Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 55: Surrounded (1)

Chatting for a moment longer, Zhang Xuan was questioned on where he obtained the Hongjin Pearl Fruit from. He casually replied that he got it from the market, causing Master Lu Chen and the rest to exclaim at his fortune.

“Right, brother Zhang Xuan, are you a local or…” Lu Chen asked.

“I am a teacher at Hongtian Academy!” Zhang Xuan replied.

“No wonder you possess such strength and a deep understanding towards painting!” Master Lu Chen praised him. He turned around to Huang Yu and Bai Xun, who were sitting by the side, and said, “Painting can mold a person’s personality and train their character. Don’t let fighting and killing occupy your mind all day long! Since brother Zhang Xuan is a teacher of the academy, go and visit him to learn from him whenever the both of you are free. I will consider giving the person who learns a thing or two from him a pass and give them what they want!”

“Yes!”

Huang Yu replied with a bitter expression whereas Bai Xun’s eyes were glittering with excitement.

Through their crossing of blows, he understood that Zhang Xuan’s current ability far surpassed him. To be able to learn from such an expert was definitely much more interesting than simply just learning boring painting!

At the very least, he felt more relaxed learning from him than Master Lu Chen.

“My apologies for the sudden intrusion today. It is getting a little late, so master, I will be bidding you farewell. I will visit you another day!”

After accomplishing what he came for, Zhang Xuan decided to take his leave and clasped his hands together towards Lu Chen.

“This time, you came here to look for Fighter 6-dan cultivation techniques, but it is a pity that I don’t have many of them here. I will speak to Shen Zhui about this matter a few days later to bring you to the kingdom’s Book Collection Vault to browse through them! It just happens that he seems to be out hunting these few days, so he isn’t in the capital at the moment!” Master Lu Chen said.

“You have my utmost gratitude, master!” Hearing these words, Zhang Xuan’s eyes lit up.

It was impossible to find more than a few Fighter 6-dan cultivation technique manuals at any ordinary location. However, in the kingdom’s Book Collection Vault, the location that was reputed to have the most complete collection of books in Tianxuan Kingdom, he was surely able to find many of them!

If he was able to enter the vault to browse through the Fighter 6-dan cultivation techniques, he might be able to form Heaven’s Path Divine Art and break through successfully!

“You’re too courteous…”

Lu Chen nodded his head with a smile…

Leaving the master’s residence, Zhang Xuan headed towards the academy.

The sun had already set when he was still having dinner with Shen Bi Ru. At this moment, the moon hung high up in the sky, illuminating the ground with a cold silver glow. Going by the clock of his previous life, it should be around twelve already!

Despite the time, he didn’t feel fatigued in the least. Instead, his eyes were glowing in exhilaration.

The trip to the master’s residence was truly worth it!

Compiling the Heaven’s Path Golden Body has propelled the strengthening of his physical body, causing his prowess to soar. With his current cultivation, even if he were to meet with a Pixue realm pinnacle expert, he would be able to easily subdue them!

Besides, he also found a dozen books or so on Fighter 6-dan cultivation techniques. Even if it was insufficient for him to compile a complete version of Heaven’s Path Divine Art, it should still be beneficial to his training.

“My physical body has already reached 90 ding of strength. If I were to find higher tier physical body enhancement techniques, will I grow even stronger?”

There might be many different secret manuals on training one’s physical body in Master Lu Chen’s study, but they were the simplest and most basic cultivation methods. If such books could possess such effects after being compiled by the Library of Heaven’s Path, didn’t this mean that if he were to assemble together a set of more profound physical body cultivation manuals, the book compiled would be even more incredible?

If this was true, his physical body would probably play a significant part in his battle prowess in the future!

Just as he was immersing himself in his delight, his ears suddenly quivered.

The growth in strength of his physical body had also caused his hearing and vision to sharpen. He suddenly realized that someone was stalking him!

His footsteps swayed and he came to a stop. “Those friends who are following behind me, come out!”

“Hehe, I didn’t expect that you would be so wary!”

“What is the use of being wary! Lad, you made us lose money, don’t even dream about escaping from us today…”

Hualala!

As his voice trailed off, a few human silhouettes dashed out from the darkness and surrounded him. Every one of them looked at Zhang Xuan coldly, as though staring at a corpse.

“It’s you all?”

Zhang Xuan recognized them.

He recognizesd two of those in the group as Master Mo Yang, who was exposed in the market earlier today by him, and the artifact dealer who was working with him.

The remaining few should be the ‘supports’ who were hidden within the crowd.

At this moment, ‘Master Mo Yang’s’ face was swollen red and the skin around his eyes was bruised black. A few parts of his clothes were torn off and he no longer possessed the serene and enlightened disposition and appearance from before. In fact, if one were to claim that he was a beggar on the street, people would believe him.

Looks like after being exposed, those ‘victims’ didn’t let him off the hook so easily.

But that’s to be expected as well. After all, which of those who were able to engage in the expensive sport of treasure speculation didn’t come from extraordinary families?

After realizing that they were scammed, they could already be considered to be kind for not killing him on the spot.

The artifact dealer didn’t seem to be in a much better state than him. His two eyes were bruised black and two sausage-like swells hung by his mouth, causing his speech to be indistinct.

Glaring at Zhang Xuan, the resentment and anger in their gazes were clear to see.

This was a ploy that they spent a fortune to set up, only for it to be wrecked by this young man here. Not mentioning how they had to spit out the meat that was already in their mouths, they even almost got beaten to death. Thus, it was understandable that they would feel intense resentment against him.

“You little bastard, you sure ran away fast back then. Let’s see where you can run off to now!”

A maniacal gleam flashed across the eyes of the artifact dealer.

“You all want to kill me?”

Noticing the aura of the surroundings growing eerily cold, Zhang Xuan frowned.

“If you have to blame, blame it for your big mouth for saying things that shouldn’t be said. In your next life, remember to keep your mouth in check!”

Master Mo Yang sneered savagely as he clenched his fists, causing jiya jiya sounds to echo in the surroundings.

The reason why their fraud failed was due to this fellow. It took them awhile before they managed to find him, so naturally, they wouldn’t allow him to escape easily!

“I’m sorry, but I don’t wish to die for now, and neither do I wish to keep my mouth in check!” Zhang Xuan said.

“You don’t wish to die?” Ruthlessness flickered across in the eyes of Master Mo Yang. “This isn’t up to you. Brothers, kill him, slice him apart and feed him to the dogs!”

“Roger!”

With a cold snort, one of the ‘support’ stepped forward, and lifting his arms up, he sent a palm down towards Zhang Xuan.

The moment he made his move, his cultivation realm was made apparent. Fighter 5-dan pinnacle!

No wonder he could still escape to Tianxuan Kingdom to conduct fraud even after being outlawed by Liuzhu Kingdom. He did indeed possess some capabilities.

If it was yesterday night, even if Zhang Xuan was able to emerge victorious against this fellow, he would have to utilize the strength of the Library of Heaven’s Path to exploit his weakness. However, with an overwhelming progress in the strength of his physical body, possessing nearly a hundred ding of strength now, Dingli pinnacle meant nothing to him now.

Chuckling softly, he sent a slap towards his attacker.

“You’re courting death!”

“Number Four’s nickname is Metal Palms. His hands are capable of splitting rocks. Back then, in Liuzhu Kingdom, a Pixue realm primary stage was killed by a single palm of his. Yet, this fellow dares to exchange blows with him without any preparation? The ignorant sure are fearless!”

“To think that we were done in by such a fellow, what misfortune!”

…

Seeing that fellow going against Number Four without dodging at all, Master Mo Yang and the rest sneered.

[This ‘support’ may not seem unexceptional, but his strength isn’t for show. His palms are capable of even striking through metal, what does a young man who isn’t even twenty mean before that? To face it head on, what else can he be doing other than courting death?]

Just when they thought that Zhang Xuan would be crippled by the blow, they saw the one whom they called ‘Number Four’ Metal Palms being as weak as a slab of tofu. Unable to withstand Zhang Xuan’s blow, his bones shattered and his ribcage sank in as he was blasted away by the force of the blow. His head stabbed onto the ground first, causing him to look like a bulb of wild onion.

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 54: Hongjin Pearl Fruit

[Who is this?

The sole son of the number one authoritative subject of Tianxuan Kingdom, Zhennan Wang!

For him to be crying Zhang Xuan as his grandpa? Surely, I am hearing things…]

Uncle Cheng only felt his vision blurring before him and almost lost consciousness.

