43: Chapter 43 White Light

By the time Su Jiuchuan turned around, Zheng Xinyue had already changed her clothes. Although the torch in her hand could only emit a faint light, she still kept her head lowered, fearing that the flush on her face would be seen.

Su Jiuchuan pretended not to notice and took the lead, walking in front.

He knew that there was a stone door in this cave, and the so-called Treasure Trove was hidden inside.

In his last Life Simulation, he had discovered the stone door by following Guo Fan. However, because his breathing had been a bit too rapid at the time, Guo Fan had discovered him, and in the end, he hadn't clearly seen what exactly the Treasure Trove contained.

Following his memory, he felt for a protruding stone on the rock wall and pressed it gently.

A rumbling sound was heard as the wall moved, revealing a stone door. Just as in his memory, Su Jiuchuan gently pushed the stone door, and it opened.

A cloud of dust rose, and a heavy, musty smell rushed towards them. The two of them immediately backed away, and it took quite a while for the odor to dissipate.

Su Jiuchuan walked in to take a look. Inside, there was only a stone table, a stone bed, and a skeleton sitting on the bed. It was likely the legendary Xiantian Martial Artist.

He carefully checked around and finally found a black dadao under the skeleton, along with a small booklet beside it.

The dadao was a long-handled blade. Su Jiuchuan picked it up and weighed it; it was very heavy, at least over a hundred jin, truly not an ordinary weapon.

Su Jiuchuan picked it up and swung it around, slashing casually. With a "crack," the seemingly thick stone table was sliced directly in two, revealing a smooth cut in the middle.

"Good blade!"

He touched the long blade. Under the light, the blade body was dim and lusterless. Who would have thought that this seemingly plain and unremarkable dadao would be so sharp?

It was worthy of being a Xiantian Martial Artist's weapon. The more Su Jiuchuan looked at it, the more he liked it.

"Brother Su, come take a look at this!"

Zheng Xinyue had opened the small booklet at this time, looked at it for a while, and hurriedly called out.

Su Jiuchuan walked over and leaned in. The two were so close that they could hear each other's breathing.

Zheng Xinyue felt her ear itching from the hot air and wanted to dodge away. However, not knowing what she thought of, she suppressed her shyness and stared, dazed, at the shadows of the two of them cast by the torchlight on the ground, overlapping together.

Su Jiuchuan, however, did not think so much. He carefully flipped through the booklet; it was generally the deceased's autobiography.

It turned out that the owner of this place was named Ouyang Xian, a Loose Cultivator of the Destiny Realm from three hundred years ago.

After a Martial Artist enters the Xiantian Realm, they are divided into three Realms: Qi Condensation, Guyuan Realm, and Destiny Realm.

And this Ouyang Xian was indeed a person of the Destiny Realm. Su Jiuchuan sighed, unable to imagine that such a powerful figure would die in this desolate mountain wilderness.

Continuing to read, the latter part generally recounted his life—how he sought the Dao, how he cultivated, and in the end, how he sought a path for a Breakthrough.

Could it be that there are other Realms after the Xiantian Realm?

Su Jiuchuan continued reading and saw this sentence: "In this world, the Destiny is suppressed, so the three Xiantian Realms are the end of the Martial Dao. But I have observed the Origin Qi of heaven and earth day and night and have actually discovered that the Destiny is changing... the Destiny is changing..."

Seeing this, he couldn't help but frown. What did this "the Destiny is changing" mean? Why emphasize it twice?

His own level was still too low; he had no qualifications to know the truth of this world!

At the end of the booklet, a map was attached, but the characters marked on it were completely incomprehensible. It looked like some kind of ancient script.

He pondered it carefully for a long time but still had no clue.

"It is not suitable to stay here for long. We must leave as soon as possible," Su Jiuchuan said after putting away the booklet.

"Ah?... Leave??... Okay." Zheng Xinyue finally regained her senses. Fearing that someone might see her little thoughts, she hurriedly lowered her head and said.

Su Jiuchuan felt that Zheng Xinyue seemed especially strange today. He thought for a while, but couldn't grasp the point, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

He picked up the dadao and dug a pit in the stone cave, placed the skeleton inside, and respectfully kowtowed once before standing up. After all, having received the benefits from the person, the courtesies had to be sufficient.

Just as they were planning to leave, they discovered that the cave was actually connected to another small path.

Thinking that City Lord Guan Lin and the others were fighting in the valley, the two decided to choose that newly discovered small path.

This small path was somewhat narrow. In some places, because it was too old, it was blocked by falling rubble from unknown times. Su Jiuchuan swung the dadao, and after clearing several sections, the two finally walked out.

Su Jiuchuan looked back and saw that they were right on the cliff on the other side of the valley entrance. From his angle, he could overlook the entire valley.

At this time, the government troops had already controlled the situation, and the soldiers were driving the bandits towards a mountain col.

Su Jiuchuan's eyesight was astonishing; he quickly found City Lord Guan Lin and Guo Fan and the others.

At this moment, Guo Fan had already been captured, and City Lord Guan Lin was questioning him. Shen Xiuru was blocked aside by several soldiers. It seemed that the Chiyan Sect still had some deterrent power, as City Lord Guan Lin did not dare to use force.

"Guan, if you dare to touch a single hair on Brother Fan, I will fight you to the death!"

The wind in the valley was strong at this time, and Shen Xiuru was shouting angrily. Even from far away, Su Jiuchuan could hear what she was saying.

Su Jiuchuan was still somewhat curious about the white light that had shot him to death in the Life Simulation.

To be able to be so fast that it left him, a Second-grade Martial Artist, completely unable to react, it was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Even for City Lord Guan Lin, who was a First-grade Martial Artist, Su Jiuchuan did not believe he could withstand it.

That kind of skill had already exceeded the Rank of a First-grade Martial Artist; it was completely not something on the same level.

But now that Guo Fan had already surrendered, why didn't he use that white light?

Could his Life Simulation have been wrong? That was impossible.

City Lord Guan Lin sneered: "I cannot afford to provoke the Chiyan Sect; otherwise, a brat of the sixth or seventh Rank like you, I would crush to death with a flick of my hand. Drive them away!"

Although a School like the Chiyan Sect was high and mighty, if they dared to actively deal with an imperial official, that would be opposing the imperial family, and naturally, there would be people to deal with them when the time came.

City Lord Guan Lin was not worried that Shen Xiuru would later find elders from the Chiyan Sect to cause him trouble. Although he didn't really listen to the imperial court much now, officials were the face of the imperial court and could not be hit by just anyone.

Two soldiers holding spears stepped forward to drive them away. Shen Xiuru retreated repeatedly and couldn't help but be furious: "Old bastard, you are bullying people too much."

After speaking, she bit her finger, then took an object from her bosom, smeared the blood from her hand onto it, and immediately a white light flashed by.

"Ah!"

In the emergency, City Lord Guan Lin roared, seemingly using some kind of secret technique, and his body flashed suddenly. Unfortunately, the white light was too fast; it flashed past his shoulder, and he immediately fell to the ground.

On the other side, Zheng Xinyue could not see clearly. She only felt that something big seemed to have happened over there and hurriedly turned around to ask Su Jiuchuan what was going on.

Looking back, he was already gone. She was shocked in her heart and hurriedly looked around, only to see Su Jiuchuan rushing towards the valley entrance.