Chapter 88

Yin Twenty-four said: "The greatest value of this blood-refined high-grade magical artifact lies in the strength of the blood soul inside. If the blood soul's combat power is only at the third realm of the Five Seas, then the price is at most just over ten thousand Gushing Spring coins."

"You have ten thousand Gushing Spring coins?"

Li Youyi looked her up and down, not believing that a Hidden person who had not long ago broken through to the Five Seas could be wealthy to such an extent.

Ten thousand Gushing Spring coins is equivalent to one million silver coins, or one hundred million copper coins.

She is only sixteen years old; could she have such a thick family fortune?

Yin Twenty-four's expression was slightly awkward, and she said hesitantly: "At my current stage, of course I don't have that much money. But aren't we going to the Spider Cave to collect precious medicinal herbs? Their value is not low; I'll just take one jin less when the time comes."

"That's still far from enough."

Li Youyi waved his hand: "Stop messing around! I really need money, I really need Light Flame Pills."

Light Flame Pills are condensed from high-quality spiritual light flames and can only be refined by Spirit Thought Masters; they are supreme treasures that help Thought Masters rapidly improve their cultivation.

Any single pill is a rare item.

A completed pill is equivalent to a transcendent-like transformation in the field of medicine.

"The noodles are ready!"

Two bowls of steaming noodle soup were served.

Sell it? That is absolutely impossible.

Yin Twenty-four suspected that Li Youyi didn't understand the value of this war treasure at all and asked: "Blood-refined magical artifacts mostly come from the Nether Realm of the Dead, the Demon race, or the Demon Kingdom. Such a treasure, logically speaking, could never fall into the hands of someone in the Gushing Spring Realm like you. Where did you get it?"

The three-headed snake bracelet was naturally obtained from the bronze ship.

The reason he took it out to sell was because it must be activated by blood sacrifice using one's own blood.

Just like Director Yang back then, in order to activate the three-headed snake bracelet and release the three-headed snake blood soul inside, he directly exhausted the blood in his body, becoming like a dried corpse.

Li Youyi had no interest in such treasures that harmed his own body, no matter how powerful they were.

Li Youyi smiled: "Didn't you say that in the eyes of the Hidden Sect, I am transparent?"

He was not afraid of exposing some magical artifacts; after all, he had the imperial sword tucked in his bosom. When the time came, he would just push everything onto Master Coffin.

Yin Twenty-four knew that Li Youyi had already caught the eye of the Hidden Lord and the elders, and she couldn't do anything to him. But she still put the three-headed snake bracelet on her wrist first, and then tasted the noodle soup.

It was indeed better than the medicinal meals.

"You won't be short of Gushing Spring coins! As for Light Flame Pills, I do have a way to help you get some," she said seriously.

Li Youyi's expression became serious, and he reminded her: "This thing must be activated by blood sacrifice using your own blood. I once saw with my own eyes someone who died because of activating it, their blood exhausted; it was extremely miserable."

Yin Twenty-four clearly knew the dangers of blood-sacrificed magical artifacts and said: "That just means his cultivation was too low and his blood Qi quality wasn't enough. You have to know, for this kind of blood-refined magical artifact, the higher one's cultivation, the less blood it consumes. Besides, I'm not treating it as a war treasure to be used at any time; I will only use it in life-or-death situations. It might just be my second life."

Seeing her insistence, and thinking that he seemed to only need Light Flame Pills in the short term, Li Youyi asked: "How many Light Flame Pills can you get?"

"Three or five should not be a problem," Yin Twenty-four said.

Li Youyi immediately looked at her with new eyes: "You wouldn't happen to be the illegitimate daughter of some priest in the Nine Li Divine Temple, would you?"

In Li Prefecture, when it comes to powerful Thought Masters who can refine pills, one absolutely cannot bypass the nine priests of the Nine Li Divine Temple. Those nine are definitely figures who have walked extremely far on the path of Spirit God cultivation.

