Chapter 58

Chapter 58

Lu Chen took a step back, appearing as though he was alarmed. With a tensed expression, one hand guarded his chest whereas the other laid motionless by his side. Then, under the shadows, this stationary hand quietly stretched for his back and seemed to have grabbed something in the darkness.Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

At that instant, the sword was as brilliant as the moon, its radiance illuminating the entire forest. The wind blew furiously through them, resembling a torrential flood. But in the next instance, the blade, basking in radiance, stopped abruptly right before Lu Chen's face.

The sword radiance that lit the entire sky descended, as though a rain of shooting stars, and gradually converged, silently returning into the brilliant sword. In tandem, darkness gushed forward to reclaim their territory, and the figure just opposite was buried within the shadows.

Very vaguely, it seemed to be a lady.

Her appearance could not be discerned clearly. The only thing that was shining in entire the dark forest was the sword she held in her hands.

The wind started blowing in the forest once more, and little droplets fell from the sky. Crimson-red blood.

A droplet of red blood fell upon the edge of the sword and trembled gently, creating a view of soul-stirring and peculiar beauty.

Lu Chen could only feel a chilling sensation between his brows, as though a formless sword had indeed pierced through just a moment ago. That sword had stopped right before his eyes, and it fell silent in the darkness.

"Why didn't you dodge?"

The calm but pleasant voice of a female echoed from the shadows before him.

Lu Chen took in a deep breath and said, "Your cultivation is much higher than mine. Your sword is too swift, I am unable to dodge."

The female in the darkness harrumphed, "If so, what do you mean by the weapon you hold behind your back?"

Lu Chen immediately raised his right hand, which hung by the side of his body, and without any hesitation, tossed out the black dagger. After a moment, pu, the black dagger had stabbed into a nearby tree.

Lu Chen displayed both his hands openly, gesturing that he was unarmed, before putting them down slowly. However, that brilliant longsword that had stopped right before him did not waver in the least. The female did not seem to possess any intentions of retracting it.

The night wind blew across and the blood droplet sitting on the sword's edge trembled slightly before abruptly splitting into two, then flowing down from both edges of the sword before dripping onto the dark ground surface.

Lu Chen pointed to the path at the southwest direction, turned to Han Nanzu's party, and said, "If we go by this direction, we will be able to reach Black Armored Mountain in at most an hour."

Han Nanzu nodded his head. Glancing at that seemingly unimpressive mountainous peak, a hint of a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

Standing by the side, Yi Xin was looking around curiously. Eventually, her sight fell on the paths before her and she asked, "Brother Lu, you said that these are paths created by those who were here previously?"

Lu Chen replied, "Indeed."

Yi Xin asked, "Could it be that everyone was headed for the Black Armored Mountain? Doesn't that mean that all of the spiritual materials on the mountain had already been taken by others already?"

Lu Chen chuckled, "That's not it. Even though there are Dusk Mist Flowers and other spiritual material on the Black Armored Mountain, they belong to the lowest tier 1-mark spiritual materials. As such, it doesn't hold much allure to others. The cultivators who passed by were mostly headed elsewhere."

"Elsewhere?" Yi Xin's gaze drifted toward another path. The path was winding and it was headed in the southeast direction. "What about that path? Where does it lead to?"

Lu Chen pondered for a moment before replying, "Heading a few hundred li southward from here, there are indeed quite a few famous spiritual material production sites, such as the 'Blue Sunflower Cave', 'Five Peak Mountain', and the 'Yellow Quagmire'. Cultivators would often head there."

"So that's the case." Yi Xin nodded her head. She chuckled, "Brother Lu, you are indeed knowledgeable."

Lu Chen shrugged with a smile, "Don't forget that this is what I do for a living."

Yi Xin smiled brightly in response. By her side, He Gang looked extremely discontented as he harrumphed, "Even though there are a few good spots over there, the most famous one isn't there."

Yi Xin was taken aback. She asked, "Senior, do you know something about it?"

With an arrogant expression, He Gang stated, "Before I came, I have done my research. Eight hundred li south from here is the famous battlefield between the orthodox sects and the demonic sects. It is where the famous 'Barren Valley' is. That is where most of the cultivators wish to head to."

"Brother Lu, am I right?" He Gang glanced at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was silent for a moment. Then, he replied calmly, "You're right."

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