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

Chapter 131 Reputation
What happened to the black cat?
Lying at his feet.

Intentional or accidental?
At this moment, Chen Xuan's slightly boiling emotions, which had been caused by his easy victory over the rival cultivators of the Cui and Zheng families, instantly calmed down and became heavy...

"Black Cat, what are you testing?"

He often saw the black cat playing around him when it was free, and sometimes it went too far and even used his head as a sleeping nest.

Chen Xuan would occasionally act as if nothing had happened and raise his hand to try to touch Xuan Mao's body, but she would sensitively avoid him... Xuan Mao didn't want others to touch her body.

But at this moment, the black cat rolled to where he was standing, its eyes shining, as if waiting for something to happen.

Step on it?
Or just ignore it?

"Wow!"

Chen Xuan hesitated for a moment, then treated the black cat as a ball of air, and his feet, which were hanging in the air, fell directly down without any pause.

"Meow!"

The pupils of the Black Cat Queen shrank, and she rolled to the side at an astonishing speed, lying on the ground, twisting her head back, opening her cherry-shaped mouth, staring at Chen Xuan in surprise and disbelief.

"He really stepped on the kitten!"

"Rustle!" Chen Xuan's face remained calm. His feet stepped on the dead leaves on the ground, making a slight crackling sound. He quickly walked into a mountain road not far away, and his figure gradually disappeared.

The black cat was stunned and stood there stupidly. Its beautiful eyes blinked and it looked at Chen Xuan's back.

"Chen Xuan, can he really not see this cat? His spirit body has been trained in advance, so he can see this cat's true form, right?"

"Could he have mistaken me for a stray cat wandering the mountains? He, he, he's so ignorant and so careless!"

"He doesn't take me seriously? People look down on cats!"

The black cat was angry and yelled wildly, then got up from the ground.

She had been secretly following Chen Xuan, hiding in the bushes. Later, Chen Xuan activated the Human Emperor Banner, and his peripheral vision seemed to glance in her direction... Xuanmao had a sharp sixth sense and was certain that Chen Xuan had seen her body!

But now, Chen Xuan turned a blind eye and stepped directly down, almost stepping on her.

"The spirit body that can only be mastered by Tao Hongchen realm can not only see this cat, but can even actually touch my body!"

Black Cat was filled with doubt. "Could it be that he didn't consume enough spiritual fragments from the Human Emperor Banner? Or perhaps, he violated common sense in cultivation and prematurely cultivated a soul and body that can't compare to a true soul and body at the Tao Hongchen realm? Is there a fundamental flaw? Is it the reason he can't see me?"

She thought about it and felt that this was the only explanation.

After all, it is normal and reasonable for Chen Xuan to master abilities that he should not have in advance and have irreparable defects.

"No wonder he successfully cultivated a divine body not long after obtaining the Human Emperor Banner. Humph, it must be incomplete and flawed!"

After all, Heng Gu had been in charge of the Human Emperor Banner for a long time, killing people all the way, but he had never cultivated a soul body in advance... and Chen Xuan was actually far superior to Heng Gu, and he easily accomplished this great thing that violated the rules of heaven.

"The abilities the puppy on Tiger Mountain acquired were equally incomplete. He sacrificed the second half of his first life to force himself into a second one, but it was only a false power of wandering, and it would sooner or later backfire."

In the realm of spiritual wandering, one buries the physical body of the first life and travels between heaven and earth with the body of spirit, becoming a local deity, a temple immortal or Buddha, or a wild god in the mountains...

But the second life that the tiger reborn still had a real body and lived in the world in the flesh. The tiger went against the trend.

"Is it the work of the mountain ghost, deliberately keeping the mountain king alive to control the ghosts and monsters and protect Chen Xuan? Or is it Chen Xuan's Jinyu ointment, which contains special effects to ward off ghosts and gods?"

Xuan Mao was making confused guesses, but she was a detached recorder of the underworld, living a carefree life and not taking these things to heart.