How precious are Light Flame Pills? Any single one costs ten million copper coins. Even someone with Li Ling's status probably hadn't taken one since she was a child.

Eating one is equivalent to eating a mansion in Nine Licheng.

Yin Twenty-four said indifferently: "Don't look down on people; I am Ten, after all?"

"Eat your noodles."

After a while, Li Youyi raised his head and added: "When we return to the Hidden Sect, have an elder appraise the strength of the three-headed snake blood soul. I feel it's not as simple as just the third realm of the Five Seas. The money must be calculated clearly."

The two left the city and entered the southern district of the suburban area.

Li Youyi first returned to the mansion where he had previously lived to take a look, and only then did he and Yin Twenty-four head toward the Zhanglin Gang.

The Zhanglin Gang's main altar was a mansion covering a hundred acres, with walls over two zhang high. Inside, the buildings were dense, with rockeries and ponds, and dozens of century-old ancient trees with lush branches and leaves grew there.

Such a luxurious mansion, if it were within the city, only the top major clans would be qualified to enjoy it.

The two opened a room in an inn not far from the Zhanglin Gang and quickly changed into the low-grade magical artifact night-traveler outfits.

Li Youyi mobilized his magic Qi and injected it into the night-traveler outfit; instantly, his body gradually faded away.

The grade was too low to achieve complete invisibility.

If it were in the dead of night, and his speed was fast enough, he could deceive people to a certain extent. But wanting to use this to get close to martial arts experts and carry out an assassination was nothing but a pipe dream.

Yin Twenty-four stood by the window, her beautiful eyes not blinking at all, observing the movements of various people around the Zhanglin Gang's main altar: "The size of this main altar mansion far exceeds the scale a normal suburban gang should have. Even the eight deformed Wu Xiu guarding the main gate should have the cultivation of the Fifth or Sixth Spring."

Li Youyi came to the window, his figure heroic and upright, his features three-dimensional and handsome; the girl in the night-traveler outfit beside him was a head shorter than him.

After observing carefully, he felt that this large area of mansions had an unusual sense of depth.

"As the main altar of a gang, isn't it too quiet?" Li Youyi said.

"It's an array! This main altar is covered by a set of hundred-pattern arrays; what we see is not the true interior scene." Yin Twenty-four noticed something and cast her gaze toward the end of the wide street below.

A convoy in green slowly approached.

Her small hand quickly grabbed Li Youyi's arm, and she retreated two steps quickly, leaving the window.

"What's wrong?" Li Youyi said.

Yin Twenty-four's expression was grave: "There is a powerful Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu in that convoy. Just now, he was observing the surroundings, and his gaze was extremely sharp. When he was observing, his aura as a strong expert leaked out unconsciously, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to sense it in advance."

Li Youyi had always felt that his perception was very keen, but compared to a Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu, there seemed to be a gap. He asked: "Your perception is so remarkable; have you already cultivated a combat intent?"

"Is that very strange? I am also a genius, okay? Excluding the Hidden Sect, in the entire Nine Li clan over the past ten years, there have only been six Nine Springs Supreme People," Yin Twenty-four said, lifting her chin with pride.

The green-clad convoy below consisted of eight carriages, each carrying four giant wooden chests, all stopping outside the magnificent three-zhang-wide bronze gate of the Zhanglin Gang's main altar.

The thirty or forty Wu Xiu escorting the goods, although they tried their best to dress low-key and disguise themselves as ordinary people, could not hide from Li Youyi and Yin Twenty-four; one could see that their cultivation was strong, and many of them were in the Seven Springs Realm.

However, despite all being men, there was an effeminate air about them.

Tang Yan, the deputy leader of the Zhanglin Gang, came out in person to welcome them.

