Shu Jianyue signaled Chaoguang to let go. The instant he released his grip, she kicked Lu Shuixian directly toward Zhu Su.
“Ah… Brother Su, save me!” Lu Shuixian’s shrill voice pierced everyone’s eardrums.
Zhu Su instinctively reached out to catch her, but immediately pulled his hands back, intending to catch her with Lingli instead. Yet, he discovered that he could not mobilize the Lingli throughout his body at all.
The next moment, Lu Shuixian crashed into him, sending him flying backward along with her.
Yang Qingling, who had been standing next to him, dodged out of the way immediately and patted her chest. “That was close.”
Seeing this, Lv Xuan, who had just recovered, couldn’t help glaring at her. “You are a Jindan Xiushi, after all.”
Yang Qingling rolled her eyes at him. “So what if I’m at the Jindan Period? You’re at the Yuanying Stage, and look how that turned out.”
Lu Shuixian fainted on the spot. Zhu Su nearly coughed up his internal organs; only after swallowing a Danyao did he feel considerably better.
Lv Xuan looked toward Shu Jianyue again. “I heard that there is a Lingshou cub on this Fuchen. Young lady, shielding this place so fiercely, do you perhaps know something?”
Only now did Shu Jianyue finally understand why they had been coming to Fuchenshan one after another. “Who told you that there is a Divine Beast cub on my Fuchenshan?”
Everyone began to exchange glances. They had all come along after hearing rumors and learning that several sect leaders would be coming.
Lv Xuan glanced at Li Wei, then pressed on, “There’s no smoke without fire. Young lady, a Divine Beast is no ordinary matter. It would be better to hand it over.”
“Oh, hand it over to which one of you?” Shu Jianyue looked at him with a half-smile.
“If I hand it over, are you sure you can hold onto it?”
“Kong Kong.”
Kong Kong immediately released the imposing pressure belonging to a Divine Beast. “This Venerable One is very curious to know—just how do you plan to take me away?”
The faces of the crowd instantly drained of color. Those with lower cultivation fell directly to their knees.
Gong Chengxi held himself up with great effort from the back, doing his best to keep from falling to his knees.
He should have listened to his father; he shouldn’t have come here.
How could a Divine Beast be something they could covet?
Though Yang Qingling was also enduring the pressure, she breathed a huge sigh of relief, once again rejoicing that she hadn’t stepped forward to fight.
Zhu Su’s eyes, however, lit up. There truly was an adult Divine Beast.
Seeing that everyone had turned pale, Shu Jianyue raised her eyebrows. “Come on. Weren’t you going to take him away? Whoever has the ability, go ahead and take him.”
The crowd looked at one another; not a single person dared to speak.
Even Lv Xuan kept his mouth tightly shut. He knew all too well the terrifying strength of an adult Divine Beast.
Looking at Shu Jianyue, Fu Jinnian thought of something, his pupils contracting involuntarily.
Someone who was only at the Jindan Third Stage could defeat him and was accompanied by an adult Divine Beast. Previously, Dongyuan Dalu had never heard of any Divine Beasts; this sudden appearance meant she most likely came from another domain.
More likely than not, she came from Bahuangyu.
Furthermore, this person’s background was definitely extraordinary. Otherwise, given that this place was closest to Hunyuan Xianzong, why hadn’t they taken action? They must have known her identity and harbored reservations.
Shu Jianyue glanced around and thought for a moment, quickly guessing who had orchestrated today’s spectacle. After all, back when Yu’er was consuming the heavenly lightning, only that man and woman had been present.
Thus, raising her chin toward Zhu Su, she asked Fu Jinnian, “Did he tell you?”
Fu Jinnian nodded without hesitation. “Yes, he hired me with ten thousand Mid-grade Lingshi and a Zhilingdan.”
Zhu Su’s face turned pale instantly. All his previous delusions were now likely to become his death warrant.
If she wanted to deal with him, it would merely take a wave of her hand!
Shu Jianyue scratched her chin. “You’ve brought me so much trouble. How do you think I should deal with you?”
