by Zhi Bai
Chen Shaobai: "No, I just like you to be so shameless. First, I'll say that you have to listen to me when we reach the secret plane. Otherwise, you might die without even knowing how. I guarantee that you will still be able to come out alive after receiving such great benefits. In return, half of everything you found in the secret realm will be given to me. "
"You've been in there?"
"Didn't you hear what the sword slave said just now? Of course I haven't. "
"Then why should I listen to you?"
"Because that's my father, not yours."
"That makes a lot more sense."
"Is that so …"
Chapter 252 - Return of Saints
Mount Cang Man
Chen Shaobai who was walking in front would turn his head and glance at An Zheng from time to time. An Zheng frowned: "What are you looking at?"
Chen Shaobai said in all seriousness: "I recently discovered that you have become a little more handsome, but fortunately you weren't as handsome as me. I think you want to remember where you are not as handsome as I am, so that I can be more confident. "
An Zheng: "How are you more handsome than me?"
Chen Shaobai: "Just by looking at it, I can tell that he's more handsome than you in all aspects."
An Zheng was too lazy to bother with him, as he followed behind him. The person who called himself the Sword Slave had already left, and the chariot had flown off to an unknown place. The mountain road was steep and rugged, An Zheng realized that this was not the place where he had found the dried corpse. The further he went, the narrower the road became. In the end, he could already make his way through a gap of less than a meter between two cliffs. There seemed to be many coffins hanging on the cliff, all of them ancient. Many of the coffins had already rotted, so the bones had fallen into the narrow corridor. An Zheng and the rest avoided the corpses as they walked, so An Zheng guessed that many years ago, there must have been a large clan that lived here.
"You have nothing to say to me?"
Chen Shaobai walked in front and asked as he walked.
An Zheng asked, "Who is your father?"
Chen Shaobai shrugged his shoulders. "Change questions."
An Zheng: "What kind of place is this?"
Chen Shaobai said: "You are so close to that little girl Gu Qianye, you should have heard of the legends concerning their Old Hunters, right? This place was the sacred land of the Old Hunters that even she did not know about … She must have told you before that the ancestor of the Old Hunters was one of the Ancient Saints. That's right, but because of the passage of time, even this unqualified clan leader doesn't know as much as me. "
He pointed to the ancient coffins hanging on the cliff, "Further ahead is the place where the Old Hunters lived the earliest. Back then, in order to allow his descendants to continue, that Ancient Sage had opened up a secret realm in the mountains. However, after Ancient Sage died, the descendants of the Old Hunters fought for the position of Patriarch and for control of the secret realm. After more than ten years of chaos, Old Hunters suffered heavy casualties. But luckily an amazing person came out, and defeated all the experts of Old Hunters to become clan leader. "
"After this person became the clan leader, because the Old Hunters's vitality was greatly damaged, the number of clan members was not even twenty percent of the original. Surviving in such a dangerous place like Mount Cang Man, with their current strength, was definitely not possible. And if they were to leave the Mount Cang Man, it would be difficult for them to assimilate into the outside world. Therefore, the patriarch decided that all the members of the Old Hunters, regardless of their gender, would enter the secret realm to cultivate after the age of five.
An Zheng frowned: "This kind of thing, why doesn't Gu Qianye know about it."
Chen Shaobai: "It's because a fault has occurred in the middle of their Old Hunters's inheritance."
An Zheng's heart trembled... Because he knew very well what a fault meant.
Chen Shaobai said, "Back then, when those youths of the Old Hunters entered the secret realm to cultivate, it was the first wave of energy that revived the Old Hunters. After that, it lasted for over a hundred years, and Old Hunters relied on this method to recover his strength. It had to be said that the Patriarch was extraordinary. This was because at the beginning, not just anyone could enter this secret realm. Only the direct descendants of the Ancient Sage were allowed to enter. Therefore, those so-called Ancient Saints are not so selfless. "
An Zheng said: "You can't put it that way. After all, he was the one who created that secret realm, so of course I have the right to decide how to use his things."
