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

Chapter 186 Severed Hand
Three figures stood in the open space outside the nine-story teahouse of the Two Worlds Boat.

Chen Xuan took a close look at Wu Taotie Qin Yu, a man of destiny who was famous throughout Yunmeng Prefecture.

Qin Yu crossed his arms over his chest, his torso erect, a faint white mist flowing over his body. Every gesture exuded the aura of a supreme martial arts master. He spoke of this dangerous situation.

"Thank you for telling me, brother..." Hua Liuli responded softly, bowing slightly, which was a polite but distant attitude.

Qin Yu frowned slightly upon seeing this, and then said in a deep and cold voice:

"Liuli, time is merciless. The little girl who used to follow Qin and Wanshizun, busy all day long and reselling supplies, is now a big shot in the area. She is not even afraid of Tao Hongchen's threats."

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Xuan standing behind Hua Liuli, with a strange look of admiration in his eyes, and commented casually:

"The little guy is a good martial arts talent. It would be even better if he could stick to the path of martial arts. But unfortunately, his training is too disorganized and chaotic now, and his temperament is affected by various immortal energies. He can't become an orthodox fighting warrior." He seemed a little regretful.

"..."

Chen Xuan frowned, not understanding what Qin Yu meant.

His intuition told him that Qin Yu was not a good person.

But it seems that the situation is different. He looks like a pure... warrior.

"Brother, are you coming to the Southern Wilderness to help Liuli?"

Hua Liuli asked with a smile, like a grown-up girl next door, her tone sounding respectful.

Qin Yu was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he said in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Liuli, since you are still willing to call me brother, I will only say this once... Leave the Southern Wasteland immediately."

"Brother, are you going to force Liuli to death?" Hua Liuli asked innocently.

"Bang!"

The black alchemy furnace fell heavily to the ground, as heavy as a mountain, and cracks appeared on the white jade floor tiles.

"Hua Liuli, you know very well that the Qing Nang Dojo is just the bait to lure you out!"

Qin Yu pointed at the alchemy furnace and said in a hoarse voice:

"In the past, we crawled out of furnaces one after another. Now, Qin has brought it into the Southern Wilds. It's either you or me who will be refined. There is no third way... [Wanshizun] is heartless and unfeeling, a natural supreme being. This time, he won't come!"

"If you insist on doing this, you will become Xiao Qingtian's elixir. It's better to go straight into my stomach!"

"..."

Chen Xuan was surprised when he heard this, as he heard some secrets that were higher than the level of Taoist Canon.

Xiao Qingtian...heard the name of this ancient force again.

It turned out that the group of crazy Taoists that Hua Liuli mentioned were the Qi practitioners of Xiao Qingtian. They were a group of crazy people who were like puppets.

Moreover, this Wu Taotie is extremely evil. He is the one chosen by heaven, but he has even started to refine elixirs?
"Qin Yu! We have different ideals and cannot work together!"

Hua Liuli raised her eyebrows and said in a cold voice, "I have never stopped the path you two have chosen. Now, it's best if you don't interfere with what I am going to do."

Qin Yu said sternly, "Road? We were all standing in the thick fog at the time. What could we see clearly? It was just a dead end forced upon us by them!"

There was a hint of pain and reluctance in his tone.

Hua Liuli scolded, "Qin Yu, you brought this upon yourself. You've walked into a dead end. Are you still the same Qin Yu you were before? If you're sure you can use us to make pills, try it now!"

"you……"

When Qin Yu heard the voice, his expression changed. Then, he paced back and forth, sometimes looking up at Hua Liuli, sometimes looking at Chen Xuan, and was extremely silent.

A silence.

Chen Xuan watched the scene with vigilance, calculating the distance between him and Qin Yu. If he used his spirit and soul at close range, would it be effective? However, Qin Yu's martial arts were as god-like as a god, and his body was covered with a layer of observation and hearing color, making it impossible to lock onto him.

Hua Liuli broke the silence and said silently:
"Qin Yu, back then, we were full of vigor and enthusiasm, and we wouldn't listen to anything. But now, you're so silent that you can't even say anything."

Every person who is destined to succeed is like this. At the beginning, life is happy, as if the world is at their feet and becoming an immortal is within their reach. But gradually, they will see the reality clearly step by step, and their mentality will wither like a decaying old man.

"you……"

Qin Yu raised his head suddenly, a trace of black energy emanated from his pupils, and he said angrily:
"Hua Liuli, how good are you? Back then, you were in Yunmeng Province, in the Middle-earth Divine Land, and everyone called you the Liuli Fairy? But now, you're still hiding in your turtle shell, not daring to take a single step out!"

"People say we are the rising three giants of Yunmeng Province, but in reality, we are helpless!"

As he spoke, he pointed at Chen Xuan and said sternly:

"Look at this little fellow, Tianming. He's a natural born martial artist, a rebellious man with a fearless spirit. He's like a newborn calf, not afraid of a tiger. How similar is he to Qin when he was young?"

