Chapter 47: Unaware of Life and Death

  There are still two congenital first-level disciples who have not yet appeared, but Gu Xian has already spoken that the clan trial is over, so they naturally don't need to compete.

  Those two people felt a sense of relief in their hearts, even Gu Tai was no match for Gu Chen, the two of them together were not enough to fill the gap, and they couldn't compare, so naturally they were more pleased.

  "Brother Cang Qiong, haha... I've known since childhood that Gu Chen is extraordinary, not a mediocre person. Now it seems, indeed he isn't, indeed he isn't, haha... A tiger father has no ordinary son, congratulations, congratulations..."

  "Brother Cangqiong is blessed with good fortune, having a son like this. What more could he ask for? Gu Chen is only 11 years old and has already entered the realm of Innate. He is truly the first prodigy in Leshui City in countless years! Who knows, maybe one day he'll break through the Innate and enter the legendary realm of the Divine Sea Immortal!"

  ……

  ……

  At that moment, many second-generation direct disciples on the viewing platform walked onto the stage and congratulated Gu Cangyun one after another.

  For ordinary people in Leishui City, those who can fly in the sky are Xiantian realm cultivators, which is a fairy-like state.

  For cultivators of the Innate Realm, those who cultivate the source of magical power within their bodies and form a Spiritual Sea are truly in the realm of immortals.

  When Gu Chen was young, these people didn't particularly dislike him, nor did they especially like him. Now they say they knew all along that he was extraordinary, which is completely nonsense, just flattering him.

  Although it was a flattering remark, Gu Cangyun also felt extremely delighted upon hearing it.

  The three elders said to Gu Xian: "Older brother has someone to take over, haha... compared to my two useless ones, Gu Chen is much more promising..."

  Gu Xian smiled and said: "Among the younger generation of Gu family, Gu Heng and Gu Yan are both top-notch talents, I also like them very much."

  Gu Xian suddenly slapped his palm on Gu Chen's shoulder and said, "Gu Chen, I am as close to the three elders as hands and feet. In the future, you should treat Gu Heng and Gu Chan like your own siblings."

  Gu Chen said: "I will remember Gu Heng and Gu Yan as my siblings from now on."

  "Alright..." Gu Xian laughed loudly, and the three elders also showed relieved smiles on their faces.

  Roaring with laughter, Gu Xian said: "Gu Chen, you have such a gift, in the future you must work hard to cultivate it, let your cultivation rise to another level, the Gu family... will be yours in the future."

  The voices around suddenly fell silent, and everyone's heart skipped a beat. Gu Xian's words were very clear, meaning that in the future, the position of the clan leader would be passed on to Gu Chen, this third-generation descendant.

  The two elders looked at each other, and a hint of gloom flashed across their faces. They thought to themselves: "In another year's time, this little bastard's cultivation will not have improved much. By then, Gu Cangyue will have taken the position of clan leader, and there will be no way for this little bastard to survive."

  After Gu Xian spoke, everyone was even more polite to Gu Chen. These elders would not flatter an 11-year-old boy like Gu Chen, but they congratulated Gu Cangtian with one voice, and their words were all praise for Gu Chen.

  Half an hour after the end of the clan trial, Gu Chen and his father finally broke away from those congratulatory clansmen and returned home.

  "Chen Er, have you practiced the Tian Gan Zhu Ti Da Fa to the second level?" Gu Cang asked as soon as he got home.

  Gu Chen nodded slightly, without mentioning that he was almost done with the third layer of his innate realm, which required a certain level of natural talent to cultivate. If he said it out loud, it would be too revealing.

  "No wonder you were able to catch that one sword from Gu Tian, at the time it scared your old man half to death." Gu Cangyun recalled the scene back then and couldn't help but pat his chest again.

  After finishing the Ancient Heaven's speech, he let out a joyful tone and said: "This Heavenly Punishment Refining Body Great Method is incredibly profound, I've been practicing for so long and only barely managed to complete the first level. Chen Er, compared to your father, you are much stronger."

  Gǔ Zhēn had experience in cultivation, so naturally his progress was twice as fast. Gǔ Cāng Qióng's talent wasn't bad, but he couldn't compare to Gǔ Zhēn, that freak who had already reached the tenth level of cultivation.

  Moreover, Gu Cangqiong is older in age, and naturally at a disadvantage in terms of cultivation.

  "Father, I have to go out again tomorrow."

