The Supreme Being Against Heaven
Chapter Summary
Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me!” Suppressing his anger, Tan Yun knelt down, looked up at the Bingqing Sect Master, and said respectfully: “Sect Master, please calm your anger. The herb garden disciples exchanged glances, then knelt together on the mountain peak and shouted: “We beg the Sect Master—please allow Senior Brother Tan to finish speaking!” Seeing this, Shen Qingfeng frowned, deep in thought. Just as she was about to speak, Shen Qingqiu glanced at Tan Yun, then quickl...
Hearing this, Tan Yun kept a calm expression, but inwardly he cursed without restraint:
“Hmph, telling me to get lost? You vile woman! If it weren’t for Shen Qingfeng and Shen Qingqiu treating me like their own son, why would I care about your ridiculous Rebirth Jade Grass? Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me!”
Suppressing his anger, Tan Yun knelt down, looked up at the Bingqing Sect Master, and said respectfully:
“Sect Master, please calm your anger. Because you accepted me into the Pill Line, your reputation has suffered—I feel deeply ashamed.”
“But Zhou Run, a disciple of the Immortal Mountain herb garden who devoted himself wholeheartedly, died 3 days ago because of the Rebirth Jade Grass. This is an injustice!”
“Now, the Rebirth Jade Grass concerns Steward Shen’s life. Both he and the Outer Line elder have shown me great kindness. Even if you kill me today, I must finish what I have to say!”
“Master, please allow this disciple to finish speaking. After that, no matter the punishment, I will accept it without objection!”
Tan Yun’s voice was neither submissive nor overbearing, yet clear and resounding, reaching everyone’s ears.
“This disciple begs the Sect Master—please allow Senior Brother Tan to finish speaking!”
Da Niu slammed his knees onto the ground and kowtowed.
The herb garden disciples exchanged glances, then knelt together on the mountain peak and shouted:
“We beg the Sect Master—please allow Senior Brother Tan to finish speaking!”
Seeing this, Shen Qingfeng frowned, deep in thought.
Lu Wu, the 12th elder, remained calm, sneering inwardly:
“I’ve already examined the Rebirth Jade Grass—there’s not the slightest trace of poison. What could a mere labor disciple like him possibly know?”
“Even if it was poisoned, it must be this brat secretly adding poison afterward to help that old fool Shen Qingfeng escape. Heh… if that’s the case, even better—I’ll take this chance to kill him!”
While Lu Wu sneered inwardly, the Bingqing Sect Master was already furious beyond measure, her anger surging violently.
Just as she was about to speak, Shen Qingqiu glanced at Tan Yun, then quickly turned and knelt before the Sect Master, kowtowing as he said firmly:
“Miss, I have been useless all my life. But since meeting Tan Yun, I have had a premonition—he will not be ordinary in the future!”
“That is why I was willing to risk my life to beg you to accept him as an Outer Line disciple!”
“No matter how others see Tan Yun, in my eyes, he is not an ordinary person—nor is he worthless!”
“Miss, please give Tan Yun a chance. Let him finish speaking…”
The Bingqing Sect Master snapped coldly:
“Enough! I have already said I will expel you from the Shen family. From now on, do not call me ‘Miss’ again!”
“I will say this one last time—Tan Yun, get out of my sight immediately! Otherwise… I will kill you without mercy!”
The Bingqing Sect Master was the supreme authority of the Pill Line within the inner sect.
Tan Yun, on the other hand, was nothing more than a lowly miscellaneous disciple.
How could she allow him to influence the situation?
This was not rashness—
Just moments ago, she had personally examined the Rebirth Jade Grass in Tan Yun’s hand once more.
The result was the same—no poison!
As a grandmaster-level alchemist, if she declared there was no poison, then there was no poison!
How could a mere menial disciple possess knowledge surpassing hers?
Listening to him further would only waste time—and provoke her even more!
“Miss!”
Shen Qingqiu raised his head, his gaze firm, voice resolute:
“I will stake my life to guarantee it—you must allow Tan Yun to finish speaking! If he speaks nonsense, there will be no need for you to act—I will kill him myself and then take my own life in atonement!”
