After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 1024 Refining the Soul-Dissolving Pill Again, Will He Still Not Die This Time?
Is there really such a curse?
Upon hearing this, Chen Yang frowned slightly.

Danyangzi, however, revealed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

Mo Yuan said, "However, curses usually require a medium, such as a name, birth date, flesh, or hair. He has nothing, so it's probably unrealistic for him to cast a curse on you, Master."

Danyangzi remained silent.

Chen Yang understood this principle perfectly well, but better safe than sorry. What if the curse could be activated without these things?

He can't afford to gamble.

After all, it has a lifespan of four hundred years.

"So, are you finally willing to let me leave?"

Danyangzi grinned, as if he had Chen Yang completely under his thumb. "Young man, as the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. Now that you're letting me leave, you not only have to return the elixir to me, but you also have to compensate me for my losses. Give me back the Impermanence Scroll, the Longevity Stone, and the two Ten-Leaf Water Bodhis you obtained from the bottom of the White Dragon River. Oh, and you should still have a few Udumbara flowers on you..."

"shameless."

Before Chen Yang could speak, Mo Yuan started cursing, "Danyangzi, you really are ugly but dreamy. What kind of time is this to talk to my master?"

"Ah."

Danyangzi sneered, "Anyway, I'm just a worthless life now. These are my conditions. You can agree or not, it's up to you. I have limited time. If you can't meet my conditions before dawn tomorrow, I'll kill myself and activate the curse. We'll all perish together."

"madman."

Mo Yuan cursed.

This Danyangzi is indeed a bit crazy.

They actually used this method to blackmail Chen Yang.

Didn't I already tell you that people respond better to gentle persuasion than force? If you keep playing this game, he's even less likely to let you off the hook.

"Danyangzi, me, and me..." Tian Bonong, barely breathing, said to Danyangzi as if grasping at the last straw.

Even now, he still hopes that Danyangzi can take him away to escape.

Chen Yang shook his head, went directly to Dan Yangzi, and took out the Medicine King Divine Needle.

"What do you want to do?" Danyangzi's face was full of vigilance.

Chen Yang did not answer him. The Medicine King's Divine Needle was quickly thrust out and sealed several important acupoints on Dan Yangzi's head.

Danyangzi had no power to resist at all. He rolled his eyes and fainted instantly.

"Didn't you want to kill yourself? Go to sleep. When you wake up, the world will have changed."

Chen Yang said something indifferently, then turned to Tian Bonong and used the same method to seal his consciousness, causing him to fall into a deep sleep as well.

"Master, what should we do with these two?" Mo Yuan asked.

"Not urgent."

Chen Yang shook his head, "You keep an eye on them, I'm going to check on Master Juechen..."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yang left the cave.

Head straight up to the top of the mountain.

Before long, Chen Yang arrived at the mountaintop.

Looking around, it was all dark.

The rain was still falling and the thunder was still booming, but the monk Juechen and the Taoist Canggou had vanished.

The two of them, however, had somehow ended up fighting somewhere else.

Originally, he was thinking of helping Monk Juechen, since Monk Juechen might have a hard time fighting two people at once.

But now, he has nowhere to help, and can only pray that Monk Juechen can hold on a little longer.

After descending from the mountaintop, we arrived at the mountainside, at the cave where Danyangzi had previously refined elixirs.

It had already been blasted into ruins by one of Chen Yang's divine and evil prayer beads.

Radar probe.

There are two bodies under the rubble.

One of them is that white fox spirit.

This beast was already severely injured, and then it was blown up by the Divine Fiend Prayer Beads. Tian Bonong and the others were able to withstand it because they were far from the explosion point, but it was close by and was already badly injured, so naturally it couldn't survive.

When Chen Yang pulled it out of the ruins, the white fox spirit's corpse was already being automatically decomposed by the spirit energy within its body.

That's how the Divine Fiend Body is; once it dies, it decays extremely quickly, and once the Divine Fiend energy dissipates, not even a trace remains.

Chen Yang quickly dissected its body.

Fortunately, the inner core was still intact.

He quickly took out the inner core, which was the size of his fist, but the divine energy contained within it was already quite low.

"Huhuhu..."

The white fox's corpse rapidly decomposed, and a massive amount of divine and evil energy quickly converged into the inner core.

……

In just two or three minutes, when the white fox's inner core had absorbed most of the divine energy, the white fox's body automatically decomposed and was submerged in the rain.

