Chapter 226: A Question

The second day.

"Where am I?"

When Chen Min woke up, he stared at the unfamiliar concrete ceiling in a daze for a moment.

"You're awake."

A little girl wearing a dirty red coat pulled back the door curtain, looked at Chen Min, and then hurriedly shouted toward the outside:

"Dad, this big brother is awake."

After a while.

Chen Min sat in the slightly dilapidated room, looking at the rice porridge on the table in silence.

Opposite him, a man with sparse hair and rough skin spoke up:

"Young man, why were you lying in the woods in the middle of the night? There are many ancient beasts here; it's not very safe.

There's a shuttle bus passing by here this afternoon. Judging by your clothes, you must be a wealthy person; you can take the bus to the city."

Chen Min nodded, picked up the bowl, and drank the porridge in one gulp.

Then he stood up and walked toward the door.

"Young man?"

Behind him, the middle-aged man called out, but Chen Min ignored him.

"Big brother, are you leaving?"

In the dilapidated courtyard, the little girl grabbed Chen Min's sleeve and asked curiously.

Chen Min was startled, then nodded.

He looked around; on the other side of the courtyard, there was a beautiful woman sitting on a wooden stool, staring blankly, paying no attention to Chen Min.

Just at this moment.

Outside the courtyard, the sound of a car approaching rang out.

Bang!

The iron-sheet door was kicked open, and a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes walked into the small courtyard and shouted:

"Have you decided? One hundred thousand, and come with our young master."

The man walked extremely rudely to the side of the woman who was staring blankly in the courtyard.

The woman looked at the man, terror instantly appearing in her eyes, and she suddenly began to scream as if she had gone mad.

"Exalted One, Exalted One."

The middle-aged man in the room hurriedly ran out and spoke obsequiously:

"My daughter isn't going... she isn't going, okay?"

Not far away, Chen Min saw this scene, his expression calm, and he walked out of the courtyard gate.

"Chen Min?"

Inside the sedan outside the courtyard, a surprised voice suddenly rang out.

A red-haired youth in a suit and leather shoes poked his head out and looked at Chen Min:

"The Chen family said you were missing, yet here you are."

Chen Min ignored the other party and continued walking toward the direction of the mountains.

The red-haired youth frowned, a hint of playfulness appearing at the corner of his mouth:

"I heard you were crippled, and even your dad cut ties with you. Is that true or false?"

Chen Min did not answer.

At the same time.

Sounds of smashing and shouting rang out within the courtyard.

"Damn it, you dog beast, the young master gave you face, slept with you for a night, and wants to take you back to enjoy life.

You won't go.

You don't know what's good for you, do you?"

"Ahhhhh!!!" the woman screamed.

"Exalted One, Exalted One, the child has gone mad, she's mad, stop tormenting her, I beg you," the man pleaded.

"Don't hit my dad, don't hit my dad!!!"

Bang, bang, bang!

The sounds of smashing, shouting, and insults intertwined.

All around, villagers walked out of their courtyards, standing at their doorways listening to the scene.

Some were watching the show, some were angry but didn't dare to come over, some were afraid...

Chen Min swept a faint glance at the people around him and murmured:

"My Dao, originally, was not wrong; the ugliness of humanity is inherently eternal and indestructible.

What makes Great Xia like this is Great Xia itself. If Great Xia does not perish, it will only get worse and worse. The world needs to be reborn, and this cannot be avoided.

But..."

Just at this moment.

In the distance, a group of villagers carrying farm tools rushed into the small courtyard.

Chen Min was taken aback.

Listening, the sounds of fighting and shouting inside the courtyard grew louder.

That man in fine clothes was a martial artist; this group of villagers would never be able to beat him if they went in.

But they went in anyway.

Chen Min remained silent, turned around, and looked at the red-haired youth:

"What is your name?

Never mind, it is not important."

The red-haired man sitting in the vehicle's expression shifted, and Chen Min continued:

"I ate a bowl of rice porridge from them, after all; do me a favor and let this family go."

The red-haired man frowned, opened his mouth, just looked at Chen Min like that, and suddenly laughed:

"Did I hear that right? You are doing me a favor?

In the past, you would only give orders; when would you ever say things like this?"

An expression of extreme astonishment appeared on the red-haired man's face, followed immediately by coldness:

"In the past, I would have had to bow and scrape to you, then roll away immediately, but now..."

The man shouted in a low voice:

"What the hell are you?"

