Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 901: Chapter 896: Heaven-Shaking Secret

Seven Luminaries Heaven.

Although World Purger Fei Xue refused to admit defeat, pulling out all the stops and resisting desperately in their final melee exchange, the gap in their raw stats was simply too vast. In the end, her body was completely battered to a pulp by Lü Yang.

It was literally battered to a pulp. Lü Yang had no tender feelings for the fairer sex during Combat. Every punch he threw concentrated his entire body’s strength.

Thus, when Minor Metal and True Monarch Zeng Cai Qiluo descended into Seven Luminaries Heaven and saw the aftermath of the battlefield, both couldn’t help but reveal looks of horror. This place had originally been a desolate mountain range, but it was now a shocking expanse of barren, blood-scorched earth littered with scattered flesh.

In the center of this scorched earth, Lü Yang sat slumped on the ground.

”She was actually pretty tough to beat...”

He had to admit that World Purger Fei Xue was truly a master of hand-to-hand combat. If he hadn’t cultivated a Dharma Body, coupled with the continuous weakening effect of All Evil Beheaded, he might have been the one to lose.

That being said, Lü Yang didn’t feel his victory was unearned in any way. If anyone had a problem with it, they could take it up with his innate Talent Skill.

A full breath of time passed before the battered remains of World Purger Fei Xue finally stirred. The scattered flesh and blood gradually began to glow. Then, like melting ice and snow, it transformed into a melodious crimson wind that swept across Heaven and Earth. The winds intertwined, eventually sketching out a graceful silhouette.

”Oh?” Lü Yang raised an eyebrow at the sight.

He hadn’t held back at all just now; he had genuinely beaten World Purger Fei Xue to death. He had assumed she would have to escape into the Immortal Pivot before she could reincarnate and achieve Resurrection. Yet now, she was displaying an entirely unexpected method.

”It’s similar to when I first grasped the Fruit of Celestial Fire and used the rules of Engraving Laws to revive. I wonder what Profound Mysterious imagery she borrowed to achieve this result?”

Soon, World Purger Fei Xue’s figure fully materialized.

”...Hmph.”

She had reformed her Dharma Body and gathered her flesh and blood. A dark cup suddenly appeared between her brows. It looked tiny, yet it concealed a bottomless abyss.

Lü Yang sensed it briefly, feeling that its imagery was similar to the Fruit of Gully-Rill Water, drawing upon the concept of a ’hidden valley.’ However, its aura was vastly more majestic and grand. It seemed to also borrow the imagery of ’Yang emerging beneath Yin, water vapor descending,’ using the hidden valley to gather waters from all directions and acting as the source of all streams.

”What an exquisite True Treasure!”

Lü Yang stared fixedly at the dark cup between World Purger Fei Xue’s brows, overjoyed in his heart. ”I see. No wonder Fei Xue never used it before. This is a treasure of Attainment! The five True Treasures must ultimately use this as the core to achieve a Void Certificate. So, this treasure isn’t meant for Combat, and it can’t afford to suffer even the slightest damage...”

Perhaps having been stared at for too long, the newly revived World Purger Fei Xue arched an eyebrow. ”It seems you are quite interested in my Returning Ruins Tide Lamp, Daoist. Unfortunately, I have yet to achieve a Void Certificate for this Fruit. Otherwise, my Cultivation would certainly rise to another level, and by then, you wouldn’t necessarily be my match.”

Lü Yang blinked and looked at World Purger Fei Xue with a half-smile. Still acting tough. You weren’t saying that when I was beating the living daylights out of you just a moment ago.

”AHEM!”

World Purger Fei Xue cleared her throat, casually glancing in the direction of Minor Metal and True Monarch Zeng Cai Qiluo. She regretted letting those two tag along.

Did she not have her pride?

Although she wasn’t actually afraid of losing—and even faintly looked forward to it—losing in front of others, and losing so miserably at that, was another matter entirely.

Thinking of this, World Purger Fei Xue couldn’t help but glance at Lü Yang again, feeling helpless. ”This man’s Combat style has absolutely no finesse to speak of. The Power of Adaptation from the Fruit of Pine-Cedar Wood, combined with a highly resilient Dharma Body—he even seems to have numerous methods for transferring injuries. It’s simply a perfect match. Even a Great Perfected Lord, using their Position to forcefully suppress his various tricks, wouldn’t realistically be able to kill him in a single strike. It would take at least three moves to even have a chance.”

Although it made no difference to a Great Perfected Lord—one strike or three strikes were ultimately just a matter of raising a hand—for Cultivators beneath the level of a Great Perfected Lord, the difference between one strike and three was worlds apart!

