From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 11 Xiaohe Village

The next day.

The sky was completely clear, the warm sunshine rose from the distant mountains, and all things came to life.

"Xiaohe Village is just ahead."

Chen Xuan rode his bronze horse, flying rapidly several meters in the air. He pointed in the direction he remembered and said, "We'll be there in another hour."

Chu Huogun looked over and saw that the landscape was still desolate. Even wild animals were rare, let alone human traces. "Oh, I can't see anything..."

"..."

Chen Xuan thought to himself, this Tao Town is deserted for hundreds of miles, with hardly any people to be found. It's all because of you Qigong practitioners.

The legendary Peach Blossom Spring appears once every twenty years.

By then, not only will practitioners of Qigong gather here to fight for a better future, but even the mountain gods will open the gates to the Southern Wilderness, and countless mountain and swamp ghosts, monsters and goblins will pour out.

"The group of demons dances wildly."

Chen Xuan curled the corner of his mouth.

This is a gluttonous feast in the world of Qi training. Fighting every day has brought disaster to innocent people, and ordinary people on earth have no space to survive.

Wherever they go, no grass grows.

There are not many human settlements left within a hundred miles of Tao Town.

Xiaohe Village is the southernmost one among them.

It’s not that they don’t want to move, but it’s in the southernmost part of Tao Town and the road to displacement is too long.

Xiaohe Village is also the birthplace of Chen Xuan's body.

Back then, the old people in the village told him to go out and try his luck while he was still young and strong and had no family to burden him with. They said life was better out there and he wouldn't have to come back.

Later, Chen Xuan walked alone across hundreds of miles of wilderness for more than half a month and entered Liu Town to practice martial arts.

Finally, practice martial arts for three years to lay a solid foundation and wait for the opportunity.

"Mr. Chu, I saw you fighting yesterday, and the Qi training tricks you used were quite impressive."

Chen Xuan asked Chu Huogun what magic tricks were.

Chu Huogun explained that once the human body produces immortal qi, one can practice magic tricks to transform the original qi into twelve different kinds of immortal qi.

"The [Little Firebird Trick] I practiced can transform the Fire Virtue Red Qi."

Chu Huogun told Chen Xuan that the red qi could protect his three thoughts from disappearing, and even if only a head was left, he would not die immediately, and he would have the opportunity to "rebirth in fire" in the future.

But magic tricks are extremely precious. Even his Chu family had to work hard and struggle for several generations in Chiya City to get this magic trick by chance. They regard it as a family treasure and will not pass it on easily.

"If you have no tricks to practice, I'll help you when we get back to Red Crow City."

Chu Huogun knew that Chen Xuan was a wild cultivator from the mountains and marshes, and that cultivation was not easy, so he offered advice: "You have considerable talent. If those true noble ladies from the aristocratic families of Chiya City were to marry into a family... I can speak for you, and your chances are very good."

"Sister-in-law?"

"Yes, there's no other option for you. Magic tricks are too precious and rarely circulated on the market."

"Not so good……"

"You're not bad-looking, with a well-proportioned figure and handsome looks. You have some of the demeanor and appearance of my youth... If you were a little ugly, I wouldn't suggest this idea. After all, those noble ladies from aristocratic families have very high standards. Even if they were to marry into a family, they wouldn't settle for anything..."

"..."

Chen Xuan scratched the back of his head and glanced at Chu Huogun who was trying to persuade him seriously. He thought it was a bad idea. He was not yet at the point where he had to take such a shortcut!
Then, he thought of Wang Chan's "Yellow Millet Dream": "He will never lack these things."

"I come from a humble background, without any family or sect to look after me. The foundation of my life is still in my Heart."

Chen Xuan murmured to himself, he thought of the black cat goddess in the little underworld.

The Qi breathing method we practice is learned from him.

The next magic trick of immortal energy may happen to her.

Chen Xuan immediately asked Chu Huogun about the information about the small underworld.

"The Little Underworld is illusory. According to legend, it is more mysterious than the Peach Blossom Spring, but in fact it does not exist." Chu Huogun said with certainty.

in the Legends.

After a Qi practitioner dies, a small underworld will descend into the world to take away the practitioner's past events and destiny.

But this is not absolute.

The arrival of the Lesser Hell must mean that a Qigong practitioner has died.

However, after death, practitioners of Qigong will not necessarily attract the arrival of the Lesser Underworld. There are more profound explanations.

Chen Xuan continued to ask in detail, but Old Man Chu could not explain clearly.

Although he is experienced and knowledgeable, he is obviously not qualified to access information that is too advanced.

"We need to find a way to see the Little Underworld again... It will require the death of a Qi practitioner."

Chen Xuan pondered in his heart, his eyes fixed on Chu Huogun's head, riding on the bronze horse, heading towards the distant land.

In the distance, an ancient village with curling smoke rises at the end of the earth.

…………

Xiaohe Village is not large, with only dozens of households. A small river flows through the entrance of the village, hence the name.

