The Divine Amphibious Grass, in the Martial Dao Realm, belonged to the category of herbs that contained intense poison.
The toxin refined from a single Divine Perch Grass was enough to poison ten Heavenly Extremity Realm Martial Dao Myths.
If the portion of toxin was large enough and refined enough to be pure, refining it into a Divine Perch Poison Pill would even be able to poison a Half Saint to death.
Of course, to refine a Divine Amphibious Poison Pill, one would need at least hundreds of Divine Amphibious Grasses. Moreover, it had to be a Sixth Grade Alchemist himself before it could be successfully refined.
Although the Divine Amphibious Grass was highly poisonous, it was also an essential auxiliary drug for cultivating the body of a False God.
“For flesh and blood bodies, the Divine Amphibious Grass is a highly toxic substance. However, to a martial soul, it is not toxic in any way, and absorbing the medicinal power of the Divine Amphibious Grass, along with the assistance of a special secret method, is even able to make the martial soul, take on a divine illusion.”
Zhang Ruochen carefully opened the wooden box containing the Divine Amphibious Grass.
The wooden box, just after opening a crack, black poisonous gas, escaped from the wooden box, filling the entire inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone.
Zhang Ruochen had prepared for this and mobilised the power of the Spatial Domain to control the flow of the poisonous gas, so that the poisonous gas could not even come close to his body.
At the same time, a white pillar of light rushed out from the top of Zhang Ruochen’s head.
The dots of light in the pillar of light condensed into a Martial Soul that hovered in midair.
Under Zhang Ruochen’s control, a drop of Half-Saint blood flew out from the jade bottle in front of him, practically as bright as a small reddish sun, emitting a very puffy aura that quickly fused with the Martial Soul.
After fusing the Half-Saint blood, the martial soul unexpectedly solidified slightly and began to slowly absorb the gases emanating from the Divine Amphibious Grass.
“To cultivate the ‘False God’s Body’, it’s best to use the Half-Saint’s Light.
Since there is no Half-Saint Light, we can only use Half-Saint Blood instead.”
Zhang Ruochen had obtained a total of sixty-four drops of Half-Saint Blood in the Red Sky Mysterious Mansion, and after consuming one drop, sixty-three drops remained.
With the sixty-three drops of Half-Saint blood and the power of the Divine Amphibian Grass, it was enough to condense the False God’s Body.
The Half-Saint blood and the Divine Amphibian Grass were both extremely precious and valuable, causing Zhang Ruochen a great deal of heartache. However, when he thought that once he had cultivated the “False God’s Body”, he would be able to absorb the power of sacrifices without fear and enjoy the same treatment as a god, his heart was very excited.
As long as one wasn’t at the Half-Saint level, they wouldn’t be able to see through Zhang Ruochen’s False God’s Body.
How many Half-Saints were there in the entire 36 counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge?
Even if there really were Half-Saints, characters of that level would probably rarely show themselves in the world.
Zhang Ruochen knew better than anyone how terrifying the power of a half-saint was, a half-saint could kill a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist even with just a single stare.
The Heavenly Extreme Realm was only the pinnacle of the Martial Dao, and could be called a myth amongst martial artists.
Half Saints, on the other hand, had already transcended the martial dao and broken the limits of human beings, even their lifespan far exceeded that of ordinary humans.
A day and a night later, the drop of Half-Saint blood was completely absorbed by the Martial Soul and fused together with it.
Zhang Ruochen’s Martial Soul seemed to have grown a bit, and it even emitted a faint divine aura.
“Wow!”
The second drop of Half-Saint blood flew out from the jade bottle, transforming into a dragon shaped blood qi, like a set of dragon shaped armour covering the surface of the martial soul as it continued to absorb the aura emanating from the Divine Amphibious Grass.
Zhang Ruochen sat on the ground, his hands constantly forming seals, injecting true qi into the soul vein continuously, replenishing the true qi needed by the martial soul.
Time just went by day by day, and Zhang Ruochen, who was in the Space-Time Crystal Stone, was completely unaware of the loss of time.
There were only the last two days left before the Winter Solstice Ritual Ceremony, and in the sky, heavy snow fell. Overnight, the original red-walled and green-tiled royal city turned into a city of ice and snow.
