Xianye

Chapter 528 Blood Resurrection Needle

After emerging from the shimmering sword light, the first thing that caught Chen Heng's eye was a vast, desolate marshland.

The water was swift and rapid, the waves never ceasing, like ten thousand horses galloping, surging and towering—

Hidden deep within the mist, the scattered reefs are mostly broken and fragmented. An isolated islet has been smashed to pieces, and the corpses of many fish and shrimp spirits float on the waves.

A fierce and chilling aura permeated the sky, lingering for a long time, and even the raging winds and waves could not conceal it.

Clearly, a fierce battle had just taken place here, which is why this situation exists.

As Chen Heng looked around, Yin Ruohua's heart pounded intermittently not far away.

Her cheeks were burning hotter than before, her expression tense, she secretly tightened the magic weapon in her sleeve, and there was a deep sense of fear in her eyes.

She had mentioned Chen Heng earlier, but before she could even set off, she happened to run into him in person.

This was truly a great misfortune for Yin Ruohua...

Even before entering the Imperial Altar of the State, she had heard Yin Wuji carefully evaluate the cultivators present.

However, when talking about Chen Heng, Yin Wuji's expression became unusually serious, regarding him as one of the few who could ultimately compete for the title of Dan Yuan champion.

In Yin Ruohua's view, such a person was not someone that even Yin Wuji could not treat lightly!

Yin Ruohua boasted that with her own methods, she feared she wouldn't last more than three hundred rounds against Chen Heng.

In particular, she had just fought with Le Zhai of Beijiyuan. Although she expelled him from the Imperial Altar, Yin Ruohua was also greatly injured and was not at her peak.

"It's just as I feared... This Imperial Map of the State is so vast, how could it have happened to run into this person?"

Yin Ruohua was also helpless.

In a moment, countless thoughts flashed through her mind, but she finally decided to fight first and see if she could find a way to escape along the way.

With small jade pendants on either side, the worst outcome would be elimination.

That ending was a real shame, as it was a waste of the Fire Bell Bronze Fish that had been so hard-won from Le Zhai.

"Gu Yi, it's all your fault! You, Chen Lang, have really ruined my life this time!"

Yin Ruohua gritted her teeth inwardly and muttered to herself.

Just then, Chen Heng suddenly turned around and looked at him.

Yin Ruohua sighed inwardly. Although she didn't have high hopes, she still chose to be insincere and polite for the time being.
"What a coincidence! I never expected to run into Master Chen here."

"It's no coincidence. If the bronze fish hadn't appeared, it wouldn't have been easy to find Yin Zhenren in this misty haze," Chen Heng shook his head.

"Looking for me?"

Yin Ruohua was taken aback. She pointed to herself and hesitated, saying:

"Which Yin Zhenren? Is Chen Zhenren looking for me, or for my brother? Wait a minute."

A look of wariness suddenly appeared on Yin Ruohua's face:
"Are you perhaps trying to use me to blackmail my brother and gain the upper hand? That Master Chen—"

"Master Yin is overthinking it."

"Are you really looking for me?"

Yin Ruohua was struck dumb, her expression inscrutable, and she remained silent for a long time.

She frowned and carefully examined Chen Heng.

The young man in the clouds was tall and elegant, with a handsome appearance. His black sleeves swayed gently in the wind, as did his thick black hair, which was set against the hazy light. He looked relaxed and graceful, like a celestial being.

His expression was clear and calm, like the azure night sky above Mount Taihua, or a crane soaring through a secluded mountain.

It is so clear and insightful that it is hard to ignore even if one does not want to.

In her spare time, Yin Ruohua would have private conversations with a few close friends, where they would evaluate the cultivators of the Nine Provinces according to their appearance and demeanor.

Without exception, Chen Heng was ranked among the best, a fact unanimously agreed upon!
Everyone knows that Chen Yushu and his descendants, both men and women, are renowned throughout the land for their beauty.
Even among them, Chen Heng was still considered exceptionally outstanding.

