Profound Yang Essence, Alchemy Plan

The next moment, a plume of black smoke rose from the corpse of the Demon Sect elder.

An eerie power spilled forth from the smoke, attempting to pull the severed halves of the body back together.

Unfortunately, under the influence of the Slaughter Blade Art's aura, this power began to dissipate slowly.

In the end, crushed by the pressure of the blade intent, this power vanished without a trace.

Could this be some kind of forbidden technique of the Demonic Fiend Palace? It really is quite bizarre.

Seeing this, Su Yun frowned.

These demonic cultivators from the Demonic Fiend Palace might not be particularly strong compared to others of the same rank.

However, their methods were incredibly strange.

Even after being cleaved in two, the body could actually heal itself.

I really shouldn't underestimate these demonic cultivators.

Witnessing this, Su Yun gave himself a mental reminder.

If one were to become blindly arrogant after gaining a little strength, it would be very easy to meet one's downfall in the future.

Hum!

The next moment, a robust plume of blood-colored mist rose from the Demon Sect elder's corpse.

Additionally, two more plumes of blood-colored mist emerged from the bodies of the other two demonic cultivators.

These three plumes of blood-colored mist all dove into Su Yun's body.

At this moment, the blade aura radiating from him became increasingly heavy and dense.

Slaughter Blade Art: Devoured the blood-evil aura of two Mystic Profound Realm demonic cultivators and one Qi Sea Realm Demon Sect elder. Harvest is bountiful; cultivation progress increased by 30%!

This voice echoed in his mind.

The improvement is quite decent.

After contemplating for a moment, Su Yun flashed over to the Demon Sect elder's corpse.

He crouched down and easily removed the Spatial Ring from the elder's hand.

Afterward, he went to the other two corpses, searched them for a while, and took all their resources.

Then, he mounted his swift horse and quickly departed from the area.

Not long after he left, an old man in purple robes appeared on the scene.

It was none other than Elder Tie of the Mystic Blade Sect!

"Su Yun's blade intent realm has reached at least ninety percent."

Reaching out to touch the blade marks on the ground and sensing the residual blade intent within them, Elder Tie exclaimed in astonishment.

He looked in the direction Su Yun had departed, his heart shaken.

He had been cultivating for over three hundred years and had seen many geniuses.

Of course, he had also traveled overseas and seen those so-called prodigies of the great sects.

But he had never heard of a genius with such a terrifying rate of progress.

After observing the blade marks for only a few days, Su Yun had actually raised his blade intent to this level!

If it weren't for the fact that those blade marks had been weathered by time and the residual blade intent was already quite fragmented, he would have been unable to stop himself from wondering if Su Yun could comprehend ten-tenths blade intent.

This was simply too exaggerated!

As expected, the Great Elder is meticulous; he guessed that those rats from the Demonic Fiend Palace might make a move on Su Yun and had me follow to protect him in secret.

I, Tie Yun, am thoroughly convinced; I yield the position of Great Elder to him.

At this moment, Elder Tie looked at the corpses of the demonic cultivators on the ground and thought with a smile.

In reality, the moment Su Yun left the sect to head toward Heavenly Blade Canyon, he had already been following in the shadows.

Back then, he had already detected the presence of these demonic cultivators.

It was just that he had leaked a sliver of his aura while in Heavenly Blade Canyon, making these demonic cultivators wary and afraid to approach that area.

Furthermore, every martial artist who knew of Su Yun's situation and wanted to leave Heavenly Blade Canyon had been secretly warned by him not to spread news of this place.

Therefore, these demonic cultivators had no idea that Su Yun's blade intent realm had already improved to such a level.

Otherwise, they would have certainly retreated immediately and would not have dared to block his path here.

"However, even if Su Yun's blade intent realm hadn't broken through..."

"If he wanted to leave, I'm afraid these demonic whelps wouldn't have been able to stop him anyway."

Elder Tie withdrew his gaze, sighing in his heart.

"I never expected that in just a few days, Su Yun would have already cultivated the Slaughter Blade Art to the mastery stage!"

To reach the mastery stage of the Slaughter Blade Art while still in the Mystic Profound Realm is truly no small feat.

Not to mention, Su Yun has also grasped ninety percent of the blade momentum.

Such martial foundation is simply astonishing!

"Right, I still need to deal with the people from the Blade Origin Sect."

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Elder Tie shifted his gaze toward a certain direction.

The next moment, his figure vanished from where he stood.

Deep within a dense forest.

A group of people were resting and recuperating here, waiting for Su Yun to deliver himself to their doorstep.

The leader was an old man with white eyebrows, possessing a powerful aura, his eyes tightly shut.

At one point, a disciple couldn't help but ask, "Elder, since Senior Brother Mu He was killed, should we take the initiative and attack?"

"Rest assured, that little brat named Su Yun won't live past today!"

The white-browed elder opened his cold eyes and offered a calm smile.

He had brought a lethal weapon this time, one with terrifying power.

Once detonated, it could completely level everything within a ten-mile radius!

Even if that Su Yun had monstrous talent and had comprehended ten-tenths of the blade momentum, he would undoubtedly die!

Of course, this was his final trump card, and he dared not use it lightly.

