Medicine Martial Prodigy
Chapter 432: Ruthless and Taciturn

Chapter 432: Chapter 432: Ruthless and Taciturn

"Boom!"

A terrifying aura erupted from Qin Chuan’s body, directly pushing the Ancient Martial World powerhouse back to the edge of the cliff.

Suddenly, Qin Chuan moved and in almost an instant, appeared in front of the Ancient Martial World powerhouse again. His face was devoid of emotion as he said, "Tell me everything you know about Zhao Hongling, and I will spare your life!"

According to his rules, since the other party dared to come and kill him, he would not leave any survivors, but to obtain information about Zhao Hongling, he was willing to break his own rules.

Upon hearing Qin Chuan’s words, the Ancient Martial World powerhouse was overjoyed. He had thought he was going to die there today, but unexpectedly, there was a chance to live.

"I’ll tell, I’ll tell you everything I know!"

His emotions were extremely agitated as he hurriedly said, "My name is Wang Yun. Unlike the three you killed before, we are not from the Kunlun Divine Palace. We have been earning our livings by taking on tasks issued by various powers in the Ancient Martial World. It is because I have fairly good knowledge about the information related to the defectors of the Divine Prison that I recognized you as the Divine Prison’s number one defector."

"The Kunlun Divine Palace is a mysterious power that suddenly appeared in the Ancient Martial World five years ago. There are many rumors about the Kunlun Divine Palace, among which two are the hottest."

"One rumor claims that the Kunlun Divine Palace comes from an extraterrestrial civilization, given its mysterious emergence. Critically, no power in the Ancient Martial World dares to antagonize the Kunlun Divine Palace."

"As for the second rumor, it says that the Kunlun Divine Palace is a power jointly launched by the top three sects."

Wang Yun became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, quickly guessing that Qin Chuan, after escaping from the Kunlun Divine Prison, had been in the Secular World for ten years, and thus was unclear about the situation in the Ancient Martial World over this period.

Qin Chuan indeed wanted to know more about the Ancient Martial World and allowed Wang Yun to explain.

However, Wang Yun’s words became more and more exaggerated, even discussing the love and hate relationships of top power figures.

Qin Chuan said coldly, "Speak of Zhao Hongling!"

Feeling Qin Chuan’s anger, Wang Yun shivered and realized he had strayed off topic. He hurriedly said, "Regarding the order of the escapees from the Divine Prison, it is calculated based on the time of escape from the Divine Prison. You were the first one to escape, so you are number one, while Zhao Hongling is number two. She escaped from the Divine Prison six years ago."

"There were three others who escaped with her. It is said that these four made a big commotion in the Divine Prison and then escaped together."

"I also heard that during their uproar in the Divine Prison, it wasn’t just the four of them involved; several others were too, but only these four managed to escape successfully."

"And the Kunlun Divine Palace emerged mysteriously one year after Zhao Hongling and the other three escaped from the Divine Prison."

"As soon as the Kunlun Divine Palace appeared, they immediately issued five tasks for the Divine Prison escapees. Because the reward was very generous, as soon as the tasks were released, they immediately attracted countless strong individuals."

"About half a month ago, the task for the number two Divine Prison escapee was completed. Now, of the five tasks concerning the Divine Prison escapees, only the one for number one remains."

As he spoke, Wang Yun cautiously glanced at Qin Chuan.

He was still very shocked in his heart; Qin Chuan was still so young, only sixteen years old ten years ago, yet he already possessed the strength to escape from the Divine Prison, truly a monstrous talent.

Qin Chuan took a deep breath, doing his utmost to control his emotions, and stared at Wang Yun as he asked, "What are the contents of the task for the Divine Prison escapees?"

Wang Yun said, "To kill the target, the reward is ten million spirit stones. To capture the target alive, the reward is twenty million spirit stones."

Wang Yun felt a wave of emotion; the reward of ten million spirit stones was indeed lavish. Before meeting Qin Chuan, he and his three brothers had even discussed that after completing the task for the Lotus Ring, they would go look for the Divine Prison escapees.

They had not expected Qin Chuan to be so strong that even the four of them together couldn’t handle him.

Qin Chuan, suppressing the rage in his heart, asked, "So you’re saying there’s a possibility that Zhao Hongling is still alive?"

"Definitely possible and the chances are great. Anyone who could escape from the Kunlun Divine Prison is an exceptional genius. It’s hard to kill such a person! The key is, keeping a live captive doubles the reward."

Upon hearing Wang Yun say this, Qin Chuan let out a sigh of relief. He urgently needed to enhance his cultivation and make a trip to the Kunlun Divine Palace as soon as possible.

Qin Chuan suddenly asked, "What is this spirit stone you mentioned earlier?"

