The Cherished Life: Volume 2

By Luo YeWuHen26

There were always too many grievances in the world that could not be explained or explained.It would be better to ignore all sorts of matters and face life and death.The road beneath his feet, the fog in front of him, his life, and his enlightenment.Sword in hand in the chaotic world, free and easy, everything, but the heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: Nov 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781647366841

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CHAPTER 101 - ANCIENT CITY OF AMARANTH

Wisps of faintly discernible black gas were floating in the air. Inside the city, all the doors and windows were tightly shut. The empty street exuded a desolate aura.

As Fang Yi and Chen Xin walked on the streets, the sounds of their footsteps on the stone tiles were very distinct in their eyes.

What's going on? Fang Yi couldn't help but frown as he spread out his consciousness. He could clearly feel the aura of many people, but not a single person walked out of the room.

The poison gas here is very strange. As if she hadn't heard Fang Yi's words, Chen Xin continued to speak.

Strange?

Well, I just thought this poison gas was very strange. No matter how strange it is, I can't say for sure. If I could find someone who was poisoned to understand it, I might have a clue. Chen Xin said with a grave expression.

In that case, let's find the mayor of this city and ask him about it. If he can help, let's do it. After he finished speaking, Fang Yi took the lead and walked quickly towards the front of the street.

After walking for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the two of them finally arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

Looking at the two soldiers wrapped in armor in front of the mayor's mansion, Fang Yi took a step forward and said, We are cultivators. We wish to meet your mayor and call him out. After saying that, his finger moved slightly and a fireball rose.

Seeing the fireball appear out of thin air, the two soldiers knew that this young man in front of them was truly an immortal. They hurriedly said, Immortal, please wait. This servant will go inform the mayor right away.

After saying that, the person ran towards the City Lord's Mansion.

What happened to your city? Why are all of them hiding at home? Chen Xin looked at the other soldier and asked softly.

You should have sensed the poisonous air in the city, too. In order to prevent yourself and your family from inhaling the poisonous air, the people shut their doors and windows and stayed at home all day. the soldier said.

In that case, why don't you leave? Fang Yi asked.

Hearing this, the soldier's eyes showed fear as he stammered, Not because I don't want to, but because I can't. When the poisonous gas was first discovered, many commoners wanted to leave this place. However, as soon as they left the city gates, they mysteriously died. From then on, no one dared to run away without permission.

Not long later, the soldier that had left earlier walked up behind a middle-aged man who was wearing a bamboo hat and wrapping himself up tightly.

My name is Yan Sheng, City Lord of Ten Thousand Medicine City. I did not know that the two of you came from far away to welcome me, and I hope that you can forgive me. Exalted Immortal, the poisonous gas is all over the place, please come to the estate for a chat. With that, the middle-aged man extended his hands and gestured for them to enter.

Sorry to bother the mayor. Fang Yi nodded his head and walked with Chen Xin to the City Lord's Mansion.

Only after passing through a few doors did they enter the main hall of the mansion. At this moment, the mayor took off the bamboo hat on his head and threw away the coat he was wearing at the same time.

After doing all of this, the mayor finally let out a sigh of relief. He turned to Fang Yi and Han Ying and respectfully said, Greetings, great deities. Please take a seat. He then turned around and called out, Servants, serve tea!

Seeing the mayor's warm welcome, Fang Yi was somewhat unaccustomed. Mayor Yan is too polite. We came to ask you something.

Yan Sheng panicked when he heard this. Aren't the two of you here to help our Thousand Medicinal City get into trouble? Supreme Celestial, please save the people of Ten Thousand Medicine City.

Chen Xin could not bear it and said, Mayor, there is no need for us to do this. What we want to ask you is the poisonous gas that pervades your city. Chen Xin could not bear it and said, "There is no need for you to do this.

Well, let's start with half a month ago.

Yan Sheng heaved a long sigh and said, In the forests of the valleys near the Thousand Medicinal City, there are many spiritual herbs. Many immortals often come here to find medicinal ingredients.

Several years ago, there were two Immortals who came here and stayed there the entire time. As they gathered medicinal ingredients to refine miracle medicines, they even helped the citizens to treat their injuries.

However, half a month ago, a demon that claimed to be a Venerable One came to the Thousand Medicinal City and slaughtered the citizens and ate their flesh and blood. After the two Immortals found out about that, they fought with the demon and gradually left the city.

