From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 130 Cat Thirteen's Crisis
In the mountains and forests, Chen Xuan moved forward like a breeze, feeling confused.

"Why is the Southern Wasteland Mountain so bustling? Why are these Chu cultivators entering the Southern Wasteland instead of returning home?"

He had been practicing diligently on Tiger Mountain and had not come down the mountain for ten days. He had no idea what was happening in the mountain. But at this moment, when he was only ten or twenty miles away from Tiger Mountain, he discovered traces of activities by monks from Chu.

"The Mountain King and the Old Turtle have been managing the northern part of the Southern Wilderness for many years. They are both very stable and powerful ghosts. Since they have agreed to let me go down the mountain to pursue the Cui family, it means that there are no other powerful cauldron masters in this area who can threaten me."

Chen Xuan knew that he could act with confidence in this vast mountain area without having to worry that a powerful person would suddenly appear and take him away.

Almost all of the Taoist priests of the Cui family were killed. Only one or two of them were very alert and had a bad premonition, so they escaped in advance and might have become the fish that slipped through the net.

"Cui Che, a genius who practiced Taoism at the age of three and studied Taoism at the age of ten, seems to have fled in this direction in advance."

Chen Xuan thought in his mind and chased in that direction at a high speed. At the same time, he distinguished the sounds of grass and trees in the air, and vaguely realized that there was a group of monks with familiar auras moving in that direction.

Someone from the Zheng family in Xingyang City.

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In the forest, Cui Che's face was pale, his hair was disheveled, and he was running for his life, moving away from the Tiger Mountain area at a high speed.

"Is Chen Xuan my nemesis? Twice, twice I encountered him, and both times I fled in panic, facing life-threatening dangers!"

Cui Che thought angrily, and then he felt another wave of anger: "Is the Patriarch crazy? If he wants to do something big, he can just come to the Southern Wilderness alone. Why does he have to bring us Taoist monks to Tiger Mountain to die?"

He sighed. If today's event could be accomplished, the Cui family, as the first upright, thousand-year-old family to set foot in the Southern Wilderness, would become famous. Relying on this power, any major event they did in the current turbulent Chu State would have a reason.

But unfortunately, things went wrong one after another and everything came to nothing. Cui Tianhe underestimated Nanhuang's determination to protect Chen Xuan and also underestimated Shanjun's strength.

Now, the unbearable backlash is rolling towards the Cui family like a tsunami.

Cui Che felt bitter in his heart, and secretly made up his mind: "After escaping this time, I, Cui Che, will return to Qinghe City and enter into a state of seclusion. I will never set foot out of my home until I become a cauldron!"

In the distance, a group of cultivators from the Zheng family of Xingyang City appeared, all looking up at the battle situation in the sky.

"Master Cui, did you fight a tiger? I heard the tiger was injured, didn't it? Many people saw the fall?"

"The Cui family wants to do great things. They want to become the most aristocratic family in Chu..."

A group of Zheng family cultivators looked at the distant sky. The real body of the mountain lion and Cui Tianhe fought with real rage. They fought all the way to a very far distance and gradually disappeared from view.

The battle scene of the Dinglu Mighty was extremely grand. Wherever they went, countless mountains were shattered like sand dunes. A road of ruins formed by flames and strange metals spread across the earth to the distance.

"Fortunately, it's not coming towards us..." A cultivator from the Zheng family shuddered.

"It's really dangerous. This isn't an ordinary fight. They're going to fight to the death today!"

"Master Cui seems to be escaping. Has something happened?"

"Hey! That person, Cui Che, nephew!" Someone turned around in vain and looked at Cui Che who appeared in the distance.

"Uncle!" Cui Che smiled. He had long sensed this group of Zheng family cultivators. His mother was from the Zheng family, and they had a very close relationship.

He fled here on purpose.

Because, because he was shot by Chen Xuan's Thunder Arrow, the Zheng family teamed up to attack Chen Xuan, which led to the enmity between them...

If Chen Xuan did not have the extremely precious special spiritual object Jin Yu Gao, he would have died in that attack.

"Nephew, what happened?" Zheng Yan, a middle-aged leader of the Zheng family, asked in a caring tone.

Cui Che looked calm and not at all embarrassed. On the contrary, he looked calm and composed.

He didn't answer Zheng Yanzhi's question, but instead asked, "Uncle, are you guys hunting down Xue Qian, the independent cultivator who got a chance, in the Southern Wilderness? Have you got any news?"

Although the Cui family had been hunkering down in Red Crow City for a while, they kept a close eye on the major events happening outside. Cui Che knew that members of the Zheng, Li, and Pei families, all millennial families, were working together to hunt down a lucky wandering cultivator named Xue Qian.

"Xue Qian fled to the Tiger Mountain area. I don't know whether he hid himself or secretly fled to the deeper Fox Mountain area." Zheng Yan said to his nephew without hiding anything.

