176: Chapter 176 Qingyun Sword Sect

The fastest method is naturally to take a Teleportation Array. Of course, one could also fly across the Sea of Death, but the surface is equally turbulent, and there are incredibly formidable sea beasts on the seabed. Forcibly flying across the Sea of Death makes one very likely to be swallowed by these sea beasts.

For the past few days, Xiao Yuchen had been trying to open his System Inventory, but he always failed. He even suspected that the System had been shattered by spatial turbulence.

If that were truly the case, it would be too tragic, as his entire livelihood and life were in the System Inventory.

Fortunately, after many attempts, Xiao Yuchen finally established contact with the System and opened the System Inventory. Xiao Yuchen hurriedly took out the Nine-Turn Qiankun Furnace and the verbena.

Because the Holy Fire was too powerful and consumed too much energy, Xiao Yuchen was unable to control it in his current state, so he had to settle for second best and summon his Pill Fire. Fortunately, it was only for refining the verbena, so the Pill Fire was sufficient.

Although Xiao Yuchen could not yet mobilize his Soul Power, he could still use his Mental Energy to control the temperature of the flames.

After a dozen minutes, the verbena had completely melted into a green liquid.

Seeing that the heat was just right, Xiao Yuchen extinguished the Pill Fire, then picked up the Pill Furnace directly and poured the green spiritual liquid into his mouth.

After the warm spiritual liquid entered his body, Xiao Yuchen felt a wave of comfort. Although this verbena was very common on Earth, its effects were surprisingly good; otherwise, the Azure Dragon could not have recovered so quickly.

This verbena spiritual liquid was still effective for someone of the Azure Dragon's strength, so for him, it was even less of a problem.

In order to recover quickly, Xiao Yuchen entered a state of Cultivate, rapidly catalyzing the medicinal power of the spiritual liquid.

An hour later, Xiao Yuchen felt that his Soul had recovered more than half, and the pain deep within his Soul had completely vanished.

"It's still lacking a little. What should I do?"

Although this verbena was good, it hadn't completely healed his Soul injury. Xiao Yuchen pondered deeply, and suddenly he thought of Tianmozi inside the god-devouring stele.

As long as he refined Tianmozi into Primordial Spirit Origin, not only could his Soul injury fully recover, but his Primordial Spirit could also be upgraded to the next level.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuchen took the god-devouring stele out of the System Inventory and released Tianmozi.

Suddenly regaining his freedom, Tianmozi was stunned for a moment, then turned and ran. Xiao Yuchen was quick-witted and agile, grabbing Tianmozi's Primordial Spirit in his hand.

"I beg you, please just let me go."

Tianmozi could no longer care about Face and begged for mercy repeatedly. Having been trapped for so long, he had completely lost his temper.

However, Xiao Yuchen did not want to waste words with Tianmozi and directly summoned the Holy Fire, enveloping Tianmozi.

"Ah, no, I beg you, no."

The Shenhuo Sect had always been an evil sect, and the number of people who had died at the hands of Tianmozi was countless. Dealing with such a person, Xiao Yuchen did not show the slightest mercy.

In just a few seconds, the voice stopped abruptly, and Tianmozi's consciousness was completely wiped out.

Xiao Yuchen strictly controlled the temperature of the Holy Fire. Half an hour later, Tianmozi's Primordial Spirit was completely purified, turning into a strand of Primordial Spirit Origin.

Xiao Yuchen did not hesitate at all, swallowed the Primordial Spirit Origin, and then began to refine and absorb it using the method of the God-Devouring Art.

Half an hour later, the injury to Xiao Yuchen's Soul was completely healed, and his Primordial Spirit continued to climb, directly reaching the strength of the Late Stage of the Void Refining Stage.

As his Primordial Spirit improved, his Soul Power, Divine Sense, and Mental Energy also increased, which left Xiao Yuchen overjoyed.

The next morning, Xiao Yuchen got up early and quietly entered the Misty Forest, using his Divine Sense to scout and search for the whereabouts of a Gale Leopard.

