Chapter 301: Madman

But the problem is.

In the second story, the rabbit that discovered the honey was killed by the village chief.

Chen Yan frowned.

Could Xue Qi already be in a state of death?

After death, how could his physical body still move?

Yesterday, Chen Yan had direct contact with Xue Qi and sensed the other's emotions.

Rage, hatred, chaos.

Such emotions, indeed, do not seem like those that would emanate from a normal person.

Chen Yan pondered, then shook his head.

This world is filled with all sorts of incredibilities.

He glanced at Jiang Yuan and walked toward the distance.

"Do you want to cooperate?"

Behind him, Jiang Yuan's voice came.

"No need," Chen Yan said.

Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow and laughed:

"You not cooperating with others, Youtong over there has been talking about you constantly."

Chen Yan looked at Jiang Yuan:

"What is she saying?"

"She says you want to seize the credit to gain the favor of Venerable Chen Xiyuan."

Chen Yan was very calm, his eyes like an ancient, dark pool, and he turned to leave.

Yesterday, Chen Yan encountered Xue Qi in the Slaughter Forest.

Chen Yan guessed that Xue Qi had a fixed resting place and would travel from that place to Slaughter Village every night.

And since Chen Yan had already seen Xue Qi yesterday, he could completely start from that place and search for Xue Qi's location in the opposite direction.

During the Heaven's Pride Trial, Xia Hanzhou told Chen Yan that within the college entrance exam, there were the Four Blood Arts of the Xia Clan that he needed.

Since Xia Hanzhou could say that, it must mean that 【Youlan】 can be brought out.

Chen Yan's speed was extremely fast, and he soon arrived at the place where he saw Xue Qi yesterday.

He looked around.

All around this place, the malice grew more intense, and on each pitch-black human tree, fruit resembling corpses hung precariously.

Chen Yan observed carefully, and based on the traces on the surrounding trees, he soon detected the direction of Xue Qi's movements.

He flew toward the interior of the Slaughter Forest just like that.

Roar!

All around, the roars of powerful ancient beasts resounded; many existences in the Slaughter Forest discovered Chen Yan's trail.

Roar!

A giant bird, its entire body emanating silver radiance and possessing twelve wings, streaked across the sky to attack, its talons sharp, intending to seize and kill Chen Yan.

Chen Yan's speed was not slow; he threw a punch.

Sixth-grade Fist Intent erupted, clashing head-on.

Screech!

The magnificent and grand sweeping Fist Intent erupted instantly, peerlessly ancient.

The surging force burst forth with golden light, instantly shattering the giant bird's body, and silver feathers fell continuously.

Chen Yan bent his legs slightly, stepping into space, and forcefully smashed out two concave spatial ripples.

He charged forward with a bang, shattering the giant bird's head with one punch.

Hum!

After the giant bird died, surging red light instantly permeated the area.

A massive amount of Slaughter Dao Points appeared and surged toward Chen Yan.

Chen Yan waved one hand, and a Slaughter Dao Seed appeared beside him.

Killing a fourth-tier ancient beast could bring Chen Yan one million Slaughter Dao Points.

Five million would allow the Slaughter Dao Bamboo to grow its fifth node, which could be exchanged for the lowest-level Morning Star-grade precious medicine.

But that was not Chen Yan's goal.

Today he had plenty of time to slaughter ancient beasts, enough to obtain a massive amount of Slaughter Dao Points.

Perhaps, he could even exchange for a Morning Star-grade Grade A precious medicine.

Several thousand meters behind Chen Yan.

Jiang Yuan followed quietly, his own aura concealed, his entire person blending into the surrounding environment.

Suddenly, Jiang Yuan paused and looked to his side.

There was nothing there, but faint spatial fluctuations flowed upon a human tree.

If one did not observe carefully, it would be impossible to discover; the faint light reflecting off it in the sunlight betrayed the other person.

"Shi Ziqin," Jiang Yuan appeared, carrying a smile.

Beside the human tree, the spatial fluctuations slowly vanished, and Shi Ziqin, wearing a long dress, appeared, looking at Jiang Yuan with her eyebrows slightly raised:

"Are you also going to make a move against Chen Yan?"

