Is this thing in my hand yours?
Gu Chen ignored Sun Jiangman's attitude, instead brandishing the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess and asking, "Where did you get this?"
I don't care where it came from!
Sun Jiangman is not listening to anything now; she is only focused on killing Gu Chen.
"This thing is very important to me. Since it's with you, it means there's a connection between us."
"Important?"
Sun Jiangman was furious. Even if this thing was important, it was nothing compared to her red pill. Gu Chen's words were simply disgusting!
"That's enough!"
Gu Chen turned around.
"What are you doing?" Sun Jiangman shouted angrily, "Turn around!"
But Gu Chen did not do that. Instead, the instant he turned around, his inner strength erupted.
Boom!
Sun Jiangman body was blasted away and she fell to the ground, looking at Gu Chen who had instantly moved in front of her with shock and anger.
What do you want to do?
Sun Jiangman clutched her chest, her voice trembling.
Gu Chen sighed, then stretched out his finger and tapped Sun Jiangman's body a few times. Sun Jiangman's beautiful eyes widened, and she fell asleep on the ground.
He knew that Sun Jiangman was in a very unstable emotional state, so he didn't intend to provoke her any further. He pressed her acupoints and waited for her to calm down before continuing.
After all, the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess was of great importance to him, and he needed to know the truth.
At this moment, he heard a few more rustling sounds. Looking up, he saw another Kui Spirit Snake flicking its tongue and slithering on a tree trunk about ten meters away. The snake's body was coiled on a branch, and its eyes were cold and sinister.
With a surge of energy, Gu Chen immediately stood up, then his eyes turned cold as he drew his Dragon Scale Sword and charged forward.
After the corpse of the Kui Spirit Snake fell to the ground, Gu Chen quickly discovered a cave beneath a low earthen slope ahead. The cave entrance was backed by the snow-capped mountain, and surrounded by bushes. If Gu Chen hadn't possessed Divine Sense, he wouldn't have been able to find it.
At the cave entrance, there were some young Kui Spirit Snake, clearly indicating that the demonic beast had swum out from inside.
Gu Chen arrived at the cave entrance and released his Divine Sense. He discovered that the cave entrance was actually downwards, and there was a large space inside. However, when his Divine Sense penetrated to a depth of five or six meters, it seemed to encounter some kind of resistance and could not go any further.
Could this be the cave of a demonic beast?
Gu Chen's heart stirred. Although he had come to Xiaoxiang Peak to find the Shennong Grass in preparation for Foundation Establishment, the discovery that there were actually demonic beasts in Huaxia piqued his interest greatly.
Now, he could feel a faint spiritual energy emanating from inside. Regardless of whether this place was a birthplace of demonic beasts, it was clearly a place where spiritual energy gathered!
Thinking of this, Gu Chen could no longer contain himself and felt an urge to go in and check immediately.
However, just to be on the safe side, Gu Chen returned to the original spot, took Sun Jiangman Sun Jiangman to a safe place, dressed her in his clothes, set up a simple array around the area, and then went back to the cave entrance.
Because of his cultivation level, Gu Chen's array was very simple, consisting of just a few pebbles, but it should be able to stop attacks from wild beasts and insects. As for the members of the Venomous Snake Gang, Gu Chen had already killed them all, so the next group that wanted to enter the forest would definitely hesitate.
Having done all this, Gu Chen entered the cave without a second thought.
The cave was dimly lit. Gu Chen focused his True Qi on his eyes and descended along the cave wall. It seemed to be a naturally formed staircase rather than a man-made one. The path down was very steep, and after walking for about a minute or two, Gu Chen finally arrived at a wide-open area.
There's a chill in here, like the interior of a snow-capped mountain.
After walking several dozen meters along the street, Gu Chen extended his Divine Sense and finally discovered that although this was not a street, the underground path was entirely paved with stone slabs.
Gu Chen carefully walked forward along the stone path, his Divine Sense constantly monitoring the surrounding movements. Because in this place, his Divine Sense could only extend a few meters, which was quite strange.
He was certain that the two sides of the stone-paved road were not houses or streets, but rather places similar to valleys, so it was not an underground city.
As if sensing something, Gu Chen suddenly stopped and looked at the scene in front of him. Even with his experience, he felt a chill run down his spine.
Fifty meters away in this underground world, a floating temple appeared. In the space filled with gravel and rocks, only that one area was covered with trees. But those trees were not emerald green; instead, they were a chilling black and gray. Combined with the temple's roof emerging from the middle, which was a dark yellow, the color combination was so striking that it gave one goosebumps.
Why do temples appear to float in mid-air?
The thought flashed through Gu Chen's mind quickly, but he suppressed it because he could already sense that the spiritual energy was coming from that direction!
After looking around at the road, Gu Chen decided to go and investigate that place.
However, after walking only a few steps, a beastly roar was heard, and a wild bull with three horns charged out from the distant woods, then, without saying a word, lowered its head and aimed at Gu Chen.
"A low-level demonic beast, the Three-Horned Bull!"
Gu Chen's spirits lifted, and the Dragon Scale Sword instantly appeared in his hand. He let out a low roar and then swung the sword at the Three-Horned Bull.
He channeled his True Qi into the blade of the wooden sword, turning the entire blade a brilliant red. The moment they met, Gu Chen struck the Three-Horned Bull in the chest with his sword.
However, due to the force of the impact, Gu Chen was unable to withstand it and was knocked over, falling three meters away.
The Three-Horned Bull, in pain, roared angrily. They first looked down at their bleeding chest, then glared fiercely and charged at Gu Chen again.
Gu Chen dared not be careless. After dodging several times, he finally found an opportunity and stabbed the Three-Horned Bull in the eye with his sword. Blood gushed out and they howled in agony.
Gu Chen lay on its back, and the wooden sword plunged into its vulnerable abdomen from below again. He pulled hard along the wound, tearing open its belly, and its internal organs and blood flowed all over the ground.
The Three-Horned Bull struggled for only a few moments before collapsing to the ground.
Gu Chen was covered in sweat. Although it had only lasted a few minutes, the battle was more difficult than he had imagined.
"The Three-Horned Bull is the highest-ranking low-level demonic beast, far surpassing the Three-Eyed Ape and the Kui Spirit Snake. This Three-Horned Bull is still in its infancy and hasn't fully matured yet; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to kill it so easily."
Gu Chen looked at the corpse on the ground and thought to himself. When he looked up at the temple in the woods again, his eyes showed a hint of fear.
On Heavenly Nether Star, monsters are everywhere and nothing special, but this is Earth, and Earth in the Dharma-ending Age. Monsters like these could easily destroy a small town.
In that instant, Gu Chen was filled with curiosity about this strange underground world. He wanted to know how many demonic beasts were still here, whether they were guarding something, or secretly carrying out something, and even how much more he didn't know about.