[I just stepped away for a moment to grab a Strength Measuring Rock Pillar… What happened? Can anyone enlighten me…]

“Cough cough, alright. Little brother Zhang Xuan, there are plenty of opportunities for the both of you to spar in the future. Bai Xun is injured and needs to regulate his cultivation for awhile! Anyway, since the Strength Measuring Rock Pillar is already here, I think it would be best for you to try out your strength first!”

Sensing the awkwardness of the situation, Master Lu Chen quickly stepped in.

“Alright!” Seeing that Bai Xun was unwilling to spar, Zhang Xuan shook his head in disappointment. He looked at the Strength Measuring Rock Pillar, which was just inserted into a crevice on the ground and walked over to it. With a slight smile, he said, “Actually, I have tested my strength yesterday and it was about 4 ding or so. There probably won’t much of a difference testing it today…”

It was just this morning that he had beaten Yao Han into a pig head. Before that, he had tested his strength and had ascertained it to be 8 ding!

He had been busy the entire day. Furthermore, without a cultivation technique for him to cultivate, not a single one of his acupoints have been broken through yet. Thus, there shouldn’t be a rise in his strength. Although he had cultivated the Heaven’s Path Golden Body, in Zhang Xuan’s opinion, even if there was an improvement with his physical body, it couldn’t possibly rival up to the significance of zhenqi in determining one’s might.

As for why he said that his strength was 4 ding, it was because this was the standard strength a Dingli realm pinnacle could possess. He didn’t want to reveal too much of his secrets. At worst, he just had to hold back half of his strength when testing it later on.

“Since the pillar has been brought here, give it a try!” Master Lu Chen said.

“Alright!” Zhang Xuan smiled as he accepted the offer. With the intention to only use half of his strength, his fist flew towards the rock pillar before him.

His fist propelled forward like a lightning strike, swift and fierce, and the shockwave of his fist caused the wind to rustle.

Peng!

Light shone from the pillar and figures started to slowly appear on it.

“Look, as I said, 4 ding…” Seeing the figures that had floated onto the surface of the pillar, Zhang Xuan waved his hands and turned around to look at the others with a smile. However, before he could finish his words, he saw Bai Xun, Huang Yu, Master Lu Chen and Uncle Cheng look at him as though he was a monster.

Every single one of their eyes was almost popping out of their sockets.

“What’s the matter?” Zhang Xuan frowned.

He lowered his head to look at himself, there shouldn’t be anything off about him though?

“Look at the… Strength Measuring Rock Pillar again!” Huang Yu said in agitation.

“What is wrong with the Strength Measuring Rock Pillar? Isn’t it just 4 ding? Do you all have to be so shocked…”

Turning around to take a look, Zhang Xuan’s body staggered and he almost fell to the floor. Unsure of when it happened, but the number ‘9’ had appeared behind the number ‘4’ that he saw previously.

Putting it together… 49!

“The fist that I just threw had the strength of… 49 ding?”

Zhang Xuan was also astonished.

When he tested it this morning, he only had 8 ding of strength. Furthermore, he intentionally restrained half of his strength when striking on the rock pillar, so how could he possibly reach a might of 49 ding?

Didn’t this mean that if he didn’t contain his strength, his fist could hold a might of almost 100 ding behind it?

A Fighter 5-dan Dingli realm pinnacle possessed 4 ding of strength while the strength of a Pixue realm pinnacle expert wouldn’t exceed 80 ding. To be capable of hitting 100 ding with his fist, didn’t this mean that his strength is equal to a Fighter 6-dan Pixue realm expert, surpassing the latter even?

This…

“Could it be that… the Strength Measuring Rock Pillar is malfunctioning?”

A thought flashed through his mind and Zhang Xuan couldn’t resist raising his doubt.

“The rock pillar isn’t malfunctioning. Didn’t you achieve a breakthrough in the study previously? It caused your strength to soar. Furthermore, you have yet to adapt to your newfound strength, that’s why you… thrashed Bai Xun so overwhelmingly!”

Seeing his thoughts being verified, Master Lu Chen explained.

Initially, he wanted to say that he himself was beaten into a pulp by Zhang Xuan, but he stopped at the crucial point. After all, no matter what, he was still a master and had to consider his reputation…

“A breakthrough? An inflation from 4 ding to 49 ding? It can’t be that you broke through 45 acupoints at once?”

It was one thing to not hear his explanation, but the moment they heard it, Bai Xun and Huang Yu almost fainted on the spot.

[Surely you are jesting?]

At Fighter 6-dan Pixue realm, one can open up his acupoints to raise one’s cultivation. For every acupoint opened, one will gain 1 ding of strength.

It is said that there is a total of 108 acupoints in the human body. However, only 72 of which can be opened. Furthermore, there is a specific order to opening these acupoints. Due to the difference in physique for every individual, they require a different sequence in breaking through them to achieve the optimal effect. If one fails to find the ideal sequence, they could possibly only end up opening thirty to forty acupoints in their life and find themselves unable to advance forward.

Normally, one breaks through them one by one, and one’s strength will increase slowly 1 ding at a time. For Zhang Xuan’s strength to increase by 45 ding in an instant…

Dude, you are about to bash through the heavens!

It is not that I have never seen people breaking through, but I have never seen someone… break through in such a way!]

Actually, it wasn’t just the others who were giddy and in a state of disbelief, even Zhang Xuan himself didn’t know what was going on.

Was such a massive improvement induced just from cultivating Heaven’s Path Golden Body? Allowing his strength to increase by 90 ding instantaneously?

Normally, when he casually sent Master Lu Chen flying and defeated Bai Xun, he should have understood how much of an improvement he had made and how much his strength had grown by, and not be as ignorant as he is now.

However, as a transcender and someone who had just started cultivating two days ago, it was already incredible that he was able to control his cultivation to exert the correct amount of strength. Going into the specifics to control his strength, so as to manipulate it as he pleases, was simply expecting too much of him!

This was just like an ordinary person who was suddenly granted superhuman strength. He wouldn’t be able to get used to it initially, and, perhaps, might even feel slightly lost about the matter.

This was exactly the situation that was occurring with Zhang Xuan. Initially, he only possessed 8 ding of strength. However, it suddenly increased by 90 ding, an increment of more than tenfold. Furthermore, as this increment originated from his physical body, it was undetectable… Rather, it would be weird if he knew it in advance!

It was already a blessing for him to not have reduced Bai Xun into a lump of meat.

“Little brother Zhang, you can’t possibly have… opened 45 acupoints just now?”

Seeing him in a daze, Master Lu Chen asked slowly.

It was unheard of to open 45 acupoints in an instant… But if that wasn’t the case, where could have the sudden boost of strength possibly came from?

“I… am still Dingli realm pinnacle. My cultivation has yet to advance, just that… my physical body grew stronger by a bit!” Zhang Xuan said.

“Physical body?” Master Lu Chen was astounded, not daring to believe what he had just heard. “I have heard that there are some treasures in the world that allow one’s physical body to rival steel when consumed, giving one the strength equivalent to a Pixue realm pinnacle. Could it be that… it is possible to reach such a level through cultivating one’s physical body as well?”

“Keng… I seem to have eaten some unidentifiable fruit today. Initially, I felt my body heat up after eating it, but I didn’t pay much heed to it. Perhaps, that could be the reason for the sudden increase in the strength of my physical body!” Zhang Xuan said.

As a member of modern civilization, he understood the logic that possessing a treasure beyond one’s ability would attract calamity. If he were to acknowledge that he had reached such a level through cultivation, innumerable people might go red-eyed and try to extort him of his cultivation technique.

Perhaps, some might even kidnap him to research on.

Since Master Lu Chen had mentioned that there were some treasures that could induce a massive enhancement in one’s physical body, he decided to go along with it.

“Fate, this is truly fate!” Master Lu Chen didn’t doubt Zhang Xuan’s words at all.

Actually, it wasn’t that he isn’t doubtful, but even if he was, he had no choice but to believe Zhang Xuan’s words!

For one’s physical strength to increase by a few dozen ding through two hours of cultivation?

Wasn’t this daydreaming?

It was as laughable as trying to get a male to bear children!

Rather than believing that nonsense, it was more probable that he might have consumed some treasure.

“May I know the appearance of the fruit that little brother ate?” Master Lu Chen continued asking.

“Appearance?” Zhang Xuan scratched his head. He was spouting nonsense, so how could he have possibly known how it would look like? However, since they have already gotten to this point, keeping silent would seem much more suspicious instead. Thus, he replied, “It is a red-colored fruit…”

Previously, when he was flipping through the books in the academy’s Compendium Pavilion, he recalled seeing a record of a fruit similar to what Lu Chen had just described. The book was an epic of a person’s travels, and a character in it had eaten a red-colored fruit and had his strength raised massively. At this moment, he could only blindly try his luck.