A little further south are the Southern Wilderness Mountains.

Chen Xuan heard the story circulating in the village and tried to go south to find the lost Peach Blossom Spring.

As a result, he found no trace of the enemy, so he gave up and headed north.

During these days, the twenty years of tranquility in Xiaohe Village were broken by the Qi practitioners who came from all directions and all routes with a direct and condescending attitude.

Some wealthy families with elderly people in their homes have long taken the initiative to open their doors and welcome seemingly kind-looking Qi practitioners.

However, there were also some ignorant families who had their doors forcibly broken open by bad-tempered Qi practitioners. Afterwards, the suppressed sobbing of the women in the house could be heard...

Chen Xuan released the bronze horse into a nearby hill and walked into Xiaohe Village carrying the Chu Fire Stick.

At the entrance of the village, Qi practitioners gathered in groups of three or four to exchange information.

"The Qi practitioners from the Li family of Red Crow City have entered the Southern Wilderness Mountains again."

"We didn't find the Peach Blossom Spring in Qinglu Mountain, but last night, they had a big fight in the mountain, seized the initiative in advance, and took away half of the land precious medicine... I heard that they accepted a new disciple on the way, and he is very powerful."

"The old man of the Chu family was taken away by a fox, and the two little ones were crying and begging for help..."

"At the east end of the village, a family of ordinary people died. Zheng Tu and his gang... were so stupid. They're all dead. Who will boil water, cook, and serve us?"

"..."

The villagers closed their doors and looked at the outsiders in horror through the window frames.

"Today, a new Qi practitioner has arrived. Huh? What's he holding? A human head!"

A Qi practitioner was shocked when he saw the Chu Fire Stick in Chen Xuan's hand and did not rush forward to deal with him.

This scene was too weird. Even they would look sideways and feel their scalps tingling when they suddenly saw a young man carrying a bloody human head and walking openly on the road.

"Help you find your family first."

Chen Xuan said to Old Man Chu that he had just heard the conversation between the Qi practitioners, and that Old Man Chu’s two younger generations were in Xiaohe Village.

Soon, the unfortunate brother and sister were found in a wealthy family in the village.

"Grandpa Firestick..."

The girl named Chu Qingling, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, burst into tears when she saw the miserable appearance of her old man. Her eyes became red and swollen, and her throat became hoarse from crying.

Another sickly young man from the Chu family calmed down a bit and recounted his tragic experiences over the past two days:

"My cousin and I desperately fled and followed the map to get here... The Li family's elders were reluctant to help."

Like the Chu family, the Li family is a Qi-cultivating family in Chiya City and has always been friends with each other.

Although the two families cannot be considered as Qi-practicing families, they have cultivated Qi-practicing practitioners for several generations and have considerable heritage.

"The old man from the Li family made some great achievements in the Southern Wilderness when he was young, which led to the rise of the Li family. Now he dreams of going one step further and trying to achieve a second metamorphosis."

Old Man Chu comforted the two children and told them that it was a favor for others to help, and there was nothing wrong with them not helping. Moreover, since they had arrived in the Southern Wilderness, they were already competitors and should not harbor resentment.

Afterwards, he extended an invitation to Chen Xuan:
"Xiao Wang, why don't you live with us? We can take care of each other."

He was very optimistic about Chen Xuan's talent and believed that he would achieve great things in the future and be able to rival those people who had a strength of nearly 6,000 kilograms after their transformation. This kind of genius should be interacted with more before he became successful.

"I have my own arrangements."

Chen Xuan shook his head and refused. He had his own yard in Xiaohe Village and didn't need to live in someone else's house.

Afterwards, he learned some recent news from the Chu brothers and sisters and said goodbye and left.

Chen Xuan did not go directly to the small courtyard in his memory, but began to walk slowly in the small village and look around.

During this period, I met some Qi practitioners. We looked at each other and nodded in greeting.

He also met some ordinary people in the village. Two of them seemed to think he looked familiar and couldn't help but take a second look.

Three years ago, there was a young boy in the village whose personality changed drastically after he fell into the water. He plunged into the wilderness for hundreds of miles... Everyone said that the boy was ignorant of the immensity of the world and died in the endless wilderness.

But they soon discovered that Chen Xuan could actually deal with Qi practitioners, and immediately dispelled the absurd idea in their minds. They knelt on the ground with fear from a distance.

Fearing immortals is worse than fearing tigers.

A lot has been happening here these days.

"Things change and people change."

Chen Xuan also felt that the villagers had changed a lot. Some of them were so old that he could not be recognized. He felt that time was passing by mercilessly... This year, he was eighteen years old.

None of the villagers actually recognized him.

In a quarter of an hour, the entire Xiaohe Village was toured.

Chen Xuan looked at the dozen or so Qi practitioners from afar, and later saw several Qi practitioners who were suspected to be from the Li family of Chiya City, returning from the south with blood on their bodies and a gloomy look on their faces.

heart.

Weighed the quality of everyone.

(End of this chapter)