"Uncle, where is your Dinglu Master? When will he come to the Southern Wilderness?" Cui Che asked in a deep voice.

"Don't even mention it. Of our two great cauldron masters, one never made it back to the mortal world, which is as good as dead. The other did return, but was seriously injured and is on his way back to Xingyang City to recuperate."

Zheng Yan sighed, feeling helpless for a moment, then asked with concern, "Why are you alone? Where are the rest of your family?"

Cui Che still didn't answer, but clasped his fists and said goodbye: "Uncle, I won't talk to you anymore. I have an important matter for the head of the family to deal with. I'll be leaving first!"

After he finished speaking, he left quickly and disappeared mysteriously into the woods.

The Zheng family cultivators looked at each other in bewilderment upon seeing this, and someone whispered:

"Cui Che is so rushed, what's the important matter? The Cui family leader led the mountain king away. Could it be that he really found Chen Xuan on Tiger Mountain? Are the Cui family cultivators currently hunting Chen Xuan all over the mountain?"

"Although Chen Xuan's strength is low, he relies on the Human Emperor Banner and the peerless treasure. It will not be easy to hunt him down."

"Last time we teamed up to attack Chen Xuan, he seemed to be trying to retaliate against us. Should we…"

"Our Dinglu Master is away, so don't be too conspicuous in the Southern Wilds... What? You said I'm timid and afraid of Chen Xuan? What a joke! I'm just cautious by nature!"

"Hmph! I'll let Chen Xuan live for now. Let the Cui family snatch the Human Emperor Banner!"

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Chen Xuan moved forward at a high speed in the mountains and forests. After a while, he approached the area where the Zheng family monks were.

"It's really the Zheng family who attacked me last time."

Chen Xuan followed the group of people like a ghost, nearly a thousand meters away. He used his soul body to emit the light of heaven and sensed the clear faces of those monks. Then, familiar faces that he had specially memorized in his memory emerged in his mind.

"One, two... eleven. As expected of a thousand-year-old family, they really have a profound heritage."

Chen Xuan saw the faces of those figures clearly and nodded with satisfaction. Then, he took out a ten-foot-long Human Emperor Banner from the treasure of the Mountain and River Scroll, and mysterious energy gushed out like black smoke.

"Human Emperor Banner, it's your turn to contribute!"

Last time, he seized the Human Emperor Banner and wanted to take advantage of the situation to get rid of the Zheng family, but because Lu Tongyou, the Dinglu master of Xiaowen Mansion, showed up halfway, the Zheng family escaped.

Today, we meet again on a narrow road, how can we allow them to escape again!
"Hmm? How did I happen to run into the Zheng family? Could it be that Cui Che deliberately lured me here, hoping to use this group of Zheng family members to delay my pursuit?"

Chen Xuan complained in his heart, and then, holding the Human Emperor Banner surrounded by black air, he rushed directly towards the Zheng family members hundreds of meters away.

"Wow!" The noise was a little louder, and the Zheng family members in the distance immediately became alert.

"Someone is coming towards us!" someone exclaimed, looking in the direction of Chen Xuan.

The Fire Virtue cultivators were not good at detecting and perceiving, and Chen Xuan had almost merged with the grass and trees by invoking the Green Qi. Therefore, it was not until Chen Xuan burst out with the power of the Immortal Qi, running towards them like a tiger out of a cage, with surging momentum and no concealment, that the Zheng family cultivators realized that something was wrong.

"Enemy? Are they ghosts from the Southern Wilds?"

"No! Human Emperor Banner, Chen Xuan!"

"Damn it! How did I happen to run into this Plague God? Is the road in the Southern Wasteland so narrow?"

"He's used to relying on external forces. Besides his Noble Phantasms, what real abilities does he possess? Shameless! There's no need to fight such a despicable villain. Let's go!"

The Zheng family monks' faces changed drastically and they turned around and fled.

Chen Xuan rushed out from the woods, with the Human Emperor's banner fluttering, shining brightly in the setting sun. Under the banner, countless mysterious energies poured out like black smoke, and the black smoke looked like a bunch of ghost faces with bared fangs and claws, eerie and terrifying.

"With the Human Emperor Banner in hand, even a peak Taoist monk of the Sixth Heaven is no different from an ordinary person in front of me!"

"aim!"

Behind, the black kitten followed Chen Xuan from a distance, not daring to get too close. She hid in the grass like a fool trying to cover her ears and steal the bell, for fear of being seen by Chen Xuan's soul. She was secretly observing the battle situation.

"Without the threat of the cultivators in the Dinglu realm, Chen Xuan has nothing to worry about. He will directly use the Human Emperor Banner. He is going to go on a killing spree!"

