CHAPTER 725: CHAPTER 722: WHO ELSE?

"Who else?"

Li Chen strode forward, standing proudly with his sword, exuding an air of defiance towards the world.

At this moment, whether it was Old Man Jiang or the Prefectural Governor Ning Que, all of them looked like frostbitten eggplants, watching the Killing God before them with horror and unease.

They never imagined that Li Chen still had so many terrifying trump cards in his hands.

Now that Li Chen could throw out Nascent Soul Talismans, who could guarantee he wouldn’t toss a second one?

"Hmph, a bunch of ants!"

After uttering these words of disdain, Li Chen stepped on his Unrivaled Immortal Shoes and strode away.

After sprinting for hundreds of miles and ensuring that no one was in pursuit, he finally leaned against an ancient tree, spitting out mouthfuls of fresh blood.

At the final moment between life and death, he had managed to reverse the situation with the Nascent Soul Talisman, but he had also suffered a severe backlash, which was why he was so eager to leave.

If it continued to be a stalemate, he would be down to his last card, the Nine Heavens Star Technique.

And in his current state, if he forcefully used the Nine Heavens Star Technique, it would be a life-for-a-life, mutual destruction.

Li Chen took out a pill and swallowed it, barely stabilizing the tumultuous qi and blood within him.

A mere commandery, and he had been brought to such a desperate state. And above it were the prefecture cities, kingdoms, the Cloud Sea Continent, Yingzhou Immortal Island.

And Yingzhou Immortal Island was merely one of the three great Immortal Islands in the Eastern Cultivation World.

It seems the Cultivation World was not as weak as he had initially thought.

Thinking of this, not only was Li Chen not fearful, but he felt an indescribable excitement.

His goal was the stars and the sea, and the entire Cultivation World was merely a stepping stone towards the Immortal Realm.

The bigger this stepping stone, the stronger the lift it would provide, and the more beneficial it would be for his eventual entrance into the Immortal Realm!

However, the urgent task at hand was to find a safe place to heal and cultivate.

He had just turned Ningling County upside down and killed Jiang Tianxing on the spot; the Cloud Sea Sect would definitely not let things rest, so he could no longer stay on the Cloud Sea Continent.

Instantly, Li Chen’s gaze turned towards Penglai.

He had previously intended to go to Penglai.

But following the incident at Ningling County, the original route was no longer viable. He needed to find a relatively safe route to leave the Cloud Sea Continent.

Quickly, Li Chen’s attention landed on a vast river that stretched for thousands of miles.

Two words were written atop it: Dragon River!

And on the southern bank of the Dragon River lay the Barbaric land!

This Barbaric land, located at the center of Penglai, the abbot, and Yingzhou, covered an area of thousands of miles, comparable to the Sahara Desert.

But unlike the Sahara Desert with its pervasive sands, the Barbaric land was filled with mountain peaks and had the flair of the Miao Territory’s Ten Thousand Mountains.

Moreover, aside from Demon Beasts, there also lived a native tribe: the Barbarian Clan!

Previously, the Barbarian Clan, along with Demon Beasts and the Sea Clan, were the rulers of this part of the world.

However, when the Human Clan’s Great Power discovered this feng shui treasure land, they launched numerous large-scale crusades against them.

Subsequently, the Barbarian Clan suffered a bitter defeat and were forced to relocate to this Barbaric land to live in isolation.

Nonetheless, these Barbarians still clung to their ancestral teachings, dreaming of retaliating against the three great Immortal Islands of Penglai, Yingzhou, and the abbot. Moreover, they indeed put their desires into action, having initiated several large-scale crusades.

It’s just that in the end, they were met with crushing defeats.

If not for the natural strategic barrier of Dragon River, which blocked the advance of the Human Clan Cultivators’ army, and the presence of poisonous insects and Demon Beasts throughout the Mountains of the Wilderness, which is inhospitable for Human Clan’s survival and development, I fear that the Human Clan’s Great Power would have long since charged through and slaughtered them all.

The current relationship between the Human Clan and the Barbarian Clan has a bit of the flavor of the Great Hann and the Hun during the Western Han era.

Li Chen studied the map for a moment, weighing the pros and cons before deciding to embark on a journey into this Barbaric land.

...

The news of the Loose Cultivator Li Chen causing a massacre in Ningling County spread like wildfire across the entire Cloud Sea Continent.

Seven days later, Sunx Tiantian also returned to the Cloud Sea Sect and reported the matter to her master Yuee Suzhen.

After listening to Sunx Tiantian’s account, Yuee Suzhen’s face changed dramatically as she asked anxiously, "What did you say? That child Li Chen has the Nascent Soul Talisman of our Cloud Sea Sect in his hands?"

Sunx Tiantian nodded confidently and said, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. There’s no mistake!"

Yuee Suzhen’s expression grew solemn; after a moment of contemplation, she said to Sunx Tiantian, "This matter is of great importance. Come with me to Cloud Sea Peak!"

Cloud Sea Peak is the main peak of the thirteen peaks of the Cloud Sea Sect and the location of the Sect Master.

However, Yuee Suzhen’s visit this time was not to meet with the Sect Master, but to seek out the Sect Master’s wife Su Yuru.

She and Su Yuru had both been disciples of Master Dunan and were very close as sisters.

Upon seeing her junior sister arrive, Su Yuru personally went out to greet her.

"Junior Sister Yuee, what brings you here? Has our master emerged from seclusion?"

Yuee Suzhen shook her head and replied, "Not yet!"

Then, she looked at Su Yuru and called out, "Senior Sister!"

Su Yuru, seeing her own senior sister hesitating to speak, felt it strange and asked, "Junior Sister, we are sisters. Why do you hesitate in speaking to me?"

Yuee Suzhen pondered for a moment before saying, "Senior Sister, I came here this time to discuss something regarding Shuanghua with you!"

"Shuanghua? Has that girl caused some trouble again? Sigh, that child really doesn’t give me peace of mind."

Su Yuru’s expression changed upon hearing that it concerned her precious daughter.

Having lost her mother at a young age, she longed intensely for maternal love. After giving birth to Ling Shuanghua, she doted on her daughter and indulged her every whim.

Instead of answering directly, Yuee Suzhen turned to gaze at Sunx Tiantian, who stood respectfully behind her.

"Tiantian, recount the incident at Ningling County for your Master Su!"

With respectful compliance, Sunx Tian repeated the account she had given to Yuee Suzhen.

After listening, Su Yuru asked, "Isn’t it just a Loose Cultivator named Li Chen who seized the opportunity at Ningling County’s Soul Condensing Tower? What does this have to do with Shuanghua?"

"Senior Sister, Shuanghua has had contact with this youth named Li Chen. I suspect..."

Yuee Suzhen stopped mid-sentence, giving Su Yuru a meaningful look.

Though unspoken, the implications hung in the air, clear to interpret.

Su Yuru, herself a Heavenly Pride Girl among their generation of disciples, had only been momentarily flustered out of concern.

Now, hearing Yuee Suzhen’s account, a gravity settled over her expression.

The Nascent Soul Talisman is a treasure that a Nascent Soul cultivator can only create by offering ten years of their cultivation energy. Even for a Heavenly Sect like theirs, it is an extremely rare item.

Among the new generation of disciples, only her beloved daughter Ling Shuanghua possessed such a talisman.

Yet now, that Nascent Soul Talisman had mysteriously appeared in the hands of a Loose Cultivator named Li Chen, making the situation highly perplexing.

"Summon someone, have my daughter brought to me!"