Chapter 2754 Four Fiends Eight Gods

A deputy deacon's monthly salary was only thirty thousand pounds of immortal divine essence, which might be enough for other cultivators in the same realm, but not for Lin Xun. To satisfy his cultivation, he would need at least fifty thousand pounds every month.

This had been something he had worried about lately, but the bottle that produced Sun Moon Immortal Pill gifted by Yan Ji erased it. Holding down his excitement, Lin Xun first stowed the token. Then, he cleared his mind and consumed a Sun Moon Immortal Pill.

Boom!

A surging torrent of power spread within him like a wild horse. The density and purity of it physically shook him, making him feel stuffed and close to bursting. Lin Xun didn't dare to get one bit distracted as he operated his cultivation to refine this power.

It took a full eight hours for the medicinal properties in the pill to be completely refined. Once this process was finished, Lin Xun clearly felt that his cultivation had improved by a sliver!

Even though it was just a literal sliver, he was exhilarated. Without much thought, he drew out another Sun Moon Immortal Pill and continued to cultivate.

After a full day, Lin Xun had absorbed three Sun Moon Immortal Pills, which was the equivalent of consuming three thousand pounds of immortal divine essence!

“Three thousand pounds a day, that's around ninety thousand pounds a month, or ninety Sun Moon Immortal Pills. This bottle produces one thousand pills a month, which means I’d still have nine hundred and ten leftovers each month...” Lin Xun felt an indescribable satisfaction and joy.

He was even a bit annoyed that his current cultivation level wouldn't let him refine them all. It was like getting rich overnight and having so much money that one didn't know how to spend it...

However, he knew that as his cultivation advanced, he would only need more and more immortal divine essence.

Yan Ji had probably made a calculation before deciding to lend this bottle to him for a hundred years. Lin Xun reckoned that the total amount of Sun Moon Immortal Pills produced during this period would well satisfy his cultivation needs.

......

Time flowed by.

Three months later, Lin Xun finished absorbing a Sun Moon Immortal Pill to find his cultivation reaching the very perfection of the initial Heavenly Longevity Realm. He was now only a hair’s breadth away from the intermediate level!

“The door is only one step away.” He leisurely opened his eyes. Breaking through to the intermediate level did not require any opportunity, only extreme power accumulation and then letting that power erupt.

At this kind of time, it was often useless to keep on diligently cultivating. In order to achieve that eruption for breakthrough, the method was simple: fighting! The power gained through secluded cultivation must be honed in combat in order to metamorphose.

Having made up his mind, Lin Xun stood up and walked out of his cave haven.

On the Ninth Peak...

“Peak Master, I'd like to know how Senior Brother Ye Chunjun was injured during his trip outside,” requested Lin Xun after he found Qin Wuyu.

He had not forgotten that during his seven months of seclusion in the Ninth Hall of Scripture Mountain, Ye Chunjun had gone out on a mission and suffered a grave injury, which was clearly from the handiwork of his enemies.

Qin Wuyu asked in response, “You’re planning to avenge him?”

Lin Xun nodded. “Since I joined the sect, Senior Brother Ye has taken care of me on many occasions, but that got him injured by my enemies. Of course I must do something about this.”

Qin Wuyu hesitated for a moment before he said, “Chunjun didn't let me tell you about this because he was afraid that it would affect your state of mind during your Immortal tribulation, but now that you're already at the Heavenly Longevity Realm, there is no harm in telling you.”

As it turned out, the location of Ye Chunjun’s mission back then was the Central Core Region of the Seventh Heaven Domain. After he completed the mission and was on his way back, a carefully planned ambush had erupted, and thus he had gotten seriously wounded.

If not for the fact that the sect token had given him a small window to escape, he would have probably lost his life.

Qin Wuyu said, “According to Chunjun, the one who sneaked up on him was a Heavenly Longevity assassin from Empty Hidden World titled Venerable Demon.”

Empty Hidden World!

Lin Xun was taken aback. Back in the Great Thousand Battle Domain, he had been the target of two assassins: Crane, who was ranked sixth, and Frost, who was ranked fourth on the ranking of supreme Emperors there. Since they were both from Empty Hidden World, how could he forget this name?

It was a mysterious and ancient sect that was known throughout the Eternal True Realm. Even Immortal Imperial Clans remained wary of them to a certain extent.

According to Qin Wuyu, there were a total of twelve Immortal assassins in the Empty Hidden World known as the ‘Four Fiends and Eight Gods.’

The four fiends were the Venerable Demon, Venerable Phantom, Venerable Wraith, and Venerable Goblin.

The eight gods were named after the eight trigrams, such as God of Abysmal Water, God of Mythic Fire, God of Hollow Heaven, God of Holy Earth, and so on. They were the most secretive as they rarely went out on action.

This time, the one who had endangered Ye Chunjun was Venerable Demon, a Heavenly Longevity assassin who was one of the Four Fiend Venerables!

Lin Xun couldn't help but wonder, “Just how unhinged is Empty Hidden World that they dare touch our sect's disciple?”

Qin Wuyu remarked coldly, “They actually don't, but this doesn't mean that someone else doesn't either. Do you know what the force behind Empty Hidden World actually is?”

Lin Xun shook his head.

“An immortal giant in the Eighth Heaven Domain, the Jing Clan,” said Qin Wuyu.

