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

Chapter 91 Emperor Jiang

In the woods, the ground was charred black, and the area for several miles was in ruins. Some lightning-struck trees were on fire.

Chen Xuan quickly collected the spiritual fire seeds left by the Daozang realm monks, and put some scarlet armor fragments into the treasure. The armor fragments contained high-grade metals, which were tougher and stronger than human flesh and blood.

"Although I practice the Wood Virtue [Yellow Millet Sutra], if I can snatch the Fire Virtue's spiritual essence, I can go to other places to exchange it for the Wood Virtue's spiritual essence in the future!"

The leopard demon was so angry that he jumped three meters high on the spot, his hair all exploded, and roared:
"Human, this is the Southern Wilderness. You are bullying others by taking advantage of your power. Lord Turtle Mountain is too indulgent towards you!"

It was a ghost living in the old turtle's territory. Knowing that Chen Xuan was related to the old turtle, it was furious but could not vent its anger. Its steel whip tail cracked a huge rock.

Humans, demons, and the twenty-four ghosts are different creatures.

Among them, humans and monsters are the most similar. They live in groups and establish dynasties on fertile and stable lands. The population of Chu alone is tens of millions, most of whom are mortals.

But the twenty-four ghosts are not the same.
Every ghost has spirituality and the power of immortal energy.

There are thousands and thousands of ghosts and goblins of all kinds, yet any single group is very rare.

For example, the Shanjun family is considered a relatively large ghost family in the Southern Wilderness, but there are only dozens of them.
There are huge differences between the two different types of ghosts, so ghosts usually only care about friendship and it is difficult for them to form a unified organization.

Chen Xuan didn't care about the leopard demon's impotent rage. He quickly collected six strands of Taoist spiritual essence and turned to the next place at a high speed.

"Since you know I'm close to Lord Guishan, why don't you leave now!"

The leopard demon was extremely depressed after hearing this, but he didn't dare to confront Chen Xuan head-on. It was not because he was worried about not having enough strength, but because he was afraid that if he injured or killed Chen Xuan, he would anger the old turtle in the Dinglu realm!
Chen Xuan lived next to Xiaoshi Lake for more than a month. Who in the neighborhood didn’t know that he had a good relationship with the old turtle?

Several Taoist ghosts and monsters living in the old turtle's territory rushed over from the surrounding woods. They were all stunned when they saw the situation, and then, with a bang, they all became furious.

"Human, you want to eat alone!"

"Although the Lord of Turtle Mountain is powerful, I don't believe he can kill all of us ghosts just because of you!"

"Do I have no friendship with the Lord of Turtle Mountain? Yesterday, I was discussing scriptures and doctrines with one of his descendants!"

"Rob!"

The scene suddenly became chaotic. Although the ghosts and monsters did not want to make enemies with Chen Xuan, it did not mean they were afraid. They immediately began to scramble for the Taoist fire.

The sudden death of twelve Daozang Fire Virtue masters was a rare event that only happened once in decades.

Chen Xuan suddenly became anxious and shouted, "The spiritual essence was left behind by our Chu cultivators. It has an owner. Don't rush to grab it. Don't think I didn't warn you!"

While roaring, he stretched out his hand and put another wisp of Taoist spiritual essence into his pocket!
"Buzz!"

At the same time, he already had the jade token of the Mountain Ghost Goddess' identity hanging brightly on his chest.

"boom!"

A snow-white crane flew over and attacked Chen Xuan like a dazzling fairy sword. Its sharp beak tried to snatch the treasure, the Mountain and River Scroll, from Chen Xuan's hand.

"I have a long history with the descendants of Turtle Mountain Lord. When we were young, we went fishing together in the river. I am not afraid of you!"

This is a crane from the Daozang realm. It feels that Chen Xuan, a human being, is showing off his power and being extremely arrogant in the Southern Wilderness, and needs to be taught a lesson.

It did not use the Daozang, but relied on the strength of its physical body to kill. All living beings know that the human race is physically fragile and cannot compare to ghosts and monsters!
"brush!"

Chen Xuan's palm stretched out like lightning, grabbed the crane's mouth, and with a huge force of 90,000 pounds, he pinched five deep finger marks on the crane's steel-tough beak.

