Chapter 250: A Rushed Conclusion
As Yao Yan suppressed the core flame of the Three Thousand Heavenly Flames within his body, a frail figure appeared silently in front of the two, interrupting Yao Yan's departure and leaving him slightly stunned. He hadn't expected Medicine Elder to emerge from seclusion at this moment… He had intended to leave just like this.
"Medicine Dust? Your body… has it recovered?!" The Ninth Heavenly Lord, Mo Yu, instantly recognized the visitor, his eyes narrowing in shock as he spoke in a deep voice.
As he spoke, Mo Yu's expression darkened because Medicine Dust's recovery wasn't just physical. The aura around him had also become extremely strange, as though he stood in front of them, yet seemed to exist in another space altogether.
Had this old man's strength been fully restored?!
Mo Yu didn't know much about the process of Yao Yan creating Medicine Dust's new body but understood that the connection between them was not just transactional.
Medicine Elder didn't acknowledge Mo Yu. His eyes weren't as cold or filled with sorrow as Yao Yan had imagined. Instead, they were calm. He looked at Yao Yan and spoke in a faint voice, "You are from the Hun Clan? Then why are you practicing the Pill Clan's Three Flower Gathering Flame Technique… This technique is for the foundation building of the Pill Clan's younger generation. With your talents, the Hun Clan should not have treated you as a mere pawn."
Perhaps because of Han Feng's betrayal, now facing Yao Yan's 'betrayal,' Medicine Elder found that his heart wasn't torn as he'd expected. Instead, it was filled with an inexplicable emptiness and numbness. The only thing he wanted now was an explanation.
"Is it still important now?" Yao Yan replied calmly, his expression unchanged.
"I haven't had many family members in my life. After leaving the Pill Clan, I had none. I adopted Han Feng later and treated him as my own, but… then came you. I once thought that… Suddenly, I feel like my whole life is laughable," Medicine Elder wanted to say something but ended up bitterly smiling. His energy seemed to drain away in that instant.
One must have some spiritual sustenance to live. Some people care especially about family… but it is something they can never obtain.
Looking back at most of his life, Medicine Elder suddenly felt like a failure. As a child, he witnessed his parents' deaths but couldn't do anything. As a young man, he witnessed his fellow disciple backstabbing their teacher, watching his beloved teacher die in front of him. In his middle age, he adopted Han Feng and treated him like his own, but was betrayed, almost dying. Now, in his old age, he encountered Yao Yan…
Anger? Rage?
That emotion seemed too hard to summon now.
The greatest sorrow is when one's heart dies.
"That's your problem. Our meeting was an accident. Moreover, at that time, you didn't trust me. Our relationship has always been transactional. The alchemy skills and this Bone Spirit Cold Fire you taught me were just the reward for restoring your body," Yao Yan raised his hand, summoning the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, speaking indifferently.
"Transaction..." In his mind, Medicine Elder immediately recalled the scenes from the past, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Just as Yao Yan said, the other party had never actively asked for anything. Even if they wanted something, it had always been a transaction… It seemed that he had been the one imagining things all along.
But had he truly been imagining things?
For a moment, he couldn't tell anymore.
He sighed. There was no need to distinguish it now. He only knew that if he let Yao Yan go today, the future would truly be disastrous. No one knew better than him what Yao Yan's talent was. It was no longer something that could be described as monstrous. With the Hun Clan's help, the entire Dou Qi continent could fall into darkness!
Even the major imperial families might not be able to stop him!
As Medicine Elder slowly looked up, his gaze turned serious. "No matter what your true identity is, today you stay here with me."
"Medicine Dust, your tone is as arrogant as always. Do you think you, alone, can stop the Young Master? Do you think I don't exist?" Mo Yu sneered coldly. While his strength wasn't as powerful as Medicine Elder's at his peak, Medicine Elder's body had obviously just recovered, and his strength might not yet be at its peak. If he kept him entangled, Mo Yu was confident he had a good chance.
He glanced at the six other Dou Zun-level experts and spoke in a low voice, "You all escort the Young Master back to the Heavenly Palace!"
The six Heavenly Lords who had been binding the enormous dragon body of the Three Thousand Heavenly Flames released their Hun Locks, quickly moving toward Yao Yan.
