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

Chapter 72 Destroying Shangyang Cave Heaven
The Little Stone Lake is deep, blue, and vast, like a flawless emerald. The shore is shaded by grass and trees, and the scenery is pleasant.

A group of monsters with human heads and snake bodies stood outside Chen Xuan's yard.

The woman with purple eyes had a delicate face, a pointed chin, and a figure as slender and graceful as a willow. The collar of her purple dress was wide open, revealing most of her snow-white skin. Women from the demon tribe were usually charming and graceful, and were not shy about showing off their beauty.

"Miss, the ghosts in the Southern Wilderness have accepted a human being. They have forgotten their ancestors and the blood feud they once had." The maid pointed at the yard and said in a sarcastic tone.

"When the Fire Emperor established the human kingdom of Chu, he used ruthless, iron-blooded tactics to slaughter ghosts and monsters in a sea of blood. Have the ghosts and monsters in the Southern Wasteland forgotten how their ancestors were driven out of the fertile land of Chu?"

A snake demon guard spoke up and talked about a tragic ancient history with an extremely angry look on his face.

Because it's not just the Southern Wilderness. Three or four thousand years ago, their demon clan also controlled a large area of Chu territory, but they were forcibly expelled and slaughtered. These lands are now occupied by some mortals who are powerless. It's such a waste of resources!
The violet-eyed woman shook her head and whispered, "There's no need to dwell on the past. Once the Fire Emperor dies, the world will return to its old ways... Of all the creatures in the world, humans and demons are the most similar. However, our ancestors used to oppress the weaker humans too much, and some of their actions were quite excessive."

She had a calm expression as she expressed her thoughts, and seemed to disagree with some of the things her ancestors had done.

The maid was shocked when she heard this and said quickly, "Miss, you can't think like that! The Fire Emperor is our sworn enemy. The Southern Wilderness ghosts must cooperate with us, otherwise no one will have a good life. At worst..."

The maid's expression grew increasingly agitated as she spoke. She clenched her pink fists and screamed, "At worst, I'll destroy Shangyang Cave Heaven!"

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the maid who had been speaking fiercely flew dozens of meters away, her body breaking into two in mid-air. She fell to the ground like a scarecrow, blood and internal organs all over the ground, her eyes dull and lifeless, deader than dead.

A red demon-slaying sword, with sword light flashing across the sky, cut off the snake demon maid, then smashed Chen Xuan's courtyard wall, and continued to knock down the house, with smoke and dust filling the sky.

The purple-eyed woman and her guards' expressions changed drastically, and they immediately looked towards the source of the great sword: "Who is it!"

The demon maid was a powerful being at the peak of the Immortal Realm, yet she was killed in an instant. The strength of the person who attacked her was so terrifying that it was beyond imagination!

"Wow!"

A scarlet hand parted the leaves, and a figure clad in scarlet gold armor emerged from the forest. Its face was majestic, and its six arms, muscular as those of a dragon, each held a demon-slaying sword, a demon-binding rope, a demon-subduing pestle, a hydrangea, and a fire wheel...

"Destroy Shangyang Cave Heaven? You don't know how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is. Do you have the strength to do that..."

Red eyes, red face, fire hair like waterfalls.

The orthodox Fire Virtue Daoist master of the Chu State unexpectedly appeared in the Southern Wilderness Mountains at this moment!
"【Six-Armed Shura】..."

The purple-eyed woman murmured to herself, this is a kind of hand-knock Taoist treasure recorded in the Jiang clan's inheritance of the Phoenix Sutra. It is very good at fighting, and its combat power is among the best in the same realm.

"Ah!"

The red-armored man wore a contemptuous smile, his eyes were cold, his entire body was burning with blazing flames, and he had a majestic aura, like a general who had experienced many battles:

"Snake demons from the Rain Country, once you enter the territory of Red Crow City, we will keep a close eye on you..."

The purple-eyed woman's face was frost-covered. The other party's attitude was very clear, coming for them. She frowned and said:
"Nanhuang will not tolerate your presumptuous behavior..."

The red-armored man waved his six arms in the air and snorted coldly:
"The Southern Wasteland dares to intervene? At worst, we can just pacify the ten mountains of the Southern Wasteland again!"

More figures emerged from the woods, looking from afar like balls of bright crimson flame. They wore crimson armor specially crafted for the Chu State, consisting of shoulder pads, arm guards, plastrons, and armor skirts. The armor plates interlocked together, exuding an indescribable intimidation.

Luxurious, majestic, and cold.

……

……

Outside the mountain, the Hanging Temple camp.

"Squeak!"

Yan Yushu pushed open the wooden door, her face pale, she clamped her legs together, and walked out with a staggering gait. She gathered up her slightly messy hair, her lips were slightly cracked and red as if they were filled with blood, giving people a feeling of being broken and cold after being ravaged.

"call!"

Chen Xuan sat on the ground with his back against the wall. The sun was setting and the orange twilight was shining on his body. There was a quiet atmosphere of the flow of time.

His aura was calm and peaceful. The energy accumulated by the solar qi and the five magic tricks was feeding back into his body. A warm, jade-like luster flowed on his skin, making him increasingly different from ordinary humans.

A revolutionary change is quietly taking place.

