Complex Situation

He had seen ghosts in the land of the dead. In the darkness, there were pairs of bright red eyes, some as small as lanterns, and some even more terrifying, comparable to mountains. The Ferryman Xu Fu was deeply terrified when he learned of them.

Why are there also unpredictable monsters in the big cities of New Star now?

Although they differ from ghosts in form, they share a common characteristic: they can only be seen through the Spiritual Heavenly Eye, and even Supernatural Practitioner like Old Chen are unaware of them and cannot sense them.

Wang Xuan wandered through the city in his mind's eye, observing carefully while also cautiously avoiding danger.

At night, skyscrapers are shrouded in three-dimensional light and shadow. Hovercars weave and crisscross the city's low-lying skies, while small spaceships streak across the night sky and disappear into the distance.

Neon lights flickered; this was supposed to be a modern metropolis with a population of tens of millions. Yet, Wang Xuan repeatedly saw monsters on the streets, ferocious and terrifying.

A giant snake with nine heads, as thick as a bathtub, covered in blue scales, crawled through a congested section of road, eight of its heads pierced by long, thick Arrow Feather, dripping blood.

Riding on the back of the nine-headed serpent was a disheveled man, shrouded in a black cloak, whose exposed hands and feet were rotting and oozing pus.

As Wang Xuan left, the man on the giant snake seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around, but saw nothing.

Blood was dripping from one of his eye sockets, a dark, empty hole; the other eye socket was deathly white, without a pupil; half his face was covered in dense wounds.

Wang Xuan wandered around at night, narrowly avoiding the monsters several times, pondering their origins.

Similar accounts can be found in the miscellaneous scriptures left by Chen Tuan. It mentions a genius who was more than a terrestrial immortal who went on a spiritual journey. When he returned at night, his spiritual body was eaten. He screamed for most of the night. In the end, a mysterious creature took his place, took over his physical body, and he eventually Ascension to Immortality.

Wang Xuan pondered whether the terrifying monsters recorded in the miscellaneous chapters were the same things he was seeing now.

Soon, on a wide pedestrian street, Wang Xuan saw a large, blood-red bird with two eyeballs in each eye socket, covered in blood as if it had just fought, and it was gracefully strutting down the street.

Wang Xuan was startled. Could this be the Chongming Bird? A creature from mythology!

However, something was strange; the Chongming Bird had a rope around its neck. Wang Xuan cautiously avoided this area.

Soon after, he saw another monster. It had a woman's face, but only one eye, bull's ears, and a leopard's striped body, and it let out a deafening roar! But the pedestrians on the street could not hear it.

Wang Xuan's expression changed. This was... Zhujian? A legendary monster!

There are iron rings around the neck of the Zhujian, like collars, indicating that it was once kept as a pet.

In the middle of the night, Wang Xuan saw several people wearing Spacesuit, similar to those worn by the people from New Star, but seemingly more ancient, giving off a sense of a long history.

They left, leading the Zhujian and Chongming Bird, while others rode on the backs of the Qiongqi. The nine-headed serpent was also in the group, its body wrapped in Black Cloak over a man who was wearing a tattered Spacesuit underneath.

This startled Wang Xuan. What kind of combination was this?

In this technological age, humans are leading mythical creatures away from the city—such a procession... is extremely bizarre!

Wang Xuan looked out from the city and saw them disappear into the night, appearing in the mountains at the edge of the horizon, before sinking deep into the earth.

"They don't seem like modern humans. They seem to be ancient humans from a very Old Shi, who possessed... technology and tamed mythical creatures." Wang Xuan muttered to himself, somewhat lost in thought!

The next day, Qin Hongyuan brought up the old matter again, wanting to build a Health Preservation Hall for Wang Xuan, but Wang Xuan politely declined.

During their subsequent conversation, Wang Xuan inquired about the location of the mountainous area outside the city, gleaning some insights from the Qin Family: it turned out to be the Qin Family's most important base!

Deep within the base lies a mothership, which was once excavated from the moon. Many of the Qin Family's advanced technologies originated from that ancient mothership!

Wang Xuan was secretly alarmed!

There has long been a legend that after the fierce war on the old Old Earth, some people escaped to the moon, dug up various ships, which led to a technological explosion, and finally migrated to the New Star.

Now it seems that's pretty much it!

Wang Xuan's heart trembled. Last night, he could only see the ancient human astronauts leading the mythical creature with his Spiritual Heavenly Eye. Was that... returning to the mothership?

Clearly, that wasn't a living person; an ancient human astronaut had transformed into a ghost-like creature.