Tang Yan was very cautious; after carefully observing the surroundings, he smiled obsequiously and bowed to the Five Seas expert leading the convoy: "Min Jun, you've had a long and tiring journey. Please come into the mansion quickly; my gang has already prepared fine wine and delicacies to welcome you."

Min Jun was the leader of the convoy; despite his high cultivation, he was very low-key, riding only a sturdy horse. He looked to be in his thirties, with a fair face and no beard, and his voice was shrill and effeminate: "Where is Yang Qingxi? For such an important matter, the Sui Sect just leaves it to you?"

Tang Yan naturally felt the arrogance and strong aura of the other party and dared not show any displeasure: "After all, the Nine Li clan's influence is still greater in Nine Licheng, and there are many eyes and ears in the city, making it easy to be detected. But it's different here; the entire city district is controlled by the Zhanglin Gang, and our gang's eyes and ears are everywhere, so absolutely no one will know about this."

"Besides, the Young Lady attaches great importance to this matter and will return to Nine Licheng later today."

"Fine, leave the things with you for now. I have other business and need to go into the city; I'll come here tonight to meet with Yang Qingxi."

Min Jun took four personal attendants and rode toward the city gate.

Tang Yan stared at the five receding backs, a mocking look flashing in his eyes, and he muttered to himself: "Another eunuch flaunting his power. What's the point of having high cultivation? Heh heh!"

"Transport everything into the main altar and guard it properly; nothing must go wrong."

Tang Yan walked into the main altar gate with his hands behind his back.

In the inn in the distance, Li Youyi looked toward the gate of the Zhanglin Gang's main altar: "Why are there so many eunuchs?"

"They naturally come from outside; they are all the poisonous legacy left by the Little Field Decree," Yin Twenty-four said.

Li Youyi had heard of the "Little Field Decree" more than once; it was said that the reason the Lingxiao Life Realm was in chaos was because of this decree issued by the Lingxiao Palace. He was curious and asked: "What exactly is the content of the Little Field Decree?"

"It's exactly what it says literally."

Yin Twenty-four was too lazy to explain further; after all, those were old stories from more than ten years ago.

She said: "To be able to make Yang Qingxi rush back from the Immortal Burial Town, this batch of goods is definitely not simple."

"Then before dark, let's take down the Zhanglin Gang and send Yang Qingxi a big gift," Li Youyi said.

"Swish! Swish!"

The two mobilized their magic power, activated the stealth power of their night-traveler outfits, jumped out of the inn window, restrained their aura, and rushed toward the gate of the Zhanglin Gang's main altar, following closely behind the last transport carriage as they entered the mansion.

Tang Yan's ears twitched; he sensed something and immediately looked toward the convoy behind him.

"Whoosh—"

Li Youyi was extremely decisive, stepping on the tops of the carriages, and under the cover of the night-traveler outfit, his body was like a fast-moving, semi-transparent shadow.

Arriving one zhang above Tang Yan, he spread his five fingers, and his magic power surged wildly.

In front of his palm, the magic Qi condensed into a three-foot-square light shadow of a divine seal.

He had to solve Tang Yan as quickly as possible while catching him off guard. Otherwise, once the Zhanglin Gang leader Xu Zhanglin and a large group of Gushing Spring Realm experts surrounded him, let alone killing, he would probably have to rely on Yin Twenty-four's power to escape.

That would be too embarrassing.

Tang Yan had been in the Five Seas Realm for over twenty years, and his martial arts attainments could be called peak; facing this sudden palm strike from Li Youyi, he reacted instantly and threw a punch.

On his fist, the magic Qi was as bright as the stars, smashing the air into a concave arch.

"Boom!"

Fist and palm collided, the sound like a thunderclap.

The entire garden was filled with the wind of magic Qi.

Whether it was the eunuchs transporting the goods or the Zhanglin Gang members in the front courtyard, all were shaken back repeatedly by this surging, opposing force.

The clash at the Five Seas Realm level was earth-shattering, and the ground was shaking.

(End of chapter)