Chapter 25: What A Tough Way Toward Foundation Establishment! (1/2)

Chapter 1: Son Will Avenge His Father's Suffering

Dusky clouds enveloped the skyline, revealing an atmosphere of depression in the darkness Bit by bit, the clouds in the east went red, gradually blazing up fiercely like a fire A ray of ht finally breached the darkness and sprinkled the whole earth, flushi+ng the mountains and plains

Surrounded by e with thirty to forty households struggled to keep living on the few barren fields alow, a young boy in the room opened his eyes A calm look beyond his peers appeared on the face after a short period of confusion

Getting up in a hurry and washi+ng hio to the town and fetch the seeds of each year at the early spring He needed to et hoht

However, he was in a trance for what he saw after stepping out of his rooet up so early? Rest assured, I re it”

His father, shi+ao Wenshan, looked at hie your clothes and I will go to toith you today”

shi+ao Chen was a little surprised, and then he noticed his father put on the most solemn clan costume which he would only wear on the clan's sacrifice day Although he felt confused, he nodded and went back to his roooith embroidery from his only worn-out case

They then had the breakfast in silence There was a bit of worry in the eyes' of shi+ao'sbut was held back by his father's severe gaze

”Let's go”

Getting out of the yard and seeing a green carriage outside the door, once again, shi+ao Chen sensed soet on We should leave now” Living at the west of the village, Old Wu tried to support the whole fae Exposed to the wind and sun every day, he looked like a little oldthe curtain, shi+ao Wenshan went into the carriage regardless of his perplexed son

”Hey, the date to fetch seeds has been put off, right? Then why do they hire Old Wu to go to town?”

”Who knows? This fa secretly and doesn't make much contact with us Look what they wear, e interview”

”Maybe, shi+ao Chen looks like a good boy with that handsoood health and hter to hie went down on the sole road of the village Hearing of the discussion outside auously, shi+ao Chen was shocked in the heart and wondered if he was really taken to a blind date

”Don't woolgather and keep yourself revitalized Today you may have a chance to be someone powerful…Don't ask tooat shi+ao Chen, shi+ao Wenshan waved his hands with a complicated expression on his face which disappeared soon

shi+ao Chen nodded and closed his eyes to rest hisat his son's macilent face, a touch of firmness appeared in the eyes of shi+ao Wenshan Meanwhile he murmured, ”Today, even I have to bow to him, so what? The kid's future can't be ruined because ofsigh

”Mr shi+ao, We're in shi+ao To” Old Wu said with a respectful and cautious voice outside

shi+ao Chen opened his eyes at thehis father was a little absent-minded, which was rare

”Oh…really?” shi+ao Wenshan e with a co his face

”Old Wu, you can go back first No need to wait here”, shi+ao Wenshan said gently

”All right” Seeing Old Wu driving the carriage far away, shi+ao Wenshan stood at the huge gate of shi+ao Town Staring at the script of ”shi+ao Town”, a touch of co while, he said ”Followat the shadow of his aging father, shi+ao Chen still tried to figure out why he had to co of what happened today, his suspicion became deeper

After nearly an hour, they found a shabby inn to have a rest shi+ao Wenshan enjoined shi+ao Chen not to go outside by himself and then left the inn hurriedly with a complicated expression

Froith suspicion in his eyes, shi+ao Chen followed his father secretly and immediately The behavior of his father was too queer He

shi+ao Chen was far away froo straight into a restaurant

”Is it possible that father just comes to visit a friend?” Frowned a bit, shi+ao Chen stepped into the restaurant Glancing at the hall, he didn’t find his father, so he stepped forward to the second floor of private rooracefully and ily Besides, what he dressed was far from common, so the waiter was hesitant to stop him

It was much quieter on the second floor shi+ao Chen slowed down and trod lightly on the corridor while listening carefully

”He's here!” Seeing the private roo poor, his father had always been thrift It was odd enough to hire Old Wu today, and now he s just ran counter to his nor a look around the roohtened suddenly There was an air hole at the wall facing the street, which allowed hi nobody around, shi+ao Chen held his breath and trod lightly and then looked inside on tiptoe

Full of antique beauty, there was a scentedwood round table with four cyan chairs surrounding it A piece of ink landscape painting was hung on the wall and a fresh and green bonsai sat at the corner, si charm

And now on the chairs, there were three fair and clear ht coldness on their faces Without saying anything, the aura they presented awed people Obviously, theytime

However, what surprised shi+ao Chen ht in front of the three men with intricate expression However, he was not scared at all by their i with ease and confidence

”Hm, shi+ao Faet to the point Why did you send a e to call us here? Tell us noe’ll leave i to be the head of the three men, one man took a sip of tea and satirized with sardonic expression

Similar expression ritten on the other twothis, shi+ao Chen was in a trance shi+ao faed to shi+ao Clan, so the three e of shi+ao family? No wonder they behaved in such a lofty manner But then he frowned and came up with another question – when did his father know these people? He didn't evenfro

Many thoughts flooded into shi+ao Chen's mind, but before he could come to himself, what his father said next nearly shocked hih I have left the family, we are still brothers” With colance of the threethis, shi+ao Wenting raised his eyebrows and sneered, ”Brothers? You were expelled froo, and now you remember we are brothers?”

”Or maybe you can't survive outside, so you decide to coive you a hand now?” The one who said this in cold voice was full of squib

”Brother, why are we still talking with hio home and prepare for that now” The second ave a sardonic grin and suggested

Taking a cold glance at shi+ao Wenshan, they were ready to get up and leave

”Wait!” shi+ao Wenshan groaned suddenly and then took out a jade lion seal in thu hands

”Brother, although you became the master of shi+ao family with the help of our elder mother, this seal, the token of the fao I wonder you ht?”

”If you pro the seal in shi+ao Wenshan's hand, shi+ao Wenting stopped With longing in his eyes, he thought for a while and answered, ”What do you want?”

Hearing this, shi+ao Wenshan stared at hi the answer, Brother? Today I co a chance for ate”

With dodgy eyes, shi+ao Wenting seeains and loses

”Brother, you can’t give him that promise If his son is lucky to be chosen by the iht, brother, please think it over”

shi+ao Wenting waved his hands to stop their words, and then looked at shi+ao Wenshan with sharp eyes, saying coldly, ”You abusedthis, the expression of shi+ao Wenshan beca the direction of the shi+ao's Clan Hall and bowed and koed repeatedly while saying, ”Please forgiveage” Then he see dull suddenly

Turning a blind eye to it, shi+ao Wenting continued, ”You disrespected us in those years”

”I was too young and aggressive at that tiive me”

At that moment, the wrinkles on shi+ao Wenshan's face became deeper and he looked even older than before

”You hurtpulled uphis left sleeve, showing an ugly scar wriggling froe and defor this, shi+ao Wenshan shi+vered a little and then smashed his left arm ruthlessly and directly

Crack!

Clear sound of bone fracture echoed in the room while shi+ao Wenshan's face turned pale and lips quivered due to the pain

”Brother, is this enough torested his eyes on shi+ao Wenshan as hu while, and then said inexorably, ”Don't say I haven't given you a chance To your son to the family” Then he collected the jade lion seal in his chest and left with the other twothey left the rooround After a while, he burst out weeping

”Mother, please forgive me, your unfilial son But I have to do this Even I'm humiliated, I ive ed eyes, shi+ao Wenshan cried out with hoarse voice

Outside the room, shi+ao Chen covered his round involuntarily

As a son, seeing his father being insulted by others without any solution, shi+ao Chen was buried in sorrow He clasped his hands and roared in the heartOne day, I, shi+ao Chen, will make all of you pay for what you have done today!”

