The Unparalleled Sword Emperor Chapter 3223 - 3198: The Death Row Inmates of Black Prison

Lin Bai nodded with sudden realization, saying, "Is that so? Since no strong ones above the Peak of the Wending Realm are going, the White Dragon Secret Realm should still be relatively safe!"

"At that time, we will go together. Our Zhang family has been allocated ten slots," Zhang Zhengqing replied with a smile.

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "Since these slots are so precious, I suppose the Zhang family won’t give one to me!"

Zhang Zhengqing said, "My father just mentioned that you would go to the White Dragon Secret Realm."

Lin Bai said, "That was Senior Zhangtian Ye fobbing off the Head of the Zhao family; otherwise, the Head of the Zhao family would be suspicious."

"Let’s go, consider this matter as a joke from your father, we’ll go to the Scripture Storage Pavilion and pick a few books!"

Zhang Zhengqing was stunned for a moment and followed Lin Bai, asking, "What books are you planning to read today?"

Lin Bai asked, "Brother Zhang, do you know the Pill Recipe for refining the Holy Blood Pill?"

Zhang Zhengqing was taken aback: "Holy Blood Pill? It’s an elixir pill used by warriors of the First Level of the Wending Realm to break through the state, what do you want with the Pill Recipe?"

Lin Bai awkwardly smiled and said, "I’ve been stuck at the Peak of the First Level of the Wending Realm for a long time now, wanting to break through, but I feel that closing off to cultivate is too time-consuming, so I was thinking to buy an elixir pill, but the Holy Kingdom’s elixir pills are too expensive, so I plan to research it a bit, to see if I can make it myself!"

Zhang Zhengqing asked with interest, "Oh? Could it be Lin Bai is an alchemist?"

Lin Bai bitterly smiled and said, "I wouldn’t call myself an alchemist, but I can research a bit."

Zhang Zhengqing said seriously, "The Pill Recipe for the Holy Blood Pill is indeed in our Zhang family."

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai’s face brightened with joy, there was hope for the Holy Blood Pill.

"But..." Zhang Zhengqing changed his tone.

Lin Bai frowned and asked, "Could it be that the Pill Recipe for the Holy Blood Pill is also the Zhang family’s forbidden secret?"

Zhang Zhengqing shook his head and said, "It’s not!"

"Brother Lin, there’s something you don’t know!"

"Brother Lin, do you know where the Holy Blood Pill comes from?"

Lin Bai slightly shook his head and said, "I’ve seen it in the scriptures, it seems it’s sold at auctions, but I don’t actually know who made it?"

Zhang Zhengqing said, "Let me tell you, Brother Lin!"

"The Holy Blood Pill originates from... the Li Family of the Gourd Mountain!"

Lin Bai’s eyes brightened: "One of the Four Great Families in Dragon River County! The Li Family of the Gourd Mountain!"

"Exactly," Zhang Zhengqing said, "The Li Family of the Gourd Mountain is known as an alchemy family, nowadays in Dragon River County, about eighty percent of the circulated Holy Blood Pills originate from the Gourd Mountain."

"The Holy Blood Pill is painstakingly refined using Demonic Beast Blood."

"But Demonic Beast Blood is easy to obtain; yet, within the Holy Blood Pill lies a spiritual medicine extremely hard to find, which can only be found atop the Gourd Mountain!"

Lin Bai curiously asked, "What spiritual medicine?"

Zhang Zhengqing said gravely, "The Yin Yang Flower, which can merge with the power of a thousand blood!"

"In truth, the Yin Yang Flower is not considered an extremely precious spiritual medicine, but its medicinal properties have this one trait that can merge Demonic Beast Blood, making the Qi Blood Power harmonious and not conflicting!"

"Otherwise, when merging Demonic Beast Blood for refinement, without the Yin Yang Flower, the chance of explosion in the furnace is as high as ninety percent!"

"And virtually all Yin Yang Flowers have been taken by the Gourd Mountain, even if occasionally a few can be found in Dragon River County, it’s extremely rare!"

"Brother Lin, for you to want to refine the Holy Blood Pill yourself, it is almost impossible."

