Medical Sage

Chen Fei jumped straight off the cliff, falling for two to three hundred meters before a wind-swept opening suddenly appeared in his vision. Instantly, a voice from the Astonishing Formation Within the Sea of Consciousness spoke, ”That’s the place. Go in.”

WHOOSH!

Just as the voice fell, a burst of fire erupted from under Chen Fei’s feet. It propelled him upward, growing larger as it met the wind until it formed a pair of immense fiery wings behind him. With a vigorous flap, his entire figure transformed into a brilliant streak of rainbow light, swiftly plunging into the wind passage and entering the cliff face.

With Chen Fei’s current strength, he couldn’t sustain continuous flight, but a brief hover or glide like this posed no problem at all. A Cultivator with a suitable Magic Artifact could achieve ’Artifact Flight’ at only the Qi Refining Seventh Layer. He was now just one step away.

Inside the wind passage was a gloomy limestone cave with many forks extending far into the distance. Seeing this, Chen Fei couldn’t help but frown.

With so many forks, which way should I go?

”Follow the direction of the wind. It shouldn’t be too big inside,” Zhen Jingkong’s voice said.

Follow the direction of the wind? Chen Fei paused for a moment. Then, his figure flashed, turning into a streaking shadow of light as he darted into one of the forks. He had chosen it because he could feel the wind current was strongest there.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH...

In the dim light, Chen Fei moved like an agile panther. He rapidly passed through more than a dozen limestone cave passages of varying sizes. The number of forks ahead finally began to decrease, but the caverns themselves grew larger. The wind current also grew stronger, and a keen light flickered in his eyes.

It seems I’m about to reach my destination.

BOOM!

RUMBLE, RUMBLE, RUMBLE...

”Damn it! Where is he? Where did that little bastard escape to!?”

Meanwhile, Langye had tirelessly searched the entire perimeter of Immortal Ascension Valley, but he couldn’t find any trace of Chen Fei. It was as if he had vanished into thin air.

At this, Langye’s expression twisted ferociously. His eyes turned red with rage as terrifying Demon Qi billowed from his body. He knew all too well what it would mean if a prodigy of that caliber truly escaped. It meant that he would have a terrifying enemy in the future. Facing him again would mean certain death! His only future would be one of slaughter unless he was willing to flee Eagle Gorge. He would have to go to a faraway place, change his identity, and never return for the rest of his life...

But how could he possibly be willing to flee Eagle Gorge like a stray dog with its tail between its legs?

But just then, Young Master Chen arrived in a new cavern. Within it, a brown spider several zhang long and covered with pits was gnawing with its huge fangs on several mangled corpses on the ground. Some looked like wild beasts, while others were humanoid...

What was even more striking was what lay behind the giant, pitted brown spider: an exceedingly ancient, hexagram-shaped Teleportation Formation. The crystalline white gems embedded around it emitted a soft, shimmering glow...

”Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. That’s it,” Zhen Jingkong confirmed immediately. ”A Teleportation Formation can’t be built with Low Grade Spirit Stones. It requires Mid-Grade Spirit Stones or higher to work.”

HISS, HISS...

Just then, a series of strange, piercing sounds suddenly rang out. The pitted brown spider, seemingly startled by Chen Fei’s sudden intrusion, raised its head. It stared at him with cold eyes, its massive fangs twitching and letting out a continuous hissing sound that instantly made Young Master Chen’s scalp tingle with dread.

”That’s a Brown Bone Poison Spider,” Zhen Jingkong explained calmly. ”They often appear in desolate mountains and wildlands. Their bodies are much larger than other spiders, they are incredibly strong, and their poison sacs contain a dangerous venom. Be careful not to get any on you. A mature Brown Bone Poison Spider can reach the Second Level Early Stage Beast realm. A Second Level Beast is equivalent to the entire Late Stage of Qi Refining, and the early stage of that level is equivalent to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.”

”However, this must be the Demon Pet of one of those people from above,” he added. ”Otherwise, a Brown Bone Poison Spider wouldn’t choose to stay in a damp underground cave like this. Its presence here is too much of a coincidence...”

That’s not important. What matters is that I have to end this fast!

BOOM!

Chen Fei’s eyes were fixed on the giant venomous spider. With a surge of Spiritual Energy, terrifying flames intertwined with Sword Qi erupted and coiled around his body. They radiated a fearsome heat and razor-sharp aura. The brilliant light from the fiery Sword Qi instantly illuminated the dim limestone cavern, displaying a powerful and unparalleled might.