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

Chapter 162 A

Three days later.

A hundred miles away from Luoyue City, a group of monks from the Chu State climbed up a low hillside. A Taoist monk named Huode, who was over 20 meters tall, planted a large black bird flag of the Demon Suppression Bureau on the mountain. The flag fluttered, and the black bird seemed to spread its wings and fly.

"This mission is very serious. Do you see that village in the distance? A powerful Dinglu master from the Zhi Kingdom's Liu Clan is stationed there."

"Today, we need to intercept him... in a cup of tea."

"..."

Shen Lingfeng trembled in his heart when he heard the voice, thinking, how can I stop him?

He looked over a dozen miles away and saw some Zhiguo monsters in the village. He walked out and took a look in confusion, then smiled strangely and returned to the village.

Deputy General Xu approached, patted Shen Lingfeng on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Little Shen, after this battle to intercept the cauldron, when you return to the remote Red Crow City in the future, you will be considered a big shot, and you will have something to say to everyone you meet."

Shen Lingfeng sighed and said, "Boss Xu, let's talk about it after we survive."

Today, there are more than forty monks from the Demon Suppression Division, most of whom were defeated in the battlefield of Luoyue City and scattered all over the place, and then gathered together again.

Shen Lingfeng is now under the command of Deputy General Xu Chang.

But after today, I wonder how many colleagues I have known for more than ten days will die on the battlefield.

Lieutenant General Xu boosted morale, saying, "With Her Royal Highness the Princess leading the team personally, and two promising young demon-suppressing generals, what danger is there? We're only responsible for intercepting a cauldron! Don't you know that we even killed the Purple Bamboo Taoist half a month ago?"

The three great Dinglu masters of Zhi country have now reunited after Taoist Zizhu was attacked.

They form a triangle with each other and gather at the edge distance that triggers the same Qi fluctuation. Once a battle occurs, they can support each other in the first time.

The powerful Dinglu of the Willow Clan is here, the Dinglu of the Ginseng Clan is in a small town a hundred miles away, and the most powerful advanced Dinglu of the Ganoderma Clan is stationed in Luoyue City.

At this moment, their Demon Suppression Team was standing between Luoyue City and the powerful Dinglu of the Liu Clan.

Shen Lingfeng's face changed when he heard the voice. Because of the big event that happened half a month ago, his blood was a little hot, and he couldn't help asking:

"Deputy General Xu, is the Daozang-level Demon-Suppressing General who joined the mission midway today the same wandering cultivator from the mountains who came to Luoyue City to help and ultimately killed Taoist Zizhu?"

Shen Lingfeng came from Qinglu Mountain and knew how powerful the mountain master Qingyazi was. He could kill an ordinary Taoist with just a drop of blood or a breath of air.

Although Taoist Zizhu of Zhi Country is just a newly promoted Dinglu master.

However, his death at the hands of a Taoist monk still made him feel that this matter was unreal.

Deputy General Xu smiled and replied, "Of course it's him. There's no legitimate Demon Suppression General in this area of the Demon Suppression Division... You've even met this general recruited by Her Highness the Princess."

Originally, their mission today was to be led by General Xiao Huo alone, who would lead a team of eight young demon-suppressing generals.

But later, Jiang Qinghuang changed the military order twice.

For the first time, a new demon-suppressing general joined halfway.

That night.

The second time the order was changed, Jiang Qinghuang personally joined this extremely dangerous team and ordered four demon-suppressing teams to support the other two battlefields.

Now, Jiang Qinghuang personally leads two demon-suppressing generals and directs four demon-suppressing teams, totaling more than forty people.

Shen Lingfeng asked:

"I've seen him? When did I ever get to know such a famous person?"

Deputy General Xu put his hand to his mouth and responded in a low voice:

"It's Xue Chen, whom I met on the road that day...Xiao Shen, I'm only telling you one person in secret. He is Black Dragon. But there's more to it than that. I suspect he has a more mysterious and noble identity, but that's unspeakable, unspeakable."

Shen Lingfeng was shocked when he heard this, and said in horror: "Chen Xuan! He can even deal with Dinglu Mighty now!"

At the highest point of the distant hillside, Xiao Huo looked solemn, wearing a scarlet top-grade treasure armor, and looked at the village in the distance.

Three days ago, Master thought it would be best to escape overnight.

But not long after, Jiang Qinghuang suddenly joined... So he stayed. With the noble Princess Jiang present, nothing serious could happen.

