639: Chapter 639 Ninth-Grade Precious Pill, Heading to the Western Regions

"Are there any side effects?" Hun Tiandi asked.

Mr. Corpse Soul smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Hun Tiandi and Liu Ling, and spoke: "Yes, at least none of us here are qualified to consume it."

"Why?" Liu Ling asked, puzzled.

The evil infant life-extending pill could extend one's life by a thousand years; this was a truly Heaven-Defying pill that could change one's fate. If word of it got out, there was no telling how much of a commotion it would cause.

How crazed would those old monsters in the super factions be, those whose Lifespans were running out?

Hun Tiandi would become a target for everyone.

"Do you remember the refining process of this blood pill? This is a type of evil spirit pill, and its aura of transgression is too heavy. While it increases one's Lifespan by a thousand years, it is also accompanied by endless Karmic Obstruction."

"On the Fighting Qi Continent, aside from the Sovereign of the Celestial Dynasty or the masters of Holy Lands, no one can withstand this infinite Karmic Obstruction—not even a Half-Saint expert!"

"Anyone who consumes this blood pill will, at best, find their cultivation stagnating, and at worst, be burdened by Karma, facing constant misfortune or even death!"

Mr. Corpse Soul shook his head and sighed, a trace of pity appearing in the depths of his eyes.

"If the side effects are so great, why refine it at all?" Liu Ling said immediately.

"I'm not sure!" Mr. Corpse Soul shook his head.

But in Hun Tiandi's view, Mr. Corpse Soul definitely knew why the Crown Prince of Great Xuan had refined it.

Staring at the evil infant life-extending pill, Hun Tiandi narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought. Seeing him like this, Mr. Corpse Soul and Liu Ling waited quietly.

Finally, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and a wicked smile played on his lips.

"Does Nian Haocang recognize this blood pill?" Hun Tiandi asked.

"Having reached that height, he should recognize it!" Mr. Corpse Soul nodded.

"Jiejiejie... Let's package it up and bring it into the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty with great fanfare!" Hun Tiandi gave a wicked smile, his gaze looking toward the Western Regions.

With great fanfare? I want to use this evil infant life-extending pill to give the experts of the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty a glimmer of hope for survival!

"Your Majesty, do you intend to use the blood pill to trade back Empress Youyou?" Liu Ling asked.

"No, Youyou is my wife; there is no need for a trade!"

"This pill is a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill with the effect of extending life by a thousand years!" A scheme formed in the depths of Hun Tiandi's eyes.

"A Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill? *Hiss*..." Liu Ling pondered, sucking in a breath of cold air. As a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, how could he not understand how seductive a Ninth Grade Pill was?

"Your Majesty, are you playing with fire?" Mr. Corpse Soul said in shock.

"This isn't just pulling at the heartstrings of the world's experts; it's gathering the gaze of everyone under heaven. Wherever we go, the winds and clouds will surely shift, and the world will fall into chaos!"

A Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill? A thousand-year life extension?

No expert in the entire world, regardless of their cultivation level, could resist such a temptation. If a bottle of life-extending pills were real, wouldn't people fight to the death for it?

Undercurrents surged, and the boiling excitement was hard to suppress.

A blood pill with such massive side effects—could it truly sway the hearts of the world's experts?

"Will anyone believe it?" Mr. Corpse Soul asked worriedly.

"Mr. Corpse Soul, you underestimate the prestige of a Ninth Grade Pill. Once the word is spread, someone will eventually believe it. Once we reach the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty, people will believe!"

Liu Ling said with absolute certainty.

Using a useless blood pill to weave a myth of life extension for the world's experts—how crazy of an endeavor was this?

"Your Majesty, shall we begin now?" Liu Ling said with some excitement.

"No, wait a few months until we reach the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty. Someone will help us!" Hun Tiandi smiled.

The three of them traveled intermittently as Hun Tiandi cultivated his blade techniques.

"Liu Ling, I will strike with my blade in a moment; calculate the power for me!" Hun Tiandi said indifferently.

"Yes!" Liu Ling immediately nodded. As a Dou Zun expert, he had considerable confidence in his own strength.

Hun Tiandi took out his long blade and boisterously poured all his strength into it.

Boom!

A massive blade energy erupted, and with a single strike, he slashed fiercely toward Liu Ling. In the blink of an eye, the blade energy appeared before him.

Liu Ling's hands shook, and his Fighting Qi condensed into an energy shield in front of him.

Boom!

The blade energy and the shield collided, creating bursts of roaring sounds. A strong wind was suddenly triggered, and the surrounding trees were snapped in half by the impact.

"One hundred thousand catties!" Liu Ling quickly provided the data.

Hun Tiandi swung his blade again with a loud boom. Liu Ling said strangely, "Seventy thousand catties."

How could the power have weakened?

"Again!" Hun Tiandi said indifferently.

