Chapter 2201: Hundred Leaves Azure Red

No wonder he had always felt that he could refine at least a dozen pills, yet only four appeared in the end. It turned out that the remaining medicinal power had all converged into this pill king!

Not only that, this pill king possessed even stronger spiritual nature, with intelligence comparable to humans.

Just now, when the other pills rushed out, this fellow hid inside the furnace, undetectable, and took advantage of the moment when Zhang Xuan relaxed his mind after capturing the other medicines to escape!

Its timing and patience both displayed extraordinary qualities.

And once it succeeded, it meant that although this alchemy session was complete, the most precious thing had been lost.

“Think you can escape?”

Unexpectedly toyed with by a pill, Zhang Xuan stamped his foot in the void, and true qi instantly burst forth from his body.

Boom!

The air rippled with shockwaves, and his entire body shot straight in the direction where the pill had vanished.

He pushed the Red Dust Heaven-Stepping Step to its limit; the pill was fast, but he was even faster!

“Upper-grade Heavenly God peak… can fly?”

Fu Jiangchen’s eyes widened.

Only Divine Kings can fly—this was an unchangeable law of the Divine Realm. Yet this man before him had not only used a single sword stroke to capture a pill whose combat power rivaled a Divine King, but he was also flying, his speed not even slower than Fu Jiangchen’s full effort…

How was this possible?

For a moment, Fu Jiangchen wondered if he had misseen.

The fleeing pill king also hadn’t expected that this upper-grade Heavenly God could not only fly but fly so fast. Seeing that it would soon be caught, it stopped fleeing, turned abruptly, and with a slight movement transformed into a ferocious-faced youth, striking out with a palm!

Wind and clouds shifted, power surged.

The power this pill controlled had actually reached the Divine King realm, not at all weaker than Fu Jiangchen!

“Hmph!”

His expression grim, Zhang Xuan halted, dodged the attack, and at the same time his longsword met the enemy.

Although the celestial true qi in his body had been consumed by the gray气流, through the flight just now he discovered that his combat power had not diminished in the slightest; on the contrary, it had grown stronger.

But his true qi reserves were too meager, making it impossible to fight recklessly as before without worrying about depletion.

So…

He had to finish this quickly!

It wasn’t just the issue of internal true qi; more importantly, the commotion caused by the pill king’s escape was too great. In just a few breaths, dozens of divine senses had already probed over. If he didn’t resolve this fast, complications could easily arise.

The spring silkworm’s thread ends only when death comes; the candle’s tears dry only when turned to ashes!

The sword move and sword intent comprehended at the Heavenly God realm burst forth. A fine line shot out from a tiny point, like a candle burning its last flame, or a silkworm spitting its final thread before death, filled with infinite mystery. In an instant, it reached the youth transformed from the pill king and bound him tightly.

“You…”

The pill king was stunned, full of disbelief.

Divine King and Heavenly God were as different as two kinds of life, immeasurably apart. It had thought that if it turned back and used all its strength, it could easily kill him. It never dreamed that before it could even finish one move, it would be sealed.

Were upper-grade Heavenly Gods all this powerful?

“Collect!”

Knowing his true qi wouldn’t last long, and having just used full-speed flight and two sword techniques, consuming a fair amount, he wasted no words. The rope formed by his sword technique tightened abruptly.

“Ah…”

With a miserable cry, the youth transformed from the pill king shrank back into a round, smooth pill, and its self-generated spiritual nature vanished.

Catching it, Zhang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He flicked his longsword, and sword aura enveloped the pill as it flew straight toward him. Just as he reached out to grab it, his body suddenly stiffened. The flying pill king stopped in midair, and even the true qi in his body became uncontrollable, unable to move.

“What’s going on?”

His pupils contracted, and then he saw a beautiful woman stepping through the air, walking over from afar.

With her delicate jade hand, she gently pinched the pill king enveloped in sword aura and held it between her fingers.

“This friend, this pill is a medicine refined at great cost by my Green Grass Pavilion. It just escaped. Thank you for helping me catch it. Much obliged!”

She looked over and smiled slightly.

“Green Grass Pavilion?” His mind stirred, and true qi exploded from his acupoints, completely dispelling the power that had bound him. Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes.

The pill king, which could even help someone break through to Divine King, was far too tempting. He had been worried that someone would come to intercept it, and now it had indeed happened.

To snatch someone else’s things and say it so confidently… Truly the Divine Realm, where there are no rules and everything is decided by fists.

“Indeed!” The woman raised an eyebrow, flicked her wrist, and a jade talisman appeared in her palm: “This is a token of my Green Grass Pavilion. You helped me catch the pill, so I can’t let you work for nothing. With this, you can go to my Green Grass Pavilion and choose any cultivation technique as a reward!”

The jade talisman floated gently and flew over slowly.

“Forcibly taking?” Zhang Xuan lightly sliced with his longsword, and the jade talisman broke in two. He looked over, eyes narrowing: “Do you know the consequences of trying to take my things?”

She had bound him and snatched the pill he had captured, and then claimed it was hers—this was shamelessness to the extreme.

“Take your things? This pill was refined by me at great cost. Could a mere upper-grade peak Heavenly God like you refine it? Have the ability to refine it?” The woman sneered, flicking her sleeve: “Ridiculous!”

“Of course I cannot refine it. This pill was refined by Master Fu Jiangchen, using the medicinal materials and refining methods I provided. It escaped just after being refined, and I chased it here… You say you refined it. Do you know what ingredients were used and what steps were involved?”

Zhang Xuan said.

“Fu Jiangchen?” The woman scoffed: “So you know it’s him. This pill was commissioned by me to be refined, and I provided the herbs. How did it become yours in the blink of an eye? Don’t talk nonsense… Fine, I won’t bully you. Let him come over now and prove whose pill this is!”

The woman finished speaking and looked down in a direction: “Fu Jiangchen, come here at once!”

Her voice, like a fine thread, traveled swiftly downward.

Zhang Xuan said nothing, his eyes narrowed.

Although there was no one else around, there were dozens of divine senses. The woman claimed it was hers as soon as she spoke, with only one purpose: to seize the moral high ground and take the pill king for herself!

Otherwise, if word got out, her reputation would suffer!

From this alone, it was clear that this woman must hold a high position in the Glazed Imperial City.

“Snatching my pill and saying it so confidently without even blushing… May I ask your name?” Zhang Xuan snorted and asked.

“You know the Green Grass Pavilion but not me?”

Not angry, the woman paused, looked over calmly, and smiled: “I am Hundred Leaves Azure Red.”

“Hundred Leaves Azure Red?”

Zhang Xuan’s face darkened: “A titled Divine King?”