"Distinguished Daoist, you're more or less a Daoist Senior, and how could you attack a child with such a powerful attack? Don't you think that this was disgraceful?" asked Xiao Changfeng in a calm face.
The cyan-robed elder was shocked. He didn't expect a martial artist in this Human World who was able to save someone from his attack and dared to speak to him calmly. It seemed that this man could not be underestimated.
Thinking of this, his abdomen suddenly ached. The woman in white sneak-attacked him, and the sword directly pierced through his abdomen. He almost fell from the sky.
Thanks to his extraordinary cultivation, he immediately responded and punched out two fire dragons that hit the woman's abdomen.
"Puff!" The woman in white could not dodge the dragons and spurted out a mouthful of blood, almost falling from the sky just like the elder.
At this moment, many Xiao Family disciples cried out. It seemed that the woman broke out from the formation after hearing Xiao Chen's tips.
The Sea of Qi in the cyan-robed elder's elixir field was damaged, so he knew that he could not stay here anymore and immediately escaped in form of a row of sword radiance.
The woman tottered on the sword and fell toward the Rainbow Pavilion. "Poom!" With flying dust and soil, she hit the ground. The disciples were stared agape at this. Nobody had expected that even an Immortal could be injured and fell from the sky. Nobody dared to go near her.
Xiao Chen immediately rushed to the place where the woman fell and saw her face sometimes turned white and sometimes turned red. He then said, "If I'm right, you are hit by the Fire Cloud True Qi. Please don't run any cultivation method now!"
The woman raised her head with a flicker of doubt on her face. Xiao Chen said, "Lead the True Qi from the Spirit Storehouse Acupuncture Point to the Spirit Ruin Acupuncture Point and then to the Spirit Seal Acupuncture Point. In the end, export the True Qi through the Hidden Gate Acupuncture Point. Please don't rush."
The woman hesitated upon hearing this, but then sat cross-legged to run her True Qi. After a short while, a figure flashed here. It was a youth in his 20s. He was Xiao Yuan, the First Young Master of the Xiao Family and also Xiao Chen's cousin. In the martial arts test when he was 16, his strength reached Fourfold and broke the hundred-year-record of Xiao Family.
"Fairy, I'm Xiao Yuan. You're seriously injured, and there are many good medicines in Xiao Family. Do you need some..."
Xiao Chen frowned and said, "Don't disturb her!"
Xiao Yuan was pissed off. "Since when could you, such a loser, talk to me like this?" But regarding the presence of this beautiful woman, he could not lose his temper here. He continued, "Fairy, you're seriously injured. If you don't take medical care in time..."
The woman in white said coldly, "Let him be quiet!"
Xiao Chen glared at him and said, "Did you hear that? Shut up!"
"You!" Xiao Yuan was angry and about to push Xiao Chen away. But he dared not to move when he felt the cold light in the woman's eyes.
A few moments later, the woman took a deep breath and looked much better. Xiao Chen was glad to see this because it seemed that she was fine at the moment. He said, "I've got a question..." He wanted to ask why he couldn't feel the Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth and cultivate like her.
"Many thanks." The woman glanced at him and then stood on her feet, looking over at a place in the south-east where was covered by dark clouds. It was the Ancient Tomb of the Xiao Family located in the back of the mountain, and it was extremely bleak there all year round.
"I'll stay here to heal myself, and I don't want anyone to disturb me during this period." After saying so, she rode on a sword radiance and flew to the tomb.
Looking over at the Ancient Tomb, Xiao Chen sighed, "Thank god! She didn't fly away directly."
Xiao Yuan's eyes were cold as he clenched his fist and made his knuckles crackle. Xiao Chen shot him a cold glance, saying, "What are you glaring me for? She told you to shut up." After saying so, Xiao Chen walked toward the Rainbow Pavilion as if nothing had happened.
While looking at Xiao Chen's back, Xiao Yuan's eyes became more and more resentful. "If it weren't for this bastard standing in my front, how couldn't that fairy look at me? Xiao Chen, I will definitely let you be expelled from Xiao Family..."
The Ancient Tomb in the back of the mountain was the top forbidden place in Xiao Family. No disciple was allowed to enter. Those who disobeyed the order would be punished to face the wall for 10 years or be derived from his martial arts. The guards stood 300 meters away from the tomb since the woman in white was healing in there.
Three days later, Xiao Chen appeared at the entrance of the tomb and slipped in. He had been trying many ways to sneak to the tomb without being found out by the guards. Although he knew the serious consequences of doing this, he could never let this chance, which he fought for effortfully, went away.
