Atlas of Heaven and Man

After the Mid-Month gathering, Chen Chuan spent his days accompanying his aunt's family and diligently honing his newly learned skills in his spare time, seeking further guidance from Instructor Wen once he felt proficient.

His divine sense initially lasted only three hours, but later increased to over four hours, with a gradual tendency to extend further.

Before the end of the month, he had already grasped all the necessary techniques for this learning session, completing it a third faster than originally planned.

Furthermore, many aspects were beyond his current grasp, requiring coordination between vital essence and divine constancy, a foundation he had yet to solidify.

One day, after another resonance transmission, Instructor Wen said, "I have taught you all the basic application techniques, but complete mastery is still some distance away. This has nothing to do with talent, but rather with your recent entry into the Third Limit. Your accumulation is insufficient. Once you accumulate enough, you will gradually be able to use them freely."

He smiled, "Now I'll teach you some special training methods. Pay close attention..."

Because they were still in divine sense resonance, he could feel the aberrant tissues within Instructor Wen's body being guided and operated in a unique rhythm.

Then, he saw him raise his hand and gently flick it upwards. With a bang, a thunderous reverberation rang in his ears, echoing in the atmosphere. A cloud of mist seemed to appear on the back of his hand, but quickly dissipated.

"This move is called Crushing Cloud Hand. It's simple and practical, but because it requires a certain amount of build-up before striking, it's not commonly used in actual combat. It's usually only used to train the coordination of aberrant tissues throughout the body and strengthen the ability to integrate one's own aberrant tissues."

Saying that, Instructor Wen slowly retracted his hand, "Under the premise of ensuring the power of this move, the shorter the time it takes to execute it, the stronger the integration ability will naturally be. Did you see my demonstration clearly just now?"

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "I saw it clearly."

Instructor Wen said, "Then you can go back and try it slowly on your own. My guidance for you ends here."

Chen Chuan said, "Thank you, Instructor Wen."

"No need to thank me. I was entrusted by Old He to teach you." Instructor Wen said with a smile, "However, I am very happy to meet such an outstanding and excellent junior like you. Young man, go back. We'll have a chance to meet again in the future."

Chen Chuan nodded, raised his hand, and solemnly clasped his fist to Instructor Wen in salute. Then he turned and left. When he arrived at the side of the car, he looked back, but Instructor Wen was no longer there. He retracted his gaze, opened the door, sat inside, and drove away from there.

After returning home, he practiced the newly learned techniques and occasionally went out with Ding Jiao and others for gatherings and entertainment. After entering the latter part of the month, one day at another gathering, a classmate suddenly suggested.

"How about we go to Luoyang Cave to play?"

But this remark was met with opposition from others.

"Are you crazy? Don't you know how many people go there and never come back?"

"Isn't there Little Chuan! Little Chuan is a martial artist!"

Chen Chuan shook his head and said, "I don't recommend going there. Even if I'm skilled, I can only protect myself at most, not everyone."

Luoyang Cave is quite famous in Yangzhi. It is an underground cave, and in the past, many people who entered never came out. The locals restrain children from running there. Despite this, many people still go missing every year.

About twelve years ago, a foreign exploration team entered, and none of them came out.

Because those who died were foreigners, the Da Shun government didn't care at all. But perhaps because of this incident, it became famous abroad, and foreign tourists and exploration teams often went there. Some came out, and some were trapped inside.

But also because of this reason, some hostels and other industries providing related services gradually sprung up locally.

Ding Jiao said dissatisfied, "I said, Mian Gua, why would you think of this bad idea?"

The classmate called Mian Gua said, "The other day, the newspaper said that a team of more than ten explorers had entered the cave. They even came out of it and said they would go again tomorrow. It is said that they can also take people in for a tour near the entrance.

I thought they've been in and out, so why not go with them this time? Anyway, there shouldn't be any danger in the near places. Later, we can brag to people."

"It's too dangerous. Let's forget it."

"That's right, who knows what kind of weird things are there?"

"My mom is saving money for me to marry a wife. If I disappear, wouldn't it become saving money for my brother?"

Although some people opposed, another classmate said, "Let's just take a look outside. It's okay if we don't go in. I've never been there before, so let's just watch the excitement."

Ding Jiao was somewhat moved after hearing this, and turned to Chen Chuan and said, "Little Chuan, what do you say?"

