Chapter 333: Could this boy be the descendant of Yuanying Zhenjun?

Under the cover of night, in the desolate wilderness.

“Bang!”

Lu Ping’an emerged from the ground using a遁形符 (遁形符:遁形符 is a type of talisman that allows the user to burrow underground and move unseen), assessing his surroundings.

After a brief observation, he took a detoxification pill from his storage pouch and ingested it, then shot off into the nearby dense forest with a whoosh.

Although the 遁形符 had the effect of concealing his presence, this group of people was clearly prepared, and might have some tracking methods.

Therefore, he had to find a safe place to detoxify and heal his injuries immediately.

“Tear! Tear!!!”

Even though he was poisoned, and a numb, burning sensation was spreading through his body, Lu Ping’an’s running speed was still very fast.

Like a leopard, as he ran, only afterimages could be seen, tearing a long wake in the air, causing the silent dense forest to echo with the sound of rushing water.

“Roar roar roar!”

“Screech screech screech!”

Lu Ping’an’s movements caused birds and wild beasts to cry out in the forest.

But even if tigers and leopards appeared in front of Lu Ping’an, they were either directly knocked away by him or instantly killed with a casual blow.

“Tear! Tear!!!”

After running for roughly a hundred miles, Lu Ping’an saw a sheer cliff ahead.

He immediately summoned his flying sword, controlled the artifact, and continued running in the forest below the mountain for a long time.

He only stopped when he felt the poison continuously spreading, starting to affect him, and found a place to begin detoxifying and healing.

“Whoosh!”

At the same time, a ball of black energy rushed out.

It was the ghost servant Xiao An from the wooden carving in his arms.

Concern was evident in Xiao An’s dark eyes as she looked at Lu Ping’an.

“Xiao An, I’ll have to trouble you to keep an eye on things for me.”

Lu Ping’an said with a grin.

His face was pale and tired, with many beads of sweat on his forehead, indicating a significant expenditure of energy.

Xiao An nodded, her pale, delicate little face showing a serious expression, then floated beside Lu Ping’an, watching the surroundings.

Lu Ping’an took out another detoxification pill and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged and circulated the 《紫阳真诀》 (Purple Sun True Art) to detoxify and heal.

After a long time.

“What kind of poison is this? It’s so troublesome, like a bone-attached ulcer.”

Lu Ping’an furrowed his brow, realizing that this poison was not simple, like a bone-attached ulcer that was difficult to dispel.

In fact, as he circulated his cultivation, the poison corroded his spiritual energy and accelerated its spread.

He did not know that this poison was Madam Qi’s unique poison, Corpse Soul Fragrance.

After ordinary Qi Cultivation cultivators were poisoned, it wouldn’t take long for their bodies to become stiff and weak, and then their flesh and blood would wither and decay.

Furthermore, during the process, the poison would use the cultivator’s spiritual energy as nourishment, causing it to continuously spread and proliferate.

Lu Ping’an had not been affected until now because of his peak martial arts cultivation and the third layer of his Hundred Refinement Treasure Body.

He even went through a battle and ran for a hundred miles before feeling the poison gradually affecting him.

This situation was incredibly astonishing.

“Hundred Refinement Treasure Body Art!”

Lu Ping’an’s expression was solemn as he circulated the Hundred Refinement Treasure Body Art, moving his vital energy and blood, and his body glowed with treasure light, attempting to expel the poison.

Realizing that this poison was difficult to dispel, he remembered that his Hundred Refinement Treasure Body Art had poison resistance effects, and ordinary poisons were ineffective against him.

He immediately attempted to refine this spreading poison with the Hundred Refinement Treasure Body Art.

“As expected!”

After a moment, a hint of joy appeared in Lu Ping’an’s eyes.

However, refining the poison would cause his body to become somewhat stiff and weak, requiring some time to recover.

“If all of this poison is refined, I estimate I’ll be weak for several days.”

“But this poison can’t be delayed any longer.”