  "What? We have to leave again?" Gu Cangyun exclaimed in surprise.

  Gu Zhen said: "My cultivation is still growing rapidly and has not yet encountered a bottleneck. If I go to the Eastern Wilderness for another bitter cultivation, my cultivation will still be improved."

  Now that he had obtained the Linghun Flower and Xuejing, Gu Chen naturally wanted to go all out to find Zui Hu's trail.

  The old man took one glance and saw determination in his son's eyes, knowing he had made up his mind. "Be careful with everything."

  ……

  The next day, Gu Chen bid farewell to his father and left Le Shui City.

  Yun Xue heard that Gu Chen defeated Gu Tai of the Pre-Heaven Realm's second layer, obtaining first place in the clan trial. Yun Jinghong could no longer stop her actions.

  On this day, Yunxue arrived at the Gu's residence, for the first time ever, but ended up empty-handed as Gu Chen had left Leshui City long ago.

  Out of Leshui City, Gu Chen did not directly enter Donghuang, but instead flew south with his sword.

  In the south, 600 miles away from here, there is a city called Táiyáng City. From its name, it can be known that this city is located in the south of Mount Tai.

  Mount Tai is over a thousand meters high, stretching for five hundred miles. It's a massive mountain. To the south lies Taicheng City, to the north, Beitaishan Mine Caves, and another hundred miles further north is Leshui City.

  Taiyang City is the largest city in a radius of thousands of miles, much larger than Lesui City. The cultivation level of the cultivators within the city is also higher than that of Lesui City, with some having reached the 9th layer of the Pre-Heavenly realm.

  There are more cultivators in Taicheng than in Leishui City, and their cultivation is higher. Now that the New Year has just passed, almost all the cultivators are in the city, which is the busiest trading season.

  Although the probability of encountering the rare inner elixir, Zhi Huo Nei Dan, in Tai Yang City is not high, it's still higher than in Le Shui City. Moreover, many late-stage Xian Tian realm cultivators come and go in Tai Yang City, so perhaps one can gather information about Zhi Huo from them, who knows.

  After leaving the city, Gu Chen did not immediately use the Swift Wind Cloak to accelerate his flight, maintaining the speed of a First Heaven Realm cultivator. He flew steadily southward, with a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth.

  People just won't learn from their mistakes. This time when they went out of town, there were tails following them again, and more than one at that.

  Gǔ Chén has always disliked having a tail following him, and even more dislikes others exploring his secrets. For this kind of person, Gǔ Chén would rather kill mistakenly than let them off.

  "I don't know whether I'm dead or alive..." Gu Chen thought to himself, a faint smile playing on his lips.

  The flying device flew quickly, and after one hour, Gu Chen had flown nearly two hundred miles south, already passing over the North Tai Mountain Town and deep into the Tai Mountain range.

  The mountain is very high and steep, with many strange and dangerous places inside, few people enter.

  In front of us, a cliff appeared with a height of several hundred zhang. On top of the cliff was a flat ground that was hundreds of zhang in diameter, larger than the ancient family's plaza. It was a huge stone slab, not a single blade of grass grew on it.

  Gu Chen landed on a giant boulder at the top of the cliff and looked down at the precipice, which was bottomless.

  "This is indeed an excellent place for murder and corpse disposal..." Gu Chen let out a soft sigh.

  As Gu Chen let out a soft sigh, a sword aura burst through the air and arrived, the sword aura dissipated, and a middle-aged man over 30 years old landed on top of the giant stone.

  He fell to the ground, Gu Chen didn't even turn his head back, still standing at the edge of the cliff, staring down at the bottom.

  "You're still in the mood to appreciate the scenery when you're almost dead?" The man said, staring at Gu Chen with a piercing gaze.

  "Gu Qian Song, although you are a collateral branch of the Gu family, you are also a member of the Gu family. I'll give you one chance, leave now and I can spare your life." Gu Chen said slowly.

  "Hahaha..." Gu Qian Song burst out laughing and said, "You little beast, you're too arrogant, thinking that just because you defeated a First Heaven Realm Second Layer cultivator like Gu Tai, you're invincible?"

  Gu Chen's expression changed, and he asked: "You've been following Gu Cang Yue's ass all this time, don't you ever reflect on whether you're standing on the wrong team? Learn from your younger brother Gu Qian Shan, maybe you'll live a bit longer."

  "You think you can teach me?"

  "Today I have been ordered to take your life, let's cut the nonsense and get on with it!" Gu Qian Song said angrily.

