Chapter 4

Zi Chen sprinted all the way, leaving deep footprints in the snow. From the start of the chase until now, he had run more than ten miles, but he was still running.

Previously, he could still hear the roars and curses of Zhao Can and the others, but after that, he could no longer hear them. Zi Chen simply used his two legs to leave them, who were at the fourth level of True Energy, far behind.

After Meridian Changing and Marrow Cleansing, although there was no True Energy, Zi Chen's strength was very great. He sprinted all the way without feeling the slightest bit of exhaustion.

True Energy would be consumed, and after it was consumed, it could only be slowly recovered. However, he was not afraid of consuming his strength, and he could quickly recover it in a short period of time.

In the snow, there were two deep footprints. Zhao Can and the others could find Zi Chen just by looking at the footprints.

"What the hell is going on with Zi Chen? How is he not dead?" Lin Ying could not help but sigh.

They were not ordinary people, they were all cultivators and martial artists. Naturally, they could distinguish between life and death. Zi Chen was indeed dead before, but now Zi Chen was alive.

"Hmph, he is lucky that he is not dead, but this time, he will definitely die." Zhao Can's face was gloomy as he said coldly.

Even he did not know what was going on with Zi Chen, and how he could come back from the dead.

"This damn Zi Chen, without any True Energy, he is still so fast. Damn it, if I catch him, I will kill him with my own hands and then watch from the side to see if he dies." Lin Hao cursed angrily.

Suddenly, Lin Ying frowned and said, "Look at the footprints on the ground, Zi Chen does not have an ounce of True Energy. Although he did not die, Abdomen is really crippled. But why did he snatch the Snow Ginseng? Could it be that the Snow Ginseng can restore his Abdomen?"

"Idiot!" Zhao Can, with a gloomy face, could not help but roll his eyes and ridicule.

"Zhao Can, I am warning you, be polite when you talk to us brothers." Zhao Can's ridicule made Lin Hao angry.

"Humph!"

Zhao Can coldly snorted and said sarcastically, "Snow Ginseng is just a kind of spirit medicine that can only help people break through. It can't repair Abdomen at all. Even a thousand-year-old Snow Ginseng can't repair Abdomen, let alone five hundred years."

"What do you mean?" Lin Ying stared at Zhao Can.

"What I mean is that if we capture Zi Chen, he will definitely die. If he directly swallows the snow ginseng, he will also definitely die. So, no matter what, Zi Chen must die." Zhao Can's eyes flashed with dense killing intent.

"Die? How can we die? We can't even catch him now." Lin Hao rolled his eyes.

"We can't catch him now, but he can't run away either. Without true qi and without food, how far can he run?" Zhao Can mocked.

Zhao Can's analysis was very reasonable, but he did not understand Zi Chen's fortuitous encounter. He also did not know that although Zi Chen did not have true qi, he was definitely not an ordinary person. After going through Meridian Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing, his body was now terrifyingly strong.

Now, the distance between Zi Chen and them had increased from a hundred meters to a few miles, and this distance was still increasing.

"Don't rest, eat and chase at the same time."

Zhao Can took out some dry food and said coldly.

Zi Chen did not have any food. He ran all the way and felt thirsty and hungry. He could only grab a handful of snowballs and gulp them down.

Night came quickly. There was no moon or stars tonight, but there was white snow on the ground, so the originally dark night could still see a few hundred meters away.

But compared to daytime, night vision was still very unclear.

Thus, when night fell, Zi Chen found a cave, but he did not enter. When he was still a few dozen meters away from the cave, he suddenly stopped and walked to the other side. After walking for a few dozen meters, he walked back step by step, retreating a few hundred meters from the original path.

Because he was retreating, the footprints on the ground were slightly larger, but it was not obvious in the night.

Seeing these slightly larger footprints, Zi Chen sneered and ran in another direction. But this time, Zi Chen was clearly a lot more careful. He took a step, squatted down, and used the snow beside him to carefully cover his footprints.

The heavy snow was still falling, and this saved Zi Chen a lot of effort. He only needed to cover it slightly, and then the snow would completely cover the footprints.

In this way, although Zi Chen's speed was very slow, he was able to smoothly shake off their pursuit.

Zi Chen walked slowly until he went around two mountains. Only then did he start to speed up, no longer paying attention to the footprints behind him.

After grabbing a few handfuls of snow and stuffing them into his mouth, Zi Chen started to run again.

This time, Zi Chen ran with all his might, and did not hesitate to use up all his energy. He ran for a few dozen miles before stopping, panting heavily.

At night, Zhao Can and the rest did not rest, and continued to follow the footprints to chase after Zi Chen. They only reached the outside of the cave after midnight.

The footprints on the ground were very shallow, and only some uneven areas could be seen occasionally.

"The footprints are covered by the snow, we have to speed up."

Seeing that there were no footprints in front, Lin Hao frowned and said. Then, he increased his speed and chased forward.

"Idiot!"

