Chapter 64: Sucking Dry the Immortal Substance in the Valley

What person!!

Lei Zi's face changed drastically, he abruptly turned his head and shouted sternly.

Moon Fairy and the other heavenly pride engaged in combat also all came to a halt, staring in shock at the suddenly appearing massive entity.

When they saw clearly that it was an ancient carriage pulled by nine pure-blood true dragons.

Everyone's mind buzzed, going completely blank.

"Real... real dragon?"

"Nine... nine true dragons pulling a carriage?"

"This... this is the native inhabitant of the Ancient Immortal Remains?"

"Impossible! This is the outskirts of the Ancient Immortal Remains; the natives could never possibly get here!"

Everyone was stunned by this shocking scene, unable to speak.

Especially Lei Zi, who stared at the nine dragons whose aura was even more terrifying than that of his master, the sect leader of Purple Firmament Divine Mountain.

He felt a chill surge from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head, his legs going somewhat weak.

Meanwhile, Moon Fairy stared fixedly at that carriage, her beautiful eyes filled with vigilance.

Just then, while everyone was doubtful and uncertain.

The door of that luxurious carriage slowly opened.

A young man dressed in white, with an outstanding appearance and an otherworldly temperament, stepped out from the carriage.

He first glanced at these heavenly pride.

Then he withdrew his gaze.

They all seemed able to sense the meaning in the young man's eyes.

Disdain and disregard.

As if in his eyes.

These heavenly pride of theirs are just a bunch of trash.

As a matter of fact, Gu Yuan indeed thought that way.

Just a bunch of heavenly pride from the lower realm.

He basically didn't think highly of them.

At this moment, Gu Yuan was playing with that stalk of Dragon Blood Treasure Medicine that had made them fight to the death.

"Who is in charge here?"

Gu Yuan glanced at them indifferently and asked.

His gaze was calm and composed, as if he were looking at a group of ants by the roadside.

"You... what person are you!!"

Lei Zi forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart and shouted sternly but weakly,

"Return the treasure medicine quickly! Otherwise, my Purple Firmament Divine Mountain will never let this rest!"

"Purple Firmament Divine Mountain? Never heard of it."

Gu Yuan curled his lip, not taking his threat to heart at all.

He lowered his head, examining the so-called Dragon Blood Treasure Medicine in his hand.

Hmm, he had misjudged it.

The energy it contained was indeed just a bit stronger than the weeds outside, roughly equivalent to the ordinary fodder used to feed spirit beasts in the Gu Family's backyard garden.

Moreover, the age of this medicine is at most ten thousand years.

Is this even worthy of being called a treasure medicine?

And they fought over it until their heads were bloody?

"You!"

Lei Zi was angered by Gu Yuan's contemptuous attitude, his face flushing red, yet he dared not lash out.

"Sir, this treasure medicine was first discovered by me; I kindly ask you to return it."

Moon Fairy endured the pain, stood up, and said to Gu Yuan neither humbly nor arrogantly.

She could sense that this young man before her was unfathomably deep, absolutely not someone she could contend with.

But she still did not want to just give up like that.

"Oh? You discovered it first?"

Gu Yuan lifted his eyes, glanced at her, and nodded.

"Alright."

Saying that, he casually tossed it.

That stalk of Dragon Blood Treasure Medicine, which Lei Zi and Moon Fairy regarded as a supreme treasure, was thus tossed back by him like garbage.

Moon Fairy instinctively reached out to catch it.

It felt warm and moist, a vast surge of life essence flowing from her palm into her body.

This allowed her qi and blood, which had been churning from the fierce battle, to calm considerably.

She was stunned.

Not only her, but everyone present, including the arrogant Lei Zi, was stunned.

"What's going on?"

"Just like that... it was returned?"

They had all prepared for the other side to be unreasonable, to fight violently, to kill and seize the treasure.

But the result was that the other side so easily returned this ten-thousand-year treasure medicine?

What… does this person actually want to do?

"Th‑thank you, sir."

Although Moon Fairy was full of doubt, she still bowed to Gu Yuan.

In any case, the other party did return the pill to her.

However, Gu Yuan's next words made her complexion freeze instantly.

"No need to thank me."

Gu Yuan waved his hand and said in a matter‑of‑fact tone, "This kind of trash, I have no use for it even if I keep it."

Trash?

Useless even if kept?

Those two words, like two bolts of thunder, rang out explosively in Moon Fairy's and every Celestial Pride's mind!

They all stared wide‑eyed, looking at Gu Yuan with a gaze as if staring at a madman.

Trash?

You call this ten‑thousand‑year Dragon Blood Pill, which can let a Sixth Realm cultivator ignite the heart‑fire lamp to save a life and boost blood energy, trash?!

Brother, do you have some misunderstanding about the word "trash"?

"Y‑you... what did you say?!"

Lei Zi was the first to lose composure; he pointed at Gu Yuan, trembling with anger.

