After Xiao Chen spoke, he left in a rush. When he reached the door, Shui Lingling suddenly called out to him.
Xiao Chen stopped and asked, "First Senior Sister, is there something else?"
Shui Lingling closed her eyes, and her gentle face sank into deep thought. After a while, she opened her eyes and said, "I will wait for you to return one year from now. At that time, not only will you have to face Bai Wuxue's challenge, but you should also be qualified to participate in the Sage War of the Proud Son of Heaven Ranking.
"Finally, take care. No matter what, you have to return alive."
Xiao Chen's body trembled slightly. He could feel the concern in Shui Lingling's words, so he paused for a moment.
He wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not say anything and left.
Starlight flickered, and the night became like a chessboard, showing many changes.
In the periphery of the Savage Beast Forest in the Haotian Province, towering trees could be seen everywhere. The dense foliage blocked out the starlight, not letting it shine.
Beast roars resounded in the dark forest, sometimes near and sometimes far. They sounded like the angry roars of ghosts. In this pitch-black world, it was exceptionally flustered.
However, the cultivators who came to take the risk would not be frightened by the dark night. If they were timid, they would not have the guts to barge into the famous Savage Beast Forest of the Tianwu Domain.
Somewhere in the forest, a bonfire burned fiercely. The flickering light from the fire gave this dark world a not-so-dazzling light.
In the boundless darkness, the light of this fire could illuminate everything within five kilometers. Aside from newcomers to the Savage Beast Forest, no one would be able to see it. Aside from newcomers to the Savage Beast Forest, no one would light a bonfire at night. That was no different from suicide.
The ferocious nocturnal Spirit Beasts would discover it immediately and launch themselves at you.
However, at this moment, a kilometer away from the bonfire, pairs of green eyes stared at the white figure beside the bonfire. However, they hesitated, not daring to take any action.
A few Fire Spirit Monkeys with their stomachs cut open hung from a tree a kilometer away. The blood on their chests had yet to congeal, and a pungent smell lingered for a long time.
Fire Spirit Monkeys were Rank 8 Spirit Beasts. They were tyrants in the periphery, and no one dared to offend them.
Seeing the corpses of the spirit beasts hanging on the tree, any spirit beast with the slightest bit of instinct would not act rashly.
Next to the bonfire, there was an unfurled scroll floating in the air. The white figure half a meter in front of the scroll was staring at the person in the painting.
A young girl with a petite and cute face and an extremely hot body was adding branches to the bonfire bit by bit.
The flickering firelight caused her delicate face to turn red. The young girl smiled and softly counted, "One, two, three, four …"
When he counted to nine, the white figure in front of the painting seemed to have experienced something extremely terrifying. His face was filled with terror as he retreated dozens of steps.
The man and woman were none other than Xiao Chen and Ao Jiao who had left the Haotian Sect.
No sect would allow a disciple to go on a long journey after being in the sect for less than a year. Firstly, they were afraid of an accident. Secondly, they were afraid that the disciple would leave after obtaining some benefits.
However, with Shui Lingling's personal jade pendant, the Haotian Sect's inner sect First Elder had no choice but to agree to Xiao Chen's request.
Yue Chenxi and Gong Yangyu had both gone on sect missions, so Xiao Chen could not say goodbye. After entrusting someone to hand the Dragon Mark Fruit to Yue Chenxi, he left on his way alone.
The fastest way to the Fiend Domain from the Haotian Province was to head west through the Savage Beast Forest. After passing the most remote Hunluo Province of the Tianwu Domain, one would arrive at the Fiend Domain.
When Ao Jiao saw Xiao Chen take a few steps back, she smiled and said, "Not bad. This time, you lasted for nine seconds. Soon, you will be able to break through ten seconds."
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly. He stretched out his hand and rolled up the painting of the Qing Emperor drawing the saber. He sighed and said, "I can already discover thirty-two directions to draw the saber. However, his starting stance seems to be ever-changing. There is always a direction that you cannot predict."
After entering the Savage Forest, Xiao Chen had nothing to do. In the end, he could not resist the temptation of the painting of the Qing Emperor drawing the saber, so he unfurled the painting again.
In reality, any true bladesman would be like Xiao Chen. After seeing a Saber Technique that defied their common sense, no matter how strange it was, they would try to figure out what it was.
Slowly, Xiao Chen discovered that he could block the saber of the person in the painting. However, he had to guess where he would draw the saber first. Otherwise, he would still die in one strike.
Even though Xiao Chen had experienced this many times before, he still had not gotten used to the feeling of approaching death; it was unbearable.
However, Xiao Chen had benefited a lot from this kind of suicidal behavior. His understanding of Drawing the Saber was much stronger than before.
The process of drawing the saber only took an instant. However, in that instant, as the body moved or the angle at which the saber was held changed, the trajectory of the saber would immediately become very different.
The trajectory of Xiao Chen's saber immediately became very different. Even the surrounding environment changed. Even if the trajectory of the saber was the same, the situation would change.
If one advanced to a higher realm and infused their state of mind into Drawing the Saber, there would be new changes.
An even higher realm would be one with the world. The instant the saber was drawn, it would contain the comprehension of the world, the control of the Heavenly Dao. At that point, the saber would no longer be a saber.
Xiao Chen was still far from such a realm. He was still at the most basic stage. How to control the angle and the environment to make different changes?
