#488 - Too much joy brings sorrow

Inside the medicine furnace, essence steamed and precious medicines floated.

"Wu Xie, have you broken through to the Sect Emperor Realm?"

Mu Yunxi looked at him in shock, transmitting her voice secretly.

"That's right. There's no suppression of the Sect Emperor Realm here, but there must be suppression of the Saint Sect Realm. Otherwise, when that old coffin dodder made a move, my military talisman would have appeared!"

"There are many precious medicines here for cultivating the physical body. You should take some too to strengthen your physical body. This is a rare opportunity! But you have to take it slowly. These precious medicines are of too high grade. I'm afraid your physical body won't be able to withstand the impact of this essence. Try it, and I'll watch you. If you can't withstand it, I'll extract the essence from your body in time!"

"Okay!"

Mu Yunxi had long been extremely tempted.

As a martial artist who cultivates true energy, although she possessed the bloodline of the Ancient Ice God, the Ancient Ice God bloodline didn't enhance the strength of her physical body much.

She had always felt that her physical body was too weak, but she didn't have time to strengthen it. Otherwise, her realm would definitely be left behind by other geniuses, which would outweigh the benefits.

Whether it was Xiao Renwang or the Son of Heaven's Purity, their physical bodies were relatively strong. In this regard, she was far inferior.

In a battle, she would suffer a considerable disadvantage, especially in a prolonged confrontation, it would be very obvious.

She reached out and sucked over a ginseng fruit, not daring to bite off too much, only using her pearly teeth to graze a little.

The rich essence dissolved, instantly rushing towards her limbs and bones, like a roaring river.

In an instant, she felt that her meridians were being torn apart, her internal organs were violently impacted, and her whole body seemed to be disintegrating.

Just as she was panicking and didn't know what to do.

Jun Wuxie sucked out the essence from her body in a flash.

The feeling of pain dissipated. Even in the scorching environment, her face was covered in cold sweat.

"It seems that this won't work."

Jun Wuxie wiped the sweat from her face and said, "How about this, stay close to my body. After I refine these essences, I'll release some from my pores, and then you can absorb them into your body."

Mu Yunxi nodded, blushing, upon hearing this.

She gazed at him with her beautiful face slightly raised, her eyes sparkling with a hazy light.

At this moment, she had a strange feeling in her heart.

It was as if as long as this man was by her side, everything was so solid, making her feel incomparably at ease, so she didn't have to think about anything, and any difficulties could be solved.

Jun Wuxie said seriously, "Don't let your imagination run wild. Now is not the time to be indulging in my beauty."

The little ripple in Mu Yunxi's heart disappeared instantly, replaced by shame and anger. She clenched her fist, wanting to punch him!

This guy was too narcissistic and too shameless!

He actually said that she was indulging in his beauty?

How could he say such shameless words in such a serious manner?

"I'm going to start."

Jun Wuxie reminded again, putting a 100,000-year-old Flesh Ganoderma into the Eternal Life Divine Palace.

This thing was one of the great medicines needed to save Uncle Bird!

Then, he picked up a 100,000-year-old ginseng and took a big bite, instantly filling his mouth with saliva and spurting out essence.

The mountain flood-like essence rampaged in his body, causing his meridians and internal organs to feel a tearing pain.

But these pains and damages were really insignificant to him.

He immediately activated the [Primordial Golden Body Art] to refine it, and then divided a very small part of the essence into thousands of strands, constantly releasing it from his pores.

Upon seeing this, Mu Yunxi immediately absorbed those wisps of essence.

Since these essences had already been refined, she didn't need to refine them a second time after absorbing them into her body. She could directly guide them to temper and nourish her flesh and blood.

She cultivated true energy, and life essence couldn't improve her realm, but because her physical body strength had a low foundation, although she didn't have a physical body cultivation technique, her improvement was still very rapid.

Jun Wuxie, due to absorbing and refining too much essence, his physical body's blood energy was increasing crazily.

In just two hours, he felt that he was about to break through his realm again.

But he forcibly suppressed it.

Although these essences came from peerless precious medicines, they didn't contain the origin like the Earth Spirit Source. Such a rapid breakthrough was likely to cause an unstable foundation.

