Chapter 548

The Thousand-Fold Mountain Range.

A figure shuttled through the mountain range; it was Lin Chen, having just emerged from the Thousand-Fold Secret Realm.

After leaving the Thousand-Fold Secret Realm, Lin Chen stayed in the village for a day, learning what had happened in the outside world after he had entered.

First was the situation of Hearing Yin Yue, whom he cared about most. After they emerged in Teng City, he had handed the storage box to Hearing Yin Yue, who then returned to the Moon Soul Tribe and quelled the rebellion.

However, that was a year after he had entered the Thousand-Fold Secret Realm.

Qianshan and Qianlang also mentioned that a Xiantian powerhouse from the Cloud Descendant Tribe had come, but the Cloud Descendant Tribe had not sent anyone else for a year.

This included the fact that Feng Haoyu had helped him conceal his tracks, as well as the Entropy Tribe helping him conceal his tracks.

The reason he left after staying for only one day was that he learned from the mouth of Qianshan that the Canglan Sect had issued a Return-to-Sect Order a month ago.

All Canglan Sect disciples, regardless of whether they were inner or outer sect, regardless of age... upon hearing this order, were to return to the sect at the first opportunity.

This news made Lin Chen unable to stay any longer. After requesting the Entropy Tribe to help him send a message to Hearing Yin Yue, Lin Chen chose to leave the territory of the Entropy Tribe.

The sect would not easily issue a Return-to-Sect Order. Back when the war with the Eight Desolations Sect began, they had once issued an edict for disciples traveling outside the sect to return immediately without delay.

But issuing the Return-to-Sect Order at that time was more to protect sect disciples from being assassinated by the killers of the Yama Hall, and at the same time, it was also to soothe the hearts of other martial artists in the Canglan Domain, telling them that the sect was not just sending them to the battlefield to die, but that sect disciples were also being summoned back to the battlefield.

A Return-to-Sect Order only needs to be issued once.

But now that the sect had issued it a second time, it meant that this battle was at a disadvantage, the number of martial artists was insufficient, and there was an urgent need for the replenishment of fresh forces.

As a disciple of the Canglan Sect, Lin Chen naturally had to return at the first opportunity.

On the outskirts of the Thousand-Fold Mountain Range, Lin Chen's figure suddenly paused, his eyes showing a sharp look, and he punched toward the mountain peak on his left.

Boom!

On the left side of the mountain peak, a middle-aged man's expression changed drastically. Clearly, he had not expected that Lin Chen could actually detect his existence. In a panic, he struck out with a palm to meet the attack.

Crack!

At the collision of fist and palm, a crisp sound of bone fracture came from the middle-aged man's arm. The expression on his face was also filled with terror, and he was about to retreat. However, Lin Chen took a step forward, arrived before him, and threw another punch.

This punch directly caused the middle-aged man's body to smash fiercely against the cliff behind him. His entire body was embedded into it, and finally, he rolled down toward the ground along with the shattered mountain rocks and falling stones.

The middle-aged man lay on the ground, his body sunken in many places, but his eyes were wide open, and there was still a look of disbelief in them.

As a mid-stage Xiantian Fourth Realm practitioner, the tribe had sent him to guard the outskirts of the Thousand-Fold Secret Realm specifically to keep an eye on Lin Chen.

Although the tribe felt that Lin Chen had already emerged from the Thousand-Fold Secret Realm, they had never found Lin Chen's tracks in the Yan Imperial Dynasty. Under these circumstances, the tribe sent him here to keep watch.

Lin Chen was only at the Xiantian Third Realm. According to the latent rules of the Thousand-Fold Secret Realm, one had to come out at most upon breaking through to the Xiantian Fourth Realm, and he was a mid-stage Xiantian Fourth Realm practitioner; dealing with one Lin Chen was more than enough.

Until his death, he could not understand how he could not even take two of Lin Chen's punches.

Lin Chen looked at the middle-aged man on the ground and directly collected the storage box on his person. He did not intend to leave a live witness, because from the opponent's attire, he had already guessed the origin of this person.

A person of the Cloud Descendant Tribe.

A martial artist of the Cloud Descendant Tribe appearing here must be lying in wait for him. Even if he left him alive, he would not be able to ask for much useful information.

One month later.

Canglan Domain.

Ten Thousand Fathoms Mountain.

Blood energy soared to the sky.