"Woo!"

The crane screamed miserably, feeling like its beak was about to be crushed. Its wings flapped violently, its white feathers flying everywhere, and it howled in its throat: "Let go, let go!"

It was shocked, because it had always been famous in the mountains for its extreme speed, and it laughed at the ghosts. But at this moment, it was defeated in front of Chen Xuan and was caught directly!
"Bang bang!"

Chen Xuan held the treasured Mountain and River Scroll in his other hand and smashed the crane's head several times, causing it to bleed and see stars.

"Get out of the way! You're in the way!"

The jade card that identifies the Mountain Ghost Goddess is hung openly on her chest, but the crane is still arguing with the old turtle, who is so blind that he doesn't recognize the great man!

"puff!"

Chen Xuan casually threw the crane away. The crane fell to the ground like a broken sack, and sat up shakily, its two snow-white wings holding its twisted and deformed beak, full of regret.

Because, with its extreme speed, if it competes for other spiritual fire seeds, it can grab one and run away, and no one can catch up with it.

But now, he was careless and provoked Chen Xuan, trying to get the most, but was directly injured. This time he couldn't get any benefit.

"call!"

Chen Xuan no longer paid attention to Xianhe, because even after being beaten severely by him, the other party did not lose his mind and use the extremely lethal power of Daozang. Moreover, if a real fight broke out, it would definitely consume a lot of time and would not be worth the loss.

"brush!"

He moved as fast as the wind and fire, snatching eleven spiritual fire seeds from the hands of several Taoist ghosts and monsters, and then rushed towards the distant woods without stopping.

"There is one last step."

The leopard demon was very smart and did not want to compete with Chen Xuan. He snatched a wisp of spiritual fire from the edge of the other side. Fearing that Chen Xuan would come to snatch it again, he immediately ran away.

"rumble……"

In the distant sky, Chi Xiao soared into the sky, and a flaming phoenix over a hundred meters long was patrolling. Jiang Qinghuang's murderous intent rose as he chased after the Dragon Girl of the Rain Country.

Farther away, the earth roared, and a giant creature walked on the ground. Its huge golden eyes were suspended thousands of feet in the air, and the word "King" shining with golden light pressed across the sky. The majestic aura enveloped hundreds of miles, as heavy as mountains and seas.

Tiger Dahu.

Walking towards the outskirts of the Southern Wilderness.

"My father has woken up, and it's time for me, Hu, to go home." By the lake, the tiger demon with a knife on his back wiped the blood off his face and said in a serious tone.

"Boss Tiger, Dishan will stay at your house for a few days." The four-tusked little elephant spoke. He was the only son of the six-tusked white elephant. His father would leave soon, and it would be unsafe for him to be alone.

In the distance, several figures with broad bodies and explosive muscles appeared one after another.

It was the brothers and sisters of the Blade-Carrying Tiger Demon who came to call him away: "Father said that the battle for immortality is full of dangers and asked us not to participate."

The tiger demon with a knife on his back asked in a muffled voice: "Father, are you sure you can make further progress?"

A tiger brother touched the tiger's big round head and said in a rough voice:
"Father is still in his prime, so there's still a chance in the future... But Master Guishan has lived for over a thousand years and is already very old. If he fails to [Hide the Red Dust] this time, he'll probably die of old age."

……

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In the woods, Chen Xuan galloped, chasing the leopard demon.

"Stop chasing us, human! Do you really want to kill us all?"

The leopard spirit was furious, feeling that Chen Xuan was too overbearing and was unwilling to share any good things with other ghosts.

Chen Xuan said nothing, but just kept pursuing, quickly narrowing the gap between the two.

The relationships between the ghosts and monsters in the mountains were complicated. He lived in the Southern Wilds, so it was usually difficult for him to attack the ghosts and monsters in the old turtle's territory. But today, an opportunity came from heaven. An ownerless thing? He had no reason to hold back.

"Wow!" Suddenly, a snow-white fairy light descended from the sky in front.

An old turtle appeared in front of the road, more than half a person's height, with his hands behind his back. The mysterious Tai Chi Bagua diagram on his shell glowed with white light, and fairy mist was rising under his feet.

