Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 381 Purple Sun Dragon Marrow Lock

"You've heard of it? You still dare to kill someone after hearing about it? Are you courting death?"

The old beggar came over and glanced at the shopkeeper. He probably saw that the person was already breathing and had been saved, so he stopped trying to pull down the shopkeeper's pants.

Huangfu Yi was quite frank.

“They don’t have any tattoos on their faces, how would I know? Besides, who cares whose family they are? Those who deserve to die should be killed, what’s there to be afraid of?”

The old beggar stroked his chin and nodded.

“That makes sense. I’ll tell you this first, so you won’t blame me for not telling you. I’m also considered a member of the Wang family.”

Huangfu Yi remained unfazed.
"If you wish to avenge your clansmen, then go ahead, I'll take you on."

Wang the beggar said with a smile.
"Heh, you acted so decisively. You lured me out for such a trivial matter, so you must have had this plan in mind."

However, I find you quite interesting. Your skills are extraordinary, and you seem to have a powerful figure behind the scenes helping you defy fate and conceal the secrets of heaven. You are probably a young master who has come out to gain experience.

"If I fail to kill you this time, fine. But if I do, the consequences will be endless. Your sect will seek revenge for me for hundreds of years. It's not worth it for these two scoundrels. Why bother?"

"Killing people over a mere disagreement is considered a trivial matter in your family."

Huangfu Yi snorted coldly, raised the iron rod, made a hand seal, and prepared to fight to the death.

"Your Excellency need not worry. I have no sect, nor am I a young master. No one will seek revenge for me. Make your move!"

"Ah, yes, yes, so your century-long cultivation was all achieved through ten years of arduous training, right? I understand, I understand..."

Wang the beggar glared at him, then did some quick calculations with his fingers.
"However, even so, this karmic debt cannot be left unresolved. After all, although those two are useless, their aptitude is not bad. If they could have more children, they could be used for alchemy or even for physical extinction. Now that you have ruined my plans, I have to choose again, which will waste at least sixty years of my life. You must compensate me."

Huangfu Yi frowned.
"I'll compensate you... compensate you for what?"

"Of course, you should compensate me for my Dao fetus."

With a smile, Beggar Wang pulled a golden lock of immortality from his trash bag and handed it to him.

"You killed two people from my family, so go to the royal family, find a partner, have two children to give me back, and this matter will be settled."

Huangfu Yi hesitated to speak, then stopped, then continued, bewildered and speechless.

"I killed your family, and you want to marry your daughter to me?"

Wang the beggar laughed.
"You killed two of my people, so you're giving me back two people. Isn't that fair and reasonable? And who said they were going to marry their daughter to you? What right does a country bumpkin like you, who doesn't even have the title of Marquis, have to marry a Wang woman? You're just a toad trying to eat swan meat."

All I want are your two children, why must we have a proper marriage? Just go find those married women and have them get pregnant with two more, how foolish.”

"Ah...ah you...ah I..."

Huangfu Yidu choked.

Wang the beggar ignored all his pleas and stuffed the gold lock directly into Huangfu Yi's arms.
"Hey, what's so hard about moving around? You're tall, strong, and full of energy. I don't believe you can't do this little thing."

Alright, alright, I understand, I understand. You just want to establish your foundation and attain enlightenment using the Golden Body of a Virgin, right? I see your elixir is almost complete, so I'll give you another push.

In the western forest lies a supreme treasure of pure Yang, a divine artifact, a thousand-year-old immortal mushroom named Purple Yang Dragon-Locking Marrow. This substance resembles Cistanche deserticola but is purplish-black in color, shaped like a coiled pillar with hidden red veins. It grows in the most Yin place and contains the essence of pure Yang. Consuming it can strengthen true Yang, invigorate the elixir fire, mend broken meridians, and heal cold marrow.

This opportunity was originally prepared by the Celestial Palace to refine divine pills, but it was secretly kept by the Wang family. Now that the Hedong region is about to fall into the hands of the rebels, they sent two of their grandsons to retrieve it. Since you have already killed them, this opportunity is yours to use.