This is quite terrifying. The situation on the New Star is becoming increasingly complex, making Wang Xuan's expression solemn. He still needs to become stronger!

Zhong Cheng and Zhou Yun personally picked up Wang Xuan, thus ending his trip to Pingyuan City.

As he watched a small spaceship disappear into the distance, Qin Hong's eyes turned cold as he said, "This is a rare opportunity. A medium-sized warship is enough to eliminate any future troubles."

It has to be said that he was ruthless and cunning, thinking of destroying the spaceship with a super Energy Beam.

Then he got slapped. Qin Hongyuan had been in much better shape these past few days and was quite strong when he hit someone. He looked at him with a hostile expression and said, "Your grandpa's life is also on this spaceship!"

Qin Hong sighed, "This martial artist could have Extend Life by ten years in one go, but he insisted on splitting it up, deliberately using it to protect himself. He deserves to die!"

Qin Hongyuan glared at him and said, "Stop thinking about it. The descendants of the Zhong and Zhou Family are also on the spaceship. Besides, what he does right now is none of your business!"

Qin Hong shook his head and said, "Of course I won't take action. I'm just speculating whether the Sun family has the guts to solve everything with a single Energy Beam!"

The Sun family has received the news, and some members of the family are relieved. After all, being targeted by a sword immortal who is not far away is indeed a difficult situation.

But many others had a chilling look in their eyes. How could the matter between the Sun family and Wang Xuan possibly end here? They both knew that sooner or later they would find a way to destroy each other!

Thump!

High in the sky, a huge explosion was heard, flames burned through the clouds, and a mushroom cloud rose into the sky. A small spaceship had crashed and been destroyed.

"The Sun family does have some guts. Regardless of whether there are any descendants of the Zhong family on the spaceship, they still stepped in at the crucial moment." Qin Hong nodded to himself after receiving the news.

"Something terrible has happened! Wang Xuan's spaceship has crashed!"

The news spread rapidly, causing a huge uproar. It was posted on various platforms and quickly became a trending topic. He survived the great battle with the Sun family unscathed, yet he died like this?

No one believed it was an accident; the spaceship disintegrated in mid-air, leaving hardly any wreckage. The sheer power of the High-Energy Weapon used by the enemy was unimaginable.

Besides Wang Xuan, there were also reportedly descendants of the Zhong family and Zhou Yun on the spaceship, causing a great stir, and everyone's eyes turned to the Sun family.

Deep down, people believe that the Sun family is quite bold and decisive, and they act when necessary!

However, public opinion was overwhelmingly negative, with people discussing the matter on various platforms and expressing their dissatisfaction with the Sun family's ruthless actions. Many people condemned and denounced the behavior.

"They attacked in secret even after the ceasefire was declared—how vicious! A sword immortal, just like that, he's dead?"

Many people lamented that just when they learned of the existence of extraordinary individuals and witnessed them fighting against robots and shooting down warships, they still died at the hands of tycoons, murdered in a premeditated manner.

"Good riddance, haha..." Sun Yichen laughed, feeling refreshed, whereas he had felt a tightness in his chest these past few days.

"It wasn't us!" The Sun family immediately denied it and notified all major platforms to remove the trending topics related to this incident, or else they would bear the consequences.

At this moment, someone claimed responsibility for the incident, signing off as the Gray Blood organization, which immediately reignited public opinion.

"It wasn't us!" The Gray Blood organization's top brass cursed, quickly issuing a denial and claiming that the incident had nothing to do with them.

It wasn't until two hours later, when Wang Xuan made a low-key appearance in Su City, that the controversy and heated debate came to an end. He wasn't dead.

"It was definitely the Sun family who did it! Those bastards! They actually tried to kill me and Zhong Cheng together! They're lawless, reckless, and ruthless!" Zhou Yun's face turned pale as he narrowly escaped death.

This time, they returned in a suspended flying car, having changed their mode of transportation at the last minute.

Wang Xuan mainly felt that although Zhong Cheng and Zhou Yun came from a conglomerate, they were not core members of the upper echelons. If the Sun family went crazy, they might kill them all together.

"I doubt the Sun family will leave any evidence. Just you wait and see, I, Zhong Cheng, am not so easily bullied. They actually dared to try and kill me; sooner or later, I'll wipe out some of their family members!"

Old Chen, Guan Lin, and Qin Cheng arrived immediately to pick up Wang Xuan, and they reunited in Su City.

Outside, a group of old men breathed a sigh of relief. They were genuinely afraid that Wang Xuan would die, and they were all preparing to make trouble for the Sun family. Did the Sun family want to cut off the lifespan limit of a group of people?

