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

Chapter 17: Exploring the Mysterious World, Wang Chan

In the yard, Chen Xuan frowned, staring at the bronze horse with a beaming face and anxiously gesturing its hooves in the air, trying to figure out the meaning.

"Hoohoo!"

"You mean your home is gone? Where is your home?"

"Hoohoo!!"

"Oh, you mean the underground palace in Tao Town suddenly disappeared? Hey, why did you go back to Tao Town?"

"Hoohoo!"

The Bronze Horse quickly explained that he was not a traitor, but had been away from home for a long time and was worried... As a result, when he secretly flew back to Tao Town yesterday, he found that the underground palace was gone!
"You've only been away for two or three days, and you're already homesick?"

Chen Xuan looked at the bronze horse suspiciously for a few times, then generously offered to help her inquire about the situation.

"Can this be communicated?" A Qi practitioner from next door who heard the noise and came out to check widened his eyes when he saw this.

Early the next morning, Chen Xuan went out to visit several Qi practitioners who had just arrived in Xiaohe Village.

Soon we learned from these people that when they passed by Tao Town, they did not see the horrifying underground palace or ancient tombs at all. It was just an abandoned and dilapidated town.

The underground palace really disappeared!

"Brother Ma, this is how it is. Please accept my condolences."

Chen Xuan walked out of Xiaohe Village and found the bronze horse on the back of a nearby hill. He spread his hands helplessly, and then expressed regretfully that he had important things to do now and could not return to Tao Town to find out the truth, so he could only wait until later.

"Hoohoo!"

The bronze horse yelled and turned around several times, then turned serious and told Chen Xuan a shocking secret.

She said that the person buried in the underground palace was of extraordinary status. She once saw a figure walking into the underground palace in the dark to worship the bronze coffin and crying miserably.

"This is normal. If someone can live in such a big house after death, how can they not have a few relatives and friends?"

Chen Xuan explained that he had nothing to fear from his own shadow, and although he had entered the underground palace, he had not done anything out of the ordinary to the corpse of the woman in the coffin. Even if someone came to him for this in the future, he would not be afraid.

He has high moral standards and acts with restraint. If it were any other Qigong practitioner, not only would they take away the land treasure tree in the coffin, they would probably also take away the corpse and the coffin.

"Hooho..."

Seeing Chen Xuan so calm, Bronze Horse felt a little relieved. She was just a forced guide, but if the sky fell, the real boss would still be there to carry it! In the end, she accepted reality and left.

"I thought it was some big deal..."

Chen Xuan looked at the horse's shadow disappearing in the sky, shook his head and smiled.

Then, he thought of the body of the woman in golden clothing in the bronze coffin... Could she be a descendant of the ancient Chu royal family? Why was she buried in such a remote place like Tao Town?
"There must be some messy hidden secrets involved."

Chen Xuan didn't think any further about it. He returned to his room and continued to practice in seclusion.

This is the most important thing at the moment. The people of Qinglu Mountain cannot stay in the mountains of the Southern Wilderness forever. They will come out of the mountains to rest one day.

Chen Xuan was waiting for them in Xiaohe Village.

He was not afraid of waiting, for with each passing day his strength grew steadily.

……

……

Nine days later.

"Roar!"

A wild and wild roar of an ape rang out from the silent hut.

Chen Xuan opened his eyes, and a wisp of golden-white immortal energy swirled around his body, like a moving star, emitting a metallic aura as sharp as a sword.

White Qi!

Here’s a glimpse into the little white ape’s magic tricks!

"My strength has increased to six thousand pounds!"

Chen Xuan felt the surging energy in his body and realized that after the little white ape mastered the magic trick, his body had automatically undergone a transformation, increasing his strength by a full 1,800 kilograms.

The effect is no worse than eating a precious land tree!

"At this moment, I am not at a disadvantage when facing those geniuses in Scarlet Crow City."

Chen Xuan was excited and muttered to himself that he could also perform magic tricks!
Only those who have learned magic tricks can be true Qi practitioners!
Afterwards, Chen Xuan left the courtyard and sought information from some Qi practitioners he had recently met.

"People from Qinglu Mountain, do they live in the mountains?"

