Swallowing the Stars: Becoming a God Starting with a Hundred Generations of Talent

Chapter 113 Pinghu Territory, Yun Chuan Family [First Update]

Deep in the primeval forest, a girl wearing a short skirt made of animal skin was running desperately.

Her body was covered in wounds, and her breathing was rapid like a broken bellows, but her eyes were unusually firm.

On her back was a young man who was barely breathing.

The girl's strength had reached the peak of the Earth level, while the young man on her back was an even stronger Sky level expert.

But at this moment, they were in a terrible state.

Behind them, a colossal beast was hot on their heels. It was a four-legged monster covered in black scales, emanating an aura that was clearly also at the Sky-level [Eternal Star] level!

"roar!"

With a roar, the beast leaped forward, its massive claws aimed for the girl's back.

The girl felt the fierce wind coming from behind her, and a trace of despair flashed in her eyes.

She no longer had the strength to dodge.

She could clearly feel the young man's body heat rapidly draining from her back, and his breathing becoming barely perceptible. He was too badly injured; his life could be extinguished at any moment.

The girl gritted her teeth and didn't say a word, but simply prepared her body to withstand the final blow.

At this critical moment.

An invisible wave descended silently from the distant horizon, instantly enveloping the dying youth.

Above the distant treetops, Luo Yun's figure quietly appeared.

He used a secret soul technique he had learned from "Essays on Time and Space" to rapidly search the young man's memories. The process was incredibly fast.

Almost instantly, the young man's identity, background, and relationship with the girl were all presented in Luo Yun's mind.

"A Sky-level expert, a clear background, simple interpersonal relationships, and a relative in the inner city—it's practically an identity tailor-made for me," Luo Yun thought to himself.

At the very moment he completed his memory search, the last spark of life within the young man's body was extinguished.

he died.

At the same time, the claws of that eternal star-level beast had already landed on the young woman's back.

"call out!"

A sword light appeared out of nowhere, faster than thought, and silently sliced ​​across the wild beast's neck.

The menacing beast suddenly stiffened, and then its massive head slid off its neck, leaving a smooth, mirror-like cut.

Fresh blood gushed into the sky like a fountain.

The sudden turn of events left the girl stunned on the spot.

The next moment, she felt a slight pain in the back of her neck, her vision went black, and she collapsed softly.

Luo Yun appeared in front of her.

He first glanced at the dead youth, then lightly tapped his finger, sending a barely perceptible wisp of energy onto the corpse. The youth's body vanished without a sound, disappearing into the air as if it had never existed.

After dealing with all of this, Luo Yun turned his gaze to the unconscious girl. He did not harm her, but instead took out the [Thousand Illusions] Mask from his World Ring.

The mask, as thin as a cicada's wing, was gently placed on his face and quickly blended into his skin.

Then, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Luo Yun's bones made a soft "crack" sound, and his height and body shape began to change rapidly, while his facial features also changed at a rapid pace.

In just a few seconds, Luo Yun became exactly like the young man who had just died.

Even the breath of life was imitated flawlessly.

Luo Yun stood still, feeling the unfamiliar power flowing through his body and the vast amount of complex memories that had appeared in his mind. He closed his eyes and quickly processed them.

A moment later, Luo Yun opened her eyes, her expression complex, and only two words came to mind: miserable.

By merging his memories, he has confirmed all the information about his new identity.

Su Chen, thirty-eight years old, is an elder of the Xiao family in Yunchuan.

This Su Chen's life can be described as full of ups and downs.

He came from a poor family and had to rely on his younger sister, Su Qing, for survival in his childhood, living a very difficult life.

Until one day, he met the previous head of the Xiao family in Yunchuan, who recognized his talent and brought him back to the Xiao family, and his life took a turn for the better.

Su Chen lived up to expectations. With his amazing perseverance and talent, he rose from a disciple of a different surname to become a core elder at the Sky level, and one of the three most favored disciples under the old patriarch.

At that time, he was already famous throughout Yunchuan City and was hailed as a hot candidate for the next head of the family, with a promising future.

His younger sister, Su Qing, later married into the powerful Wei family, known as the Marquis of Zhenhai, in the inner city of Pinghu, becoming the wife of the second son of the Wei family.

The future of the brother and sister should have been bright.

Unfortunately, life's turning points often come unexpectedly.

Su Chen met a woman known throughout the martial arts world as "Fairy Qin" and fell hopelessly in love with her.

To win a smile from his beloved, he accompanied her on scenic trips; to protect her, he even risked his life fighting a formidable enemy.

It was during that battle that he was poisoned with a strange poison.

There is no antidote for this poison; it will continuously erode the very essence of life until one's life is exhausted and life is cut short.

The chilling nature of people's hearts was also fully revealed at this time.

Seeing that his strength had been greatly diminished and he had lost his usefulness, Fairy Qin resolutely left, abandoning him without hesitation.

"What a blind man," Luo Yun thought coldly to himself. "To have loved such a vicious woman and end up like this is both pathetic and laughable."

He snapped out of his thoughts and his gaze fell on the unconscious girl in animal skin on the ground.

In Su Chen's memory, this girl was Xue'er, the only disciple he had ever taken in.

After he was tormented beyond recognition by a strange poison, everyone avoided him like the plague, except for this disciple, who remained loyal to him and never abandoned him.

This time, it was Xue'er who found him on the verge of death in the wild and risked her life to save him, which led to the chase just now.

