Chapter Eighty-two Take Another Step Forward

  For the next few days, Shi Yan remained hidden in the carriage compartment, and no one knew what he was doing.

  Two horse-drawn carriages traveled together in the forest for nine days.

  For nine days, Zuo Shi and Wu Yunlian went to the riverbank every night on time to wash and fill clear water for everyone.

  Every time Shi Yan comes out, he buries his head in eating and drinking. After finishing eating and drinking, he doesn't even care about the crowd and returns to the car compartment by himself.

  It's midnight again.

  Under the dense foliage of rows of trees, two carriages stood quietly there, and several fine horses were unbridled and grazing on the grass beside them.

  Zuo Shi and Wu Yunlian, the two women, after bathing, lay lazily in the car compartment, their whole body feeling refreshed, smiling softly to each other.

  Chu Ping, Han Feng and Ku Long stood together, gazing at the horse carriage and fine horses while exchanging their insights on cultivation in the grassland.

  Inside the rickshaw.

  Shi Yan's face was solemn, his expression more serious than ever before. After nine days of repeated study, he had gained some new insights and understanding.

  All he saw was his right arm, sparkling with a crystalline light, and strange white dots racing through the veins.

  A strand of pure and unparalleled essence is being tempered repeatedly in the meridians, constantly condensing with a special method.

  After seven times.

  Shi Yan's right arm was constantly swelling, and this arm had actually thickened by a circle! The muscles were ferocious, the veins bulged out, and it looked extremely frightening.

  "Cheers!"

  He let out a low cry, and his eyes were filled with solemnity, staring unwaveringly at his right arm, a thought suddenly flashing through his mind.

  His right arm suddenly transmitted a strange "popping" sound!

  After refining the essence seven times, it suddenly split into seven strands in his arm, and the seven strands of essence dispersed in the meridians, clear and distinct.

  When he was fully focused on urging the essence, the seven essences suddenly entwined at his wrist. In an instant, the seven essences condensed into one, a vigorous and thriving aura, which suddenly surged out from the palm of his right hand!

  His eyes suddenly shone like stars, and he hastily went to urge on the Essence Spear that was condensed from seven strands of pure essence.

  "Boom!"

  Seven strands of essence burst into his palm, and Shi Yan's palm suddenly shot out a dazzling crystal light. That strange condensed essence body actually exploded in his palm!

  Innumerable light spots of essence, instantly filled his palm, surged into the lines on his palm, causing his palm to radiate an eerie glow.

  Suddenly, countless light spots burst out of his palm again, and those sparkling lights formed a strange palm print.

  A crystal palm print, shot out first!

  Immediately afterwards, Shi Yan's palm burst out with six more explosions, and six identical palm prints took shape in an instant once again.

  Seven palm prints, like unbridled wild horses, collided in the carriage compartment where Shi Yan was located without distinguishing between first and last.

  "Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!"

  The carriage compartment was torn apart, and the hard wooden boards were reduced to wood shavings that danced in the air.

  The stone statue sat on the ground with a solemn expression, staring at the carriage that had been crushed in an instant, and looking at the flying wood chips beside it.

  He clearly felt that one-third of the essence in his body had been destroyed by this blow.

  Seven "Raw Seals" burst out, instantly absorbing all the essence that had been accumulating in his arm!

  When all seven "birthmarks" burst out, his right arm returned to normal, but it was a bit sore and numb.

  Zuo Shi and Wu Yunlian, two women, jumped out of the car with a look of panic on their faces, staring blankly at this scene.

  On the lawn, Chu Ping, Han Feng and Ku Long were also shocked, with puzzled expressions on their faces, unsure of what had just happened.

  Shi Yan sat on the ground, stunned for a moment before lightly coughing and saying indifferently, "Han Bo, it seems we'll be riding horses."

  Han Feng's expression was strange, he nodded slightly, with a puzzled look on his face.

  "Yan Shao Ye, what on earth are you doing?"

