Chapter 78: The Visitor

  Chen Xuan was shocked after hearing these four words. The knowledge he had learned in his previous life, which he thought were just myths and legends fabricated by scholars, turned out to be true. However, Chen Xuan quickly regained his composure. After all, it had been hundreds of millions of years since the event occurred, so there was no use dwelling on it; what mattered most was the present.

  "Lai Lao, there are many materials for this refining war that I've never even heard of. How am I supposed to refine them? What is 'Tian Wu's Tears' and 'Di Shen's Spirit'? I've never even heard of these materials, let alone seen them. The previous materials I can still find, but in order to reach the Dao instrument's water quality, these materials are very hard to come by." Chen Xuan said helplessly.

  "The Tears of the Celestial Shaman" I know that in ancient times, there was a tribe of celestial shamans who were born with wings and looked almost like humans. The only difference was that they had wings and could fly freely from birth, unlike humans who need to reach the True Martial Realm to fly. The "Tears of the Celestial Shaman" you mentioned should be the tears of this tribe. However, for tens of thousands of years, not a single member of the celestial shaman tribe has appeared on this continent. Now, it's impossible to find such tears. As for the "Spirit of the Earth God", I don't know what that is either. Aren't these materials only used when crafting Daoist artifacts? You should first refine your skills to the Yuan Realm before searching for them. The things you mentioned were probably abundant in ancient times, but now they're almost extinct. - Lí Old Dao

  Chen Xuan memorized all the refining techniques and materials needed each time in his mind, then threw this ancient scroll into the Furnace of Heaven. The important things, Chen Xuan put them all in the Furnace of Heaven, including tens of millions of elixirs inside. After meditating for a night, he made a summary of yesterday's battle again, and his understanding of martial skills also rose to another level.

  The effect of Tianxun has increased a lot compared to before, and the inside of the Tianxun furnace is no longer as dark as it used to be. A faint light has begun to appear, almost imperceptible, which is emitted after absorbing the yin and yang energies that circulate within the Tianxun furnace. The speed at which spiritual energy is absorbed has also become much faster than before.

  There are only two days left until the sect's grand competition, Chen Xuan doesn't want to go out for these two days, I'll solidify my own strength and strive to get a good result in the competition. Master said that the top ten have special rewards, this year I'll strive to be among the top ten, Chen Xuan thought to himself.

  On a mountain peak, five or six people stood, two of whom wore the attire of core disciples, white long shirts. The other four or five people all wore cyan long shirts, the attire of inner door disciples. One of the core disciples took out a painting and unfolded it in the wind, opening his mouth to ask, "Do any of you know who this person is?"

  "I'm telling you, Brother Zhou, the portrait in your hand is of a young man that very few people within our sect's inner circle don't know. His name seems to be Chen Xuan, an inner disciple of Lian Shan Peak. He broke through to the Ling Wu realm just one month after entering the sect and then single-handedly stormed Dou Ling Peak to rescue his fellow disciples who entered with him. The Ling Feng faction had set up ambushes at the foot and waist of the mountain, but Chen Xuan still managed to kill his way to the top. Even when Ling Feng himself stepped in, he couldn't defeat this young man. In the end, Chen Xuan took that youth away, and it's said that Ling Feng's mid-grade spiritual artifact, the Jade Water Sword, was also destroyed by him. A few days later, he defeated Bai Li Ming, who had come to challenge him at the Xuang Huang Tower. After that, one month later, Tong Tian Peak's senior brother Luo Yun Fei wanted to help Bai Li Ming regain his reputation and sought out Chen Xuan at the registration site on the main peak. The two fought to a draw and agreed to have their final showdown at the martial arts tournament. Three days later, Chen Xuan was criticized by one of Lian Shan Peak's disciples in the transmission hall for causing trouble everywhere. This led to another clash between them, and they dueled in their training arena. It's said that Chen Xuan didn't even use his weapon and knocked out the other disciple, Zhu Shao Qun, with just one move. After that, he disappeared without a trace, probably to go into seclusion for a few days. He wants to achieve an impressive result at the martial arts tournament."