Chapter 2: shi+ao Family

shi+ao Town, shi+ao Faested, the status of shi+ao Fauardians of shi+ao Family at ordinary tih dressed well, they behaved very huate of shi+ao Family opened now, a row of beautiful maidservants lined at each side of the road and red lanterns hung high under the eaves It was so cere

”Father, are the envoys from Luoyun Valley so unattainable? Do we really need to be so prudent considering our strength?” At the hall, haughty shi+ao Lin asked his father As the eldest childe of shi+ao Family, he had been praised and respected by whoever knew hiant character

”Shut up!” Hearing this, shi+ao Wenting changed the expression suddenly and berated hi nothing abnorri annoying the envoys, wait and see hoill punish you”

shi+ao Lin's face turned gray He never thought his affectionate father would be so furious to hiue with him, so he didn't say a word any more

”Now, in case any of you offend the envoys and spell disaster for this fa beforehand” shi+ao Wenting stated with a solemn face All other principals of shi+ao's branches were listening seriously

”Luoyun Valley doesn't belong to any secular power, or on’t need to act so cautiously and huh and powerful cultivators who can topple the mountains and overturn the seas Even a disciple can destroy our fa in the eyes of shi+ao Wenting while he talked about it He had seen it by himself Notorious thieves and the bestleft of them under the attack of a small fireball from one of Luoyun Valley's cultivators

”Fortunately, our ancestors had history with Luoyun Valley, so every twenty years, there will be a chance for us to send age-appropriate boys to have a test If they are gifted for being a cultivator, they will be the disciples and have a chance to be immortal”

”What? Do immortals really exist?”

”So we are here to have a test? Really?”

”Ah, great, I have a chance to be immortal”

”I boys from shi+ao Family in the hall turned excited immediately

”So all of you remember to act respectfully and cautiously when the envoys are here If there are any mistakes and our family suffers due to that, it will not be atoned for even you die one hundred ti said the last sentence with loud voice and stern expression

”Yes, clan leader” Hearing this, all teenagers became serious, eyes full of revere and expectation

Shao Wenting nodded with satisfaction Actually he was too cautious The divine envoys were usually cold and prideful and cared nothing about the flatter of ordinary people They wouldn’t even take a sip of the tea provided and would leave as soon as they found potential disciples So there would hardly be any chance to offend them even if soreen clothes ran in and kneeled doith a pained look, saying cautiously, ”Master, there's ato a branch of shi+ao Family and intend to attend the selection today They look unfamiliar and I haven't seen them before, however, what they wear…are the clan costu the perturbed in the heart Today was the ed to this faht; if not, he would definitely be punished…however, the entle aura, so he couldn't be a cheater, right?

Hearing this, shi+ao Wenting sneered with cold expression, and then waved his hand and said, ”I have known it, just bring them in”

While the servant left, the second man on the left side frowned and asked, ” Brother, three branches with eight households of our fa, so why do you let them in? If they deliberately cause troubles and offend the divine envoys, won't it be a proble Technically, there are three branches with nine households in total Have you forgotten one of our brothers was expelled from the family?” Full of squib, he continued, ”Yesterday, he invited ed for a chance to let his son take part in the test of Treading Divine Gate I agreed seeing he's so pitiful”

”Oh, it's him! When he left, he said he would never set foot in this faerly Hum, just see hoill make him ashamed” The fifth son of the shi+ao, shi+ao Wenbin, looked at the entrance of the hall with ruthless eyes when speaking of this

Meanwhile, two figures showed up and came into the hall They were of course shi+ao Wenshan and shi+ao Chen

”Hey, you may not know that In front of us is an awful man as favored by the previous master However, later he planned to take over the property in confidence, which was discovered and so he was expelled by our master's mother No dare he co test of Treading Divine Gate Knowing our elder brother is lenient, he just co for !”

”Look at his son, so ith that pale face How can he dream to be chosen by the divine envoys”

For a moment, the hall resounded with satire and cynicis just looked at everyone with a cold smile on his face

shi+ao Wenshan clasped shi+ao Chen's shoulder with full strength and stopped his intention to refute with stringent eyes

After a while, shi+ao Wenting waved his hands to stop all the sneers, then he began to talk, ”I will stick to ive you the chance But remember, this is your last chance After this, no ain”

”Now step aside and don't offend the divine envoys”

”Yes” Regardless of how others thought of them, shi+ao Wenshan pulled shi+ao Chen to the corner

”My son, don't ask why I’ard it as a burden Now just re After you leave with the divine envoys, try everything to stay there”

Hearing this, shi+ao Chen nodded violently Although his eyes were red, he didn't let one drop of tear fall down because his father had always taught him that a real man could bleed but never drop tears

Chapter 3: The Test of Entering Divine Gate

An hour later, a swishi+ng sound of sharp objects cutting through air was heard, and then three flying sword landed before the great hall of shi+ao’s fa men of more than 20 years old with cold faces

“Is the Master of shi+ao’s fa the candidates to us fast”

They were cold and arrogant, and their eyes swept the crowd occasionally as if they were high above the others

shi+ao Wenting led his fauests “Three I way here Please do reat hall and have a cup of tea” His face was modest and his voice humble

The drastic difference made shi+ao Chen secretly clenched his hands and sworn to be a powerful Immortal one day to make his parents proud

“No need Once we have all the candidates for the Test of Entering Divine Gate, we’ll leave” One of the three young e replied in cold voice, frowning

“Yes! Yes!” shi+ao Wenting nodded hastily, daring not tomen muttered so swords under their feet, which at once grew big enough for dozens of people to ride on

“Come up and stand in sequence Don’t be afraid”

The teenage boys of shi+ao’s clan were all held in awe by the three I swords and er with spells, so they obediently did what they were told to do

“Rise!”

After all the boys were up on the swords, the three youngswords and fleithout the courtesy to say goodbye In a blink of eyes, no trace of the, shi+ao Chen’s father was unable to suppress the injuries any longer His face turned deathly pale in an instant, still he ed to hobble across the hall and left

“Patriarch, why did you agree to perh he is a member of our family, he will never be one of us We have offended hiets lucky and pass the test, none of us can sleep tight at night” shi+ao Wenbin cohed “Wenbin, don’t worry shi+ao Chen is not in good health I even bet he will die young How can the Immortals pick such a weak boy? You can rest assured”

In his heart, the only boy ould succeed was his own son, shi+ao Lin, who had taken a valuable treasure just in case

Above the cloud, three gigantic swords were flying The wind blew straight at the faces of the people ere standing on the that nearly no one was able to open their eyes

shi+ao Chen was on the last sword He clenched his hands into fists, trying his best not to look frightened

The youngthe sword laid his eyes on shi+ao Chen, a bit of surprise mixed with a bit of ader, and its direction suggested they were descending in a fast speed A moment later, a cold voice said, “We are here Get down”

Until then did all the teenage boys of shi+ao’s family open their eyes and find them in an unknown place

shi+ao Chen followed others down the flying sword and exas It was a verdant valley of several thousand reen trees, exotic flowers and rare herbs, even the air sirls had arrived before them, except they all stared at them with a bit of hostility

“Line up in pairs The Test is about to begin” Before the boys and girls was a stone table, and before the table was sitting a stout oldmen who escorted shi+ao Chen and the others saluted him in a respectful manner and retreated to his side

shi+ao Lin, as the oldest son of his family, had received instructions from his father, so he bowed to the old ht Now come to me one at a ti penetrating glances at theers lowered their heads, afraid to confront his eyes

“Let’s start with Mei’s”

Hardly had the sound fade away, a 16 or 17-year old boy, strong and with bright piercing eyes, proroup Anxiously, he bowed before he put his hands in the old man’s

In a moment, the old man opened his eyes and announced emotionlessly, “No spiritual root Go to the left”

The young boy obeyed and walked to the ey had been drained off by these words

“Next!”

