Chance Encounter

Under the morning light, Chen Xuan galloped deep into the Southern Wilderness mountains.

While the great battle had been exhilarating, some of the Ascetic Monks from the Hanging Temple were retreating from the Southern Wilderness Mountains, and if he didn't leave now, it would be truly difficult to escape.

When he put on the Feathered Garment in the latter half of the night, he had gone to the Southern Wilderness once through the Mystic Cat Goddess and learned that Yan Yushu had broken through the Hanging Temple's encirclement and was nowhere to be found.

The Mystic Cat Goddess complained inwardly that the corpse of an Ascetic Monk with a very high degree of Ascension had completely disappeared after the battle.

Chen Xuan speculated that Yan Yushu had likely pulled it into the Six Desires Heaven and eaten it, but she was truly bold. He wondered how she would handle the subsequent side effects once they accumulated.

"I know where she's hiding."

Chen Xuan was very clear about Yan Yushu's whereabouts, because she was within his sight. At this moment, in addition to the white light spot coordinate representing the Mystic Cat Goddess, there was also a black light spot coordinate.

Yan Yushu - the location coordinate of the Six Desires Heaven.

"If I keep going along the black coordinate, I can find her."

Thinking this, Chen Xuan looked up and waved towards the horizon. Immediately, a small, greenish-black dot the size of a grain of rice flew towards him at high speed.

The Bronze Horse!

During the battle just now, the Bronze Horse had been very loyal, circling above the camp and trying to rush into the camp several times to pick up Chen Xuan.

"Neigh!"

The large Bronze Horse landed and circled Chen Xuan once, then nudged his waist with its head, signaling him to get on its back and escape quickly.

"Brother Horse, I can't leave this area for now."

Chen Xuan shook his head and refused, telling the Bronze Horse that he would be entering the Southern Wilderness shortly and would not be coming out again for a while.

Outside the Southern Wilderness was the territory of Red Crow City, and the great cultivators from Green Deer Mountain came and went freely, which made him feel vaguely uneasy.

Furthermore, he heard from the Qi Refiners in the camp that the regular army of Green Deer Mountain and the Qi Refiner families of Red Crow City were about to arrive in the Southern Wilderness.

"Brother Horse, come, open your mouth," Chen Xuan suddenly said with a smile.

"Neigh!" The Bronze Horse didn't understand, but it still obediently opened its crooked mouth.

"Don't be shy, have some!"

Chen Xuan took out the golden tea cake of the Buddha-Heart Tea Tree from his embrace, weighing about half a jin. He broke off a small piece of tea leaf and generously threw it into the Bronze Horse's mouth.

"Neigh!"

The Bronze Horse chewed a couple of times, and a golden light overflowed from its mouth. Its eyes immediately lit up, knowing that it had eaten something extraordinary. It was very moved, gazing at Chen Xuan with affectionate eyes, almost shedding tears.

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Chen Xuan stared at the Bronze Horse's crooked mouth and slanted face, and subconsciously looked away.

Neither horse nor ghost, with only a few teeth left, too ugly...

It was what Chen Xuan had knocked crooked earlier. Now that they were familiar, he didn't want to see her making a fool of herself everywhere and being ridiculed by her peers. Therefore, he gave her the treasure medicine, hoping she could recover her normal appearance.

Soon, the surrounding trees became dense, and they were about to enter the true Southern Wilderness Mountains.

"Neigh!"

The Bronze Horse stopped and was about to say goodbye to Chen Xuan when it suddenly stopped its neighing.

Because, it saw a woman in a snow-white long dress, with a long sword hanging from her waist and an extremely hot figure, walking out of the mountains on the mountain road in the distance.

The woman in white was leading an incredibly magnificent black horse. As the black horse walked, it raised its head and looked towards them, seemingly very excited.

"Huh, it's them..."

Chen Xuan's heart skipped a beat. When he left Willow Town, he had seen a woman and a horse from a distance, traveling in the wind and snow at night.

Although he hadn't seen her face with his own eyes, the woman's figure was very eye-catching, appearing extremely beautiful in the moonlight and snow, leaving a deep impression. It was impossible to mistake her.

"Whoosh!"

A corner of the white veil was blown up by the mountain wind, and Chen Xuan saw part of her oval face. Her skin was delicate and unblemished, and her lips were a peachy pink. The woman in white led the black horse out of the mountains.

"What a coincidence, meeting again?"

Chen Xuan frowned slightly.

Something's not right...

"Quick, quick, I saw Chen Xuan from a distance."

On the mountain road, the black horse's body flowed with a golden-black metallic luster. It was impatient, urging the woman in white loudly to quickly have a chance encounter with Chen Xuan.

"I told you he would be promising. Look, it's only been half a month since we last met, and he's undergone his Second Ascension... You are destined to be with him."

The woman in white's eyebrows stood on end, and she glared at the black horse.

"What destiny do I have with him? Don't talk nonsense, it's not me who wants to take a disciple."

"Your master's disciple is your junior brother, of course it's a thousand years of cultivation destiny. I think Chen Xuan is a good seedling. If you don't take him, you will definitely regret it in the future."

The black horse said decisively, then its eyes sparkled and it said, "Chen Xuan's strong physique clearly shows he has cultivated Metal Virtue White Qi. Go and flirt with him, see what opportunities he has encountered recently and what great deeds he has done. Maybe your thoughts will change because of it."

The woman in white hesitated, "We're not related, and I'd be taking his White Qi. Isn't that bad?"

