Upon hearing Yang Zhen's words, Hua Youyue Yang Zhen at him with a pale expression, her body trembling violently. Elder Yao's face also turned pale, and he hurriedly supported Hua Youyue.
Once this vow was made, the outcome could not be changed; otherwise, Yang Zhen would have suffered the backlash of his Heart Demon for the rest of his life, enduring unbearable pain.
The Shameless Cat, who had somehow already climbed onto the roof, shuddered upon hearing this. Looking up, it muttered, "Wait a minute, such a vicious and wicked oath from Heart Demon should trigger a celestial phenomenon according to the Purple Firmament Principle..."
Muttering to himself, the Shameless Cat suddenly widened his eyes. "Damn it, is this kid playing tricks?"
Yang Zhen glanced at the air with lingering fear, then pursed her lips and breathed a sigh of relief.
Damn, that scared the Laozi out of me! You really can't just make oaths like that in this world. But when it comes to psychological warfare and the art of language, Brother Yang can really mess you up!
Everyone was terrified by Yang Zhen's resounding oath from his Heart Demon. They looked up in horror at the thunderclap in mid-air and then looked at Grandmaster Ma with lingering fear.
Yang Zhen squinted at Grandmaster Ma and said, enunciating each word clearly, "What if Grandmaster Ma loses?"
"You... you're insane!" Grandmaster Ma's expression changed drastically. He took two steps back and looked at Yang Zhen with suspicion and uncertainty.
Yang Zhen laughed heartily, staring at Grandmaster Ma and said, "You lost. Return the Pill Formula and pills to the Long Moon Pavilion, publicly apologize on Donglin Island, swear by your Heart Demon that you will never refine pills again in your lifetime, never concern yourself with pill matters on Donglin Island again, and avoid anyone from the Long Moon Pavilion whenever you see them. Do you dare?"
"On what grounds?" Grandmaster Ma's face turned ashen as he pointed at Yang Zhen and said, "Who do you think you are, daring to tell me to stop refining pills altogether?"
A master alchemist who stops practicing alchemy from now on is practically no different from a cripple, and his cultivation level will no longer improve.
Not only that, Yang Zhen actually wanted him to apologize publicly and even take a detour. If he really lost, he would be too ashamed to stay on Donglin Island.
Hua Youyue was shocked by Yang Zhen's words. She looked at Yang Zhen in disbelief, her eyes filled with complex emotions. She bit her lower lip, and her eyes gradually became moist.
No one expected that Yang Zhen would go to such lengths for the Long Moon Pavilion and Hua Youyue. If what they had just done was just an ordinary bet, Yang Zhen had now escalated it to a Heart Demon and life and death.
Hua Youyue stared blankly at Yang Zhen, hesitant to speak.
Perhaps for Grandmaster Ma, Yang Zhen's life was not enough to make him swear such a Heart Demon oath, but in Hua Youyue's eyes, Yang Zhen's feelings for the Long Moon Pavilion and for her Hua Youyue, were more important than anything else.
Yang Zhen scoffed, staring intently at Grandmaster Ma, pressing him relentlessly. "You don't dare?"
"Insolence!" Grandmaster Ma took a step back, his expression fierce but his tone weak as he stared at Yang Zhen, saying, "Who do you think you are...?"
"What if we added the notes and experiences of the Medicine Madman?"
Yang Zhen's words drifted over slowly.
"What?"
Grandmaster Ma stumbled back three steps, crashing into the door. He stared at Yang Zhen with a look of utter horror and greed, his breath catching in his throat. Pointing at Yang Zhen, he cried out, "You... you're telling the truth?"
Yang Zhen shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Whether it's true or false, do you even have the right to know? You're just a coward who can't even gamble!"
A group of people around Yang Zhen stared at him in horror, their faces filled with shock.
Even the Elder Yao was no exception, staring wide-eyed at Yang Zhen with suspicion and uncertainty, muttering to himself, "It's actually the Medicine Madman's notes, Yang Zhen... where did he get them?"
Who is the Medicine Madman?
"Even the most eccentric Medicine Madman wouldn't know that it was supposedly an unprecedented alchemical genius from two thousand years ago who could always use the most ingenious methods to elevate the quality of pills that should have simply become pills, and... and..."
"And what? You better tell me already!"
