I Am Immortal in Great Yu

Chapter 240: Chapter 97: Burial Flower

「White Cloud Temple.」

”Master, come out and look! Look toward Nanshan!” Qing Yan cried out anxiously.

Their temple was situated on a mountain, affording them a wide-open view. Looking down, they could clearly see an enormous, evil, and bizarre black-green flower hanging high in the sky.

”Is that... a Burial Flower?! But... for a Burial Flower to be so large, stretching from heaven to earth...”

The color drained from Ge Changgeng’s face. ”A most terrible omen!”

...

”A Burial Flower is a baleful bloom formed from the True Essence of a Second Grade Martial Artist or higher, mixed with extreme resentment. It parasitizes ordinary people, materializing from the ethereal to seize their flesh and vital essence. It then grows into a flower of flesh, causing a swift death.”

”That’s just a normal Burial Flower. The one in Nanshan Garden, that enormous Burial Flower stretching from heaven to earth, is beyond all common understanding. At the very least, I’ve never heard of a Burial Flower that can instantly kill even Lower Three Grade Martial Artists... If we let it continue to develop, I fear...”

As Sun Shouchai spoke, obvious fear showed in his eyes.

”Did you hear that? The True Essence of a Second Grade Martial Artist and extreme resentment. What in the world has your Zheng Family done?”

Zhou Changfa, the Director of the Divine Capture Bureau, picked up his teacup. He looked at Zheng Jingwei and Zheng Jinghan, the two Jade Seal Divine Hunters from the Zheng Family serving in the Bureau. His voice was perfectly calm.

But anyone who knew him understood that beneath such calmness hid a towering rage.

It was no wonder Zhou Changfa was angry. Anyone would be in a foul mood if they were dragged out of their concubine’s bed in the middle of the night and told that their partners had caused a massive screw-up.

In fact, it wasn’t just him. The other Fourth Grade Jade Seal Divine Hunters and Fifth Grade Golden Seal Renowned Hunters who weren’t from the Zheng Family had also been pulled from their own colorful nightlife to this emergency meeting.

Their gazes toward the Zheng Family members held veiled dissatisfaction. If not for their fear of the Zheng Family’s power, they would have already joined in a one-sided denunciation.

”We didn’t do anything, it was just...” Zheng Jingwei said with an awkward smile.

”Just an accident,” Zheng Jinghan added.

”Accident my ass!”

Zhou Changfa slammed his teacup down with a CLACK. ”Still not willing to tell the truth, are we? How long does your Zheng Family plan to keep me in the dark?”

He pulled out a stack of case files and threw them over with a RUSTLE. ”Your Zheng Family captured double the quota of the Qualified! You even captured one of my own subordinates! What were you trying to do? Huh?”

”I’ll let that slide for now, but what the hell is the deal with that giant damn Burial Flower? Did you see that I’m about to retire and get anxious to see me go?”

Zhou Changfa stood up. Pacing like an old lion surveying its territory, he glared at them. ”Fine. Just as the Zheng Family wishes. At worst, I’ll just quit! I’ll risk an early retirement to report this matter to the higher-ups...”

Upon hearing this, the two Jade Seal Divine Hunters, Zheng Jingwei and Zheng Jinghan, as well as the three other Golden Seal Renowned Hunters from the Zheng Family, all faltered, their faces changing drastically in unison.

If Zhou Changfa truly did as he said, he would suffer greatly. Not only would he have to retire two or three years early, but his evaluation from the higher-ups would also be lowered, and his post-retirement benefits would be drastically reduced.

But the Zheng Family would have it even worse!

Causing such a huge disaster and having it reported to the higher-ups... if it was serious enough, the entire Zheng Family could be uprooted to serve as a warning to others.

Zheng Jingwei and Zheng Jinghan exchanged a look, as if they had come to a decision.

”Lord Si Zheng, please calm your anger! We’ll talk! The resentment in Nanshan Garden... as you know, Nanshan Garden is a base for cultivating Old Medicines, Great Medicines, and Spirit Medicines...”

”Impossible.”

Sun Shouchai voiced his doubt, ”Nanshan Garden has a Grand Array to disperse resentment. Besides, merely cultivating some Spirit Medicines could not possibly accumulate such a terrifying level of extreme resentment, enough to form an enormous Burial Flower that stretches from heaven to earth...”

”AHEM, well, you see, our Zheng Family cultivated a few more Spirit Medicines than usual, and also...” Zheng Jingwei said awkwardly.

”Third Brother!”

Zheng Jinghan, seeing the others’ obvious expressions of impatience, interrupted Zheng Jingwei and said directly, ”My lord, have you ever heard of Divine Medicine?”

”Divine Medicine, which is above Spirit Medicine? The essential item for breaking through the realm above First Grade?” Even Zhou Changfa’s wrist trembled when he heard this.

”No, how would our Zheng Family dare to cultivate a Divine Medicine? We don’t have the ability! In truth, it was only a Demigod Medicine!” Zheng Jinghan said hastily.

”Lord Si Zheng, our Zheng Family had no choice. Our ancestor’s lifespan is nearing its end, so we had to cultivate a Demigod Medicine for him to attempt a breakthrough and extend his life,” Zheng Jingwei said with a bitter smile.

At these words, a wave of discussion broke out.

”Cultivating a Demigod Medicine to break into the Second Grade... The Zheng Family sure is ambitious!” a Jade Seal Divine Hunter exclaimed.

”No wonder they captured so many extra Qualified this time,” a Golden Seal Renowned Hunter muttered.

”Even some of my subordinates fell victim...”

”That’s not right. Even cultivating a single Demigod Medicine shouldn’t have amassed such a terrifying amount of resentment,” Sun Shouchai said, stroking his beard and shaking his head.

”Spirit Master Sun makes a good point.” Ge Changgeng’s old friend, the Fourth Grade Jade Seal Divine Hunter Zhang Henshui, secretly exchanged a glance with Sun Shouchai.

...

”Let them continue,” Zhou Changfa snorted, instantly silencing the entire room.

”Our Zheng Family was indeed cultivating a Demigod Medicine for our ancestor’s breakthrough. But a couple of days ago, a Burial Flower suddenly drifted out of the secret chamber. We knew our ancestor was at a critical juncture and couldn’t be disturbed, so we increased the supply, cultivating and sending in even more Spirit Medicines...” Zheng Jingwei said awkwardly.

”Who would have known that tonight, that giant Burial Flower would appear,” Zheng Jinghan added from the side.

Although the two of them spoke reservedly, everyone else present was shrewd. They naturally read between the lines: a few days ago, a Burial Flower had emerged from the Zheng Family ancestor’s secret chamber—a bad sign. Yet, not only did the Zheng Family fail to stop immediately, they had instead gone mad, betting everything on a single throw, locking down the news, and ramping up the cultivation and supply of Spirit Medicines...