This fellow is a madman. Xiao Chen did not linger. He turned around and left the place.
Now that he had obtained the secret manual, there was no need to continue looking around. Xiao Chen left the street and prepared to soar into the air.
However, just at this moment, a cultivator wearing a black cloak, his face hidden in the shadows, landed in front of Xiao Chen. Then, he immediately headed north.
Xiao Chen felt that this person looked familiar. He quickly sent out his Spiritual Sense, and his expression changed. "Chu Chaoyun! What is he doing here?"
He should be here to get something. After all, if Xiao Chen could come, it would not be strange for him to come as well.
Xiao Chen withdrew his Spiritual Sense and stopped paying attention. However, he suddenly discovered a strange problem.
After Chu Chaoyun landed, he did not look at anything. He just headed north, not even bothering to look at the surrounding stalls.
Something is strange!
Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes and decided to follow. He withdrew his aura and maintained a two-kilometer distance. Xiao Chen followed Chu Chaoyun stealthily.
Soon, Chu Chaoyun left the vicinity of the market. Xiao Chen found it even more strange. What is this fellow doing here?
Outside the market was an extremely desolate land. Only some flourishing weeds grew. The cold wind howled, making it look very desolate.
Chu Chaoyun did not stop at all. His destination was very clear. He kept walking until he finally stopped before a tombstone.
Beside the tombstone, there was a deep pool of water. The surface of the pool was covered with ice, and it looked very strange.
Xiao Chen removed his black cloak. Unexpectedly, Chu Chaoyun was wearing the golden robes of the Tianwu Dynasty.
Chu Chaoyun's perpetually calm face revealed a faint sadness. He squatted down and started to pull out the weeds around the tombstone.
The tombstone was already very dilapidated. The words on it were already cracked. Xiao Chen took a long time before he could see them clearly. Then, he slowly read, "Grave of Chu Jiaoyang."
Chu Jiaoyang, Chu Jiaoyang. Xiao Chen repeated this name twice in his heart, and his expression changed drastically.
The Tianwu Emperor who established the Tianwu Dynasty and moved unhindered across the continent, the one who was praised for tens of thousands of years … Wasn't the real name of Chu Jiaoyang?
Impossible!
This is impossible, Xiao Chen was extremely astonished. The Tianwu Emperor, Chu Jiaoyang, was a peerless genius, unrivaled in the world, praised for tens of thousands of years.
Even to this day, he was still an unsurpassable legend of the Tianwu Continent. The title of the strongest person since the ancient era definitely belonged to him.
However, his tombstone was so simple and crude that it was even a bit dilapidated and overgrown with weeds.
Currently, the grave of any City Lord of a small city would be many times more luxurious than this gravestone. He was the Tianwu Emperor. How could his gravestone be so simple?
Waves surged in Xiao Chen's heart. He couldn't figure out how this was possible. The Tomb of the Heavenly Thearch was actually so simple.
What Xiao Chen couldn't figure out was why Chu Chaoyun was here. Furthermore, logically speaking, this gravestone should not have been hard to find. Why did he not think of attacking the Tomb of the Heavenly Thearch?
After all, no matter how simple it was, it was still the Tomb of the Heavenly Thearch. Even the corpse of a Heavenly Thearch was priceless and inestimable.
All sorts of doubts lingered in Xiao Chen's heart, causing his mind to be in a mess. Then, he carefully recalled the past.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen remembered the first time he met Chu Chaoyun. There was a Heavenly Thearch's tomb there as well.
However, it was the last one, the last Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty. Compared to Chu Jiaoyang, he was worlds apart.
As the biggest winner of that fortuitous encounter, not only did Chu Chaoyun obtain the corpse of Emperor Wu, he even absorbed a tenth of the Heavenly Flame and obtained the Life-Extinguishing Blood-Reversing Swordplay.
Now that Chu Jiaoyang appeared here, perhaps everything that happened that day was not a coincidence. Everything was within his calculations.
If Xiao Chen thought deeper, the map that the Yue Clan obtained back then might have been purposely obtained by the Yue Clan.
If all this was true, then the depths of Chu Chaoyun's schemes were truly horrifying. "Bang! Bang!
Bang! "
Just at this moment, the ice-covered pond shattered with a 'ka ca ka ca' sound. A drawn-out aura soared into the sky from the cracks in the ice.
That aura was like a long, straight line. Soon, it pierced through the barrier of the underground market and pierced into the lake.
Xiao Chen was startled. When he first arrived at the Hidden Dragon Lake, the aura he felt came from here.
"Boom!"
The ice completely shattered, and a snow-white flood dragon leaped out of the pond. Its body was more than two hundred meters long.
White scales lined its body, and auspicious clouds spread out from its body. An ancient Dragon Might spread out into the surroundings from its body.
Immediately, everyone in the underground market felt an enormous pressure. Their gazes were filled with doubt.
"Why did this ancestor come out for no reason?!"
"Could it be that someone has designs on the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb? He is too bold. He really does not know how to spell the word 'death'."
However, no one dared to go and watch the excitement. They all remained where they were and did what they were supposed to do.
Even if they were curious, they did not have the guts to go and watch.
There is actually a dragon in this Hidden Dragon Lake! Xiao Chen thought in horror.
