Five Viscera Treasure Light Pill

Yu Xiu was still in the Inner Court and had not yet performed enough meritorious deeds to be promoted to the Main Sect, yet the people from Dragon-Slaying Peak had already taught him the Dragon-Slaying Evil-Purging Sword.

In other words, Yu Xiu was already bound to Dragon-Slaying Peak.

When the time came to enter the Main Sect, among its ten peaks, Yu Xiu would have no choice but to select Dragon-Slaying Peak.

The people from the other nine peaks had no way to poach him, even if they wanted to!

The fleeting thought Liao Jianshu had entertained about helping Jinding Peak poach Yu Xiu in advance faded from his mind.

Well, poaching was off the table!

It was no wonder Yu Xiu wanted to trade for medicinal pills; to cultivate the Five Viscera Realm—the first of the Four Great Passes—the required Five Viscera Treasure Light Pills and similar elixirs could only be obtained on the ten main peaks of the Main Sect. The Inner Court did not have them.

"Five Viscera Treasure Light Pills cost one hundred contribution points per pill. Swallowing one only sustains five days of cultivation. How many contribution points do you have?" Liao Jianshu asked.

Yu Xiu replied, "Enough to exchange for twenty-six pills."

Liao Jianshu nodded and sent a message via Sword Qi. Before long, someone from the main peak arrived and delivered twenty-six Five Viscera Treasure Light Pills.

Yu Xiu's contribution points were wiped clean.

"When this disciple enters Dragon-Slaying Peak, I shall come to trouble you again." After offering another salute, Yu Xiu departed.

Upon reaching the Flying Boat at the mountain peak, a ferryman was already waiting. As soon as Yu Xiu boarded, the vessel set off, heading straight for Guiping County in Donghe Prefecture.

On the Flying Boat, Yu Xiu swallowed a Five Viscera Treasure Light Pill and began to meditate to refine it.

Yuan Tiankuo had gifted him some of these treasure pills previously—six in total. Over the past five days, he had used two, leaving him with four.

With thirty pills in total, it should be enough to fully cultivate the Five Viscera Realm, the first of the Four Great Passes.

Even if he couldn't fully complete it, he shouldn't be far off.

Not long after, the Flying Boat landed outside Guiping County in Donghe Prefecture.

Yu Shang, a well-proportioned, tall, and rather handsome man, had been waiting there. Seeing Yu Xiu step off the Flying Boat, he immediately stepped forward.

"Are you Brother Yu?" He scanned Yu Xiu unobtrusively, his mind flashing back to the nine Inner Court disciples laid out neatly in that thatched hut in Lushui Town.

The person before him was likely the one who, despite not yet having entered the Main Sect, had killed nine Inner Court disciples with a single sword strike, including Fang Jiming, who was already in the Five Viscera Realm.

He had heard that the youth was only sixteen; in the future, within the Main Sect, he would surely become a figure of note, ranking among the Ten True Seeds and the Ten Heroes.

But as for Tantan Lake...

Yu Shang did not actually hold high hopes for Yu Xiu, because Yu Xiu had not yet entered the Main Sect. At his absolute limit, he could only be at the Five Viscera Realm, the first of the Four Great Passes, and he hadn't even reached the first stage of it yet.

Yet, at Tantan Lake, there was a Shadow Demon at the Five Elements Realm, the second of the Four Great Passes.

What exactly is the Main Sect planning? Yu Shang sighed inwardly.

If Yu Xiu failed at Tantan Lake and provoked the Shadow Demon there, the consequences would be dire; Guiping County would likely face a catastrophe, and many people would die!

"I am." Yu Xiu's voice arrived right on cue.

Yu Shang suppressed his emotions, cupped his hands, and stepped forward: "I have long heard of Brother Yu's name."

He stepped aside, signaling for Yu Xiu to walk with him: "Brother Yu may not be familiar with Guiping County; let us talk as we go."

He had already prepared Scale Horses, and after mounting them, they rode straight toward Tantan Lake.

