Chapter 49 - 47: Cemetery of Cultivation Techniques

Chapter 49: Chapter 47: Cemetery of Cultivation Techniques

He didn’t tell the boy his name, choosing instead to get straight to the point.

Tell you? You obviously have a formidable background. What if you try to take revenge in the real world?

The boy stared at Su Tan, looking both surprised and uncertain.

"You think you can just walk away after hitting someone? My young friend, you clearly have zero respect for me, Lin Fanqing!" the old man said, taking a step forward.

The boy beside him tacitly approved of this intervention.

"What else should I do? Fight a bloody battle to the bitter end? Or fight until one of us drops dead?" Su Tan shrugged. "I imagine everyone who logs into the Void God Realm has their own objectives. There’s no need to get beaten to death and forced to log out early!"

Being hit in the Void God Realm induced real pain. Being beaten to death meant a forced exit from the realm.

"Beaten to death? Hmph, you think way too highly of yourself! Since his birth, my cousin has never tasted defeat. You’re saying you can beat him? How utterly ridiculous!" The youths who had just been driven back by the white wolf started to make a racket.

In their hearts, their cousin was a god. He was invincible, and no one could ever compare to him. Everyone had an idol, and for these people, that idol was the boy. Naturally, none of them wanted to admit that their idol was inferior to someone else.

"Cousin, don’t waste your breath on him! Defeat him quickly and shatter his Dao heart. Let’s see if he still dares to be so arrogant then!"

"If my cousin actually goes all out, how could he possibly parry the attack?"

They were more than happy to fan the flames.

Unfortunately for them, the boy remained unmoved. His slightly youthful face was as calm as ten-thousand-year-old ice—quiet and cold. His eyes were fixed solely on Su Tan. He stared at no one else.

An ordinary person would have felt guilty and uneasy under such a predatory, wolf-like gaze. Su Tan, however, was different. He couldn’t see. Therefore, he couldn’t care less about the oppressive weight of the boy’s stare.

"Cousin..."

Those youths wanted to say more, but the boy suddenly pressed his hand down through the empty air, and their voices came to an abrupt halt. The boy hadn’t spoken a single word, nor had he even glanced in their direction, yet they still didn’t dare to make a peep. One could easily imagine how deeply they feared him in their daily lives.

"We did indeed come here on important business this time. There’s no need to fight a life-and-death battle right here on the Original Summoning Platform," the boy said, his gaze never leaving Su Tan as he paused. "If you want to fight, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Besides... settling life and death in the Void God Realm is simply too boring. If we’re going to fight, we should do it in the real world!"

With a wave of his hand, he finally shifted his eyes away from Su Tan. He turned and walked outside without a single backward glance, behaving as if Su Tan didn’t even exist and as if nothing had just happened.

"Remember my name. It’s Chen Huangbei. In the future... we will have the chance to meet again!" Chen Huangbei’s voice drifted back as he moved further away.

The youths trailing behind him shot unfriendly glares at Su Tan and the Little White Wolf before leaving as well. Their looks seemed to say: *Just you wait, my cousin will definitely defeat you in the future.*

"That kid is Chen Huangbei? No wonder his aura was so extraordinary!" the Little White Wolf exclaimed, looking slightly taken aback after hearing the boy declare his identity.

"You know him?" Su Tan asked.

"I’ve heard a bit about him. He’s a prodigy among the younger generation of the northern Chen Family, and a descendant of the Holy Body Lineage. His ancestors once possessed a Great Success Sacred Body. This Chen Huangbei has awakened the Sacred Body bloodline of his forebears. He possesses profound spiritual roots, is breathtakingly talented, and is rumored to be the one most likely to achieve a Great Success Sacred Body."

"Chen Huangbei, the Sacred Body..." Su Tan muttered, repeating the words.

"Indeed. Despite the Chen Family’s ancestral Sacred Body bloodline, very few members throughout history have actually managed to awaken the Sacred Body physique. This Chen Huangbei not only awakened it, but his bloodline concentration has also reached the absolute maximum level."

The absolute maximum? Was this what the Little White Wolf considered the strongest? Su Tan was unimpressed. He could sense that the power of Chen Huangbei’s bloodline was actually on roughly the same level as his own. If his own Dominator Body could still continue to grow from this state, wouldn’t the same apply to that person’s Sacred Body?