Remember, this thing will decay upon contact with iron, turning into black liquid. It must be cut with a jade knife, wrapped in spiritual silk, and refined in a furnace within seven days. Since you don't have these conditions, cut off the roots, peel off the skin, and remove the stem. Then, consume it in that extremely yin place, allowing the earth's veins to digest the pure yang medicinal power. Although that treasure is not yet ready for birth, consuming it like this is a bit wasteful, but it can still refine at least a hundred years of cultivation.

"But you'd better go early. These rare treasures are fleeting; once the opportunity is gone, it's gone. If you successfully form your core, remember to take care of my important business as soon as possible. Otherwise, if you keep killing and robbing, eyeing the royal family like a lamb, they won't be able to blame me if they come looking for trouble."

Then, Beggar Wang slung the garbage bag over his shoulder and left without looking back.

Huangfu Yi was speechless. Was this beggar really a member of the Wang family? It seemed a bit... disloyal...

"Uh……"

"What's that noise downstairs? Is it the shopkeeper? The shopkeeper?"

"Smells of blood! Brothers, grab your weapons!"

At this moment, the shopkeeper on the ground slowly woke up, seemingly confused, and lay sprawled on the ground groaning. Meanwhile, voices could be heard coming from upstairs and downstairs. Seeing that the shopkeeper was alright for the time being, Huangfu Yi had no intention of staying at the inn and rushed out to the woods to the west.

After all, let's leave aside the matter of those two Dao Seeds for now. We've already killed people, wouldn't it be a loss not to take the treasure? Besides, a thousand-year-old medicinal potency and a Nascent Soul treasure are incredibly rare opportunities for immortality. We can't miss out on a hundred-year-old cultivation potency either. Huangfu Yi is, after all, a poor country bumpkin. So he immediately went into the forest that very night to search for opportunities for immortality.

Fortunately, the beggar explained things clearly, and he was indeed lucky. Or perhaps, extremely yin places are rare in this world and not hard to find. Now that his cultivation has improved and his spiritual sense has greatly increased, he can see with a little searching that there is indeed an extremely yin and evil place in the deep mountains and dense forests. It is a cave or underground cave hidden under the mountains, which looks extremely deep. Cold air is rising and there are gusts of cold wind. It might be a demon's lair or a demon's den.

Huangfu Yi lit several fire talismans and threw them down into the cave one by one. By the light of the fire, he discerned the terrain and saw that the rock walls were filled with heavy yin energy, the dew was frozen, and the ground was damp, muddy, and covered with moss.

It's definitely not a good time for cave exploration at night. In the dark, you might twist your ankle, and who knows what kind of ghosts might pop out. No wonder the two from the Wang family planned to stay overnight and come back to retrieve the treasure at dawn.

Huangfu Yi couldn't delay, for he had discovered footprints at the cave entrance. Judging from the size and depth of the footprints, the person who came was slender and seemed to be traveling alone, and surprisingly, without shoes. It couldn't be the couple from before, nor the beggar. Could it really be that quickly, this unclaimed treasure had been spotted and snatched up by someone else?

Fortunately, the footprints on the ground only led into the cave and did not lead out, so there should still be a chance. Therefore, Huangfu Yi made a decisive move and went down the rock wall to seize the treasure. He was physically strong and quite agile. With the help of the fire talisman for illumination, he explored deeper into the cave. Soon, he heard the roar of battle coming from afar, as well as the howling and angry roar of demons.

As expected, there were demons inside the cave, indicating that the previous group had been held back. Huangfu Yi, having also come to investigate, extinguished his cigarette and followed the sound. Sure enough, he soon came upon a huge underground demon cave. Flames flickered and Daoist energy roared within the cave, with large bursts of fire erupting from time to time. Clearly, the intruder had directly attacked the demon's lair, and the demons within were besieging and defending against the uninvited guest.

