Hexi Pill (Revised Version)

Hexi Pill (Revised Version): After taking it, the user's innate supernatural power would be activated to the greatest extent possible. Side effect: half of the Supernatural Power Origin would be consumed.

Hanyu's face darkened. He grumbled inwardly, You're really going to cling to Young Master Xiao's "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river," aren't you? Couldn't you come up with any other name?

"Because I'm no good at naming things!"

Little Glazed said this as if it were only natural.

"Wait! You said it could be restored in a dozen years or so? If she relied on her own cultivation, how long would it take her to cultivate it to completion?"

Hanyu suddenly remembered the little Artifact Spirit's style. When had she ever let anyone get the better of her? Even Lu Dayou had to trade a year of fortune for a single breakthrough.

The little Artifact Spirit fell silent for a while before replying in a small voice.

"Five years."

"Then she'd still be getting the results she would've achieved five years from now in advance. It's just that half of them get chopped off. That's perfectly fair!" the little Artifact Spirit hurriedly added.

Hanyu's face darkened. He knew there was no such good deal. This was just cutting off a person's achievements from the next several years to make up for the present.

It was completely in keeping with the little Artifact Spirit's style.

"Ask her yourself. Maybe she'll agree. This opportunity's right in front of her. If a person doesn't know how to save herself, then no one can save her!"

Meanwhile, after Hanyu finished speaking, the three people opposite him didn't react for a moment. After a brief silence, he could only speak again.

"I have a pill. Maybe... maybe it can change your situation."

Bai Jingliang was the first to jump up, practically leaping three feet into the air as he cried out, "Are you serious?"

Hearing that it could change his elder sister's situation, he got excited at once, without even asking what kind of pill it was.

"But..."

That one word from Hanyu instantly brought Bai Jingliang back to his senses.

"Does it still have side effects? And are they serious?"

Bai Jingliang asked cautiously, his expression torn.

Hanyu nodded, then quietly looked at Bai Junya.

"If you take it, it'll activate your supernatural power to the greatest extent possible. But the price of activating it is consuming half of your Supernatural Power Origin."

His teeth ached as he said it, because it sounded just like the little Artifact Spirit's sales pitch.

"Then let me take it."

Bai Jingliang volunteered. As long as he could help his elder sister, he didn't care about the side effects. Unfortunately, Hanyu shook his head and glanced at him and Linglan as he explained, "It won't work if you or Linglan takes it. Only she can benefit from it."

Bai Junya stared blankly at Hanyu, her small mouth slightly open. She looked unexpectedly adorable. "Is it really that miraculous?"

Bai Jingliang was the one most qualified to answer. He furrowed his brow, but nodded solemnly. "Don't forget, he can turn a hundred people into Single Spiritual Roots. And... I actually took his medicine too, the kind that speeds up cultivation."

"But, elder sister, you have to think carefully. The side effects..."

Hanyu nodded and said gravely, "So think it over carefully. Are you going to take it or not?"

Bai Junya put away her shock and slowly fell silent.

After a long while, she suddenly lifted her head and looked at Hanyu.

"Then why are you helping me?"

Hanyu was a little baffled by the sudden turn. Weren't they talking about the side effects? Why was she suddenly giving him that strange look?

Bai Junya's expression was indeed complicated. She had never heard of a pill like this, and its value was surely beyond measure. Yet this man was offering it to her so readily. Could it be...

Hanyu blushed under her gaze. Once he realized she had misunderstood, he hurriedly said awkwardly, "Um... I've given pills to plenty of people. Your younger brother's taken two from me, too."

Naturally, he was counting the time Yin Shaoyang had taken one as well.

Bai Junya's face reddened slightly too. It seemed she had been presumptuous.

"Miss Bai, to be honest, you were born into an Aristocratic Clan, yet you don't want to be controlled by others and don't want to cultivate. Even if you evade the Qin Family today, there'll surely be another family in the future."

Hanyu sighed. The little Artifact Spirit had been right about one thing: saving yourself was the only way forward. If a person didn't know how to save herself, who could save her?

"I'll take it!"

Bai Junya's voice rang out beside him, firm and decisive.