The Yunwu County Kingdom’s eighth-rate family, the Lin Family, had a heavenly happy event.
The Lin Family’s number one expert, Lin Jingye, had broken through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm, becoming a major event in the martial arts world of Yunwu County, and countless people went to the Lin Mansion to congratulate him.
It must be known that the entire Yunwu County’s well-known Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists, all together, there were only fourteen of them, and each one of them was a world-class powerhouse, as if they existed like a myth.
With the birth of a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist, the Lin Family’s status in the Yunwu County Country would immediately climb to a new height, and would even have a certain amount of say in the imperial court.
At this moment, a family meeting was being held at the Lin Family’s mansion.
Lin Jingye, who was already over seventy years old but looked like he was only in his fifties, sat at the topmost position, his body exuding a powerful aura of unruffled authority.
The powerful true qi fluctuations of a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist was like suppressing the air in the entire room to follow suit and freeze, unable to circulate, making people feel fearful.
Lin Fengxian, Lin Enbo, Lin Xizhao and other powerful figures were all sitting on the lower hand side. On top of that, geniuses of the younger generation such as Lin Chenyu and Lin Mishan were also attending the meeting.
Lin Fengxian, as the contemporary head of the Lin Family, stood up and was the first to speak, saying, ”Since father has broken through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm, our Lin Family can also become a Seventh Stream Family in an open and honest manner. Only by becoming a seventh-rate family, the Lin Family’s power will definitely expand by more than ten times.”
Lin Chenyu, who was the Lin Family’s number one expert of the younger generation, sneered, “If the Lin Family wants to become a seventh-rate family, there is still an opportunity missing.”
“What opportunity?” Lin Fengxian asked.
Lin Chenyu said, “If you want to become a seventh-rate family, you must have the support of the royal family. Muddy Shan has already turned sixteen, it’s time to fulfil the marriage contract that was made two years ago. As long as Muddy Shan marries the seventh prince, the Lin family’s status in the Yunwu County Kingdom will definitely become higher. At that time, it will naturally become a seventh-rate family as a matter of course.”
Lin Fengxian frowned slightly, not expecting Lin Chenyu to mention this matter.
Two years ago, when the engagement between the Seventh Prince and Lin Mishan took place, Lin Fengxian had raised his hands in favour of it.
However, he later inquired and learnt that the person the Seventh Prince really wanted to marry was the daughter of the head of the Yuntai Zongfu, Han Qiu. Even if Lin Shanshan married the Seventh Prince, she could only be a concubine and her status was quite low.
What kind of status does Han Chu have? Not to mention the Lin family, even the royal family of Yunwu County wouldn’t dare to mess with her. If Lin Nianshan were to share a husband with her, would there be any good consequences?
Lin Fengxian was, after all, Lin Mishan’s father, so he naturally didn’t want to push his daughter into the fire.
Lin Nashan and the Seventh Prince had already been engaged, and it was already time for them to get married, so I’m afraid it’s already too late to regret the marriage now!
However, now that the Lin family had given birth to a Heavenly Extreme Realm Martial Myth, perhaps there was still a chance for things to turn around.
Lin Fengxian immediately bowed to Lin Jingye, who was sitting above him, and said, “Father, I think that it may not be a good thing for Muddy Shan to marry the Seventh Prince, it may even cause great trouble for the Lin family.”
Lin Jingye snorted coldly and said, “At first, I said that this matter should not be done, but you guys didn’t believe me, now you know that you regret it? If at the beginning, muddy Shan can walk together with dust child, that would be so good …… hey!”
Lin Mishan, who was sitting at the bottom, heard Lin Jingye mention Zhang Ruochen, and her eyes were also slightly bright, but they quickly dimmed.
She knew that there was simply no way that she and Zhang Ruochen would still have a chance, and even if Zhang Ruochen gave her a chance, the Smokey Dust Sheriff would not.
The Lin Family didn’t dare to offend Han Chu, did they dare to get County Mistress Smokey?
Even if they wanted to blame, they could only blame themselves for not knowing how to cherish it in the first place.
If you lose it, you’ve really lost it!
Lin Jingye pondered for a moment, his eyes stared over towards Lin Mishan and said, “Mishan, do you want to marry the seventh prince?”
