High Martial Arts: Starting with a Martial Saint Peak Cultivation

A week later.

Good news has arrived from the Great Xia Kingdom once again: Xia Zhenglong, the Ninth Elder who guards the Ice and Snow Heavenly Cave, has successfully broken through to the mid-stage of Martial Saint!

When the news reached the headquarters of the Dragon Martial Division.

Zhou Qing, who had returned to the Netherworld Cave to continue his post, wore a relieved smile.

Many of the elders of the Dragon Martial Division have been stuck at a bottleneck in recent years, and Xia Zhenglong is one of them.

He had been preparing for countless years to break through to the mid-stage of Martial Saint, and he had spent countless rare and precious materials on it.

This time, I finally got my wish after asking Chen Yuan to refine a Breakthrough Pill.

The entire martial arts world of Great Xia was jubilant for a while.

After all, having one more mid-stage Martial Saint means having one more force to guard the Heavenly Cave.

However, when the jubilation reached Longyuan Mountain, Chen Yuan simply nodded, said "Not bad," and then went back to his chair to sunbathe.

The Ninth Elder broke through? It was expected.

If he still couldn't break through with that top-grade ninth-rank breakthrough pill that he personally refined, that would be a strange thing.

Youying, however, was more concerned, lying on his stomach and muttering several times, "Boss, the Ninth Elder has broken through, shouldn't he treat us to a meal?"

Chen Yuan slapped it on the forehead.

"What does someone else's breakthrough have to do with you? Besides, your boss has already accepted the spirit crystals they gave him."

Chen Yuan was too lazy to pay any more attention to this glutton.

......

Late at night. Luodu City.

Chen Yuan was unusually in a good mood tonight, so he took the Holy Dragon Guards for a stroll around Luodu City.

Eleven people followed behind him with great presence, and wherever they went, people recognized them. Enthusiastic citizens surrounded them to greet them, making it seem like a celebrity was out and about.

We wandered around until midnight.

Chen Yuan finally got bored and prepared to return home.

"Let's go back." He stepped onto the shadow's back.

With a flap of its wings, the shadowy creature took to the air.

A dark purple figure streaked through the night sky and flew towards Longyuan Mountain.

The shadowy figure flew slowly.

Chen Yuan sat on its back, looking down at the dimly lit city of Luodu below.

suddenly...

Chen Yuan frowned.

Just as his divine sense swept across the city below, he caught a fleeting glimpse of an unusual aura.

The scent was very faint.

It was so faint that if his divine sense hadn't been strong enough, he wouldn't have been able to detect it at all!

"Stop." Chen Yuan patted Youying on the back.

The shadowy figure immediately hovered in the air, turning back in confusion: "Boss, what's wrong?"

Chen Yuan did not answer.

He closed his eyes.

His divine sense spread out like an invisible tide, instantly enveloping the entire city below.

That aura was cunning; it vanished in a flash.

But Chen Yuan's divine sense locked on even faster!

found it.

Luodu South District.

In a secluded alley, a young man was walking briskly.

Wearing the school uniform of Luodu Martial Arts University and carrying a bag, he looked like a student who had just returned from a mission.

However, in Chen Yuan's divine sense, there was something strange about this young man that was hard to explain.

It's not about possession or being controlled.

It's something deeper!

"Interesting," Chen Yuan muttered to himself, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

Eye of the Void, open!

A pale golden light shone deep within his eyes.

......

at the same time.

In an alley in the southern district of Luodu.

Jiang Fan, or rather the being that occupied Jiang Fan's body, was walking quickly through the dimly lit alley.

He had just finished a survey of a medium-sized cave at a martial arts school tonight and was quietly returning home late at night, preparing to hand it over early tomorrow morning.

He was always cautious in his actions and never flaunted his abilities during the day, lest he attract attention.

He suddenly stopped in his tracks when he reached the middle of the alley.

A powerful divine sense descended from the sky and locked onto him firmly!

Jiang Fan's heart skipped a beat!

He forced himself to calm down, subtly channeling his senses to try and figure out what was going on.

"It shouldn't be an exposure... I've been so careful... it shouldn't be..."

