Chapter 318 - 208: Treasure Medicine (Part 2)

Chapter 318: Chapter 208: Treasure Medicine (Part 2)

Realizing he couldn’t escape, the Scholar’s Attendant’s eyes darted around, and he suddenly shouted.

"Oh? A secret, you say? Let’s hear it."

Fang Yue asked lightly, a mocking expression on his face.

The Scholar’s Attendant swallowed hard before speaking. "I know where to find a Treasure Medicine! It’s incredibly helpful for Qi Sensing and Innate cultivation, and it can even increase the chance of succeeding at Transformation by ten percent!"

"Hm?"

Hearing this, Fang Yue raised an eyebrow slightly. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe him; something that helped with Qi Sensing and Innate cultivation was already incredibly rare.

To also increase the success rate of Transformation by ten percent—that was an effect that was practically defying the heavens.

This news was indeed very tempting for Fang Yue.

However...

He still shook his head. "Why should I believe you?"

"Er..."

Hearing this, the Scholar’s Attendant was at a loss for words.

"If you can lead me to the Treasure Medicine, then I won’t kill you," Fang Yue said after a moment of thought, not pressing him too hard.

"Really?" The Scholar’s Attendant was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Of course," Fang Yue nodded.

"In that case, I’ll take you to find the Treasure Medicine right now!"

The Scholar’s Attendant was ecstatic. He knew he had escaped death for the time being.

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「Three days later, in a desolate mountain forest.」

The Scholar’s Attendant led Fang Yue and the other man at a rapid pace until they finally stopped. He then pointed to a cave on the cliff face before them and said, "Grandmaster Fang, this is the place I told you about, where the Treasure Medicine is. Let’s go in!"

The cave in the cliff face looked very ordinary.

Fang Yue frowned and surveyed the area but detected nothing unusual, so he had the Scholar’s Attendant lead the way.

The cave was deep and winding, twisting and turning until it finally opened up next to a pool of water.

The pool was very clear, and one could faintly see fish swimming within it.

Fang Yue’s gaze swept around the area, but he still couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

He couldn’t help but frown as he looked at the Scholar’s Attendant before him.

A cunning light glinted in the Scholar’s Attendant’s eyes. He chuckled and said, "The Treasure Medicine is in the center of this pool, but it only appears at night, under the light of the moon!"

"Could it be the Treasure Medicine, Moonlight Grass?" Zhang Hu’s eyes widened in shock as he heard this, and he exclaimed aloud.

Zhang Hu had heard his grandfather speak of some Treasure Medicines, and among them was a peculiar one called Moonlight Grass that would only materialize under the moonlight.

This type of Treasure Medicine was extremely precious. Even a Martial Master at the Qi Sensing realm could consume it, and it would greatly increase their cultivation speed.

It was even highly useful for Innate Grandmasters. Of course, its most important effect was its ability to increase the success rate of advancing from the Innate realm to Transformation.

"That’s right, it’s the Moonlight Grass!"

The Scholar’s Attendant chuckled, a thick veil of greed in his eyes. He had discovered this Treasure Medicine by a stroke of luck and was planning to wait for it to mature, consume it himself, and improve his cultivation.

Not even Luo Wei knew about this.

Now, to save his life, he had to tell Fang Yue about the Treasure Medicine here. His heart was bleeding.

But for the sake of survival, this pang of regret was nothing worth mentioning!

"As long as there really is a Treasure Medicine, I promise I won’t kill you," Fang Yue said calmly.

The Scholar’s Attendant’s face lit up, and he nodded eagerly. As long as he could keep his life, there would be opportunities for revenge or anything else in the future.

He still had over a hundred years of life left; he hadn’t enjoyed it enough yet and didn’t want to die so soon.

’Wouldn’t that be a huge loss!’

Time passed quickly. The sun set in the west, and night fell.

A bright, round moon slowly climbed into the sky.

The bright moonlight spilled into the cavern, shining upon the pool of water. As the moonlight moved toward the center, ripples soon began to spread across the once-calm surface of the water.

Immediately after, a verdant green sapling broke through the water’s surface and floated in mid-air. Its canopy was shaped like an umbrella, with lush branches and leaves, each one emitting a soft, silvery glow.

This was the Moonlight Grass!

The Scholar’s Attendant stared intently at the Treasure Medicine floating in mid-air, his eyes filled with a blazing light.

’This was originally my Treasure Medicine, and perhaps it will be mine again in the future.’