"As if with just a pair of fists, I can fight against heaven and earth and smash all the evil tricks!"

"But what now?"

"You're gradually losing the high spirits you had when you first started practicing Taoism, right?"

"Qin tested him with his martial arts heart, and he immediately sensed that Qin was going to do something dirty to him. So what?"

"I dare not say a word! I dare not do a thing! I can't say it, and I can't do it!"

"The path of destiny is arduous. The higher your realm, the more you realize your own insignificance. When you part the clouds, you see even greater clouds!"

"The backbone of a Doubu warrior is bent bit by bit by the helplessness of reality!"

"That's what those things are going to do. They're going to push us, the chosen ones, into a dead end step by step!"

"..."

Chen Xuan listened to Qin Yu's words and felt a little sad.

But there was no change in his expression.

"Shut up!" Hua Liuli scolded, "Qin Yu, you've only been in charge of destiny for twenty more years. Why are you pretending to be a senior? I, the Lord, don't allow you to judge me! What on earth do you want to do?"

"Wow!"

The air was filled with a mysterious yellow aura, causing the entire boat between the two worlds to tremble continuously. The void seemed to split open, and pairs of golden eyes gradually opened, as if they were the eyes of powerful cauldron masters, staring coldly at Wu Taotie.

Qin Yu ignored him, took a deep breath, and said with a firm look in his eyes:

"Qin, I want to put an end to this."

"Are you so sure... that group of crazy Taoists will come to the Southern Wilderness?" Hua Liuli asked.

"Hua Liuli, if you get the second half of the scripture, you will definitely become a master in the world. They only have this one chance." Qin Yu said in a deep voice.

Chen Xuan thought that other people needed to become gods in this world, but Hua Liuli was different. She had a small world and could hide in it to achieve her goal of staying away from the mortal world.

Once she obtains the unrestrained subsequent true scriptures, she will be able to leap in the vast sea and fly in the sky... Not to mention spiritual travel, I'm afraid she can even ask the True Lord and the Immortals for help!
Hua Liuli remained silent.

Qin Yu picked up the alchemy furnace again and said:

"Hua Liuli, this is all Qin has to say. If you dare to step out of the Two Worlds Boat, I will use you to make pills." After he finished speaking, he floated up from the Two Worlds Boat, like a black meteor, fell to the ground, and came to the edge of the cliff.

"This person is going to go down to the abyss and steal things from the Southern Wilderness..." Not far away, a huge Gu Diao ghost whispered angrily.

"Shut up!" Wu Taotie Qin Yu suddenly turned around and threw out a punch casually. Immediately, a vortex of pale white mist swirled in the sky, forming a fist print that filled half of the sky, which was extremely domineering.

"boom!"

"No!" The Gu Diao ghost was horrified for a moment, and the next moment, his fist, which was as powerful as a white sun falling from the sky, blasted the Gu Diao ghost into a ball of blood mist, leaving no trace of his body.

With one punch, the cauldron disappeared.

The earth trembled suddenly, as if dragons and snakes emerged from the land, and the mountains cracked and the sky collapsed.

"..." Seeing this, the other mountain master-level ghosts were silent and dared not move.

The Blue-Feathered Luan Bird in the High Realm Cauldron quickly lowered its head and thought to itself, "This is the Heavenly Destiny Cauldron. Fortunately, I didn't listen to the Golden Peng's deception, otherwise it would be too late to regret it!"

"Qin Tianming is angry! This is the lawless Wu Taotie!" A group of Feng Shui masters from Yunmeng State trembled with emotion. He smashed a cauldron into pieces with just a punch.

"Wow!"

The alchemy furnace breathed in the light of heaven, swallowed up the group of earth virtue and Feng Shui masters in one gulp, and then fell into the bottomless abyss.

Wu Taotie Qin Yu turned his head back one last time, glanced at the Liangjie Boat, then looked up at the sky and laughed loudly:

"Come! Come! Come! Qin's destiny is in the Southern Wilds. The heavens and the void, if you have the ability, just take it and use it to make pills!"

The black warrior figure jumped into the bottomless abyss and disappeared.

Only the loud and clear voice that reaches the sky still echoes for a long time.

In the sky, there were only some clouds and mists surging, as if outlining a mocking smiling face, drifting away with the wind.

On the boat between the two worlds.

Chen Xuan stared at the disappearing figure of the warrior who seemed to look down upon the world and was the only one of his kind, and a long-lost wave of emotion arose in his heart.

After he started practicing Taoism, he had long since given up worldly boxing.

The last time he practiced boxing was more than a year ago... He was indeed no longer a pure warrior.

Hua Liuli lowered her head and remained silent for a moment. Then, she raised her head and said to Chen Xuan in a decisive tone:

"Wu Taotie has gone completely crazy. There's something wrong with his soul. He must have taken the initiative to read the second half of the Heavenly Fate Sutra."

