Chapter 1366: Are You Talking About Me?
Yang Yan, filled with anticipation, sped up even more, even using instant teleportation.
When Yang Yan saw the target clearly, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he couldn’t help but exclaim:
"Millennium Blood Qi Fruit!"
This was a spiritual medicine that had remarkable effects even on Nascent Soul cultivators, enhancing their physical bodies.
Unexpectedly, his luck was so explosive that he encountered such a treasure as his first target.
However, when Yang Yan appeared, a powerful aura immediately locked onto him.
He wasn’t surprised at all.
Whenever there are such heavenly materials and earthly treasures, there are bound to be exotic beasts guarding them.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t even survive to blossom and bear fruit, as the fluctuations caused by their inherent spiritual power would attract countless creatures to fight over them.
The exotic beast locked onto Yang Yan at the same time that Yang Yan locked onto it.
However, this exotic beast, resembling a rhinoceros but with two deer antlers, merely watched him warily, without showing any intention to attack immediately.
After all, Yang Yan was still at least thirty meters away from it and hadn’t made any sudden movements.
Yang Yan could immediately identify this exotic beast as the legendary Earth Fire Rhinoceros at a glance.
This creature naturally feeds on earth fire, accumulating a lot of fire attribute spiritual power, gradually refining a terrifying beast fire.
Yang Yan’s eyes narrowed, and his body vanished into thin air. The next moment, when he reappeared, he had already thrown a punch, causing waves in the void.
The Earth Fire Rhinoceros sensed danger but was already too late.
Before it could even let out a scream, Yang Yan had already sliced open its skull with a single Space Blade, nearly cleaving its massive body in half.
Having succeeded, Yang Yan didn’t rush to pick the Millennium Blood Qi Flower; he simply reached out to find a flaming Inner Core appear in his hand.
This was, of course, the Inner Core of the Earth Fire Rhinoceros.
At the moment, this Millennium Blood Qi Flower wasn’t fully blossomed, requiring corresponding power to catalyze it.
And the Inner Core of this Earth Fire Rhinoceros, which had guarded this place for who knows how long and absorbed its power, was naturally the best catalyst.
Yang Yan focused slightly, using Wish Power to encase the Immortal Power within his body, forcing it to travel along the meridians to his palm.
In an instant, he stripped away the outer layer of Wish Power; just as anticipated, the Immortal Power immediately began to frantically scorch the Inner Core, the fire even more intense, heat waves surging.
Yang Yan activated Nascent Void in advance, able to naturally fend off these heat waves.
But the surrounding flora instantly suffered.
Under the impact of these heat waves, they turned to ashes instantly; even the stems and leaves of the Millennium Blood Qi Flower opposite were affected.
They only managed to persist for less than ten seconds before quickly withering, turning to char.
But magically, under the impact of these heat waves, the semi-bloomed Millennium Blood Qi Flower bathed in radiance, instantly blossomed, shining with a blood-colored brilliance, extraordinarily beautiful.
After waiting for a full ten breaths, Yang Yan only harvested the Millennium Blood Qi Flower suspended in mid-air after the Inner Core had burned in the flames.
Encountering a Millennium Blood Qi Flower on his first attempt, Yang Yan was full of anticipation for the upcoming adventure.
He took a look below, heading towards a dense grove of vegetation.
Actually, finding such heavenly materials and earthly treasures requires not only sharp spiritual sense and smell but also keen observation of the surroundings.
Since obtaining Zhao Heng’s inheritance in the Secret Realm, Yang Yan had acquired the power of the stars, gaining considerable acuity in geography and topography.
From his previous angle, a casual glance revealed that the inconspicuous grove opposite was actually a feng shui gem, with a good chance of yielding treasures.
Sure enough, before he delved too far, Yang Yan once again caught the scent of an unusual fragrance, seemingly even stronger than the scent emitted by the Millennium Blood Qi Flower earlier.
Yang Yan couldn’t help but rejoice inwardly, his form flickering, transforming into a stream of light rushing towards the source of the exotic fragrance.
As he drew closer, Yang Yan furrowed his brows.
The air was faintly tinged with the scent of blood.
If it weren’t for Yang Yan’s Flawless Divine Body having reached the Divinity Transformation stage and his sense of smell surpassing ordinary people, he would have been deceived by purely relying on spiritual sense.
Though unable to pinpoint who had secretly set up barriers to conceal the scent of blood here, Yang Yan quickly hid his aura, stealthily approaching the location of the spiritual medicine.
Such extravagant efforts indicated that the treasures here must be extraordinary.
Sure enough, as he got closer, Yang Yan discovered a highly concealed array surrounding the spiritual medicine, its barrier greatly masking the scent of blood and the sounds of fighting.
He hid among the grass, noticing from afar that a group of cultivators wearing matching robes were lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity.
Yang Yan’s lips curled into a cold smile.
His form flickered, silently breaching the barrier, appearing beside the group of cultivators.
These folks wanted to wait for a hare; he might as well play the role of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
One of the cultivators among the group lowered his voice and asked, "Senior Brother, do you think anyone will come?"
The highest-ranking one among them chuckled lightly, without even lowering his voice, "This is a test prepared by the Feather Spirit Sect specifically for assessing alchemy; if they truly wish to gain qualification, they must find high-grade spiritual medicine for alchemy."
"And it just so happens that high-grade spiritual medicine is here; someone is bound to discover it and come to pick it. The array we set up, unless it’s a late-stage Nascent Soul expert, is unlikely to break free."
"Moreover, once trapped in the array, we won’t even give them a chance to escape. You don’t think we’re just here for show, do you?"
The cultivator who had spoken earlier quickly praised him obsequiously.
Yang Yan observed that these guys had ordinary abilities; otherwise, despite using high-grade magical artifacts, the array they created still had flaws.
If the array were perfect, with their magical artifacts, it would be impossible for someone like him to breach it silently.
Yang Yan, confident that these guys posed no threat to him, simply revealed his presence, casually grabbing the highest-ranking cultivator and lifting him up, saying coldly:
"Are you talking about me?"
The cultivator’s face filled with terror, about to speak, but Yang Yan exerted force, directly snapping his neck, erupting in a mist of blood.
The other cultivators, witnessing this, immediately showed expressions of fear, simultaneously stepping back while feebly retorting:
"We are disciples of the Thousand Evil Sect; if you kill us, our Sect Leader will never let you go. You cannot bear the fury of a Divinity Transformation cultivator!"
Thousand Evil Sect?
Yang Yan, having newly arrived here, rarely interacted with others and hadn’t heard the name of this sect.
However, judging by their actions and the aura emanating from them, they were clearly not good people.
Encountering such devilish paths, Yang Yan naturally didn’t mind acting for the heavens.