Chapter 157 - The Black Market (1/2)
After listening to Su Mo, Zhou Donghuang was able to confidently confirm: The Buddha’s lifeblood that the two golden-crowned eagles had led him to was left behind by the Dharma Laws adept of the Shenguang sect.
The level of practice, the time period, and the location all matched up.
Before that early Dharma-Laws-stage adept of the Shenguang sect entered his final sleep, he chose to pass on from a dangerous cliff in a place not far from the Shenguang Empire in the Sixteen Countries of the East Valley.
“Master.”
Suddenly, Su Mo’s expression turned serious. “That Chen Dandan has now entered the Xuanyin sect under Zhong Ya; moreover, Zhong Ya has obtained the returning heaven grass that can produce a returning heaven core.”
“With the returning heaven core, Chen Dandan’s destroyed meridians can recover to their original state, and as she is under Zhong Ya, her future level of practice will increase at an incredible rate!”
“In the future, I fear she could be a disaster for us.”
As he said this, Su Mo’s eyes filled with dread.
After all, this time he, and by extension the Valley of the Medicine Masters, had offended Chen Dandan, and she would most probably be back for revenge.
“Chen Dandan?”
Hearing Su Mo mention that young lady who had been brought away by the forefather of the Xuanyin sect, Zhou Donghuang’s eyes narrowed as a cold gleam flashed across them.
The incident that day was something he had not foreseen.
In Zhou Donghuang’s previous life, Chen Dandan had not had this opportunity and had passed away from old age in the Valley of the Medicine Masters after attaining the Connate stage.
However, from what that Zhong Ya said, Chen Dandan had this opportunity entirely because of him.
Earlier, Zhong Ya had said that it was because he had seen Zhou Donghuang speed past riding a Great Consummation flying demon that his attention had been attracted to Zhou Donghuang.
After that, Zhong Ya had passed by the Valley of the Medicine Masters after obtaining the returning heaven grass and had detected traces of Zhou Donghuang, which was why he had come to the Valley of the Medicine Masters.
As for what had happened later on, it was well known.
“Chen Dandan, so what if your fate has changed because of me? When you were in the Valley of the Medicine Masters, I came to the Valley of the Medicine Masters to kill you. Since you have gone to the Xuanyin sect, I will go to the Xuanyin sect and kill you!” thought Zhou Donghuang.
He suddenly opened his eyes, which shone coldly. “As for that Zhong Ya, since he and the Xuanyin sect persist in contributing to this karma, I will flatten his Xuanyin sect!”
Although Zhou Donghuang muttered this to himself softly, Su Mo, who was standing nearby, nevertheless heard it clearly.
Su Mo could not help exhaling a breath of cold air, never imagining that this master that he served had such lofty ambitions.
Flattening the Xuanyin sect?
Was it even possible?
The Xuanyin sect was one of the five most powerful sects of the planet of Ziyun that stood at the peak of the hierarchy of the planet of Ziyun.
To flatten the Xuanyin sect would require a level of practice at least of the Dharma Laws stage.
Although the youth before him had a level of practice at the early Connate stage at only nineteen years of age, as the forefather of the Xuanyin sect Zhong Ya had said, there were numerous youths his age in the Xuanyin sect who had already exceeded this.
Moreover, those disciples of the Xuanyin sect might not have the chance to attain the Dharma Laws stage, never mind this youth.
Therefore, Su Mo did not take the youth’s vengeful words seriously, taking them instead as words spoken in a fit of anger.
In a moment, Zhou Donghuang’s cold glare was gone, and he looked at Su Mo. “I can probably find spirit stones in the Shenguang Empire, am I right?”
Spirit stones were special stones formed when ordinary stones accumulated a great quantity of spirit energy from the environment, storing the spirit energy within them.
Using spirit stones to practice could replace the need to absorb spirit energy from the environment, and the latter method could be used in synergy with the former to make practicing even more efficient.
Since there were many Primal Core adepts in the Shenyang Empire, it was not possible that there were no spirit stones there.
As for the five elite sects which stood at the peak of Ziyun, including the Xuanyin sect, they would not be lacking spirit stones.
Zhou Donghuang was sure that they controlled a lode of spirit stones; otherwise, they would not be able to sustain a sect of such quality.
That day, Zhong Ya of the Xuanyin sect had already said that in the Xuanyin sect, although those of similar age as he but already exceeding him in the level of practice were not numerous, there were more than a few.
Those people must be prodigies that the Xuanyin sect had raised up on piles of spirit stones.
“Spirit stones?!”
When he heard Zhou Donghuang’s words, Su Mo’s eyes widened, and he smiled bitterly as he said, “Master, you might be able to get spirit stones in the Shenyang Empire, but it is extremely difficult.”
“In the several hundred years of history of the Valley of the Medicine Masters, only the forefather who established it managed to buy a spirit stone in the Shenguang Empire, and that only at great cost after he attained the Connate stage.”
“He had planned to use the spirit stone to aid him in one great effort to attain the Primal Core stage and become a Primal Core adept.”
“However, when the spirit energy in the spirit stone had been used up, he was still unable to break through.”
“In the personal letter that he left behind at the end of his life, he said that if he’d had three spirit stones at that time, he would have been confident of attaining the Primal Core stage.”
At this, Su Mo hesitated some time before continuing, “Spirit stones are extremely valuable. Even if the Valley of the Medicine Masters gathered everything of value in this valley, it might not be enough to buy one from the black market in the Shenguang Empire.”
“The black market in the Shenguang Empire?”