Chapter 5: Dark War
The giant snake transformed into a dragon and failed, the moment its inner dan burst into pieces, ten thousand points of golden rain shot out in all directions, and no one noticed that one of the golden lights flew into the distance.
The golden light penetrated through countless forest trees and fell to the ground, a bright and dazzling golden bead rolled down to Chen Nan's feet, he saw all this clearly, and excitedly squatted down and picked up the golden bead. The golden bead's luster flowed and the peaceful light it emitted soothed his mind. Regarding the legends of dragons, Chen Nan could be said to know a great deal about them, and the golden bead in front of him had no secrets for him to speak of.
Although the giant snake had failed to transform into a dragon, it had after all reached the half-dragon realm, and the power contained within it was half snake attributes and half dragon attributes. The shattered inner dan was the essence of its body, concentrating the essence of its entire body, half snake yuan and half dragon yuan. When the endoderm shattered, all of the snake yuan dissipated into the air, but the dragon yuan did not dissipate, and the pure dragon yuan was concentrated together to form the dragon pearl.
"Dragon pearl, this is really a dragon pearl," Chen Nan marveled.
Although the dragon bead was small in size, it contained pure and powerful dragon power, it was a priceless treasure.
Chen Nan was very clear about the utility of this bead, within an hour, the dragon bead was activated, if it was swallowed at this time and withstood the powerful impact of the dragon power, then the person who swallowed the dragon bead would be able to absorb the essence of the dragon bead three or four out of ten, accomplishing supreme feats of strength. If within an hour, the dragon pearl is not swallowed by any person or animal, then it will quickly lose its luster, the powerful dragon power all converge to the core of the bead, the outer layer of the dragon pearl will become hard, non-immortal treasure level weapons can not be broken, which means that the powerful dragon power within the dragon pearl can not be drawn at will.
Ten thousand years ago, Chen Nan's family lineage decided that he had to become a strong man, but his cultivation could never be raised, and his low power was the root of his suffering. He had always longed for great power, now the opportunity was right in front of him, but he hesitated, he wasn't afraid that he wouldn't be able to withstand the impact of the powerful dragon power and burst into flames, at this moment, he remembered a conversation his father had with him.
Chen Zhan said, "Heavenly treasures may be able to give a person great power in an instant and become a supreme expert, but there is always loss with gain, when he gets all the power he has ever dreamed of, it also means that he loses the qualification to ask for the strongest person forever. The power gained from the outside world shackles the development of his own power, and is a shackle that he will never be able to break through."
Chen Nan said, "Even if he can't become the strongest, it's not bad to have the chance to be a supreme expert."
Chen Zhan said, "A person who can withstand the powerful spiritual impact of a heavenly treasure must not be extraordinary, in addition to having a superb physique, he must also have a heart that will never give in. How can such a person endure the torment of never having any hope, and will eventually self-destruct."
Chen Nan said, "It wouldn't be this extreme, would it?"
Chen Zhan said, "Strong people are not afraid of loneliness, they are afraid of stagnating forever on the path of pursuing power."
Although Chen Nan did not completely agree with his father, Chen Zhan, he felt that there was some truth to it.
"Swallowing it, perhaps in an instant I'll become a strong man, perhaps I'll immediately burst into flames, but in either case I've lost my qualifications to become the strongest man.''
Chen Nan laughed to himself, "For someone like me whose martial arts are stagnant, perhaps swallowing the Dragon Pearl is the best option, after all, this is a chance for a carp to leap the Dragon Gate."
"Could this be a gift from heaven?"
Chen Nan looked down at the dragon pearl in his hand with its flowing luster and hesitated for a long time before finally sighing, "But I'm really not willing ah I, Chen Nan, don't need a gift"
Looking back, Chen Nan was somewhat lost.
Before he was sixteen years old, he had been praised as a martial arts genius, his martial arts cultivation was growing by leaps and bounds, and he was called the ''number one person'' among his peers. However, after that was the beginning of his nightmare, no matter how hard he worked, his cultivation could no longer be raised, and even his family's Xuan Gong had fallen from the Mahayana realm of the Second Heavenly Hall to the intermediate realm of the First Heavenly Hall. Watching his peers surpass him one by one, his heart was incomparably lost and bitter to the extreme. Although he vaguely guessed that the plummet in martial arts cultivation was related to certain 'external factors', he was bitterly unable to find out the truth.