The inner elixir is brimming with divine and demonic energy.

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow. The divine energy extracted from the decomposed body of a late-stage Dao True Realm Divine Fiend was just this one inner core.
This inner core is much larger than the Divine Fiend Pearl that the Bashe gave him.

If this were made into prayer beads, how powerful would it be if it exploded?
It was an unexpected bonus.

Chen Yang put the beads away, then rummaged through the ruins and dug out a mutilated corpse.

His face was stained with blood, but the rain washed it away, revealing his true appearance.

Is it this person?
Disciples of Shennong Sect.

Among the 120 people who came in this time, there were 3 disciples of the Shennong Sect.

Two of them had their bodies possessed by the Hell Worms and were killed by Chen Yang on their very first day there.

The remaining one was the person right in front of us.

Seeing that he had not been possessed by the hell worms, Chen Yang did not touch him that day.

Unexpectedly, I died here.

Without a doubt, they must have made contact with Tian Bonong and been brought here by him.

Such a way of dying is truly tragic.

Chen Yang even knew his name.

The young man's eyes were wide open, clearly showing that he died with his eyes open in disbelief.

Chen Yang reached out and gently brushed his eyes shut.

After examining his body, I noticed his chest was bulging, and I pulled something out from under his tattered clothes.

A compass, about the size of an A4 sheet of paper.

The compass is made of a high-quality jade, and it is densely engraved with various runes such as directions and the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

In the middle is a small yin-yang symbol with a spoon made of magnet attached to it, but the spoon has broken and only half remains.

In addition, several clearly visible cracks appeared on the compass.

This must be the treasure that the young man used to find medicinal herbs that day.

Unfortunately, it looks like it's ruined. Chen Yang felt that if he used even a little force, the compass would break.

This item must be of a high level, but it wasn't a dedicated protective treasure, so it failed to save the young man's life in the explosion.

The item is good, but I don't know if it can be repaired.

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow and probed with his primordial spirit, actually sensing the existence of a space within the yin-yang fish on the compass.

The space was small, only three or five cubic meters, and Chen Yang's primordial spirit entered without any hindrance.

It mainly contains medicinal herbs.

These herbs are still very fresh, clearly obtained by the young man during his recent visit to the secret realm.

Now look what's happened, he's just working for himself.

Chen Yang couldn't help but sigh. Letting this young man go that day seemed to be a wise choice.

I took a quick look and there were quite a few herbs, most of which were decades or even centuries old, including Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, calamus, and many other varieties.

These are all spiritual herbs. With this young man's abilities, even if he encountered a celestial-grade spiritual herb, he probably wouldn't be able to retrieve it.

The space also contained some pills, weapons, clothing, purified water, camping tents, and even a lot of packed lunch boxes.

They were even better prepared than Chen Yang.

It's clear that this person has been living quite comfortably in the secret realm lately.

Unfortunately, he still died.

All the hard work and gains of these past few days have benefited outsiders.

As the saying goes, what you did in the past will be what you will get today. I showed him great kindness in the past, and today he is repaying me in this way.

Chen Yang took everything out of the space and stored it in the system warehouse.

With the compass so badly damaged, it might collapse at any moment. Chen Yang didn't know what would happen to the things inside if the space was destroyed, but to be on the safe side, he decided to move it first.

He put away the compass and turned his gaze to the young man's corpse.

"I won't take your things for nothing. I'll bury you. Be careful in your next life, and don't associate with these people!"

Chen Yang said something indifferently, and then put the young man's body back into the ruins.

If Miao Long had a spirit, he would probably be cursing right now.

You dug me up, took my things, and then buried me back down. Is that what you call burying me? And I'm supposed to be grateful to you?
Unfortunately, the dead can't speak.

……

-

Return to the cave.

Danyangzi and Tian Bonong lay stiffly, while Mo Yuan lit a campfire beside them.

Chen Yang took out the Qiankun Qi Furnace.

Mo Yuan was slightly taken aback, wondering what Chen Yang was planning to do, to stew the two of them in the stove.
“Master, as far as I know, this [Marrying Yin and Stealing Life Curse] will activate after death, no matter how the person dies, once it has locked onto them…” Mo Yuan quickly reminded him.

Even if you stew Danyangzi, the curse will probably still come true once he dies. The problem right now is that you can't kill Danyangzi, not that you can't kill him.

If you want to kill him, you can just solve the problem with one sword. Why go through all this trouble? The problem is the consequences of killing him.

