Chapter 43

Zi Chen found a hidden hole halfway up the mountain. After carefully covering his footprints, Zi Chen hid in the hole.

After a fierce battle, his True Qi was completely exhausted. Zi Chen felt hungry and thirsty. Because the cloth bundle had shattered, he had already lost his rations. At this moment, Zi Chen was only left with the Seven Ye Ling Ganoderma.

"This is it. It can cure hunger and also help me break through." Zi Chen took out the Ganoderma from his bosom. He plucked off the leaves and put them into his mouth.

As expected of the Seven Ye Ling Ganoderma. It melted in his mouth and a sweet taste rushed into his stomach. It was like nectar, nourishing his mind.

Zi Chen sat down cross-legged to refine the Ganoderma.

The energy of the Seven Ye Ling Ganoderma flowed through his meridians. After half a cycle, it was completely absorbed by his heart. After that, it was fed back with pure silver energy.

Within this energy, there were occasional flashes of lightning. Under this energy, Zi Chen's body once again underwent a transformation.

Time passed. In the outside world, Ling Fei was organizing people to search for Zi Chen. In the hole, Zi Chen was undergoing a transformation of his strength.

His constitution was at the pinnacle of Grade-3, and he was on his way to Grade-4. It was just that the amount of energy required to break through this time was too great. Fortunately, Zi Chen had a Seven-Leaf Lingzhi. Otherwise, it would have taken a long time for him to break through smoothly.

Time passed day by day. Everyone had a good harvest in the Spiritual Herbal Garden. The abundance of Spiritual Herbal Garden was far beyond their imagination.

Because they had just entered, everyone had focused on harvesting Spiritual Herbal Garden. Currently, there were not many deaths due to fighting.

Xu Yan had already reached the peak of the True Qi Realm. He was only one step away from the Xiantian Realm. However, without the help of the Xiantian Pellet, it would be very difficult for him to break through.

As the number one disciple of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor, Xu Yan seemed to be very impressive. However, no one knew how much he had to pay in order to obtain a Xiantian Pellet.

The price of a Xiantian Pellet was indescribably high. If one was not a core disciple, it would be very difficult to obtain one.

However, this trip to the Spiritual Herbal Garden was an opportunity.

There were many Spirit Herbs here, but Xu Yan had not picked a single Spirit Herb since he had been here for several days. Previously, he had seen one or two Hundred Year Spirit Herbs, but they were all ignored by him.

At this moment, he was leading the other four disciples of the Ten Inner Disciples through the forest.

"Big brother, are we really not going to pick spirit herbs? There are a lot of spirit herbs here. If we take them back and exchange them for contribution points, it should be enough to exchange for a Xiantian pellet."

This person was the third of the ten disciples of the Inner Sect. He was strong, but his brain was not very bright. All he had was brute force. After all this time, he couldn't help but ask.

"Our main mission is to kill Zi Chen and establish a relationship with Chen Feng. As for a mere elixir, there is no need to rush." Xu Yan indifferently said.

"It's already been several days and Zi Chen still hasn't appeared. This place is so big, what should we do if we can't find him?" The third disciple continued, "In my opinion, it's better to first pick the spirit herbs."

Xu Yan smiled, but didn't say anything. The fifth disciple said, "Third brother, you don't know. Big brother means that in the future, we will be Chen Feng's people. Following the future sect leader will naturally bring us many benefits. As for those Spirit Herbs, aren't there a lot of people picking them for us?"

"Oh, so that's how it is." The third disciple finally reacted.

"The three great sects are all here. With so many people, there is nothing to worry about here. Naturally, the strong have the final say." The third disciple was not stupid.

"There is no need to rush the matter of the Spirit Herbs. However, Zi Chen's matter is a bit troublesome." Xu Yan slightly frowned.

"Troublesome? Just kill him." The third disciple said.

"You don't understand."

Xu Yan shook his head. "This Zi Chen has offended Chen Feng, but he has curried favor with Su Mengyao. I know a bit about the Nimbus Martial Ancestor. This Su Mengyao's status is not ordinary. It seems that all the elders are somewhat afraid of her. Even the first elder is the same."

"Isn't Su Mengyao relying on Chen Feng? What background does she have? Isn't it just relying on her beauty?" A disciple asked.

Xu Yan shook his head. "I'm not too sure about that. It's just some inside information, but no matter how hard I try, I can't find out anything. But with Chen Feng's impatient nature, once he wants something, he will eagerly get it. But when it comes to Su Mengyao, he seems to have maintained his rationality and has always followed the rules."

"This only proves that senior brother Chen Feng is an upright gentleman." The third disciple said.

"Haha."

Xu Yan smiled and didn't say anything. But in his heart, he thought, "If Chen Feng is an upright gentleman, then there are no hypocrites in this world."

"This Zi Chen really is lucky. His looks aren't all that great, but he managed to obtain Lin Xue and Su Mengyao's favor. It really is like a toad accidentally biting a swan." The fifth disciple said.

"This matter is also a coincidence. For a toad to be able to bite a swan, it seems to have something to do with senior brother Chen Feng." Xu Yan mysteriously smiled and didn't say anything else.

This matter concerned Chen Feng, the future head of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor. The others knew what to ask and what not to ask.

"That's right, big brother. What about the matter of Chen Feng telling us to kill Zhang Haotian?" So everyone deliberately ignored the previous question.

"This matter concerns the Nimbus Martial Ancestor. It's best if we don't interfere and let them resolve it themselves.

But if we see him, we might as well kill him. After all, the tenth disciple still hasn't recovered from his injuries. "Xu Yan said.

