Lying in Wait

Bang!

A saber slashed down.

Facing a life-or-death crisis, the sword-wielding man couldn't worry about anything else. He gathered all his strength onto his treasured sword, using the side of the blade to slide and block the strike. The saber cut along the edge of the sword, generating a shower of sparks. Under the powerful force, the sword-wielding man's face turned even paler, and a trickle of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Haha!! That's the price for refusing this old man."

The burly man twisted his single hand, and the Golden Silk Great Ring Saber in his grasp slashed horizontally again, forcing the sword-wielding man to retreat repeatedly. Before long, the burly man with the saber kicked him in the chest.

Chen Luo didn't watch the rest of the fight. Instead, he took advantage of the lull between their exchanges to quickly distance himself from the battlefield.

The burly man's Might Cleave Mount Hua saber strike had severely injured the sword-wielding man's Internal Organs. Although the sword-wielding man was lucky to have avoided fatal damage, he couldn't reverse the decline. The physical strength replenished by Medicinal Pills was rapidly depleted, and defeat was only a matter of time.

After leaving the mountain hollow, Chen Luo followed the clues in his memory, using General Fan's 'Brain' to make his way towards the location of the Jade Mine.

The further he went in, the quieter it became.

The mountain forest at night was full of dangers, but for Chen Luo, the real danger came from the experts who had also cultivated the Martial Path. Fortunately, those people were still on the periphery for now and hadn't found the exact location.

Half an hour later, the sky began to lighten.

Chen Luo stopped in a valley. According to his memory, this was the mine entrance discovered by the Qingya County Magistrate.

Because of the appearance of a special Spirit Mine, the Qingya County Magistrate had silenced everyone present, and immediately reported the matter to Prince Ning afterward. Only he knew what happened next. General Fan had also discovered this place after arriving, through his subordinate secret agents.

Chen Luo was able to find this place by utilizing the letter left by Prefect Lou, the Feng Shui Acupoint positioning helped by Third Uncle, and the combined factors of General Fan's Brain, among others. It was precisely because of this that he was able to arrive here before the people outside.

"Time of Sun and Moon Confluence."

Chen Luo jumped onto a high platform and began to wait for the hour.

This Spirit Mine Entrance was not a simple mine tunnel, but a place that required a specific time to enter. When he first heard this news, Chen Luo himself was shocked.

But he quickly became even more excited.

Such a miraculous scene must be related to the legendary Immortal Cultivators.

His direction of search was correct!

The path to Grandmaster was difficult to find, and all his hope rested on Immortal Cultivation.

With no one around, Chen Luo once again took out the Jade Slip and began to study it. Although he had already memorized the contents of the Jade Slip, holding it in his hand still gave him a strange feeling, especially when using the Royal Family Brain. This strange feeling became even more pronounced.

The Heavenly Dao operates without accumulation, thus all things are accomplished.

The familiar content reappeared in his mind, and he was guided into a strange state.

It was like a dream, yet not a dream; like being awake, yet not awake.

In this state, when Chen Luo recalled the scene of the burly man and the sword-wielding man fighting earlier, some unclear images immediately became clear.

Grandmaster!

It was more of a state of mind.

Compared to them, he lacked a state of mind, a mysterious power hidden within the bloodline. It was precisely because Grandmasters possessed this mysterious power that they could mobilize their Internal Qi 100%, unleashing strength far exceeding the Bone Forging Realm. Compared to Grandmasters, the Internal Qi of the Bone Forging Realm was like stagnant water, requiring self-operation each time it was mobilized. Grandmasters were different. Their Internal Qi was 'alive'; it could even defend proactively. The so-called Grandmaster Body Protection True Qi was a manifestation of the Internal Qi's vitality.

After realizing this, Chen Luo began to deduce his own path to Grandmaster.

But as he thought about it, he sobered up, because there were no traces to follow.

Creating something out of nothing was impossible at his level. To understand the so-called path to Grandmaster, he first had to become a 'Grandmaster' himself. But if he had already achieved Grandmaster status, why would he need to deduce the principles of this path? This was like the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg.

This result left Chen Luo dumbfounded.

Stuck in a loop?

"Niuwazi, hold on, don't die!!"

A voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Chen Luo's thoughts. Following the sound, he saw Old Man Tian, with a look of anxiety on his face, dragging his eldest nephew towards the mountain. It was truly a stroke of luck; the valley others were desperately trying to find, these few people had stumbled into by mistake.

"Fifth Uncle, don't worry about me."

"What the hell are you talking about? If I leave you behind, won't your father skin me alive when I get back?" Old Man Tian was so angry when he heard this that he smacked his nephew hard on the back of the head. If the other party hadn't been injured, he would have probably hit him even harder.

"Fang Cun, Fang Shan, you two quickly help Fifth Uncle walk. This time I've harmed him. If I had listened to him earlier, I wouldn't have ended up in this state." Tian Danu panted heavily. He also knew he couldn't persuade Fifth Uncle, so he shifted his target to his two brothers.

Chen Luo, hidden on the high platform, also saw clearly.

Tian Danu had an arrow in his leg, and blood was 'gurgling' out. It was a good thing this guy had thick skin; anyone else bleeding like this would have probably fainted long ago.

"Boss..."

The two guards whom Tian Danu had instructed were a little hesitant. Both brothers were brought out by Tian Danu and were from the same village, so they naturally didn't dare to lay a hand on Old Man Tian.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and help me. When those two Yama Kings finish fighting, none of us will survive."

Old Man Tian impatiently kicked the two young men, telling them to lend a hand and speed up.

This scene made Chen Luo chuckle.

Every dog has his day.

Putting everything else aside, Old Man Tian's ability to survive was something his nephew Tian Danu couldn't compare to. No wonder he dared to take on jobs on this road; his reaction speed was just fast. Before, he had just been intimidated by Tian Danu, otherwise he would have run away with Chen Luo long ago.

"Quite tenacious."

Chen Luo couldn't help but laugh.

Since he couldn't comprehend the path of a Grandmaster for now, he simply stopped trying. Anyway, he hadn't planned on going all the way down this path; perhaps with good luck this time, he could skip Martial Path cultivation entirely and become an Immortal Cultivator.

"Who's there!"

Chen Luo's voice startled the few people below. Fang Cun and Fang Shan, the two brothers, even drew their sabers.

However, Chen Luo didn't pay them any further attention. After that one sentence, he ignored them and continued to study the Jade Slip.

Even if he couldn't comprehend it, pondering it would ultimately be beneficial.

Anyway, he had already cultivated the Black Tiger Fist to its peak, and he didn't have anything else to do right now.

Although he had stopped speaking, the people below still discovered him. Old Man Tian, in particular, looked as if he had seen his own father when he saw Chen Luo. He dropped to his knees with a 'thud'.

"Hero, please save us!"

Throughout his journey, Old Man Tian had encountered danger several times, and each time it was Chen Luo who resolved it. Later, when they left the caravan, Chen Luo had specifically warned him. Unfortunately, at that time, he was blinded by greed and believed his nephew's idiotic words, which led him to his current predicament.

"It's not necessarily safe here either."

Chen Luo put down the Jade Slip in his hand and kindly reminded the four of them.

What he said was true.

This place was the Spirit Mine Entrance. When the time came, anomalies were bound to appear. Once anomalies descended, experts would 100% come to investigate. At that time, this place would definitely turn into an Asura field.