Celestial Refining Divine Scripture

Gulp!

Xu Yang admitted, he was really tempted.

Others might actually be in danger using these things, but with his Supreme Immaculate Pure Body, he could minimize the risks.

Just based on the effects that Senior Brother mentioned...

"Let’s do it!"

Xu Yang gritted his teeth and nodded determinedly.

To help Senior Brother succeed was to help himself, too.

To begin with, he had thought of trying to learn this himself.

But after hearing Senior Brother introduce all those effects, Xu Yang gave up right away.

It was way too complicated.

Not only would it need loads of time to research and experiment, it would also take a huge amount of energy to collect all kinds of Immortal Elixirs and poisons with different properties. You’d need more than just talent for this.

No matter how talented he was, there was no way he could master the essence so easily.

Who knew how many failures you’d go through in this process.

Even though these methods were both astonishing and terrifying, learning from Senior Brother was really not worth the trouble.

He figured that every time Senior Brother went out, he must have a bunch of Life-saving Elixirs on him.

Otherwise, judging by Senior Brother’s caution, one slip-up without those Life-saving Elixirs and you’d be dead meat.

If you didn’t have Senior Brother’s mindset, there’s just no way you could put all this to good use.

Senior Brother was just like a Pill Master obsessed with alchemy—he truly loved this stuff.

"I just knew my little junior brother would definitely support me."

"Unlike the second, what a wimp."

Senior Brother looked particularly pleased, taking a jab at Yi Que.

Xu Yang’s mouth twitched. To be honest, Second Senior Brother probably wouldn’t need these things anyway.

Yi Que stayed in the sect most of the year, and even when he went out, with his status and position, there were very few people who’d dare make a move against him.

After all, with Yi Que’s position, everyone just wanted to be on good terms with him—who’d risk offending him?

In the sect, if you used Senior Brother’s concoctions from time to time, the other party would end up severely injured at best—their immortal veins and foundation would take massive damage that’s hard to recover. At worst, they’d be crippled for life.

How could Second Senior Brother risk using them? And as a Pill Master, he didn’t ever need to fight on the front lines, anyway.

At most, he’d just keep a few for emergencies.

"Here, it’s simple."

"Take these four kinds of Immortal Elixirs at once. Then, use your Immortal Essence to push them into your flesh and organs, and see how the erosion effect is."

"And these two here, their neutralization ratio is still a bit troublesome right now."

"With these three, you need an even more precise ratio—just try a little at first. This stuff can damage your immortal veins."

"Right, your cultivation is at the Late Stage of Celestial Immortal Realm, right, little junior brother? And you have a Ninth Grade Immortal Foundation, so your immortal veins are wider and tougher. Let me think..."

"For now, let’s do it like this. After we check the effects, we’ll adjust the mixture."

Xu Yang’s face turned dark.

Senior Brother, you’re really treating me like a little lab rat.

Looking at Senior Brother’s hopeful eyes, Xu Yang sighed.

I already agreed.

It’d do him a lot of good after it was all done, anyway.

He had the Supreme Immaculate Pure Body, Twelfth Grade Immortal Foundation, and the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod, after all.

To be honest, even if it was more dangerous than Senior Brother said, he’d still be able to avoid hurting his own foundation.

"Let’s do it, Senior Brother."

"Don’t hold back—give me the most powerful, the weirdest and craziest stuff you’ve got."

Xu Yang took a deep breath, going all in.

"Good!"

Seeing Xu Yang react like this, Senior Brother’s face lit up with excitement.

The drug testing started quickly.

Soon, the hall was filled with an unpleasant mix of evil qi, noxious miasma, and poison gases... The odors of multiple lethal Immortal Elixirs and poisons blended together, so pungent that it was suffocating.

Senior Brother immediately swallowed a Life-saving Elixir, focused all his attention on Xu Yang’s reaction, and placed a hand on Xu Yang to sense and examine him carefully.

As for Xu Yang, his whole face turned black and blue, sometimes purple, sometimes red, as if performing face changes on stage.

His body kept trembling, his muscles twitching, with colorful liquid occasionally oozing from his pores and releasing a nauseating stench.

In between, Yi Que came in, saw the scene, his face changed dramatically, and he yelled before bolting out.

The main reason was, back in the day, he had been tricked far too many times—even fell unconscious from it. In the end, their Master had to step in to save him.

...

It was now the second day before the Trade Gathering began.