“Red-colored? Could it be crimson-colored? Indeed, it is that thing!”

Master Lu Chen seemed to have thought of something and his breathing hastened.

“Master knows of it?”

“It is the【Hongjin Pearl Fruit】! Legend has it that consuming it will allow one’s physical body to soar rapidly, granting one the strength that even a Pixue realm pinnacle expert is unable to withstand!” Master Lu Chen said excitedly.

“Hongjin Pearl Fruit?”

Zhang Xuan said with a bizarre look on his face.

Could it be that… such a thing really exists?

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 53: Bai Xun's Breakdown

“This…”

The crowd stared at one another, dumbfounded.

[This is Master Lu Chen, the emperor’s tutor. Who dares to lay his hands on him, beating him into such a state?

Besides, didn’t you two go to the study? Why did he return… like this?

Could it be that they didn’t go to the study to read books, but to… fight?

The elegant Master Lu Chen has such interest?]

“I’m fine…” Master Lu Chen waved his hands awkwardly.

After all, he couldn’t possibly say that… Zhang Xuan had just achieved a breakthrough and unintentionally injured him due to the lack of control in his strength.

He also knew that it would be difficult to explain. Thus, Master Lu Chen walked over to the main seat, then turned to look at Uncle Cheng and said, “Ah Cheng, go and fetch a Strength Measuring Rock Pillar over!”

He was a master painter, not a fighter. Thus, no Strength Measuring Rock Pillars were placed in his lounge. However, as this item was related to one’s cultivation, there were still a few of them in his house, so it would be fine bringing one over.

“Yes!” Despite being unsure of what his master was up to, Uncle Cheng still nodded his head and retreated out of the room.

“Master Zhang, have you really reached Fighter 5-dan pinnacle?” Upon seeing the room turn silent, Bai Xun couldn’t resist walking up towards him with an excited expression.

“Un!” It might be inconvenient to speak of it in the academy, but it wasn’t any secret here, so there’s no need for Zhang Xuan to conceal the fact.

“I’m also on the same level. May I exchange some blows with you?” Hearing the young man’s confirmation, Bai Xun’s eyes burned with enthusiasm.

“Bai Xun, what are you doing. Look at where you are…” Taken aback, Huang Yu quickly tried to advise him otherwise.

Master Lu Chen was an elegant person, and he hated people arguing and fighting before him. [Don’t you think that it’s a joke to be issuing a challenge in his lounge?]

It was just as Huang Yu said, Lu Chen didn’t like others to be brandishing their spears and swords before him. However, while the Strength Measuring Rock Pillar wasn’t here yet, the best way to test whether Zhang Xuan had improved was through Bai Xun.

He was aware of the fact that the latter had reached Fighter 5-dan pinnacle.

With the same level of cultivation, he should be able to see whether Zhang Xuan’s strength had surged.

At this point, he raised his head and said, “I don’t have any objections if it is just ordinary sparring. However, don’t go too far!”

“Great!” Initially, Bai Xun thought that Master Lu Chen would object to it. However, contrary to his expectation, he approved. Bai Xun almost leapt up due to overwhelming excitement. With a delighted expression, he took two step towards the center of the lounge and with a cool pose, he beckoned Zhang Xuan. “Come!”

“Alright!”

Zhang Xuan had just completed his cultivation of Heaven’s Path Golden Body and he was curious to know how far his strength has progressed as well. Thus, he didn’t reject the other party’s challenge and walked over to the center of the lounge as well.

“The strength behind my fists are great, so be careful!” With hardened eyes, Bai Xun no longer had that gentlemanly look he usually had and replacing it was the aura of a powerful person unmatched by anyone.

As someone on the level of Fighter 5-dan pinnacle, in terms of strength, he was above even Shang Bin!

Huala!

After gathering his might, Bai Xun stepped forward. With his strength as a sword, the shockwave of his punch as a blade, he sent a jab straight towards Zhang Xuan.

To test his level of cultivation, Zhang Xuan didn’t bother to look at the flaws on Bai Xun compiled in the Library of Heaven’s Path and instead, he faced his fist with one of his own.

Hu!

The two fists connected midair and Zhang Xuan frowned.

“Why is the strength behind his fist so lacking? Could it be that he isn’t Fighter 5-dan pinnacle?”

Zhang Xuan’s fist went straight through the other party’s fist without slowing at all, completely overpowering him, as though a stone had met with a bubble.

Thinking that the other party wasn’t well-prepared and had yet to exert his full strength yet, Zhang Xuan quickly reduced his strength by half.

Even so, Bai Xun’s face paled and he was sent flying like a rubber ball. Sou! He only came to a stop when his back crashed onto a pillar forcefully.

“Why aren’t you using your full strength?”

Retracting his fist, Zhang Xuan walked forward and stretched out his hand to help the latter up.

“Don’t…”

Upon seeing this sight, Master Lu Chen’s eyes narrowed. He immediately tried to stop them, but he was too late.

Sou!

Bai Xun, who was pulled by the young man, flew away like a kite who had its string snapped. With a whistle of the wind, he flew in the air once again.

Paji!

After flying for a dozen meters, his face crashed into the wall and fresh blood spurted out from his mouth and nose.

“Wuuu….”

Bai Xun almost cried on the spot.

[Big brother, I know that I’m not a match for you, but you don’t have to be so merciless. My dashing features, my face…]

“Why are you…”

Seeing Bai Xun fly away with a pull of his, Zhang Xuan scratched his head with an innocent look.

[What are they doing?

First Master Lu Chen, and now Bai Xun. Is it really alright for the both of you to be leaping around?]

If the two of them were to know the thoughts that were running through his mind, they would have surely vomited blood on the spot out of depression.

[You are the one who is leaping around… We were thrown by you, alright…]

“This fellow…”

Standing by the side, Huang Yu’s eyebrows twitched and she found her head unable to cope.

Bai Xun could be considered one of the outstanding ones among the younger generation. Except for a few others, he was practically unmatched. This was precisely the reason why he cultivated a ‘competitive-but-reluctant-to-admit-defeat’ personality. He thought that the latter would not be able to match up to him in a duel, but never did he imagine that he would be sent flying in a single punch.

He lost thoroughly!

[This fellow looks ordinary, but how does he possess such overwhelming might?]

“Are you alright?” Unsure of what the others were thinking about, Zhang Xuan walked up to Bai Xun with an apologetic look.

“I’m fine…”

Bai Xun struggled upwards and patted the dust off his clothes.

As Fighter 5-dan who had tempered his bones and skin, small wounds like these did not pose a problem.

“Great. I realized that you have not used your full strength previously. How about this, let’s spar once more with you using your full strength….”

Zhang Xuan said with a serious expression.

“Again?”

Bai Xun’s face twitched and he almost cried.

[If we were to continue fighting, I might die here…]

He immediately waved his hand and said, “No need, master is indeed stronger than me. I don’t think there’s a need to continue sparring…”

“There’s no need to be courteous, it is just friendly sparring, so you don’t have to be so restrained. Also, don’t call me master, that sounds so distant…”

Zhang Xuan thought that the other party was acting cautiously due to his identity as Master Lu Chen’s peer, causing his reluctance to give his all in the spar, thus resulting in his weakness as perceived by Zhang Xuan.

When his cultivation had just reached Fighter 5-dan pinnacle, he crossed blows with Yao Han, and the latter gave him a lot of pressure through his formidable strength. Yao Han’s cultivation realm was higher than Bai Xun, but as there wasn’t too much of a difference between the two, he thought that it would be the same as when he faced him. Yet, Bai Xun was sent flying with a single fist. Finding it unbelievable, he attributed it to him not exerting his full strength.

Otherwise, with his 8 ding of strength, it was impossible for him to send a Fighter 5-dan pinnacle who possessed 4 ding of strength flying with a single fist.

“Spar?”

Bai Xun trembled in fear. [You call this sparring? With just that single fist of yours, I almost ascended to the heavens, you know that?

Besides, as a fellow peer of Grandpa Lu Chen, what do I call you if not master?]

A thought flashed through his mind and his face twitched, seemingly on the verge of tears. “Since you said that it feels distant calling you master, then why don’t I call you grandpa? Grandpa Zhang, I admit my mistake, okay? I shouldn’t have been so hostile towards you, so I beg of you… Stop asking me to spar with you!”

“The Strength Measuring Rock Pillar is here!” At this moment, Uncle Cheng walked over and saw such a sight unfolding before him. Upon hearing Bai Xun’s shouting plea, he became petrified on the spot. “What?”