The next morning, when the people woke up, they found that the whole town was filled with this poisonous gas. Perhaps the two immortals were no match for the demon, so the demon released this poisonous gas to take the lives of the people. The two immortals, you must save Ten Thousand Medicine City!

Seeing Yan Sheng's tearful voice, the two of them both felt that they could not sit idly by. Thus, Fang Yi said, Mayor Yan, don't worry. We will temporarily stay in the Thousand Medicine City for a few days to see if we can find the person who poisoned the city and let it return to its normal state.

Yan Sheng's face lit up when he heard this. Many thanks to the two of you, Exalted Immortals.

A handsome young man about 25 or 26 years of age was sitting cross-legged on the ground, constantly changing the hand signs.

In front of him was a pool of blood. In the center of the pool was a woman lying there with her eyes closed. The blood did not reach her body, only her beautiful face peeking out of the water.

After an unknown amount of time, the man stopped his incantation and a strand of greenish-yellow light appeared in his hand.

The man opened his eyes and looked at the girl lying in the pool of blood in front of him. He placed the green-yellow ball of light in his hand between her eyebrows and the ball of light entered between her eyebrows, disappearing without a trace.

Not long after the ball of light entered the woman's forehead, the sleeping woman slowly woke up. Just as she was about to leave the pool of blood, the man grabbed her and said, Junior sister, you still can't leave the pool.

The woman seemed to have just remembered her current predicament. She looked down at the pool of blood, sighed, and said, Senior brother, did you draw out the power of the soul of the common people in the city?

Sorry Junior Sister.

The woman said softly, Senior apprentice brother doesn't need to apologize. If it wasn't for Jie'er, senior apprentice brother wouldn't have done such a heinous thing. It's all Jie'er's fault. Senior, you should know that even with this method, you can only barely keep her alive. You cannot heal her injuries, and you must not act foolishly and harm the people of Ten Thousand Medicine City.

No, senior brother will definitely heal your wounds. The man revealed a determined expression.

The woman let out a soft sigh. Tears flowed in her eyes, but she no longer tried to persuade him.

She knew that even if she did say it, her senior brother wouldn't listen. He would definitely do what he had decided, even if he had to suffer the wrath of all the people in the world.

Senior brother, if there is an afterlife, will you still be with Jie'er? The woman raised her head and asked the man in a soft voice.

Hearing this, the man's heart skipped a beat. His eyes reddened as he said, Junior sister, don't say such things. Senior brother will definitely cure your injury. The world is big, there will definitely be someone who can cure it. The afterlife is too far away. I will cultivate together with you in this life, and have you become Hua Chen Fei's beloved.

CHAPTER 102 - GAS ABSORPTION

Fang Yi and Chen Xin sat facing each other in the City Lord's Mansion's wing.

I walked around the city, but I didn't find any cultivators. It seems like the poisoner wasn't here. Fang Yi said with a serious expression.

When Chen Xin heard this, she whispered, Yesterday, I asked the mayor to find some people to check the poison in their bodies. We found out that although they had this poison gas on them, it is not harmful to their bodies. However …

Seeing that Chen Xin wanted to say something but hesitated, Fang Yi asked with some doubt, But what?

If my guess is correct, this poison gas is a cultivator's secret technique. Its purpose is to absorb the soul's power through the poison.

Fang Yi felt as if he was in a fog when he heard these words. His head started spinning as he asked, What power of the soul?

I've read about them in ancient books, said Chen Xin. Even cultivators in the Dao of alchemy may not know of them. The so-called power of the soul was actually a person's life force.

If a person had a portion of their soul energy extracted from them, they would feel weak all over. However, as long as they slowly trained and recuperated, the lost soul energy would slowly recover.

However, if the power of the living soul was continuously extracted, the person would become weaker and weaker, eventually dying from the depletion of their life force.

Hearing this, Fang Yi's expression changed slightly. So the poisoner was trying to extract the soul of the entire city? What a vicious heart.

Chen Xin shook her head. It's true that that man wanted to extract the souls of all the civilians in the city, but it's also because of this that no one in the city was killed or injured. "

Hm?

Because that person had drawn out the power of his soul evenly, the amount of power of his soul that was extracted from the citizens of the city was very little. After resting, most of the citizens had recovered some of the power of their soul, which was why no one died in the past half month.

Fang Yi thought for a moment and said, But if this goes on, the people in the city won't be able to escape death, will they?

