Ordinary People: Starting with the Chen Clan

Looking at the still warm, beautiful body, Chen Houzhe stepped forward, bent down, and began to explore it.

Then, from who knows where, he took out a black jade bottle, placed the mouth of the bottle on his chest, and after a few breaths, a cold, moonlit aura was drawn into it.

Chen Houzhe quickly closed the lid and put it into his storage bag separately.

After carefully storing the remaining storage bags and magical artifacts, the two continued towards the core mountain range, completely ignoring the commotion behind them.

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Chen Houwu looked at the several barren mountains in the distance, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and his hand unconsciously touched his chin.

"This desolate plain is not easy to traverse, but it's an ideal place for an ambush."

Chen Houwu thought for a moment, then took out a jade slip from his storage bag and began to examine it carefully.

"Fortunately, this distance is manageable as long as luck isn't too bad!"

He carefully put the jade slip away, and then took out a giant ape puppet from his storage bag. The puppet was about eight feet tall and looked rather thin.

Moreover, its entire body is yellowish-brown, making it look like a terracotta figurine.

Looking at the puppet, which was half a head taller than him, Chen Houwu's expression became slightly solemn. He patted its chest, and the two plates of armor on its chest immediately opened.

Chen Houwu took out more than ten mid-grade spirit stones and stuffed them into the container, yet it didn't feel crowded at all; there was even room to spare.

With a wave of his hand, the plate armor closed again, and without any further command, he lifted his foot and began to head into the Eight Desolate Plains.

Each step covered nearly ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), and this puppet was completely different from ordinary puppets; each step it took should have created a constant cacophony of noise.

However, this yellow-armored ape moved silently with every step, leaving no trace on the ground.

With each step, there was always a tiny gap between my foot and the ground.

Chen Houwu followed behind, about three zhang away, at a leisurely pace.

As he traveled, the trees around him crisscrossed, but Chen Houwu did not deliberately slow down.

Even faster than those on the periphery, the giant ape puppet brushed past these trees, some of which were directly snapped off.

Chen Houwu, however, was not slow to react, or at least made the puppet take a detour.

For him, speed is life. Only by crossing this wasteland in the shortest possible time can the giant ape puppet protect him.

Otherwise, this puppet would not be a talisman, but rather a death warrant.

Fortunately, no one dared to ambush him along the way, and he had crossed the entire wasteland in less than a quarter of an hour.

Of course, this does not mean that he did not encounter any of them. When he had traveled more than halfway through the wasteland, he encountered two groups of people hiding in the shadows.

Those people thought they were well hidden, but unfortunately their methods were a bit lacking. Under his divine sense, they were still able to detect some clues.

However, neither side made a move. This was because, although the giant ape puppet was powerful, it consumed too much of his spiritual energy and could not support him in a thorough and enjoyable battle.

The opposing side, naturally, saw the extraordinary nature of the giant ape puppet and, lacking absolute certainty of victory, prioritized a cautious approach within the secret realm.

This kind of scene is actually the normal state in the secret realm.

Everyone was searching for elixirs to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills, and they all exercised restraint when they realized that their opponents were not to be trifled with.

The current situation is merely a cleanup of weaklings, rather than a confrontation between two strong forces, which ironically benefits the weaklings.

Chen Houzhe and his nephew are extremely rare cases; even now, the two Chen brothers are still completely confused.

After crossing the wasteland, what comes into view is a range of mountains, rising and falling, forming a circle.

Seeing that they were about to reach the core area, Chen Houwu did not rush to go in. Instead, he looked around and quickly chose a spot in the ring-shaped mountain, not in the area of ​​the entrance, but a relatively remote low hill.

This time, he made the puppet move a little more gently, avoiding the trees as it moved, leaving no trace on them.

They chose a spot at the foot of a cliff surrounded by dense bamboo forests. The giant ape's two hands were like two giant buckets, each claw capable of digging a hole in the earth.

Soon, a cave that could only accommodate one person was dug out. Chen Houwu took out a talisman and stuck it on the cave entrance.

The soil that had just been turned over immediately returned to its original state.

Only then could he relax and properly recuperate.

There's nothing else to it. With Chen Xuanzhou's wealth, he's provided all the recovery pills he could need, and they've even been processed with incense.

However, pills that restore spiritual consciousness are rare even for Core Formation cultivators, and Chen Xuanzhou had nowhere to find them!

Therefore, Chen Houwu could only rely on the most primitive method of meditation to slowly recover.

Before he could even rest for half an incense stick's time, his waist suddenly trembled, and his tightly closed eyes snapped open.

Without pausing for a moment, he immediately reached for the storage pouch at his waist with his right hand, and a compass flew out of it.

The pointer on it trembled slightly and immediately shifted to a southerly direction.

Chen Houwu, disregarding his recovery, immediately cast spells at the compass, and runes appeared on it.

At first, these runes were scattered and jumping around on the compass, but after only a few breaths, they were arranged together.

From left to right, they are arranged like an article.

As he read the article about the convergence of runes, Chen Houwu subconsciously opened his mouth slightly and began to read it aloud.

The smile on his lips widened, and the brows that had been furrowed were finally relaxed.

Meanwhile, on the other side, in front of Chen Houzhe and his companion, who had already traveled some distance through the ring-shaped mountain range, a compass was also suspended.

Neither of them showed any intention of stopping. They immediately used their magical artifacts and flew away quickly in the direction of the pointer.

To increase their speed, the two even applied low-grade high-level flying talismans, flying close to the ground.

If the speed slows down even slightly, they immediately switch to a new talisman, not caring at all about the consumption of spirit stones.

Such blatant, even arrogant, actions naturally drew the attention of everyone along the way.

However, it was precisely this arrogant behavior that caused the people in the secret realm to hesitate for a moment.

It was precisely because of this slight hesitation that when they looked at the two again, they could only vaguely see a blurry silhouette.

And so, the two of them soon arrived at the edge of the forest where Chen Houwu was hiding.

Instead of rushing forward rashly, Chen Houzhe nodded to Chen Xuanhong, waiting for a faint sword ringing to come from the sword box behind him.

He then took out a sound transmission talisman, spoke twice, and had it transform into a beam of fire that shot into the stone wall.

"Haha, I've finally waited for you guys!"

A familiar laugh suddenly came from behind the two of them.

This caused the two people who heard the voice to completely lower their guard.