Limitless - Chapter 77: Thrown into the Abyss

Wu Kai carried the metal cage, humming a small tune as he walked quickly towards the mountains at the back of Qing Qiu.

There were a lot of the fox race in Qing Qiu along the way. When they saw the scene, they carefully dodged to the side.

They were keenly aware of who was inside the cage.

Xiao Yue, the Heaven’s Pride of Qing Qiu!

A goddess in the eyes of many!

Yet, she had fallen to such a state now.

Many people pitied her, but no one dared to resist.

In this period of time, the blood spilled in Qing Qiu could fill a river, many people had been murdered.

These people were all from Elder Du’s line, and they were all influential people in Qing Qiu.

However, in the fight for the leadership position, the losers saw their heads rolling and their blood filling rivers.

Since historical times, such things have occurred repeatedly.

The only difference was that Elder Du was really innocent.

She had been loyal to the sect leader and unbelievably loyal to Qing Qiu, never once thinking about betraying the sect.

Sadly, the two deputies were extremely ambitious and thought of her as an obstacle.

Wu Kai was immensely contented, his face filled with an insuppressible smile.

Even though many people saw him and dodged fearfully to the side, not daring to look at him, but he did not mind.

Now you fear me, but before long, I will let you respect me!

Right now... there was no hurry!

When I become the core disciple of the deputy sect leader, you will look at me differently!

Very quickly Wu Kai arrived at the mountains at the back of Qing Qiu. After the world had recovered, a huge abyss had appeared here.

60 million years ago, this was the Qing Qiu monument.

And it was originally a huge abyss.

Even 60 million years ago, this abyss was an extremely dangerous place.

Very rarely did people who enter come out alive.

There were sayings that this abyss was linked to another dimension.

However, this was never proven

After the world had been sealed, the abyss had been sealed together with it.

30 years ago, when the seal was lifted, the abyss had reappeared.

However, in the past 30 years, virtually no one fro Qing Qiu was thrown inside.

It was too cruel!

For many people, they would rather die than be thrown into the abyss.

Elder Du was the first one!

She was being used by Elder Lu and the two deputies to scare those who dared to oppose them.

Wu Kai reached the edge of the cliff and put the cage down. He waved away the two guards and smiled at Xiao Yue, "Senior Xiao Yue, do you want to live?"

Wu Kai smiled and asked.

Xiao Yue lay in the metal cage quietly, not saying anything.

To those at the level of the deputies and Elder Lu, Xiao Yue could still reply, but when dealing with people like Wu Kai, she could not be bothered.

Wu Kai looked at Xiao Yue greedily and laughed, "Senior Xiao Yue, since you’ve changed to your original form, I believe when you change back to your human form... you have no clothes. What do you think you’ll look like if I release the seals at your feet and change you back to human form? Sh*t, I am excited!"

"Shameless!" Xiao Yue who was caged up could not help but scold.

Shameless!

Old yellow, who was inside the bushes also could not help but exclaim.

Being cultivated and not despicable was the highest level!

Learn from me, don’t ever do something like that!

Old yellow had acted a little cute in order to make his way in here together with some Qing Qiu disciples.

The foxes and wolves were similar, and weasels were a distant relative. Furthermore, his cultivation level far exceeded those of the disciples.

When he curbed his aura, his body shrunk and he looked like a normal weasel.

Most of the people in Qing Qiu treated spiritual animals well as they too had demonic blood in them.

Furthermore, Old Yellow’s method of acting cute had gained the liking of the lady disciples and they brought him in.

There were still many animals inside Qing Qiu and Old Yellow fit in perfectly.

Just in the short span of half a day, Old Yellow had managed to gather valuable intel.

He also knew that after Xiao Yue had returned, she had been betrayed and morphed back to her original state. She was then sealed and caged up.

However, Old Yellow did not dare to save her as his cultivation level was too low.

He could only observe from the side.

He had sneakily followed Wu Kai over here, seeing Wu Kai’s despicable behavior was making him want to take action.

Even though Old Yellow hadn’t spent much time with Chu Yu, he knew that Xiao Yue was one of Chu Yu’s people.

Chu Yu had also said that he would come to Qing Qiu to save Xiao Yue.

If this gal was to meet with any unfortunate events, even if Chu Yu did not blame it, it would not be able to live with such guilt.

However... this was their main camp!

Old Yellow was conflicted.

Wu Kai rubbed his hands and smiled at Xiao Yue, "Shameless? B*tch, weren’t you also shameless when you were serving that wasted person Chu Yu? Also, you must have also served his senior Song Hong? You’re not a virgin, why act so clean? Just let me have my way and I will find a way to bring you out of Qing Qiu!"

Wu Kai looked at Xiao Yue, "As long as you agree to be my slave, I swear I will find a way to save you!"

"Scram"

Xiao Yue only had one word for someone as shameless as him.

"Xiao Yue, are you not going to give me ay face!" Wu Kai was a little embarrassed as he looked into the cage at Xiao Yue, his expression cold, "I am giving you a chance now, if I force myself on you, do you think you can resist?"

"I will not let you have your way even if I die." Xiao Yue replied coldly.

At this point, she had regrets in her heart, She had never expected that the situation in Qing Qiu had deteriorated to this level.

When she returned, she found a girl friend of hers that she had grew up with, asking her for help.

This friend had promised her help, but ended up betraying her.

In her battle with Elder Lu, she had been beaten back to her original form and locked up.

That girl friend of hers, because of her help, was matched with one of Elder Lu’s sons...

It was the first time Xiao Yue had felt such chills.

"I see you don’t want the carrot, how about the stick?" Wu Kai laughed, extended his hand and opened the door to the cage!

The white fox which was Xiao Yue shrunk into a corner and bared its teeth, threatening Wu Kai.

However, this was useless. Her body was sealed and she could not use any of her abilities.

She was dragged out of the cage by her foot. Then, Wu Kai looked at Xiao Yue evilly.

"Little b*tch, since you’ve been played before by others, why not let me have a good time before you die?" As Wu Kai spoke, he pressed on a few spots on Xiao Yue’s body.

These had sealed the major acupoints on Xiao Yue, ensuring that she could not move.

Only then did he slowly extend his hand, an evil smile on his face, to release the cuffs on Xiao Yue’s legs.

Those cuffs were made of a special material, and had inscriptions on them. Xiao Yue may have been beaten into her original form, but if she got back her energy, she could turn back into human form.

This was the special ability of her species!

However, if the lock stayed on, she would forever be kept in her original form.

However, if Wu Kai released the cuffs on Xiao Yue, she would instantly turn into human form...

"Ah!"

Xiao Yue couldn’t help but scream.

No matter how unafraid of death she was, as a girl, she could not bear such humiliation.

In the distance a few of the fox race in charge of guarding the abyss looked out cautiously.

Wu Kai laughed out loudly and kept his hands, turning back and shouting, "Brothers, stay back, I, Wu Kai, owe you one, when I become the core disciple of the deputy, I won’t forget this day!"

Wu Kai had been very popular in Qing Qiu recently, and he had surpassed many of the core disciples.

The few foxes guarding the abyss did empathize with Xiao Yue, but no one dared to confront Wu Kai.

They slowly retreated back.

Old Yellow squinted his eyes in the bushes, his heart conflicted.

If he took action and saved Xiao Yue, he could still preserve her purity.

But if they wanted to escape, that would be too difficult!

This was the heart and soul of Qing Qiu, and it was filled with the lines of Zuo Datong, Liu Wucheng and Elder Lu.

Wu Kai was just a small fry, he could send him flying with a single slap, but what about those Invigorated Meridian realm experts?

Old Yellow’s mind filled with conflicting thoughts.

He had never been faced with such a difficult decision before.

Wu Kai looked at the few foxes guarding leave, turned around to look at Xiao Yue and snickered, "Now, even if you scream your lungs out, no one will save you... Heh, heh!"

As he spoke, he extended his hands to remove Xiao Yue’s cuffs.

F*ck him!

Old yellow could not take it any longer and lunged at Wu Kai!

No matter what happened after, he had to protect Xiao Yue and make sure she was not harmed right now!

At this time, a figure, many times faster than Old Yellow charged over.

Whilst Old Yellow was still in mid air, he saw a flash of light and Wu Kai’s extended arm dropped instantly!

"Ow!"

Wu Kai let out an earth shaking scream.

Blood flowed from his body!

Staining half his clothes.

Just as Chu Yu was about to execute Wu Kai, Xiao Yue screamed, "Don’t kill him!"