Hidden in the shadows, Huangfu Yi looked through the exploding flames and saw that the cave monsters were ugly, with hideous faces, sharp teeth and claws, and an unbearable stench. Each one was about the size of a wild donkey, and looked neither human nor rat. It was unclear what kind of strange shape they were. It seemed that they had been trapped in this mountain cave for many years and had gone blind, relying entirely on their sense of smell and hearing to identify their opponents.

These demons aren't particularly powerful; they're just tainted by the cold poison of this extremely yin place, and they're filthy and unclean, so you have to be careful not to get scratched and infected. Besides, the underground space here has limited resources, and at most, one cave can only support a hundred of them.

Moreover, since the Wang family dared to send two spoiled brats to retrieve the items, they naturally knew that the arrangements made here wouldn't pose much of a risk. The cultivator who entered the cave first was also quite skilled. From afar, one could clearly see a fire dragon coiling around the cave ceiling, ferocious and rampaging, spitting out crimson pearls and exploding with yang flames. It was either a superior Dao technique or a top-tier magic weapon; in this short time, it had already slaughtered countless demons, leaving corpses strewn across the ground and killing or wounding more than half of the monsters.

Unfortunately, the cave was dimly lit, and the demons and fire dragons blocked his view, so Huangfu Yi couldn't see the cultivator ahead for a moment. However, judging from the state of the corpses around him, most of them had been blasted to ashes by the fire dragons, while some of the fragments had been torn apart and crushed to dust by monstrous strength.

This competitor might be someone who, despite appearing to be a woman or a child, possesses astonishingly powerful skills.

So Huangfu Yi, with his rich experience, mixed the remains of corpses and flesh with mud and moss on the ground and smeared them on his cloak. He used the aura of a demon to conceal himself, and then, imitating a demon, he hunched over and, in the dark, he managed to sneak directly past the battle and into the center of the demon's lair.

After all, Huangfu Yi would never stoop to the despicable act of taking advantage of others being caught in the demonic tide while he hid behind them and attacked them from behind. Besides, he came for the Pure Yang Treasure, so naturally, taking the treasure was his priority.

Yes, Huangfu Yi already had a vague idea of ​​where the Purple Yang Dragon-Locking Marrow was. After all, the beggar had said that although this thing grew in an extremely yin place, it was itself an extremely yang thing. Therefore, Huangfu Yi judged the approximate location of the treasure based on the growth and distribution of moss in the cave and the temperature of the mud on the ground that he touched.

While mimicking the crawling of the demon Goulou, examining the footprints on the ground, and searching deeper into the cave, Huangfuyi unexpectedly arrived first and found the entrance to a cavern in the demon's lair.

The soil here is dry and hot, completely baked dry, without a trace of lichen or moss. It's like a heated oven. It's also some distance from the lair where the demons gathered. Obviously, the Yang energy of the Dragon-Locking Marrow is too strong, so those extremely Yin demons dare not approach. They only maintain a proper distance to build their nests, living around the cave, and using the residual heat of the Divine Transformation Treasure to incubate their eggs. It also becomes a barrier to protect the treasure.

Since he was already there, Huangfu Yi didn't stand on ceremony and plunged into the cave. He immediately felt a wave of heat hitting his face and the scorching sun burning him. His whole body felt incredibly hot, like he was in a sauna. If he had come a few days earlier, he probably wouldn't have had enough power and would have been burned to a crisp in no time.

Fortunately, Huangfu Yigang had achieved minor success in his divine skill, and his body was sculpted by the Heavenly Book, giving him astonishing defensive power. This bit of yang energy not only couldn't harm him in the slightest, but he could also collect and refine it through the qi acupoints around his body. Moreover, by a twist of fate, it seemed that the mud taken from the most yin place and stuck to the cloak earlier had absorbed most of the heat. Thus, he smoothly made his way to the bottom of the cave and successfully found the Purple Yang Dragon Locking Marrow.

