Chapter 68

At this moment, the Empress and the Palace Master, along with others, all sensed Xu Chen's aura.

They were secretly shocked in their hearts; this speed was simply too fast.

Especially Luo Shen and Shangguan Luoyun; when they were at the Fifth Grade Initial Stage, it had taken them a full year to break through to the Middle Stage.

Xu Chen's speed could be said to be a hundred times faster than theirs.

Chi Lian, Huo Ling'er, and Li Ruoling also silently clicked their tongues; the rate of improvement was indeed fast.

Even Bu Fengshuang, upon seeing this, could not help but nod.

Her Chen was simply different.

Xu Chen now coldly shouted, "Who is it?"

He remembered that this time, the Demon Sect had not come, but the Five Poisons Sect had.

This sect was from the Southern Border region and specialized in poison; Duan Qianyuan was the person the Five Poisons Sect had planted inside the Jixia Xuegong.

They had come now to help Duan Qianyuan seize the Young Palace Master Token.

Also arriving was the Five Poisons Envoy of the Five Poisons Sect: Han Xiruo.

She was also a female protagonist.

However, in the original text, Han Xiruo did not initially contact Ye Xuan, but rather him, this villain.

After all, she loved killing people very much; it was a perfect match.

It was just that in the original text, the two plotted against each other, generated hatred, and finally Han Xiruo ran over to Ye Xuan's side.

"I just don't know if this Han Xiruo has broken character."

"Please don't let her break character; let the plot proceed normally."

Xu Chen prayed inwardly.

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PS: 8 chapters!!! Almost 20,000 words today, but I'm not very satisfied with the plot; I thought about it for a long time, but I have to update anyway; my head is exploding right now!! Begging for all kinds of data!!!

According to Xu Chen's memories from his previous life, Han Ruoxi was the type who hid a knife behind a smile.

She was as ruthless as Bu Fengshuang when doing things, but while Bu Fengshuang had a blank expression, Han Ruoxi killed people while smiling.

With a charming smile and sparkling glances, corpses stained with Poison Qi would fall one after another.

Bu Fengshuang knew how to use poison because she had accidentally picked up a fragment of the Thousand Poison Workshop's incomplete scripture, the Thousand Array Poison Scripture, and simply read it until she mastered it.

The Five Poisons Sect and the Thousand Poison Workshop were two of the world's great poison sects, though each had its own merits.

The Five Poisons Sect often placed poison on hands, in medicines, on clothes, or even in the air.

The Thousand Poison Workshop, however, preferred to fuse poisons into Arrays.

However, as mentioned above, both mastered everything and were proficient in all aspects.

According to the previous life, when the Five Poisons Sect entered the Xingyun Forest at this time, the Jixia Xuegong was still unaware of it.

It would take half an hour before the Xuegong found out.

However, in that half-hour, the Five Poisons Sect did many things, almost controlling all the elite disciples of the Xuegong.

"Not bad. Projecting Spiritual Qi, Fifth Grade Initial Stage; you, this new student, are truly formidable."

At this moment, an Elder of the Five Poisons Sect clapped his hands and laughed.

This person was an elderly man, appearing to be in his sixties, with numerous scars on his face and a sharp, fierce gaze.

Black aura coiled around his body, and even his sect robes were black, giving him an overall dark and gloomy appearance.

In his hand, he held a rattan cane, upon which venomous snakes were vaguely coiled, hissing constantly as they flicked their tongues.

As far as Xu Chen knew, this was called the Ten Thousand She Du Staff, a replica of the Five Poisons Sect Master's own staff.

However, its power was still fifty percent of the true Ten Thousand She Du Staff.

This person was the Sixth Elder of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, named Gui Du; as the name suggests, his attacks were like ghosts, making them impossible to guard against.

At this moment, a trace of appreciation appeared in Gui Du's eyes as he looked at Xu Chen: "I heard you are the number one among the new students?"

As he spoke, he released a Sixth Grade aura from his body.

The surrounding flowers, grass, and trees instantly withered and turned yellow.