Chu Yu’s ancient bronze blade stopped at Wu Kai’s neck. If Xiao Yue had screamed half a second later, Wu Kai would have been beheaded.

Wu Kai was shocked paled, his entire body shivering.

He didn’t care about the pain from his broken arm. He dropped to his knees and bowed, "Don’t, don’t kill me, I am just an executor, I am innocent..."

Chu Yu kicked Wu Kai over and glanced at Old Yellow walking over, visibly ashamed, "Don’t bother explaining..."

"No, you have to hear me out, I had already lunged out, and I only dodged away because I saw that blade energy...." Old Yellow felt wronged.

However, he was shocked that Chu Yu could appear here so quickly, and he wanted to know how Chu Yu had escaped from those people.

"I know." Chu Yu nodded, then glanced at Old Yellow, "Go kill off those people over there..."

He quickly changed his orders, "Never mind, just knock them out."

Old yellow was eager to show what it was capable of, it pounded its chest and promised to finish the mission.

Chu Yu looked down at a listless Xiao Yue, the three tailed white fox still tearing.

"Young master..."

As she spoke, she choked, almost as if she had thought of something, "Young master Song, why have you come?"

"I heard you were faced with some problems here, so I came over to take a look." Chu Yu replied, visibly relaxed.

Fro afar, he could hear Old Yellow’s enraged roar, "Aiya f*ck, see my divine farting technique! F*ck, Mr Song, why are you so unreasonable, did you bring all these killers with you? Why are there so many people?"

Xiao Yue looked at Chu Yu, stunned, her eyes revealing how touched she was.

"When I came here, I caught someone and asked them, then I found out that you were in danger."

Chu Yu explained.

He scanned Wu Kai, who was still faking his death. He then turned to Xiao Yue, "What do we do with this scum?"

Xiao Yue’s gaze was icy and her eyes filled with revenge.

"Throw him into the abyss."

Anyone who could make someone as compassionate as her say something like this must have triggered a deep seated hatred.

Wu Kai was immensely scared, the hairs on his body standing. As a result of his energy being released, he was on the verge of revealing his true form.

"Senior Xiao Yue... please don’t, don’t kill me... I’m begging you, we are all in the same sect!

He pleaded.

Chu Yu retrieved a large coat and covered Xiao Yue’s fox form with it.

He then extended his hand and removed the cuffs on Xiao Yue’s legs. Although Xiao Yue would find it difficult to do it herself, it was extremely simple for someone else to remove the cuffs.

There was a ring, when Chu Yu pressed hard on it, the cuffs released instantly.

Afterwhich, Chu Yu opened his vertical eye and looked at Xiao Yue, realizing that her acupoints had been sealed.

Chu Yu began to unlock Xiao Yue’s sealed acupoints.

Xiao Yue, who had regained her freedom, began to exercise her techniques and morphed from a three tailed white fox to a human.

At this point, Wu Kai morphed into his true form.

He was just a grey fox, begging for his life.

"Don’t kill me... don’t kill me, I was wrong, senior Xiao Yue..."

Chu Yu didn’t speak, placing the cuffs onto Wu Kai’s claws with a Kacha sound.

Not caring about his pleads, Chu Yu picked him up and threw him viciously towards the abyss!

Zoom!

The grey fox, cuffed by its claws made an arc as it fell towards the abyss!

Wu Kai disappeared instantly with an accompanying cry, as if the thick mist surrounding the abyss had swallowed him up.

At this moment, there were people from all directions shouting, out for blood.

Accompanying those screams were the shouts of Old Yellow, he did not seem to be able to handle them.

The screams were to inform Chu Yu that it wanted to run away.

Limitless - Chapter 76: Qing Qiu

The few of them looked at each other, after asking many people in succession, they finally decided to accept this rather impossible truth, albeit rather unwillingly.

According to the position Elder Shi pinpointed, he was nearby!

However, everybody here said that they did not see a Chinese man appear here.

Why?

That fella definitely knew an appearance changing technique!

Damn it!

They all felt like they had been viciously toyed by Song Hong. The feeling was horrible.

They had chased Sng Hong tens of thousands of miles to get here.

They had even made things a little awkward and unhappy between themselves when they were trying to decide how to share the loot.

In the end... the piece of fresh meat and dessert in their eyes... had just disappeared from the face of the earth?

He didn’t leave any trace!

If they had known, why even bother splitting the loot? Argue for f*ck?

The few Xiantian elders were on the verge of fighting it out in their enraged state.

Wasn’t he supposed a sitting duck?

Even before they had gotten the fish, they had fought over how to cook the fish, yet at the end of the day, the fish was long gone.

They felt like they had just f*cked a dog.

Both Elder Shi and Elder Yue felt extremely unlucky.

Especially Elder Shi, he felt that he was a complete and utter idiot!

Being played right into other’s plans was too depressing!

"Song Hong... deserves to die!"

Elder Shi grit his teeth, the fire in his eyes raging.

At this point, Chu Yu was on a long distance bus ride. Even though the wound in his back still hurt a little, it didn’t matter. The injury was not serious and it would be better after a period of rest.

He left that small city carefreely and without worries.

Chu Yu, who had been resting on the back of the seat, felt a sudden thankfulness for the 16 years which he was "wasted". In this 16 years, he had learnt a lot of knowledges beyond that of cultivation.

Amongst those were the languages of other countries!

Chu Yu was fluent in seven to eight languages, and he had dalliances into various dialects. Even though he wasn’t extremely fluent, he could hold a conversation.

Chu Yu, who had taken on the appearance of a Central Asian, sporting a well practiced accent, had no pressure when communicating with the locals.

No one would have thought that the person beside them was a pure bred Chinese.

The small city behind him became further and further away, until it disappeared beyond the horizon.

After experiencing such a crisis, Chu Yu became even more determined.

If he didn’t enter Xiantian and become a cultivator, he would always just be a slightly stronger ant.

His arrogance from a moment ago had completely disappeared after this incident.

Just like how Xue Ran’s youth caused her to pay the price; Chu Yu’s youth had caused him to make a few mistakes.

People always grow and learn from trials and tribulations. Anyone who doesn’t make mistakes is not a human, but a god.

When the bus arrived at the next city, Chu Yu began to make his way home.

He sprinted in the direction of Qing Qiu!

Qing Qiu is inside the borders of Ludi.

Compared to the underworld clans, the Qing Qius were much stronger, at the same time, due to their bloodline, they were also very mysterious.

Very secretive!

The Qing Qiu people rarely made contact with the outside world.

The current Qing Qiu sect leader was an ingenious person.

He was relatively young, a youth talent and he did not take long after the world recovered to cultivate to an extremely high level.

This time, the sect leader’s travel lasted over a year.

When it first started, there were still news of him. However, for the good half of last year, it would seem that he had entered into an ancient monument and there was no news of him since.

This news was placed under lockdown within Qing Qiu, and little people within the sect knew.

This was why Elder Lu’s section could not resist taking down Elder Du.

They had felt that there was a good chance that the sect leader had ran into trouble!

Else, how could he have been comms silent for over half a year?

For any normal monument, you could finish exploring it in two to three days, if it was a big monument, ten days to half a month should suffice.

Unless it was an enormous monument like the one that Chu Yu found under the Ruins of the Pile of Three Stars, but even those could be settled in a few months.

How could it be that he disappeared for more than half a year without any news?

The Qing Qiu headquarters.

Inside a huge palace.

There was a steel cage about a man’s height. Around the cage were a ton of inscriptions.

Inside the cage, there was a three tailed white fox about five feet tall.

There were a lot of dried blood stains on the white fox. They sticked onto its initially smooth and shining white fur, shocking anyone who saw it.

The white fox lay there, cuffed by its claws. Even the cuffs were sealed with inscriptions.

It did not move, almost as if it was dead.

There were a few people outside the cage.

Two of the leaders of Qing Qiu, Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng stood there calmly.

Elder Lu had a cold smile on his face as he looked at the three tailed white fox.

Other than this, there were a few people standing some distance away, including his most recent disciple Wu Kai.

Because he was loyal, smart and had foresight, Wu Kai was extremely valued by Elder Lu.

If his abilities could be improved further, he could even become one of Elder Lu’s core disciples!

Wu Kai looked at the three tailed white fox in the cage and he couldn’t help but reveal a smile of content.

He thought to himself, "What did I say? I said, you won’t be my senior for long! B*tch, you’re so aloof usually, and you put no one in your eyes. Now aren’t you like an obedient kitty, laying there unmoving?"

And I, Wu Kai, will become Elder Lu... no, Vice Sect Leader Lu’s core disciple!

His standing will soon be extremely high!

For all he knew, he could have the chance of being given the surname Hu!