Chen Chuan considered for a moment and said, "If we're just looking, then it's okay. I haven't been there either." It's no problem to go and take a look. He doesn't have the ability to rescue people who go in, but it's not difficult at all to prevent people from going in.

Ding Jiao said, "Okay, let's make it clear first, no entering the cave, just look outside."

After agreeing, the next day, Chen Chuan drove five classmates, while Ding Jiao and the other four classmates drove two-wheeled motorcycles towards Jiashan in the southwest.

Jiashan is one of the three mountains in the Three Mountains legend. Luoyang Cave is located on the western side of Jiashan. Originally, this was a remote place, and it wasn't repaired much during the Great Reclamation period. There was only a garrison point here, which was later abandoned. Only in the past ten years or so, foreign exploration teams have frequently come here, and it has gradually formed a market.

However, this place rarely has strange tales, perhaps because there are few people around and no residents. Even if something really happened, it wouldn't affect the outside.

When the group arrived in front of Luoyang Cave, they found that it wasn't as deep, narrow, and unwelcoming as they had imagined, but a very large opening, more than twenty meters wide and more than ten meters high.

A lot of people and stalls were gathered at the entrance of the cave, and people were constantly going in and out.

Chen Chuan looked carefully and found that there were traces of artificial excavation on the edge of the cave. It seemed that the cave was not entirely naturally formed, but no one had ever studied it before.

And when they came, it was very coincidental that the exploration team was preparing to go down. A large group of people were pointing and pointing around, probably all here to watch the excitement.

The exploration team members were all wearing professional equipment, helmets and headlamps, hooks around their waists, and bulging backpacks, all of whom seemed to be foreigners, about twelve people, which was quite a lot.

Chen Chuan listened to the surrounding chatter. It was said that these people were all hired by a wealthy businessman.

This should be correct, because one of them was surrounded by people and repeatedly reminded and urged by his companions. Beside this person, there were also two martial artists responsible for security.

But even so, the classmates were very satisfied and could brag about it when they got back.

After coming out, since they were already here, they simply went to climb the mountain.

The southeast side of Jiashan is very suitable for mountain climbing, and there is also an old temple on it, with a large area of peach trees. You can also see the distant Little Green Mountain and the lake, and the scenery is very good.

Now is the time when peaches are ripe, and you can pick them at will for some money, but you can't waste them. The classmates ate heartily here, and only went down the mountain in the afternoon to go home.

After Chen Chuan went back, he put this matter behind him. A few more days passed, and there were only the last five days left of the holiday. He was already preparing to return to Central City.

Only on this day, Ren Shu suddenly called.

"Mr. Chen, we have received a request from the Political Affairs Office. It looks like a strange tale, but we can't be sure, so we would like to ask you for advice."

They are very aware of their own abilities. Generally, they don't accept requests with unclear situations, but this time it was entrusted by the Political Affairs Office, and Chen Chuan happened to be here, so they tried to ask him for a solution.

Chen Chuan said, "Mr. Ren, please tell me the specific situation."

"Okay, a few days ago, an exploration team..."

Chen Chuan's heart moved slightly and said, "Are you talking about Luoyang Cave?"

"Mr. Chen has also heard about it? Yes, it's that matter. The exploration team conducted two explorations, the last one was fine, but this time there was a problem. Only three people came out of it."

"This is nothing, it often happens there, but later a strange thing happened..."

He paused here, "Twelve years ago, a group of foreign explorers were trapped inside, has Mr. Chen heard of it?"

Chen Chuan said, "I also know about this matter. Although I was still young at the time, people were talking about it everywhere, but I don't know some of the details."

Ren Shu said, "These two things are related, because someone discovered that the three people who came back this time were not the group who went in a few days ago, but... but the group who went in twelve years ago."

"The group who went in twelve years ago?" Chen Chuan couldn't help but pay attention.

"Yes! These three people belong to the group of people who went in and disappeared twelve years ago, and when asked, they don't even know that twelve years have passed outside, they only remember that they went in three days ago."

Chen Chuan asked, "Anything else?" If it was just like this, it wouldn't be enough for Ren Shu to call. There must be other reasons.

Ren Shu said, "The three people who came back were also very surprised when they learned about the situation, and said they would go back to find their families, but that night, these people all died, and the flesh on their bodies was gone, leaving only some bones, even the things they were wearing became tattered and rusty..."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll come over and take a look."

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