Earth Extreme Realm martial artists, it was quite difficult for their speed to reach more than two hundred metres per second, unless they were Three Great Geniuses.
A Three Jedi Genius, there were only so many people in the entire Heavenly Demon Ridge’s thirty-six counties, and every one of them was a resounding figure in the younger generation, so how could it be so easy to come across another one?
Zhang Ruochen immediately tightened his aura and became more cautious as he chased after them.
Chasing into the building just now, Zhang Ruochen saw that the portal leading to the underground chamber was already open, and his heart became even more surprised, “Could it be that person is also here to look for the Half-Saint Sacred Intent?”
In case the Half-Saint Sacred Intent was taken by someone first, it would be a big loss!
Zhang Ruochen didn’t dare to think too much about it and performed his body technique to chase into the underground passage.
The underground passage was very deep, dark, and cold, but a bright glow appeared at the bottom of the passage, a light-attribute Spirit Crystal, set on top of the stone wall, like a Spirit Lamp in the void of space.
The three layers of formation inscriptions outside the secret room had already been broken, and the half-metre thick stone door was pushed open by that one black-robed man, forming a stone-walled passage that could only allow a single person to pass through.
Zhang Ruochen stood on the outside of the stone walled passageway and looked inside, only to see that one slender black-clothed man, carrying a long sword wrapped in black cloth, was searching on top of a wooden platform where many dan bottles were placed, seemingly searching for some kind of dan pill?
“What person?”
That one black-clothed man’s ears twitched slightly, his insight was very sensitive, and he spotted Zhang Ruochen’s aura just the moment he appeared outside the stone door.
It was actually a very melodious woman’s voice!
The black-clothed woman immediately turned around, the true qi within her body fully mobilised, turning into a wisp of qi visible to the naked eye that flowed around her slim and delicate delicate body.
Zhang Ruochen did not use spatial distortion to hide his figure and directly walked into the secret room, saying, ”Who are you? To actually be able to break into the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, which was densely covered with formations, and to find the underground secret room and easily crack the three layers of formation inscriptions, you are not small in skill.”
The woman in black simply ignored Zhang Ruochen and turned into a black residual shadow, rushing towards him.
“Wow!”
Within the black sleeves, a slender jade finger stretched out, carrying a light attribute power as it pointed towards Zhang Ruochen’s brow.
The finger was used to perform a sword technique, displaying an outstanding attainment in swordsmanship.
Zhang Ruochen judged at the very first moment that her cultivation realm was the Earth Extreme Realm Great Perfection, not the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
It was obvious that she was also a Triple Extremity Genius and was much more powerful than the Poison Spider Young Lord, as the Poison Spider Young Lord was only at the Earth Extremity Realm’s Great Extremity Boundary and had yet to break through to the Great Perfection.
A Three Extremity Genius whose martial cultivation had reached the Earth Extremity Realm’s Great Perfection was definitely more terrifying than an ordinary early Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Martial Myth.
To be able to become a Three Extremely Genius, firstly, it proved that the technique and martial skill she cultivated was very superior, and at the same time, she definitely possessed an extraordinary identity. One must know that ordinary clans and sects simply couldn’t cultivate a Three Extreme Genius. Even the royal clans of medium-sized counties like the Sifang County Kingdom definitely couldn’t cultivate a three-terminal genius.
It was because of this that Zhang Ruochen was even more vigilant, not daring to take the other party lightly in the slightest.
In an instant, the black-clothed woman’s finger sword had already pointed in front of Zhang Ruochen, her fingertips condensing a dazzling black light. Her True Qi actually contained the power of the Light Attribute.
The “Light Attribute” was a rather rare attribute that was further divided into the Darkness Attribute and the Light Attribute. With different attributes, true qi had different properties.
The true qi of the woman in black, amongst the light attributes, belonged to the darkness attribute, which had the properties of devouring, chilling, corrupting, evil, and bizarre.
Since her true qi had the darkness attribute, she belonged to the category of quite powerful among the three absolute geniuses. If she was cultivating a Ghost-level technique, she might have already reached the Three and a half Greatest.
Zhang Ruochen immediately mobilised his entire body’s true qi and surged it into his right arm, a wisp of spirit fire was spat out in his palm, completely wrapping Zhang Ruochen’s palm as if it was transformed into a fire cloud.
The muscles and bones of his entire body connected as one, the power of every inch of sinew, bone, and flesh completely erupted as he struck out with a palm.
“Boom!”
The black-clothed woman pointed a finger at Zhang Ruochen’s palm, and the two powerful streams of true qi clashed together, forming a circular ripple of true qi that quickly surged out.
Immediately, the entire secret room emitted a “popping” sound, and the jade bottles containing pills all shattered and exploded all over the place.
Even the stone wall of the chamber cracked out a gap.
Both of them took a step back at the same time.
The woman in black only felt a sharp pain coming from her finger, as if it had broken a bone, her heart was shocked, she did not think that she would encounter a young expert who was so powerful that he could actually fight her evenly.
“Could you be the Poison Spider Young Master, Hua Qing Shan?” With a pair of cold and sharp eyes, the woman in black stared at the young man in front of her wearing a metal mask.
She didn’t realise that Zhang Ruochen was also an intruder and thought that Zhang Ruochen was originally a martial artist of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce.
