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Chapter 324 [The Cave Woman Takes the Grain]

Chapter 318 [The Cave Girl Takes the Grain]

On the shepherd's head, where the fragment of the flying sword had pierced, a wisp of gray mist was still gathering.

This wisp of gray energy wriggled, and from the fractured bone on the top of his head, it was trying little by little to "squeeze" out the fragment of the flying sword that was stuck in his skull!
When Chen Yan crawled to his side, a fragment of the flying sword had been squeezed out, even protruding from the skull, revealing a bit of the metal edge!
The shepherd trembled, his eyes widened, and he made gurgling sounds.

The gray mist was gradually condensing at the sites of his wounds, and the flesh and blood were visibly wriggling and growing at the wound sites.

The bleeding has gradually slowed down, and even granulation tissue is moving, indicating that the wound is healing!

Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I wasn't careless.

If I had thought I had won and stayed in place to catch my breath, this guy would probably be able to get back up again in a little while!

This ghost cultivator is indeed powerful!

No wonder the major sects and families of the realm are willing to pay high prices to purchase the Heaven-Striking Ceremony, so that their own disciples can become cultivators of the Ghost Clan's techniques.

The shepherd sensed Chen Yan crawling to his side. He tried to turn his head to look at Chen Yan, but his body wouldn't move. He could only forcefully move his eyes to the side and look at Chen Yan in horror.

Chen Yan crawled to his head, slowly sat up, and sat on the ground.

At this moment, Chen Yan's face was covered in blood, and blood was flowing from his mouth. However, his expression was cold and stern, making him look like a demon. His calmness was even more frightening.

Chen Yan withdrew his gaze from the shepherd and sat down. He opened his storage jade pendant and carefully took out an item, placing it on the ground in front of him.

He even took out... from his storage jade pendant.

A pair of chopsticks!
Despite the excruciating pain, his injured hand trembled slightly as he gripped the chopsticks.

However, Chen Yan carefully held the chopsticks and used the tips of the chopsticks to pick up the things on the ground.

This is... a disgusting-looking thing, seemingly the soft tissue part of something, black and purple, which makes your hair stand on end just looking at it.

Chen Yan took a deep breath, picked up the object with his chopsticks, brought it to the shepherd's mouth, and then gently pushed it in.

The shepherd let out a muffled growl, but with a gulp, he swallowed the object Chen Yan had stuffed into his mouth.

"You...you gave me...what...food..." The shepherd's body trembled.

At this moment, Chen Yan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and his tense body finally relaxed.

He threw down his chopsticks, finally giving up and lying sprawled on the ground, his chest heaving as he gasped for breath.

"Don't worry, what I'm giving you to eat is definitely not good stuff."

Chen Yan's face contorted in pain, yet he burst into laughter: "It's... the venom sac of a parasitic spider!"

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Parasitic spider!
The parasitic spider that fought Gu Tongbing to a standstill, almost perishing together!
The toxin in that thing came from eating the fruit of the Glazed Purple Vine and undergoing a super-powerful evolution!

At that time, that thing fought with Gu Tongbing and the river clam, and Chen Yan, the fisherman, benefited. Not only did he capture Gu Tongbing, but he also took the Glazed Purple Vine when he left.

as well as!

Of course, Chen Yan, being the kind of person he is, wouldn't forget to also loot the parasitic spider's corpse.

Although the parasitic spider was dead and its body was completely mangled, Chen Yan still carefully retrieved a portion of it from the remains—the parasitic spider's venom sac!
That's where the toxin that poisoned Gu Tongbing is kept!
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The herdsman's cultivation level, in reality, is only at the second realm, or more accurately, at the peak of the second realm.

However, because he is a demon cultivator and follows the demon cultivation path, his combat power is exceptionally strong.

The Ghost Clan's cultivation, from the very beginning, allows them to comprehend the Heavenly Dao and harness its power! This enables them to fight and challenge higher-level cultivators beyond their current realm.

The second realm of the Ghost Clan can kill the third realm!

The Ghost Clan's three realms can even rival the Celestial Realm!
The strength of the Shepherd Lord lies in this: a peak second-realm cultivator almost drove Chen Yan, a genuine third-realm cultivator, to the brink of despair.

but!

Chen Yan firmly believes that the Second Realm is the Second Realm!

While it's possible to take a shortcut in cultivation and gain higher combat power in the short term at a certain cost, cultivation is not just about combat strength.

What's more...

