Chapter Seventy-four: An Unexpected Reunion

  First update! For the next two days, there will be two updates per day. I need to plan carefully and outline the details. Next week, if everything goes as planned, there will definitely be three updates per day!

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  Zi Tong Xuan Chong Peak is refined from a thousand-zhang-high Zi Tong mountain peak, weighing over a million catties. This mountain peak contains pure Zi Lan Xie Qi throughout its body. When released, it can form a massive gravitational field. People inside feel as if they are being crushed by a giant mountain, with pressure surging instantly. Those with slightly weaker strength will be squeezed into a puddle of flesh in an instant, extremely formidable.

  "With a semi-finished magic treasure, one can possess the power of an Earth-grade extreme treasure. If it is thoroughly refined successfully, what kind of grade will it reach?"

  Chen Xiao gazed at the small mountain peak spinning rapidly in his palm, reluctant to let go. "However, for me, this power is already sufficient. Fortunately, it's only a semi-finished magical artifact; if it were any more powerful, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to control it."

  Generally, the cultivation of Huang Jie, Xuan Jie, Di Jie, Tian Jie and other levels of magical artifacts all have requirements for true yuan. For example, a Di Jie magical artifact requires at least two golden elixir realms to refine, while a Tian Jie magical artifact requires at least a great repairer in the realm of Nirvana to refine. It's not necessarily the case that possessing a single high-ranking magical artifact can make a cultivator an unparalleled master overnight.

  "Hmm? That huge palace on the cliff wall should be the old nest of the Thunder Eagle King, and there might be other treasures inside."

  She put the Purple Copper Heavy Mountain into her storage ring, Chen Tang raised her eyes and saw that exquisite palace, immediately moved in her heart, and swooped up like a crossbow arrow piercing through the clouds, arriving at the palace in an instant.

  "Ling Xiao Treasure Hall? This Lei Ying Wang really has a big tone." Chen Tai took a look at the golden plaque hanging in the middle of the palace, shook his head, and immediately walked in.

  As Lei Ying Wang Xue fell, the big and small monsters under his command also fled in a hurry. Now the palace is quiet, like a luxurious tomb built after the death of an emperor or a general, with a gloomy atmosphere.

  "It's strange, Rai ō no palace is so luxurious, how can there be nothing valuable?"

  He turned through the winding corridors and pavilions, passing through layers of artificial mountains and flowing water. Along the way, Chen Xiao's spiritual sense was carefully searching, but he didn't find a single treasure that moved his heart, which made him very puzzled.

  Just then, a low and weak voice suddenly sounded, "The commotion outside has stopped, could it be that the Thunder Eagle King is already dead?"

  Chen Xiaoer quickly distinguished and immediately came to a fake mountain, where the green moss and grass covered a cave entrance that could accommodate one person. The stairs spiralled down, seemingly leading to the underground depths, and the sound was coming from inside.

  "This palace was built on one side of the cliff, so this cave should lead to the inside of the mountain. Chen Xiao thought for a moment and carefully walked in, he wanted to see what was below, whether it was human or demon who had just spoken."

  After walking for nearly a minute on the dark, damp and narrow path, Chen Tai finally arrived at an open area. The light was dim, with only a few small lanterns hung on the walls, casting a faint yellow glow.

  Dark, damp and stifling, the entire space was filled with a nauseating aura of death, mixed with some pungent and nose-piercing bloody smell, the environment was extremely poor.

  This is obviously a prison!

  Chen Yao's eyes scanned the area, and he saw that about 100 meters away, there were several cramped stone houses. The gates of the stone houses were made up of thick, dark iron pillars as big as human legs, sealing the houses tightly shut.

  "How infuriating! This Lei Ying Wang is the most cunning, if not for him suddenly taking out that gravity-defying purple mountain peak, how could I have been locked up here? It's best if he dies, maybe we can still be saved."

  "Chai Da Ge said that he didn't know who the guy was who just fought against Lei Ying Wang, if he could lend a helping hand and rescue both of us, that would be the best."

  ……

  Apparently unaware of Chen's arrival, a low murmur of conversation arose in the dimly lit stone hut, like the faint whispering of rats underground.

  However, when he heard the two voices clearly, Chen Xiao's heart was shocked, and he shouted in a low voice: "Chai Le Tian, Yu Hao Bai?"

  "Who!" "Who? Actually knows Chai, could it be that you're also a fellow practitioner?" Two cries of surprise came from inside the stone hut, seemingly extremely excited.

  It's those two damned things after all!

  Chen Suo's eyes flashed with a cold light, during the time in Nanman Mingyu, Chai Letian was having a hard time everywhere, and he even launched a sneak attack from behind, under his sudden unpreparedness, he had already been thrown into the depths of the Chiyan Mountains, if not for his physical body having reached the Xiantian realm, he would have fallen to pieces.

  How could he forget when the hatred was etched in his mind every moment? At the moment he fell into the abyss, he had already sworn that this life would definitely kill this despicable guy.

  At this moment, being able to meet Chai Le Tian who was trapped in the stone house is like a blessing from heaven, making Chen Tang can't help but feel emotional, and it's really true that heavenly justice rewards and punishes fairly.

  "No good! It's Chen Tang this guy!"

  "Ah, no wonder... The voice sounds so familiar...... Wait a minute, Chen Tang? How could it be him?"

  Inside the stone house, Chai Le Tian and Yu Hao Bai seemed to have recognized Chen Tang's voice, shouting out loud. At this moment, both of them were in tattered clothes, with haggard faces and numerous scars on their bodies, all entwined by a thick, long chain emitting a purple glow, looking utterly miserable.

  Chen Xuan arrived in front of the stone house and when he saw the two people clearly, his heart was also shocked.

