Chapter 158: Shortcut: Cultivation Furnace

What in the world was behind those bronze doors?

Shang Xia had some guesses in his heart, but he didn’t dare to believe them.

After all, that was Liu Jitang, a Martial Extermination Realm expert at the completion stage!

As for the other cultivator beside him, he had four Extermination Origins! His cultivation was even higher than Liu Jitang, and it was comparable to Ji Wenlong!

Even the two of them were unable to stop the existence on the other side of the bronze gate! In fact, they looked utterly exhausted!

Shang Xia didn’t dare to imagine the type of existence that lay behind that gate.

“Hah! This is exactly the reason why I lured them over…” Zhu Ying’s haughty laughter pulled Shang Xia’s attention back to the stone chamber.

Now that he was no longer fixated on the image on the walls, Shang Xia had the chance to look ?through the entire stone chamber. He discovered that it was furnished very simply, and there was a wooden table and chair near Shang Xia. A proper tea set sat on top of the tablet.

The space in the middle of the chamber was empty, and looking at the marks on the ground, it was where the person who stayed within trained their martial arts.

There were several items around Shang Xia, and they looked like they were placed there extremely recently. He felt that they were randomly thrown about by Zhu Ying.

On the other side of the room stood a stone bed and Mu Qingyu layed paralyzed on it.

At that moment, Zhu Ying was standing at the foot of the bed while staring at Mu Qingyu’s legs with depravity in his eyes. He would turn to the image on the walls from time to time, and he seemed to be in a world of enjoyment.

“Are you planning to get them all killed? Do you know the consequences of your actions? That’s a deputy patriarch of the Tongyou Institution!” Mu Qingyu yelled after watching what happened on the walls.

“Consequences?” Zhu Ying sneered. “When they hunted down the remnant members of the Zhu Family, they didn’t think about the consequences!”

“You’re doing this for revenge?” Mu Qingyu muttered.

“Of course!” Zhu Ying’s gaze returned to Mu Qingyu and his expression turned incomparably solemn. I don’t care who they are! The Tongyou Institution, Rose Party, or the four great clans… Everyone who wishes to obtain the Zhu Family’s inheritance must die!”

“You’re crazy!” Mu Qingyu tried to reason with him, “Let’s not talk about other things. When your parents went missing and your loyal servant died, how would you have survived if not for the support of the Liu Family? Without the Tongyou Institution, you would have died a thousand times over!”

“Do you know the true reason behind the disappearance of my parents and the death of my servant?!” Zhu Ying glared at her. “You don’t know anything! The only reason they allowed me to live till now was because of their schemes for the Zhu Family inheritance! Everyone who entered the Coral Forest deserves to die! Their deaths will comfort the souls of my fellow clan members in heaven!”

“So, am I also someone who deserves to die?” Mu Qingyu’s expression was pale, but she tried her best to suppress her fear.

“You?” A strange look appeared in Zhu Ying’s eyes. “Do you know why I brought you here?”

Mu Qingyu didn’t answer him, and a trace of regret could be seen in her eyes. She revealed a sad puppy-like expression.

A sneer formed on Zhu Ying’s face. “You’re only interested in yourself, and you think you know how to plot against others. Too bad you think everyone else is stupid. You thought that you would be able to run into a lot of good opportunities since you came here with me, and you felt that you could manipulate me into protecting you in case of any dangers. It’s a pity you didn’t realize that no matter how much I have fallen, I’m still a descendant of the once greatest family in the You Continent! My love for you has already died!”

“You…” Mu Qingyu’s voice trembled. “What exactly do you plan to do?”

“Cultivation furnace…” Zhu Ying’s sinister smile caused Mu Qingyu’s heart to tremble in fright. “You shall be my cultivation furnace for me to comprehend my martial extremity intent!”

Looking at her expression of despair, Zhu Ying snorted in contempt, “Don’t tell me you don’t know what a cultivation furnace is…”

Before she could reply, Zhu Ying continued his explanation. “I’m cultivating the art of fire and ice, and the main martial arts I practice are the Blood Flame Palm and the Ice Jade Fist. Right now, I’m trying to comprehend the Burning Blood Ice Sealing Art!”

Shang Xia raised an eyebrow slightly. The name of the martial extremity intent seemed similar to Sun Haiwei’s Mysterious Burning Ice Art.

“Because my cultivation increased too quickly recently. After reaching the large completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm, my foundations aren’t stable. Forcefully comprehending a martial intent might be detrimental to my growth…” Zhu Ying failed to hide his glee after he spoke.

This bastard improved pretty quickly… He has already reached the large completion stage…

However, Shang Xia felt that something was off after thinking about it.

