Last night, riding a carriage to Zixian Valley, it didn't feel that big; it seemed like in no time, the carriage had crossed the entire valley and reached Zixian Castle.

But now in his Pure Yang Sword Immortal state, he had flown for nearly ten seconds and still hadn't seen the end of the valley. His primordial energy was already heavily consumed, and if he continued, it would soon be exhausted, forcing him to land.

All around were towering giant reishi forests, with rock reishi as large as a room, standing more than ten or even dozens of meters tall.

Just as Chen Guan landed, he saw Mei Qingta charging from behind, barely five hundred meters away.

"How is this guy so fast? Even as a Pure Yang Sword Immortal, I can't widen the distance much." Gritting his teeth, Chen Guan kept running deeper into the valley, hoping to reach the gates of Zixian Castle before Mei Qingta caught up.

Seeing Chen Guan land, a flicker of killing intent flashed in Mei Qingta's eyes, and he quickened his pace to continue the pursuit.

"Such a powerful secret skill, Chen Guan can maintain it for about ten seconds. If someone other than me were sent to kill him today, even a regular Third Awakening Cultivator at level thirty couldn't kill him, and might even be killed by him." Mei Qingta's killing intent burned fiercer, wanting just to catch up quickly and slay Chen Guan.

But soon Mei Qingta noticed that, although Chen Guan didn't use that strange and terrifying secret skill again, he switched to a stepping technique secret skill, and his speed was unexpectedly fast.

Level 30 Mei Qingta, without using a lightweight secret skill, would also find it difficult to close the distance quickly.

"Able to have enough primordial energy for such a strong stepping technique, his primordial energy recovery talent is unimaginably terrifying." Mei Qingta, though well experienced, had never seen anyone use primordial energy and secret skills like Chen Guan.

"Luckily, this is Zixian Valley, otherwise he might really get away." Mei Qingta conserved his primordial energy, trying not to let its consumption become too severe.

He wasn't in a hurry to chase Chen Guan because he knew that the end of Zixian Valley was Zixian Castle, and there Chen Guan would have no escape.

Chen Guan also noticed Mei Qingta's abnormal behavior. Logically, Mei Qingta, using just his own speed, shouldn't be much slower than Chen Guan using the One-Night Step. He should have caught up already.

But Mei Qingta kept pursuing from behind without deliberately closing the gap, seemingly conserving his primordial energy.

"Why is he not rushing to catch up with me?" Countless thoughts flashed through Chen Guan's mind: "Could it be that this Mei Qingta has something to do with the Zixian of Zixian Valley? Otherwise, why is he so calmly letting me escape deeper into Zixian Valley?"

The more Chen Guan thought about it, the more certain he felt, causing him to hesitate a bit.

Chen Guan had once saved the Zixian Patriarch, and she promised that he could look for her help if he encountered difficulties.

But this relationship might not be too solid. At least after recovering, the Zixian Patriarch didn't treat him as the heir of the Spirit Devouring God like she did with Linger.

She merely gifted him a Blood Lingzhi, then, using some divine power, sent him back without exchanging more than a few words.

Chen Guan guessed that the Zixian Patriarch must have realized he wasn't the heir of the Spirit Devouring God, but perhaps out of gratitude for saving her, she didn't say anything.

Chen Guan didn't know exactly what relationship Mei Qingta had with the Zixians and whether their relationship was stronger. Would escaping to Zixian Castle be walking into a trap?

On the way here, besides the little horse by the river earlier, he hadn't seen any other small beasts, which made Chen Guan uneasy.

At this moment, Chen Guan was torn between decisions, whether to flee to Zixian Castle and take a gamble on who had a better relationship there.

But very quickly, Chen Guan dismissed this thought; he disliked the feeling of leaving his fate in someone else's hands. Thus, only one path remained: confront Mei Qingta before reaching Zixian Castle.

Level 30 Mei Qingta, strong enough to contend with Xiu Jie Ming, the secret skills he had were numerous and mysterious.

The only consolation was that from Mei Qingta's previous encounters with Zhu Hongzhi and Bai Yueguang, his secret skills were strange, his techniques peculiar, speed quick, and formidable all around, but his destructive power wasn't particularly strong.

Of course, this destructive power wasn't particularly strong in comparison; compared to Xiu Jie Ming, Mei Qingta's destructive power was just average, but compared to Chen Guan, it wasn't weak and could even be considered quite strong.

But he hadn't broken Zhu Hongzhi's Body Protection Divine Skill, relying instead on secret skills with special effects to win.

Chen Guan analyzed carefully, realizing that Mei Qingta's inherent destructive power was not very strong, similar to when he relied on the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm as his main offensive technique.

"The only uncertain factor now is Mei Qingta's Secret Power. I wonder if I can withstand it," several thoughts crossed Chen Guan's mind as he tapped his toe on a rock and stopped abruptly.

Rather than gamble at Zixian Castle, it'd be better to fight Mei Qingta here. Relying on others was inferior to relying on himself, and he wasn't without a chance of victory.

Seeing Chen Guan suddenly stop running, Mei Qingta was a bit surprised. As he approached Chen Guan, he didn't strike immediately and instead said coldly, "Why did you stop? Is your primordial energy failing to recover?"

"You brought me to the Valley of Hundred Beasts, intending to kill me quietly without leaving a trace. But how do you know that I didn't come here to kill you?" Chen Guan replied calmly as he looked at him.

Mei Qingta smiled slightly: "That bluff might work on others, but not on me. Save your tricks; if you think this place has good feng shui, then I'll send you off right here."

Saying this, Mei Qingta's figure flickered, and in a flash, he was in front of Chen Guan, his punches faster than lightning, giving Chen Guan no time to rest.

This punch from Mei Qingta missed, but he didn't mind, having already witnessed Chen Guan's speed in using secret skills and knowing that unless Chen Guan couldn't use them, his punch speed was unlikely to hit him.

Yet Mei Qingta's next punches sped up again, clearly using a speed-boosting secret skill, with streaks of fist light cutting between the two of them like shooting stars, rapidly attacking Chen Guan.

Initially, he thought Chen Guan only had a fast speed enhanced by secret skills, and as long as he used a secret skill to increase his speed beyond Chen Guan's and paired it with his fist technique, he could quickly land a hit.

But Mei Qingta soon discovered that Chen Guan was not just speedy due to his body technique secret skill; his body technique and rhythm were exceptionally masterful.

After using a body technique secret skill, Mei Qingta's speed clearly surpassed Chen Guan's movement speed, yet he still couldn't hit Chen Guan.

The light and agile body technique and the rhythm that set one's blood boiling made Mei Qingta feel like he had seen it somewhere before.

"Huh... You actually know Shang Ziyi's Martial Arts Body Technique..." Mei Qingta quickly recalled where these body techniques and rhythms originated.

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