  These two people, one is a direct disciple of Xingluo Palace, and his ancestors are also famous for their great achievements in the Southern Border. The other is a student of Wanyun Academy, one of the three universities of Longyuan, handsome and elegant, also a leader among the younger generation. Now, both have fallen into this dark and dismal prison, looking pitiful, like beggars, how can it not be astonishing?

  But surprisingly, Chen's murderous intention in his heart only increased and did not decrease. He had finally caught this opportunity to beat a drowning dog, and he would never miss it.

  Splash!

  Chen Xiao held a golden sword made of bamboo, and with a gentle swing, the steel fence outside the stone house was cut open like tofu. He stepped forward and walked in.

  "What are you going to do! Chen Xiao, we're all fellow travelers, can't we just talk things through?" Yu Haobai's face suddenly changed, and he called out repeatedly.

  "Hmph, you can't kill me, a useless member of a declining family. If you kill me, not only will you die, but everyone related to you will also die. Of course, if you save me now, I won't hold anything against you and will even grant you enormous benefits. How about it?" Chai Le Tian maintained his superior attitude until this moment, his voice filled with thick disdain and confidence.

  Chen Xiao was taken aback, looking at Chai Le Tian with a gaze that held a hint of strangeness. He couldn't imagine how things had come to this point. This guy still had the same arrogant and domineering expression on his face. Was he stupid or just pretending to be ignorant?

  "Chen Tai, Chai Dao-you is right, you'd better think twice. Chai Dao-you's ancestor was a great master of the Ming Hua realm, and I come from the Wan Yun Academy. Why bother offending us both?"

  Seeing Chen Xiao's silence, Yu Hao Bai thought he was afraid and his attitude became tougher, with a hint of unspoken superiority in his voice.

  Chen Xiao didn't say a word, and still had no intention of speaking. He simply swung the golden sword in his hand, cutting off one of Chai Le Tian's arms with a swift and clean motion.

  Before Chai Le Tian's painful cry could even escape, Chen Yao had already stuffed the severed hand into his mouth, turning his cries of pain into muffled groans. Blood flowed out from his mouth, staining his chest, and he collapsed to the ground, trembling with fear, his appearance extremely terrifying.

  "You...... you......"

  Yu Haibai was stunned by Chen Yao's sudden strike, especially when he saw Chai Letian holding his severed hand in a terrifying manner. He couldn't help but want to let out a loud cry, but feared that Chen Yao would cut off his own hand and stuff it into his mouth.

  "I'll ask you and you answer, otherwise I'll kill you first, then ask Chai Le Tian." Chen Ting said coldly.

  Yu Haobai nodded like a small chicken pecking at rice, he was thoroughly frightened, Chen Yao's ruthlessness and mercilessness, the swift and decisive way she used her hands made him feel a deep-seated fear.

  "Where is Du Qingxi?" Chen Xiao asked, he thought that Du Qingxi and the others might also be here, but after searching with his divine soul for a moment, there was no one else except for Chai Le Tian.

  "It seems they were taken away by the Kunpeng Demon King, and it's said that he wants to use them to refine some kind of elixir."

  Yu Haibai replied, "This is true, but they shouldn't be dead yet. Because to refine that Dan medicine, it seems like they need a certain number of Zifu cultivators, and they only caught eight people, so it seems like there are still many missing."

  "In that case, why are you two being held here?" Chen Tao asked, Yu Hao's answer was extremely vague, he could only believe half of it.

  "That Lei Ying Wang plans to use the souls and blood of us two to refine his mountain treasure, so he will lock us up here, torturing us every day, with the purpose of forcing out our grievances, in order to enhance the power of the treasure." Yu Haobai seemed to recall an unbearable memory, his face twisted in a fierce expression as he gritted his teeth and replied.

  "What about Su Jiao?"

  "I don't know about this, but among the eight people caught by Kunpeng Yao Wang, there seems to be Su Jiao and his gang."

  "By the way, with so many of you, how could you be caught by just a few demon kings? As far as I know, each and every one of you has achieved the cultivation level of the Purple Mansion. If you join forces together, you should be able to annihilate any single demon king."

  "We were scattered, and after inexplicably emerging from the southern barbarian dark realm, I found myself alone in these deep mountains of the south. Then I was caught by Lei Ying Wang and also met Chai Dao You."

  "Take them down one by one? It should be so..."

  Chen Ting fell into deep thought, "Now that two of the seven great demon kings have been killed by me, and there are still five other demon kings left, I don't know what kind of strength this Kunpeng demon king has. According to Mu Kui, it seems that this guy's strength is only second to Xuanjing Old Turtle King, and is on the same level as Qingqiu Fox King..."

  "I've answered all I know, Chen Xiao, please spare me?" Yu Haobai suddenly knelt down on the ground and pitifully said: "We have no grudges or grievances, if you want to kill, you should also kill Chai Letian. He's the one who pushed you into the abyss, not me... I haven't done anything to offend you..."

  Splash!

  A flash of sword light, and Yu Haobai's head flew straight into the air, seemingly still disbelieving until his death that Chen Tai dared to do this...

  "If I don't kill you, who knows how you'll harm me in the future?" Chen Tai shook his head. Yu Hao Bai was willing to do anything to survive and had pushed everything onto Chai Le Tian's shoulders, just like a weed growing on a wall. People like this were the most detestable and couldn't be kept around.

  "Hmph, cough, cough, cough..."

  Next to him, Chai Letian finally spat out the severed hand from his mouth with great effort. He took a look at Yu Haobai's headless corpse and said with a pale face, coughing violently: "You can't kill me, as long as I die, my ancestor Chai will definitely know it was you who did it..."

  Splash!

  Another flash of cold light, all sounds ceased abruptly, and the dark, damp, black mountain prison fell into a dead silence once again.