Chapter 1 Rebirth

  At this rate, in about ten more days, I can break through to the Seventh Heaven of the Post-Heavenly stage. My current progress has already overturned the normal cultivation speed. According to Chen Xuan's understanding of cultivation, it would take at least half a year to advance from the Sixth Heaven to the Seventh Heaven. Unexpectedly, I've done it in less than ten days. As Chen Xuan journeyed deeper into the mountains, he encountered sixth and seventh-grade magical beasts, which he killed with a single slash of his sword while using the Devouring Heaven Technique to absorb their spiritual energy from their inner elixirs.

  At first, it took half a time to absorb an inner elixir. After one day, Chen Xuan could absorb a 7th-grade inner elixir in just over ten minutes. He kept all the 6th-grade and below inner elixirs for himself, as absorbing them would not be of much use to him anyway.

  Chen Xuan's true strength was growing rapidly, getting closer and closer to the seventh-grade boundary. Now Chen Xuan could reach over 2,000 catties with a single punch using only his physical strength.

  The sky has a feeling of breaking through again, and it wasn't until now that I realized how overbearing the Tianxian Decree given by Lao Li was.

  A small valley appeared before Chen Xuan, with "ancient trees reaching the sky" and "wild valleys bewildering people". Chen Xuan was enchanted by the scenery in front of him, never expecting that the Luoshan Mountains would have such a secluded paradise.

  At this time, Lao Li's voice echoed in Chen Xuan's mind.

  "This mountain valley is eerie, I think there's a 9th-tier demonic beast lurking inside. A 9th-tier is still not something you can handle for now, kid. You'd better not take the risk and wait until you break through to the 7th tier before exploring this mountain valley again. Places where 9th-tier demonic beasts reside usually have heavenly treasures, I wonder what kind of spiritual medicine this beast is guarding."

  Chen Xuan bypassed the valley and arrived at a swamp, continuing his search for the eighth-tier demonic beast.

  "Kid, we're being watched!" Lao Li suddenly said.

  Chen Xuan drew his steel knife from behind his back, having been in the Luori Mountains for half a month without seeing anyone, yet somehow he was still being watched.

  "Friends from which road can come out and meet!"

  Hahaha...

  Three men in their thirties walked out from behind Chen Xuan's right side.

  "I didn't think you little guy was so clever, discovering us so quickly."

  "You little sixth-rank cultivator dare to venture into the depths of Luoshan Mountains, where even the lowest-level magical beasts are seventh-rank. You've got quite some guts, kid."

  A sly-looking fellow spoke up.

  Chen Xuan realized that if it weren't for Lao Li reminding him, he might not have even known himself. At this moment, he was only focused on finding the demon beast and had neglected the fact that someone dared to follow behind him.

  "Kid, hand over all the demon beast cores you've killed. Give grandpa a few kowtows and we'll spare your life!"

  "Looks like I've run into a robbery!" Chen Xuan thought to himself.

  Chen Xuan immediately activated his spiritual sense and communicated with Lao Li.

  "Lui Lao, the three people in front of us are all at what level!"

  "That ugly-looking man is a postnatal eighth-rank, the other two are postnatal seventh-rank. Their true strength isn't as profound as yours, one-on-one they're not your match, you know what to do!" Lao Li told Chen Xuan.

  "What are you thinking about, kid? Hurry up and bring out your inner elixir!" the sly-looking man continued to shout.

  "You want me to hand over the inner elixir? Let's see if you have what it takes!" Chen Xuan had barely finished speaking when the steel knife appeared in front of the two Seventh-Grade Postnatal cultivators.

  "Cutting Wind!"

  The sky was filled with the shadows of knives, trapping the two in between. The flowers and grasses beside them were split and shattered by Chen Xuan's knife aura. The two late-stage seventh-grade men hadn't even had time to draw their weapons before Chen Xuan's blade swept across their necks, a stream of fresh blood shooting out from their throats.

  Eyes wide open, he couldn't believe the reality in front of him. Hou Tian Liu Pin actually dared to attack them, and he didn't even have the strength to fight back. With a resentful grievance, he fell down.

  "Second brother! Third brother!"

  The ugly-looking man picked up his weapon and rushed over, but it was too late. Chen Xuan's knife had already slashed across the necks of two people.

  "You little brat, I'll chop you into a million pieces and avenge my second and third brothers!" the scoundrel bellowed.

