Chapter 25: Innate Pill!

When Ning Chuan and Huang Rong hurried to the main hall of Peach Blossom Island. ===== CHAPTER 48 =====

Inside the hall, the atmosphere was so oppressive it was almost suffocating.

The Eastern Heretic, Huang Huang Yaoshi, in a green robe, his face as calm as water, stood with his hands behind his back in the hall.

On his lean face, no joy or anger could be seen, but those who knew him knew that beneath this calm often lay a thunderous rage about to erupt.

Qu Qu Lingfeng, Lu Lu Chengfeng, Wu Wu Mianfeng, and Feng Feng Mofeng, as well as Chen Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Mei Chaofeng, who were tied up like zongzi, were all kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

Qu Qu Lingfeng and the others looked terrified, reporting everything that had happened on the island to Huang Huang Yaoshi, their tones filled with self-reproach and pleading for forgiveness.

As for Chen Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Mei Chaofeng, they were ashen-faced, their bodies trembling like chaff, their eyes filled with boundless fear, their mouths constantly kowtowing and begging for mercy, their voices shrill.

"Master, spare our lives! The disciples were wrong! The disciples will never dare again!"

"Please, Master, look at our past fellowship and spare the disciples' lives!"

Ning Chuan watched this scene, understanding in his heart.

He knew that in the original work, Huang Huang Yaoshi, because Chen Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Mei Chaofeng stole the Nine Yin Manual, took his anger out on the other disciples, severed their foot tendons, crippled their martial arts, and expelled them from the sect.

That tragedy was sigh-inducing.

But now, the situation should be somewhat different.

After all, this time he had stepped in to turn the tide, avoiding greater losses, and Qu Qu Lingfeng and the others could be considered to have merit rather than fault.

No matter how eccentric Huang Huang Yaoshi’s temperament was, he wouldn't be so indiscriminate.

Immediately, his gaze swept across the hall, and he couldn't help but freeze slightly.

He discovered that beside Huang Huang Yaoshi, there was actually a fat Daoist priest wearing a Daoist robe, looking somewhat slovenly, but with eyes that were exceptionally agile.

That fat Daoist was currently acupoint-struck and unable to move, but his eyes were rolling around, filled with curiosity and restlessness.

"Zhou Zhou Botong?!"

A name flashed through Ning Chuan’s mind instantly.

The image of this fat Daoist was so similar to the legendary "Old Urchin" Zhou Zhou Botong!

He immediately realized that Huang Huang Yaoshi’s departure from the island this time was probably not as simple as just visiting friends.

It was mostly likely to find this martial uncle of the Quanzhen Sect, wanting to force out the whereabouts of the first volume of the Nine Yin Manual from him!

After all, back then, when Wang Wang Chongyang went traveling, he had split the Nine Yin Manual into two, leaving the first volume with Zhou Zhou Botong for safekeeping.

Just as Ning Chuan’s thoughts were racing,

in the hall, Huang Huang Yaoshi, having finished listening to Qu Qu Lingfeng’s report, finally showed a trace of uncontrollable anger on his originally calm face.

A cold, bone-chilling murderous intent permeated from him, making the temperature in the entire hall seem to drop by several degrees.

"Good! Very good!"

Huang Huang Yaoshi said coldly, word by word, each word as if squeezed from between his teeth.

"I, Huang Huang Yaoshi, consider that I have not treated you poorly, teaching you everything I have learned throughout my life, and this is how you repay me?!"

He flicked his sleeves, his gaze like a sharp sword, shooting toward Chen Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Mei Chaofeng, who were kneeling on the ground.

"Colluding with outsiders, poisoning fellow disciples, stealing scriptures, betraying the sect!"

"Every single one of these crimes deserves death!"

Before the words had even faded, his figure flickered, and he had appeared like a ghost in front of Chen Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Mei Chaofeng.

Without waiting for the two to beg for mercy again, he struck out with both palms, printing them fiercely on the tops of their heads!

"Bang! Bang!"

Two dull sounds.

Chen Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Mei Chaofeng’s bodies shook violently, the light in their eyes faded rapidly, and then they collapsed to the ground, dead.

A generation of heroes, two disciples of Peach Blossom Island who were once considered talented, had thus met their end.

Huang Huang Yaoshi’s strike was ruthless and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

For traitors, he never went soft.

Qu Qu Lingfeng, Lu Lu Chengfeng, Wu Wu Mianfeng, and Feng Feng Mofeng all trembled, looks of panic appearing on their faces.

