When the members of the Mu family left, the second elder and the grand elder were very angry. They wanted to shred Yun Chen to pieces.
«Yun Chen, how dare you do this? Do you know the value of a realm-breaking? Moreover, the soul essences that you want to give them could have helped a lot more members of the family to have high grade companion beasts. Do you still have your family in your heart? » cried out the second elder.
«Family? Hahahah…. you are really shameless! » replied Yun Chen while grinning.
«How dare you disrespect us! Quickly hand over the pill and soul essences. It is not too late to cancel the bet. We will agree to marry your sister in compensation for them. Moreover, you would have greatly contributed to the family development. » said the grand elder.
«Contribution? You are very good at talking. You only want the pills and soul essences for yourselves. Family? Did you think about me as family member when you snatched my spirit root for your son after the death of my father? And you even want to sell my sister to another family? » Yun Chen cried out.
«Shut up! Who do you think you are? » said the grand elder while using soul pressure to supress Yun Chen. But Yun Chen didn't even flinch but instead was advancing steadily. The third elder shook his head in embarrassment as he remembered this scene where he used the same method. But this time, Yun Chen not only resisted, but he suppressed the second elder and the grand elder at the same time using his soul pressure. They were horrified as they couldn't even lift their head.
«Yu…Yun Chen, don't blame us…. you had a waste bloodline. Your cultivation can't possibly exceed the fifth layer and would have wasted this spirit root. Tha… that is why we decided to offer this opportunity to your cousin. And about your sister; with her talent and the backing of the Taiyi sect, she will be able to soar and bring fame to our family. » said the grand elder while struggling.
«Oh? Then what about now? » said Yun Chen while emitting the qi of the sixth layer.
«What? Si… sixth layer of qi-condensing realm? » cried out the second and grand elders at the same time.
«In the future, if any of you dare to have any idea about my sister, I will obliterate the entire Yun family. » said Yun Chen with murderous intent.
«What do you mean by that? Do you think you alone can fight the family? » replied the second elder.
«You can ask the third elder about that! I'm leaving. » said Yun Chen while heading out.
«Elder Kong, what is going on? » asked the grand elder.
«Aiya! This time you have encountered your match. This kid is acquainted with the chairman of the Tongxuan auction house, and he even saved his life. So, you will be in great trouble you get on his way. » calmly said the third elder.
«T he chairman of the Tongxuan? » cried out the grand elder.
«Yes! And you better not try anything in the dark? Or you will regret it. I'm going to rest. Take care of yourselves! » said elder Kong before heading out with a grin on his face.
After leaving the main hall, Yun Chen returned to reassure Su Ling about the marriage. He decided to help Su Ling in practicing techniques. He also practiced himself. Since Yun Chen had completed the three dantians, he is now able to use some of the abilities that come with his cultivation art. So, he wanted to use these abilities to speed up his cultivation.
«The first four abilities of the Supreme Chaos Absorption Sutra are Drain, Extraction, Cleansing and Merging. The Drain ability can allow me to swallow anything in this except living bodies in a special space. It can even swallow souls out of fresh dead bodies. The second ability Extraction can dissociate and extract anything that is in that special space such as bloodlines or even the memories of the souls. The ability Cleansing is used either to purify a bloodline extracted in that space or to destroy the wisdom of the souls swallowed there. The ability Merging is mainly used to strengthen the bloodline and cultivate the soul. You can use this ability to integrate many bloodlines in your body or rise your bloodline purity. No wonder this cultivation art is a supreme level. The beginning is already this amazing. Let's test out those abilities. » said Yun Chen after remembering the cultivation art.
Yun Chen took out some monster cores and then used the drain ability. The monster cores were immediately swallowed inside a black hole. That appeared in his palm. He could sense that the monster cores were in a special space that his soul can access at anytime. So, he entered that space using his soul and discovered that the monster cores were floating there. That space was very wide, and he couldn't see its end. He then used the "Extraction" ability on them. Suddenly the monsters' souls came out and tried to attack him, but his soul was stronger than them.
«It seems that if your soul is not strong enough, you can die. Although it is not a problem for me to deal with them it is better to use the "Cleansing" ability before extracting the souls. Let's continue! » said Yun Chen to himself.
In addition to those souls, some diluted devil qi also came out of the monster cores but, he didn't care about that. Yun Chen used the cleansing ability to destroy their wisdom and they became lifeless souls. But a great idea flashed in his mind. Since he can extract the memories of the souls, he can read the demon beast souls to find some hidden treasures and draw a map using it.
«Alright! Let's extract their memories. » Yun Chen said happily.
After some time, Yun Chen was very dissatisfied. Most of those demon beasts didn't come from the demon beast mountain but from other places. So, he drew several incomplete maps.
«If I want a complete treasure map of the demon beast mountain, the demon cores must come from the beasts that lived there. Never mind! I will use the last ability. » declared Yun Chen.
After trying the "Merging" ability, all the lifeless souls rushed toward Yun Chen. At the very moment those souls touched him, they melted inside his soul and his soul power grew stronger.
«This is good! I can use beast souls to increase my soul power. Moreover, the devil qi that was extracted was directly absorbed inside my dantian. This method is more practical to cultivate. » though Yun Chen to himself.
For three weeks, Yun Chen was either cultivating in his room or sparing with Ling'er. His cultivation rose to the nineth layer of the qi-condensing realm. He didn't wan to break through to the spirit-gathering realm yet. He wanted to lay a good foundation. That is why he decided to temper his flesh using a medical bath. Since he is cultivating the Supreme Chaos Absorption Sutra, his flesh can automatically absorb the medicinal properties in the bath water. So, he didn't need any body art to absorb it. For the rest of the time, Yun Chen took each day a medicinal bath containing the best body medicine he can refine. His physical ability was greatly enhanced to the point that even a spirit-gathering realm expert couldn't injure his flesh.
Finally, the day of the hunting contest came. All the families in the town sent several members to participate in this hunting context. The Mu family sent twenty members while the Yun family sent eleven members including Yun Chen and Su Ling.
The competition was about killing demon beasts and collecting their demon cores. The family who collects the most demon cores would win the context.
Following the instructions of the third elder, except Yun Chen, all the other members divided into two groups of five people with Su Ling leading one group and Yun Xiang leading the other one. Yun Chen wanted to act on his own in order to hunt efficiently without concern.