After pondering for a moment, Lu Ping’an didn’t hesitate and fully circulated the Hundred Refinement Treasure Body Art to refine the poison.

Time passed little by little.

The sky gradually turned a fish-belly white.

Lu Ping’an opened his eyes and said to Xiao An beside him, “Xiao An, come back.”

Small ghosts like Xiao An would have unstable soul bodies when facing the scorching sun and could not come out during the day.

So during the day, he always kept her in the wooden carving and told her not to come out.

“I’m fine.”

He saw the worry on Xiao An’s face and said with a carefree expression.

Hearing this, Xiao An turned into a ball of black energy and returned to the wooden carving.

“Ugh, my whole body aches and is swollen. This feeling is really uncomfortable.”

Lu Ping’an looked at the sky, stood up and stretched, then looked towards the cliff, muttering, “They shouldn’t have caught up, right?”

Even though Qi Cultivation cultivators had many tracking methods.

But beyond a hundred miles, it was very difficult to find someone.

And the chance of being tracked after running a hundred miles in one go was minimal.

Furthermore, these people were rogue cultivators who couldn’t make a living in the cultivation world, so even if they had methods, they wouldn’t be very powerful.

“If I had finished the fight quickly at the first opportunity, they shouldn’t have been my opponents.”

Lu Ping’an took out a piece of monster beast meat from his storage pouch and ate it while replaying the battle from last night in his mind.

He knew that if he hadn’t been soft-hearted, been ambushed, and fallen into a passive state, he could have defeated them one by one.

“Sigh.”

He smiled helplessly, but there was nothing to regret, he just took it as a lesson to be more cautious in the future.

After eating and drinking his fill, he continued to circulate his cultivation to detoxify and heal.

He didn’t know how much time had passed.

“Roar!”

Lu Ping’an heard a roar, accompanied by a strong stench.

“It’s a monster beast!”

Lu Ping’an’s eyes snapped open, realizing the situation was not good.

He knew this was not a wild beast, but a monster beast.

He was currently stiff and weak all over, and dealing with ordinary wild beasts was not a problem.

But a monster beast, on the other hand, could be dangerous.

“Go!”

Lu Ping’an didn’t hesitate, immediately sealed his pores, restrained his aura, and silently darted away.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh of relief when he realized he had left the monster beast’s activity range, and found a place to continue healing.

“Little Gua, Little Gua!”

After a while, Lu Ping’an heard another movement, and a clear female voice.

“Hmm!?”

Lu Ping’an’s expression immediately became alert.

There were traces of monster beasts deep in this mountain, how could someone appear?

And listening to the female voice, she wasn’t very old, probably only around ten years old.

So he immediately became alert, held his breath, and squatted down, using the bushes for cover, trying not to make any noise.

“Swish swish swish!”

In a moment, he saw a black centipede several inches long burrowing through the sand like a swimming fish, appearing in front of him.

When this centipede saw Lu Ping’an, wisps of bloody aura immediately permeated the air.

“Not good!”

Lu Ping’an immediately raised his hand, intending to slap this centipede to death with a single palm.

Who knew that this centipede was as hard as metal and bitten his palm.

As soon as the pain began, Lu Ping’an became stiff and weak all over, unable to move, and the suppressed Corpse Soul Fragrance in his body became restless.

He realized that this centipede was not simple, not an ordinary centipede, but some kind of monster beast venomous insect!

“Gulp gulp, gulp gulp!”

A crimson toad the size of a fist not far away heard the commotion and immediately leaped towards this side.

Seeing this, the black centipede made a ‘whoosh’ sound and actually drilled directly into Lu Ping’an’s mouth.

Although Lu Ping’an had seen many scenes, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and his eyes couldn’t help but show a look of horror.

However, an even more horrifying scene appeared.

That red crimson toad actually jumped onto his face and drilled into his mouth, seemingly to chase the black centipede.

