20: I am invincible in the fog, the fairy's dried corpse.
Old Ghost Xuanwang saw Li Yan's Qi surge after taking the Medicinal Pill.
Such an effect filled him with joy.
Broken Sword Valley was an ancient battlefield where the righteous and demonic factions fought in ancient times.
This place was filled with Restrictions and dangerous formations, but also full of Opportunities.
From ancient times to the present, countless Cultivators came here to seek treasures.
Nine out of ten Cultivators who entered Broken Sword Valley were buried there.
Those who could leave alive had a high probability of finding the secret to longevity.
Alchemy using living people could no longer satisfy Old Daoist Xuanwang, which was also why Old Daoist Xuanwang desperately wanted to find an Immortal Pill.
He had been stuck at the Peak of the Ban Xue Realm for too long, always unable to condense a blood pill.
Coming to Broken Sword Valley today to seek treasure was to find a treasure that could help him condense a pill.
Watching Li Yan respectfully offer the bottle of ‘Immortal Pill’.
The Old Daoist Xuan Wang was overjoyed, raising his hand from a distance to pull the bottle of Medicinal Pills into his palm.
As the Old Daoist Xuan Wang took the Medicinal Pills, Li Yan's eyes narrowed.
As long as the Old Daoist Xuan Wang consumed this Hundred Blood Exhaustion, even if it didn't cause severe injury, it would at least make him uncomfortable for a while.
Using this Opportunity, it would be his perfect chance to escape.
Seeing the Old Daoist Xuan Wang pour out the Medicinal Pills, about to consume them, Li Yan could already imagine the scene of Old Daoist Xuanwang's internal organs being scorched after taking the poisonous pill.
But just as he was about to put the Medicinal Pill into his mouth, Old Daoist Xuanwang paused, inhaling deeply to sniff it.
“The smell of this Medicinal Pill… is not right!”
Old Daoist Xuanwang was not a fool; he had a nose and eyes.
He could smell whether it was a poisonous pill.
Several of the poisons inside were ones he frequently used for poisoning; even if they were turned to ash, the Old Daoist Xuan Wang could still smell them.
“Rebellious Disciple, you want to harm me!”
Before the Old Daoist Xuan Wang could get angry, Li Yan's clenched fist suddenly threw something forward.
He had already prepared a handful of ‘Poison Numbing Powder’ to guard against this!
Li Yan would not be naive enough to think the Old Daoist Xuan Wang would fall for it if he wanted to break ties with him.
Better safe than sorry.
He had devised two plans for this; if the Old Daoist Xuan Wang didn't take the Medicinal Pill, the Poison Numbing Powder in his hand could be put to use.
This Poison Numbing Powder was a treasure found in his Master's Immortal Cave.
Although it couldn't pose a fatal threat to the Old Daoist Xuan Wang, anyone who got it on them would experience intense itching and stinging all over, as if a thousand fine needles were repeatedly pricking their body.
With his face covered in Poison Numbing Powder by Li Yan, Old Daoist Xuanwang's face, mouth, nasal cavity, eyes…
That stinging sensation! That feeling!
Like poisonous insects crawling, like thousands of needles pricking.
Not for harm, but purely for torment, pure torment!
The itching and painful sensation drove Old Daoist Xuanwang mad; he angrily and haphazardly controlled his Flying Sword to strike around him!
And the instigator, Li Yan, had already fled into the mist, while the unlucky ones were the Disciples around Old Daoist Xuanwang.
Without exception, they were all accidentally injured by the rampaging Old Daoist Xuan Wang.
Flying Swords scattered, piercing through the surrounding Disciples.
Li Yan took advantage of Old Daoist Xuanwang's temporary blindness to quickly escape dozens of steps away.
The mist in Broken Sword Valley could block Divine Sense; as long as he ran far enough, dozens of steps away, the Old Daoist Xuan Wang would have difficulty finding him with just his naked eyes.
Seeing the little brat Li Yan disappear into the mist.
The surviving Senior Brother Ming Shan and Second Apprentice-sister Ming Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Luckily, they dodged quickly, otherwise, they would have been killed by Master as well.
Second Apprentice-sister, prostrate on the ground, cautiously spoke, “Master, I have water here. Do you need me to help you wash off the powder from your face?”