After thinking for a moment, her little mind was in a mess, so she stopped thinking.

"Whatever, Chen Xuanren is useless. It's great that he can't see the kitten. From now on, I can play with him and get close to him without worry!"

Black Cat narrowed his eyes, a satisfied smile spread across his face, and he laughed heartily, "Kitty, I've finally found a good reason to convince myself!"

Because Chen Xuan's practice has always been accompanied by blood and gore, which helps her improve her status in the small underworld. She admires and likes Chen Xuan very much.

Soon after, the Little Hell descended.

"call!"

Black fog rolled, golden eyes lit up, a black moon rose into the sky, countless paper money with square holes and round shapes rained down from the sky, and thousands of graves spread into the distance. Who knew what was buried within them...

The heavy rain came and flooded.

……

……

"Did Xuanmao act like a spoiled child to me just now?"

Chen Xuan stopped on a mountain road, feeling suspicious. "She often acts affectionately towards me, but today she's acting strangely and furtively... She seems to suddenly doubt that I can see her?"

"Is it because of the cultivation of the spirit body?" Chen Xuan pondered, but did not think much about it, because the black cat posed no threat to him. Then, he activated the power of Xinzhai, possessed the kitten, and observed the scene of the black cat working hard in the small underworld behind him.

"The Zheng family of Xingyang is a bunch of useless Taoist monks."

Chen Xuan peeked for a moment, made some comments, and then withdrew from the body of Queen Black Cat with regret.

He only saw some scriptures and magic tricks that he had already possessed from the traces left by the Zheng family cultivators... The ancient secret techniques were too rare. In this land, only the highest status practitioners of Qi such as Jiang Qinghuang of Chu State and Long Shu of Yu State were qualified to master them.

None of the cultivators from the Zheng family, a family with a history of thousands of years, practiced ancient secret techniques.

"The Zheng family has been dealt with, but where are the Li family members in the Southern Wilderness right now?"

Chen Xuan muttered to himself and continued to move forward in the mountains and forests. The cultivators from the aristocratic families of Chu entered the Southern Wilderness without knowing the danger. This was a rare opportunity.

Because, if these monks from aristocratic families return to the heartland of Chu, he will not be able to find them and take revenge in a short time.

The mountains in the southern wilderness stretch as far as the eye can see.

Chen Xuan walked forward for half a minute, and quickly traveled more than ten miles along the mountain road. He met a group of monks from aristocratic families who were returning north. He looked at them from a distance for a while, but did not recognize them, so he frowned.

"This wave of aristocratic cultivators are evacuating the Southern Wilds? Have they given up on fighting for opportunities? What's going on?"

He did not approach this group of nervous monks from aristocratic families, but continued to advance deep into the Southern Wilderness.

After a while, he finally met a group of familiar monks.

Hedong Pei family.

"Are they fleeing too? They're so panicking. What happened? Are there monsters ahead?"

Chen Xuan was confused and immediately took the initiative to approach the cultivators from the Hedong Pei family.

In the woods, Pei Yuanyong and others were running wildly. Everyone had a solemn expression and there was a depressing atmosphere.

"Tian Yandao's prophecy is about to come true. He hid for ten days and suddenly appeared, killing people in the Southern Wilderness."

"That Xue Qian, out of a million mountain roads, chose to escape to the vicinity of Tiger Mountain. What reason did he have to come here?"

"My family is on good terms with him, he won't make things difficult for us..."

"No, he's too dangerous now. He could kill us with a single wave of the Human Emperor's Banner. A gentleman shouldn't stand before a dangerous wall. Don't contact him for now and leave the Southern Wilds immediately!"

"Stop!" Suddenly, the middle-aged cultivator leading the Pei family stopped in his tracks, his body tense, his eyes fixed in one direction: "Someone is coming!"

"Who is it!" Pei Yuanyong and others trembled and subconsciously held their breath.