  Chen Xuan chose to attack the two seventh-grade officials because he didn't want them to join forces. Chen Xuan also wanted to ambush the eighth-grade official, but since he wasn't confident in taking him down with one hit, he decided to ambush the other two instead.

  If only two of them are solved, and one Chen Xuan is left, it should be no problem to exit safely. Normally, Chen Xuan's sneak attack on the two would not work in one move. At first, the three of them underestimated Chen Xuan, thinking that a postnatal sixth-rank kid could easily be captured, but they didn't expect to capsize in this ditch.

  "You little brat, I'm going to kill you!"

  The lewd fellow picked up his weapon and rushed towards Chen Xuan, who also picked up his sword to meet him. A burst of metal clashing sounds, the two retreated four or five steps each.

  "Kid, you're actually a pig eating a tiger! You're only at the sixth-grade level but can resist an eighth-grade attack. Which sect did you come from to train as a disciple? Otherwise, your true strength is so powerful at such a young age!"

  The despicable man looked at his own blow being blocked by Chen Xuan and asked about Chen Xuan's identity.

  "Killers are always killed, I am who is unimportant, what's important is that you all have to die here today!"

  "Don't be too quick to brag, kid! It's still unclear who will bring down the deer!"

  Chen Xuan took the initiative to launch a fierce attack, cutting through the wind!

  This time Chen Xuan exerted his true strength, and the two of them clashed rapidly again. The flash of knives and swords illuminated the area within a hundred meters, leaving it in disarray.

  "Rumble, rumble, rumble!"

  The two men exchanged blows for over a dozen rounds, Chen Xuan retreated twenty-odd steps before regaining his footing, with a thread of fresh blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. The scoundrel also stumbled back fifteen or sixteen steps.

  "You're quite something, kid! I never thought I'd be the one to take down a genius like you today!"

  "Anyone can talk big, let's see you back it up!"

  After finishing speaking, Chen Xuan charged forward again, and the two of them clashed once more. Every time Chen Xuan made a move with his knife, his technique improved, every strike becoming faster and more precise in terms of speed and angle, making it increasingly difficult to defend against.

  The despicable man was shocked as he fought, this little guy is really a freak, his knife skills are at least high-level Xuan stage, yet he still trains his knife skills in actual combat, the despicable man showed signs of retreating.

  At first, the two were evenly matched, but now Chen Xuan's knife skills are becoming more and more proficient. Chen Xuan has a feeling that he is the knife, and the knife is him, this is the realm of man-knife unity.

  Chen Xuan's attacks became more and more frequent, faster and faster, coupled with the villain's growing intention to retreat, making Chen Xuan's attacks even more fierce, the villain was at a loss, frequently in crisis.

  "Hmmph!"

  One sword hacked onto the lecherous man's left shoulder, and Chen Xuan chopped off his entire arm with one sword, blood gushing out wildly.

  The scoundrel turned around and ran away, without even caring about the two brothers who had fallen to the ground.

  "You can't leave!"

  Chen Xuan chased after him and placed a knife on the scoundrel's shoulder.

  "Spare my life, I didn't recognize you as the great hero, please spare my life!" The despicable man begged on his knees.

  "Hiss!"

  Chen Xuan's blade sliced through the lecherous man's major artery, and fresh blood flowed down his neck to the ground.

  "In the next life, be a good person and don't engage in robbery again!" Chen Xuan muttered to himself.

  Put the steel knife back in its scabbard, Chen Xuan came to the bodies of the three men, looked at what they had on them, and searched the lewd man's body, but found nothing. Chen Xuan was puzzled, it was impossible for robbers to be so clean.

  Chen Xuan did not give up and came to the other two corpses, continuing to search. On the two of them, he only found a book, several porcelain bottles containing dan medicine, and a stack of silver notes worth as much as 100,000 taels. These silver notes should be their loot.

  Chen Xuan opened the book and took a look. The Falling Leaves Knife Technique was a low-grade, third-class technique that consisted of three forms: the first form was "Falling Leaves Autumn Wind", the second form was "Whirlwind Falling Leaves", and the third form was "Falling Leaves Return to their Roots".

  Put the book in your arms and wait for some time to practice. When you go back, give it to your family, just add a strength to your family.

  He sat cross-legged, operating the Heaven-Devouring Scripture to absorb the nearly scattered spiritual energy of the three people.