Chen Xin lightly nodded her head and said, That's true. That's why we have to find the person who poisoned us before the power of the soul is extracted. Or, we can make the poison gas dissipated. "

Let the poison gas dissipated? Fang Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Chen Xin looked at Fang Yi and asked, Do you have a way? "

Fang Yi smiled and said, If this poison gas is truly formed from spirit power, then I can give it a try and perhaps have it disappear. Come, let's go outside the city now and watch me collect this poisonous gas. Then, he walked to the door.

Chen Xin didn't know what was going on in Fang Yi's gourd, so she could only follow him out, her head full of questions.

Before long, the duo arrived at the city gates of Ten Thousand Medicine City.

What can we do?

Fang Yi smiled and said, You'll know when you see it, hehe. When he finished, he circulated the Soul Refining Technique and the praying mat floating in his dantian flew out and floated silently above his head.

Fang Yi leaped into the air, his feet firmly stepping on the praying mat. He then lifted the praying mat and flew to the top of the city wall. Under Chen Xin's astonished gaze, the praying mat suddenly grew in size and began to spin.

Following the rotation of the praying mat, the poisonous gas in the sky above the Thousand Medicinal City seemed to be attracted towards it, and slowly started to flow into the praying mat.

Xin'er's guess was right. The poison gas was really formed from spiritual power! When he saw the poisonous gas rush toward the praying mat and once again turn into strands of pure spirit energy and enter his body, Fang Yi's face lit up.

The last time he absorbed Ye Mo's spirit chi, the spirit chi in his body surged and his cultivation rose to the intermediate stage of the 8th level. The speed at which his cultivation went up shocked Fang Yi even more.

However, he also knew that increasing his cultivation base like this wasn't good, as it would cause the spiritual energy within his body to increase in a hollow manner, which wouldn't be beneficial to his true strength. As a result, while hurrying along, he had been refining the spiritual energy in his body with all his might, and had finally consolidated his cultivation at the middle of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

The poison aura in the Thousand Medicinal City gradually decreased, but the Spiritual Energy entering Fang Yi's body gradually increased. It seemed that Fang Yi was about to raise his cultivation to the late stage of the eighth level of the Qi Refining realm.

No, if my cultivation increases too fast, it will be detrimental to my future cultivation. This thought flashed through Fang Yi's mind as he quickly used the Xuan Immortal Tactic to slowly refine the excess spiritual energy.

Circulating two different arts at the same time increased the pressure on Fang Yi's body. Although there didn't seem to be any difference on the surface, his body was in a mess.

One moment his spiritual force was unstable and was on the verge of breaking free from his control; the next moment his divine force was surging, as if it was going to pierce through his skin.

Be quiet! Fang Yi roared in his heart, but the spiritual force and divine force in his body had already begun to act according to their own will. In order to prevent himself from falling, he could only focus on controlling his divine force.

After focusing his attention on controlling it, his spiritual energy calmed down, but the spiritual energy within his body slowly increased. Unknowingly, his cultivation base had already risen to the late stage of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Seeing that he had already controlled the God Power, Fang Yi slowly tried to circulate the Xuan Immortal Tactic and slowly controlled the spirit energy in his body.

He was like a parent nurturing a baby. While controlling the divine power, he gently circulated the Xuan Immortal Tactic, slowly refining the rapidly increasing spiritual energy.

The spirit power was unstable time after time, but Fang Yi still did not give up. After about an hour, the spirit power in his body was finally being slowly controlled and refined by Fang Yi.

Looks like I'll have to practice two arts at the same time. If I do that, then I won't have to worry about absorbing spiritual power too quickly, resulting in my cultivation level rising rapidly.

Feeling the sudden influx of spirit energy being gradually refined by him and feeling that his cultivation had only increased slightly, stabilizing at the late eighth level of the Qi Refinement realm, Fang Yi was overjoyed as he spoke to himself.

As Fang Yi refined and absorbed the poison aura within the City of Ten Thousand Potions, it was gradually decreasing. Unknowingly, more than half of it had already been reduced.

At the same time, in a forest not too far away from Ten Thousand Medicine City.

In the cave, Hua Chen Fei's hands stopped moving, and the spell sign in his hands suddenly stopped: What's going on? My spiritual energy has actually disappeared?

Hua Chenfei's heart skipped a beat as he felt the poison mist he created with his secret technique gradually leave his control. He thought that cultivators must have come to the Thousand Medicinal City and used their absolute powers to break his secret technique.