”How can I win?”

Out of habit, World Purger Fei Xue subconsciously pondered ways to deal with Lü Yang. Yet, after thinking it over and over, she could only helplessly accept the truth.

”I can’t win! In a way, this person is incredibly pure. The only way to beat him is to suppress him with pure, raw stats. Anything else is just a pipe dream!”

These stats could be maximum Mana output, or they could be Position. However, World Purger Fei Xue considered herself to have already reached the absolute Extreme in maximum Mana output. Even if others could match her in other methods, they couldn’t possibly surpass her. If she couldn’t defeat Lü Yang, it was completely impossible for anyone else.

”Daoist, why are you spacing out?”

Seeing World Purger Fei Xue still lost in thought, Lü Yang finally spoke up. ”The secrets of the Four Peaks. Regarding our previous transaction, do you plan to renege or honor your end of the deal?”

”...Renege? What a joke!”

World Purger Fei Xue snapped back to reality and chuckled softly. ”I am a woman of my word. Taboo knowledge... if you truly wish to know, Daoist, I can naturally tell you.”

Lü Yang, of course, didn’t believe a word of this nonsense.

After all, being a person of her word could mean keeping a promise just as easily as it could mean breaking one. It all depended on whatever came out of World Purger Fei Xue’s mouth. The reason she was choosing to keep her promise this time was ultimately due to the strength Lü Yang had displayed, and the fact that she truly needed a favor from him.

”However, I don’t know much about the First Generation Peak Masters.” Stopping there, World Purger Fei Xue didn’t speak aloud anymore. Instead, she bypassed Minor Metal and True Monarch Zeng Cai Qiluo, sending a telepathic message. ”What exactly do you want to know, Daoist?”

”Everything!” Lü Yang answered without hesitation.

”...I only know three things.”

World Purger Fei Xue paused for a moment before continuing her message. ”The first is that when the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master opened the Netherworld, the Celestial Human Residual Consciousness he used was the Carefree Wanderer.

”The second concerns the First Generation Heaven Mending Peak Master; her whereabouts remain unknown to this day. However, as far as I know, the Fruit Position Profound Mysterious of the current Fruit of Pomegranate Wood is named Bu Tianque. This Fruit has not been attained for many years.

”The third is about the First Generation Pill Cauldron Peak Master. Among the Four Peak Masters, he was the most mysterious. I’ve read the manuscripts he left behind. Before he disappeared, he seemed to be trying to refine an Immortal Pill. Whether he succeeded or not is unknown.”

World Purger Fei Xue consecutively revealed three pieces of taboo knowledge, nearly causing Lü Yang’s brain to crash. The impact this taboo knowledge had on his mind required him to take a good while to recover.

Then came a profound sense of dismay.

”The Fruit Position Profound Mysterious of the Fruit of Pomegranate Wood is called Bu Tianque? Isn’t that the name of the First Generation Heaven Mending Peak Master! Did she stuff herself into the Fruit?”

Recalling his previous conversation with Bu Tianque, Lü Yang immediately cursed inwardly. ”What do you mean you hid ’something’ in the Fruit of Pomegranate Wood? You hid your damn self in it! No wonder you said that if I tried to attain the Fruit of Pomegranate Wood, I might attract the attention of the old monsters of the Stain Sect.”

It would be a miracle if they didn’t pay attention!

”Huh? Wait a minute...”

Suddenly, Lü Yang realized something else. ”Since that’s the case, why did she tell me? Wouldn’t keeping it a secret make it easier for her to trap me? No!”

Lü Yang shifted his train of thought and instantly grasped the crux of the matter. ”On the contrary, Bu Tianque... that bastard didn’t want me to attain the Fruit of Pomegranate Wood in the first place!”

The whole spiel about burying something in the Fruit of Pomegranate Wood and potentially attracting the attention of the Stain Sect’s old monsters was actually meant to dissuade him. After all, any competent Stain Sect True Monarch harbored a deep-seated fear of those old monsters. Why would they go out of their way to look for trouble?

Aside from that, there was the Netherworld.

”The Netherworld uses a Celestial Human Residual Consciousness as its foundation, specifically the Carefree Wanderer... which means there’s actually more than one way to enter the Netherworld.”

The method involving Ang Xiao was the most difficult, relying entirely on flawless execution.

However, there was another way: clearing the other stages of the Celestial Human Residual Consciousness to obtain the coordinates of the Carefree Wanderer, and using that to enter the Netherworld!