25: Heavenly Inspector! The Medicine King's decree... is a bit too hot to handle!

"Lower Realm Qingyun Sect! Hand over the 'Dao Embryo' immediately! Those who refuse... will have their sect destroyed!"

The cold, indifferent voice, like an edict from the Heavenly Dao, carried vast and terrifying pressure, descending like a divine punishment from the Nine Heavens! Every word was like a hammer weighing hundreds of millions of catties, smashing heavily into the depths of the Soul of every living being in the Qingyun Sect!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

On the mountain gate plaza, Disciples with lower cultivation levels instantly collapsed to the ground, blood spilling from their mouths and noses, their eyes unfocused!

Even Sect Master Chen and several Grand Elders were struck hard, their faces turning as pale as gold paper, their bodies trembling violently like candles in the wind!

That pressure surpassed the Illumination of Gods! It surpassed the Void Tribulation!

It carried an absolute suppression originating from the essence of life itself! It was as if ants were looking up at the firmament! Only submission! Only fear!

Jiang Linfeng, in the Cold Plum Courtyard, bore the brunt of it! He felt his Source Spirit Body frantically sounding alarms!

The Invincible Domain in his Sea of Consciousness fluctuated violently, letting out a groan of being overwhelmed!

His body felt as if it were being suppressed by hundreds of millions of divine mountains, his bones creaking! He suddenly looked up, his Source Spirit Eye instantly piercing through the roof!

Above the starry sky!

That ancient warship, so huge it obscured half the sky!

Its entire body flowed with cold starlight patterns! The battle flag at the bow, embroidered with the two characters 'Tianyan', was like a black hole devouring everything!

On the deck, the leading figure dressed in star robes had a blurred face, with only a pair of cold star-like eyes, like two frozen stars, ruthlessly looking down at the world below!

Wherever the gaze swept, space solidified! All things withered!

Tianyan Dynasty! Patrol Envoy!

Dao Embryo?! Did they come for the child in Yaner's womb?!

Jiang Linfeng's eyes were splitting with rage! An unprecedented icy killing intent and despair instantly submerged him!

Tianyan Dynasty! That was a behemoth that towered above the Fentian Palace!

It was the supreme existence ruling this Star Domain! Patrol Envoy!

They possessed the supreme authority of life and death! Destroying a sect! To them, it was like crushing an ant!

"Husband... so... so uncomfortable..."

Luo Yan's face was as pale as paper, her delicate body curled up in Jiang Linfeng's arms, shivering!

The child in her womb transmitted intense fear and pain!

The talent of the 'Child of Nature' seemed to be under fatal suppression! Its life force was rapidly weakening!

"Yaner! Hold on!" Jiang Linfeng endured the Soul-tearing pain, his Source Spirit Body operating frantically!

He held Luo Yan tightly in his arms! At the same time, he did not hesitate to take out the medicine king token (fragment) given by Old Man Zhong! He gripped it tightly in his palm!

Hum—!

The medicine king token (fragment) came into contact with Jiang Linfeng's Origin Spirit Power and shook violently!

A warm, ancient aura that seemed to contain everything instantly permeated the air!

It was as if an invisible barrier, thin as a cicada's wing but extremely tough, had been spread around Jiang Linfeng and Luo Yan!

The terrifying pressure, enough to crush Souls, was instantly weakened by more than half! Although it was still as heavy as a mountain, at least... it was no longer fatal!

[Ding! medicine king token (fragment) activated! Passive effect 'Origin Aura Concealment' in effect!]

[Notification: Successfully blocked part of the Tianyan Inspector's pressure lock! Effect ongoing...]

It worked! The medicine king token was effective! Jiang Linfeng felt slightly relieved! But the crisis was far from over!

"Hmm?"

On the starry warship, the leading figure in star robes (Tianyan Inspector) seemed to notice something, his cold star-like eyes turning slightly, his gaze, as if substantial, instantly piercing through layers of space and landing precisely on the Cold Plum Courtyard! It landed on the medicine king token (fragment) in Jiang Linfeng's hand!

"The aura of the medicine king token?... Incomplete?" The Patrol Envoy's voice carried a hint of imperceptible surprise, which then turned into cold indifference, "Ants... are you worthy of holding this item? Hand over the medicine king token! Hand over the 'Dao Embryo'! I will spare your corpses!"

