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

Chapter 7 Meeting Again
Later in the night.

Chen Xuan returned to the dilapidated temple exhausted and brought back a hibernating black bear living in a cave under a tree.

Heavy snow fell for three consecutive days, and frost covered thousands of miles. Now there are not many animals still active in the mountains and forests.

It took him a lot of effort to find such a large beast weighing four or five hundred kilograms.

"It's hard to find food in the wild in this horrible weather."

Chen Xuan muttered, because he was too hungry and it was dark, he was careless for a moment and was scratched by the angry black bear that woke him up, and a large piece of flesh was almost hooked off his shoulder.

He was furious and first dragged the bear out of the dungeon. Then he raised his fist weighing over two thousand pounds and punched the bear repeatedly, cracking its head open.

This scene was full of violence and exaggeration. The ferocious black bear that ordinary people were afraid of was actually beaten to death by Chen Xuan with just a pair of fists.

Because no sharp weapons were used, the black bear's thick fur was preserved intact, which is very valuable whether for warmth or for sale.

"Chichi!"

In the dilapidated temple, Chen Xuan began to use his not-so-skilled wilderness survival skills to deal with the black bear.

In a short period of time, four or five hundred kilograms of flesh and blood would definitely not be eaten up, and some would be left. He planned to carry it with him and eat it on the way to Tao Town or even the mountains of the Southern Wilderness.

It is only a hundred miles away from Tao Town and can be reached in two or three days. This flesh and blood is enough for consumption on the road.

An hour later.

Chen Xuan had a big meal and ate the precious bear bile. He threw the other internal organs that were inconvenient to handle outside for the small animals that happened to pass by to eat.

There was still some time before dawn, so after he had eaten and drunk his fill, he fell asleep.

suddenly.

Chen Xuan felt a strong heart palpitation and woke up from his sleep. This feeling was extremely depressing, as if a huge rock was pressing on his heart, making him feel like vomiting.

"what happened?"

Chen Xuan's body tensed as he walked out of the ruined temple and looked around. Then, he saw that it was the darkest moment in the world just before dawn.

In the pitch-black darkness in the south, two golden lanterns appeared, huge, captivating, and almost suffocating.

A pair of golden lanterns appeared in the night sky hundreds of miles away, like a giant beast patrolling in the deep sea, passing through the sky. The astonishing oppressive momentum even reached Chen Xuan.

It is hard to imagine how big the body of a being with such huge eyes would be.

"An ancient beast from the Southern Wilderness Mountains?"

Chen Xuan guessed that it might be a higher creature with wings, covering the sky and flying through the air, but it might also be an extremely tall ancient beast, standing up from the mountains of the southern wilderness and stretching.

"Is that a... king?"

Chen Xuan stared intently, and above the huge eyes, on a part that looked like the forehead of a giant beast, a wrinkled character "王" suddenly appeared, shining with golden light, and disappeared in a flash.

Soon, the giant creature with golden eyes, as if traveling in the dark, quickly moved away and disappeared into the night.

"I haven't seen these things in three years, but in just a few days, Qi practitioners, small underworlds, and giant creatures traveling in the dark..."

Chen Xuan looked towards the south, feeling a gloom in his heart.

He had no idea what was happening in the Southern Wilderness Mountains, nor did he know whether it was right for him to continue going to the Southern Wilderness.

But soon, he became firm in his belief.

Wang Chan has gone, so why should he be afraid?
People who practice martial arts should repay kindness with kindness and repay grievances with grievances!
Afterwards, Chen Xuan returned to the dilapidated temple and continued to fall asleep.

……

After dawn.

Chen Xuan wrapped himself in warm black bear skin, packed up the remaining black bear jerky, tied two black bear paws to his chest, and walked towards the south.

The heavy snow gradually subsided, and the sky in the distance was clearing up, with a few beams of sunlight piercing through the clouds.

The snow on the road was knee-deep, making it difficult to walk. However, his physical condition was far superior to that of an ordinary person, and he walked as fast as a dragon and a tiger, and he had walked no less than dozens of miles that day.

In the afternoon, Chen Xuan left Liu Town.

A tall boundary marker of the ancient Chu State stands at the junction of Liuzhen and Taozhen areas. Rest under this stone marker for one night.

The next evening, Chen Xuan arrived at the center of Taozhen, which had been abandoned for many years.

"Hey, that smell."

He suddenly smelled a faint scent of blood in the air and looked into the distance at the town named "Tao".