After the aura of genius faded, countless mocking voices came from behind, but he could not say anything. The pressure from the outside world and the mission of the family was like a heavy mountain on his heart, and his incompetence made him feel that he was a mediocre person, unworthy of being born in such a family.
Sixteen to twenty years old, he felt very tired of living, and even had the idea of light life, during this period of time he was full of confusion in his heart. However, there was always a belief in the deepest part of his heart, he firmly believed that sooner or later he would be able to break through the shackles and break through the current cultivation barriers, which was the driving force behind his unceasing cultivation of the family's Xuan Gong.
Reborn after ten thousand years, Chen Nan's martial arts cultivation still had not made the slightest progress, but the heavy pressure from the family had completely disappeared. After a year of adjustment, he had already integrated into the current society. He had freed himself from the pain of the past and restored his original nature.
"Maybe I missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity today, but I will never regret it"
The dragon pearl that had originally flowed with brilliance gradually dimmed, and finally the light completely turned inward, and its color changed from golden to turquoise, becoming an ordinary pearl.
Chen Nan put the dragon pearl away and returned along the original path, he didn't want to stay even for a moment, for fear of being pestered by the Imp Princess behind him. He climbed up a high mountain, looking from afar, the Little Princess and the others were still at the crater, he let out a long breath and said, "Whew finally got rid of this nightmare of an Imp."
Chen Nan had been turning around in the mountains for three days, and he was embarrassed to realize that he was lost. The continuous mountain range was boundless, if he couldn't find his way back again, he could only be a savage in the mountains.
A wisp of light smoke curled up from a distant mountain forest, Chen Nan was overjoyed and searched forward. At a distance of 100 feet from the light smoke, he stopped, he did not dare to recklessly go forward, in case it was the little princess's group, he would die without a burial place.
After careful investigation, he finally determined that this is a group of strangers, and these people seem to be looking for the way out of the mountain. For the next two days, he had been quietly following this group of people.
But luck always seemed to elude Chen Nan, on the afternoon of the third day, he was following the group of people unhurriedly, when suddenly seven or eight figures sprang out from all around him and surrounded him. From their sharp eyes, it could be seen that everyone was an expert, and from the cold and murderous aura emanating from their bodies, it could be imagined that everyone had experienced life and death battles.
The people from the front all turned back, there were more than twenty people in total, and the person at the head was a young man who looked quite handsome, and his body faintly exuded a domineering aura. He looked Chen Nan up and down and frowned, ''Who are you why are you sneaking around after us''
Chen Nan explained, "I'm a lost hunter who wants to follow you guys out of this mountain range."
"A hunter dares to go into the depths of this mountain range."
"I unknowingly wandered into this place while hunting a white deer, and as a result, I couldn't find the circuit."
The young male pointed towards a stout hunk next to him, "You, go."
From the tone in which he ordered his men, it could be seen that he was a person accustomed to giving orders, Chen Nan guessed that this young gentleman must be a person of great importance
The big man held a large sword in his hand, wide and long, and came over and slashed down at Chen Nan. Chen Nan hurriedly dodged to the side, the big man's sword was empty, the second sword came again, the sword body inspired a light green light, slanting chop Chen Nan's waist and abdomen.
Chen Nan's heart screamed: No way, materialized sword qi this is not a Grandmaster level expert this kind of person how would he be willing to be someone else's henchman?
Shocked as he was, he still dodged at the first opportunity.
"Puffing"
The pale green-colored blade split a shallow ditch in the ground.
Chen Nan felt very strange, the power of materialized sword qi could not be so small, even ordinary sword qi was much stronger than this sword.
"Could it be the fighting qi of the west," he confirmed the thought in his mind after taking a closer look at the big man's sword posture.
The big man's ferocious chopping came again, Chen Nan was forced to fight with the big man, fighting qi after fighting qi, the light green colored sharpness put Chen Nan in danger.
The young male standing next to him sneered, "Do ordinary hunters have such good martial arts If you don't tell the truth again, you will die without a burial place after ten moves."
Chen Nan hurriedly shouted, "Stop, I'll talk."
The young male clapped his hands and said, "Stop."
The big man put away his sword and stood, rushing at Chen Nan, "Alright, kid, actually took more than twenty moves from me."
Chen Nan sighed in a low voice in the continental language of 10,000 years ago, "No matter which era it is, the strongest is the most honored, after my martial arts cultivation regresses, I'm destined to go through all kinds of unpleasant things, the tiger falls down and is bullied by the dog," he said.