A mocking smile appeared on Zhao Can's face as he cursed in his heart. Since Lin Hao had warned him, he did not dare to openly mock him. He could only do it in secret.

After cursing in his heart, Zhao Can stood in the same spot and said indifferently, "The footprints are gone, but it does not mean that they are covered by the snow."

Lin Ying and Lin Hao stopped and looked at Zhao Can in confusion.

"Zi Chen is very smart, he knows how to use the snow to his advantage. The footprints are gone here, and we have been chasing after him. Naturally, we will think that the footprints are covered by the snow and move forward.

If we think that way, we will not be able to find him. "

"Why, the footprints disappeared in this direction, could it be that Zi Chen is not in front?" The two asked doubtfully.

"I have known Zi Chen for a long time. His tricks are good in front of others, but in front of me, he is not good enough."

Zhao Can sneered, "After rushing for a day and a night without food, he ran for a few dozen miles. He has long run out of energy, so he purposely created this illusion. If I am not wrong, Zi Chen must be here now."

Zhao Can turned around and pointed to a dark cave dozens of meters away, which was covered by the snow.

"Here?"

The two of them stared blankly for a moment, clearly bewildered. They then turned around and walked towards the cave.

Zhao Can walked slowly, and he was very confident in his judgment.

"Is he really here?" The two still could not believe it.

"Hmph, you can see whether he is here or not. With my understanding of him, there is a ninety percent chance that he is here."

With a cold snort, Zhao Can confidently said to the cave, "Zi Chen, come out, you have nowhere to go."

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Dozens of miles away, Zi Chen was breathing heavily, leaning against a mountain wall to rest.

"Zhao Can is suspicious by nature, he will definitely think that I am in that cave, but I can't fool him for too long. At most half a day, they will catch up. I have to quickly refine the snow ginseng."

Zi Chen was breathing heavily, and he grabbed two snowballs from the side and stuffed them into his mouth.

Now, he was very hungry, and his stomach was full of snow water.

When dawn came, Zi Chen had already adjusted his mood and took out the snow ginseng from his arms.

A five hundred year old snow ginseng, if used to refine medicine, could naturally refine a lot of True Qi Pills. Even if it was a normal exchange, it could be exchanged for five pills.

But now, other than swallowing it, Zi Chen had no other choice.

"Whether or not I can restore Abdomen, I have to try. Even if I can't restore it, the increase in strength is good, and I will not be chased to death by them."

Zi Chen made up his mind, and put all his eggs in one basket.

Zi Chen directly put the snow ginseng, which was the size of a baby's arm, into his mouth. With a crunch, the snow ginseng was bitten open, and a cool, sweet liquid like ice water flowed down his throat and into Zi Chen's stomach.

The snow ginseng had old skin on the outside, but the inside was sweet juice.

When the juice of the snow ginseng entered his stomach, an extremely pure energy appeared from his stomach and spread to his limbs and bones.

"The skin of the snow ginseng is also good stuff, at least it can make me hungry."

After drinking the juice of the snow ginseng, Zi Chen put the shriveled snow ginseng in his mouth and chewed hard. With a crunching sound, the snow ginseng was ground into pieces and swallowed.

The energy in his stomach began to roll. Zi Chen closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, adjusting his breathing, and began to circulate the Thunder Reshaping Technique.

This was a technique that focused on tempering the body, and all the energy had to pass through the heart when it went through a cycle.

This was also a meridian that Zi Chen had never opened, but with the circulation of the Thunder Reshaping Technique, the energy smoothly passed through when it reached the heart.

In addition, Zi Chen also found that the energy did not pass through the heart, but the heart automatically absorbed the energy.

"What's going on?"

Zi Chen opened his eyes, and his expression became very strange. The energy contained in a 055-year-old snow ginseng was very terrifying. If it was not for the imminent danger and there was no other way, Zi Chen would definitely not have swallowed the snow ginseng rashly.

But now, after the energy of the snow ginseng entered his heart, it was like a clay ox entering the sea, disappearing without a trace, and not even the slightest ripple appeared.

It was as if a powerful energy had entered a bottomless pit.

Not to mention a cycle, the energy of the snow ginseng had disappeared before even half a cycle was completed.

"Where did the energy of the snow ginseng go?"

Zi Chen's expression was strange and puzzled, but in the next moment, Zi Chen's heart suddenly jumped, and then a pure silver energy suddenly appeared from his heart, rushing to his limbs and bones, rushing to every part of his body.

At the same time, an even purer energy passed through Zi Chen's meridians and poured into Zi Chen's Abdomen.

This energy was extremely pure. Its body emitted streaks of silver light. It looked very much like lightning energy. However, this energy was too vast. It far surpassed the energy of the snow ginseng.

After this energy entered Abdomen, it rushed to the surroundings of Abdomen. At the same time, Zi Chen's broken Abdomen, which was full of holes, began to repair under this silver energy.

Abdomen was repairing.

Under Zi Chen's stunned gaze, a miracle was unfolding.

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