"Something that can't see the light of day has already been driven away by me. No need to pay attention to it."

"Celestial Spider?"

"Yes, a ruthless character from the Celestial Spider. This time he came specifically to test me after a breakthrough."

Chen Zhaosheng didn't want to pull Chen Zhixing into the whirlpool of the Celestial Spider Organization, so he didn't choose to answer directly, just brushed it off with words.

Seeing this, Chen Zhixing decided not to expose it, merely nodding to Chen Zhaosheng and said:

"Looks like you're quite injured, take a few days to recuperate. I'll have the Sword Demon guard your door during these days."

"Alright."

Without refusing Chen Zhixing's kindness, Chen Zhaosheng also knew who the Sword Demon was, a pitiful person recruited by the family, who entered the path through the sword and then went astray with the sword. Once regressed in cultivation due to the Heart Demon, and then advanced greatly as the Chen Family destroyed the Sikong family, he has now broken through to the Nirvana Realm, considered a quite powerful Honored Guest Elder among the Chen Family's many elders.

Such a presence, placed now to guard his door, was indeed appropriate for Chen Zhaosheng.

...

After Chen Zhixing called over the Sword Demon to guard Chen Zhaosheng, he no longer paid attention to him.

As Chen Zhaosheng himself said, being hurt by someone he knows was just his personal matter, unrelated to the Chen Family.

Then.

In his own garden, the returning Chen Zhixing looked at the snake demon maid in the garden with one bruised eye and withheld the instructions he was about to give.

"Lii Shuang."

"Lii Shuang is here." Came the response from the north.

"Take two people and go capture the guy who appeared on the main peak earlier. Our Ziwei Chen Family is not some wilderness where one can just come, hit others, and leave that easily."

"Understood!" Northern winds swept through, spreading down the mountain.

Seeing this, Chen Zhixing entered the flower hall and settled in a corner, showing a slight gentle calm in his eyes.

"Celestial Spider? What kind of ridiculous name is that, wouldn't Heaven's Punishment or Skynet sound much better than this stupid Celestial Spider? It sounds like a small role of no importance."

As Chen Zhixing complained, the snake spirit in the pavilion could only listen obediently, just hoping Chen Zhixing would leave quickly so she could find a corner to hide.

Yes, even after coming to the mortal world for four months, Miss Snake Spirit still hadn't figured out her positioning on this Ziwei Mountain.

Logically speaking, being taken home by a human race cultivator meant that this lustful human took a fancy to her beauty, and the snake spirit happily accepted this role since it was not easy to find a male strong enough to protect her despite having a child during these times.

But the result....

The snake spirit touched her still bruised eye and thought that maybe, probably, she couldn't accept Chen Zhixing's heavy taste.

About a cup of tea's time passed.

Just as the snake spirit worried about not being able to escape again today and getting beaten by Chen Zhixing, the intense northern wind finally brought her back to her senses.

Run! Run quickly!

Almost as soon as a large chunk of ice fell into the yard, she transformed into a white python as thick as a human arm and slipped into the water pavilion under the flowers, feeling deeply relieved for having escaped another disaster today.

Chen Zhixing: "..."

Sitting in this flower hall for so long, this silly girl didn't even bring a fruit platter! Does she not want to work anymore!

Setting aside the snake spirit's matter, after Lii Shuang and the three Snow Demons glanced at her, they no longer paid attention to the unlucky fellow brought back by their master's strange hobby.

The group of three entered the flower hall, bowed to Chen Zhixing alongside the ice lump.

"Young Master, we didn't fail the mission."

"Hmm, capturing him back so quickly, I'll credit you three with a major merit later."

"Thank you, Young Master!" X3

Chen Zhixing glanced at the three Snow Demons and, seeing no signs of injury on them, raised an eyebrow and asked: "How strong was that guy?"

Lii Shuang recalled for a moment and then cupped her fists, saying:

"His combat power was quite formidable, but his moves were outdated and his realm was low. While his methods were indeed deadly, under the siege of the three of us, he was nothing special."

Chen Zhixing acknowledged this understandingly.