"I don't want it anymore, I don't want it anymore!"

The leopard was terrified and immediately opened its mouth to spit out a stream of spiritual fire, then knelt on the ground in fear.

Although he lived in this area, he always kept to himself and had no relationship with the old turtle. Now that the old turtle came, he immediately surrendered.

Of course, even if the old turtle didn't come, Chen Xuan would be about to catch up with it.

"Senior Turtle, has the Rain Country taken action?"

Chen Xuan accepted the last spiritual fire, waved his hand to signal the leopard demon with a depressed face to leave, and then looked at the old turtle with a solemn expression.

The Dragon Girl of the Rain Country dared to attack Jiang Qinghuang, so she must have a backup plan. After all, the land beneath their feet is the territory of the Southern Wilderness ghosts and the Chu State.

"The Dragon Girl attempted to kill the Jiang Family Princess, inducing the Fire Virtue Master to enter the Southern Wilderness to rescue her. By then, I, a Water Virtue ghost, would be suppressed by the Fire Energy and would have no choice but to take action."

The old turtle sneered and told Chen Xuan another reason why Long Nu suddenly took action.

Chen Xuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately urged, "How dare the monsters from the Rain Country plot against Senior Turtle? How dare you insult someone of your status and position? It's better to kill the Dragon Girl!"

He didn't have much friendship with the monsters in the Rain Country, and only knew a snake monster named Zi Lin'er... If the other party died, he might be able to gain some benefits from it.

Hearing this, the old turtle pointed at Chen Xuan and said with a smile, "How could I bother with a junior? If I want to cause trouble, I will take it out on her elders."

The old turtle was generous and kind, and very tolerant towards the younger generation. Even when Chen Xuan stole his raised mountain fish twice in a row, he didn't hold it against him.

"Then let Jiang Qinghuang and the Dragon Girl fight as they please in the Southern Wasteland Mountains?" Chen Xuan asked.

Jiang Qinghuang refused to give up even though a monk from the Demon Suppression Division under her command died tragically. Coincidentally, the big ghost from the Southern Wilderness was too disdainful to intervene... Jiang Qinghuang must have wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the Dragon Girl, otherwise she wouldn't have gone straight to kill the Dragon Girl without even picking up the spiritual fire on the ground.

wrong!

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed through Chen Xuan's mind, and he said in astonishment: "Jiang Qinghuang did it on purpose!"

There is no Chu family power in the Southern Wilderness at all. With such a resolute attitude of non-cooperation, Jiang Qinghuang has no reason to enter the Southern Wilderness.

She is not a stubborn person who will not turn back until she hits a wall. This can be seen from the fact that she tried to recruit Chen Xuan, but left immediately after being rejected... But she still entered the Southern Wilderness and flew in the air with a grand ceremony, as if she wanted everyone to know she was coming.

"Jiang Qinghuang entered the Southern Wilds not to pay homage to Senior Turtle or the Mountain King, but to use herself as bait to try to lure out the lurking Dragon Girl."

Chen Xuan was surprised and guessed that the monks from the Demon Suppression Division led by Jiang Qinghuang were probably carefully selected.

The old turtle was startled when he heard the sound and thought, "It's quite possible. The Dragon Girl won't leave the Southern Wilderness. If Jiang Qinghuang hadn't taken the initiative to go into the mountains, the Dragon Girl would have evacuated... Let them go."

This possibility is very high, because the dragon girl is very talented and will definitely become an important figure in the Rain Country in the future... If Jiang Qinghuang can deal with her in advance, it will be of great benefit.

Chen Xuan nodded, then pointed at the golden eyes moving forward in the sky, and asked in a deep voice:

"Senior Turtle, what is the purpose of the Mountain Lord's coming out of the mountains?"

The battle between Jiang Qinghuang and the Dragon Girl was obviously not enough to attract the tiger to appear.

The old turtle gazed out towards the Southern Wasteland and said, "The Mountain Monarch attained enlightenment through the power of gold. He is young and vigorous, and his majesty is inviolable. However, he is at an age where his temper is no longer controllable... A powerful being with the virtue of gold has arrived from the Southern Wasteland."

