked well."

Xu Yang grinned. "Let’s go."

The group headed slowly toward the trade fair area.

Suddenly, the ground shook, rumbling from distant to near.

Boom!

Roar!

A deafening roar thundered over, sending shockwaves and billowing clouds of dust rising from just outside the town.

Every cultivator in town was alarmed, freezing in their tracks.

Xu Yang turned back. His face changed drastically.

Though they were too far to see what was outside, that surging Evil Qi turned into black clouds, blotting out the sun and pressing in so heavy it was suffocating.

"Something big’s happened."

Senior Brother’s face turned grim on the spot.

"Mr. Xu, something’s wrong!"

"Beast horde—it’s a beast horde!"

"There are at least several hundred immortal beasts, all charging straight for Four Spirits Town!"

The team captain’s terrified shout echoed from afar.