Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

「Seven days later.」

「Medicine King Valley, Celestial King Peak.」

Clad in a red silk dress, Qin Xuejiao was listening to a report from her subordinate.

”Are you telling me that Yang Xiao’s father has disappeared?”

Qin Xuejiao’s face was filled with rage.

”Yes, Supreme Elder. When the Purple Sun Sect learned we were coming for Yang Zhentian and the others, they provided great assistance. Even their Supreme Elder and Sect Leader personally mobilized. But by the time we arrived, we found the place completely empty. They were long gone.”

The one reporting was an Elder at the Martial Grandmaster Seventh Layer.

He was the one sent to capture Yang Zhentian this time.

With his power, the task should have been effortless.

Even if the people from the Purple Sun Sect had tried to stop him, his strength would have been more than enough to suppress any resistance.

But he never expected this.

The upper echelons of the Purple Sun Sect had been extremely cooperative.

Yet despite that, Yang Zhentian and the others had still managed to escape.

This left the Elder completely disgraced.

He was trembling with fear as he faced Qin Xuejiao.

”Hmph, you absolute waste. Get out of my sight.”

Qin Xuejiao roared.

With a wave of her hand, she dismissed him.

This man was one of her descendants.

In terms of seniority, he had to address her as his great-aunt.

It was because of this relationship that she had sent him; Qin Xuejiao didn’t trust anyone else with the task.

But unexpectedly, he had still failed.

”Supreme Elder, what do we do now?”

A Half-step Martial Saint Level Elder stepped forward to ask.

”What else can we do? That little thief must have rescued his father. Hmph, send out my orders! Search the Celestial Cloud Kingdom and the Yunshui Kingdom for Yang Xiao and his father. They must be found!”

Qin Xuejiao bellowed.

Just then, another Elder stepped forward. ”Supreme Elder, there is one more matter. I’m not sure if this is the right time to mention it.”

”What is it?”

”It’s about Great Elder Yanm Kuan’s nephew, Yanm Xifeng. He entered the Earth Flame Cave eight days ago and hasn’t come out. I’m worried something might have happened to him.”

The man had hesitated but decided to speak up.

”Is that all?”

Qin Xuejiao asked irritably.

The man immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak.

”Fine, you’re dismissed as well. Eight days in the Earth Flame Cave? Perhaps something really has happened. In that case, I will go check on it myself.”

Qin Xuejiao said suddenly.

Yanm Xifeng was the most gifted of the Yanm Family’s younger generation.

Now that Yanm Kuan was dead,

if something were to happen to this junior in the Earth Flame Cave,

Qin Xuejiao believed her senior brother would be devastated.

Therefore, she decided to make the trip herself.

This alone showed how much she truly cared about Yanm Changqing.

To keep Yanm Changqing from being upset, she, a Supreme Elder of Medicine King Valley, was actually going to the Earth Flame Cave personally to search for a junior.

This wasn’t something just anyone would do.

However, Qin Xuejiao had no idea

what a tempest she was about to unleash by going to the Earth Flame Cave.

At this very moment, deep within the Earth Flame Cave, Yang Xiao sat cross-legged.

Beads of sweat formed on his forehead, but they quickly evaporated, vanishing without a trace.

His expression was one of slight agony.

But his Heart Spirit, Divine Intent, and Spiritual Power were all focused within his body.

Within his flesh, sinews, and bones.

That’s right.

Flesh, sinews, and bones.

The Nine Yang Celestial Skill.

It tempered the physique in six stages:

Skin, flesh, sinews, bones, organs, and marrow.

The process was supposed to be a step-by-step progression, moving from the outside in.

One would master a chapter before moving on to the next.

But Yang Xiao, under immense pressure,

had chosen to cultivate the chapters for flesh, sinews, and bones simultaneously.

He was training all three at once.

Now, seven days had passed.

The results were tremendous.

His flesh, sinews, and bones had all reached the Great Success Realm. With a little more refinement, he could reach the level of Perfection.

If an expert at the Observing Micro High Level were present, they would be able to see

that within Yang Xiao’s body,

his skin, flesh, sinews, and bones were almost entirely covered in strange, wondrous patterns—the very same patterns contained within his True Greater Yang Fire.

But here, they were far more numerous.

Moreover, at this moment, whether it was his skin, flesh, sinews, or bones,

despite their different colors, all of them faintly radiated a pale Golden Light.

This Golden Light seemed exceptionally profound.

It was brimming with a surge of vitality.

’I’m almost there. Cultivating three chapters at once has saved me at least half the time. Although it took longer to train each individual chapter, it’s still twice as fast as mastering them one by one.’

’This is the crucial moment. Once I’m done, my physical body will possess the preliminary might of the Vajra Indestructible Body. If I can then successfully cultivate the chapters for organs and marrow, my physique will have reached a certain limit.’

In the Nine Yang Celestial Skill, the first chapter cultivates the True Flame.

Chapters two through seven cultivate the physique.

If Yang Xiao could successfully master the first seven chapters, even without cultivating the eighth and ninth,

his physique

would be absolutely preeminent.

It could even be said that his physical body would have reached Great Success.

In other words, by reaching this stage, Yang Xiao would have preliminarily achieved the Vajra Indestructible Body.

However, to transform it into a Divine Technique,

he would still need to master the eighth and ninth chapters to merge his Essence, Qi, and Spirit into one.

Only then would he gain complete control over it.

In terms of combat power, however, the difference wouldn’t be that great.

Especially concerning the physique’s defense, strength, and so on.

He would have cultivated it to its limit.

Thus, this was a critical moment for Yang Xiao.

But at this very critical moment,

an uninvited guest walked in.

Step by step, she made her way into the depths of the Earth Flame Cave.

’I’ve come this far and still haven’t found him. Could something really have happened to that Yanm Family junior?’

Qin Xuejiao’s face was filled with surprise.

The Earth Flame Cave was a Holy Land for Medicine King Valley.

It was filled with Spirit Medicines, but the level of danger was very low.

Unless one was actively courting death.

By insisting on heading into the depths.

But even then, once a person could no longer bear it, they would naturally come back out.

Everyone has a survival instinct, after all.

Logically, nothing should have gone wrong.

But she had come this deep and still hadn’t seen him.

Qin Xuejiao couldn’t help but wonder, ’Could he have left long ago? And no one saw him?’

So she thought.

But she didn’t turn back to leave.

Since she was already here,

she would naturally search to the very end.

Just in case that junior was really courting death and trying to kill himself in the deepest part.

But the further she went,

the less hope she had.

Because as she neared the end, even she found the heat somewhat unbearable.

As for the deepest part, it was said that only the first-generation patriarch of Medicine King Valley had ever descended into it.

After coming back up, he died of exhaustion.

He didn’t leave behind a single word.

And if she recalled correctly, that patriarch had been a Tier Three Martial Saint.

Far stronger than she was.

So, when she reached the point just before the deepest part,

Qin Xuejiao stopped.

’He must have left long ago. I should head back. That junior is probably off having fun somewhere.’

Qin Xuejiao turned around.

But just as she turned,

a soft chime rang out.

Immediately after, she saw it.

A flash of Golden Light.

Within it, there seemed to be a figure.

Qin Xuejiao’s expression changed. She strode forward, and when she got a clear look at the person, her face changed again as she exclaimed, ”Little thief, it’s you!”