He tried to reassure himself while surveying his surroundings.

The next second his expression completely changed.

Eleven figures descended from the night sky, surrounding him completely.

The eleven men were fully armed, their auras heavy and imposing.

The leader, clad in black armor, had a cold gaze and exuded the aura of an early-stage Martial Saint.

The remaining ten people, though slightly weaker, were still at the peak of the Martial Venerable realm!

The auras of the eleven people blended together.

It's like an impenetrable wall!

Jiang Fan's heart sank to the bottom as he watched this sudden scene unfold.

He recognized these people.

The Holy Dragon Guard, the personal bodyguard of Chen Yuan, the Great Xia National Protector!

The one in the lead is Chen Tianling, the commander of the Holy Dragon Guard.

What worried him even more was that the Holy Dragon Guards had arrived, which meant their master...

Chen Tianling looked at the "young man" in the alley with a cold gaze.

"Where do you want to go?"

His voice was devoid of any emotion. "I advise you to behave yourself."

Jiang Fan's face paled slightly, but he quickly regained his innocent student demeanor.

He took two steps back.

His voice carried just the right amount of panic and confusion.

"Sir...you've got the wrong person?"

He raised his hands to indicate that he posed no threat.

"I'm a law-abiding student who neither steals nor robs! And I'm a third-year student at Luodu Martial Arts University, just got back from a mission..."

He spoke fluently and his expressions were spot-on.

An ordinary student who is suddenly stopped by a martial arts master should look panicked like this.

While speaking, he quickly took out his student ID from his storage bag.

But Chen Tianling's expression remained unchanged; he simply stared at him coldly.

Jiang Fan's heart sank deeper and deeper.

He wanted to run away, but he didn't dare.

Because another divine sense, more than ten times more terrifying than Chen Tianling's, locked onto him!

That divine consciousness was as vast as the sea and as solid as a mountain, pinning him firmly to the spot!

Only one person on Earth possesses this level of divine consciousness.

Chen Yuan!

as predicted.

A figure appeared out of thin air above the alley and slowly descended.

The silver-white Celestial Armor gleamed coldly in the moonlight, and his young face carried a hint of languor.

But those eyes were surprisingly bright.

A faint golden light lingered deep within his eyes.

Jiang Fan's heart sank completely.

"Should I call you Jiang Fan...?" Chen Yuan walked up to him and looked him over with interest.

"Should I still call you, alien?"

Jiang Fan's body stiffened.

Finished!

exposed!

He didn't even know how he was exposed!

His method of possession was far more advanced and covert than the Shadow Devourer's energy body possession, so it should have been impossible for him to be discovered!

He was so cautious and discreet, and the plan hadn't even really started yet... How did the other party find out?

Chen Yuan ignored the shock and despair in his eyes.

The Eye of Void swept over Jiang Fan, a playful smile appearing on its lips.

"Within the body of a human warrior dwells the soul of an alien race." He seemed to have seen something interesting.

"Is this... possession?"

Jiang Fan's pupils suddenly contracted.

You can even tell that?!

He finally understood the feeling the Shadow Eater Lord had before his death.

In front of Chen Yuan, all your cards and all your pretenses are instantly exposed; there are no secrets left!

Revolt?

He glanced at Chen Tianling, then at the Holy Dragon Guards around him, and finally looked at Chen Yuan.

Peak of Martial Saint.

In his prime, he might have been able to hold out against his opponent for a few rounds.

But now... he has only recently possessed this body, and its cultivation level is currently only at the early stage of Martial Venerable, meaning it can't even unleash 30% of its true strength.

Even if you forcibly raise your cultivation level to your true strength, you still can't beat them!

Run? There's no way to escape.

Having been exposed, Jiang Fan took a deep breath and made a very pragmatic decision.

He knelt down on the ground with a thud.

Raise both hands high.

"My lord, spare my life!"

The voice was urgent and panicked, trembling slightly, completely different from the innocent student's demeanor just moments before.

Youying, perched on Chen Yuan's shoulder, watched this scene and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "Boss, this guy changes his expression even faster than me..."

Chen Yuan ignored it.

