CHAPTER 485: OBTAINING THE PREMIUM CELESTIAL JADE MARROW

Chapter 485: Obtaining the Premium Celestial Jade Marrow

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How could Monk Faming possibly give up on the premium Celestial Jade Marrow so easily?

In truth, he hadn't gone far, as Hua Jin the True One's condition was clearly abnormal - delirious and babbling incoherently, as if poisoned.

He planned to wait until Hua Jin the True One detoxified before emerging to seize the premium Celestial Jade Marrow. Unexpectedly, Hua Jin the True One had set up a concealment formation. Unable to see inside, he could only wait outside until someone emerged holding the precious marrow.

The cultivation aura of a Unity Realm expert - likely a Kunlun Immortal Palace elder.

For Monk Faming, this was an unprecedented opportunity!

So he struck immediately!

His opening move: the Karma Seizing Great Technique!

Liu Yuanqing had just stepped out of the formation, his mind still processing Hua Jin the True One and Wang Shouyi's... unusual position.

Suddenly, an overwhelming pressure descended from the void, heavy as a mountain range.

Space distorted as a bald monk in gray robes materialized.

"Amitabha, that item in your hands is connected to this poor monk's karma."

Monk Faming pressed his palms together, his tone peaceful though his eyes burned with undisguised greed.

"The karma of this object is beyond what a junior like you can bear. Hand it over, and let this monk suppress its destiny!"

Liu Yuanqing instantly assessed the monk's cultivation - Void Piercing Realm!

A full major realm above him!

"Where did this bald donkey come from, daring to block this Moon Shadow Sect disciple's path?"

Liu Yuanqing remained composed, unafraid.

In fact... he felt rather eager.

Su Qinian had said cultivators here were far weaker than those from Cangyun Realm.

How much weaker exactly? Only battle would tell.

Not that he feared death - he trusted Patriarch Chen could recall him at any critical moment.

So why hesitate? Fight!

Monk Faming frowned slightly. Another unfamiliar sect.

"Moon Shadow Sect or Moon Sect matters not! Today this premium Celestial Jade Marrow has caught this monk's eye. Hand it over obediently, and I may spare your life!"

Before the words faded, Faming vanished, reappearing before Liu Yuanqing with a palm strike that formed a giant Buddha hand imprint, shaking the very fabric of space. A killing blow from the start, showing no intention to spare Liu Yuanqing.

A cold glint flashed in Liu Yuanqing's eyes as he retreated like a phantom, executing one of True Martial Holy Land's supreme techniques - Mysterious Nether Heavenly Yang Steps. Simultaneously, he pointed forward, a sword qi coalescing at his fingertip to clash with Faming's palm strike.

"BOOM—!"

The shockwave rippled across the ruins, shattered tiles pinging against Hua Jin the True One's formation like hail. The two inside remained oblivious, lost in their own world.

Monk Faming frowned deeper, puzzled.

This white-haired elder was merely Unity Realm - how could he block a casual strike?

Liu Yuanqing was equally suspicious - this gray-robed monk was Void Piercing Realm, yet his attack felt... underwhelming?

Perhaps this was winnable?

"It seems I underestimated you." Monk Faming's eyes turned icy as he formed hand seals.

Buddhist radiance filled the void, condensing into a barrage of hand imprints bombarding Liu Yuanqing like cannon fire.

Now the pressure of a major realm difference became apparent.

Liu Yuanqing's expression turned grave as he summoned his life-saving artifact - a massive cyan umbrella. Its spinning surface actually blocked three hand imprints before shattering.

Behind the broken umbrella, Liu Yuanqing had already laid another formation.

Sitting cross-legged at its center in deep meditation, a yin-yang fish diagram rotated beneath him while alternating black and white swords materialized around the formation. Their interwoven sword qi formed an impenetrable curtain that intercepted all remaining hand imprints.

But this was his limit.

With his True Essence nearly depleted, Liu Yuanqing's face paled.

He sent a mental message to Chen Huaian:

[Patriarch, can't hold on! Time to recall this junior!]

Hiding in the distance, Chen Huaian immediately activated the Sect Summoning Token's recall function.

A casual strike had failed to kill Liu Yuanqing.

A full-power attack had still been blocked.

Monk Faming knew something was terribly wrong - he was starting to doubt reality itself.

"Impossible! How can a mere Unity Realm fight me to this extent?"

His gaze turned murderous as he stared at Liu Yuanqing sitting serenely in the formation. That calm demeanor seemed like sheer arrogance to him.

And when it came to arrogance, Faming considered himself the master.

No one could out-arrogance him!

From his robes, he produced a golden Buddhist relic.

The translucent relic seemed to echo with ethereal chants, radiating sacred tranquility.

"Today, this true Buddha relic will shatter your turtle shell!"

This sacred artifact came from a thousand-year-old western temple.

Containing a wisp of true Buddha flame, it could temporarily borrow a Buddha's power.

But as a single-use treasure obtained by sheer chance, it would vanish after use.

With Hua Jin the True One potentially emerging any moment, hesitation meant losing the premium Celestial Jade Marrow. Was trading the relic worth it?

But as the saying goes - trees fight for bark, men fight for pride.

As Faming prepared to activate the relic, a cyan glow enveloped Liu Yuanqing.

Sensing spatial fluctuations, Liu Yuanqing suddenly laughed wildly, pointing at Faming:

"Stinking bald donkey! Come kill me if you dare! See if you can even touch my robes!"

"Trying to flee?" Faming roared as the relic blazed golden, Buddhist chants crescendoing while tremendous Buddha power erupted forth.

The spatial fluctuations meant only one thing - escape.

With the relic activated, letting his prey escape was unacceptable!

Buddha power surging, Faming clapped his hands together.

"Prajna Buddhas, Sea of Suffering Realm, OPEN!" His bellowing command caused the surrounding space to solidify under golden light, everything frozen like insects in amber. Every escape route was sealed, space itself locked down.

"Thief! Leave the premium Celestial Jade Marrow!"

Liu Yuanqing simply smirked at Faming's triumphant face.

With a wave, his form grew translucent... then vanished completely.

Faming stood dumbfounded, watching his prey disappear before his eyes.

"Escaped? He actually escaped!?"

Spreading his spiritual sense revealed nothing except a cowering Kunlun Immortal Palace disciple in the distance.

No trace. No aura. As if Liu Yuanqing had never existed.

"My premium Celestial Jade Marrow! My relic!"

Faming's face darkened as his raging mana pulverized the surrounding ground.

Staring at the now-ordinary bone bead in his hand, his eyes burned with frustration.

Like a powder keg ready to explode, he desperately needed to vent his fury.

Hua Jin remained unreachable in her formation.

That left only...

Faming turned his murderous gaze toward Chen Huaian.

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