He also studied the Heavenly Mandate Sutra, and the number of ancient secret arts he mastered was no less than Chen Xuan's. He also had the protection of the Ring Master, so he didn't need to be overly afraid of Chen Xuan... After all, it was just a hint of suspicion, nothing more.

“There is no high or low destiny, but some destinies are more likely to go further.”

From the mysterious ring between his fingers, the old man's voice rang out faintly:

"In the Middle-earth Divine Land, there's an ancient Taoist temple that specializes in refining the Heavenly Destiny Elixir. They once compiled a ranking list of all the Heavenly Destined Ones that have emerged in the mortal world over the past millennia. Some of the ones who topped the list were jokingly called the Supreme Heavenly Destined..."

Xiao Qiong asked in his mind, "Master, do you think that Chen Xuan is one of the Destinies at the top of the list?"

The old man pondered for a moment and replied, "The legendary [Mirror Immortal] can be simulated and eventually replaced... There's also [Intercepting Destiny], which devours those with other Destinies. It's truly terrifying. In ancient times, it caused a catastrophe that swept the world, and even a True Lord-level being perished because of it."

Throughout the history of the Qi training world, there have been many people with destiny who have caused huge catastrophes involving tens of millions of states in the mortal world.

Countless cultivators now treat those with destiny as tigers and wolves, leaving no chance for survival. This may not be unrelated to the influence of these events.

Xiao Qiong looked worried and subconsciously asked, "Master, which type do you think Chen Xuan will be?"

The old man shook his head and said, "What's gone is hard to regenerate. He should be a new destiny... Now we are in the dark, and he is in the light, so we are not afraid of him. No matter how bad the situation is, I still have the strength to help you escape."

When the enemy comes, we will fight them with our soldiers; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. Although they acted cautiously, they did not fall to the point of being afraid of everything and running away at the first sign of trouble.

"Master, I haven't revealed anything. It's impossible for Chen Xuan to suspect me."

As the two were talking, Xiao Qi glanced back and said, "Princess Jiang and him are here."

At the distant horizon, a magnificent carriage, pulled by eight tall crimson-scaled beasts, its feet on fire, slowly approached.

In the carriage.

The incense burner is burning with precious spices from the level of land treasure trees. The curling white smoke is refreshing and has the effect of clearing the mind.

"Take off your clothes!"

"Princess, how can it be proper for a man and a woman to be alone together?"

"I don't mind. What is there to be afraid of, General? My brother, when he was your age, already had a whole family of children!"

"you……"

Chen Xuan frowned upon hearing this, staring at Jiang Qinghuang lying on the couch, and then asked in a deep voice:
"Take out the treasure first and take a look."

He had traveled a hundred or two hundred miles and had just met up with Jiang Qinghuang. He boarded the carriage and was heading to the mission location.

"it is good."

Jiang Qinghuang rested her hand on her cheek, smiling like a flower. She stretched out her other hand, and a ball of black and red blazing light suddenly flew out from the glittering bracelet and landed on the ground.

Morning dew armor.

"Boom!"

The entire wide carriage sank suddenly, and the four wheels sank deeply into the mud.

"hold head high!"

The eight red-scaled beasts roared to the sky, spewing large amounts of hot mist from their nostrils, and dug their hooves hard on the ground, but they were unable to pull the carriage forward.

"The Morning Dew Armor weighs 248,000 kilograms and contains the essence of fire. It's as heavy as Mount Tai. General, can you wear it?"

Jiang Qinghuang sat up from the couch, sat upright, pointed at the black and red armor on the ground, and introduced it softly.

Ordinary Taoist monks, if they do not rely on immortal energy and the Taoist human body they cultivate, usually have only a body strength of more than 20,000 kilograms. Not to mention using peerless armor to fight, even moving it is difficult.

This is a peerless treasure that ordinary Taoist monks cannot use at all.

"What a fine armor, it seems to have been made just for me."

Chen Xuan's eyes were burning as he carefully examined the pile of Morning Dew Armor that had formed a small hill. The entire armor was made of an unknown fire-attributed, ten-thousand-year-old divine iron metal, and it was a dazzling scarlet color.

A layer of flame patterns flowed on the surface of the armor, and rune flames danced, sometimes gathering into the shape of a ferocious Qilin, and sometimes turning into a winding phoenix. Every flash brought out wisps of sparks, blooming a magnificent and dangerous fire in the carriage.

