Volume 2 Chapter 1: Imperial Court's Wanted Order

  Volume 2 Chapter 1: Imperial Court's Wanted Order

  Lingxu Mountain, about 80,000 miles north of Leshui City, Gu Chen flew with all his might, relying on the swift wings to ride the wind, and his speed was comparable to that of a Shenhai realm cultivator. He could travel tens of thousands of miles in a day, and he would arrive in less than ten days.

  There are still five months until the end of the year, and it's still far from the day when Virtuous Heaven Sect will recruit disciples on Mount Tian. Gu Chen doesn't need to rush, so he flies at a speed of over 2,000 miles every day. When he sees a city in front of him, he finds an inn to rest, and then sets off again the next day.

  The cultivator flies swiftly, just like ordinary people running. The faster they run, the more tired and painful their body becomes. Therefore, when there's no need to rush, no cultivator would willingly engage in frantic sprinting. Gu Chen flies over two thousand miles every day, just like an ordinary person walking. Although it's effortless, if he walks for a whole day, he'll still feel fatigued.

  As a monk, physical fatigue only requires sitting for a short while to recover, unlike ordinary people who are so troublesome.

  One day, over 2,000 miles, thus passed nearly twenty days, Gu Chen had flown northward for more than 30,000 miles, out of the eastern Gong family's sphere of influence and into the northeastern Shen family's territory.

  On this day, Gu Chen flew forward for about two thousand miles and finally saw the first city of the Shen family's territory. Gu Chen landed outside the city and walked towards the inside.

  It wasn't that Gu Chen didn't want to fly directly into the city, but rather there were a few large characters floating above the city: Within a thousand zhang, flying is prohibited.

  This castle is much larger than the Leishui Castle, and with a scale like this, there are more people and not a few cultivators. In order to avoid having cultivators flying around in the air like flies, flying is basically prohibited.

  Even walking, Gu Chen's speed was not slow, at least ten times faster than ordinary people, equivalent to the rapid sprint of ordinary people, and soon entered the city.

  From the city gate, Gu Chen saw the name of this city: Shennan City.

  The city of Shennan is more than twice as large as the city of Bole, but there are very few people coming and going in the city, it's extremely quiet and desolate, Gu Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder.

  However, after Gu Chen walked down the street for a while, he quickly understood what was going on. It wasn't that there were few people in this city, but rather that almost everyone from the previous street had run to the street where Gu Chen was now standing.

  The crowd was packed together, their eyes all gazing in the same direction. Gu Chen followed the crowd's line of sight and looked over, although they were quite far away, but the thing that everyone was watching still left a clear impression on Gu Chen's eyes.

  In front of everyone was a wooden wall, on which a large portrait was posted. On the portrait were written five big black characters: Imperial Court Wanted Notice.

  At a glance, the five big characters seemed to emit a ray of light, which was imprinted in Gu Chen's mind. The five words "Imperial Court Wanted Order" kept wandering in Gu Chen's mind, and couldn't be shaken off, as if there was a kind of magic that made people look away after reading it.

  Gu Chen blinked, slightly startled in his heart: the person who wrote these five words must have at least reached the Soul Summoning Period of the Divine Sea Realm, and infused great magical power into the characters, only then could they make people remember them at a glance, never to forget.

  Gu Chen shifted his gaze downward, falling on the portrait above, which depicted a young man of extraordinary good looks. On his left earlobe was a black mole that stood out starkly. Such an attractive appearance, combined with such a distinctive feature, made this portrait as unforgettable as the words "Imperial Court Wanted Notice".

  Lowering his gaze, below the portrait, several large characters were written: Wanted criminal: Li Yan. Next to it were two lines of notes: Those who provide information about this person to the authorities will be rewarded with 10,000 spiritual stones. Those who conceal information about this person will be exterminated along with their entire clan.

  As for the imperial arrest warrant, Gu Chen was not unfamiliar with it at all. In his previous life, Gu Chen and Cang Tianji were enemies, and he had also been put on the imperial arrest warrant.

  In the past, Gu Chen came to this city two years later, and there was no longer a wanted notice. Therefore, Gu Chen did not know about this wanted event. As for Li Yan, Gu Chen thought back and had no impression of him either.

