Chapter 1465: Unexpected Harvest!

The cold wind pouring into his skull made Xuan Fengnian shiver violently.

What followed was a feeling ten thousand times more painful than being sliced by a thousand cuts!

This was because the toxin released by the natal gu worm was terrifying, making his pain nerves a hundred times more sensitive than usual.

Let alone the natal gu worm biting a big hole in the top of his head, even if someone took an embroidery needle and pricked him anywhere on his body now, it would be almost equivalent to ten thousand arrows piercing his heart for him.

Extremely intense pain made Xuan Fengnian faint instantly, but then stimulated him to wake up in pain instantly, and his whole person was incomparably painful.

And just at this time, the natal gu worm had already opened its dark mouth and plunged into Xuan Fengnian's head to feast.

Xuan Fengnian died suddenly in extreme pain.

His skin color began to turn black and blue at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, blood also surged out of his seven orifices instantly.

His corpse knelt in place motionless, his expression extremely miserable, as if he was kneeling and repenting for the innocent people who died in his hands.

Ye Chen saw that he was dead, snorted coldly, and said: "Doing so much evil, it is deserved to die!"

At this time, Mai Chengxing on the side said flatteringly: "Young Master Ye, since you can control that natal gu worm of his, you must subdue it. It will be of great use in the future!"

Ye Chen snorted coldly: "What use do I have for this worm that specializes in eating human brains?"

Mai Chengxing hurriedly said: "Young Master Ye, you don't know that this natal gu worm is a treasure that Xuan Fengnian has raised for at least twenty or thirty years. This thing has lived for twenty or thirty years and has long been omnipotent. It can be counted as a magic weapon that Xuan Fengnian has practiced with half his life's cultivation!"

Ye Chen sneered: "If I keep this ghost thing, do I also have to feed it human brains?"

Mai Chengxing was speechless for a while, stammering for a long time before he said: "I just think that killing that gu worm like this is indeed a loss..."

Ye Chen said with disdain: "I, Ye Chen, haven't fallen to the point where I need to rely on this kind of thing to protect myself!"

As he spoke, he held the Thunder Order and shouted: "Thunder, come!"

Immediately after, another heavenly thunder descended, instantly striking Xuan Fengnian's skull.

In an instant, Xuan Fengnian, along with his natal gu worm, were all struck into powder by thunder!

A gust of wind blew, and the powder that Xuan Fengnian turned into disappeared instantly, completely dissipating in the air.

Mai Chengxing looked at all this in amazement, sighing in his heart: "Today, I really witnessed a miracle... This Young Master Ye is indeed a person with great supernatural powers! No wonder he has a way to make Lai Qinghua twenty years younger! With such great supernatural powers to summon heavenly thunder, what is it to make people return to their youth?"

Ye Chen looked at Mai Chengxing at this time and said indifferently: "You have merit in helping me capture Xuan Fengnian, but you are smooth and overly selfish, and you helped my enemy come to Jin Ling to find my whereabouts. Although you have merit, it is not enough to offset all your faults. So from now on, I will place you and Mike under house arrest in Jin Ling. After I solve Su Chengfeng, I will let you go."

Mai Chengxing's expression was very bitter, but he also knew very well in his heart that begging Ye Chen was useless, and showing loyalty to Ye Chen was useless.

This is because Ye Chen had a scale in his heart long ago, and the result had already been determined, and he would never change his decision because of others' begging or surrender.

The Xuan Fengnian just now was the best example.

So, the best choice for him now is to be obedient and let Ye Chen deal with him.

Although house arrest is painful, at least he can keep his life.

If he cooperates well with Ye Chen in the future, maybe he will have a chance to make up for his mistakes.

Thus, he bowed his body and said respectfully: "This old man has no objection to Young Master Ye's decision. Everything is decided by Young Master Ye..."

Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction and said: "Since that's the case, then come back with me."

Mai Chengxing hurriedly agreed. When he raised his head and got up, he suddenly let out an exclamation.

"Eh?! Could it be that this Xuan Fengnian was struck by thunder and produced a sarira?"

