System crash? I prove it with my control panel!

Chen Wen at this moment.

Standing in the howling wind, staring blankly at his hands.

After a long while, he muttered to himself,

"So, I'm already this strong?!"

The Fireball Technique, once mastered, was far more complex than he had imagined.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to manipulate a fireball at will, let alone a two-in-one one.

He suppressed his thoughts and continued on his way.

"Hmm~ This little guy is interesting, hehe~"

High above the outside world, above the clouds where the disciples cannot see.

Nine monks were sitting or lying down.

The nine people were dressed in different styles, each exuding an air of otherworldly elegance.

There were six men, two women, and one woman... I guess you could call her a woman.

A table was set up in front of the nine of them, with delicacies on jade platters and fine wine in jade cups.

However, no one touched their chopsticks.

Everyone looked at the patches of light that appeared in the space, which contained scenes from the secret realm.

The voice we just heard was spoken by one of the elders.

His face was simple and unadorned, with long silver hair cascading down his shoulders. His eyes were deep and unfathomable, and his voice was gentle and soothing. His gaze was fixed on Chen Wen.

"Oh, old man Pu, you said it's interesting, let me see."

A woman in purple beside her winked and smiled sweetly.

She wore a long purple dress that swayed in the wind like a blooming purple lotus. Golden runes were embroidered on the hem of the dress. Her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall and was casually tied up with a purple ribbon. Her purple eyes, in particular, accentuated her ethereal beauty, making her a truly stunning woman.

She said "look," but she only slightly raised her delicate fingers, her slender fingertips pinching the positions of Qian, Kan, Gen, and Zhen, her knuckles interlocking, and the silver chain on her wrist swaying gently with the movement.

In an instant, she let out a soft exclamation, "Huh~ It turns out it has some connection with my Purple Cloud Peak."

The next moment she chuckled: "Hehe~ Ru'er is really being ridiculous, making such a silly promise even to my disciple."

A sly glint flashed in her beautiful eyes. "However, it's not good to break my promise. This boy will be taken in by my Purple Cloud Peak."

Before he could finish speaking...

"Giggle~"

A female Taoist priest covered her mouth and chuckled softly. She was dressed in a green robe, with delicate hands holding a fan. Her face was beautiful and charming, yet she possessed a sinister allure that made people afraid to look directly at her.

He said in a soft, gentle voice:

"Sister Qin is really impatient. However, I observe that this boy's aptitude is not good; his only potential lies in his comprehension. Why not let him come to my Miaoyin Peak? My Heavenly Transformation Method emphasizes comprehension above all else, regardless of innate talent. Wouldn't that be perfect?"

The woman's words seemed to carry a certain allure, making one's bones feel weak after hearing them.

The woman, who could be addressed as Sister Qin, immediately bristled, forcing back her shivering as she said:

"Wang Gang, who are you calling 'sister'? I've told you so many times, either call me 'senior sister' or call me by my name. We're not that close!"

Wang Gang looked pitiful and sobbed, "Sister, please don't be angry. I don't know what I did to upset you, but I'm willing to be punished. Otherwise, come to my Miaoyin Peak..."

Before he could finish speaking, a sharp sword intent suddenly slashed towards Wang Gang.

Wang Gang was so frightened that his face trembled. He tried to escape through the space, but found that the surrounding space had been sealed off.

Left with no other choice, he could only use a piece of blue gauze to defend himself.

The moment the two made contact, there was a "sizzle" sound.

The sword intent vanished without a trace, but his blue gauze robe was slashed open.

He turned his head abruptly, his eyes turning cold and filled with murderous intent, and said:

"Bai Yuehan, how dare you ruin my magic weapon?!"

During the meal, a middle-aged man in a white robe glared at Wang Gang with eyes as sharp as lightning, his tone icy and making no attempt to conceal his disgust.

"You sissy, if you utter another word, I'll chop you down with my sword!"

"you......"

Wang Gang was so angry that he stomped his feet, but he dared not refute him, because he knew that this man's cultivation was all in his sword, only attacking and not defending, and his small body could not withstand his whipping.

At this moment, the man known as Old Man Pu stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Alright, alright, we're both... deputy peak masters. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if someone saw us like this?"

"Pu Feng is still the most considerate. Next time you come to Miaoyin Pavilion, I'll personally greet you~"

With the steps provided, Wang Gang quickly followed them, sat down at the table, and remained silent.

Upon hearing this, Old Man Pu's face froze. He gave Wang Gang a deep look but remained silent.

He pointed again at the light screen in the air, and Chen Wen, galloping across the grassland, immediately appeared on the screen.

"The old man just did some calculations. Chen Jingwen comes from a respectable family. He has been in the sect for a year and has already mastered all the techniques he has learned. He has also learned a body-refining technique. He can be said to have excellent comprehension, but his aptitude is a bit lacking. He was introduced into the sect by Jing Yao's junior, so let her take him."