“Luckily, my Zhu Family’s inheritance runs extremely deep. We managed to discover a shortcut. With a suitable cultivation furnace, the two of us will have intercourse and I will forcefully fuse both types of qi!

A serious expression appeared on Shang Xia’s face after hearing what Zhu Ying said.

Fusing both types of qi… Indeed, the Zhu Family had it figured out. The fusion of both types of qi was the way to go.

Even though the use of a cultivation furnace seemed foreign to those of the Azure Origin World, Shang Xia knew all about it.

“You… you’re shameless! Don’t come near me! Go away!”

Zhu Ying’s explanation was sound when it entered Shang Xia’s ears, but when Mu Qingyu heard it, she felt despair and humiliation.

Hearing her screams, anyone who wasn’t watching the scene play out with their own eyes would think that Zhu Ying had already forced himself on her.

“Too bad… In order to ensure the highest success rate, nothing can go wrong when we do the deed… I guess I can only do it when you’re unconscious. Anyway, do you think I’m oblivious to your little actions of trying to break my restrictions?” Zhu Ying snorted in contempt. He reached a single finger towards the foot of the bed, making several jade bottles and wooden cases appear.

Clearly, there was a type of spatial artifact on him.

When Zhu Ying was preparing to take off his clothes, another scene appeared on one of the walls. His attention quickly turned to stare at the newcomers.

A spatial tunnel appeared and Ji Wenlong appeared outside the Zhu Family Manor. Lang Xiaoyun and Dongfang Daying appeared soon after.

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“Three Martial Extermination Realms… Hehe, as long as you have the guts to enter, you won’t be going back alive…” Zhu Ying gloated happily as he walked over to the stone table on one side of the room.

Feeling a weird sense of unease in his heart, he turned to stare at the entrance of the stone chamber all of a sudden. A familiar face that he would never forget as long as he lived appeared before him.

“You…” Stretching his hand out slightly, he pointed at Shang Xia with rage and confusion in his eyes.

Shang Xia wouldn’t give him a chance to react. The moment he was discovered, his Delicate Jade River Sword had already stabbed towards Zhu Ying’s chest.

“Ah!” Screaming in fright, he snapped out of his confusion. A dull yellow talisman turned to ash before him.

Two dull earth-gray palms appeared before Zhu Ying to stop Shang Xia’s sword.

Rank three talisman!

Shang Xia twisted his sword and pulled them out from the gap between the palms.

Luckily for him, the rank three talisman didn’t contain any divine sense in it!

Shang Xia didn’t stop there. His blade snaked towards Zhu Ying again.

Because he managed to avoid death with his rank three talisman, Zhu Ying had enough time to make his battle preparations.

After entering the battlefield between two worlds, he ran into many fortuitous encounters. Now that he reached the large completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm, his strength experienced a huge leap forward. He was really confident that he could take on any challenge that came his way.

However, he didn’t expect Shang Xia to deal with his rank three talisman so easily.

“Large completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm… How… How can you also progress so quickly? This is not possible!” Zhu Ying yelled hysterically. His confidence shattered in that instant.

Seeing how Shang Xia had ignored his question, he roared with rage, “Shang Xia, I’m not afraid of you!”

Shang Xia’s sword arrived, and despite Zhu Ying’s best attempt to unleash his martial art to take on the strike, he was still forced backwards.

Shang Xia didn’t let up. He followed up with another strike, and Zhu Ying was about to be turned into human kebab when he raised his hand to block the attack.

A sound of shattering could be heard as countless shards shot towards Shang Xia from all directions.

“This… Earth Rune?” Shang Xia retreated hastily. He pondered silently in his heart and realized that that fellow probably obtained a lot of treasures from the Coral Forest.

Whatever the case, runes were split into different levels. The Earth Rune might be rare, but it wasn’t too strong.

Shang Xia’s sword released a ray of lightning. It created a massive web that trapped all the shards.

Under the terrifying lightning bolts, the shards were mostly turned to dust. Those that managed to arrive before Shang Xia crumbled to dust when it came into contact with his inner qi.

However, Zhu Ying managed to gain another breath of time to recover.

Shang Xia stepped through the dust and saw Zhu Ying standing at the foot of the stone bed. His hand pressed down on her skull and he warned, “Don’t move! If you dare to take another step, I’ll crush her head!”

Shang Xia revealed a stunned expression, and he wavered slightly.

Zhu Ying raised his palm to strike at the wall beside him suddenly.

Raising his sword instinctively, he was a little surprised to discover that Zhu Ying didn’t release some sort of sneak attack towards him. He quickly turned to look at what was so special on the wall.

“Hundred Days Longevity Intoxication!” That was an advancement formula for those at the Martial Extermination Realm!