Chen Shaobai shrugged his shoulders and declined to comment. He continued to speak, "After this Patriarch broke the rules, Old Hunters finally recovered some of his vitality. However, his ambition also gradually rose. Because he came into contact with the secret realm, he found out more about the secrets of the Ancient Saints. "
An Zheng frowned, "He also wants to become a saint."
Chen Shaobai said: "Who doesn't want to? That was human nature as well... In the following decades, he had always wanted to obtain the inheritance of the Ancient Sage. However, he had never succeeded, so much so that his personality changed. He became irritable and bloodthirsty. When Old Hunters had just recovered his vitality, he went berserk and started a massacre. It was said that only thirteen children and an old man were left. "
"Because at that time, the rule of the Old Hunters was that children who were over five years old and possessed the potential to cultivate had to enter the Secret Realm to cultivate, whereas children who were four years old had to undergo enlightenment. These thirteen children were all four years old. They had been taken by this old man to the mountain to comprehend the Heaven and Earth origin energy, but they hadn't stayed in their clans, thus they had been spared. By the time the old man returned with his children, the clan's blood had already turned into a river. That Clan Chief also disappeared. "
An Zheng asked: "How do you know about this secret that even Gu Qianye doesn't know about?"
Chen Shaobai pointed to the front: "It's still in there."
Only now did An Zheng realize that they had reached the end of the narrow crevice, and the space in front of them had suddenly opened up. It was a flat land in the middle of a wide range of mountains, covered in lush greenery. There were still some broken houses in the forest, but they were all extremely damaged. The direction that Chen Shaobai was pointing, was towards the stone tablet that Lin Zi was serious about.
The two of them passed through the forest and arrived there. When An Zheng saw the stone tablet, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow.
The words engraved on the stone tablet were blurry, but it was still possible to make out what it was. Because of Gu Qianye, An Zheng could read the characters on the Old Hunters.
Because the mountain had collapsed and the secret realm had been sealed, the old man had brought the thirteen children to collect and bury the corpses before leaving this place. One could imagine how difficult and painful it must have been for the old man to bring in thirteen or fourteen year old children.
Chen Shaobai said: "After that old man buried all the corpses, because he was unable to enter the secret realm, he did not want to live in this sad place. So take thirteen kids and leave, I guess... The reason why the history of the Old Hunters had crumbled was because the old man did not want the children to know what had happened at that time. Those children were only four years old. Even though they were all geniuses, when they grew old, their memories would inevitably become blurry. And they had no idea what was going on. With the blurring of this memory, this piece of history disappeared just like that. "
"The later Old Hunters are all descendants of those thirteen children."
Chen Shaobai pointed to the back of the monument: We're here.
An Zheng looked around: "Where's your father?"
Chen Shaobai said, "He won't come. There will o
nly be two of us in this secret realm."
An Zheng: "Since even a five year old can enter, why did you say that the secret realm is dangerous?"
Chen Shaobai laughed: "If you want to be as safe as them, then you must ensure two conditions. One, know how to get in. Second, know how to avoid danger. "
He pointed at his nose and said, "I know how to enter, but I don't know how to avoid danger."
An Zheng was silent for a while, before saying: "Let's go."
Chen Shaobai: "Aren't you afraid?"
An Zheng: "I don't believe that your father is willing to see you die."
Chen Shaobai was stunned, "You... How shameless. "
An Zheng summoned his Bronze Bell: "You gave this to me. Oldman Huo said it's a demon weapon. Tell me, what is a demon, and what is a magic device? "Why do you have so many magic tools?"
Chen Shaobai said: "You already know quite a bit about it, about the devils … In fact, it was just a group of people who had cultivated different cultivation methods. The legends you've heard about the devil must be like this … A group of evil people cultivated an evil technique and then prepared to rule the world. In the end, the righteous cultivators of the world formed an alliance and finally killed all the Demonic cultivators after a bitter battle. From then on, the world became peaceful … Isn't that right? "
An Zheng: "Is it not?"