Clouds of black gas seeped out from Xu Yang’s body surface, and the massive residue left inside him was being slowly and completely refined and dissolved by the Heaven-Burning Divine Fire.

After a long while, Xu Yang exhaled a turbid breath, looking a bit shaken.

It wasn’t the pain he was afraid of.

It was the torture of having every part of his body targeted at random by all sorts of different poisons. That, now, was what truly terrified him.

The whole process felt like being subjected to a brutal execution.

"Hope everything goes well for Senior Brother."

Xu Yang secretly wished.

This suffering had better be worth it.

"Mr. Xu, someone wishes to see you."

The guard’s voice came from outside the hall.

Xu Yang paused. "Who is it?"

"A young man and woman, both look about twenty, claiming to be from the Ice and Snow Immortal Palace."

"Ice and Snow Immortal Palace?"

Xu Yang was startled.

Ice and Snow Immortal Palace?

A young man and woman?

Could it be...

But what were they doing here?

He’d thought the first visitors would be the Yang Family, but he hadn’t expected the arrivals, right before the Trade Gathering started, to be from the Ice and Snow Immortal Palace instead.

The main thing was, Four Spirits Town wasn’t in the sphere of influence of the Ice and Snow Immortal Palace, nor did they have any industries here.

After pondering, Xu Yang quickly got up and left the main hall.

Reception hall.

Walking in, Xu Yang immediately saw two familiar faces.

Liou Xueyan and Qin Qian!

One at the Late Stage of Celestial Immortal, the other at the Middle Stage of Celestial Immortal.

Liou Xueyan and Qin Qian were also stunned to see Xu Yang.

At this moment, Xu Yang’s face was deathly pale and bloodless, his aura somewhat unsteady, as if he’d just suffered heavy injuries.

This was mainly the aftermath of testing drugs. It didn’t affect his fighting power, but he’d need a few days to recover back to normal.

"So, what brings you two here?"

Xu Yang took the main seat, looking at Liou Xueyan, full of questions.

Even though there was a contract between them, he and these two were hardly what you’d call friendly.

Liou Xueyan said coolly, "I heard you were attacked. First, I’m here to make it clear that it had nothing to do with my Ice and Snow Immortal Palace. I wouldn’t stoop to such dirty methods."

"Secondly, I heard there’s a big Trade Gathering here, so I came to see for myself."

"Afterwards, I’ll be leaving the Northern State for experience in the Eastern Continent."

"The Eastern Continent is full of proud talents, powerhouses everywhere. If you go there, you’re bound to run into danger and trouble. Since we have a support contract, I’m here to remind you: when this is over, you’d better head to the Eastern Continent too."

"If I run into trouble and activate the contract, and you don’t arrive within a month, that will be considered a breach of contract."

Hearing this, Xu Yang frowned.

The Eastern Continent?

With Liou Xueyan’s strength and means, she qualified to venture to the Eastern Continent.

But now she wanted to force him to go too, using the contract as leverage...

Honestly, he hadn’t planned on heading to the Eastern Continent quite so soon.

Though he had to admit, going there would be very beneficial for him too.

"So, what? You’re unwilling?"

Seeing Xu Yang’s response, Liou Xueyan sneered coldly and said, "If you really refuse, there’s a way out. As long as you give me an opportunity no weaker than Ice and Snow Immortal Dragon Marrow, I’ll destroy the contract."

"It’s not that serious."

Xu Yang’s frown relaxed, and he replied calmly, "Once my work here is done, I’ll go to the Eastern Continent myself. But if you run into trouble before that, it’ll have nothing to do with me."

Liou Xueyan was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Xu Yang felt relieved. In half a year, his strength would leap ahead too.

He’d have the confidence to venture into the Eastern Continent.

Ice and Snow Immortal Palace... Xu Yang’s eyes lit up, and he suddenly grinned. "What a coincidence."

"Hmm?"

"I heard your Ice and Snow Immortal Palace has a bounty out."

"Unfortunately, the one nicknamed Ice Blade wasn’t captured, but I did get these two."

"If you don’t mind, I’ll take the bounty for them."

Xu Yang flicked his sleeve, tossing out the corpses of two Ice Blade killers in front of Liou Xueyan.

Seeing the two corpses, both Liou Xueyan and Qin Qian’s faces turned ugly and they fell silent.

Qin Qian’s expression twisted violently. Clenching his fists, he ground his teeth and snapped, "Xu Yang, how do you have the nerve to ask us for a reward?"