Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”It really is me. What a coincidence!”

Yang Xiao opened his eyes.

Feeling the power coursing through his body, he smiled at Qin Xuejiao.

”Coincidence? Coincidence my ass! You little thief, you’ve been here this whole time? Does that mean you were the one who dealt with that junior, Yanm Xifeng?”

Qin Xuejiao’s face was a mask of disbelief.

Her mind was reeling with questions.

’First, how did this brat get in here?’

’Second, if he’s here, then who rescued his father?’

’And finally, did Yanm Xifeng die at his hands?’

’Wait, Senior Brother mentioned he had an accomplice. That would explain it. His accomplice must have rescued his father. But there’s still one problem: how did he get in here? Could he have stolen someone’s Earth Fire Medicine King Order?’

As she thought it over, Qin Xuejiao decided that must be the truth.

Naturally, Yang Xiao wasn’t about to offer an explanation.

’Should I tell her that this restriction is too low-level for the likes of me, that I can break it with a flick of my wrist?’

’Even if I did, she probably wouldn’t believe me.’

’Besides, now that I’ve run into this disgusting old woman, how could I not get a little revenge?’

He was not one to be soft-hearted.

”You’re asking so many questions at once. How am I supposed to answer?”

Yang Xiao laughed gleefully.

”How you’ll answer me...”

Qin Xuejiao suddenly came to her senses.

Her eyes fixed on Yang Xiao, emitting a cold glint. ”You were injured by my Senior Brother. This Saint believes there’s no way you could have recovered in just a few days.”

”Oh, is that so? And if I haven’t recovered, what do you plan to do about it?”

”I... I want to kill you!”

Qin Xuejiao cried out softly.

Her body blurred into motion.

But unexpectedly, she didn’t attack Yang Xiao. Instead, she turned and fled.

’She’s really afraid of dying!’

Yang Xiao froze for a moment.

But in the next instant, he channeled all his strength and punched forward.

This was the old woman.

The one who had threatened to capture his father to use against him.

How could Yang Xiao possibly let her go?

Qin Xuejiao felt a fierce gust of power at her back.

She knew she couldn’t keep running; otherwise, she would surely die.

She had no choice but to turn and strike at Yang Xiao with her palm.

It collided squarely with Yang Xiao’s fist.

BANG!

Qin Xuejiao felt an immense force rush toward her.

It sent her flying.

That power...

It was much stronger than when she had led her men to ambush Yang Xiao seven days ago.

More importantly, after taking her palm strike, Yang Xiao’s body didn’t even waver as he continued to lunge at her, intent on the kill.

It was as if her counterattack had had no effect on him whatsoever.

”No, impossible! How can you be this strong?”

Qin Xuejiao was in disbelief.

Her old, wrinkled face twisted into an ugly expression.

But Yang Xiao gave her no more chances to speak.

He landed a punch on her somewhat decrepit body.

BANG!

BANG! BANG!

Two more punches followed in quick succession.

Three punches in a row.

A massive amount of Fist Force surged into her body.

HUMMM!

A great fire erupted from Qin Xuejiao’s body.

This fire was precisely the True Greater Yang Fire from within Yang Xiao.

Having refined his skin, flesh, meridians, and bones, forging Secret Patterns with the same origin as his True Greater Yang Fire, Yang Xiao’s True Greater Yang Fire now flowed even more smoothly.

Its power also seemed to have grown stronger.

At the same time, his strength had instantly increased by severalfold.

Yang Xiao assessed his power; he had likely surpassed the strength of forty young Demon Flood Dragons.

The power of forty Flood Dragons.

A physical body like this was absolutely terrifying.

When combined with the True Greater Yang Fire in his body and channeled through the Flame Emperor Divine Fist...

...those few punches had directly turned Qin Xuejiao, a Tier One Martial Saint, into a human torch.

”AHHH, it hurts! Damn you, little thief, you dare to kill me!”

Qin Xuejiao roared.

”You dared to threaten me with my father. Why wouldn’t I dare to kill you?”

Yang Xiao sneered.

The flames on Qin Xuejiao’s body would not be extinguished; they even ignited the True Gang within her.

She was doomed.

”Senior Brother! No, I don’t want to die! I haven’t received my Senior Brother’s love yet! Senior Brother! Save me, save me...!”

Qin Xuejiao cried out.

Finally, she was reduced to a pile of ash.

’Since ancient times, great passion has only led to regret. This thing called love... it hurts people the most. That old woman was disgusting, but to be thinking of her senior brother at the very end, wanting his love... how pathetic...’

Yang Xiao sighed softly.

He turned and walked deeper into the cave.

Soon, he arrived before the restriction.

’I wonder when that old guy will show up?’