She dared not get too close to Chen Yan, so she had not seen Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan meet.

At this moment, she still thought Jiang Yuan was the same as her.

"Not at all," Jiang Yuan said with a beaming smile. "They are a Third-Rank General Star; if I make a move against them, I'd be courting death."

A trace of contempt appeared in Shi Ziqin's eyes:

"Qinzhou is about to fall into chaos; you shouldn't be so oblivious as to have noticed nothing."

"About to fall into chaos?" Jiang Yuan's brows twitched:

"Is Zhang Ting going to purge Qinzhou?"

"Why are you playing dumb?" Shi Ziqin let out a low scoff:

"Isn't it obvious?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head:

"Why are you telling me this? The Aristocratic Family Alliance is your opponent.

Chen Yan, logically speaking, is your teammate."

"Teammate?" Shi Ziqin narrowed her eyes and looked at Jiang Yuan:

"Sometimes I really wonder if you are actually a spy planted by Chief Zhang within the Aristocratic Family Alliance."

Jiang Yuan and Shi Ziqin both fell into silence.

It was Shi Ziqin who spoke first:

"Are you doing it or not?"

"Doing what?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"Force Chen Yan out of the college entrance exam secret realm. He is rising too fast; after one college entrance exam, I don't know how far he will go," Shi Ziqin said earnestly:

"If his influence grows, it will be of no benefit to either of us in the future."

Jiang Yuan was silent, then a smile rose on his face, and he waved his hands:

"Shi Ziqin, if you want to do it, do it yourself. Settling Chen Yan brings me no benefit. If the Aristocratic Family Alliance fails, I'll go to the Martial Suppression Division; if the Martial Suppression Division fails, I'll go to the Military Martial Guard.

Chen Yan might even be my teammate in the future."

The contempt in Shi Ziqin's eyes grew even more intense, to the point where she couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to Jiang Yuan:

"Get lost."

Jiang Yuan shook his hands and said innocently:

"I'm going, I'm going."

Jiang Yuan departed, the smile on his face gradually fading; he reached out one hand, and a communication array disk appeared in his sight.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Yuan smiled faintly and shook his head:

"Chen Yan, oh Chen Yan, you'll have to pass this hurdle yourself; I'm not participating."

…………

Time passed slowly.

Chen Yan continuously blasted and killed ancient beasts, his fist wind vast and mighty; the surrounding earth cracked incessantly, and earthen hills collapsed.

The golden light all over Chen Yan's body became increasingly brilliant and scorching, his fighting spirit soaring.

Constantly fighting, constantly gaining insights, constantly accumulating resources.

This was the best way to cultivate.

Inside the Saint-Breaking Tree, light flames of various colors flowed.

Several types of Saint-Breaking Trees had grown, but the "Break" character Saint-Breaking Fruit had shown no progress at all.

"My strength has increased, and the battles that can allow me to break my limits have become fewer."

Chen Yan murmured, looking at the Dao-Slashing Bamboo beside him.

The fifth segment had already sprouted and was still growing.

In one morning of slaughter, Chen Yan had obtained over thirty-five million Dao-Slashing Points.

However.

Chen Yan did not exchange them; he still wanted to earn more.

Morning Star-grade Grade A is too difficult, but Morning Star-grade Grade B precious medicine should not be a problem.

Continue the slaughter.

The Dao-Slashing Bamboo continued to grow, and the Dao-Slashing Points obtained became more and more.

Forty million.

Forty-five million.

Fifty million.

…………

It was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Yan had obtained a total of fifty-six million Dao-Slashing Points.

But, Chen Yan did not exchange them.

Because he had discovered something unusual.

Although it was high noon, the Slaughter Forest was becoming increasingly gloomy and dark, with branches and leaves overlapping like a pitch-black curtain.

The malice overflowing in the air, however, was becoming less and less.

So much so that the ancient beasts appearing also began to decrease.

Chen Yan observed his surroundings; although the trees around were pitch-black, their branches like ghost claws.

There were no more human-trees appearing, but rather ancient trees that looked as if they had been scorched.

Many of the ancient trees bore traces of having been broken by a massive object.