Although cultivators in this world can change their appearance at will after achieving the Golden Elixir, their physical form can be molded, but their spirit is difficult to cultivate.

Changing one's outward appearance is certainly easy and effortless, but cultivating one's inner spirit is not something that can be accomplished in a day.

Especially the deep-seated destiny within the bones, which is inherited from the profound pivot, cannot be altered without the power of creation.

Otherwise, the "Pearl Bag Book of Fate," which exists in the Jade Palace as a method of physiognomy and is known as "the book that can distinguish good and bad fortune before they arise and reveal the thickness of one's foundation in the Dao," would not be listed as one of the "Twenty-Five Orthodox Methods" and would not be highly praised by many high-ranking Taoist priests.

Luan Shuo, an elder of Yu Chen, was well-versed in this orthodox method.

The reason why Luan Shuo risked everything to tell Mi Jingshi when Chen Heng was taken to Xiaoming Marsh by Hou Wen was that he wanted Mi Jingshi to ask Jun Yao to come and rescue him.

It was because of the "Pearl Bag Book of Fate" that he vaguely sensed the unusual appearance of Chen Heng...

Yin Ruohua remained silent for a long time before her hesitant voice finally broke through.

"that……"

Yin Ruohua glanced at Chen Heng, hesitated, and then her expression suddenly became somewhat strange:
"Master Chen's actions seem rather inappropriate. Gu Yi and I have been close friends for many years, and we have an excellent relationship."

Now we are all within the Imperial Altars of Heaven and Earth, and there's also the Crimson Guardian Jiang, Master Chen, you—"

"Master Yin is overthinking it."

Chen Heng repeated himself, then simply got straight to the point:

"The reason I sought you out is that I need your help with something."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yin Ruohua felt inexplicably embarrassed.

She lowered her head, covered her mouth, and coughed lightly a few times before blinking and tentatively asking:
"So, Master Chen doesn't intend to compete with me for this Fire Bell Bronze Fish, nor does he intend to kick me out?"

Chen Heng shook his head with a smile.

Seeing this, Yin Ruohua visibly breathed a sigh of relief, her expression relaxing considerably, but she remained vigilant and politely said:
"With Master Chen's supernatural abilities, is there anything I can do to help him? That's rare. I wonder how I can help him. Please tell me first."

Chen Heng said:
"Why be so modest, Master Yin? You were able to defeat a group of Blood River Golden Core cultivators and enter this Yingji River. You are no easy opponent. Moreover, the Blood Rupture Divine Needle technique you have cultivated is of great use to me."

When Chen Heng uttered the words "Blood-Cleansing Divine Needle," Yin Ruohua's expression immediately changed.
She suddenly looked up at Chen Heng, as if she wanted to say something, but couldn't speak.

"It must be because my supernatural powers are still in their early stages and I haven't been able to completely control that 'wild and unpredictable' energy, which is why you noticed something unusual when you were in Ying Jichuan?"

Yin Ruohua sighed, breaking the silence:

"Master Chen has excellent eyesight, which is truly admirable."

……

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The Blood-Slaying Divine Needle is one of the supreme divine abilities of the Blood River Sect.

The practice steps of this method are extremely complicated. If you wish to study it, you must master the Blood River's "True Form Pursuit Technique" to perfection. Otherwise, forcibly studying it will only be futile and harmful to your health, resulting in a depletion of your essence and blood, and will be of no use whatsoever.

After mastering the "True Form Pursuit Technique," one must collect thousands of malevolent energies from the world and supplement them with the unique Danzhu Iron Essence of the Blood River Sect to refine a breath of "Manghu" energy within the body.

Once this "Manghu" energy is formed, it signifies that the Blood Resurrection Needle technique has been fully mastered. Subsequent cultivation focuses on continuously strengthening that "Manghu" energy, transforming its form to seek truth, until no further progress is possible.