  Wu Yunlian's delicate face was filled with confusion, she and Zuo Shi walked forward together, looking at Shi Yan strangely, "Why did you suddenly destroy the carriage? Can you give us an explanation?"

  "It's gone up in flames." Shi Yan shrugged and said casually, "This kind of thing is normal. Don't worry, although the carriage is gone, the horses are still here, it won't delay your journey."

  "You were in the carriage all along and didn't come out just to practice your skills?" Zuo Shi's face was full of surprise.

  "Uh-huh."

  "It's so boring." Zuo Shi shook her head and said disdainfully, "Practicing is the most meaningless thing. Your grandfather didn't even force you to do it, why are you working so hard?"

  Interest.

  "No way, I don't believe it."

  "Yan Shao Ye, what kind of skill are you practicing?"

  Wu Yunlian hesitated for a moment, and her expression gradually turned serious. "The power that burst out just now was extremely fierce and violent, and the instantaneous explosive force should not be something that an ordinary martial artist can possess..." Wu Yunlian seemed to be deep in thought.

  "It's nothing." Shi Yan smiled and didn't want to explain, so he didn't say much. He stretched his waist and said to Han Feng, "Han Bo, I'm hungry, get some food."

  "Oh."

  Jian Shiyan didn't want to say more, and Wu Yunlian didn't ask in detail either. She just smiled and pulled Zuo Shi away.

  After a wolfing down.

  Shi Yan said to Han Fengdao: "Han Bo, I'm going to take a bath. I'll be back soon. You don't have to follow me."

  "Master..." Han Feng trailed off, hesitating to continue.

  "It's okay." Waving his hand, Shi Yan comforted him: "I won't go far, if something happens I'll shout for you, don't worry."

  "Be careful, young master."

  ……

  Soon, Shi Yan arrived at the riverbank and jumped into the river for a refreshing bath. He then changed into a clean set of clothes.

  After landing, he didn't rush back to where Han Feng and others were gathering, but instead pulled the distance from Han Feng and others even further.

  Under an ancient tree.

  The stone statue's expression turned solemn, and it suddenly stirred up the negative energy within its body!

  His entire body's meridians contained the accumulation of bloodthirsty, fearful, murderous, and desperate negative energies. Under his mental urging, those negative energies surged into his left arm.

  Withered left arm, white fog wrapped around, those white fogs changed unpredictably, as if a faint ghost shadow.

  A thought occurred.

  Following the successful operation of his right arm, Shi Yan began to stir up the negative forces within his left arm.

  Under his control, his already withered left arm withered again.

  At a glance, his left arm seemed to have only one layer of skin stuck to the bone, looking extremely eerie.

  However, his left arm withered at the same time, a very evil power was slowly growing...

  His left arm was covered in thick white fog, which suddenly turned into a dense black color in a short time. The arm seemed to have been poisoned by a deadly toxin, and the blackness was terrifying.

  A wicked and destructive mad power was rapidly condensing in his left arm.

  After seven repetitions, the power in his left arm surged into his left palm and exploded!

  "Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!"

  Seven black handprints suddenly shot out from the palm prints with a loud explosion.

  That destructive power, also contained a thick death aura, together burst into the ancient tree in front of him.

  Two waist-thick, tens of meters high ancient trees, in an instant crashed to the ground, luxuriantly green ancient trees, vitality was suddenly cut off!

  Under Shiyan's gaze, a black aura entwined around the ancient tree, its leaves withering to yellow at a visible speed.

  The lush ancient tree, as if it had gone through the cycle of life in an instant, turned into a dead and withered tree that could no longer die. The fallen leaves on it quickly lost all signs of vitality.

  The leaves fell to the ground, and the weeds next to them also seemed to be affected, withering instantly, extremely eerie.

  Death Mark!

  The stone wall's twin eyes shone with an otherworldly light, and he felt a sense of shock in his heart.

  He knew that this dead seal should be extraordinary, but he didn't expect that the dead seal would have such a shocking destructive power!