Shoulder guards, wrist armor, breastplate, armor skirt... all connected by pieces of ferocious armor plates, they carry an indescribable deterrent force.

Luxurious, majestic, and cold.

"I know that your body has broken through the limits of enlightenment and you have practiced the Five Elements Qi, so I specially selected this peerless armor to give to you." Jiang Qinghuang explained.

This is a supreme treasure that only a powerful person like Dinglu has the spare power to activate... In the Daozang realm, only a special existence like Chen Xuan can put it on in advance and use it in battles.

"Chichi!"

The air was scorching hot, and the metal floor beneath the Chaolu Armor was charred black and red, as if it was about to melt and burn through.

"It's so hot!"

Chen Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, his mouth was dry. He looked up at Jiang Qinghuang not far away and saw that she was also affected.

Jiang Qinghuang wore no makeup. Her jade-like face was flushed red, and her swan-like, snow-white, slender neck was dripping with sweat. Her phoenix robe was gradually soaked, outlining her amazing curves. The air was filled with a fragrant smell that wafted towards her face.

She raised her phoenix eyes, pointed at the treasure on the ground, and immediately ordered as if she were looking at a formidable enemy:

"General, take off your clothes and put them on."

This is a peerless treasure. Even the top Taoist monks cannot completely resist the strong energy fluctuations it emits.

"Right on my mind!"

Chen Xuan nodded when he heard that, and used the Five Elements Qi to neutralize the heat around his body. At the same time, he quickly unbuttoned his outer black robe, leaving only the underwear woven with immortal Qi. Then, he wrapped his palms with the Five Elements Qi, picked up a wrist armor with connected armor plates, and covered his arm with it.

"The order is wrong! How can you wear armor like this?" Jiang Qinghuang was dumbfounded and quickly stopped him.

"Princess, which part should I put on first? The leg armor? Or the breastplate?"

Chen Xuan stopped and asked humbly.

Jiang Qinghuang stroked his forehead with his hand. He was indeed a country warrior from the Southern Wilderness, with little knowledge. A group of ghosts in the Southern Wilderness delayed him and made him stupid!
She said helplessly:

"Platanus!"

Chen Xuan then put down his wrist armor, picked up the gorgeous phoenix feather armor skirt, placed it on his waist and abdomen, gestured twice, and slowly closed it. After a while, he humbly asked again:

"What's next? The breastplate, I guess?"

"A set of armor. General, are you prepared to wear it for an hour?"

"Princess, why are you being so sarcastic? A fight is about to break out outside, and I don't want to waste my time on such trivial matters... It would be better if the Jiang family sent a robe."

"Let me do it!" Jiang Qinghuang couldn't bear it any longer and stepped forward to put armor on Chen Xuan. She said with a hint of anger, "If anyone sees me putting armor on you, you'll have ten heads to lose!"

Although she is only a Taoist monk, her status is noble and far higher than that of the Dinglu master.

Chen Xuan is the "Holy Son of the Southern Wilderness" rumored by the outside world, but Jiang Qinghuang is the real "Princess of the Jiang Family".

Moreover, she is the one with the highest status in this generation. In the future, she is likely to inherit her father's throne and become the third emperor of Jiang Chu State, and a female emperor at that!

"Not so good……"

Chen Xuan felt a little embarrassed for the first time. This was a real princess of the Jiang family, and she actually volunteered to put armor on him personally. Just thinking about it was incredible.

"Hands up!"

Jiang Qinghuang ordered Chen Xuan. She was a little flustered as it was her first time doing such a thing. She tied up the scattered strands of hair and looked very focused and serious.

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan opened his arms and let Jiang Qinghuang do what she wanted. He casually asked:
"Princess, there should be a figure of [Tao Hongchen] level in Chu, right? Chu has lost almost one-fifth of its territory, and they haven't reacted?"

Emperor Jiang is a great and powerful person. There shouldn’t be only a group of powerful cauldrons and furnaces in his territory.

It is not easy for a great True Lord to train a lower-level Tao Hongchen Shenyou cultivator, but it is certainly not too difficult.

Jiang Qinghuang lowered her head to fasten her armor buttons, her face flushed red as water dripped out, and she replied in a muffled voice:
"[Tao Hongchen] is not as simple as imagined. Yaoguangzhou has five great True Lords. If it were placed outside, it would be unimaginable. In some states in the outer domain, not to mention True Lords, even a high-level wandering cultivator cannot be found."