Wang Yun explained, "The spirit stone is a type of cultivation resource that rose in popularity in the Ancient Martial World after the manifestation of the Kunlun Divine Palace. Spirit stones contain spiritual energy of extremely high purity, which can make the cultivation of martial artists much more effective."

"Aside from being used for cultivation, spirit stones have also become a medium of exchange, akin to how money functions in the Secular World."

Suddenly, Qin Chuan thought of something. He casually took out an object the size of a pigeon egg.

Before he could speak, Wang Yun exclaimed excitedly, "Top-grade spirit stone!"

Indeed, this unassuming object was a spirit stone.

This spirit stone was precisely the Meteorite from Beyond the Heavens that Qin Chuan had acquired at the Jiang Family’s auction. He had bid on it because he sensed a very pure Spiritual Energy emanating from it.

"In the Ancient Martial World, spirit stones are further categorized into low grade spirit stones, middle grade spirit stones, high grade spirit stones, and the purest, top-grade spirit stones."

Wang Yun looked enviously at the spirit stone in Qin Chuan’s hand, and continued, "The reward of ten million spirit stones for the defector task issued by the Kunlun Divine Palace consists of low grade spirit stones, which are also the most common spirit stones in the Ancient Martial World today."

"Even in the Ancient Martial World, top-grade spirit stones are extremely rare, and only top forces possess them."

Qin Chuan then asked, "You just said that spirit stones can be used for cultivation. How are they used?"

Wang Yun looked astonished, not expecting Qin Chuan to be unaware of how to use spirit stones, but he quickly came to terms with it, as spirit stones had appeared in the Ancient Martial World when Qin Chuan was already in the Secular World.

Wang Yun said, "You just need to touch the spirit stone with any part of your body, then run your cultivation technique to absorb it. In the Ancient Martial World, everyone basically holds the spirit stone in their hand to absorb it."

Qin Chuan tightly gripped the spirit stone, then began to run the Great Mysterious True Scripture. Indeed, the Spiritual Energy within the top-grade spirit stone was quickly absorbed.

Qin Chuan could distinctly feel the top-grade spirit stone shrinking rapidly as he cultivated.

After only a few dozen seconds, when Qin Chuan released his hand, the top-grade spirit stone had completely vanished.

This made Wang Yun’s eyes widen, and he asked incredulously, "You only took about ten seconds to absorb a top-grade spirit stone?"

Qin Chuan realized something and frowned, "Is there a problem with that?"

Wang Yun nodded eagerly, "For us, even absorbing a low grade spirit stone would take at least a minute, not to mention a top-grade spirit stone with higher purity. I’ve never heard of anyone absorbing a spirit stone at your speed."

It turned out he had absorbed the spirit stone too quickly. Qin Chuan remained silent, feeling it out, and found that after absorbing one spirit stone, his cultivation level had recovered by one-tenth.

Now, he had recovered to sixty percent.

If he were to fight with Wang Yun and his four brothers again, even without using a secret technique, he could suppress them.

Unfortunately, the damage inflicted by the Heart-eating Gu Worm was severe. Recovering to sixty percent of his cultivation level was already quite fast.

Seeing that Qin Chuan remained silent, Wang Yun hesitated for a moment before saying cautiously, "Mr. Qin, do you have any other questions? If not, then I..."

Qin Chuan gave him a look and said indifferently, "You may go!"

Having said that, he also prepared to leave.

This encounter made him realize that he was still not strong enough. He needed to find a way to recover the essence of his heart, and once his cultivation was fully restored, he would think of a way to save Zhao Hongling.

Just as Qin Chuan was about to leave, Wang Yun suddenly said, "There’s one more thing, I don’t know if I should say it."

Qin Chuan frowned, "Speak!"

Wang Yun seemed to make up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "Actually, there’s an agreement between the Ancient Martial World and the Secular World that martial artists from the Emperor Realm are not allowed to enter the Secular World, but for some reason, the martial artists from the Emperor Realm who took on the Lotus Ring task can freely enter."

"This time our mission failed, and I believe that soon, stronger martial artists will enter the Secular World to look for you, Mr. Qin, please be cautious!"

Wang Yun had realized Qin Chuan’s extraordinary abilities, and he shared this information just to form a good relationship with Qin Chuan.

After this, he turned to leave.

But just as he was about to leave, suddenly, an old man dressed in a gray robe appeared before him like a specter.

Wang Yun seemed to see something terrifying, shaking uncontrollably, "You, you..."

"Boom!"

However, before he could finish his words, he was struck by a palm to the heart and killed instantly, his body falling off a cliff.

One strike, killing an expert from the Emperor Middle Stage Realm instantly!

Qin Chuan’s expression instantly became extremely grave, he fixed his gaze firmly on the other person.

The gray-robed old man was also staring at Qin Chuan, a terrifying pressure emanating from him, enveloping Qin Chuan completely.