Published: February 26, 2025
“Crack!”
“Ah... my leg!”
The clear sound of bones breaking and the heart-wrenching screams echoed as the young man's right knee crumbled pitifully under Tan Yun's foot. Blood splattered as a severed limb flew away from the young man's body.
“Bang!”
With a muffled thud, the sound of impact resonated.
“Bang!”
With a dull thud, Tan Yun grasped the youth by the back of his neck and slammed him forcefully to the ground.
The youth, face down, was left bruised and battered. In a state of panic, he attempted to pick up his severed leg and escape, only to hear Tan Yun’s unquestionable voice from behind, “Stop!”
The youth trembled all over, the previous arrogant demeanor completely vanished, and he stood on one leg in place.
“What’s your name?” Tan Yun asked calmly. “Why have you come to the Wuji Taoist Temple?”
The youth turned his head, enduring the pain from his severed leg, and said, “My name is Mo Qiguang. I have come to inform you to go to the Divine Medicine Star and collect a few types of Divine Medicine for me.”
Tan Yun frowned, “What? Do you think that as the artifact boy and alchemical child of the Supreme Saint Elder, I should be responsible for gathering medicine for you?”
Upon hearing this, Mo Qiguang fell silent.
“I told you to speak!” Tan Yun’s gaze turned cold.
“No.” Mo Qiguang finally answered, noticing the increasingly sinister look in Tan Yun's eyes, a chill surged from his feet to his heart. He quickly added, “The artifact boys and alchemical children of the Supreme Saint Elder used to help us gather medicine.”
“Were they doing it willingly?” Tan Yun countered.
“Yes...” Mo Qiguang's gaze faltered as he replied.
“Shut up!”
In the blink of an eye, Tan Yun flashed to Mo Qiguang’s front, and his right hand drew a graceful arc from below, striking Mo Qiguang's face violently.
“Snap!”
With a crisp sound, Mo Qiguang was sent flying, seeing stars, and landed a hundred meters away.
Tan Yun declared, “Let me tell you, others are others, and I am I!”
“Don’t even think about making me serve you. Don’t let me see you again, get lost!”
“Okay, okay, okay, I’m leaving right now.” Mo Qiguang, having lost a leg, scrambled to his feet and fled into the sky towards the northern horizon, thinking viciously to himself, “Just wait, kid, I will definitely kill you!”
…
Tan Yun turned and entered the main hall again, sitting cross-legged, manipulating the scroll that floated in the air.
Under Tan Yun’s divine consciousness control, the scroll slowly opened. The moment his divine consciousness entered it, his body trembled, and his expression changed.
Through his divine consciousness, he felt as if he was immersed in a vast and splendid independent spatial-temporal realm.
Looking around, he discovered unnamed Divine Medicines covering the land, mountains, rivers, and forests!
Immediately after, rows of words appeared in the void above the strange shapes of Divine Medicines.
These words detailed all the information about each type of Divine Medicine.
Such a miraculous scene was something Tan Yun had never heard of or seen before.
Even though he knew these Divine Medicines were merely illusory images, he was still shocked because they appeared too lifelike.
“Hahaha, great, so great!” Tan Yun exclaimed excitedly, laughing wildly, “If I hadn’t come to the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace, I would have never had the opportunity to learn about all the information on Divine Medicines in the supreme ancestor realm.”
“This is truly invaluable for me!”
Suppressing his excitement, Tan Yun extended his divine consciousness in all directions, determined to memorize every piece of information about each Divine Medicine as quickly as possible.
At this moment, Tan Yun entered a state of oblivion…
Time passed second by second, and soon night faded away, giving way to dawn.
In just one night, Tan Yun had memorized one-eighth of the Divine Medicine information.