Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 192 - 190: Seven Days Later

The middle-aged man didn’t recklessly unleash his Spiritual Power to probe, but instead sensed with extraordinary caution and care!

Dozens of breaths passed.

Seeing no movement at all, he nodded in satisfaction and drifted away!

This time, the middle-aged man did not come back!

After more than half an hour, the surface of the Spiritual Spring suddenly rippled, and a head cautiously poked out.

It was Xu Yang!

"So damn sneaky!"

Looking at the empty surroundings, Xu Yang cursed inwardly.

He knew perfectly well the middle-aged man had come back after leaving.

Thank goodness he was careful!

If someone came out right after the middle-aged left, they’d have nowhere to cry about it!

"For now, I’m not in a hurry to leave this place!"

The outside situation could easily be imagined.

The Yuanli Sect, plus the Celestial Travelers’ Commerce Association—he’d killed their young Sect Leader, a deadly grudge!

And Song Yuanhao was dead set on controlling him, not to mention robbing him of the Mother and Child Profound Gold Insect, a peerless treasure; Song Yuanhao probably wished he could devour him alive!

With two major powers joining forces, searching everywhere—escaping this encirclement would be almost impossible.

The best strategy was to wait—to let them give up after failing to find him.

For now, Xu Yang had no better ideas.

He quickly found a hidden underground crevice and burrowed in, then sensed the Cyan Jade Yin Yang Pendant.

"Holy shit!"

Xu Yang’s eyes bulged wide, full of shock.

In just this short while, that Ink Gold Divine Jade had been completely absorbed—nothing left, not even scraps!

All that could be said was, even after being sealed for a thousand years and forcibly acting before slumbering again, Gu Jun’s remaining will was still terrifying!

Even in this extremely weak state, if he was dead set on mutual destruction, he could probably drag a Myriad Phenomena Realm powerhouse down with him no problem!

Can’t even imagine how strong Gu Jun was at his peak back then?

Definitely at the True Lord level!

Xu Yang’s thoughts slowly returned to reality; it would be a good thing if Gu Jun could wake up soon.

But it seemed impossible in the short term!

He’d still have to go to Central Province!

"Better hurry up and refine those Spirit Elixirs and Ink Gold Orbs."

After absorbing these resources, Xu Yang reckoned his Spiritual Power could get infinitely close to the Myriad Phenomena Realm!

Below the Myriad Phenomena Realm, with threefold power from the Cyan Jade Seal, and the might of Lock God Seal and Demon Dragon Seal, few could withstand his attacks!

He quickly steadied his mind, opened the Sea of Consciousness, and drew in the four orbs.

After that, they’d continue to be absorbed automatically!

He took out his Spirit Elixirs, going at it from both ends!

Time slipped by silently.

Since the middle-aged man left, no one else had shown up here.

The outside world seemed peaceful as ever!

At least, everything Xu Yang could sense from here felt that way.

What was actually happening, he had no idea.

In a blink, seven days passed!

All the Spirit Elixirs and Spirit Jade had been absorbed!

But only the second orb was just starting to be absorbed!

The energy inside was truly frightening.

Even so, his Spiritual Power level had jumped up a lot.

The remaining three orbs could be absorbed anytime, and at crucial moments, could rapidly restore his Spiritual Power!

Xu Yang stood up and carefully checked his surroundings, then muttered, "I’ll wait three more days, then leave this place!"

About ten days—at the rate those people searched outside, they’d have scoured thousands of miles at least.

If no one ever showed up here, that meant it was all over.

Suddenly.

Xu Yang’s eye twitched; in a flash, he glanced a certain direction, body flickering, hiding in the shadows like lightning! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Just a few breaths after he’d done all that—

A skinny young Martial Artist drifted in slowly.

The youth looked thirty or so, with Early Stage Yang Realm cultivation.

Seeing the traces of battle here, he paused, then swooped down.

