Chapter 104: Martial Arts Field

Reported, Sect Leader awaits your victorious return.

Good, follow me to the Martial Arts Field.

Su Chen had taken just a few steps forward when he noticed the person he was pulling hadn't moved.

Liu Liyan stood where she was, lightly pursing her pink lips, her gaze burning as she stared at him, looking somewhat pitiful: "A Chen, are you planning to go to Heavenly Origin City?"

Before Su Chen could answer, Black Dog, blunt as ever, immediately chimed in: "We're definitely going there."

That spy just confessed.

He said the Azure Dragon Holy Son sent him to Cloud Sea City to seize the Heaven Profound Dao Sect's sect-protecting technique, and that the Azure Dragon Holy Son, to ally Azure Dragon Holy Land with the Star Pavilion, would sacrifice kin and send the eldest miss to Heavenly Origin City as a hostage.

Eldest miss, she still knows nothing, unaware of what has happened in the Heaven Profound Dao Sect.

The Young Master, worried about the eldest miss, has already sent disciples to Azure Dragon Holy Land; to prevent accidents, he must now reach her before the Azure Dragon Holy Son does and stop the eldest miss.

If Su Yao falls into Ye Xuan's hands,

she will surely suffer greatly.

Although Su Chen could use the Martial Emperor Legacy to rescue Su Yao from Ye Xuan, to avoid mishaps, if Ye Xuan is driven to desperation, Su Yao might lose her life, and the rescue would also be very troublesome.

This explanation,

caused Liu Liyan's suppressed aura to dissipate entirely.

Is that so?

Really not… because of Miss Lin?

Her blood-red eyes suddenly brightened as she looked up at Su Chen, lightly tugging his sleeve, gazing at him pleadingly without a word.

Want to go?

"Mm-hmm." Liu Liyan nodded eagerly.

Su Chen also originally wanted to bring Liu Liyan along, after all, the points in his Myriad Realms Market card haven't increased at all.

Thinking this, Su Chen prepared to agree: "Then…"

But hearing this, Black Dog beside him immediately spoke: "Young Master, this probably won't do; the Holy Maiden just arrived from Heavenly Origin City to the outer border, and her body was invaded by ferocious spiritual energy, her meridians only just healed."

She can't readily use her cultivation; if any mishap occurs midway, her meridians could rupture, affecting her future cultivation.

Although along the way she has a spirit treasure inscribed with a spirit-gathering array protecting her, it's still hard to guarantee that no stray spiritual essence will enter her body; this back-and-forth ordeal might be too much for her constitution!

Black Dog said this while sizing up Liu Liyan's figure.

Black Panther wore a solemn expression, also recalling Liu Liyan's pitiful, wretched state in the snow, and echoed anxiously: "Young Master, Black Dog is right; picture how she looked when you first saw the Holy Maiden yesterday."

"'Her vital energy is stagnant, her damaged meridians have healed but are still not ready for cultivation use.'"

Liu Liyan: "……"

Qingxia felt a chill down her spine: "……"

It's over.

Overdone.

This time it's fine—just lifted a rock and dropped it on my own foot.

Is it still possible now?

At this moment, the Martial Arts Field.

Three hundred Martial Kings stood ready, spirits high, standing straight, solemn expressions, gazes fixed on the entrance.

Although no one knows where the Young Master is headed, all the disciples know……

This journey will surely bring unpredictable fortune or misfortune.

Over four thousand cultivators were besieged in Cloud Sea City; during this time, Su Changfeng never revealed the secret of Su Chen obtaining the Martial Emperor Legacy.

Now this departure is more like a resolve to die settling the score with Ye Xuan.

"'Old Two, the Young Master has prepared a spirit boat that can barely hold five hundred people—don't try to take it from me.'"

"'Such an opportunity to follow the Young Master and slay enemies should be left to me.'"

"'Bah! Shameless—who here has no sect, no family, wife and children? Yet the Sect Leader and Young Master treat us like kin; now the Young Master is in trouble, we must go.'"

"'Your cultivation isn't stable enough; I've trained harder than you, so I should go.'"

"'Hurry up and stop arguing—the Young Master has arrived.'"

Su Chen arrived.

He led Liu Liyan, with Black Dog and the others behind him, his expression calm.

The three hundred Martial Kings straightened their backs, bellowed grandly: "Greetings, Young Master!"

Gazes of looking death in the face all fell upon Su Chen; they wished they could step forward and have him choose them, to show their loyalty.

"'Why do they all have this expression?'"

Su Chen looked at the disciples' expressions, smiling: "You know, I thought you were following me to sacrifice yourselves for the sect."

"'Young Master, it was you who saved us in crisis; without you, we would have long been invaded by ferocious spiritual energy and exploded to death.'"

"'What is there to fear in giving one's life for the sect?'"

"'Exactly, we all know how the Sect Leader gradually became the leader of the Heaven Profound Dao Sect; he is certainly not the outer-territory demon Ye Xuan claims—Ye Xuan merely wants to use us to build prestige and unify the entire Eastern Wasteland.'"

"'Please proceed with the selection; no one here fears death or clings to life.'"

These heartfelt words spoken, to say Su Chen wasn't moved would be false.

His father once commanded tens of thousands of disciples, but Ye Xuan spent three years fomenting rebellion, causing defections and deaths, and Ye Han… sowed discord, leaving only these three thousand.

This group of cultivators,

having endured ferocious spirits, depleted spirit stones, and beast tides.

right up to their last breath, they never abandoned their father.

Through such harsh times, they endured.

Now Su Chen will not lightly give up any cultivator; his disciples from the Heavenly Profound Dao Sect will follow the Heavenly Profound Sect intact straight into Heavenly Origin City.

"You all want to leave the city with me? Good! I'll give you this opportunity."

"Black Panther."

"Black Dog."

"At Su Chen's command, the Black Dog immediately set up a formation to suppress cultivation."

"The cultivators' aura was raging."

"At this moment,"

"Su Chen spoke a sentence that left the disciples astonished: 'The Insight Stone and the Dao-Comprehension Tea—everyone has only fifteen minutes; they must make progress, and those who advance the fastest or have the highest comprehension will stay!'"

"Ah?"

"Insight Stone?"

"Dao-Comprehension Tea?"

"And fifteen minutes?"

"Before the disciples could ask for clarification, Su Chen added another sentence that left everyone stunned: 'Alchemy, formations, talismans, artifacts, or martial arts—one must possess at least two of these.'"

"Looking at the Insight Stone and Dao-Comprehension Tea that had been brought out, the three hundred Martial Kings present were in disarray in the wind."

"One disciple widened his eyes, stammering: 'Young Master, our comprehension aptitude is too poor; in just fifteen minutes, only those peerless heavenly talents could possibly manage that, right?'"

"'Most of us only cultivate martial arts; as for alchemists and formation masters, they are unattainable.'"

"'Yes, Young Master, our limited comprehension makes it impossible to grasp anything in a short time!'"

"'It's not that he gives up on himself; rather, it's fundamentally impossible, for each cultivator's comprehension is fixed at birth, unless there is a heaven-defying opportunity, otherwise it cannot be improved later.'"

"'But in response to the cultivators, a blinding halo of light appeared.'"

"'It stung the three hundred Martial Kings so they couldn't open their eyes.'"

"'The items placed on the ground, emanating endless Dao rhyme, were still the Dao tea set on the table, exuding a faint fragrant aroma.'"

"'Some disciples, smelling this refreshing fragrance that penetrates the heart and spleen, looked at Su Chen with doubt.'"