  "Wait..." Gu Chen suddenly turned around.

  "Don't you want to leave any last words?" Gu Qian Song said with a light smile. As a cultivator of the First Heaven Realm's fourth layer, dealing with a mere First Heaven Realm first-layer cultivator like Gu Chen was as easy as lifting his hand. In his eyes, Gu Chen was nothing but a clown.

  Gu Chen smiled strangely and shifted his gaze to Gu Qian Song's left rear, saying loudly: "That elder of the Liu family, how long do you want to wait? If you wait until Gu Qian Song kills me, you won't be able to catch a live person..."

  "Yú family?" Gu Qian Song's expression changed slightly. He didn't even know someone had followed him, and yet Gu Chen knew?

  "Hmph, you sly devil, you must be trying to disturb my mind and take the chance to escape." Gu Qian Song smiled slightly, his gaze still fixed on Gu Chen, seemingly without any change.

  Just now, the subtle change in Gu Qian Gong's eyes had already been caught by Gu Chen.

  Kotchi Matsu was about to speak when a voice suddenly came from behind: "Good... good kid, no wonder the clan leader values you so much."

  Is there really someone from the Liu family?

  Gu Qian Song was shocked, his mind greatly shaken. He immediately turned around to look, and from behind a giant boulder on his left rear side, the glint of a sword appeared. A majestic middle-aged man in his late thirties suddenly emerged from behind the boulder.

  "Yú Tōng......" Gu Qián Sōng's gaze suddenly turned sharp, and in an instant, his attention shifted to Yú Tōng.

  Gu Chen was only at the first level of Xiantian Realm, but Liu Tong had already entered the fourth level of Xiantian Realm for many years and was a renowned figure in Lesui City.

  At this moment, Gu Qian Song felt a chill on his back, the cold air instantly spreading from his spine to his whole body, an extremely dangerous feeling that enveloped his entire body in an instant.

  Just as Gu Qian Song turned to look at Liu Tong, Gu Chen made his move. The Qing Lei sword sliced through the air silently and shot towards Gu Qian Song.

  Hei Kotsu felt the killing intent of Bei Hou, but it was too late.

  At the critical moment, Gu Qian Song's body shifted to the side, barely avoiding a fate of having his heart pierced by a sword. However, Qing Li Sword penetrated through Gu Qian Song's right chest, and fresh blood suddenly spurted out from the wound.

  Gu Qian was suddenly ambushed by Gu Chen and had already been seriously injured.

  "Good, good, good......" Liu Tong suddenly clapped his hands and said: "What a wonderful move, what a brilliant technique! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that a cultivator at the fourth layer of the Innate Realm could be injured by your hand, haha......"

  Gu Qian Song's body flashed to the side, his face deathly pale, with a look of terror in his eyes, he said: "You little beast, how dare you secretly plot against me in front of the Liu family? Are you still human?"

  Withdraw the Qingli sword, Gu Chen shrugged and said: "Are you going to take my life? This predecessor of the Liu family just wants to capture me alive. You say I want to kill first, is it you? Just now gave you an opportunity, let you go a way out, you don't want, but want to walk this dead road!

  "Hahaha...” Gu Qian Song suddenly burst out laughing and said, “Fool, foolish fool, capture alive? Once we arrive at the Liu residence, can you still stay alive? Haha…… This place is only over 200 miles away from Le Shui City, can Liu Tong stop me? I won't die, the one who will die is you——.”

  Gu Chen shook his head and said in a cold voice: "No, you're dead for sure."

  An icy voice, like a death sentence, entered Gu Qian Song's ears.

  Liu took a few steps forward and said, "Gu Chen, the patriarch has a high opinion of you. He just wants to invite you to visit the Liu family. Why don't we join forces? Gu Qian Song is hard to escape, let's kill him first, then you can come with me back to the Liu family. The patriarch will definitely treat you with great hospitality."

  "This idea isn't bad." Gu Chen said with a smile.

  Gu Qian's expression changed, and he exclaimed in shock: "Gu Chen, how dare you conspire with outsiders to harm me?"

  "Of course not..." Gu Chen said with a smile.

  Listening to Gu Chen's words, Gu Qian Song felt slightly relieved in his heart, but thinking of Gu Chen's sneak attack just now, he suddenly felt that this child was not trustworthy at all, and his heart became frightened again.

