novelapdf Chapter 38 The Wrath of the Underworld
Chapter 38 The Wrath of the Underworld
After returning home, Chen Chunan began preparing lunch.
The clan did lose a year's harvest this time, but it had nothing to do with Chen Chunan.
Today is the Moon Worship Festival, which Chen Chunan considers to be the Mid-Autumn Festival; otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed back with the red thread.
Lunch was very lavish. Two kilograms of premium rice, bought from the market, were cooked directly in a large pot.
Chen Chunan prepared three dishes and a soup.
One dish of squirrel-shaped mandarin fish caters to Hongxian's taste; another dish of braised beef; a third dish of sweet and sour pork ribs; and a fourth dish of black-boned chicken and ginseng soup.
After paying respects at the memorial tablets of my parents.
As soon as Chen Chunan called for the meal to begin, Hongxian immediately beamed and started serving the rice.
However, the other members of the Chen clan lived a very difficult life. In previous years, at this time, almost every household would have some spirit rice on their table.
Those who make significant contributions to the family will have their spirit fish served on the table, and spirit peaches will be served as dessert after meals.
But this year, let alone spirit fish and spirit rice, there isn't even spirit porridge!
The clan chief finished all the resource allocation in the morning, and only a few who made significant contributions got to eat a spirit peach or a spirit fish.
That night.
It's the full moon of January again.
Chen Chunan planned to collect more Heart Yin Medicine before the full sun rose.
It was just past the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) when night fell.
Chen Chunan felt that his cultivation of refining essence into qi, which had been making no progress, was actually becoming somewhat loose.
So, while he still had a breath left, he took the opportunity to break through the bottleneck and enter the late stage of refining essence into qi.
His spiritual cultivation also reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining.
"Hahaha, it's done! Late stage of Refining Essence into Qi! My pure Yang Qi has increased several times, and my spiritual cultivation has reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining! If I encounter that Blood Demon again, he'll be nothing!"
Chen Chunan felt the power surging through his body and nodded in satisfaction.
It was this nod that made Chen Chunan instantly realize something was wrong.
"Huh? My spirit can now leave my body?"
Chen Chunan experienced the Yin spirit's journey for the first time and found it quite novel and interesting.
Looking at the sky, it was just past 1 AM, when the yin energy was at its peak and the yang energy was just beginning to emerge.
Chen Chunan moved, and his Yin spirit broke free from his body.
Then he saw Chen Hongxian through the roof, who had just finished his cultivation and was resting on the bed.
A mischievous thought suddenly arose in my mind.
She quietly drifted to Hongxian's ear and gently blew a breath.
The moment that eerie aura touched Chen Hongxian's skin, the little girl instantly woke up, goosebumps rising all over her body.
She looked around in confusion, as if trying to find the source of the wind.
Chen Chunan laughed heartily, wanting to tease the girl a little more, but afraid of scaring her away and ruining his trip.
He then leaped into the air, soaring high above.
At this moment, Chen Chunan felt as if he were a god looking down on the earth.
Because the Yin spirit can see details invisible to the naked eye, he quickly discovered the anomalies of the entire Fallen Dragon Mountain Range.
The entire Falling Dragon Ridge truly lives up to its name, resembling a divine dragon fallen to the ground.
However, the dragon appears to have been beheaded. The location of Dragon Head Mountain is not only not on the same line as the main vein of Falling Dragon Ridge, but also very far apart.
Perhaps millions of years ago, a divine being truly slew a dragon here.
Then Chen Chunan turned his gaze to Tianmu Mountain at his feet.
According to its mountain range, Tianmu Mountain belongs to the spur of Zhuilong Ridge, but it is quite far from Longshou Mountain.
Chen Chunan felt that he had flown at least three thousand meters upwards before he could finally see the full view of Zhuilong Ridge.
This made Chen Chunan realize just how vast the Falling Dragon Ridge was.
No wonder it takes the Liu family three hours to fly there using their floating cloud boat.
As for higher up, Chen Chunan dared not fly there either.
I had just managed to expel my Yin spirit; the Yin spirit is a pure and ethereal ghost!
It cannot withstand strong winds at high altitudes, nor can it be exposed to the elements for extended periods; otherwise, if the soul remains separated from the body for too long, it will be unable to return to its body.
Not daring to fly upwards, Chen Chunan decided to take a good look at the Falling Dragon Ridge.
In his Yin spirit form, Chen Chunan moved with extraordinary speed, arriving at Dragon Ridge Mountain in less than a quarter of an hour.
It was no secret that the Liu family supported the Yun family and several other Qi-refining families in their struggle against the Chen family for Lingyuan Lake.
The Yun family and the second branch of the Liu family are related by marriage.
Chen Chunan knew that Liu was the culprit who caused the death of his parents in this life, and now that he had the opportunity to infiltrate and investigate, he naturally did not want to miss it.
The spirit drifted down to Dragon Ridge Mountain.
The second branch of the Liu clan does not appear to be very prosperous. There are only less than 300 households on Dragon Ridge Mountain, including many ordinary people.
There were only about a hundred people with spiritual energy fluctuations.
