Chapter 46: Provoking a Powerful Enemy

"They're already dead," Xu Yang stated.

The woman's expression instantly turned bewildered. Those two were Nascent Soul cultivators; could they really be dead?

Just then, he suddenly saw the bodies of the two Nascent Soul cultivators not far away.

The bodies were still warm, and blood was still flowing.

At this moment, the woman also noticed that all her wounds had completely healed.

"Thank you, honored sir, for saving my life," the woman quickly knelt and expressed her gratitude.

Although she didn't understand what had just happened, she figured only the person before her could have saved her.

"You don't need to thank me. You are safe now. You can choose to follow me, or you can go wherever you wish. I won't force you."

Xu Yang said this, then walked away, showing no further concern for the woman.

At this moment, the Core Formation cultivators gathered a large quantity of spirit herbs for Xu Yang.

Clearly, after witnessing Xu Yang instantly kill two Nascent Soul cultivators with a single move, they had confirmed he was an incredibly powerful senior.

Such a formidable senior would naturally not joke with them, mere Core Formation cultivators.

Therefore, despite their immense confusion about what Xu Yang intended to do with these items, they still gathered plenty of spirit herbs for him.

Xu Yang kept his word: as long as the Core Formation cultivators provided him with enough spirit herbs, he would give them elixirs.

These individuals, having genuinely received the elixirs, were ecstatic and went off to gather more spirit herbs.

Xu Yang looked at the mountain of spirit herbs piled beside him, his feelings a bit complex.

However, no matter what, if all these spirit herbs were refined into elixirs, they could once again significantly boost the cultivation of many disciples in the Tianlan Sect.

***

Meanwhile, in another location.

Inside a solemn room, a black shelf stood against the wall. On this shelf, clear, smooth stones, each about the size of a human head, were neatly arranged in small compartments.

These were Fate Orbs. Each orb was linked to a life.

A brightly glowing Fate Orb indicated a person's vibrant life, with no problems whatsoever.

When a Fate Orb dimmed, it signified a major threat to that person's life, such as a cultivator sustaining serious injuries.

However, there was an even more severe situation: if a Fate Orb shattered, it meant the cultivator's soul had been extinguished, and the cultivator had died.

A white-haired old man gazed at the two shattered Fate Orbs, his face filled with cold fury.

"How can this be? Wasn't it foolproof?" he suddenly roared in anger, his body trembling with rage.

He slammed his large hands down on a sandalwood table, which instantly splintered into dust.

Just seconds ago, the two Nascent Soul cultivators were perfectly fine. Yet, in mere moments, their Fate Orbs had shattered.

Such an occurrence pointed to only one possibility: both Nascent Soul cultivators were dead.

Only when a cultivator died and lost their life would their Fate Orb shatter and turn into ordinary stone powder.

"How could two Nascent Soul cultivators, who are powerful figures wherever they are, suddenly die like this? There must be some hidden reason, surely?" Ji Tai spoke with a tremble beside the old man. He had never encountered such a situation before; two Nascent Soul cultivators dying so abruptly was unbelievable to him.

"What do you mean 'what happened'? If they aren't dead, then why have their Fate Orbs shattered?"

The old man's face showed helplessness. Of course, he wished this wasn't because the two Nascent Soul cultivators had died, but merely an issue with the Fate Orbs.

However, that possibility was virtually nonexistent.

After all, the Fate Orbs had existed for so many years since their creation, and there had never been any reported anomalies.

"Could it be... that someone from that side saved the woman?" Ji Tai speculated.

The old man's expression was volatile. Suddenly, he said, "Go to that forest and find out who did this."

"Regardless, whoever dared to kill members of our Bloodlust Society will pay the price," the old man's low voice rumbled with anger.

***

In the forest, Xu Yang gazed towards a distant mountaintop, his face showing surprise.

On that mountaintop, he sensed a powerful aura.

This aura belonged to a demonic beast whose blood could be used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

While it sounded somewhat absurd, the truth was, Xu Yang wasn't particularly interested in other things, but he had a persistent fascination with Foundation Establishment Pills.

He wanted to establish his foundation! And Foundation Establishment Pills were the only elixirs that could assist Qi Condensation cultivators in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Over the past hundred thousand years, even though the Foundation Establishment Pills he had consumed could pile up into a mountain, he still hadn't given up. Whenever he encountered materials that could refine Foundation Establishment Pills, he would gather them and then refine the pills.

"Let's go! There's something I need on that mountain. Everyone, follow me," Xu Yang said, his usually stable emotions showing a hint of excitement.

Hearing Xu Yang's excited tone, the others exchanged glances, feeling a surge of excitement themselves.

In their eyes, whatever could excite a powerful figure like Xu Yang must certainly be a treasure.

Everyone excitedly followed behind Xu Yang. After galloping through the forest for a few minutes, they saw Xu Yang land with an excited expression next to an ordinary demonic beast, looking at it with an almost obsessive gaze.

This demonic beast was completely black, only about half the size of a person, and had a pair of long tusks beside its mouth.

This beast wasn't strong; it only had the cultivation level of a human Foundation Establishment cultivator.

It was safe to say that any one of them could easily dispatch this demonic beast.

Everyone exchanged bewildered glances, wondering what in the world Xu Yang was doing.

"Ling Qingshu, I'm entrusting this demonic beast to you. Remember, under no circumstances let it die," Xu Yang said, calming his excitement.

The reason it couldn't be allowed to die was that its blood was only effective when fresh.

If the demonic beast died, its blood would lose its medicinal properties within an hour.

Ling Qingshu nodded blankly, somewhat confused. Could this seemingly ordinary demonic beast somehow be a divine beast?

Ling Qingshu recalled that even when Ancestor Xu encountered a Cloud Beast last time, he wasn't nearly this excited.