"Hey……"

Yan Yushu came to Chen Xuan's side and stopped. Her figure was perfectly proportioned, her chest slightly raised. She proudly raised her straight and slender neck like a white swan, with a delicate snow-white chin.

Chen Xuan looked up and saw a beauty rarely seen in the world. The black skirt swayed in the evening breeze, and the girl's sweet scent like candy wafted over, making people feel dazed.

"Chen Xuan, I'm going back..." Yan Yushu said goodbye. While he was practicing, Lu Zhuan called him several times through the communication talisman, but he had no time to reply. This made Lu Zhuan very nervous. He almost thought that something had happened and he was determined to go to the southern wilderness to look for him at all costs.

"Okay, I'll give it to you."

Chen Xuan responded and stood up from the ground. His bones clashed with each other, as if they were being broken down bit by bit and then mended and regenerated. Thunderous roars erupted from his internal organs, causing intense stabbing pain that penetrated deep into his soul...

The old body cannot withstand or accommodate the continuous growth of qi and blood. Only by reshaping a new body can we continue to move forward.

Even with Chen Xuan's strong willpower, he was moved by this kind of pain. His body paused in mid-air for a moment, trembling constantly, but he still insisted on standing up, looking at Yan Yushu with a relaxed smile.

Yan Yushu shook his head and refused, "Your body is in the process of breaking through the limit, there is no need to see me off."

She was shocked. With his talent and aptitude, he had virtually no chance of breaking through his limits. Many geniuses with similar talent spent years striving, only to achieve nothing. But Chen Xuan had managed to do it, and in just a few hours. This was an astonishing feat, and the news of it would surely drop everyone's jaws.

At the same time, Yan Yushu knew that the immense pain when the body was pushed to its limit would penetrate deep into the bone marrow and was simply unbearable for a human being. However, the man in front of him only frowned slightly, then returned to normal and even smiled.

Do you like to hold on so much? It's obviously painful!

But in fact, she admired people like Chen Xuan in her heart... He was different from other men in the world.

Other men would only try to please her like a lapdog in front of her... Chen Xuan never did these things... He never tried to please her, nor did he look down on her because of her frivolity.

Yan Yushu took two steps and suddenly turned back and said, "By the way, a large number of high-level cultivators have recently flocked to Chiya City. Someone is going to take over Lu Zhuan's position as City Lord... and it's from the Qinghe Cui family."

Chen Xuan was stunned when he heard this. Shuideyu was a top-level master, and Lu Zhuan had already lost his position as the city lord?
Moreover, it was the Cui family who had a grudge against him who came to power!

"Lu Zhuan crushed the descendants of the old turtle in the Southern Wilds, causing a feud. Now he can't even set foot in the Southern Wilds. He can't get involved in the subsequent affairs of the Immortal Relics. The ruler of Chu can only be replaced by someone else."

Chen Xuan nodded, and the old turtle became extremely angry about this matter.

Yan Yushu's eyes flashed with cunning as he whispered a secret to Chen Xuan: "Lu Zhuan did this on purpose. He knew that the Immortal Relics would involve some real big shots, so he had been planning to run away..."

Chen Xuan was amazed when he heard this and exclaimed in admiration, "Your master is truly cunning and shrewd, uh... brilliant and resourceful."

No wonder it is said that the Yushi Dao monks in the world of monks are proficient in conspiracy and are best at saving their lives.

Lu Zhuan realized that he could not be the chess player, so he simply quit and wanted to run away with his disciple Yan Yushu. His decisiveness was outrageous.

"call!"

Soon, a big black fish rose from the ground, chirping like a mandarin duck, accompanied by wind and rain, and Yan Yushu left.

Chen Xuan watched the big black fish gradually disappear into the horizon. He picked up the heavy bag on the ground and turned to enter the Southern Wilderness.

"Yan Yushu worked from noon to dark, three or four hours, and I finally mastered the Sun Qi, learned five magic tricks, and even got a glimpse of the second chapter of the Yellow Millet Sutra, making some progress."

Chen Xuan calculated his gains and took heavy steps, balancing his body with surging blood and energy as he returned to Xiaoshi Lake.

The energy accumulated from practicing magic tricks in Peach Blossom Spring, combined with the various magic tricks practiced today, is rapidly replenishing the Qi and blood strength of the body...

"I made the right decision. I must break through the limit of the Yuhua realm."

Chen Xuan murmured to himself, believing that the path he had chosen this time was the right one, because as long as he did not break through the limit of the Yuhua realm, he would not have the chance to regret it again in the future.

An hour later, they were near the Xiaoshi Lake area.

"what!"

Chen Xuan smelled a faint smell of blood in the air, with a damp and burnt scent.

He slowed down his pace, restrained his breath, and walked towards home silently like a ghost.

"Snake scales, blood..."

He saw some broken black and purple snake scales on the ground, stained with blood... someone was being chased.

Chen Xuan continued to move forward, and there was more and more blood on the ground. Later, he found a mutilated body of a male snake demon, with half of his waist and abdomen cut open, his internal organs spilling out, lying on his back in the weeds.

"Demons."

Chen Xuan cautiously stepped forward to examine the corpse. The wounds showed signs of being burned by fire, which must have been done by the Fire Virtue Red Qi monk.

He was silent for a moment, then turned around and left the Little Stone Lake area.

"It has nothing to do with me." Chen Xuan thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)