’It all depends on whether this Fang Yue falls for it.’

The Treasure Medicine was real, of course, but an Exotic Beast guarded it.

That Seven-Colored Python was hidden at the bottom of the pool. As long as no one touched the Treasure Medicine, the Exotic Snake would make no move, instead lurking silently.

But the moment someone approached the Treasure Medicine, the Exotic Snake would attack instantly.

The snake itself was powerful enough that an ordinary Martial Master at the Qi Sensing realm would be no match for it. For an Innate Grandmaster, however, it naturally wasn’t a problem.

However, this particular snake could spit a highly toxic mist. In this confined space, the spreading poison was capable of corroding even Primordial Qi. Without a way to counter it, even an Innate Grandmaster wouldn’t last long.

"Go and pick that Treasure Medicine," Fang Yue immediately said to the Scholar’s Attendant.

The Scholar’s Attendant was stunned. He couldn’t help but sigh internally. ’This kid actually managed to resist the temptation of the Treasure Medicine. He didn’t go pick it himself but is making me do it instead.’

’It seems he doesn’t trust me.’

’But who can I blame for that?’

"Please wait a moment. I’ll go pick the Treasure Medicine now."

Although he was annoyed, he still responded respectfully, then leaped into the air and reached for the Treasure Medicine floating there.

The very instant his palm touched the Treasure Medicine...

The Seven-Colored Python shot out of the water, opened its cavernous mouth, and lunged at him!

Such a brute-force attack was, of course, useless against an Innate Grandmaster.

The Scholar’s Attendant manipulated his Primordial Qi and easily batted the Exotic Snake away. As it happened, the snake landed right near Zhang Hu.

Immediately, the Exotic Snake opened its mouth, and a cloud of black smoke billowed out.

Apparently, the Exotic Snake realized it was no match for these intruders and began to release its poison gas.

In just an instant, the entire stone chamber was filled. The area was immediately shrouded in a layer of black smoke.

The poison gas was truly potent. In that brief moment, Zhang Hu had already been poisoned and passed out.

"I knew you were dishonest! Just as I thought. Now, die!"

Fang Yue’s voice rang out, and his figure instantly blurred into an afterimage, shooting straight toward the Scholar’s Attendant who was still picking the Moonlight Grass.

He threw a punch, the Fist Force sharp and ferocious.

In that moment, his aura erupted completely, making him seem like a Fierce Beast.

The might of this punch was comparable to a heaven-shattering boulder!

The Scholar’s Attendant’s pupils shrank, and his heart filled with terror. He immediately gathered his aura, extending his arms to block Fang Yue’s punch.

BANG!

As their arms collided, he felt a powerful force travel up his own, as if his arms were about to snap.

PFFT!

The Scholar’s Attendant spat a mouthful of blood as his body was sent flying backward.

Fang Yue didn’t stop, continuing his charge.

"Mercy, mercy..." Utterly terrified, the Scholar’s Attendant let out a shrill plea for his life.

At the same time, he was screaming frantically in his mind, ’How can this kid be fine? How is it possible he’s fine?!’

Even he had to divert some of his Primordial Qi to resist the corrosion of the poison gas.

’This kid might have innate Divine Power and astonishing strength, but his total amount of Primordial Qi is still at the level of a Qi Sensing Martial Master. It’s impossible for him to resist it for longer than I can!’

’This must be an act!’

’As long as I can hold on, this kid is bound to crumble!’

Thinking this, the Scholar’s Attendant dared not clash head-on with Fang Yue anymore, instead choosing to dodge and weave around the cavern.

"Hmph!"

Fang Yue sneered. He naturally knew the man was trying to stall for time. But instead of taking the chance to escape, he wanted to stay and fish in troubled waters. That was a sure way to get himself killed.

’Dodge?’

’How long can he keep dodging!’

Fang Yue threw another punch, aiming directly for the Scholar’s Attendant’s chest, intending to utterly crush him!

"Damn it!" The Scholar’s Attendant’s eyes were bloodshot. He hadn’t expected Fang Yue to be this powerful.

But no matter how he struggled, it was useless.

BANG!

With a dull thud, his chest caved in. His body flew backward, slamming hard against the wall, and he instantly lost consciousness. It was only thanks to the tenacious Life Force of an Innate Grandmaster that he was still alive; anyone else would have been killed by such a heavy blow!

"Hmph!"

Fang Yue snorted lightly, walked forward, raised his foot, and decisively ended the man’s life.