Immortal of the Nine Realms

Chapter 246 Healing

Cultivators from the Huang Family and the Liu Family continued to make their way over. When they found out that Huang Hao had been taken hostage, their expressions shifted erratically.

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, a middle-aged man dressed in dark, with his robe fluttering in the wind, and an imposing demeanor, walked out of the crowd.

He looked at Fang Chen with clasped fists and smiled. "Fellow Daoist,” he called out. “I am the head of the Huang Family, Huang Lingyue. I don't know what my son’s affront was, but can we sit down and talk?"

Fang Chen smiled. "Nope. I'll release him once I get the lotus seed."

Huang Lingyue's expression changed slightly. He cast a cold glance at the deacon of the Huang family, and the pressure in his eyes made the deacon break into a cold sweat, feeling a chill in his heart.

Who in the Huang family didn't know that although Huang Lingyue seemed amiable, he was an extremely cruel man, who was already halfway into the Foundation Building Realm.

"Dad, save me!" said Huang Hao hurriedly.

Huang Lingyue glanced at his son, then smiled at Fang Chen again. "Since you only want a Green Jade Lotus seed, I’ll give you one,” he said. “But please don't hurt my son. He is my only child."

Fang Chen smiled. "That makes things easy for all of us,” he said. “You don't need to do anything. I'll take the lotus seed when it's ripe, and your son will be fine."

Huang Lingyue pondered for a moment, then said, "Very well, the Green Jade Lotus will ripen in a few days. We will accompany you until it is ready.”

‘He seems to be a sword cultivator,’ the deacon of the Huang family cautiously transmitted his voice.

‘Immediately investigate his background. I want to know who invited him to mess around with my family!’ Huang Lingyue’s low voice rang in Deacon Huang’s head as he maintained a cold expression.

The deacon of the Huang Family nodded quickly and then quietly withdrew.

An hour later.

The head of the Liu family had come by now. After exchanging a few words with Huang Lingyue, he glanced deeply at Fang Chen but didn't greet him.

And so, several days passed and everyone waited anxiously until one day when the sun was blazing in the midday sky, the Green Jade Lotus finally showed signs of movement.

Spiritual energy poured into the Green Jade Lotus, a faint green light slowly rising around it. Eventually, it matured.

One, two, three, four...

Four lotus seeds shot out in succession, spinning above the Green Jade Lotus.

Huang Lingyue stood up and looked at Fang Chen. "Fellow Daoist, the Green Jade Lotus has matured. As per our agreement, you can have one of them.”

With that, he waved his sleeve, and a lotus seed was guided by his spiritual energy toward Fang Chen.

Fang Chen took it and handed it to Liu Mu, saying, "Take it. Let’s see what it can do."

The crowd was somewhat shocked. They had thought Fang Chen intended to take the lotus seed himself, but unexpectedly, he gave it to the person next to him who had been covered in a black robe.

"This person reeks... his smell reminds me of those medicine boys. He must have been used by demonic cultivators to nurture poison."

"The Green Jade Lotus can detoxify a hundred poisons. So that’s why he is here." The crowd whispered to each other.

Huang Lingyue and the Liu Family head looked at Liu Mu.

Receiving the lotus seed, Liu Mu didn’t hesitate and popped into his mouth. The moment the seed touched his tongue, it burst into a pure spiritual energy that surged into every inch of his body.

The spiritual energy seemed to have remarkable detoxification effects, as the tumors on Liu Mu's body began to disappear at a visible rate. Even the largest tumor on his back was shrinking, spurting greenish juices as it shrunk. The smell flared as it shrunk, and even the medicinal fragrance from the field couldn't mask the strong odor.

Some of the cultivators around covered their noses and mouths, disgust on their faces.

Fang Chen sighed in relief. "It worked."

After about an hour, the process came to a halt. The effects of the medicine seemed to have reached their limit, but there were still some tumors left on Liu Mu. The largest one on his back had only shrunk by half, indicating the severity of the poison that the Clear Void Poison King had nurtured within Liu Mu.

