Chapter 132 Stealing the Treasure in the Hidden Valley, Predicting the Destiny of the Medicine God

Wanyao Valley had been entrenched in the Western Mountains of the Southern Region for ten thousand years, perpetually shrouded in thousands of layers of medicinal mist. It was filled with rare flowers and immortal herbs, and everywhere one looked were precious spiritual materials that would make ordinary cultivators fight tooth and nail. The ancient poisonous array laid out here was renowned throughout the entire Southern Region. Within the array, thousands of strange, invisible, and odorless poisons lurked; even a Golden Immortal expert, if they rushed in rashly, would have their meridians sealed and spiritual power dissipated by the medicinal toxins, ultimately ending up a cripple.

Precisely because of this natural barrier, even as the Great Xuan Dynasty swept across the entire Southern Region, razing countless cities to the ground, Wanyao Valley remained firmly seated on its fishing platform, becoming the final safe haven for the Qingyun Dynasty.

At this moment, within the Holy Pool Palace of the valley, the upper echelons of Wanyao Valley were gathered together, everyone wearing smug expressions, without the slightest anxiety of being the remnants of a fallen nation. Great Elder Yao Qianchen sat upright in the main seat, stroking his beard with a face full of arrogance; the frustration from his recent rebuff at Qingyun City had long since vanished.

"Everyone, rest assured! That fellow Emperor Cao Xukun is nothing but a boorish martial artist!" Great Elder Yao Qianchen laughed loudly, his tone filled with disdain. "He possesses only brute force, understands nothing of the Heavenly Dao's fortune, and is even less versed in the profound mysteries of the medicinal path! Just now, he boasted that he would intrude into our Wanyao Valley alone; in my eyes, that is purely seeking his own death!"

The Second Elder beside him chimed in repeatedly, crazily hyping up the soon-to-be-born Destiny Medicine God: "Our Wanyao Valley's poisonous array is specifically designed to restrain experts of the physical body! That brat might have pushed across the Southern Region relying on the origin of chaos, but in front of thousands of medicinal toxins, it is simply not enough! Within half a day, he will inevitably be poisoned and trapped, ending up a prisoner in our valley!"

"In three more days, the Destiny Medicine God will be born in perfection! That is a Grade Nine Supreme Medicinal Body ordained by the Heavenly Dao!"

"Once the Medicine God is born and takes control of our valley's two supreme treasures, he will be able to refine divine pills with a flick of his finger and reshape the fortune of the Qingyun Dynasty! By then, let alone a small branch of the Great Xuan Dynasty, even against the Central Dynasty, we will have the capital to flex our muscles!"

The disciples in the valley and the remnants of the Qingyun soldiers cheered excitedly one after another, each regarding the Medicine God as the only true god of the version to turn the tables, pinning all their hopes on the unborn child—a classic "lying flat" mentality of parasitizing on destiny.

Everyone was immersed in the dream of waiting to turn the tables against the wind, completely unaware that their proudest ancient trump card had already been silently touched upon by someone at their doorstep.

At this moment, deep within the forbidden grounds of Wanyao Valley, at the core area dense with layers of deadly medicinal toxins and complex restrictions, a dark figure walked slowly—it was none other than Emperor Cao Xukun, who had infiltrated alone.

The surrounding poisonous medicinal mist, capable of corroding the immortal bones of Golden Immortals, instantly dissipated upon nearing the chaotic energy swirling around Emperor Cao Xukun. Those ancient restrictions that trapped countless mighty figures in the Immortal World automatically crumbled upon touching his body, unable to provide even the slightest obstruction.

The forbidden grounds of Wanyao Valley, which were considered a desperate situation for others, were no different from a stroll in his own backyard under the feet of Emperor Cao Xukun.

"Relying on a medicinal valley and a set of inheritance to linger on, and betting the hope of a comeback on a newborn—the Qingyun Dynasty is truly beyond saving." Emperor Cao Xukun shook his head lightly, his tone full of mockery.

The system's prompts kept refreshing in his mind, clearly marking the top-tier opportunity ahead.

"Ding! Top Destiny opportunity detected ahead!"

"The shennong cauldron and the 'shennong materia medica' are the exclusive bound supreme treasures of the Destiny Medicine God, carrying the medicinal path fortune of the Southern Region for one hundred thousand years. They are the fundamental source of the Medicine God's Grade Nine talent and heaven-defying medical skills!"

"Intercepting them will allow you to plunder all the medicinal path origins, completely ruining the Medicine God's innate foundation!"

Passing through layers of spiritual herb secret realms, a simple and dust-free secret chamber came into view. The secret chamber had no doors or windows and was crafted from a single piece of ten-thousand-year immortal jade. In the center floated a bronze ancient cauldron; the cauldron's body was covered in twisted ancient medicinal patterns, and strands of endless green Dao rhymes continuously spread out, nourishing the entire Wanyao Valley.

This was precisely the first supreme treasure of Wanyao Valley—the shennong cauldron!

On the jade platform beside the cauldron, a yellowed animal-skin ancient book lay flat quietly. The simple and vicissitudinous Dao characters flowed with a faint light, encompassing all medicines of heaven and earth and the medical path of life and death. It was exactly the top-tier inheritance lost to the Immortal World for ten thousand years, the "shennong materia medica"!

Just as Emperor Cao Xukun raised his hand to collect the supreme treasures, an exasperated shout suddenly exploded from outside the secret chamber!

