Chen Zhixing, Who Are You?

Chen Zhixing, Who Are You? Ziwei's Chen Clan, at the foot of the mountain.

Kui Mu True Person and Zhuang Wuxian walked slowly along the mountain path.

"Hmph, that little beast ruined our grand plans. He truly deserves to die!"

Zhuang Wuxian's face was gloomy, anger churning endlessly in his eyes.

Whenever he recalled how Chen Zhixing had smeared leftover food across his face, he wished he could grind Chen Zhixing's bones to dust and scatter his ashes! Beside him, Kui Mu True Person said nothing. His expression shifted between light and dark, as though he were deep in thought.

"Kui Mu, now that Chen Tianliang has made up his mind not to go to the South Sea Death Ground, what should we do?" Zhuang Wuxian asked with a frown.

Kui Mu True Person slowly said, "In the battle at Fengyang Lake all those years ago, if Chen Tianliang had not stubbornly gone his own way, how could he have caused our entire sect to perish? This grudge must be avenged! However, if Chen Tianliang does not go to the South Sea Death Ground, then with the cultivation of just the two of us, killing him is naturally impossible. But..."

He paused.

Kui Mu True Person's voice swiftly turned cold. "If we cannot kill Chen Tianliang, we can kill that little beast of his! Let him first taste the pain of losing a son!"

"Oh?" Zhuang Wuxian's eyes lit up. "Kui Mu, what do you mean?"

Kui Mu True Person smiled. "Didn't that little beast say he was going to Lin'an City tomorrow to see the Lantern Festival? Then you and I can simply lie in ambush there."

Zhuang Wuxian's brows knitted slightly. "The Lantern Festival? Chen Tianliang and his wife will surely stay by that little beast's side. How will we make our move?"

Kui Mu True Person glanced at Zhuang Wuxian, then shook his head with a smile. "It is simple. When the time comes, I will invite a friend to act with us. The three of us will join forces to lure Chen Tianliang and his wife away. They will never imagine that our target was never them from the beginning, but that little beast."

Zhuang Wuxian frowned even more deeply. "Kui Mu, Chen Tianliang is not a fool. How could he fall for such a simple Lure the Tiger from the Mountain scheme?"

Before Zhuang Wuxian could finish.

Kui Mu True Person flicked the whisk in his hand and gave a meaningful smile.

"What if we arrange for two ordinary mortals with no cultivation as well? Before Chen Tianliang leaves, he will certainly sweep the area with his divine sense to see whether there are any threats nearby.

That man is impulsive and quick-tempered. Once he sees that there are no cultivators nearby, he will surely fly into a rage and chase after us without reservation, allowing us to lure him away.

By then... wouldn't two mortals be more than enough to kill that little beast?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Wuxian carefully considered the plan and could not help secretly nodding.

Yet he was still somewhat uneasy. "But what if Chen Tianliang and his wife make up their minds to guard that little beast and refuse to leave?"

Kui Mu True Person gave him a deep look. "If that truly happens, then we will simply fight without restraint. Before the Chen Family's reinforcements arrive, that little beast will be unable to withstand the might of a clash between True Self Realm cultivators. The aftershocks alone will be enough to shake him to death!"

"In short, as long as Chen Tianliang and his wife leave the Chen Family tomorrow, that little beast will be doomed to die!"

Upon hearing this.

After turning it over in his mind, Zhuang Wuxian finally relaxed and burst into laughter. "Brother Kui Mu is brilliant!"

At the same time.

Third Peak, Chen Family.

"You child, your father has to criticize you today. Even if you did not want your father to go, you could not smear food all over someone's face."

Chen Tianliang deliberately put on a stern face, looking as though he were saying, "I am very angry right now."

He wanted to use this opportunity to restore a little of his dignity as a father.

Chen Zhixing lazily glanced at Chen Tianliang, too bothered to pay him any attention.

Those two people today had obviously been suspicious at a glance.

