Blocking the road with a fierce river

Long Chen sprinted out for several miles, and from behind came Qi Xin's heaven-shaking roar. Long Chen shook his head.

"Is it really necessary? The honey wasn't yours to begin with, and I didn't steal it from your hands. Is it worth getting so angry?"

"Besides, if it wasn't for your big brother here giving you ideas, you wouldn't even see bee urine, let alone honey."

"Plus, didn't I leave you plenty? It's enough for you all to share." However, thinking of this, Long Chen couldn't help but blush.

If time hadn't been tight, given his personality of plucking feathers from every passing goose, it was unlikely he would have left anything behind.

The sky had started to darken. For safety, Long Chen continued to sprint forward; he didn't want to face the nearly insane Qi Xin.

Such monsters all possessed astonishing means. He was only at the Blood Condensation Sixth Heaven Realm, so facing them would be too disadvantageous.

After sprinting for several hundred miles, when footprints left by others gradually appeared around him, Long Chen finally relaxed. Even if Qi Xin wanted to chase him now, it would be impossible.

Looking ahead, he had reached the end of this wilderness, and mountain ranges appeared. Long Chen exerted force with his feet and ran into the mountains.

Finding a clean cave, he took out a cup and poured half a cup of Queen Bee Honey. He then took out some clean water, poured it into the cup, and stirred it with a chopstick. The rich fragrance was refreshing.

He took a sip. It was sweet, fragrant, and smooth. It felt moist and refreshing in his mouth, making every pore on his body feel like it had opened up. He almost groaned in comfort.

"It's so delicious!"

Long Chen couldn't help but look intoxicated. Pure honey didn't need any additives to make a person feel like they were floating in bliss, and at the same time, all the exhaustion on his body was swept away.

It indeed had an extremely powerful calming and soothing effect, truly making it easier for a person to concentrate and enter a state of meditation.

However, no matter how powerful the honey was, it couldn't compare to his jade pendant. With the jade pendant, he only needed a few breaths to enter meditation.

As for normal people, even Genius-level figures, with the help of Queen Bee Honey, would need at least one to two hours.

Because the marvelous state of meditation was simply too rare. Even so, the effects of Queen Bee Honey still drove people crazy; it was definitely a treasure.

After finishing the Queen Bee Honey, Long Chen lay on a cold boulder, looking up at the starry sky. Another busy day had passed.

In reality, Long Chen was full of life and roguish during the day, but when he was alone at night, he was filled with loneliness.

He didn't know how Chu Yao was doing. After arriving at the Heavenly Wood Palace, would she get used to it? With her gentle personality, would she be wronged?

And there was Meng Qi. Had she eaten the Soul Nourishing Pill he gave her? He also didn't know what Realm she had reached now.

He also didn't know how his parents were. Had his mother gotten used to the days without her son by her side?

During the day, Long Chen would toss and turn, keeping himself busy so he wouldn't have time to think about these things.

But at night, when everything was silent, heavy worries floated in his heart, pressing down on Long Chen until he could barely breathe.

He was even more confused about his own future. Just after he was born, someone had taken away his Spiritual Root, Bloodline, and Spiritual Bones. For an infant, the fact that he hadn't died was definitely a miracle.

And the person who took him away was actually just a servant. So, where were his parents? Had they met with misfortune?

He gently stroked the jade pendant in his hand. The two lines of writing on it were so clear: "The Dragon roars in the Nine Heavens, looking down upon the Mortal World. Peace and joy, forever inseparable."

Between the lines, it was filled with expectations and doting love, and even more, a deep sense of attachment. This showed that his biological parents loved him so much.

But despite doting on their child so much, Long Chen had suffered a vicious attack, which made Long Chen feel deeply worried about his parents' fate.

Since they dared to make a move against him, it meant the other party didn't fear his parents, or perhaps even… Long Chen didn't dare to think any further.

Where did he actually come from? What exactly happened to him? Who exactly was so vicious, and what was their purpose?

Various questions caused countless question marks to churn continuously in Long Chen's head, and his mind was like a tangled mess.

Furthermore, the voice that occasionally rang out in Long Chen's mind, and that figure of a man who shattered the heavens with one punch and destroyed the ages—all of this made Long Chen feel like his head was about to explode.

He took a deep breath and shook his head, forcing himself not to think so much. Anyway, as long as he was alive, there would definitely be a day when the truth came to light. What he needed to do now was to eat well, play well, grow vigorously, accumulate his own strength, and slowly uncover his background.

His father had once said that as long as one day he stood at the Peak of the cultivation world, he would know his background.

Although he was still a small rookie in the Blood Condensation Realm, he was growing rapidly every day. He believed that he would eventually stand in that position one day.

Taking a deep breath, with the help of the jade pendant, Long Chen quickly cleared the distracting thoughts from his mind and began to Cultivate.

He summoned the divine ring within his Dantian. The divine ring operated at full power, beginning to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to nourish his blood.

Although Long Chen's Dantian was a desolate void, it had become Long Chen's multi-purpose field. Here, Long Chen could summon the divine ring to Cultivate.

