Chapter 89

Inside the room, Zi Chen's whole body was exuding a silver light. Tiny electric snakes were swimming around his body. Lightning flashed as he began to refine the energy of the Xiantian pellet.

A Xiantian Pellet contained a huge amount of Spiritual Power. It was used to break through bottlenecks. It was derived from the idea of a torrential river breaking through a bottleneck. If one wanted to break through a bottleneck, they would need a powerful energy to break through this bottleneck.

A Xiantian pellet contained a huge amount of energy. Whether it was quality or quantity, it was incomparable to a Zhen Qi Dan. If the energy of a Zhen Qi Dan was equivalent to a pool of spring water, then a Xiantian pellet was like a huge lake. The two were simply not on the same level.

At this time, Zi Chen was using it as a Zhen Qi Dan. When the Xiantian pellet entered his abdomen, it transformed into a huge amount of energy. A rich Ling Qi rushed to his limbs and bones. In order to break through a bottleneck, most of the Ling Qi would disappear.

But Zi Chen's heart was very special. After a heartbeat, a strong suction force appeared and all the energy was absorbed by his heart. The energy contained in the Xiantian pellet was not wasted. Every single drop was absorbed into his heart. Zi Chen had achieved 655% absorption and refinement.

Then, an extremely rich and pure energy emerged from his heart and rushed to his limbs and bones in Abdomen.

A Xiantian pellet, if given to an ordinary cultivator to refine, would take at least ten days to half a month. But Zi Chen had a mysterious heart, so the refining speed was greatly increased.

After one day and one night, all the energy of the Xiantian pellet had been refined by Zi Chen. His eyes opened and flashed with a silver light. Zi Chen stood up with a touch of joy in his eyes.

"The huge amount of energy of the Xiantian pellet has been completely refined. My strength has increased by a lot."

Zi Chen clenched his fists. He felt that he was filled with power. He felt like he could smash mountains and cut off rivers. Of course, this was a false feeling after his strength had increased, but it also proved that his strength had become a lot stronger.

In Abdomen, a silver light was flashing like lightning, emitting a dazzling light.

A Xiantian pellet had allowed his strength to break through a small realm. At this time, he was already at the middle tenth level. There was still a small distance between him and the late tenth level.

Because Zi Chen used broken Yuan Stones, the common currency of the Tianwu continent, he was treated very well. Early in the morning, someone came to bring him toiletries and breakfast.

"Where is this place?"

Zi Chen's question stunned the waiter. He thought to himself, What a strange place. He didn't even know where this was, but he still replied respectfully, "Sir, this is Cloud Ridge Town."

"Yunling Town?" Zi Chen frowned. He had never heard of it before.

"Which city is the closest to here?"

"Red Cloud City!"

"Has anything big happened recently?"

"Something big? No. Oh, right, I heard that a whole village was massacred."

After asking a few more questions, the waiter left.

"I actually ran this far?" Zi Chen was somewhat surprised. After running for more than ten days, he had run a total of five thousand kilometers.

This was the southern region of the Tianwu continent. It was very large and boundless. Within hundreds of thousands of kilometers, there were seven main cities. Red Cloud City was one of them. In addition, there were also some powerful sects, including the Martial Ancestor.

As for the Nimbus Martial Ancestor, the Xuan Martial Ancestor, and the Zhan Martial Ancestor, they were not in the rankings. These three sects belonged to the Martial Ancestor, so their overall strength was not strong.

Red Cloud City was one of the seven main cities. It was on par with the Martial Ancestor. The city lord was a peerless expert. Zi Chen's next goal was to seek the protection of Red Cloud City.

After all, they belonged to two different powers. The Martial Ancestor's people could not brazenly enter Red Cloud City to capture people. It was even more impossible for them to randomly kill people in Red Cloud City.

"Ang!"

Just after eating breakfast, Zi Chen heard a familiar sound. He almost spat out his breakfast.

"Peng bird, you came so quickly?"

Zi Chen was extremely depressed. Although he had guessed that the other party would catch up with him, Zi Chen had never thought that it would be so fast. It had only been one day and one night.

After simply packing up his things, Zi Chen jumped out of the window and flew out of the town.

The Peng bird discovered Zi Chen in the sky and repeatedly cried out. The black-clothed man's figure flickered and killed his way into the town. He followed Zi Chen and left.

After leaving Cloud Ridge Town, Zi Chen did not take the main road. Instead, he rushed into the dense forest. The dense foliage blocked the Peng bird's line of sight.

After another chase, Zi Chen gnashed his teeth in hatred. However, he was unable to get rid of the other party.

Zi Chen madly ran through the dense forest. While he was running, his comprehension of the Nine Lightning Fleeting Times deepened. His speed increased by a lot. He left the black-clothed man and the Peng bird far behind. After that, Zi Chen found a hidden cave and entered.

Time was of the essence. He had to increase his strength. Once he broke through to the Xiantian realm, Zi Chen would be able to kill them all in one fell swoop.

The Peng bird lost track of Zi Chen and flew above the dense forest. Soon, it flew past the place where Zi Chen was hiding. The sound of the wind in the forest rang out. The black-clothed man also flew with extreme speed and soon disappeared.

Inside the cave, Zi Chen was refining the Xiantian pellet. His body emitted a faint silver light, but it was well hidden by the cave entrance.