This parasitic spider's venom evolved after consuming rare and precious treasures!
This poison was so potent that even Gu Tongbing, a true Celestial Realm expert, was poisoned!
Chen Yan didn't believe that it couldn't even poison a second-level shepherd!
If this still can't kill the Shepherd, Chen Yan will accept it!

·
Chen Yan fell asleep.

After feeding the herdsman the poison sac, he saw Gu Tongbing crawling out of a crater dug after a battle in the distance, staggering toward him.

Chen Yan finally relaxed, and everything went black before his eyes. He closed them and fell into a deep sleep.

Gu Tongbing wouldn't harm himself—he has a vow made in accordance with the will of Heaven.

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In his dazed state, Chen Yan felt someone feed him water.

The water he drank flowed down his throat into his stomach, and then the burning pain in his chest and abdomen, which had been intensely aggravated by his serious injuries, was relieved as if a cool breeze had been injected into it.

He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but he only remembered that, in his dazed state, someone fed him water three times.

After being given water for the third time, Chen Yan felt much more relaxed. This time, he fell into a deep sleep.

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"Reporting to the Cave Maiden..." came a voice that was lowered and carried a respectful tone.

"Shut up! Talk outside." A pleasant female voice said.

Then came the rustling sound of someone getting up, and the soft sound of footsteps...

Chen Yan slowly opened his eyes amidst this sound.

He immediately felt his body was tired and weak.

The feeling of weakness, as if his energy had been completely drained by his serious injury, made Chen Yan frown involuntarily.

Then, he took a deep breath, and the pain in his chest and abdomen disappeared. Chen Yan roughly judged that his rib injury must have been treated, and the injury from the broken bone piercing his lung had also been well treated.

The fact that it doesn't hurt and that I can breathe easily is proof of that.

However, what made Chen Yan's heart sink was that after he saw the surrounding furnishings clearly, a thought involuntarily arose in his mind.

No way? They've been captured?!
At this moment, Chen Yan could see clearly that he was lying down...

It's just a wooden shed!
The wooden huts of the White Elephant tribe!
The cramped wooden shed was not very spacious, and the lighting was dim due to poor ventilation.

But he could still see the surrounding furnishings clearly, the dilapidated and simple wooden walls, and the lingering smell of tree bark in the air.

The simple furnishings and the fact that he was sitting on a dry straw mat—which was not even covered with dry straw, making it feel very hard—were striking.

Chen Yan tried to move slightly, attempting to sit up, but failed.

The left thigh was wrapped in cloth, with two pieces of wood inserted inside to stabilize the broken bone.

The upper body also underwent similar treatment.

Beneath the wrapped bandages, a strong medicinal smell faintly wafted out.

Chen Yan frowned—since it was to heal his injuries, then at least there was no intention to kill him.

But... why use such an outdated method of treating injuries?

Are you so reluctant to use even a single White Bone Pill?

and also……

Where is Gu Tongbing?
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After lying in the wooden shed for a while, Chen Yan finally heard footsteps outside. As the curtain was lifted, the light suddenly brightened for a moment, and Chen Yan could see the figure walking in.

It was clearly a woman.

A ghost woman, dressed in tight-fitting clothes with narrow sleeves, but because her back was to the door and she was backlit, her face was not visible.

The two seemed to stare at each other for a few seconds.

Chen Yan took a deep breath, preparing to speak, when he heard the woman speak first.

"Your injury is fine now. It should heal in a few more days, but you can't get up and move around for the time being."

Chen Yan didn't speak. When the woman slowly walked in, he finally saw her face clearly and was stunned.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhan Li. I saved your life."

Chen Yan took a deep breath and looked at the woman's face.

From a conventional aesthetic point of view, she is not considered a beauty. Her forehead is slightly wide, commonly known as a "big forehead"—in other words, people with this feature tend to have a high hairline.

Her features weren't particularly delicate, but there was a wild air about her between her brows. However, Chen Yan noticed that this woman's eyes were incredibly bright!

Her eyes were exceptionally bright!
“I…recognize you,” Chen Yan replied in a low voice, then smiled wryly. “I saw you at the auction house in the City of No Return. You’re from the Blackwood Clan of the Ghost Clan, hmm, Cave Maiden? That should be the title.”

Zhan Li seemed to smile: "Yes, it's good that you remember me."

"Why would the cave maiden of the Blackwood Clan of the Ghost Clan save me?" Chen Yan sighed and said with a wry smile, "Was I taken to the Blackwood Clan?"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. We're still in the White Elephant Tribe right now." Zhan Li shook his head, but his tone was very relaxed. "You're too badly injured, and I have some things to take care of here, so I'll take you back to the White Elephant Tribe first."

