Lu Bai Ling spoke, "King Yama and King Qin Guang have completely different personalities. King Yama is vengeful and holds grudges."
"There's a saying in the mortal world."
"If the King of Hell decrees you must die by the third watch, who dares keep you until the fifth?"
"I feel..."
"The Lu sisters... we might as well not save them."
The Feng Du Great Emperor's first imperial decree was merely to exterminate the Lu family.
But no specific timeline was given.
They could completely finish refining the elixirs for King Yama at the Lu family's residence before eliminating them.
This way, they certainly wouldn't offend King Yama.
Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"The Lu sisters have been kind to me, how can I stand by and watch them be refined into elixirs?" Chen Nan's face was grim.
Having been in the underworld for so long.
All his efforts were aimed at entering Feng Du City.
Now, it was quite something.
As soon as he entered Feng Du City.
The Feng Du Great Emperor presented him with a difficult choice.
Putting him directly in opposition to King Yama...
Although King Yama's status in the underworld was not as supreme as in the hearts of the mortal populace.
He was not the absolute ruler of the underworld.
But he was still a super-being ranked fifth among the Ten Kings of Hell!
Qi Ye boldly speculated, "I have a premonition that the Feng Du Great Emperor ordering us to exterminate the Lu family might be because the Lu family is too close to King Yama."
"After all, the Ten Kings of Hell are only responsible for matters within the eighteen layers of hell."
"He shouldn't be too close to any faction in the mortal world."
"Our initial thought was that the 'knocking on the mountain to shake the tiger' was meant to deter the Imperial Tutor."
"Now it seems, that tiger is very likely King Yama."
Qiu Shui nodded slightly, "If that's the case, then Lu Bai Ling and Lu Qing Qing cannot be refined into elixirs by the Lu family."
Kuang Tu, while devouring meat, said, "My lord, I investigated earlier. The Lu family has an alchemy master named Lu Xun, who is in charge of refining elixirs for King Yama this time."
"This person has the cultivation of the Earth Ghost realm and is very powerful."
"It is also because of Lu Xun that the Lu family has its current influence."
"Including the marriage alliance between the Zheng family and the Lu family, it's all due to Lu Xun's existence."
"It is said that Lu Xun is currently the top alchemist in the underworld."
Chen Nan nodded slightly.
Whether in the underworld or the mortal world.
The status of alchemists was very noble.
It was not surprising that the Zheng family had a marriage alliance with the Lu family because the Lu family had a powerful alchemist.
Kuang Tu continued, "Also."
"Refining the Tai Qing Divine Elixir requires seven medicinal ingredients."
"The sisters Lu Bai Ling and Lu Qing Qing are just the main ingredients."
"The Lu family has already found four other auxiliary ingredients."
"They only need the Putuo Flower and the Forget Worry Grass to refine the Tai Qing Divine Elixir."
"They are currently investigating the whereabouts of the Putuo Flower and the Forget Worry Grass."
"As long as these two ingredients can be found, the Tai Qing Divine Elixir can be refined."
In an instant.
Chen Nan formulated a plan. He looked at Qi Ye, "For the next few days, you will secretly investigate the whereabouts of the sisters Lu Bai Ling and Lu Qing Qing."
"Inform me immediately once you find them."
"In addition, closely monitor every move of the Lu family. Absolutely do not let them find the Putuo Flower and the Forget Worry Grass."
He hoped to find the sisters Lu Bai Ling and Lu Qing Qing first.
This way, he could successfully rescue them.
If he couldn't find the sisters' whereabouts.
He could also prevent the Lu family from finding the Putuo Flower and the Forget Worry Grass.
This would still delay the Lu family from refining the sisters into elixirs.
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After dinner.
Chen Nan returned to his room to continue refining the Body Seizing Elixir.
He had attempted to refine it once before.
But he did not succeed.
Learning from his previous experience.
This time, Chen Nan spent two hours to refine the Body Seizing Elixir.
However, refining the Body Seizing Elixir consumed a great deal of soul power.
After refining one Body Seizing Elixir.
He took out the Soul Devouring Elixirs.
He swallowed five thousand of them at once, as if eating candy.
The Soul Devouring Elixirs entered his abdomen and immediately transformed into terrifying Yin energy.
If Chen Nan's meridians had not been widened by the water element laws, he would have surely had his meridians torn apart by this Yin energy if he swallowed five thousand Soul Devouring Elixirs at once.
He might even have exploded and died.
But even so, he felt his body was about to burst.
However, he was not panicking at all.
The wood element laws enveloped his entire body's meridians.
Even if he was injured, it was repaired immediately.
It was like having a cheat.
There was no need to worry about the side effects of taking a large number of elixirs simultaneously.
Chen Nan had obtained four laws.
Space law.
Fire element law.
Water element law.
And wood element law.
Unfortunately.
The wood element laws were scarce.
Because the backlash from the fire element law earlier had burned away the wood element laws.
Currently, the wood element laws he possessed were only half of what he had obtained.
These wood element laws were far from sufficient for combat.
But they were more than enough for healing.
In his dantian.
Yin energy quickly gathered together.
Making Chen Nan feel a distended sensation.
He wished he could release it now...
But he did not.
He had just consumed five thousand Soul Devouring Elixirs.
He had to fully utilize the efficacy of the five thousand elixirs.
He had to wait for all five thousand elixirs to transform into Yin energy.
Then, he would break through the invisible barrier within his body in one go.
Gradually.
His expression became much more serious.
Not because of the pain.
But because he felt he was about to lose control of the Yin energy within his body.
Although releasing it now would make him feel much more comfortable.
But he still wanted to persevere.
Only by doing so could he ensure that the efficacy of the elixirs was not wasted.
After another half an hour.
A flash of light appeared in Chen Nan's eyes: "It's almost time!"
Without further thought.
He controlled the thick Yin energy within his body and madly impacted the invisible barrier within his body.
However.
This time, he did not adopt the "nine light, one heavy" method.
Because the Yin energy within his body was sufficiently concentrated.
Yes.
In the face of absolute power.
All methods and techniques were futile.
Boom!
The terrifying Yin energy instantly broke through the invisible barrier within his body.
Allowing him to step into the third level of the Soul Devouring realm.
But it was far from over.
Even though he had broken through, there was still a large amount of Yin energy in his dantian.
He pressed on and continued to break through.
After stepping into the fourth level of the Soul Devouring realm, the amount of Yin energy within his body sharply decreased.
And at this point, it was time to utilize techniques.
He used the "nine light, one heavy" method.
Successfully stepping into the fifth level of the Soul Devouring realm.
After the breakthrough.
Chen Nan's strength had increased exponentially.
In addition,
He had also gained control of one-fifth of the water, fire, and space laws.
His domain, centered on him, could cover an area of one hundred thousand meters.
"With my current strength, I can even fight against a practitioner of the Earth Ghost realm!"
"And even kill them!"
"Within this hundred-thousand-meter radius, I may not be absolutely invincible."
"But no one can harm me in the slightest!"
"Even if King Yama himself were to act, it wouldn't be so easy to kill me, would it?"
Thinking of this.
A faint smile appeared on Chen Nan's face.
The increase in his strength gave him a strange sense of security in this Feng Du City.