Then, she said again:

"The crazy Taoist priest from Xiao Qingtian must have arrived in the Southern Wilderness long ago. The mountain gods couldn't have been unaware of this... They must have been collaborating."

Chen Xuan was stunned when he heard this. Hua Liuli was able to infer so much information from a simple encounter. She was able to make the market business so big. She was indeed no ordinary person!

Hua Liuli stared at Chen Xuan with a blank look in her eyes and continued:

"Xiao Qingtian will not refine the elixir halfway. Their target is me, and the target of the mountain god... is you."

Chen Xuan nodded and said, "If I had known this, Senior Turtle would have reminded me to be careful of the Mountain God... Actually, I have a suspicion that the disappearance of Lord Shanjun and his companions was the work of the Mountain God to the south."

Hua Liuli was stunned when she heard this and asked, "You knew? You still want to come with me?"

Chen Xuan hummed and said, "How about this, Senior, you show me the Two Realms Scripture now, and the Five Elements Scripture will be complete. I will immediately escape from the Southern Wilderness, seclude myself for ten or eight years, and then fight back."

The Mountain Ghost Lady cultivated the Five Elements Qi and pointed out that [The Five Storing Military Immortal Body·Shangyang Secret] can be cultivated... This sentence must have been said for Chen Xuan to hear.

She knew Chen Xuan could hear her.

Chen Xuan chose to believe her.

"..."

Hua Liuli glanced at Chen Xuan helplessly, then said, "Are you leaving? I'll take you to Yunmengzhou."

Chen Xuan sighed and said with a smile, "Senior, please start the boat. If Lord Shanjun dies, I will try to collect his body."

"rumble……"

The Two Worlds Boat continued to move forward, passing over the heads of ghosts such as the Green-Feathered Luan Bird, sailing into the abyss and slowly sinking.

"Luan Bird, what should we do? The Holy Son of Nanhuang in the north is about to leave!" A ghost nervously asked the Green-Feathered Luan Bird whether to stop him.

"What should we do? I have made my position clear today. I will confront Chen Xuan head-on, rebuke him harshly, and fight a fierce battle alone against the two realm masters. This is to show my loyalty to the descendants of the Mountain God!"

The Blue-Feathered Luan Bird whispered, "I'm not the Saint of the Southern Wasteland. Whoever becomes the Saint of the Southern Wasteland has no real influence on me. Is it worth risking my life to be the first to do something?"

It thought it had done enough, and was afraid that Chen Xuan would even want to kill it. Unlike the golden-winged Roc, it was indecisive and perfunctory.

"But he has the Human Emperor Banner, the Mountain Ghost Token... and countless treasures on him." A ghost said with fiery eyes.

"What a fool! Even if you snatch these things, do you dare to keep them in your hands? You are risking your life!" The Green-Feathered Luan bird scolded.

"That makes sense. It's not something we can catch..." A ghost nodded in agreement.

"That's all! The Peacock Mountain Lord is the most foolish. Neither I nor the Golden-winged Roc would go to Tiger Mountain. Yet, a mere beginner's cauldron dared to stir up trouble. He thinks he's a ghost with a destiny. His death is in vain!"

The Blue-Feathered Luan Bird sneered and shook its head, then suddenly realized what was happening and cursed loudly:
"The Golden-Winged Roc was cunning. Seeing that things were not going well, he immediately found a good excuse and slipped away!"

"..."

In the great abyss.

The white mist drifted like clouds, and the boat between the two worlds fell straight down the cliff, as if it would never reach the bottom.

"It's tens of thousands of feet." Chen Xuan estimated the speed and time of the Two Worlds Boat's descent, and was extremely shocked. This abyss was deeper than he had imagined.

"thump!"

After a long time, the Two Worlds Boat finally reached the bottom, landed on a black water surface, and pressed away the huge waves.

"It's the bottom." Hua Liuli breathed a sigh of relief. Since there was a bottom, it proved that this abyss was not an illusion created by any special force.

She urged the Two Worlds Boat to leave the cliff and sail towards the depths of the abyss. Endless fog floated on the water, blocking her vision.

"Huh? There's something." Not long after, Chen Xuan focused his eyes and saw a pitch-black object floating on the water not far away, rising and falling.

"Go pick it up and take a look." Hua Liuli said.

"Okay." Chen Xuan nodded, jumped off the Two Worlds Boat, performed the little carp magic, rode the black carp, passed through the gap in the market, and was about to salvage the thing, when suddenly, his eyes froze.

This is a severed arm.

His skin was old and he held a sandalwood compass in his hand.

"Feng Shui Master..." Chen Xuan was stunned. This was the arm of one of the white-haired old men who had followed Wu Taotie. He looked up into the distance and saw some corpse debris floating towards him from the mist-shrouded water.

(End of this chapter)