A young girl caerly and put her hands in his

“No spiritual root Go to the left”

……

The Test went on in a very fast speed, and half of the candidates had been tested by the old man, but no one was ever qualified

“Next!”

The old htly furrowed his brows, and a touch of iirl of 16 years old with snohite skin and black hair to her waist, as stunning as a fairy exiled to the mortal world

“Ji Yuewu from Ji’s clan! I did not expect her today”

“It is said she taught herself to gather nimbus when she was 10 She must possess a spiritual root”

“Anyone with a spiritual root has the ability to become an Immortal How lucky she is!”

shi+ao Chen listened to these whispers and concluded that the Test seemed to concern only the spiritual root, not the physical fitness at all He secretly felt relieved a bit He would have no chance if the Test was all about physical fitness, but the fact that irls had failed made him worried What on earth was a spiritual root, which seemed so rare?

“Spiritual root of wooden attribute! Excellent talent! Great! Great! Great!” The old reat joy and surprise

shi+ao Chen was interrupted fro He raised his head and happened to see that Ji Yueithdrew her hands, so calo to the right I’ll take you to see our Chief Master after this” The old htened, which softened his voice when he opened his ht with her head lifted high in the ad to the ed and his voice sounded orous than before

It took another 15 minutes to finish the tests of the rest candidates except shi+ao’s A boy and a girl passed the Test besides Ji Yuewu, but their spiritual roots were not as good as hers judging from the normal reaction of the old man Even so, they still attracted admiration from those who failed

“Next!”

The first candidate from shi+ao’s clan was no other than shi+ao Lin, as the oldest son of the Patriarch He straightened his clothes, bowed to the old reat anticipation

The old man did not even look, and he just closed his eyes after he held shi+ao Lin’s hands Soon he shook his head “No spiritual root Fail”

shi+ao Lin’s face turned pale and then regained a little bit red after he reift

“Iift when I left home Please do me a favor for the sake of it” Before the oldfroreat care

A sneer played on the old h above the ive to catch his eyes? Still he opened the bag and saw a black stony thing

“Iron Essence!” The old htened He held it in his hands and carefully examined it for a while His joy increased This Iron Essence was so pure, enough for him to refine a spiritual weapon when he advanced to the late phase of the Foundation Establishment

“Hm! I’ll take it, and I’ll accept you as a nominal disciple for its sake If you do well, you’ll have the opportunities to become a formal disciple” The old e bag before others could notice

“A nominal disciple?” Shaio Lin found it hard to believe

“You have a problem with that?” The old man lowered his voice and asked

“No, no How dare I? Master, please allow round and bowed

“Eht” The old man nodded his head unsatisfactorily

“Aye” The ad eyes from the others instantly swept away shi+ao Lin’s discontent of being a noht

“Next!”

……

“Next!”

……

Soon, everyone from shi+ao’s clan had taken the Test except shi+ao Chen, but no one was found to have the spiritual root

“It has been 300 years Not a single candidate fro like a great faest to the Chief Master to disqualify them” The old man muttered in secret, and then raised his voice impatiently

“Last one!”

shi+ao Chen was the last candidate He went forith great hope The anticipating eyes and the humiliation his father suffered to win hier

“Please! Please!”

A lance at him “No spiritual root Not qualified!”

Every word thundered in his ears and ht of his father His head was spinning, and he nearly fell on the ground under the gloating stars of others All he could think of was how to tell his father that he failed!

To fight for his candidacy, his father had broken his vows and suffered a lot, but in the end he failed!

Chapter 4: Dao Seeking Fall

“All right The Test of Entering Divine Gate is now at its end Those who have failed please wait here for a moment You will be allowed to stay in Luoyue Valley for 15 days before going home” The old man turned away Ji Yuewu and the three candidates who passed the Test followed him toward the outside of the valley

“So it is true that Ji Yuewu is born with a spiritual root of good quality I’a to Elder Hu’s reaction She is sure to be a big shot in the future”

“You are right And the boy surnamed Sun, who expected such an ordinary boy could be born with a spiritual root? When he returns to his clan, maybe his family line will thrive and even replace the direct line Who knows?”

“And shi+ao Lin, he doesn’t have the spiritual root either, but he has good luck and a treasure to offer to Elder Hu”

The boys and girls talked about the Test in words full of admiration and jealousy

“This is no ordinary place for you No one shall make any noise, or you shall be expelled at once” A sudden shout frightened theave the shout was quite satisfied and revealed a complacent sh you don’t have the spiritual roots to take on the journey of cultivation, the abundant nimbus in the valley could still benefit you”

shi+ao Chen’salong the way to his rooht

He lay on the narrow stone bed, exhausted yet not able to fall asleep In one moment he would see the extremely disappointed eyes of his father after he returned to shi+ao’s hty Immortal who could travel fro sword……

The next day at daybreak, shi+ao Chen akened by noises from outside of the door He seemed confounded for a moment, and then he quickly cleaned his face with cold water and went out to the yard All candidates who had failed yesterday’s Test had gathered there, and in front of them was Elder Hu

For some unknown reason, shi+ao Chen’s heart beat fastened Was there a favorable turn?

“Elder Hu, the teenagers who ca for your coed man in a common black robe tried to please the old htly nodded his head and swept the teenagers with half-open eyes “Luoyun Valley is in need of some lay disciples, so we asse to stay as lay disciples, follow h to pass it, you can stay

“Lay disciples are not equal to direct disciples, still ill teach you soned work every day, the tience and a bit of luck may pave your way to be an Ie exciteers Even a lay disciple of Luoyun Valley could bring honor to the whole clan, let alone a slim chance to become a respectable Immortal

shi+ao Chen was more anxious than others This was his last chance He would never ht FollowFall was a famous place in Luoyun Valley, which was said to be a masterpiece of Luoyun Immortal, the founder of Luoyun Valley and an extremely powerful cultivator in the Nascent Soul Real Dao, he had set up a foric power to forcibly channel the icy water from the top of the mountain down to the valley Since then, Luoyun Valley had declined and none of his disciples had ever broken through the Nascent Soul Realeneration, and only the Chief Master had reached the Middle Phase of the Gold Core Nonetheless, the Dao Seeking Fall had been reserved intact

And it would be the very place to carry out the test for lay disciples today

Elder Hu stopped More than a hundred ht On it was a water channel of about one meter deep and dozens of meters wide abruptly inserted inside Icy water ran froers shi+ver even at such a distance

Elder Hu seemed not notice it He pointed to the channel and said, “Anyone who can climb to the top within 4 hours will be accepted as a lay disciple in Luoyun Valley”

The slope was built in the air with no support froround, and the water caers ained soer than 200 meters

They waited for Elder Hu to announce the start of the test and then dashed to the channel, shouting into others, shi+ao Chen was thin and weak, so he lagged behind since the very beginning

The water did not run fast at the bottom, and its low teers, ere in excellent physical fitness and had learnt Ku Fu, climbed up nearly 50 meters in a blink of eyes After that, the current suddenly doubled its speed and its te point Small pieces of ice were hidden in the current, sharp as knife when they rushed doith rapid flow Any carelessness would led to a long cut

The cli becaled for air, and he felt his lungs were burning Great drops of sweat broke out fro like hell The next second the sashed out by icy water, so he could see a lit clearly

The higher he arrived, the slower he climbed He lowered his body as close to the bottom as possible with an effort to decrease the impact of the current, so he was basically irasp the rocks and ledges at the botto his best not to fall The clothes wrapped his knees and elboere soon worn out, and bare skin was quickly cut by the ice in the water and rocks at the bottom Blood spilled out from the cuts was soon washed clean by the icy water

The other teenagers also struggled Cli the sky Cutting wounds increased with the passage of every second, and blood added red to the water

The Dao Seeking Fall looked like an evil blood river froers were like sainst the current,

Even the several cultivators of Luoyun Valley couldn’t help but reveal complicated looks

“One hour till the end!”

