Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 364 Within a Small Space, the Vastness of Heaven and Earth (Thanks to the generous donation from 225750)
Chen Xu stepped out of the cave and began to search for his two fellow disciples.

At first, he was extremely cautious. If his two fellow disciples hadn't been investigating the strange occurrences in the mountains as they walked, Chen Xu might not have been able to keep up with them.

Chen Xu was suppressed by the strange forces of this world, and his current walking speed was only roughly equivalent to that of an agile ordinary young man.

However, he still has several talents, such as: I can see food entries.

This led Chen Xu to suddenly discover a mountain full of entries after he stepped into the mountains.

But that wasn't the biggest surprise.

The real surprise was that, after a chance encounter, Chen Xu discovered that the two fellow disciples in the mountains could not see the cave containing the murals, and they could not see Chen Xu either!

Yes, they couldn't see Chen Xu.

It's hard to say whether it was a surprise or a shock.

At that time, Chen Xu was walking and contemplating the world around him.

He discovered that to alleviate the pressure this world placed on him, he needed to increase his literary power and literary energy, and he also needed to gain a deeper understanding of this world.

To put it bluntly, it means they are familiar with each other.

Chen Xu was an "outsider." He plunged headlong into this unfamiliar world, and nature naturally rejected him as an outsider.

He is a living being, unlike the Taoist puppets.

At the same time, he came from "two-dimensional" to "three-dimensional". Therefore, in the process of getting to know the world, Chen Xu was actually undergoing a kind of "dimensional ascension" cultivation!

With each flow of true energy, resisting the pressure from all directions, Chen Xu could feel his body undergoing a wondrous transformation.

Although this transformation is extremely slow, it is real.

Even after proceeding in this manner for some time, the Culinary Cauldron Heavenly Book suddenly issued a prompt:

Within this small space, the world is vast. You have come from the Taixu Realm to the Xuan Tian Star Realm and achieved a major breakthrough in your life.

You have begun to grasp the path to self-improvement and the essence of life, gaining an enhancement of a fourth attribute in addition to the three primary attributes.

[Soul +1]

Life Soul +1!

In that instant, Chen Xu suddenly felt an extremely subtle change occur throughout his entire being, from head to toe, from his soul to his body.

If we consider the pressure this world exerts on Chen Xu as 100...

When he was in the cave, he greatly increased his literary energy through enlightenment. The surge in literary energy reduced the pressure on him by approximately 2.

Therefore, this [Life Soul +1] will reduce the pressure on Chen Xu by approximately 3.

Don't underestimate the fact that it's just a small increase; even this small increase allows Chen Xu to mobilize even more true energy.

Most importantly, Chen Xu suddenly realized that his vision seemed to have become clearer and his breathing was smoother.

Looking at the world again, it seems that an invisible barrier has been removed.

He was like a fish out of water, suddenly back in the water!

The benefits of "+1 Soul Essence" are clearly more fundamental.

As for what is the soul of life?

The Book of Culinary Delight also offers an explanation for this:

【Life Soul, the fourth attribute beyond the three elemental attributes. Life Soul is the beginning of transcendence, the source of mystery, not within the five elements, but independent of heaven and earth.】

Accumulating life essence over time, once attributes exceed 1000, there is a certain chance to build an immortal foundation.

Thus, Chen Xu's current attributes become:
[Essence: 637]

[Spirit: 631]

[Qi and Blood: 631]

[Soul: 1]

Chen Xu's life essence only has 1 point!
In other words, before he received [Life Soul +1], he didn't even have 1 point of Life Soul.

The preciousness of a soul is self-evident.

Chen Xu was both surprised and delighted, feeling as if he had stumbled upon another treasure.

It was this momentary fluctuation of emotion that caused the ever-present pressure from heaven and earth to surge like a storm, and Chen Xu cried out inwardly, "This is bad."

His feet slipped and he stumbled uncontrollably, causing him to lean forward and crash violently into a large tree beside him.

The branches and leaves of the large tree rustled and shook.

Ahead, the two brothers, who were searching around in the mountains and forests, turned around at the same time.

The junior brother asked in confusion, "That's strange, I just heard some noise again."

"What could it be? This spiritual cave is abandoned and the spiritual energy is chaotic. It's a desolate place that even demons don't want to come to. Junior brother, you shouldn't be alarmed."

If we waste any more time, we'll really starve to death in these mountains.

The senior student sighed and emphasized again, "They might starve to death."

Then, the two of them ignored Chen Xu, who was bumping into the tree, as if they hadn't seen anything.

Chen Xu had originally concealed himself under the tree, but now he appeared openly before his two fellow disciples.

But those two people couldn't actually see him at all!

After that, Chen Xu made several attempts to test the waters.

He simply stopped hiding and walked silently directly in front of his two fellow disciples, holding a Wu hook in his hand and standing in their path.

The Wu hook, tinged with frost, shone with an exceptionally cold light when illuminated by the sunlight.

It was truly a place brimming with murderous intent.

The two brothers continued walking forward without any precautions, and even when Chen Xu approached with his sword, they remained unresponsive.

At this point, Chen Xu was truly certain that these two people could not see him!
This seems like good news at first glance, as it would bring Chen Xu many advantages in this world.

However, in the long run, this may not be good news. After all, Chen Xu did not "ascend" here to truly disappear into the background.

He can be "transparent," but this must be proactive and self-controlled, not like this, where he becomes "transparent" in this world without any reason.

Chen Xu wondered if this was still related to the characteristics of the people in his paintings?
So, to unravel this mystery, does he need to truly integrate into this world so that it no longer rejects him, only then can he "manifest" in this world?
This hypothesis is quite plausible, but it still needs further verification.

