Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 178 - 176: Mother and Child Profound Gold Insect

Chapter 178: Chapter 176: Mother and Child Profound Gold Insect

Xu Yang stiffened all over, as if facing a formidable enemy!

He looked up, only to see the clouds shattering as a blood-colored figure, swept by a piercing gale, plunged down from the sky!

The spiritual light faded, and it was none other than the Blood Marquis Puppet and Tuoba Hongyu!

Tuoba Hongyu hovered above, looking down at Xu Yang with icy contempt.

"How did you find me?" Xu Yang’s face turned ugly!

Even though only Tuoba Hongyu and the Blood Marquis Puppet were here, and even if he found a way to deal with the puppet, any commotion nearby could easily draw in hordes of the Barbarian Race!

There was no way to escape!

Tuoba Hongyu twisted her palm, caressing a purple jade talisman, her voice playful: "Back amidst the barbarians, I fused your aura into this Thousand-Mile Tracking Talisman. Seems it’s finally come in handy!"

"As long as you’re within a thousand miles, no ordinary concealment skill can fool this talisman!"

"I’ve been waiting here half a day for you!"

Xu Yang clenched his teeth, a look of bitter misery on his face!

"Looks like I have no choice!"

Seeing Xu Yang’s unwilling expression, Tuoba Hongyu showed fury, gritting her teeth: "Have the barbarians treated you badly? When you were down and out, it was we who sheltered you!"

"Here, you’d never be called a useless son-in-law! You would taste honor beyond imagining!"

Xu Yang shook his head and sneered: "It was just mutual exploitation. Why dress it up so pretty?"

Tuoba Hongyu fell silent in an instant!

"I killed Surihan!!"

"I killed Helan Huaning!"

"And a whole bunch of young prodigies from the Barbarian Race—every single one wants me dead!"

"Keeping me can’t be a good thing!"

"You really think I don’t dare kill you?"

Tuoba Hongyu screamed in rage, killing intent surging!

Xu Yang shrugged, acting utterly unconcerned: "Go ahead then!"

"You..."

Tuoba Hongyu’s chest heaved violently in fury, silver teeth clenched, her voice cold: "Xu Yang, once my tribe conquers the Northern Territory, I’ll make you pay!"

"Seize him!"

With a single command, the Blood Marquis Puppet shot forth like lightning!

The power of Myriad Phenomena, sealing heaven and earth!

Xu Yang’s face didn’t change; the corners of his lips curved up!

As if he didn’t care at all about being captured!

Just as the puppet was about to reach him—

The frozen world was struck by thunder!

Crack!

It was as though an invisible bolt of lightning exploded, shattering everything!

For a radius of a thousand feet, space twisted, waves rippling layer upon layer, surging like billowing seas!

In the blink of an eye, those waves tangled like a web, ensnaring sky and earth!

"Who?"

Tuoba Hongyu’s expression changed drastically!

This was not far from Beixuan City. The Barbarian army pressed close, their experts countless. The people of Daqian either fled or were captured—who would dare risk their life to show up here?

She thought it was Zhang Family, Meng Ziqiu, Jian Chuan, and those who once followed Xu Yang and Liou Yunfeng at Beixuan City!

Boom!

With a huge crash, the Blood Marquis Puppet was easily blocked by an old man in gray robes!

Seeing this total stranger, Tuoba Hongyu’s face darkened: "Who are you?"

The old man said nothing!

More figures appeared!

Xu Yang’s eyes twitched.

Song Yuanhao!

Beside him were the same middle-aged man and elder from before!

But none of them were martial artists Xu Yang knew from the Celestial Travelers’ Commerce Association!

"Song Yuanhao? Celestial Travelers’ Commerce Association?"

Tuoba Hongyu raised her brow, clearly surprised it was Song Yuanhao!

She sneered: "Courting death!"

Song Yuanhao smiled calmly: "Mr. Tuoba, I advise you to leave at once!"

"Just you?"

At this moment, Tuoba Hongyu was exuding absolute dominance!

As a Barbarian princess, she was no ornament!

Within the Barbarian tribe, her status was pivotal!

No one dared defy her!

Song Yuanhao folded his hands, his left rubbing the fingers of his right!

Tuoba Hongyu’s pupils shrank!

She saw a trace of gold on Song Yuanhao’s right finger!

A golden spiritual ring!

Just like the one the Barbarian King had given her, to contact that mysterious man from Daqian when she left the Barbarian tribe!

Tuoba Hongyu shuddered violently, a storm raging in her heart!

It was him?

How could that man be him?

She simply couldn’t believe it!

Yet meeting Song Yuanhao’s sly gaze, Tuoba Hongyu couldn’t help but swallow with difficulty!

Everything—the timing for the Barbarians—had all been orchestrated by this man!

Should she give up on Xu Yang?

What did he want from Xu Yang?

At this moment, Tuoba Hongyu’s heart was fiercely tangled!

"I’ll give you ten breaths!" Song Yuanhao’s voice was calm!

Tuoba Hongyu stared deathly at Song Yuanhao. On the seventh breath, she suddenly looked at Xu Yang!

