Chapter 149 - 138: I Am Very Interested in Your Martial Arts

Chapter 149: Chapter 138: I Am Very Interested in Your Martial Arts

It took Chen Sha half a month to travel from the Zhao Country Capital City to the Jade Gui Mountain Range.

However, as soon as he arrived at a small town a hundred miles away from the Celestial Demon Sect, he was surprised to find the local civilians in a state of panic. Passing through, Chen Sha noticed that every household had herded their cattle and sheep into their own homes to live alongside them.

Curious, he asked around and learned that a terrifying giant bird had been flying around in the sky recently. It was suspected to be some kind of divine bird. The civilians were afraid their livestock would be snatched away, and stories of people being carried off had even spread from some areas.

Chen Sha frowned. "Based on these civilians’ descriptions, this giant bird in the sky..." He looked toward the direction of the Celestial Demon Sect. "Could it be some Divine Beast or rare creature raised by the Celestial Demon Sect?"

But he had never heard of the Celestial Demon Sect being proficient in such taming skills.

A hundred miles away, inside the Heaven-Hiding Valley of the Celestial Demon Sect.

Grand Elder Duanmu Ying, severely injured by Teng Zijing’s palm strike, lay on his bed. He looked at the disciples below and said weakly, "Did you just say... all the disciples who tried to leave the Heaven-Hiding Valley were intercepted midway by that person..."

Yun Feifei said sorrowfully, "The main issue is that we probably can’t hide it for much longer. If Teng Zijing finds out that Mother is in secluded cultivation deep within the Celestial Destiny Palace, the disciples’ lives will be secondary. What if he directly..."

Duanmu Ying’s face was pale. He muttered, "Teng Zijing wouldn’t seek out the Celestial Demon Sect for no reason. The location of our Heaven-Hiding Valley is secretive. Unless someone told him where the sect is..."

Yun Feifei gritted her teeth. "It must be the Demon Saint Sect! The Five Demonic Paths of the Demon Sect have already submitted to Long Zaitian. Knowing he couldn’t keep Mother here in a life-and-death battle, he allied with this brainless Teng Zijing. He wants to use the opportunity of Mother’s secluded cultivation while injured to let Teng Zijing..."

Duanmu Ying felt a heavy weight in his heart. "Can our Celestial Demon Sect truly not survive this tribulation?"

Suddenly, a fierce, whistling sound of rushing air echoed above the valley.

WHOOSH!

The violent air currents, seemingly scraping down from the heavens to the earth, began to swirl above the Heaven-Hiding Valley.

Duanmu Ying’s expression changed as he lay on the bed. "Is it midnight again? Teng Zijing, you Demon!"

The Great Roc Demon King! The reason the word "Demon King" was in his moniker was because his conduct in the Martial Arts world was even more demonic than that of some Demon Path practitioners.

Duanmu Ying forced himself up and gritted his teeth. "This time, I’ll just let him kill me! He won’t touch any of you!"

Right at this moment, a loud shout came from outside the palace:

"Grand Elder! A young Daoist has arrived outside the Heaven-Hiding Valley. He calls himself Dao Yi..."

At this moment, Yun Feifei and Duanmu Ying exchanged glances, disbelief flashing in their eyes.

"Dao Yi... Chen Sha?"

Duanmu Ying’s lips trembled. "It’s... him..."

An intense surge of emotion swelled in both of their hearts. "Quickly, help me up so I can meet him," Duanmu Ying said.

Meanwhile, outside the Heaven-Hiding Valley.

Chen Sha, dressed in a loose Daoist Robe, stood tall on the grass at the valley entrance with his hands behind his back. He looked up slightly, an odd expression on his face as he stared at the massive dark silhouette looming above the Heaven-Hiding Valley.

He wondered, "Is that a bird-man?"

He then looked at the crowd of Celestial Demon Sect disciples in the valley, noting the fear and despair in their eyes as they gazed at the sky. He had already guessed the truth behind the terrifying legends that had been circulating among the civilians near the Jade Gui Mountain Range these past few days.

While Chen Sha was lost in thought, a group of people slowly walked out from the valley. Among them was a woman in white, appearing to be in her forties or fifties, who looked at Chen Sha with excitement and disbelief.

"Are you the Dao Yi Sect Master?"

Chen Sha immediately recognized Yun Feifei among the crowd. Supporting the woman in white, Yun Feifei spoke excitedly upon seeing Chen Sha, "Why did you come to the Celestial Demon Sect?"

Chen Sha glanced thoughtfully at the circling figure in the sky. Then, looking at the Celestial Demon Sect disciples before him, he said, "I came to visit my mother, of course. It’s just... who is this bird-man in the sky?"

