Chapter 1854: 1851: Heading to Baihua Mountain!
Chapter 1854: Chapter 1851: Heading to Baihua Mountain!
“Boom!”
Li Chen threw a punch, and Qin Yang, unable to resist, was sent flying on the spot.
Even the Heavenly Pride Young Master Qin Yang, so highly regarded, was no match for the monster Li Chen, let alone anyone else.
Li Chen made a name for himself with just one battle!
Qin Yang, with his exceptional talent, had always been the center of attention since childhood. When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
Wang Wu, however, took it more lightly and said, “Young Master, there’s no need to be angry. No matter how powerful Li Chen is, he is just a Body Refining cultivator with limited achievements. I fear that he won’t be able to form a Golden Core in this lifetime.”
“While you are extraordinarily gifted, your future achievements are limitless. Why be upset with someone like him? In next year’s school competition, you’re sure to defeat him and avenge your humiliation!”
Hearing Wang Wu’s consolation, Qin Yang felt significantly better.
He clenched his fist tightly and said through gritted teeth, “Li Chen, I will remember you. In next year’s school competition, I, Qin Yang, will surely avenge my humiliation!”
After returning, Qin Yang went into seclusion.
With the experience at Hundred Beast Mountain concluded, Li Chen also began his secluded training.
He wanted to quickly break through the shackles and form a Golden Core to establish a perfect Foundation.
After three months of effort, he finally succeeded in refining the Seven-colored Blood Lotus!
This significantly benefited his cultivation advancement.
However, he still hadn’t succeeded in forming a Golden Core.
Entering the path of martial arts was not as simple as he thought!
Despite racking his brains, Li Chen couldn’t come up with a solution.
Thus, he went to the academy’s Treasure Pavilion.
The Treasure Pavilion, similar to the Scripture Pavilion of the Shaolin Temple, was filled with an ocean of Secret Manuals and Cultivation Techniques.
Li Chen wanted to find a way to enter the path of martial arts there.
However, he found nothing.
Just as Li Chen was feeling a little dejected, Zhao Qinglan came bouncing over.
“Brother Li Chen, we just took on an A-level mission at the Task Hall. Do you want to join us?”
The academy has a Task Hall where tasks are roughly divided into nine levels: F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS, according to their difficulty.
However, for freshmen like them who have been at the school for less than a year, the highest task they can take is A-level.
Li Chen, being free, decided to go for a change of scenery upon hearing about the task.
“What task?”
Zhao Qinglan briefly collected her thoughts and said, “We’re going to Baihua Mountain to pick a Jade Flower. The mentor who issued the task said that Jade Flower Garden has a Flower Demon, and it’s very troublesome!”
Li Chen nodded and asked, “Just the two of us?”
Zhao Qinglan shook her head and said, “No, besides us, there are four more people!”
Then, she introduced the other four teammates to Li Chen.
Two men and two women!
The two men were Jianyang, at the Half-step Golden Core realm, with the highest cultivation among the four.
Hong Tao, a little chubby guy, at the Great Perfection Realm of Late-stage Foundation Establishment.
The two women were Ye Yu, a graceful and beautiful young girl, at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment realm.
Moreover, she is also an Array Master.
Zuo Qian, like Jianyang, was also at the Half-step Golden Core cultivation.
These four had varied attitudes upon seeing Li Chen.
Ye Yu, as her name suggests, is an ingeniously mischievous little beauty, who keeps a childlike curiosity about everything.
After learning that Li Chen was the top one in this trial, she blinked her bright eyes and scrutinized him carefully.
“Are you Li Chen?”
Li Chen gave Ye Yu a slight smile and said, “Why, don’t I look like him?”
Ye Yu shook her head and said, “Not quite what I imagined.”
Li Chen laughed and asked, “What’s different?”
Ye Yu thought about it and said, “In my impression, aren’t Body Refining cultivators supposed to be extremely strong warriors?”
As she spoke, she stretched out her arms to demonstrate just how big these extremely strong warriors were.
Seeing this ingenious little girl, Li Chen smiled but said nothing more.
Then, they set out, leaving the sect and heading to Baihua Mountain.
For many of them, it was their first time taking on an outdoor task.
Everything they encountered around them aroused their curiosity.
Especially Ye Yu, who was like a bird newly released from its cage.
Besides, he also discovered a little secret.
That little chubby Hong Tao was very attentive to Ye Yu.
It could be said that from start to finish, his eyes never left Ye Yu.
If Ye Yu looked his way, their eyes meeting, he would quickly avoid her gaze like a thief.
Once confirming that Ye Yu wasn’t looking at him, he would sneak glances at her again.
If Ye Yu asked for his help, he would excitedly flail his limbs like a silly son of a landlord.
Because of this, he caused quite a few laughs, which made everyone burst into laughter.
But to Hong Tao, he did not care.
As long as he could make Ye Yu happy, he didn’t mind playing the clown.
Thus, three days later, they arrived at Baihua Mountain without incident.
Baihua Mountain was named for the hundreds of flowers it had.
Upon seeing such beautiful scenery, Ye Yu, Zhao Qinglan, and even the ice-cold beauty Zuo Qian couldn’t help but be amazed.
Ye Yu’s gaze fell on the cliff, and she suddenly gasped.
“That’s a Phoenix Flower! My favorite Phoenix Flower!”
Hearing Ye Yu say she liked the Phoenix Flower on the cliff, the chubby Hong Tao immediately stood up.
“Ye Yu, if you like it, I’ll get it for you!”
After speaking, he quickly climbed the cliff.
Though Hong Tao was chubby, his movements were extremely agile.
In no time he reached the top of the cliff.
After picking the Phoenix Flower, Hong Tao couldn’t wait to turn around and make a victory gesture at Ye Yu.
At this moment, everyone’s facial expressions suddenly changed.
“Hong Tao, be careful!”
Before these words of caution reached Hong Tao’s ears, out of nowhere, a large eagle swooped down.
Caught off guard, Hong Tao couldn’t dodge and rolled straight down.
Seeing this, everyone quickly looked over.
“Hong Tao, are you okay?”
Hong Tao didn’t answer directly but carefully took out the Phoenix Flower from his arms.
The Phoenix Flower was still blooming brightly, without any damage.
Seeing the Phoenix Flower perfectly intact, Hong Tao finally felt at ease, gently patting his chest with his scratched-up arms.
“Luckily, the Phoenix Flower is fine!”
Witnessing this scene, everyone present couldn’t help but be moved.
Ye Yu widened her eyes and pretended to be angry, saying, “Hong Tao, what is wrong with you? It was so dangerous, and you were only concerned about protecting the Phoenix Flower?”
Seeing Ye Yu seemed upset, Hong Tao appeared a little uneasy, stammering, “You like this Phoenix Flower, right? I… I… I have thick skin, it’s fine!”
To prove what he said was true and that his skin was indeed thick, he forcefully hit his chest twice.
However, because the motion was too big, it pulled at his injuries and made him grimace in pain…