"That's how it should be!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

It's just a mid-grade spiritual root. Although the aptitude is good, there's no need to offend Peak Master Pu (late stage of Purple Mansion).

Wang Gang snorted coldly and remained silent.

The world holds a prejudice against Miaoyin Peak; it can't recruit geniuses and won't even give those with less talent a chance. How will this legacy continue in the future...?

Qin Jingyao stood up and bowed slightly, "Thank you all."

After saying that, she sat cross-legged again, her expression somewhat solemn. This was going too far! If someone with only a mid-grade spiritual root was already acting like this, wouldn't all those talented disciples have to fight later?!

...

At this time, Chen Wen was unaware that he had attracted the attention of the Celestials because he was suspected of cheating, and had already been assigned to a different faction.

He had now left the grassland and entered a forest.

This jungle has been growing for who knows how long, with towering ancient trees everywhere and the ground covered with decaying branches and leaves.

Once inside, it was pitch black.

But Chen Wen felt extremely comfortable and safe.

Because everything in sight is filled with the spiritual energy of plants and trees, it is inexhaustible, simply inexhaustible!

He was like a fish in the sea, running wildly, constantly using the Yi Wood Escape Technique, but the replenishment was faster than the consumption.

"This secret realm is indeed extraordinary; even cultivating here would be a fortuitous opportunity!"

Chen Wen was secretly amazed.

The spiritual energy in this secret realm is much denser than that outside, even reaching the second level, which is much denser than that of the main branch of the Chen family.

Moreover, his frantic run during this period also allowed him to discover the most unusual aspect of this secret realm.

That is, the traces of artificial carving are too obvious.

The boundary between the snowfield and the grassland is very neat, and the same is true when entering the jungle.

It's like playing a sandbox game in creative mode.

Along the way, he used his spiritual sense to discover many spiritual herbs, which he then collected.

Although they are only low-grade first-tier spiritual herbs, they are still worth dozens of spirit stones.

He was very pleased with the feeling of finding money.

"Huh, so many crescent moons?!"

Chen Wen suddenly froze, his gaze fixed on a patch of forest not far away.

Evening primrose, also known as moon primrose, is one of the main medicinal materials for refining Yellow Sprout Pill. It is not valuable; one spirit stone can buy ten plants.

However, the area he detected with his spiritual sense was a patch of crescent moon grass!

The number is countless, at least several thousand. Even after deducting the immature ones, it's still worth hundreds of spirit stones!

He immediately turned slowly and approached.

As he got closer, his spiritual sense also began to explore the surrounding scenery.

His brows furrowed slightly.

It is indeed Crescent Grass, but there is a mid-stage Tier 1 Savage Blood Bull here.

Its body was about three zhang tall, its shoulders and back were like hills, its muscles and bones were like iron, and its spine was covered with thorns like quenched blood scimitars.

Its blood-rust-colored mane extended from its back to its hips, its head was as big as a millstone, its curved horns were covered with dark brown blood scabs, and it exhaled white breath from its mouth and nose.

With each step, the earth cracked and dust rose.

Those crescent-shaped grasses are its pasture.

Moreover, in Chen Wen's spiritual consciousness, there were two calves following beside him.

It was only about ten feet long; in front of it, it was indeed a small calf.

It was currently leading the calf around to patrol its territory, occasionally lowering its head to nibble on a crescent-shaped grass.

Chen Wen felt extremely distressed seeing this; those were all his spirit stones!

However, he did not act rashly; where there is a calf, there must be a father.

We still need to proceed with caution.

He immediately leaped quietly onto a giant tree, focused his mind, and observed silently.

There are demonic beasts in the secret realm, but according to records, they are cleared out before each opening, leaving only one or two first-grade high-quality ones, a few mid-grade ones, and the rest are low-grade ones.

After observing the one in front of Chen Wen for about an hour, he came to a conclusion.

As he suspected, it was probably a female cow; the male cow was likely more powerful and was eliminated.

Otherwise, how could such a large area be occupied by just one mid-grade first-level demonic beast?

However, as the saying goes, "possessing a treasure is a crime."

Even if it doesn't take it, it can't hold onto this wealth.

Once this trial is over, this place will inevitably become a battleground for monsters.

therefore.

Chen Wen immediately flashed to a tree not far from the Savage Blood Bull, and without any hesitation, immediately formed a hand seal to release the Wooden Arrow Technique.

His wooden arrow technique was already highly refined; in the blink of an eye, an arrow condensed beside him.

"disease!"

Chen Wen gave a soft shout.

The wooden arrow shot out, heading straight for the savage blood bull in front of them.

At this moment, the Savage Blood Bull had already sensed the danger. Its massive body immediately twisted, trying to dodge, but after glancing at the calf beside it that was still unaware of what was happening, it ultimately did not dodge. Instead, it swung its body sideways and blocked the arrow.

"bass!"

The arrow, carrying a stream of emerald light, pierced the side of the Blood Bull.

It howled in pain, "Moo—!"

Its thick leather armor did not stop Da Cheng's wooden arrow technique.

