Chapter 1582

Chapter 1582 (Raw 1564): Land of Fortuitous Encounters

Little Yellow Feather found the ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy?

Xiao Chen rejoiced in his heart. However, in the blink of an eye, he calmed down.

Little Yellow Feather had never been reliable in the way it did things.

Just look at the things that it did in Profound Yin Mountain—stealing snake eggs, pilfering the herbs others were guarding, and burning down another's nest.

No matter how Xiao Chen looked at it, he could not find it very believable.

Feeling doubtful, Xiao Chen asked, Is that place safe?

It is safe, very safe. There is only a small snake there, Ao Jiao said.

Whether it was safe or not, Xiao Chen needed to rest first and recover his energy.

He let Fei`er and Luo Nan know before finding a rather isolated place. Then, he sat down cross-legged alone and recovered the energy that he had spent.

The earlier battle was truly delightful for Xiao Chen.

It allowed him to see his own strength clearly. Without touching his trump cards, he was almost on par with half-step Primal Core cultivators.

A victor would be hard to determine.

After all, a half-step Primal Core cultivator was smarter than a ferocious beast and had more combat experience.

No matter how savage a ferocious beast was, it would not be more dangerous than the hearts of men.

At the same time, Xiao Chen also came to realize the shortcomings of his Movement Technique.

While Xiao Chen's Movement Technique was almost unparalleled in his generation, he had suffered greatly against this Ink Flame Tiger. The straightforward attacks of the other party were so fast that he struggled to deal with them.

His Movement Technique should still have much room for improvement.

Movement Techniques generally dealt with two aspects: speed and evasion.

Inspired by the Immortal fishes, the Fish Dragon Art focused on unpredictable and many changes, dodging within a small space. This could not be improved further.

The part that could be improved was likely its short bursts of movements, which was to say, pure speed.

Xiao Chen's mind filled with thoughts. The scenes of the Ink Flame Tiger moving faster than lightning continuously played in his mind.

There were many things that he could learn from them.

--

As Xiao Chen treated his injuries and recovered his energy, Feng Yun, who had executed a life-saving skill, reappeared.

Feng Yun looked pale like he was drained of blood, his body evidently severely weakened.

Clearly, he could not rashly execute that life-saving evasion skill. The price was very hard to bear.

"How unlucky! To think that I had to execute a life-saving evasion skill because of a Veritable Essence Stage cultivator," Feng Yun said as he leaned against a rock wall, touching his wounds.

At the same time, many thoughts appeared in Feng Yun's head. He had recognized Xiao Chen much earlier as the person that the sect had issued an arrest order for.

Right now, Feng Yun somewhat understood why the order from the sect was not to get brash when meeting this person but just to report this person's location and wait for the Black Lotus Church's Church Master to send people over.

One should know that the Black Lotus Church was not based in this astral region. Despite being so far away, the Black Lotus Church's Church Master actually paid so much attention to this matter. This showed how extraordinary Xiao Chen was.

Originally, Feng Yun was thinking of capturing Xiao Chen alive and bringing him back to the sect to claim merits. However, it looked like doing so was impossible.

Now, Feng Yun just wanted to return alive and report the news about Xiao Chen.

"What is this place? It is frighteningly cold," Feng Yun said suspiciously, tightly clutching his clothes.

Back then, when fleeing for his life, Feng Yun had casually picked a direction and flown for a long time.

Hence, he did not even know where he was now.

There was a small river not far away.

"Strange, this is just ordinary river water. Why are the surroundings so frighteningly cold?"

Feng Yun startled awake. Only now did he discover that the place he was in was extremely desolate, nearly unheard-of before.

After checking the river, he did not discover anything unusual.

Just as he was feeling bewildered, he stumbled and fell directly into the river.

The turbulent river water immediately pushed Feng Yun to the bottom.

Bone-chilling cold Qi assaulted him, promptly freezing his body.

Oh no, I was severely injured by Xiao Chen in the first place; then, I risked my life to use my evasion skill, resulting in further injuries. Could it be that I, Feng Yun, will drown and die here?

Although dazed, Feng Yun still managed to retain a trace of his consciousness, doing his best not to faint.

"Splash!" After some time, Feng Yun coughed a few times, spewing out large mouthfuls of cold water.

The water had washed him up where the river was shallow. In a fluster, he hurriedly crawled up in a sorry state.