“The Jing Clan?” Lin Xun was stunned. Rumor had it that the Jing Clan was extremely low-profile amongst the Ten Immortal Giants, but despite their unremarkable rank, their depths were utterly terrifying.

Qin Wuyu explained, “The Jing and the Fu Clans have been on friendly terms for ages, their members frequently getting married to each other. The leader of Empty Hidden World is an old relic of the Jing Clan named Jing Hengzhen. While this is a secret to most people in the outside world, everyone in our sect knows about it.

“When I learned about the assassination attempt on Chunjun, my immediate guess was that Deputy Pavilion Master Fu Wenli was behind it. At that time, there was nothing he'd stop at to shake your state of mind.”

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes. “Say, if I want to deal with this Venerable Demon, how should I find him?”

Qin Wuyu said, “Those from Empty Hidden World are adept at concealing their whereabouts and movements. A high-ranked expert like Venerable Demon is only that much more difficult to track down. After what happened to Chunjun, the first thing I did was go to Deputy Pavilion Master Fang Daoping and ask for his help.”

Lin Xun had not expected this. “Deputy Pavilion Master Fang?”

Qin Wuyu laughed. “He seems peaceful and detached now, but he was once a ruthless menace. About seventeen thousand years ago, Master Fang, who was still an elder at that time, took a disciple out on a trip only to learn that the family of this disciple had been massacred by assassins from Empty Hidden World. All one hundred and forty-nine lives, no survivors.

“The disciple was so grief-stricken that it wrecked their state of mind. Master Fang, in a fit of rage, killed his way into the Empty Hidden World solo, where he chopped off many heads on top of slaying thirteen Immortal figures!

“That battle was known by almost no one in the outside world, but in the Four Great Ancestral Courts and the Eighth Heaven Domain, it was a big ruckus.”

Lin Xun gasped.

Reaping heads in Empty Hidden World all by himself!

If he hadn't heard this from Qin Wuyu, he truly could never have imagined that someone of Fang Daoping's indifferent nature was capable of such a thing.

“After I told Deputy Pavilion Master Fang about what happened to Chunjun, he gave me this talisman.” Qin Wuyu took out a round and glistening gray jade talisman.

“He said the lair of Empty Hidden World has long since been relocated many times, making it extremely difficult to find, but finding their assassins is another story. In a city called Star Creek in the Central Core Region of the Seventh Heaven Domain, there is an old man named Feiyun. Anyone with this talisman can ask him for clues on assassins of Empty Hidden World.”

Lin Xun's eyes lit up. “Peak Master, can I borrow this talisman from you?”

Qin Wuyu handed the object to Lin Xun with a smile, “If this was in the past, I definitely wouldn't let you do this, but now, it's quite appropriate for you to take this trip.”

After a pause, he asked, “Do you want Elder Mo Lanshan’s company this time?”

Lin Xun shook his head. “I alone will do. There's no need to bother Elder Mo.”

“Then be careful on your way,” mused Qin Wuyu. “If those in our sect with ill intentions toward you know that you are traveling to the Seventh Heaven Domain, then I fear you will be facing quite a few dangerous ordeals.”

Lin Xun smiled, “Don't worry, Peak Master, I have my own life-saving measures. If they have the guts to take action, then they'll learn what it means to have bitten off more than they can chew.”

With that, he left the ninth peak and headed straight to the ancient teleportation array leading out. Upon arrival, he saw a familiar figure.

It was none other than Jin Zhongyue!

No longer a deputy deacon as he had been reduced to a disciple who guarded this place, this was undoubtedly a humiliating errand for a seasoned Immortal. Self-inflicted torment, as one would call it.

Seeing Lin Xun appear in the distance, Jin Zhongyue's face darkened. There was unquenchable hatred in his eyes as well as apprehension. Lin Xun smiled and ignored him, walking straight into the teleportation array where he quickly disappeared.

Jin Zhongyue went up and scrutinized the energy fluctuations of the array. His brow then shot up at the information he got.

What is this guy going out to do this time?

Pondering, he took out a jade slip, input into it a message about Lin Xun’s going out, and sent it. Having done that, he felt quite content.

“Lin Xun, ah, Lin Xun, you shouldn't have pushed things so far. You took my position, so don't blame me for having no courtesy for you...”

In the Seventh Heaven Domain, Central Core Region.

Once again coming to the outside world, Lin Xun was washed by a wave of sentiments.

Over a year ago, he had arrived in the Seventh Heaven Domain together with Senior Sister Jun Huan. Afterward, he had hunkered down in an ordinary alley in Cold Moon City, where he had opened a store called Cloud Guardian Workshop.

There, he had gotten acquainted with a cute, lively little girl called Nuonuo. He wondered how she was doing in Lingyuan Sword Palace nowadays...

Shaking his head, Lin Xun began teleporting away with his hands on his back.

Ten days later, at Star Creek City...

The city lights formed a gorgeous dragon in the night. In the sky above, a stretch of galaxy flowed like a shimmering stream of stars. This was how the city got its name.

The moment Lin Xun took his first step into this city, the hustle and bustle hit him in the face. The streets and alleys were filled with colorful lights and decorations, traffic, and voices of ware hawking and playing.

The liveliness of the red dust world, the life of people, all were reflected in his eyes. He walked among them like a passer-by, idyllically perceiving the variety of emotions emanating from the crowd.

This was the first time he had returned to the Seventh Heaven Domain since he had joined the Origin Sect, and this time, his state of mind was completely different from before.