He stood up with an uncertain face, but his eyes fell on Liu Jie, who was peacefully sleeping in the blood pool. Hua Chenfei gritted his teeth and said to himself harshly, No matter what, I will not let anything happen to you.

After saying that, Hua Chenfei sat back down, his hands constantly forming hand seals.

The spiritual energy in his body circulated slowly, and wisps of indistinct black qi flew out from his body, floating toward the direction of Ten Thousand Medicine City.

CHAPTER 103 - TOXICOLOGY

As time passed, Fang Yi was becoming more and more adept at simultaneously circulating two types of incantations. His mind gradually became immersed in them.

Sensing that the poison aura in the City of Ten Thousand Medicine had been reduced by more than half, Chen Xin was delighted. As long as the poison aura was gone, the citizens would be safe. If the poisoner were to use this kind of magic technique again, she would be able to find some clues and chase after them.

This praying mat sure is powerful. It can absorb other people's spirit energy and turn them into its own. When she discovered that Fang Yi's cultivation had increased from the intermediate stage to the advanced stage of the eighth stage, Chen Xin was filled with surprise but also joy.

Suddenly, Chen Xin's eyes focused on the forest to the east of the Thousand Medicinal City. She spread out her Spiritual Sense.

When she spread her spiritual sense to the east side of the city wall, she felt wisps of extremely thin poisonous gas coming out of the forest and ceaselessly entering the city.

This poison aura was exactly the same as the poison aura in the Ten Thousand Medicine City.

Over there!

Chen Xin's eyes lit up with joy. Fang Yi, I know where the poisoner is now. After he finished speaking, he took out his flying sword and flew up to Fang Yi's side.

Fang Yi put away the prayer mat and placed his feet on the flying knife. Then let's go and see who did it.

The flying sword turned into a streak of light as it streaked across the sky, carrying the two of them into the forest.

An hour later, the two of them had entered the forest. They put away their swords and slowly approached the source of the poisonous gas.

Inside the forest, ancient trees towered up into the sky, and flowers and plants grew everywhere. The ground was littered with withered branches and rotten leaves. Many small beasts ran across it in a hurry. Thick thousand-year-old trees could be seen everywhere, along with all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs. There were even many beasts that clashed with each other from time to time.

The deeper they went into the forest, the more they felt the rotten leaves and the stench from the dead beasts become even worse.

The smell accumulated over a long period of time, forming an invisible miasma that could kill people in the depths of the forest.

Many poisons have begun to appear in the vicinity. I'm afraid the poisoner is not far from here. We should be extra careful. Seeing the centipedes, venomous snakes and other poisonous creatures pass by in a flash, Chen Xin's expression gradually turned serious as she spoke softly.

Yes, I know. Fang Yi's consciousness spread out as he continuously observed his surroundings, his body shuttling rapidly through the forest.

The two walked slowly along the way. There were many ordinary looking vines and flowers on the ground. Dawn Xin had even brought Fang Yi along to carefully avoid them.

As for Cheng Xin, who spent most of her time in the valley searching for medicinal herbs, she was well aware of all the poisonous flowers and trees in front of her.

It didn't take long for them to reach a cave.

This is where the poisonous gas came from. Chen Xin calmly said.

There seem to be two different auras inside, eh? The other party has also discovered us. Just as Fang Yi's consciousness was checking out the situation in the cave, a ripple suddenly came from inside the cave. Fang Yi withdrew his consciousness and spoke to Cheng Xin beside him.

Before he could finish his words, a handsome figure flew out from the cave and landed before the duo.

Hua Chenfei looked at Chen Xin and Fang Yi, a trace of surprise appearing on her face. Who are you two? Why have you come here? "

Fang Yi carefully looked at the man before him. He was handsome, had a cultivation base at the mid stage of Foundation Establishment, and had some doubts in his heart. How could such a person be associated with killing ordinary people?

Staring at Hua Chen Fei, Fang Yi said in a deep voice, And who are you? Does the poison gas in the City of Ten Thousand Medicine have anything to do with you?

Hua Chen Fei coldly snorted and said: All of this has nothing to do with you. There are some things that should not be known by you. If you leave now, I will let you go.

Chen Xin turned her gaze to the cave and said, There should be another companion in the cave. Why don't you call her out as well? "

Hearing this, Hua Chenfei's expression immediately changed. He coldly snorted and said, If you don't leave now, don't blame me for being ruthless. After he finished speaking, a black ray of light appeared in his hand, gradually condensing into a venomous snake that coiled around his arm.