Her lips quivered, no sound escaping!

Xu Yang understood—Tuoba Hongyu was saying: I’ll find you again!

His face stayed unreadable!

"Go!"

After weighing the odds, Tuoba Hongyu finally decided to leave!

Once the woman and puppet departed, the atmosphere grew even more oppressive and murderous than before!

Several imposing figures, all of Myriad Phenomena Realm!

Terrifying beyond measure!

They fixed their cold eyes on Xu Yang, faces emotionless!

"Mr. Xu, long time no see!"

Song Yuanhao’s smile was unchanged, gentler than ever—he seemed like a refined, elegant young master!

Xu Yang was on full alert inside!

"Where’s Su Yun?"

"Su Yun?"

Song Yuanhao teased: "I truly didn’t expect Mr. Xu to be so charming. On the edge of life and death, she made the worst choice possible!"

Xu Yang’s eyes grew cold: "I don’t think there’s any grudge between us!"

He couldn’t understand why Song Yuanhao wanted to deal with him.

"Of course!"

Song Yuanhao nodded slightly: "But Mr. Xu, your talent is astounding. As for top-tier pills, only the royal family’s Old Pill King can occasionally refine a few!"

"Yet you achieve a success rate so high!"

"Less than twenty years old and already a fifth-rank alchemist, fourth-rank top-tier! No one could ignore that!"

Song Yuanhao’s gaze grew cold and deep: "Unlike others, I want to hold Mr. Xu firmly in my hands!"

"Only then is my mind at ease!"

As he spoke, he closed his fist!

Xu Yang saw in Song Yuanhao’s eyes a flash of ruthless resolve!

This, he didn’t doubt!

The reasoning was sound!

"Where’s Su Yun?" Xu Yang pressed again.

Song Yuanhao waved his hand.

The middle-aged man beside him flicked his sleeve, and Su Yun suddenly appeared, body suspended in midair and already unconscious!

"A spatial spiritual treasure!"

Gu Jun exclaimed in shock.

"Senior, what is a spatial spiritual treasure?"

"Anything that can store living things within!"

Normally, a Storage Ring and the like can only store dead things!

Xu Yang stared long at Song Yuanhao, finally matching him to the ’man surnamed Song’ warned of by Fang Xuanjiu!

"Mr. Xu, have you heard of the Mother and Child Profound Gold Insect?"

"No!"

Hearing this, Xu Yang reflexively glanced at Su Yun. Could it be...

"Mother and Child Profound Gold Insect—tch, this little thing’s origins are hard to imagine. To get something nearly extinct!" Gu Jun exclaimed again!

Before Xu Yang could ask, Song Yuanhao was already explaining: "This thing is formed by heaven and earth’s creation, an Innate Spirit Insect that has been nearly extinct since a thousand years ago!"

"Mother and child, dual yin and yang: child insect is yang, mother is yin! Martial Artists who obtain it can fuse their life-force into them, cultivating a mother-child avatar to absorb Spiritual Objects—the avatar’s power can even surpass the original; if the original dies, the avatar survives; if the avatar faces crisis, it can divide and escape disaster. In short, you get three lives!"

Hiss!

Though Xu Yang had guessed, the magical effects made him gasp in shock!

Three lives?

Unbelievable!

How can the world have such a wonder!

Song Yuanhao smiled, his expression growing eerie: "This insect has another function—control!"

"If the mother is inside Su Yun, all it takes is her touching you. Unless you’re Myriad Phenomena Realm, the child insect will instantly implant in your body, locking your life in my grasp!"

"By the way, once you’re seeded with this, even a True Lord could extract it, but it would cause irreversible damage!"

Xu Yang’s expression grew unspeakably grim: "What will happen to Su Yun?"

Song Yuanhao glanced at Su Yun, ignoring her beauty as if she were an object.

"She will be a furnace for gestating the mother insect. When the mother wakes, it will wholly devour her, then I’ll refine it—the mother becomes my external avatar, while your life will hang by my whim!"

Song Yuanhao grinned: "Though you’ll be under my thumb, you’ll get to witness miracles you’d never dream of!"

A chilling glint flashed in his eyes—one could sense an unspeakable, monstrous ambition!

At this moment, Song Yuanhao was completely changed from who he was in Beixuan City!

Forget Zheng Qi or Chen Chong; before him, they were like children!

"What are you scheming?" Xu Yang clenched his fists!

"Want to know?"

"Become mine—you’ll learn everything!"

"I’m giving you a chance. Don’t make me act—step forward on your own!"

Song Yuanhao pointed casually at Su Yun, teasing Xu Yang, certain he’d make the smart choice!

Even if his mind broke, it wouldn’t matter!

Everything was under Song Yuanhao’s control! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

No one could change it—not Liou Yunfeng, Meng Ziqiu, Jian Chuan, or anyone!

Xu Yang’s expression flickered and twisted!

Right now, there was clearly no hope!

"Do as he says!"

"Leave the rest to me!"

Gu Jun’s voice suddenly sounded in Xu Yang’s mind!