Meanwhile, high in the vast sky, Teng Zijing looked down like an aloof Divine Spirit. Below him, dozens of people had gathered at the entrance of the gourd-shaped Heaven-Hiding Valley.

Soaring through the heavens, a strange expression crossed his face. "Has Yun Shouxuan finally returned?"

Because he was so high above the ground, the people at the valley entrance looked like tiny ants from his vantage point. For a moment, he couldn’t clearly see who had arrived. He subconsciously assumed he had finally forced the injured Yun Shouxuan to show herself. Letting out a hearty laugh in his heart, he dive-bombed toward the entrance of the Heaven-Hiding Valley.

Down at the valley entrance, Chen Sha quickly finished listening to Yun Feifei’s explanation regarding the identity of the person in the sky and the troubles facing the Celestial Demon Sect. He looked up slightly. "The Great Roc Demon King? The seventh-ranked in the world?"

He wanted to take advantage of his mother’s injuries to deal with her.

WHOOSH!

Almost as soon as Yun Feifei finished explaining the situation, the air currents above them cascaded down like a hurricane. Her face paled as she hurriedly looked at Chen Sha. "Can you handle him? If not, follow us into the Celestial Destiny Palace first. Nothing can happen to you..."

Chen Sha’s status in the Celestial Demon Sect, and the importance Yun Shouxuan placed on him, carried almost as much weight as she herself did.

Chen Sha, however, stood with his hands behind his back and looked up. Watching the seventh-ranked expert in the world dive toward them—his Gaseous Wings growing clearer in his line of sight—he muttered to himself, "I’ll know once I try."

He remained rooted to the spot, letting Teng Zijing swoop down from the sky with a crushing force that resembled a churning sea of clouds.

RUMBLE!

The terrifying air pressure from above instantly forced the flora at the valley entrance to splay outward, bending the trees and stretching them at an angle. Every blade of wild grass trembled wildly in the violent air currents.

During his dive, Teng Zijing gradually made out the figure and face of the person the Celestial Demon Sect crowd was welcoming at the valley entrance.

It wasn’t Yun Shouxuan!

It was a young Daoist wearing a Daoist Robe.

SWOOSH!

When he descended another hundred feet and got a clear look at Chen Sha’s facial features, his face paled in shock.

"Chen Canxuan!"

Upon seeing Chen Sha’s face clearly, the seventh-ranked expert’s heart instinctively began to race as he recalled a scene from over a decade ago...

That Divine King-like figure and unforgettable visage faintly yet completely merged with the young Daoist’s face below! For a moment, the deep-seated fear of that once-invincible man made Teng Zijing almost subconsciously want to fly back up into the sky.

It was an instantaneous psychological reaction, but he soon snapped back to reality. Chen Canxuan had died long ago! It was impossible for him to reappear in this world! Then the person below was...

Teng Zijing originally intended to grab Chen Sha directly. However, Chen Sha’s appearance filled him with intense suspicion. As he dove, he abandoned his plan to attack and instead landed on a massive jutting rock sixty feet above the ground at the valley entrance.

From a height of sixty feet, he stood like a divine eagle perched on a high mountain. He scrutinized Chen Sha and asked coldly, "Who... are you?"

He then looked toward Duanmu Ying, Yun Feifei, and the others. "Where is Yun Shouxuan?"

But before he could hear their reply, the soft words of the young Daoist on the ground drifted to his ears.

"You came here targeting my mother, Yun Shouxuan, yet you don’t know who I am?"

Hearing this, the Great Roc Demon King Teng Zijing’s expression shifted. He examined Chen Sha again. "Mother? You’re Yun Shouxuan’s son?"

His gaze relaxed significantly as he smiled. "Oh, you’re that Dao Yi Sect Leader who’s been causing such a massive uproar in the world lately. And here I thought your father had come back from the dead!"

After confirming Chen Sha’s identity, he breathed a slight sigh of relief inwardly. That face had truly almost made him turn tail and flee the moment he saw it.

As the Celestial Demon Sect crowd watched Chen Sha confront the seventh-ranked expert with a composed demeanor, a bit of confidence unconsciously swelled in their hearts. They had heard that both the ninth-ranked Zhang Shouren and the tenth-ranked Bai Zancang had been defeated by the Holy Son. He should have the strength to deal with Teng Zijing, right?

However, when they looked at the high sky behind Teng Zijing, their hearts grew heavy again. The Great Roc Demon King was too unique compared to other Great Innate Powerhouses. His Divine Skill of transforming Qi into Gaseous Wings to soar through the sky was one of a kind in the entire world. By holding the aerial advantage, even someone whose Power matched his would likely find him incredibly difficult to defeat.