  After a while, Gu Chen didn't stay any longer and continued to walk towards another street. At the end of this street, there were several large characters fluttering in the wind: Dashen Inn, which was Gu Chen's destination.

  Just by looking at the name of this inn, you can tell it was opened by an ordinary person. Cultivators would never use the term "Great Immortal" to refer to other cultivators; only ordinary people would call a cultivator a "Great Immortal".

  The cultivators of the Innate Realm believe that entering the Divine Sea Realm and possessing boundless divine power is what it means to have embarked on the path of immortality, while the cultivators of the Divine Sea Realm believe that entering the Life Spring Realm and breaking through one's mortal shackles is what it truly means to be a cultivator.

  Only those who can truly be called Xian are the strong ones who have crossed the Void Realm, without using magical artifacts or instruments, relying solely on their own magical powers to transcend the void and cross over.

  Not borrowing external objects, being able to lift oneself up by oneself, and being able to break through common logic is a fairy.

  Otherwise, even if one could move mountains and fill seas, extend one's life by hundreds of years, he would still be human.

  Entering the Dasen Inn, a young waiter immediately came up with a smile: "Dasen, please come in..."

  Those who enter this inn are all cultivators. Ordinary people, upon seeing the words "Great Immortal Inn", would not dare to enter, even if they had eaten bear hearts and leopard gallbladders.

  Gu Chen glanced around the crowd of cultivators in the store, and indeed this city was not comparable to Leishui City. They were all Xiantian realm cultivators, and two of them had even reached the late stage of Xiantian realm cultivation.

  Although Gu Chen was not yet thirteen years old, he had a tall and majestic physique, looking like a fifteen or sixteen year old youth. He was too young to have such high attainments, which drew people's attention, so he controlled his cultivation at the fourth level of the Innate Realm.

  In the city of Le Shui, having a cultivation base of Innate Fourth Layer at such a young age would certainly shock everyone, but here, the cultivators merely gave him a glance, although some people's eyes widened in surprise, not one person showed any signs of shock. Apparently, a fifteen or sixteen year old who had entered the Innate Fourth Layer was not rare in this city.

  Gu Chen found an empty table and sat down. The shopkeeper immediately handed over the menu, Gu Chen ordered a few small dishes, and the shopkeeper quickly brought them up.

  Xiaobai was eating in the inn, and he would definitely attract attention. This time, Gu Chen didn't have any unusual news to ask about, so naturally, he didn't let Xiaobai come out. At this moment, Xiaobai was sleeping soundly in Gu Chen's sleeve.

  However, Gu Chen didn't want to eavesdrop on anything, but the conversation between the two cultivators beside him caught his attention.

  It was two masters in the store who were in the late stage of Xiantian, although their voices were extremely low, but they did not escape Gu Chen's ears.

  Two monks were both nearly forty years old. One had thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a rough appearance, while the other held a paper fan in his hand, with a gentle face, like a scholar.

  The rough-looking man with thick eyebrows and big eyes turned his head to look around, saying in a low voice: "Brother Wen, I heard that the entire Li family was exterminated by the Cang family. It seems that this matter is indeed true."

  Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's mind turned with thoughts. The Li surname's cultivation family was known to him in the Da Qian Dynasty, but he didn't know of any Li surname's cultivation families in the Da Yan Dynasty. A family that could make the Cang Clan take action to annihilate them must not be small.

  Suddenly, Gu Chen's heart moved: Could it be... that Li family?

  Just as he was thinking, a bookish-looking young man named Wen Xiong whispered: "Isn't that right? One of the nine great families of immortals is now on the emperor's wanted list. In an instant, they'll be reduced to nothing but ashes and smoke. The emperor has issued a warrant for their arrest, and there's no place for them to hide."

  In Gu Chen's mind, it was indeed the Li family, one of the nine major immortal families in the world, along with the Gong family to the east, the Shen family to the northeast, and the Wu family to the north... The Li family managed a territory of 100,000 miles northwest for the imperial court.