Chen Xuan integrated the information he got from all sides, and was finally shocked to find that Qinglu Mountain had never left since entering the Southern Wilderness. It was as if he was holding countless treasure maps and was searching for treasures in the mountains every day.

A yellow millet dream!
He is improving every day, but his enemies are no worse!

"The red and white Qi are in conflict. If I force myself to cultivate, the difficulty will increase exponentially. It will take at least twenty days..."

Chen Xuan muttered to himself, then looked towards the vast mountains in the south.

Do I have to continue waiting?
I've been waiting for too many days.

No more waiting!
Chen Xuan decided to go into the mountains immediately. He had heard from other Qi practitioners that people from Qinglu Mountain had appeared in certain places in the southern wilderness mountains.

If you still can't find it by then, then continue practicing magic in the mountains!
……

……

The mountain breeze dispelled the mist, revealing a hundred thousand miles of mountains and swamps, with peaks and ridges overlapping, like a scroll unfolding.

Ten thousand mountains in the southern wilderness.

"It's a truly magnificent sight."

Chen Xuan rode his horse south for more than twenty miles when the terrain suddenly changed dramatically.

Mountains hundreds of thousands of meters high stand tall, rising from the wasteland and dividing the land into the north and the south. At the end of the view, there are countless towering mountains over ten thousand feet high, merging with the sky, which is breathtaking.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The bronze horse groaned, indicating that she could not continue flying as she approached the Southern Wilderness. Beneath the ancient trees that stretched like a vast green ocean, a wild aura was spreading.

If you fly through the air rashly, you may accidentally enter the territory of some ancient mountain beasts and be caught and eaten.

"Wait for me outside and find something to do."

Chen Xuan calmed the bronze horse, then landed on the ground and walked alone into the mountains and swamps of the southern wilderness.

The bronze horse is not suitable for moving in the mountains and forests. The treetops block out the sun and it cannot fly. She was careless that day and was captured by Chen Xuan.

The mountains and swamps are deep and secluded, and there have been few human traces in the past twenty years.

"Recently, many Qi practitioners have gathered here, creating many small mountain paths."

Chen Xuan followed the path into the Southern Wilderness. After half an hour, he unexpectedly arrived at a slightly wider mountain road, which was an old road.

The Southern Wilderness Mountains have been home to the twenty-four ghosts and monsters since ancient times, and this old road is a trace of their activities.

Chen Xuan completely left the ancient Chu State and entered a world where demons and ghosts were rampant.

"Twenty miles southwest, there's a small rocky lake where ghosts often appear..."

"The Qi practitioner once saw people from Qinglu Mountain wandering around here, trying to catch the precious fish in the lake..."

Chen Xuan muttered to himself, then walked towards Xiaoshi Lake.

The mountain wind howled, blowing off the melted snow on the treetops. Some low roars of animals came from the forests on both sides of the mountain road, startling the birds and beasts.

Chen Xuan was very cautious. The further he went into the mountains, the more dangerous it became. Soon, he noticed a pair of stern green eyes staring at him from the grass by the roadside.

"..."

Chen Xuan stopped. It was a large tiger about four or five meters in size, with eyes like torches, fixed on him.

"Roar!"

A shadow of a giant ape with white hair and a red face appeared behind Chen Xuan. It was like a small mountain. Its fists as big as washbasins were supporting the ground. The white ape had a ferocious face and its scarlet eyes were staring fiercely at the tiger.

Little White Ape's tricks!

An extremely wild atmosphere filled the air, as if a flood had burst from a dam and submerged a huge tiger.

"Ow!"

The tiger suddenly let out a scream of fear, put its tail between its legs and ran away.

There are countless foods in the mountains and forests, and there are many hunting opportunities. It does not need to risk its life and provoke such a dangerous existence.

"The beasts in the Southern Wilderness Mountains are surprisingly huge."

Chen Xuan stared at the fleeing tiger and breathed a sigh of relief. This gorgeous tiger was extremely large in size, with fangs as long as daggers. It was countless times more powerful than the tigers of ancient Chu.

If he hadn't been scared away by the white ape's breath, he might have staged a tiger-fighting drama today.

Chen Xuan continued to move forward. When the sun was setting in the west, he met a group of Qi practitioners who were all wet and were about to leave the mountain.

Someone from the Li family of Red Crow City.