Having searched all the way here, Chen Yan could roughly conclude that these were the traces produced by the passage of the Xue Qi.

Protective patterns, activate!

Chen Yan concealed his own aura, as if merging with the surroundings.

He stepped silently forward, his gaze bypassing one ancient tree after another.

A stone palace came into view.

The stone palace was crudely crafted, appearing to be no more than three hundred square meters in size.

Its entire body was shrouded in a dark atmosphere, as if hiding within this nether-like forest of ancient trees.

The mottled walls resembled mourning cloth worn thin by the passage of time.

On the front of the stone palace, four charred stone doors stood half-open, darkness within, with low and frantic breathing sounds emanating from inside.

Chen Yan held his breath, and as his gaze locked onto the stone palace, he felt a tremendous, violent killing intent lock onto him.

It was Xue Qi.

Chen Yan pursed his lips; Xue Qi had discovered him, but did not come out.

Chen Yan had a suspicion in his heart: Xue Qi only emerged at night, and this ancient palace was his resting place during the day.

Chen Yan continued to observe; on one of the doors of the stone palace was a line of dense, small characters.

【None but Blood-Qi Martial Artists may enter】

Chen Yan frowned slightly; if one is not a Blood-Qi Martial Artist, one cannot enter the stone palace?

A vast amount of information suddenly surfaced in his mind.

There was not a trace of Blood-Qi within the bodies of anyone in Zhan Tu Village.

In other words, the people of Zhan Tu Village could not enter the stone palace at all.

Should he go over?

Chen Yan pondered, turned and left, searched the surroundings, and finally found a stone cave.

This was a natural place for cultivation.

Chen Yan found a good spot, and the thought of redeeming a Slashing-Dao Bamboo appeared in his mind.

Fifty-six million Slashing-Dao Points would likely be enough to exchange for a Morning Star-grade, second-tier precious medicine.

It takes five million for a Slashing-Dao Bamboo to grow its fifth node, but growing that fifth node to the top requires five hundred million.

Five hundred million Slashing-Dao Points would be enough for Chen Yan to exchange for a Morning Star-grade, first-tier, or even near-Bright Moon-grade precious medicine.

It is evident just how vast the gap is between Morning Star-grade precious medicines.

Soon, information on various precious medicines appeared in Chen Yan's mind.

Sure enough, many were Morning Star-grade, second-tier precious medicine entries.

Chen Yan searched for a long while and locked onto one precious medicine.

Morning Star-grade, second-tier tempering precious medicine.

【Blazing Sun Body-Casting Flame】!

Subsequently, a test tube appeared in Chen Yan's hand.

Sss!

The moment the test tube touched Chen Yan's right hand, a white mist overflowed from his palm.

A mass of magma, hot as molten gold, resembled a divine fire burning intensely.

Hot!

Chen Yan gripped the test tube tightly.

Sss-sss-sss!

His right hand was scorched, and black, dead skin appeared.

"First time seeing this kind of precious medicine."

He had consumed precious medicines for tempering with thunder, and he had consumed precious medicines for tempering with wild winds.

But this...

Isn't this just a bottle of magma?

Are you sure it has the effect of tempering the body, rather than the effect of burning the flesh to ash?

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Yan's mouth.

Tempering can save one's life.

This was something he had known since he entered the Martial Dao.

The so-called life-saving.

It is because the path of tempering is enough to make a person's life incomparably tenacious.

"Only a madman would consume this kind of tempering precious medicine," Chen Yan whispered.

"But I am a madman."

After speaking, Chen Yan opened the test tube stopper and poured the magma inside directly into his mouth.

Sss-sss-sss!!!

The magma slid down his throat, corroding, scorching, and destroying everything.

"Urgh..."

Chen Yan tilted his head back, and puffs of black smoke erupted from his mouth.

Pain!

Intense pain.

"Really..."

Chen Yan gritted his teeth, feeling the rolling flame energy injecting into his muscles, into his particles, into his bloodlines.

His skin crackled with "crack-crack" sounds, and streaks of scorching fissures emerged and spread.

Boom!

【Heaven-Patrolling】, activate!

Boom!!!

Clusters of golden flames erupted from Chen Yan's body.

"It doesn't hurt at all!!!"