This situation made the hairs on Lu Ping’an’s stiff and weak body stand on end, and he got goosebumps, wanting to struggle but unable to move.

“Gulp, gulp!”

Immediately, a sharp pain came from his lower abdomen!

He immediately wanted to circulate his cultivation to force these two poisonous creatures out, but he couldn’t even circulate his cultivation.

“Little Gua!”

Just then, a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a light red dress, with curved eyebrows and a lively and cute appearance, ran over in a hurry.

She looked at the crimson toad that had drilled into Lu Ping’an’s mouth and asked with a look of panic and worry, “Big brother, are you alright?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Little Gua, Little Gua, come out quickly.”

The girl apologized to Lu Ping’an and continued to shout into his mouth.

But the crimson toad that had entered Lu Ping’an’s body didn’t respond at all, fighting with the Iron-backed Centipede.

Facing this situation, Lu Ping’an’s pale face turned purple and red repeatedly, his whole body was in agonizing pain, and his consciousness was also in a daze, gradually blurring.

“No! I can’t faint!”

Lu Ping’an knew that in this situation, he absolutely couldn’t faint, and continued to circulate his cultivation with all his strength.

But the agonizing pain in his body made his consciousness more and more hazy, as if entering a black abyss.

“Buzz—”

Just then, his body suddenly trembled, as if a faint starlight appeared before his eyes.

“Granny! Granny!”

Seeing that Lu Ping’an seemed to have fainted, the girl’s eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she quickly shouted loudly.

She took out a crystal stone from her hand and crushed it.

In a moment, a ray of rainbow light shot from the horizon, transforming into an old woman with white hair, an old face, but a vigorous spirit, holding a snake-entwined staff.

The old woman looked at the girl and asked with concern, “Miss, what’s wrong?”

“Granny, just now Little Gua was chasing an Iron-backed Centipede, and the Iron-backed Centipede drilled into this big brother’s mouth, and Little Gua followed it in.”

The girl saw the old woman and immediately said with an anxious expression.

“What!?”

Hearing this, the old woman looked at the unconscious Lu Ping’an, and killing intent appeared in her eyes.

“Granny, please save him.”

The girl said to the old woman with tearful eyes and a pitiful look.

“Miss, the Fierce Bull Crimson Toad is inherently highly poisonous, and once it enters the body, this person will surely die, not to mention there is also an Iron-backed Centipede damaging his internal organs.”

“Furthermore, we are outside on this trip, and we cannot expose our whereabouts.”

The old woman’s killing intent subsided, turning into loving kindness, and she said this.

“But, but this big brother doesn’t look like a bad person.”

The girl raised her head and said in a low voice.

“Miss, you can know a person’s face but not their heart. This child suddenly appearing here, and being a cultivator, clearly has problems.”

The old woman said this, her eyes still filled with killing intent as she looked at Lu Ping’an.

“Hmph!”

Just then, the starlight in Lu Ping’an’s consciousness became brighter and brighter, causing him to let out a muffled groan, and a surge of power emerged from within him, his consciousness recovering slightly.

Immediately, the Hundred Refinement Treasure Body Art in his body began to circulate automatically.

“Boom boom boom!”

As the Hundred Refinement Treasure Body Art circulated automatically, the giant axe artifact that he had refined into his body seemed to be stimulated, and the source of the artifact continuously surged out, suppressing the centipede and the crimson toad, inhibiting the poison, and integrating it into Lu Ping’an’s limbs, bones, and internal organs.

“Hmm, what’s going on!?”

The old woman was astonished to see that Lu Ping’an was not dead in this situation, and his aura was gradually recovering, with a terrifying aura permeating from within him.

“Big brother, are you alright?”

Seeing this, the girl shouted with concern towards Lu Ping’an.

Then she said to the old woman with a somewhat pleading expression, “Granny, please save him.”

“This is… the aura of an artifact!? How can this child have the aura of an artifact in his body?”

The old woman looked at Lu Ping’an, constantly examining him, her brows tightly furrowed, her eyes filled with disbelief.

