Misty Canyon Volume 2 Chapter 7: Seven-Colored Phantom Mist

  Refining Qi Realm Second Layer, Guiding Qi Middle Stage!!

  At the moment of breakthrough, the surrounding heaven and earth's yuanqi rushed in, forming a huge yuanqi vortex that poured into his body.

  "Ahhh!!!"

  Wang Guanlan let out a fierce and prolonged roar, the long knife in his hand suddenly speeding up several times, with one slash, the blade light burst forth, drawing a dazzling white line in the air, instantly cutting off a macaque monkey at the waist. In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and that unfortunate macaque didn't even have time to let out a cry of pain. Instead, another macaque, seeing its companion's miserable state, immediately let out a shrill and ear-piercing scream.

  "Wooo——zhi——!" Along with the howl of this macaque, the entire macaque forest was boiling, the macaques' cries rose and fell, and the originally distant sounds suddenly drew much closer.

  "Bad!!" Yue Haifeng and Chen Qingshan's faces changed drastically. Then, Chen Qingshan took a step forward and grabbed Wang Guanlan, who was happily fighting with another monkey, "Fourteenth Young Master, hurry up and leave! The monkey troop is coming, if we're late, we won't be able to escape!"

  Wang Guanlan also heard the strange whistling sound in the forest, and he didn't dare to stay here any longer. Finding one or two macaques to practice his skills was no big deal, but being beaten up by a large group of macaques would be a loss.

  But with Chen Qing Shan's timely assistance, Wang Guan Lan broke free from the encirclement. In a few breaths, the three of them had distanced themselves far away from Hu Yan Lin, leaving behind a large group of howling Hu apes in their original location.

  In the misty valley, there are many strange beasts, each with their own territory. The Hu Yan Forest is the domain of the Hu Yan, these Hu Yan may not be highly intelligent, but they have a strong sense of territoriality. Although they had been chased out of the forest, after going three or four miles beyond the Hu Yan Forest, they all simultaneously let out discontented screeches and returned with a huff.

  "Hmph, these damned macaques are really too numerous!" Wang Guanlan and Yue Haifeng ran for over ten miles before stopping to look back at the mist-shrouded monkey forest, which was now invisible.

  "This is the kind of place Hu Yuan Lin is, usually people who come to practice martial arts don't dare to enter deeply, unless they have reached the stage of controlling their breath. However, even if they have reached the stage of controlling their breath, they still won't enter this section of Wuyin Gorge, because what's here is no longer suitable for them!"

  "Alright, Qing Shan, no more nonsense. The 14th Young Master has just broken through to the second layer of Qi Refining and needs time to consolidate his realm. This is not a place for idle chatter!"

  "Right, right, you see me, I almost forgot about this!" Chen Qing Shan said repeatedly. Wang Guan Lan had just broken through from the first layer of Qi Refining to the second layer during his battle with Hu Yuan, and his internal energy had increased several times over in an instant. Just looking at that vortex of yuan qi earlier made it clear how great his progress was, and naturally he needed time to consolidate his realm.

  "Fourteen, I've been to this place before. Ten miles west from here, there's a mountain cave. The fog is deep and the forest is dense, with rich yuanqi. It's actually a great place for refining qi. Why don't we go there? Qing Shan and I can help you guard your law and solidify your boundary."

  "Alright, I'll leave it to you two then!" Wang Guanlan's gentle tone was a stark contrast to the intense battle he had just been through. Having experienced a major breakthrough, his vital energy was indeed somewhat unstable and needed time to consolidate.

  Although the cultivation of Yue Haifeng and Chen Qingshan is not high, they are indeed familiar with the terrain of this section of Wuyin Gorge after years of living in it. They led Wang Guanlan through three turns and two turns, leaving Hu Yuanlin far behind, and entered a dense forest. This dense forest was adjacent to the cliff, and the cave mentioned by Yue Haifeng was at the foot of the cliff, with shrubs standing around it, sealing the small entrance tightly.

  "How did you find this place? It's so hidden!" Looking at the hidden entrance, Wang Guanlan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, it was really too hard to find.

  "This was originally a den of a long-haired bear, several years ago my brother and I followed it to find this place, made a small fortune, and this became one of our footholds in the valley!"

  Wang Guanlan nodded and silently mourned for that poor long-haired bear before entering the cave.

  The entrance to the cave is about 10 feet high and extends into the cliff for about 50 or 60 feet, winding and hidden. Because it was a hideout for two people, it was very clean and tidy. All the utensils for cooking were available. Deeper in the cave was a training room, obviously also created by these two people. Although it looked rough, it was sufficient for temporary practice.

  "Fourteen, you just cultivate here, I'll guard outside and let Qing Shan go get some food!"

  "Good!" Wang Guanlan nodded, after a fierce battle, plus the ten-mile walk, he had already felt his internal energy unstable and his spirit extremely tired. He didn't say much, directly walked to the stone bed, sat down cross-legged, while Yue Haifeng and Chen Qingshan quietly retreated.