"Come and start a fire."

Chen Yang didn't waste any words with Mo Yuan and started selecting medicinal herbs from the system's warehouse.

Mo Yuan was slightly taken aback.

Only then did they realize that Chen Yang wanted to refine pills.

At this point, alchemy?

Could it be that you want to try it too because you saw that Danyangzi refined the elixir of immortality?

Are celestial-grade elixirs so easy to refine?
Mo Yuan complained inwardly, but his hands didn't stop moving as he piled up the firewood that Chen Yang had taken from the system warehouse.

……

"Stay guard!"

Chen Yang quickly found the medicinal herbs.

He left a message, ignited the pyre with the Five Flames True Fire, and began refining elixirs with practiced ease.

The elixir he was about to refine was none other than the Spirit-Dispelling Pill.

The consumption of pills has been too great during this period, and the Mind-Dispelling Pills prepared before entering have already been used up.

Fortunately, after taking over the medicinal herb storehouse of Haotian Bo Nong, it was easy to gather all the medicinal herbs needed to refine the Huan Shen Dan.

Moreover, the quality of these medicinal herbs is much better than the ones he bought from outside.

With the high quality of the medicinal herbs and his current alchemy skills, there is a good chance that he can refine a high-quality Soul-Dispelling Pill.

……

Chen Yang was already very familiar with refining the Spirit-Dispelling Pill.

Half an hour later, the first batch of pills was completed.

Five Spirit-Dispelling Pills were produced, one of superior grade and four of medium grade.

Indeed, the quality of the medicinal herbs has a significant impact on the final quality of the pill.

After the elixir was completed, Chen Yang first used the Impermanence Measure to determine Tian Bonong's remaining lifespan.

230 years.

This old man actually has 230 years left to live. His actual age must be over 200 years old, right?
In other words, this Tian Bonong lived to be over 430 years old.

With such longevity, could it be that the Shennong Sect's techniques also have health-preserving effects?
With just a fleeting thought in his mind, Chen Yang came back to his senses and took two Soul-Dispelling Pills while they were still warm, forcibly feeding them to the unconscious Dan Yangzi and Tian Bonong.

They all used medium-grade materials.

Chen Yang would collect top-grade pills; these two scraps are not worthy of his consumption.

At this moment, Mo Yuan also understood what Chen Yang was planning to do.

The Soul-Dispelling Pill was the poisonous pill that Chen Yang tricked it into taking.

The direct dissipation of its primordial spirit caused its cultivation level to decline. If it hadn't used the "Namo Prajna Nirvana Sutra" in time, it would have preemptively destroyed its cultivation and burned its primordial spirit before the Soul-Dissolving Pill destroyed its primordial spirit, thus gaining some lifespan.

Otherwise, once its primordial spirit dissipated and its cultivation level declined, it would have long since succumbed to the five signs of decay and died of old age.

Clearly, Chen Yang intended to use the same method to deal with Danyangzi.

As long as Danyangzi's primordial spirit is dispersed, causing his cultivation level to regress, and he falls back to the Creation Realm, the lifespan of the Creation Realm is only two hundred years.

Will Danyangzi still be as resilient as before?
He has only a few years left to live, and he's almost at the point of the five signs of decay. What can he use to blackmail Chen Yang?

That so-called curse will become a complete joke in the end.

The key point is that Danyangzi's five senses are currently sealed, and he is in a coma. He has no idea what happened, and he doesn't even have the chance to commit suicide.

By the time he wakes up, it will probably all be over.

It really proved Chen Yang right: by the time you woke up, the world had already changed.

Mo Yuan sighed inwardly, looking at Danyangzi with some pity.

I told you before, to humble yourself and beg him properly. After all, you were once the abbot of Chunyang Temple. If you confess your crimes properly, he might let you off the hook.

Even if they don't let you go, they'll most likely take you out and hand you over to Emei for punishment.

But look at it now, it's turned out like this.

You still have the nerve to force him to kill you, and even use curses as leverage to try to get benefits from him. Aren't you just asking for trouble?
Don't mess with this devil!

The usually arrogant Mo Yuan felt a sense of awe towards the young man before him at this moment.

As soon as the Soul-Dispelling Pill entered their stomachs, Mo Yuan knew that these two were finished.

It was extremely fortunate that when it was captured by Chen Yang, it decisively chose to back down; otherwise, it probably wouldn't be alive today.

……

Chen Yang only allowed Mo Yuan to watch over the two of them.

