Chapter 584 - 339: Cancer_2
However, the Workshop Master opposed this method.
"Unacceptable! Spirit Juice is heavily contaminated. Even though you are Innate Flesh Mushrooms, consuming too much will trigger an uncontrollable backlash.
If it comes to that, we will have to abandon you. But I will use the Tree of Flesh and Blood to do everything in my power to preserve your souls.
As long as your souls remain, you can use a vessel to reconstruct your bodies and cultivate anew. Your Flesh Mushroom constitution will also be preserved.
The only problem is, our plan would have to be put on hold. And I don’t know how much time we have left..."
The Workshop Master rejected White Bird’s proposal and offered another solution, then sighed softly.
It sounded cruel, but the timing was wrong, and he had no other choice.
Miao Ye and the members of the Scripture Defector Association were equally important to his plan; he couldn’t afford to lose a single one. He couldn’t abandon any of them.
Reconstructing their bodies and starting their cultivation over would save them from being killed by Xuan You. But with a cataclysm imminent and the entire world on the brink of collapse, how much time would they really have to cultivate again?
At the Workshop Master’s words, they all fell silent again. It seemed there was no better way.
Yang An, however, was lost in thought. ’If White Bird’s proposal really won’t work, then abandoning the captured members isn’t a bad option.’
’But the Workshop Master said that a Flesh Mushroom can’t suppress the contamination in Spirit Juice and would suffer a backlash... He was specifically talking about an Innate Flesh Mushroom.’
’And I’m not an Innate Flesh Mushroom.’
’It might actually be worth a try. The only problem is that Xuan You is pressing us hard. Even if this method works for me, it will still take time.’
"Let me think of another way. There might be a better way to get you out, but I need time. Can you figure out how to stall that guy?"
Yang An directed this question to Heart.
"I can open a vessel transport for you."
"We can only do our best to try. If there’s no other choice, we’ll have to cut our losses. The Workshop Master is right."
Heart reluctantly agreed. Everyone knew that having fallen into Xuan You’s hands, their lives were no longer their own.
When Xuan You decided to kill them depended on Xuan You and Yang An, not on themselves.
Why was Yang An trying to save them, instead of immediately opting for the Workshop Master’s suggestion?
First, he had guessed how important the Innate Flesh Mushrooms were to the Workshop Master’s plan.
If the plan were put on hold, they wouldn’t be able to ascertain the current situation in the Central Continent. Time was growing short, and they couldn’t afford to wait any longer.
Second, he was the reason this whole affair had started, which had dragged the others into it.
Although the Scripture Defector Association had previously attacked a branch of the Golden Soul Sect and drawn their attention, everyone had been hiding in the small Forbidden Land within the Golden Dipper Divine Sect, where the Golden Soul Sect couldn’t find them.
It was his killing of the Golden Soul Sect’s Third Elder, Jishan, that had attracted the much more powerful Xuan You.
Third, White Bird’s proposal seemed feasible for him, and he wanted to use this as a chance to test it. If it could increase his power, it was an opportunity he shouldn’t miss.
He was also well aware that Heart and the others couldn’t buy him much time, so he had to act fast.
Without waiting to hear if the Workshop Master or the others had any objections, Yang An enabled the vessel transport ability for the members of the Scripture Defector Association, then immediately left the Tree of Flesh and Blood and returned to the real world.
Huan, within the Stone Stele, was squinting at him, having clearly noticed something was amiss.
Yang An didn’t care what the being had figured out and got straight to the point.
"I hear the Demon Fiends of Earth Demon Cliff have something in their bodies called Spirit Juice, which can rapidly raise one’s Cultivation Level?"
"Oh? You want to try?"
A lazy smile spread across Huan’s face. He seemed a little surprised that Yang An was actually interested in Spirit Juice. ’Looks like that guy outside Earth Demon Cliff has really pushed him to the brink for him to consider this method.’
"Do you have Spirit Juice, too?"
Yang An stared directly at Huan.
He was different from the others. They were all after the Spirit Juice of ordinary Demon Fiends, but Yang An had his sights set on Huan’s.
The quality of such a thing was generally related to its owner’s Cultivation Level; the stronger the owner, the more potent the effect.
With time being so short, he naturally wouldn’t hesitate to choose the most potent option.
"If you want it, you can take it. But do you know what Spirit Juice is? Or how to get it?"
Huan watched him with a smile.
"How do I get it?"
Yang An didn’t care what Spirit Juice was. As long as his ability could purify it, it was a good thing in his book.
"To put it bluntly, Spirit Juice is our bone marrow. You know the saying, ’break the bones and suck the marrow.’ To get Spirit Juice, you have to kill us first. Can you do that?"
Ironically, Yang An could, of course, kill every Demon Fiend in Earth Demon Cliff, including Huan.
But unlike others, if he were to strike, he would kill them completely and permanently—uprooting them for good.
Every time these Demon Fiends died, Spirit Juice would appear among their remains.
But if Yang An killed them, they would be dead for good, with no chance of resurrection.
Huan wasn’t so much asking if Yang An *could* do it, but if he *dared* to strike.
If Yang An dared to strike, Huan dared to die.
Huan’s answer indeed made Yang An hesitate, afraid of the consequences.
Without being able to fully trust Huan, he truly didn’t dare to attack him. There was no guarantee that the creature wouldn’t just give up all resistance and let himself be killed.
The moment Huan died and his protection was gone, Xuan You would charge in. Even if Yang An managed to get Huan’s Spirit Juice, he’d have no chance to use it.