Sensing that the viper's scent was the same as the poison aura in the city, Chen Xin's face darkened. Were you the one who released the poison aura?

Hmph. Seeing that the two of them did not listen to his advice, Hua Chen Fei did not show any more mercy. With a wave of his hand, a poisonous snake flew out, bringing along a monstrous poisonous gas, rushing towards the two of them.

Be careful. Fang Yi let out a low growl and quickly brandished his InkEdge Sword, clashing with the poisonous snake.

You keep him busy, I'll go check out the cave. Cheng Xin sent a sound transmission to Fang Yi, and then retreated to the side as she slowly approached the cave.

Although Hua Chenfei was fighting with Fang Yi, he had been paying attention to the nearby Chen Xin. From his point of view, the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator should pay more attention to his.

Seeing that Chen Xin wanted to move towards the cave, Hua Chen Fei quickly shouted and turned to stop her.

Your opponent is me! Fang Yi shouted in a low voice. With a shake of his Inkedge Sword, strands of mist instantly gushed out and trapped the man inside.

Leave this to me, and you better watch out for me. If anything happens, just let me know. Fang Yi smiled at Chen Xin and said.

The sudden fog caused Hua Chenfei's vision to blur, and he lost his vision, but he quickly reacted. With a calm expression, he looked at the fog in front of him, and raised his hands. Two black balls of light flew out from his palms.

Explode!

The black blob of light exploded, dispersing the surrounding fog. At the same time, strands of poisonous gas spread out towards Fang Yi.

Fang Yi flicked his fingers as several fireballs shot out and collided with the poison gas, lighting up a field of flames. Within the firelight, a pitch-black sword shot out, thrusting straight towards the man.

However, Hua Chen Fei was not someone to be trifled with. With a wave of his hand, a poisonous snake flew out and clashed with the long sword.

However, after realizing that Chen Xin had disappeared, Hua Chenfei started to worry about the situation inside the cave. He continued to throw out spells in hopes of getting rid of Fang Yi as soon as possible.

However, Fang Yi's figure was erratic and his swordsmanship was swift and fierce. Although his cultivation was far from Hua Chenfei's, he was still entangled, making it hard for him to escape.

For a time, the two of them battled like a raging fire, unable to be separated.

Arriving at the cave, Chen Xin looked around cautiously. She could sense an early Foundation Establishment cultivator ahead with her divine sense, but she didn't have any reaction to her probing.

If she hadn't sensed his presence, she would have thought that he was already dead.

Did the other party have nothing to fear, or was there some sort of trap? Chen Xin guessed to herself as she carefully walked forward.

After walking for a while, she stopped walking as she felt that they were not far from each other.

Swish ~ ~ ~

A fireball appeared in Chen Xin's hand, lighting up the entire cave.

Huh? This is …

When she saw the scene before her, Chen Xin was slightly taken aback, but soon after, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

CHAPTER 104 - HUA CHEN FEI

The fireball swayed with the wind, and the scene in the cave flickered between light and darkness. In front of her was a pool of blood.

Within the blood pool lay a woman. Her black hair was dyed in blood with her body, revealing only her beautiful face. Chen Xin's gaze swept across her butterfly like eyelashes, and her rosy lips fell on her slender white neck.

Chen Xin stood there in a daze for a while, before slowly stepping forward and squatting down. She extended her jade-like hand and pointed it at the woman's chest, the spiritual energy in her body slowly flowing into the woman's body.

With the influx of spiritual energy, Chen Xin's expression gradually turned serious. To her surprise, she discovered that the sleeping girl before her had been severely injured!

After some thought, Chen Xin decided to first wake the girl up and then use her to understand the situation.

Chen Xin changed from squatting to sitting, the spiritual energy in her body circulating. Next, she stretched out her hands and pressed down on the woman's body.

Strands of green spirit energy entered every part of the girl's body.

BOOM *

The scorching fireball crashed into a giant tree, setting it ablaze. Fang Yi was in a slightly sorry state to dodge the fireball.

Only when he was surrounded by the flame would he dare to breathe as much as he wanted.

The poison cultivator in front of him was truly powerful. Even though he had suppressed him with his sword in the beginning, as the poison cultivator released more and more poison gas, Fang Yi discovered that he was slowly turning from active to passive.

