The bright, crystal-like sword Qi sliced through the air, sliced open the black palm print, and sliced towards the old man's neck.
"Not good! This sword Qi is very powerful!" The old man's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly took out a shield from his storage ring and placed it in front of him.
Clang!
A huge crack appeared on the half-foot-thick shield, and the bright sparks shot out three to four meters away like fireworks.
The members of the Lin Family were dumbfounded. A casual Sword Qi had forced the powerful Elder Lu to use his shield to block it. Furthermore, the shield was made of steel that had been tempered a hundred times and was half a foot thick. Yet, the Sword Qi had cut four inches deep into the shield, nearly splitting it into two.
Seeing Ye Chen waving his sword again, the old man hurriedly dropped the broken shield in his hand and jumped towards Lin Qingmei, who was the closest to him. He wanted to use her as a shield so that Ye Chen wouldn't be able to hurt her.
Lin Qingmei was not powerful enough. She only saw a blur in front of her eyes, and the old man had already arrived in front of her. His withered hand reached towards her neck.
Although the old man was fast, Ye Chen was even faster. He appeared right next to Lin Qingmei, leaving only a shadow behind him.
The light blue sword light shone like a thunderbolt.
The next moment!
The old man was blown away, and his body was cut in half in the air.
"Elder Lu is dead!" The leader of the Huang Family, who had been smiling a moment ago, was now terrified.
Swish!
Ye Chen waved his left hand, and the storage ring on the old man's finger fell off and was sucked over. Without even looking at it, Ye Chen put it into his own storage ring. Then, he turned his head and looked at the leader of the Huang Family.
The leader of the Huang Family's face had turned pale. He forced a smile and said, "My family will leave right now. I promise, we will never cause any trouble to the Lin Family again. As for Elder Lu, he deserved it. During the half a month that he stayed in the Huang Family, he had raped countless servant girls."
Ye Chen didn't say anything. After all, this matter had nothing to do with him. If he slaughtered the Huang Family's people, others would think that he was a bloodthirsty person. Of course, if Lin Tiemu wanted to eradicate the Huang Family, Ye Chen wouldn't mind helping him by killing a few experts of the Huang Family.
Obviously, Lin Tiemu didn't want to do that. He yelled, "Huang Jian, my Lin family and your Huang family have never interfered in each other's business, and we have no intention of competing with you for the Black Rock City's business. Now get lost! If you dare to bully us again in the future, I, Lin Tiemu, will never forgive you. "
"Yes, yes!"
Huang Jian's only thought now was to leave the Lin family. As for the future, he would think about it later. He was really afraid that Ye Chen would kill him in passing.
After the people of the Huang family left, Ye Chen slightly shook his head. Lin Tiemu was still not ruthless enough! Those who wanted to achieve great things had to be ruthless. They would kill those who deserved to be killed, and never let go of any opportunity. However, everyone had their own ambitions. Not everyone wanted to achieve great things. Perhaps, Lin Tiemu only wanted to live a peaceful life in the Black Rock City.
Furthermore, although Lin Tiemu was injured, he was still much stronger than Huang Jian. Once he fully recovered, the Huang family wouldn't dare to bully them again in a short period of time.
"Little brother, thank you so much. I, Lin Tiemu, will never be able to thank you enough." Lin Tiemu cupped his hands towards Ye Chen. Not only had Lin Tiemu saved his daughter's life, he had also helped the Lin family kill their biggest enemy, the black-clothed old man.
Ye Chen said, "Don't mention it!"
It was almost evening. Lin Tiemu had ordered people to prepare a sumptuous banquet for Ye Chen. During the banquet, Lin Qingmei had drunk a lot of wine. Her cheeks were flushed, and her gaze fell on Ye Chen from time to time. As for that young man named Lu Zhengxuan, he looked sad.
"Zhengxuan, don't worry. He doesn't belong to the same world as us. He will leave sooner or later." Lu Zhengde sat beside Lu Zhengxuan and comforted him. Lu Zhengxuan nodded bitterly.
He was now a Late Condensing Reality Realm martial artist. As long as he worked hard, he could easily become a Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist. However, compared to Ye Chen, he was still far behind. Fortunately, he knew that the outside world was huge, and there were countless geniuses out there. Not everyone could compete with them. All he wanted to do was to become a powerful martial artist in the Black Rock City.
The next day.
Early in the morning.
Ye Chen bid farewell to the Lin family members, then left the Black Rock City.
… …
In a small forest, a bonfire was flickering.
"I have reached the seventh level of the Mysterious Great Art. The quality of my Zhen Qi has increased by thirty percent, and the total amount of my Zhen Qi has also increased by ten percent."
Sitting beside the bonfire with his legs crossed, Ye Chen threw a punch towards a gigantic tree in the distance.
Crack!
The tree was snapped in half, and the top half was sent flying dozens of meters away.
It had been three days since Ye Chen left the Black Rock City. During this time, Ye Chen would spend four to six hours training the Mysterious Great Art every day. Tonight, he had finally made a breakthrough.
"Oh, right, I haven't checked the old man's storage ring yet." Since he had some free time, Ye Chen took out the old man's storage ring.
After removing the remaining Zhen Qi from the old man's body, Ye Chen saw the space inside the ring.
Although the old man was a peak-level Mid Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist, he did not have a lot of money. He only had around one thousand low-rank soul stones and five hundred thousand gold. However, there were a lot of strange things in the ring. There were stones that emitted black Qi, skulls made of beautiful jade, and a broken map.
Skipping over the first few items, Ye Chen took out the broken map.