"Moreover, legend has it that the Medicine Madman was a unique figure in the alchemy world. He possessed all sorts of Pill Formula and was even once called a human pill repository. There were even rumors that he had received the inheritance of the Pill Saint!"
"What?!" The surrounding crowd exclaimed in unison, horrified. "So incredible! But why have we never heard of this 'Medicine Madman '?"
The man sighed and said, "The reason the Medicine Madman is called the Medicine Madman is because he cared about nothing but alchemy in his entire life, and he was extremely mad. In order to find a legendary herb, he actually plunged into the Forbidden Zone of Life and never came out again."
"What?!" Everyone was startled. "He actually went to the Forbidden Zone of Life. He really is a complete madman."
The Forbidden Zone of Life has always been a taboo place on the Youzhou Continent, and almost everyone who hears its name trembles with fear.
Everyone present couldn't even get a hundred feet into that place; anyone who went beyond that would surely die.
"Good!"
Grandmaster Ma took a deep breath and shouted.
After exchanging a glance with Fan Tong, Grandmaster Ma continued to say to Yang Zhen, "If you can prove that you have the Medicine Madman's notes, I'll bet with you!"
"I won't prove it!" Yang Zhen glared at him. "You can gamble or not, it's up to you. If you don't gamble and don't return the pills and Pill Formula, we'll spread rumors about you, make up stories about you, and even tell everyone that you like to spend the night at the Azure Moon Pavilion."
The Shameless Cat, still licking its paws, suddenly tensed up and fell off the roof with a thud, staring blankly at Yang Zhen: "Holy crap, 666! Niu Bi! That was a perfect, Wuque blunder!"
Sure enough, as soon as Yang Zhen said this, everyone's gaze turned strange.
Azure Moon Pavilion is an extremely special place on Donglin Island. As long as you have crystals, you can satisfy all your physiological needs there. Moreover, it is mostly filthy and chaotic, and there are even many men with special masochistic tendencies who seek stimulation there.
Everyone stared at Grandmaster Ma with strange expressions, their faces growing increasingly odd. The surrounding whispers and murmurs grew louder and more boisterous.
Not to mention the people around him, even Grandmaster Ma's disciple Yan Feng looked at Grandmaster Ma with a strange gaze, and for some reason, his face even turned red.
"You bastard! Utterly bastard!" Grandmaster Ma trembled with rage, pointing at Yang Zhen and saying, "You... you little brat, spouting nonsense! This is slander! This is baseless accusation! I didn't, I didn't go to that kind of place!"
Yang Zhen clicked his tongue in amazement, and said without changing his expression, "Are you in or not?"
Grandmaster Ma was furious and about to speak when the Shameless Cat suddenly leaned in and asked Yang Zhen, "Oh my, is that the old man we often see, the one who's always acting so suspiciously, really this old man?"
The expression on the Shameless Cat's face was classic, completely natural, leaving Yang Zhen speechless.
That Shameless Cat with the screen protector is really Oscar- worthy; it deserves serious training. That finishing blow was powerful and effective, drawing blood in one strike.
"You!" Grandmaster Ma's beard bristled with rage as he pointed at Yang Zhen and said, "Fine, I'll bet you that no one can save your life today!"
Boom!
A streak of purple lightning flashed across the sky, causing everyone to gasp.
"This... this is just a case of being enraged!" The Shameless Cat shook its head, clicked its tongue in amazement as it glanced at the purple lightning in the sky, sighed, and looked at Grandmaster Ma with pity in its eyes.
The rest of the group became excited. Pill Evaluation was a very exciting thing, and even for ordinary cultivators, witnessing a Pill Evaluation would be a great opportunity, allowing them to become very knowledgeable about many kinds of pills.
Everyone watched Yang Zhen and Grandmaster Ma with excitement, all waiting for their Pill Evaluation to begin.
Grandmaster Ma sneered and said, "Since the bet is settled, then let Grandmaster Fan act as the notary and let him choose the elixir to be used in the alchemy Pill Evaluation, how about that?"
" Grandmaster Fan Tong is a very fair person; this is a good idea!"
" Grandmaster Ma truly lives up to his title; he didn't take advantage of Yang Zhen in the slightest."
"That's true class!"
No one noticed the strange smile that appeared on Yang Zhen's lips.