He thought quickly and said, "This gentleman, if I say that I am an ordinary hunter who has learned martial arts you will definitely not believe me, but I can prove it to you."
The young gentleman said, "How can you prove it"
"I am a hunter, of course I prove it by the abilities possessed by a hunter." Chen Nan bent down, grabbed a handful of sand from the ground and put it to the end of his nose and smelled it, saying, "I'm sure that there are no other large beasts within a three-mile radius of this area, except for a female tiger."
"Oh, are you really sure?" asked the young gentleman.
"I'm sure."
"Good, Yang Chong you take a few people to the neighborhood to take a look."
A young man answered, "Yes." He led a few people and searched deeper into the woods.
In just a few moments, a tiger's roar came from the distance, and in a short while, several people dragged back a dead tiger.
The young man took a look at the dead tiger, smiled faintly and said: ''According to this it seems that you are really a hunter, but I still have some questions, the fastest way out of the mountain from here is three days, could it be that you chased that white deer for three days and three nights.'' After saying this the young man's tone changed to coldness, and he said in a drunken voice: ''Tie him up for me.''
Several experts rushed up, placing their sharp blades against Chen Nan's vital points. If he alone wanted to fight against so many experts, it was undoubtedly like an ant trying to shake a tree, so he did not resist. He laughed bitterly in his heart, having just escaped the clutches of the young princess, he had become someone else's captive again.
One of the young eunuch's men said, "Young Master San San, why tie him up, just kill him."
Chen Nan had already heard some 'flavor' from the incoherent 'Third Young Master' and was even more certain that this person was by no means an ordinary person.
The young eunuch said, "Let's escort him first, I have a feeling that this person is not ordinary, I was surprised that I didn't realize that he was a martial artist before he had no one to make a move."
Chen Nan began his second life as a captive, but this time, his 'treatment' was obviously much better than the first time, at the very least, no one treated him as private property and 'expressed excitement' to him from time to time. The group was highly disciplined, there were no unnecessary words, only that male occasionally whispered a few words to the person beside him.
Two days later, Chen Nan had to marvel at the magic of fate as he actually met the Little Princess again. Now, there were only ten people left in the Little Princess's group, four guards and two trainee magicians had died during the fight against the giant snake, and the survivors were all seriously injured and had not yet recovered.
When the young princess was taken aback when she saw the young prince and his party, her brows frowned slightly, but in an instant, she revealed a bright smile, ''Tian Yuan Continent is really too small, I never thought that I would meet His Highness the Third Prince here.''
The young male was also full of smiles, ''Yes, I also didn't expect to meet Your Highness Princess Yu here.''
The young princess laughed: "The third prince is not enjoying his happiness in the imperial city of the Moon worshiping country, why did he run to the border of our Chu country, does he want to go on a mission to our country? It seems like there is no need to run to the deep mountains to go on a mission to our country."
Not far away from the chennan heard clearly, can not help but some generalization, before and after a few days work, in the vast mountains, actually to a princess and a prince.
The third prince said: ''Princess Yu's words are still as sharp as ever, I can't afford the big hat of casually trespassing the border of another country. If I remember correctly, this mountain range in the central zone of the Tian Yuan Continent shouldn't belong to any country, right?''
The little princess said, ''Your Highness the Third Prince has a lot of work to do day in and day out, how could he come here for no reason, after all, this place is close to the border of our Chu Kingdom, so it has to make one's heart suspicious ah.''
The third prince laughed, ''Hehe, Princess Yu is overly concerned, in fact, the reason why I came here this time is mainly because I heard that a Qilin divine beast has appeared in the Falling Wind Mountain Range, and I wanted to take my chances to see that legendary divine beast.''
The little princess said: ''Oh, so that's how it is, I didn't expect the news to spread so fast, even the Third Prince who is far away in the Moon Worshipping Kingdom knows about it.''
The third prince said: "the legend of the unicorn out of the saint now, the beast of the world has shocked the world, this matter has been uploaded in the continent of the buzzing."
The little princess sighed: "Alas really want to go to see what the unicorn in the end, but unfortunately I do not have the opportunity to."
The Third Prince wondered, "Why did Your Highness say that?"
"We ran into my master on the way to the Falling Wind Mountain Range, he said it was too dangerous there and drove me back, what a bummer," the little princess said with an indignant look on her face.
A light flashed in the eyes of the third prince, saying, "Could it be senior Zhuge Xifeng."
