Chapter 4

Zichen ran at full speed, leaving deep footprints in the snow. From the pursuit until now, he had run for over ten miles, but he was still running.

Earlier, he could still hear the roars and curses of Zhao Can and the others, but now, he could no longer hear them. Zichen had used his two legs to leave the others, who were at the fourth level of true qi, far behind.

After the washing of the meridians, although Zichen did not have true qi, his strength was great. He ran all the way without feeling the slightest bit exhausted. True qi would be consumed and could only be slowly restored after being used up, but strength was not afraid of consumption; he could quickly recover in a short time.

On the snow, there were two deep footprints. Zhao Can and the three others could find Zichen just by following the footprints.

"What's going on with Zichen? He's actually not dead?" Lin Ying couldn't help but sigh.

They were not ordinary people; they were cultivators and martial artists, naturally able to distinguish between life and death. Zichen was indeed dead before, but now he was alive.

"Hmph, it's his good fortune that he didn't die, but this time he will surely die," Zhao Can said coldly with a dark face.

Even he didn't know what Zichen's situation was, why he had come back to life after dying.

"This damn Zichen, without true qi, he's still so fast. If I catch him, I'll kill him with my own hands and watch him die," Lin Hao cursed angrily.

Suddenly, Lin Ying frowned and said, "Looking at the footprints on the ground, Zichen has no true qi at all. Although he didn't die due to some fortunate event, his dantian is really ruined. But why did he steal the snow ginseng? Could the snow ginseng restore his dantian?"

"Idiot!" Zhao Can, with a dark face, couldn't help but roll his eyes and sneer.

"Zhao Can, I warn you, be more polite when speaking to my brother and me," Zhao Can's sneer made Lin Hao angry.

"Hmph!" Zhao Can coldly sneered and said, "Snow ginseng is just a spiritual medicine that can help people break through. It cannot repair the dantian. Even if it were a thousand-year-old snow ginseng, it couldn't repair the dantian."

"What do you mean?" Lin Ying stared at Zhao Can.

"I mean that if we catch Zichen, he will surely die. If he directly swallows the snow ginseng, he will also surely die. So no matter what, Zichen will die," a cold and ruthless look flashed in Zhao Can's eyes.

"Death, how will he die? We can't even catch him now," Lin Hao rolled his eyes.

"We can't catch him now, but he can't run far. Without true qi and without food, how far can he run?" Zhao Can sneered.

Zhao Can's analysis made sense, but he didn't understand Zichen's fortunate event. He didn't know that although Zichen didn't have true qi, he was definitely not an ordinary person. After the washing of the meridians, his body was now incredibly strong.

Now, the distance between Zichen and them had increased from a hundred meters to several miles, and this distance was still increasing.

"Don't rest, eat while chasing," Zhao Can took out some dry rations and said coldly.

Zichen had no food and was running at full speed, feeling thirsty and hungry. He could only grab handfuls of snow and stuff them into his mouth.

Night fell quickly, and there was no moon or stars tonight. However, the ground was covered with white snow, so the pitch-black night could still be seen for hundreds of meters.

But compared to the daytime, the night vision was still very unclear.

After nightfall, Zichen found a cave but did not enter it. When he was still dozens of meters away from the cave, he suddenly stopped and walked to the other side. He walked for dozens of meters and then slowly walked back, retreating hundreds of meters from the original path.

Because he was walking backward, the footprints on the ground were slightly larger, but this was not obvious in the night.

Seeing these slightly larger footprints, Zichen sneered and ran in another direction. This time, Zichen was much more careful. He took a step, crouched down, and carefully covered his footprints with the surrounding snow.

The snow was still falling heavily, which saved Zichen a lot of effort. Just a slight covering, and the snow would completely cover the footprints.

In this way, although Zichen's speed was very slow, he could successfully escape from the pursuit of the others.

After such slow walking, Zichen only started to accelerate after circling around two mountains, no longer caring about the footprints behind him.

He grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, and Zichen started running again.

This time, Zichen ran at full speed, sparing no effort, running for dozens of miles before stopping, panting heavily.

At night, Zhao Can and the others did not rest and continued to follow the footprints to chase Zichen. It was not until the middle of the night that they reached the cave.

The footprints on the ground were already very shallow, and only occasionally could some uneven areas be seen.

"The footprints are covered by the snow; we need to speed up," Lin Hao frowned and said, then accelerated and continued to chase.