  This destructive power is not just amazingly powerful, but more importantly - this seal also comes with an additional power of death!

  Even the vitality of plants can be cut off!

  The Death Seal is already so terrifying; if the Life and Death Seals were to merge and truly form a Life-Death Seal, what would happen then?

  Shi Yan took a deep breath, but he knew it wasn't the time to continue experimenting now.

  Footsteps echoed in her ears.

  Shi Yan immediately knew that Han Feng and others must have arrived, his expression changed slightly, he hastily left, quickly returning along the original path.

  As expected, Han Feng and Ku Long rushed over in a hurry, shouting from afar: "Young Master, are you alright?"

  Wu Yunlian and Zuo Shi, the two girls, also popped up from behind Han Feng, looking at him with some surprise, as if they wanted to come over and take a closer look.

  The sudden loud roar, they all heard clearly, in that roar, as if there was a hidden evil force.

  This made Han Feng and others secretly shocked, their hearts filled with doubts.

  "It's nothing, let's go back." Shi Yan walked over calmly and said lightly: "Just now during cultivation, I lost control again and it seems to have produced some bad phenomena, but don't worry, next time it won't be like this."

  "Shi Yan, what kind of martial skill are you actually practicing? I feel like the one you're practicing doesn't seem to be any normal martial skill?" Zuo Shi couldn't hold back anymore, her small face full of curiosity.

  "Whatever is normal or not, a martial skill that can kill is a good martial skill!" Shi Yan said calmly.

  "You're such a mysterious guy, I don't even know what you're up to." Zuo Shi rolled her eyes, somewhat dissatisfied, and hummed before saying: "Hurry up and let's go, it's almost been a month. If we're late, that woman with the surname Xia might not wait for us."

  "Xia Xinyan..."

  The stone cliff muttered to himself, suddenly remembering the beauty of the woman's cherry lips. He couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart, and his face involuntarily added a few hints of ambiguity. After a brief moment, he nodded and said, "Yes, we need to speed up a bit. Don't worry, I won't hold you back."

  "Shi Yan, you wouldn't think of making a move on that woman, would you?" Wu Yunlian's eyes were extremely venomous, and from his subtle expression, she surprisingly saw some clues, and exclaimed in surprise: "I advise you to be more honest! That woman is not someone to be trifled with. In my opinion, none of the men in our business alliance are qualified to have thoughts about her, not even Bei Ming Xiang!"

  My old man has tried it before.

  He snorted disdainfully, "No matter how noble or beautiful a woman is, in the end she'll still have to lie on a man's bed. Xia Xinyan won't be an exception!"

  "You're such a coarse and shameless guy!" Zuo Shi's face turned red as she glared at him fiercely, "How come I never noticed it before? It seems this is your true nature! You're also a lecherous man!"

  "Nonsense!" Wu Yunlian was also angry, "I've never slept in anyone's bed! You little brat, you really can't get ivory out of a dog's mouth!"

  "Hmm, then you're really pitiful." Shiyuan was shocked.

  "Damn it! Why do I find you so annoying now?" Wu Yunlian gritted her teeth, saying with hatred. She suddenly missed the quiet days when Shi Yan hid in the carriage and didn't come out.

  ……

  Shi Yan and his group were three miles ahead.

  Two towering men with iron-like physiques radiated an aura of menace and charged forward in anger: "Miss, some bastard has been badmouthing you!"

  Shi Yan's voice was quite loud, and although they were three miles apart, the three people on this side of the Xuanjian Pavilion could all hear it.

  "No matter how noble or beautiful a woman is, she will eventually end up in a man's bed, and Xia Xinyan is no exception!"

  Xia Xinyan furrowed her brow, silently repeating Shi Yan's words in her heart. A cold glint flashed in her clear eyes as she said calmly, "Those are people from the Zuo and Shi families. Let's not bother with them for now, we'll be meeting them soon enough. By then, I'll see who dares to badmouth me behind my back!"

  ……