Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 491 - 69: Walking Dead [Request for Monthly Pass!]_1

Chapter 491: Chapter 69: Walking Dead [Request for Monthly Pass!]_1

Today, the Regent Residence is unusually quiet.

Every time a grand event takes place, many experts are required to be on duty. With the guards of Yu Capital City in the open and the Regent Residence acting behind the scenes, the stability of the venue is maintained.

The Regent Leader has also entered the palace ahead of time, in preparation for the grand court meeting after the presentation of the captives.

Conquering Roupu Country is a means of rallying public morale again. The officials in the court will never regard this as a glorious victory. What they need to consider is how to deal with Fuyao Country next. In fact, even if Fuyao Country is powerful on its own, it is not enough to pose a threat to the Yu Dynasty. However, the fact that it has Penglai behind it complicates the situation.

The attitude of Penglai has always been ambiguous. Although Penglai stands with Yu Dynasty for the interests of the Human Clan, it also hopes that Fuyao Country will be more prosperous.

After all, if the Yu Dynasty becomes powerful, the royal power really could suppress all Immortal Sects. Fuyao Country, on the other hand, will always be a dutiful son of Penglai, no matter how strong it gets.

Just as dawn has barely broken, noises from outside have already reached the ear. Along the longest Imperial Street that leads directly from the east gate to the Imperial City, various merchants vying for spots, and City Patrols maintaining order have already taken their posts. Shortly afterwards, the curious people will soon fill both sides of the street.

However, it is said that the presentation of the captives this time will be different from the past.

As the heavenly dynasty of the Nine States, the Yu Dynasty hasn’t had any external enemies for a long time. The last time they presented the captives after a war was perhaps nearly a hundred years ago, said to be a parade through the streets to appease the Grand Temple.

But the people of Roupu Country this time have been quite respectful, so the emperor has agreed that the general of the Eastern Sea need not treat them too harshly, and allowed him to send nearly a hundred members of the Roupu royal family to the Imperial City by carriage. After leaving a few hostages, the rest should be returned safely.

Of course, for the royal family of Roupu, the opportunity to stay in the Yu Dynasty as hostages is extremely valuable and there will likely be some competition.

"Brother Chu, this is the Firegrass you requested."

A seal officer from the Regent Residence handed a spirit plant sealed in an ice box to Chu Liang. Through the translucent box, one can see what appears to be a half-burnt leaf. There’s nothing special about it.

But when Chu Liang received it, he thanked the man, "Thank you Brother Chen."

He took the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure with one hand and handed over a jade talisman with the other.

The seal officer named Chen received it, scanned it with his Divine Sense, and laughed, "Didn’t I say yesterday that it’s only Nine Thousand Vermilion Bird Coins, Brother Chu, this... "

"Naturally, I can’t let you come all the way for nothing." Chu Liang also smiled.

There were ten thousand Vermilion Bird Coins in the jade talisman. The extra were intended as a tip for running the errand.

"Brother Chu, this..." The smile on the seal officer’s face turned warm and genuine. He looked at Chu Liang as if he was looking at his own brother and was only able to say one word: "Generous."

In fact, the price of this Spirit Plant was eight thousand eight hundred. When he quoted Chu Liang, he rounded the number up. He hadn’t expected Chu Liang to be even more generous than he thought.

A few days ago, Chu Liang had noticed that the third Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure of the Flashy Doll had been completely absorbed and the fourth layer of the treasure could now be opened. However, being in the Regent Residence, it was inconvenient for him to deal with these treasures.

After getting acquainted with the seal officers in the yard, he made some inquiries and found that in Yu Capital City, there were indeed large shops and markets for the Immortal Cultivation World. He had one of the seal officers purchase the Spirit Plant for him.

Everything is expensive in Yu Capital City, but the price of a Spirit Plant at nine thousand Vermilion Bird Coins seemed somewhat inflated. However, as long as he can enhance his power, a few extra coins won’t matter. Giving extra as a tip would help him win over people’s favor, which could be useful the next time he needed something done.

Last time, he used Lin Bei’s name to buy a Spirit Plant from Flying Dragon Dock. Even after returning to Shu Mountain, he promptly made the remaining payment.

There’s no need to scrimp on these small sums.

The initial construction of the Red Cotton Peak was funded by the investment from Taotie City. Now the progress is booming, and the income goes into Chu’s pocket first. Even though nearly half of it has to be handed over to others later, he still earns a lot with negligible cost thus far.

Having a large amount of Spirit Stone Coins at hand, which can neither be used as food nor generate interest, it’s undeniably crucial to convert them into Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure to enhance his power.

...

After calming down, he sank his Divine Sense into the White Pagoda.

Tuntun was sleeping soundly, wrapped in its wings. Several Big Head Babies were crazily spinning on the side, with various phantoms overlapping, making the inside of the tower seem like an Immortal Realm.

