The Divine Urban Physician

Chapter 1494: Taboo

Chapter 1494: Taboo Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When Wei Ying saw the reactions of Bai and the other demonic beasts, she realized just how influential the Juehan Palace was on the Lingwu Continent.

She had underestimated the Juehan Palace.

“Bai, how much do you know about the Juehan Palace?” Wei Ying’s faint voice echoed in everyone’s ears.

Bai looked at Wei Ying in fear. She hesitated for a long time before saying, “Palace Lord, the Juehan Palace has always been a taboo in the Lingwu Continent. Very few people are willing to talk about it.”

“I’ve cultivated for a thousand years, and I only know that the Juehan Palace was once at the peak of the Lingwu Continent. However, for some reason, the Juehan Palace disappeared overnight.”

“It was as if it never existed.”

“Moreover, the top-tier forces of the Lingwu Continent announced that the Juehan Palace was a demonic sect. From then on, no cultivator in the Lingwu Continent has talked about them openly. Also, the ruins of the Juehan Palace have been sealed by a formation, and no one is allowed to enter.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Ying’s eyes flashed with cold killing intent.

In an instant, the lake water under Wei Ying’s feet condensed into ice again, and endless killing intent enveloped the demonic beasts.

“Palace Lord…” Bai’s face was extremely pale.

After hearing this, Wei Ying finally realized what was going on and retracted her aura.

“The Juehan Palace is not as simple as it seems.” She suddenly thought of something and said seriously, “I’m afraid that those top-tier forces are trying to hide something.”

“Since I’ve come to the Lingwu Continent, there are some things that I have to uncover. However, my current strength is insufficient. I need to break through as soon as possible.”

“By the way, have you heard of a man called Ye Chen?”

At the mention of this name, Wei Ying, who was originally calm and collected, actually became a little excited.

It was as if a ripple had appeared on the surface of a calm lake.

Bai frowned and shook her head.

“Palace Lord, I don’t know much. We’ve been sealed in ice for too long and have been cut off from the outside world since then.”

“However, we are still quite familiar with the Lingwu Continent, and should be able to investigate…”

Wei Ying sighed and walked toward the shore. “Forget it. It’s not that easy to find that guy. After all, he’s being hunted down by the Blood Spirit Clan. Right now, I need to rebuild the Juehan Palace as soon as possible.”

“The ancestor of the Juehan Palace gave me a map and a special jade token. It’s time for me to retrieve some of the things that the Juehan Palace hid back then.”

Soon, a group of demonic beasts surrounded the beautiful veiled lady and disappeared from the scene.

It was as if they had never appeared.

…

The scene changed to where the Dugu family was busy preparing for the auction.

They had organized this auction together with five other middle-tier forces, and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was the guarantor. Although it was not overly large or extravagant, it was still considered a big deal in the western region.

Previous auctions would at most be organized by two or three of the middle-tier forces, but this auction featured six of them, which meant that there would likely be even more precious treasures available for bidding.

For auctions in the Lingwu Continent, the currency used were supreme-grade immortal stones, but also included options for bartering using other artifacts or treasures.

Within the territory of the six participating middle-tier forces, any expert who had reached the Divine King realm could choose to put their treasures or artifacts up for auction. The immortal stones they earned could then be used to purchase cultivation resources or other more suitable treasures for their use. Of course, this was just the portion of the auction that catered to weaker cultivators.

As for the upper echelons, it would be the elders and grand elders of the forces putting up treasures and artifacts for auction. Furthermore, these treasures and artifacts would usually be exchanged for other treasures and artifacts instead of immortal stones.

Compared to the transactions involving the weaker cultivators, the quality and amount of treasures involved were many times higher.

The Fifth Elder, Dugu Tianyu, looked at the Fifth Grand Elder and replied, “The six major forces of the western region holding an auction together… This has not happened in the past ten thousand years. Why is our Dugu family leading the way and even taking out treasures like the Thousand Demon Ginseng and the Hopeless Sea Sand to put up for auction?”

Thousand Demon Ginseng!

Hopeless Sea Sand!

Heavenly South Wood, Stellar Stone, Destiny Herb, and so on, each of them were extremely important treasures. Many of them were treasures that the Dugu family had kept in their possession for thousands of years. Why were they choosing to sell them off now?

Even if they needed to obtain a Destiny Fruit, was this not going too far?

“Haha…”

“You still don’t understand what’s going on.” Dugu Ao, the Fifth Grand Elder, revealed a sinister smile. His gaze swept across the groups of guardians and disciples who had come to move the treasures. He said seriously, “Have you not noticed the chaos in the Demon Territory?”

The Demon Territory was the territory outside the northern region of Lingwu Continent, where sea and land intersected. It was filled with the descendants of all kinds of f demonic beasts from ancient times. Even many descendants of the Demon Gods who were killed by human experts in ancient times there, and no one knew how big the Demon Territory was.

At the edge of the Demon Territory was the entrance to the Nine Deathlands, and the other side was connected to the northern region. For hundreds of thousands of years, they had been attacking and invading the Lingwu Continent. At the same time, the Holy Dragon and the Divine Dragon families were the main forces to resist this invasion.

“In recent decades, the attacks from the Demon Territory have been getting fiercer and fiercer!”

Dugu Ao suddenly raised his head. His cold and bloodthirsty eyes stared at Dugu Tianyu. “Didn’t you notice that, aside from the Phoenix family and its forces in the eastern region, which are dealing with attacks from the Luosha Sea, the top experts of the forces in the other four regions had been conscripted to resist the Demon Territory?”

“Since ancient times, there have been cases of these experts being conscripted by the two top families to fight the forces of the Demon Territory. What has changed?” Dugu Tianyu asked, feeling a little puzzled.

At least over the past 70,000 years, things had always been like this.

Was there a problem? Or was the Fifth Grand Elder a little paranoid?

“Stupid!”

Dugu Ao placed his left hand on Dugu Tianyu’s shoulder and squeezed it a little harder. The sound of bones breaking could be heard. At the same time, the wound was also overflowing with black fog, which seemed to be poison. It was estimated that the poison he had suffered back then had not completely recovered, so a large piece of flesh on Dugu Tianyu’s shoulder was corroded.

“Elder, I was wrong… please stop…”