Chapter 428 - 410: Saber Drawn on Horseback Under the Setting Sun, Only Now Do I Believe That Heroes Come From the Young

"Senior Sister, look at this amazing find!"

Su Yu walked over to a row of curio shelves, waving a hand to open a brocade box made of yellow pearwood.

Inside, nestled on a lavish gold velvet cushion, lay a top-quality Blood Ginseng. It was about a foot long and as translucent as red jade.

The Blood Ginseng had a mystical appearance. Its thick main root was densely covered in a fine pattern resembling the scales of a red snake.

At its lower end, dozens of finger-thick rootlets coiled and twisted like serpents, resembling miniature red dragons. A single glance was enough to feel the astonishing essence of Qi and Blood surging within it like a molten volcano.

"It’s a Blood Ginseng over a hundred years old!"

Lin Wanzhu couldn’t help but cover her mouth with a gasp. She reached out a delicate hand to gently touch one of its rootlets before bringing her fingers to her nose to smell it.

"Such a rich fragrance! Its grade must have reached the Profound Tier!"

Su Yu nodded in agreement. "Lower Grade Xuan, no doubt about it! This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Profound Tier Treasure Medicine."

"I remember the ancient text, the *Great Wilderness Herbal Scripture*, records it clearly: ’A hundred years of red scales, nourished by Earth Marrow to become a flood dragon; its root like a dragon, its blood qi soars to the heavens.’ This Treasure Medicine’s proper name should be Red-Scaled Earth Blood Ginseng. It’s a rare Treasure Medicine indeed!"

Memories from the *Great Wilderness Herbal Scripture* flowed through Su Yu’s mind. He stared at the bewitchingly beautiful Blood Ginseng in the box and continued explaining to his Senior Sister,

"The conditions for this ginseng’s growth are extremely harsh. It must grow in a place where potent Earth Marrow converges and absorb the spiritual essence of the earth’s veins for decades before it can shed its mundane, plant-like nature and form these red, scale-like patterns on its surface."

"Its most important effects are invigorating blood, warming the marrow, and replenishing one’s source at the Extreme Realm!"

"With this medicine, just consuming a single rootlet in battle can rapidly restore your Qi and Blood! More importantly, because it has absorbed a century’s worth of Earth Marrow, it plays a vital role in bone replacement and marrow warming!"

Lin Wanzhu immediately understood and couldn’t help but ask for confirmation, "So it can help with breaking through to the Profound Bone Realm?"

"Exactly!"

Hearing Su Yu’s confirmation, Lin Wanzhu immediately put the Treasure Medicine away and pushed it into Su Yu’s arms.

"Ah Yu, put it in your Sumeru Mustard Seed! When your Realm is high enough, use it to break through to the Profound Bone Realm in one go!"

Seeing her act this way, Su Yu couldn’t help but let the corners of his mouth lift into a slight smile.

’It really is nice to be cared for like this.’

’Although I don’t need external items for my breakthroughs, consuming the rootlets of this Red Ginseng daily can still restore a large amount of Qi and Blood and speed up my Martial Arts progress.’

’As for the main ’dragon root’ of this Red Ginseng, it seems fated for Senior Sister. When the time comes, I’ll feed it to her myself.’

’Now that she has comprehended the Wind of the Forest Stance, her strength is growing, and she has a great chance of breaking through to the Profound Bone Realm in the future.’

Su Yu didn’t explain too much to her. With a wave of his hand, he stored the Treasure Medicine in his Sumeru Mustard Seed.

The two continued to inspect the remaining treasures.

"Ah Yu, look! This seems to be another rare treasure!"

Lin Wanzhu stopped by a moisture-proof, black-lacquered wooden case. With her slender, jade-like hands, she gently lifted out a small, exquisite round box carved from deep-sea warming jade.

The moment the lid was opened, a faint wisp of vapor, shimmering with a mysterious azure light, diffused through the treasury. Wherever it passed, crystalline water droplets condensed in the air.

Su Yu immediately strode forward to take a look.

In the center of the warming jade box lay a flawless, perfectly round, azure Treasure Bead about the size of a pigeon’s egg.

The Treasure Bead was neither jade nor stone. Its texture was as translucent as the finest crystal, and one could faintly see an azure current swirling inside like a miniature vortex, rotating ever so slowly.

Su Yu reached out and touched it lightly. An indescribable feeling of coolness and moisture instantly traveled from his fingertip through his entire body, leaving him feeling refreshed all over.