Her eyes lit up as she said with ecstasy, "Although the Emperor's Banner swept away all the soul fragments, and the dead cultivators didn't leave much behind, but little by little, we still gained a lot today. I like Chen Xuan so much today!" "Wow!"

Chen Xuan waved the Human Emperor Banner. From a distance of hundreds of meters, the Human Emperor Banner danced, and an invisible force blew out like a strong wind.

"Ah!" The faces of the two lagging Zheng family cultivators darkened, and the lantern-sized spiritual light in their bodies shook violently, as if it was about to be blown out by the wind from the Human Emperor Banner. They fell to the ground with a thud.

Their faces were blue and purple, their eyes were white, as if they had died of suffocation. Their bodies trembled a few times and then became motionless.

"What a vicious attack!" Zheng Yan roared, his eyes bloodshot. He turned around and summoned a soul-protecting artifact to block the attack of the Human Emperor Banner.

"Buzz!" This is a palm-sized four-legged bronze tripod that emits a soft green light, blocking the evil wind from the Human Emperor Banner.

The rest of the Zheng family were terrified and quickly took the opportunity to flee. No one cared about the two half-dead members on the ground: "Zheng Yan can't hold it back for long! Chen Xuan wields the vicious Human Emperor Banner and is unreasonably strong!"

They didn't dare to attack Chen Xuan at all. It had not been long since Chen Xuan had seized the Human Emperor Banner from the Chu family and Xiaowen Mansion. They knew that Chen Xuan was not afraid of siege at all!
"So the Human Emperor Banner is actually a vicious thing! Haha, you guys are really evil cultivators for trying to steal such a vicious thing!"

Chen Xuan laughed out loud, feeling relaxed and happy, and rarely made a joke.

With his current strength that is about to break through to the second level of Daozang, it would be difficult for him to face eleven Daozang monks at the same time unless he uses the precious Jinyu Paste. But now, in front of him who is holding the Human Emperor Banner, the other party is like a babbling child, with no power to resist.

"How did you know we were here..." Zheng Yan roared, then suddenly realized what was happening and exclaimed, "Cui Che! Nephew, you have such a cruel heart!"

He realized that it was Cui Che who lured Chen Xuan here!
"The Zheng family loves to avenge their allies and is very loyal. They're truly remarkable. I heard Cui Che is related to your Zheng family by blood? You helped him last time, so let's help him again today!"

Chen Xuan laughed loudly, his words were murderous and heartbreaking, and he approached quickly. The Human Emperor Banner rolled out like a black galaxy, and the twenty-eight constellations were shining with divine light. The banner was like a chimney, spewing out a lot of black smoke.

"Crack!" The four-legged bronze tripod that Zheng Yan sacrificed made a sound of collapse and countless cracks appeared. Chen Xuan used the Human Emperor Banner to roll the tripod apart.

"You..." Zheng Yan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but as soon as the soul-protecting artifact disappeared, his face suddenly turned pale and he fell on his back, directly hit.

"Come into the banner!" Chen Xuan shouted coldly. The Human Emperor Banner passed over his body, and countless ghost hands dripping with black air stretched out from the banner, grabbed the soul of Zheng Yan, the top Taoist monk, and pulled him into the Human Emperor Banner.

In a moment, Zheng Yan, the top Taoist master who Chen Xuan needed to use all his trump cards to win in a head-on battle, died instantly.

"A Daozang monk would die with just one roll. Even the soul of a Dinglu master isn't very strong. If I could find an opportunity, I could use the Human Emperor Banner to roll it up..."

This shocking thought suddenly came to Chen Xuan's mind, but he quickly erased it.

"It's too difficult, and there's basically no chance of it happening."

Even with his realm, the range of the Human Emperor Banner was too small to be covered... If a Dinglu master were to get close, who knows what terrible things would happen? Perhaps before he could even activate the Human Emperor Banner, the Dinglu master would have already succeeded.

Chen Xuan sighed in his heart, then, out of the corner of his eye, he subconsciously glanced in a certain direction behind him, and a new thought came to his mind: "What would happen if I use the Human Emperor Banner to hit the black cat..."

"???"

In the distance, the black kitten looked around, its body tensed in vain, its eyes wide as big as copper bells, and looked at Chen Xuan: "He looked over here? What was he looking at? Did he see me?"

Of course Chen Xuan could see the black cat, but this was not a surprise to him as he had seen it countless times.

"brush!"

Chen Xuan continued to hunt down the Zheng family cultivators. Without Zheng Yan's soul-protecting artifact to resist, the remaining Zheng family cultivators fell down like weeds being cut by a knife.

"Ah!" The Zheng family monks screamed and fled in all directions, but they had no effect on Chen Xuan's pursuit at all.

"Wow!" Chen Xuan waved the Human Emperor Banner and dealt with a Taoist monk in less than a breath of time. Moreover, he also sent out four Taoist figurines to delay the escape speed of Zheng family monks in other directions.