At the same time, Mo Yu struck at Medicine Elder. He raised his hand and shot a beam of ghostly blue Dou Qi, which quickly transformed into a massive beast with sharp claws. The beast carried a tremendous energy pressure and rushed toward Medicine Elder.
Facing Mo Yu's terrifying attack, Medicine Elder's expression didn't change. He merely glanced at it, and with a sharp motion, he clenched his hand, causing the space in front of him to collapse. The beast formed from the ghostly blue Dou Qi instantly disintegrated, turning into countless ghostly blue raindrops that hissed in the scorching Starry Domain.
Seeing this, Mo Yu's heart sank. He realized that Medicine Elder's strength had likely recovered most of its power.
Before Mo Yu could process his thoughts, another powerful slap came from Medicine Elder's hand, sending shockwaves through the space of the Starry Domain. The surrounding energy surged like a tidal wave, forming an invisible giant hand that descended toward Mo Yu.
At that moment, the space seemed to collapse under the pressure.
Mo Yu felt the immense force behind this attack, and his face immediately darkened. He quickly formed hand seals and shouted in fury. The enormous energy surrounding him coalesced into a bright blue energy shield, enveloping his body.
In the blink of an eye, the space giant hand struck down, and the tidal force of spatial power spread, distorting the surrounding space.
"Crack!"
The violent spatial energy swept over Mo Yu, and his energy shield shattered in an instant. The terrifying power poured down onto him, causing him to spew a mouthful of dark red blood. His face turned pale with shock and anger, never expecting that he couldn't even withstand one blow from Medicine Elder!
At that moment, Yao Yan's voice rang in Mo Yu's ears: "His body was created by me, using Dou Saint-level cultivation resources. With Medicine Elder's strength in his previous life… his power likely has already reached that level."
Hearing this, Mo Yu glanced at Yao Yan in a daze, and a surge of jealousy and resentment filled his heart. He had fought for the Hun Palace for so many years but had never come into contact with Dou Saint-level resources. Why did Medicine Elder get them?!
"Don't look at me. Those cultivation resources were given to him by Xuan Yi, one of the Pill Tower's three great leaders. I was only responsible for crafting his body. I wanted to see the difference between a Dou Saint and a Dou Zun…" Yao Yan explained indifferently before looking at Medicine Elder and smiling lightly. "Congratulations, Medicine Elder!"
"If the cost of this breakthrough is this scene before me, I would rather go back to my previous Hun body… At least it would have been more comfortable," Medicine Elder said softly, his voice heavy and bleak. If he had a choice, he truly didn't want to be in this situation with Yao Yan.
He would rather never have met Yao Yan!
Had he truly broken through?!
Upon hearing this, Mo Yu's face twisted in jealousy. He barely managed to suppress his emotions. The difference between Dou Saint and Dou Zun was vast. The former was the true pinnacle, even the imperial families didn't dare to neglect them. The power gap between the two was terrifying.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that for a true Dou Saint, there was no difference between a peak Nine-Star Dou Zun and a Nine-Star Dou Fighter—it would only take one slap.
But quickly, Mo Yu suppressed his jealousy, his eyes turning cold and mocking as he stared at Medicine Elder, sneering, "Old fool, now that your strength has broken through, you're no longer qualified to interfere in this matter. The rules about Dou Saints not intervening in the battles between powers... you haven't forgotten, have you?!"
"Rules? When has a Dou Saint ever been bound by rules? No one has ever said that to me, I'm just newly promoted, so I'm not clear on them," Medicine Elder chuckled lightly, feigning ignorance before raising his hand and slapping Mo Yu once again. With a flick of his sleeve, the vast spatial power instantly surrounded Yao Yan, isolating him from the other Dou Zuns.
Mo Yu struggled to block the spatial energy from the slap, watching as Medicine Elder floated toward Yao Yan. He gritted his teeth and threatened, "Medicine Dust! Do you really think that my Hun Palace doesn't have Dou Zun-level experts? If you dare touch the Young Master today, the Pill Tower will be wiped out!"
"Shut up!" Medicine Elder's cold voice made the energies around Mo Yu surge like a tidal wave, immediately engulfing him.
It was as if he was crushing an ant underfoot.
"Yao Yan, you won't leave today!" Medicine Dust looked at Yao Yan with a calm expression, his voice steady.
