CHAPTER 178: CHAPTER 178 QIN CHUAN’S CONJECTURE

"System, transport me out of the Ma Po Cave!"

Qin Chuan immediately decided and silently chanted.

"Ding! This will consume a bit of Father Value!" The system opportunistically raised the price, exploiting the situation.

"Fine!"

Qin Chuan said without hesitation.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, a force of teleportation erupted. Qin Chuan felt the world spinning, and then he appeared in the valley outside the Ma Po Cave.

He quickly flew out of the valley.

At this moment, a burst of explosion sounded.

"Boom—"

The ground shook, mountains crumbled, a terrifying Power of Destruction gushed out from the cave entrance, flattening the entire valley!

Moreover, that Power of Destruction pushed out from the cave entrance, forming a white beam of light that swept forward, leveling everything in its path, extending a hundred-meter wide trench all the way to the horizon.

"Ah! My life is over!"

Suddenly, a scream rang out.

Then Qin Chuan saw a giant panda and a short, chubby old man tumbling out from the light beam.

They seemed to be washed out by a flood, flailing about, before tumbling down to the ground.

The giant panda rolled a few times on the ground, extended its limbs a few times, and then collapsed, lying there motionless, with only its round belly rising and falling to prove it was still alive.

The short, chubby old man sat up from the ground, only to be hit on the head by a large yellow wine gourd falling from the sky.

"Ouch!"

He screamed again and toppled over.

Qin Chuan stood in the sky, stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Senior, what happened to you?"

"Eh, young man, you haven’t left yet?"

The short, chubby old man quickly got up from the ground, straightened his clothes, and asked with a calm expression.

There was no embarrassment on his face.

As if the embarrassed, rolling old man earlier wasn’t him, and this serene self was the real him.

"Haha, Senior said the water inside was deep and I couldn’t handle it. But it seems... even Senior couldn’t handle it?"

Qin Chuan joked with a laugh.

"Pah! Don’t mention it, it’s bad luck!"

The short, chubby old man spat with a grumble:

"With my strength and means, I should have navigated it with ease, absolutely no problem, but some bastard triggered the killing array inside, affecting even me."

He glanced at Qin Chuan and said, "Lucky for you, you listened to my advice and didn’t go in, otherwise, you might not have made it out."

Here he raised his head, arrogantly saying, "There were at least hundreds of martial artists in the cave, but only I escaped. As for the others... hehe, encountering such a situation, nothing would be left of their bones."

"Yes, yes, Senior is powerful and foresighted. If not for Senior’s reminder, I would have been in big trouble."

Qin Chuan nodded repeatedly.

He sincerely flattered the old man who had suffered a great loss, his tone genuine, making it impossible for the latter to suspect that the real culprit was right before his eyes.

"No need to thank me, as a senior, I should guide the younger generation. By the way, you must be curious about my name, right? It’s no problem telling you, I am known as Ancestor Panjiang."

The short, chubby old man displayed the demeanor of a master, then as if suddenly remembering something, he smiled and said, "I just remembered I have urgent business, I’ll take my leave first, until we meet again."

With that, he hurried away.

After walking a dozen meters, he suddenly remembered the giant panda still lying on the ground pretending to be dead, so he cursed it for its lack of iron, swiftly walked back, picked up the giant panda with one hand, and quickly walked away.

He left in a bit of a rush.

Qin Chuan watched the hastily departing figure, touched his chin with his right hand, and narrowed his eyes—this old man seems to be hurt quite badly...

He intended to follow.

But on second thought, he decided against it.

Even rabbits bite when cornered. Such a mysterious old man, who knows what strange abilities he possesses? If he went to take advantage, there’s a chance he could be counter-killed.

Any villain can overplay their hand when being presumptuous, himself included, so it’s better to be cautious.

Besides, he doesn’t lack for things right now.

Today he acquired two Martial Emperor level inheritances—the Witch Venerable Body Refining Scripture and the Sun Devouring Emperor Scripture!

"Earlier, I left two strands of Qin Zi’s hair in that beam. But just doing that isn’t enough to frame the kid, so, as a father, I should pass on some powerful cultivation techniques to my son."

With this thought, a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Ding, a five-tribulation third layer Emperor has murderous intent towards your son. Based on the principle of fatherly love being deep, and a father must win, your strength will be elevated to one-tribulation third layer, and you will be invincible at the same level."

"Ding! Note: Because the other is an Emperor who advanced from a nine-layer Saint, his five tribulations are entirely equivalent to your one tribulation in terms of realm! At the same level, you can instantly defeat him."

Suddenly, the system’s voice rang out.

"Boom!"

Then, Qin Chuan felt a muffled noise from within his body, as if the world was being created.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Nine types of Power of Law automatically surged from his body, and a grand small world also slowly expanded from within.

It was an illusory spherical world, like a scroll, with mountains and rivers within that carried an air of reality amidst the illusion.

This was his small world.

Powerful Realm Emperors each had their own small world, which was the foundation of their strength and the source of their power!

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

At this moment, a vast force appeared out of thin air, pouring into the small world, making it rapidly expand, and the mountains and rivers inside became clearer, their aura soaring.

"Such powerful strength!"

Qin Chuan clenched his fist, feeling a surging power like a river, as if his arms were about to burst.

"It seems my invincibility at the same level isn’t limited to the Fragment Continent. Even on the nine-layer Main Continent, facing the same nine-layer Saint advanced unrivaled Emperors, I can still be indisputably victorious!"

"The current nine-layer Main Continent must be incredibly prosperous. I wonder what those heavens’ chosen ones are like over there..."

His eyes showed a longing.

Different environments lead to different levels of talent. An Emperor advanced from a nine-layer Saint might be astonishing on the Fragment Continent, but on the nine-layer Main Continent, it might be more common.

After all, the nine-layer Continent had obtained that Celestial Divine Object and after tens of thousands of years of development, it entirely might surpass ancient times!

Who says the present can’t surpass the past?

Who claims the modern is inferior to the ancient?!

"By the way, I should go check on the kid, a five-tribulation Emperor making a move, the gap is quite significant; he might actually suffer a loss."

At this moment, Qin Chuan remembered his little pig son, so he took out a Golden Compass, quickly flying in a direction.

In the center of this Compass, there was a pool of blood, which was Qin Zi’s blood, which Qin Chuan had openly extracted.

He never needed to explain anything to his son of convenience, and the son never doubted him—although he didn’t know why Dad did such things, cooperating with him was the right choice, after all, Dad would never harm me!

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, Qin Chuan’s speed was many times faster than before, and a golden light shot across, shredding the clouds to pieces!

Logically speaking.

He shouldn’t worry about Qin Zi’s safety because the Child of Destiny always has a narrow path to survival no matter the danger.

But when the crisis is too big, he couldn’t help but consider another possibility—what if, he himself was that one narrow path for his son?

After all, the system had reminded him to save the boy. Perhaps, this was the luck destined for Qin Zi’s path to salvation.

If his fixed mindset led to his son of convenience missing his only path, he would regret it for a lifetime.

Therefore, he had to take a look!