Chapter 80: Martial Artist

In the clear sky that was originally as clear as a wash, a deep cyan gap of a hundred feet long was branded on it at this moment. The gap seemed to be alive, curling and shrinking slightly.

Vaguely, one could see the countless towering mountains, rivers, and sandstones inside the gap, and the sound of water and waves hitting the sky was noisy, and the various landscapes were very magnificent and strange, which was shocking.

Hidden inside the gap seemed to be another different world—

Majestic and beautiful!

"Although the Huaiwu Cave is a low-grade magic treasure, it is not significant in attack and killing, but it has the ability of an inner scene..."

Wei Lingjiang, who stood side by side with him, also looked at the gap in the clouds and said softly:

"I heard that this object can take in spiritual energy and essence from all directions, evolve living beings in it, and produce various beasts and birds. Seeing it today, although there is some exaggeration, the rumors are not false."

"Magic treasure..."

Chen Hang's eyes flickered slightly.

Looking around, the sky was full of colorful pavilions, pavilions and corridors, and countless flying boats and flying cars were flashing with spiritual light, people were moving, and there were sounds of calling friends and companions, lively and noisy.

Today is the day to open the restriction of the Huaiwu Cave and decide the top three rankings.

Whether it is the surrounding large and small sects, or countless loose cultivators, and people from small families, they have all gathered.

Despite the magic treasure self-detonation incident the day before yesterday, which destroyed nearly ten islets and buried countless lives...

But so many delegations came to watch the ceremony, naturally they would not retreat because of this disturbance.

Moreover, the culprits, Old Monster Miao Nan and the Five-Direction Shengyang Flag, had already died. At the moment of the self-detonation, they were all annihilated, and the disaster had long since settled.

And in order to appease the panicked hearts.

The Cave Master of Huaiwu could be said to have spent a lot of money...

Not only did he scatter countless talisman coins, but everyone who came to watch the ceremony received a bottle of Yellow Pale Elixir that could consolidate the foundation and nourish the primordial essence.

This elixir has a mild medicinal property and has considerable supplementary ability. It is not only for embryonic breathing, but even for Qi Condensation cultivators in the Nine Return realm, it can have some use.

This is just an ordinary gift.

For those cultivators who were affected by the magic treasure self-detonation and unfortunately died, it is said that the Cave Master of Huaiwu also had other compensation for their families, but the details are not what Chen Hang can know.

If this old man was not involved with Heavenly Demons and harbored evil thoughts, just this move alone would make Chen Hang moved.

And following this bloodletting by the Cave Master of Huaiwu.

The number of people watching the ceremony did not decrease due to the magic treasure self-detonation, but instead, because of the generous gifts, they came one after another.

The Cave Master of Huaiwu's reputation for being generous and good at giving has become even louder after this battle, and almost everyone praises him.

And at this moment.

Suddenly, a high-pitched bell rang through the world. Following this bell, the gap in the clouds curled up, and then twisted into a huge hole.

"The time has come, please, fellow little daoists!"

On an islet in the center of the Floating Jade Lake, the Cave Master of Huaiwu's light laughter came out.

A great suction force suddenly spread from the huge hole, and countless cultivators in the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment realms were taken by this, one after another, like tired birds returning to the forest, with joy on their faces, and their figures disappeared into the Huaiwu Cave.

"You—"

Chen Hang was about to move, but Wei Lingjiang suddenly reached out and pulled his sleeve.

The trial of the Huaiwu Cave only allows cultivators in the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment realms to enter, and is limited to three days.

Among the top three rankings, there is only one true cultivator in the Foundation Establishment realm, and two are decided in the Qi Condensation realm, totaling three people.

Although true cultivators in the Foundation Establishment realm cannot bully the weak and take action directly against Qi Condensation cultivators, otherwise it would violate the Dharma agreement and be expelled by the Huaiwu Cave artifact spirit.

But playing tricks and playing means in the open and in the dark is always unavoidable...

And even if there is an artifact spirit to look after, but with hundreds of people fighting and crossing, even the magic treasure artifact spirit always has times when it can't look after them. It is not uncommon for lives to be lost in the Huaiwu Cave trial over the years. It is common.