This was a Rank 10 Frost Flood Dragon, an existence equal to a peak Martial Sage. Looking at the auspicious clouds covering its body, it clearly showed signs of transforming into a True Dragon.
Such a flood dragon had lived for an unknown period of time. Even if Emperor Wu came, he would not be able to do anything to it. It was an existence that truly stood at the top of the food chain.
No wonder no one had any designs on this simple Heavenly Emperor's Tomb even though it was placed here.
Two kilometers away, Xiao Chen withdrew his aura and lay on the ground even more carefully. At this moment, he did not even dare to send out his Spiritual Sense.
With just a thought from such a strong Frost Flood Dragon, Xiao Chen would be able to sense it. No matter how strong Xiao Chen's Spiritual Sense was, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could compare to a flood dragon.
Before the gravestone, Chu Chaoyun waved at the soaring Frost Flood Dragon and said, "Ao Yang, it has been a long time!"
"It has indeed been a long time. The last time you came here was probably four years ago," the flood dragon said in an extremely aged voice.
Chu Chaoyun smiled faintly and did not say anything more. Then, he took out a stack of yellow paper and the items of the priest and placed them in front of the gravestone.
A golden light flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes, and all the offerings started burning.
Chu Chaoyun looked at the burning yellow paper in a daze. The sorrowful expression on his face became even more intense.
Then, Chu Chaoyun touched the mottled gravestone with his right hand and muttered in a voice that only he could hear, "Even if you were a peerless talent, unparalleled in the world, unrivaled in the world, in the end, you are just a pile of dirt, a broken gravestone.
"Even after ten thousand years, your name still remains. However, your dynasty no longer exists. Your descendants do not even have the qualifications to be a proper human being."
Xiao Chen could not hear what Chu Chaoyun said. However, when he saw the burning offerings, he was startled.
Could this Chu Chaoyun be a descendant of the Tianwu Dynasty's Royal Court?
"Xiu!"
Just at this moment, an extremely cold gaze stared at Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen's chest tightened. He knew that the Frost Flood Dragon had sensed his emotional fluctuations earlier.
"Bang!"
Without any hesitation, Xiao Chen smacked the ground heavily and immediately shot forward.
The lines on the Blood Flame Shoes suddenly lit up. Xiao Chen's speed instantly reached Mach 4 as he soared into the sky.
"Ca!
Ca! Ca! "The moment the Frost Flood Dragon left, a layer of cold Qi appeared where Xiao Chen had been lying earlier.
The Frost Flood Dragon froze all the dirt into ice shards. After that, the ice exploded, sending countless ice shards flying in all directions.
The surrounding cold Qi spread out and a cold wind howled. A huge pit appeared in the ground. All this happened in the blink of an eye.
Xiao Chen did not even notice how the Frost Flood Dragon made its move. He felt extremely nervous as he quickly flew into the sky.
He only wanted to leave this market as soon as possible; he had no intention of resisting.
The Frost Flood Dragon looked at Xiao Chen in the air. Its eyes flickered slightly as it prepared to spit out another Dragon Breath to kill Xiao Chen.
However, after a while, it discovered something else. It stopped opening its mouth and raised its claws, sending out an extremely sharp cold Qi.
"Bang!"
Xiao Chen felt a cold Qi explode behind him. A horrifying energy surged over and the lightning-attributed Essence in his body was immediately destroyed.
"Pu ci!"
Xiao Chen vomited a mouthful of blood. That huge force pushed him forward continuously. Soon, he was out of the barrier and into the lake.
The huge force did not diminish as it carried Xiao Chen's body forward. After an instant, Xiao Chen appeared above the Hidden Dragon Lake, leaving behind a pillar of water.
Xiao Chen heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he checked his internal injuries. To his surprise, he discovered that he had not suffered any injuries.
The cold Qi that had rushed into his body and caused him unbearable pain did not injure him. Instead, it forced out some of the impurities in his Essence.
That was to say, not only did Xiao Chen not suffer any losses, but he even gained something for free.
"Splash!"
The water pillar fell, and the lake rippled for a long time before it slowly stopped. Xiao Chen stared at the water for a long time.
He could not figure out why that Rank 10 Frost Flood Dragon helped him.
Beside the Heavenly Emperor's Grave, the Frost Flood Dragon's aged voice rang out again. "Chu Chaoyun, don't bring anyone with you next time. Even if you are the successor of the Qing Emperor, there is no exception."
Chu Chaoyun said somewhat helplessly, "I really did not know that he followed me here. Furthermore, I do not know when I will come again."
The Frost Flood Dragon's voice rang out again. "I don't care what you want to do. You had better not have any designs on the things in the Heavenly Emperor's Grave."
After saying that, the Frost Jiao Dragon dived back into the deep pool of water.
Chu Chaoyun clenched his right fist tightly. His gaze was resolute as he looked at the simple Heavenly Emperor's Grave. He muttered, "The dead are already dead. I still have some respect for you."
Xiao Chen cautiously returned to his courtyard. Under a small tree in the courtyard, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. He started to carefully sense the cold Qi that the Frost Flood Dragon gave him.
He felt that there was still some remnant cold Qi in his body that had not been used yet. It would be a waste not to make good use of it. "Chi!
Chi! "
As Xiao Chen circulated his Essence, the cold Qi that permeated his flesh, meridians, and internal organs was quickly absorbed by Xiao Chen.
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