As for you, you will become a prisoner, following in the footsteps of your master and thrown into the depths.

What a pity... you’re so beautiful!

Wu Kai slowly took in Xiao Yue’s beauty, he had desired her for very long, but he did not dare show it before.

Before, Xiao Yue was like the moon in the sky whilst he was only a rock on the floor.

But the situation now had changed!

If he had the chance to marry her... how good would that be?

Wu Kai had wild thoughts even as he maintained a stern expression externally.

He needed to be more serious in the face of the higher ups.

Elder Lu stared at the caged Xiao Yue and said icily, "Xiao Yue, with things the way they are now, are you still unwilling to admit to your mistakes?"

Xiao Yue who had reverted to human form was still cold, and she opened her eyes slowly, her eyes filled with weakness but she was still stubbornly strong.

"What have I done wrong?"

"Are you not going to confess until you face death in the face? Do you really want to be like your traitor master and be thrown into the depths?" Elder Lu’s voice was cold even as he stared icily at Xiao Yue.

"I think you all know who the true traitors are, when the sect leader comes back, he will not let you all off." Xiao Yue’s voice was weak, but still characteristically icy.

"Sect leader? Haha, he’s not coming back!" Vice sect leader Zuo Datong laughed coldly, "If he could come back, he would have been back a long time ago!"

Liu Wucheng said flatly, "So what if the sect leader returns? There is overwhelming evidence that your master is a traitor, even the sect leader must do things by the book."

"Xiao Yue, your crimes are serious, and you are unrepentant, I will give you one last chance."

Elder Lu looked at Xiao Yue icily, his voice cold, "If you tell us how your problem was solved, did Song Hong do it? If you tell us where Song Hong is from... I will tell the two sect leaders to show you leniency!"

"Two sect leaders?" Xiao Yue said disdainfully, "Save it, if you all want to kill me do it, if you all want to throw me into the abyss, do so quickly, whatever you all want to do, I will not rebut."

"Good, I like stubborn girls like you." Elder Lu let out a snarl as he looked to the two deputies, Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng.

Both of them nodded slightly.

Elder Lu looked at Wu Kai, "Go, throw her into the abyss!"

Wu Kai was stiffened and bowed immediately, "Yes master!"

As he spoke, he moved quickly over and lifted up the metal cage. The metal cage was a few hundred catties heavy, but this was nothing for a high level Acupoint CHarging martial artist.

After Wu Kai left, Elder Lu looked to Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng and laughed, "Two sect leaders... this country cannot be without a leader. As of now, the ancient schools are all entering society, and without a leader, Qing Qiu is lagging behind. This cannot go on! Will both leaders please..."

Zuo Datong revealed some motive in his expression.

Liu Wucheng also couldn’t help but be deep in thought.

Even though they were the deputies, and reported only to one men, they were still deputies after all, and they were still subordinates.

They were worried that if the Sect Leader did not actually die, what would happen upon his return?

This was no trivial matter, even though the sect leader is young, he is the pure descendant of the foxes.

His status has been confirmed by the ancestors.

In other words, he was the only legitimate one!

Even though Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng had pure fox blood in their veins, they were still many ways off the sect leader.

The leader of the Qing Qius was the leader of the entire fox race, and they had to be confirmed and supported by all the foxes.

Even though they wanted to take the throne, they had many reservations.

Elder Lu advised with seriousness, "The Sect Leader has left for a long time, and abandoned the rest of the sect here. Such behavior is utterly irresponsible. Does it mean that if he does not come back, Qing Qiu shuts down?"

As he spoke, he looked at the two of them, "Furthermore, this plan of ours... is also a rather makeshift plan, even if the Sect Leader returns, he shouldn’t have any reason to fault us right?"

At last, Elder Lu said, "Furthermore, both deputies must have known that this plan... left no room for turning back."

Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng stiffened as they looked at each other.

Exactly, no turning back

In order to suppress Elder Du and his line, they had murdered many people. Even Elder Du was thrown into the abyss and her beloved disciple, Xiao Yue, who may have the Lightning Fox’s blood, was also about to be thrown into the abyss.

This would be sufficient to drag their names through the mud and prevent them from ever making a comeback!

"Ok then... Elder Lu, contact some of the other elders, get them on board..." Zuo Datong looked at Elder Lu and said solemnly.

Liu Wucheng nodded, "Afterwards, you will be the first deputy!"

Elder Lu could not suppress his happiness as he dropped to his knees, "Thank you leaders for your promotion!"

"Stand up, Lu Ping, you are a smart man, don’t say anymore, we don’t forget our friends when we succeed!" Zuo Datong replied.

Lu Ping brought his people down with wind under his cape.

Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng sat in the room and smiled at each other.

Zuo Datong said, "Sect leader should still be stuck in that east sea dragon palace right?

Liu Wucheng smiled, "He should still be alive, in fact, I hope he can see the day when we become the sect leader."

Zuo Datong grit his teeth and laughed, "That yellow mouth kid, he didn’t know his place when he took over the leader position. He plotted against us in the dark, but he didn’t know that we had seen through him a long time ago and put together a huge feast for him!"

As they spoke, the two of them could not help but guffaw.

Limitless - Chapter 75: Fooling the Xiantians

He suddenly remembered that cultivators in the Xiantian realm had control over the sacred art!

Could it be that they had put some form of a mark on my body?

Such ability was not found in the Acupoint Charging and Invigorated Meridian martial artists, but for the Xiantian cultivators, this was nothing much!

They had the ability to place a sacred recording mark on other’s body without anyone noticing.

Such a sacred recording mark was many times more powerful than the technological Global Positioning Satellite. It had a range of tens of thousands of miles, had no blind spots or signal errors and it was terrifyingly accurate!

Thinking of such a possibility, Chu Yu felt chills run down his spine.

He was still a little too careless!

He had underestimated the methods of the Xiantian cultivators.

They had let him play the cat and mouse game inside the city because they had every confidence that he could not escape their grasp.

Chu Yu took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Then, he opened up his vertical eye and began to search his body.

He looked into his entire body and finally found a faint ball of energy at the base of his back.

The ball of energy was attached to his back, and it was only the size of a rice grain.

It looked like a maggot attached to his bone!

Under the observation of his vertical eye, it had no place to hide.

However, if he did not have the vertical eye, he had no way of knowing that it existed.

Indeed it was like that!

Chu Yu was slightly depressed. The feeling of being set up by people without you noticing was way too upsetting.

In a flash, he entered a small restaurant and called for some light snacks.

His current image was no different from any central asian and he had a fluent local accent. His appearance here was in no way strange or sudden.

Chu Yu sat there silently as he tried to resolve the ball of energy.

He did not attempt to use his own energy to resolve it, the mark left by a Xiantian cultivator belonged to the sacred art category.

Based on his current cultivation level, even though he had attained the great circle of Acupoint Charging, he had no way of using his own energy to resolve it.

Strength and magic skills were two different things that belong to two different worlds.

Chu Yu could only hope that the vertical eye in his forehead would be triggered to fire off some mystical force that could remove this mark.

The little metal ball that became his vertical eye was too cryptic. All this while, without considering its origins, even understanding what it could do eluded Chu Yu.

All he knew is that the little metal ball that morphed into a vertical eye would protect the owner in times of crises.

As for the rest, he could only explore it further as he cultivated.

This time, in order to resolve the sacred recording mark on his body, Chu Yu could only do the only thing he knew and roll the dice.

He focused his energies but did not open his vertical eye, instead choosing to use his mental energies to move it.

A faint wave of energy began to emanate from his forehead.

There was movement in his vertical eye.

Chu Yu’s face revealed traces of happiness.

He did not relax, because those Xiantian cultivators could find him at any moment.

A wave of courage!

Continue!

As he entered the Great Circle of Acupoint Charging, Chu Yu’s mental strength had improved greatly as compared to before.

If this was before, he would have no way of causing such movement in his vertical eye.

Chu Yu carefully led the thread of faint energy from his vertical eye.

This energy seemed like it could dissipate any moment, it was weak like a candle in the wind.

As such, he needed to be incredibly focused!

As such, even when the waiters brought his food over, his face was still completely expressionless.

After the waiter greeted Chu Yu and realized that he didn’t respond, he looked weirdly into his eyes before shrugging his shoulders and leaving.

Such things had become commonplace to him. Everyone has their quirks, even though this one was rather weird.

At this point, Chu Yu had already led that wave of faint energy all the way to his back.

That thread of energy which could break any moment seemed to sense that ball of energy that did not belong to Chu Yu the moment it arrived.

Like a hungry wolf, it lunged ferociously at that ball of energy!

