Chapter 200 – The Five Viscera Devour Gold, Extreme Yang Blood, A Husband and Wife United Against Ghostly Foes - Part 2
Several days later.
Li Yuan used the thousand-mile thread to slip over to Yan Mu’s side, where he finally learned the news he’d been seeking.
“It was the Red Lotus Rebels,” Yan Mu said wearily. “They’ve formed an alliance with the undying husks. Zhu Nuyang actually got off lightly compared to others. Plenty of other provinces and prefectures were hit by surprise ambushes. The Holy Tree Temple alone lost one fifth rank and seven sixth rank experts. Plenty more were wounded.”
Li Yuan frowned. “Didn’t you people already suppress the Red Lotus Cult? How can they still wield this level of power? Is it purely because of the undying husk alliance?”
“It’s all under investigation,” Yan Mu said. “But I don’t know what’s really been uncovered, if anything at all. I’m exhausted. I don’t want to go back to the Holy Tree Temple, or see...that person. The only reason I left Gemhill County to begin with was because the temple ordered me to Northriver Prefecture. Now I just want to return home.”
Yan Mu’s face was etched with fatigue, as though sick of all the killing. His gaze trailed downward, but when he spoke the last sentence, a faint smile returned. He had no real home of his own; as far as he was concerned, wherever his uncle-in-law lived was home, especially since his cousin, whom he treated like a cute little sister, would be there as well.
With a rueful smile, Li Yuan teased, “Time you found yourself a wife.”
Yan Mu shook his head. “A wife? You and my aunt were an exception. How many martial artists actually settle down and marry?”
Not wanting to press the subject, Li Yuan waved him off. “Fine, come on back, then. But before you do, I need you to trade for a few things through your sect.”
He proceeded to list off the items—10 fasting pills, 10 rejuvenation pills, and 225 kg of sixth rank demonic beast meat—all of which came to 360 taels of blood gold.
“Oh, and if there’s a sixth rank skill that tempers the organs, get me that, too. I’ll give you the 160 taels of blood gold I have left.”
Over the past few days, Li Yuan had been devouring large quantities of sixth rank demonic beast meat while refining his shadow blood. Surprisingly, it seemed to work. Because a martial artist’s essence resided in the blood, compressing and purifying it step by step triggered a healthy improvement in his body overall.