Chapter 49: Explosive Secrets

The entanglement and exchange of blows just now, perhaps in the eyes of Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang, was merely a casual act to which they paid little mind.

But Li Yu had already exhausted all his trump cards, and it was only by taking advantage of the fact that the two were still fighting over the [Remains of the Penglai Female Immortal] and had no time to look elsewhere that he had managed to save his life.

If they were to truly fight normally, either one of them could easily kill him.

The thought of revenge that had just surged in his heart was, of course, also unrealistic; he did not have that ability at present.

But making up for his losses was still highly possible.

Thinking of this, Li Yu looked toward his own eye membrane.

There, the fifth Truth Bubble was full and complete.

"After all this tossing and turning, I have used up almost all the preparations I made for the Strange Domain, except for the Truth Bubbles."

"Whether I can recoup my losses, or even gain a huge harvest, all depends on this."

"I absolutely cannot snatch the Female Immortal's remains."

"But the [Secret] that might exist on it cannot be let go; perhaps it hides something related to the Spirit Venerable Path. If I'm lucky, could it really be the next sequence secret medicine formula I need?"

When these thoughts emerged.

From deep within the palace, the angry and desperate roar of the Stamens Dim-witted Emperor suddenly came, followed by a thunderous boom, and two low shouts became entangled together.

Clearly, the Dim-witted Emperor was also dead.

Next was the dispute between Shang Yang and Wen Feifeng.

Li Yu was too lazy to ponder who had the better chance of winning; he quickly returned to the imperial palace, found a hidden corner outside the palace where muffled sounds were constantly erupting, and disguised himself as a medicine corpse of a eunuch who had died suddenly.

Then, without hesitation, he popped the fifth Truth Bubble.

"One hundred breaths!"

"Range of over five zhang!"

No surprise, the authority had risen once again.

The familiar billions of rays of light erupted, and Li Yu's Truth Body drifted out, passing through walls without obstruction.

The next moment, a scene that quite surprised him came into view.

He had originally thought that in the struggle for the female corpse's remains, Shang Yang would have the advantage; after all, not to mention whether Wen Feifeng's combat power could suppress this mechanical madman, that pile of "magic power batteries" was a significant burden to begin with.

But what Li Yu saw at this moment was Shang Yang stepping on the ugly corpse of the Stamens Dim-witted Emperor.

And the remains of the Penglai Female Immortal had unexpectedly fallen into Wen Feifeng's hands.

Judging by the golden rope tied to the plain-clothed female corpse, this high-ranking disciple of the Vast Heaven Sect had taken out another high-grade strange object to pass through the Void Poison Spring unscathed and seize the corpse.

Clearly, the former had completed the side quest [Collect Stamens Spirit Demon] and gained one hundred merit points.

And the latter was infinitely close to completing the main quest [Sacrifice the Remains of the Penglai Female Immortal], with a chance to obtain one thousand points.

But strangely, Wen Feifeng had not yet performed the sacrifice.

Instead, she had done something unknown, causing a faint radiance to surge within the plain-clothed female corpse, as if something was passing through the remains and was about to emerge from her mouth.

Seeing this scene!

Shang Yang grew anxious.

However, this ruthless person from the "Holy Nest" did not immediately pounce on Wen Feifeng to snatch it.

Instead, he suddenly turned his head and fired a death ray cannon at the group of magic power batteries who were showing expressions of despair.

The thickness was no weaker than the shot that had nearly evaporated Li Yu earlier.

Immediately, these reincarnators could not help but curse Wen Feifeng again.

"Wen Feifeng, you animal..."

"Bang!"

"Puff!"

The insults had just left their mouths when an accident occurred.

The magic power batteries were suddenly covered by a protective barrier; the death ray cannon blasted against it but failed to break it, only stirring up a large number of ripples.

On the other side, Wen Feifeng, who was "working" on the Female Immortal's remains, suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, and the phoenix-shaped Dao pattern between her brows instantly turned blood-red.

Hmm?

At this point, even Li Yu, who had just come in to watch, could tell.

Wen Feifeng was indeed a person who kept her word; in order to save the lives of the group of reincarnators, she did not hesitate to cast a spell to transfer the damage to herself.

As she spat blood, the plain-clothed female corpse suddenly trembled, its tightly closed mouth slowly opened, and a spirit elixir emitting immortal light and Qi mist slowly floated out.

This sight made Shang Yang's eyes split with rage.

He had previously leaked the secret: newcomers who obtained the Demon Star Token and Reincarnation Authority would find high-grade treasures hidden within the first Strange Domain Spirit Realm they experienced, and the gatekeepers would be relatively weak. Calculated for this [Corpse City Strange Domain], the gatekeepers should be the two flower demons, the Pistil and the Stamen.

