Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 289: Chapter 289 Black-Backed Blood-Eye Ape

“No.”

Jiang Fan shook his head and declined calmly.

These claws had been shown publicly at the entrance of the Desires Sect.

Sun Chaozong was present!

If he took them out for the exchange now, his identity would be immediately exposed.

Given Sun Chaozong’s penchant for reporting, he might reveal his presence to the Desires Sect right then and there.

This matter could only be exchanged secretly.

Ouyang Jun looked disappointed.

After asking the others, no one else could exchange it either.

He was greatly disappointed, wrapped the iron box with a cloth strip, and said, “Alright then, next person, please show the items you wish to sell.”

He didn’t reduce the price any further.

Everyone had no choice but to extinguish their hopes and focus on the upcoming exchanges.

All those present were elite disciples, and the items they brought out were quite impressive.

Even Jiang Fan felt a bit tempted by many of them.

But considering he already had quite a lot of items on him, he could only suppress his burgeoning shopping desires.

“It’s your turn, brother.”

Ouyang Jun reminded him.

As night grew late, it was finally Jiang Fan’s turn.

He had been speculating about Jiang Fan’s identity, carrying two swords and a wooden box that seemed to hold a Seven-stringed Zither based on its size.

Could one person be proficient in both swordsmanship and the Sound Path Technique?

This made him a bit perplexed.

He could only judge his identity and background from the items he presented for sale.

Jiang Fan had already prepared and took out a bottle of dark red medicine pills.

It was the remaining Three-step Drunk.

Only a dozen or so were left.

Everyone looked over curiously and, seeing it was medicine pills, their interest waned.

Previous elite disciples had already sold many such medicines.

They were all very similar.

Either for healing or improving cultivation.

Since the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion announced the resistance against the Beast Tide, everyone had been crazily stockpiling these two types of medicines.

Most had already accumulated enough and didn’t need any more.

Ouyang Jun slightly shook his head, lowering his expectations for Jiang Fan to the bottom, but still upheld his host duties politely:

“What are these medicine pills?”

Jiang Fan didn’t answer but asked, “Did anyone bring a demon beast?”

“The fiercer, the better.”

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

What did he mean?

And why specifically the fiercer, the better?

Ouyang Jun looked surprised.

Could it be that these pills weren’t for healing or boosting cultivation?

He became a bit interested and said, “What a coincidence.”

“My Thousand Refinement Sect recently captured a fierce demon beast in the Ten Thousand Mountains.”

“It has the strength of the First Layer of the Core Formation Realm, extremely fierce and difficult to tame.”

“I’m currently transporting it to the Spirit Beast Sect to ask for their help in taming it.”

“It’s downstairs.”

Jiang Fan nodded, grabbed the jade bottle, and went to the window.

Everyone followed suit.

Looking down through the window, they saw a tall demon beast resembling an ape confined in a large iron cage.

Its limbs were tightly bound with arm-thick chains.

Despite this, it was still extremely ferocious.

Panting heavily from its nostrils, its bloodshot eyes coldly surveyed its surroundings.

Occasionally, it let out a low roar, causing the entire prison cart to shake violently.

Four disciples from the Thousand Refinement Sect watched it vigilantly as if facing a great enemy, their faces filled with unease.

“What a fierce beast. Even in this state, it’s not settling down.”

“Ape-like demon beasts are always the most rebellious and hard to tame, extremely fierce.”

“No wonder they’re sending it to the Spirit Beast Sect. Ordinary people indeed cannot tame such a demon beast.”

…

Jiang Fan showed a hint of surprise, “It’s actually a Black-Backed Blood-Eye Ape.”

“This is the fiercest kind of ape-like demon beast, notorious for its never-surrender nature.”

“Few people can capture one alive.”

Oh?

Ouyang Jun was surprised, “Brother, you have good eyes to recognize this beast!”

Along the way, no one had been able to clearly identify this beast’s name.

Jiang Fan recognized it at a glance.

He felt increasingly intrigued by Jiang Fan and said, “To be honest, brother.”

“This Black-Backed Blood-Eye Ape was personally captured by our Sect Master with a stroke of luck.”

“Previous attempts to capture it repeatedly ended in failure, just as you said, it prefers death over capture, making it difficult to catch alive.”

“Even so, its fierce nature remains unchanged.”

“Transporting it back, we’ve suffered quite a bit, and one disciple even lost an arm to it.”

Jiang Fan nodded slightly.

He poured out a Three-step Drunk pill from the jade bottle and accurately threw it into the prison cart.

Ouyang Jun laughed, “No need to try, brother.”

“This beast is extremely rebellious; ever since it was captured, it has refused to eat anything.”

“It won’t eat anything we feed it.”

“Even if we force-fed it, it would spit it out or gouge its own throat to vomit everything in its stomach.”

At this point, he showed a troubled expression.

“I’m worried it might starve or dehydrate to death before we reach the Spirit Beast Sect.”

The others clicked their tongues in amazement.

This ape was indeed fierce!

However.

Someone quickly noticed something was off.

“Fasting? Then what’s it doing now?”

Hmm?

Ouyang Jun looked down and was stunned.

The red pill lay in the prison cart, and the Black-Backed Blood-Eye Ape was, as usual, raging furiously.

Struggling and swinging its chains, it rejected any feeding attempts.

But suddenly, it sniffed around.

It then began searching.

Upon finding the Three-step Drunk, it furiously raised its foot to crush it.

But this time, it couldn’t bring itself to stomp down.

A look of struggle and pain appeared on its face.

Eventually, it drew back its foot, slowly bent down, and picked up the Three-step Drunk.

Sometimes bringing it to its mouth and sometimes wanting to throw it away.

After much struggle, it couldn’t resist any longer and swallowed it whole, gulping it down.

Ouyang Jun was astonished, “It… it actually ate it voluntarily?”

“Brother, your pill is indeed miraculous?”

“Demon beasts can’t resist its allure at all.”

Jiang Fan remained expressionless, “Keep watching.”

Indeed.

They still didn’t know the pill’s effects.

Ouyang Jun watched curiously, trying to guess the pill’s effects.

“Most likely, it’s a sedative for demon beasts?”

“But for such an extremely fierce demon beast as the Black-Backed Blood-Eye Ape, it might not be effective.”

On the journey, he had used several sedatives on it.

Even spent a huge amount of money buying top-level sedatives that could make demon beasts unconscious in an hour.

Yet none had made it pass out.

Could Jiang Fan’s small pill really work?

The results might be disappointing.

However.

Just as he thought this, less than ten breaths after the Black-Backed Blood-Eye Ape swallowed the pill.

It suddenly began to stagger.

Seeming to realize something, it grabbed the cage, shaking its head vehemently to avoid passing out.

But the overwhelming dizziness was irresistible.

Eventually, it collapsed heavily with a thud.

The elite disciples present were utterly stunned.

“It passed out in just ten breaths after swallowing the pill?”

“Even for a Core Formation Realm demon beast?”

“And one as extremely ferocious as an ape?”

“The most terrifying part is, the demon beast couldn’t resist the pill’s allure, knowing it wasn’t something good, yet still couldn’t help but eat it.”

“If someone scattered these pills on the frontline of the Beast Tide, the effect would be…”

Swish swish swish—

The numerous disciples all stared intently at the few remaining red pills in Jiang Fan’s hand.

Their eyes were burning with eagerness.

This was a valuable item!

Besides Sorrow Frost, it was the best item so far!