The poison aura around him was so strong that he had to pay attention to the poison aura around him in addition to dealing with his opponent's attacks. He was not able to concentrate on the fight at all.

What a formidable poison cultivator. At the same time, he did not forget to control the Inkedge Sword to block the opponent's attack.

While Fang Yi was admiring Hua Chenfei's prowess, Hua Chenfei was also secretly astonished at Fang Yi's strength. It was his first time encountering a cultivator that could entangle him with a late stage Qi Refining cultivation.

Fang Yi's exquisite sword techniques, his elegant figure, and his random wartime response made Hua Chen Fei sigh in amazement. He believed that if he didn't have the advantage in cultivation, he would have lost long ago.

Even though he had the advantage in cultivation, he was still tightly entangled by the opponent. Although it seemed like he was the one who was suppressing the opponent, the one who was truly restrained was himself.

Hua Chenfei was very worried about why the other person had yet to come out of the cave.

Although the two people in front of him seemed to be fighting for justice, how many people in the world were actually fighting for justice?

What if the other party wanted to kill her for the sake of so-called justice? What if she murdered her junior sister as if she were a cripple?

Hua Chenfei's mind began to wander as he began to attack even more viciously. The venom began to spread, and those birds that did not manage to escape in time became innocent victims at the first possible moment.

Junior Sister, please wait for me, I'll come save you right now! Hua Chen Fei said in a low voice.

He and Liu Jie were disciples taken in by a late Foundation Establishment stage rogue cultivator. That rogue cultivator claimed to be the heir of the Poison King's Sect, proficient in making poisons and medicines, so he taught the two of them how to make poisons and medicines respectively.

But when the rogue cultivator accepted the two of them as his disciples, he didn't have much lifespan left. The two were taught for less than five years and then died.

After their Master's death, the two of them walked the world, while at the same time, they helped the people on the way, and did many good deeds.

A few years ago, Hua Chen Fei and his junior, Liu Jie, came to the Thousand Medicine City and found that the city was surrounded by trees, flowers, grass, and many spiritual medicines and herbs.

However, not long ago, a demonic cultivator accidentally barged in and caused the two of them to fight. In the end, Liu Jie was heavily injured, but the demonic cultivator left safely.

To this day, Hua Chen Fei still did not know what kind of demonic art his opponent was using. All he knew was that Liu Jie, who had been hit by the black cultivator's palm, would lose a lot of blood and life force after a period of time.

Hua Chen Fei searched through the ancient books left behind by his master, but he didn't know how to treat the injuries on Liu Jie's body. In the end, he could only use a special method to lay a blood pool in the forest to prevent the blood in Liu Jie's body from leaking.

At the same time, she also used a secret technique to collect the living soul of the citizens of Ten Thousand Medicine City. It also prevented Liu Jie from being too weak, and she could awaken once in awhile.

However, this was all he could do. He knew that he would not be able to do it if he continued like this, but that was all he could do now.

Hua Chenfei, who was worried about Liu Jie's safety, struck after strike of venomous gas that filled the sky with a wave of her big sleeve. Even with Fang Yi's nimble and agile movements, she gradually could not take it anymore, and it became increasingly difficult to deal with him.

As expected, the gap between their cultivation bases isn't something that can be easily bridged. Fang Yi's heart was shouting. After fighting with Ye Mo and Hua Chen Fei, he finally understood this profound truth.

While facing a disciple of the Azure Sky Sect who was also a sword cultivator, he could still rely on his own comprehension and expertise to defeat his opponent.

However, when facing Ye Mo who was in the advanced stage of Foundation Establishment and Hua Chenfei with his strong poison arts, he felt like he couldn't use his sword freely even with a sword in hand.

If his cultivation was on a par with Hua Chenfei's, he was confident that he would be able to easily dispel the poison mist with the aid of the sword art's changes. However, due to the difference in cultivation levels, the attack power of his sword art was greatly reduced.

This won't do. If this goes on, I'm afraid I'll be poisoned to death by this guy before Xin Er comes out. Fang Yi thought to himself.

Seeing that the other party was continuously attacking him and was using more and more of the poison gas on him, Fang Yi's expression slightly changed. He quietly circulated the Spirit Refinement Method and the Immortal Pu immediately appeared in the middle of his right palm.

Looking at the Immortal Pu that had shrunk to the middle of his palm, Fang Yi heaved a sigh of relief. Stretching out his right hand, he pointed his palm forward and the Immortal Pu began to turn, sucking in the poison gas that was coming at him.

