Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 249 0248: Huangfu Ren Wants to Take Over
Seeing Li Xuejin fell asleep, Cheng Zongyang first opened the bronze coffin where Huangfu Ren was.

As a result, the moment he opened it, a ray of light rushed out from the bronze coffin and instantly sank into Cheng Zongyang's eyebrows.

Cheng Zongyang was completely unprepared for this sudden situation. His expression changed drastically, and without saying a word, he entered the wilderness world and appeared in the market hut!
At this moment, he felt a little relieved, but also a little scared.

He had no idea what had entered his forehead. But if it was a fatal move, it would have hit his brain, and his life or death would be in danger!

This made him remember this profound lesson!
As a result, the moment he appeared in the market hut, a voice came back in Cheng Zongyang's mind:
"After waiting for so long, someone finally opened my coffin. Which branch of my Huangfu family are you from? What is your cultivation level?"

Hearing this, Cheng Zongyang felt a little relieved, which meant that this was not Li Xuejin's conspiracy. Otherwise, this guy was really scary. He immediately said, "Huangfu Ren, I am not from your Huangfu family."

As he spoke, his mind moved, and the thing that did not belong to him was instantly stripped out of his body!

In the outside world, in other places in the wilderness, he might not be able to do it. But in the market hut, he has absolute control! As long as it doesn't belong to him, he can strip it! Even to the enemy!

"How is it possible! You..."

Looking at a thumb-sized white ball of light being controlled in mid-air by him, he ignored the other party's crazy roar and said lightly:
"Huangfu Ren, think carefully about whether you want to tell me how you attacked your friend and robbed him of his things."

Having said that, he imprisoned the other person in a small hut and then left.

When Huangfu Ren heard Cheng Zongyang's words, he was stunned for a moment and fell silent.

In the ancestral hall, Cheng Zongyang did not expect that Huangfu Ren's soul was still there. But is he dead or not?
Appearing in the ancestral hall, Cheng Zongyang immediately checked the bronze coffin.

Huangfu Ren's body was indeed lying inside, but his cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm, and his body was tempered both inside and out. This body was no longer that of an ordinary person. It was almost impossible for it to decay, and even if it did, it would take a very, very long time.

He quickly searched his body but found nothing.

This made Cheng Zongyang frown: "There are no burial objects at all? Could it be that the monster bone was just picked up?"

Finally, he found a booklet sealed with oil paper and paraffin from the stone pillar.

Seeing that there was nothing else, Cheng Zongyang was quite disappointed and took Li Xuejin into the market hut, and then left the ancestral land of the Huangfu family.

He used his body skills to quickly climb up to the Ghost Abyss, but beside the Ghost Abyss, Cheng Zongyang looked down again.

From what happened just now, he knew that there was something under the Ghost Abyss, and it was a big thing. Otherwise, it would not be possible to spray out such a strong airflow.

"I never thought that this small county would have so many things."

After getting on the carriage, Cheng Zongyang personally drove the carriage back to Tianduan Village instead of returning to the city.

After having Li Xuejin arranged for him, Cheng Zongyang stayed in the room, his mind entering the wilderness world.

In the market hut, Huangfu Ren's soul is still imprisoned.

As if sensing Cheng Zongyang's presence, Huangfu Ren also became excited and asked, "Are you a cultivator?"

Cheng Zongyang did not answer, but asked: "At the beginning, you got the stone carving and translation, the magic weapon refining method, and something else from your friend?"

Huangfu Ren was silent again.

But Cheng Zongyang continued, "After you obtained the Xiantian Yiqi Jue from the stone carvings, you cultivated to the Xiantian Great Perfection. As a result, when you finally broke through the Xiantian and entered the extraordinary, you failed. Of course, the news of your death was deliberately spread by you.

In fact, judging from your situation, you have made a breakthrough, but you have also failed. Thus, you have retained your soul. After that, you are just waiting for someone to open the bronze coffin so that you can seize the body?"

"Who are you?" Huangfu Ren spoke this time, his tone extremely unfriendly.

It was more than a hundred years since the events happened, so it was impossible for anyone to know about it. And considering the age of the person in front of him, it was definitely impossible for him to know it so clearly.

Cheng Zongyang sneered and continued, "Of course, there is another guess. You did not enter the extraordinary through the normal self-condensation method, but broke through through the second or third method.

These two methods have one thing in common, both require extraordinary creatures. You probably can't get the inner elixir of a demon beast or the golden elixir of a cultivator. So, you use the demon beast as a spiritual seed to break through. In the end, you broke through, but you also suffered backlash. "

"Who are you?!" Huangfu Ren roared again.