After roughly assessing the strength of the second branch of the Liu family, Chen Chunan turned his attention to the main house with its flying eaves and bracket sets.
After reaching the tenth level of Qi Refining, divine consciousness gradually emerged.
If a cultivator of this strength were to use their divine sense to investigate, Chen Chunan would be too close and would most likely be discovered.
As for how to identify a Foundation Establishment God, Chen Chunan didn't know either.
Therefore, he didn't dare to risk getting too close, but instead quietly found an angle to observe.
Just when he realized that it was difficult to observe useful information without entering the house.
A figure suddenly appeared, and Chen Chunan hurriedly moved away.
The figure let out a soft "hmm," then released its divine sense to probe downwards, quickly drawing out the people inside the main house.
"Father, what's wrong?"
"I just felt a cold wind blow by. I thought someone had sneaked in, but after scanning around, I didn't find anything. That's strange."
Chen Chunan, who was hiding in the air above, patted his illusory chest in relief.
Fortunately, he was quick-witted and thought of hiding above.
Judging from their aura, this should be Liu Guisheng and his son Liu Sen.
The second branch of the Liu family received tribute from the twelve families in the southwest for only about 30 years.
Most of the time, they would send a few clansmen to collect tribute. Last time, Liu Guisheng did come, but Chen Chunan happened to fall asleep while practicing meditation.
This was the first time Chen Chunan had met the Liu family father and son.
Chen Chunan couldn't help but deeply etch the images of these two enemies into his mind.
After noting down the names of the two people, Chen Chunan quietly returned.
Just as he was preparing to return his spirit to his body, he seemed to see a long, winding shadow slowly moving within the Spirit Origin Lake.
Chen Chunan broke out in a cold sweat. By the time he was about to get closer to check, the figure had already disappeared.
"This Spirit Origin Lake is connected to the underground water veins, and something extraordinary seems to have entered it! It's unlikely I'm mistaken; I must remind the clan leader tomorrow!"
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After spending several days with his family, Chen Chunan returned to Lingzhou Market.
People's hearts are restless these days. If we just wait a little longer, most people will get tired of it and want to leave.
These tasks can be left to the respected elders of the clan; I can't help with them anyway.
Upon returning to the market, Chen Chunan's first priority was to purchase Five Elements Spiritual Items from the Wanfang Chamber of Commerce.
He had previously thought that his cultivation progress would not be too fast, so he had not yet thought about collecting spiritual items.
Now that he's not far from reaching the twelfth level of Qi Refining, Chen Chunan feels it's time to collect the essence of the five elements.
Having previously obtained the mechanical treasure box, Chen Chunan vaguely sensed that it contained a piece of Earth Essence. Now, with his divine sense surging and the array patterns on the mechanical treasure box showing signs of wear and tear over the years, he has a newfound understanding.
Chen Chunan opened it easily.
Then Chen Chunan took out the Geng metal and Gui water essence he had obtained from the Blood Demon.
Currently, I only lack the essence of Yi wood and the essence of Bing fire.
"It's like God is helping me. I only need two more. Let's see if Wanfang Chamber of Commerce can buy them."
"Brother, are you going out?"
Hongxian's surprised and unpredictable voice rang in Chen Chunan's ears, almost startling him.
Chen Chunan patted his wildly beating heart: "Holy crap! When did you get here?"
Chen Hongxian said matter-of-factly, "I arrived as soon as my brother was solving that mechanism box. He was too focused on it and didn't notice me."
"Alright, brother is going to Wanfang Chamber of Commerce, you can come along too, I'll also buy you a protective magic item."
"Hehe, brother is so nice~"
"Alright, alright."
Fifteen minutes later, the brother and sister arrived at the entrance of Wanfang Chamber of Commerce again.
Han Yanran spotted Chen Chunan and his sister from afar; they were her lucky charms.
She receives a share of the profits every time she sells a talisman.
Seeing these two siblings now feels even closer than seeing family.
Han Yanran approached from afar and asked in a low voice, "Master Chen, it's been a long time."
"Haha, it hasn't been long, has it? Let's go inside and talk, this isn't the place."
Soon Chen Chunan returned to the second floor.
After successfully selling a large batch of second-tier spirit talismans, Chen Chunan told Han Yanran his purpose: "I need to buy two more things today. One is to buy a protective magic artifact for my sister, preferably with water or wood attributes. Secondly, I need to buy the essence of Bing Fire and the essence of Yi Wood."
The protective magic artifacts were quite ordinary, but when she heard about the essence of Bing Fire and the essence of Yi Wood, Han Yanran's eyes widened instantly.
"You're not about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, are you?"
"No, not at all. I'm still a long way from Foundation Establishment. I'm just preparing in advance, just in case. Anyway, I'm not short of money."
Chen Chunan's words about being rich and powerful made Han Yanran envious.
Although she worked as a receptionist at the Wanfang Chamber of Commerce, her salary was tied to her performance. She had only been able to make a living for a few months thanks to the commission from Chen Chunan's supply contract.
However, his monthly income was only a few hundred spirit stones, which was nothing compared to Chen Chunan's.