The cultivator responsible for ti shouted His voice, amplified by his true force, spread all over the ers were not far from the top then, but the current beca ones

All of a sudden, a crushed ice crashed on the forehead of one of the teenagers and blood spurted out at once He lost his balance and ashed down by the current

At the sae of safety flew to the channel and took the boy safe to the bottolance at the boy and instructed, “Treat his injuries and send him home after he recovers”

The boy, whose head was covered with blood, pleaded in a weak voice “I you I was so close

“I a you the truth I was just one way froive me one more chance? Why?” The boy’s e of tears

Elder Hu furrowed his brows, and snapped, “Cultivator requires both talent and opportunity! When the crushed ice hit you, you have lost your opportunity De is useless Now leave us!”

A cultivator bowed in a respectful way, held the boy in his arers ere still struggling got despaired

“Aa, I’ve run out of time!”

“Half of the distance has already taken ets loith every stop up, I think I’d better give up!”

“Forget about it I aers cried in despair They all stopped cli

All these whispers were heard by shi+ao Chen, but he did not listen At this rated, yet he was still iven up, all for the sake of his unyielding will

His palms, elbows and knees were all badly mutilated His face, arms and chest were covered with numerous wounds made by ice However, neither the torrential cold water nor the sharp pain all over his body could stop hi of other candidates

He had only one belief in his heart Keep cli could stop him He must succeed He must make his parents proud No one should look down upon theer

He must succeed He had to!

Chapter 5: Master Alchemy Taoist

“Hey! You fool There’s no e could pass the test Why don’t you stop?”

“Bro, have sole any more It’s useless”

“Do you want to die? If you do not quit now, it will cost your limbs and even your life!”

The other candidates ca and caught up to those who had given up one by one in spite of all the difficulties The sneer that had crept upon their lips was gradually replaced with admiration

The words came out of their mouths, no matter what, had little effect on shi+ao Chen He just looked down on the channel and climbed up inch by inch, e shout was heard froed to a robust boy He straightened up froh the icy water had turned his wounds to black and purple

Right now, shi+ao Chen had just covered more than half of the distance The faster current, the colder water and the bigger pieces of ice n of flinching, just like a little junk struggling in the sea which could always get to the shore safe nothe sea was

Every other while since then a surprising shout would give out on the top, and every one of theood physical fitness or had learnt Ku Fu before The Dao Seeking Fall h to stop the to them, was like a tiny little loach trapped in a muddle No matter how hard he tried, he would still embarrass hih attention with admiration from both the candidates who had quit the test halfway and the winners

“Ti at the botto secretly

“Finally it’s over!”

“What a pity! He tried so hard, yet he still failed”

“I have told him it’s useless, but he would not listen In the end he is no better than us”

“He is the uy I have ever et successful in the future”

Both the winners and those who failed felt great relief and a bit of sorry for shi+ao Chen when they heard that the test was over They all wondered would he ever cliiven more time

But tiet them down from the channel Take those who passed the test to the Chief Steward of the lay disciples and send those who failed back to their rooms and later back to their ho a bit of ih to the next level these days, so he had no intention to waste more time on those candidates who failed two tests

“Aye!” More than 10 cultivators suers ere still in the channel Soon only one figure was still cli towards the top inch by inch

“Elder Hu, what do we do now?” One of the cultivators hesitated and landed to ask for instructions

“Hum! No need to ask me The test is over Do you expect me to waste my time here? Get him back and treat his injuries We don’t want any trouble if he get disabled because of this” Elder Hu gothis hand irritably

“Aye!” The cultivator dared not to disobey, so he got on his sword and was about to fly

“Wait!” At this h caht came across the sky and stopped at the bottoht disappeared, Elder Hu was surprised to find Alche there He asked in a respectful tone of voice “Senior, what brings you here?”

Alchemy Taoist, the fifth disciple of the last Chief Master whose cultivation reached the Complete Phase of the Foundation Establishment and a third-class alchemist as well, held a far more important position than Elder Hu in Luoyun Valley, so the latter looked cautious and respectful even a bit of ingratiating in the face of the forreeted Alchemy Taoist with respectful bows

Alchemy Taoist waved his hands and sued to find out if he can climb to the top or not”

“Senior, if that’s what you want, I’ll give an order not to interrupt him” Elder Hu smiled as well He was only an Elder in the Valley How could he dare to reject such a sood alcherade to the Gold Core in the future

Thus a weird scene appeared before the Dao Seeking Fall, where dozens of cultivators stood and watched a boy cliher he got, the slower he cli wounds covered all over his body and some of them swelled due to blood lost and cold water

Admiration flashed across Alche ould have made him a rare talent for cultivation What a pity that he had no spiritual root at all

6 hours had passed, and darkness fell in the valley Now shi+ao Chen was only one step from success

Finally, a bloody hand reached at the end line and grasped a rock, trying to pull its owner up Slowly he got to his feet and straightened up in the astonishi+ng eyes of all the audience He stood at the top of the channel, swaying back and forth, as if a breeze could blow hi to force a smile on his face, but all of a sudden he fell backward The unyielding will that had supported him all the way to the last vanished when he finally stood at the top, and his strength dientle force held up his body before he fell to the ground Alchemy Taoist had come to his side at some point He looked at the boy with a faint s

“You have the will and determination for cultivation, unfortunately not the spiritual root! Luckily you have met me! I will keep you by my side, and your future lies in your own hands

“Elder Hu, I will take him in as a nominal disciple Please send his jade ID tablet to my residence” After this, Alche the other teenagers full of admiration

……

Herb Valley, Alchemy Taoist’s residence, was an important place in Luoyun Valley because its oas not only a powerful cultivator who had great hope to level up to the Gold Core but also a third-class alche, planted with countless rare spiritual herbs which gave off strong fragrance In one of a dozen stone roo lay on the bed with his brows furrowed

“Did I pass the test or not? Where is this place?” shi+ao Chen opened his eyes and exareat care

It was a sh theand shone on an unknown green plant

He re Fall but not a clue what had happened next It seemed he had passed out

Then did he pass the test?

At that ure walked in

She had an exceptional face with curved brows, a high nose and a small mouth, noble and otherworldly Her skin hite and sant and graceful

She was Ji Yuewu!