"I have to admit, the Void God Realm is truly miraculous. The place where Chen Huangbei resides must be millions of miles away from us, yet he was still able to log in at this exact same location!" the Little White Wolf said.

"He’s very far from us?"

"Extremely far, incredibly far... In the real world, without using a spatial channel to teleport, an ordinary cultivator couldn’t reach the Chen Family from White Cloud City even if they flew for their entire lifetime!" the Little White Wolf explained.

"Oh? It’s that far?"

"Very far!"

That was good. He had been worried that those people might come and harass him in the real world. Su Tan currently didn’t possess much ability to protect himself. It wasn’t the right time to show off, nor was it wise to make enemies.

"Sigh... That guy’s physique truly lives up to its reputation. Even I am no match for him!" the Little White Wolf lamented.

With that thought in mind, the gaze he leveled at Su Tan grew even more fervent. The Dominator Body... Just now, he had seen Su Tan gain a slight upper hand over Chen Huangbei during their clash of pure strength. In terms of combat, the Dominator Body was by no means weaker than the Sacred Body. He resolved that he absolutely had to cultivate the Dominator Body too. The Little White Wolf’s craving for the physique surged, filling him with an even deeper yearning.

"Based on my years of experience, anyone in a mythological novel who claims to have ’never tasted defeat’ or who’s hailed as ’unparalleled across eternity’ ends up biting the dust sooner or later," Su Tan remarked.

"I know your strength was slightly superior, but what I can’t figure out is why didn’t you just defeat him back there?" the Little White Wolf asked.

Defeat him? By relying purely on physical strength and the Mountain Lean Strike? Su Tan’s repertoire of Martial Techniques was pitifully small. If he relied solely on the three forms of the Mountain Lean Strike to fight Chen Huangbei to the bitter end, there was a very high probability that he would lose. In combat, raw strength alone did not make one king. If two opponents were evenly matched in power, the outcome would ultimately come down to skill.

The only reason Su Tan had managed to push Chen Huangbei back with a single punch earlier was because Chen Huangbei, fully confident in his peerless physical body, had chosen not to dodge, meeting Su Tan head-on instead. If they were to truly fight it out to see who was the victor, Su Tan couldn’t guarantee that his opponent would continue trading blows with him, fist to fist, all the way to the end. This was exactly why Su Tan had decided to quit while he was ahead.

Of course... Chen Huangbei was equally wary of Su Tan. After exchanging that single punch, he felt that his raw strength was somewhat inferior to Su Tan’s. Continuing the fight would have put him at a disadvantage.

Furthermore, Chen Huangbei had no idea that the Mountain Lean Strike was the only technique Su Tan knew. Plus, just as Chen Huangbei had pointed out, settling life and death within the Void God Realm was completely unnecessary. Since they couldn’t actually kill each other, and they both had their own tasks to complete after logging in, it was better to save their decisive battle for the real world rather than squabble here.

Thus, Su Tan and Chen Huangbei tacitly agreed to abandon the fight.

"Our goal here is to find a Cultivation Technique, not to engage in mindless slaughter. We shouldn’t get our priorities backward and miss the forest for the trees," Su Tan said.

"True. Besides, the two of you possess the Dominator Body and the Sacred Body respectively. Assuming neither of you perishes while growing stronger, you’re bound to cross paths again someday," the Little White Wolf replied.

"Let’s go. Didn’t you say there was a specific place for comprehending the Dao? We’ve been delayed here long enough. It’s time to get moving!" Su Tan said.

Whether on the first floor or the second... there would be a dedicated location inscribed with Cultivation Method Manuals. To comprehend the Dao was to obtain them.

To put it more simply, it was similar to a lantern riddle game with prizes. The ancients had inscribed Cultivation Techniques within the area; as long as someone could decipher them, the techniques were theirs for the taking. It sounded easy, but it was actually incredibly difficult. Many people attempted to comprehend them, but those who actually managed to walk away with anything were few and far between.

Inside the Void God Realm, even if Su Tan knew the place, he still wouldn’t be able to recognize it, so he left the task of leading the way entirely up to the Little White Wolf. They walked straight ahead from the Original Summoning Platform for about half an hour before finally arriving at their destination.

"The Cemetery of Cultivation Techniques!"