"It's that old man."
"Zhuge senior is famous all over the world, his martial arts cultivation is extraordinary, and he is one of the senior masters that I admire the most."
"If that old man heard that, he'd be so happy, he might even take you as his student."
"If that were to happen, I'd love it."
The little princess laughed: "Maybe the old man has already heard it and is now hesitating to take you as his disciple."
The third prince's face flickered with suspicion and laughed: "Oh, how could that be, hasn't senior Zhuge already rushed to the Falling Wind Mountain Range, even if senior's martial arts skills are divine, it's still impossible for him to hear the words from hundreds of kilometers away."
The little princess exasperatedly said: "This old man is not at ease, afraid that I will sneak back again, he has been following me on the road."
"Oh, it seems like the old man really loves you, afraid of any accidents." The Third Prince laughed.
"It's obvious that he doesn't trust me."
The third prince looked at the young princess's guards and said, "Princess Yu, are these men of yours injured, why do they all look so pale?"
"Yes, we ran into an ancient giant on our way to the Falling Wind Mountain Range, luckily the old man arrived instantly, otherwise it would have been really dangerous." The little princess looked scared.
"It's really fortunate, well, this mountain range is often infested with monsters, it's not possible without some experts to protect you, how about this, I'll escort you out of the mountain." The third prince had a sincere look on his face.
A cold light flickered in the eyes of the little princess and smiled, "Thank you, Your Highness Third Prince, no need to trouble you guys, that old ghost master of mine will take care of us."
"Your Highness Princess Yu don't need to be polite with me, when it comes to this kind of thing, I have to escort Your Highness out as a matter of reason, besides, senior Zhuge may not have really followed me down."
"I appreciate Third Prince's kindness, we really don't need you to escort us, this is the edge of the mountain range, there are almost no monsters here."
"No, I must escort you guys out, otherwise I will feel uneasy in my heart."
Seeing that she couldn't push back any further, a look of gratitude appeared on the young princess' face as she said, "Then I'll be grateful to Third Prince."
"You're too kind, Princess Yu."
Tatsuo Nam saw all this clearly, secretly sighing that the two of them were worthy of being born in the family of a feuding emperor, in just a few moments of work they had already completed a 'battle of the heart'.
The Little Princess led a group of seriously injured guards to meet the Third Prince of the Moon Worshipping Kingdom, her heart was quite uneasy, she did not believe that this was a coincidence, the biggest possibility is that the other party has already been waiting here. In order to protect herself, she first aggressively take the initiative, so that the third prince can not feel her reality, and then inadvertently raised Zhuge multiplied wind, so that the third prince heart is quite scrupulous. However, the Third Prince is by no means a generalized person, although his heart is doubtful, but did not retreat, but wanted to follow all the way down, to further explore the truth. These two people could be said to be ''full of ghost words'' and ''talking nonsense''.
The two groups of people, the Third Prince and the Imp, walked together towards the outside of the great mountain, and Cinnan walked at the back of the group secretly rejoicing that fortunately, the Third Prince had wrapped himself around the Imp, so that the Imp did not notice that he was hiding at the back of the group. But the good times didn't last long, the guards under the Imp soon discovered him as a bound captive, and one of the guards ran forward and whispered a few words into the Imp's ear.
At that moment, Chen Nan felt that darkness enveloped the earth and the sky lost its color.
The little princess was full of excitement as she walked towards Chen Nan with a smile on her face, without a doubt, this was the truest expression she had ever had since she met the Third Prince, but Chen Nan would rather look at her false smile than see her smile that came from her heart at this moment.
He shouted in his heart: demons of hell quickly lead your children and grandchildren away!
At first, the third prince could not understand why this little princess of Chu suddenly got excited, he could not help but secretly guess whether Zhuge Shi Feng had already arrived not far away, then he looked along with the little princess's gaze, and finally discovered the "root cause" of the little princess's excitement, and it was actually the captive he had captured the day before.
The Third Prince was shocked, and began to have wild suspicions about Chen Nan's identity, he coughed and said: ''This person has been sneaking behind us on the road, and was later caught by my men, Your Highness recognizes this person''
"Recognize, of course I do." The little princess gritted her teeth and said: ''He was a little eunuch brought out from my palace, originally he came out to serve me, I didn't expect that when he met the ancient giants, he was the first to run away. Little Li Zi you didn't expect to see me so soon, right?"