Lii Shuang and the eight Snow Demons who accompanied her, all had a realm in the late-stage Nirvana of Seventh and Eighth Layer, where two leaders, Snow Soul, were at Nirvana Ninth Layer, and Lii Shuang was at Nirvana Peak, nearly stepping into the Peak of Peak. With this confidence, they naturally wouldn't care about a 'small role' who had just broken through the Nirvana Realm.

After the three left.

Chen Zhixing looked at the black-robed man frozen in the ice before him, and a strange expression emerged on his face.

[Blazing Gold Fate: Martial Arts Genius]

[Azure Fate: Disfavored by Heavenly Dao]

[Blazing Gold Fate: Possessing the Body]

[Emperor Purple Fate: Longevity Taoist (Partial)]

"Is this what they call a reincarnated body snatcher, such a mundane fate. Reaching this realm probably relies entirely on the remnants from the previous life's reincarnation, so.... why not choose a better body to possess?"

With a bang.

The ice shattered with a slap from Chen Zhixing. Watching the figure collapse on the spot after escaping perplexity, he asked playfully:

"Don't play dead on the ground, tell me what you're thinking. A small role who just broke through the Nirvana Realm dares so boldly to come to my Chen Family's Ziwei Peak to provoke?"

Ziwei Chen Family....

"Are you Chen Zhixing?"

Seeing that he was discovered, the man got up from the ground, giving Chen Zhixing a deep look: "You captured me because you want to know about Chen Zhaosheng from my mouth, right?"

"Uh...." Chen Zhixing blinked at these words: "Did you not hear what I just said?"

Fang Cun heard this and frowned, then his expression showed some confusion, had he just been called a small role?

How many years had it been since someone called him that?

But now.

"Small role...." Fang Cun nodded: "Indeed, the current me is a small role in your Chen Family's eyes, but it's not because I'm stupid, it's because there was a problem with the information, leading me to believe that after Chen Tianyuan left for the North Sea, there were no more experts in your Chen Family, not expecting your family to hide so deeply with actually three Nirvana Peak existences."

Peak of Peak....

Who?

Those three Snow Demons?

Chen Zhixing's expression grew even more curious: "Those three don't count as peaks either. Among them, only Lii Shuang is decent, the other two are just Nirvana Seventh and Eighth Layer...."

Fang Cun was even more silent upon hearing this.

He seemed to be hit as if the entire person had been impacted!

He stood there stunned for a full minute, then extended his hands to view them: "They aren't at the peak, then.... did I become weaker?"

"Huh?" Chen Zhixing raised an eyebrow and looked at him.

"I should have become weaker. If it were my former self, even just breaking through Nirvana, those two mutated human races not at Nirvana Peak Realm would never be my match."

Though saying this, having come back to himself, Fang Cun didn't choose to fight Chen Zhixing; he simply said: "Now my power is inferior, having fallen into your Chen Family's hands, do as you wish, but you won't get intel on others from me."

Chen Zhixing: "..."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Zhixing softened his tone, speaking calmly to him:

"You should be a strong figure from the prior era resurrected by the Daluo Taoist Lands, right?"

"Hmph."

"Let's say, is it possible, it's not that you've weakened, but that people of our era have grown up on the shoulders of yours? Those supreme skills you mastered are things we've thoroughly researched, targeted, and even started to dismiss as obsolete?"

"..."

"So, now can you accept the reality that you're a weakling?"

While speaking, a black flame suddenly burst forth from Chen Zhixing's palm.

Upon seeing this, the man's pupils contracted sharply: "Fallen Heart Flame!"

As soon as the words fell, he tried to run!

But who would have thought, as soon as he stepped out, the next second, it felt as if a real mountain pressed down on him, pinning him three inches into the ground!

"It seems you recognize it?"

Walking up to Fang Cun, as he struggled to lift his head, Chen Zhixing's flame touched his forehead.

"Ah.... you... you...."

"Don't misunderstand, I just want to extract something from you, to see what the effect is. After all, the Daluo Taoist Lands went to such great lengths to create it, wouldn't it be a waste not to study it?"

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