Someone in the Sun family sighed inwardly. Their probing attempt had failed, and they were under immense pressure as a group of old men were protecting Wang Xuan!

Wang Xuan's ability to Extend Life by ten years has a huge impact, even better than the New Arts, and without any hidden dangers.

Furthermore, when Wang Xuan extended the lifespan of others, he did not say that this was the upper limit, implying that it could be increased in the future, which made people even more restless.

He announced in Su City that he would be seeing patients once a month, with his schedule already booked for the next two or three years. This left powerful figures in tycoons and large organizations somewhat stunned—was the competition among acquaintances really this fierce?!

Some old men really couldn't wait, but they couldn't be too pushy. They wanted to talk to Wang Xuan privately, build a relationship, and prepare to cut in line.

"Grandpa, it's very simple. I'm going to Su City to become Wang Xuan's apprentice. Give me a so-called peerless scripture, and I'll help you communicate with him," a young girl said.

It's not just the old men who want to Extend Life, who would want to live another ten years? Even many middle-aged and young people are restless, so many people want to cut in line.

Song Yun, the key figure in the Song Family, was indeed anxious. He even called Old Chen, asking him to persuade Wang Xuan at all costs, promising a generous reward in return.

That evening, Qian An hosted a welcome dinner for Wang Xuan. Old Chen communicated with Wang Xuan using their spiritual realm, explaining that the two of them needed to separate, as it was too dangerous for them to be in the same city at this stage, and they wanted to avoid being wiped out together.

Wang Xuan nodded, agreeing that this made sense. He told him that Pingyuan City was a good choice, adding, "The Qin Family has collected only Buddhism scriptures."

He mentioned the Shakya True Scripture and suggested that Old Chen show off his skills to collect the remaining scriptures.

"I've been practicing the ultimate techniques of the Buddhism ancestral temple lately, such as the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and the Bodhisattva Fist. If I also go and collect the Shakya True Scripture, will I embark on the path to Buddhahood? I'm a little worried, I need to be careful!"

Chen Yongjie glanced at Guan Lin, as if to say, "Don't worry, I won't detach myself from worldly affairs."

Guan Lin, usually a strong woman, was now beautiful and gentle. She rolled her eyes at him, blaming him for looking around and making random comments in public.

At Qian An's manor, Wang Xuan naturally gave Old Qian another thorough check-up. At the same time, with the help of the Daoist temple there, he infused Old Chen's Five-Colored Feather Fan fan with Mysterious Factor to ensure that Old Chen's combat power was at its peak.

Now, wherever Chen Yongjie is placed, he can cause great trouble for the Sun family, effectively deterring their opponents and relieving a lot of pressure for Wang Xuan.

He had already returned the animal skin bag to Zhong Cheng and sincerely expressed his gratitude. Without the animal skin bag, Old Chen would most likely have been killed during the Battle of Mu City.

"Congratulations on your marriage! Old Chen once said back in Midi that once he regained his youth, he would come back to marry and have children," Wang Xuan said with a smile, raising his glass.

Guan Lin was poised and confident, showing no signs of embarrassment. She remained remarkably calm, smiling, and raised her glass with Old Chen. Chen Yongjie, on the other hand, kept touching his buzz cut, his face turning red!

"Congratulations to Old Chen and Sister Guan! May you have a long and happy marriage and have a baby soon!" Zhong Cheng, Zhou Yun, Qin Cheng immediately offered their congratulations with smiles and stood up to toast.

Qian An immediately showed his appreciation by gifting Old Chen and Guan Lin a pair of ancient jade pieces with runes inside, which were most likely ancient treasures!

That night, Guan Lin and Old Chen left Su City, which was quite decisive. After all, the superhumans are still not strong enough and need to act cautiously!

In the latter half of the night, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and torrential rain poured down. Wang Xuan woke up with a start; he hadn't had a nightmare in a long time. He felt a pang of anxiety and broke out in a cold sweat.

In his dream, he saw Transcendent Immortals fighting fiercely behind the Great Curtain, vying for the last great fortune of the depleted immortal realm, while some immortals prepared to return.

Wang Xuan felt heavy-hearted. Was it because he had been thinking about it during the day that he was dreaming about it at night? Could it be that one of the Transcendent Immortals was really going to return?

He looked at the night sky, the rain was falling, and lightning flashed through the darkness, as if some creature had actually flashed and disappeared in the thunder.

"If she really returns, the first one to come after me will probably be the Red-clothed Demon Immortal. I wonder how long it will take for her to appear, or maybe she's already here in the mortal world. How can I deal with her?!"