Hua Chen Fei was forced into a sorry state and was about to use the poison gas to faint him, but then he felt the poison gas from his own spiritual power gradually disappeared.

What is going on? Hua Chen Fei was startled, the situation right now was no different from when he released the poison mist in the City of Myriad Medicine. Seems like the one who absorbed the poison mist was this young man in front of him!

How is this possible?

He could not believe it. The opponent was obviously afraid of his poison, so how could she have absorbed his poison?

When Hua Chen Fei's gaze fell upon the raised palm, he suddenly realized what had happened.

What a powerful magic treasure! Hua Chen Fei sighed in his heart, but he knew that this was not the time to be lamenting. If he did not think of a way to resolve this situation, he was afraid that he would be in danger.

I can't believe he was forced to such a sorry state by a fellow in the Qi Condensation stage. Hua Chenfei laughed self-deprecatingly, but his eyes were looking at Fang Yi with extreme concentration.

His anxious and worried heart suddenly calmed down.

CHAPTER 105 - BLACK GOURD

Hua Chen Fei knew that if he didn't defeat the young man in front of him first, no matter how anxious and worried he was, it would all be in vain.

Previously, he had been controlling himself, not wanting to injure the other party so easily. However, the other party's current strength was already beyond his control. Thus, he did not plan to hold back any longer.

Hua Chen Fei slapped his storage bag and took out a black gourd. Floating in the air, wisps of black mist were continuously emitted from the gourd.

The black gourd that he took out was the only treasure his master left him. It was a mid quality treasure. If he didn't have it, then when he met the demonic cultivator, he and his junior sister would have lost their lives.

The black mist floated in the air, congealing but not dispersing. It was as if there was some demonic beast hidden within the mist. It hummed non-stop, and ferociously charged towards Fang Yi.

There's poison in the fog! Fang Yi's expression changed. If it was only the poison formed by his spiritual energy, he could use the Celestial Swallowing Worm to devour it for his own use, but there was something inside the fog that couldn't be absorbed.

Fang Yi saw that the situation was bad and quickly retracted his right palm. At the same time, he shot out his Inkedge Sword and slashed at the black gourd that was continuously emitting poison gas.

Seeing this, Hua Chen Fei did not panic. With a thought, the black mist turned into poisonous snakes and rushed towards the flying sword.

The Inkedge Sword suddenly dodged to the left and right, but in the end, it fell into the horde of poisonous snakes. Gradually, it was eroded by the poisonous gas and its mid-grade flying sword turned into scrap metal before it fell to the ground.

This poisonous gas is so terrifying! When Fang Yi saw that the InkEdge Sword had lost control and fell to the ground, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised. When he looked at the inky sword on the ground that had turned into scrap metal, he felt an uncontrollable pain in his heart.

The InkEdge Sword was already in his possession before he had even entered the Eternal Cloud Maple Sect. Regardless of whether it was during his training at Heavenly Star Peak or during his training battles, he had always used the InkEdge Sword.

Even though he had a high quality flying sword, he still continued to use the Ink Edge Sword because he was used to it.

However, this was not the time to be thinking about such things. Seeing that the black fog was growing to be sixty to seventy feet in size and rolling towards him, Fang Yi hurriedly used his fireball technique and shot out a fireball.

A bunch of scorching fireballs aggressively flew into the black mist. However, the black mist did not seem to be afraid of the fire. The moment the fireballs entered, they turned into a puff of green smoke and vanished in the blink of an eye.

The black gourd's black mist had already formed a large area of magic, isolating Fang Yi from the cave.

When Hua Chenfei saw that the black mist had isolated Fang Yi, he kept his black gourd and dashed off in the direction of the cave.

Outside the black fog, Fang Yi's consciousness sensed that Hua Chen Fei was about to fly to the cave and knew that things were not going well. He immediately took out another flying sword from his storage ring, channeled his spiritual power, and controlled the flying sword to fly towards the black fog.

The sword pierced through the clouds, slicing through Heaven and Earth!

The flying sword condensed into a white mist, which then formed into a white cloud. Finally, it turned into a huge sword that shot into the sky and fiercely cleaved down towards the black mist.

Hua Chenfei's body froze as he felt the oppressive aura. He quickly turned his head to look.

A huge cloud sword seemed to slash down from the sky. The black mist and countless poisonous insects and beasts within the cloud sword fell down. They did not even make a sound before they turned into specks of starlight and disappeared.