Cheng Zongyang grabbed Huangfu Ren's soul ball in his hand out of thin air and laughed, "Tell me what else you got, and I will answer your questions. I may even let you be reborn, how about it?"

Huangfu Ren was silent for a while before he said:

"It was a small demon beast egg similar to a dog. After I hatched it, it has been following me. It is very smart and powerful. However, in the end, due to the need for a breakthrough, I was unable to use the condensation method to break through. I could not find the demon beast's inner elixir, so I could only deprive it of its spirit and soul. I used its spirit and soul to practice.

What happened next was similar to what you said. I made a breakthrough, but I also suffered a backlash. I survived for five years, and finally left my soul behind. "

Cheng Zongyang suddenly felt furious.

My goodness, the monster in the novice gift package rewarded by the system, could it be an ordinary monster?
The beast bone alone was of purple grade, so the beast was definitely powerful. But it was killed by this guy before it could grow up.

Cheng Zongyang was so angry!
It was within his expectations! When the guards were carrying animal bones, he knew that those people would not take them seriously.

The bones collected twice were worth more than 20,000 points. I can't imagine how much a complete set of animal bones is worth!

As a result, this prodigal idiot not only killed the monster, but also divided up its bones.

But think about it, I can understand the choice this guy made at that time.

Faced with the temptation of a breakthrough and the reality that one's lifespan is about to end, it is more cost-effective to kill a monster to prolong one's life than to achieve a breakthrough and survive.

If I were in that situation, I would probably do the same.

But the problem is, he won't encounter this situation!
"You actually killed him! Damn it!"

He still couldn't suppress his anger, and suddenly clenched his hands, as if he wanted to crush Huangfu Zudi's soul. But Huangfu Ren hurriedly shouted: "It's not dead! It's not dead!!"

Cheng Zongyang paused, frowned and said, "Not dead? He's still alive after you sucked out his soul?"

Huangfu Ren said quickly: "It really didn't die, I don't know why. But it was like dementia. Later I placed it in the ancestral land to protect it, but in the end it jumped into the ghost abyss and disappeared."

Cheng Zongyang immediately understood what was under the Ghost Abyss.

Next, after Cheng Zongyang continued to ask, he also learned that the monster bone was the skeleton of a monster that the other party found from the bottom of the sea.

Afterwards, he asked again about the situation of the Eye of the East China Sea and learned that this guy had also been down there.

"There is only endless darkness. Even though I was halfway through my breakthrough, I could reach the bottom of the seabed, but I couldn't dive completely into that sea cave. It was like an endless abyss."

Cheng Zongyang was once again certain in his heart that it was the Abyss of the East China Sea.

Next, Cheng Zongyang didn’t bother to pay attention to this guy’s question. He took out a mid-level soul crystal and tried to see if he could put it in.

The result was beyond his expectation.

[The target is a semi-god soul body, which requires a high-level soul crystal to be contained. ]

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"Half a soul body?" Cheng Zongyang was surprised. It was not a simple soul, nor was it a complete soul body.

But the next moment, he felt that his understanding was a bit stupid. It was impossible for an ordinary soul to have this ability to possess another body.

He immediately called Luo Dingran to ask. Upon hearing this, the latter immediately responded: "Yes, I bought three yesterday. In addition, Luo Daoist wants to apply to buy some formation materials. I can't make the decision, please make the decision, sir."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zongyang immediately said, "As long as it is related to the formation he is researching, whether it is a book or material, it will be fine. Of course, the premise is that the points allow it."

"Yes, sir. But is there an upper limit? We can't buy materials that cost tens of thousands of points each, right?" Luo Dingran asked.

Cheng Zongyang pondered for a moment and said, "Limit it to the teleportation array. Don't consider the rest for now."

"Yes." Luo Dingran bowed.

Soon, Luo Dingran took out a high-level crystal.

As a result, although Huangfu Ren's soul tried to resist the high-level crystal, in the end, Huangfu Ren was sucked into the soul crystal with endless anger and cursing.

Seeing the progress increase by 100 points, he was surprised. This half-god soul body was actually equivalent to a hundred ordinary souls.

"It seems like I can find some time to recreate Huangfu Ren later."

After dealing with Huangfu Ren, he took out the translation sealed with grease and wax.

After opening it, inside is a booklet made of special paper.

The cover has five words on it: "The Secret of the Innate Qi".

When he opened it, he found that the content was basically the same as the content of the original translation. This made Cheng Zongyang very puzzled.

"Why didn't they just give the translation as a reward? Why did they also give the stone carving as an additional reward?"

But the hut did not give an answer, so Cheng Zongyang stopped worrying about it. He gave the book to Luo Dingran and asked him to give it to Ding Xing for research, then left the wilderness world.

