In the main hall.
When Hong Yu saw Elder Zhu appear, he took Yun ngyao and bowed. "Disciple greets Elder Zhu!"
"Hmph."
Elder Zhu wore an indifferent expression. She was about to give Hong Yu the vicious Pill Recipe she had concocted on her way over—a slow-acting, malicious Poison Pill to kill Yun ngyao, the first step in Elder Luo's revenge plan. But the mont her cold gaze fell upon Yun ngyao, her indifference vanished completely.
A brilliant, sunny smile touched the corners of her lips. 'Looks like I'll have to change my mind!'
Elder Zhu was a dignified Tier Two Advanced Spiritual Craftsman, but if that were all, she would never have beco the most unique Elder in the Cyan Nether Sword Sect.
After all...
Though the Fengyue Kingdom wasn't large, it still had quite a few Tier Two Advanced Spiritual Craftsn.
What made Elder Zhu special was her research into unique constitutions, which could be said to be unparalleled in the Fengyue Kingdom.
In her research, Elder Zhu had discovered that all people with special constitutions could be divided into two categories.
The first: absolute geniuses!
The second: absolute trash!
For example, so people were born with a special constitution that allowed them to move freely in deep water. This type of constitution offered no help to their cultivation, so they were often called trash!
But all things in the world are fair!
When the heavens grant a talent that surpasses the ordinary, they inevitably take away another ability.
For instance, a peerless Demon Venerable was once born on the continent. His real na is long forgotten; after thousands of years, only his title remains: "Situ Demon Venerable"!
This Situ Demon Venerable possessed a special constitution—the Dark Body!
He was born with an affinity for darkness and the ability to control it. Wherever Situ Demon Venerable passed, the blazing sun would retreat, and all light would vanish, leaving only Darkness.
More importantly, Situ Demon Venerable's Dark Body gave him the powerful ability to absorb Dark Power. His cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. In just over three hundred years, he soared up from the Essence Realm, coming just one step shy of the legendary Heaven and Earth Dominator Venerable Realm.
But with the imnse power of his Dark Body, he could challenge those at higher cultivation levels, and had even once killed a true Venerable Realm powerhouse.
Because of this, although he wasn't a Venerable, he held the prestigious title of "Venerable"!
Throughout the continent's history, research into special constitutions has never ceased.
It's just that the direction of each person's research differed.
So studied special constitutions to thoroughly understand why they appeared. Others researched the differences between various types. And so sought to use them to enhance their own strength.
As for Elder Zhu, she studied special constitutions for one reason: to preserve her unchanging beauty!
Thirty years ago, by a chance opportunity, Elder Zhu discovered a scroll of notes from an Ancient Tis Spiritual Craftsman about research on special constitutions. It ntioned that constitutions with the Yin Cold Attribute had the ability to preserve one's appearance. Won are vain by nature, and the energy unleashed by a woman whose pursuit of beauty has reached a fanatical level is truly terrifying.
For a full thirty years, Elder Zhu's research focused on how to use special constitutions with the Yin Cold Attribute to help herself maintain her unchanging appearance.
After many years of research, she had indeed achieved considerable results.
Even now, in her seventies, she still maintained the face and figure of a young, newly-married woman.
However...
Cold Yin Constitutions were simply too hard to find. Even when she occasionally found one, the constitution wasn't pure enough. Thus, every so often, Elder Zhu needed to refine a new batch of Anti-Aging Potion.
In her search for a sufficiently powerful Cold Yin Constitution, Elder Zhu would stop at nothing.
She even secretly arranged for her subordinates to carry out unsavory deeds.
Of course, outsiders knew nothing of this!
To the outside world, Elder Zhu was still an expert in the research of special constitutions, hailed as the foremost authority in the Fengyue Kingdom.
'An Extre Yin Ice Soul? This... so Hong Yu's sister possesses the Extre Yin Ice Soul, one of the four great Cold Yin Constitutions?'
Elder Zhu's eyes flashed with a feverish light as she stared intently at Yun ngyao.
The Extre Yin Ice Soul Constitution—a constitution that only appears once in a million people with Cold Yin Constitutions. According to the records in that scroll of notes, the Extre Yin Ice Soul Constitution was the most suitable body for refining a Rejuvenating Pill!
Elder Zhu sized up Yun ngyao from head to toe, like an experienced sculptor examining a piece of uncut jade, her thoughts filled with fervor. 'An Anti-Aging Potion refined from an Extre Yin Ice Soul Constitution can keep the user's appearance unchanged until death—eternal youth! I must have her. I must.'
"Elder Zhu, Elder Zhu..." Hong Yu frowned.
He had a vague feeling that the way Elder Zhu was looking at Yun ngyao was not right.
But he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.
"Ah?"
Elder Zhu froze, realizing her overly excited reaction might have aroused Hong Yu's suspicion. She reluctantly tore her gaze away.
She cleared her throat and said lightly, "I already know the cause of your sister's illness."
"What? Elder Zhu, are you serious?" Hong Yu's face lit up with excitent.
Yun ngyao's delicate body trembled slightly as well. Her hopeful eyes were fixed on Elder Zhu, and her hand, clutching the corner of Hong Yu's sleeve, tightened a little.
Because she didn't want Hong Yu to worry too much, Yun ngyao had always pretended to be fine, deliberately avoiding the subject of the cold poison. But that didn't an she didn't want to be cured of this strange affliction. She thought constantly of recovering her health, and then accompanying Hong Yu to search for their father and mother.
To go see the North Sea Sunset their father had so often ntioned when they were children!
Elder Zhu, however, said nothing. She pretended to be deep in thought, as if considering how to explain Yun ngyao's condition, but in reality, her mind was on sothing else entirely.