She froze a bit when she saw shi+ao Chen ake, but soon she regained her calmness and said plainly “Master has left an order that you drink this bowl of medicine when you wake up and then find him in the Herb Valley” She put down the bowl and turned away

Her eyes had never looked at shi+ao Chen through the whole length

He did not notice her indifference toward hiifted talent with a spiritual root beyond compare, and naturally she would be more proud than others Besides, he was anxious about his own fate right now It appeared he had passed the test, or how to explain a direct disciple was asked to bring hi was certain

He gulped down the medicine, stretched a bit and then walked out of the rooy that would never ran out He gave a thought about it and concluded that no need to be so surprised since Luoyun Valley was such a prestigious school

Anxiously he walked through the yard and felt the jealous stares froht a sight of the figure not far way, he stopped and kneeled with respect and caution “Irace of rebirth!” Though he had been out of consciousness that day, he remembered how badly he had been injured Noas couess who treated him

Alchemy Taoist turned his head and smiled With a basket full of herbs on his back and soil on his hands, he was no different than an ordinary oldherbs in the mortal world

Yet shi+ao Chen’s respect for hi boy I take you have accept me as your master This is your jade ID tablet From now one you will be a nominal disciple of mine” Alchemy Taoist put the tablet on shi+ao Chen’s hands, and couldn’t help but feel sorry for this young boy, who unfortunately had no spiritual root or else would be a perfect candidate to inherit his legacy

As haughty as hi will and determination, he would never have taken a disciple with no spiritual root

Chapter 6: Cultivation World

“Oh…” shi+ao Chen was in a trance when hearing it, then rejoiced ild excite, “Thanks, Master, thanks a lot”

Finally, he was collected by Luoyun Valley, so all his father had suffered was not in vain In the future he would make his parents be proud of him and no one could ever humiliate them any ’s son, was the nominal disciple of Master Hu, and shi+ao Chen was the nominal disciple of Master Alche from the presence Master Alchemy Taoist owned, he should be superior to Master Hu at Luoyun Valley

“Alright You have slept for one day, now go back to your room I’ve asked your senior sister disciple to send you some jade sheets which recorded the common sense of the cultivation world Read them first and come to find me a few days later” Then Master Alchemy Taoist waved his hands and turned around to fiddle with his herbs

shi+ao Chen saluted politely and then couldn’t wait to go back Cultivation world! Here he ca on the table when he returned to his room However, the senior sister disciple, Ji Yueas not there Caring nothing about it, shi+ao Chen picked up one of the sheets and attached it to his forehead when numerous contents appeared automatically in his mind

Six hours later, shi+ao Chen put down the jade sheet while kneading his head, with eyes full of astonishment

Cultivation world! This was indeed the cultivation world

Divided into eight real, Foundation Establish, Super Co and Mastery in the cultivation world Anyone who could reach the last realm would be immortal and live eternally like Heaven and Earth

Each reales But the gap in power aes could be insure of co through a Heavenly Tribulation, one’s cultivation would be boo and he could live for five hundred years, but if he failed, he would become ashes and vanish from the world forever

At the realm of Nascent Soul, one needed to experience 27 Heavenly Tribulations If he succeeded, he would be theas one thousand years, or he would perish

Then if entering the realhest realh to the Spiritual World to get further iet to the Spiritual World, he must pass the thunderclap disaster, or he would be doo Realm, there were no more records However, what he learnt already shocked hi his whole back soaked in cold sweat The path of cultivation was indeed arduous, what’s worse, one could easily lose his life with any carelessness But the tyrannical power a cultivator could attain lured shi+ao Chen more Unfortunately, without spiritual root, all these seemed irrelevant to him

After he cals like i methods of countless spiritual herbs were recorded in it With a glance of it, there werea while, shi+ao Chen put it down He couldn’t reht, thus decided to learn it carefully when he had more time

The color of the last jade sheet was a bit different from that of the other two When he held it in his hand, a 1000-word article showed up in his

Beloere some small characters that read, “shi+ao Chen, my disciple, born without spiritual root doesn’t mean you can’t cultivate at all, but you will do it very slowly The Tricks of Plants Refining isn’t a precious manual, however, it requires little of cultivation talent Now I give it to you, hoping you can practice assiduously and never give up”

It was really good news for shi+ao Chen as now excited and kept focusing on reading

“During the formation of the universe, the Heaven and Earth appeared, with five eleh Tricks of Plants Refining was a basic cultivation manual, the methods of cultivation it recorded were really obscure to understand for shi+ao Chen at the first sight However, he perceived there were some implicit Taoisain, it was already dark outside Looking exhausted, there was a touch of excitement on his face too He finally reh there was still soue to understand, he had done his best

For theinto the Tricks of Plants Refining at his rooot to know a few outside disciples accidentally

After understanding all the contents of Tricks of Plants Refining, shi+ao Chen decided to begin his cultivation

Taking a deep breath, shi+ao Chen sat on the bed crossing his legs and began to absorb the spirit in the universe using the way recorded on thecross-legged for the whole six hours, shi+ao Chen could hardly feel his legs What discouraged him more was the fact that he hadn’t perceived the spiritIt was said the inners could sense the spirit and absorb it within an hour However, why didn’t it work to him?

Spiritual root – thatbitter in the heart, shi+ao Chen realized without a spiritual root, he may need to double the work on the road of cultivation However, he had determined that if it wouldn’t ith six hours, then he would try twelve hours, or even twenty-four hours He wouldn’t accept that he couldn’t cultivate

Forgetting about the ti like light spots suspending around hi beca was still running in his body while the floating light spots flied towards hirated into his body

“Hm?” Surprised by the cool breath, shi+ao Chen withdrew fro he was still in the ehted secretly to perceive the cool breath like tiny silk in the body

“Is this the spiritual power cultivators owned?” Collecting hishi spots again after a while Without neglect, he perforht spots gradually With one enuine energy increased, so did its volu a radually, shi+ao Chen opened his eyes while trying to hold back his smile He could feel a strand of true force thin as hair was travelling along his ht, he still felt vigorous and the nuical true force which though sed him a lot

It was the first step that cost troubleso the existence of the nimbus, shi+ao Chen was ih things ticked over, the nied bit by bit

Like usual, shi+ao Chen revolved the ni his eyes Then an akustisch talis out the voice of Alchemy Taoist, ”shi+ao Chen, come to my room now”

A touch of admiration appeared in shi+ao Chen's eyes, because only at the Foundation Establish a few acquaintances along the way, he rushed to his Master's room without delay

”Master, I'reat respect outside Alchemy Taoist's room

”Just co the door open and walking into the rooed on the cattail hassock with his eyes closed However, there was an intangibleout of him, which awed shi+ao Chen andhis eyes and looking at shi+ao Chen, a flicker of surprise flashed by in Alche fro these days?”

Hearing this, shi+ao Chen was a little embarrassed and whispered, ”Sorry Master, stupid and without any spiritual root, I could only e to perceive the nimbus outside and absorb some into the body with a dozen days' cultivation”

Nodding to show he got it and looking at shi+ao Chen again, Alche the Tricks of Plants Refining and for a wisp of true force within such a short period indicated shi+ao Chen's ability of comprehension was excellent However, it was really a pity for there wasn’t any spiritual root in hiht of it, so he waved and said, ”This is your ID token Take it and register at the lay affairs departo home with your senior brothers Remember, return within five days or you will be punished based on the disciplines”

shi+ao Chen nearly couldn't control his exciteerly and then turned around to leave

”How’s father doing? Is he bullied by the shi+ao Family?” With worries in the heart, shi+ao Chen lowered his head and trotted down the road When a patch of white clothes came into his eyes at the corner, shi+ao Chen was a little surprised and hurried to get out of the way However, the white shadow reacted fast and went a few steps back agilely, with an angry face

”Oh, sister” Seeing it was Ji Yuewu, shi+ao Chen was a little embarrassed Just noas too hurried to notice anyone However, when they ran into each other, he see his head Seeing Ji Yuewu in anger with a red face, shi+ao Chen set his eyes on her boso about on her, Ji Yuewu became more irritated and then snorted

”Ah, I'istration and go ho about iveaware of his iized

”Never ed her expression a little, though still cold

”E e it

Not until a long while later, did shi+ao Chen got a bit relieved Thinking of the o, he felt bitter in the heart If he offended Ji Yueas a cultivator with excellent spiritual root just now, could he sleep tight at night fros couldn't be that bad, right? shi+ao Chen coht to the lay affairs department

On the way, he met many lay disciples orked busily in order to spare more time for cultivation, so that they could become a direct disciple of the sect one day

”Is brother Liu here? shi+ao Chen wants to see you” Liu Tao as in charge of the lay affairs depart Real all lay disciples which granted hih nominal disciples were superior to lay disciples in status, shi+ao Chen acted hu Liu Tao since he kneas far behind Liu Tao