The sky gradually darkened, and in the deep forest ahead, it seemed that a ferocious beast was lurking, secretly locking onto them.

"Wow!"

A tall figure walked out, his face half hidden in the shadow of the trees, his face had clear lines and a bit sharp.

Chen Xuan smiled and was very friendly. He nodded to the Pei family cultivator, then waved to Pei Yuanyong, whom he knew, and motioned him to come over and talk.

"Ah? Looking for me?" A trace of surprise appeared on Pei Yuanyong's handsome face, and he subconsciously looked at the elders.

"I'm afraid so, Yuan Yong, you go and meet him..." The elder of the Pei family looked solemn and nodded slowly.

"Cousin, Chen Xuan means no harm. We gave him a gift! Go and see what we want from you."

A beautiful girl in an apricot-yellow dress, about fifteen or sixteen years old, urged Pei Yuanyong to hurry up while sizing up Chen Xuan's handsome face and well-proportioned figure with her autumn-water eyes. A hint of admiration flowed in her eyes as she muttered, "Such a capable man, so heroic and extraordinary, much better than young masters like my cousin. It's a pity, why doesn't he want to marry into my family..."

"Ok."

Pei Yuanyong calmed himself down, left the group, walked up to Chen Xuan, and said, "Daoist friend, it's a coincidence that we meet in such a beautiful place."

Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "No, I came here specifically to find you. What happened? What are you hiding from?"

Pei Yuanyong looked a little embarrassed and replied in a low voice:
"Well, to be honest, everyone is avoiding... Daoist friend."

"Huh? Why are you hiding from me?"

Chen Xuan was stunned when he heard the voice and his eyes widened.

"It's like this, there's some news about fellow Daoist..."

Pei Yuanyong touched the back of his head and told Chen Xuan that when the Zheng family was being chased and fleeing, someone used communication talismans to seek help from nearby aristocratic family allies.

As a result, a lot of news spread instantly.

For example, before the death of the Zheng family monk, he cursed Cui Che for preferring the dead fellow to the poor monk.

For example, the most important piece of news.

Chen Xuan, holding the Human Emperor Banner, is seeking revenge...

"This..." Chen Xuan was stunned. These cultivators from aristocratic families were actually scared and fled in panic because he was chasing the enemy. Isn't it ridiculous?

"All the cultivators of the Zheng family were wiped out, and those of the Cui family were probably killed by you, fellow Daoist... How could everyone not be terrified after hearing this news?"

Pei Yuanyong looked helpless as he explained, "It wasn't just the Zheng family that attacked you. What Tian Yan Dao predicted is becoming reality. You're really going to slaughter all the Chu cultivators until a river of blood flows..."

He sighed, how powerful and prestigious were the two thousand-year-old families of Cui and Zheng?

There were only a handful of aristocratic families of this caliber in the Chu State, but now, under Chen Xuan's command, they were almost completely annihilated. This shocking news spread, and all the aristocratic families who knew about it were shocked.

Everyone was terrified, feeling that a huge, terrifying cloud named Chen Xuan was looming over their heads.

Pei Yuanyong once thought that Chen Xuan was the person described by Tian Yandao. Now, in just one day, this guess is about to become a reality.

"What does this matter have to do with irrelevant people? Why are they so scared? It's inexplicable." Chen Xuan frowned.

Is he a murderous person who commits all kinds of evil? Although the Human Emperor Banner needs resources, he will not attack unrelated people.

Is his reputation so bad?
"Besides the Zheng and Li families, there are also scattered cultivators from other aristocratic families who once tried to kill you when trying to seize the Human Emperor Banner. Now that you've suddenly appeared and violently annihilated the Zheng and Cui families, who wouldn't be horrified? Who wouldn't be afraid?"

Pei Yuanyong expressed his feelings, spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "Furthermore, if you enjoy killing and directly use all the cultivators you encounter as food for the Human Emperor Banner...you can also do what Heng Gu wants to do. No one dares to bet on your character."