He looked at Jiang Fan kneeling on the ground, his eyes filled with indifference, not pity.

"Restore your original appearance. Don't make me say it a second time."

Jiang Fan trembled all over and dared not hesitate for a moment.

He gritted his teeth.

He formed a strange hand seal in front of his body, using a secret technique of his racial talent that allowed him to switch freely between the possessed person and himself.

A dark purple light surged from his chest and enveloped his entire body.

After the light faded, Jiang Fan's appearance completely changed.

The original human face disappeared, replaced by a humanoid alien face.

A head of black hair.

Its skin was dark purple and covered with fine scales.

There is a raised bony ridge on each side of the forehead, like an incompletely grown horn.

His vertical pupils were amber in color.

It glowed with a faint light under the moonlight.

He had also grown taller, with long limbs and faint traces of bone spurs visible at his finger joints.

But overall it still leans towards a humanoid shape.

It's quite different from the completely alien appearance of the Shadow Devourer.

Chen Yuan looked at the other person with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"They're actually humanoid aliens."

He had assumed that the alien race capable of possessing the human prodigy looked similar to the Shadow Devourer.

Surprisingly, it looks quite human.

Moreover, he sensed an aura from the other party that was somewhat similar to that of the Shadow Devourer Lord, but not entirely the same.

The Shadow Devourer's aura is cold and putrid, like stagnant, decaying water.

The aura emanating from the person before me was more like... a deep, oppressive energy carrying a certain ancient rhythm.

"What is your relationship with the Lord of Shadow Devouring?" Chen Yuan asked.

The alien kneeling on the ground trembled and hurriedly said, "Reporting to, sir, he and I... are of the same race, but we are not in the same system. He is responsible for direct infiltration, and I am responsible for..."

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, and cautiously looked up at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan asked expressionlessly, "Responsible for what?"

The alien gritted his teeth, as if making a great decision: "Responsible for... infiltration. Find a suitable human warrior to possess, and remain infiltrated as a human for a long time, waiting for... the right opportunity."

"Timing?" Chen Yuan's eyes turned cold. "What timing?"

The alien lowered his head, not daring to reveal his plan.

He had no choice but to lie, saying, "This... I really don't know. I'm just a low-level executor. My superiors only send their subordinates to lie low, but they don't tell me why..."

Chen Yuan stared at him for a few seconds.

The alien trembled violently, its vertical pupils filled with terror.

Chen Yuan remained silent for a moment and realized that the other party was lying.

Kill him outright? That would be too easy on him.

Moreover, there's still a lot to uncover about this alien race: his origins, his people, the power behind him, and that so-called "opportunity"...

It's much more useful to keep them alive and interrogate them slowly than to kill them outright.

Chen Yuan's mind stirred.

An ancient bronze mirror appeared out of thin air in his palm.

The Mirror of Gods.

The dark gold mirror shimmered under the moonlight, its edge pattern glowing faintly.

When the alien saw the mirror, its pupils suddenly contracted.

Although he didn't know what it was.

But the aura emanating from the mirror made him tremble from the depths of his soul!

It is a supreme treasure of the sealing category!

Chen Yuan wanted to seal it inside and capture it alive!

"My lord! My lord, spare me! I've told you everything, you can't just discard me after you've served your purpose!"

Chen Yuan ignored his pleas for mercy.

The Mirror of Gods was aimed at the kneeling alien race.

A soft golden light shone on the mirror, a light that was not dazzling, but even somewhat warm.

But in the eyes of that alien race, this golden light was more terrifying than death!

Golden light enveloped his entire body.

next second.

His body began to twist and shrink, as if compressed and folded by an invisible force.

"No!!!"

He only had time to let out a short gasp before he was sucked into the mirror.

A ripple appeared on the surface of the Investiture of the Gods Mirror, then returned to calm.

Chen Yuan looked down at the mirror in her hand.

In the mirror.

A tiny figure struggles in the hazy space. It pounds on the invisible walls and screams madly.

But no sound came out.

Chen Yuan's mind stirred.

A fierce wind immediately swept through the mirror world, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

The tiny figure was struck by lightning and rolled on the ground, looking extremely disheveled.