Chapter 26

Ye Xuan also gritted his teeth, his heart filled with rage.

Xu Chen, just you wait. Once we reach the trial ground, I will make you pay dearly.

With the help of Ling Zunzhe over these three days, he had also broken through to the Third Grade Mid-Stage.

Most importantly, he had learned an extremely powerful Upper Grade martial art: Heaven-Entangling Hand.

Upper Grade martial arts are rare even in Jixia Academy; Xu Chen is certain to fail this time.

Thinking this, Ye Xuan once again voluntarily walked alongside the big man.

Despite the sour stench, he endured it.

"Is everyone ready? If so, we set off for Xingyun Forest."

Chi Lian, who led this mission, transmitted her voice via Spiritual Qi.

In an instant, all the new students across the entire plaza heard Chi Lian's voice.

"Ready."

The new students made sounds and climbed onto the backs of their Flying Spirit Beasts one after another.

"Then let's go."

Chi Lian also took Xu Chen's hand and said loudly.

In no time, there were already three people on the back of the Flying Divine Crane.

Li Ruoling's face turned black; it was overweight.

This junior uncle of hers was truly shameless; he didn't even want his own mount and just forced his way on.

Damn, truly damn!

All along the way, Li Ruoling's face was full of resentful expression.

Until the group arrived above Xingyun Forest.

Here, spanning tens of thousands of li, towering trees stood in rows.

At a glance, it was nothing but flying birds and running beasts.

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Xu Chen looked down; he remembered his landing point was the Southeast Area.

There lay another female lead, a fierce and ruthless one.

"Land at random locations, but remember, you may only operate in the forest's outer perimeter."

"The inner perimeter has many powerful Spirit Beasts, even some above Sixth Grade; do not venture deep."

Chi Lian instructed.

Everyone nodded in agreement, then landed at random spots.

Xu Chen, as expected, landed in the Southeast Area.

The moment he touched down, Chi Lian smiled lightly: "I'll be away for a while. Little Chen, be good now."

Li Ruoling thought for a moment and said: "I have matters to attend to as well, so I'm leaving first. You two are free to move about for now."

The two women knew this was the outer perimeter, so naturally there would be no danger.

Thus, they both left, wanting to seize Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures.

After all, if they didn't strike first, the items would belong to the protagonist, Ye Xuan.

Xu Chen was too lazy to care; through ninety-nine lifetimes, he knew almost everything about this forest.

"I happen to need some Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures to temper my body. Being alone is fine; I just won't snatch the protagonist's."

Xu Chen thought for a moment and constructed a map in his mind.

All the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures appeared like starlight, dot by dot, within the map.

Names, appearances, effects, whether Spirit Beasts guarded them, and how to deal with those beasts—all were clearly visible.

Even the distance between the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures and himself, he knew with perfect clarity.

Therefore, he walked straight toward a certain direction.

Watching Xu Chen's back, Ye Xuan sneered: "Wanting to find Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures? You're walking in the wrong direction. Hilarious."

He had Ling Zunzhe; his Divine Sense covered the surroundings.

Finding Spirit Medicine was very convenient.

Having decided, Ye Xuan walked in the direction opposite to Xu Chen.

As Xu Chen walked, he very quickly dug up a body-tempering Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure: Earth-Core Lotus.

This lotus looked just like an ordinary lotus, but it lived underground.

The sap from the lotus petals was an excellent treasure for refining the flesh.

"Delicious, quite sweet."

Xu Chen sucked on the petals while continuing to search for treasures.

About thirty minutes later, most of the body-tempering Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures in the surroundings had been found by Xu Chen.

"The taste of this Spirit-Refining Fruit is also quite sweet, and the fragrance is rich. Truly a Fourth Grade body-refining treasure."

"With this item's help, body refinement requires no assistance from violent winds and can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Xu Chen bit into a red fruit and said happily.

Faintly, Xu Chen's body once again emitted a golden glow.

He felt comfortable all over, sensing his physical strength rapidly increasing.

Before long, he had advanced by one realm.

"It should be Third Grade Late-Stage physical body strength."

Xu Chen said uncertainly.

In fact, his physical body strength already rivals that of a Fourth Grade Late Stage powerhouse.

"Hmm?"

While pondering, Xu Chen saw people from his own Xuegong, seemingly fighting against people from another faction.

They were fighting over a bellflower, which also has the effect of tempering the body.

"Good heavens, a Fourth Grade bellflower."

He looked up and saw another group of people dressed in black clothes, their bodies emitting faint black qi.

"Demon Sect disciples, fitting the original plot perfectly."

In the original text, the Demon Sect Saintess Duanmu Xin led Demon Sect disciples into the forest to snatch things.

Duanmu Xin currently possessed Sixth Grade Initial Stage strength; she killed anyone she saw.

Later, she encountered Ye Xuan; with Ling Zunzhe's help, Ye Xuan defeated Duanmu Xin.

In an instant, Duanmu Xin actually fell in love with Ye Xuan.

The plot is a bit brainless, but it's a simple novel, so it doesn't care about such things.

Beautiful women must be taken; this witch Duanmu Xin is no exception.

Xu Chen gazed intently; Duanmu Xin's figure was outstanding, her appearance extraordinary, also a peerless beauty.

She especially excels in movement techniques, hiding her attacks within her movement, strange and unpredictable.

In the blink of an eye, she can move a hundred meters to kill someone.

Soon, those Xuegong disciples from some unknown city were all killed.

Then, just as Xu Chen expected, Ye Xuan also appeared.

"Immortal Maiden, you killed our Xuegong people; isn't that a bit excessive?"

Ye Xuan smiled.

Seeing Ye Xuan, a trace of disgust flashed in Duanmu Xin's eyes.

The protagonist has arrived, finally arrived.

Today she wanted to see if she could kill him.

If she could, then Xu Chen would have it much easier.

Therefore, she said coldly, "Die."

She had no extra words; seeing Ye Xuan, she attacked immediately.