They knew their master’s eccentric and fickle temperament well and were afraid that he would take his anger out on them.

Huang Rong was also startled and quickly stepped forward to pull Huang Huang Yaoshi’s sleeve, whispering to plead for them: "Father! Senior Brother and the others are innocent! If they hadn't resisted to the death this time, daughter would probably..."

Huang Huang Yaoshi looked at his daughter’s tear-stained face, and the anger in his heart subsided a little.

He took a deep breath and said slowly: "I, Huang Huang Yaoshi, am not someone who cannot distinguish right from wrong."

He swept his gaze over the four, Qu Qu Lingfeng, and said deeply: "You protected Peach Blossom Island and Rong'er with merit; all of you, get up."

Upon hearing this, the four, Qu Qu Lingfeng, felt as if they had been granted amnesty, stood up tremblingly, their hearts filled with gratitude toward Huang Huang Yaoshi.

Immediately, Huang Huang Yaoshi’s gaze turned to Ning Chuan, who had been quietly coiled in the corner.

His eyes became somewhat complex.

There was shock, curiosity, gratitude, and even a trace of... indescribable regret.

He had already learned from Huang Rong’s words and the reports of Qu Qu Lingfeng and the others about Ning Chuan’s various miraculous performances during this period.

In just a short time, he could understand text, ponder martial arts, speak human language, and even cultivate internal energy, and his strength was unfathomable, even suppressing Chen Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Mei Chaofeng, those two Innate experts, easily.

This kind of talent, this kind of comprehension, was simply unheard of!

It was unknown how many times stronger it was than these so-called proud disciples under his seat!

In Huang Huang Yaoshi’s heart, a trace of regret couldn't help but arise.

Back then, if he hadn't cared about secular views and had truly taken this exotic snake as a disciple, teaching him carefully, his future achievements would probably be limitless!

But now, saying these things was already too late.

He, Huang Huang Yaoshi, was also a person who cared about face and couldn't bring himself to mention taking a disciple again.

He bowed solemnly to Ning Chuan and said deeply:

"Ning... Little Ning, this time Peach Blossom Island suffered such a great disaster, thanks to you turning the tide, saving my little daughter Rong'er, and preserving the foundation of my Peach Blossom Island. This kindness, Huang will keep in his heart!"

He originally wanted to call him "Brother Ning," but thinking that the other party was of the same generation as his daughter, calling him Brother Ning was also somewhat inappropriate, and it was ultimately somewhat awkward, so he changed it to "Little Ning," which seemed a bit closer.

Ning Chuan responded in that slightly awkward voice: "A mere trifle, Island Master Huang, no need to be polite."

He appeared neither humble nor arrogant, calm and composed.

Beside him, Zhou Zhou Botong, however, had his eyes wide open, looking at Ning Chuan with curiosity.

Although he had been acupoint-struck earlier, his mind was clear, and he had seen and heard everything that happened in the hall.

Such a huge black snake, not only could understand human language but could actually speak, and even knew martial arts?!

This was simply too magical! Too fun!

His eyeballs rolled around, and he was filled with intense interest in Ning Chuan; it was just a pity that he couldn't move now, otherwise he would definitely have stepped forward to study him properly.

Seeing this, Huang Rong teased Huang Huang Yaoshi: "Father, are you just thanking Brother Chuan verbally? This is too insincere, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Huang Yaoshi glared at his precious daughter and hummed: "You girl, turning your elbows out! Father had already prepared a thank-you gift!"

Immediately, he took out an exquisite jade box from his chest, and after opening it, a rich medicinal fragrance instantly permeated the air.

Inside the jade box lay three pills the size of longan, completely crimson, emitting a strange luster.

"These are three spirit pills I accidentally obtained in my early years, refined with dozens of rare medicinal materials such as century-old blood ginseng and Tianshan snow lotus, spending several years of effort—the 'Innate Pill'."

Huang Huang Yaoshi looked at Ning Chuan and said solemnly: "The medicinal effect of this pill is amazing; not only can it bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh and bones, but it can also help Innate experts consolidate their cultivation, and even has a certain chance to help Innate martial artists break through bottlenecks and improve a small realm. Today, I will gift these three Innate Pills to you to thank you for your life-saving grace!"

Innate Pill!

A pill that could help Innate experts break through realms!

Such a treasure, in the martial arts world, would be enough to cause countless people to fight for it crazily!

Huang Huang Yaoshi, this time, could be considered to have spent his blood capital. ===== CHAPTER 49 =====