Chen Shaobai: "Of course not, who wrote this? Victory! Everything that was passed down was said by the victor from back then. What qualifications does a loser have? The truth was that the so called demonic cultivators only found the cultivation method of an ancient sage by chance. As for this cultivation technique, it was created by the Ancient Sage after his personality greatly changed, so it was extremely tyrannical. "One of the young men, because of his arrogance, started to walk the martial arts world after he had mastered his cultivation. He challenged the sects one by one, but those cultivators that had cultivated for many years were actually no match for him."
"If this young man does this, he will definitely offend many people." It would have been fine if it was just that, but he wasn't satisfied. Therefore, he created a sect to take in disciples. In just a short span of a dozen years, his sect had already become the overlord of a region. He is frivolous at a young age and does not restrain people. Thus, his disciple would often go out to cause trouble, and he was a person that was protecting her. No matter who was in the wrong, as long as it was a disciple, he would stick out. In the end, he became public enemy number one. "
"After a few more years, because one of his disciples tainted a female cultivator, that female cultivator's sect asked for her punishment. Not only did he not punish her, he even almost destroyed that female cultivator's sect. This caused a huge uproar … "
An Zheng laughed coldly, "If this is the real history, then the demonic cultivators would be even worse off."
Chen Shaobai: "Of course this young man and his disciples won't be able to endure it, but this isn't the end. It's the beginning. If the cultivator sects joined forces to suppress them, then no matter how powerful this young man was, it would still be difficult for him to fight against all four hands. In the end, he escaped from his injuries and returned home. He found the people who started cultivating with him and lied, saying that he was being chased. Those people have been cultivating in the deep mountains all year round. They had no idea what was going on outside, so they easily listened to that young man's words and followed him out for revenge. "
Chen Shaobai glanced at An Zheng: "That youngster's cultivation was the weakest among those people from back then. "He can actually do whatever he wants in the martial world. Think about it, when the others go out with him, how bad would it be?"
Seeing An Zheng's expression, Chen Shaobai suddenly laughed: "Hahahaha, you guessed wrong. Not long after they left the mountain, they found out the truth and personally crippled that young man's cultivation. They then handed him over to the sect masters for punishment. The sect leaders were greatly surprised, and decided to treat these few people to dinner. This matter shall come to an end. "
"But …" It was precisely because those people were too powerful that they were afraid and also greedy. He wanted to kill those people and obtain their cultivation techniques. Thus, at the banquet, they used the most shameless method to poison … The few demonic cultivators were not good at scheming, so how could they have thought that these martial artists would harm them by attending the banquet with an apologetic heart. In order to express their apologies, they even brought a demonic cultivation technique as a form of apology … "
"That day on Mount Emei, 3,600 martial artists participated. After those people were poisoned, there was only one remaining. Three thousand and six hundred martial artists, three thousand and one killed by him … He escaped with heavy injuries, how could those people dare to let him live? "
Hearing this, An Zheng shook his head: "Why are there no rumors in the underworld."
"Because this is only the beginning."
Chen Shaobai said with a slightly strange tone of voice, "After the demonic cultivator fled, all that was left in his heart was hatred. He began to accept a total of nineteen disciples. Everyone received an inheritance, and then, they began to seek revenge, destroying almost all of the sects … "
"Until …"
Chen Shaobai glanced at An Zheng: "The Saint has returned."
Chapter 253 - Why did you lie to me?
An Zheng asked, "What do you mean by 'the Saint has returned'?"
Chen Shaobai walked in front of a large rock that seemed to have fallen from the mountain and smiled: "Let's not talk about it anymore, I'll tell you about it after we come out of the secret realm. But remember, there is nothing in this world that is full of the truth of justice. All the beautiful things that seemed to be there might be some unspeakable filth behind them. For example, the people around you might not all treat you sincerely. "
An Zheng frowned: "What do you mean?"
