Chapter 771: Golden World
Despite Xiao Chen being just someone from the younger generation, he had managed to force the Xuan Clan Senior Elder into such a sorry state unscathed. If the Xuan Clan Senior Elder did not personally kill him, a heart demon would linger in the Xuan Clan Senior Elder.
“Hahaha! Since this senior misses Xiao Chen so much, then let me gift you another punch. There is no need to stand on ceremony.”
Suddenly, a loud ‘splash’ came from the lake. Xiao Chen leaped out from within and executed Deities Descending without hesitation.
The Xuan Clan Senior Elder had not expected an ambush at all. By the time he reacted and tried to retreat, the punch with tenfold combat prowess and surging energy landed on his chest.
“Bang!”
Xuan Clan Senior Elder vomited a mouthful of blood and went flying back with a pale face. He stared incredulously at Xiao Chen. It turned out that Xiao Chen had not gone that deep into the lake. He only waited right under the lake surface for him to approach.
This punch with tenfold of its usual power already surpa.s.sed the full-power strike of the Xuan Clan Senior Elder. Since this blow caught him off guard, it hit him solidly.
This attack truly injured the Xuan Clan Senior Elder. He felt depressed as he wanted to tear Xiao Chen into pieces. Unexpectedly, he fell for another one of Xiao Chen’s attacks.
“You are too overbearing. This old man will fight it out with you!” the Xuan Clan Senior Elder shouted, charging at Xiao Chen like a madman.
“If you want to kill me, then follow me into Misleading Fog Lake. I will wait for you at the center!”
Xiao Chen felt happy in his heart. He had long been displeased with this old man, who had dogged him for half a month already. Now that he managed to land a solid hit on the Xuan Clan Senior Elder, he laughed loudly and disappeared into the vast fog once again.
The Xuan Clan Senior Elder charged forward. However, he stopped midway. In the end, rationality defeated impulse. If he really followed Xiao Chen into the lake, Xiao Chen would definitely have succeeded in tricking him.
This time, the Xuan Clan Senior Elder did not dare to stand casually at the lakesh.o.r.e. After waiting for two days, he carefully edged to the side and leaped into the lake with a ‘splash.’
The Xuan Clan Senior Elder looked around underwater and verified that Xiao Chen had indeed entered the depths of the lake.
When the Xuan Clan Senior Elder returned to sh.o.r.e, a group of people was standing a kilometer away, waiting.
The leader looked to be about forty or fifty. However, he had a profound look in his eyes, and his aura was withdrawn. He actually had over three hundred Heavenly Sage Laws behind his back.
Furthermore, each Heavenly Sage Law was about as thick as a thumb, much stronger than Xiao Chen’s. This person was a peak Inferior Grade Martial Sage.
Among the forty or fifty people behind this person were two more Martial Sages. Their clothes were the same as the Xuan Clan Senior Elder’s.
When the Xuan Clan Senior Elder leaped out of the water and saw the person leading the group, he quickly went forward and asked respectfully, “First Elder, why was it you who rushed here?”
Surprisingly, the person who came was Xuan Ming, the First Elder of the Silver Moon Spirit Fox Race’s Xuan Clan. In strength, he was second only to the current Clan Head and the old Race Chief, who went into seclusion long ago.
This First Elder was considered a major character within the Xuan Clan. His authority in the clan was also second only to the Clan Head, possessing a lot of influence.
“Xuan Feng, the day before yesterday, you sent an urgent message that the person who killed Xuan Yu already entered deep into Misleading Fog Lake. Have you verified that?”
Xuan Ming did not answer Xuan Feng’s question directly. He only frowned heavily and stared at the mysterious Misleading Fog Lake in contemplation.
Xuan Feng answered with his head lowered, “That much is certain. I chased that brat for fifteen days and nights. Eventually, he had no other choice but to enter this Misleading Fog Lake.”
“Haha! Xuan Feng, you are really capable. After chasing a half-Sage for half a month, you did not even catch him,” another Xuan Clan Senior Elder mocked from behind Xuan Ming.
Xuan Feng felt his chest hurt somewhat. He wanted to rebut, but he felt guilty in his heart. He lowered his head, not daring to say much. He carefully looked at Xuan Ming and asked, “First Elder, what did the Clan Head say?”
Xuan Ming thought for a while, appearing not to care too much about this question. He asked, “Did this person enter by accident or did he enter purposely? Xuan Feng, did you verify that?”
“He should have entered by accident. He is not from our Fiend Domain and probably has not heard about the dangers of Misleading Fog Lake.”
“If he entered by accident, then it is fine. Stand guard here for three months. If he comes out, kill him. If not, then leave it be.”
After Xuan Ming finished speaking, he glanced at Misleading Fog Lake and the fog covering it. Then he leaped up and left this place.
As the Xuan Clan First Elder, he had many things to do. Naturally, he could not waste three months waiting for a half-Sage who entered Misleading Fog Lake by mistake.
Seeing the First Elder leave, Xuan Feng released his bated breath. Fortunately, the First Elder only came for a while. Otherwise, Xuan Feng might have accidentally let something slip.
Aside from the dense fog, Misleading Fog Lake looked like any other lake. The water was clear, and when one looked down, they might see the shadows of fish swimming around.
However, this fog on this seemingly calm lake made the lake not so calm. After Xiao Chen entered for about a kilometer, he became utterly lost within.
Even after infusing Quintessence into his eyes, Xiao Chen could not see beyond a hundred meters. When he sent out his Spiritual Sense, everything blurred after five hundred meters.