He could also condense the flame energy within his meridians here, and now he could also gather the Lightning power here.

This place had become a temporary rental point for all his powers; whoever needed it could rent this place. This made Long Chen realize for the first time the benefits of not having a Dantian.

A normal person's Dantian could only contain one type of power; they could only specialize in one Dao. Just like a Pill Cultivator's Dantian, which only had flame energy, if they tried to Cultivate other energies, their Dantian would immediately shatter.

The divine ring operated at full power, absorbing the energy of Heaven and Earth. However, Long Chen discovered that after entering the Blood Condensation Realm, the time required to advance each stage was double that of the previous stage.

If it were just purification, with the divine ring's assistance, it wouldn't be difficult for Long Chen. However, after each promotion, he needed a period of time to accumulate Bloodline Power. Only when the Bloodline Power reached saturation could he proceed to the next purification.

This accumulation time was very slow; even with the divine ring's assistance, it didn't help. It had been over ten days since his last Breakthrough, and his Bloodline Power was still not saturated, making it impossible to enter the next purification.

Now, by using the power of the divine ring to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to nourish his blood, it would make the recovery of his blood about ten percent faster. Although it wasn't much, it was the best he could do; it was better than doing nothing.

Early the next morning, just as the sun cast its first rays of dawn onto the ground, Long Chen had already set off.

According to the map, if he crossed two more large mountains, he would encounter a river. Only after crossing that river could he reach his destination.

Moving forward, Long Chen noticed that there were more and more people around. Long Chen searched carefully, but he didn't see Guo Ran's figure. He didn't know how that kid was doing.

However, that kid was very shrewd, so there shouldn't be any big problems. Long Chen followed the flow of people and moved forward.

Basically all those who could reach this place were experts, because those whose Nameplates were stolen basically stayed in their original places to see if they could encounter some Opportunity.

According to the branch academy's regulations, as long as the assessment hadn't ended, even if one lost their Nameplate, they could stay in the assessment map.

During this time, they could search for some Heaven And Earth Treasure, which could be considered a form of compensation. As for how much each person could get, it depended on their luck.

In this way, those applicants who couldn't enter the branch academy also had some gains. The branch academy could be considered to have given them an explanation, and no one would hold a grudge. It had to be said that this rule of the branch academy was still very humane.

Some experts were originally whispering, but after seeing Long Chen, they all shut their mouths tightly, and their eyes carried a trace of fear.

Long Chen couldn't help but shake his head. "Am I that terrifying?"

What he didn't know was that in everyone's hearts now, Long Chen was even more terrifying than those monsters, because monsters didn't kill people.

Now that so much time had passed, the news of Long Chen killing Zhao Wu had long spread to everyone's ears.

And the news that Long Chen had been implanted with a Lightning Seed by Lei Qianshang had also been heard by everyone. However, Long Chen appeared alive and kicking, not looking injured at all. He was full of energy; where was there any sign of being tortured by the Lightning devouring his body?

Long Chen continued forward, crossing a large mountain. Finally, the view ahead became wide, and a large river appeared before him.

The large river was about a thousand feet wide, and the current was gentle. Dozens of experts were staying on the riverbank, seemingly discussing how to cross the river.

One had to know that this river was a thousand feet wide. No one could jump across it, and there were no flying Demonic Beasts to use. They had to think of a method.

This was the assessment grounds, and there were countless terrifying Demonic Beasts inside. By now, quite a few applicants had died in the mouths of Demonic Beasts. So, without knowing what was underwater, no one would be foolish enough to swim across.

Long Chen also stopped his steps. Looking at the river water, he couldn't help but frown. The river water was very murky, and he couldn't see how deep it was.

After pondering for a moment, he took out a roasted beef leg from his spatial ring—that was the dry ration Long Chen usually carried. With a wave of his hand, the beef leg flew into the middle of the large river.

"Splash."

The beef leg fell into the river, making a sound and attracting everyone's attention. They all looked toward the place where the beef leg had entered the water.

"Splash."

Suddenly, a large ripple appeared on the water's surface, and the beef leg disappeared instantly.

"What?"

Everyone was greatly shocked because they hadn't seen what happened, and the beef leg had disappeared. This scene was too bizarre.

"Senior Brother Long Chen, what exactly was that?" someone asked Long Chen, emboldened.

"Tiger-Mouthed Fish. Now we're in for some fun," Long Chen said indifferently.

"Heavens, how could this be? Why are there such fierce guys here?" someone couldn't help but wail.

The Tiger-Mouthed Fish was a very fierce type of fish. It wasn't a Demonic Beast, but its head accounted for two-thirds of its body. Its large mouth resembled a tiger's, and it had sharp teeth that could crush rocks.

The Tiger-Mouthed Fish wasn't big, at most about a foot long, but they usually moved in schools. Even huge Demonic Beasts would be eaten clean by them in an instant; they were very terrifying.

"It's over. We can't cross this river." People were instantly in despair; this was an impossible task to complete.

At this moment, the people around were gathering more and more. Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamation from the crowd. A fragrant breeze wafted over, and a beautiful figure slowly walked over.