Whether it is dying on the beasts and birds transformed by the essence of all directions, or dying in the fighting of cultivators of the same realm.

Once entering the Huaiwu Cave, although there is a layer of care, life and death are not autonomous.

Not to mention having to compete for the top three rankings, it is even more dangerous.

"Anyway, the Cave Master of Huaiwu has already given us the Crane Embryo Elixir and targeted us..."

Countless cultivators had already turned into escape lights and were received into the Huaiwu Cave. The sky was full of shining rainbows, and the surrounding pavilions were empty.

Wei Lingjiang pulled Chen Hang's sleeve, rarely hesitating, and transmitted:

"I cannot accompany you into the Huaiwu Cave. It must be extremely dangerous inside.

Why not... forget it?"

The top three are carefully prepared demonic dependents by the Cave Master of Huaiwu, and he wants to deliberately perform Heavenly Demon evil methods. Not only will he be watched by the artifact spirit, but to compete for the ranking, fighting is inevitable.

Her Purple Clarity True Qi grade is superior. If she takes action, even if she conceals it, it will be difficult to hide from everyone. The matter of acting as bait would naturally be empty talk.

"If the Crane Embryo Elixir is just an optional idle move, and the Cave Master of Huaiwu only wants to refine these top three into demonic dependents, and let the two of us go?"

"How?" Wei Lingjiang shook her head: "This sounds not very likely."

"But there is ultimately a few possibilities, isn't there?"

Chen Hang looked at her and smiled: "Didn't we agree before that I would act as bait to elicit the Cave Master of Huaiwu's crimes? In this way, it not only removes my hidden worries but also fulfills your opportunity, Senior Sister, isn't it just right?"

"But I cannot enter with you, you—"

Wei Lingjiang was inexplicably anxious.

"There is also the golden light talisman, no harm. I will also leave the divine talisman at the end to deal with the Cave Master of Huaiwu."

Chen Hang interrupted her unfinished words.

That pink and bright face was raised, and the beautiful and exquisite eyebrows were frowning unhappily.

He looked at those crystal clear eyes that carried some anxiety.

Stunned for a moment.

Then he unconsciously turned his gaze away and fell into silence.

In a trance.

In his heart, a pair of equally crystal clear eyes seemed to rise.

Wei Lingjiang was still talking, and he only felt as if he had been pricked.

Again...

In his previous life, someone had looked at him like this, holding his hand, and saying similar words...

"Can Senior Sister accompany me for a while, can she accompany me for a lifetime?"

A few breaths later.

Chen Hang's eyes flickered, his eyelashes trembled, and he silently recovered from his daze.

He didn't say much, just bowed and smiled, saying:

"I don't want to owe you anything anymore."

At this time.

There were not many people left in the dense colorful pavilions.

After Chen Hang bowed slightly, he no longer resisted the great suction force transmitted by the Huaiwu Cave, lifted his embryonic breathing, and turned into a white escape light, entering the Huaiwu Cave like hundreds of people before him.

And after a chaotic turn of heaven and earth.

Chen Hang fixed his figure in the air, and then a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

"Is this... the inner scene?"

What he saw was a boundless wild forest, with towering peaks and mountains connected one after another, and he couldn't see the edge at a glance.

The roars and screams of countless beasts and birds were heard one after another. Looking from afar, there were a few escape lights flying low from the distance, entangled with a huge golden-feathered eagle, and the shouting and crying were mixed together, which was quite momentum.

Chen Hang just took a look and withdrew his gaze.

The spiritual energy in this Huaiwu Cave was two or three times that of the outside world, extremely abundant. He just turned the Qi Condensation art slightly, and countless spiritual energy rushed into his body like a swarm!

If he could exhaust the spiritual energy in this magic treasure, like he had emptied the spiritual energy of the entire Yang Mountain before.

Then I am afraid that even the realm of the Tai Su Jade Body could move from the Mystic Realm Fifth Layer to the Mystic Realm Sixth Layer...

And then a stream of fire descended from the sky. Chen Hang was not in a hurry, just waved his large sleeves, and reached out to hold the fire light in his hand.

Looking closely.

