Chapter 33: Star Hidden, Blood Offering for Hatred (Part 1)
On the outskirts of Liuyun City, in the corner of an abandoned house.
Xiao Che sat there quietly, his body weakly leaning against the cold wall behind him, his unfocused eyes staring blankly ahead, as if his soul had left his body.
He had maintained this posture for several hours.
In his life on the Cang Yun Continent, he was abandoned by his parents and, until his death, did not know who his biological parents were. The only thing related to them was the pendant he had always worn on his chest.
In this life on the Cang Feng Continent, his parents had died when he was young, but at least he knew who his parents were, their names, and he had a grandfather and a little aunt... But then, the heavens once again played a cruel joke on him. All of this turned out to be false.
His grandfather was not his biological grandfather, and his little aunt was not his biological little aunt...
He still did not know who his parents were, nor even his own surname.
His experiences across two lifetimes had made his heart broad enough, but he still could not suddenly accept this feeling of being a rootless duckweed again in such a short time.
Who am I after all... Next, where should I go?
Expelled from the Xiao Sect, he could never set foot in the Xiao Sect again. And he understood clearly that it was not just the Xiao Sect—he could no longer stay in the entire Liuyun City. He had not yet left only because he was worried about his grandfather and little aunt; at the very least, he needed to confirm their safety.
Time passed slowly, from morning, to noon, and then the sky gradually darkened.
Having not eaten all day, Xiao Che felt no hunger at all. When the sun withdrew its last ray of light and fully set, Xiao Che finally lifted his head slowly. In his previously vacant eyes, a terrifying light like that of a demon gradually gathered. Silently, he smiled without a sound, the corners of his mouth slightly curling, his smile as sinister as a hellish ghost.
In that chilling faint smile, he slowly extended his left hand. In his palm appeared a small emerald green grass... It was one of the two Star Hidden Grasses he had found on the back mountain on the night of his marriage to Xia Qingyue. He stared at the Star Hidden Grass, and suddenly a green light burst from his palm, enveloping the grass.
Under the green light, the Star Hidden Grass twisted, shrank, and changed color eerily... Finally, it turned into a small pile of dark green powder.
Xiao Che gently blew, and the dark green powder scattered away. In his palm, only a transparent bead remained, which had appeared at some unknown time.
This was the core and most heaven-defying ability of the Heavenly Poison Pearl... Refinement!
The formation of a pill often requires multiple medicinal ingredients, going through processes such as grinding, conditioning, fire melting, and the infusion of Profound Force. This process is not only tedious but also inevitably leads to a certain loss of medicinal potency, and there is always a certain failure rate. Especially for high-level pills, not only are large quantities of expensive high-level materials needed, but the failure rate of refining is also extremely high. Once it fails, everything is lost. Moreover, not everyone has the ability to refine high-level pills; it requires very high demands on the alchemist's skill, the cauldron, even environmental conditions, and Profound Force infusion.
But the refinement of the Heavenly Poison Pearl completely eliminates these concerns. Because it can quickly refine the most essential parts of the materials in a very short time and perfectly fuse them... The entire process involves no waste of medicinal potency, and failure is impossible! The useless parts are completely excluded by the Heavenly Poison Pearl. After it recognizes its master, it can even refine and fuse specified components according to the master's will.
This ability is so terrifying that it would drive everyone in the world mad! Back then, on the Cang Yun Continent, the various great paths.
He would never have imagined that at this very moment, a person was standing silently two steps to his left, coldly watching him.
“Oh... hoo...”
Xiao Yulong seemed quite drunk. He mumbled a couple of vague responses and then slumped onto the bed, making groaning noises. Seeing this, Xiao Yang casually pushed Xiao Yulong further in, then twisted his mouth and walked out, closing the door.
Xiao Che walked to the bedside of Xiao Yulong and slowly raised the short blade in his hand.
In a direct confrontation, he certainly could not be Xiao Yulong's match. And even with the help of the Star Hidden Grass, he might not be able to kill Xiao Yulong. Because even when off guard, when attacked, the body's Profound Force would reflexively protect the body. With his body that basically had no Profound Force, an ordinary knife might not be able to pierce through the body of Xiao Yulong, who had the Profound Force of the Xuan Entry Realm, Level 3.
The invisibility ability of the Star Hidden Pill was not without flaws. During concealment, if someone touched the hidden body, the invisibility effect would immediately disappear. If he missed his attack and was instead touched by the opponent in return, he would be completely trapped in a passive situation... or even dead.
But now Xiao Yulong was dead drunk, which was an opportunity that couldn't be better.
He glanced at the position of the hole he had previously made in the window, calculated the position, narrowed his eyes, and swung the short blade down with all his strength, viciously stabbing into the left side of Xiao Yulong's dantian... At the moment of penetration, his body leaped backward and he stood in the corner.
With this strike, he could have directly cut Xiao Yulong's throat and killed him, but he did not.
How could he bear to let Xiao Yulong die? If he died so simply, how could that vent the hatred in his heart?
He wanted to completely shatter Xiao Yulong's beautiful dream, make him fall from heaven to hell, and make his life worse than death!
The good show had only just begun.
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