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

Chapter 87 Destiny Reappears
By the lake, Chen Xuan held his head high and chest out, looking awe-inspiring. On his left and right, tigers and elephants were squatting and roaring, with ferocious expressions on their faces.

"Baby, good baby!"

The four-tusked little elephant rolled up the wooden box on the ground, lifted it up with its trunk, and presented it to Chen Xuan like a treasure.

Chen Xuan reached out and picked it up, opening it slightly. A flash of fiery red light suddenly poured out from the gap, immediately burning his chest black, as if a piece of white paper was about to be burned through by flames.

He quickly closed it and put it into the scroll of mountains and rivers, praising it: "It is indeed a thousand-year-old family with profound heritage, and they are generous in their spending."

The value of God’s body and blood is inestimable.

At that time, when the four top powers were fighting, Qingyazi was seriously injured and fled. A drop of divine blood fell to the ground, and immediately a forest appeared. Countless rare and precious herbs were born, which were extremely magical.

The Ascended Monk simply tried to get close and was immediately turned into ashes.

"Goo!"

In the lake, Pei Yuanyong choked on several mouthfuls of cold water, and a blazing flame emanated from his body, turning the lake water within a radius of dozens of meters red.

He struggled, but he had no power in the water and his body gradually sank to the bottom of the lake.

"Master Yuan Yong was beaten, he can't swim!"

More than a dozen Pei family guards and servants screamed and jumped into the water like ducks to rescue Pei Yuanyong.

"Hot! Hot! Hot!"

"Master Yuan Yong boiled the lake water!"

They had just swam out a dozen meters when they screamed in pain, their bodies burning red. They hurriedly turned around and returned, leaving the whole place in a mess.

Farther away, several monks from the Demon Suppression Division were stunned and shocked. They said, "Young Master Pei is not only trying to turn a good thing into a bad one, but he's also going to drown himself alive?"

In recent days, a group of monks from the Demon Suppression Division have left.

But a few people were still left behind to guard the place, one to pass on the news, and the other to observe and record the various forces that were ready to enter the Southern Wilderness.

"Is this the first time that the young master of the Pei family has come out to gain experience and do things? He's a young genius who grew up in a greenhouse, less than twenty years old, and impulsive. He doesn't have the steadiness of a great Taoist monk at all." A monk from the Demon Suppression Division commented in a low voice.

"It is said that there is more than one force outside that is paying attention to Senior Chen. If you are slow, you will miss out." Another person said, thinking that it was understandable that Pei Yuanyong was impatient and pressing.

"Cuckoo!"

The lake water was boiling, hot mist was surging, a red ball of light was looming, and the deep lake water swallowed Pei Yuanyong's body, and no figure could be seen.

Chen Xuan stared at the lake, his expression dazed: "What's going on?"

Half an hour later.

The Pei family servants tried several times but were unable to save Pei Yuanyong, so they gave up and ran to Chen Xuan, crying and begging, "Senior Chen, our Pei family has no ill intentions. Please help and save poor Young Master Yuanyong."

The water is too hot.

As they entered the boiling lake, their bodies immediately turned red and their skin was about to be boiled.

Only Chen Xuan, a Taoist master, was able to safely dive into the water and rescue Pei Yuanyong.

Chen Xuan had a strange expression on his face. He scratched the back of his head and spread his hands. He said, "Pei Yuanyong, a great Taoist monk, can be drowned by water. It's really an eye-opener. Is he pretending?"

The knife-carrying tiger demon sneered, "This is the first time I have seen such a shameful Daozang."

The four-tusked baby elephant scooped up some water from the lake with his trunk. The tip of his trunk immediately turned red. He covered his trunk with his hands in pain and cried out, "This is so embarrassing! This is so embarrassing!"

One person and two ghosts looked at each other in confusion.

"What should we do? We can't just ignore it." The tiger demon with a knife on his back was dumbfounded and asked in a muffled voice.

"Please help me, what is going on?"

Chen Xuan sighed helplessly. Although Pei Yuanyong's words were unpleasant to the ears and his attitude was arrogant, his crime did not deserve the death penalty.

Just a little punishment.

After all, marrying a daughter-in-law is something that all the ancient families in the Chu State have been doing. It is a very normal thing and is beneficial to both parties.

Some wild cultivators in the mountains and forests even take pride in marrying into a noble family.

What, it’s shameful for a five-foot-tall man to marry into another woman’s family?
I'm afraid that he can't eat the grapes and says they are sour. His roots and aptitude are not good enough, so the noble ladies from the aristocratic families look down on him!
"boom!"

Chen Xuan rose from the ground, leaving two deep footprints on the ground. His figure flew across the sky like an eagle and landed in the lake fifty or sixty meters away.

"Wow!"

Chen Xuan entered the lake and countless bubbles rose in front of his eyes, blocking his vision. He used the Five Elements Qi to protect his body, dissipate the heat in the water and lower the water temperature.

He sank to the bottom of the water and looked up. The sky above him was pitch black. The lake water, which was twenty or thirty meters deep, blocked out the sunlight.

"Let me see what Pei Yuanyong is up to."

Chen Xuan was very cautious, guarding against possible attacks, and slowly walked towards the red light ball not far away.

After a dozen breaths, Pei Yuanyong's figure appeared in the field of vision.

"Hmm?" Chen Xuan frowned, stopped, and looked strange.

"Open your mouth, open your mouth!"