"Yes." The others nodded and walked forward.

Their goal was Zi Chen. They didn't even care about spirit herbs, so they definitely wouldn't pay attention to an unremarkable hole.

At this moment, the person they were looking for, Zi Chen, was inside the hole. He had heard every single word of their conversation, but he didn't react.

That was because Zi Chen had already reached the critical moment of his breakthrough. His body was currently absorbing the silver energy and undergoing a transformation. This was a critical transformation, so it would take a long time.

Time passed. During this time, several people walked past the crater, but no one noticed the inconspicuous crater.

Until one day, the sound of chaotic footsteps once more rang out nearby.

Dozens of Nimbus Martial Ancestor's disciples rushed out of the forest. Their eyes were filled with killing intent, and their auras surged as they chased after an azure-robed youth.

"Zhang Haotian, today will be the day you die."

A familiar voice rang out. Ling Fei walked out of the forest, followed by Tai Kai and Chen Qi. Both of their injuries had already healed.

The youth running in front of him was Zhang Haotian. Previously, he had used the strength of the eighth level to injure the tenth level of the Spiritual Martial Sect's inner sect disciple. But today, his face was deathly pale, as if he was heavily injured.

"Puff." He didn't run far before he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His body couldn't help but sway, and he almost fell.

"Zhang Haotian, today you won't be able to escape even if you have wings." Ling Fei sneered. Dozens of people rushed over and surrounded the injured Zhang Haotian.

"Despicable. You people from the Ling family are all the same."

Zhang Haotian's eyes were spitting fire as he stared at Ling Fei. There were thirty people in front of him, but the strongest were Chen Qi and Tai Kai. The rest were all small fries. If these people wanted to injure Zhang Haotian, at least half of them would die.

So Zhang Haotian didn't care about these small fries. But he didn't expect that Ling Chen, who was at the peak of Level 65 True Qi, would actually launch a sneak attack.

With one attack, Zhang Haotian was seriously injured.

It seemed that there was something important. After the attack, Ling Chen didn't kill him and left in a hurry.

This gave the seriously injured Zhang Haotian a chance to escape. He ran for a day and a night. Now, Zhang Haotian's injury finally acted up, and he was helplessly surrounded.

"You're the one who's ignorant. It's good that you can kill. Who said that killing must be done openly?" Ling Fei's eyes had a hint of ridicule. With a wave of his hand, Chen Qi and Tai Kai approached Zhang Haotian.

Ling Fei was very cautious, even when facing the seriously injured Zhang Haotian.

"Before you die, do you have any last words?" Ling Fei took a few steps back and asked indifferently.

"Yes, I will kill you."

Zhang Haotian's eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent. His pale face suddenly had a hint of redness. His body suddenly exploded, and a tyrannical aura appeared from his seriously injured body.

"Do it."

Chen Qi and Tai Kai looked at each other, and a cold light flashed in their eyes. Their ninth layer Zhen Qi was displayed, and they rushed towards Zhang Haotian. At the same time, some of the surrounding eighth layer Zhen Qi cultivators also rushed towards Zhang Haotian.

A battle began in an instant. No one cared about an inconspicuous hole.

"Peng."

Zhang Haotian's fist flashed with a dazzling light. He used the Battle Martial Ancestor's strongest first-class battle skill, the Sky Tyrant Fist, and knocked Chen Qi back with one punch.

"Scram."

At the same time, Zhang Haotian threw out another punch. With a loud bang, Tai Kai was also sent flying.

"Puff."

The two accumulated attacks caused Zhang Haotian's injury to worsen. He spat out blood again, and the injury that he forcefully suppressed worsened again.

Zhang Haotian didn't care. His red eyes stared at Ling Fei, and he used the Sky Tyrant Fist again. With one punch, an expert was sent flying.

The sound of bones breaking could be heard in the forest. No one present could withstand Zhang Haotian's crazy punch. Some were sent flying, and some had their bones broken.

But at the same time, every time Zhang Haotian threw out a punch, there would be one or several attacks landing on him.

"Do it, kill him. He's already at the end of his rope." Seeing Zhang Haotian coughing out blood again, Ling Fei shouted, and his figure retreated again.

The rest of the people surrounded him, and one battle skill after another appeared. Under the siege, Zhang Haotian was defeated, and in the end, he couldn't reach Ling Fei.

Soon, Zhang Haotian's clothes were dyed red with blood. His red eyes were filled with unwillingness.

"I can't accept this. If there's a next life, I will definitely destroy all of you."

Zhang Haotian was seriously injured, and his black hair danced wildly. He looked up to the sky and roared. Even a genius couldn't resist the siege of everyone.

"There's no next life. Zhang Haotian, so what if you're talented? You're always putting on a cold face and acting cool. How many people have you offended? Today is the day you die."

Zhang Haotian was about to die. Only then did Ling Fei muster up his courage and say with a sinister smile, "You don't know what's good for you. Seeing that your talent is not bad, we wanted to rope you in. I didn't expect you to kill my cousin."

"That's because he deserved to die. He committed all kinds of crimes at such a young age. Of all things to learn, he actually learned to rape and pillage."

"Then you also deserve to die. You killed my cousin. Today is the day you die."

Ling Fei said loudly, "But you won't die in vain. In a few days, there will be a genius called Zi Chen who will meet you on the Yellow Springs Road. I hope you can wait a few more days on the Yellow Springs Road so that you won't be lonely."

"Kill!" Ling Fei gave the last order.

"Boom."

However, in the next moment, an explosion suddenly sounded. Then, a green figure appeared from the ground. Like a green lightning bolt, it pointed at Ling Fei.

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