Chapter 236
If it weren't for Li Qingran's presence, he would have undoubtedly made a move to refine and taste what that dish was like.
Feeling a sudden gaze from behind, Chen Huai'an quickly withdrew his eyes and said solemnly, "What brings the Lord of Yun Valley to my Sword Pavilion?"
Hearing this, Yun Baiyu's eyes turned red as he knelt on both knees, deeply bowing to Chen Huai'an. With a trembling voice, he pleaded, "I beg you, senior, please save my daughter. I am willing to pay any price, even... even if it means handing over the entire Lingxi Valley, including myself."
"Cough, cough, what are you saying!"
The gaze from behind became even more intense.
It was so hot that Chen Huai'an broke out in a cold sweat.
He hurriedly said, "Get up first. I have a treasure called the Yang Soul Mirror. You need to provide me with something your daughter often carries as a medium. Through the Yang Soul Mirror, I can see her condition. Then I can help you figure out where she is."
Though he said this, he already had a conclusion in his mind.
Yun Suxin had decent talent; she must have been captured by the Yaochi or the Burning Purity sect.
If luck was on her side, she might have just been stripped of her talent and imprisoned; if not... her life might already be in danger.
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**Chapter 253: Target - Hunyuan Butiandan (Primordial Restoration Pill)**
Yun Baiyu quickly took out a jade pendant.
Yun Suxin had many accessories and changed them daily, so finding a personal item was easy.
Chen Huai'an took the jade pendant, pulled out the Yang Soul Mirror, and hung the pendant on it. However, Yun Suxin's condition did not appear in the mirror.
This certainly did not mean that Yun Suxin was dead; the Yang Soul Mirror could reflect even the dead, whether they had turned to corpses or ashes.
Returning the pendant to the visibly anxious Yun Baiyu, Chen Huai'an said, "Don't panic. This pendant isn't personal enough. You need to give me something much more personal. Her hair or blood would work."
Yun Baiyu rummaged through his storage bag for a while, finally blushing as he took out a pair of underpants, stammering, "Senior, would this work? Suxin has already established her foundation, so she won't be losing hair..."
Chen Huai'an glanced at it dismissively.
Just as he was about to grab it, a small hand moved faster, placing the underpants on the Yang Soul Mirror.
"Master, let me help you."
Li Qingran's sweet, soft voice rang out beside him.
Chen Huai'an turned his head to see his little disciple had come to his side.
He could guess who the intense gaze from behind belonged to.
"Cough, cough, good job," Chen Huai'an said, pretending to nod approvingly.
The Yang Soul Mirror activated again.
Yun Suxin's figure appeared in the mirror.
Yun Baiyu gasped as he saw his daughter, tears streaming down his face. Yun Suxin looked in poor condition, her figure emaciated, her face pale as paper, and her breath weak.
It seemed she was suspended in mid-air, her body in a large "大" shape, her head drooping, and she was still unconscious.
Chen Huai'an keenly observed that the exposed skin of Yun Suxin showed clear signs of frostbite.
Cultivators were not afraid of heat or cold.
If there were signs of frostbite, it could only mean that Yun Suxin was no different from a mortal; she had lost the spiritual energy that allowed her to withstand cold and heat.
In other words, she had been crippled.
"Senior, do you know where my daughter is now?" Yun Baiyu looked at Chen Huai'an with tear-filled eyes, instinctively grabbing his sleeve. Li Qingran merely glanced at him but said nothing.
"Let me calculate."
Chen Huai'an swayed and entered the Cangyun Realm again.
Divining the heavenly secrets couldn't be done in a small world.
[This is your first divination today; it is free of charge.]
[Divination failed. The other party's secrets are concealed. Your luck has decreased by 987 layers, and you cannot forcibly uncover the secrets. Please increase your strength or reduce your luck loss to -17563 layers.]
Chen Huai'an: "..."
What a joke!
From the direction of the golden vertical pupil, it was clear that Yun Suxin was not in the Yaochi Sacred Land but in the Burning Purity Sacred Land to the west. Perhaps she had initially been in the Yaochi but was transferred to the Burning Purity for some reason.
For instance, a distribution meeting between the Yaochi and Burning Purity.
The situation was becoming clearer.
Chen Huai'an felt a sense of being watched from afar. Not one to back down, he raised his middle finger in that direction before tearing open the void and returning to the small world.