He wanted to slaughter a Gale Leopard to cook a feast for Wen Qing and his daughter, letting them know what true deliciousness was.

There were many such Gale Leopards in the Misty Forest, so Xiao Yuchen did not spend much effort finding one.

With one sword strike, he slaughtered the Gale Leopard. Xiao Yuchen carried the corpse of the Gale Leopard home. After carefully processing it, he took out various seasonings from the System Inventory and marinated the Gale Leopard.

Taking advantage of the marinating time, Xiao Yuchen took out a gas stove, a small canister of natural gas, a wok, a soup pot, plates, bowls, chopsticks, and other necessities from the System Space.

As a Chef God, Xiao Yuchen naturally could not just stew meat. He could make his signature dishes like braised prawns, braised pork ribs, sweet and sour carp, and braised pork tenderloin; in any case, he had plenty of ingredients.

More than an hour later, the father and daughter also got up. Hearing the commotion outside, they curiously came out to take a look.

Upon seeing the scene outside, the father and daughter were stunned on the spot.

After being dazed for a while, Wen Qing finally came to his senses, walked quickly to Xiao Yuchen, and fixed his gaze on Xiao Yuchen's tools and ingredients.

"Xiao Chen, what are these things? Why have I never seen them before?"

"Oh, these are all things I brought from my hometown. They are very common, but they are quite convenient to use." Xiao Yuchen patted the gas stove and said.

"Very common things?"

Wen Qing was shocked. He had never even seen things that were very common? Was his level of knowledge really that poor?

"By the way, Xiao Chen, I haven't asked you yet. Which prefecture of the Xuantian Continent are you from?"

Wen Qing suddenly thought of this question. He had lived for decades and had never been to any other prefecture.

"I come from a small village called Earth Village. You might not have heard of it. These tools and ingredients are specialties of our village. When I'm done cooking, you must have a good taste."

Xiao Yuchen did not try to be modest either. Earth really seemed to be just a village in this Cultivation World. Although he didn't know how big the Xuantian Continent was, Wen Qing said he had grown up without knowing where the end of Xiyue Prefecture was, which showed its vastness.

"Then what about this Gale Leopard? Did you just hunt it? Why were you able to kill a Gale Leopard so easily this time?"

"This... actually, my strength is at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. It's just that I happened to be unwell before, and something went wrong with my Cultivate, which allowed the Gale Leopard to take advantage of me." Xiao Yuchen made up a random excuse.

"Oh, so that's it. Xiao Chen, you are so young and already have such cultivation; you are truly impressive." Wen Qing couldn't help but praise him.

"How come? Is the Foundation Establishment Stage very strong here?"

Xiao Yuchen was somewhat puzzled. Wasn't the Cultivation World very dangerous? Wasn't it a place where one shouldn't enter unless they were at the Soul Transformation Stage? How could it be so pathetic?

"It's alright. The Spiritual Qi in Xiyue Prefecture is the thinnest, so many experts are unwilling to stay in Xiyue Prefecture. The Sect Leaders of the Four Great Sects in Xiyue Prefecture are only at the strength of the Dongxu Stage.

Every time there is a Martial Arts Competition between the prefectures, Xiyue Prefecture is always at the bottom. There's no help for it; the Spiritual Qi here is thin, and the resources for Cultivate are relatively scarce, so it is normal that it cannot compare to other prefectures."

Hearing Wen Qing's words, Xiao Yuchen fell into thought. He always felt that something had gone wrong somewhere; perhaps the place the Teleportation Array was originally supposed to transport him to was not here.

The Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise clans must live in the Demon Domain. The Human Race and the Yao Race usually have little contact. Since both the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise had been to Earth, could they have transferred from Xiyue Prefecture to the Demon Domain?

"Then how far are the Four Great Sects from here?" Xiao Yuchen asked again.

"The Four Great Sects are located in the east, south, west, and north of Xiyue Prefecture. We are in the south of Xiyue Prefecture, relatively close to the Qingyun Sword Sect."