Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 964 Martial Venerable
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[Name: Wang Chen (Ling Zhiyuan)]
[Age: 17]
[Cultivation Level: Martial Venerable]
[Cultivation Technique: Mysterious Heaven Seven Fiend Wheel (Chu Hui): 1/600]
[Skill: Technique of Qi Observation]
[Potential: 7]
[Fate: 95]
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Inside a Nameless Mountain cave, Wang Chen seated cross-legged on the ground, closed the panel.
A sixth-tier Martial Venerable!
After two days and one night of secluded cultivation, he successfully condensed the sixth Evil Wheel and was promoted to a sixth-tier Martial Venerable without any suspense.
The entire process could be considered smooth sailing.
In order to break through to this great realm, Wang Chen had nearly used up all the potential points he had accumulated over time, and at the most critical moment, he even burnt 10 points of fate, paying a hefty price.
But it was all worth it!
Wang Chen rose to his feet and, at a distance of ten steps, he struck forward at a large rock with his palm.
Bang!
A dull roar was heard, and the great stone blocking the cave entrance was forcefully pushed open by the invisible palm force he had released.
The original inhabitant of this cave was a large black bear, which had been ousted from its den by Wang Chen.
As for the bear itself, it was hidden away in Wang Chen’s storage space.
He stepped out of the cave, and the dazzling sunlight immediately showered over his body, feeling pleasantly warm.
Wang Chen looked up and squinted his eyes, revealing a faint smile.
Facing the sun, he spread his arms wide, and instantly the joints all over his body let out a series of fine popping sounds as a tremendous aura burst forth from him.
The next moment, centering on Wang Chen, all flying insects within a thirty-foot radius fell to the ground, while those hidden in the trees, bushes, and soil scattered frantically as if the end of days had arrived.
A Martial Artist stepping into the sixth tier would emit an invisible aura, exerting pressure and a commanding deterrent effect on the surrounding creatures.
Any person below the sixth tier standing in front of such a Martial Venerable would involuntarily feel reverence or fear!
In this deserted place, the newly promoted sixth-tier Wang Chen unrestrainedly released his own aura until the surging Qi-Blood within him completely stabilized, and only then did he suddenly retract it.
Almost in an instant, the imposing aura that Wang Chen had been exuding disappeared completely, making him seem just like an ordinary person!
A sixth-tier Martial Venerable’s control over their own power and aura had reached a whole new level of mastery, concealing and revealing it with ease, and even intentionally displaying the aura of a lower tier as they wished.
When necessary, they could even oppress others with their powerful aura without fighting!
He flickered in shape, and within a breath’s time, he darted dozens of steps away.
Before long, Wang Chen had returned to the forest he had come from.
*Whinny*
Before Wang Chen could get close to the Hunter’s cabin, a sudden neighing of a horse came from within the woods.
Suddenly, the Yellow Fatty Horse, which had left the cabin at some point, excitedly galloped towards him!
Wang Chen smiled faintly and suddenly leaped high into the air, twisting in mid-air and descending.
He landed squarely on the horse’s back.
"Go!"
He grabbed the reins and squeezed the horse’s sides with his legs; the Yellow Fatty Horse immediately accelerated, breaking through the waist-high weeds and sprinting towards the outside of the woods.
For this martial promotion breakthrough, Wang Chen had already delayed seven days.
He followed the original path back to the official road and traveled day and night, heading north.
Two days later, Wang Chen arrived at the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains is one of the largest and longest mountain ranges in the Cangqing Domain. It is said that there are over a hundred thousand peaks—thus the name. Some also claim its length surpasses a hundred thousand li, but opinions vary.
However, since ancient times, the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains have been the dividing line between the north and south of the Cangqing Domain; to the south of the mountains lies the southern region, and to the north, the northern region, which is most prominent in Great Liang.
The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains also form a natural barrier bisecting Great Liang.
Due to the extremely complicated terrain, with countless perilous peaks and valleys, Great Liang has invested an untold amount of manpower and resources over the centuries to carve a passageway through the mountains from south to north.
This passageway is known as the "Heavenly Road."
Subsequently, based on this main road, hundreds of large and small mountain paths branched out, facilitating travel for merchants and pedestrians alike, greatly enhancing the exchange between the north and the south.
But the construction of these roads cost Great Liang a great deal of national strength.
At the southern end of this Heavenly Road through the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains is the renowned South Heaven Gate, a formidable frontier pass!
A long line was forming in front of the Guan Wall—all were merchants and travelers waiting to enter the gate to take the Heavenly Road. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
The Heavenly Road stretches for hundreds of li. This road, which Great Liang built at great expense of manpower and treasure, is not free to use; merchants and travelers passing through must pay a toll.
Wang Chen bypassed the long queue and went directly to the front of the gate.
Without waiting for the soldiers guarding the gate to challenge him, he presented his Identity Plaque, "Blood Cloak Guard Thousand Household Wang Chen, ordered to proceed to the capital."
The soldiers, who had been bristling with authority, immediately changed their demeanor, nodding and bowing as they let Wang Chen pass through first.
A Thousand Household Blood Cloak Guard is a fifth-tier Martial Officer, and even among officers of the same tier, his rank is higher, not to mention these lowly soldiers; even the commander of the South Heaven Gate would have to treat Wang Chen with courtesy.
Generally, if the commander of the South Heaven Gate knew Wang Chen was coming, he would undoubtedly prepare a banquet to entertain him.
But Wang Chen, urgent to continue his journey, had no intention to rest at the gatehouse; he rode the Yellow Fatty Horse straight through the gate and onto the Heavenly Road, then sped off into the distance.
The Heavenly Road might be famous, but the road itself is not spacious, barely allowing two carts to pass side by side.
Yet considering that the Heavenly Road was built within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, it felt extraordinarily broad.
A normal mountain road could be deemed quite good if just one cart could travel on it.
Moreover, the surface of the Heavenly Road is paved with large, hard bluestones, each polished to be quite smooth. As they are sufficiently thick, they have borne hundreds of years of traffic, with most maintaining their integrity.
The horse’s hooves clopped steadily, as Wang Chen continued to overtake the merchant caravans ahead, entering deeper into the mountains.
The road ahead became increasingly difficult to traverse.
This world was not a technological one, not like in Wang Chen’s previous life where his country was dubbed a construction fanatic, capable of carving roads through mountains, bridging waters, and tunneling with unmatched prowess.
The builders of the Heavenly Road did their best to follow the contours and terrain of the mountains; where it wasn’t possible, they could only build plank roads or dig tunnel paths midway up the mountain slopes, winding for hundreds of li.
This world was not a technological one, not like in Wang Chen’s previous life where his country was dubbed a construction fanatic, capable of carving roads through mountains, bridging waters, and tunneling with unmatched prowess.
The builders of the Heavenly Road did their best to follow the contours and terrain of the mountains.