Zhu Su shuddered all over. “I am the Ninth Prince of the Fengxian Guo royal family. I can offer compensation. I beg Zunzhe to show mercy.”
“The Ninth Prince, huh…” Shu Jianyue searched her memory carefully. It seemed there was a Longgu in the royal family, which should be useful for Chaoguang.
“Then compensate me with that Longgu in the imperial palace.”
Fu Jinnian looked at Zhu Su as if looking at a fool. Truly an idiot!
Even the bystanders thought he was stupid. Given her prowess, would she spare you just because of your identity?
She would surely make you pay until you were ruined.
Zhu Su, however, was completely stunned. That Longgu was the national treasure of Fengxian royal family; how could he possibly obtain it!
“Zunzhe, that is a national treasure. How could a mere prince like me get my hands on it?”
Zunzhe?
Oh, right. Didn’t his master also call himself Zunzhe while only at the Jindan realm?
She had even ridiculed him for it back then.
“That is none of my concern. I’ll give you three days. If you don’t bring it, I will cripple you.” Shu Jianyue suddenly leaned in, staring into Zhu Su’s eyes with a smile, and asked, “Understood?”
“If you dare come to Fuchenshan again, you will stay here forever and become fertilizer for this place.”
Zhu Su nodded numbly, his mind filled entirely with those pitch-black eyes, feeling as though his very soul had been sucked into them.
“Master, my little brother fetched that cauldron back. It seems to be a good item,” Kong Kong maintained an expressionless face, but his voice transmission overflowed with excitement.
Shu Jianyue raised an eyebrow and looked toward Du Yisheng, who had been hiding off to the side the whole time. “Second Elder, how do you have the leisure to run over to my Fuchenshan? Does your sect leader know?”
Du Yisheng had been trying his best to keep a low profile. “I just… I’ve just been free lately and came along to watch the excitement, that’s all.”
“If you’re free, find something to do. Don’t come to places you shouldn’t be. This time, I’ll spare you for Yu Yangzi’s sake. If there’s a next time, not even Yu Yangzi will be able to protect you.” After finishing, Shu Jianyue turned back to Fu Jinnian and asked, “Still not leaving?”
Fu Jinnian shook his head immediately, glanced in the direction where his cauldron had been kicked away, and asked, “May I retrieve my Lingqi?”
Shu Jianyue raised her brow slightly. “Do you think you can?”
“That cauldron was taken by my little monkey to play with. Forget about getting it back. However, I can exchange something with you for it.”
Fu Jinnian’s eyes lit up. “May I ask if Shenzun has any Zhilingdan?”
“That cauldron is an Earth-grade Lingqi; it’s completely worth it.”
“Didn’t this foolish boy already give you one?” Shu Jianyue raised her chin toward Zhu Su.
Fu Jinnian pressed his lips together and said, “What he gave was a Xuan-grade Danyao; the effect is somewhat lacking.”
Shu Jianyue pondered for a moment, then tossed a porcelain bottle to Fu Jinnian. “This isn’t a Zhilingdan, but the effects will be somewhat better. Give it a try.”
The moment Fu Jinnian opened the bottle cap, he felt the Lingqi surging from inside. How was this merely ‘somewhat better’? It was better by countless bounds!
What kind of Danyao could possess such dense Lingqi? And so pure!
“Thank you, Zunzhe…”
Shu Jianyue didn’t wait for him to finish before walking away, leaving behind only one sentence: “Whoever dares to disturb my Fuchenshan again shall be killed without mercy.”
It was merely a pill rolled out of purple sweet potato mash anyway. She wanted to go check out that cauldron; since Kong Kong, a Super Divine Beast, said it was a good item, it definitely had to be.
The cauldron was indeed exceptional—it was the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, one of the Ten Great Divine Artifacts. However, it required Shenhuo to refine it.
How could ordinary people refine Shenhuo? Thus, this cauldron could only be used as an ordinary Lingqi.
After studying it for a while, Shu Jianyue simply tossed the cauldron to Yuchuan to play with.