Most of the five true lords in Yaoguangzhou are outsiders. For example, Emperor Jiang is a branch of the Jiang family that left the Central Plains Divine Land.

Chen Xuan heard the voice and nodded thoughtfully: "So that's how it is."

Jiang Qinghuang paused for a moment before continuing, "[Tao Hongchen] is a wandering cultivator. Aside from his first life, he can roam freely in the mortal world. The rest of the time, he's either searching for a new temple for his next life, becoming a guardian deity in various places, or slumbering in the abyss... What connection does Tao Hongchen have with the people and events of his first life, even if he lives into it for the second? He's cut off from the past."

It is said that Tao, a great man in the mortal world, can live up to nine lives, and each life is different.

The Jiang family of the Chu State may have had talented people in ancient times, but in today's world, there are no wandering monks who are detached from the world.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan sighed and said, "We are not from the same world anymore. Oh, that's not right. There is a difference between immortals and mortals..."

The senior cultivators of [Tao Hongchen] are immortal, and their first life experiences are just a fleeting silhouette in their long lives, gradually fading and finally forgotten.

All the things in this world are nothing; they are pursuing something higher and farther.

"Crack!"

Jiang Qinghuang lifted and lowered the armor accessories weighing tens of thousands of pounds one by one, and gradually put them on Chen Xuan's body. The carriage swayed rhythmically.

In the distance, a group of monks from the Demon Suppression Division stared at the princess' carriage, which was parked and shaking, with puzzled expressions, not knowing what was going on.

"What are Her Royal Highness the Princess and the newly recruited Demon-Suppressing General doing? Why don't they get out of the car?" someone asked in a low voice.

Soon after.

"Princess, you'd better change your clothes." Chen Xuan pointed at Jiang Qinghuang and suggested, then put on a set of Chaolu armor and was the first to get off the carriage.

"..." Jiang Qinghuang looked down and saw that her clothes were wet with sweat and stuck to her body, outlining her round body curves. Her face turned slightly red and she felt a little embarrassed, but she didn't have any other thoughts in her mind. In the war of blood and fire, she had no time to think about other trivial matters.

On the hillside, Xiao Hu looked at Chen Xuan who was walking towards him alone, and became secretly alert.

Chen Xuan, wearing the Morning Dew Armor, strode straight up the hillside like a burning black and red furnace, walking with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.

"General Xiao, do you want to attack by force?"

Chen Xuan climbed up the hillside, looked at the village in the distance, without looking around, and took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

"General Chen... General Xue, all orders are subject to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Uh, where is Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

As Xiao Huo spoke, he quietly took two steps away, pretending that he could not bear the heat emitted by the Chaolu Armor.

"The princess will be here soon, General Xiao, there's no need to panic."

Chen Xuan smiled and stretched out his body on the hillside. The Morning Dew Armor could be large or small, and it fit perfectly on his body. It was extremely tough and had good ductility.

Not far away, a group of monks from the Demon Suppression Division were sweating profusely. Someone whispered, "That legendary Morning Dew Armor from the Jiang family treasury, a peerless treasure specially crafted for the cauldron master, is actually being worn by a Taoist monk. No wonder this Xue Chen could become the Demon Suppression General of the Demon Suppression Division..."

soon.

Jiang Qinghuang appeared, climbed up the hillside, and changed into a plain white dress, floating like snow.

She appeared between Chen Xuan and Xiao Qiong, her white dress radiating a cool, faint glow. It was clearly a treasure that dispelled the heat around her. She spoke:

"After the cauldron war broke out in Luoyue City and another small town, we need to stop this Taoist Liu from the Liu Clan of Zhi Country... It will take a cup of tea."

Their mission is to stop Taoist Liu who is in the Dinglu Realm and prevent him from supporting other battlefields.

"Is a cup of tea enough?"

Chen Xuan asked.

Jiang Qinghuang said helplessly: "Of course, the longer the better, but the great Dinglu masters of the Liu clan are veterans with decades of experience. They are much more powerful than new Dinglu masters like Taoist Zizhu."

The last time he ambushed Taoist Zizhu, if Chen Xuan had not taken action at the last moment, he would have almost escaped, let alone facing the even stronger Taoist Liu.

