Chapter 835: I Cannot Forgive

Suddenly, circles of black energy waves surged over, as if ten thousand hurricanes had converged into one, incomparably terrifying.

The chaotic, twisted sea of malice began to churn, and the leaf-boat swayed incessantly upon it.

The old woman's pupils contracted violently, and she hurriedly channeled her Qi and blood to protect the leaf-boat.

Before her incredulous gaze.

Pitch-black light surged out from the Pure Land where the Fool-Extinguishing Stronghold was located, swallowing the entire stronghold in an instant like a tide of ink.

In just a fleeting moment, the low walls and black houses disintegrated silently within the black light, and even the splashing rubble was dyed the color of ink.

Destruction, everything was being destroyed.

Mu Yanwan was completely stunned, her mouth hanging open wide enough to swallow a whole egg.

"Quick..." The old woman felt as if her brain had crashed, her remaining reason fueling an intense desire to survive:

"Go quickly!"

Mu Yanwan dared not speak, hurriedly steering the leaf-boat to travel in a direction away from the Fool-Extinguishing Stronghold.

The two felt as if they were merely two insects facing a towering inferno, utterly powerless.

Their gazes remained fixed on Chen Yan's back as he sat in meditation, feeling as though time itself had frozen.

They kept sailing, kept sailing, until they finally moved far away from that Fool-Extinguishing Stronghold.

The old woman's brain was still buzzing, and she trembled as she sent a telepathic message to Mu Yanwan:

"Who... who exactly is he?"

Mu Yanwan shook her head, her face deathly pale.

The old woman was about to send another message, but her expression froze the next moment.

If a powerful person perceives it, they can easily break through others' secret telepathic techniques.

Perhaps...

Perhaps everything she and Mu Yanwan had just communicated telepathically had been overheard by Chen Yan.

At this moment, in the old woman's eyes, Chen Yan was already unimaginably unfathomable.

How could a mere Array Master compare to this person?

For a moment, the old woman's seated body straightened up, but feeling cold sweat break out on her back, she stood up directly.

At one hundred years old, she stood there like a lowly lackey.

As for Chen Yan, he had not said a single word from beginning to end.

A full night plus half a day passed.

Mu Yanwan had successively found six settlements of Law-Enforcers.

Amidst the near-numb expressions of Mu Yanwan and the old woman, Chen Yan walked into each stronghold and then walked out calmly.

Then, the apocalyptic scene would reappear before their eyes once more.

It lasted until morning.

"Honored Chen Yan, there are no more..." Mu Yanwan looked at Chen Yan's back.

"There are, this old woman knows of a few more places!" The old woman hurriedly spoke up.

"Mm." Chen Yan nodded:

"Thank you, then let's continue."

"I dare not!" The old woman shook her head hurriedly, then immediately guided Mu Yanwan toward the remaining Law-Enforcer settlements.

Just like that, another day and night passed, and Chen Yan cleared out eight more Law-Enforcer settlements.

In the hearts of Mu Yanwan and the old woman, Chen Yan had become increasingly mysterious and increasingly terrifying.

Until the very last settlement was resolved, Chen Yan took out the spoils other than the Realm Fruits from his Origin Space.

"Consider these the fare for the boat and the investigation fee," Chen Yan said with a smile.

The old woman looked at the treasures filling the leaf-boat, swallowed hard, and knelt down directly.

Mu Yanwan was also pulled by the old woman to kneel before Chen Yan.

"My Lord, this lowly one dares not accept!"

The old woman buried her head very low.

Because she had discovered an even more terrifying fact.

That was, she had previously thought Chen Yan only used arrays to shatter these settlements.

That would only mean Chen Yan's attainments in the way of arrays were terrifyingly frightening.

But now, Chen Yan had taken out this massive haul.

That meant that every time he entered a stronghold, he had killed all the Law-Enforcers within in a short time and taken all their treasures.

Is this killing?

This is crushing insects.

This was no longer a matter of arrays, but of total combat power!

The person before her was a true powerhouse, perhaps even surpassing a Prefecture Master.

Now that Chen Yan was giving them a reward, the old woman was terrified; how could she dare to accept it?

It was laughable that she had previously considered whether to invest in Chen Yan.

"Keep it," Chen Yan said:

"This is a fair trade; if you take these supplies, it will be easier for you to handle things for me.

I need Realm Fruits."

A gleam appeared in the old woman's eyes; Chen Yan had issued another directive, which meant he still needed their Mu family to handle matters.

"Realm Fruits?" The old woman looked up at Chen Yan.

"Mm." Chen Yan nodded:

"A large amount of Realm Fruits."

The old woman nodded hurriedly:

"This old servant understands!"

Mu Yanwan lowered her head and also spoke:

"This concubine understands!"

Chen Yan nodded and soon returned to Luo Town by riding the leaf-shaped boat.

This time, Chen Yan did not go to the Divine Array Hall, but returned to the residence the Array Master had arranged for him and Bai Ling.

As for the Mu family head and Mu Yanwan, they returned to the Mu family as if they had lived through a lifetime.

Once back at the Mu family, the old woman pulled Mu Yanwan directly into a room and only dared to speak after vigilantly casting layers of shielding arrays.

"That Venerable One is not simple..." The old woman recalled the experiences along the way, her forehead and body covered in sweat.

There was also shock in the depths of Mu Yanwan's eyes:

"It seems that Venerable Chen Yan is slowly recovering his former strength; he is becoming more and more... powerful."

Mu Yanwan's voice was filled with respect.

