NOVEL NEXT Chapter 15: Chen Zhixing, Who Are You Really?
Chapter 15: Chen Zhixing, Who Are You Really?
At the base of Mount Ziwei, Chen Family
Kuimu Zhenren and Zhuang Wuxian were walking slowly along the mountain path.
“Hmph, that little bastard ruined our big plans. He truly deserves death!”
Zhuang Wuxian’s face was dark, his eyes filled with unending anger. Just thinking about how Chen Zhixing had smeared leftover food on his face earlier made him want to crush Chen Zhixing into dust.
Kuimu Zhenren beside him remained silent, his expression shifting between gloom and uncertainty, as if deep in thought.
“Kuimu, now that Chen Tianliang has firmly decided not to go to the South Sea’s dangerous land, what should we do?” Zhuang Wuxian asked with a frown.
Kuimu Zhenren spoke slowly, “If it weren’t for Chen Tianliang’s obstinacy during the Battle of Fengyang Lake, our entire sect wouldn’t have been wiped out. This grudge must be avenged! However, since Chen Tianliang isn’t going to the South Sea’s dangerous land, it’s naturally impossible for us to kill him with our current cultivation. But—”
He paused for a moment.
Kuimu Zhenren’s tone turned cold as he continued, “We may not be able to kill Chen Tianliang, but that little bastard can be killed! Let’s first let him taste what it’s like to suffer the loss of a child!”
“Oh?” Zhuang Wuxian’s eyes brightened. “Kuimu, how do you plan to do that?”
Kui Mu Zhenren smiled. “That little bastard said he’s going to the Lantern Festival in Lin’an City tomorrow. We’ll set an ambush there.”
Zhuang Wuxian furrowed his brows. “The Lantern Festival? Chen Tianliang and his wife will definitely be guarding that little bastard. How can we make a move?”
Kuimu Zhenren looked at Zhuang Wuxian and shook his head with a smile. “It’s simple. I’ll invite a friend to join us. With the three of us working together, we can lure Chen Tianliang and his wife away. They will never suspect that our target from the start was not them, but that little bastard.”
Zhuang Wuxian’s brows knitted even more. “Kuimu, Chen Tianliang isn’t a fool. How could he fall for such a simple trick to lure him away?”
Before Zhuang Wuxian could finish speaking, Kuimu Zhenren waved his hand and smiled meaningfully.
“What if we also arrange for two ordinary mortals with no cultivation? Before Chen Tianliang leaves, he will certainly use his divine sense to check for threats around him. Given his impulsive and irritable nature, if he finds no cultivators nearby, he will likely get so enraged that he will chase after us, leaving the little bastard unprotected. At that time, killing that little bastard with just two ordinary people will be more than enough.”
Hearing this, Zhuang Wuxian thought carefully and couldn’t help but nod in approval.
However, he was still somewhat uneasy. “But what if Chen Tianliang and his wife are determined to stay by that little bastard’s side? What then?”
Kuimu Zhenren gave him a deep look. “If that’s the case, then we will fight it out. Before Chen Family’s reinforcements arrive, that little bastard will not withstand the power of a True Self Realm confrontation. Even the aftershocks alone would be enough to kill him!”
“In short, as long as Chen Tianliang and his wife leave the Chen Family tomorrow, that little bastard is doomed to die!”
Hearing this, Zhuang Wuxian finally felt relieved and laughed heartily. “Kuimu, you are truly brilliant!”
At the Chen Family’s Third Peak
“You little rascal, today Father needs to criticize you a bit. Even if you don’t want Father to go, you shouldn’t smear food on someone’s face.”
Chen Tianliang pretended to be stern, trying to assume an “I’m very angry” look, hoping to assert his parental authority.
Chen Zhixing lazily glanced at Chen Tianliang and couldn’t be bothered to respond.
Chen Zhixing could tell that the two men earlier were problematic. It was ridiculous that his father, so naive, not only couldn’t see it but also felt deeply remorseful.
“Tianliang, for some reason, I always feel something strange about these two friends of yours,” Ying Shuangshuang suddenly spoke up.
“Strange?” Chen Tianliang was taken aback. “Wife, what do you mean?”
Ying Shuangshuang pondered for a moment and said, “These two have a strong sense of purpose, as if they must go to the South Sea’s secret realm. Overall, they give off a feeling of—well, scheming something.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Tianliang laughed and waved his hand dismissively. “Wife, you’re overthinking it.”
“Speaking of which, these two are pitiful. During the Battle of Fengyang Lake years ago, when the demon sect and demon factions attacked together, my sect and theirs were trapped at Fengyang Lake. If I hadn’t risked my own health to break through the siege with them, they might not have survived.”
He paused and then added with a smile, “It’s a pity that only these two managed to escape from their sect at that time.”
“Today, their eagerness to go is likely because they want to gain fortune in the South Sea’s secret realm to become stronger and avenge the demon sect and demon factions.”
“This mindset, although anxious, we should understand.”
Ying Shuangshuang opened her mouth as if to say something more, but seeing Chen Tianliang’s nonchalant expression, she could only sigh softly. “Well, in any case, we should be more cautious.”
Meanwhile
After finishing the meal and using the excuse to rest in her room, Mo Qingyue was standing quietly behind the door, peering through the thin window paper at Chen Zhixing in the courtyard.
“Feilong, do you think that today’s incident was an accident or a deliberate attempt to obstruct?”
Mo Qingyue spoke lightly
Behind her, Feilong Zhenren, who was sitting in a chair drinking tea, was momentarily stunned before he smiled. “The South Sea’s secret realm is an ancient forbidden land, a secret that is little known. This Chen Zhixing is just a child of a few months. How could he possibly know and deliberately obstruct it? In my view, it was just the playfulness of a child, an accidental mistake.”
“Speaking of which, Chen Tianliang is indeed lucky to have avoided a major calamity.”
“Is that so?”
Mo Qingyue stood with her hands clasped behind her, neither confirming nor denying. Her gaze remained fixed on Chen Zhixing in the courtyard.
“Chen Zhixing,” she murmured the name, repeating it.
After a moment, she silently asked herself, “Who are you really?”
That night
Under the moonlight, with the breeze gently blowing.
Chen Zhixing, who had requested to sleep alone from now on, was sitting cross-legged on the bed.
“Bull Demon Star Transformation Technique, activate.”
As Chen Zhixing spoke softly, a beautiful starry sky diagram of the human body’s acupoints appeared before his eyes.
In the starry sky diagram, a star located at the position of the Laogong acupoint in the palm of the right hand glowed, and starlight poured into Chen Zhixing’s palm like a cascading galaxy.
The previously depleted Laogong acupoint quickly began to fill up at a visibly slow pace.
A powerful bull demon force rose from within Chen Zhixing’s body.
Faintly, behind Chen Zhixing, a blurred bull demon phantom seemed to roar at the sky, shattering the starry river.
The next morning
Chen Zhixing slowly opened his eyes.
A brilliant divine light flashed briefly from his eyes.
“Finally half completed.”
Chen Zhixing looked down at the Laogong acupoint, which had been half refined, with a faint smile.
“Second stage of the Treasure Body Realm, achieved.”