Xu Chen smiled: "A Sixth Grade aura, yet capable of attacks comparable to the Seventh Grade; not bad."

He did not underestimate this Gui Du; under the same grade, a Sixth Grade Realm Martial Artist could fight a Seventh Grade Martial Artist.

Of course, the premise was that he was not approached, as the bodies of poison cultivators were quite fragile.

If a body cultivator got close and punched through his heart, even if he managed to poison the body cultivator to death, he himself would not survive.

Gui Du opened his mouth, revealing a set of grim black teeth: "Boy, become my disciple, submit completely to me, and I will grant you the position of Young Palace Master."

Xu Chen laughed: "Useless trash; if I wanted the position of Young Palace Master, would I need you to give it to me?"

Gui Du's face instantly turned gloomy: "You are asking for death."

Having finished speaking, his body trembled, and countless Poison Qi began to emanate.

Soon, the poisonous insects and beasts in the Xingyun Forest were slowly drawn toward them.

In an instant, thousands upon thousands of poisonous insects and beasts surrounded Xu Chen, staring at him with cold, sinister eyes.

Seeing this, Shangguan Luoyun immediately showed murderous intent; what a Five Poisons Sect Gui Du, daring to cause trouble here before me.

Today, if you do not die, how can the Xuegong's face be preserved?

"Buzz!"

Having finished speaking, Shangguan Luoyun was about to leave the Xuegong and rush to the Xingyun Forest.

However, unexpectedly, the next second she saw Chi Lian and the other two appear.

Chi Lian unleashed a Seventh Grade Mid-stage aura, holding the Red Fire Rope, and like a venomous snake, she rushed straight toward the surrounding poisonous insects and beasts.

Li Ruoling also unleashed a Sixth Grade Late Stage aura and began to perform her unique martial arts to eliminate these beasts.

Huo Ling'er's realm was slightly lower, but she was also at the Sixth Grade Initial Stage, and they attacked together.

Shangguan Luoyun nodded: "Let's see first; if this Palace Master does not need to act, then let it be."

Speaking of which, for a Palace Master of her stature to attack an Elder of the Five Poisons Sect was somewhat bullying the weak.

However, Xu Chen could not be harmed; whoever dared to touch Xu Chen would die today.

Luo Shen also could not act, but with a face equally cold, she had already deployed the Dark Guards.

"Go to Xingyun Forest and keep watch; no matter what the Five Poisons Sect does today, let not a single person escape."

"However, if possible, help Xu Chen seize the token and advance to the position of Young Palace Master."

Luo Shen said coldly.

The female leader of the Dark Guards immediately clasped her hands: "I obey your decree."

Having spoken, she vanished within the Imperial Palace.

She pondered inwardly: Is the Emperor perhaps slightly too concerned about this Xu Chen?

After all, in the past, where had the Emperor ever deployed Dark Guards for anyone?

The Dark Guards are the Tianzun Dynasty's strongest spies, and their interventions have never failed.

At this moment, within Xingyun Forest, swords were drawn and bows bent.

Bu Fengshuang was also secretly arranging a Sixth Grade Array, yet at this moment she was only at the Fifth Grade realm.

Arranging a Sixth Grade Array while at the Fifth Grade realm requires at least a quarter of an hour.

Gui Du let out a cackling cold laugh: "These trifles are insufficient to shake this old man."

Chi Lian said coldly: "I fear you will not know how you die in a moment."

The corners of Gui Du's mouth curled up: "Go, my children."

The next second, those tens of thousands of poisonous insects instantly turned into streaks of afterimages, rushing straight toward Xu Chen and the others.

"Slaughter."

However, the next second, the Array Bu Fengshuang had already arranged instantly crushed those ten thousand poisonous insects.

After all, these poisonous insects were only at the Third or Fourth Grade realm.

"Yo, Sister Bu Fengshuang, your Array attainment is not bad."

Just at this moment, a clear, silver-bell-like laughter came.

Following that, wisps of smoke converged from all directions, finally coalescing into a blue figure.

She wore the clothing of the Southern Border tribes, her expression full of joy, her face of peerless beauty, her skin flawless and smooth.