”shi+ao Chen? Oh, you are a disciple of the fifth master Yao Daozi in Herb Valley Please co, an enthusiastic man around 30 years old came out

”hello, senior brother,” shi+ao Chen saluted

”No, no, you are now a disciple of the fifth master, your cultivation will surely soar up in the future, then how can I be your senior brother? If you don'taffectionate, Liu Tao invited shi+ao Chen to his roo I can help you today? Just tellhis chest In a feords, they seemed to have known each other for many years with intimate relationshi+p

” Brother, you are so kind I just come here to record my first return home with other senior brothers After all, if I o home” shi+ao Chen understood Liu Tao's enthusiasm was built upon his Master Yao Daozi' renown, so he kept acting ance

Liu Tao praised shi+ao Chen in the heart If he was indeed an uppity boy, Liu would look down upon hi shi+ao Chen act so politely, he'd like to fawn on hi ith him After all, Yao Daozi supplied the medical pills and elixirs for the whole Luoyun Valley If he kept well connection with his disciples, he would benefit fro do you need? I can give you atI just need five days as my Master has requested it Brother, please doTalis his hands, shi+ao Chen answered with smile

”No problem Please wait a second” Liu Tao replied quickly and went into his bedroom then Soon he went back with five yellow talis Talismans

”I'm not sure how far it is from your home to our valley, so I prepare threeTalis, you can walk one hundred kilo this, Liu Tao foisted the five Wind Walking Talisht out another talisman from his chest, ”This is a first level Fireball Talisman which can be used for ten tiy Every fireball contains the power of an attack at the fifth level of Qi Refining Real to defend yourself in case of any risks and dangers on the way” Though Liu Tao said it easily, there was distressed feeling behind it Obviously, the Fireball Talisman was also precious to him

”No, no, no, this is too much” shi+ao Chen refused that i

”Please, I insist It’ll be iveto be unhappy

Hearing this, shi+ao Chen wore a wry sh position in the Luoyun Valley, or how could a senior brother with cultivation at the sixth level of Qi Refining Real at the exquisite and complicated talisman in his hands, shi+ao Chen could feel the obscure and terrifying energy undulation within it

Collecting the talis, shi+ao Chen saluted to express his gratitude

Then shi+ao Chen left and rushed towards the valley where they were tested for spiritual roots, findingwaited there

”Sorry, brothers Please forgiveto deal with just now” shi+ao Chen walked towards theized sincerely

”Ho ho, it doesn't o Now you are here, let's set off” The head of the disciples waved his hands after hearing it and then continued, ”I came here four years earlier than you did, if you don'tyou back hoht, thank you a lot, senior brother wang” shi+ao Chen answered with a sot because of his Master

Meanwhile, the candidates who didn't pass the test stared at shi+ao Chen with jealousy They were all treated the same before the test, however, now shi+ao Chen could talk with the divine envoys freely For the ten teenagers from the shi+ao Fas seeing shi+ao Chen talk with senior brother wang happily

shi+ao Lin, at the sah they were both nominal disciples in Luoyun Valley, the status of their ht he, the heir of the family, would be inferior to shi+ao Chen However, he dared not show any discontent on the face though no matter how ed in his heart that there would be a huge transformation in the family with shi+ao Chen's rise

Chapter 8: Return Hoe sword cal expression on the faces of other boys in the shi+ao Family

”Go!” Senior brother Liu and other disciples shouted together,the sword soar up into the sky and then fly quickly far away

Squinting at the fleeting mountains and rivers under him, shi+ao Chen swore secretly in the heart that he would becoo into heaven and earth as he'd like to someday

shi+ao Town, shi+ao Family

As usual, after half a month, the candidates of each family would be sent back home no matter they passed the Test or not

At the shi+ao'ssat at the proh a little uneasy at heart He wasn't sure whether the Iron Essence that he got by chance could help shi+ao Lin get accepted by Luoyun Valley or not Scanning around the others in the hall and setting his eyes on shi+ao Wenshan at the corner, shi+ao Wenting sneered coldly Whatever, his son's chance to be a cultivator was the greatest a all If he failed, no one would ever succeed shi+ao Chen, in particular, would never be chosen by the immortals with that weak physique

”When will they come back? My son shi+ao Li has some foundation of internal force, will he be favored by the immortals?” The sixth

”Haha, it's really hard to tell The immortals will choose the ones with spiritual root Without it, even the leader of martial arts will be disdained,” another hter of our second brother is sht and beautiful, she must own the so called spiritual root and be chosen by Luoyun Valley”

”The son of the seventh brother is also great with tall and strong figure, and there should be a great chance for him to be chosen”

”In ood chance to be a disciple He has always been the best one in this generation If there's a chance, it should fall on hiree with you”

”If shi+ao Lin got chosen by Luoyun Valley and became a cultivator, the status of our family will definitely rise”

”Aye, how dare the Wu Faet a cultivator in our Family? With a fireball, shi+ao Lin will kill all of the was happy and inflatable, but he said humbly, ”All our children are excellent and have the chance to be chosen”

”Patriarch's right However, there is one person here who actually doesn't belong to our family He was expelled by our master's mother when she was alive, and swore not to step into this fas our master sha Divine Gate Hm, even our master has promised him, how can his son be chosen by the immortals of Luoyun Valley? Think about that thin body of his which could easily be blon by wind He will definitely die young” shi+ao Wenbin took a glance at shi+ao Wenshan, sneered coldly with undisguised satire

”That’s right Patriarch, I thinkto let shi+ao Chen attend the Test He will just bring shame to this fa ago and didn't belong here Patriarch, you did the a boundary with thee, how can we let soh! I already apologized in front of you What do you want? Honestly, I will never walk into your door even I die if not for earning a chance for my son to stand out in the future” shi+ao Wenshan yelled out with a sullen face

shi+ao Wenbin rolled his eyes and said with sarcas off now You are not invited here and if don't want to stay here, just leave! This is our family’s mansion, how dare you act presumptuously here?”

”Shut up When father was still alive, he intended to appoint ed up on my mother and me Answer me with your conscientiousness, who on earth will be at that seat of honor if you didn’t use all those low-leveled tricks?” shi+ao Wenshan reproached with his eyes fixed on shi+ao Wenbin

”Enough!” shi+ao Wenting interrupted hi well since his”shi+ao Wenshan, never challenge et out of here, or you will pay the price”

”Get out of here? Haha, how can you say this? If not because of your dirty dogs, I will be the one sitting on your place now!” With the destiny of his son settled, shi+ao Wenshan felt unencu prideful like before, he sneered and cursed out of rage

”The first and second hidden guards, do your work and kick him out of here shi+ao Wenshan, rest assured, when your son's back, he will be treated just like you Never show up in front of antly, like looking at a nonentity with an apathetic face

”Yes, patriarch”

Twofleered and flew to shi+ao Wenshan iuard was the most powerful force of the shi+ao Fa Fu was transcendent, so the poithin oneFu was beyond average, with a fractured arh, he was slapped on the chest, spitting blood and then fell to the ground

The hidden guards sneered and were about to catch shi+ao Wenshan when a harsh noise ca's expression changed suddenly and then he waved his hands and commanded, ”Just catch him and keep an eye on him Don’t offend the immortals” Then he sorted out his clothes and ran towards the immortals with other masters

”shi+ao Chen, is this your home? It's really majestic No wonder you are so excellent” Senior brother Liu got familiar with shi+ao Chen on the way, so he sounded quite friendly now

shi+ao Chen s it while the others' faces, especially shi+ao Lin’s, turned red i around the hall, shi+ao Chen frohen he couldn’t find his father, which gave hi our children back Please co” With a hu played up to the immortals

”Ho ho, if you insist Thank you” senior brother Liu replied, sently

Chapter 9: The Unexpected Kill

shi+ao Wenting was a bit of lost The Immortal was aesting soood reat hall

“Master shi+ao, this time in total two candidates from you fa future waits for you Congratulations” In the great hall, Brother Liu shot a glance at shi+ao Chen, as a disciple of the late Chief Master’s fifth disciple and the very reason why he played nice with his family members Even a lay disciple of Luoyun Valley could not be estimated

“What! Iirls passed the Test?” shi+ao Wenting asked in disbelief, ravished with joy

Brother Liu seemed not surprised at all He nodded with a smile on his face “Exactly”

All the family members looked pleasantly surprised The heads of each house kept looking at their own sons and daughters, and expectation was all over their faces 300 years had passed and no one in their family had been born with a spiritual root, so none of them had ever expected that two candidates would have been picked on this time How could they conceal their exciteot lucky, their won houses would also rise in the whole family, even they themselves would be qualified to beco stared at his son, shi+ao Lin, short of breath for a moment Slowly he asked, “Lin, have you……been chosen?”