"Obliterate!"

However, the next moment, a cold voice descended from the sky.

Immediately following, a violent pressure instantly bore down upon everyone present.

BOOM!!

Visible to the naked eye, every Blade Origin Sect disciple on the scene began bleeding from their seven orifices, their expressions twisted in agony.

Their bodies were driven several meters deep into the ground!

"Oh no!!"

The white-browed elder's expression turned to one of horror; his eyes bled, and his sockets cracked.

With a ferocious look, he immediately pulled out a purple sphere, intending to detonate it!

However, Elder Tie, standing in mid-air, merely flicked his finger, instantly obliterating the souls of all the disciples present.

At the same time, he pinned the white-browed elder down, rendering him completely unable to move.

Then, with a beckoning motion, he easily snatched the white-browed elder's soul toward him.

He grabbed it firmly in his hand!

"Damn you! Let me go at once!"

"Does your Mystic Blade Sect intend to ignite a war between great sects!?"

The white-browed elder's soul struggled violently.

"Do you know why I haven't killed you yet?"

Elder Tie, however, merely smiled calmly, not taking the threat to heart in the slightest.

"What?"

Stared at coldly by Elder Tie's gaze, the white-browed elder's soul couldn't help but shiver.

Seeing him in this state, Elder Tie couldn't be bothered to say anything more.

He flicked his finger, sending the white-browed elder's soul flying into the sky.

He then turned and left.

Only a cold sentence echoed in the white-browed elder's ears.

"Go back and tell those old ghosts of the Blade Origin Sect."

"If they are dissatisfied, come and fight."

"My Mystic Blade Sect is waiting!"

Several hours later.

Su Yun successfully returned to the Mystic Blade Sect, his mind finally relaxing a little.

Even though Su Yun had guessed that a sect elder might be following him in the shadows, he still couldn't afford to let his guard down completely.

Throughout the journey, he observed his surroundings, maintaining constant vigilance.

Only after returning did he finally lower his guard.

At this moment, he began to tally his spoils of war.

Su Yun gathered up the resources he found useful and tucked them away.

As for the other items of little use, he planned to exchange them for contribution points.

Mystic Blade Sect, Resource Pavilion.

Su Yun arrived at the location.

After some time, he exchanged a portion of his resources for one hundred thousand contribution points, a fairly decent haul.

He then looked toward an elder of the Resource Pavilion and asked.

"Elder, does the pavilion have any Profound Yang Essence?"

Profound Yang Essence was a Yang-attribute treasure refined by the sect's powerhouses, helpful for cultivating the Great Sun Profound Heaven Technique.

Thus, he wanted to exchange for some to test the effects on his cultivation.

Currently, his Slaughter Blade Art was progressing rapidly and had already reached the mastery stage.

However, the Great Sun Profound Heaven Technique was advancing quite slowly.

It was still stuck at the first level.

On the path of cultivation, a powerful physical body was essential in every aspect.

Su Yun naturally needed to improve it as quickly as possible.

Seeing Su Yun, the Resource Pavilion elder chuckled and said, "The pavilion currently has Profound Yang Essence in stock; it is five thousand contribution points per drop."

"Su Yun, how many do you need?"

The Mystic Blade Sect had a stable production method for such treasures, so the price offered was not too high.

If sold in the outside world, the price would be much steeper.

Of course, the Mystic Blade Sect did not allow disciples to resell sect resources.

Once discovered, the punishment would be severe.

"Very well, I would like to exchange for twenty drops."

After a moment of thought, Su Yun spoke.

"Wait a moment."

The elder replied and sent someone to retrieve the treasure.

A while later, Su Yun received a golden jade bottle.

Inside were twenty drops of Profound Yang Essence.

After chatting with the elder for a while, Su Yun left the Resource Pavilion.

On the way back to his living quarters, Su Yun pondered for a moment before murmuring to himself.

"My cultivation is still a bit too low."

"It seems it is time to return to the Su Estate and have Su Ling refine some Jade Marrow Pills."

Having Su Ling refine pills was one of his primary means of acquiring resources at the moment.

The refined pills could be turned over to the sect in exchange for contribution points.

Within the Mystic Blade Sect, an inner disciple needed ten thousand contribution points to exchange for a bottle of Jade Marrow Pills.

However, turning in a bottle of Jade Marrow Pills would only yield half that value, granting only five thousand contribution points.

It seemed like a loss.

But many rare resources could only be obtained through contribution points.

For instance, the Profound Yang Essence that Su Yun required.

Therefore, he had to return to the Su Estate and initiate his alchemy plan.

Early the next morning, Su Yun set off immediately.

In the faint light of dawn, Su Yun moved like a purple spirit roc, crossing dozens of feet in a single leap.

His speed was extremely fast.

Time passed slowly.

Gradually, the sun climbed high, and the scorching light ascended.

As the sunlight spilled down, it reduced every toiling mortal into a tiny black dot.

These black dots, gathered together, represented the myriad states of the mortal world, with all its joys and sorrows.

By this time, Su Yun had already returned to the small city.

However, just as he entered the Su Estate, he saw his elder brother, Su Lin, sitting on a wooden chair with a troubled expression.

He seemed to be contemplating some difficult matter!