Lin Mishan pursed her lips and gently shook her head.
In the short span of two years, in the Yuntai Sect Mansion, Lin Mishan had seen too many Heaven’s Proud Daughters who were better than herself, and had long since lost the pride she once had. She had gradually become mature and sensible.
Lin Jingye said, ”Alright! For your sake, for the sake of the future of the entire Lin family, old me will personally go to the royal palace. After all, we were the ones who wanted the marriage in the first place, and now that we want to withdraw from the marriage, the hope is very slim, so you should be mentally prepared.”
Lin Mishan’s heart was overjoyed, and he said in his heart, Grandpa is now a Heavenly Extreme Realm Martial Myth, even the Yunwu County King would have to give him a few points of face, so there might really be a chance to back out of the marriage.
Lin Jingye entered the royal palace that day and visited the Yunwu County King and Queen to discuss about the marriage between the Seventh Prince and Lin Mishan.
At the same time, Lin Jingye also made the claim of withdrawing from the marriage on the grounds that Lin Nianshan was not worthy of the Seventh Prince and did not want to affect the Seventh Prince’s future.
County Lord Yunwu was quite angry and rejected Lin Jingye’s proposal on the spot.
How could a royal family’s marriage be withdrawn just by saying so?
Lin Jingye also knew that withdrawing the marriage was impossible, so he had no choice but to think of another way and take a detour to visit Consort Lin.
Lin Jingye was Consort Lin’s father, so he was naturally qualified to see her.
Lin Jingye had wanted to see Zhang Ruochen, but he heard that Zhang Ruochen was in closed-door cultivation, so he didn’t bother, and talked to Consort Lin, also telling her about the Lin Family’s current awkward situation.
When Lin Jingye left the palace, the Queen Mother and the Seventh Prince were also in a secret room in the palace, discussing the matter.
The Queen Mother gave a cold and craggy smile, “Lin Jingye is quite bold, he just broke through the Heavenly Extreme Realm and thinks that he is invincible, he actually dares to take the initiative to propose to withdraw from the marriage, does he really think that the royal family’s marriage contract is child’s play?”
Zhang Tiangui sat across from the Queen Mother and laughed, “Mother, this time, it’s you who misunderstood Lin Jingye.”
“I misunderstood him?” The Queen Mother was a little surprised.
Zhang Tian Gui said, “Right now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Han Chu and I will definitely become a couple. What kind of status does Han Chu have? She is the daughter of the head of Yuntai Zongfu, even a hundred Lin Mishan’s are no match for her. As long as Lin Jingye is sensible, he won’t dare to marry his granddaughter to me. His granddaughter’s life is a small matter, but the extinction of the entire Lin family is a big matter.”
Hearing Zhang Tiangui’s words, Queen Mother finally understood and said, “Wang’er, how certain are you that you’ll be able to catch up to Hanchu?”
Zhang Tiangui smiled confidently and said, “Ten per cent.”
Empress Dowager said, “In order not to cause trouble, either make the Lin family whole and back out of this engagement.”
Zhang Tian Gui was also very clear about a woman’s jealousy, Han Qiu was also a woman, didn’t she have any jealousy?
If the Yunwu County Kingdom’s power was strong, it would only be a trivial matter for him to casually take a concubine.
However, the Yunwu County Kingdom’s power was simply not comparable to the Yuntai Clan House. If he still dared to take a concubine easily, it would indeed be unfavourable for him to pursue Han Qiu.
Zhang Tian Gui’s eyes were a bit gloomy as he said, ”In my opinion, although Lin Mishan is just a lowly woman, dispensable. However, in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, it may not be the case. Perhaps, she can be used against Zhang Ruochen.”
The Queen Mother also nodded and said, “Zhang Ruochen’s progress is too fast, in just two years, he has already reached the Earth Extreme Realm. It is said that even an expert at the level of Violet Yin Yang couldn’t kill him. If we let him grow any further, I’m worried that he will threaten you.”
Zhang Tian Gui’s eyes revealed a few disdainful moments as he laughed, “I won’t give him the chance to grow any further, Mother, just wait and see, after the Sacrificial Ceremony, there will be no more Zhang Ruochen as a person in the Yunwu County Kingdom.”