It was almost as if a sick seedling had become a dragon or a tiger in an instant!

This unexpected scene shocked even Chu Yu.

In the next moment, the rice sized ball of energy stuck to his back was swallowed in an instant by the energy he had brought from his forehead.

In this moment, Chu Yu had a very unsatisfied feeling!

As if... he was very hungry!

Very hungry?

He was stunned, this definitely was not his own thought, rather... it was caused by that thread of energy from his vertical eye.

What was going on?

Even Chu Yu himself was shocked.

The thread of energy that came from his forehead disappeared in the instant that it swallowed the mark that the Xiantian had left behind.

Only Chu Yu could feel the wave of energy return to his forehead.

He then looked again at his back and found no trace of the ball of energy which disappeared.

Done!

Chu Yu

That maneuver had expended a lot of his mental energy.

In the next moment, Chu Yu didn’t know if it was a mistaken feeling, but he felt that his mental power... had become even stronger.

Only now did he begin to realize that the power that his vertical eye brought about required a higher cultivation level to activate.

His cultivation level was still too low. He believed that after entering the Invigorated Meridian realm, there would be a rise in his power.

Having solved the problem, Chu Yu’s mood became much lighter.

The feeling of being watched had disappeared completely in an instant.

Chu Yu began tasting the local delicacies, relaxed, he even flashed a well meaning smile at the server.

"This is delicious!"

The restaurant's server nodded at Chu Yu stiffly, and he also smiled, "Thank you!"

Yet, he thought to himself, What a weirdo!

He finished his meal quickly, stood up to pay and threw down one USD in tips and left under the respectful gaze of the server.

In such a fast food restaurant, people come and go, and there were a few people coming and going before and after Chu Yu.

Chu Yu wandered about casually along the roads of the city feeling happy and carefree.

All of a sudden, he saw a few people in the distance walking over from the east and was stunned for a moment. After he calmed himself down, his eyes had traces of curiosity as he sized up these people.

This should be them!

Chu Yu did not meet the other Xiantian realm cultivators, but it was highly probable that these were the people considering that they were Chinese appearing at such a time.

Chu yu remembered each of their faces before smiling and blending into the crowd.

He slipped away.

The few Xiantian cultivators, Elder Shi, Elder Yue and the robed youth were still excitedly sizing up the city filled with beautiful scenery.

With victory right in front of them, their mood was relaxed.

Elder Shi had already pinpointed Song Hong’s location accurately, to them, the rest of the matters were too simple.

Looking at this small city, Elder Yue had some strong sentiments, it was markedly changed from what it was a few decades ago.

The rest nodded, as if taking in the effects of time.

As Xiantian realm cultivators, they had been walking the earth since it had recovered, wanting to explore some of the ancient monuments.

At that point, most of the ancient monuments were still hidden due to insufficient spiritual energy.

As such, these people did not reap much benefits.

All they really managed was to familiarize themselves with this world.

At this point, Elder Shi’s expression changed minutely. When he tried to sense Song Hong’s position again, he found out that the sacred recording mark... was not responding!

The rest of the people around him were very sensitive and looked towards him immediately.

Elder Shi said, "Damn, my sacred recording mark has disappeared!"

"Disappeared?"

"How could this happen?"

"Are you kidding?"

The few Xiantian cultivators were all floored.

Elder Yue looked at Elder Shi in disbelief, "The sacred recording mark has disappeared? That’s impossible! The marks that you leave, even if I want to remove them, would take me more than an hour and a half. Unless..."

Elder Yue suddenly stopped speaking, her beautiful, intelligent face revealing traces of shock and awe.

The other Xiantian realm cultivators all slowly began to react and their expressions turned ugly.

Unless what?

Unless there were even stronger cultivators here!

Above Xiantian was the King’s Realm!

But... how was this possible?

How could a King’s Realm superior individual appear in a small city in Central Asia?

Unless this was a trap set up long ago by Song Hong, waiting for the Xiantians to fall into it.

But was this possible?

Upon more serious thought, it seemed... highly unlikely!

The tendency to underestimate one’s opponents is a weakness of many.

Even though Elder Yue and Elder Shi were elderly elites, they were still human and would underestimate their opponents at times.

THey had thought that Song Hong must have been desperate to run to a barbaric place like Central Asia.

However, in the moment that Elder Shi’s sacred recording mark had disappeared, they had immediately thought of the fact that Song Hong might not have been desperate, maybe... he had lured them here on purpose!

The robed, short haired teen said solemnly, "Previously when he was facing the Invigorated Meridian realm martial artists, he did say something..."

"I heard it, he said, didn’t you all realize that I had lured you here on purpose, so that I can kill all of you together..."

One of the Xiantian cultivators frowned, "At that time I thought he was bragging..."

Elder Shi’s face darkened. He was the first Xiantian cultivator to attack, and it was blocked by Song Hong; the one who placed the sacred recording mark... was also him, and it was also broken.

This made him feel humiliated, his heart building up waves of uncontrollable rage.

However, when he thought of the possibilities, he felt chills down his spine, what if... he really had a King’s realm master backing him. If they went over like this now, won’t they be sending themselves to their deaths?

At this point, Elder Yue said, "Something's not right!"

Everybody looked at her, their eyes filled with doubt.

Elder Yue took a deep breath and said slowly, "If the opponent has a backer, and a really good one, then why would he need to remove the sacred recording mark on Song Hong?"

"Exactly, wouldn’t it be better if he... just sat there waiting for us to send ourselves to our deaths?"

"If he really had a King’s realm master around, he wouldn’t need to go through all this trouble, and Song Hong wouldn’t need to run this far..."

The few of them reacted quickly.

"The problem is, how did he remove Elder Shi’s sacred recording mark? Could it be that he has an even stronger magical equipment with him?"

"Even if he has a stronger magical equipment, can he use it as an Acupoint Charging Realm martial artist?"

"In the ancient times, there were some amulets which did not need a high level of power to activate. It was usually given to those younger descendents as protective equipment..."

The few Xiantian Realm cultivators were all stunned, they used up all of their brain juice but still could not figure out how this had happened.

Finally, the unsatisfied group decided to take a look at the place where the sacred recording mark disappeared. No matter what, they had already lost the chance to kill Song Hong.

As such, if they really did meet a King’s Realm master, at most, they would just hang their heads and apologize. They didn’t think that the other party would be so petty as to bear a grudge.

There was even a possibility that they could meet a King’s Realm master and have a strong backer from now on.

The few Xiantian cultivators arrived at the small restaurant where Chu Yu last appeared. Nearby the restaurant, Elder Yue, who knew the foreign language, began to use gestures and broken sentences to communicate their intent. After they garnered some intel, they were all stunned.

Other than them, there were no Chinese people who had come by here!

Limitless - Chapter 74: Xiantian Cultivators

"Kill us?" The Invigorated Meridian Stage 11 youth guffawed and retrieved a magical equipment. It was a palm sized green seal.

In the instant that it was activated, the green seal hummed and released a wave of majestic spiritual energy!

Almost as if it was channeling ancient energy!

In an instant, it was magnified many times and became a huge seal over a meter squared in area

The huge seal had mysterious inscriptions on all four sides and had a large amount of powerful energy flowing inside it.

It was like an ancient giant beast awakening!

Extremely awe-inspiring!

The youth boomed and it was echoed by the huge seal. The seal flew into the sky and came crashing down towards Chu Yu!

That powerful force exploded in an instant, almost as if the Milky Way was crashing down

"Trash, let me show you what is power!" The Invigorated Meridian Stage 11 youth laughed coldly.

Chu Yu’s silhouette jumped into action. He held the ancient bronze dagger in his hand and slashed at the huge seal.

It was as if he was a god returning to earth, and he was unbelievably bold and powerful. The ancient bronze dagger in his hand did not release any sword aura, but a large amount of light did explode along the blade.

Bang!

A thunderous sound rang out and the ancient bronze dagger in Chu Yu’s hand slashed viciously at the huge seal.

Sparks flew everywhere!

The ancient bronze blade broke instantly!

However, that huge seal was also knocked away by Chu Yu. With a loud boom, it smashed into the desert thousands of meters away.

A large plume of sand flew up, the scene was stunning!

Almost like the apocalypse!

The yellow sand that was knocked up covered the sky for miles.

The sky was completely yellow!

The Invigorated Meridian Stage 11 youth who was controlling the seal looked as if he had been struck by lightning, his mind, which was not particularly strong, severely hit by this.

He spit out a mouthful of blood immediately.

In that instant that Chu Yu knocked the seal away, he felt a huge tremor in his arm, and an aching, numbing feeling came over him.