"You actually called the Dragon Blood Pill trash? Do you even understand the preciousness of heavenly materials and earthly treasures?!"

This is no longer simple disdain.

It is naked humiliation!

Humiliating all of them over this piece of trash, fighting to the death like fools!

"What? Am I wrong?"

Gu Yuan gave him a strange look.

"Something whose age is insufficient, whose energy is chaotic, and whose Dao resonance hasn't even condensed—if it's not trash, then what is it?"

"So, in your place, could this thing even be considered a treasure?"

Gu Yuan's tone was filled with sincere puzzlement.

As if he were truly just asking a common‑sense question.

Is a heavenly material without Dao resonance merely weed, only usable for juicing?

Yet these words, landing in Lei Zi's and Moon Fairy's ears, hurt more than any vicious insult.

"Puff—!"

A severely wounded Celestial Pride, provoked by Gu Yuan's words, lost his Dao heart, and in a fit of panic, spat out a mouthful of old blood, collapsing dead on the spot.

"Y‑you..."

Lei Zi pointed at Gu Yuan, stammering for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

He wanted to rebut, but seeing Gu Yuan's matter‑of‑fact expression, he didn't know where to start.

Should he tell him that here we are so poor that a ten‑thousand‑year pill is the ultimate treasure in our eyes?

That would be too shameful!

Moon Fairy's face also turned pale; she clenched the Dragon Blood Pill tightly, feeling it become unbearably scorching.

Do these natives only use such treasures daily, causing them to look down on a ten‑thousand‑year Dragon Blood Pill?

Gu Yuan was too lazy to bother the Celestial Pride who had already been demoralized.

Observe the subtle to know the obvious.

The Celestial Pride of this world are just like that.

To him, this was merely a small interlude.

His attention was quickly drawn to the dense immortal substance surrounding him.

"The environment here is nice, perfect for loosening the muscles and bones."

Gu Yuan muttered to himself.

Saying so, he ignored everyone's reactions and sat down cross‑legged.

Then, under everyone's shocked gaze, he slowly closed his eyes.

The next moment.

Buzz—!

Centered on Gu Yuan's body, a massive visible vortex thundered into existence!

An indescribable terrifying suction burst out from his body!

Hoo‑hoo‑hoo—!

Inside the valley, a gale roared!

In the air, the dense immortal substance that would not dissolve, together with a massive amount of Heaven‑and‑Earth spiritual energy, seemed to find an outlet, turning into visible streams of energy that poured wildly back into Gu Yuan's body!

The scene resembled countless rivers returning to the sea, ten thousand dragons drinking water!

"Th… what technique is this?!"

"He's devouring Heaven‑and‑Earth spiritual energy! What… an overbearing technique!"

"Quick! Retreat! Stay away from him!"

Lei Zi, Moon Fairy and the others were pale with shock at the sudden turn of events.

They could clearly feel the surrounding Heaven‑and‑Earth spiritual energy thinning at a terrifying speed.

Even the mana within them showed faint signs of being forcibly drawn out by that suction!

They dared not linger even a bit, each scrambling and crawling toward the outside of the valley.

But Gu Yuan, however, turned a deaf ear to everything outside.

He was now completely immersed in a wondrous state.

Longevity Immortal Body, operating at full power!

Inside his body, the three thousand small worlds that had been opened up began to emit brilliant light under the scouring of vast amounts of immortal substance.

Each small world was expanding and evolving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars gradually formed within, becoming more real and more stable.

The Ten Thousand Dao Emperor Body within his dantian also became more solid under this energy's nourishment, and the imperial aura it exuded grew ever more terrifying.

"Exhilarating!"

Gu Yuan let out a hearty shout in his mind.

But while he felt exhilarated, the flowers and grasses in the valley suffered.

All that could be seen was, as Gu Yuan devoured...

The entire valley began to turn withered and yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The spirit grasses and precious medicines that had once been lush and fragrant withered one after another, quickly wilting and dying, finally turning into a pile of flying ash.

Even the towering ancient trees that reached ten thousand feet began to shed leaves in large patches, their trunks becoming dry and cracked.

In just a moment.

This valley, once like a fairyland, instantly became dead silent, as if all vital essence had been drained away.

Outside the valley.

Lei Zi, Yue Xianzi, and the others who had escaped with their lives stared at the horrifying sight before them, dumbstruck, as if plunged into an icy cellar.

"He... he sucked dry the entire valley's vitality?!" a heavenly pride's voice trembled, hardly able to believe his own eyes.

"Devil! He is nothing but a devil!"

"What on earth is this monster?!"

Yue Xianzi's delicate frame also trembled slightly; she lowered her head to glance at the dragon blood precious medicine in her hand.

This precious medicine had now lost all its luster, becoming withered and yellow, like an ordinary stalk of dry grass, devoid of any spiritual essence.

She had painstakingly, risking life and limb, barely managed to seize this precious medicine with her life on the line.

And just like that... it's ruined?