Upon hearing Zhang Zhengqing’s words, Lin Bai nodded slightly, he was just pondering moments ago how he could fuse Demonic Beast Blood to refine it into an elixir pill, it turns out there is an essential spiritual medicine involved—this must be the Yin Yang Flower.

"Therefore, it seems like the idea of refining the Holy Blood Pill myself is not feasible."

"In that case, I won’t go to borrow the books."

"Brother Zhang, you’ve had a busy day, you should rest early, I won’t disturb you."

"Farewell!"

Lin Bai clasped his hands with a smile and said.

"Wait," Zhang Zhengqing called out.

Lin Bai stopped in his tracks, looking towards Zhang Zhengqing.

Zhang Zhengqing approached Lin Bai, observing the surroundings with no one around, and whispered, "Brother Lin, was the sword skill you used to defeat Zhao Yang just now the ’Dragon Slashing Sword Skill’?"

Lin Bai’s eyes flashed, looking at Zhang Zhengqing in shock, his eyes darted, and he nodded, "Yes! How did Brother Zhang know?"

Zhang Zhengqing whispered, "This sword skill is known by everyone in the Central Sacred Kingdom, from Ancestors in the Near-Dao Realm to three-year-old children, almost everyone knows it. However, although everyone knows, they dare not easily speak of it!"

"Why?" Lin Bai asked with confusion.

"Because the sword cultivator who created this sword skill was a death row inmate imprisoned in the Black Prison of the Central Sacred Kingdom!"

"Moreover, years ago, this person nearly split open the Imperial Capital of the Central Sacred Kingdom with a single sword!"

"So, this person became a taboo in the Central Sacred Kingdom, anyone who mentions it is filled with fear and anxiety!"

Zhang Zhengqing whispered.

"Black Prison? What kind of place is it?" Lin Bai hurriedly asked.

Zhang Zhengqing suddenly shook his head and said, "Don’t know! The Black Prison is just a myth within the Central Sacred Kingdom!"

"Legend has it, those who anger the Central Sacred Kingdom and commit heinous crimes are thrown into the Black Prison, tormented until they perish, even if their physical body is damaged, their divine soul is roasted day and night by Hellfire, until the day their soul is scattered!"

"But up to this day, no one knows whether the Black Prison truly exists, where the warriors of the Black Prison are located, is unknown to everyone."

"Perhaps only the Celestial Monitoring Ministry could confirm the existence of the Black Prison, maybe only they have a way of accessing the Black Prison."

Zhang Zhengqing whispered.

"Celestial Monitoring Ministry!" Lin Bai’s heart raced, his expression sharpened.

"Additionally..." Zhang Zhengqing said with some fear, "From the tales of the Central Sacred Kingdom, should any death row inmate escape from the Black Prison, their strength would be sufficient to easily overthrow the Barbaric Ancient Continent!"

Looking at Lin Bai, who was lost in thought.

Zhang Zhengqing whispered, "Brother Lin, I don’t know how you cultivated the Dragon Slashing Sword Skill, but if you don’t want to cause more trouble in the Central Sacred Kingdom, I advise you not to use the Dragon Slashing Sword Skill in the future!"

"I offer you goodwill advice today, but if it were someone else, they might just report it to the Holy Kingdom!"

"Do you understand my meaning?"

Zhang Zhengqing kindly reminded him.

Lin Bai nodded slightly and said, "Rest assured, at worst, I’ll simply refrain from using this sword skill in the future!"

Zhang Zhengqing nodded with a smile and said, "Good, then let’s go back to rest!"

Lin Bai bid farewell to Zhang Zhengqing and walked toward the courtyard.

When he returned to the courtyard, Su Jin was still sitting on the threshold drinking, seeing Lin Bai entering like he had lost his Three Souls and Seven Spirits, he asked puzzled, "What’s wrong? Lin Bai? What happened?"

Hearing Su Jin’s words, Lin Bai raised his eyes, his gaze filling with monstrous killing intent and determination: "I must go to the Celestial Monitoring Ministry!"

The killing intent exuding from Lin Bai instantly chilled the temperature of the courtyard to the freezing point.

Even the wine in the jar held by Su Jin seemed to be infused with Lin Bai’s sword qi!

Su Jin looked at Lin Bai in shock, stunned by the killing intent emanating from him!