Another strike, and Liu Ling spoke again: "Fifty thousand catties!"

Hun Tiandi took a deep breath and slashed once more. The massive blade energy flashed, and Liu Ling continued to block.

How could the attacks be getting weaker and weaker, just like before?

In the moment his mind wandered, the blade energy and the shield collided.

Boom!

Liu Ling felt a vigorous and overbearing force. His figure suddenly staggered, and he retreated about ten steps, leaving a dozen footprints on the ground.

He was completely bewildered. How could this be? How was the power of this strike so great?

"How much?" Hun Tiandi asked.

"One hundred and fifty thousand catties!" Liu Ling looked at Hun Tiandi and spoke excitedly.

Too strong. This one strike had one hundred and fifty thousand catties of force—was he still just a Dou Zong expert?

"Mhm!" Hun Tiandi let out a soft breath. His previous deduction of the Heavenly Law Blade Technique Dou Technique was correct.

His strongest single strike was only one hundred thousand catties, but the last strike just now had erupted with one hundred and fifty thousand catties of force.

Just now, Liu Ling hadn't blocked one strike, but two. In the instant he attacked, he had fiercely swung twice at the same point.

The overlapping power of the two strikes allowed the power of that single blow to exceed its normal limits, surpassing himself.

It reached a massive force of one hundred and fifty thousand catties.

Overlapping? This was just two strikes. What if he could overlap ten strikes in an instant? Or a hundred?

Excitement showed in his eyes.

"Heavenly Law Blade Technique, Heavy Slash!" Hun Tiandi officially named the Dou Technique.

It was only a double overlap now, but in the future, it could be a hundred-fold, a thousand-fold, a hundred-thousand-fold...

He continued to Cultivate as they traveled.

The Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty was situated in the Western Regions of the Central Plains. In that vast territory, the vast majority of factions had submitted to it; it was a hegemon-level existence.

This hegemon of the Western Regions possessed terrifying and extreme power. To dominate the Western Regions, it naturally possessed incomparable foundations.

From the time they left the Thousand Poison Ruins and encountered that Sovereign's tomb, only a few short years had passed.

The Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty had skipped directly over the stages of Dynasty, Imperial Dynasty, and Empire to rank directly at the Peak of a Fortune Dynasty. This speed was something even the Ancient Clans could not match.

Among the many factions in the Western Regions, it carried a mysterious color and was even considered unattainable.

After Hun Tiandi finished his cultivation, they made several space wormhole transits. It took nearly three months to reach the Western Regions.

Buzz!

In the blue sky, three figures swept out with the speed of lightning, leaving three visible airwaves in their wake.

They slowly dispersed.

"Your Majesty, at our current speed, it will take another ten days to reach the Western Regions and formally enter the territory of the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty!"

Liu Ling took a deep look at the map in his hand and spoke indifferently.

"The Western Regions?" Hun Tiandi nodded. He was not unfamiliar with the Western Regions, having been here before, but everything had changed now.

Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty, Gantian Holy Capital!

Inside a three-story tavern, a constant stream of people drank and chatted.

"That is a ten-thousand-year-old Lingzhi; I'm afraid you won't find a second one in the entire Gantian Holy Capital!" A man in a brocade robe excitedly took out a washbasin-sized Lingzhi to show off.

"Ten thousand years? Heh heh."

"What are you laughing at?"

"Ten thousand years? Among the ten largest auction houses in the Gantian Holy Capital, which one doesn't have Heaven And Earth Treasures over twenty thousand years old? Not to mention the various great clans and the Imperial family..."

That person mocked.

"Indeed, a ten-thousand-year Lingzhi? The Sovereign has a Yellow Plum Fruit Tree in his possession. It flowers every thousand years and bears fruit every thousand years, producing ten fruits at a time. And you think your Lingzhi is special because it's ten thousand years old?"

"Ten ten-thousand-year Lingzhis cannot compare to a single Yellow Plum Fruit!" People at another table laughed.

"Hmph, rarity makes a thing valuable. If this ten-thousand-year Lingzhi in my hand were the only one in the world, it would be more valuable than anything!"

The man who spoke earlier said with a look of stubbornness.

"True... the key is that a ten-thousand-year Lingzhi isn't rare; the Yellow Plum Fruit is what's truly rare!"

Hahaha!

"That's not right!" Suddenly, an ordinary-looking man sitting in the corner shook his head while holding a wine cup.

"Eh?" Everyone looked over curiously.

"The rarest thing isn't the Yellow Plum Fruit; even if that thing is rare, it can be replaced!"

"Could it be that some peerless Heaven And Earth Treasure has appeared in the Central Plains?"

"It's not a Heaven And Earth Treasure, but a Medicinal Pill—the only one of its kind in the world. For those whose Lifespan is nearly exhausted, it is the dream life-extending pill!"