Chen Sha looked at Teng Zijing, his eyes glinting slightly. "The Great Roc Demon King. To manifest Gaseous Wings from under your ribs and soar through the vast sky... To be honest, I’m quite interested in the Martial Arts you cultivate..."

As the ancient saying went, ’like a tiger growing wings’—which specifically referred to wings sprouting from one’s ribs. The ribs were located on both sides of the torso. For birds, this was where wings grew. The fact that Teng Zijing could cultivate such a Martial Art proved that his ribs were unimaginably strong.

Teng Zijing also wore a smile on his face. "Since you are Yun Shouxuan’s son, as long as you tell me where your mother is, kowtow to me for half a year, and serve me tea and water, I might reluctantly teach you a move or two. Given that you defeated Zhang Shouren, your talent is at least passable."

Chen Sha smiled. "The seventh-ranked in the world indeed has the capital to be arrogant. However, you’ve been at this Heaven-Hiding Valley for days—did you never consider that my mother has been in secluded cultivation inside the valley this entire time?"

Teng Zijing’s expression stiffened slightly. "What did you say?"

BOOM!

Chen Sha didn’t waste any more breath. He had already set his sights on Teng Zijing’s Martial Art that cultivated the ribs. Stomping his foot, he shot up the sixty-foot height from the ground...

The earth at the entrance of the Heaven-Hiding Valley quaked, sending countless clumps of dirt and stone flying into the air. In a single breath, Chen Sha appeared right in front of Teng Zijing on the rock.

Teng Zijing let out a strange cackle. "Good boy!"

Showing no panic or nervousness, he stood firmly on the rock. A cold glint appeared in his eyes as he circulated the Roc Demon Scripture—the very technique he relied on to run rampant across the world.

Did this brat think he had dominated the world for so many years relying solely on the pair of wings growing from his ribs?

’The back of the Great Roc stretches for who knows how many thousands of miles. When it rouses and takes flight, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky.’

The Roc Demon Scripture was a top-tier Divine Skill created based on this very philosophy. His Martial Arts weren’t limited just to his ribs, but also his back. A person’s back, spine, and the flesh on either side of the spine were the strongest parts of the body. That was why, in myths, the Great Roc could even hunt dragons. And among experts of the same level, absolutely no one could match Teng Zijing in a contest of strength!

He simply raised his palm and firmly caught Chen Sha’s incoming fist. Instantly, the flesh on his back bulged. As Qi Power coursed through his rippling muscles, it looked as though he were carrying nine dragons on his back. A colossal, mountain-uprooting force seemed to converge between his five fingers.

Such immense power would be incredibly difficult for any expert of the same level to resist. Therefore, there could only be one outcome: Chen Sha’s fist would be crushed into mush under his grip.

But Teng Zijing’s expression quickly froze. The veins on his arm began to bulge, his fingers started to tremble, and an expression of absolute disbelief overtook his face.

"Not only your ribs, but your physical strength as well... It seems I underestimated you, bird-man. The Martial Art you cultivate actually possesses abilities similar to the two Great Divine Spirits of my Great Yellow Court..." Chen Sha remarked flatly.

Teng Zijing felt as though the fist he was holding wasn’t a fist at all, but a thrashing Azure Dragon that even his Divine Power—which he prided himself on among his peers—could not contain!

The Great Roc could eat dragons, but how could it eat an Azure Dragon? Azure represented the azure heavens, and the Azure Dragon was a Heavenly Dragon. In mythology, its status was far above that of the Great Roc.

BOOM!

Teng Zijing’s palm exploded in an instant, unable to withstand Chen Sha’s terrifying Fist Power. His expression changed drastically, and he tried to take a half-step back. However, Chen Sha had already grabbed his arm, formed a Lotus seal with his hand, closed the distance, and pressed forward...

CRASH!

A Fist Seal slammed into his abdomen, blasting him directly from the sixty-foot-high cliff rock straight into the earth below!

Dust billowed, and waves of earth soared into the sky.

The crowd of Celestial Demon Sect disciples stared in disbelief. Teng Zijing, who had been soaring above their lives like a Demon King for days, was actually blasted into the ground in the blink of an eye right after this young Daoist arrived!

Was the seventh-ranked expert in the world too weak? Or was Chen Sha just that strong?

Yun Feifei stared blankly at the man she hadn’t seen for over two years, utterly stunned that he had undergone such a completely unrecognizable, heaven-defying transformation.