Chapter 557 - 236: Seeing Wang Qinglian Again! Upheaval in the Dark World

Chapter 557: Chapter 236: Seeing Wang Qinglian Again! Upheaval in the Dark World

Chen Xuan said.

To the side, Old Deng was eating and bleeding from his nose, his mouth spewing a radiant glow. "I can’t take it, I can’t take it anymore!" he cried. "My body can’t handle this!"

He scrambled to his feet and started running laps around the square, as fast as a bolt of lightning.

He ran several hundred laps without stopping before he finally managed to process all the vital energy in his body.

After he was done, Old Deng was shocked to discover that his Cultivation, which had been stagnant for years like a hibernating turtle, was actually showing faint signs of stirring again.

"Holy shit, this stuff can raise my Cultivation?"

Old Deng’s face flushed with excitement, and he dashed back over.

’What could be more important than an old tree blooming again?’

He’d been a failure his whole life.

Now that he’d suddenly seen signs of his Cultivation loosening, he couldn’t have been happier.

’Once my Cultivation improves, I’ll go find my old flame and we’ll go for three hundred rounds.’

"Oh, right. Alliance Leader, something just occurred to me."

Chen Xuan asked while eating the dragon meat, "The Celestial Secret Pavilion... does really no one know where they came from?"

"They rank the Heaven, Earth, and Human Lists."

"They catalogue all the heroes in the world and claim that nothing can be hidden from them."

Chen Xuan found that a little hard to believe.

"How could that be possible?"

Chu Shanhe smiled. "The part about no one knowing is a lie. The truth is, no one dares to investigate. That’s because the Celestial Secret Pavilion was founded by none other than Gu Yuntian!"

"Gu Yuntian founded it?"

Chen Xuan was stunned.

"That’s right. The man who’s number one on the Heaven List has lived for who knows how many years. With him around, naturally no one dares to touch the Celestial Secret Pavilion. Forget about the Red Dust World; even in the Grotto Heaven worlds, no one would dare to cause trouble."

Chu Shanhe smiled faintly. "I didn’t tell you before because I was afraid you’d go stirring up trouble."

He knew Chen Xuan’s personality all too well.

The more you told him someone was not to be provoked...

...the more certain he was to go and provoke them.

That was why Chu Shanhe could only tell him at the time that the Celestial Secret Pavilion was mysterious and unfathomable, and no one knew its origins...

"So, have you been to their headquarters?"

Chen Xuan asked curiously.

"I’ve snuck in before."

Chu Shanhe chuckled. "There aren’t any real experts inside. Just six old guys, probably all Outer Saints."

"I see."

A glint appeared in Chen Xuan’s eyes.

’This Gu Yuntian is pretty interesting.’

"Don’t tell me you’re still interested in the Celestial Secret Pavilion?"

Chu Shanhe looked at Chen Xuan in surprise.

Chen Xuan was a Cave Heaven Realm master now.

’Could he still be thinking of settling scores with the Celestial Secret Pavilion?’

"Not really."

Chen Xuan shook his head lightly. "It’s not like they’ve ever wronged me!"

’If anything, I should be thanking them.’

’If they hadn’t spread the word everywhere, my reputation wouldn’t have grown so quickly, and I wouldn’t have been able to unlock so many talents.’

He only asked out of curiosity.

The two continued to eat for a while.

They finished off most of the cooked dragon meat and liver.

Then, Chen Xuan rose to his feet. "Alliance Leader, I’m going to take a walk!"

"Right, I’ll contact you as soon as there’s any news on Feng Wuji!"

Chu Shanhe responded.

"Sounds good."

With a flutter of his robes, Chen Xuan stepped forward and vanished in the blink of an eye, as if shrinking the ground with every step.

The moment he left the Martial Alliance, he headed for Canglan Province.

Returning to this familiar place, the mountains and rivers were the same, and the city walls were as he remembered.

But Chen Xuan’s state of mind was completely different.

The first time he came here, he had to be cautious with every step. Now, a single sweep of his Spiritual Power took in ten thousand li at a glance.

The feeling was... indescribable.

In a flash, Chen Xuan was already inside the capital city of Canglan Province.

However, he didn’t head directly to the Wang family. Instead, a mischievous thought came to him, and he silently made his way to the mountain behind the Wang family estate.

’Let’s see what that girl is up to.’

His Spiritual Power spread out instantly and silently.

Within a thousand-li radius of the Wang family estate, there were suddenly no more secrets.

Soon, Chen Xuan’s expression went blank. He had found Wang Qinglian.

’You can’t be serious, girl.’

’What are you doing?’

In a secluded cave, the air was warm and dry.

Wang Qinglian’s face was flushed. She was curled up under a blanket, gasping for breath and letting out low, pained moans.

At first glance, it looked as if she were seriously injured.

But upon closer inspection, that wasn’t the case at all...

Those movements.

Those sounds.

"..."

Chen Xuan’s eyes gradually widened, his shock growing the longer he watched.

"Ahem!"

Suddenly, he let out a deliberate soft cough that echoed in Wang Qinglian’s ears.

Wang Qinglian’s heart jolted. A blush spread across her face as she abruptly stopped. Her body moved like lightning, flashing out of the cave in an instant. Her phoenix-like eyes were exceptionally sharp as she scanned her surroundings.

"Who’s there?"

"..."

Chen Xuan had to admire her.

He had never seen such composure.

’Lady, a second ago you were... doing *that*.’

’And the next, you’re back to being this sharp?’

’Isn’t that a little too fast?’

’How can you be so different in public versus in private?!’

The contrast!

It was definitely a contrast!

The cool, older-sister type of contrast!

"Stop skulking around and get out here!"

Wang Qinglian’s voice was icy, and a cold glint appeared in her eyes.

’No matter who it is, I have to kill them!’

’I absolutely cannot let them leave here alive!’

’Not even the Patriarch...’

"You know, doing that so often isn’t really good for your health."

Chen Xuan had already appeared silently behind Wang Qinglian, his tone calm.

Wang Qinglian froze as if struck by lightning. Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, she nearly leaped into the air before whipping her head around to look behind her.

The young man she had been longing for day and night...

The young man whose power had grown so much that he had left her leagues behind...

...was now standing right behind her!

But more importantly!

Those words he just said?

’He saw?’

’He must have seen!’

’But I was under a blanket, he shouldn’t know...’

’No, he’s so powerful. With a sweep of his Spiritual Power, what good is a mere blanket?’

’It would be as good as transparent to him!’

In an instant, Wang Qinglian’s heart began to pound like a frightened deer, and her cheeks once again flushed a visible, burning red...