Even their Pei family was vaguely worried about Chen Xuan.

Because, if Chen Xuan really had weapons of mass destruction, no one would be willing to gamble their lives... Although they were like mortal dust under Chen Xuan's Human Emperor Banner in the Southern Wilderness, once they left the Southern Wilderness and returned to their hometown, which of them, a Taoist monk, would not be superior to thousands of people, and have an extremely happy and wonderful life? Life is very valuable!

"Hmph! Groundless speculation is ridiculous... Do you know where the cultivators of the Li family are now? I want to find them." Chen Xuan asked.

He must avenge the Zheng and Li families.

As for the cultivators from other families and sects who had attacked him sporadically, that was just a normal fight for the treasure. If he met them, he would naturally ask for an explanation. If he didn't meet them, he wouldn't waste time and energy seeking out such grudges.

Pei Yuanyong sighed inwardly when he heard this, "Look, you still want to continue killing the Li family. You really have a murderous nature!"
If we destroy the Li family, there will be three thousand-year-old families in total!
Moreover, these aristocratic families are now under the control of Chen Xuan, and most of the backbone forces of the two or three generations of the families have died. It is estimated that there will be no successors. When the top one or two great masters pass away, these aristocratic families will decline and become silent.

"That... I don't know about it. I guess he ran away a long time ago."

Pei Yuanyong answered without hiding anything, saying frankly, "My family is a staunch royalist, and we are not of the same ilk as the Cui, Zheng, and Li families. Therefore, I don't know where they fled from."

Chen Xuan nodded. These noble families each had their own factions, and while information circulated among them, truly important matters would certainly not be casually disclosed. He then asked about Xue Qian's news.

Pei Yuanyong said, "Apart from us, the aristocratic families of Chu, there seems to be a foreign force pursuing Xue Qian."

Foreign forces?

Chen Xuan was slightly shocked, however, the Pei family didn't know much and had no more detailed information.

"Do you still want to escape?" Chen Xuan asked finally.

"You've already escaped, so keep running."

Pei Yuanyong said helplessly, "Although Chen Xuan had no ill intentions towards them, Xue Qian had completely disappeared and could not be caught up. Now, the battle between Shanjun and Cui Tianhe could be seen from dozens or even hundreds of miles away..."

The most important thing is that the news that several big ghosts in the Southern Wilderness are intercepting the Little Plague Mansion on the border of Chu and Yu Kingdom for Chen Xuan is spreading rapidly throughout the entire Chu land through various channels.

The big monsters in the Southern Wilderness will return soon, and the Southern Wilderness will become dangerous again.

"Fellow Daoist, it seems you are truly going to become the 'Holy Son' of the Southern Wilderness."

Pei Yuanyong left with a sigh, thinking that his family had once dreamed of marrying Chen Xuan into the family, but now it seemed that their status and position were no longer compatible.

I have been thinking about my cousin who wears an apricot-yellow skirt, but now, let alone marrying her into the family, I am not even qualified to be her Taoist partner. I am afraid that I am only qualified to be a concubine.

"nonsense!"

Chen Xuan snorted inwardly. Holy Son? Son? He was a dignified man. Whose son was he? The Southern Wasteland Master's? The Mountain Ghost Lady was the Southern Wasteland Master. If she heard that name, she would surely be furious!

Soon, he separated from the group of cultivators from the Pei family and continued to move towards Fox Mountain, ready to try his luck and see if he could find anyone from the Li family.

Not long after, a loud noise was heard from the distant sky.

"Howl!"

The wailing cry, which sounded like that of an ancient mythical bird, echoed throughout the fields, and a fiery red rain began to fall, as if the sky was weeping tears of blood.

Chen Xuan stopped and looked into the sky.

"Cui Tianhe, the great master of Dinglu, is dead..." he guessed.

(End of this chapter)