After Feng Yun calmed down and recovered some energy, his complexion recovered significantly.

Then he looked around cautiously and continued walking downstream. After a while, he revealed a shocked expression.

"Baleful Yin Energy!"

Feng Yun sensed an extremely dense clump of Baleful Yin Energy. He had never encountered such strong Baleful Yin Energy before.

Even from so far away, it could make him tremble in fear.

Then, Feng Yun thought about a rumor of Profound Yin Island. He quivered, trembling in excitement.

"Could it be ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy? Even if it is not, it is at least several thousand years old."

When one survives a calamity, there will be a blessing later. Is this my, Feng Yun's, fortuitous encounter?

Just as Feng Yun was about to walk over, he stopped calmly. "No, even if I were in my peak state, it would not be easy for me to obtain one-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy, what more in my current state. Furthermore, this might be ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy."

Even if the fortuitous encounter was great, one needed to survive in order to enjoy it.

"It will not be possible with just me alone. I have to work with others. I need to get the strongest experts from the various sect disciples that came. Otherwise, no matter how many come, all of them will die."

Many candidates appeared in Feng Yun's mind.

For example, the Clear Feather Sect's First Senior Brother, who was much more powerful than Wei He. There was the Flying Snow Palace's Liu Mu and the Flying Cloud Mountain Manor's Tuoba Yun…

[TL Note: This Tuoba Yun is different from the one that first appeared in Chapter 631.]

These were the disciples of the various large sects who were functioning as shepherds for their sects on Profound Yin Island. At this moment, they should be leading their juniors in adventuring.

Aside from having to seek out gains for themselves, they were also responsible for their juniors.

"It is settled, then."

After making up his mind, Feng Yun left behind a mark and quickly left.

Even with one hundred people, ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy was still a great opportunity. There was no fear of splitting it with too many people.

--

On the other side, after Xiao Chen's group rested, they flew quickly, with Little Yellow Feather leading them.

Luo Nan raved, "It really is the ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy? That is a great opportunity!"

Fei`er rolled her eyes at Luo Nan and said, "Why are you so excited? Just properly guard Big Brother Xiao Chen later. Don't even think about the ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy. Big Brother Xiao Chen already helped us find Baleful Yin Energy over one thousand years old. That is a very rare opportunity already."

Xiao Chen smiled when he heard that. He quite liked Fei`er's character: innocent, naive, and grateful.

As for Luo Nan, although he was rather disrespectful, that was only due to jealousy.

Luo Nan's character was not bad.

With the two of them helping to guard him, he could indeed rest assured.

"Xiao Chen, why do you not seem excited at all?" Luo Nan asked, finding Xiao Chen's calm expression strange.

Even though Luo Nan had no share in the ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy, he was incredibly excited.

To think that Xiao Chen could remain calm! His mental state was as placid as a thousand-year-old well.

"One day, when you have experienced as many things as I have, you will be like me," Xiao Chen said serenely with a faint smile.

Luo Nan's lips twitched as he said, "You make it sound like you have experienced a lot of things. Oh, right, your yellow bird, where is that from? I can't figure out what bird it is. It looks scrawny and not at all impressive, yet it is very arrogant. To think that it really managed to find the ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy!"

"Boom!"

Right after Luo Nan said that, a clump of fire came flying over. Catching him off guard, it burned off half of Luo Nan's hair.

Startled, Luo Nan jumped up and down. He had to put in a lot of effort before he managed to extinguish the flames.

"Junior Sister, don't stop me. Today, I must teach this yellow bird a lesson!"

In the blink of an eye, Luo Nan lost half his hair, and his head smelled charred, with smoke coming off it. This frustrated him considerably.

As Fei`er helped Luo Nan tidy up his hair, she smiled and said, "Senior Brother, I'm not stopping you. However, that bird even dared to provoke ten-odd ferocious beasts in one go. Are you sure you want to seek trouble with it?

"Hey, Big Brother Xiao Chen came to a stop. He should have reached the location already. Let's quickly go and see."

In accordance with Little Yellow Feather's directions, the three jumped into the river and followed it all the way underground.

"Gurgle!"

Water splashed up, and three figures leaped out of the river. They were all so cold that they shivered.

Xiao Chen closed his eyes and sensed for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, he looked in the direction of the dark, unknown area. Then he said, "It is indeed ten-thousand-year-old Baleful Yin Energy. The place where it is hiding is really obscure."