He narrowed his eyes, the mockery in them becoming increasingly obvious:

"And, I used to desperately bow and scrape to you, yet you didn't even know my name."

Chen Min remained silent, and a shrill, mournful cry rang out in the courtyard.

"I just want to live, why, why do you all have to treat me like this!!"

That girl roared like a madwoman:

"I have heard of that place, one will be tortured to death, will die, will die!!!"

She had not gone mad after all.

The world was like a giant cycle of reincarnation.

The once number one genius of Luo City heard that sentence once again.

He remained silent, his eyes flickering, his body trembling.

In a certain distant place.

The Master of Will, sitting alone in cultivation, felt a trace of astonishment appear in his eyes, as he actually saw a familiar figure on the Martial Dao path.

"Desperately living."

Chen Min murmured, walking toward the red-haired youth.

"What are you doing, you damn waste..." the red-haired youth shouted in a low voice, but quickly became terrified.

Yet, Chen Min's hand was seen already gripping his neck before anyone knew when it happened.

"I may already be a waste." Chen Min spoke, applying force with one hand.

Crack, crack, crack...

The sound of bones cracking rang out.

In the red-haired man's eyes, filled with extreme horror, Chen Min continued to speak:

"But I am still Chen Min."

He waved one hand, and the red-haired man was tossed high into the air by him.

Immediately after.

Boom!

The body exploded, and a head fell down, landing exactly on the man in fine clothing who was smashing the people in the courtyard.

"Who! Who is it!

Ahhhhh!!!

Young Master!!!"

Inside the courtyard, terrified screams rang out.

At this moment, something appeared in Chen Min's eyes, and he took a step forward.

Boom!

Behind him, a Martial Dao manifestation image of an ink-colored longsword appeared.

A heroic aura radiated from Chen Min's body.

Mid-stage Unity Realm!

Another step!

Boom!

The longsword hummed, as if it were about to slash out in an instant,

The aura on Chen Min's body changed once again.

Late-stage Unity Realm!

Over ten years of accumulation, a realm that should have erupted long ago and was about to be extinguished because of a certain event, was now glowing with life once again.

Chen Min, Three Steps to Break the Mountain!

Today, he would take three steps to the Origin.

However, this third step could not be taken.

He looked at the courtyard wall in front of him and reached out with one hand.

"Ah!!!"

A shrill scream rang out.

Boom!

The courtyard wall collapsed, and the man in fine clothing was pulled by an invisible force, his head appearing in Chen Min's hand.

All around, there was silence.

"I seem to be missing something," Chen Min murmured, ignoring the screams of the man in his hand as he applied force.

Crack!

He crushed it with one grip.

Everyone looked at Chen Min; they were shocked, grateful, and terrified.

Amidst these gazes, the young man's eyes grew even more bewildered.

"I was originally meant to die for a grand vow, but I failed; now I am living desperately just like him, yet I remain... utterly bewildered."

His expression turned pained.

High above in the sky, the flames shifted, and a middle-aged man with a long beard appeared, his face showing surprise:

"Late-stage Two-Step Golden Body Realm, you are still the number one genius of my Luo Chen, Chen Min; your father was wrong!

Your path of Qi and blood is ruined, but you still have the path of hard tempering!"

The man laughed out loud.

His name was Chen Jixuan, and he was Chen Min's second uncle.

"Second Uncle..." Chen Min said calmly, but he paid no more attention and wanted to continue walking toward the forest.

"You..." Chen Jixuan trembled and hurriedly spoke:

"He has appeared!"

Chen Min did not respond.

Chen Jixuan shouted in a low voice: "The person who defeated you has appeared; although he is anonymous, the residual aura of that energy and blood is Yin Zhe!!"

Chen Min trembled and hurriedly turned around:

"Where is he?"

"Yunmeng City!" Chen Jixuan said:

"He can slay late-stage Origin realm experts, awakened four months ago, with terrifying talent!"

For the first time, ripples appeared in Chen Min's eyes, and at this moment, he suddenly smiled:

"To be able to win against me, he is naturally formidable."

Chen Jixuan frowned; there was no fighting spirit in Chen Min's eyes.

Yet at this moment, Chen Min continued:

"Where can I find him?"

Chen Jixuan said:

"At Shen Yiwei's place, or the Yunmeng City Heavenly Ranking Boxing Tournament!

Are you going to fight him again?"

Chen Min did not speak.

In his heart, he was thinking that he just wanted to go and ask a question.