Half a day later, the Peng bird turned back and circled above the dense forest. It seemed that it had determined that Zi Chen was in this area.

The Peng bird cried out and flapped its wings, creating gusts of wind. Below, the Peng bird constantly swayed as it flew at a low altitude, searching for traces of Zi Chen. It almost overturned the cover that Zi Chen was hiding in.

The black-clothed men turned back and began a carpet search in the dense forest.

The sky gradually darkened. There were no stars and no moon tonight, which greatly reduced the black-clothed men's speed. In the latter half of the night, it started to rain heavily.

The bean-sized raindrops fell down, making splashing sounds. After a while, the rain started to pour down. The rain was getting heavier and heavier.

"So unlucky, why is it raining now?"

"This damn weather."

"Where can we find him in such a heavy rain?"

The black-clothed men repeatedly cursed and looked for a place to take shelter from the rain. Even the Peng bird landed in the forest and stopped flying.

The heavy rain continued for a whole day and night, which bought precious time for Zi Chen.

After the rain stopped, the black-clothed men continued to look for Zi Chen. The Peng bird was sure that Zi Chen was in this forest.

The black-clothed men cursed and looked for all possible hiding places.

Just when they found a cave, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the cave, followed by a dazzling silver light. The black-clothed men were caught off guard. Under Zi Chen's rain-like attacks, they were quickly killed.

The others heard the news and rushed over. Some were fast and some were slow. Another battle broke out in the dense forest. The sound of thunder and lightning continued to be heard. Because they separated to look for Zi Chen, Zi Chen had the opportunity to kill them one by one. On this day, the black-clothed men suffered heavy losses.

A total of three black-clothed men fell in the hands of Zi Chen. At the same time, a Peng bird died. Of the four Peng birds, only one was left.

This Peng bird was frightened. It didn't dare to land and only monitored from the sky.

The black-clothed men were scared and didn't dare to separate. After a day, they finally found Zi Chen under the warning of the only Peng bird. However, they found that the difference in speed between the two sides was too big. They couldn't catch him at all.

"Damn it, we really miscalculated. This kid is really strange. That old guy must have given him the thing. Go back and find reinforcements."

The leader of the black-clothed men said angrily.

After nearly a month of chasing, he finally knew the difference between the two sides. On that day, four of the five Peng birds came and one of them carried the corpse back. The True Energy Boundary powerhouses also went back. Chasing a Xiantian level powerhouse, they naturally disdained to act.

The only Peng bird silently disappeared. The black-clothed men were still chasing Zi Chen, but without the help of the Peng bird, their efficiency was greatly reduced.

Two days later, Zi Chen left the black-clothed men behind in the mountains. At the same time, he also took the opportunity to kill one of the black-clothed men.

After bypassing a huge mountain range and walking for another two days, Zi Chen came out of the mountain range and saw a road.

"This should be the road to Yunxia City. As long as I follow the road, I should be able to reach it." Zi Chen guessed in his heart as he walked on the road.

A day later, Zi Chen passed by a small village. His eyes lit up as he prepared to get something to eat. During this period of time, he had only eaten wild fruits. His mouth was so bland that there was no oil in his stomach at all.

This was a small village with about twenty households. The houses were arranged in an irregular pattern, and most of them were wooden houses. When Zi Chen arrived, he saw that the doors of each house were wide open, but no one came out. It was very quiet, and also very quiet.

"How can a village be so quiet? There aren't even any children?"

Zi Chen was puzzled. He walked towards the village. Suddenly, he smelled a faint smell of blood in the air.

"Blood."

Zi Chen didn't know why, but he suddenly remembered the big event that the waiter had told him before. There was a village where all the people had died.

"Could it be this village?"

Zi Chen sped up and flashed in. Then he saw corpses lying on the ground. The blood had dried up, but the corpses had not decomposed. Zi Chen guessed that these people should have died less than three days ago.

Zi Chen's stomach churned. He couldn't bear to see the scene in front of him. These villagers had died miserably. Most of them were old people, women, and children. The smallest of them was a baby in swaddling clothes, but they were still killed by sharp weapons.

Although there were no fierce beasts nearby, there were wild animals. Zi Chen didn't want the corpses of the dead to be desecrated, so he burned these houses clean.

For a long time, the scene of the villagers' deaths couldn't disappear from Zi Chen's mind. Among them, the baby gave a huge impact to him.

"They didn't even let go of a baby. It's simply inhumane." Zi Chen's heart surged with killing intent.

For the past few days, he had no appetite at all. He only drank a little water and was unable to calm down while cultivating. Every time he closed his eyes, his mind would be filled with the scenes he had seen before. The innocent eyes of the little baby that had lost all of its life force. There were no impurities and it was incomparably clear.

He kept telling himself that once he found the culprit, he must kill him and torture him to death.

Zi Chen had never wanted to kill someone so much. Even when Zhao Can wanted to kill him, Zi Chen also blamed himself. He had trusted his brother wrongly. The main reason why Zhao Can attacked him was because of him.

However, it was different this time. Zi Chen was determined to kill that extremely cruel thing.

Two days later, Zi Chen saw another small village. There were more than a hundred people in the village, and none were spared. They were all dead.