When he passed by three years ago, relying on his youth and hot temper, he boldly walked in and stayed overnight, and nothing strange happened.

But today it looks very different.

A dozen or so ten-foot-tall wooden stakes were planted in the open space outside the town, their tips draped with mutilated corpses, some dried out and some still bleeding. "These people are all Qi practitioners from outside!"

Chen Xuan was startled, and a chill rose in his heart: "I'd better take a detour."

He didn't know what happened here, but it must be very terrifying. He originally planned to stay in Tao Town for one night, but now it seems safer to continue sleeping in the snow.

But that's it.

Chen Xuan's gaze suddenly focused, and he saw a familiar old man's figure on those wooden stakes.

"How could it be him?"

In the center of the wooden stake hung an old man in his fifties or sixties dressed in black, with white hair, a goatee, and a thin figure.

It was the old man Chu Huogun whom I met in the dilapidated temple two days ago!

Chen Xuan's eyes darkened and he was silent for a while. Then he walked around Tao Town and inspected it... but found nothing unusual.

Finally, he chose to walk cautiously towards Taozhen.

"Mr. Chu, are you dead?"

Chen Xuan looked up and asked.

Chu Huogun was nailed to a wooden stake about ten feet high, lying on his back with his neck locked in a thick chain. He was in a miserable state. One of his arms was torn away and both of his legs were cut off at the root by a sharp weapon. Blood was dripping from his body. His only remaining hand was tightly grasping a wine gourd... which had once been in the hands of his beautiful granddaughter Chu Qingling.

"Crack!"

When Chu Huogun heard the noise, he immediately turned his neck halfway with difficulty like a rusty machine. His eye sockets were dark and empty.

"Brother Xiao Wang... I, I told you before, this road is difficult to travel. Let's go back..."

A wriggling black beetle fell out of the empty eye socket.

This guy isn't dead yet?
Even though his eyeballs are gone, can he still recognize people?

Chen Xuan clicked his tongue, feeling it was unbelievable. It turned out that he was practicing Qi, and his vitality was terrifyingly tenacious.

"Mr. Chu, what happened here?"

Chen Xuan just opened his mouth to ask, but the next moment, he turned his head in vain, frowned and looked at the cold and silent Tao Town.

"rumble……"

There was a sound of rolling wheels in the town, and a large flock of frightened wild birds flew out.

A ball of bright yellow fire gradually lit up from the center of the town.

Chu Huogun said in panic, "That thing in the town was alarmed by you."

Chen Xuan immediately asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Chu, can I save you?"

Chu Huogun coughed a few times and said in embarrassment: "Your strength is low. If you are trapped here because of saving me, I will feel uneasy..."

"Okay, I'm leaving!"

Chen Xuan nodded vigorously, then turned around and ran away decisively at an extremely fast speed, like a gust of wind, away from this place.

In the small town, an extremely powerful and strange aura is rising.

Chu Huogun was stunned by Chen Xuan's decisiveness, and immediately regretted it, and shouted:
"Hey, Brother Xiao Wang, I'll just be polite. Come back and carry me on your back so we can escape together. Xiao Wang! Wang Chan! Hey!"

But Chen Xuan had already escaped hundreds of meters away. He suddenly heard excited shouting behind him and looked back in surprise.

polite?

Doesn't this old man know that his life is almost over? Why is he still pretending to be polite? Time is running out, isn't it better to be straightforward? How can he survive in the underworld?
Chen Xuan took the initiative to approach Tao Zhen, naturally with the intention of saving him!

Chu Huogun was so regretful at this moment that he looked at the direction where Chen Xuan was going and uttered, "Hey! Hey! Hey!"

However, the fire behind him grew brighter and brighter, as if it had set the entire Tao Town on fire.

"rumble……"

In the raging flames, a bronze chariot flew out of the town. There was an incense burner on the chariot, with bright flames and misty white smoke.

The driver was wearing bronze armor, his face looked neither human nor human, withered and ashen. He raised a bronze spear, and a bright divine light shot out from his four golden eyes.

Behind it, many short figures wearing masks, carrying flags, beating gongs and drums, followed closely behind, staggering and running on the snow, creating a bizarre scene.

"What the hell are these things?" Chen Xuan was stunned.

The next moment, he saw the four-eyed god driving the car raised the bronze spear and chopped off Chu Huogun's head in one stroke.

鬽！
(End of this chapter)