As for what the treasure was?

It was now obvious.

"Damn it!"

Shang Yang cursed loudly, and then, without a word of nonsense, he dealt lethal blows to both sides simultaneously.

First, he threw a dozen ticking mechanical iron balls at the group of reincarnators, and then the "Flesh and Blood Death Ray Cannon" in front of him ignored consumption entirely, seemingly even shortening the charging time significantly, and in just a single breath, he fired three thick death rays at the distant Wen Feifeng.

At the same moment, Li Yu also made his move.

He relied on the fact that no one could see him, nor could they interfere with him.

He flashed to Wen Feifeng's side in an instant; it was fortunate that he had chosen the right corner position, which happened to be within the five-zhang range.

Without hesitation, he reached out to touch the plain-clothed female corpse, while simultaneously firing a series of questions in his mind, ensuring the direction of his inquiry was comprehensive, intending to glimpse the secret related to the Spirit Venerable Path in one go.

But immediately, a change he had never encountered before occurred.

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Extraordinary information?

There was some, but it was intermittent and lacked a system.

"This is the remains of a high-grade cultivator from the Warring States period... Path sequence unknown... Life or death unknown..."

"Contains an [Immortal Remains Spirit Elixir] within its body... Consuming it can... Unknown... Cannot be stolen without passing the judgment."

"Contains a high-grade sequence secret medicine formula within its body... Suspected to be the Spirit Venerable Path... Sequence name unknown... Content unknown."

"Authority insufficient, temporarily deposited in the soul."

As the last piece of information surfaced.

Li Yu watched with his own eyes as a large amount of broken and chaotic iridescent light flowed back, turning into a symbol resembling a "question mark," which solidified within his Truth Soul Body.

Since his rebirth, including this time, Li Yu had used the power to analyze all things five times.

This time was the most bizarre and strange, but also very easy to understand.

"Because the grade of this [Remains of the Penglai Female Immortal] is too high, it is impossible to glimpse the complete extraordinary information, even though the direction of inquiry I provided was already very comprehensive."

"The current harvest is glimpsing the name of that spirit elixir and confirming that the Female Immortal is indeed related to the Spirit Venerable Path."

"The formula hidden in her body is highly likely to be one of the high sequences of the Spirit Venerable Path, but the specific content cannot be analyzed and is temporarily deposited in the Truth Soul. Can I return to re-analyze it after unlocking a Truth Bubble with higher authority in the future?"

Understanding this, Li Yu felt both pleasantly surprised and very helpless.

What is this?

Can look but cannot eat.

Of course, if it were truly a high-sequence secret medicine of the Spirit Venerable Path, he couldn't eat it even if he had the content.

The current situation was simply torturing Li Yu's vigorous curiosity.

Really unable to swallow his anger, while there was still time, he immediately shifted his target.

Regardless of the fact that Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang were about to beat each other's brains out, he went directly to touch both of them.

Gossip or secrets, it didn't matter.

In any case, he could not return empty-handed.

Who would have thought that such a touch would actually yield some harvest:

"Shang Yang, a cultivator under the 'Holy Nest,' a hegemonic organization in the South District of Wanfu City, currently a Sequence 8 [Scholar] of the Ancient Saint Path, can be promoted to Sequence 7 [Mad Scholar] at any time."

"Not long ago, he accepted human body modification surgery, excising all human tissues except for the brain and replacing them with a psionic mechanical body; this technology was obtained from the Heavenly Craft Sect."

"After accidentally obtaining the Demon Star Token, under the arrangement of his master, he entered the Strange Domain with various strange objects of this path, intending to seize high-grade strange objects at the lowest cost."

"If this succeeds, he will be granted all the secret medicine materials needed for Sequence 7 and guaranteed to refine the secret medicine through the ritual."

"Wen Feifeng, a native of the capital of the Gan Kingdom, a Sequence 8 [Ordained Daoist] of the Vast Heaven Sect's Heavenly Monarch Path, and also a member of the Gan Kingdom's royal family, only she was fostered in the Vast Heaven Sect since childhood."

"Since she was a child, she has been in love with her master, a powerful female Daoist of Sequence 6, 'True Phoenix Fairy'."

"Her master later encountered unknown pollution in a battle to suppress an evil sect, her Dao body was damaged, and her soul fell into a slumber; if there are no accidents, she will eventually die of exhaustion in a coma."

"In order to save her master's life, Wen Feifeng paid the price of 'abandoning her royal status' and, through a high-grade strange object blessed by the True God Vast Heaven, selected her first newcomer conquest mission in advance, which is this Strange Domain."

"The purpose is to obtain the spirit elixir within the remains of the Penglai Female Immortal, which may save her master's life."

(End of chapter)