"If I’m not mistaken, this must be the incredibly hard-to-find Profound Yin Clam Pearl!"

Su Yu gazed at the pearl shimmering with a watery blue light as the records from Black Stone City’s *Exotic Beast Chronicles* surfaced in his mind.

"An ancient Spiritual Object called the Canglang Profound Clam grows in the Black Water River. They are as large as millstones and as hard as black iron. They can absorb the purest Water Yin Essence, and over a lifetime, they can condense a single Profound Yin Clam Pearl like this one!"

Lin Wanzhu held it in her palm, feeling the gentle, cool sensation continuously seeping out. Her beautiful eyes were filled with wonder. "Then, Ah Yu, what does this pearl do?"

Su Yu smiled warmly and explained, "The most profound and precious aspect of a top-grade Water Yin Treasure Pearl like this is that its method of use is extremely gentle. You just need to soak it in regular drinking water or Spirit Wine, and it will continuously seep out a gentle Profound Water Yin Radiance."

"If a Martial Artist or even an ordinary person drinks this Spiritual Water over a long period, its medicinal power will subtly and imperceptibly merge with their flesh, meridians, and bones, like a gentle spring rain nurturing the earth. It can’t cause a sudden surge in Qi and Blood, but it can silently improve one’s innate constitution!"

As he finished, Su Yu’s voice grew a few degrees louder with excitement.

’Although my own constitution has already reached the Spirit Tier and this pearl won’t be of much use to me, many people around me desperately need it!’

’Especially since I have the Verdant Spirit Transformation Gourd, which can amplify the effects of this rare treasure!’

...

The two continued to look through the rest of the treasury, finishing their survey quickly.

Besides the most valuable Lower Grade Xuan Treasure Medicine, there were also many Mortal Tier Treasure Medicines and various other precious materials, all of considerable value.

A rough calculation showed that these items alone were worth fifty to sixty thousand taels of silver. Adding the gold ingots, silver notes, and other currency, the total value was over one hundred thousand taels of Silver.

"Ah Yu, of this income of over one hundred thousand taels of Silver, we need to send a portion to the Mansion Master, Ding Yi, and Master. We can probably keep about thirty thousand for ourselves."

Lin Wanzhu suggested after careful thought.

Su Yu nodded. His Senior Sister’s considerations were very thorough, and the distribution was perfectly reasonable.

However, this income was still far below his expectations.

"Senior Sister, the Huyan Family’s wealth is definitely more than this. I’m afraid there’s another treasury. According to Huyan bo, Huyan Muyuan probably started moving their assets long ago!"

"Previously, after Master and I pursued Huyan Muyuan, we didn’t find any Sumeru Mustard Seed-type treasures on him either. I suspect the really good stuff is hidden somewhere else."

"Ah Yu, I suspect Huyan bo knows something. He might be hoping to trade that information for his life!"

Su Yu thought the same and nodded. "As long as he can really help me find the Huyan Family’s other treasury, sparing his life is fine. A traitor who sells out his own family for personal gain isn’t the type to seek revenge for them."

"But we can’t fully trust him. We’ll have to observe him for a while."

The two of them discussed as they walked out of the underground vault and returned to the surface.

After methodically issuing a series of orders to his subordinates—concerning the confiscation, stationing of guards, and pacification of the area—Su Yu stood with his hand on his blade, his black robes fluttering in the wind.

He took a deep breath of the blood-tinged air, then with a confident, powerful stride, he walked out of the devastated Huyan Family’s main gate.

By now, even more factions had gathered on both sides of the blue-stoned Long Street outside the gate.

There were scouts from the major family factions of Black Stone City’s Outer City, numerous martial arts experts from Jian’an Prefecture and Liangzhou Prefecture...

When they saw Su Yu’s tall, pine-straight figure step through the gate, flanked by a contingent of the Flying Feather Guard, complex emotions flickered in the eyes of the various powers.

The Huyan Family, a clan with a century of history and deep foundations, was finished just like that!

And the one who had crushed this behemoth of the Outer City was merely a young man of twenty!

The setting sun cast Su Yu’s shadow long across the ground. Long after his figure had completely vanished around the street corner, the crowd of martial world magnates and clan experts remained standing like stone statues in the twilight, unable to calm their hearts for a long, long time.

"Once a young man on the Black Water River, now a Flying Feather Guard who pacifies the lands."

"With blade in hand at sunset, we see that heroes truly do emerge from the young!"

Someone couldn’t help but recite a quiet poem, its words echoing in everyone’s ears for a long time.