He saw rows of tombstones were neatly arranged, stretching far. The further he proceeded, the colder he felt. He had not practiced martial arts, so he was already shivering without Internal Strength to block the coldness.
He did not know for how long he had walked when he heard a faint voice from a cave, "We haven't met before. Why did you risk your life to help me?"
Xiao Chen was overjoyed and immediately went to the cave. He then saw her sat cross-legged, cultivating. Her complexion looked much better than that of three days ago. Seeing a dozen bottles in different colors lying aside her, he walked there, took the lid off, and placed the bottle close to his nose to smell one after another.
"Don't you know that it's impolite to ignore others or touch others' belongings?" The woman frowned and said.
Xiao Chen raised his head, frowned and asked, "Did you make all these elixirs?"
The woman shook her head and pointed to a white jade bottle, saying, "Only this one. I looted the other elixirs from the disciples of the sect that old Daoist Tianyun belonged to."
"No wonder. You took the wrong medicine. Some of these will only aggravate your injuries."
"Okay." The woman said in a slight voice.
Xiao Chen felt a little speechless. After a short silence, he asked, "Miss, how should I call..." The woman almost asked simultaneously, "What are you?"
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Some of them call me Loser Chen, while some others call me Undead Chen. But my name is Xiao Chen."
In his previous life, Ling Yin also named him Xiao Chen. Back then when he was abandoned at the foot of Mystic Cyan Mountain, Ling Yin picked him up and raised him.
"My name is Mu Chengxue. Tell me, what were you asking me before?"
Xiao Chen took a deep breath and spoke the words he had repeated in his mind for countless times. "Many years ago, maybe seven or eight thousands of years, the Immortals and Devils were in constant fights. Those Immortal Kings and Devil Lords who claimed that they were undead and undestroyable, where did they go eventually? Were they dead?"
After a long silence, Mu Chengxue shook her head and said, "You're not the only one, we all want to know the answer to this question. But that was in the previous era of Cultivators, and that era had gone a long time ago. There was no record left. The most abstruse and mysterious cultivation methods of that era were all lost. Many people wanted to obtain those ancient cultivation methods, but nobody has found one in thousands of years."
"Did you just said that it was the previous era, and that era has ended..."
Xiao Chen weakly sat on the ground. He had always assumed that only time passed, and he could still meet his master someday. It had never occurred to him that the era had ended...
The word "ended" meant that everybody died, even the Immortals and Devils. Was it really because his Soul was kept in the Samsara Jade that he survived the calamity?
He kept shaking his head. "No! It's impossible! Master had already cultivated an Immortal Body. Master was so powerful. It's impossible for him to die! She must have survived!"
Mu Chengxue saw him shaking his head and said in a low voice, "Just give up. Those ancient cultivation methods have already gone with the end of that era." She thought that Xiao Chen was only looking for those ancient cultivation methods. Xiao Chen said nothing. Ancient cultivation methods? Wasn't his Mystic Cyan Cultivation Method the most abstruse ancient cultivation method? But he had tried countless times to cultivate and nothing worked. He could not feel any Spiritual Qi at all. "Why can you cultivate to Core Forming Realm, while I can't feel any Spiritual Qi?" He asked the question he wanted to ask the most. Mu Chengxue was dumbstruck while looking at him. She then said, "I thought you were a man who knows a lot about cultivating. But how can you ask such a simple and even funny question?" Xiao Chen frowned and said, "Funny? I really don't know." Mu Chengxue shook her head and said nothing. "
The crowd turned their heads and suddenly became quiet, not daring to make a sound. Even those elders in the hall suddenly became humble, saying, "Fairy, your esteemed arrival to the Xiao Family. What can we do for you..." It was Mu Chengxue. She ignored everyone and only looked at Xiao Chen, saying, "I'm leaving." Xiao Chen knew that she must come here to say something to him, and walked to her, whispering, "Let's talk outside." The two people left the hall under the crowd's surprising eyes. In the square, Xiao Chen said, "Miss Mu, thank you very much." Mu Chengxue shook her head and said, "Do you need me to warn them to not make things difficult for you in the future?" Xiao Chen shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "No, thanks." Warning them would not help. After she left, those people would still do what they wanted to do. "Do you need me to give you a layer of Mysti