Ye Chen listened, subconsciously looked at the position where Xuan Fengnian was struck into powder by thunder, and sure enough, he saw a gray-brown thing the size of a duck egg on the ground.

He couldn't help frowning and said: "Where can a sarira be so big? I think it might be a kidney stone?"

"Not quite right..." Mai Chengxing said, and walked over involuntarily, picking up the gray-brown thing.

He looked at it carefully for a while, and couldn't help but exclaim: "My God! This... this is actually ambergris!"

"Ambergris?" Ye Chen frowned. He had just asked Qin Gang to help find ambergris a few days ago, but he didn't expect Xuan Fengnian to have a piece on him.

However, Ye Chen didn't pay much attention to it.

Because ambergris is actually not rare.

As long as rich people are willing to spend money, they can buy it at any time.

When he met Yu Jinghai at the Zhenbaoge auction, there was a Song Dynasty pine and crane backflow incense burner in Zhenbaoge. In order to make this pine and crane backflow incense burner sell for a high price, the auction party specially matched it with two boxes of ambergris.

And what Ye Chen needs for alchemy is ambergris that is at least ten thousand years old. Ordinary goods have no meaning at all.

Thus, he said to Mai Chengxing: "This thing shouldn't be strange. I don't know why Xuan Fengnian carries such a piece of thing with him."

Mai Chengxing hurriedly said: "Young Master Ye, you don't know that if it is ordinary ambergris, it is waxy as a whole, and this thing is relatively flammable. As long as it is dry ambergris, it can be burned directly with fire, but this piece is somewhat special."

As he spoke, he continued: "After being struck by your heavenly thunder, even Xuan Fengnian's flesh and blood turned into powder, but this ambergris can still be preserved intact. From this, it can be seen that this piece of ambergris has turned into a fossil!"

"Turned into a fossil?!"

Ye Chen exclaimed, stepped forward, and asked: "Can you be sure that this thing is really a fossil?"

Mai Chengxing handed the ambergris to Ye Chen and explained: "Young Master Ye, look for yourself. This thing is now extremely hard, with great density, and it is no longer a waxy substance, but more like a stone. If it weren't for the relatively special texture, I might not have recognized that this is ambergris."

Ye Chen asked curiously: "Have ambergris fossils been discovered before?"

Mai Chengxing hurriedly said: "There are, but that was abroad, and it was bought by a mysterious person at a very high price as soon as it came out."

Ye Chen asked him: "Do you have research on ambergris?"

Mai Chengxing nodded and explained: "Ambergris has a strong medicinal effect, and it can make people eliminate distracting thoughts and completely relax. It is very suitable for entering a meditative state. It is very helpful when deducing the I Ching and Eight Trigrams, so most feng shui masters are very keen on ambergris. Even if they don't have money, they have to buy some incense containing ambergris. I also prepare some usually, so I did some research."

As he spoke, Mai Chengxing added: "Most of the ambergris on the market is obtained by killing sperm whales in the deep sea. However, the time for ambergris obtained through these two ways will not be too long."

After a pause, Mai Chengxing continued: "It is said that some masters in the past needed ambergris that was thousands or even ten thousand years old for medicine."

"But this kind of thing is too rare. The only way to find it is to go to the bottom of the deep sea."

"This is because humans more than ten thousand years ago did not have the ability to kill sperm whales. At that time, after sperm whales died, they sank to the bottom of the sea to form whale falls. After the bones were eaten by deep-sea creatures, the ambergris would sleep on the bottom of the sea and be buried in the mud and sand."

"However, finding a piece of ambergris buried for more than ten thousand years in the sea is no different from finding a needle in a haystack, so almost no one can do it. The ambergris fossils discovered before are said to have been melted into the rock layer tens of thousands of years ago due to geological movements, and only reappeared in recent years."

Ye Chen was overjoyed. If this piece of ambergris could really reach the level of a fossil, it would have a history of at least tens of thousands of years. In this way, this thing might really meet his needs for refining Peiyuan Dan! ===== CHAPTER 1466 =====