The Cloudsword's momentum didn't slow down at all as it continued to descend towards Hua Chen.

Hua Chen Fei quickly reacted and once again took out his black gourd. As he changed his hand signs, a large amount of black qi surged out of the black gourd and turned into a huge black palm in the air.

BOOM *

Black and white intertwined as they both exploded, emitting a shocking boom. A terrifying storm swept in all directions, causing towering trees to collapse one after another. Numerous cracks even appeared on the ground around them.

Puff.

The blood within Fang Yi's body roiled and surged as a mouthful of hot blood surged against the current, spurting out at once.

On the other side, Hua Chenfei was also suffering. Under the impact of the terrifying storm, he retreated a few steps before regaining his balance.

What a formidable fellow! The look in Hua Chen's eyes became even more complicated as he looked at Fang Yi. The strength of the person in front of him had repeatedly exceeded his imagination. If it wasn't for Jie Er, he believed that he wouldn't have fought with him.

Hua Chen turned around and glanced at the cave. He took out his black gourd and summoned more black fog to attack Fang Yi.

Outside the cave, the terrifying shockwave caused the inside of the cave to rumble as pieces of dirt and rocks fell down.

Chen Xin sat cross-legged on the edge of the pool of blood with a pale face. Her hands kept tapping the girl that was sleeping soundly, as green spirit energy quickly entered her body.

Inside the woman's body, countless blood threads were like poisonous bugs, shuttling throughout her meridians. It was these threads of blood that caused the lady's life force to gradually disappear and her fresh blood to gradually disappear.

At this moment, these blood threads were like fleeing soldiers, quickly swimming around everywhere. Behind him, strands of green spirit energy were trying their best to catch up with the blood threads.

Whenever the wisps of blood touched the azure spirit energy, they would be tightly wrapped and eventually become smaller and smaller.

As time passed, the blood threads within the woman's body gradually decreased. The remaining blood threads gathered at the heart area on the woman's chest and were tightly connected to it.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xin retracted her spiritual force, and the woman gradually woke up.

You are? The woman slowly opened her eyes. When she saw the beautiful face that was even more beautiful than her own, she could not help but be stunned.

Soon after, she was pleasantly surprised to discover the abnormality in her body.

My name is Chen Xin. Your internal injuries have been temporarily suppressed by me, but those blood threads are connected to your heart. If you can't find a solution within three months, your injuries will return. Chen Xin said softly.

Thank you, my name is Liu Jie. Were you invited by senior brother? Where is senior brother? Liu Jie asked.

She did not doubt what Chen Xin had said, as she could clearly feel the changes in her body. Moreover, she was also an outstanding alchemist and had great attainments in alchemy and medicine.

As a result, she was very clear on the truth behind what Chen Xin had said.

Do you know that your senior did not hesitate to sacrifice a city's people to save you? Chen Xin shook her head and stared at Liu Jie.

When she found out that Liu Jie was injured, Chen Xin had already guessed why Hua Chenfei had drawn the soul power of all the citizens outside the cave when he was fighting with Fang Yi.

To save Liu Jie, firstly, it was because she could not bear to do so, and secondly, she wanted to find out the reason.

So you came here for this. This matter isn't your fault, senior. I was the one at fault. Liu Jie whispered.

You might as well tell me what it is. Chen Xin said.

Yes. Liu Jie nodded. Just as she was about to speak, the cave suddenly shook. Both of their expressions changed as they looked out of the cave.

Let's go out and tell them to stop! Cheng Xin said in a low voice as she helped Liu Jie up and walked out of the cave.

CHAPTER 106 - BACK TO TOWN

When Cheng Xin and Liu Jie walked out of the cave, their expressions changed drastically.

The rolling black fog spread over various parts of the forest. Waves of extremely fierce and brutal insects and beasts' hissing sounds were emitted from the black fog.

The noisy buzzing sound spread to every corner of the forest, and it was quite a sight to behold.

Hua Chen Fei's entire body was enveloped in a black mist, controlling the black mist and poisonous bugs to attack Fang Yi. With a wave of his hand, the black mist moved incessantly, as if the entire forest was dancing along with it.

Fang Yi's flying sword pierced through the black mist as white sword lights shot out and killed all the black mist surrounding him. Although he was at a disadvantage, his every move was elegant, as if he hadn't used his full strength yet.

Seeing that her senior who had