Chen Yan frowned: "I..."

"Your injury is nothing serious. I treated it myself, and it won't leave any hidden dangers." Zhan Li's tone was relaxed. She pointed to the headboard of Chen Yan's bed: "Your storage equipment is all here. I haven't opened it. You can rest assured about that."

Chen Yan frowned at Zhan Li: "I accept the favor of your healing, but..."

He pointed to his body, where there were bandages and traces of medicine, and asked in confusion, "Why did you use this method?"

The dignified Cave Maiden of the Ghost Clan is a prominent figure among the Ghost Clan.

Surely you can afford even one White Bone Pill?
Zhan Li looked at Chen Yan, paused for a moment, and then smiled knowingly: "So you misunderstood my good intentions. But I still advise you, in your current state, it's best not to take that kind of potent medicine like the White Bone Pill if you can avoid it."

"Ok?"

Chen Yan was stunned.

Zhan Li shook his head: "You cultivators from outside the mountains always rely excessively on external things like elixirs."

It should be understood that the universe has its own rules. Forcibly reversing these rules may not show problems in the short term, but in the long run, it will leave hidden dangers and eventually lead to being misled by cause and effect.

While the White Bone Pill can forcibly revitalize the body and accelerate its self-healing process, nothing in this world is ever that cheap.
Wounds that would normally take months to heal can be cured in just two or three days.

What could have been a life-threatening injury can leave you feeling energetic and lively after just one day of rest.

Doesn't such an outrageous act come at a price?

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan was taken aback, but after carefully considering the words, his heart stirred slightly.

Zhan Li noticed the change in Chen Yan's expression and patiently said slowly, "I have examined your injuries."

In other circumstances, using the White Bone Pill wouldn't be a big deal; you'd just have to pay a price, but it wouldn't harm your core.

But your injury this time is a little different.

When I examined you, I found that your vital energy was depleted. This means that in the period before you were injured, you forcibly activated your vital energy, exhausting all your reserves!

Chen Yan felt a chill run down his spine!
He had indeed used the Three-Colored Divine Dust three times in one go before! At that time, he exhausted all his energy, causing him to collapse from exhaustion.

I've never fully recovered from that exhaustion; in recent days, I've only recovered about 60-70%.

Before the final battle with the Shepherd, he fought another battle with that demon in the cave at night, which cost him a lot of energy.

In fact, my physical condition has never truly recovered.

Zhan Li sighed: "Your situation... this kind of thing can be a big deal or a small deal."

Our bodies are like heaven and earth, and vital energy is like the earth's energy. Once it is exhausted, heaven and earth dry up and wither, and we need to slowly restore our vital energy.

You haven't even recovered your strength, and you've already suffered such a serious injury again in such a short time.

In this situation, it's not advisable to use the White Bone Pill anymore.

"If your vital energy is completely depleted, then forcibly stimulating your self-healing with the White Bone Pill is pointless. Without vital energy to support it, what do you think this forced healing consumes?"

Chen Yan pondered for a moment: "My lifespan?"

"...It's not that exaggerated, but what's consumed might be more important than lifespan." Zhan Li's tone was very calm as he looked into Chen Yan's eyes: "If you forcibly stimulate your body's self-healing potential when your vital energy is depleted, then what might be damaged is your origin, your affinity for vital energy, your physical constitution, your cultivation potential, and your future path!"

As he spoke, Zhan Li pointed to the bandages on Chen Yan's body: "I meant well. I noticed that your vital energy was exhausted, so I didn't use any pills to force you to recover."

Instead, they gave her some medicine to strengthen her constitution and nourish her vital energy.

While you were unconscious, I gave you some medication that can slowly repair your depleted foundation and gradually nourish what was previously depleted.

Then we'll treat your injuries using our demon clan's healing methods—this method is slower than using elixirs directly, but it has no hidden dangers and can restore your body to its former state as much as possible, while also addressing any remaining issues.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief, his tone now carrying a hint of sincerity: "In that case, thank you very much, Cave Maiden!"

"No need to be polite, I had my reasons for saving you."

Although Zhan Li's tone was calm, her true feelings were far from as indifferent as she appeared.

This guy almost died!!

Just thinking about being naked makes Zhanli feel a bit scared!
In Zhanli's view, this person was merely a descendant of the ancestral saint, and only received a little favor from the ancestral saint because of a small amount of incense offering.

