Chapter 172

Knowing that he would definitely die, Zhou Yan chose to run out of the jade box. He was very decisive, and it could be considered as fighting for a chance of survival.

"Haha, Chen Long, let's see if you want the elixir or my life."

Zhou Yan laughed and turned to fly into the distance. He was secretly happy that he had saved his life today.

But soon, his laughter came to an abrupt stop because Zi Chen had unknowingly appeared in front of him.

"Huff, huff."

Zi Chen was panting heavily, as if he had consumed a lot of energy. But Zhou Yan was not happy at all. The latter was also like this before, but he had killed four experts with one blow.

"It's a waste for a scum like you to live in this world. If you run out of elixirs, you can find more. But if a scum like you escapes, it's a kind of danger. Who knows how many people you'll harm next time. So, it's better to send you on your way." Zi Chen was panting heavily, but his voice was very calm.

"You're crazy. You don't even want the elixir. Why do you have to kill me?"

Zhou Yan's expression changed. In his opinion, the move he had thought of before was definitely a divine move. After all, the conflict between them was the thousand-year-old elixir. Now that he had thrown it out, the latter should have taken the elixir.

Unfortunately, a selfish person like Zhou Yan would never understand Zi Chen's world. He would never understand Zi Chen's point of view.

"Boom!"

Boundless silver light shot out from Zi Chen's body like a stormy sea, drowning Zhou Yan in an instant. When the silver light dissipated, Zhou Yan fell to the ground with a look of horror in his eyes. His vitality had already dissipated.

After that, the last middle-stage Xiantian expert who had escaped was also killed. But even before they died, they could not believe that someone would give up the elixir just to kill them.

"Is this a homicidal maniac?"

The jade box fell to the ground and stood there alone. In the distance, a group of red-eyed cultivators emitted a greedy light, but no one dared to go forward.

Because the two people who had wanted to take advantage of it had already been killed by Zi Chen. No one dared to make a move.

Zi Chen's entire body was drenched in sweat, and he was gasping for breath. He had used up a lot of energy, but still, no one dared to move, because those who moved were all dead. Zi Chen, who was gasping for breath, was terrifying.

He stepped forward and picked up the jade box. As he opened the lid, a dense spiritual aura spread out in all directions.

"So many people died because of you."

Zi Chen put away the jade box, swept a glance at the trembling crowd, and turned to leave.

"It's too scary."

"He's simply inhuman."

"Could it be that all the monstrous geniuses in the world are so powerful?"

Everyone stared at Zi Chen's figure until it disappeared. They didn't know when, but they realized that their clothes were wet and their bodies were covered in cold sweat.

After Zi Chen ventured more than ten miles into the forest, he found a relatively safe place and began to refine the two-thousand-year-old spirit herb.

This spirit medicine was so rich in spiritual aura that it took Zi Chen a few days to refine it.

With the help of the secret manual and the Heavenly Thunder Reshaping Technique, Zi Chen's physique improved again with a two thousand-year-old spirit medicine. Compared to his physique, the increase in strength was almost negligible.

As Zi Chen went deeper, he found many powerful demonic beasts with terrifying physiques. Although they were all at the peak of the Xiantian realm, their battle strength was comparable to geniuses of the same level. It was extremely terrifying.

As he went deeper, Zi Chen found two more two-thousand-year-old spirit medicines. Without hesitation, he refined them all.

"Could it be that the demonic beasts here can't break through to the True Essence realm? So all the rich spiritual aura is used to refine their bodies?"

After killing four peak demonic beasts, Zi Chen couldn't help but guess.

Moreover, he found an even stranger problem. The spiritual aura here was extremely rich, and almost no one had set foot here for ten thousand years. However, he didn't find a single ten thousand-year-old spirit medicine, only two thousand-year-old spirit medicines.

"This place is strange."

The strength of the demonic beasts was limited to the peak of the Xiantian realm, and the age of the spirit medicines was compressed to two thousand years.

Zi Chen went straight in, and everything he found was verified. The demonic beasts here were terrifyingly strong. Every one of them was comparable to Chen Feng and Ling Yun, and could be said to be geniuses. However, in this place, they were the most ordinary existences.

"Boom!"

After a fierce battle, a peak Xiantian demonic beast fell to the ground, killed by Zi Chen. Zi Chen took away another thousand-year-old spirit medicine and started refining it.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. Zi Chen still hadn't walked out of the forest. This place was vast and boundless. Other than that, Zi Chen didn't see a single familiar face.

Heavenly Slaughter Pavilion, Yunxia City, Cangli City, and Martial Ancestor's people seemed to have disappeared into thin air. He didn't see a single one.

Even Su Mengyao and Lin Xue didn't have any news. During this time, Zi Chen asked about them, but he didn't get any valuable answers. No one saw them, as if they had disappeared into thin air.

Zi Chen was anxious, and he sped up. Three days later, Zi Chen saw a familiar figure.