As far as Xiao Chen knew, there was no one in the younger generation of the Tianwu Domain who had such a deep understanding of Drawing the Saber. If Xiao Chen could improve it further, it might become his new killing move.
As Xiao Chen held the painting, he revealed a contemplative gaze. He muttered, "I keep feeling that this painting is not that simple. There should be an even greater secret hidden in it."
Ao Jiao raised her eyelids slightly and said, "What is so special about it? I have seen many such treasures. They are just projections of one's comprehension of the Martial Technique onto a piece of paper. Many of the Martial Techniques that Emperor Wu passed on to the later generations are like this.
"The jade strip containing the Dragon Tone Absolute Art of yours has a similar effect. It is just that this Drawing the Saber is harder to comprehend."
Xiao Chen smiled faintly and placed the painting in his Universe Ring. He said, "Perhaps. However, I have a feeling that if I can grasp all the positions of the saber, the answer will be obvious."
Ao Jiao's lips curled up slightly. Clearly, she did not believe that there was any big secret.
Xiao Chen swept his gaze around. When he saw the many pairs of green eyes, he said, "Get up, I have to get to work."
Xiao Chen casually waved his hand and extinguished the bonfire in front of him. Then, he turned into a beam of dim light and returned to the Immortal Spirit Ring.
The surrounding light vanished, and night completely engulfed Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen stretched his arms and legs. After he locked onto his prey, he quickly ran and leaped across the ground. "Sou! Sou!
Sou! "
The darkness of the night did not hinder Xiao Chen's vision at all. A white figure leaped about in the forest like a nimble cheetah, leaping over obstacle after obstacle.
Xiao Chen crossed a kilometer in an instant. A Spirit Beast covered in snow-white fur and looking like a stout tiger appeared before Xiao Chen.
This was one of the more powerful Rank 7 Spirit Beasts, the Ice Tiger. However, it did not pose any challenge to Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen had another purpose in making it his prey.
Xiao Chen's strong aura was withdrawn in his body, not leaking it out, no different from an ordinary person. When the Ice Tiger saw Xiao Chen, its first impression was that he was somewhat strange. However, it was not as intelligent as humans.
When the Ice Tiger no longer sensed any danger, it finally could not resist moving forward. The surging energy from its feet pounded the ground rhythmically. "Dong! Dong!
Dong! "The Ice Tiger gave off ear-splitting sounds that traveled far into the darkness before slowly fading away.
Seeing the Ice Tiger approach, Xiao Chen smiled faintly. He did not show any intention of moving.
However, the purple clouds in Xiao Chen's dantian scattered and turned into vast Quintessence, surging through his meridians like a gushing river.
The path of the Quintessence's flow was very strange. It only made small cycles in the three meridians in his chest.
Eventually, the Quintessence flowed faster and faster, spinning somewhat frantically. This spurred Xiao Chen's blood, bones, skin, and muscles to give off subtle clanging sounds.
"Dang!
Dang! Dang! "The sounds gathered together like a low and furious dragon roar. As the Quintessence spun in Xiao Chen's chest, it did its best to find an outlet to release it.
However, it could not go out. It could only spin, spin, spin, spin, and spin. That low dragon roar became increasingly urgent. The accumulated energy made Xiao Chen feel like his chest would explode at any moment.
If Xiao Chen looked into his body at this moment, he would discover that the Quintessence flowing in his chest had turned into an Azure Dragon image. The dragon image turned solid.
As the low dragon roar became more urgent, the dragon image turned more solid. It was like all the sound gathered in this Azure Dragon image's Quintessence.
The swelling feeling in Xiao Chen's chest had already reached the critical point. If this energy could not be vented, it would explode Xiao Chen to death.
The Ice Tiger's huge figure was only five meters away from Xiao Chen. It swung its claws at Xiao Chen.
If Xiao Chen did not do anything, no matter how hard his head was, this attack from the Ice Tiger would turn him into meat paste.
"Break!"
Xiao Chen, who had not moved all this while, finally moved. However, he did not move his feet or his hands. Instead, he roared at the top of his lungs.
The dragon-shaped Quintessence that had been waiting in Xiao Chen's body for a long time, itching to charge out immediately, shot out with a 'xiu' sound. The dragon-shaped Quintessence spun around and turned into a whirlpool of formless sound waves that quickly spread out from Xiao Chen's throat.
A loud sound rang out together with this roar. This sound was even more intense than thunder. Dragon Might spread out as if it could shatter mountains and rivers for five thousand kilometers around.
Blood leaked out of the Ice Tiger's ears, nose, and mouth five meters in front. Then, it fell over powerlessly.
In the next moment, a strong wind blew, and all the towering trees within five hundred meters exploded from the tree trunks. Along with the soil, the tree splashed out. The sky was filled with broken tree trunks, dancing in the air.
The Ice Tiger on the ground was not dead yet. Its limbs twitched continuously. Blood flowed out of the corner of its mouth, and its eyes were wide open.
Xiao Chen bent over and placed his right hand on the Ice Tiger's back. Then, he sent out a strand of Spiritual Sense to check carefully.
After a while, Xiao Chen revealed a dissatisfied expression. The Ice Tiger's internal organs did not shatter, only a crack appeared.
At such a close distance, Xiao Chen executed the Dragon Tone Art and still could not kill a Rank 7 Spirit Beast instantly. It had to be said that there were many areas that Xiao Chen needed to strengthen.
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