The attention co from shi+ao Lin’s uncles produced a sense of superiority in his heart, so he nodded with a bit of complacency

“Great! Haha, that’srepeatedly praised, and his face was reddened with exciteiven by the heads of other houses, ere both jealous and eager to find out that as the other person favored by luck

shi+ao Wenting understood the anxious stare fell on hih “Lin, then as the other one? The daughter of your second uncle or the son of your third uncle?”

The question immediately dispersed the complacency on his son’s face as too e welled up in his heart, but he could not figure it out in such a short time

So he swept the crowd and then fixed his eyes on shi+ao Chen He snapped, “shi+ao Chen, you tell us Who was the other one chosen?”

shi+ao Chen darted a cold glance at him with no intent to answer

His caluesses of as going on lift his brow and look at others in a weird way

Such reaction was not expected fro He was tree, and his face turned red

“shi+ao Chen, having attended the Test of Entering Divine Gate does not grant you any right to defy et who you are How dare you stand next to the Iain!”

shi+ao Chen raised his head to exary face The corners of his er the country boy who could not fight back under huo He was a cultivator of Luoyun Valley now, and his master had achieved the Late State of the Foundation Establishment He had absolute confidence in hiain

“Where is htly felt uneasy His father, ould never miss such an occasion, had not shown up this whole ti as your father Guards, take his father here and let thenored, shi+ao Wenting got more furious, but then he sneered He had nuood lesson after today!

Two guards careat hall as ordered with an injured old man between them

The old man was shi+ao Chen’s father, who had an extremely weary and pale face with drops of dried blood on corners of his mouth His left arm, which had been dislocated once, isted in a peculiar angle, clearly it was broken again

“Kid, take your oldyou” One of the guards said to hirim smile while they threw the old man on the floor

“Father!” shi+ao Chen froze for a moment before he rushed to his father Red covered his eyes instantly and anguish-ed in his heart

“Ahem Don’t worry I am fine These scratches won’t kill me Some rest will cure them” The oldstupid under rage Provoking the shi+ao fa them more insults

“Father, they hurt you, didn’t they?” All of a sudden, shi+ao Chen regained his calmness The red in his eyes faded, instead chill accuet out of here at once!” The old er He was terrified that his son would act out, so he struggled, trying to stand up

shi+ao Chen led his father to sit on a chair and said in a gentle voice, “Father, don’t worry about rown up and I can protect you noill never allow anyone to humiliate you from now on” Then he stood up and fixed his icy cold eyes on the two guards

“Brother shi+ao, do you need me to take care of this for you?” Brother Liu asked His face turned pretty dark shi+ao Chen was a member of Luoyun Valley now, yet his father had been badly injured by two reat disrespect to Luoyun Valley Besides, shi+ao Chen was a nohly favored by hisa sreatly benefit him in the future

“Thanks I will do it by my own” shi+ao Chen shook his head As a son, he must make those who had insulted his father pay for their crimes tens or hundreds of times

“What! The other one is him!!” When he heard how the I was stunned He couldn’t help but give out a scream in disbelief

shi+ao Chen’s father, on the other hand, was full of pleasant surprise

But the two guards were both struck by panic

“Run!” They both dashed backwards at the sah their opponent was a cultivator, he had just started and should have not learnt any skills, so they should have the chance to escape Once they succeeded, they would change their names and conceal their identities Who could find theuards ran for more than 10 meters, he took a piece of yellow paper that was depicted with nue bag It was the Fireball Talisn in his hand and injected a asp of Spiritual Qi into it Ihtened and two dark red fire balls as big as two fists euards

“Ah!”

“Ah!”

Two sounds of cry rang in the great hall and then abruptly stopped The two guards stood no chance under the attack of the fire balls and was burnt into ashes in a blink of eyes

The attack exhausted the little Spiritual Qi in shi+ao Chen’s body, yet it inti Brother Liu The latter decided to ood friend of shi+ao Chen who must have been valued n and produce some Spiritual Qi only a few days in Luoyun Valley

With the Spiritual Qi ran out, shi+ao Chen looked like a fragile boy again, but the eyes fell on him were full of respect and fear

“Father, tell h he still reuards without hesitation

He locked his eyes on shi+ao Wenting whose face turned as pale as death in an instant

“Lin, come and save me You are also a cultivator now Youlooked at his son and calmed a little bit His son also became a disciple in Luoyun Valley as shi+ao Chen Was he not able to protect hih he was taken in by Luoyun Valley, he was not so lucky His master had only ht hiht shi+ao Chen?

As shi+ao Chen approached step by step, shi+ao Wenting was shocked with fury, even shi+ao Lin kept to walk back

“Chen, that s that are hated by both man and God” shi+ao Chen’s father stepped in

shi+ao Wenting continued as if he grasped a life-saveing straw “That’s right shi+ao Chen, I a in the past, I never thought of killing you How can you treat me like this? I alance darted at shi+ao Wenting and htened that he dared not to finish his sentence “Father, this man had always treated us like trash, and he even asked his dogs to hurt you today Why do you still want to protect him?

“Chen, don’t you listen to me now that you are an Immortal? I forbid you to touch your uncle!” shi+ao Chen’s father yelled at him

“Fine I will spare you for the sake of ain, you are a dead man!”

Then he returned to his father “Why are you still standing there? Take my father to the room and treat his injuries”

The family members took actions all at once They did not only offer the best yard for his father to stay but also sent for the best doctor in shi+ao Town

“Brother shi+ao, I suppose you will stay at home for a few ” After they were left alone, Brother Liu opened hisPill, nothing special Please attend your father to take it Then he will recover in one or two days

shi+ao Chen received it after he gave it a thought He cupped one hand in another and said, “Thank you for your kindness If you ever need any help after today, I will never refuse as long as it’s in h he received the favor, he would not pro now” Brother Liu was pleased with the answer He nodded with a shtful to deal with a clever man

After he left, shi+ao Chen hurried back to Flowing Glass, one of the courtyards in the shi+ao fa, but noas given to Shan Wenshan to heal his wounds Several renowned doctors in shi+ao Town had been invited to treat the latter

“Listen up I don’t care how much it’ll cost, you must cure him, or you’ll see e are capable of Do notthe doctors to do their best He was frightened to death by shi+ao Chen ould dare to destroy the whole fa happened to his father

shi+ao Chen heard the threats when he entered the yard He furrowed his brows and then went inside the roo

shi+ao Wenshan was lying on the bed, extrehtful in spite of the pain all over his body He was so proud that his son could rise and soar up to the sky

“Father, how do you feel? Do you feel better?” shi+ao Chen trotted to the bedside and asked with great care

“Don’t worry I just need to rest for a while” shi+ao Wenshan looked at his son with eyes filled with care and pride

His father’s high spirit eased his

“Father, Brother Liu gave it to me before he left It should help you with your recover, please take it”

His father frowned “It must be one of these Spiritual Pellets made by Immortals I do not have internal injuries and tiency”

“I will havehis father to argue no more, he fetched a cup of water and helped his father to s it

“How do you feel? Any better?” His father looked well after the Pellet

“I feel ” The fast recovery made his father shocked with incredibility “The Immortals’ medicine is indeed miraculous!”

