Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting with brother's wife and young sister Chapter 899 - 480: This Demon Beast Is Quite a Chatterbox (2)

"Interesting!"

Chen Xuan nodded. Breathing to cultivate is far simpler.

Drawing Spiritual Qi from the atmosphere takes the longest time.

"By the way, where is this place?"

"Why does it feel so different from the outside?"

The Winged Dragon Beast started chattering once more.

"Just follow along!"

With those words, Chen Xuan soared toward the island of Tang Gu.

"What kind of person is this!"

The Winged Dragon Beast felt deeply irritated inside; it had replied to all the questions, but when its turn came to inquire, it met silence and this kind of demeanor.

"Humans really are not nice!"

It muttered curses under its breath yet trailed after him anyway.

"Elder Tang!"

Chen Xuan yelled while passing over the island in flight.

"Come in yourself!"

Tang Gu’s voice echoed from a chamber in the dwelling, sounding weary.

Hearing that, Chen Xuan dashed to the entrance and gently eased the door open.

He stood there frozen in shock.

Fragments from the burst furnace littered the room, while the former furnishings lay utterly destroyed. No spot remained undamaged wherever his gaze fell.

Labeling it a barren wasteland would hardly overstate things.

"Elder Tang, didn’t I assign maids to you? Have them tidy up occasionally."

Chen Xuan genuinely worried for the elder right then.

He stepped inside with care; beyond the area surrounding Tang Gu, no safe footing existed—just furnace shards and leftover herb remnants scattered all around.

Yet, without doubt, the pill aroma filling the space proved refreshingly pleasant.

"I’m not used to it. I’ve grown accustomed to this, as an old man."

"Uh—"

Chen Xuan found himself at a loss for words.

"Looks like it’s time to get you a woman to look after you. It’s truly bad for a solitary elder to lack an intimate partner."

"Get lost!"

Tang Gu shot him a fierce glare, "Stick to business, or else get out fast."

At his advanced age, what use did he have for women!

"Old man, don’t get so heated."

Chen Xuan paid it no mind, sat right down on the ground, "The Azure Star River Pill can now be refined."

"Without the Winged Dragon Beast for refining... you found it?"

Tang Gu caught on midway through his sentence.

"Come in!"

Chen Xuan shouted toward the exterior.

The Winged Dragon Beast then ambled inside slowly.

Tang Gu examined it closely, nodding over and over, "Hmm... matches the records perfectly, and the aura feels identical too."

"Good lad!"

A heavy slap struck Chen Xuan’s shoulder, "You located it so swiftly!"

Tang Gu perked up instantly.

"Don’t get too excited, Elder!"

Chen Xuan felt a bit anxious, "Are you confident now in refining the Azure Star River Pill?"

"Never tried it before, so how would I know!"

That single remark plunged Chen Xuan’s heart into despair.

Refining the Azure Star River Pill demands a massive amount of medicinal ingredients.

Was this set to ruin him financially?

"Alright, don’t look so gloomy; if one try fails, attempt it twice; repeated efforts build skill, boosting the success rate naturally. That’s the essence of alchemy, right?"

"Sigh, Elder, give it your all."

He had no other choice but to place every hope on the elder.

"Will I survive?"

The Winged Dragon Beast piped up abruptly—this concerned it most.

It knew nothing of the Azure Star River Pill, but typically, using demon beasts in alchemy implied fully turning them into drugs.

"You will survive. Simply supply the Elder with your blood essence."

Joy flashed across the Winged Dragon Beast’s face at the start, but it faded sharply upon mention of blood essence.

"Am I destined to be nothing more than a living ingredient?"

Wasn’t this merely serving as a living ingredient elsewhere!

"Once refined successfully, no more blood essence from you; doesn’t that offer better prospects than Dark Moon?"

Chen Xuan now addressed it gently.

Sparing its life made the most sense; after all, as a Peak Seventh Layer Dao Realm demon beast, proper nurturing promised vast potential.

"That’s true!"

The Winged Dragon Beast agreed with a nod, glancing at Tang Gu, "Old man, put in the effort, I’m badly drained, barely any blood essence remains!"

In truth, it could squeeze out at most three or four drops of blood essence now.

This stemmed from the old immortal not yet extracting its blood essence.

Had that occurred, keeping even a single drop would prove impossible.

"Bang!"

Chen Xuan smacked it, launching the Winged Dragon Beast through the air.

"Address him as Elder Tang; act rudely again, and I’ll grill your wings!"

He himself used Elder Tang, so this wretched beast calling him old man was outrageous.

Just then, Tang Gu’s mouth twitched upward faintly, a sense of satisfaction washing over him. Chen Xuan’s respect showed his relentless alchemy studies weren’t wasted.

Recalling old times while eyeing Chen Xuan opposite him stirred deep emotions.

He had picked the correct successor!

"Then everything’s in your hands, Elder Tang; don’t hold back, new medicinal ingredients keep arriving and will flow here nonstop."

"Failing several times is fine; no need to stress too much, Elder."

"Don’t worry, I won’t let you down."

"Good!"

Chen Xuan answered calmly, nodding, before stepping out to face the Winged Dragon Beast that had risen again, "Want to live? Obey every word; your fate rests in my hands."

For a Peak Seventh Layer Dao Realm demon beast, naturally he’d implanted a soul seed.

Weak as it was presently, he still felt uneasy.

"I know, but recovery requires me to consume strong demon beasts and precious items to replenish my blood essence."

"Understood."

Chen Xuan acknowledged it, then departed by flight. Rather than heading back to Central Island, he headed to Qin Ke.

Days earlier, Qin Ke had broken through realms to Dao Realm Second Layer and spent the interval steadying his cultivation.

"Not bad, fully stabilized."