'This little girl with the Extre Yin Ice Soul is Hong Yu's sister, and from the looks of it, they are very close. If it were any other Sect disciple, I could just find an excuse to kill her and no one would dare question . But behind Hong Yu is that old lunatic surnad Bai...'
Elder Zhu's brows furrowed slightly.
The mont she thought of Bai Yunfeng, she couldn't help but recall his arrogance and tyranny in the main hall that day, when he had given Elder Luo a sound beating right after accepting Hong Yu as his disciple.
Bai Yunfeng's actions that ti had violated Sect rules. Logically, the Sect Leader should have stepped in to punish him.
But in the end, the Sect Leader never once showed his face.
This was enough to show that even the Sect Leader was unwilling to provoke Bai Yunfeng.
It was even more apparent that Bai Yunfeng truly valued Hong Yu. If she really killed Hong Yu, she would definitely have to face Bai Yunfeng's frenzied retaliation!
'Bai Yunfeng is extrely powerful. If he really went berserk and ca after for revenge, not even the Sect Leader could protect . It seems that if I want to obtain this Extre Yin Ice Soul Constitution, the most important thing is to take care of this nuisance, Hong Yu.' Elder Zhu's gaze flickered, her expression alternating between a frown and contemplation.
Hong Yu waited anxiously at the side. Seeing that Elder Zhu still hadn't responded, he grew worried and asked tentatively, "Elder Zhu, is there so complication?"
"A complication?"
An idea flashed through Elder Zhu's mind, but she feigned hesitation. "There are indeed so difficulties, but...唉, never mind! Obtaining that item would be far too difficult for you. Hong Yu, it's better if you just don't treat your sister's illness!"
"No."
Hong Yu's brow furrowed sharply. He said in a low voice, "Elder Zhu, as long as Yaoyao can recover, I won't fear it, even if I have to cross a mountain of blades or a sea of fire."
"You're truly willing to take the risk?" Elder Zhu asked.
Hong Yu nodded, his gaze sharp and resolute.
Elder Zhu laughed inwardly, but her face showed an emotional expression. "Fine, fine. Seeing how devoted you are to protecting your sister, I will make an exception. Your sister's constitution is called the Extre Yin Ice Soul. It is the most sinister of all Cold Yin Constitutions. In the entire Fengyue Kingdom, no one but can even recognize this type of body, let alone suppress the extre yin and cold poison within her..."
"However, even if I take action, completely curing her will require a considerable price. Of course, you have already given a stalk of Broken Dream Celestial Blue, so I will naturally do my utmost to help her. But there is one more item that is indispensable for the treatnt..."
Elder Zhu paused, looked at Hong Yu, and continued, "This item can be found within the Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm in the Fengyue Kingdom."
"The Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm?"
Hong Yu rely frowned, but Yun ngyao cried out in alarm.
Over the past six months, she had been studying the art of Alchemy with Xue Butong and had naturally dabbled in many books of strange tales and legends. She had once read an introduction to the Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm in one such book.
It was a Forbidden Land located deep within the Cyan Nether Mountain Range, known as a 'Life Forbidden Zone.' This didn't an there was no life in the Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm, but rather that no human could survive there. Within it were all sorts of dangerous regions, inhabited by nurous powerful and bizarre Desolate Beasts.
These Desolate Beasts and treacherous regions were extrely dangerous. It was said that even a Primordial Core Realm expert could perish inside if they made a single careless mistake.
Yun ngyao tugged on the corner of Hong Yu's sleeve, her eyes pleading. "Brother, I don't want to treat this cold poison anymore."
"Be quiet."
Hong Yu was extrely agitated and snapped instinctively.
Yun ngyao trembled. This was the first ti Hong Yu had ever gotten angry with her.
A mist ford in her eyes, filled with grievance and confusion, but even more so with stubbornness and determination. "I won't be cured! I just won't! Brother has already given up enough for over the years! I don't want to see you get hurt for again! I don't want to, I don't want to see you secretly treating your own wounds all alone anymore! I don't want to be a burden to you, I don't..."
Yun ngyao bit her lip stubbornly, speaking with obstinance.
Looking at the defiant girl, Hong Yu's heart softened. He sighed softly and gripped her shoulders. "Yaoyao, listen to . I promised I would take you to find Father and Mother, and I will absolutely not go back on my word. And until we see them, I'm the head of this family. You must listen to , and only !"
"But the Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm is very dangerous..." Yun ngyao said.
Hong Yu didn't let her finish, tapping her delicate nose and saying softly, "So what if it's dangerous? As long as it can cure you, even if it's a mountain of blades and a sea of fire ahead, I will press forward without hesitation!"
His calm words were as heavy and resolute as a mountain.
Gazing at the determination on Hong Yu's face, Yun ngyao's eyes flickered. She lifted her head slightly to look directly into his eyes. "Then you have to promise , Brother, that you'll co back alive!"
Hong Yu nodded heavily. "Elder Zhu, what do I need to find in the Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm?"
"There is a Fiery Fire Demon Lion in the Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm. Go hunt it, retrieve the Demon Blood from its body, and bring it back. I will naturally have a way to restore your sister's health." Elder Zhu mused for a mont, then emphasized, "However, before that, your sister must stay here with . I will personally tend to her body to prepare her for treatnt after you return with the Demon Blood."
"A Fiery Fire Demon Lion? I understand!"
Hong Yu took a deep breath. "Then I will have to trouble Elder Zhu to take care of my sister. I will retrieve the Demon Blood as soon as possible!"
Watching Hong Yu depart, Elder Zhu's eyes glead with a cold light...
'Co back? Heh heh heh... I have no desire to see you ever again!'
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