Rather than breaking through the realm and possibly leaving hidden dangers, it was better to forcibly suppress it, repeatedly temper his physical body, refine the purity of his blood energy, and consolidate his foundation.

Even so, by the second day, he still couldn't suppress it.

With a bang.

At the moment of breaking through to the second transformation of the Sect Emperor Realm, the blood energy that erupted like a mountain flood shook the spiritual liquid in the medicine furnace, impacting the furnace walls and the furnace lid, making a loud noise.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The medicine furnace was constantly shaking from the impact, thumping non-stop.

The old man in the straw raincoat stood in front of the medicine furnace, excitedly circling the furnace, constantly muttering, "Hahaha! It's here again, another anomaly! This is a phenomenon that inevitably occurs during the process of refining a great medicine! It's just that, since two anomalies have appeared so early, the great medicine refined this time will definitely far exceed my imagination!"

He really wanted to lift the lid of the furnace to see what was going on.

But he knew that this was absolutely impossible.

Before the pill was formed, the leakage of medicinal gas was very likely to turn it into a waste pill!

This contained his life's effort and pinned all his hopes.

Due to special circumstances, he was able to linger on, grinding through the ages, miraculously surviving to this day!

He would never allow any accidents to happen, otherwise everything would become a dream bubble!

He restrained his excited mood and continued to control the White Nether Bone Fire.

On the fourth day, with a bang.

A loud noise occurred again inside the medicine furnace. This time it was even more violent than before, shaking the entire medicine furnace constantly, thumping non-stop.

The furnace lid seemed to be slightly loosened by the shock, and a wisp of golden light bloomed out, which was the energy of life, incomparably pure.

The old man in the straw raincoat, whose physical body was decaying and aging, smelled the fragrance of the medicine and the wisp of overflowing life energy, his face full of greed.

"So fragrant, so pure life energy, this is the feeling, the taste of life…"

He closed his eyes, put his nose to the furnace lid, greedily inhaling, his face full of enjoyment.

"It seems that the medicinal liquid inside has begun to fuse. This fragrance should be the taste before the pill is formed. Rich medicinal fragrance, pure life energy, mixed with a faint masculine energy. Hmm, this is the taste of youth. This means that after I take the great medicine, I will return to my youthful years, when my blood energy was vigorous… This feeling, this taste, is too charming…"

The old man in the straw raincoat lay on the medicine furnace, hugging the medicine furnace with both hands, his wrinkled old face constantly rubbing against the furnace wall, not afraid that the scalding furnace would burn a few scars on his old face.

After a long time, he calmed down his excited mood and squatted down to control the heat.

Inside the medicine furnace.

Jun Wuxie's mood was incomparably cheerful.

In the past four days, he had been frantically eating semi-holy medicines and holy medicines.

He actually discovered that the holy-level energy contained in the holy medicines actually had a slight effect on the growth intensity of his talent.

Unfortunately, these holy medicines should only be of the initial holy grade, and the effect was not obvious.

Otherwise, he had no doubt that he could use this to advance to the second level of the legendary level.

Although the talent growth intensity still remained at the first level, his physical body recovery ability was now on a different level!

The essence of these medicinal materials had increased the recovery power of his flesh and blood to a very terrifying level.

He had tried it, cutting open his flesh and blood, and the result was that it healed as before in the blink of an eye.

Mu Yunxi in his arms, after these days of tempering, her physical body strength had increased more than tenfold compared to the past.

After all, the foundation of her physical body strength was originally very low.

Due to the surge in physical body strength, her talent growth had actually ascended from the sixth level of the Myriad World to the peak of the sixth level of the Myriad World, and was now about to step into the seventh level!

Another three days passed like this.

All the semi-holy and holy-level medicinal materials inside were eaten up by Jun Wuxie.

The majestic blood energy in his body erupted again, more pure and more violent than before.

Boom!

The golden blood energy frantically impacted the medicine furnace.

The medicine furnace vibrated violently, and the sound continued.

A wisp of life energy overflowed from the gap, making the entire ship illuminated into pure gold.

"The golden Qi of the Pill! Hahaha, the anomaly is so violent, the pill is formed! This life energy is so pure that it is unimaginable, my Rebirth Great Medicine, finally succeeded!"

The old man in the straw raincoat laughed wildly, as if he was crazy. He rubbed his hands and walked around the medicine furnace, waiting for the violently trembling medicine furnace to stabilize.