She immediately placed a hand on Lu Ping’an’s shoulder to check his condition.

“This child is clearly only at the sixth level of Qi Cultivation, how can he have the aura of an artifact in his body? There’s a problem, definitely a problem!”

“But he doesn’t look like someone who came to pursue the young lady.”

“Hmm? This, this, this child actually has an artifact sealed within his body!?”

The old woman was examining Lu Ping’an’s condition.

When she saw the source of the artifact continuously surging from Lu Ping’an’s chest, realizing that an artifact was sealed inside, she couldn’t help but look shocked, and her heart was like a turbulent sea.

One must know, this was an artifact!

An artifact that only Core Formation cultivators could control!

Although this artifact should not be of high grade, at most a low-grade artifact.

But sealing an artifact within a Qi Cultivation cultivator was quite astonishing.

This level of skill was definitely the work of a great cultivator!

“This is a third-order talisman, not only is there an artifact sealed within his body, but also a third-order talisman!?”

“Could this child be the descendant of some Nascent Soul True Monarch!?”

The old woman also noticed a spiritual talisman in Lu Ping’an’s sea of consciousness in his forehead, and her heart was in turmoil.

She didn’t know what kind of spiritual talisman it was.

But through its appearance and aura, she could roughly identify it as a third-order spiritual talisman.

It should belong to a life-saving talisman.

A Qi Cultivation level six cultivator, not only with an artifact sealed within his body, but also a third-order talisman stored within him, was simply astonishing.

The current situation immediately made her feel tricky and difficult to handle, and she didn’t dare to kill Lu Ping’an.

After all, with such a person, who knew what kind of existence was behind her.

Once offended, there was a high probability of causing trouble.

She had brought the young lady to the secular world of Jiang Kingdom this time precisely to avoid disputes and did not want to get involved in trouble.

“The young lady is pure-hearted, and when she returns to the clan in the future, there will definitely be many obstacles and troubles.”

“If this child is a descendant of a True Monarch, or a lucky person with a great opportunity, the young lady forming a good relationship with him can be considered a good thing.”

The old woman kept calculating in her heart, and the killing intent in her eyes gradually dissipated, and she said to the young lady with affection, “Miss, don’t worry, I will save him now.”

As she spoke, she immediately channeled her magical power into Lu Ping’an’s body, intending to remove the weakened and powerless centipede and crimson toad.

But when she saw Lu Ping’an’s cultivation automatically circulating, refining this Iron-backed Centipede and Fierce Bull Crimson Toad, her expression couldn’t help but pause.

She could see that it was precisely these two poisonous creatures that stimulated Lu Ping’an’s body, causing his cultivation to circulate automatically and the artifact sealed within his body to continuously nourish his physical body.

If the two poisonous creatures were removed, this situation for the other party would stop.

“Nourishing the physical body with an artifact, what a grand gesture.”

The old woman pondered for a moment and chose to let Lu Ping’an continue refining.

After all, with this cultivation level yet possessing such a treasure, there was a high probability that he was an outer disciple of some True Person or True Monarch undergoing trials.

Since that was the case, she might as well go with the flow and give him an opportunity.

This Fierce Bull Crimson Toad was her young lady’s pet, and the other party refining it was equivalent to owing her young lady a favor.

“Miss, I see that Little Gua and the Iron-backed Centipede have formed a balance within him, improving his cultivation.”

“If we interfere, it will kill him, but if we don’t do anything, Little Gua will be refined.”

The old woman looked at the young lady and said this.

She said this not only for her young lady to hear but also for Lu Ping’an to hear.

“Ah”

Hearing this, the girl was immediately a little conflicted and heartbroken.

Although she wanted to save people, she also felt sorry for her pet.

But after a moment of struggle, she still chose to save the person.

Hearing this, the old woman couldn’t help but sigh with emotion, her young lady was still too kind-hearted.

With such a kind nature, how could she survive in this cultivation world.