From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

"so."

After listening to Shen Bi's explanation, Chen Shi nodded slightly.

Knowing that they were enemies of the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion and guessing that they might encounter Chen Shi, Shen Bi originally did not want to get involved.

However, there was nothing she could do, as the person who convened this operation was her direct elder.

Within the Fufeng Society, each Holy Son is overseen by a designated elder. An elder may have multiple Holy Sons, but each Holy Son corresponds to only one elder, and the elder's control over their Holy Sons is usually extremely tight.

Even if other elders summoned her, Shen Bi could pretend not to see it. But as a direct elder, the mere fact that he controlled her medicinal bath was enough to make Shen Bi dare not disobey.

"In other words, the leader of this Fufeng meeting is your direct elder."

Chen Shi pondered for a moment. He had heard Shen Bi mention this elder before, but had never had any dealings with him.

According to Shen Bi, this elder was actually a woman.

The woman who has managed to climb to the position of elder is definitely not simple. After all, even someone of Li Qinghan's status is only a fourth-class member of the Fufeng Society.

Including this female elder, Chen Shi now knows of three elders of the Fufeng Society: one is his direct elder, and the other is the one who colluded with the rebels back then.

"How many people did the Fufeng Association gather this time, and what are the specific details?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but I estimate that everyone who could be summoned has been summoned. Besides the people from the Yongqiu branch, there are also those of us who are her direct subordinates."

With a serious expression, Shen Bi briefly explained what he knew to Chen Shi.

The members of the Fufeng Society conceal their identities from each other and often act independently, so Shen Bi doesn't know much about them.

Based on what she heard and saw, she could roughly tell that the Fufeng Association was quite powerful this time.

"What should I do next?"

"Do whatever you have to do."

Chen Shi chuckled lightly, without giving any specific instructions.

The Fufeng Society came with great force, all for the Qilin. Although Chen Shi was a member of the Jing'an Marquis's mansion, his purpose this time was not the Qilin. To put it bluntly, there was no real conflict of interest between him and the Fufeng Society.

Since that's the case, he won't make an enemy of Fufeng Society unless absolutely necessary. Shen Bi can just play her role as the Holy Son well, which won't affect Chen Shi.

"Um."

Shen Bi nodded, then stole a glance at Chen Shi, hesitating to speak.

"What? Is there anything else?"

Seeing that Shen Bi seemed to have more to say, Chen Shi casually asked a question.

Shen Bi nodded, took a deep breath, and then spoke.

"You have broken through to the sixth rank, and have raised the Elephant King Stake to the Profound rank."

"what you think."

"If you hadn't successfully condensed the Mount-Treading Divine Body of the Marquis rank, how could you possess such strength?"

Shen Bi looked at Chen Shi, gritted his teeth, and then spoke again.

"So your method really does improve the progress of the Elephant King Stance?"

"Um?"

Chen Shi was taken aback. Which method?

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean by 'call me'? There's a saying that mutual benefit is key. Since I helped you, shouldn't you help me in return?"

Shen Bi pretended to be calm and looked up at Chen Shi, but her face instantly turned red, which betrayed her.

"ha?"

Chen Shi slightly opened his eyes and looked at Chen Bi, whose face was burning hot.

Could this young woman be asking him to cultivate with her?

But looking at Shen Bi's appearance again, I get the feeling that her motives are impure.

"What kind of look is that?"

Seeing Chen Shi's gaze, Shen Bi couldn't help but panic, but still forced himself to speak.

"Don't overthink it. I just want to break through to the sixth rank as soon as possible. Besides, if I break through to the sixth rank, it will also benefit you."

That makes sense, but it's probably not convenient right now.

I nodded reluctantly and gave a slight smile.

In reality, even if he and Shen Bi practiced dual cultivation, Shen Bi would still be practicing a castrated version of the Elephant King Stance, making it impossible for them to advance to the Xuan rank.

However, Chen Shi could not tell Shen Bi this.

"I didn't say I had to start training now."

Shen Bi blushed and said somewhat shyly.

"I'll come find you when we get back to the city."

"it is good."

Chen Shi nodded, agreeing for the time being.

We'll talk about it later.

Besides, it's just dual cultivation.

As they were talking, a commotion suddenly came from not far away, as if someone else was coming.

At this time, Yongqiu Mountain was bustling with activity.

Having said most of what had been said, the two exchanged a glance and immediately headed off in different directions.

After traveling through the mountains for a while, he had already shaken off the others. Chen Shi looked around, determined the direction, and continued running towards Flying Dragon Forest.

Along the way, he encountered some other people, including those from the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion and others from other forces, but Chen Shi ignored them all.

Thus, we arrived at Flying Dragon Forest in the evening.

Although it's called a forest, it's actually just a few scattered trees, not much different from the surrounding mountains and fields. That's why the name Flying Dragon Forest no longer appears on maps.

Chen Shi was able to determine his location by using the surrounding mountains as reference points.

Once confirmed, I walked straight towards the area under the dragon's chin.

"This should be the place."

A patch of thatch, taller than a person, stood there. Chen Shi looked around and, apart from a huge round stone, there was nothing else particularly special about it.

Looking at the stone, Chen Shi pondered deeply.

He's looking for the Dragon Balls, so isn't this round boulder pretty much the same as a Dragon Ball?

Could it be that the array diagram is inside or beneath this stone?

Whether it is or not, just move it aside and take a look.

Chen Shi opened his arms and hugged the stone. His palms instantly covered the stone with dragon scales, making a crackling sound as stone chips scattered. His ten fingers dug into the rock little by little.

After gripping it tightly, he exerted force repeatedly in an attempt to move the boulder.

Pong!

With a muffled thud, stone chips flew everywhere, and Chen Shi pried the two stones off.

Looking at the round boulder missing two pieces, he frowned again.

The stone seemed to be rooted in the ground; even if it were broken into pieces, it couldn't be moved an inch.

Some stones may not look big on the surface, but they actually have a large volume underground, even as big as a mountain. Is this one the same?

If that's the case, there's absolutely no possibility of moving it.

"wrong."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shi shook his head again.

If the formation diagram is really hidden under this rock, and the rock cannot be moved, how will future generations retrieve the formation diagram?

"I can't move it..."

Looking at the round boulder that had been broken into two pieces, Chen Shi's expression suddenly darkened.

It's definitely too heavy to move, but it seems like it can be broken.

Anyway, what he wanted was the array diagram, so whether the stone was intact or not was irrelevant. His face darkened, and he drew a foot-long knife from behind him.

"drink!"

With his feet firmly planted on the ground and his hands gripping the hilt of the sword, he channeled the power of the earth's veins into the blade, let out a roar, and cleaved the boulder in two.

Boom!

The hard black iron blade, accompanied by immense force capable of splitting mountains and shattering the earth, sent shards of rock flying in all directions like arrows, and the original boulder was split in two.

"This is"

Through the split, you can vaguely see that it is hollow underneath.

There's a hole underneath this huge rock!

There was more to it than met the eye. Chen Shi's face lit up with joy, which meant that the formation diagram was likely below.

He gripped the foot-long knife tightly and then slashed at the boulder again.

With a series of deafening roars, the boulder was cleaved into several pieces moments later.

At the same time, a dark hole was revealed.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

Where this cave leads and what's inside is still unknown, and it might hide some danger. But for the sake of the array diagram, Chen Shi couldn't care less about anything else.

Take a deep breath and step inside.