Pei Yuanyong squatted in the mud and sand, his long red hair fluttering in the water, and red-gold rune lines engraved all over his body, shining brightly, like a god in the lake.

He was holding a small wooden stick and poking the mouth of a dead shell, having a lot of fun and looking calm and relaxed.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan asked in disbelief, "Pei Yuanyong, are you crazy?"

It was a mess up there, everyone was worried about Pei Yuanyong's safety, but the other party was in a leisurely mood, like an ignorant child, playing with shells at the bottom of the lake!

Chen Xuan seriously suspected that his brain had been soaked in the lake water and he was unconscious.

"Finally down!"

Pei Yuanyong turned around upon hearing the voice, glared at Chen Xuan, and then said, "There are too many people on the lake, and too many people practicing Qi. Some things cannot be said too clearly. The lake is great, just the two of us, it's a good place to talk."

His attitude was very clear. He stayed at the bottom of the lake and waited for Chen Xuan to come down.

High-level cultivators can stir up immortal energy, and Pei Yuanyong didn't want some of his words to fall into the ears of others... His current calm image is completely different from his previous impatient image.

Chen Xuan looked at him coldly with an unhappy expression.

"Were you deliberately trying to provoke me and put on a big show just now?"

He realized that there was something fishy about this matter.

Even if Pei Yuanyong was not thrown into the lake, the other party would definitely find ways to find an opportunity to be alone with him.

"Not entirely. If you didn't agree to marry into the family, and word got out, where would my cousin and the Pei family's reputation be? We would definitely be ridiculed. I was unhappy, so it was reasonable for me to complain and scold her. But you, on the other hand, were so unhappy that you took action and even stole things. Isn't that even more excessive?"

Pei Yuanyong looked indignant and extremely depressed. Chen Xuan suddenly attacked him, catching him off guard and causing him to suffer a loss.

He originally thought that he could handle emergencies with ease with his own strength, but reality gave him a heavy blow, making him even more embarrassed.

Moreover, he couldn't retaliate for this loss, so he could only swallow his anger. Firstly, this was the Southern Wilds, the territory of ghosts and monsters. Even a small, transformed ghost dared to attack a human Daozang master. Secondly, retaliating now would really create a great grudge with the other party, which was inconsistent with his goal.

"Of course you have to pay the price for speaking rudely." Chen Xuan said in a deep voice.

"This thing is originally a gift for you. Consider it a gift from the Hedong Pei family to congratulate you on becoming a Daozang."

Pei Yuanyong stood up and stretched, the water rippling as he continued, "You don't specialize in Chi Qi cultivation. Even if you marry into the Pei family, the Pei family won't be able to control you. So, whether you agree to marry into the Pei family or not is not important."

Secular etiquette alone cannot effectively restrain monks.

If Chen Xuan agreed to marry into the family, that would be even better, but if he didn't, that wouldn't be a big deal. Pei Yuanyong wouldn't make enemies everywhere and do something unwise... If he couldn't become a son-in-law, would he necessarily become an enemy? Obviously not.

Pei Yuanyong told Chen Xuan that the divine body and precious blood in the wooden box were brought specially and would definitely be given to him.

"Stop playing tricks and just say what you want to say!" Chen Xuan asked bluntly.

He was also very curious about what secret words the other party had that needed to be kept hidden from others.

"We, the Hedong Pei family, don't want to become your enemy. We are showing you goodwill in advance today. We hope that when we meet in the future, you can show some mercy and not kill us." Pei Yuanyong said solemnly.

"What do you mean?"

Chen Xuan was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Are there any other grudges between us?"

He was surprised because before today, he had no connection with the Hedong Pei family... How did the Pei family judge that there would be a conflict between them in the future?
Pei Yuanyong explained: "Someone from the Chu State went to the outer realm to seek the [Tian Yan Dao] deduction. It was a group of old men who jointly did fortune-telling. One of them was an elder of my family, so he knew all the details."

"[Tian Yan Dao] said that in this immortal war, a person with destiny will take advantage of the window period when there are no great creatures in the four lands of Nanhuang, Chu, Yu, and Zhi to snatch the immortal opportunity and go on a killing spree, wantonly slaughtering the cultivators of the aristocratic families and collecting the spiritual essence of the Dao Canon."

"The impact was widespread, and the Fire Virtue families of Chu suffered heavy losses... Some who were not strong enough were even exterminated."

Pei Yuanyong revealed a secret that was rarely known to the outside world and was only known to a few aristocratic families. If this news leaked, it would cause panic among the people of Chu and cause great chaos.

Chen Xuan was shocked when he heard this: "The one with destiny?"

Another destined one appeared?

"Yes, a man of destiny who suddenly appeared, his identity is very mysterious." Pei Yuanyong nodded and stared at Chen Xuan with an ambiguous look.

"You suspect it's me?" Chen Xuan was stunned when he saw this.

"Shouldn't I be suspicious?" Pei Yuanyong asked back, thinking that Chen Xuan's behavior style and background were very consistent with Tian Yandao's description of the person.

He is powerful, but his origins are unknown. He suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Before Pei Yuan met Chen Xuan, he had only a hint of doubt, but now, he has firmly believed that he is the one chosen by Tianyan Dao.

"It can't be me..."

Chen Xuan was lost in thought.

Because he would not kill for no reason.

Besides, he is really not the one chosen by God!

Tian Yandao, since it is clearly stated that it was a person with destiny who took action, it definitely could not be him!

(End of this chapter)