Moreover, only the young generation of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce could have such a powerful cultivation, so she naturally mistook Zhang Ruochen for the Poison Spider Young Lord.
Zhang Ruochen felt a fiery pain and ache coming from his palm, but fortunately, he was not injured because he had cultivated the Wheel Chakra and had formed two layers of skin annual rings on the surface of his skin, so his defence was comparable to two layers of armour.
The cultivation of that one woman in black was really quite powerful, her strength was not below him.
“Could it be that only the Poison Spider Young Lord can appear here?” Zhang Ruochen asked rhetorically.
The woman in black snorted coldly, “So you’re also here to steal, not much better than me. Since we are of the same path, there is no need for us to continue fighting. Moreover, with our strength, I’m afraid it won’t be an easy task if we want to separate the winners from the losers. If we startle the people from the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, it won’t be beneficial to either of us.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “There is no room for negotiation, that one picture belongs to me, you can’t take it with you.”
“Diagram? What diagram?” The woman in black asked.
Zhang Ruochen lied a great realisation and laughed, “Since we want to take different things, there is no need to continue fighting, we can take what we need.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at the eyes of that one woman in black, although she hid it well, Zhang Ruochen still had a familiar feeling, it seemed like déjà vu.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s heart stirred, then recalling the finger sword she had just used, he said, “Han Chu?”
The body of that one black-clothed woman shook slightly and turned around with an open-mouthed expression, a black chilling light surfacing onto the surface of her body as she glared coldly at Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Who the hell are you?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “You are indeed Han Chu!”
Seriously counting, Zhang Ruochen and Han Chu had only met twice and were not considered familiar. However, Zhang Ruochen’s mental power was so powerful that he had already reached the realm of unforgettable sight.
Although Han Chu had only revealed a pair of eyes, and had deliberately used dark attribute true qi to conceal his eyes and change his voice, he was still recognised in front of Zhang Ruochen’s powerful spiritual power.
Of the entire young generation of the thirty-six counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, there were only two women who had entered the Earth Ranking. Han Chu, was one of them.
The black-clothed woman carefully sized up Zhang Ruochen and also felt a few familiarities, definitely someone she had seen before.
She wasn’t familiar with Zhang Ruochen and didn’t have as strong a spiritual power as Zhang Ruochen, so naturally, she couldn’t recognise Zhang Ruochen.
“Since you have recognised me, shouldn’t you also tell me who you are? In the younger generation, there shouldn’t be many experts like you, right?” The woman in black said.
“Sorry, my identity cannot be revealed.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Jokingly Han Chu was so close to Zhang Tian Gui, although it was not clear to what extent their relationship was good, one thing was for sure, her relationship with Zhang Tian Gui was definitely better than with Zhang Ruochen, at least the others were also senior siblings.
Right now, Zhang Tian Gui and Zhang Ruochen could be said to be already incompatible, and Zhang Ruochen had made sure of this when he met Hua Ming Gong at Qinghe Fort.
Zhang Tian Gui obviously wanted to borrow Hua Ming Gong’s hand to get rid of Zhang Ruochen. This time it didn’t work, and the next killing opportunity would only be more violent.
“Forget it if you don’t tell me, as long as you leave the black market, I’ll soon be able to find out your identity.”
Han Qiu continued to search through the pile of dan bottle fragments, and before long, she found a fist-sized square purple-gold box, opened it up, and a white light immediately emanated from inside, illuminating the entire secret room as bright as day.
“Found it!”
Joy appeared in Han Qiu’s eyes as he immediately closed the lid and stowed the purple gold box inside his bag, keeping it close to his body.
Zhang Ruochen stood not far away, his nose gently sniffing and smelling a faint Dan fragrance.
He asked, “How did you know that there would be a Holy Light Dan here?”
Han Qiu once again revealed a look of surprise, “You knew about the Holy Light Dan contained inside the box?”
At the same time, she was nervous, after all, the Holy Light Pill was of extraordinary value, and in case the other party wanted to snatch it, a vicious battle would inevitably take place.
She wasn’t worried about losing to the other party, but she was worried about alerting the people from the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce.
Zhang Ruochen said, ”Sacred Light Pill, a fifth grade pill, is worth around five million silver coins. Of course, the key point is not here, five million silver coins is a lot, but for the daughter of the Head of the Yuntai Zongfu, it’s not worth risking your life to come and steal it in the black market.”
Han Chu stared deeply at Zhang Ruochen and said, “Then tell me, what is the key point?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “The key lies in the fact that only a Fifth Grade Alchemist can refine the Holy Light Pill. In the 36 counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, there are only three Fifth Grade Alchemists in total. However, none of those three Fifth Grade Alchemists are proficient in ‘Light-based Pill Inscriptions’, which means that in the Heavenly Demon Ridge Thirty-Six County Kingdom, there is simply no one who can refine a Sacred Light Pill.”
Zhang Ruochen continued, “If I’m not wrong, you have opened a Darkness-type Divine Martial Seal, and the True Qi you cultivate also contains the Darkness attribute. Plus, since you want the Holy Light Pill so desperately, I’m guessing that you have a problem with your cultivation and must use the Holy Light Pill to heal yourself. Am I right in my guess?”