Just as Beggar Wang said, this thing looks similar to Cistanche deserticola. It's a long, cylindrical, purplish-black stick, as thick as a human forearm. Its roots resemble a ferocious, coiled snake, faintly tinged with blood. At first glance, it looks like... cough cough, you know what that is. In short, it's really not very elegant and difficult to describe with words that are permissible by the heavens.

For a moment, Huangfu Yi even suspected that the beggar wasn't a good person and was just deliberately messing with him. But upon closer inspection, the thing was radiating a visible heat wave, an astonishing amount of yang energy, so it certainly didn't seem fake. And given its grotesque appearance, it looked like it could boost virility and nourish the kidneys, so it probably wasn't wrong.

Unfortunately, it had been buried underground for too long without ventilation, and the entrance to the cave was covered with rotten and fermenting silt and moss, making the smell inside the cave really pungent. Even though Huangfu Yi had eaten all sorts of things in the freezing cold, he would feel nauseous if he had to swallow this thing raw.

Fortunately, the beggar had taught Huangfu Yi how to eat the Dragon Marrow, and Huangfu Yi still remembered it. So he reached into his pocket, took out the jade pendant from He Guan, held it in his palm, and used the slightly sharp end with its edge sticking out between his fingers, as if using an axe to cut the thick, black root of the Dragon Marrow.

After a series of relentless punches and blows, the sharp edge of the jade pendant finally managed to create an opening. Instantly, a foul stench assaulted the nostrils, causing Huangfu Yi to gag. Then, a thick, viscous pus-like substance, resembling jade milk, began to ooze from the base of the Purple Yang Dragon-Locking Marrow...

"vomit……"

No, no, this is too disgusting.

System complaints

"Tsk, what a damn pretentious person! Hasn't he ever tried the Demon Whip? Don't you know the saying 'you are what you eat'? Eat up, eat up! Kid, don't be a picky eater!"

Wow, you can't eat a demon whip raw! You have to cook it until it's soft!
The system cursed.

"Idiot! Don't you know that it smells bad but tastes good? Besides, it's a Nascent Soul cultivator! Even if it's a pile of shit, you still have to swallow it! If you don't even have this much determination to seek the Dao, you might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes! Stop dawdling! Eat up!"

"Eh……"

Huangfu Yi couldn't help but sigh, but then he thought the system was right. "We cultivators are capable of anything, nothing is impossible! A Nascent Soul treasure! Just click and it's yours! You still think it's disgusting and don't want it? You'll have to grit your teeth and swallow it! I'll risk it!"

So Huangfu Yi gritted his teeth, braced himself, and endured the stench, punching and pounding until he severed the root of the Purple Yang Dragon-Locking Marrow. He tore off a large chunk of flesh, as big as an arm, and hesitated for a moment, holding it in his hands. Where should he begin? The root? Or the head…?

The system then called him back.

"Alright, alright, if you really don't want to eat, then don't!"

Well, he's already made up his mind...

The system cursed.

"Fool! If you really want to eat it, why are you worrying about this and that? Just pounce on it and start eating! Stop dawdling and hesitating! Look at this, the dragon marrow is still milky white, the core isn't even cooked yet, and you've already chopped it up like this. Your innate yang energy from the first bite has been completely depleted!"

What's the point of eating it now? Can you even refine it after eating it? I told you to choose the Path of Freedom but you didn't listen, you didn't learn the Nine Heavens Wish Book, and you won't be able to trigger the Love Tribulation later. You're just wasting half of the great treasure of the Nascent Soul stage, only getting a hundred years' worth of power? What a waste of such a good thing!

"Sigh... such things as destiny can't be forced... Oh well, since Heaven's will has restricted you, just find another path. You won't be short of power anyway, save it to make money!"

Exchanging it for money? True, it's a rare and precious treasure; exchanging it for a few million shouldn't be a problem...

The system scoffed.

"It's not worth millions; it's just a useless thing in the end."

"Keep this precious item close to your body. Let's get through the seven-day ordeal first, then recoup some of our losses."

(End of this chapter)