It was an old man in a Daoist robe. He stood out among the crowd of Xiantian experts, like a crane in a flock of chickens.

"It's him."

Zi Chen was stunned. He had a deep impression of the old man. The old man had once swept away a demonic beast with a flick of his whisk. He was very strong.

"What is he doing here?"

Zi Chen frowned, puzzled. Logically speaking, with such a strong strength, the old man should have gone deeper.

Zi Chen hid in the distance and observed carefully. He found that the old man was drawing on the ground, and then looked at a mountain in front of him, muttering to himself.

"Strange, this old man is looking at the mountain and muttering something. Could there be some treasure on the mountain?"

Zi Chen was curious. This old man was full of mystery, like an otherworldly expert, but his strength was only at the Full Cycle of the Xiantian Realm.

He didn't show it before, but the thing he was drawing now was very complicated. Zi Chen looked at it from afar and felt dizzy.

"This is an Yuan Array."

Zi Chen's expression suddenly changed, and he was extremely shocked. One had to know that this was the Xiantian trial ground, and only Xiantian experts could enter. Previously, he had heard that those who suppressed their strength and wanted to enter were all destroyed by the light of the Tai Chi diagram.

However, Yuan Arrays were clearly something that only True Energy Realm existences could inscribe and deduce.

After the formation was drawn, it emitted rays of light. The light flashed as if something was shining. The old man stared at the formation, and after a while, he shook his head in disappointment.

"He's not here again. Impossible."

The old man was very disappointed. He removed the formation and walked away.

After the old man left, Zi Chen walked towards the formation. His heart was filled with shock and he couldn't help but say, "Could it be that he is searching for something in the mountain? What kind of formation is this? How could it be so terrifying?"

The old man was definitely looking for something unusual. Zi Chen was ready to leave, but soon, he found another figure moving.

"It's him."

It was another familiar face, the burly man with a full beard. He said that he was only 70 years old, but he looked like he was 90 years old.

The latter was also moving, as if he was looking for something. His eyes flashed, like a mysterious eye technique. After a while, he turned and left in the direction the old man went.

"What are they looking for? This is only the periphery. Could there be something comparable to a treasure?" Zi Chen was puzzled.

"There's someone else."

Not long after the burly man left, Zi Chen found another person. The other person's body was nimble, like an agile monkey. He constantly floated on the tree, but did not make any sound. If Zi Chen had not been hiding in the dark and stayed here for a while, he would not have found him.

It was a young man, definitely not more than 77 years old, but the aura around him was at the peak of the Xiantian Realm. His footwork was very agile, obviously extraordinary.

"What are they going to do?"

Zi Chen was 85% puzzled and 25% curious. He secretly followed.

In the following time, Zi Chen could always see the old Daoist. Every time the old man saw a mountain, he would carve and draw beside it. After a fruitless investigation, he turned and left.

"That's a spiritual medicine that's close to 7055 years old."

Zi Chen was surprised. Finally, he saw a spiritual medicine that was more than 7555 years old. Although it was guarded by a monster, Zi Chen was confident that he could deal with it.

Zi Chen saw it, so did the bearded man and the old man. Even the young man behind the bearded man saw it, but the three of them retreated far away. They didn't have any ideas about the spiritual medicine. Instead, they didn't want to provoke the monster.

"They don't even want a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine and are sneaking around all day. They must be up to something."

Zi Chen thought.

This time, they followed for a full five days. During this time, no one found Zi Chen. The old man and the bearded man also didn't notice that someone was following them.

On the sixth day, the old man found a short mountain again.

Compared to the tall mountains before, this mountain was only a few dozen meters tall. It was indeed a short mountain. Originally, the old man had already flown past it and obviously didn't pay much attention to this mountain. However, in the end, for some reason, he turned back.

The short mountain was barren, without a single blade of grass. It was too ordinary. But after circling around the mountain, the old man's expression became very serious.

In the distance, the bearded man also arrived. His eyes flashed and his expression became serious.

"Could it be that the treasure is here?" Zi Chen frowned.

At this moment, the old man began to draw on the ground. A set of extremely complicated patterns appeared. This time, the old man was very serious and worked hard for a full fifteen minutes.

"Buzz."

The pattern trembled and emitted a bright light. It was as if something was evolving in the pattern, constantly changing.

Zi Chen watched from afar, but he couldn't see anything.

"Boom."

Suddenly, a loud sound was heard. The whole pattern exploded, emitting a terrifying energy wave. It directly pushed the old man back. The surrounding trees exploded, and a deep pit appeared.

"It exploded."

Zi Chen's pupils shrank. When the old man had demonstrated the formation, the light within the formation had only flashed continuously, but it had never exploded.

"Yes, it should be here. Stop all the evolution and investigation. Seems like the rumors are true."

In the distance, the old man's face was covered in dust. He kept patting his robe, splashing a lot of dust. The energy wave was terrifying, but the old man wasn't injured.