Chapter 94

"Too terrifying, no one could bear it, how can there be such a place?"

No matter how Li Chen looked or searched, he found no trace of anything.

The eerie howls seemed to come from all directions, even seeping through the surrounding rock walls, omnipresent.

Unable to meditate, and even less able to sleep, Li Chen could only endure the lack of true qi, staring with wide eyes.

Fortunately, his martial body was strong enough to hold up.

But after losing too much blood and with his true qi depleted, he eventually fell into a daze and drifted off to sleep.

"Oh, how did I fall asleep?"

In the dim light, Li Chen rolled up and rubbed his eyes, suddenly frowning and clutching his abdomen.

That was the aftereffect of his wounds from last night.

At this moment, the maddening howls had already disappeared.

He immediately took out a Qi Gathering Pill and swallowed it, then began to meditate to recover.

Creak!

After a long while, a grating sound of metal chains sliding slowly echoed into the valley, accompanied by a series of curses.

"Damn it, every time I come to the cliff bottom, it's so eerie. I've been in the Reflection Cliff for three years, and this is only the second time I've entered the third level!"

"I say, Jiang Muhou, can't you speak a word?"

"Boring!"

Not long after, with a clatter, a ladder from the pavilion descended in front of the cliff entrance, and a robust figure stepped out, while another tall and thin figure remained still.

"Tsk tsk, what kind of genius of the sect, after death, still looks the same?"

The robust figure was none other than Zhou Zhanshan, the overseer of the Reflection Cliff, who guarded it halfway up the mountain.

He walked into the cliff wall with a lantern, looking at Li Chen sitting cross-legged in the cave, his face froze as if he had seen a ghost, exclaiming, "How are you not dead? Where did these things come from?"

In the dim light, Zhou Zhanshan's expression fluctuated, and finally, his eyes glinted with a fierce light as he punched Li Chen, who was meditating.

The fierce aura on his fist clearly showed his intent to kill.

"Hmph!"

Li Chen, though his true qi was not fully restored, his early-stage Second Rank martial body was not weak at all.

He leaned back slightly, narrowly avoiding the fierce punch.

Zhou Zhanshan, not expecting Li Chen to dodge, heard a dull thud as his fist, the size of a bowl, slammed into the rock wall.

Crack! Hiss!

The bone-cracking sound and the sound of drawing in a breath were heard simultaneously, but the rock wall remained unscathed.

Bang!

Li Chen punched Zhou Zhanshan's chest, another bone-cracking sound was heard, accompanied by a scream, and the robust body flew backward like a rag doll.

Rolling for a moment, he almost fell off the cliff.

"Cough, cough, how, how is this possible?"

As a late-stage True Forging Realm expert, Zhou Zhanshan struggled to his feet, spitting out blood, pointing at Li Chen, his eyes full of shock.

"How is it possible that you didn't die?"

Li Chen slowly stood up, dusted off his robe, and walked step by step toward Zhou Zhanshan: "How could I die!"

"You, you don't come closer, if you kill me, the sect rules won't spare you!"

Sensing the killing intent from Li Chen, Zhou Zhanshan trembled and retreated, all his ferocity gone, but seeing Li Chen still walking calmly, he panicked: "Jiang Muhou, Jiang Mushi, Master Jiang..."

"Let's go!"

Without knowing when, Jiang Mushi's emaciated figure had already stood at the edge of the cliff, his expression indifferent.

"Amazing!"

Li Chen's pupils suddenly constricted; he hadn't even noticed Jiang Mushi's approach. If he had intended to ambush, that would have been terrifying.

Zhou Zhanshan glanced at Li Chen, confirming he wouldn't attack again, swallowed, and carefully ran along the cliff wall toward the ladder.

Ding ling ling!

The lever was pulled, the chains clattered, and the ladder creaked as it slowly disappeared into the mist.

After a deep gaze, Li Chen clenched his fist, turned around, and continued to meditate and cultivate.

Time passed quickly, and it was unknown how long had gone by.

In the dim cliff bottom, every evening, the eerie howls would last for four hours.

During this time, not to mention meditating and cultivating, even studying martial techniques was impossible.

Every time, Li Chen could only sit helplessly, enduring the torment of the howls.

Creak!

One day, while Li Chen was practicing martial techniques, he suddenly heard a grating sound and the sliding of metal chains from above, his spirit inexplicably stirred.

Jiang Mushi had come; it seemed it was already the ninth day. Since the day he and Zhou Zhanshan came down, eight days had passed.

"Brother, if you don't mind, would you like a drink?"

Li Chen was somewhat surprised; Zhou Zhanshan had been injured by him, yet Jiang Mushi still brought down food, though he didn't need it.

"Can't!"

Jiang Mushi coldly glanced at him, put down the bamboo basket, and was about to operate the lever to leave.

"Take this!"

Li Chen didn't get angry, leaped onto the ladder, and attacked Jiang Mushi.

"Hmph!"

Jiang Mushi coldly snorted, not dodging, not even blinking, staring straight at the fierce punch coming toward him.

"Why don't you dodge?"

Li Chen awkwardly retracted his fist, which was just a hair's breadth from touching his nose.

"No killing intent!"

"Brother, can you sense killing intent? Can you teach me?"

Li Chen quickly put on a humble look, his cultivation was not low, but no one had ever systematically taught him anything.

This emaciated, unlikable, even repulsive Jiang Mushi, perhaps shared something in common with him, making him feel a sense of familiarity.

"Can't!"

Still the dry, hoarse, and unhelpful refusal.

"Hehe!"

Li Chen didn't give up, standing on the ladder like a pest, clearly stating that he wouldn't leave unless he taught him.

Although Jiang Mushi was extremely cold, he was a strict rule-follower. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken Zhou Zhanshan away that day, nor would he have brought food on time today.

"Go up!"

The two stared at each other for over an hour, and finally, Jiang Mushi's expressionless face showed a slight change, a barely perceptible frown.

Li Chen didn't respond, and when he was bored, he opened his storage bag, took out some liquor to drink, and when he was hungry, he ate some fruit or prepared meat.

After four more hours, the gray mist outside the cliff began to thicken, and the eerie howls that chilled the heart started to sound.

"Regret!"

Jiang Mushi dryly said two words, stepped onto the rock wall, and walked inward.

"Hehe!"

Li Chen had no regret for bullying the 'honest person,' and his figure flickered onto the rock wall.

He took out the liquor, spirit fruits, and dried meat. In the long, dreary night, even drinking with a 'zombie' was not bad.

But what discouraged Li Chen was that Jiang Mushi didn't even look at them, only his expression changed slightly.

His lifeless eyes scanned the surroundings with a hint of nostalgia, and in the eerie howls, his body began to tremble slowly, eventually shaking violently, making choking sounds as if he were frozen.

His emaciated body, the eerie howls, and the strange movements were bone-chilling, making one think of a zombie or ghost coming out to feed in the dark of night!