“No! Poison Numbing Powder cannot be washed with water. It will boil upon contact with water and burn Master’s face.”
Saying that, Old Daoist Xuanwang raised a finger and summoned a bottle of beef tallow, using it to wash off the Poison Numbing Powder from his face.
After the thick beef tallow wiped away the powder from his face, the Old Daoist Xuan Wang gritted his teeth and said.
“This Rebellious Disciple!”
“When he fell off the cliff, if Master hadn't brought him back to Jingxu Sect, he would have been carried off by wolves long ago!”
“An ungrateful wretch! How dare he commit such an act of deceiving his Master and destroying his ancestors, idiot!”
The crooked-eyed Old Daoist Xuan Wang wiped the oil from his face, his expression ferocious.
But soon, he sneered again: “That fool ventured into Broken Sword Valley alone; he certainly won't live long.”
“Even if he can get out alive, this Rebellious Disciple doesn't know that Broken Sword Valley only has one exit.”
“As long as we guard the exit, this Rebellious Disciple will be trapped and die in this Broken Sword Valley.”
Old Daoist Xuanwang seemed to be deliberately saying it for Li Yan to hear, and Li Yan, hiding in the distance, could indeed hear their conversation.
Thanks to the Restriction mist in Broken Sword Valley, Li Yan was temporarily safe.
Moreover, he could avoid all the wandering decaying corpses around.
The side effect of the mist, on the contrary, made him feel at ease in Broken Sword Valley.
“Heh, is this Old Daoist Xuan Wang trying to scare me?”
“With the mist's protection, this Old Daoist Xuanwang can't do anything to this young Master!”
He had never felt such peace of mind; his Minds Eye was fully open, and any traps hidden in the mist were easily avoided by Li Yan.
He quickly came before the Cultivator's corpse.
Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be the corpse of a female Cultivator.
The Immortals corpse was curled into a ball, having likely suffered immense pain before death.
From the appearance of the corpse, this Cultivator must have been a beautiful Fairy before she died.
“What a pity, no matter how beautiful the skin, it cannot resist the erosion of time.”
As he sighed inwardly with regret, Li Yan saw the ring on the Immortals corpse's finger, and his eyes instantly lit up.
“Fairy, good death!”
Tears of unfilial piety streamed from Li Yan's mouth as he took off the ring and examined it.
It was actually a very rare Storage Ring!
If this thing were in the ancient immortal cultivation era, it would be a common item.
But now, the technique for creating space Storage Rings was lost, and those available on the market were all passed down from ancient times.
And they were priceless!
Current Cultivators couldn't create Storage Rings; the value of a Storage Ring couldn't be measured by money.
Li Yan glanced at the ring's quality, estimating it to be a Medium Grade Storage Ring between fourth and sixth grade.
Li Yan, holding a Storage Ring for the first time, attempted to probe it with his Divine Sense.
In an instant, the vast space and numerous items within the Storage Ring broadened his horizons.
“Flying Sword scabbards, hundreds of ancient immortal cultivation books, countless medicinal herbs—this is truly a treasure!”
Just as he was browsing the items within the space ring, he felt several decaying corpses gathering towards him.
Li Yan quickly put on the ring and then swiftly fled the area.
Although the strength of the decaying corpses was not great, entanglement with them would inevitably attract the Old Daoist Xuan Wang.
Li Yan, immune to the mist's effects, easily dodged the few decaying corpses.
However, the howling of the decaying corpses clearly attracted Old Daoist Xuanwang's attention.
Old Daoist Xuanwang dared not rush blindly through the mist; he could only try to entice him.
“Child, where do you think you can escape to?”
“As long as you come back and apologize to Master, why would Master make things difficult for you?”
Old Daoist Xuanwang's voice echoed around, but Li Yan ignored him.
While others saw only mist, in Li Yan's Minds Eye detection, the Old Daoist Xuan Wang was like a clown, shouting loudly in the mist.
Li Yan grinned, preparing to find a safe place to slowly study the items in the ring.
Just as he turned to leave.
Swish!
The Immortals corpse, which had just been there, suddenly appeared in front of Li Yan, blocking his path.