Chapter 338 (1/2)

Chapter 338

Long Chen walked in the direction Guo Ran had pointed out for a full week . More and more mountains and valleys had appeared as he advanced . On the way, Long Chen noticed that the number of people around him was increasing .

However, the majority of them were not monastery disciples . That showed Long Chen that the Righteous path was not dominated by the Xuantian Monasteries .

Some of those Righteous disciples had powerful cultivation bases that weren’t at all inferior to monastery disciples . In fact, some of them were even more powerful .

On the way, he saw quite a few fights between Righteous and Corrupt disciples . Other than simply due to the antagonistic nature between the two sides, most of the time they were fighting over treasures .

Long Chen couldn’t be bothered to deal with them . As long as they didn’t provoke him, Long Chen simply ignored it all .

But even though Long Chen didn’t go looking for trouble, trouble still found him . Several times a day, he would run into monastery disciples who wanted to kill him in the name of cleaning up the Righteous path .

As a result, Long Chen was not merciful . All those who dared attack him had been killed by him .

Other than the Righteous disciples, oftentimes the Corrupt disciples wouldn’t hold back from attacking him when they saw that he was all lone traveller . Their ending was also tragic . If one came, then one died . If two came, then two died .

But even after a whole week, Long Chen had yet to see any trace of Zhao Mingshan’s group, causing him to feel a bit uncertain .

No one recognized everyone, and so even if he asked around, it wasn’t likely for anyone to be able to point him in the right direction . Since he hadn’t caught up in this week, it seemed the only possibility was that he had lost their trail .

Long Chen was infuriated about that, but he was also helpless . The Jiuli secret realm was too large . Just a slight change in direction was miles and miles apart after seven days of travel .

Since he was helpless about that, Long Chen simply continued forward, seeing if he could find any opportunities .

Not only was the Jiuli secret realm incredibly vast, it was said to contain countless opportunities . But only those with luck and strength could obtain them .

As he continued forward, more mountains and valleys appeared around him . Furthermore, now a faint mist was starting to appear .

Long Chen took out his map and saw that this place had been marked down as the Misty Mountain Valleys .

There was also a gra.s.s marking on the map, indicating this place had many natural treasures .

“Medicinal herbs aren’t bad . Let me take a look . ”

Long Chen saw that the map showed that there were many criss-crossing mountains here that almost formed a labyrinth . A thick mist surrounded this region of around three thousand miles .

Successive generations of disciples had entered this place, but they were only able to search along the fringes of this region . There were very few people who dared venture deeper . It was said that those who entered deeper were all never able to walk out alive . As for the exact reason, it wasn’t completely clear .

“Stop running! Leave your treasures behind or you’ll die without a burial site!” Long Chen had just been quietly walking while examining the map when a shout suddenly broke his concentration .

You want me to die without a burial site? Hmph, well I want to see just who is so arrogant .

Raising his head, Long Chen saw two figures rus.h.i.+ng in his direction . The person at the front was covered in blood, his aura completely chaotic . He was currently running for his life, and he seemed to be an ordinary core disciple . According to his robes, he wasn’t a monastery disciple .

As for the person behind him, his aura surged like the sea, and he was clearly a powerful Favored . He was chasing him with a dark expression, a sword in his hand .

Only now did Long Chen realize that they weren’t talking to him . He stood there and watched . This scene was obviously killing someone to steal their treasures . He had seen that far too often recently .

The bewildering thing to Long Chen was that the ma.s.sacring of sect members from the same sect was all done by Righteous disciples . Despite how savage Corrupt disciples were, he had yet to see them attack their own people .

“Your Xuantian Monastery is a huge sect! Why do you have to make things hard for us disciples from smaller schools?!” raged the fleeing disciple .

He had already despaired . He had just obtained a treasure and had been stealthily leaving the mountain valley when his actions were noticed by other people .

As soon as he left the valley, this person had immediately attacked him . While he was only a core disciple, in his small sect, he was considered extremely powerful .

But in the face of a Favored, he was not even close to being a match . In just a few exchanges, he had almost lost his life, and could only flee .

Originally, he had hoped that some people would be chivalrous and save him, but all the Righteous disciples he encountered only watched as if watching a play . They only glanced at them before continuing searching for opportunities .

He was seriously injured and his spiritual qi was almost exhausted now . He didn’t have the slightest hope of getting out of this . However, he was unwilling, truly unwilling .

He had gone through untold hards.h.i.+ps in order to enter the secret realm . But now, as soon as he found a treasure, it was about to be stolen away by someone . He really would die with his eyes wide open .

“Haha, don’t blame me! I told you to hand over the treasure at the beginning, but you dared resist . You clearly don’t know how to appreciate kindness! Now I’m mad, and even if you hand over the treasure, it won’t be able to quell my rage . You can die now!”

The Favored suddenly shot forward, his sword slas.h.i.+ng out at that person .