After hitting its target, the wooden arrow dissipated into specks of starlight.

Its eyes, however, turned even redder, flashing with a bloodthirsty ferocity as it lashed out at the tree where Chen Wen was standing.

"Knock knock knock~"

The sound of their feet hitting the ground was like the beating of drums.

A dark brown light gleamed from the curved corner, exuding a dangerous aura.

That was its magic, Savage Charge.

Chen Wen dared not underestimate him and quickly activated the Yi Wood Escape Technique, transforming into a blur as he landed on another tree.

Then another wooden arrow shot towards its head.

At this point, the Blood Bull had lost its mind and gone completely berserk!

It neither dodged nor avoided, not even glancing at the others, only focusing on charging forward.

"Pfft—"

The wooden arrow was halfway into his eye, but was blocked by his skull. "Moo—!"

"boom--"

The giant tree, thicker than a millstone, that Chen Wen had just been standing on was snapped in half by the impact.

The Blood Bull slammed on the brakes, turned around, and charged at Chen Wen again.

"A beast is a beast; I'll just find another tree!"

Chen Wen chuckled and fired another wooden arrow, then activated the Wood Escape Technique to leap towards the trees on the other side.

However, at this very moment...

The savage bull suddenly leaped up from its spot, its massive body soaring several meters into the air, charging towards Chen Wen.

"Holy crap? A sneak attack?!"

Chen Wen was shocked. This giant beast was actually so agile?!

Newton would have jumped out of his coffin.

He was in mid-air with nowhere to grab onto, and could only watch helplessly as the Savage Blood Bull charged towards him.

"Damn the dam, let's go for it!"

Chen Wen gritted his teeth and immediately concentrated eighty percent of his magical power to form a fireball about half the size of a person.

Just as the Savage Bull was about to crash into him, he grabbed his life talisman, stuffed it into his mouth, and then suddenly pushed the fireball in front of him out.

"Moo~~~"

The Blood Bull tried to dodge, but it had nowhere to hide and could only watch helplessly as the fireball came hurtling towards it.

It looked down at the calf that had already run far away, then closed its eyes.

"boom---"

After a loud bang.

Chen Wen and the Savage Blood Bull were both blasted away.

One was propelled into the air, while the other was blasted to the ground.

Rumble~

The ground was smashed into a large crater by the Savage Blood Bull, which then pushed the bull for dozens of meters before finally stopping.

Smoke billowed and gravel flew everywhere.

Chen Wen had no interest in the fate of the Savage Blood Bull; he was still landing at the moment.

He was covered in soot and rags, and his nostrils reeked of burnt hair.

It was too late to use the Yi Wood Escape Technique at this point.

To prevent any accidents, he released all the blood cicada molts inside his body.

Instantly, streams of energy surged into his entire body.

Then he forcibly somersaulted in the air, twisted his body, and fell straight down.

Bang~

He landed steadily on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

Chen Wen spat out dust and the talisman with a face full of resentment, "That damned old ox, he actually tried to trick me, a junior, by sneaking up on me!"

He examined it carefully.

Fortunately, he had been training his body, so he only suffered minor injuries, though he looked a bit disheveled.

And he put away the life talisman before the fireball exploded, otherwise he would have died unjustly.

He immediately cast a cleansing spell, cleaning himself and his life talisman.

He then took out a disciple's robe from his storage bag, changed into it, and hung the life talisman back up.

He then shaved off all the hair on his head that had been burned and charred in patches.

Then, he immediately activated his spiritual power to make his hair grow back.

Just a moment later.

Chen Wen transformed from a beggar into a handsome young man.

Then he quickly went to check on the condition of the Blood Bull.

Even though I know it won't get better, it would be troublesome if it didn't die.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong.

When Chen Wen arrived at the deep pit where the Savage Blood Ox was, he smelled a rich aroma of meat.

Upon closer inspection, the Blood Bull was already mostly cooked.

"Oh no, these are all treasures!"

He quickly took out some bottles and jars to collect the animal blood.

These beast blood can be used to make talismans and refine elixirs.

After collecting them, he took out the Soul-Piercing Needle, which, although it belonged to Chen Polang, was also a powerful weapon for attacking the soul.

However, its special material makes it excellent for skinning and deboning, piercing into the body of the Blood Bull as easily as cutting tofu.

These cannot be wasted.

Animal hides, bones, and sinews can be used to make magical artifacts.

Animal meat can be eaten or used to make blood pills.

It's no exaggeration to say that although he wasted about half of this Savage Blood Bull, it was worth at least two hundred spirit stones, especially its pair of curved horns, which were completely undamaged and worth at least one hundred spirit stones, if not more!

However, just as he was happily dismembering the Blood Bull...

A young man in a green robe suddenly descended from the sky. Upon seeing Chen Wen and the Savage Blood Bull in the pit, his eyes lit up.

"Brother Jingwen, thank you so much for gifting me my Savage Blood Ox!"

Chen Wen: "???"

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