Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 1057 - 536: Banquet (Part 2)

"This Blood Madness Pill is a combat demon core refined from the essence blood of six demons. It not only unleashes potential, breaks gene locks, but also releases the true power of the Martial God body, capable of sweeping through enemies, razing everything to the ground, and executing Gang Fist Instant Strike over a hundred times.

You have been training your muscles and bones day and night, strengthening and conditioning your body, using the forty power bow and grinding a thousand pounds, essentially to make your body strong enough to withstand the power of the elixir and avoid dying from body explosion after swallowing it."

Li Hu was shocked,

"Wha-what! Such a marvelous thing exists!?"

"A marvelous thing indeed, this is an ancient formula of the Immortal Palace. Back then, when the Immortal Venerable swept the world clean and massacred the demons and devils, he refined their blood into elixirs on the spot. In the past, each of the Twenty-eight Constellations Immortal Army would have such a pill, but over time, it has been forgotten."

Chen Xuantian looked at the bewildered and astonished Li Hu,

"You want to ask why. It’s simple, because all the monsters that could be used for alchemy have been exterminated.

Do you know why the Immortal Palace, which spanned thousands of years and swept across the eight directions, has steadily declined after the Immortal Venerable, even being repeatedly broken by the Mystic Sect Divine Sect, and now even a mere rebel army forcing the court to flee south, abandoning the capital?

Because the monsters are gone, there are no materials for alchemy, and so you Immortal Soldiers and Generals have no place to prove your prowess.

Just this one Blood Madness Pill requires at least six Divine Transformation Beasts. In the past, the Demon Clan was everywhere, even a dog by the roadside could be a primordial strange species, but now the Demon Clan in the Central Plains has been consumed to extinction. The Immortal Palace had to expand to the North Pole, East Sea, Western Regions, and Southern Border to gather demons for alchemy to maintain the fighting power of the Guardian Immortal Army.

However, as the wars expanded further across the Eight Domains, the Immortal Palace also gradually reached its limits. In the perennial wars, the Domain Army and Palace Guards suffered heavy casualties, while little of the demon materials gathered ended up with the soldiers on the frontlines. Everything was intercepted by the Three Constellations’ officials and nobles, who enjoyed it as their own. They placed every playboy and good-for-nothing at the high positions of dukes and generals, while the soldiers on the frontiers grew old and died.

As the harvest of demons became increasingly scarce, the internal conflict and fighting over the dwindling gains grew more frequent and intense. This vicious cycle caused the strength of the Immortal Army to weaken, and most elixir pills could not be made. Coupled with the repeated rise of the Mystic Sect Divine Sect, even the Northern vassal guards are now rebelling, and so the Immortal Palace fell to this state.

But will they wake up and repent? No, their schemes remain the same old tricks. Previously, when you could hand over resources, you were still useful. Now that monsters can’t be hunted and pills can’t be handed over, it’s time for the harvest.

Naturally, whether the Wang Family, Yu Family, or the Xie Family, they will make sure to eliminate obstacles, monopolize the meat on the dinner table, and completely control the Southern Border’s demon beast production area for peace of mind."

Li Hu pondered for a long while, suddenly surprised, realizing abruptly,

"Eliminate all obstacles?"

Chen Xuantian turned around, gestured with his lips.

So Li Hu turned his head to look, only to see the camp behind him suddenly ignite into a blaze, with rumbling thunder in the night, unexpectedly coming from the lake’s surface. In an instant, he was faced with an iron army, charging with divine weapons, descending like gods!

It indeed was an iron cavalry, breaking through the vast clouds of the Yunmeng Swamp! They rode the waves, as if assaulting from the night, crashing into the defenseless military camp from the lake, trampled and slaughtered the drunken Nangong Family’s personal soldiers, without sparing a soul!

"Why, why..."

Li Hu stood outside the camp, staring blankly at the countless elite cavalry charging silently and swiftly like a black wind howling past, frozen in place, blinking forcefully, unsure if he was dreaming.

Chen Xuantian spoke calmly,

"There are no monsters with four legs, but there are plenty of people with two. The court doesn’t lack your Nangong Family’s troops. The defeated troops reorganized in Central Plains are more than enough, naturally to be used as they see fit.

Besides, the Assistant General isn’t only aided by experts, but also has strong support from the Immortal Gate and Mystic Sect. Their divine skill, separating the river, was executed beautifully. They opened a military path directly from the Yunmeng Swamp for a surprise attack, ensuring the complete eradication of the Nangong Family this time."

Li Hu clenched his fists, staring intensely at the butchered soldiers, panting heavily, drenched in sweat, lost in thoughts.

Of course, Chen Xuantian knew what he was thinking,

"Nangong Che won’t die, but he will be the only one to survive. The Eight Tigers, although valiant and fiercely loyal, have been betrayed by those around them, and eliminating them would only take a few incense sticks, some pills, and those five hundred axe-wielding men disguised in women’s clothes are enough.

Nangong Ou is destined to die. If she acted immediately, she might have a chance to escape the heaven and earth net, but she was headstrong and cunning, deliberately not informing you, taking her personal soldiers to lay an ambush at Wulin Pier a day early, thinking she could stage a counterattack, catch everyone off guard, and retrieve Nangong Che and the Southern Seal together. Alas, she was unaware this was leading herself into a dead end, inescapable even with wings.

Tonight, the Nangong Family’s loyal troops will be conspired against and lured out of the city in batches, like headless flies, only to be surrounded and slaughtered. By tomorrow morning, the Four Great Families will surrender the city, welcoming the Assistant General’s iron cavalry to take over. By tomorrow evening, the Young General can bring his seal to the Jiangdu Southern General Mansion and continue living his daydreams of glory."

Li Hu gritted his teeth, clutching the elixir tightly until it cracked open.

Chen Xuantian tilted his head, curiously observing him,

"Li Hu, do you want to be a loyal retainer, dying heroically, or a petty person, living despite grievances?"

Li Hu glared at him, bellowing like a tiger,

"Why! Did the Nangong Family really wrong you so much!? Why!!"

Chen Xuantian shook his head, gazing at the starry sky,

"You’ve misunderstood me. These events would have happened without my involvement. It was all arranged long ago.

Did you think today’s elaborate setup was planned by just a couple strategists or generals? Let’s be clear; those desiring the extinction of the Nangong Family aren’t just one or two families, but the entire Three Constellations Immortal Gate.

If I must calculate, probably since the monk of Tiantai placed King Nan’s son into Nangong Ou’s belly, they prepared to replace the family name of Nangong, and eliminate the entire Dou Family.

I calculated tirelessly for three months and still couldn’t find the reason, naturally finding no other livelihood options, so I could only choose to stand on the winner’s side. Perhaps, this is what’s called destiny..."

Chen Xuantian turned back, seeing that Li Hu had consumed the Frenzy Blood Pill, his eyes blood-red, his body surging with blood, Gang Fist gathering power, shaking the earth, his Gang Qi climbing rapidly, reaching the Hundred Layers Realm—

"Bang!"

Then he exploded, like a suddenly bursting balloon, flesh and blood sprayed everywhere, leaving no remains, breaking a large area of reeds, staining the whole lake red with assassins, yet not even touching a hem of a monk’s robe.

Well, the pill was tampered with; it was calculated against these fierce tigers.

Chen Xuantian sighed,

"May I, the humble monk, collect the body for a friend?"

The assassins, stained with bloody red and squatting on the water surface like frogs, stared at Chen Xuantian for a moment, then silently sank underwater without raising a single ripple.