He felt like he had just f*cked a dog!

He knew that this seal was definitely a legendary equipment!

With his current power channeled into the ancient bronze blade, he could at least harness four fold of its power.

Yet it broke upon impact!

This was sufficient to prove that this seal was above the Xiantian realm!

As such, even though his hand was aching numb, and even though pain was creeping in, in the instant that the seal was knocked into the air, Chu Yu ran in the direction it was flying.

His reactions were too quick!

Whilst the others were still recovering from shock, Chu Yu was already gone in a whiff of smoke. He sprinted thousands of meters and lifted that heavy shrunken seal and placed it in his storage ring.

Then he turned and ran!

Just behind him, several terrifying attacks landed simultaneously at where the seal was.

One of the attacks even scraped Chu Yu, cutting a deep gash in Chu Yu’s back.

Blood flowed continuously!

Chu Yu did not feel it and kept his head down as he sprinted.

The group of Invigorated Meridian experts that gave chase were all from influential clans.

Which one of them didn’t have multiple treasures?

Chu Yu was not scared of them, but his vertical eye had just seen that in the distance, there were a few waves of extremely strong energy fluctuations that his vertical eye could not see clearly.

That was Xiantian!

The real cultivators!

Each of them were unbelievably scary, and Chu Yu, at his current level, could not go head to head with them!

As such, he immediately got rid of his thought of using these Invigorated Meridian Realm experts to train himself.

He was not as dumb as the weasel, there was a right time and place to act dead!

Furthermore, in that short battle, Chu Yu was extremely clear that even if he faced the best of the Invigorated Meridian Realm, he could give them a run for their money!

This knowledge, was sufficient.

As for the Xiantians in the distance, they caused Chu Yu to go numb. What else could he do but run?

They do take me seriously!

Chu Yu laughed coldly inside, and sprinted manically across the infinite desert.

Suddenly!

A huge danger enveloped Chu yu in an instant.

His vertical eye suddenly exploded with a wave of unimaginable, stunning power.

It instantly formed into a shield that enveloped Chu Yu.

Bang!

Chu Yu felt as if his body was about to shatter!

His body flew, it was the first time he flew this far in the air!

With a scream, he spit out a mouthful of blood.

After he landed, Chu Yu felt as if his entire body was going to break apart.

This attack was too vicious!

If not for his vertical eye, this attack would have broke his entire body apart!

Chu Yu was both furious and shocked!

Then he turned and ran!

At this point, the air echoed out with a ferocious and stunning boom!

A silhouette appeared all of a sudden, his speed unimaginable!

An elder stopped at where Chu Yu was just knocked flying. He could not belief what just happened.

He could not belief that his attack just now, didn’t actually kill the child?

As a Xiantian cultivator, he had a way of making Chu Yu hang on to life by a thread and account for everything!

As such, he did not hold back, and wanted to shatter Chu Yu’s body in a single blow.

What he used, was the sacred art!

Only the true cultivators could use the sacred art!

Such an attack, even for the best in the Invigorated Meridian Realm, much less an acupoint charging martial artist like Chu Yu, would have his body smashed to smithereens!

How was this possible?

The eyes of the elder revealed deep confusion, and he looked at the silhouette, sprinting towards a small city in disbelief.

At this point, the silhouette had already entered the small city.

Woosh woosh woosh!

A few figures appeared next to the elder.

The few of them did not speak, their gazes all fixated on the small city.

"He has... legendary equipment." One of the youths in his 30s said lightly.

The youth looked rather young, but the age in his eyes betrayed his true age. He wore a robe, but he had modern short hair and looked rather handsome.

He placed his hands behind his back and stood there, his spiritual energy filling up the area.

"Elder Shi attacks extremely fast." An elderly man in his 60s said with a hypocritical smile.

The elder who had attacked stiffened and said, "So what if I’m fast? Even if I can subdue the kid, can I take him for myself?"

As he spoke, he looked to Elder Yue and nodded, "Elder Yue, it has been so long, but you are still as youthful as before, your abilities are probably up a notch. I’m guessing that you’re within reach of the King’s Realm soon?"

Elder Shi’s words cause the others to shiver slightly, and their gazes at Elder Yue became more complicated.

There was respect, and envy.

The King’s Realm, that was past the Xiantian realm.

In the few decades that the world has returned to prosperity, the people who could enter this realm were extremely rare.

Even if they are the owners of sects and have access to limitless resources, it was immensely difficult to enter such a realm.

Elder Yue smiled lightly, "I am still far from it."

"Elder Yue, Song Hong is injured, and he has entered that small city, he should not have the ability to run." That robed, short haired youth looked at Elder Yue, "Should we have a chat with him about the rightful owner to the legacy in his posession?"

The others all looked to Elder Yue.

Over here, it was no secret that Elder Yue was the strongest.

However, the rest were not much weaker.

If they teamed up, Elder Yue may not be able to defeat them.

As such, even though they were humble when speaking to Elder Yue, they were not scared.

Elder Yue smiled briefly, "We can split the Crane Saint’s legacy equally, as for the other items, as well as Song Hong, I want them."

"This... what Elder Yue wants, it’s a little too much isn’t it?"

The robed youth said, "I heard that he had quite a lot of loot from his expedition to the Ruins of the Pile of Three Stars..."

At their level, they could get whatever news they wanted easily.

Elder Shi laughed and said, "Actually, today’s earth... to be accurate, the entire solar system, has too many ancient legacies left behind."

He looked at the others, "Before those who left return, these items are without owners. As such, we should try to get as much as we can right now... more importantly, we must breakthrough to higher levels as quickly as possible.

His words let the others to ponder over it solemnly.

Even though Elder Shi seemed to be talking about something completely unrelated, in actual fact, he was reminding everyone not to fall out over the little rewards now.

Elder Yue looked at Elder Shi, she knew that whilst Elder Shi’s words seemed to be advising the robed youth, in truth wasn’t he trying to remind her too?

Remind her to not be greedy!

Elder Yue smiled and said flatly, "We are a group of abandoned people. Over the millions of years, many things have changed. Now that the world has recovered, we will chase our dreams courageously and return to our former glory. I believe that this is also what our ancestors would want to see".

She looked at the crows, "Back then, those people who left had hoped that they would return one day, but this world, is no longer theirs. It is ours."

"Anyone who can come back along the stars is a true expert."

The robed youth glanced at her, "At that point, we, the abandoned people, would become the target of everyone, willingly or unwillingly."

Elder Yue smiled and thought to herself, "That is yet to be seen! Returning to our former sects is an equally good choice. Then, whoever has the better legacy, and more of it, would be the stronger one!"

As such, what she said and what she thought were two completely different things.

However, the others were not fools either, and what they said may not be their true feelings.

The robed youth said flatly, "How about this, Elder Yue, all of the treasures on Song Hong will be yours, he... will also be yours."

He looked deeply at Elder Yue, "After blocking the attack from Elder Shi, Song Hong was still able to escape to that small city, this shows that he has legendary equipment on him. As for the other things, like the legacies... let’s split them equally."

Upon hearing this, Elder Shi and the other Xiantian experts nodded in agreement.

Even though they were also salivating over the legendary equipment on Chu Yu which could block a Xiantian attack, they knew that if they didn’t give Elder Yue enough incentive, she will foil their plans.

Even though Elder Yue was not fully satisfied, she could only settle for this right now. She said flatly, "Ok then."

After deciding how the incentives should be split, the few Xiantian experts turned their attention to that small city.

All their faces revealed traces of faint excitement!

The legacy of a saint was within reach!

Song Hong had nowhere else to run to, did he really think that he would be free of all his troubles by hiding in the small city?

How naive!

He had no idea that martial artists and cultivators were people from two different worlds!

Elder Shi said, "Just now, I had already put a sacred recording mark on him, I can clearly feel his position, let’s go."

At this point, the few Invigorated Meridian experts from just now, as well as some who had caught up after stood from afar and looked at them.

Elder Shi looked at them, there was a young talent from his sect there.

"You all wait here, if there are any incentives, we will give you some."

Those Invigorated Meridian martial artists looked at each other, bitterness filling their faces, especially the youth who had his magical equipment robbed from him.

He looked depressed and he said unabashedly, "My magical equipment... was taken away by Song Hong."

Elder Yue looked at him, "We’ll return it to you after!"

The youth bowed deeply at Elder Yue, "The younger generation thanks Elder Yue!"

Elder Yue nodded faintly, "No big deal."

In the city, Chu Yu had already taken on a central asian look, but he still felt like an invisible pair of eyes were watching him. How unsettling!