60: Chapter 60 Six-Star Martial Master

Before long, Seahorse returned, grumbling, "I do not know where those two river demons have hidden. I searched the entire Immortal Cave and killed hundreds of fish soldiers, yet those two beasts did not even come out to stop me."

"Did you tip them off and tell them to hide?" Fearing punishment from Uncle Hei, Seahorse immediately pointed the finger at Xiao Bei.

"How is that possible? Do not you dare frame me!" Xiao Bei said anxiously. "Uncle Hei, I have been with you all this time; when would I have had the time to tip them off?"

Uncle Hei, however, said nothing, quietly watching Seahorse give Xiao Bei a hard time.

Xiao Bei broke out in a cold sweat, tears instantly welling up in her eyes: 'Cousin, you have brought such misery upon me!'

Looking at the several ill-intentioned 4th-rank sea demons, she stepped back repeatedly, not even realizing when she bumped into the wall.

Just as Seahorse was about to make a move, Xiao Bei suddenly remembered something: "I recall something. I wonder if it has anything to do with the Formation?"

"Speak!" Seahorse barked.

"Once, I accidentally saw that before Flower Snake opened the Formation, she rotated that vase, and only then did she take out the token to activate the Formation and enter to use that treasure." Xiao Bei said hurriedly, fearing what Seahorse might do to her.

"Hmph, I hope what you say is true, otherwise..." Seahorse looked at the vase Xiao Bei pointed to and quickly walked over.

He tentatively touched the vase; it felt smooth and delicate to the touch. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a 4th-rank treasure. It was indeed here; that conch was somewhat honest after all.

He reckoned that this conch must have coveted this treasure for a long time; otherwise, how could she have secretly seen such a hidden switch?

The treasure rightfully belonged to the Young Lord; how could a mere little Flower Snake be worthy of possessing it?

"Ah!"

Seahorse cried out in pain. A poisonous Flower Snake had bitten his palm. Seahorse quickly grabbed the head of the poisonous Flower Snake with his other hand and crushed it with force, covering his hand in blood.

The other three sea demons watched Seahorse with schadenfreude. If Uncle Hei were not here, they would have laughed out loud. Serves him right. He was always showing off, trying to stand out everywhere. Where did that put them? It was as if they were not being diligent in their work.

Uncle Hei glanced at Seahorse's purple-black, swollen right hand and swung his sharp claw, severing the entire arm to stop the toxin from spreading.

"It is a poisonous Flower Snake, a derivative beast of the Flower Snake. This hand is ruined. Seahorse, I will have a hand reattached for you when we return." Uncle Hei comforted him. Seahorse was diligent and devoted to serving the Young Lord, and the Seahorse clan was quite powerful; he could not afford to demoralize him.

Every Flower Snake has a derivative beast—a poisonous Flower Snake. It is extremely poisonous and only has one chance to attack in its entire life. After being bitten, one must detoxify within three days, and it can only be cured by the snake gall of the original body, unless one has a more Advanced antidote pill.

Flower Snake has already reached the 4th-rank. To cure the poison on Seahorse's arm, one would have to find Flower Snake within three days and kill it to extract its snake gall, which was clearly too late.

Or produce a 5th-rank antidote pill to save Seahorse—but Seahorse did not have that kind of fate!

"Many thanks, Uncle Hei." If it were not for Uncle Hei's decisive action, Seahorse would already be a dead Seahorse. He also knew about the Flower Snake's derivative beast.

Derivative beasts usually stay by the side of the original body, providing a final chance to escape when the original body encounters danger.

He had not expected Flower Snake to leave its derivative beast here to guard this Formation; this made them even more certain that the treasure inside was extraordinary.

After stopping the bleeding, Seahorse walked back to the vase with difficulty. Now, seeing the snake pattern on the vase, he felt it was incredibly ironic, as if it were mocking him.