"Idiot!" A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhao Can's mouth, and he secretly cursed in his heart. Lin Hao had warned him, so he didn't dare to mock him openly, only in secret.

With a sneer, Zhao Can stood still and said calmly, "The footprints are gone, but they may not necessarily be covered by the snow."

Lin Ying and Lin Hao stopped, looking at Zhao Can in confusion.

"Zichen is very smart and knows how to use the snow. The footprints are gone here, and we naturally subconsciously think they are covered by the snow and continue to move forward. If we think that, we won't be able to find him."

"Why? The footprints clearly disappeared in this direction. Is Zichen not ahead?" the two asked in confusion.

"I've known Zichen for a long time. His tricks can work on others, but not on me," Zhao Can sneered. "After a day and night of running without food, he has run for dozens of miles and is already out of energy. So he deliberately created this false impression. If I'm not mistaken, Zichen is definitely here."

Zhao Can turned around and pointed to a dark cave about fifty meters away, half covered by snow.

"Here?"

The two were stunned, looking at the cave with suspicion.

Zhao Can slowly approached, very confident in his judgment.

"Is he really here?" the two still couldn't believe it.

"Hmph, whether he's here or not, you can check. Based on my understanding of him, there's a 90% chance he's here," Zhao Can sneered and confidently said to the cave, "Zichen, come out. You have no way out."

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Dozens of miles away, Zichen was panting heavily, leaning against a mountain wall to rest.

"Zhao Can is suspicious by nature and will definitely think I'm in that cave, but I can't fool him for too long. At most, they will catch up in half a day. I need to quickly refine the snow ginseng."

Zichen panted and grabbed two handfuls of snow from the side, stuffing them into his mouth.

He was very hungry now, his stomach full of snow water.

At dawn, Zichen had already adjusted his mood and took out the snow ginseng from his chest.

A five-hundred-year-old snow ginseng, if used to refine medicine, could produce many true qi pills. Even in a normal exchange, it could be exchanged for five.

But now, apart from swallowing it raw, Zichen had no other choice.

"Whether it can repair the dantian or not, it's worth a try. Even if it can't repair it, an increase in strength is still good. At least I won't be hunted to death by them."

Zichen made up his mind and took a desperate risk.

The snow ginseng, as thick as a baby's arm, was placed directly in Zichen's mouth. With a crunch, the snow ginseng was bitten open, and a cool, sweet liquid like ice water flowed into Zichen's stomach.

The outer layer of the snow ginseng was old skin, but the inside was sweet juice.

After the liquid from the snow ginseng entered his stomach, a pure energy appeared in his abdomen and spread to his limbs and all parts of his body.

"The skin of the snow ginseng is also good, at least it can satisfy hunger."

After drinking the juice of the snow ginseng, Zichen put the shriveled snow ginseng in his mouth and chewed it hard. With a crunch, the snow ginseng was crushed and swallowed.

The energy in his stomach began to churn. Zichen closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and adjusted his breathing. The Thunder Body Tempering Technique began to circulate.

This was a technique mainly for tempering the body, and all the energy had to pass through the heart after one cycle.

This was a meridian that Zichen had never opened before, but as the Thunder Body Tempering Technique circulated, the energy smoothly passed through the heart when it reached it.

Moreover, Zichen discovered that it wasn't the energy passing through the heart, but the heart absorbing the energy on its own.

"What's going on?"

Zichen opened his eyes, his expression very strange. A five-hundred-year-old snow ginseng contained a terrifying amount of energy. If it weren't for the imminent danger, Zichen would never have rashly swallowed the snow ginseng.

But now, after the energy from the snow ginseng entered his heart, it disappeared like a stone sinking into the sea, without even a ripple.

It was as if a powerful energy had entered a bottomless pit.

Not even half a cycle had passed, and the energy from the snow ginseng had already disappeared.

"Where did the energy from the snow ginseng go?"

Zichen's expression was strange and puzzled. In the next moment, his heart suddenly beat, and a pure silver energy suddenly appeared from his heart, rushing to his limbs and all parts of his body.

At the same time, an even purer energy passed through Zichen's meridians and flowed into his dantian.

This energy was extremely pure, emitting a silver glow, resembling lightning energy, but this energy was too vast, far exceeding the energy of the snow ginseng.

After the energy flowed into the dantian, it spread to the surroundings of the dantian. At the same time, Zichen's damaged and riddled dantian began to repair itself under the silver energy.

The dantian was being repaired.

Under Zichen's stunned gaze, a miracle was unfolding.

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