Chapter 276: Leaving the Bai Hu Clan

After the banquet dispersed, Su Chen returned to the White Jade Cliff guest courtyard.

Pushing open the door, the sound of Geng-metal spiritual water flowing in the courtyard was clearly audible.

He sat down on a stone stool, took out a pot of spiritual wine, and poured and drank by himself.

He had heard Bai Lie's words at the banquet, but he didn't take them to heart.

If it were any other race, it would be a normal reaction to be dissatisfied when an object of supreme authority was handed to an outsider.

However, the rules that needed to be established still had to be established.

Footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

"Fellow Daoist Su."

Bai Chong pushed the door and entered, followed by Bai Lie.

A polite smile hung on Bai Chong's face, while Bai Lie had a straight face, his gaze toward Su Chen carrying scrutiny.

"Two Elders, visiting late at night, what advice do you have?" Su Chen put down his wine cup.

Bai Chong cupped his hands: "There was much abruptness at the banquet, Fellow Daoist Su, please don't take offense. We two came here to spar with you."

Spar—this word was used very interestingly.

The meaning within was very blunt: why do you sit in that position? Show us your skills.

Su Chen glanced at Bai Lie. This Bai Hu clan elder, who was at the early stage of Great Luo Jinxian, had his arms crossed over his chest, his chin slightly raised.

"Sparring is unnecessary." Su Chen picked up his wine cup.

Bai Lie's eyebrows stood up, and he was about to speak, but Su Chen had already continued.

"Elder Bai Lie, early stage Great Luo Jinxian. Elder Bai Chong, mid-stage Great Luo Jinxian. You two want to spar with me, a Tai Yi Jin Xian; if you win, it's bullying, and if you lose, it's losing face. Why bother?"

Bai Lie was choked, but Bai Chong laughed, his gaze turning around Su Chen.

"Fellow Daoist Su is indeed frank."

"I'm just speaking the truth." Su Chen put down his wine cup, stood up, and looked at the two. "What you two really want to know is not my strength, but whether I am worthy of the Bai Hu Token."

He took the Bai Hu Token out of his storage space and placed it on the stone table.

Bai Chong and Bai Lie's gazes fell on the token at the same time, and their eyes changed.

"This token was given to me by your Saint Ancestor. Why I am able to hold it is something the Bai Hu Saint Beast Senior has considered freely; I have no right to explain on his behalf." Su Chen's voice was calm. "But I once made a promise to Clan Leader Bai Diyuan, and now I can say this sentence to you two again."

"What promise?" Bai Lie asked in a deep voice.

"I will not use this token unless absolutely necessary. And if the Bai Hu clan needs my help in the future, as long as it does not violate my Dao heart, Su Chen will never shirk."

Bai Chong's gaze flickered slightly.

Bai Lie stared at Su Chen for a good while.

For a Tai Yi Jin Xian to say such things, in his view, was somewhat overestimating his own strength.

But the Saint Ancestor and the Clan Leader's attitudes were firm, and he couldn't find a reason to refute.

"Hmph." Bai Lie snorted coldly, turned around, and left, leaving behind one sentence: "You had better remember the words you said today."

Bai Chong glanced at Su Chen, didn't say anything more, and followed Bai Lie out of the guest courtyard.

The courtyard door closed, and the surroundings returned to silence.

Su Chen took back the Bai Hu Token, sat down again, and continued to drink.

There was no malice in that "Hmph" from Bai Lie.

That was an acknowledgment expressed in the most awkward way after a person accepted reality.

This kind of person was actually the easiest to get along with.

In the next few days, Su Chen walked around the Bai Hu clan's holy land and no longer hid his true identity.

Bai Diyuan gave orders personally that everyone in the clan should treat Su Chen with the courtesy of an honored guest.

Although the Tai Yi Jin Xian cultivators of the Bai Hu clan had different attitudes toward Su Chen, under the dual endorsement of the Clan Leader and the Saint Ancestor, no one made things difficult for him publicly again.

Su Chen didn't deliberately win anyone over, just got to know some young cultivators in the Bai Hu clan.

Occasionally, he would give pointers to a few young Bai Hu clan cultivators on the application of their cultivation techniques.

His perception of the Five Elements Law had reached perfection, and a few casual pointers were enough to make those young cultivators benefit greatly.

The news spread, which actually made Su Chen's reputation in the Bai Hu clan much better.

The sixth day after the banquet.

Su Chen found Bai Diyuan and expressed his intention to leave.

"So urgent?" Bai Diyuan sat in the meeting hall.

"I've been away from Flower Fruit Mountain for too long; it's time to go back and take a look." Su Chen cupped his hands.

Bai Diyuan nodded and didn't try to persuade him to stay; the Bai Hu clan's interpersonal dealings had always been simple and direct.

"I'll have Bai Ling send you to the border of the Ancestral Vein." He said, then took out a jade slip and handed it to Su Chen. "This records a Geng-metal body-tempering method secretly passed down by my Bai Hu clan; consider it a gift from me personally. Your physical body is already extremely strong, but this method might help you go a step further."

Su Chen took the jade slip, swept his spiritual sense into it, and his eyes lit up.

This secret technique used the Geng-metal law to temper the body's meridians; if practiced in coordination with his "Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes," the two complementing each other, it might accelerate his progress in comprehending Pangu's Opening Heaven True Meaning.

"Many thanks, Clan Leader." Su Chen bowed seriously.

Bai Diyuan waved his hand and teased: "Go. Next time you come, remember not to use an alias again."

Su Chen smiled, said yes, and turned to leave the meeting hall.

Bai Ling was already waiting outside the door, and behind him stood that kid Bai Kui.

Bai Kui scratched his head, took out a wine gourd from his bosom, and stuffed it into Su Chen's hand.

"Chitong... no, Brother Su Chen, this is the strong liquor I brewed myself; drink it on the road."

Su Chen took the wine gourd, patted Bai Kui on the shoulder, didn't say any sentimental words, just nodded.

Bai Ling led the way in front, Su Chen followed behind, passed through layers of checkpoints in the Bai Hu Holy Land, and all the way out of the Geng-metal Ancestral Vein.

Outside the Ancestral Vein, sand and dust filled the sky on the Far West Wasteland.

"Fellow Daoist Su, take care on the road." Bai Ling cupped his fists.

"Take care."

Su Chen drove an auspicious cloud and headed toward the east.

The Geng-metal mountain range behind him, which spanned the heavens and earth like a primordial white tiger crouching, became further and further away, finally turning into a small black dot and disappearing behind Su Chen.

Nothing happened on the road.

Su Chen was not in a hurry on this trip and did not travel at full speed; it took him several days to pass through Xi Niuhe Zhou, cross Nan Zhan Bu Zhou, and finally return to Dong Sheng Shenzhou.

When that emerald-green mountain peak of Flower Fruit Mountain appeared in his field of vision, he let out a long breath.

Counting the two years spent refining the Flawless Heavenly Crystal on the Lunar Star, the ambush at the Nantian Gate, and nearly six years spent in the Bai Hu clan, it had been almost eight years in total since he left Flower Fruit Mountain.

In front of the Water Curtain Cave, the monkeys saw Su Chen descending from the sky, and there was another burst of cheers and joy.

Su Chen landed, and Luan Erjie had already come out to greet him.

"Advisor, you have finally returned."

"In the years I was away, has everything been well on Flower Fruit Mountain?" Su Chen asked.

"Everything is as usual." Luan Erjie replied. ===== CHAPTER 277 =====