"This arrow, it seemed to be..." Chen Yang murmured. Watching it streak toward him at breakneck speed, he reached out and grabbed it.
The arrow was incredibly fast, but Chen Yang had already entered the Daluo Realm and seized it in an instant.
"Bzzz..."
Caught in Chen Yang's hand, the arrow gave off a hum, as though it were trying to convey something.
Chen Yang stared at the arrow, and his expression changed. "A Sun-Shooting Arrow!"
Chen Yang recognized this arrow. It was Houyi's Sun-Shooting Arrow. Back when Houyi had shot down the suns, Chen Yang had witnessed it with his own eyes and had been deeply impressed by the arrows Houyi fired.
Thus, the moment he saw this arrow, he thought of the Sun-Shooting Arrows. But why was a Sun-Shooting Arrow chasing after Chang'e?
Chen Yang was puzzled when a shout came from afar. "Thief... I finally found you! You thief, what bizarre divine art did you use to steal my Sun-Shooting Arrow? Damn you..."
Amid that shout, a burly man came walking over.
The man had disheveled black hair and carried the Sun-Shooting Bow on his back. Vast surging vitality permeated his entire body. As he strode forward, he resembled some prehistoric savage beast approaching.
Seeing the burly man, surprise flashed across Chen Yang's face. "High Shaman Houyi..."
"You know who I am, yet you still dared to steal my Sun-Shooting Arrow. You're asking for a beating..." Anger filled High Shaman Houyi's face. He clenched his fist, and rolling vitality burst forth as he charged at Chen Yang.
With that single punch, the vitality around his body surged out like a Celestial Pillar, as though it would pierce through the boundless universe.
"What was going on?" Chen Yang was equally confused. Watching Houyi charge at him in fury, he truly had no idea what had happened. "I don't care what High Shaman you are. If you dare come at me, I dare take you on."
As he spoke, Chen Yang did not hold back. Clenching his fist, he threw a punch as well.
Over these years, Chen Yang had cultivated the Nine-Turn Profound Art and already broken through to the seventh level of the sixth turn. Among the disciples of the Three Teachings, Chen Yang's physical cultivation could absolutely rank among the best. Thus, he had absolute confidence in his own body. Even facing a High Shaman, Chen Yang dared to meet him head-on.
"Five Emperors and Five Sovereigns Fist!" Chen Yang shouted, launching his punch.
As Chen Yang threw that punch, the essence within his body boiled over, transforming into rolling vitality that flooded his internal organs. At that moment, the formation inscribed within his five viscera and six bowels began to operate, and it seemed as though one deity after another was born within it. This divine art was also something Chen Yang had developed over the years, relying on the wisdom enhancement of the Human Pool and his understanding of the Five Elements Formation.
The Five Elements within his body evolved into yin and yang. The yang Five Elements evolved into the Five Sovereigns. The yin Five Elements evolved into the Five Emperors.
Yin and yang merged, and the Five Sovereigns and Five Emperors became this profound punch.
With one punch, the Five Sovereigns and Five Emperors interwove through a yin-yang Five Elements Formation, ultimately forming a five-colored divine fist.
That punch contained formations and interwove divine arts. This was the method Chen Yang had created: evolving divine arts through formations, then evolving formations through divine arts. It was called the Formation Divine Art.
"Boom..."
The powerful fist forces collided in an instant and erupted in an instant.
The two fists were like two great mountains crashing together. The resulting shockwave swept up fierce winds and ravaged the earth.
The Eastern Sea Coast also trembled from the collision, as though an earthquake had struck.
Tsunamis rose along the coastline, shaking many Sea Clan members to death.
Amid that roar, Chen Yang felt an immense force crashing into him and could not help retreating.
In the end, he was sent flying backward. Only after a short while did he stabilize himself, yet even after landing, he still felt his vitality churning within him.
Houyi only took a few steps back, his expression unchanged. Instead, he laughed heartily. "Interesting. A fist formed from interwoven Five Elements, with an unending stream of fist force—very interesting... Again..."
As Houyi spoke, Chen Yang refused to yield and prepared to charge forward again. Even though Chen Yang now knew that his sixth-turn body was no match for High Shaman Houyi, he still wanted to fight.
Just as Chen Yang and Houyi were preparing for another clash of flesh against flesh, a figure suddenly appeared.