  "This kid is quite a troublemaker, having offended so many people in just two months."

  "It's not even yesterday's news, past events were just child's play. Once yesterday's events are exposed, it will be explosive news. I'm afraid this kid will have to hide in the Danxuan Gate from now on. Now his handle is in our hands, and he won't dare not to lower his head and obediently reveal his own skills," said the two core disciples.

  "Do you know what background Chen Xuan has?" Zhou Tianming asked further;

  "Reporting to senior brother, I heard that this Chen Xuan is one of the inner disciples of Lian Shan Peak who went out to search and was brought back. Lian Shan Peak has been declining year by year for several years, so they sent out some disciples to see if they could find some good disciples. This Chen Xuan was found by one of their disciples in a small town in Kaiyuan Country, from an insignificant family, the best water attribute in the family is only a Lingwu realm grandfather, and the others are all acquired water attributes," said this disciple, it seems that many people have investigated Chen Xuan's background clearly during this period.

  "It seems that Chen Xuan has encountered something special, let's go to the family side to take a look when we have the chance in the future. Today you came here and don't tell anyone on your way back. This is 50,000 yuan ling dan, you four split it," Zhou Tianming threw out 50,000 yuan ling dan to the four people.

  "Now you all go back," Zhou Tianming said;

  The four of them left with great joy, originally they were supposed to go out and do some tasks today, but halfway through, they were stopped by these two core disciples and asked some questions. The core disciples are an unattainable existence in the hearts of inner door disciples, and today they met two core disciples at once, who also gave them 50,000 yuan ling dan. How could the four of them not be overjoyed? They already felt honored to have been recognized by the core disciples.

  Zhou Tianming said to a young man beside him:

  "Ning Xiaoxia may not be on good terms with me, but this time we'll join forces and get Chen Xuan's secret out of him. What do you think?" Zhou Tianming said.

  "In two more days, it's the big comparison, I don't want too many people to know. Tonight, we'll go directly to his cave with just the two of us to find him. After coming back last night, he shouldn't be going out again for these few days," Ning Fei said.

  "Alright, let's meet here at midnight," Zhou Tianming said before flying away.

  The remaining Ning Fei Xiang looked around and saw no one, then flew towards his own mountain peak.

  Chen Xuan did not go out for a whole day, staying in his own cave, studying the newly obtained War Equipment Refining Technique. This technique was too profound and was not an ordinary refining technique. Chen Xuan had already become completely immersed in this refining technique, which seemed to be a martial skill that used combat techniques to refine war equipment. However, this martial skill differed from some of the current martial skills on the Tianling Continent.

  Finally, Chen Xuan asked Lao Li, and Lao Li also couldn't come up with a reason. It was because even Lao Li had never seen such a martial skill before. Through countless complex handprint arrays, one's spiritual power could be compressed, and when all the spiritual power was compressed to the size of an egg, it would be released in a strike, with enough power to destroy the heavens and earth. However, it also depended on one's own strength. Currently, Chen Xuan's strength was not enough to destroy the heavens and earth. The stronger one's strength, the greater the power that could be unleashed.

  However, Chen Xuan tried several times during the day and was unable to compress his spiritual power completely, not even half of it, before his spiritual power began to go haywire and he was about to explode, hurting himself in the process. This set of martial skills didn't have a name marked on it, so Chen Xuan came up with one himself, calling it "Stellar Explosion". Once mastered, this skill would be enough to cause a stellar explosion. This was Chen Xuan's understanding of this set of martial skills. In the Tianling Continent, there were some martial skills that could be released through hand seals, but Chen Xuan had never seen anything as complex as this before, not even Lao Li had seen such a complex skill. A single set of martial skills contained tens of thousands of arrays and hand seals, which was unheard of, but once mastered, its power would also be enormous.

  At the time when Chen Xuan was infatuated with this set of martial skills, a female voice came from outside his cave.

  "Is Master Chen Xuan inside? Core disciple Huang Ying requests an audience."