Chapter 1637: Chapter 846: Evil Dragon Mountain (2)

In this way, Chen Xuan spending more time searching for remnants of several major forces yields less than it initially did.

Moreover, her cultivation has already reached the Ninth Level of Foundation Establishment.

For her at this stage, only Nascent Soul Spiritual Items hold sufficient allure.

On this basis, Chen Xuan has even less reason to risk much for resources that are not very important.

Because of such circumstances, Chen Xuan suppressed her inner desires, sticking to her usual cultivation method, cultivating while searching for crucial Nascent Soul Spiritual Items around Jinfeng Nation.

In fact, this persistence of hers is indeed correct.

Even though she has not yet found a Nascent Soul Spiritual Item.

But she is still quite young, with significant potential for further improvement, and these past years she has made considerable gains from other resources.

Next, as long as she continues step by step, she believes she will eventually find a suitable Nascent Soul Spiritual Item.

If not, she can collect a batch of decent Second and Third Order Treasures, and eventually use these resources to try and exchange for a Nascent Soul Spiritual Item in a more prosperous land on the Immortal Path.

For understanding these points, Chen Xuan can stay in Jinfeng Nation as before, following her usual rhythm.

Later, Chen Xuan unexpectedly encountered four Foundation Establishment Cultivators and had a great fight over some resources.

After escaping that ordeal, she took refuge in Qianyuan Market, highly valued by the Lin Family.

At this critical moment, if she reported the intelligence clues about the Tianqing Sect Remnants to the Lin Family, perhaps she could use Lin Family’s hand to eliminate her enemies.

Additionally, she could seize the opportunity to receive a generous reward.

With such intentions, this idea of Chen Xuan’s could achieve multiple outcomes.

However, before carrying out this plan, Chen Xuan still intended to find a way to confirm the enemy’s identity as much as possible, to avoid alerting them due to inaccurate assumptions.

In such circumstances, it was for this reason that Chen Xuan appeared in the stall area of the market today.

Yet, Chen Xuan did not know the identity of the man in front of her.

She never would have thought that Lin Tianming, the legendary first expert of the Lin Family, known as the strongest under the Nascent Soul Cultivator, would personally stand before her.

Coincidentally, Lin Tianming even took such a keen interest in this map she could not yet verify.

If Chen Xuan had known these things, there would have been no need for a trial.

However, at this point, Lin Tianming had already developed a strong interest in this map.

From now on, regardless of what choices Chen Xuan made, things would no longer go according to her plan.

Thus, after Chen Xuan recounted the events of the past, Lin Tianming harbored the same doubts in his mind.

Under such doubts, Lin Tianming hesitated not at all.

Therefore, Lin Tianming’s expression had become somewhat solemn, and he spoke directly in an indisputable tone: “Fairy Chen, specifically where did your great battle with several Foundation Establishment Cultivators occur?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan’s heart sank instantly, although she appeared very calm.

However, in her heart, she was utterly sure that the man before her was genuinely a Golden Core Stage Expert.

Otherwise, he would not have easily seen through her identity.

Apart from that, earlier this man also was extremely courteous, seemingly having some fear of her as well.

However, now, this man’s tone was heavy, and his words were full of an indisputable flavor.

Such a sudden change certainly had its reliance.

Looking at it this way, the cultivation realm of the man before her was eighty percent a genuine Golden Core Stage Expert.

Realizing this point, Chen Xuan could not help but sigh about her luck, uncertain whether it was good or bad, that just setting up a stall brought her in contact with a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

Such a coincidental matter, Chen Xuan had not expected in advance.

Nonetheless, at this point, no amount of thinking would be of any significance to her.

After all, the cultivation realm of the man before her far surpassed hers, he would not let her choose, much less make her take the lead.

On this basis, since she lacked the ability to control the situation, she might as well go along with the man’s intentions.

In this way, perhaps after the man obtained what he wanted, he might spare her.

Understanding this, Chen Xuan hesitated not at all in the next moment.

And then, she tossed a map with one hand, personally handing it over to Lin Tianming.

After Lin Tianming took the map and looked at it, he found that the location marked on the map was precisely the Evil Dragon Mountain to the northwest of Qianyuan Market.

As for this place, although Lin Tianming had never been there, he did know some general information from some maps and records.

Apart from that, he had also heard some rumors about Evil Dragon Mountain from some clansmen.

According to this intelligence, Lin Tianming had some understanding of Evil Dragon Mountain.

In the intelligence, Evil Dragon Mountain is located in a range of mountains northwest of Qianyuan Market, about several thousand miles away.

For cultivators, such a distance is actually not too far.

Especially for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, calling it a neighbor of Qianyuan Market is not an exaggeration.

The mountain range where Evil Dragon Mountain is located is quite vast; supposedly, many years ago, this place was a perilous Profound Secret Realm.

In that period, this secret realm had a large number of treasures and a great number of demonic beasts as well.

Faced with the temptation of treasures, every opening of this secret realm had many cultivators rushing forward.

Doing so, all in the hopes of finding some precious treasures to change their fate.

By this means, the name Evil Dragon Mountain gained a substantial influence throughout Jinfeng Nation and neighboring countries.

However, by a hundred thousand years ago, for reasons unknown, this secret realm could no longer close.

Also, the secret realm no longer had a series of entry restrictions.

On this basis, this place also became somewhere everyone could go, filled with danger.

Because of this sudden change, the treasures within the Evil Dragon Mountain Secret Realm were wiped out by cultivators coming to trial and treasure hunt.

As of today, although this place remains a decent trial ground, with a lot of Second and Third Order Treasures inside.

But after such a long period of scavenging, the occurrence rate of good things in Evil Dragon Mountain has become extremely low.

Besides, the number of treasures has sharply declined, while the number of demonic beasts remains densely packed.

Under these conditions, the risk and reward of trialing here are not proportional.

Thus, now those willing to trial in Evil Dragon Mountain are either highly confident in their strength or some desperate individuals.

Gradually, the name Evil Dragon Mountain faded in the cultivation world, with fewer and fewer cultivators willing to trial there.

Nevertheless, due to its previous fame, Evil Dragon Mountain still has a certain influence within Jinfeng Nation.

At the very least, most cultivators in Jinfeng Nation have heard of it.

Including Lin Tianming, he had also paid some attention to this place.

However, the value of this place was limited, and the Lin Family barely lacked foundational resources now.

Under such circumstances, Lin Tianming did not pay much attention.

But now, after learning these from Chen Xuan’s words, Lin Tianming could not help but develop a slight interest.

Therefore, at this moment, Lin Tianming had almost no hesitation and did not want to waste time.

Because, from his perspective, the Evil Dragon Mountain is not far from the Qianyuan Market beneath him.

At the very least, at his normal traveling speed, he feared it would only take half a day to reach the edge of Evil Dragon Mountain.

If that’s the case, he doesn’t plan to meet up with Lin Tianhu and the others first, to avoid wasting time, which could generate some unnecessary variables.

After all, with his current strength, he does not need to have any scruples, even if he walks sideways in Jinfeng Nation.

Also, going back and forth for such a short distance would only be a matter of two or three days at most.

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