Qin Xuejiao was dead.

Yang Xiao believed that her death would soon alert that old guy.

But before he arrived...

...Yang Xiao decided to cultivate first.

This time, however, he didn’t look for a hidden spot. Instead, he sat right next to the restriction.

In truth, there were no hidden spots to be found this deep inside.

Yang Xiao sat there.

Dense Fire Elemental Power surged into his body.

This place was an absolute paradise for Fire Attribute Cultivators.

Of course, withstanding the heat here was no easy task.

But Yang Xiao could.

It was because of the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame within his body.

This was a huge advantage.

So, he quickly began circulating the Nine Yang Celestial Skill, starting his cultivation of the sixth chapter of the Basic Chapter: refining his internal organs.

Once his internal organs were successfully refined...

...Yang Xiao’s physique would likely improve tremendously.

By then, his Physical Strength alone would probably reach the power of fifty Flood Dragons.

With the power of fifty Flood Dragons at his command, Yang Xiao could unleash the destructive force of five hundred Flood Dragons, or even more.

Furthermore, this was because the primary effect of the Nine Yang Celestial Skill’s body refinement wasn’t increasing strength, but rather enhancing defense.

For instance, his current Physical Strength was only at the level of forty Flood Dragons.

But his defense was ten times, even dozens of times, greater than his strength.

In other words, even the power of a thousand Flood Dragons...

...could not harm Yang Xiao.

A Tier One Martial Saint like Qin Xuejiao, for example, could unleash the destructive force of at least a thousand Flood Dragons with a single strike.

Yet she couldn’t harm Yang Xiao in the slightest.

If he could cultivate the Vajra Indestructible Body...

...he could probably withstand even the Power of Ten Thousand Flood Dragons and remain undefeated.

At the very least, a Tier Three Martial Saint like Yanm Changqing...

...would be absolutely unable to injure Yang Xiao.

However, when it came to Physical Strength...

...the Nine Yang Celestial Skill did not excel.

Yang Xiao hadn’t increased it by much.

This was because of the Nine Yang Celestial Skill’s two Supreme Divine Techniques; the Physical Divine Technique was primarily for defense.

The main offensive technique was the World-Destroying Divine Wheel, which relied on the use of the True Greater Yang Fire. Just like before, when Yang Xiao faced Yanm Kuan, the great sun he condensed was the primary form of the Nine Yang Celestial Skill’s main offensive Divine Technique.

And in this aspect, what mattered most was the quality of the True Greater Yang Fire.

’If I really wanted to pursue immense physical power, there are plenty of Physical Divine Techniques for that, like the Great Power Divine Technique or Heaven and Earth. Those can increase physical power by a hundred, even a thousand times.’

Even his Qilin Transformation could grant him the power of over a thousand Flood Dragons.

Of course, that power belonged to the Qilin True Body.

It was not his own.

But in his heart, Yang Xiao knew there was no need to deliberately pursue Physical Strength, as it simply couldn’t compare to the energy within his body.

Besides, increasing it was much slower than increasing his internal energy.

Take the True Greater Yang Fire, for example.

A single Fire Element Pill at the Peak of Ninth Grade could boost its destructive power to that of a thousand Flood Dragons.

But if used to increase Physical Strength, it might only yield the power of ten Flood Dragons.

And even that wasn’t guaranteed.

The return on investment was too low.

There was no need to deliberately pursue it.

When it came to his physical body, defense should remain the priority.

Like the Vajra Indestructible Body.

Once cultivated, it could withstand the Power of Ten Thousand Flood Dragons.

That was the power of ten adult Demon Flood Dragons.

And adult Demon Flood Dragons were also known as Great Flood Dragons.

Thus, it was also called the power of ten Great Flood Dragons.

But as for his Physical Strength, even if Yang Xiao exhausted all his means and effort, the most he could achieve was the power of a Hundred Flood Dragons.

A hundredfold difference.

Why bother?

And just as Yang Xiao was refining his internal organs...

...Yanm Changqing, who had been in seclusion and ignoring the affairs of Medicine King Valley...

...suddenly noticed something was wrong.

His junior sister, the one who had been so ceaselessly infatuated with him.

He hadn’t been able to sense her aura for several days.

And in Medicine King Valley, the only place where he would be unable to sense an aura was the Earth Flame Cave.

’Could it be? Did something happen to Junior Sister in the Earth Flame Cave?’

With a flicker of thought, Yanm Changqing’s true body descended upon the Earth Flame Cave. He raised his hand, and without using the Earth Fire Medicine King Order, the cave’s restriction instantly opened.

Allowing him to enter.

Evidently, Yanm Changqing knew more about the Earth Flame Cave than anyone else in Medicine King Valley.