"You don't know how vast the world is. Dou Saint is just the beginning, never the end. I don't think your breakthrough to Dou Saint will stop me from leaving… and your aura isn't stable. You probably rushed your breakthrough and haven't truly reached the Dou Saint level. You're just a pseudo-Saint!" Yao Yan said, looking at Medicine Dust in the eyes and speaking softly.
"Sharp Hun perception…" Medicine Dust didn't hold back his admiration for Yao Yan, admitting, "I still need some time to truly reach that level, but if I let you leave today, even if I truly break through, I won't be at peace."
"But you can't stop me." Yao Yan calmly stated the fact.
Almost as soon as his words fell, an overwhelming and suffocating pressure spread across the entire Starry Domain. The space seals created by the Pill Tower's three great leaders shattered, and a giant hand broke through the void, reaching for Yao Yan.
Medicine Elder's face changed, and he immediately summoned all his power to stop it. However, the approaching force was too much for him to handle. With a flick of the enemy's fingers, he was severely injured and sent flying, like an ant being swept away. Ignoring whether the Starry Domain would collapse, the enemy gathered the space around Yao Yan into their hand.
Their demeanor was ruthless, disregarding all reason.
"Does the Hun Palace really want to go to war?!"
An elderly roar echoed, and the hand that was about to grab Yao Yan froze, then began to dissipate. At the same time, a fierce battle seemed to erupt in the endless void. The terrifying Dou Saint pressure swept across the entire Saint Dan City, causing many to look up in fear at the sky that was rapidly shattering.
Two massive figures could be faintly seen fighting.
"Still waiting? Take the Young Master!" The Hun Palace's vice-leader, seeing the battle in the sky, ordered Mo Yu and the others. He hadn't expected the situation to escalate to the point where he had to intervene personally.
Once a Dou Saint made a move, the entire Central State would tremble. The arrival of several imperial families was imminent.
If things went wrong, even the vice-leader could be held accountable.
"Rules forbidding Dou Saints from intervening…" Medicine Elder coldly looked up at the two fighting figures, sneering. Just as he had expected, so-called rules only restricted the weak. When pushed to the limit, no one cared about rules.
Those people were always like this!
"Is everything alright?!" Xuan Yi suddenly appeared next to Medicine Elder, looking at him with concern as his body began to crack apart.
Medicine Elder shook his head. At his level of strength, even without a body, he could still regenerate. The difference between Dou Saints and Dou Zuns was huge. Although he hadn't reached the first level of Dou Saint yet, he was very close. One more step, and he would break through.
He could have tried to break through directly to the first level of Dou Saint, but Yao Yan's situation had drawn his attention.
Even though he had closed himself off from the world, he wasn't completely unaware, especially when it came to Yao Yan!
Even if he had to give up this chance, it was worth it.
Some things were more important than power.
He looked at Yao Yan, who was still standing calmly, watching the surrounding changes, as if nothing was happening around him. But soon, Medicine Elder's expression changed as a pitch-black flame suddenly appeared behind him, swallowing Yao Yan's figure.
"Void Devouring Flame?!" Medicine Elder shouted in surprise and anger.
The two fighting Dou Saints and the nearby Dou Zuns were equally stunned.
"Palace Master?!"
"Hun Destruction?"
Almost as soon as the black flame engulfed Yao Yan, an elderly voice seemed to echo through the endless void, "Does the Hun Palace want to go to war with the Pill Tower?"
Unlike the previous voice, this one was calm and emotionless, as if talking about something trivial. It seemed that if the Hun Palace wanted war, the Pill Tower would simply accept it.
"Take the junior. This ends here." The middle-aged voice was extremely indifferent, as if making an agreement.
"If there's another time, I will take action!" The elderly voice paused and responded.
"Good! I'll be waiting!"
With the conversation between the two, the two fighting Dou Saints in the sky immediately ceased their actions, seemingly no longer intending to continue. After all, the Hun Palace's goal had been achieved, and the Pill Tower had only lost an unnecessary Three Thousand Flames of Heaven. If they continued, it would truly be a disaster.
Dou Saints above maintained relative restraint. It was rare for them to fight to the death, not to mention a full-scale war between two major forces.
(END CHAPTER)
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