Money!
Chen Xuan was shocked when he heard this: "Are there other forces entering the scene?"

Now, the area outside the Southern Wilderness is really going to become a powder keg, with forces from all sides gathering together. Not only the Water and Fire Sect, but also other immortal forces have entered the scene one after another to seek benefits.

The old turtle nodded and said carefully:

"Chen Xuan, I'm afraid the Mountain Ghost Lady won't have a good outcome when opening the Shangyang Cave this time. I have a request, and perhaps the outcome will be even worse... If the Immortal War is over and the Mountain Ghost Lady doesn't return, don't hesitate, leave the Southern Wilderness immediately!"

Chen Xuan was shocked and looked at the old turtle blankly.

The old turtle came to find him to say his final goodbye!
The old turtle continued, "There's more than one god in the Southern Wasteland Mountains. They're not all in one place. Some ancient beings want to refine the Heavenly Fate Elixir... If something happens to the Mountain Ghost Queen, there will be no place for you in the Southern Wasteland."

He revealed a surprising piece of news: not all ghosts and monsters in the Southern Wilds practice ancient methods, hoping to become ancient mountain gods or ancient mythical beasts. Some are also pursuing the path of the immortal elixir of destiny... After all, not every ghost and monster is a descendant of the exotic beasts of the mountains and seas.

"The Mountain Ghost Lady looks just like a human. Perhaps she's a ghost born from the death of a human."

Chen Xuan passed by the mountain ghost's mausoleum, which was huge in scale, with countless soldiers and mercenaries, and the regulations were no worse than those of the royal tomb.

Sometimes he even speculated, "Perhaps the Mountain Ghost Lady was a member of the royal family of a dynasty before the Chu State."

Before the Jiang family came to establish the human dynasty, the earth was occupied by monsters and ghosts.

The Mountain Ghost Lady might have been a figure from a human dynasty long ago, and she was not even recorded in any of the ancient history books... Therefore, she followed the pure ancient methods.

Chen Xuan stared at the old turtle and said solemnly, "I will be careful. Senior Turtle, please be cautious as well. Some things don't need to be forced. You still have many years to live."

Although the lifespan of a powerful cultivator in the Dinglu realm is longer than that of an ordinary cultivator, it is not much longer.

"In the third realm of the [Mortal World], one cultivates the body to the extreme, developing a divine body that will be incorruptible for tens of millions of years."

The old turtle paused for a moment before continuing, "But the soul and the three thoughts will still decay, and dust to dust to dust."

Chen Xuan nodded silently, feeling a heavy feeling in his heart.

The old turtle, a species of turtle, is one of the longest-lived creatures in the world and can live for thousands of years, but now it is also getting old.

The old turtle stared at Chen Xuan and said with a carefree smile, "Emperor Jiang will grow old too. There's nothing to be sad about. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the laws governing the operation of the world, as established by the ancient sages."

Chen Xuan was speechless for a moment.

As the sun sets, the southern wilderness is all red, as brilliant as the sunset. Thousands of miles of red clouds divide the north and the south, stretching to the end of the sky.

The old turtle did not leave and stood with Chen Xuan all the time... This was to prevent some ill-intentioned fire-virtue powerful people in the Chu State from suddenly attacking Chen Xuan before he ascended to heaven in broad daylight.

Chen Xuan then realized that Emperor Jiang was about to wake up.

Between the mountains, Chen Xuan and the old turtle looked into the distance together. The figure of the mountain lion Dahu had already appeared on the plains outside the southern wilderness. It was a thousand feet high, like a lonely and towering mountain, confronting the outsiders.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, Chen Xuan's eyes became hot.

Xinzhai starts.

He turned his head and glanced at the old turtle, but the old turtle didn't react at all. He looked melancholy and was still gazing at the blood-red sunset outside the southern wilderness and the back of the tiger.

Chen Xuan looked back in a daze. The sky outside, which was originally calm, had completely changed.

"rumble……"

next moment.

He saw with his own eyes the legendary Fire Emperor.

The Fire Emperor, too, saw Chen Xuan.

(End of this chapter)