This action can be said to have solved several issues that concerned him.

The translation is not a dictionary, and the monster bone is not a system reward. We know that there is indeed something new, but the unknown creature is still at the bottom of the Ghost Abyss.

In his opinion, his soul crystal could not collect any souls in the Pit of Lost Souls. It was probably that the corpse and its soul were devoured by the unknown creature below, and thus it survived to this day.

He currently has no intention of going down to explore. What if someone is too powerful and kills him instantly? He won’t even have time to enter the wilderness world!
As Li Xuejin woke up, Cheng Zongyang only told him that he was poisoned and unconscious, and that the Huangfu family's ancestral land was intact. If he didn't believe it, he could go and investigate again.

Li Xuejin believed that there was no need to lie about this kind of thing, after all, it could be verified at any time. To put it another way, even if something was taken away from him, he would be helpless. He had been prepared for this when he took Cheng Zongyang to the ancestral land.

The next day, at the Tianduan Gang’s base.

Li Lu gathered all the people in the hall and held a meeting in the yard.

Li Lu also announced in public that Li Xuejin would become the gang's master, responsible for all internal affairs of the gang, and also told everyone about Li Xuejin's previous identity.

In this regard, those who have heard of it and those who have not heard of it all agree that Li Xuejin should join the gang. After that, various internal affairs will be coordinated so that Li Xuejin can quickly know and understand the subsequent development plan.

Cheng Zongyang did not come, but practiced the acupuncture point sealing technique at home.

Now everything is stable and developing steadily. Although there are still many things that need him to deal with personally, they are all personal matters.

He basically doesn't have to worry about the Cheng family and the Tianduan Gang anymore.

In the blink of an eye, seven days passed again.

On August 9, a horse-drawn carriage slowly entered Yufeng County from the west gate. Ma Yue, who was exhausted from the journey, smiled happily at the increasingly bustling county.

On the official road leading into the city, you can also see the wild rice that is about to be harvested again at the entrance of the village.

With food, the county town has regained some of its former prosperity, and every family has new hope. These are good days, and they will get better and better.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the carriage slowly stopped at the back door of a house in Yunli Lane.

After knocking on the door, a servant opened it. When he recognized that the person was Ma Yue, he immediately went to report to the steward.

When Zhang Zeyu heard that Ma Yue had returned, he immediately asked the servant to invite Ma Yue to the living room, while he went to the study to inform him.

When Cheng Zongyang heard that Ma Yue had returned, he was delighted and said to Zhang Zeyu, "Send him back to Tianduan Village and lock him up."

"Yes, Master." Zhang Zeyu bowed and agreed. He then personally took the warrior who was sent to practice acupuncture for the Master away.

In the backyard living room, Cheng Zongyang was slightly surprised when he saw Ma Yue's face, which looked like a farmer who had lived in the open air.

"No, you didn't tell me you had spent all your money, but you didn't live anywhere in the wild, did you? Is it that hard?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Yue bowed and smiled bitterly, "The border with the most deaths is mostly mountainous and plain areas, where there are no inns or anything like that. I can only build a simple house in a place to live. I have internal tonic pills and other medicines, but basically I just practice martial arts, so it can't be said to be hard."

It was only then that Cheng Zongyang realized that Ma Yue's cultivation had already reached the eighth level. If he had not been delayed by taking a medicinal bath outside, he would have already reached the seventh level.

After Ma Yue finished speaking, he pointed to the stone tablet leaning against the door and a small cloth bag and said:
"Sir, the stone tablet has been brought back. There are more than a dozen crystals in this cloth bag. I have placed the fifty crystals that you asked Xu Dong to deliver at several mass graves. I estimate that by the time I arrive at the county town, those crystals should have lit up. There are many mass graves and graves over there. These crystals..."

Next, Cheng Zongyang listened to Ma Yue talk about his experiences and discoveries in those places.

Of course, what were discovered were abandoned villages and towns.

In war, the lower classes always suffer.

After listening, Cheng Zongyang asked Zhang Zeyu to fetch one thousand taels of silver and some elixirs, and said:

"This money is not much, it is considered as compensation for you. As for the elixirs, they are all available to lower third-grade warriors. You can use them, and you don't have to refuse. After you go back, spend three days with your family. You will have to set out again later, and the quantity is not small."

Seeing this, Ma Yue bowed and said, "Yes, sir, I will take my leave now. I will come back in three days."

"Well, spend time with your family and don't worry about other things." Cheng Zongyang reminded again.

After Ma Yue left, Cheng Zongyang put the small cloth bag into the market hut, and then looked at the stone tablet!

He also wanted to see the extent of the Soul Gathering Monument that had been absorbing souls wantonly for a month!
(End of this chapter)