“That’s a load off et Mother to shi+ao Town tomorrow She has suffered a lot these years Now that I have achieved a little, she can enjoy her life now” He laughed, feeling relieved

Watching hi a son like this was definitely the proudest thing in his father’s life

Darkness fell upon The chaotic noises died away, only the watchman’s cries were heard fros crossed and tried to absorb the Spiritual Qi through theScripture The mortal world had ather asthe day

The unstoppable power ca with his identity as a cultivator in Luoyun Valley was the very reason that he had been able to kill the two guards and intiet light-headed or slackened in cultivation The ot, the better his parents would live

Later he practiced the ain

The next ht appeared in the sky Glimmer flashed across his eyes and soon disappeared He exhales a mouthful of foul air, content to find that the voluer

“Father, please rest at ho her back in the afternoon” He told his father, as now seated on the le htest dissatisfaction

He swept the family meroup of people and e where he used to live

“Who are these people? Why do they coers came to shi+ao Chen’s home one after another to see what on earth had happened

“You don’t know? See that sigil, the red one with silver signs on it? That’s the sigil of the shi+ao family in shi+ao Town, so these are their people”

“Then why do they coe? And the leader, doesn’t he look like shi+ao Chen?”

“You are not wrong He is shi+ao Chen I canaled to me Who would have known they concealed so hter to him, a concubine will do”

……

“Mother, we don’t need all these things, just the valuable ones” shi+ao Chen looked at his mother anted to take the broken loom and sadness rose in his heart He stopped her and told her, “You son has made small achievements now You don’t need to suffer anyeyes and then looked around the house she had lived for ently in approval

Chapter 11 A Dog-eat-dog Fight

The wagon train of the shi+ao Family soon set out on the return journey shi+ao Chen alking in the front of the line Froood-bye to others in a proud tone

shi+ao Chen s at the on train to move on after a moment of hesitation, then quietly walked alone toward theTalisht as a s, treading through the weedy and thorny round

As he approached, the intense nimbus fluctuation in the distance became more and more conspicuous shi+ao Chen carefully slowed down and quietly on train was that he felt vaguely the ni from here, and had been curious for a while, so he decided to take a look

The closer shi+ao Chen got, the paler his face becaly formidable like a stormy sea that any little bit of it could kill hiot here, he wouldn’t want to leave without taking a look Hesitating for a little while, he continued to er occur, he would i tree, shi+ao Chen popped his head out carefully to get a better view The scene immediately drove him dumbfounded with an incredible expression

Only a hundredtrees were snapped off froround was scabbed with potholes as if being hit by heavy objects At thein a two-vs-two situation in the clearing, but one party of thee obviously

”Hey, I advise you to hand it over as soon as possible; otherwise, don't bla your souls, and you shall never be reincarnated after death” An old man in black looked bleak and shouted coldly to the twonext to hi while her clothes were extree white skin on her chest

“You old fart, don’t fool us You tould really let us go if we hand in the treasure?” snorted apale and short of breath It was evident that he was seriously injured

A trace of nity flashed by in her eyes when the wo s unappreciative Let’s just kill the, so as not to get tangled up and bring about new troubles unexpectedly”

“My dear, you’re right You two can go to hell!” The Black Ghost laughed sinisterly and shot dozens of black fireballs which were extreht of and hurriedly shaded themselves with niled, raised her hand and wielded a spirit sword, which burst out a dazzling light that shot right towards those two men

shi+ao Chen was in a bit of a daze, then he realized that it must be a spirit tool!

In the cultivation world, all cultivation treasures were divided into different levels, naendary spirit treasure Although it was only a spirit tool of the lowest level, shi+ao Chen drooled over it In Luoyun Valley, even a disciple at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining et a spirit tool It was indeed precious!

“Bro, get out of here with that thing noill delay them for a while” A burst of shouts came, while one of the two buddies suddenly turned back and rushed away

Expressions of the Black Ghost and the wo to the onlybro, how could you turn your back on me like this? Why did you frarily and flew back at the same time

”Let’s separate Wethat, the Old Ghost suddenly turned into a black shadow and shot to the person who escaped first, while the wo smile

‘Ah!’

‘Ah!’

Soon there caures flew back to the ground quickly

”Brother, did you get it?” The wo this, the Old Ghost beae bag, eyes full of fervent greed

“Ha ha I got it I didn't expect the gossip to be true As long as I get this treasure, I will surely ress in h to advance to the Nascent Soul, I iant in the world of cultivation”

“Congratulations! I wish you every success in cultivation and achieve great causes in the future!” S seductively, the woman threw herself into the man's arms

The Old Ghost felt extre erotically around

Seeing this, shi+ao Chen knew that he er to knohat kind of treasure was in the box, otherwise he would be killed if these two found hied dramatically before he could leave

“Ah! You…You slut How dare you!” The Black Ghost raged and struck violently at the wo her far away

“Pu!” The woetting pale yet her eyes full of exciteh I can get benefits from it if you possess this treasure, but it’ll be better if I can have it myself Don't worry, I ser It will be over soon”

“You slut, I will kill you!” Spitting out a mouthful of black blood, the Black Ghost ran two steps forward but then fell straight to the ground He stoppedafter several twitches

“I know that you ate a strange fruit years ago,you extremely resistant to toxicity You can definitely support for some time Brother, you shouldn’t die so quickly, how can you delude your little sister?” The wo quite a distance fro happened after sohtly and then walked carefully to the old round, her face bea with ecstasy But just at this ht shot out froht to the woh the woot a bit relaxed just now, and it was too late to react So she could only slightly deflect her body, and the black light penetrated into her shoulder

“Death Awl!” Face changing suddenly, the woman immediately flew back and tapped her injured shoulder Only when she sed several elixirs fro did she stop the unholy and lethal aura on her face

This final attack exhausted all the strength of the Black Ghost As the toxicity of Qianji Powder spread to his heart vessels, he died soon and collapsed to the ground

“You dae Not until she looked at the jade box in her hand did her face show so the jade box into the storage bag, the wo off the two storage bags fro tree, shi+ao Chen looked thoughtful The treasure in this box must be extreainst each other and the couple would not fall out But what attracted shi+ao Chen most was that the Black Ghost said it see an ordinaryof a fluke that he could be accepted by his master this time For future cultivation, however, he was completely on his own

shi+ao Chen couldn’t help but feel excited at the thought that if he could get this treasure Narrowing his eyes, shi+ao Chen softened his footsteps and chased after the woh the woman was seriously injured, she was able to drive the spirit tool Even if she was not a master of Foundation Establishhth level of Qi Refining He dared not to go off the deep end to rush forward

Afteron a few hundredsuddenly turned around and ssuddenly, shi+ao Chen immediately held his breath and hid behind the trees

But he did not kno the wo rapidly out of tension, and just as he was about to ran away, he uttered “eh” out of confusion and decided to hide again

Because at this point, the wo no reply

She raised a s in her hand and whispered spells at a stone wall in front of her Aa hole large enough for a person in and out

Sorcery!

shi+ao Chen was astonished It seemed there was a cave