The more horrifying thing was that Xiao Chen could not sense direction. This disorientation did not refer just to compa.s.s directions.
If one flew upwards with all his might, that person would feel like he was flying upwards. However, he strangely would soon land back on the lake.
Swimming into the depths of the lake was even more dangerous. Perhaps after one swam a kilometer down, one would discover that they could not float up, remaining stuck in the water, unable to come out.
This fog did not contain any strong beasts, traps, or formations. It also did not have any devastating natural disasters.
It only confused one’s five senses, preventing one from making use of one’s strengths and talent, grinding one to death.
Now, Xiao Chen was really very curious about how the Thunder Emperor got out of this place in the past.
According to Ao Jiao, the Thunder Emperor had entered this place by mistake. At that time, he had not advanced to Martial Emperor yet and only just broken through to Martial Sage.
There is a Divine Lightning in the depths of this fog—a true Divine Lightning. Even at his peak, Sang Mu could not display even a tenth of that might.
Back then, when the Thunder Emperor was trapped here, he happened to be at the bottleneck of comprehending his will, so he started to cultivate here. When he felt the presence of the Divine Lightning, he entered the deepest area of Misleading Fog Lake.
In the end, Sang Mu managed to break through the bottleneck in one go, becoming the first cultivator to comprehend a will before the age of twenty-five in the past ten thousand years, and successfully walked out of the fog.
Ao Jiao related the matters of the past to Xiao Chen, answering many of his doubts.
Divine Lightning? Even the Thunder Emperor was not a match to a tenth of its strength? What kind of lightning was that?
Xiao Chen could not help but feel interested. At his very peak, the Thunder Emperor had been a Sovereign Martial Emperor, yet just one bolt of Divine Lightning equaled ten Sovereign Martial Emperors.
How strong exactly was the master of this Divine Lightning? Xiao Chen could not imagine the answer to this question.
This thought was very incredible. While the strength of Sovereign Martial Emperors differed, the variation would not be that much. In this Martial Epoch, Sovereign Martial Emperors represented the very peak of cultivation.
As for Martial G.o.d, that realm had been a legend for ten thousand years. Even the strongest Sovereign Martial Emperor, the Azure Emperor, had still been only a Sovereign Martial Emperor and not a Martial G.o.d.
The legends of Martial G.o.ds mostly came from the Ancient Era. At that time, Sages filled the land and Emperors were as plentiful as clouds. That was the most flouris.h.i.+ng period of the Martial Epoch.
Nevertheless, legends were merely just legends in the end. Sovereign Martial Emperors could already live for ten thousand years. Perhaps Martial G.o.ds could live for eternity.
However, the reality was that several Sovereign Martial Emperors from the Ancient Era had left behind their bloodlines, which survived even to this day in the Sovereign n.o.ble Clans.
As for the legendary Martial G.o.ds, however, not to mention bloodline, there was not even a single trace of their inheritance. Many people now believed that Martial G.o.d was just an imaginary cultivation realm, which simply did not exist.
Now, Ao Jiao said that one Divine Lightning could already equal ten Sovereign Martial Emperors. In that case, could the master of this Divine Lightning be a Martial G.o.d?
At this moment, Xiao Chen could not help but get excited, so he urged Ao Jiao to lead the way quickly.
Don’t rush. It has been more than two thousand years. My sense for that Divine Lightning has already weakened somewhat. I need some time.
After he had waited for a long time, Ao Jiao turned into a beam of light and came out of the Immortal Spirit Ring. Some golden electric light flashed in the depths of her eyes, surging like a flame.
That electric fire was even smaller than a grain of rice. However, it had a dazzling and attention-grabbing radiance, preventing others from underestimating it.
Ao Jiao’s cute and lovable face revealed a grave expression. Her gaze slowly turned to every direction, occasionally showing a bewildered expression.
When Xiao Chen saw this, he frowned slightly. It looked like this Misleading Fog Lake was not as easy to navigate as Ao Jiao made it out to be.
However, he was not a hot-headed person. His mental state was much stabler than that of his contemporaries. He did not show any panic or say anything to interrupt her.
Time crept by, and the surrounding fog did not lessen at all. Only white filled Xiao Chen’s vision, stymieing him from differentiating north, south, east, west, up, and down.
There did not seem to be anything special about the fog. After collecting some, Xiao Chen could not find anything strange about it, which meant that this strangeness was due to the land rather than this vast fog.
The crucial point was that after the Divine Lightning confused the senses, if one did not have the opportunity, like the Thunder Emperor had, to coincidentally gain a connection with the Divine Lightning, even a Sovereign Martial Emperor could not get out.
“Boom!”
As many thoughts filled Xiao Chen’s head, a strong wind suddenly blew. The dense fog in front of Ao Jiao parted, revealing a clear path.
The two spots of golden electric light in the depths of Ao Jiao’s eyes blazed into fierce flames. The light was splendorous and dazzling.
Xiao Chen quickly reacted and followed behind her, walking rapidly on the water.
It felt like a formless power was directing Ao Jiao, scattering the vast fog blocking her way, and parting it automatically.
After she traversed the path, it automatically mended. When Xiao Chen looked back, he still saw only the boundless fog—an incredible sight to behold.
After an unknown amount of time, he felt like he had already traveled a hundred and fifty kilometers. However, Ao Jiao showed no sign of stopping.
“We’ve arrived!”
Suddenly, Ao Jiao came to an abrupt halt. Right after she spoke, Xiao Chen realized that at some point in time, the fog around them had cleared up entirely.
The scene before him now turned into a golden world. Not only was the water below him golden, but the surrounding air and even the sky were also a pure golden color.