The moment that figure appeared, Houyi, who had been brimming with excitement, immediately cried out in delight, "Ancestor Shaman Houtu... Why are you here? I..."
Chen Yang looked toward the newcomer and could not help saying, "Pingxin, y-you..."
The newcomer was Pingxin, otherwise known as Houtu of the Wu Tribe. However, when she stayed among the Human Clan, Houtu called herself Pingxin and had Chen Yang address her that way. Over time, Chen Yang had grown accustomed to it as well.
Pingxin slowly approached and looked at Houyi and Chen Yang. "Houyi... What happened?"
"Ancestor Shaman Houtu... To be honest, I'm not entirely sure either. Earlier, I was recuperating in the tribe. Then my Sun-Shooting Arrow inexplicably flew up, as though it had been controlled, and flew away on its own. I grabbed the Sun-Shooting Arrow several times, but it escaped several times as well. I thought the Demon Race was trying to steal my Sun-Shooting Arrow, so in my rage, I followed it here to find the arrow thief. Then I saw this Human Clan member, so..." Houyi said with a trace of embarrassment.
Pingxin pondered slightly. "The Sun-Shooting Arrow flew here of its own accord?"
"Yes, it flew here on its own. So when I saw this Human Clan brother holding my Sun-Shooting Arrow just now, I furiously threw a punch. I didn't expect this Human Clan member to have such a good body, able to exchange a punch with me." Houyi spoke honestly.
Chen Yang was speechless. Looking at the floating Sun-Shooting Arrow, which had now gone back to tangling around Chang'e, he could only say, "It seemed to be a misunderstanding."
Houyi looked at the Sun-Shooting Arrow as it entwined itself around Chang'e, and he too looked somewhat embarrassed. "It seemed it really was a misunderstanding. Why was my Sun-Shooting Arrow so interested in a human woman? I..."
Pingxin looked at Chang'e and murmured, "So that was it. It seemed this was because of the Demon Race."
Houyi was slightly startled. "The Demon Race? Ancestor Shaman Houtu... What did the Sun-Shooting Arrow flying out have to do with the Demon Race?"
"Of course there is a connection. Houyi... You should know what the Sun-Shooting Arrows were forged from." Pingxin said quietly.
"The material used to forge the Sun-Shooting Arrows... Could this Chang'e..." Houyi seemed to think of something, and a strange expression appeared on his face.
Chen Yang was also curious and could not help asking, "Pingxin... What secret lay behind this? Rumor had it that the Sun-Shooting Arrows and the Sun-Shooting Bow were transformed from Great God Pangu's ribs. Why did it now seem that the Sun-Shooting Arrows were connected to Chang'e?"
"If I'm not mistaken, Chang'e's previous life should have been Wangshu, Xihe's younger sister. Xihe and Wangshu were both living beings born from laurel trees that absorbed Lunar Origin. In terms of innate foundation, they were on equal footing with Dijun. However, not long after Dijun established the Demon Court, Wangshu inexplicably fell. After that, traces of Wangshu gradually disappeared as well. After all, there were countless great powers in the Primordial World. When one great power fell, they would gradually be forgotten as time passed. Wangshu was no exception. A few yuanhui after her death, no one knew of her anymore.
However, by a chance opportunity, Sister Xuanming found a small portion of Wangshu's origin in a special place. After obtaining that origin, Sister Xuanming gave it to Brother Zhurong. Brother Zhurong then took Wangshu's origin, fused it with a few fragments of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, and forged ten Sun-Shooting Arrows to deal with Dijun and Taiyi.
After all, the lunar and the solar were mutually engendering and mutually restraining. Wangshu had been born from the Lunar Star, and her origin was Lunar Origin, capable of restraining Dijun and Taiyi, who had been formed from Solar Origin. Moreover, the fragments of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe enhanced the arrows' power.
Afterward, Brother Zhurong gave the ten Sun-Shooting Arrows to Houyi. After all, Houyi was one of the few High Shamans in our Wu Tribe who cultivated the path of archery. Furthermore, Houyi had gained the recognition of the divine bow transformed from Father God's rib, so giving him the Sun-Shooting Arrows was the best choice.
Houyi also lived up to everyone's expectations, unleashing the unique power of the Sun-Shooting Arrows and shooting down nine of Dijun's children!" Pingxin said slowly.
"So that was how the Sun-Shooting Arrows came to be." Chen Yang could not help sighing.
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