Suppressing the rage in his heart, he used his left hand to twist the vase's switch, but the Formation showed no reaction at all.

"Did not you say this was the switch for the vase? Why is there no reaction?" Seahorse's rage reached its peak. He had never suffered such a huge loss in all his life.

"I do not know either," Xiao Bei said, at a loss.

"I will kill you!" Seahorse roared in fury. He had lost an arm for nothing, and it had been useless. If the Young Lord found out, he would only say he was stupid, and he would not get any reward.

Just as Seahorse was about to strangle Xiao Bei, the Formation finally reacted. The deep blue light of the Formation before them slowly turned light blue.

"I did not expect this vase to also be a Formation artifact that strengthens the Formation." Uncle Hei looked at the snake-patterned vase with interest, then sized up Xiao Bei.

Seahorse received the cue and threw the suffocating Xiao Bei onto the ground.

"Attack together and break the Formation," Uncle Hei ordered.

If, just a moment ago, the deep blue light Formation had left the several demons helpless, forcing them to turn back and return from whence they came...

...now that the Formation's power had decreased so much, with their combined efforts, there was hope of breaking it given some time.

"They found the Formation artifact. Damn that woman, she has caused us so much trouble." Black Head said. "I told Big Sister that sea demons from the East Sea are hard to marry, but he would not listen."

"Why has not Big Brother returned yet?"

"Second Brother, do not be anxious. Even if they found the Formation artifact, breaking a 4th-rank High Grade Formation is not that easy." Green Head comforted Black Head.

In fact, the two had not gone far just now; they had circled around and returned to a spot ten thousand meters outside the palace, observing the situation.

The treasure inside the palace was also vital to them; otherwise, their strength would not have improved so quickly.

...

"Break for me!"

After a few days of rest, Ye Yisong consumed the remaining five 3rd-rank spirit ascension pills, taking them in two doses.

Hard work pays off; on the day before the craftsmanship examination, he finally broke through to a 6-star Martial Master.

Feeling the Spiritual Qi inside his body, which was twice as strong as it had been ten days ago, Ye Yisong felt that he was now terrifyingly strong.

If he were to face Li Yuan again, he would have the confidence to kill him with one green lotus, even without the red light enhancement.

So far, the strongest opponent Ye Yisong had encountered was Li Yuan, and he subconsciously used Li Yuan as the benchmark for his strength.

This massive improvement in strength did not come out of thin air. Looking at the remaining five soul nourishing pills and that dragon-tiger golden pill in his Storage Pouch...

Ye Yisong silently calculated his expenses. From 1-star Martial Master to 5-star Martial Master, he had used a total of 23 spirit ascension pills, 18 pulse warming pills, and 9 Body Tempering pills, totaling 300,000 Spirit Stones.

And this was at the Family's internal supply price for Medicinal Pills; if traded outside, it would definitely be 20% to 30% higher than this price.

It could be said that the Medicinal Pills Ye Yisong had consumed in these few months were equivalent to half a year's profit for the Alchemy Hall.

If it had not been for the twist of fate that had four big shots working together to help Ye Yisong Cultivate, even if Ye Yisong did not fear pill toxins, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to Cultivate so quickly.

Even the Wei Family, the most powerful in Cangjiang Prefecture, likely could not afford to Cultivate their Family disciples in such a way.

Even the landlord's Family has no surplus grain!

Who could withstand such waste!

Ye Yisong looked at the six-colored green lotus in his hand and could feel that it was even more terrifying than when it had been three-colored.

With just one full-force strike, he could absolutely destroy all the buildings he was currently in.

"Time to go!" Ye Jiesheng called out happily to Ye Yisong from outside, interrupting his wild thoughts.

Ye Yisong's cultivation had broken through to become a 6-star Martial Master, and he had sensed it from outside. This kid was truly fast!

He was likely going to break the record for the fastest cultivation speed for a Martial Master in Cangjiang Prefecture!