Yet his foolishly wronged father not only failed to see it, but was still standing there full of guilt.

"Tianliang, I do not know why, but I always feel that these two friends of yours are rather strange," Ying Shuangshuang suddenly said.

"Strange?" Chen Tianliang was taken aback. "Wife, what do you mean?"

Ying Shuangshuang thought for a moment before saying slowly, "These two have a very strong sense of purpose. It is as if, for this South Sea Secret Realm, you absolutely must go. In short, they give me the feeling that... well, they are plotting something."

Hearing this, Chen Tianliang could not help laughing. He waved his hand carelessly. "Wife, you are overthinking it."

"Speaking of which, those two are pitiful people as well. In the battle at Fengyang Lake all those years ago, the Demonic Cult and the Demon Faction attacked together, trapping both me and their entire sect at Fengyang Lake.

"If I had not disregarded the outbreak of my Reverse Malady and insisted on leading them through the encirclement, I fear those two would not have survived either.

"It is only a pity that, back then, only the two of them escaped from their entire sect."

After a pause, Chen Tianliang smiled. "They were so anxious today because they likely wanted to obtain a stroke of fortune in the South Sea Secret Realm, grow stronger themselves, and seek revenge against the Demonic Cult and the Demon Faction."

"With such a mindset, it is understandable that they are a little anxious."

Ying Shuangshuang opened her mouth, wanting to say something more. But seeing Chen Tianliang's unconcerned look, she could only sigh softly.

"Mm. In any case, we should still be more cautious."

At the same time.

After dinner, Mo Qingyue used resting in her room as an excuse to leave.

She now stood with her hands behind her back behind the door, her gaze passing through the thin window paper as she calmly watched Chen Zhixing in the courtyard.

"Fei Long, do you think what happened today was Chen Zhixing's accidental interference, or did he deliberately stop it?"

Mo Qingyue spoke faintly.

Behind her, Fei Long True Person, who was sitting in a chair and drinking tea, was briefly stunned before smiling. "The fact that the South Sea Secret Realm is a dangerous place from the Ancient Era is a secret never passed on to outsiders. Very few people know it. Chen Zhixing is only a child of a few months—how could he possibly know and deliberately stop it? In this old man's view, it was merely a child's playfulness causing an accidental interference.

"Speaking of which, Chen Tianliang truly has good fortune. Because of this, he avoided a great calamity."

"Is that so?"

Mo Qingyue stood with her hands behind her back. She neither denied nor affirmed it, merely continuing to gaze at Chen Zhixing in the courtyard.

"Chen Zhixing..." Her red lips parted as she repeated the three syllables over and over.

A moment later, she silently spoke a sentence in her heart.

Who exactly are you?

That night.

The moon shone bright while the stars were sparse, and the evening breeze drifted gently.

Chen Zhixing, who had taken the initiative to request sleeping alone from now on, sat cross-legged upon his bed.

"Ox Demon Star Transformation Scripture, activate."

As Chen Zhixing spoke softly.

In an instant.

A magnificent star map of the human body's Acupoints appeared before his eyes.

On the vast star map, the star at the Laogong Acupoint in the center of his right palm suddenly sent down a thread of starlight, pouring into Chen Zhixing's palm like the Milky Way spilling from the heavens.

The previously depleted Laogong Acupoint gradually began to fill at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Threads of immense Ox Demon Power rose from within Chen Zhixing's body.

Vaguely, behind Chen Zhixing, there seemed to be an indistinct Ox Demon Shadow roaring toward the heavens, shattering the river of stars.

The next day, at dawn.

Chen Zhixing slowly opened his eyes.

A brilliant divine gleam flashed through them and vanished.

"Half of it is finally complete."

Chen Zhixing lowered his head to look at the Laogong Acupoint, which had already been refined halfway, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Treasure Body Realm, second level, achieved."

The second chapter will be a little later, probably before six in the afternoon. And please give all kinds of stats~~~~