Chapter 997: The Old Beggar's Identity

Chapter 997: Chapter 308: The Old Beggar’s Identity

“Hey!”

“Old thing, where are you going!?”

“Without my protection, be careful not to get beaten to death!”

The seductive female cultivator shouted loudly at the old beggar stepping into the crowd.

But the old beggar didn’t even look back.

Seeing this, the seductive female cultivator mumbled a few words before shouting again, “Go, go!”

“Let those evil cultivators catch you, draw out your soul to light a lamp, and refine your body into a corpse puppet!”

This round of shouting couldn’t make the old beggar turn back, and the seductive female cultivator angrily kicked the stone block where the old beggar had been squatting, then turned to walk toward the elixir medicine shop.

She actually didn’t know the old beggar, and there was no particular relationship between them.

It’s just that every year, many cultivators from surrounding sea regions hear about the old beggar and choose specially to come to Dragon Binding Mountain to try their luck.

And for some unknown reason, the old beggar stayed in front of her elixir medicine shop.

Those drawn-in cultivators, not being acknowledged by the old beggar, inevitably come to the shop to probe for information, hoping to learn some secrets.

Over the years, the seductive female cultivator has earned quite a lot of spirit crystals just by “telling stories.”

Gradually, however, the surrounding forces also learned about the old beggar’s deeds, and over time, except for some cultivators passing Dragon Binding Mountain from distant sea regions of the Outer Realm, it became difficult for the seductive female cultivator to trick spirit crystals from those nearby forces’ cultivators.

Today, she had finally waited for Shen Chongming, but he saw through her tricks at a glance and wasn’t fooled at all.

This made the seductive female cultivator realize that the old beggar held no value anymore.

Shen Chongming quickly moved through the bustling crowd, reaching the outskirts of Dragon Binding Mountain, planning to summon his flying vessel to leave the place.

The mysterious feeling of being watched persisted, but he didn’t want to add more trouble and needed to quickly shake off the other party.

But just as he summoned the flying vessel, preparing to leave, he felt an even clearer sensation of being watched!

In that instant, Shen Chongming abruptly turned around, only to find not far from him, beside a winding path, a tattered and skeletal figure quietly observing him!

Looking over, Shen Chongming then noticed that the old beggar’s eyes were bizarrely grey and white!

Meeting those eyes made his Heart Spirit tremble involuntarily!

Suppressing his inner shock, Shen Chongming frowned slightly.

He could sense the old beggar was unusual, but precisely for this reason, he didn’t want to get involved with this causality.

The other party clearly bore unspeakable secrets; with Great Prosperity True Monarch Xu Xiu’s previous warning, he definitely didn’t want himself and the Shen Family to get caught up in such inexplicable plots again.

Thinking of this, his mind was resolute.

After nodding slightly towards the old beggar, he stepped directly onto the flying vessel, heading into the distance.

The flying vessel crossed a beam of light, quickly distancing from the sea territory of Dragon Binding Mountain.

Half an hour later, Shen Chongming’s divine sense swept over the surroundings secretly, confirming that the old beggar hadn’t followed him, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

Recalling the old beggar’s peculiar eyes once more, Shen Chongming’s Heart Spirit moved slightly before immersing consciousness into the Dantian Purple Mansion Dao Palace.

Looking at the Thunder Pool flashing in rhythm with his breathing before him, he softly spoke, “Thunder Spirit, can you tell if something was wrong with that old beggar earlier?”

Buzz!

The Thunder Pool Spirit’s form suddenly emerged from the Thunder Pool, its face puzzled, asking, “What old beggar?”

Shen Chongming was also somewhat perplexed.

“The one who almost tripped me at the Dragon Binding Mountain Market… didn’t you notice?”

Facing his confused look, the Thunder Pool Spirit was equally bewildered.

“Lord doesn’t know!”

“Kid, don’t scare Lord!”

The Thunder Pool was equivalent to Shen Chongming’s Golden Core, and as the Thunder Pool Spirit, unless Shen Chongming specifically blocked its perception, what was seen, heard, and thought were mutually shared.

Yet now, regarding the “old beggar” Shen Chongming spoke of, it had no memory at all.

In that moment, Shen Chongming’s expression instantly became grave.

“You’re not kidding?”

He looked solemnly at the Thunder Pool Spirit.

The Thunder Pool Spirit also locked gaze with him.

Big eyes stared back at little eyes for a long time before the Thunder Pool Spirit couldn’t help but speak, “Did you really see some beggar?”

“Lord only remembers you haggling with a female cultivator with big and white bust, talking about two hundred spirit crystals, two thousand spirit crystals…”

“Something’s not right!”

“It seems Lord’s memory is missing something…”

“Old beggar…?”

The Thunder Pool Spirit crouched over the Thunder Pool, vigorously pounding its head, appearing vexed.

And at this moment Shen Chongming’s face turned even darker.

He knew well the unusual identity of the Thunder Pool and Thunder Pool Spirit— if what the Thunder Pool Spirit spoke was true, it was once brought back from the chaotic void outside the Cangmin Sea Region by one of the Yangnao Seven Sons at Nascent Soul Perfection realm.

Thinking this way, the old beggar became even more terrifying.

Did he silently alter the Thunder Pool Spirit’s memory, or was there some presence operating covertly in the dark?

“Kid, are you sure you saw an old beggar?”

“What did he look like?”

The Thunder Pool Spirit ceased its head-pounding motion, asking deeply.

Shen Chongming once again recalled the old beggar’s image, describing it to the Thunder Pool Spirit.

He emphasized the old beggar’s eyes.

Upon listening, the Thunder Pool Spirit fell silent.

After a long time, it finally spoke, “Lord doesn’t know what that thing is either, but since it’s so bizarre, you’d better not provoke it, quickly leave this area.”