Chapter 769: Chapter 698: Revenge_3
"The Nine Deadly Origin Evil?!"
Fu Wuer looked at the swamp, a tinge of fear appearing on his face, "Sir Yi, are you sure that thing is here? The Nine Deadly Origin Evil contains a strange poison that we Transcendent God Cultivators can temporarily come into contact with without harm, but if we stay too long and the evil qi enters our bodies, it can contaminate both our Divine Consciousness and Magic Power."
Standing beside him was a young scholar, holding a scroll of ancient books, looking gentle and refined, and smiling, "Why would I deceive Sir Fu? Indeed, there is a ’Heaven Origin Sacred Fruit Tree’ here. Consuming just one of these sacred fruits will greatly enhance our magic power, and they can even neutralize all poisons..."
"Yes, indeed, the ’Heaven Origin Sacred Fruit’ can neutralize all poisons, which is why it prefers to grow in places where toxic miasma and poisons converge."
Fu Wuer seemed to be very familiar with the habits of this Heaven and Earth Spirit Root. Hearing this, he nodded and then looked at the Yi surnamed scholar, "Sir Yi, you must have sought me out because you are unable to deal with the Wild Beast guarding this Spirit Root, correct?"
"Sir Fu is indeed astute," said the Yi surnamed scholar with a wry smile. "That place is where I stumbled upon by sheer chance while fleeing one night, hoping to use the poisonous swamp to shake off the pursuing Wild Beast. Otherwise, with the swamp’s vast reach of millions of miles and the poison fog obstructing Divine Consciousness, locating the Spirit Root would have been quite troublesome."
"What species is the Wild Beast guarding this Spirit Root?" asked Fu Wuer.
"It’s a ’Mix Burning Snake’..."
The Yi surnamed scholar replied with a sigh.
"What?"
Fu Wuer was shocked, "You mean that Wild Beast known for its deadly poison? Legend has it that it can also use ’Contagion Qi’, a vile Divine Skill so potent that even Cultivators at the Returning to Emptiness stage must avoid it... How can we possibly be its match?"
The Yi surnamed scholar’s face suddenly revealed a trace of a smile, "Others might not manage it, but Sir Fu might well be able to. Moreover, the ’Haoran Scroll’ that I practice is an orthodox Confucian cultivation technique. Its immense righteous qi is precisely the counter to Contagion Qi and other poisons, which was why I dared to venture deep into the swamp that night. Together with the Spirit Communicating Treasure from the Righteous Qi Palace, trapping that Mix Burning Snake won’t be an issue. When the time comes, we will need Sir Fu to use his powerful Seven Talisman Sword Array to finalize our victory..."
Fu Wuer’s expression darkened. "Well, it seems Sir Yi has taken a great interest in me."
This was his trump card, and it had been revealed without his knowledge. It wouldn’t sit well with any Cultivator to know that.
"If it had not been for the chance discovery of the Divine Skill you cultivated, I wouldn’t have sought you out to share in such tremendous benefits," said the Yi surnamed scholar unabashedly.
"That does make some sense," Fu Wuer waved his hand, and seven talisman swords appeared.
The surfaces of these Flying Swords bore various inscriptions; some appeared to be refined from paper talismans, while others were linked with coins and red strings. In total, seven unique swords, all interconnected.
"The Seven Talisman Sword Array... That is indeed a significant Divine Skill renowned in the Sanqing Workshop. It is said that if one can bear to destroy all the talismans to fully unleash the power of the sword array, it can unleash a strike on par with an early-stage Returning to Emptiness Cultivator..." the Yi surnamed scholar said, full of admiration. "By then, I will use my Confucian Divine Skill to trap the Wild Beast, and you, Sir Fu, will deliver the final blow. The Heaven Origin Sacred Fruit will then belong to both of us."
"Hehe... If I must destroy the sword array, what will Sir Yi offer to compensate? Or perhaps, you are willing to make concessions regarding the distribution of the Sacred Fruit?"
Fu Wuer asked with a cold laugh.
The Yi surnamed scholar pondered for a moment and replied, "How about ’Wanmin Paper’? This is one of the rare types of paper able to carry the highest grade talismans, and even for me, crafting a few is very difficult..."
"Wanmin Paper? That is top-grade material for crafting talismans by the Confucian sect, not bad... but it must be at least a dozen sheets, and each sheet must have..." Fu Wuer’s eyes lit up. Being a practioner of talisman arts, he had a strong demand for high-grade talisman paper and immediately began to haggle.
"Ten sheets is too many. Crafting this paper requires a permanent loss of a portion of my own cultivation, and although it’s not impossible to recover, it is extremely troublesome... How about seven sheets?" the Yi surnamed scholar replied, his face twisting with reluctance.
As high-ranking Cultivators, there wasn’t much difference between them and Individual Cultivators when it came to matters of personal gain.
Just then, the two were suddenly startled, feeling an icy Divine Consciousness sweep over them.
A streak of demonic light soared towards them, and upon landing in front of them, revealed a person—it was Fang Xi!
"I didn’t expect to encounter the two of you here..."
A cold smile appeared on Fang Xi’s face.
He was just on his regular travel, preparing to return to Black Rock Market Town for revenge, when he came across Fu Wuer.
"Fang Xi, you dare to show up before me?"
Fu Wuer laughed coldly, his Divine Consciousness habitually sweeping over him, but then his expression suddenly changed as he exclaimed sharply, "You’ve actually become a Returning to Emptiness Cultivator?!"
The Yi surnamed scholar forced a smile, trying to say something to ease the tension, but then he saw Fang Xi shake the Mysterious Dark Banner in his hand, summoning a six-rank Returning to Emptiness Flood Dragon that immediately spat out a clump of toxic fog, enveloping him completely!
Fang Xi had no grievances with this Yi surnamed scholar, but seeing him standing with Fu Wuer, and recalling the day’s collusion, naturally made him aware that this man was in the same nest of snakes and rats as Fu Wuer.
’No wonder Fu Wuer was so aggressive; he was simply playing bad cop... If I hadn’t already made up my mind and felt pressured by Sanqing Workshop, I might have actually accepted the suggestion of this Yi fellow, and that would have led me into a trap...’