Tatsuo Nan was practically swooning, actually being called a eunuch.
The little princess stared at him viciously, the meaning of which couldn't be more obvious, threatening cum intimidating him into cooperating.
A person under the roof had to bow his head. Chen Nan hesitated for a moment and finally said helplessly, ''Please punish Her Highness the Princess.''
The Third Prince laughed and said, ''Since he is Princess Yu's lackey, please ask Your Highness to deal with him on your own.'' Saying that, he turned around and left.
''Heh heh heh heh,'' The little princess looked at Chen Nan, her face filled with laughter.
A chill ran through Chen Nan's body as he lowered his voice, "Your Highness, let's make a deal."
The little princess remembered those filthy words of Chen Nan earlier, her body trembled with anger, and she said in a shrill voice, "What right do you have to make a deal with me, you're dreaming."
"Zhuge Xifeng is actually not here, the Third Prince wants to deal with you." Chen Nan flew out these words before the Imp's palm fell.
The little princess lowered her raised palm and carefully sized him up, saying, "It seems that I really underestimated you, I didn't think that you stinking thief had a few brains. But I am very upset in my heart right now, the deal is delayed, now I want to vent"
''Ahhh'' Chen Nan's miserable screams rang out in the forest, interspersed with the Imp Princess's smug laughter. The Third Prince and the others in the distance looked at each other in dismay, and gained a further understanding of this rumored Little Devil Princess.
A bright moon hung high in the sky, bright moonlight like white feathers sprinkled in the forest in large patches, the night breeze was pleasant, blowing gusts of flowers and grasses, the entire mountain forest was shrouded under the watery moonlight, and from afar it looked veiled, hazy, harmonious, and serene.
The bruised and swollen Chen Nan and the Imp Princess in a tent in a low voice exchange of views, the two have determined that the forest coincidentally encountered the Third Prince and others is no accident, this is all premeditated, these people have long been guarded in this road out of the mountains.
The Little Princess said, "I had an intuition from the very beginning that they were going to be unfavorable to me, but I don't understand why they had such a motive."
Tatsunami said: ''How is the relationship between the Moon Worshipping Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom''
The little princess said, "The relationship between the two countries in recent years has been quite alright, nothing unpleasant has happened."
"That's strange, if that's the case, why would they want to disadvantage the princess." After pondering for a while, Chen Nan smiled and said, "I see, they want to rob her here."
"Go to hell." The little princess whacked Tatsunami's head hard.
Cinnan ate the pain and shouted in a small voice, "Am I not helping your highness to analyze it, how can your highness get so agitated besides it's not like there's no such possibility."
"You don't have to think about this aspect, everyone knows that this Third Prince is not a person who lives a rotten life."
Tatsunami said, "Maybe maybe he wants to give Her Highness as a gift to someone else."
Hearing Chen Nan compare her to a gift, the Imp Princess gasped in anger and said in a cold voice, "You scum are talking really hard, don't you know who you're talking to," but then she quickly calmed down and mused for a moment, saying, "The possibility is almost zero."
「That's strange, besides Her Highness, what else could make the Third Prince desperate, wait」"
"Houyi Bow"
"Houyi Bow"
Cinnan and the little princess shouted together as they woke up at the same time.
"When Her Highness used the Houyi Bow to kill the giant snake, the golden arrow broke through the sky, it must have been seen by the Third Prince".
"No wonder this guy is always glancing at the box behind me, actually hitting on the idea of our heirloom Houyi Bow, really damned." The little princess clenched her small fists and said: "You scum still haven't come up with a strategy to deal with it".
"This can't be blamed on me ah, the clever woman can't cook without rice, Her Highness's guards have been seriously injured, now there are no available troops, what can I do I think it's better to give Hou Yi bow to the third prince directly, the so-called know what's going on for the hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe. Seeing a hint of cold smile at the corner of the Imp Princess's mouth, Chen Nan hurriedly stopped his words and laughed dryly.
''You scum were talking big about making a deal with me during the day, but in the end, you can't help me with anything. Hehehe, this is good, I can clean you up without any worries, you don't know how hard I've been looking for you in the past two days, I can't wait to skin you immediately."
Looking at the little princess's evil smile, Chen Nan couldn't help but shiver, ''Your Highness, I didn't mean to peek at you taking a bath in the first place''
After hearing these words, the little princess's eyes almost spewed out fire, "Ah, you damned scum, how dare you mention that I'll kill you"