  "Gu Chen, if you don't kill this person, your news will leak out and it won't be good." Liu Tong stared at Gu Chen.

  "Never mind, never mind... I've said it, he's dead for sure, you don't need to take action, I can handle it myself."

  "Preposterous..." Gu Qian Song was injured, but hearing Gu Chen say that he was worthless also made him furious.

  Liu Tongdao said, "This person has a cultivation base of four layers of the Innate Realm. Although he's injured, if he focuses on escaping, even I won't be able to stop him. You're alone, it might be a bit difficult. It's better for us to work together."

  Gu Zhen said: "Liu family's senior, I think it's better for you to keep your strength to protect yourself from danger."

  "Why?" Liu Tong glanced around and said: "There is no one else here except you, me, and him."

  "Ah..."

  Gu Chen shook his head and sighed, saying: "My words were not finished just now, so you naturally don't understand what I mean. What I want to say is that the first person I killed was Gu Qian Song, and the second one will be you."

  "Haha......" Liu Tong burst out laughing and said: "Do you think I'm Gu Qian Song? Will I fall for your secret plot?"

  Gu Qian Song listened to Gu Chen's words, and his eyes were also filled with incredulity. A first heaven layer cultivator like him actually dared to claim that he would kill two fourth heaven layer experts.

  Boastful words are not left behind, this is absolutely boastful words are not left behind...

  "You... and you..."

  "Gu Chen pointed at Liu Tong and then at Gu Qian Song, saying: 'You two... must die.'"

  As Gu Chen's tone rose, a black cloak suddenly appeared on his back, and the innate true energy in his body suddenly burst out, reaching the third layer of the Innate Realm.

  At the same time, the second heavy operation of Tian Gang Quan Ti Dafa is unfolded, and the physical strength is doubled, and the physical power is doubled.

  In an instant, Gu Chen's strength increased several times over, and Liu Tong and Gu Qian Song were left staring in shock.

  The physical strengthening of Liu Tong and Gu Qiansong was invisible, but the explosion of their innate true energy was clearly visible to both of them.

  Gu Chen raised his left hand and the Soul-Controlling Rope flew towards Liu Tong in an instant.

  Liu Tong shouted: "So you have a cultivation of three layers of Xiantian Realm, no wonder you're fearless. However... with a cultivation of three layers of Xiantian Realm, speaking such arrogant words is a bit too boastful."

  Gu Chen ignored Liu Tong's words, and after releasing the Soul-Seeking Index, his right hand grasped the Qing Lei sword. The sword aura burst forth, shooting out a two-meter-long sword aura. With a single kick of his legs, the giant stone cracked open, Gu Chen's body moved as swiftly as a shooting star, leaving behind a faint shadow as he rapidly shot towards Gu Qian Song.

  Hurry up...

  Too fast...

  The three layers of the Innate Realm, using the second heavy strengthening of the Tianxia Tempering Body Great Method, and then accelerating with the swift wind of Ji Yu's Feathered Cloak, Gu Chen's speed was completely comparable to that of the poisonous python he had encountered in the Valley of Dry Bones, which was a speed only possible for those at the ninth layer of the Innate Realm.

  Gu Qian Song, even if he wasn't injured, would still find it hard to block Gu Chen's swift and star-like sword.

  In the blink of an eye, Qing Lie's sword had pierced through Gu Qian Song's chest. He was still in shock, and his mind wanted to dodge, but his body couldn't move in time.

  Qing Lian Jian drew out, a blood arrow shot out from Gu Qian Song's heart, his palm pressed tightly against his heart, but couldn't stop the gushing of fresh blood, nor could he stop the loss of vitality...

  Eyes filled with regret and unwillingness, his body fell backwards, tumbling down the cliff, hundreds of feet of precipice, enough to smash into a pulp.

  "How is that possible? At such a fast speed?" Liu Tong was shocked in his heart, and only then did he realize that Gu Chen's previous words were not nonsense, but the real truth.

  At such a fast speed, even a cultivator at the fifth layer of Innate Realm would find it hard to dodge.

  Liu Tong suddenly felt that he was wrong, wrong to the extreme. Liu Chuan repeatedly warned him not to underestimate Gu Chen... Liu Tong thought he had looked up to Gu Chen enough, but when it came down to it, he discovered that Gu Chen's strength exceeded his expectations.

  He... was way off the mark.

  "Run..."

  At this moment, Liu Tong had only one thought, turning into a sword and quickly fleeing to Le Shui City.