"Now I'm injured again, and everyone we sent out has been dealt with. The remaining ones are just shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Moreover, their identities are not simple!"
Huangfu Yunhai said with a cold laugh, a strong hint of mockery on his face.
"I wonder what the Patriarch means by 'not simple'..."
"Heh heh, of course, it refers to those hidden masters. The strength of those masters is immeasurable."
"Although our Huangfu family is not weak in Yanjing, we are still far from them. However, I have already given orders. Once Zhou Yan's strength recovers, we will send people to Yanjing to capture Zhou Yan. I don't believe he can survive this time."
Huangfu Yunhai said indifferently.
"Yes, this subordinate knows what to do."
Liu Zhi said respectfully, then bowed and exited the room.
...
Time quietly passed.
On this day, Zhou Yan once again entered cultivation.
Outside the door of the cultivation room, Zhou Yan's eyes were slightly closed, and his expression was somewhat solemn.
Because during his cultivation, he suddenly felt that the spiritual energy within his body had become extremely violent, forming a vortex in his dantian, seeming to devour the surrounding spiritual energy madly.
"Damn it, could this be an anomaly caused by breaking through the spiritual energy?"
Zhou Yan thought to himself.
Before this, Zhou Yan had already consumed a bottle of pills. The effect of those pills was to make Zhou Yan's strength skyrocket, reaching the early stage of the ninth level of Innate. During this period, he had been stabilizing his cultivation. After breaking through the ninth level of Innate, he could start to冲击 the middle stage of the ninth level of Innate.
However, when Zhou Yan was cultivating, he did not expect that the pill would undergo a mutation, and the mutation was extremely severe.
"I don't know if it's good or bad. If I can break through, my strength will definitely increase. However, I can't continue to waste spiritual energy like this."
"The side effects of this pill are too powerful. I must find an opportunity to consume it completely, so that I won't be controlled by the medicinal properties."
Zhou Yan frowned and pondered.
After staying in the cultivation room for about half an hour, the vortex finally calmed down gradually, and Zhou Yan also walked out of the cultivation room. He opened his eyes, then looked towards the other side of the room, a strange curve forming at the corner of his mouth.
Then, Zhou Yan walked to a corner, took out a jade bottle, uncorked it, and took out two crystal-clear pills that resembled pearls.
The pills were emerald green, translucent, and emitted a medicinal fragrance that invigorated the spirit.
"This pill is called the Hundred Poisons Pill. It is a first-grade pill. Taking this pill can temporarily suppress the poison in the body, preventing it from backlashing. However, it can only last for half a month. After half a month, the effect of this pill will disappear."
"However, the side effects of this pill are very powerful. Even an Innate expert would not dare to take this Hundred Poisons Pill easily. However, I don't need to be so troublesome anymore. Taking the Hundred Poisons Pill poses no threat to me."
"As long as I find a suitable opportunity to swallow this Hundred Poisons Pill, I will be able to completely control it, and my strength will surely increase."
Zhou Yan clenched his fists, a trace of heat flashing in his eyes.
"Zhou Yan, what are you doing here? Why aren't you practicing sword techniques?"
"Practicing sword techniques?" Zhou Yan's brows furrowed slightly, then he shook his head and said, "Practicing sword techniques won't improve my strength significantly, and my understanding of sword techniques is not profound enough. It's better to go to the training room."
"The training room?" Liu Zhi pondered for a moment after hearing this, then agreed.
After Zhou Yan and Liu Zhi left, several more people arrived at the palace where Huangfu Yunhai resided.
"Uncle Liu, is it done?"
A tall, fair-skinned, graceful, and exquisitely beautiful woman looked at Liu Zhi with a frosty expression and asked.
"Yes, it's done. That guy has already taken that pill. He probably won't wake up within half a month."
"Heh heh, that's great. That Zhou Yan will definitely be crippled during this time."
Liu Zhi sneered.
"Hmph, his strength is indeed good, and he is also the disciple of that important figure. Unfortunately, he has provoked our family. We don't believe he can still jump around during this time."
The woman said with a cold smile.
...
Time quietly passed.
Zhou Yan spent this night in cultivation, and the beautiful woman also kept watch outside the cultivation room. However, she did not step into the cultivation room at all that night.
It wasn't until five o'clock in the morning that Zhou Yan slowly woke up.
His figure appeared in the cultivation room, and then he looked at the stone platform in the center of the room. On it lay a sharp treasure sword. The sword body emitted an icy, bone-chilling cold light. The patterns on the sword body were like a snake coiled around the blade, emitting a chilling killing intent.
Zhou Yan slowly walked up to the treasure sword, then extended his hands, stroking the sword body, his eyes flashing with a peculiar light.
A circle of pale blue flames rose around Zhou Yan's body, engulfing him completely.
"This is the sword soul, worthy of being a legendary treasure. The aura of this sword body simply shocks me."
Zhou Yan said in a low voice.
He extended his hands, grasped the sword, and a powerful force was transmitted to the tip of the sword. Instantly, a silver-white sword light shot out, tearing through the void and directly slashing towards the surrounding air, leaving a clear mark in the void.
Looking at this mark, Zhou Yan's pupils contracted.
"What a sharp sword, it can even cleave space."
Zhou Yan muttered to himself.
A look of excitement appeared on his face.
"It seems that with my current strength, dealing with ordinary ninth-level Innate experts is no problem. Even if I encounter a master at the Half-Innate realm, I can still defeat them."
Zhou Yan clenched his fists, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
A smile appeared on Zhou Yan's face.
"Since that's the case, then I will test the sharpness of this sword!"
Zhou Yan gripped the sword body with both hands, and a surging aura erupted instantly.
"Roar!!!"
A low roar suddenly resounded, and then the sword light in front of Zhou Yan exploded, turning into countless rays of light that dissipated into the void.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan nodded with satisfaction.