Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City
Chapter 247 The Origin of the Heavenly Creation Pearl

Chapter 247: Chapter 247 The Origin of the Heavenly Creation Pearl

Chen Fan took out the bottle containing the Gathering Yuan Pills and poured out all the remaining elixir, stuffing them into his mouth. Then he sat on the ground and started to practice the Void Refining Body Art.

Streams of cool energy flowed into his limbs and bones, slightly restoring his condition.

"If I had managed to break through earlier, dealing with these people probably wouldn’t have been so difficult," he thought.

With that thought, Chen Fan became speechless. He then took out the Heavenly Creation Pearl and carefully examined the seemingly ordinary bead. After flicking it a few times, he muttered to himself, "I never expected you, this little thing, to actively devour my Spiritual Medicine. I’ve searched through the Inheritance Record but found no mention of you. What exactly are you?"

Originally, at the mountaintop, he had used the Nine Yang Divine Fire to refine the four 500-year-old Spiritual Medicines into a liquid form containing essence power, planning to absorb it for his breakthrough.

However, as soon as he brought the medicinal liquid close, the Heavenly Creation Pearl flew out on its own, intertwining with the liquid. In just a few breaths, it had completely absorbed the liquid.

After the deed was done, the pearl fell in front of Chen Fan, returning to its plain appearance as if nothing had happened.

This sudden change caught Chen Fan completely off guard, leaving him staring in astonishment.

He spent an entire day on the mountaintop studying the Heavenly Creation Pearl, trying to figure out why it would inexplicably devour his Spiritual Medicine.

Aside from a map-like pattern and the feature that it changed its weight upon infusing Spiritual Power, Chen Fan discovered no other special attributes of the bead, and the absorbed medicinal liquid seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Just when he was puzzled, he noticed a sudden appearance of a protective barrier over the Medicine Sect Plaza. Inside it was faint purple smoke, which struck him as odd, prompting him to rush over. Only then did he learn of Blood Blade’s strike against the Medicine Sect.

During the event, Yun Tianluo mentioned that the bead was the Heavenly Creation Pearl, which greatly surprised Chen Fan.

He never expected that this very thing was the Heavenly Creation Pearl his father had asked him to find. With that revelation, he found it less surprising that the pearl had devoured his Spiritual Medicine; after all, anything his father valued so highly surely wasn’t simple.

There must be some earth-shattering secret hidden within the Heavenly Creation Pearl.

With that thought, Chen Fan stood up and walked over to Yun Tianluo.

"Tell me everything you know about the Heavenly Creation Pearl," Chen Fan demanded.

Yun Tianluo, weak in breath, glanced at Chen Fan and squeezed out a smile, "If I tell you, will you spare my life?"

Chen Fan replied, "I can offer you a quick death."

Yun Tianluo laughed heartily, "Rest assured, I know I won’t survive. As for the secrets of the Heavenly Creation Pearl, you can forget about ever finding them out in this lifetime!"

Chen Fan curled his lip and said, "Then I’ll have to use some methods on you."

Yun Tianluo looked disdainful and retorted, "Although I’m not as strong as you, I’ve reached the ninth layer of the Transformation Realm, and I’m a dying man. What makes you think your methods could have any effect on me?"

Chen Fan paid him no mind and twisted his Hand Gestures. He then pointed a finger toward the center of Yun Tianluo’s forehead, and a sinister force drilled into his mind.

Yun Tianluo’s expression turned bewildered and soon twisted into a ferocious grimace, as he couldn’t stop screaming in agony.

The technique Chen Fan employed was called the Soul Devouring Technique, an infamously vile spell from a Demon Sect of the Cultivation World, typically used to coerce confessions from cultivators.

Those afflicted by the Soul Devouring Technique would feel as if ten thousand venomous insects were gnawing at their souls, writhing in agony so intense that not even a powerful cultivator could easily withstand it.

Not long after, Yun Tianluo’s face turned pale, his body trembled uncontrollably, and in a state worse than death, he said, "I’ll talk, I’ll talk, please, I beg you, let me go."

For the first time in his life, he experienced an agony worse than death itself.

Chen Fan lessened the power of the Soul Devouring Technique.

Yun Tianluo still had a face full of pain and, clenching his teeth, said, "I learned of the legend of the Heavenly Creation Pearl from a wanderer abroad. Rumor has it that there are three pearls, within which lies the secret of an immortal’s treasure."

Chen Fan’s eyebrows raised, not expecting that there were actually three Heavenly Creation Pearls. He originally thought he was lucky, having stumbled upon one by accident, which would have saved him a great deal of effort. Now it seemed that he would have to spare no pains in searching for the other two Heavenly Creation Pearls.

"I originally thought it was just a legend, that there were no such things as Heavenly Creation Pearls in this world. But by a stroke of fate, one of my subordinates heard in Lingnan that a wealthy man had a Heavenly Creation Pearl in his possession."

"That rich man was unaware of the secrets hidden within the Heavenly Creation Pearl, believing it to be merely an art piece, and planned to auction it off at a sale."

"After hearing this news, I sent Zuo Qianqiu to Lingnan to purchase the Heavenly Creation Pearl. Upon careful inspection, Zuo Qianqiu discovered that there were advanced restrictions set on it by a true cultivator, confirming the pearl’s authenticity."

"What followed was a foolish mistake by Zuo Qianqiu, who went to show off at the Martial Arts Convention and ended up being killed by you, resulting in the Heavenly Creation Pearl falling into your hands."

After listening, Chen Fan asked, "What’s the name of that wealthy man?"

Yun Tianluo said, "Jiang Yunzhou, he’s the real estate tycoon of Gang City in Lingnan, with numerous assets and a very high prestige locally."

Chen Fan pondered for a while, murmuring, "It seems I’ll have to find an opportunity to visit Lingnan in the future, to ask Jiang Yunzhou where he got the Heavenly Creation Pearl from."

Yun Tianluo was still full of agony, pleading, "That’s all I know, I beg you, grant me a quick death, kill me!"

Chen Fan looked down at Yun Tianluo without hesitation and struck the top of his head with a palm.

Blood spilled from the corner of Yun Tianluo’s mouth, losing all signs of life.

Chen Fan stood up, took a deep breath, turned to Sect Master Qin, and said, "I need two days to recover. As for the forest fire, I’ll trouble Sect Master Qin to take people to extinguish it."

Qin Xiu smiled and nodded, "Master Chen rest assured, I’ll take care of the remaining matters."

Chen Fan did not waste words, turned, and left the place, returning to the small courtyard to begin his recovery.

Extinguishing a forest fire was not difficult for a cultivator at the ninth layer of the Transformation Realm. He joined forces with the Great Elder and the Second Elder, using their inner strength, and easily brought the fire under control.

However, it wasn’t until late into the night, when the terrifying heat in the forest subsided, that Qin Xiu gathered the disciples of the Medicine Sect to clean up the battlefield.

The Great Elder called thirty disciples of the Medicine Sect, "So many people should be enough."

But then Qin Xiu said, "That’s not enough. The Blood Blade has several hundred people dead in the woods, and just carrying the bodies would keep us busy all night. Thirty people won’t do, call more."