He then turned to alchemy.

This Mind-Dispelling Pill is quite useful. Since we have so many medicinal herbs, it's good to refine more.

……

Two more batches of Soul-Dispelling Pills were refined, and the thunder outside gradually subsided.

Chen Yang took out Dan Yangzi's alchemy furnace.

The furnace lid was still tightly closed; the furnace had not yet been opened to retrieve the elixir.

This furnace does look somewhat similar to the Qiankun Qi Furnace, as if it was cast from an eye.

Moreover, the fact that it survived the explosion means it must be an extraordinary treasure.

Mo Yuan said, "The Qiankun Qi Furnace was originally a pair, one Qian and one Kun. The Chunyang Temple is divided into the Qian Sect and the Kun Sect. The Qian Sect is all male cultivators, and the Kun Sect is all female cultivators. Each sect controls one furnace..."

It turned out to be the case.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang nodded slightly.

The furnace in his hand should belong to Deng Yulian; it should be a Kun furnace, while the one in front of him should be a Qian furnace.

"I never imagined that even stoves come in male and female versions," Chen Yang remarked with a laugh.

Mo Yuan said, "Since the beginning of heaven and earth, there has been yin and yang. Yin and yang have their own way, the five elements have their own order, and all things have their own laws and regulations. The alchemy methods practiced by the Qiankun School and the Chunyang School are different, some are fierce and some are gentle. It is not surprising that the furnace is divided into yin and yang..."

Chen Yang didn't say much more, "So, do you think he's finished refining that elixir?"

"This one……"

Mo Yuan hesitated, and it was truly hard to say.

"Judging from Danyangzi's reaction, this batch of elixirs should have been successfully made, but it was struck by lightning at the end, so it's uncertain whether it was destroyed..."

Mo Yuan approached, his gaze sweeping over the furnace. "Master, be careful when you open the furnace. The medicinal energy of immortal-grade pills is very strong. Once the furnace is opened, they will instinctively try to escape. If you can't catch or subdue them, and they escape, these things that are not allowed to exist by the laws of heaven and earth will quickly decompose and return their energy to heaven and earth..."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang was somewhat taken aback. Was there really such a saying?

Mo Yuan nodded seriously. "I have seen many great alchemists, and some have even refined immortal-grade pills, but in the end, quite a few have ended up with nothing. Immortal-grade pills must be sealed in a top-grade jade container to ensure their efficacy. If you don't have such a container, it's best not to open the furnace to retrieve the pills."

Is it a top-quality jade container?
Chen Yang did not have such a thing.

But his gaze fell on Danyangzi.

Since Danyangzi refined this elixir, he couldn't have been unprepared; he must have had a container on him to hold the elixir.

Chen Yang stepped forward and began to search Dan Yangzi's body.

Besides a broken whisk, a small green wooden gourd was found at his waist.

The gourd was only the size of a snuff bottle, tied with a rope woven from silkworm silk, making it look more like an accessory.

Upon probing with his primordial spirit, he could sense the existence of space within.

This should also be a treasure of the spatial storage type.

Unfortunately, Danyangzi was still alive, so Chen Yang was unable to investigate the situation.

Unfortunately, we had no choice but to give up for the time being.

Chen Yang also put away the alchemy furnace, intending to deal with Danyangzi later.

……

-

Time passed quietly.

The sky gradually brightened.

The lightning tribulation has passed, and the wind and rain have stopped.

Of the twenty-eight bone-eating beetles, seventeen survived.

Eleven of them failed to survive the tribulation of creation.

The wear and tear is considered normal.

The success rate of overcoming the tribulation has exceeded 60%.

From now on, Chen Yang will have seventeen more Bone-Eating Beetles at the Creation Realm under his command.

Adding to the nine that were left before, there are now twenty-six Creation Realm beings in total.

The swarm suffered considerable losses during this entry into the secret realm.

There were originally 50,000 insects, but now there are probably less than 40,000.

The number of damaged items is in the tens of thousands.

However, bone-eating beetles have a strong reproductive capacity, and with enough energy, they should be able to replenish their reserves quickly.

In terms of energy, Chen Yang is certainly not lacking.

After the rain, only traces of battle and lightning remained on Mount Nan'e, testifying to the terrible battle that had taken place there the previous night.

The sky has cleared up, but for some people, the sky has fallen.

Danyangzi and Tian Bonong slowly woke up.

(End of this chapter)