In Hanyu's mind, Little Glazed cheered in delight. "Bottle, we've got work! Hurry up and spit out my pill!"

Peh!

The Glazed Bottle shuddered. A moment later, a sky-blue pill shot out of its mouth. Before it could fall, Hanyu reached into his robes and extracted it from his Sea of Consciousness.

Bai Junya watched resolutely as Hanyu took the pill from his robes and held it out to her. She reached out, took it, and swallowed it without hesitation.

Gulp!

That was the sound of Hanyu swallowing. Bai Junya had just tilted her head back, pushing her full breasts up prominently.

Everyone stood up at once and quietly watched Bai Junya.

A little chilly!

That was how Bai Junya felt at that moment—and so did everyone else.

The tea room suddenly grew much cooler. Gradually, a dampness filled the air. Bai Jingliang touched his head and found his face wet. He looked up, utterly astonished.

A layer of mist had appeared above them at some point, covering the entire ceiling.

Water droplets began to fall through the mist, as if it were drizzling.

Pitter-patter!

It was actually raining!

The drops fell more and more frequently, soon drumming against the floor.

There was nowhere to hide. It was raining throughout the entire room, and in the end, everyone was soaked.

Bai Junya's palace dress was drenched through, revealing the steep peaks beneath and every curve of her figure.

Hanyu feasted his eyes on the sight. While everyone else was trying to avoid the rain, he hoped it would pour harder—and last longer.

Of course, that wasn't possible.

In only a moment, the clouds suddenly drew together and all sank into Bai Junya's body.

In Hanyu's eyes, a stream of sky-blue energy began to flow out of Bai Junya, gathering into his own body.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Glazed Bottle had turned upside down. The sky-blue energy was continuously sucked into its mouth, while Little Glazed called out happily.

"Faster..."

The others were completely unaware. Bai Jingliang and Linglan only stared at Bai Junya, dumbfounded.

"So this is a supernatural power?" Bai Jingliang asked in disbelief. Wasn't this the legendary ability to summon wind and rain?

"It feels so powerful," Linglan said enviously, nodding.

Suddenly, the Glazed Bottle dropped back down. Bai Junya's face turned pale, and her whole body shuddered as a dizzying sensation swept over her. She went limp and collapsed.

"Careful!"

Hanyu, standing beside her, instinctively reached out to catch her. She collided right into his arms, her soft body pressing hard against him.

"Let go of her!"

An angry shout came from outside the group.

No one knew when the door to the tea room had opened. Qin Hao stood there with several cultivators, his face gloomy, his hand already trembling with rage.

He had come to Tianning City specially to visit Bai Junya today, only to find that she wasn't at home when he arrived at the Bai Family.

Later, a servant from the Bai Family told him she was in the tea room. He hurried over, but when he pushed open the door, he saw this scene.

The woman who was supposed to marry him in a little while was in another man's arms—and it looked like she had thrown herself at him.

This was... utterly shameless!

His face flushed crimson. Blood rushed to his head, and without a second thought, he yanked a saber from the cultivator behind him and slashed at Hanyu.

"Catch her!"

Hanyu called out to Bai Jingliang as he pushed Bai Junya toward him. At that moment, Blade Qi struck. Hanyu raised his palm and slapped it apart.

"Ghost Sha Kill!"

At a soft cry, True Essence gathered into thousands of needle-thin spikes, each as fine as an ox's hair, and shot toward Hanyu.

Crack, crack...

The sounds rang out without end. Each needle vanished the instant it hit Hanyu, leaving Qin Hao looking utterly incredulous.

If he hadn't seen the tiny holes pierced through the floor where the needles landed, he would have wondered whether he'd held back.

But he hadn't, which only made him more shocked and afraid. How could anyone have such a terrifying physique?

Bai Jingliang was even more astonished. He had never imagined Hanyu could be this powerful. Qin Hao was a cultivator of the Shore Realm too!

"Attack together!"

Not daring to be careless, he called to the clan members who had come with him.

"Use the combined technique!"

A dozen cultivators drew their sabers in unison. They leveled them together, and a tremendous surge shook the entire teahouse.