This was a porcelain bottle about three inches long, very small, white jade-like color, clean and bright.

"According to the rules set by the master, every time you kill a beast or bird, you must take their essence qi into this porcelain bottle. After three days, when the ranking is decided, for cultivators like you in the Qi Condensation realm, you have to look at the amount of essence qi in the porcelain bottle to rank... Oh, Foundation Establishment only takes one person, and although Qi Condensation takes two, it is also fiercely contested."

At this time, the voice of an old woman suddenly sounded in Chen Hang's mind.

At the end, she added:

"Although the essence qi obtained from killing is allowed for you to use yourself, if you still want to compete for the top three seats, don't rush to squander it in my inner scene land... When ranking, it only looks at the total amount of essence qi in this porcelain bottle... If you rush to refine the essence qi yourself, it won't count."

"Many thanks for the reminder, Senior."

Chen Hang knew that this voice was the artifact spirit of the Huaiwu Cave, and bowed.

Magic treasures like this have given birth to true consciousness, and their words and deeds are almost the same as ordinary people. It is not surprising to have such supernatural powers.

"You kid has a good skin, you look truly beautiful!"

The old woman's voice paused, then suddenly sounded again, saying:

"Looking at your good appearance, the old woman will waste one more sentence. Although this inner scene world is managed by me, there are always times when I can't defend against it. Besides those beasts and birds, what you have to be careful about is the Qi Condensation cultivators like you!"

After speaking.

The old woman's voice never sounded again.

Chen Hang pondered for a moment, then drove the escape light, flew to a mountain peak in the southeast, and landed in a rock cave nest chiseled by predecessors on the mountainside.

This rock cave didn't know how many years it had existed. The traces of knife cutting and axe chiseling were mottled, and it had been eroded by rainwater, making it look even more ancient.

Chen Hang investigated and saw no abnormalities, then used the Small Wind-Calling and Mist-Summoning Art to blow the debris in the rock cave away, took out a meditation cushion from the Universe Bag and placed it down, then held the porcelain bottle given by the artifact spirit and began to refine it.

Although this porcelain bottle is also a talisman artifact, like the Universe Bag, it is only a low-grade one, and because it only has one Heavenly Treasure Great Restriction, the grade is even lower.

After only three or four sticks of incense, Chen Hang had already subdued the aura, finished refining the porcelain bottle, put away the meditation cushion, and got up.

And just as he was about to leave this rock cave, there was a movement of qi in the Universe Bag, and the voice of Ancestor Fu Can came from his mind again.

"I say, instead of killing these beasts and birds, why don't you just wait here, and on the last day, go directly to snatch their porcelain bottles."

This little old man's voice sounded very proud:

"How about it? Fuchan Laozu's idea sounds good, right? This was learned from Chen Daozheng, this demonic thief. When the East Sea Dragon Palace was choosing a son-in-law, Chen Daozheng used this trick to trick everyone, even the Fuchan Laozu was spoiled by him!"

"It's not a very strange idea. Fuchan Laozu can remember this kind of ordinary trick for so long, it seems that his nature is truly simple and thick."

Chen Hang said indifferently: "However, who is Chen Daozheng? A disciple of the Six Schools of the Demonic Path?"

"Humph!"

Seeing that his carefully crafted plan was looked down upon, Ancestor Fu Can was quite unhappy: "Chen Daozheng? You will know him sooner or later. By then you will still have to call him brother!"

"Brother?"

"Brother or something, you will naturally know in the future, but..."

Speaking of this, Ancestor Fu Can suddenly laughed:

"Since you were practicing, I didn't want to disturb you, but, Chen Hang, I ask you, is your heart in chaos?"

Ancestor Fu Can waited for a long time in the Universe Bag, but didn't see a response.

"You kid seems to have some stories hidden, your previous demeanor and tone, with my years of experience, you have clearly suffered a fate. And it's love hatred!"

Seeing that Chen Hang didn't answer, Ancestor Fu Can wasn't embarrassed, and laughed to himself:

"Just like... just like a yellow dog driven out of the door by its master? No matter how you wail, you can't enter the door, you can only drift on the street in vain, under the sun and wind, truly refining an iron heart!