These Scale Horses were said to be the offspring of crossbreeding with flood dragons. Whether they truly possessed dragon blood was impossible to verify, but they were incredibly fast and possessed excellent stamina, capable of traveling over two hundred miles in an hour, with some superior specimens reaching over three hundred.

"Previously, Shadow Demon disturbances occurred frequently in my Guiping County. Time and again, we could never root them out, and some of the demons were impossible to track."

"It wasn't until recently, when I tracked them to Tantan Lake, that I realized there were some big shots behind these Shadow Demons." Yu Shang kept his explanation brief.

Big shots? Tantan Lake? Yu Xiu suddenly recalled that when he killed the Shadow Demon in Lushui Town, the creature had mentioned having a backer.

Thinking about it now, that was likely the "big shots" in Tantan Lake that Yu Shang was referring to.

"How big are they?" Yu Xiu asked.

"The largest one already possesses the strength of the second of the Four Great Passes." Yu Shang spoke bluntly, observing Yu Xiu's expression calmly as he did so.

The strength of the second of the Four Great Passes! Yu Xiu made his judgment.

Killable!

If his Sword Heart hadn't crossed into the second level of Sword Intent, it might have been difficult, but now...

Hm? Yu Shang felt a stir. Why is there no sign of panic on his face?

Not only was there no panic, but his expression hadn't even flickered.

He's steady. Yu Shang breathed a sigh of relief.

If his guess was correct, Yu Xiu must be carrying a lethal trump card from some great figure, capable of slaying a Shadow Demon of the second of the Four Great Passes; otherwise, it would be impossible for him to remain so composed while knowing he was outmatched.

Even the Scale Horse Yu Xiu rode hadn't slowed for a moment, continuing steadily toward Tantan Lake.

It was clear that Yu Xiu himself had immense confidence in the "lethal move" left behind by that great figure.

He stopped worrying and began to chat.

"Only within the sect can one produce true experts. Young experts like Brother Yu are almost never seen in the outside world."

He said, "For disciples like us, whether we waste three years in the Outer Court or stagnate in the Inner Court and choose to venture out for experience, it is almost impossible to achieve anything."

"Of course, it is not absolute. It is said that among the current True Disciples, there is one who once stagnated in the Inner Court and chose to venture out. Later, by slaying demons and eliminating devils, he underwent a transformation between life and death, soaring into the sky ever since. Even among the ten True Disciple seats, he belongs to the top tier!"

He looked on with longing, as if he had already made that expert among the ten True Disciples his goal.

Yu Xiu became interested: "Who is this True Disciple?"

Yu Shang spoke softly: "The fifth True Disciple, Zhou Jichuan!"

"He is a True Disciple who fought his way out from countless demons and ghosts. It is said that his killing intent is so heavy that it can even cause Shadow Demons to disintegrate directly; he is unimaginably powerful."

Yu Xiu praised: "Truly impressive!"

In this world, there is truly never a shortage of geniuses.

Within the Qingwei Sword Sect alone, one formidable genius after another keeps emerging.

And the Qingwei Sword Sect only occupies a portion of Yan Province, not even the entirety of it.

Because within this Yan Province, besides the Qingwei Sword Sect, there are many other sects, large and small, and there must certainly be geniuses among them as well.

Furthermore, outside of Yan Province, there are thirteen other provinces, each containing a behemoth no weaker than the Qingwei Sword Sect.

One can imagine just how many experts and geniuses there are in this world!

To describe them as carp crossing a river would likely not be an exaggeration.

But Yu Xiu believed that no matter how formidable a genius might be, they were not as gifted as him.

Because he possessed the Fate: God-Communicating; his comprehension could be stacked infinitely. As long as he was given time, he would surpass all geniuses step by step.

Until he became the strongest one of all.

"If True Disciple Zhou can do it, Brother Yu will surely be able to carve out a path of his own," Yu Xiu said.

"I'll take your kind words," Yu Shang replied with a smile.

The laughter gradually faded, and the two Scale Horses disappeared into the dust.