Chapter 32

Huh!

A sudden gust of wind blew into the cave. With Li Chen's current cultivation and physical strength, he could not stop himself from being pushed back.

"What a strong wind!"

Surprised, his competitive spirit was aroused, and Li Chen gathered all his strength to walk towards the cave entrance.

Walking against the wind was the most exhausting. Despite Li Chen's full effort, he not only failed to move forward but gradually retreated, eventually being pushed to the nest and pressed into the scattered branches before he could stabilize himself.

Under the assault of this strong wind, it took about a quarter of an hour for it to gradually dissipate.

"Phew! I'm frozen."

Li Chen rubbed his icy, weak body, turned around in shock, and saw that the eaglet was still motionless, breathing steadily, which reassured him.

Plopping to the ground, he practiced the *Rongyang Technique*, slowly gathering his depleted internal energy, and his body gradually regained sensation.

After about half an hour, the internal energy in his dantian was full, and Li Chen got up and walked to the cave entrance.

What met his eyes was an endless expanse of misty clouds. A gentle breeze blew, and he could vaguely see the lush mountains below.

Even with mental preparation, Li Chen stumbled, thinking to himself, "Finished, how high is this?"

He leaned against the cave wall and slowly sat down, staring outside the cave in a daze. Being young, he found it hard to accept the situation.

"No, I must find a way to leave, or I'll starve to death here!"

Fortunately, Li Chen had a strong will, and he quickly regained his composure. With a determined look, he got up, grabbed the two green horns that had fallen on the ground, and turned back to the cave entrance.

Looking at the bottomless cliff, Li Chen took a deep breath and suddenly leaped down.

Plop! Plop!

Just as he was about to fall into the clouds, Li Chen quickly thrust the two sharp green horns into the rock several inches deep, causing his arms to vibrate. Fortunately, they were deep enough to support his body.

Relying on his strong arm strength and the sharp green horns, Li Chen continued to descend. As he passed through the clouds and looked down at the bottomless cliff, he felt dizzy and almost lost his grip.

He calmed his breath and his eyes lit up. He suddenly changed direction and began to crawl down diagonally.

After a short while, he reached a protruding rock wall. Below it was a not very large but extremely robust and lush fruit tree with intertwined roots.

Fruits the size of fists, yellow and orange, emitted an enticing aroma, and there were about a hundred of them.

"Cloud Pear Fruit, a mid-stage second-rank spirit fruit with the effect of strengthening the tendons and cleansing the bone marrow. Long-term consumption can widen the meridians and is a rare and valuable spirit fruit!"

The records from the pharmacy flashed through his mind, and Li Chen's eyes glowed green, but he immediately scanned the surroundings cautiously.

According to his knowledge, such a spirit fruit would be guarded by a powerful beast, so he had to be careful.

But then he slapped his head. With the presence of the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle, a beast at least of the fourth rank, no other beast would dare to snatch food under their watch.

Thinking of this, Li Chen leaped onto the boulder without hesitation, grabbed a Cloud Pear Fruit, and started to eat it.

As a second-rank spirit fruit, the Cloud Pear Fruit not only had powerful effects but also an enticing aroma and a melting texture, making it a rare delicacy.

"Trouble!"

Li Chen was startled and immediately threw away the half-eaten Cloud Pear Fruit. The fruit flesh melted in his mouth, and it was too late to spit it out. He sat cross-legged on the boulder and desperately circulated the *Rongyang Technique*.

That day in the monkey valley, drinking a mouthful of monkey wine almost made him burst. How much more so with the Cloud Pear Fruit, which was even higher in rank than monkey wine.

Huh! Huh!

Biting his teeth, his face flushed red, and his veins bulged. Li Chen let out a series of inhuman screams, which echoed for miles on the cliff and were carried away by the wind.

Fortunately, he had been alert early and did not swallow the entire Cloud Pear Fruit, resisting the strong temptation of its aroma.

As heat waves rose from his body and two blood arrows shot from his nose, the surging energy gradually dissipated.

"Ah, I've heard of a body-strengthening cultivation technique that specifically trains the physical body. If I had such a technique, with so many Cloud Pear Fruits, my progress would be rapid!"

He slowly opened his eyes, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the Cloud Pear Fruits with a pained expression, completely forgetting that he had almost burst from the energy of the Cloud Pear Fruit.

Taking a deep breath, Li Chen got up and suddenly felt a cool breeze below. Looking down, he saw a prominent, red, and purple object, full of veins.

His lips twitched awkwardly. His clothes were already in tatters, and he had not noticed it before. Now, with the heat from his body and the mountain wind, his crotch was like a tent, and it was not cool at all.

Fortunately, there was no one around; otherwise, with his flushed face, people would have surely mistaken him for having taken some strong stimulant.

Huh!

Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind, as before, came without warning, and he was caught off guard, his body colliding with the rock wall, causing his internal energy to surge.

"What a strange wind!"

Li Chen gritted his teeth and struggled to maintain his balance. Fortunately, the rock wall behind him prevented him from being blown away like in the cave.

What surprised him was that the Cloud Pear Fruit tree in front of him, with its dense leaves rustling and the trunk swaying, did not drop any fruits or leaves.

"Hmm?"

Puzzled, Li Chen looked up and saw the clouds above suddenly churn, as if an invisible hand was flipping them.

The wind rushed towards him, then suddenly moved to another spot, creating a turbulent effect in the clouds.

Wind, an intangible substance, but with a traceable path. The churning of the clouds was the strange nature of the wind!

For some reason, Li Chen, as if guided by a mysterious force, recalled the essence of the *Storm Fist* technique. He controlled his body and slowly and laboriously moved in the hurricane.

If not for the rock wall behind him, Li Chen would not even be able to stand, let alone practice the technique.

But in this situation, he watched the changes in the clouds, moved bit by bit, and practiced the technique. When he was tired, he would suck on some Cloud Pear Fruit juice to replenish his energy and continue practicing.

After a quarter of an hour, the hurricane stopped, but Li Chen remained immersed in the practice of the *Storm Fist*, continuously moving his hands until the strong wind suddenly reappeared.

Throughout the morning, the strange hurricane appeared three times, each lasting a quarter of an hour, very punctually.

And in this situation, Li Chen continuously practiced the technique, using the Cloud Pear Fruits to replenish his energy.

"Yes, practicing martial techniques inherently strengthens the physical body. No wonder I feel the absorption of the energy from the Cloud Pear Fruits has increased!"

Waiting all afternoon, the hurricane did not reappear. Li Chen's eyes were intense, as if he had made a decision, and he climbed back to the cave above with determination.