"I really need your help. My sister is gravely ill and urgently needs some spirit pills."
Xia Yu was frantic. In his arms, half of his sister's body was growing colder and colder, while the other half was growing hotter and hotter.
"Need pills? Do you have any money?" the head guard asked with a sneer.
Xia Yu froze. Money?
He really didn't have any on him.
Before he could speak, the head guard said, "The Xia family already sent someone to notify us. You're no longer their young patriarch. If you buy anything, the Xia family won't cover the bill."
"I have no money, but I can put something up as collateral. I can use this spear."
Xia Yu immediately produced the Sin Dragon Spear.
The Sin Dragon Spear trembled slightly but said nothing.
"What a joke. Collateral? This is the Myriad Treasures Pavilion. Go to a pawnshop for that! But first, you need to pay for the door. That ring of yours looks decent. Use it as compensation."
The head guard had seen clearly just now that Xia Yu had taken the Sin Dragon Spear out of that ring.
He didn't care about the spear. He knew the ring was a treasure.
A treasure that could produce objects, and in the form of a ring?
The legendary Heaven and Earth Ring?
He had never seen one, but on one occasion, he had overheard the elders talking about it.
In an instant, greed stirred in his heart.
Xia Yu narrowed his eyes. He knew this would not end peacefully.
But his sister's condition was getting worse and worse.
He couldn't wait any longer!
"Get out of my way!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Yu let out a low roar.
"Heh, you've got some nerve. Brothers, seize this young patriarch of the Xia family and make them pay his ransom."
The head guard sneered inwardly. Now he had an excuse.
The next moment, he swung his sword straight at Xia Yu's left hand-the one wearing the Heaven and Earth Ring.
Once he cut off that hand, the peerless treasure would be his.
Boom...
A sword flashed, and a crash rang out. The head guard flew backward, crashing into the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
Seeing this, some of the other guards immediately attacked, while another blew a warning whistle.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Three muffled impacts rang out, and the three attacking guards were sent flying.
Only the guard blowing the whistle remained, frozen on the spot.
Xia Yu paid him no attention and charged straight into the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
The Myriad Treasures Pavilion occupied a large compound of its own, divided into front and rear courtyards. All its business was conducted in the front courtyard.
Five quaint wooden buildings stood in the front courtyard.
Xia Yu had been here before. He headed straight for the Spirit Pill Tower.
The Spirit Pill Tower was where the Myriad Treasures Pavilion sold pills.
Before Xia Yu reached it, several figures descended from the air.
Flashing blades and swords hurtled toward him from above.
"Brazen scoundrel! You dare wreak havoc in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion? You must be tired of living!"
"Move!"
Xia Yu barked, his body suddenly accelerating with Divine Dragon Movement.
At the same time, he unleashed a punch.
Ancestral Dragon Fist, Boundless!
Boundless, stacked three times!
With urgency burning through him, Xia Yu held nothing back.
Boom...
Four figures flew back into the air even faster than they had descended.
Pfft!
Blood sprayed through the air.
The four men from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion landed on the ground without so much as a groan and lay motionless.
At this point, Xia Yu couldn't worry about anything else. His sister's life came first.
With a bang, he kicked open the Spirit Pill Tower's doors.
In a blur, he rushed straight up to the second floor.
The pills Xia Yao needed were on the second floor. He had bought them several times before.
After putting the pills into Xia Yao's mouth, Xia Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
These pills couldn't cure the root of her illness, but they could temporarily suppress the powers of water and fire within her.
Just then, inspiration flashed through his mind, and a pill formula surfaced.
He had fully absorbed the memories of the alchemy inheritance he had received from the nameless old man in the cave.
He knew that his sister's condition required a king-grade spirit pill to have any chance of being cured completely.
But there were no king-grade spirit pills on the second floor.
The entire Myriad Treasures Pavilion in Huai City had none.
I'll refine a king-grade pill!
Xia Yu immediately made his decision. With a complete alchemy inheritance at his disposal, he could certainly refine one.
Xia Yu picked up Xia Yao, turned, and rushed down out of the Spirit Pill Tower.
The moment he stepped outside, he stopped.
A crowd stood beyond the doors.
At their head was a sword cultivator. Seven or eight people stood behind him, each with a powerful aura and a saber or sword in hand.
Behind them stood a line of more than a dozen people, all holding powerful crossbows with bolts loaded.
"Xia Yu, you injured our people and forced your way into the Myriad Treasures Pavilion. Surrender immediately, or I will cut you down myself!"
As the sword cultivator finished speaking, his aura surged.
The eighth level of the Origin Command Realm!
In present-day Huai City, he was unquestionably a formidable expert.
Even Lord Zhu, the strongest expert in the city lord's manor, was only at the seventh level of the Origin Command Realm.
Moreover, among cultivators at the same level, sword cultivators were unrivaled in offensive power.
That alone showed just how formidable the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was.
Xia Yu said nothing. Holding his sister, Xia Yao, he reached out and drew a chair toward him, then seated her on it.
"Sis, wait for me a moment."
Turning around, Xia Yu slowly tightened his grip on the Sin Dragon Spear. He knew perfectly well that words were meaningless now.
In this world where the strong ruled, if you tried to reason with someone, they would answer with strength.
Only after you defeated them would they listen to reason.
The strong were reason itself!
Hum!
Xia Yu shook the Sin Dragon Spear, and in an instant, his battle intent soared into the sky.
Pointing its tip at them, he said coldly, "All of you, come at me together!"
"Arrogant fool! Take one strike from me first!"
The sword cultivator snorted in anger, drew his sword, and slashed.
Sword radiance surged like a bolt of silk, descending through the air.
The air hissed and whistled!
Xia Yu remained silent. Only when the sword light was about to fall did his Sin Dragon Spear shoot out like lightning.
Heaven-Splitting!
Cold light flashed!
Clang!
A crisp ring rang out.
The sword cultivator froze!
Everyone behind him froze as well!
The Sin Dragon Spear's tip now rested against the sword cultivator's throat. With the slightest push from Xia Yu, he would die on the spot.
The sword cultivator's eyes flickered, his face ashen.
He had never imagined that he, an eighth-level Origin Command Realm cultivator, would lose in a single move.
He was a powerful sword cultivator. With his strength, he could put up a fight even against an expert at the peak of the Origin Command Realm.
Yet one thrust!
Just one thrust, and he had lost!
He simply could not accept it!
"I lost. Kill me," the sword cultivator said with a sigh.
Xia Yu stared at him. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "As you wish!"
"Stop!"
The instant Xia Yu's arm moved, someone shouted.
Two figures appeared in the courtyard like lightning.
"Greetings, Pavilion Master!"
The other members of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion immediately bowed when they saw him.
"Young Patriarch Xia, I am Duanmu Lin, master of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's Huai City branch. Don't you owe our pavilion an explanation for this?"
"Otherwise, even if you kill Wu Zichi and slaughter every last one of us, the Ten Thousand Treasures Main Pavilion will not let you off!"
Xia Yu narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Are you threatening me?"
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