All the hope was right in front of him, he succeeded!

Just waiting to lift the furnace lid, what he pursued would become a reality!

Clang… Clang… Clang…

The shaking medicine furnace gradually stabilized.

There was no longer any sound coming from inside, and the overflowing life energy gradually converged.

"My Rebirth Great Medicine, I'm coming!"

The old man in the straw raincoat swallowed his saliva, removed the medicine furnace seal, and reached out to the furnace lid with anticipation.

At the moment when the lid was lifted, dazzling golden light shone through, as if there was a condensed sun inside.

When the old man in the straw raincoat saw such a dazzling golden light, the wrinkles on his old face were excitedly wrinkled into a ball. He suddenly put his head to the medicine furnace and shouted, "My pill…"

Before he could finish his words, his voice stopped abruptly, and with a scream, he fell out, and a large cloud of blood burst out on his body.

He had not yet recovered from the sudden change.

Jun Wuxie, holding Mu Yunxi, rushed out, propped up the World Domain, and slashed with the Life Severing Technique, not caring for his life.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Three clusters of blood burst out on the old man in the straw raincoat in an instant.

His aura instantly became incomparably wilted.

"Ah! How is this possible! Damn it, my pill! My Rebirth Great Medicine! !"

He let out a heart-wrenching scream and pounced like a vengeful ghost. Instantly, the entire space was annihilated, and terrifying attacks came from all directions.

"You coffin-dodging scum, just die for me!"

Jun Wuxie continued to use the Life Severing Art, and blood blossoms bloomed one after another in the dark void.

"Ah! It's the Life Severing Art! Damn it, I'm not reconciled! This old man is not reconciled…"

Rumble!

Jun Wuxie's World Tree endured a violent attack, causing the domain to deform and almost shatter.

"Die!"

He roared, and the Life Severing Art slashed out frantically.

Poof!

Several blood blossoms exploded, followed by a miserable scream. The dark void instantly shattered, and the world returned to its original appearance.

Even the disappeared river reappeared, no longer a vast darkness.

At the bow of the boat, a decaying, withered body lay there.

"You… how could you…" The old man's mouth gurgled with foul-smelling black blood, and he roared in resentment, "I'm not reconciled! I hate it! I hate it…"

His voice gradually weakened and then fell silent completely.

Jun Wuxie didn't rush over but stared vigilantly.

The body, starting from the feet, gradually turned into rotten wood, stopping only at the neck.

"He… is he dead?"

Mu Yunxi was still in shock. That old man was too strong, definitely a Half-Sage existence!

Otherwise, with Jun Wuxie's strength, the Holy Sect would never have been able to immobilize him.

"He should be dead…"

Jun Wuxie breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that he hadn't used the Life Severing Art from the start.

If he had fought head-on at the beginning, his World Domain would have collapsed before the old man died.

He took advantage of the old man's lack of preparation, attacking when he thought the great medicine had been successfully refined, and landed several hits of the Life Severing Art before he could react.

Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Fortunately, this old geezer couldn't leave the boat; otherwise, the Life Severing Art would only have been able to attack him a few times. Once he moved away, it would have been impossible to lock onto him.

"How could his body be wood and his head be human?"

Mu Yunxi found it very strange and difficult to understand.

"There must be a special reason, otherwise how could he have lived to this day? This guy is probably a top-tier Half-Sage, much stronger than the Primordial Blood Toad at his peak! Otherwise, with his such decayed blood energy, he wouldn't have been able to withstand dozens of Life Severing Art attacks!"

He went forward and searched the body, but unfortunately, besides a metal plaque, there was nothing.

"So old, yet so poor?"

Jun Wuxie was very disgusted. He smashed the head and kicked it into the River of No Return.

He looked at the plaque. The front was engraved with the words "Bestowed by Xuanyuan," and the back was engraved with the words "Ferryman."

"A plaque bestowed by Xuanyuan, the Emperor of Deception? He arranged for this ferryman?"

Jun Wuxie was extremely shocked. What era did this old coffin dodger come from?

When he said "Myriad Ages," he wasn't talking about hundreds of thousands of years; this was probably on the scale of millions of years!

"This plaque seems to have a trace of mysterious aura?"

He held it in his hand, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.