Chen Xuan nodded when he heard this, turned to look at Xiao Qiong, and said with a smile:

"It's very difficult, General Xiao. I didn't see you use the power of Daozang during the last battle in the city. This time the situation is critical, so you can't hold back."

Xiao Qiong remained calm upon hearing this and replied:

"I, the general, will do my best."

He is pointing at me... Xiao Huo thought to himself, as expected, in the world of Qi training, there is no luck, and Chen Xuan discovered his identity as the Chosen One.

Where did he let it slip? Xiao Qie was still completely confused.

"You two..." Jiang Qinghuang's eyes moved thoughtfully between Chen Xuan and Xiao Huo... Don't fight, she thought.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, in a village more than ten miles away, a green divine light, thousands of feet long, suddenly lit up, like a blue sky dyeing the sky.

"The country of Zhi took action first." Chen Xuan said when he saw this.

"Then let's start the fight early!" Jiang Qinghuang frowned slightly.

She immediately issued an attack order through the communication talisman to the other two cauldron battlefields that were not yet fully prepared... There was nothing to say, the monsters of Zhiguo were not puppets, and would not allow the Monster Suppression Bureau to make complete preparations.

"Buzz!"

In a distant village, thirty or forty Taoist monks from Zhi State, leading hundreds of winged demons, came out one after another, like a green wave, roaring and surging towards them.

"Long!"

At the same time, a powerful green figure rose into the air.

Taoist Liu's wide sleeves fluttered in the air like thousands of willow branches. He cast a contemptuous glance in the direction of the hillside with his pair of sinister green eyes, and then flew in a straight line towards the hillside, heading towards Luoyue City.

"The Chu State's Huode Dinglu is undergoing major repairs and is near Luoyue City..."

As soon as Taoist Liu sensed the presence of a powerful figure from the Chu State's Dinglu approaching from the direction of Luoyue City, he immediately set out to provide support.

The Wood Deity Dinglu Great Power has little advantage against the Fire Deity Great Power and needs to rely on numbers to win.

"A cup of tea might not be enough."

Chen Xuan asked, looking up at Taoist Liu who was about to pass over their heads in a grand manner like a green sun, a hundred meters above the sky.

Taoist Liu obviously did not take these Taoist monks, who were fighting against a powerful enemy with an egg, seriously.

"It would be best if he stayed here forever."

Chen Xuan looked at Xiao Hu on the other side with a half-smile and continued, "General Xiao, right?"

Xiao Huo narrowed his eyes slightly.

Jiang Qinghuang looked at Chen Xuan in surprise.

in the sky.

"rumble!"

Taoist Liu was as fast as blue thunder, splitting the sky and flying towards Luoyue City.

He was not a useless person like Taoist Zizhu. The forty or so monks from the Demon Suppression Division on the ground beneath him were not worth paying attention to. As long as he wanted, he could kill one of them in a breath, and within a hundred breaths, he could completely get rid of these ants blocking his way.

But at this moment, Taoist Liu didn't want to waste any time getting entangled with them.

I just want to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible and participate in the real battlefield between the cauldrons...

suddenly.

Taoist Liu's heart skipped a beat. He looked down and saw a majestic aura as powerful as mountains and seas suddenly rising from the earth.

"Old man! Come down!"

Taoist Liu seemed to hear such a loud scolding in his ears. He was dazed for a moment, and then he realized that it was actually a loud dragon roar that shook the earth.

"hold head high!"

On the earth, a black dragon covered in ferocious armor rose from the ground. Its huge body, black as a mountain, slender and winding, rushed straight into the clouds.

"Purple Sky Dragon Transformation Technique..."

Taoist Liu's pupils shrank. In his field of vision, black dragon scales emitting a cold and dark light, along with the scales of scarlet armor, slid rapidly towards the sky, outlining the contours and lines of that huge body, and a low, vibrating roar was emitted in the air.

He only had time to think of the rumors about Taoist Zizhu's death: "Oh, the Southern Wasteland Saint who wields the Human Emperor Banner is also here..."

next moment.

Taoist Liu raised his head suddenly, and was enveloped by a huge shadow that covered the sky. The black dragon head, covered in a dew-covered armor, tore through the layers of the sky like lightning and descended vertically.

"boom!"

Taoist Liu's eyes were filled with green light, and his body was bent by the black dragon dragging the scarlet armor. He fell directly from the sky and sank deeply into the cracked ground.

The land with a radius of dozens of miles.

There was a loud bang.

(End of this chapter)