Ye Chen opened the map and found that it was only the size of a palm. It was grayish-yellow in color, and there were routes, rivers, mountains, and woods drawn on it with special pigments. On the edge of the map, there was a red dot, which was very eye-catching.
"I can't tell where the mountains and the woods are, but this river is obviously the Wild Goose Falling River. The Wild Goose Falling River is one of the three largest rivers in the South Zhuo Region. The river I just passed through was only a small part of it. The end of this river is in the north of the Grey Mystery Nation, and that's where the red dot is. I wonder what this red dot represents?"
Ye Chen was lost in his thoughts. He thought that it was just an ordinary map fragment, but now he realized that it might not be the case. After all, the animal skin that the map was made of looked quite ancient.
"I'm here to train myself, so it doesn't matter where I go. I might be able to find something. However, this Grey Mystery Nation is not one of the nine nations, and it's over five hundred thousand miles away from the Thousand Silk Nation. It will take me a long time to get to the red dot."
Waking up from his thoughts, Ye Chen made up his mind to go to the red dot.
Three days later, Ye Chen arrived at the bank of the Wild Goose Falling River again.
If the Wild Goose Falling River between the Windy Nation and the Thousand Silk Nation was the downstream part, then the Wild Goose Falling River here belonged to the upper part.
On the bank of the Wild Goose Falling River was a prosperous port city called the Riverside City, which had a population of over five million. Huge ships were docked at the port, transporting goods to the shore.
"Young warrior, the Ocean Beast is about to leave, please wait for it."
Someone came to report to Ye Chen from the shore.
Ye Chen nodded and responded, "Alright!"
The Ocean Beast was a huge, shuttle-shaped ship, over a hundred meters long and twenty meters wide. It was entirely made from the top-grade Iron Heavy Wood, and even ordinary Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists might not be able to leave a dent on it. The Ocean Beast was extremely sturdy and reliable, and was one of the biggest guarantees for passing through the Wild Goose Falling River.
But of course, with the current technology of the Riverside City, such a huge ship couldn't be built yet. This ship was custom-made from the Black Dragon Empire, one of the three largest empires in the South Zhuo Region. No one knew how much gold it cost. At least, with the current wealth of Ye Chen, he couldn't even afford one percent of this ship.
There weren't too many people on the ship, only around thirty to forty people. Half of them were rich people, two-thirds were nobles, and the rest were martial artists. The Zhen Qi vibration released from these seven to eight martial artists was extremely strong, and they were all Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists. One of them was even a Late Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist. When he blinked his eyes, a sharp light could be seen, which was as sharp as a knife.
Seeing that Ye Chen was so young, these people all had different looks on their faces.
A big-bellied rich man laughed out loud and said, "Young man, did you steal money from your family and prepare to leave your family? But, your family is quite rich! We have to pay a hundred thousand taels of gold to board this ship, ordinary people can't afford it. "
Those martial artists silently cursed him for being an idiot. Although Ye Chen's Zhen Qi vibration was slightly weaker than theirs, he was clearly a Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist. How could a Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist be so poor? It was absolutely impossible for him to steal money from his family to leave his family.
Ye Chen gave a faint smile, but didn't say anything.
"Alright, people, the Ocean Beast is about to depart. I hope you can behave yourselves on the way, and don't cause us any trouble." The cabin door was opened, and a middle-aged man walked in with two of his subordinates and said coldly.
"What are you talking about? Who dares to cause trouble on the Ocean Beast? They must be tired of living."
"Indeed, the Ocean Beast belongs to the South Chamber of Commerce."
"The South Chamber of Commerce is one of the two largest chambers of commerce in the South Zhuo Region. They have countless powerful martial artists, and are even more powerful than rank 7 institutions."
Hearing these people's discussions, Ye Chen slightly knitted his eyebrows. The sense of power released from this middle-aged man was no weaker than that of the Patriarch of the South Chamber of Commerce. Obviously, he was a peak-level Late Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist, and the two subordinates behind him were also mid Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists. Added with the other powerful martial artists of the South Chamber of Commerce, the South Chamber of Commerce was more than powerful.
Clatter!
A noise came from below the deck; the ship was about to depart.
…
In the Huang Family in the Black Rock City.
"You said that Old Lu was killed, but where is the killer?"
Two young men were looking down at the Huang Family's leader. The one on the left was wearing a black robe and had a gloomy face, while the other one was wearing a cyan robe and had a cold look. The Zhen Qi vibrations released from their bodies were even more powerful than Ye Chen's; they were at least peak-level Early Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists.
The Huang Family's leader wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "I don't know, he left the next day. Why don't you go ask the Lin Family's people? They are quite close to that kid."
Bang!
The young man in cyan robe gave the Huang Family's leader a heavy kick, making him vomit blood, then sneered and said, "You want to use me as a weapon? You don't deserve it. "
After leaving the Huang Family, the young man in black robe said, "That kid is only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he has the power to defeat Old Lu, who is at the peak-level Mid Clasping Yuan Realm. It seems that we can't underestimate him."
The young man in cyan robe sneered and said, "Both of us are ranked in the top forty-five in the Hidden Dragon Ranking. That Old Lu is nothing but a piece of cake for us.
"What should we do now?"
"Don't worry, I've seen that map in a stall, but I didn't pay much attention to it. When I got back, Old Lu had already bought it. Fortunately, I've memorized the location of the red dot, it's roughly at the end of the Wild Goose Falling River. As for the specific location, we'll know when we get there."
"Hehe, that's great. If nothing goes wrong, the location of the red dot must be a historical site. If we can find one or two high-level martial arts, we'll have more hope for the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition the year after next."
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