What Chen Xu didn't know was that all of this was actually related to Mr. Zhou, who lived far away in Jichuan County.

In front of the water mirror, Mr. Zhou once said that he would lend Chen Xu another helping hand, and this is Mr. Zhou's help.

When a newcomer first enters a new world, under what circumstances is it safest?

Naturally, the safest approach is to integrate with the system before it becomes transparent!

In this way, Chen Xu was able to carefully observe the world while remaining virtually invisible.

He saw that the mountains and forests in front of him were lush and abundant.

As you walk along the path, all you see are dense forests, and in such an environment, it's actually very difficult for a person to observe the entire panorama of this mountain range.

As the saying goes, "You can't see the true face of Mount Lu because you are in the mountain itself."

This is what Chen Xu sees at this moment.

He followed the two fellow disciples, and through their conversations, he gradually learned some fragmented basic information.

For example: The power of this sect is greater than everything else.

In other words, this is a world ruled by sects.

The sects are so vast that they can sometimes control mountains and rivers spanning tens of thousands or even millions of miles.

Regarding the idea of ​​sects ruling the world, Chen Xu had actually seen relevant information in the murals of the Star Return Ancestor, but the sheer size of the sects still exceeded his imagination.

A million miles of mountains and rivers—what a concept that is!

For example, the Xuanxiao Sword Sect's territory spans 1.3 million miles in one direction.

Roughly calculated, it is almost two-thirds the size of the Earth.

However, the Xuanxiao Sword Sect is merely one of the thirteen top-tier sects in the world.

It is said that in addition to the thirteen major sects, there also exist extraterrestrial sects—

Of course, this is just a legend.

Whether a top-tier sect truly exists is something these two down-on-their-luck fellow disciples clearly don't know.

They were just chatting casually, revealing information from snippets of conversation, much of which was disorganized.

In addition, Chen Xu also learned that the sects in the world are divided into nine ranks.

There are only thirteen top-tier sects, while the lower-tier ninth-tier sects, such as the Qingyang Sect where these two brothers belong, are as numerous as the stars in the sky and as many as the sands of the Ganges.

Basically, all minor sects below the sixth rank have to rely on major sects for survival.

As for the specifics of how it would continue, the two brothers didn't say, and Chen Xu naturally didn't know either.

The senior brother said angrily, "The Four Symbols Alliance has ruined us! Junior brother, if we can find treasures in the mountains and achieve success in our cultivation, we must return to our sect and challenge the Four Symbols Alliance to a merger."

Suddenly, the junior brother pointed ahead and exclaimed with delight, "Senior brother, it's a wild boar! Quick, after it!"

Yes, the forest was getting denser and denser, and suddenly a huge creature appeared in the forest ahead.

The creature was nearly ten feet long. When it came rushing out of the forest with a rumble, all the trees around it fell down, and in an instant, it smashed a large area of ​​the forest bare.

The huge commotion startled the birds and beasts in the forest, causing them to flee in terror.

The senior brother rushed forward in a flash, drew his long sword from his waist, and thrust it straight at the wild boar's left eye.

Chen Xu silently followed by, observing a battle between cultivators and wild boars.

That wild boar possessed abundant vital energy and a robust physique, making it one of the most formidable and ferocious beasts among wild animals.

However, this wild boar had no demonic aura and obviously did not possess any magic.

Therefore, in essence, it can only be considered an ordinary beast.

To Chen Xu's surprise, the two fellow cultivators did not use any immortal magic to fight the wild boar. Instead, they both used swords to fight the boar with their swordsmanship.

The two men's inner energy surged, and they leaped and bounded, their swords flashing.

Chen Xu assessed the two men's combat strength and felt that these two... were even inferior to Master Wu of the Great Li Kingdom.

This made Chen Xu's earlier display of extreme caution when facing the two seem somewhat absurd.

However, Chen Xu himself is currently suppressed by the world, and his combat power has been greatly reduced. Therefore, it is not excessive for him to be cautious.

He carefully observed the two fighting and found that they were more like sword-wielding martial artists than cultivators.

It's unclear whether the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining in this world is inherently weak, or if only these two happen to be relatively weak.

Chen Xucai is the latter.

The two men leaped and wielded their swords, and finally, with a long howl from the wild boar, the junior brother pierced the boar's gaping throat with his sword, the long sword going straight into the boar's brain, piercing its skull through.

The wild boar finally fell, but at the same time, the senior brother's sword suddenly pierced through the junior brother's back.

The junior brother also let out a "ho ho" sound. He turned his head in disbelief, staring at his senior brother with shocked and angry eyes.

The senior brother showed no remorse, but instead roared furiously, "Ding Chuan, you despicable man, don't think I don't know! It was you who instigated Master to sign the contract with the Four Symbols Alliance. You're the one who killed Master!"
You tricked me into coming here, surely you still intend to harm me.

The so-called "Travels of the Immortals of Jizhou" is all a lie! The whereabouts of the Star Return Ancestor in his later years are unknown, so how could he possibly have left behind a treasure here?
If there truly were a hidden treasure, how could it be obtained by the two of us?

laugh!
The senior brother spoke very quickly, as if he was venting his anger or covering up his guilty conscience.

As he spoke, he repeatedly drew his sword and thrust it in, wounding his junior brother's vitals. Ultimately powerless to resist, he could only point behind his senior brother and utter with difficulty, "You... behind... behind..."

Before he could finish speaking, he fell backward and died.

As for what lies behind the senior brother?
The senior brother suppressed the urge to turn around, but his heart was pounding with fear, and he dared not look.

(End of this chapter)