The black horse looked up in shock, its horse eyes wide, then stared at her with a look of disdain.

"Hiss!"

A sudden chill ran through Chen Xuan's heart, accompanied by an inexplicable sense of dread, as if a pair of cold eyes were scrutinizing him from above in the unseen realm.

An illusion?

No, something is wrong with the White Qi!

Chen Xuan didn't know what was happening, but he realized that something strange was definitely occurring at this moment.

"Swish!"

He reacted quickly, immediately commanding the White Qi. Its color instantly changed from white to red, and a scorching, empty flow of Red Qi surged through his internal organs, dispelling the strange feeling of being spied upon.

"Brother Horse, I'm leaving first."

Feeling uneasy, Chen Xuan immediately bid farewell to the Bronze Horse, changed his route, and entered the vast wilderness.

"Huh? Didn't manage to hook it."

The woman in white was surprised and said, "His body now has Fire Virtue Red Qi. I can't hook it anymore."

"Ah? Who told him to cultivate dual Qi? Such good talent shouldn't be squandered like this, it's practically ruining his future!"

The black horse was startled upon hearing this, a flicker of anger flashed in its eyes, and it said regretfully:

"Chen Xuan's aptitude is so-so, with a bone structure of eight thousand jin, but he's neither a destined one nor an immortal seed. Plus, now he cultivates dual Qi. He really can't be your junior brother now. What a pity... I was really quite optimistic about him."

True prestigious sects and major schools almost never accept disciples who cultivate dual Qi.

Because they are full of unstable factors, those in higher positions cannot connect with the same source of Immortal Qi, making it difficult to control those below. These disciples are prone to becoming "rebellious"...

In the distance, Chen Xuan's figure completely disappeared into the vast forest sea.

The black horse slowly withdrew its gaze and murmured:

"The Yellow Millet Dream was intercepted halfway, and the Six Desires Heaven will also have its destination... Alas, the good seedlings along the way are not from our family."

The woman in white gently placed her slender hand on the sword hilt, looking heroic and valiant, and said, "We sword officials do not force destiny. Master's disciple already has a better candidate... He is about to enter the Peach Blossom Garden. We just need to wait here for him to appear."

"That's the only way."

The black horse nodded, then suddenly sneered, "Sects like Green Deer Mountain and Hanging Temple still dare to covet the destined ones? Sooner or later, they'll lose everything and be played until not even bones are left... Those who make their moves first won't even have a chance to sit at the table in the end."

Yellow Millet Dream.

If Green Deer Mountain could truly keep Wang Chan, then when Shen Lingfeng and others in Willow Town discovered the Yellow Millet Dream that day, they should have turned around and returned to the mountain... Why did they inexplicably enter the Southern Wilderness? It just happened to block Qing Yazi, who rushed there after hearing the news, outside the mountain...

The woman and the horse wanted to go and watch the excitement, but they were delayed on the way and were half a day late.

Six Desires Heaven.

If Hanging Temple could truly detain Yan Yushu, it would be impossible to let her leave their sphere of influence and cross several cities... With many great cultivators stationed in their own territory, they couldn't capture a small cultivator at the Ascension level? Just thinking about the reasons behind it is chilling.

Last night, Yan Yushu was backlashed by the Six Desires Heaven. This was a great opportunity to capture her.

As a result, not only was she unaffected, but she also recovered as before, and even improved further, thus escaping the encirclement...

Who was pulling strings behind the scenes again?

The black horse pointed its hoof towards the sky and smiled, "People like Chen Xuan are good. They have a little talent and a future, just right, not too eye-catching. The gaze from above won't care about him at all."

"Who knows if that's not a regret? In his ordinary life, he won't have the chance to come into contact with these things."

The woman in white led the horse forward, ethereal and detached, and continued, "In this era, heroes of the world are like carps crossing the river, all striving to cross... Chen Xuan doesn't even have the right to know where that river is."

Time flowed like water, and several days passed in a flash.

Chen Xuan ate and drank in the mountains, studying the Yellow Millet True Scripture in his mind every day.

"The True Scripture is too profound. The difficulty is tens of millions of times higher than magic tricks."

Even with Chen Xuan's heaven-defying comprehension, it took him a full half a day to barely understand the first chapter of the Yellow Millet Scripture.

But he was not in a hurry to learn it. He was very cautious, spending several days carefully pondering it, striving to make no mistakes during cultivation.

Late at night.

Chen Xuan sat cross-legged in the forest near Small Stone Lake, thinking about the scripture in his mind while watching the shimmering lake surface.

"Plop!"

Suddenly, a silver-white light emerged from the lake surface and leaped towards the forest.

In the Southern Wilderness Mountains, Terrestrial Treasure Trees and flesh-and-blood great medicines all have owners, with ghosts and monsters guarding them.

But the Over Mountain Treasure Fish in Small Stone Lake seems to have been overlooked.

The last time Chen Xuan caught one, no accidents occurred. In the past few days, he had been active in the vicinity, waiting bitterly for several nights. Tonight, he finally waited for the treasure fish to leap over the Dragon Gate!

"There's a fish! There's a fish!"

"We waited!"

Around the lake shore, several exclamations suddenly erupted one after another. Several figures of Qi Refiners, enveloped in radiant light, rushed out, chasing after this Over Mountain Treasure Fish.

It wasn't just Chen Xuan; many more people were waiting here, hoping to catch a fish!