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"The ancestor of the Sword Pavilion is indeed here!"
In the clouds, Yu Qingzhen squinted her eyes.
Earlier, she had received reports from her subordinates and came to confirm the situation.
It was impossible for her to take action against the ancestor of the Sword Pavilion.
The ancestor was at least at the fifth level of Dongxu, while she was only at the fourth level; it would be like throwing herself into the fire. Even a hundred fourth-level cultivators would be walking to their deaths. The saying that a first-level Dongxu could crush the heavens was no joke.
However, once she confirmed the opponent's location, she could awaken elders at the sixth or even ninth level of Dongxu from their seclusion to eliminate the ancestor of the Sword Pavilion.
"What was that gesture from the ancestor just now? Did he notice me?" Yu Qingzhen frowned. Her stealth skills were impressive; she shouldn't have been so easily detected.
But looking at that gesture, she felt quite displeased.
Now that the ancestor had entered the small world, she would set up a large trapping formation right there!
Yu Qingzhen caressed the rattan bell at her waist, a cold smile curling at the corners of her mouth.
Formation techniques were the only way to strike higher realms from the Dongxu realm, as long as one was willing to provide materials for the formation eye. And the Yaochi Sacred Land had an abundance of resources and materials.
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When Chen Huai'an returned to the small world, he found that a crowd had gathered on Laoxia Peak, looking puzzled. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Yun Baiyu had fainted from excessive grief and internal injuries.
Although several disciples from Lingxi Valley were medical cultivators, their strength was far inferior to their valley master, leaving them helpless and anxious.
Fortunately, Elder Liu from the medicinal garden was already examining Yun Baiyu's condition.
"How is it? What's the situation?"
Seeing the ancestor had arrived, everyone quickly made way.
Elder Liu raised his gaze, his white brows furrowed together, shaking his head with a sigh.
"Her dantian is ruptured, and her life force is extinguished... It's hard to imagine that the valley master of Lingxi Valley is covered in internal injuries. Normally, Lingxi Valley rarely engages in battles; where could she have sustained so many injuries?
A shattered dantian makes internal injuries difficult to heal.
What should have been a long lifespan has been consumed by these internal injuries.
In her condition, there is no hope for recovery. Treating the internal injuries would only be a temporary fix unless we can restore her dantian."
"The valley master often took the young master to the Yaochi Sacred Land in her early years, going many times. Once, she returned covered in injuries and never went back again." A Lingxi Valley disciple said with red-rimmed eyes.
"Since then, the valley master has been in seclusion, and each time she emerges, she looks visibly weaker. Is it possible that these injuries were inflicted by someone from the Yaochi Sacred Land?"
"The Yaochi Sacred Land is truly inhumane!" shouted a disciple from the Sword Pavilion.
"Yeah, yeah! Our three direct senior brothers were also crippled by the Yaochi demoness. Now one is still unconscious, and the eldest sister is trapped in the Yaochi Sacred Land."
The Sword Pavilion disciples were filled with righteous indignation, eager to draw their swords and rush to the Yaochi to rescue their eldest sister and avenge their three senior brothers.
"There's no doubt about it; it was the Yaochi Sacred Land that did this." Chen Huai'an's face darkened, his anger causing the air around him to grow heavy.
"Restoring her dantian requires the Hunyuan Butiandan. Not only does Yun Baiyu need it, but my three direct disciples also require it.
Elder Liu, Elder Li, and all the disciples of Lingxi Valley, do you know where we can find the Hunyuan Butiandan?"
He had already used heavenly secrets to divine this, and the result was quite awkward.
The game could only provide him with a low-grade Hunyuan Butiandan, which was the last one in stock.
Moreover, it had to be drawn from the Koi Prize Pool, and the price was not cheap.
Setting aside the price, that one Hunyuan Butiandan wouldn't be enough.
"This..." Elder Liu looked troubled.
He had seen a lot in his time, having once been a member of the Zhenwu Sacred Land, but the Hunyuan Butiandan was a rare item even in Zhenwu. He only knew that the Yaochi had been searching for Hunyuan Butiandan for years, and perhaps they still had quite a few.
But the ancestor couldn't just storm into the Yaochi...
That was a sacred land guarded by a Great Ascension cultivator.
"Senior."
A cold voice rang out from the back of the crowd.
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