Chapter 451: Truth

Boom!

A large area of trees collapsed, turning into wood chips.

Lin Chen landed on the ground and collected the demonic beast's demonic core.

"Young Master Gu is worthy of being a disciple of the Canglan Sect. This strength is truly strong. A demonic beast in the First Stage of the Xiantian realm couldn't even take three moves under Young Master Gu."

Qiao Shishuang was behind, with an expression of worship, her beautiful eyes blinking: "I chose to cooperate with Young Master Gu; it was the most correct choice."

"Miss Qiao, you'd better think about which way to go. We have been walking in this mountain range for three days."

Lin Chen looked back at Qiao Shishuang. Entering the depths of the Xuanlong Mountain Range, this was already the seventh Xiantian demonic beast he had killed.

In order not to disturb more demonic beasts, he used the Canglan Finger to quickly kill the demonic beasts and then immediately changed his position, so as not to let the movement here attract the attention of other demonic beasts.

The two shuttled quickly through the forest. Hearing Lin Chen's words, Qiao Shishuang's pretty face also had a look of helplessness: "Young Master Gu, I only have a section of the map of the inside of the Dragon Blood Bodhi tree. Our current location should be close enough. Now we just need to find the place that matches the route marked on the map."

"What are the characteristics of that map?"

"There are two valleys, and there is a water pool on the right valley."

When Qiao Shishuang first told Lin Chen about the information on the map, it was only after entering the depths of the Profound Dragon Mountain Range that she discovered this mountain range was even more dangerous than she had imagined. Most importantly, there were some mountain miasmas present within the range; while Xiantian martial artists possessed protective Qi that prevented the miasma from invading their bodies, this miasma caused her spiritual sense perception range to shrink.

Once here, they didn't dare to fly in the air. Flying in the air was equivalent to exposing themselves to the sight of other demonic beasts. They could only shuttle through the forest, and as a result, their vision was also limited.

For fear of missing it, she had no choice but to tell Gu Fei the markings on the map.

Lin Chen nodded, didn't say anything more, and continued to lead the way in front, while his spiritual sense was fully released. His spiritual sense was not affected by these mountain miasmas.

Half an hour later, Lin Chen suddenly stopped, and the next moment his figure moved to the left, changing direction.

A quarter of an hour later, when she saw the water pool appearing in front of her, Qiao Shishuang also had a look of excitement in her eyes: "That's right, it's this water pool. There is a valley on the right, and the waterway of this water pool is exactly the same as marked on the map."

Hearing Qiao Shishuang's words, Lin Chen also heaved a sigh of relief. Searching like a headless fly in the Xuanlong Mountain Range was too dangerous. Just now, his spiritual sense perceived two demonic beasts in the Second Stage of the Xiantian realm. The moment he perceived these two demonic beasts, he immediately withdrew his spiritual sense so as not to disturb these two demonic beasts.

This was still the Second Stage of the Xiantian realm. If there was no safe path, if they went further in, who could guarantee they wouldn't encounter the Third Stage or even the Fourth Stage of the Xiantian realm?

If they really encountered them, once discovered, he would only be able to turn around and run.

And now that they had found the place marked on the map, the road ahead would be much safer. This road was a safe path that the Chu family had explored generation after generation for decades.

The reason the Chu family members would sacrifice themselves when entering the mountain range was because their realm was still too low; they didn't even have a Xiantian realm practitioner. If they were slightly careless and encountered a Xiantian-level demonic beast, the whole army would be wiped out.

"Miss Qiao, you lead the way now."

"Okay."

Qiao Shishuang didn't refuse. The map was memorized in her mind, so naturally, she needed to lead the way.

Under Qiao Shishuang's guidance, the journey was calm, and they didn't encounter any Xiantian-level demonic beasts. A few demonic beasts that hadn't reached the Xiantian realm couldn't perceive Lin Chen and Qiao Shishuang, and even if they did, feeling the powerful aura on the two, they didn't dare to get close.

An hour later, Lin Chen and Qiao Shishuang had reached the source of the pool. Looking at the forest in front, Qiao Shishuang couldn't help but quicken her pace and rush toward the forest.

"Young Master Gu, after passing this forest in front, and then crossing seven..."

"Stop!"

Lin Chen interrupted Qiao Shishuang's words, his eyes looking into the depths of the dense forest. Qiao Shishuang's pretty face had a look of doubt, but when she turned back and saw Lin Chen's serious face, she reacted immediately.

"Young Master Gu, are there terrifying demonic beasts in this forest?"

"There are no demonic beasts, but there are a few people."

Lin Chen shook his head, and without waiting for him to continue speaking, two auras flowed out from the dense forest. This time, even Qiao Shishuang sensed it.

"Waited for a few days, finally waited for you."

At the mouth of the dense forest, two men walked out. Seeing these two men, Qiao Shishuang's eyes instantly flowed with endless hatred.

"I knew there were still remnants of the Chu family alive. Sure enough, I waited for you."

Fan Ping spoke with a smile, but Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This person's "remnants of the Chu family" should refer to Qiao Shishuang.

Lin Chen was not too surprised. Regarding Qiao Shishuang's true identity, he had already suspected it in his heart.

The story Qiao Shishuang told had few loopholes, and only two places aroused his suspicion. One was when Qiao Shishuang mentioned that the Chu family was wiped out, she mentioned the number of people in the Chu family who were wiped out in great detail.

If Qiao Shishuang had no relationship with the Chu family and just traveled to the Three-River City with that Zhuo Huai, at most, she would have just said the Chu family was wiped out. But Qiao Shishuang said at the time, "The Chu family's thirty-seven people were all wiped out."

If it wasn't deeply engraved in her heart, she wouldn't remember this number, and even if she remembered, she wouldn't specifically mention it.

The second flaw was that Dragon Blood Bodhi fruit. Qiao Shishuang said that this Dragon Blood Bodhi fruit was found by Zhuo Huai in the Chu family. Then this Dragon Blood Bodhi fruit only had two origins.

One was that the Chu family head picked two Dragon Blood Bodhi fruits that year, auctioned one, and hid the other one for the promising descendants of the future generations.

But except for the Chu family head, I'm afraid no one could have thought that the Chu family would hide a Dragon Blood Bodhi fruit for so many years. The Chu family head could have just handed over the map without handing over the Dragon Blood Bodhi fruit.

Another possibility was that the Dragon Blood Bodhi fruit had long been mature, and the Chu family had picked it once. But if that was the case, it wouldn't be just one, but many.

It was precisely because of these two points that Lin Chen was suspicious of Qiao Shishuang's identity. Even if she was really afraid that Zhuo Huai's grandfather would kill her, she traveled in the Fulong Domain with Zhuo Huai for several months. How could Zhuo Huai's grandfather not investigate?

His own grandson was with a woman before he died. If he were Zhuo Huai's grandfather, he would definitely investigate the woman's background and arrange for Seven Stars Sect disciples to focus on those female Xiantian practitioners. But the practitioner from the Seven Stars Sect they encountered didn't even let his gaze linger on Qiao Shishuang and the other two women.

He didn't expose Qiao Shishuang because he was interested in the Dragon Blood Bodhi fruit, and he already had some guesses about Qiao Shishuang's identity. It was understandable that Qiao Shishuang hid her identity. ===== CHAPTER 452 =====