Chen Heng had studied the scriptures in the Dao Record Hall of Yu Chen. In terms of killing power, the Blood Resurrection Needle was not as powerful as the Six Desires Great Demon True Light of the Blood River or other supreme divine powers.

However, in terms of wickedness and ruthlessness, he ranks among the top in the vast land of China, with few supreme supernatural powers able to match him!
Once struck by the Blood-Slaying Divine Needle, the "Manghu" energy within the needle will take root in the enemy's body. At that time, not only the physical body and soul, but also the primordial spirit will be completely defiled by the Blood-Slaying Divine Needle. The enemy can only watch themselves decay day by day until they die and their soul perishes.

Not to mention that all kinds of rare and precious medicines are useless, at most they can only delay death by one or two days, even if a god were to intervene, it would be difficult to save him.

However, while the Blood-Slaying Divine Needle is powerful and invisible when activated, making it difficult for opponents to detect, it also has a drawback.

That is, before the "Manghu" energy fully takes root, those who are affected will generally feel something.

If he had used his magic in time to expel the strange energy from his body, he would have suffered some injuries at most, and would not have ended up in a condition that was beyond medical help.

However, in doing so, the Blood-Slaying Divine Needle's effectiveness would be reduced by seventy or eighty percent, making it far from deserving of the title of supreme divine power.

Back when Ying Jichuan and Yin Wuji clashed, Chen Heng also used the One True Dharma Realm to test the Divine Needle that Yin Ruohua considered her trump card.

From that time on, he began to have some thoughts on how to deal with Chen Bai.

At this moment, before Chen Heng could explain how he knew about Yin Ruohua's hidden divine needles, the latter had already made a guess.

Chen Heng had already prepared to deal with it in the same way, so he didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

"That's really true..."

Yin Ruohua's eyes twitched, a hint of helplessness in them.

"When I first set off for Jichuan, several elders in the clan said that I had not yet shaken off my external aura and that people might see my whereabouts."

"I even thought I had concealed it well, not revealing this supernatural power during my magical duel with Yue Zhai just now."

Yin Ruohua shook her head inwardly.

However, before she could ask Chen Heng who he intended to deal with, a crimson light suddenly rose from between Chen Heng's brows, swirling around him, as if he had sensed something, its cold light chilling.

Half an incense stick's time later, a cloud of yellowish smoke also flew in from the northwest corner.

Its sound was loud, like mountains crashing down from the sky, stirring up the sea of ​​clouds, its momentum was astonishing, and it seemed to press down the waves of the water!
Chen Heng didn't say much, but decisively swung his sword. With a "crack," Huang Yan was immediately cut in two, the head and tail unable to stay together.

Despite the blow, the yellow smoke dispersed but did not become chaotic; it swirled once and then regrouped as before.

Chen Heng would not allow it to recombine its form, so he waved his hand, unleashing his sword strike, and once again transformed into light to kill.

Suddenly, a bright red light burst forth in the sky, and it was difficult to distinguish how many sword lights had simultaneously soared into the air. The dense array of sword lights was truly astonishing.

Under this relentless onslaught, Huang Yan was like a fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of the enemy, unable to find any chance to fight back.

However, at the very end, the sound of string music suddenly rose from the smoke, a melodious and loud singing that abruptly pushed back all the dense sword light, shaking the surrounding area.

Half of the sword light even vanished in mid-air, worn away by the force of the blows.

"The divine voice of jade and gold? Is it Ling Shouming who has arrived?"

Yin Ruohua, who was standing to the side, clearly recognized the source of the string music, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

"What excellent swordsmanship! But isn't Master Chen a bit too domineering? He already has a bronze fish, yet he still stands up for Yin Ruohua and tries to protect hers."

The yellow smoke slowly dissipated, revealing a blurry figure wearing a fish-tail crown, a black robe, and carrying three magic swords.

He sighed at Chen Heng and teased him:

"I had never heard of such a relationship between Master Chen and Yin Ruohua before. Such good fortune is truly something I envy!"