"Please don't, Young Master Qin!"

Bai Junya had just regained consciousness. Her face was pale, and the moment she opened her eyes, she saw Hanyu facing a group of cultivators alone. She hurriedly called out.

Qin Hao thought she was pleading for him, and his fury only grew.

"Kill him!"

A massive whirlwind swept through the entire teahouse. Bai Jingliang's expression changed. He grabbed Linglan with one hand and Bai Junya with the other, then rushed out with them.

Boom!

The teahouse collapsed with a thunderous crash. Bai Jingliang and the others barely escaped the rubble. When they looked back, they heard cries of pain rising from the vast cloud of dust.

When the dust settled, Hanyu stood in place, his upper garments in tatters but his body unharmed. Opposite him, the group of cultivators panted slightly, their chests heaving as they stared at him.

"How... how is that possible?"

The Qin Family's combined technique was best suited to overcoming the strong with numbers. Even a cultivator at the Half-step Divine Peeking Realm would die if they stood still and took a blow from it.

Yet Hanyu had only suffered torn clothes. Their famed combined technique had ended up as nothing more than a joke that ruined someone's clothes.

"Are you done yet?"

Hanyu's expression was frighteningly dark. That last attack had made him grimace in pain. Damn, it had hurt!

Now he was furious too. He leaped forward like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep, knocking one man flying with a single punch.

One cultivator had just flown into the air on his sword, intending to attack from above. Hanyu sneered and waved a hand. His Fire Supernatural Power transformed into a winding Fire Dragon that soared after him.

The cultivator was terrified out of his wits. He tried to flee on his sword, but the Fire Dragon quickly caught up. Flames wrapped around him, and he plunged straight down. Only then did Hanyu retract his supernatural power. The cultivator had been left unconscious, half-dead.

"Do you still want to fight?"

Hanyu walked step by step toward the last man, the young master Qin Hao.

Qin Hao's face turned red, then white, before finally going livid. He stubbornly declared, "You seduced my fiancée. My Qin Family won't let you get away with this."

"Bullshit! When did my sister ever agree to marry you?"

Bai Jingliang suddenly rushed over and shouted at him furiously.

"Heh! It's signed in black and white. Is your Bai Family trying to go back on its word?"

Qin Hao looked at him and sneered.

The Bai siblings' faces turned deathly pale. When had this happened? Why hadn't they known?

"And you, Bai Junya will never have a future with you. You've offended the Qin Family. Don't expect a moment's peace in Tianning Prefecture."

Qin Hao sneered sinisterly, his face twisted beyond recognition. He no longer looked like a noble young master.

He could imagine the Qin Family sending people out in force to hunt Hanyu down after today. He had to kill him—otherwise, his hatred would never be appeased.

But he hadn't realized that Hanyu had never thought Aristocratic Clans were powerful, or that the Qin Family was powerful.

Hanyu only remembered a line from Ten Thousand Gold: when it's time to act, act.

So he walked closer at an unhurried pace. Qin Hao grew frightened and yelled in panic, "I'm Qin Hao, eldest son of the Qin Family! I'm the Qin of Tianning Prefecture!"

Hanyu only thought he was noisy. He sneered and said, "Open your mouth."

Qin Hao naturally refused to obey. He sensed this wouldn't end well and kept backing away.

Irritated, Hanyu lunged toward him. Qin Hao tried to flee on his sword, but the moment he stepped onto it, Hanyu grabbed his ankle and slammed him viciously into the ground.

"Open your mouth!"

Hanyu spoke again.

Qin Hao shook his head as hard as he could.

"Then I'll force it in!"

Qin Hao seemed to hear something terrifying. He had just tried to cover his backside when several punches landed in his abdomen. He threw up bile, and then something suddenly shoved its way into his mouth...

His expression turned vacant. He struggled desperately to spit it out. Hanyu frowned when he saw him trying to spit out the pill and hurriedly punched him again. Qin Hao threw his head back and howled. Seeing the pill go down successfully, Hanyu finally nodded in satisfaction...

I posted this chapter late today because I was revising the plot and wanted to change a few things. I'm really sorry!