CHAPTER 384: THE SECT’S INVESTIGATION 4

"You are indeed being a bit too cruel." Zhen Yuan said, rubbing the double’s hair.

He couldn’t remember a time when they had to take low-grade pills.

Seeing the two low-grade pills that were full of impurities, his heart was filled with revulsion.

"If the sect is unwilling to provide better quality pills, Ayuan and I are willing to spend spirit stones." Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

However, their behaviour only angered the gathered cultivators. Even Luo Jianfeng couldn’t defend them.

’You are on your own.’ He thought.

"Stop your nonsense and take the pills." The grand elder barked, releasing his qi presence to pressure the two.

Unfortunately, neither was affected and remained focused on the low-grade pills.

In the end, Shen Xu sighed and turned to Zhen Yuan with a forlorn expression.

"It seems we have no choice." He said, and Zhen Yuan nodded with a thoughtful expression.

[Secretly switch with the truth pill you refined.] He transmitted, and the double almost smiled in relief.

Soon after, both secretly switched the pills before putting them in their mouth.

"Done." Shen Xu said, but the grand elder narrowed his eyes and signalled another elder.

Seeing the signal, the elder walked to Shen Xu and took his pulse before doing the same for Zhen Yuan.

"They took the pills." The person said, and the grand elder nodded.

[It’s a good thing we actually swallowed the pills instead of pretending to take them.] Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan smiled.

Since the effect of the truth pill was instantaneous, the grand elder signalled elder Lan, and she nodded before starting the interrogation.

"What are your full names?" She asked.

"Shen Xu / Zhen Yuan." Both answered instantaneously.

"How old are you?"

"Nine hundred and forty-four / Nine hundred and forty-five."

"Have you changed your appearance?"

"No/ No."

"What is your cultivation level?"

"Fusion realm / Mahayana realm." The two answered but didn’t specify the stage.

However, these answers were enough to shock the gathered cultivators.

After all, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were not yet one thousand years old, but one was a Mahayana realm cultivator while the other was a fusion realm cultivator.

No matter which, both were unprecedented geniuses.

"Why is your cultivation so high at such a young age?" Elder Lan asked, her eyes narrowed into slits.

"We refined a divine ascension grass/ Divine ascension grass." Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan answered.

They had long discussed this.

Since they were determined to live openly, they needed an explanation for their cultivation and mastery.

After all, they couldn’t expose the Chaos Flame Space or allow other cultivators to think they had a treasure.

"Divine ascension grass?" Someone muttered and turned to his friend for an explanation.

"Do you know what it is?" He asked, and the friend nodded with a shocked expression.

"The divine ascension grass is a rare natural treasure that has long been extinct in the cultivation world. That said, refining the grass can allow a qi refining realm cultivator to effortlessly advance to the tribulation transcending realm and ascend without facing any difficulties." The friend said in an awe-filled voice.

"Is it so amazing?"

"You have no idea." The friend said and quickly continued.

"The breakthrough doesn’t even take time. A person without cultivation can climb from a mortal to a peak-stage tribulation transcending realm cultivator within months."

"How can there be such a treasure?"

"It’s the kind of treasure that can be found but never sought."

Everyone in the room was discussing the divine ascension grass while Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were secretly gauging the people’s reactions.

[It’s working.] Shen Xu transmitted.

[They are inclined to believe it since it’s an explanation that makes sense.] Zhen Yuan said.

After all, the divine ascension grass was a real treasure.

Although none of the gathered had ever seen it, they had heard of it and even hoped to find it.

"The divine ascension grass can allow a cultivator to directly ascend? Why haven’t you ascended?" Someone asked, and Shen Xu sighed.

"We only found one grass, but we are Taoist partners. How can we abandon each other? After sharing the grass, we only advanced to this level and couldn’t reach the peak of the tribulation transcending realm."

This explanation also made sense, and the gathered cultivators readily accepted it.

However, hearing that such a treasure was found in the Tianxuan continent, several cultivators were ready to move.

"Where did you find the grass?" An elder asked.

"Xiaoxu and I were chasing a patterned bluefin tuna fish in the Eastern Blue Ocean when we stumbled into a hidden space. The grass was in that space, but it collapsed as soon as we took the treasure." Zhen Yuan explained.

He and Shen Xu chose the Eastern Blue Ocean for two reasons.

First, it was the third largest water mass in the Tianxuan continent and investigating the truth would likely lead to nothing.

Second, the Eastern Blue Ocean was famous for spirit grasses. It not only had many aquatic spirit grasses but also hidden spaces where other spirit grasses grew.

That said, the Eastern Blue Ocean was extremely dangerous.

Although it had many precious spirit grasses and rare sea beasts, it often experienced strange phenomena, including space cracks, corrosive water, flowing water that was colder than ice, and many others.

Because of this, few dared to enter the depths of the Eastern Blue Ocean; hence, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu could confidently name it as the scene of their adventure.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu tilted his head with a thoughtful expression.

[Ayuan, we should find time to explore the Eastern Blue Ocean.] He transmitted.

[Okay.] Zhen Yuan immediately agreed.

For him, a dangerous place like the Eastern Blue Ocean was a blessed land because it was likely filled with laws.

"Few people dare to explore the Eastern Blue Ocean. Why were you there?" An elder asked.

"The Eastern Blue Ocean is the only place that has the patterned bluefin tuna fish. Our family went there to catch some." Shen Xu answered, finally opening the door to his presumed mysterious background.