Before the words finished!

Hum!

He flicked his finger!

A star-light chain, condensed to the extreme and seemingly compressed from hundreds of millions of star fragments!

It tore through space silently! Carrying the terrifying aura of freezing time and space and annihilating all things!

It instantly appeared above the Cold Plum Courtyard! It descended towards Jiang Linfeng and Luo Yan!

Its speed! The terror of its power! Far exceeded the fen tian token of Su Lingyun by a hundred times!

This was... a true killing blow! Not giving any chance to resist!

"No—!" Jiang Linfeng let out a desperate roar! The Invincible Domain exploded frantically! The Source Spirit Body was pushed to the limit! He tried to use his body to block it! To protect his wife and child with his life!

However! In the face of absolute power! All struggle was futile!

Wherever the star-light chain passed! The Invincible Domain was like fragile glass! Cracking inch by inch! The barrier formed by the Source Spirit Body instantly disintegrated! Jiang Linfeng felt as if he had been thrown into a black hole! His Soul was about to be frozen, torn, and annihilated!

Just at this critical moment! In the instant of life and death—

"Sigh... it's the middle of the night... and you won't let people sleep?"

Old Man Zhong's slow, lazy voice, filled with heavy sleepiness, sounded clearly like a stone thrown into stagnant water!

He appeared above the Cold Plum Courtyard at some unknown time! He was still wearing that greasy gray cloth robe, holding that purple clay teapot, his back hunched, his eyes bleary with sleep!

He looked up at the star-light chain descending, and a trace of... impatience flashed in his cloudy eyes?!

"Another chain... how annoying..."

Old Man Zhong muttered, raising the hand holding the teapot casually, as if he wanted to block it with the teapot?

The moment he raised his teapot—

Hum!

An indescribable, ineffable aura of Chaos, as if from the beginning of the Universe, containing everything and dissolving everything, suddenly permeated the air!

That star-light chain, which was enough to freeze time and space and annihilate all things! The moment it touched that aura of Chaos!

It was like ice meeting boiling water! It silently... dissolved! Decomposed! Turning into bits of the most primitive star-light particles!

Then... it completely dissipated in the air! Not even leaving a ripple!

Quiet!

Deathly silence!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment!

Everyone was as if they had been hit by a binding spell! Staring blankly at the starry sky! Looking at the hunched old man holding a teapot! Looking at the vanished star-light chain!

The Tianyan Inspector's cold star-like eyes showed violent fluctuations for the first time! Like a giant stone thrown into a calm lake! Filled with unbelievable horror!

"Cha... Chaos Return to Ruins?! You... you are..." The Patrol Envoy's voice carried a tremor unprecedented! As if he had seen some extremely terrifying existence!

"So noisy!" Old Man Zhong impatiently interrupted him, his cloudy eyes glancing at the starry warship, then he lowered his head to take a sip from his teapot, "A little brat from Tianyan? In the middle of the night... driving a broken ship... wandering around for what? Disturbing people's sleep!"

"Take your people... and get lost!"

"If you dare to reach out again..."

Old Man Zhong slowly raised his withered finger and pointed lightly towards the direction of the starry warship!

"Old man me... will dismantle your broken ship... and burn it as firewood!"

Dismantle the Tianyan warship?! Burn it as firewood?!

Boom!

The entire Qingyun Sect! No! The entire heaven and earth! Seemed to have been shaken by this sentence!

The Tianyan Inspector's face changed drastically! His few attendants behind him were even more terrified, their Souls flying away and spirits scattering! Dismantle the Tianyan warship?! Is this old thing crazy?! No! He is... he is really that legendary...

"Se... Senior, calm your anger!" The Tianyan Inspector's voice no longer had its previous indifference and high-and-mighty tone, replaced by deep awe and... a trace of fear!

"Junior... Junior did not know Senior was cultivating here! I have offended you! I hope Senior will forgive me!"

He did not hesitate! He bowed deeply to Old Man Zhong! His posture was extremely low!

"Get lost!" Old Man Zhong rolled his eyes and squeezed out a word through his teeth.

"Yes! Yes! Junior will leave now! Leaving now!" The Tianyan Inspector felt as if he had been granted amnesty! How could he dare to stay! He waved his hand violently!

Hum!