"Audacious scoundrel! How dare you trespass into the core forbidden grounds of our Wanyao Valley and covet the Saint Ancestor's inheritance! You are courting death!"

A youth in green robes rushed over, his face arrogant and his eyes disdainful. His body was surrounded by pure medicinal path spiritual power; he was the number one genius of Wanyao Valley for a thousand years, the chief genius of the valley before the Medicine God was born—Yao Lingyun.

Yao Lingyun considered himself the next successor of the Southern Region's medicinal path, with talent far surpassing that of previous elders. Looking at Emperor Cao Xukun who had broken into the forbidden grounds, he was full of mockery, his posturing maxed out.

"I thought you were some peerless expert; it turns out you are just a wild cultivator from the mortal world who occupied Qingyun City!" Yao Lingyun stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Emperor Cao Xukun from above. "Do you really think brute force is invincible? Our Wanyao Valley's medicinal path restrains all cultivation!"

"You don't understand even a shred of medicinal path principles, yet you dare to covet the Saint Ancestor's inheritance? It is truly a toad wanting to eat swan meat!"

"Quickly cripple your own cultivation and kneel to beg for mercy, and I might leave your corpse intact! If you dare to touch the supreme treasures even slightly, once the Destiny Medicine God is born, I will surely make your soul scatter and vanish, never to be reincarnated!"

He chattered on, boasting about the Medicine God's heaven-defying nature and the supremacy of the medicinal path, betting all his confidence on the unborn Son of Destiny—a clown who relied on destiny and looked down on everyone.

Emperor Cao Xukun glanced at him indifferently, his tone plain but extremely crushing: "The so-called Destiny Medicine God, the so-called supremacy of the medicinal path—in my eyes, they are nothing more than leeks that haven't grown up yet. The inheritance and treasures you view as priceless are merely stepping stones on my path of breakthrough."

"Insolent!" Yao Lingyun was furious and raised his hand to activate thousands of poisonous vines. "I will let you see just how terrifying the medicinal path supernatural power of our Wanyao Valley is! Poison Vine Devours Immortals, Imprisoning Cultivation!"

Thousands of ink-green poisonous vines broke through the air, entangling with the deadly poison that corroded immortal bodies, rushing straight at Emperor Cao Xukun. An ordinary Golden Immortal would have their spiritual power completely destroyed the instant they were entangled.

But the next second, a bizarre scene occurred.

All the poisonous vines, upon approaching within three feet of Emperor Cao Xukun, instantly lost their toxicity, withered, and turned into the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth, swallowed and absorbed by the chaotic energy!

"This... how is this possible!" Yao Lingyun's pupils shrank, his face filled with disbelief, and he panicked completely.

Before he could react, Emperor Cao Xukun flicked his finger lightly, and a wisp of gentle green medicinal path spiritual power broke through the air. It looked soft and harmless, but it precisely pierced through Yao Lingyun's Dantian medicinal seed!

"Crack!"

With a soft sound, the medicinal path foundation and innate medicinal seed that Yao Lingyun had cultivated for a thousand years shattered instantly!

"No! My medicinal path talent! My lifelong cultivation!" Yao Lingyun collapsed to the ground, screaming miserably, instantly falling from a peerless medicinal path genius to a mere mortal.

Emperor Cao Xukun couldn't be bothered to look at this clown again and turned to look at the two supreme treasures in the secret chamber.

"Collect."

As the soft command fell, a golden stream of light instantly swept through the entire secret chamber.

The simple and heavy shennong cauldron hummed and trembled, completely breaking free from the fortune binding of Wanyao Valley, turning into a green light and flying into Emperor Cao Xukun's palm, shrinking and expanding at will, and submitting to its new master.

At the same time, the "shennong materia medica" on the jade platform rose into the air, turning into thousands of golden characters that flooded into Emperor Cao Xukun's mind. The massive amount of supreme principles regarding medicine identification, refining, medical path, and life-and-death rejuvenation instantly became clear and were carved into his soul origin.

"Ding! Successfully intercepted the Destiny Medicine God's core opportunity!"

"Obtained: Ancient supreme treasure shennong cauldron! Complete supreme inheritance 'shennong materia medica'!"

"Plundered the Southern Region's one hundred thousand years of medicinal path fortune! Host's medicinal path attainments have reached the ceiling of the Immortal World!"

"Heavenly Dao judgment: The Destiny Medicine God's innate foundation has been completely plundered! The Medicine God to be born in three days will only have an empty shell of destiny, without any heaven-defying talent!"

The moment the system prompt echoed in his mind, rich life Dao rhymes surged around Emperor Cao Xukun. His medicinal path, which was previously only superficially touched, directly reached the level of a god in one step, surpassing the attainments of all medical practitioners in Wanyao Valley since ancient times.

He raised his hand and gripped it lightly. The shennong cauldron floated in front of him, endless medicinal power shrouded his body, and the life-and-death medical path principles flowed through his entire body.

From this moment on, the Qingyun Dynasty's final trump card, the proud Destiny Medicine God, had already become a tree without roots and water without a source. The so-called heaven-defying turnaround had completely vanished from the root.

Emperor Cao Xukun put away the supreme treasures, his figure flickered, and he silently teleported away from the forbidden grounds of Wanyao Valley.

The elders and disciples in the valley were still reveling and celebrating, imagining the Medicine God's birth in three days and the reshaping of the dynasty's glory, completely unaware that their destiny myth had long since been extinguished by someone in advance.

When the Medicine God is born three days later, what awaits the Qingyun Dynasty will only be absolute despair!