100: The Refining of the Purple Spirit Pearl, the Clash Within the Wuzhuang Temple

"Oh? This is truly an unexpected surprise!"

"The purple spirit pearl is actually one of the Chaos Pearl fragments!"

"And it actually contains the Law of Thunder!"

Raising an eyebrow, Li Yun looked at the purple spirit pearl in his hand with some surprise.

He had thought it was merely an ordinary high-grade innate spirit treasure, but he hadn't expected it to be one of the Chaos Pearl fragments he was searching for.

At this moment, Li Yun suspected that all bead-type Spirit Treasures within Honghuang might be related to the Chaos Pearl. He made up his mind that if he encountered similar existences in the future, he must absolutely not miss them by being careless.

Immediately after, he no longer hesitated and directly spat out a mouthful of essence blood to refine it.

After completely refining the purple spirit pearl, he stored it directly into his Sea of Consciousness, letting it gather with those previous Chaos Pearl fragments.

Having finished all this, Li Yun did not linger. With a wave of his hand, he transferred all the amethysts within the cave into his middle dantian space.

These amethysts were all decent Innate items, and were themselves excellent Artifact Refining Materials; it could be considered quite a harvest.

Once he finished collecting the items in the cave, Li Yun flew straight out of the waterfall and sped toward Wuzhuang Temple according to the memories of that Cultivator from before... Wuzhuang Temple!

The ginseng fruits were about to ripen, and the friends invited by Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun, the Cultivators, were arriving one after another.

As the number of people grew, a group gathered in the backyard area of Wuzhuang Temple to eat, drink, and chat, but more eyes were focused on the massive ginseng fruit tree not far away.

Many people were envious of this treasure, one of the ten great innate spiritual roots.

However, since they were invited by Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun, although they were envious, no one dared to harbor thoughts of spying or coveting it.

"Fellow Daoists—"

Seeing that there were quite a few people, a Cultivator suddenly stood up and said, "What are your views on the Method of Slaying Three Corpses that has been spreading recently?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue fell into a dead silence.

All the Cultivators frowned. Many had heard of the Method of Slaying Three Corpses that had suddenly appeared in the circles of Honghuang Cultivators.

But as for actually practicing it, no one had really done so. Instead, they were more in favor of the Method of Proving the Dao obtained from the Wu Clan.

"What do you mean by this, Fellow Daoist Lei Xuan?"

From the main seat, Zhenyuanzi inquired after a slight deliberation, "Could it be that Fellow Daoist intends to practice this method?"

At this, the Cultivators present all looked toward Lei Xuan with curiosity.

Even if the theory of Slaying Three Corpses sounded feasible, given a choice, no one was willing to discard their benevolence, malice, and self to become a heartless cultivation machine.

"Correct!"

Facing their gazes, Lei Xuan nodded without hesitation and said, "The cultivation method exchanged from the Wu Clan is indeed good, but in my view, it is inherently not as powerful as Slaying Three Corpses."

"Therefore, I intend to practice this method. However, this cultivation requires using Innate Spirit Treasures to house the three corpses of benevolence, malice, and self, and the stronger the Spirit Treasure, the better."

"But everyone knows my current situation; I do not possess an Innate Spirit Treasure. So, I hope you Fellow Daoists can support me a bit!"

Hearing this, the Cultivators present were stunned, and then they looked at Lei Xuan as if he were an idiot.

They should support him with Innate Spirit Treasures?

Did he really think they were idiots or tycoons? How massive was the boost and improvement an Innate Spirit Treasure provided to a Cultivator? How could anyone possibly give one away?

Most importantly, who gave him the gall and courage to speak such boastful and shameless words?

Subconsciously, a Cultivator in the crowd couldn't help but mock, "Fellow Daoist Lei Xuan, you must have fallen into a delusional state!"

"How precious are Innate Spirit Treasures? Who would give one to you!"

As soon as this was said, the surrounding Cultivators all nodded one after another, their gazes toward Lei Xuan full of disdain and ridicule.

However, at this moment, Lei Xuan completely ignored the reactions of those around him. Instead, he turned his head toward Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, Fellow Daoist Hongyun, the two of you killed my brother Lei Kun. That high-grade innate spirit treasure in his hand should have been obtained by you, right?"

"Although I don't know why he offended the two of you, nor why you two struck such a lethal blow, my brother is dead, and his things should naturally be returned to me!"

"Or perhaps you two took a fancy to the treasure in my brother's hand and developed malicious intent to kill him and seize the treasure?"

Hiss—

Hearing this, the Cultivators present couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun had actually killed Lei Kun; this was truly unexpected news.

But as for the two of them killing to seize treasure, none of the Cultivators present believed it. They only felt that this fellow Lei Xuan was using the situation as a pretext to try and get that treasure of Lei Kun's.

"Utter nonsense!"

Slapping the table as he stood up, Hongyun glared at Lei Xuan and said, "So that fellow who tried to steal old friend Zhenyuanzi's ginseng fruit tree before was actually your brother. Good, good, good! You still have the face to appear here? Do you really think the two of us are easy to bully?"

"Never mind that we didn't get his treasure—that fellow Lei Kun self-detonated his Physical Body and part of his Primordial Spirit, then used that Spirit Treasure to flee for his life."

"Even if the two of us had truly killed him, it would have been killing a thief who tried to steal the ginseng fruit tree. You want the item? You're dreaming!"

So that's how it was!

After hearing Hongyun's account, the surrounding Cultivators suddenly understood.

No wonder Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun, who were known as good-natured men, would strike to kill. You covet the ginseng fruit tree? If you don't die, who should? Did you really think Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun had no temper?

Thinking of this, the crowd's gazes toward Lei Xuan became even more contemptuous.

"You, you all—"

Lei Xuan was also dumbfounded.

The reason he had done this was entirely based on the premise that the purple spirit pearl was in the hands of Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun.

Coupled with the fact that he indeed wanted to practice Slaying Three Corpses, as long as he obtained the purple spirit pearl, it would be enough even if he offended the two.

After all, he knew Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun well; as long as he remained thick-skinned, the two wouldn't tear their faces apart over a single Innate Spirit Treasure.

But he never expected that while Lei Kun was dead, he hadn't died completely, and had even escaped after self-detonating his Physical Body and part of his Primordial Spirit.

Doesn't this mean his efforts were all in vain? He even got himself into trouble? After all, from the moment he started this, he was destined to offend Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun.

"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi!"

Taking a deep breath, Lei Xuan suppressed his inner disappointment, anger, and other emotions, and turned to look at Zhenyuanzi. "Is what Fellow Daoist Hongyun said true?"

"My brother Lei Kun really escaped with that Spirit Treasure?"

"Correct!"

Nodding, Zhenyuanzi stood up from his seat. At this moment, his gaze toward Lei Xuan was also several degrees colder. He raised his wine cup and poured the wine directly onto the ground in front of Lei Xuan.

Immediately after, Zhenyuanzi's voice, laced with anger, rang out: "Fellow Daoist Lei Xuan, those with different paths cannot make plans together. My Wuzhuang Temple does not welcome you. Please leave this place. If not..."