Chu Liang opened the ice box and took out the charred half-leaf.

Whoosh——

As soon as the leaf left the cover of the ice box, a surge of azure-gold fire immediately sprang up! Within the fire, the luster flowed, and it churned with spirituality. The missing part of the leaf was replenished by the flame in an instant.

This is the magical feature of this "Flame Immortal Grass".

The surging spiritual energy seemed to have caught Tuntun’s attention. The little thing suddenly sprang up with a sudden rush.

"Ababa..." She flapped her wings and flew towards him in a wave of motion, crying out indistinctly, "Hungry..."

It seemed that items with spirituality had a stronger appeal to her.

"This isn’t for you," Chu Liang said with a smile, holding her small head, and he took out from his bosom a bag of steaming grilled skewers and other food, smeared all over with sauce, the aroma tempting. "This is for you."

The little creature’s nose twitched, and she was instantly enticed.

"This isn’t the kind of thing children should eat. Be good, we can eat roast food every day."

After soothing Tuntun, Chu Liang took the Fire Immortal Plant and approached the Flashy Doll, placing this spirit plant into it as well.

Boom--

In an instant, the three brightly colored Flashy Doll added another color, waiting until the treasure was completely opened, it could initiate the Fourth layer of Binghuo True Qi.

The explosive Binghuo True Qi, whether channeled for divine skills or sword qi, could greatly enhance its destructive power, and is a significant improvement in combat power.

He was originally worried that Tuntun would damage other items in the White Pagoda. If these Big Head Babies were eaten, he would be heartbroken. But over the past few days, it seemed that Tuntun was not particularly interested in the items produced in the White Pagoda. Even if they had spiritual characteristics, she didn’t express much desire to eat them.

This allowed Chu Liang to feel somewhat relieved.

However, he kept an eye on her every now and then just in case she committed action he would regret.

When he emerged from the White Pagoda and was about to start his work, he suddenly felt a faint warmth coming from his bosom.

Currently, he was carrying a number of sympathetic devices and wasn’t sure which one it was initially. Once he took it out, it indeed was the one he was thinking about.

The Soul Crystal connected with Senior Sister Jiang.

His divine sense entered, and he saw Senior Sister Jiang’s message emerge in the green waves.

[Jiang Yuebai]: "I’ve found something."

[Chu Liang]: "Hmm?"

Very quickly, Jiang Yuebai informed Chu Liang about what she had discovered last night.

After capturing the boy with the medicine jar, she followed him to Poison Master Song’s basement, where she smelled a familiar scent.

She then asked the boy whether he knew anything about the Red River Sect, and indeed he knew a few things.

He said that he had overheard someone coming to find Poison Master Song, seemingly asking him to refine a certain kind of poison. And the condition that Poison Master Song gave was that they should kill the people of the Red River Sect.

When Jiang Yuebai further questioned him about the visitors, he knew nothing more, only that they seemed to be a couple.

Afterwards, the boy began to show severe signs of poisoning, becoming increasingly frenzied. Jiang Yuebai had to take him to find a strange grass known as "Asura Leaf" to soothe his symptoms. After finding it, the boy’s condition eventually stabilized, but he would be in pain for the rest of his life if they couldn’t obtain the antidote from Poison Master Song.

Jiang Yuebai, watching his body turn black and act crazily because of the severe poisoning, suddenly remembered what the familiar scent was.

It was the same scent she had smelled from the City Patrol soldier at the Regent Residence. He had been bitten by a strange man during patrol and subsequently poisoned. Only thanks to Chu Liang’s detoxifying whip, the poison was removed.

As the toxic cloud dissipated into the air, it carried a thin, curious sting.

Jiang Yuebai immediately asked the boy, who informed her that this strange poison was Poison Master Song’s closely guarded secret, known as "the Walking Stiff".

Once infected with it, the physical body is greatly fortified. However, without taking the antidote daily, the person starts to become frantic and eventually dies, turning into a zombie. The longer the infection lasts, the stronger the body, but the harder it is to detoxify. Moreover, anyone bitten or scratched by an infected person will also get the poison.

Quite strange and sinister.

The Medicine Jar boys, such as him, had been fed the Walking Stiff poison from a young age. That’s why they have strong bodies without proper cultivation. But at the same time, they have deeply rooted poison in them, and when the poison erupts, it’s explosive. To this day, only the Asura Leaf can temporarily alleviate the symptoms.

Jiang Yuebai immediately informed Chu Liang of all these details. Seeing this information, Chu Liang’s mind was also in turmoil.

Eastern Sea, Red River Sect, Black Pine Ridge... Many pieces of information were beginning to connect. But he had no time to think deeply about this. This kind of poison was forgivable in the mountains and wilds of Black Pine Ridge.

But now it had come to Yu Capital City.

This was a giant city with millions of people!