The Bingqing Sect Master froze slightly, then raised her slender jade-like finger, pointing at Shen Qingqiu as her hand trembled faintly:
“You disappoint me greatly! You are willing to risk your life again and again for a single disciple!”
“Enough—I don’t want to hear another word!”
Just as she finished speaking, Tan Yun struggled to stand up. Looking at her calmly, he said:
“Since matters have come to this, I have nothing more to say. I am gravely injured and rushed here to save Steward Shen, yet you refuse to give me a chance.”
“Everything I’ve said is the truth. Please calm your anger. If you refuse to let me speak today, then you will wrongly kill Steward Shen—and in the future, you will regret it!”
“By then, Steward Shen will already be dead, and everything will be too late. You will only be able to drown in guilt… unless you never cared about his life or death at all!”
Tan Yun knew very well that the Bingqing Sect Master valued Shen Qingfeng deeply.
These words—were deliberate provocation!
He was certain she would not kill him and would be forced to give him a chance to speak.
And once he spoke—she would have even less reason to kill him!
Instantly, the elders were enraged:
“Tan Yun! How dare you!”
“Insolence! You dare offend the Sect Master!”
“…”
“Enough!”
The Bingqing Sect Master raised her slender, boneless hand. Instantly, all voices fell silent.
Her beautiful eyes revealed undisguised killing intent, her voice as cold as winter:
“Speak! I will listen!”
The words “I will listen” made it clear—her anger had reached its peak!
“Thank you, Sect Master!”
Tan Yun did not dare be careless and hurriedly spoke. Though his voice was weak, it carried clearly to everyone present.
And his next words—left everyone utterly stunned!
“The Rebirth Jade Grass actually has 3 branches and 3 leaves. Each branch and each leaf represents 1 soul, corresponding to the ‘Heaven Soul, Earth Soul, and Life Soul’ among the 3 souls and 7 spirits of a human. Thus, in ancient times, it was called the ‘Heavenly Three-Soul Grass.’”
“The Heavenly Three-Soul Grass is the main ingredient for refining the ‘Heaven Soul Genesis Pill,’ which has miraculous effects in healing cultivators whose Heaven Soul is injured.”
“In addition, it can also be used as a supplementary ingredient in refining resurrection pills.”
“Later, it was renamed Rebirth Jade Grass. This herb belongs to the water element among the Five Elements. Water is yin, so during cultivation it must avoid yang energy. It should be nourished with morning and evening dew 1 time per day.”
“Because it is yin within the water element, it is also called the ‘Immortal Soul Root.’ This means that even if it dies naturally, within 49 days, its root core remains alive. If properly cared for, it can revive!”
At this point, Tan Yun snapped off the roots of all 5 Rebirth Jade Grass plants.
Inside the spirit roots, which were as thick as a little finger—
there was actually a withered core, as thin as a strand of hair!
“Sect Master, if it had died naturally, within 49 days, the root core should turn a bluish-green color. But look now—the root core is completely withered!”
The Bingqing Sect Master frowned. In a flash, she appeared before Tan Yun.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
All 11 elders, along with Shen Qingfeng and Shen Qingqiu, immediately gathered around.
Upon closer inspection—
everyone discovered that within the roots Tan Yun had broken open, there truly was a hair-thin, withered core!
In that instant, whether it was the Bingqing Sect Master, the Pill Line elders, or even Shen Qingfeng—
all revealed expressions of deep shock!
Because—
they had never even heard of the name “Heavenly Three-Soul Grass”!
They only knew that “Rebirth Jade Grass” was a key ingredient for high-level resurrection pills.
But what Tan Yun said—that it was the main ingredient of the Heaven Soul Genesis Pill—was something they had never known!
Even more so, the claim that—
after natural death, it could revive within 49 days—
was something none of them had ever heard before!
As for the “hair-thin root core” Tan Yun mentioned—
no one had ever known of it!
At this moment, Tan Yun’s detailed explanation of the Rebirth Jade Grass—
its original name, its properties, and its very nature—
completely shattered and expanded the understanding of the Bingqing Sect Master and the Pill Line elders!
--Translated by likesnovel--