Chapter 17 Rejuvenation!

After seeing the news in the afternoon, Lu Chen finally learned that it was actually today that Nalan Yanran went to the Xiao Family to call off the engagement.

Thanks to Lu Chen's suggestion, Xiao Yan had also successfully resolved this matter.

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He successfully reached an agreement with Nalan Yanran, not only peacefully dissolving the engagement but also obtaining a valuable compensation from Nalan Yanran.

This made Xiao Yan, who was originally dirt poor, instantly plump up his wallet.

Such a win-win situation meant that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran did not become enemies, but instead established a shallow friendship.

After he handed two of the Qi Gathering Powder pills to his father in front of a group of Xiao Family Elders, and Nalan Yanran publicly promised that she could bring Xiao Yan to join the Cloud Mist Sect in the future.

Not only did his father's position as Clan Chief become even more secure, but Xiao Yan also instantly reverted to being the eye-catching Third Young Master within the clan.

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The time of a night passed very quickly.

Lu Chen and his group woke up one after another, and after everyone foraged for some wild fruits to fill their stomachs, they continued forward.

Just as they crossed another mountain peak, they suddenly saw some palace buildings vaguely appearing in the distance ahead.

This instantly gave everyone hope, and they exerted all their strength to rush towards the direction of the buildings.

Lu Chen had some impression of these palace buildings, as if they really were a ruins of the Heavenly Court.

Later, a few classmates did indeed enter this celestial palace and obtained no small Opportunity.

However, Lu Chen was not very interested in this Opportunity.

After walking for another half a day like this, that patch of celestial palace buildings became clearer and clearer in everyone's line of sight.

During this period, because his lackey Li Changqing died early before the gates of the Dalei Yin Temple, Liu Yunzhi did not dare to play any tricks on the three of Lu Chen alone along the way, and Lu Chen naturally couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him.

Not long after everyone had just passed by a lake with ink-black water, someone suddenly felt their body begin to heat up involuntarily.

Soon everyone discovered each other's abnormalities, and everyone felt as if a raging fire was burning within their bodies, their skin becoming scalding hot and red, as if blood was about to seep out.

This painful feeling caused all the classmates to roll around on the ground.

Lu Chen likewise felt physical discomfort. Amidst the intense burning sensation, it was accompanied by a numb feeling resembling flesh and blood regeneration, and he could even faintly hear the vibrating sound of bones.

Soon, everyone fell into unconsciousness.

After about one or two hours, Lu Chen slowly woke up and checked his body for the first time, discovering that the clothes on his body already appeared much larger, and his entire body had shrunk a lot.

The current Lu Chen looked only about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Lu Chen, who had long known that this situation would occur, was naturally not flustered. He glanced around and found that Ye Fan and Pang Bo had also woken up at this time.

"Who are you two brats?"

"Why are you wearing the clothes of Brother Chen and Ye Fan?"

Upon seeing the current appearance of Lu Chen and Ye Fan, Pang Bo immediately shouted in shock.

After finishing, he discovered his own abnormality and hurriedly crawled up from the ground.

"My clothes have become bigger… No, it seems like I have become smaller?"

"What is this…"

"Shut your mouth first."

Lu Chen interrupted Pang Bo's words and spoke calmly,

"We have experienced rejuvenation."

"Rejuvenation?"

Ye Fan and Pang Bo each examined their current bodies, their faces unable to hide their shock.

Lu Chen didn't say anything more and turned his head to look at the positions of the other classmates.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo also looked over along Lu Chen's gaze, and the scene before them suddenly gave the two of them a fright.

Twenty-some bodies were lying haphazardly all over the ground. Looking out, every single one of them had wrinkled skin, gray hair, and incomparably old faces, looking like they were seventy or eighty years old.

"What the heck, who are this bunch of old men and women?"

"No! The clothes on their bodies…"

"This… Could they be Zhang Ziling, Lin Jia, and the others?"

"It is indeed them."

Lu Chen nodded and said.

"Brother Chen, what is this situation?"

Pang Bo couldn't help asking.

"Within this Ancient Forbidden Land, there exists a Law of Desolation that can accelerate the loss of life."

Lu Chen explained.

"Then we…"

"Is it because of those fruits?"

Ye Fan, who had already calmed down, stated his guess.

"That's right, those fruits are a rare spiritual fruit."

Lu Chen nodded slightly and said.

"What should we do now?"

Pang Bo asked somewhat at a loss.

"Go wake them up. The longer we stay here, the more life will be lost."

The three walked over and woke everyone else up.

After seeing their current appearance, Lin Jia and the others were frightened out of their wits, and many female classmates even had the urge to die.

Looking at the three of Lu Chen, who not only didn't age but instead grew younger, Zhou Yi struggled to stand up and questioned:

"Lu Chen, why didn't the three of you age?"

Before Lu Chen could answer, Pang Bo took over and said:

"I say Old Man Zhou, you wouldn't happen to think that the three of us are playing tricks, would you?"

"If we had such great ability, wouldn't we have ascended to the heavens long ago?"

Lin Jia at this moment covered her face with her hand, looking at Lu Chen with a crying tone in her voice as she asked:

"Lu Chen, do I still have a chance to change back to my original self?"

"This should be a planet capable of cultivation. Cultivating to a certain Realm, even attaining eternal youth is not impossible, and restoring appearance shouldn't be too difficult."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Lin Jia and the others finally calmed their emotions slightly.

Afterwards, everyone supported each other and continued marching towards the direction of the celestial palace buildings.

After crossing two more mountains, everyone discovered that the distance between the celestial palace buildings in the distance and themselves was still the same distance as before, casting another layer of shadow over everyone's hearts.

Just at this moment, a fishy stench assailed their noses. The woods ahead swayed, and a black Vicious Beast standing fully five meters tall reared up on its hind legs, pouncing toward the crowd. Its sharp claws gleamed with a cold light, and its entire body was covered in dense black hair. It looked similar to an ape but grew a bird's beak over a foot long, making its appearance extremely frightening.

Just as everyone was terrified, a colorful light suddenly appeared on the horizon, like a rainbow spanning the heavens cutting across the sky, appearing exceptionally eye-catching in the dim sky.

This rainbow light was as swift as lightning, arriving above the heads of Lu Chen and the others in the blink of an eye.

Then a three-foot cold flash descended from the air, cutting that Yao Beast in half at the waist.

Only then did everyone see clearly that within that rainbow light, there was a young woman of eighteen or nineteen years of age. Her face was like jade, her figure slender, her waist delicate, her legs straight, and her light blue dress fluttered naturally, exuding an air of transcendence and refinement.