"Truly, Ling Shouming..."

Yin Ruohua frowned slightly.

Among the three True Immortals who will be eliminated in this round, Ling Shouming and Sima Xiu are both well-established veteran Golden Core cultivators who are not easy to deal with.

Yin Ruohua could barely manage to defeat the likes of Le Zhai and Tian Fang.

However, if one encounters a seasoned Golden Core cultivator like Ling Shouming, the only option is to temporarily avoid the fray and seek another opportune moment.

Although she had also mastered the supreme divine power of the Blood River, the Blood Divine Needle was not good at direct confrontation, so she was bound to be at a disadvantage.

"Why doesn't Master Ling appear before me in his true form?" Chen Heng asked calmly, his gaze fixed on the blurry figure amidst the yellow smoke.

Ling Shouming was quite frank, spreading his hands and saying truthfully:
“Master Chen defeated seven Dan Yuan True Men at Liu Sha Mountain. Not only Xie Tan and Wang Xiu were defeated by you, but even Sima Xiu of my sect was defeated. Even if you have not recovered your strength, I will not dare to challenge your power.”

After saying this, Ling Shouming gave Chen Heng a meaningful look. Although Chen Heng had concealed it well, he could still see that Chen Heng's Yuanzhen was depleted.

That makes sense. One person fighting seven Dan Yuan True Persons, including three veteran Golden Core cultivators, it's impossible for Chen Heng to emerge unscathed, no matter how powerful he is.

"Since Chen Bai also intends to assassinate Chen Heng, for the sake of Master Yuan, if we happen to run into him, we should send him a message..."

Ling Shouming's thoughts shifted, but his expression remained unchanged.

He simply muttered "nagging" and then stopped bothering him, erasing the avatar from his mind and leaving.

When Chen Heng looked away, Yin Ruohua, who was standing to the side, was filled with disbelief. Her eyes were even more astonished than before when she looked at Chen Heng.

"you……"

After much hesitation, Yin Ruohua finally couldn't help but speak:
"You really defeated seven people at the Flowing Sand Mountain?"

“During the two days of recuperation after the war, I vaguely sensed someone spying in the distance. Ling Shouming had already shown up by then, and because of the commotion caused by the birth of this Fire Bell Bronze Fish, he also turned his attention to you.”

Chen Heng said calmly:
“If I leave now, you won’t be able to keep this bronze fish.”

Yin Ruohua's eyebrows twitched slightly. Although Chen Heng's words were blunt, they were indeed true.

"What does Master Chen mean?" she asked.

"You used the Blood-Slaying Divine Needle to help me attack Chen Bai. In exchange, I will not expel you and will ensure that you do not lose the bronze fish in your possession," Chen Heng said.

After pondering for a while, Yin Ruohua did not give a direct answer, but asked in confusion, "With the Transformation Mist here, how will True Master Chen find Chen Bai's whereabouts?"

"Once the bronze fish is born, we will naturally feel a sense of connection."

With Chen Yushu's meticulous instruction and mastery of various techniques, Chen Bai's abilities far surpass those of Sima Xiu and Ling Shouming, making the capture of the fish a foregone conclusion.

Chen Heng chuckled, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes:

"In that case, let's follow our senses and search for them one by one."

I think there will always be one of them, Chen Bai!

Although the words were spoken in a plain and unassuming manner, their awe-inspiring grandeur still stunned Yin Ruohua, leaving her speechless.

"Master Chen's heroic spirit is truly unmatched by many..."

After a few breaths of silence, Yin Ruohua sighed softly.

In the blink of an eye, a day has passed.

On this day, inside a precious palace, Chen Heng, who was in meditation, suddenly opened his eyes, and Yin Ruohua, who was protecting him, also seemed to sense something and looked out through the beaded curtain.

In the distance, one could see auspicious light descending from the sky, shining as brightly as the sun, dazzling and radiant!

(End of this chapter)