Soon, he wiped out all the Zheng family cultivators, leaving not a single one alive. A strange, eerie laugh emanated from the well-fed Human Emperor Banner, and countless spiritual crystals condensed.

"Tell me! What are you doing in Tiger Mountain?"

Chen Xuan caught the last monk who had stayed behind on purpose and began to interrogate him.

This is a middle-aged cultivator of the first level of the Daoist Canon, about forty or fifty years old, who practices the Daoist Canon of the Phoenix Bird. His talent is only above average among the outstanding disciples of the thousand-year-old family, and he has not received many cultivation resources from the Zheng family. Therefore, at such an old age, he is still just a cultivator of the first level.

"I'll tell you everything, will you let me go?" The middle-aged monk's face turned pale, his lips trembled, and he cried for mercy.

"Of course not." Chen Xuan shook his head.

"Hmph! Chen Xuan, I won't tell you a single secret. There are no cowards in our Zheng family! Even if I die, there are still thousands of Zheng family members who will avenge me!"

The middle-aged monk immediately gritted his teeth, looking as if he was ready to die bravely.

"Well, you have backbone!"

Chen Xuan nodded, then sighed, "You would have died more easily."

The middle-aged monk's face changed, and he asked in horror: "What are you going to do?"

"Crack!"

Chen Xuan's face was cold. He stepped on the middle-aged monk's back and grabbed the red arm raised by the middle-aged monk, the Qiniao Daozang. With a "puff", he pulled it out at the root and blood gushed out like a waterfall.

"Even if I destroy your Daozang and draw out your Chiqi, I will still know everything clearly."

He threw the red and trembling arm to the ground casually, and then went to pull the middle-aged monk's second arm, as if he wanted to pull off all six arms one by one.

"Ah!" The middle-aged monk screamed, tears streaming down his face in pain, cold sweat pouring down his face, and he shouted:
"I admit it, I admit everything!"

Not long after, Chen Xuan finished the interrogation and learned the reason why the Zheng family set foot in the Southern Wilderness.

"Xue Qian? A Transcendent Cultivator, who was lucky enough to get an opportunity that fell from Shangyang Cave Heaven?"

Chen Xuan frowned slightly, wondering in his heart, "Why does it sound wrong?... Logically speaking, a Transcendent cultivator wouldn't even have the strength to approach these opportunities."

Most of the things that fell from Shangyang Cave Heaven were brought down by the powerful Dinglu. Even for Taoist monks, it was difficult to get close to the treasures.

But now, an unknown immortal monk not only got an opportunity, but even escaped into the Southern Wilderness and survived the pursuit of countless noble families.

"It's a very strange thing."

Chen Xuan laughed and shook his head. Unfortunately, these Zheng family members did not know the specific whereabouts of the young cultivator Xue Qian.

"When Shanjun comes back, maybe we can ask him to look into this matter."

Chen Xuan pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "It seems the Li family is also in this area. I can't let them go. It's just right for me to help me practice..."

There are many thousand-year-old families in the State of Chu. The most famous ones are five or six families including Cui, Lu, Zheng, Wang, etc. Among them, the Cui and Zheng families have an irreconcilable relationship with him, and the Shuide Lu family also has a considerable grudge against him.

As for the Pei and Li families, they are slightly less famous, but their strength is not weak. They are also very powerful forces, and each family has at least one great Dinglu master.

However, with the end of the Shangyang Cave Heaven incident, the status of these aristocratic families that once dominated a city, or even several cities, was about to be reshuffled. This was because many of the great masters of the cauldrons and furnaces either failed to return or returned with serious injuries...

"Master Shanjun, you should be confident that you can successfully keep Cui Tianhe in the Southern Wilderness, right?"

Chen Xuan thought to himself that Lord Shanjun was the most powerful one in the Dinglu Realm. Moreover, Shanjun was so confident and arrogant. If he couldn't even keep Cui Tianhe in the end, it would be a bit unreasonable.

"Cui Tianhe is likely to die. The Qinghe Cui family, a powerful force, is likely to be reduced to a second-rate local power..."

Chen Xuan was in a very happy mood and turned to leave, but suddenly, his peripheral vision caught his eye.

"Meow!"

A black kitten walked in front of him, slightly arched its body, stretched lazily, and then rolled on the ground like a black coal ball, rolling to Chen Xuan's feet.

The black kitten showed a comfortable expression, tilted its head back, curled up its tiny limbs, squinted its gorgeous purple-black cat eyes, and stared at Chen Xuan.

"Meow!"

She called out again, vaguely expecting something.

"..." Chen Xuan was shocked and his body froze. His raised foot was hanging in the air, because at this moment, if he put his foot down directly.

The kitten will be stepped on.

(End of this chapter)