The starry warship erupted with blinding light! Instantly tearing through space!

Like a startled rabbit, it fled into the Void Realm in a panic! Disappearing without a trace! The terrifying pressure that shrouded the heaven and earth also dissipated!

It came quickly! It left even faster!

Leaving only the people of the Qingyun Sect standing on the spot as if petrified! Their minds were blank! Unable to recover for a long time!

Old Man Zhong... he... he just... scared the Tianyan Dynasty's Patrol Envoy away?! And... told him to get lost?!

What... what the hell kind of god is this?!

Old Man Zhong took a sip from his teapot and slowly descended to the Cold Plum Courtyard.

He glanced at the pale and terrified Jiang Linfeng and Luo Yan, his cloudy eyes lingering on Luo Yan's lower abdomen for a moment, and his brows furrowed imperceptibly.

"Tsk... troublesome..." He muttered in a low voice, then said to Jiang Linfeng: "Kid... come here."

Jiang Linfeng suppressed the stormy waves in his heart and walked respectfully to Old Man Zhong: "Old Zhong..."

Old Man Zhong didn't speak, his withered fingers pointed out like lightning! A finger tapped on Jiang Linfeng's glabella!

Hum!

A vast torrent of information, like a sea of stars, ancient and vicissitudinous, instantly surged into Jiang Linfeng's Sea of Consciousness!

[Ding! Obtained special Legacy: 'source spirit medicine canon' (fragment)!]

[Quality: Unknown (Surpasses Heaven Rank)!]

[Content: Contains supreme methods for the Source Spirit Body to Cultivate spirit plants, refine medicinal properties, and concoct Origin Divine Pills!]

[Notification: This Legacy can only be cultivated by a Source Spirit Body! Cultivate to Major Achievement, and you can turn decay into magic, pointing at Spirit Medicine to turn them into Divine Pills!]

source spirit medicine canon?! Jiang Linfeng's heart shook violently! This... this is simply a supreme Legacy tailored for him!

"Old man me... can only help you this much." Old Man Zhong's voice carried a hint of exhaustion and... imperceptible solemnity, "Those guys from Tianyan... their noses are more sensitive than dogs! The medicine king token can't hide it for long..."

"This 'source spirit medicine canon'... can help you... completely stimulate that little baby's 'Child of Nature' talent... and can also help you... become stronger faster..."

"The road ahead... is even harder to walk... kid... take care of yourself..."

After speaking, he did not stay any longer, holding the teapot, with his back hunched, he took a step, and his figure disappeared from the spot instantly, as if he had never appeared.

Jiang Linfeng stood there, feeling the vast 'source spirit medicine canon' in his Sea of Consciousness, looking at the warm medicine king token (fragment) in his hand, and finally looking at the direction where Old Man Zhong disappeared, his eyes were extremely complex! Gratitude! Awe! And a heavy responsibility!

He knew that Old Man Zhong was giving him his last trump card! And he was also telling him... the real storm... was coming!

"Husband..." Luo Yan snuggled over, her small face full of worry.

"Yaner, don't be afraid." Jiang Linfeng held her hand tightly, his eyes becoming incomparably firm, "With me here! No one can hurt you and the child!"

"From today on... I will go into seclusion! Alchemy! Become stronger!"

He took Luo Yan back into the house and laid down heavy Restrictions (the Formation Plate left by Old Man Zhong). He sat cross-legged, his spiritual sense sank into his Sea of Consciousness, and began to comprehend the vast 'source spirit medicine canon'!

The Source Spirit Body operated! Resonating with the medicine canon!

Countless profound methods regarding cultivating spirit plants, refining medicinal properties, and inducing the Origin of heaven and earth to refine pills surged into his heart! It was as if a door to the supreme hall of Alchemy had been opened for him!

[Ding! Comprehending 'source spirit medicine canon' (fragment)...]

[Obtained: Source Spirit Planting Technique (Elementary)! Source Spirit Refining Technique (Elementary)! Origin Alchemy Technique (Introductory)!]

[Notification: Can consume Origin Spirit Power to accelerate the growth of spirit plants, purify medicinal essence, and refine pills containing the power of Origin!]

It worked! A sharp light exploded in Jiang Linfeng's eyes! He immediately cast his gaze towards the direction of the Medicine Garden!

Become stronger! It starts right now!