  However, because they provoked the Imperial Court and were destroyed by the Cang family, such a powerful immortal family was annihilated. This was a major event throughout the ancient desolate continent, but it wasn't until Gu Chen entered the Xutian Sect in his past life that he learned of this news. By then, the Li family had already become a legend, so he didn't remember it very clearly.

  Gu Chen thought for a moment, vaguely remembering that the rumor about the Li family and the Cang family's conflict was because of a treasure, as for what kind of treasure it was, except for the core members of the Cang family, probably no one else knew.

  It can be certain that the treasure which can make a collector take out and destroy such a powerful immortal family, is absolutely extraordinary.

  "Wen brother" had just finished speaking, when the rough man interrupted and said: "That Li Yan is the eldest grandson of the Li family's patriarch, I heard he was the only one who escaped."

  "Wen Xiong" said: "Not even letting one person escape, it seems that Li Yan's body must have something the imperial court needs. I heard that the Cang family is dealing with the Li family because of a treasure, and it seems this is indeed true."

  The rough-looking man cautiously glanced around in all directions and said in a low voice: "I know the inside story..."

  Gu Chen's expression didn't change, but his spirit suddenly increased a lot. He also had a strong curiosity about why the Cang family exterminated the Li family.

  "Wen brother" also took a look around and whispered: "Lu brother, what kind of relationship do we have, is there any inside story that can be told?"

  The rough-looking man shifted his eyes, and after a long while, he spoke in a low voice: "I heard it's about the Kunwu Secret Realm. The Li family seems to know some secrets about the Kunwu Secret Realm, which is why disaster has befallen them."

  Gu Zhen's heart skipped a beat, Kunwu Secret Realm, he had also heard of it. In his previous life, when he was 16 years old, the Kunwu Secret Realm suddenly appeared in the world. Many disciples of Xutian Sect entered the Kunwu Secret Realm, but except for Wu Chen, no one returned, causing heavy casualties among the younger generation of Xutian Sect.

  As a result, the next time Xū Tiān Zōng opened its doors to recruit disciples, the number of recruits increased significantly, and the standards for recruitment were also lowered. Otherwise, how could Gǔ Chén, who was only 18 years old and had a cultivation level of Fifth Layer of Hòu Tiān, be recruited by Xū Tiān Zōng in such a muddled manner?

  That was also an affinity of Gu Chen's past life.

  "Qiong Wu Secret Realm......?" 'Wen Brother' asked in surprise, "Does this legendary fairyland really exist?"

  "Of course it's true." The man with the surname Lu said in a low voice: "The secret of Kunwu Secret Realm is on Li Yan's hands, so the imperial court set up a heaven and earth net for him."

  "Wen brother" said: "Now the entire Shēn family territory has been sealed off, and Li Yán from Lǐ family territory escaped through Wú family territory, but unfortunately left a trail in Shēn family territory. I heard that on the first day of the new year, the Crown Prince Cáng Tiān Jī himself came to pursue him, he's definitely dead."

  "What's 'Cang Tian Ji'?" Gu Chen gritted his teeth, this was the first time he had heard of this name in this life.

  Nowadays, Gu Chen's cultivation is far inferior to Cang Tianji, but Gu Chen has confidence, and he says in his heart: "Cang Tianji, I will definitely surpass you in this life."

  "...the hidden heavenly mechanism..." The Han man with the surname Lu took a deep breath, saying: "I've heard that no one can escape from Cang Tianji's hands, Cang Tianji has never missed a move..."

  "Yes... he's too formidable." Wen Xiong nodded and said.

  ……

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  Then the two of them talked in a low voice for a while, all about the legend of Cang Tian Jie, and his experiences. Gu Chen basically understood everything, and their conversation could no longer attract his attention.

  After dinner, Gu Chen settled down in a room to rest for the night and set off again the next day. As for Li Jia, Cang Tianji, Li Yan and other things, he temporarily threw them to the back of his mind. Now his strength was enough to be called king or overlord in Lesui City, but compared to the entire Daying Dynasty, he was still a small shrimp.

  For now, what he needs to do is enter the Xū Tiān Zōng and continue cultivating until he can surpass the Cáng Tiān Jī. Only then will he have the qualifications to come out and compete with other cultivators in the world.

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