Chen Shaobai shrugged his shoulders habitually: "You can only know but not speak."
He stretched out his hand to feel on the big rock, and then his expression became relaxed. "Eh? "How rare, he actually didn't lie to me this time."
"Who?"
"My father."
Chen Shaobai dug into the boulder and then, with a loud 'kacha', the boulder actually cracked. A straight crack appeared on the moss-covered stone. The stone was at least a dozen meters tall, and this crack seemed to have been made with a sword. Following the movement of the rock, a dark hole appeared. Chen Shaobai gestured to invite him in: "Come in."
An Zheng: "Didn't you tell me to follow you?"
Chen Shaobai had a face full of righteousness, "I'm afraid of death."
An Zheng rolled his eyes and took the lead to walk into the cave. Chen Shaobai followed in, and then the boulder gradually closed up again.
"Three months here is a cycle, so you and I will stay here for three months."
"What?!"
An Zheng's expression changed, "No, I can't leave that place for that long!"
Chen Shaobai: "Don't worry, the environment in this secret realm is different from outside. Three months inside, three years outside. "
An Zheng: "Are you kidding?"
Chen Shaobai replied, "Of course I am. How awkward is this atmosphere? Rest assured, after you leave here, you will find that nothing has changed but yourself. Oh … And me, of course. "
At the same time, in the cave of the Sword Mountain, the middle-aged man who was sitting cross-legged inside the crystal coffin looked down at the crystal ball in his hand, then smiled: "He was mischievous since childhood, and hasn't changed one bit. I really don't know if it's right or wrong to hand the matter over to him so early."
He turned around and looked at the Stone Essence that was trembling in the corner, "I only caught you because I wanted to rely on your Heaven and Earth Essence Blood Qi to help me recover. I never thought of killing you. You are not like people, you are naturall
y inferior. When a person is born, he or she can cultivate. However, it will take ten thousand years for him or her to be called a human. However, God will not be merciful. Once all of you are in human form, you will sweep the world. You are in a hurry to be born, you have not fully grown up yet … I owe you a lot these past few days when I took your blood energy. Letting you in now is your compensation. "You only need to remember one thing. If you dare to harm those two, I will destroy your soul and mind."
That monkey-like stone spirit could not help but nod its head in fear. It was filled with fear towards him.
The middle-aged man reached out his hand and grabbed the stone essence spirit. Then, he pressed the button into the crystal ball, forcing the stone essence inside.
The so-called Secret Realm was obviously not inside the Mount Cang Man. Otherwise, how could it be hidden?
This secret realm... It was just the crystal ball in his hand.
The middle-aged man looked down at the scene in the crystal ball, his heart heavy with thoughts. "I wonder if the two of them can continue to get along like this in the future."
Inside the Secret Realm, An Zheng and Chen Shaobai walked shoulder to shoulder. The two of them walked into the interior of the mountain and discovered that there was actually a huge open space inside. There was a river in front of him, with a wooden bridge over it. A monkey was squatting beside the wooden bridge, looking at them with a resentful expression.
"Stone essence?"
An Zheng's eyes turned cold.
Chen Shaobai said: "Don't be afraid, even though he's powerful, he doesn't dare to hurt you or me. That dad of mine is quite reliable this time, he actually gave such a powerful bodyguard. "
An Zheng said: "Stone spirit is wild and untamed, how could it become a bodyguard?"
Chen Shaobai gave him a look that said "Teach him, do you understand or not?"
An Zheng said: "Your father really has a heavy taste."
Chen Shaobai, "Scram …"
When the stone spirit saw An Zheng and Chen Shaobai coming over, it turned around and climbed onto the wooden bridge. An Zheng and Chen Shaobai followed behind the stone spirit. The stone spirit would turn its head around from time to time, looking at them with a face full of disdain.