"At least Myriad Phenomena Realm level residual effects—it looks like this happened just a few days ago."

The youth’s eyes glinted as he headed deeper in: "Maybe there’s stuff here that even the Myriad Phenomena Realm experts didn’t want!"

He was right!

When he saw that Spiritual Spring, his eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but swallow his saliva!

"Damn, my luck is off the charts."

"Such amazing Spiritual Liquid—even if it has remnant Evil Qi, with my current strength I don’t dare absorb it."

If he brought it back for trade, it could fetch a mountain of resources!

Li Xuan licked his lips and immediately pulled out a pile of empty bottles and jars from his Storage Ring!

Just as he bent to collect it, a figure noiselessly appeared behind him like a ghost, a pair of deep, icy eyes staring at him coldly.

"Hiss—why is it suddenly so cold?"

Li Xuan instinctively shivered!

Before he could react, his eyes rolled back and he collapsed unconscious!

With Early Stage Yang Realm, under Xu Yang’s Spiritual Power assault, he was as weak as paper!

But Xu Yang didn’t kill him.

He carefully searched Li Xuan’s body and found two things.

A Token from the Celestial Travelers’ Commerce Association, more than enough to prove his identity!

And a special Spirit Talisman!

Xu Yang rubbed the Spirit Talisman, sensing it carefully, his face changing slightly.

"This Spirit Talisman is connected to the owner’s lifeforce—if he dies, the talisman shatters!"

He recalled how, right after killing those people and hiding here, the Commerce Association’s experts quickly arrived.

Something’s fishy about this thing!

"Looks like I can’t kill this guy."

"But if I can track—"

Xu Yang narrowed his eyes, a cold smile on his face.

Half an hour later.

Li Xuan woke up with a painful groan, clutching his head instinctively.

It felt like someone had bashed his skull in!

His brain felt ready to explode!

"Who—who are you? You’re... Xu Yang?"

"Shit!"

The moment he saw Xu Yang, Li Xuan’s expression changed drastically—Xu Yang wasn’t wearing a mask; as for his face, portraits of him had been spread everywhere; how could he not recognize him?

Li Xuan was on high alert, scrambling to run!

But a terrifying pressure instantly swept over him—his whole body seized up, scalp prickling, legs leaden and nailed to the ground, frozen.

Xu Yang eyed Li Xuan with mockery, not worried about any resistance.

He’d already taken everything on Li Xuan’s person.

Sending out a message wasn’t possible!

"This thing—if I kill you, your people will know immediately!"

"So, I can’t kill you!"

Xu Yang shook the special Spirit Talisman, saying indifferently, "Your life is spared. Cooperate, and you might live!"

Staring at the talisman, Li Xuan’s face flickered, then he let out a bitter, defeated laugh.

Before Xu Yang could even ask, he said: "Outside, Yuanli Sect and our people are still searching, and the two sides have teamed up—Yuanli Sect promised if they find you, they’ll hand you to our Celestial Travelers’ Commerce Association, then we’ll give them a reward!"

At this, Xu Yang’s heart trembled, but then he thought it made sense.

The Yuanli Sect couldn’t compare to the massive Celestial Travelers’ Commerce Association!

Besides, the young Sect Leader was already dead!

And the Commerce Association wasn’t here to save him; with enough profits on the table, compared to offending the Commerce Association, the choice was obvious!

Li Xuan went on: "This area has already been searched. I only rejoined the search team these past couple days!"

"The others are farther away from here!"

That was actually good news for Xu Yang.

"Where’s Zhou Wang?"

"I’m not sure. I just know that all the Commerce Association martial artists nearby are out searching, and apparently people from headquarters have come too."

Headquarters?

Xu Yang instantly thought of Song Yuanhao’s close confidants!

"Is Song Yuanhao here?"

"I don’t know, probably not."

Li Xuan shook his head!

Xu Yang pondered, then asked, "If I wanted to leave, which way could I escape?"