  Wang Guanlan swallowed the two bright red pills and sank his mind into his dantian. This was his first time practicing since breaking through to the second layer of refining Qi. Although he had absorbed a large amount of heavenly and earthly Yuan Qi during the breakthrough, due to time constraints and another intense battle, his dantian still felt quite empty. The only thing that brought him comfort was that his previous efforts had not been in vain - the internal Qi in his dantian had all been infused with the aura of the Arhat Knife, which was many times sharper than ordinary internal Qi, and its quality was also far superior to that of ordinary internal Qi.

  The internal energy circulated, and Wang Guanlan began to systematically absorb the surrounding heavenly yuanqi. Each strand of heavenly yuanqi was absorbed into the dantian, where it was assimilated by the Aluoduo Broken Blade Qi within. After about half a time unit, under the combined effects of the medicine and yuanqi, he finally achieved perfection in his cultivation. The internal energy in his dantian began to surge upwards. However, this was still insufficient. At the center of the surging internal energy, a strand of blade qi slowly revolved, like a small whirlpool that drew in all the surrounding internal energy, compressing and condensing it before finally transforming it into an integral part of himself. This was the water-milling technique of superior martial arts, not simply allowing the internal energy within the dantian to be tainted by the sharp blade qi. The ultimate goal was to completely transform the internal energy within the dantian into blade qi. This was a complex process that involved not only internal energy but also the body's meridian endurance. If the meridians were not resilient enough, even if Wang Guanlan managed to convert all the internal energy in his dantian into Aluoduo Blade Qi, he would be unable to unleash it. Even if he forced himself to do so, it would be like the legendary Seven Injury Fist – harming oneself before harming others.

  This water mill operation went on for four hours before it finally ended. By then, the sky outside the cave had already turned completely dark. Chen Qing Shan had long since finished preparing their prey and was now sitting cross-legged to practice his breathing technique, just like Wang Guan Lan. The atmosphere inside the mountain cave was tranquil, and none of the three noticed the changes that took place in the valley after nightfall.

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  At this time, a massacre was taking place three or four miles away from the cave.

  "You, what kind of people are you, good, such big guts, actually, actually——!"

  If Wang Guanlan were present, he would definitely be able to recognize the man hiding on the ground, severely injured and close to death, as one of the passengers who came to Wuyin Gorge with him. His cultivation was not weak, also in the Condensation Period, and was one of the strongest among the few people on the ship at that time. Unfortunately, now he is already close to death. Standing in front of him were two men, Zhou Bao and Wang She.

  "Haha, you little brat, you're going to die soon, yet you still have so much nonsense to say!" Zhou Bao's face revealed a cruel and merciless smile, as he stepped on the man's head with one foot. With a loud "crack", the man's head burst open like a rotten watermelon, splattering red and white everywhere.

  "I told Zhou Bao, if you're going to kill someone, then just do it cleanly, don't drag things out like this!" Wang She frowned, "How many times is this now?!"

  "The forty-fifth!"

  "Hmph, I didn't think there would be so many people entering this Misty Valley!"

  "No matter how many more there are, it's useless! Even if you evade us, you can't escape the Seven-Colored Phantom Fog. This time, we've invested a huge amount of blood and money!"

  "With a Seven-Colored Phantom Fog, I can deal with these martial artists who are at most in the Condensation stage. It's really something that can be done!"

  "That can't be helped, I heard that this time it's not just our Bai Du Men, but several forces joining hands. Our Bai Du Men is only responsible for the beginning of the plan, so the higher-ups decided to use the Seven-Colored Phantom Mist, wanting to make things look good, and in the future when dividing benefits with them, they will have nothing to say!"

  "So that's how it is! No wonder it didn't cost an arm and a leg!"

  "You two, have you had enough? Be careful what you say, or trouble will come from your mouths!"

  "No, no!" Just as the two were discussing it most fervently, Qin's cold and eerie voice came over, "Have you gotten to the bottom of what I asked you to investigate?!"

  "Not yet!" Upon hearing Qin's words, the two men's faces immediately fell. "We've already asked several people, and except for one who said they saw three people heading in the direction of Hu Yuanlin, everyone else said they hadn't seen anything!"

  "I've already been to the Monkey Forest, and indeed there are signs of a fight, but it was several hours ago. The frenzy of those monkeys has passed! Qin big brother shook his head, gazing at the distant, heavy night sky, with a hint of worry in his heart. Plans can't keep up with changes. Although the Hundred Poison Palace had planned everything very carefully, they didn't expect that during this time period, a young master from the Ning Wang Fu would enter the Wuyin Gorge. And from the information he gathered, this Fourteenth Young Master was not only newly favored by the Ning Wang Fu but also someone who had just entered the school and grasped a small Buddhist magical skill. This made things take an unfavorable turn."

  At the very least, with this young master's appearance, the Ning Wang Fu's attention to Wuyin Gorge will be at least three levels higher than usual. And once the Ning Wang Fu, as the overlord of the three states, really makes a move, they four are nothing but ants.

  "Qin big brother, what's there to fear? We've already sealed off this section of the canyon with the Seven-Colored Phantom Mist. Even if it's the Ning Wang Fu, they won't be able to force their way through easily!!"