Her evaluation of Chen Yan did not even seem like an evaluation of a person, but of a deity.

Her heart beat violently.

Perhaps... perhaps Chen Yan really is a figure like a deity.

Thinking of this, Mu Yanwan blurted out:

"This is a deity who still has concerns for the human race."

"A deity?" The old woman was stunned and hurriedly spoke: "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Mu Yanwan raised her eyebrows:

"Isn't it so?

Venerable Chen Yan seems not to care about the thoughts of us people, nor does he care about any of our traits that belong to the human race.

But his heart is towards the human race; he gives me the same feeling as the Master of Arrays."

The old woman fell silent, only feeling that her granddaughter was too prone to fantasy, then said:

"Everything that happened before, you are not allowed to tell anyone, not even a single bit, understand?"

"Mm!" Mu Yanwan nodded solemnly.

Facing Chen Yan, she dared not do anything that overstepped the bounds.

The shock in the old woman's eyes gradually faded, turning into endless joy.

"My Mu family... will soar when the time comes!"

…………

Divine Array Hall.

"Chen Yan hasn't come yet?" Jiang Guanxin asked an Array Pivot Envoy beside him:

"Have you seen Chen Yan?"

"No." That person shook his head:

"Haven't seen him, it's strange, he didn't come yesterday either..."

Hearing this, Wen Jianjian smiled and said:

"Perhaps the malicious intrusion was too severe, and he gave up."

Nowadays, Wen Jianjian had completely changed her attitude toward Chen Yan and instead began to befriend Jiang Guanxin.

Jiang Guanxin frowned, but Wen Jianjian walked over and spoke softly:

"Today, I have organized a small gathering; I wonder if Senior Brother Jiang would do me the honor of attending?

At Chunhua Pavilion, I believe it will be to Brother Jiang's taste."

Jiang Guanxin's eyebrows lifted slightly.

Vixen!

You want to break my focus, make me sink into play and pleasure, and make me develop bad habits?!

Vixen!

"No need." Jiang Guanxin shook his head slightly.

Wen Jianjian's expression stiffened, then she immediately continued to smile and said:

"Brother Jiang, could you disclose what progress you have made in cultivating the auxiliary arrays?"

"I am still far off..." Jiang Guanxin shook his head slightly.

Wen Jianjian revealed a pitiful and moving demeanor, but Jiang Guanxin ignored her completely, so she had to leave.

Jiang Guanxin sneered in his heart.

Vixen, you want to use lust to cut off my cultivation?

To cut off my cultivation is like killing my parents!

Previously, Jiang Guanxin was quite satisfied with Wen Jianjian, but looking at her now, Wen Jianjian was full of flaws.

He looked again toward where Chen Yan was, his brows tightly furrowed.

In fact, just yesterday, he had already cultivated all eighteen auxiliary arrays to the Morning Star level and could receive the Array Master's preaching.

However, Chen Yan did not come.

Jiang Guanxin had endured for so long just to show off in front of Chen Yan.

But Chen Yan did not come.

It is just like eating noodles without salt, just like fishing without bait, just like buying a book for the blind when you wanted to read.

It is just like when you are reading a book and getting into the spirit of it, only for the author to stop updating.

Jiang Guanxin was already so anxious he could hardly control himself; he had imagined countless times what kind of expression Chen Yan would have when he revealed his eighteen Morning Star-level auxiliary arrays before him.

"Wait a little longer!" Jiang Guanxin roared inwardly.

Meanwhile, Wen Jianjian, who was to the side, narrowed her eyes.

She had not expected Jiang Guanxin to be so vengeful; her going to win over Chen Yan had definitely left Jiang Guanxin extremely dissatisfied.

Now, she wanted to win Jiang Guanxin over again, but it was no longer possible.

Regret!

Endless regret lingered in Wen Jianjian's heart.

Because of a Chen Yan who was already crippled, she had lost the Jiang Guanxin she could have won over.

Chen Yan, you have brought me such misery.

Gradually, hatred for Chen Yan began to grow in Wen Jianjian's heart.

Since you are already crippled, what are you pretending for?

You pretended to be so unfathomable, and I thought you were truly an expert.

…………

At the same time.

Inside the mansion bestowed by the Array Master, after Chen Yan had finished dealing with Bai Ling, he entered a room alone.

On the bed, Realm Fruits were spread out one by one.

One thousand five hundred of them!

This time, it was a massive harvest.

For others, Realm Fruits could only bring them to a level of cultivation, but each level could only be used once.

For Chen Yan, however, this was nine-rank status!

This was a fortuitous encounter that belonged solely to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan tapped with his fingertip, and his Qi and blood overflowed, wrapping around all one thousand five hundred Realm Fruits, crushing them, and finally transforming them into a dozen or so azure-blue beads.

Chen Yan swallowed these beads into his belly in one gulp.

The next instant.

Energy like a great river surged through every part of Chen Yan's body.

In an instant.

Chen Yan's consciousness appeared once again inside the body of another person.

It was still that young man who had lost his younger sister.

"Father, Mother, I am leaving; I am going to keep walking in the direction of Amon Mountain."

"I saw it with my own eyes, those two ancient divine beasts flew toward that place."

In front of a felt tent, a middle-aged man and woman dressed in linen clothes grabbed his arms, refusing to let him leave.

"I want revenge, I want revenge."

He shouted, and under his parents' reluctant gazes, he left.

He walked across the grassland just like that, heading in the direction of the great mountain.

"I cannot forgive, I cannot forgive..."

He said it over and over again, walking on and on without stopping.