Xiao Yifan was the first to rush into the courtyard. He then pressed Xiao Chen's shoulders, looked around alertly and said, "Chen'er! What happened? Was it that Miss... That person has come back?" Xiao Chen was so excited just now, and he did not expect that he would make such a big noise. He knew that he could not explain this. If he claimed that he had made such damage, nobody would believe him and his father would be laughed at again. He then pretended to be surprised, saying, "I just came back from the Rainbow Pavilion. I don't know what happened neither." Xiao Yifan was still vigilant about the surroundings. He said, "Come live in the Water Immortal Pavilion for some days. You can't live here anymore." "There's no need, father. From now on, you don't need to worry about me." At this moment, several elders came in and started to check around the damages in the courtyard. When that red-robed elder, who let Xiao C
There was a bang. Qin Xiu had barely finished when Xiao Yifan had crushed the teacup that he held in his grasp. Tea spattered everywhere. The muffled voices of curious whispers began to fill their surroundings by onlookers outside the hall who were taken aback by the scene. In the hall, Xiao Changfeng lifted his hand as he cast a look at Huangfu Zhe and spoke dryly, "This was decided many years ago by the chieftains of both families. Is the chieftain of your family informed of this decision?" Huang Fuzhe replied, "Naturally. Even my father himself had deemed this decision inappropriate. Yet, as mentioned by young master Qin here, young Xin'er has, despite our many reprimands, been accepted as a Cultivator in the mystic arts. But we were informed that young Xin'er possesses six Spiritual Meridians—an extraordinary rarity which is the testament to her potential... hence..." The people outside the hall erupted into an uproar. Not even Xiao Yifan
Then again, despite his failure to defeat his opponent, Xiao Chen had withstood more than three blows from Qin Xiu. The onlookers of their brief duel were still in a dazed stupor when a deep and chilly voice rose from the hall, "Hold it..." The voice roused everyone back to their senses as they looked towards the source of the voice: the Master of the Xiao Family, Xiao Changfeng. Qin Xiu turned to him and asked, "Master Xiao, is there anything I can be of service? Are you also interested in a duel with me? I would be pleased to be able to spar with you." "Take your things and leave." Xiao Changfeng's voice boomed as he flailed the sleeve of his robes. The force channeled from him whisked the brocade box from the table and threw the box towards Qin Xiu. Sensing that something was wrong, Huangfu Zhe had tried to warn Qin Xiu, but he was too late. Qiu Xiu stretched his arm forward to receive the box gliding towards him only to f
In just the blink of an eye, Xiao Chen could vaguely feel the distinct changes in the environment of this world. Knowing that the Violet Manor was his best option to enhance his powers, he asked, "Do you have any way of leading me to this Violet Manor?" Evernight glanced at him and said, "The Mu girl you met not long ago has powers of the Core Forming Realm. Even she could hardly withstand the might of her enemies from the Violet Manor who have pursued her here in the Human World. What do you, a Cultivator of the Qi Refining Realm, can do? Remember, you possess twelve Spiritual Meridians. That alone makes you a widely-coveted nourishment." "What can I do then? Am I to remain a useless fool for the rest of my life, now that Miss Gu had removed the seals from my Spiritual Meridians? One way or another, I must make it there!" Evernight gave a light snort and he said, "There are Cultivators' sects and covens here in the Human World
"What!" Xiao Chen leaped to his feet instantly, "Why did you not tell me about this earlier!" With that, he immediately rushed out the courtyard and went straight to his father. "Yes. I think it is Perfected Immortal Zixu, the leader of the Three Pure Sect. It appears that even our family has someone who is blessed with the fortune of becoming an Immortal. We will not have to fear the Huangfu Family anymore," said Xiao Yifan with a smile. "Is the leader still here?" Xiao Chen asked anxiously. "He left two days ago. There was news of a strange and evil flower that consumes the souls of humans. He and your grandfather had left with Master Lingjue of the Sanctum of the Arcane Spring to investigate this matter." Xiao Chen frowned with dismay. He was hardly interested in evil flowers. He then asked again nervously, "Who are the three persons that Perfect Immortal Zixu had chosen?" Xiao Y
Xiao Yifan noticed his son's bad look and asked carefully, "What's wrong?" Xiao Chen recovered his sense and forced a smile. "Nothing." At this moment, he didn't know why he felt like he had lost his soul. This was not a coincidence but someone's arrangement. "Master, let's go. Don't let the Immortal wait for too long." Lil Ruo had packed their stuff. She would follow Xiao Chen as a maid. She would neither join the Three Pure Sect nor take the test. Xiao Chen nodded and walked to her when Su Qing called him to stop. She sighed and took out something like a badge. "I know I can't talk you out of this now. Be careful out there. If some senior made things difficult for you, just show him this thing." Xiao Chen took over the badge and did not know what it was made of. Also, it was carved with a super complex pattern that he did not know of. He nodded and said, "Okay. Mother, trust me, I'll be fine.&qu