"Grandpa Hansong, today is over again, and we still returned empty-handed. We didn't catch a single precious fish." A young man from the Li family who was about twenty years old said dejectedly.

The head of the Li family, Li Hansong, walked ahead and taught them, "Don't look so sad. Doing things is like practicing Qi. It's not about temporary gains and losses. We'll come back tomorrow."

Chen Xuan recognized the identities of these people.

Everyone in the Li family also saw Chen Xuan at the same time and were shocked. He turned out to be the vicious man who went on a killing spree more than ten days ago!

This vicious man had been staying in Xiaohe Village for the past few days, but today he suddenly went into the mountains to fight for the treasures of heaven and earth! And he even ran into them head-on!
"Don't look at him, don't look at him..."

Everyone in the Li family immediately stopped talking, buried their faces like ostriches, and walked forward cautiously.

When Li Hansong passed by Chen Xuan, he nodded in a friendly manner, showing a kind smile of an old man, and said with a smile: "Friend Wang is here too..."

"Ah."

Chen Xuan politely returned the greeting and then passed by.

After the Li family members walked a long way, they looked back and saw that Chen Xuan had disappeared. They all breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if a huge stone pressing on their hearts had finally been removed.

"Grandpa, it's so late, and Senior Wang still dares to go into the mountains alone. You are so brave, so amazing, and really admirable."

The young man from the Li family couldn't help but sigh.

"What senior? He's just a kid about your age!"

Li Hansong snorted and earnestly admonished, "This man, relying on his worldly martial arts skills, acts as if he's fearless. Sooner or later, he'll get himself killed... You know, what's the point of having high martial arts skills? Qi practitioners rely on magic tricks. You must not learn from them. You must be down-to-earth in everything you do and in life..."

"Eh? Grandpa, is the direction he's heading to also be Little Stone Lake?"

"Heh, people from Qinglu Mountain hang out in Xiaoshi Lake at night. Does he dare to go there? Those are the real strong men in the world. He wouldn't dare..."

"..."

As they said this, the Li family and their group walked towards Xiaohe Village outside the Southern Wilderness.

Not long after.

Chen Xuan left the narrow mountain road and turned into his destination, Xiaoshi Lake.

This is a vast lake, which is over a thousand meters long from front to back and left to right, which is spectacular.

There is snow on the shore, the lake water is dark green and unfathomable. Occasionally, some arm-long treasure fish swim quickly across the water, and their scales emit a silvery-white metallic luster, which is extremely spiritual.

"Just now, the Li family left from here. They went into the water, but found nothing."

Chen Xuan stared at the mountain fish that occasionally emerged in the lake, then lightly tapped his toes and a pebble shot out, hitting a fish approaching the shore.

"thump!"

As the stone fell into the water, a silver-white treasure fish, more than a foot long, suddenly shot out like a sharp arrow from a bow, disappeared in the water at a high speed, and in the blink of an eye, appeared dozens of meters away.

If he hadn't developed good eyesight from practicing martial arts, he wouldn't even be able to find where the precious fish had escaped to.

"It was too fast and the lake was too deep. It was impossible to catch the treasure fish with bare hands."

Chen Xuan decisively gave up the idea of going into the water to fish. This behavior was too stupid and had no chance of success.

Moreover, he discovered that these precious fish had sharp teeth. When they gnawed on pebbles in the water, the stones would break into pieces with one bite, which was astonishing.

"I didn't come here just for the treasure fish."

Chen Xuan muttered to himself, no longer paying attention to these precious fish. He walked around the entire lake, observing the surrounding terrain. Then he walked to a place where he could see the entire lake, sat down and hid himself.

A pair of bright black eyes were hidden in the darkness. He practiced the little firebird trick while waiting silently.

Will people from Qinglu Mountain come today?

Not sure yet.

The mountains in the southern wilderness are boundless, and searching for a few tiny humans is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Chen Xuan could only sit back and wait.

The wait didn't last long.

At dusk, a few people rode on nearly two-meter-tall green elks and walked towards the small lake, talking and laughing along the way.

...Wang Chan.

Chen Xuan was in the dark and heard these words in the conversation of those people.

He slowly stood up, like a shark swimming in the deep sea, swimming silently towards his chosen prey.

(End of this chapter)