I must ensure his safety this time I'm out here.

Zhanli had other thoughts in her mind. She was proud and arrogant, and only wanted to do great things for the Ghost Clan. She really didn't think much of being asked to be a nanny.

So when she was in the City of No Return, she simply disguised herself as Granny Yu, pretended to give Chen Yan a few words of advice, and then focused on her own "important business," too lazy to pay any attention to Chen Yan.

In her view, her return to public life this time was for something big!

We must achieve great things, fight against the demon race, and plan big things!
She couldn't be bothered to do such trivial things as being a nanny for some distant descendant of her ancestor.

Her goal was to achieve great merit, accumulate prestige within the clan, and one day become a Yama King!

Therefore, she didn't pay much attention to taking care of Chen Yan and protecting him. She even forgot about it after getting close to Chen Yan only once. She was busy afterward and completely ignored the matter.

As a result of one careless mistake, she didn't even receive the news that Chen Yan had left the City of No Return!

To be precise, Zhanli had completely forgotten about it—she was busy managing the overall situation in the City of No Return, and was having a great time fighting against the demon race.

Until a few days ago, she received a decree from her clan chief, saying that some tribes within the clan were unstable and that some people were engaging in despicable acts, and she was ordered to go and enforce the law.

After she received the order, her master asked about the matter of looking after and protecting the descendants of the ancestor's bloodline. Only then did Zhanli remember Chen Yan.

When her master asked, she forced herself to say that she had been taking care of things and there was no problem.

When they turned around and sent someone to investigate, they found that Chen Yan was no longer in No Return City, but had left with the Yun family's boy!

Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the Yun family's son had already returned to the City of No Return, but Chen Yan had not accompanied him!
Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the Yun family lad had caused a major incident after returning to the City of No Return!
Someone ambushed and killed the flying ships of aristocratic clans in the heart of the Ghost Clan's territory, and then framed the Demon Clan for it!
After being spotted by the Yun family's young master, he was chased and killed!

We're being chased!
Therefore, the bloodline descendant that the ancestor ordered to be cared for...

Where are the others? !

Zhanli was truly panicked at this moment.

She immediately left the City of No Return and used all her abilities to rush into the heart of the Ghost Clan, searching along the way for several days!

This time, he couldn't even care about the mission his master had ordered.

Although she was proud and arrogant, and although she only wanted to do "big things" and "serious things", she was, after all, a descendant of the ancestor. The ancestor had said that he would take care of her. If something really happened, no matter how much her master doted on her, even if her master spoke well of her, she would still be punished by the ancestor.

Fortunately, she still managed to find it.

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"I wonder why the Cave Maiden saved me?" Chen Yan pressed.

"Hmm... let's talk about your situation first. You... killed a herdsman." Zhanli said slowly with a complicated expression, "You killed the chief of a herdsman of the White Elephant tribe."

Chen Yan remained silent, simply staring at Zhan Li. After a while, he coldly said, "What, are you asking me to pay with my life?"

Zhan Li suddenly smiled, winked at Chen Yan, and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, I was just teasing you. You can kill that shepherd, not only will you be innocent, but you'll also save me some trouble."

As he spoke, Zhan Li looked at Chen Yan and said, "That guy went against the tide and defied the will of the Sage. He deserves to die. Hmm... I'll take you to see a good show. Once you see it, you'll understand."

After she finished speaking, she raised her hands and clapped them three times gently.

Several ghost clan members quickly entered the wooden shed, bowing deeply upon entering. Zhan Li pointed at Chen Yan, then stood up and walked out first.

These ghost clan members came over, lifted Chen Yan off the straw mat, and carried him out of the wooden shed.

Upon emerging, Chen Yan saw that he had indeed been taken back to the valley of the White Elephant tribe's herding caravan!

Looking at the familiar village, Chen Yan's heart tightened!
As they walked down the hillside, they saw that many members of the Ghost Clan had already gathered there. The area below was densely packed with people, as if the entire village had been brought together.

Chen Yan was carried up the hillside. Along the way, many ghost clansmen pointed and whispered among themselves, making Chen Yan feel a little absurd.

Could it be... that I'm going to be publicly executed?
Wait a minute, this cavewoman said she was innocent of killing the shepherd?
However, after arriving at the hillside, Chen Yan was carried to the door of the huge wooden shed that originally belonged to the shepherd. When he looked inside, he was stunned!

Inside the wooden shed, lying on a straw mat, was none other than... the shepherd!

And what's more, this guy is still alive!
(End of this chapter)