"This girl is truly sincere," Luo Yun thought to himself, then squatted down.

He extended a finger and gently touched the girl's forehead, slowly infusing it with a gentle energy.

A moment later, the animal-skinned girl named Xue'er's eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly woke up.

She opened her eyes, her gaze initially somewhat dazed, but it quickly cleared.

She sat up abruptly and immediately looked at "Su Chen" beside her, her face filled with anxiety.

"Master! Your body? What about that beast? Let's go!" Xue'er said anxiously, and went to help him.

"I'm fine now."

Luo Yun, or rather, Su Chen in his current state, spoke calmly.

Xue'er was stunned.

She stared blankly at her master, hardly believing her eyes.

Master's aura seemed—it seemed even stronger and more composed than before he was injured.

"That beast has already been killed by me." Su Chen pointed to the decapitated corpse of the wild beast not far away.

Xue'er looked in the direction he was pointing, and when she saw that the terrifying beast that had chased them for a day and a night was now a cold corpse, her eyes widened instantly.

"Master, you—you—you killed it?" Xue'er's voice trembled. "Your poison—"

"Perhaps it's a case of being put in a life-or-death situation and then finding a way out," Su Chen explained calmly. "Just now, at the critical moment of life and death, the power within my body suddenly erupted, not only breaking free from the shackles of the poison, but also slightly improving my strength."

Xue'er listened intently, and after a long while, a great joy welled up in her heart.

Her eyes immediately reddened, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Master is healed! The once spirited master, hailed as the number one genius in Yun Chuan City, has finally returned!

"Alright, stop crying." Su Chen's tone remained calm. "This is not a place to stay for long. Let's go back first."

"Yes!" Xue'er nodded vigorously, wiping away her tears.

Pinghu Territory is an incredibly vast territory, stretching over tens of millions of kilometers and home to hundreds of millions of people, comparable to a miniature world.

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During the flight, Luo Yun was also rapidly processing Su Chen's memories.

The entire structure of Pinghu Territory resembles a giant concentric circle.

At the very core is the inner city where the lord resides, the center of power; outside the inner city are the outer cities where countless family forces are entrenched; and on the outermost perimeter are countless independent small cities.

Yunchuan City, where the Xiao family of Yunchuan is located, is one of these countless small outlying cities. Moreover, it has a special location, situated at the border between Pinghu Territory and another domain-lord-level territory—Heishan Territory.

After a long time, a huge city built on the plain appeared at the edge of the horizon.

That is Yunchuan City.

The two slowly made their way towards the city.

When Su Chen and Xue'er appeared outside the city gate, the guards were first taken aback, and then some of them recognized Su Chen and showed a look of astonishment on their faces.

"Is it Elder Su Chen?"

The news spread quickly. When Su Chen returned to the Xiao family mansion with Xue'er, the entire Xiao family was shaken.

Many people gathered around, looking at Su Chen with complex emotions in their eyes—sympathy, regret, and schadenfreude.

But when they sensed the calm and steady aura emanating from Su Chen, which was even stronger than before, everyone's expressions froze.

"His poison—has it been cured?"

"How is that possible! That's an incurable poison!"

Amid the murmurs, an elderly man with white hair emerged, surrounded by a crowd.

He was the former patriarch of the Xiao family and Su Chen's master.

He looked at Su Chen with shock in his eyes, and stepped forward to carefully sense the aura within Su Chen's body.

A moment later, the old patriarch's face lit up with ecstasy.

"Good! Good! Good!" He said "good" three times in a row, patting Su Chen's shoulder excitedly. "I knew my disciple wouldn't fall so easily!"

It's good that you're back! Su Chen, now that your poison has been cured, you must work even harder to cultivate from now on.

The heavy burden of our Xiao family's future still rests on the shoulders of you young people!

The Xiao family members around him also showed warm smiles, as if they were not the ones who used to avoid Su Chen like the plague.

Su Chen (Luo Yun) listened calmly, but his heart was indifferent.

"This shows how cold-hearted people can be," he thought to himself. "However, I need this identity right now."

Especially Su Chen's younger sister, Su Qing, who married into the Marquis of Chenghai's mansion within Pinghu territory—

I've heard that the Marquis of Zhenhai is a lord-level powerhouse, because I was able to obtain clues about the "Blood Crystal" from her.

at the same time.

On a desolate plain far from Yunchuan City, more than a dozen figures were gathered.

Their auras were incredibly powerful; they were all Cloud-level (Cosmic-level) experts, coming from the three major forces of Black Mountain Territory—Black Wind Stronghold, Iron Bone Sect, and Crimson Scorpion Tribe.

"The news has been confirmed." A man dressed in a black robe with a cold aura spoke up, "The Xiao family of Yunchuan now only has two Cloud-level experts in charge."

"Hmph, just an old patriarch on his deathbed and a newly appointed elder." A burly man next to him sneered, "Even if you include other forces in Yunchuan City, there are no more than five experts at the Cloud Sky level."

"We've deployed fifteen Cloud-level experts this time," a withered old woman said with a hoarse laugh. "The advantage lies with us."

Taking Yun Chuan City will be more than enough.

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The man in black robes nodded, his eyes gleaming with greed.

"Yun Chuan City has a special geographical location. For thousands of years, it has been lost territory of our Black Mountain Territory. Now, it is time to return it to its rightful owner."

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For them, war and plunder between two territories were perfectly normal.

At this point, the Xiao family of Yunchuan was already a piece of fat meat on a chopping board.