Chapter 179

Upon hearing Su Chen say this, the yellow weasel spirit Huang Cang's eyes lit up, and he bent his waist even lower: "Immortal, every word the little demon said is true, and I would never dare to have half a word of falsehood. That Ma Family Village is not far from here; if you don't believe me, the little demon can personally take you there to see."

Su Chen nodded; he naturally had to go and confirm it himself.

With a thought, he took out an elixir.

"Take this elixir. If the news is true, I have more heavy rewards."

Huang Cang looked at the elixir in front of him, smelling the medicinal fragrance that made his demon power boil, and a look of intoxication appeared on his face.

He carefully stretched out his claws and held the elixir in his palm.

"Thank you, immortal! Thank you, immortal!" He bowed repeatedly, wishing he could kowtow to Su Chen a few more times.

This was truly a great fortune!

He had just reported a strange story he heard as news, trying his luck, never expecting that this immortal would actually give a reward, and it was such a precious elixir.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense, lead the way." Su Chen waved his hand.

"Yes! Yes! Immortal, please follow me." Huang Cang hurriedly put the elixir away carefully, then ran to the front in a puff of smoke, respectfully leading the way for Su Chen.

Luan Erjie Luan, who was on the side, watched this scene and also sighed in her heart that her old friend was truly lucky.

So many spirits and monsters in this Mount Fuling were inquiring about news all day long, all to no avail, and in the end, he picked up a bargain.

Su Chen said to Luan Erjie Luan: "You come along too."

"Yes, Senior." Luan Erjie Luan responded respectfully.

Thus, led by Huang Cang, the three left Mount Fuling and flew toward the direction of Ma Family Village.

Ma Family Village was just an ordinary mortal village, located at the foot of Mount Fuling.

The village was not large, with about a hundred households.

The three of Su Chen restrained their auras, landed in a small forest outside the village, and then walked into the village.

Huang Cang was familiar with the road here and soon led them to that family's house.

Because this family had encountered this strange event, fearing that they had provoked some dirty thing in their home, they had already moved away.

Now there was no one here, and the three walked into the courtyard and arrived at the location of the pigsty.

"Immortal, this is it." Huang Cang pointed to the pigsty and said in a low voice, "My disciple said that when he came to see, that old sow and more than a dozen piglets, their corpses were still here, and their state of death was very miserable, as if they had been bitten to death alive by some wild beast."

Su Chen nodded; Tianpeng had just awakened his memories and lost all his cultivation, so besides using his most primitive teeth, he had no other means of attack.

"In which direction did that piglet that escaped go?" Su Chen asked.

Huang Cang shook his head: "The little demon doesn't know this. After this family discovered this, they were so scared that their souls were gone, so how would they dare to chase it. Later, my disciple came, but he didn't find any traces either."

"Alright, there's nothing for you here, you go back first." Su Chen said to Huang Cang.

"Yes, the little demon takes his leave." Huang Cang was eager to leave quickly; the pressure this immortal gave him was too great.

He bowed to Su Chen again, then turned into a yellow smoke and disappeared.

Now, only Su Chen and Luan Erjie Luan were left.

Luan Erjie Luan looked at Su Chen and asked curiously: "Senior, the 'Zhu Ganglie' you are looking for, could it really be that piglet that was just born?"

"Eight or nine out of ten." Su Chen nodded.

Su Chen speculated that Tianpeng had not yet cultivated and must not have run far; his powerful spiritual sense centered on Ma Family Village and instantly spread out, like an invisible large net, covering the mountain forest for a thousand li.

Every blade of grass and every tree, every insect and every ant, everything was within his spiritual sense perception.

Although Marshal Tianpeng was beaten down to the mortal world, his immortal status was stripped, and his cultivation was dissipated, but the essence of his soul was still that of the former Taiyi Golden Immortal.

This kind of brand could not be erased.

Under Su Chen's massive spiritual sense search, everything in the mountain forest had nowhere to hide.

Soon, he discovered a dirt cave covered by vines in the depths of a dense forest more than ten li away from Ma Family Village.

In that cave, a tender little piglet was lying.

That little piglet was lying on a pile of hay with its limbs spread out, sleeping soundly, drooling at the corner of its mouth, and occasionally smacking its lips, seemingly having a beautiful dream.

Although it was just an ordinary little pig at this time.

But Su Chen felt an extremely unusual and powerful soul from its weak body.

"Found it!" A smile appeared on Su Chen's face.

Although this guy's current appearance was a bit unbearable to look at, it was definitely Marshal Tianpeng without a doubt.

"Fellow Daoist, the person I am looking for has been found." Su Chen withdrew his spiritual sense and said to Luan Erjie Luan beside him.

Hearing this, Luan Erjie Luan felt a joy in her heart, but also some worry.

She was afraid that Su Chen would find the person and then just pat his butt and leave, forgetting about her own affairs.

"Then congratulations, Senior." She said carefully, "I wonder what Senior plans to do next?"

Su Chen saw her concerns and said: "Fellow Daoist, rest assured, since I promised to help you break the tribulation, I will naturally not break my word. However, I need to recognize an old friend next, and there are some things that are not convenient for outsiders to be present."

"Fellow Daoist can return to Cloud Stack Cave to wait for me first; after I finish handling the matters here, I will naturally come to find you."

Hearing this, Luan Erjie Luan felt relieved in her heart; it seemed that this Senior was a person who kept his promises.

She hurriedly said: "Then this junior will take her leave first."

"Hmm, go."

Luan Erjie Luan bowed gracefully to Su Chen, then rode a gust of wind and flew toward the direction of Mount Fuling.

Watching Luan Erjie Luan leave, Su Chen's figure flickered, and he disappeared from where he was, heading toward the place where Tianpeng was.

In the depths of the dense forest, ancient trees reached the sky, and the canopy that covered the sky cut the sunlight into pieces, casting mottled light and shadows on the ground.

The air was filled with the scent of damp soil and rotting fallen leaves, and the surroundings were silent, with only the occasional sound of insects and birds, making this mountain forest appear even deeper.

Su Chen's figure appeared outside the small dirt cave where Tianpeng was hiding.

He looked at the cave entrance that was tightly covered by vines and bushes and couldn't help but complain: "This guy really knows how to find a place."

Although Tianpeng was a pig now, he had awakened his memories from his previous life, and his brain was still there.

He knew that he had no cultivation now, so he naturally had to find a safe place to hide.

This dirt cave was hidden, and the entrance was small, so large beasts couldn't get in, making it very safe.

Su Chen looked at the small cave entrance; although he could change his figure to get in, he didn't want to reminisce with Tianpeng in such a cave.

He thought about it and decided to invite his old friend out.

He stood outside the cave and gently stepped on the ground with his right foot.

Although Su Chen had not specifically learned earth-traveling divine abilities, ever since he obtained the Earth Mother Essence Qi from Mother Hou Tu and perfected his Hunyuan Jin Dan's earth element, his understanding of the earth-traveling Dao had become very deep, and ordinary earth-traveling divine abilities were easy for him.

As he stepped slightly with his right foot, a mysterious earth-element Dao rhyme entered the dirt cave along the earth's veins.