Fang Chen turned to Huang Lingyue. "One seed wasn’t enough. Bring me another one.”

Huang Hao glared at Fang Chen. "You're going back on your word!"

Huang Lingyue's expression darkened, his smile turning colder as he said calmly, "Fellow Daoist, don't push it too far. I promised to give you one lotus seed, and I have fulfilled my promise. You should fulfill yours."

"When did I say I only wanted one lotus seed?" Fang Chen chuckled. "We can figure something out, but give me the remaining three seeds, how about that?"

"What nonsense! Two of them belong to our Liu family!" 𝘧𝓻ℯ𝑒𝑤𝓮𝒷𝓷𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝓬𝓸𝓂

The members of the Liu family roared angrily.

One of the members of the Liu Family had an expression as dark as a thundercloud. Without a doubt, these two lotus seeds would be granted to him by the family. If Fang Chen took them away, he would have to wait another five years!

"Aren’t you going too far? You come to our territory, hold Huang Hao hostage, and you wish to take away all the seeds produced by the Green Jade Lotus! Brother Huang has been very generous to give you a single seed. You better not push your luck..." said the Liu Family head calmly.

"Care to guess if my sword is faster or your spiritual shield is thicker?" Fang Chen looked at the head of the Liu family and smiled.

Furious, the Liu Family's Head laughed. "Hahaha, come and try. I'll stand right here!"

Pff!

Little Sword pierced through the Liu Family Head’s chest before it returned to Huang Hao's side once again. Throughout the process, Huang Hao had only felt a light breeze before Head Liu fell heavily to the ground with a serious wound on his chest. Everyone gasped in shock collectively as they looked at Fang Chen with fear and horror in their eyes.

"A sword cultivator... is too terrifying. With such attack power, no one in the Qi Refining Realm would stand a chance against him!"

"Unless an elder at the Foundation Building Realm made a move..."

"Brother Liu?" Huang Lingyue stared at the Liu Family Head, horrified.

"I am... not dead. Give him the lotus seeds..." said the Liu Family Head with difficulty as he covered his chest.

Someone quickly came and helped the head up, whose face had turned deathly pallid. There was a trace of fear lingering in his eyes; sword cultivators were truly terrifying. He was someone at the 12th stage of Qi Refining, yet he hadn’t been able to resist that strike at all.

Huang Lingyue's expression kept changing rapidly. Then, he waved his sleeve, and three lotus seeds flew to Fang Chen.

Taking them, Fang Chen handed another to Liu Mu. "Have another one," he said.

After Liu Mu swallowed the lotus seed, the poison in his body was finally completely forced out, and he felt all the tumors on his body disappear without a trace. Liu Mu tore open his black robe, and seeing that they were really all gone, he looked at Fang Chen with excitement, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"It's alright now. Stop crying." Fang Chen smiled. "Let's go."

Little Sword left Huang Hao’s side and merged with Fang Chen, who grabbed Liu Mu and transformed into a sword light that soared into the sky before disappearing from view.

Huang Hao plopped down on his butt, breathing heavily. He had finally broken free from the threat of imminent death.

"Should we pursue them?" asked a Huang family cultivator hastily.

"No need for that. We'll talk about it when ancestor comes out of seclusion," said Huang Lingyue, his face dark as he stared at the sky, where Fang Chen had left. Moments later, he turned to the surrounding cultivators and said. "I hope that not a word of what happened here will spread around, everyone."

"Please rest assured. We won’t say a word."

Everyone quickly responded.

Huang Lingyue nodded and turned to the Liu Family Head. "How are you doing, Brother Liu?"

The Liu Family Head showed a bitter twist. "I won't die.”

Suddenly, a deacon from the Huang family hurriedly ran in, followed by several timid-looking cultivators. "Master, I have information!"

But when he saw that Fang Chen had already disappeared, he couldn't help but freeze in place.

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