At this time, a kind person pities you and hands you a piece of meat. With your temperament, you have to suspect whether there is any poison hidden in the meat, and you dare not eat it!"

Regarding Ancestor Fu Can's chatter, Chen Hang just smiled indifferently:

"Fuchan Laozu is good at guessing, I don't know how many storybooks you have read."

"Look! I said it! It's just like this!"

Ancestor Fu Can suddenly became excited, but then turned to be puzzled:

"But how old are you now? What kind of love and separation can you have suffered? Could it be something from your previous life? Wait, you still have memories of your previous life?! That's fun! In your previous life, were you a disciple of a Great Sect?"

Chen Hang just concentrated, sensing where the essence qi of the beasts and birds was the most magnificent, to decide where to go. He didn't care about Ancestor Fu Can's chatter.

"Knowing that you dislike my old man's chatter, I will only ask one sentence, the last one!"

After talking to himself for a long time, seeing no one to support him, Ancestor Fu Can licked

After talking to himself for a long time and seeing no one to play along, Ancestor Fu Can licked his dry lips and said:

"You always say that a chaotic heart is a great taboo in cultivation, so just now, could you—"

"A bull is coming, Ancestor, please hold your tongue."

Chen Hang waved his hand to interrupt him, then added a sentence:

"If you do not stop your noble mouth, the wine inside the Universe Bag will inevitably suffer some bumps and damage."

"..."

Ancestor Fu Can's voice suddenly stalled. He widened his eyes, and in the end, could only helplessly close them, simply pretending to be dead.

And at this moment.

A bull, red all over with fire-producing hooves, had already sensed Chen Hang. It let out a roar like muffled thunder.

But before it could get close, a green sword shadow flew out from Chen Hang's sleeve.

With just one sword strike!

The bull was seen being sliced into two flat halves in mid-air! It died instantly!

After the bull was slain, no blood was seen dripping; only a wisp of vital essence manifested its form. Just as it was about to fly away, Chen Hang grasped it in one hand and took it into his palm.

"This vital essence is indeed quite abundant... If I could get a few thousand more, it would be enough to advance my cultivation by another layer."

After testing it out in the True Dharma Realm first, Chen Hang refined that wisp of vital essence, a trace of joy appearing slightly on his face.

And after this bull died, the mountain forest suddenly shook, dust and smoke rose, and dozens more sturdy giant bulls rushed out, their fierce aura surging to the heavens!

"It seems my luck is quite good; as soon as I landed, I encountered a herd of beasts."

Chen Hang pointed a finger, and the Qinglü Sword circling in the clouds let out a clear chime, instantly transforming into a long rainbow that slashed down!

This time, it took nearly a quarter of an hour.

After the herd of bulls had all perished, Chen Hang used porcelain bottles to store all their vital essence. Seeing that there was no more movement in the surroundings, he broke through the air and flew forward.

And not long after he left.

Several streaks of escape light suddenly descended and landed on this mountain peak.

"Hmm? Didn't you say there was a herd of bulls here? Why are there no traces left?"

Among them, a heroic-looking youth frowned and asked a person beside him:

"Are you not trying to save your own life by specifically fooling me, Yuan Yangsheng?!"

"How dare I? How dare I? This was seen with her own eyes by a fellow sect junior sister of mine, who sent a message to this poor Daoist! She was alone and weak, unable to take down this herd of beasts, so she asked me for help."

The person being questioned sweated like rain and hurriedly cupped his hands to beg for mercy: "Fellow Daoist's martial arts are god-like, god-like! Even if you gave this poor Daoist a hundred guts, this poor Daoist would not dare!"

This flattery was said so obsequiously that his companions couldn't help but turn their faces away, unable to look directly at him, while the youth named Yuan Yangsheng laughed out loud.

"You Immortal Dao cultivators, weren't you just despising me as a crude, shallow, rustic martial artist earlier? Saying that I would never touch the threshold of longevity in this life! Let alone becoming a Martial Saint!"

He raised an eyebrow triumphantly, his laughter incomparably joyful:

"How is it that now that you have become a prisoner, your attitude is so respectful?"