There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 24: Have I Become a Poison Master?
Have I become a poison master?
Once someone becomes famous, it's definitely not just good things that happen!
Chen Qing instantly understood the other party's purpose.

Beside him, Xu Zhaoying changed his sword technique, and the Flowing Water Sword burst forth with a green light, like a rainbow piercing the sun, dispelling the ghostly shadows!

"This person can create ghostly shadows in broad daylight, he has already reached the Xuan Tong Gui Yi realm!" she urgently transmitted her voice, "But he must be an unlicensed cultivator who has infiltrated the Immortal Dynasty! Such a cultivator will be suppressed by the Central Continent's barrier, and his cultivation level must not exceed the third realm! I have a treasure bestowed by the princess that can temporarily trap him. You find an opportunity to repel him and create space so that we can escape!"

Before she finished speaking, Xu Zhaoying formed a hand seal, and a jade seal shot into the sky, growing larger in the wind until it was ten feet in diameter, with rays of clear light falling down from it!
"The Qingqiu Mountain-Suppressing Seal?! How could such a priceless treasure be in the possession of this nameless woman?"

As the jade seal pressed down from mid-air, the man in animal skin changed his expression drastically, and the black aura around him immediately weakened.

"This person must be a newcomer to the Unity Realm, and his Yin Spirit is not yet firmly established!"

At this moment, a glint flashed in Chen Qing's eyes. He recalled his master's few words before his death and began to make a plan!
However, Xu Zhaoying seemed worried that Chen Qing would be intimidated by the other party's title of the third realm, so she immediately reminded him: "This person does not have any illusory image of a magic robe, and he uses his Yin spirit to control incantations, rather than his Yin spirit leaving his body, which means he has only just entered the third realm of unity! If such a cultivator fights in broad daylight and his Yin spirit is suppressed, his physical body will only be at the second realm strength! We still have the strength to strike him and can temporarily force him back!"

"I see!"

With this reminder, Chen Qing felt much more at ease. Thinking of his master's methods in life, he knew that if the opponent's Yin spirit was suppressed, he would indeed have one or two opportunities to make a move!
That being the case...

call!
He suddenly leaped out of the sword light!
"A mere second-realm cultivator thinks he can fight back just because he suppressed my Yin Spirit? How arrogant!" The man in the animal skin sneered, sweeping his white bone staff horizontally. Black energy transformed into a hundred-foot-long giant python, which opened its mouth to devour him!
boom!
A surge of immense pressure erupted, causing the jade seal to shake slightly, and Xu Zhaoying's face turned deathly pale!
"As expected of the third realm, the gap between major realms is indeed vast, even with the suppression of magical treasures..."

But Chen Qing neither dodged nor avoided, his hands forming a seal, and the Mountain and Sea Intent within his body suddenly erupted!

"Mountain collapse and tsunami!"

Chen Qing clasped his hands together, and the spiritual power of the "Taiyue Tongtian Jue" and the "Haomiao Jing" forcibly merged in his meridians. The Taihe Qi surged like an angry dragon, exploding with thunderous roars every time it passed through an acupoint!

"Crack!"

Several veins in his right arm ruptured, and blood seeped through his sleeve, but in return, he gained tremendous power!

With a single punch, the mountain shadow solidified like a mountain peak, and the tsunami surged like a real tsunami, colliding with the hundred-foot-long black python in mid-air!

"Boom!"

The shockwave blasted open a cloud formation dozens of meters high, bending the mountains and forests below in half!
Xu Zhaoying was startled when she saw Chen Qing leap out with his sword, and was about to remind him to retreat when she saw this scene and her eyes widened in surprise!
"How can the second realm possess such power?" The man in animal skin staggered, his face filled with astonishment.

Chen Qing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes burning with fighting spirit!
Although this attack damaged his meridians, it allowed him to truly experience the power level of a third-realm cultivator!
"Come again!"

With a long roar, he moved like lightning, his fists and feet creating illusory images of mountains and seas, advancing instead of retreating!

The man in the animal skin roared, "You wicked strategist! If it weren't for the daytime, I wouldn't be able to alight from my body, and you wouldn't have succeeded! Fine!" He suddenly bit his tongue, "Soul, appear!"

Instantly, a seven-foot-long cloud of smoke burst forth from the top of his head. When it was illuminated by the sunlight, it sparkled with a glassy firelight. The man let out a muffled groan, then formed a hand seal. A life talisman appeared within the smoke, indicating that he was willing to risk damage to his Yin spirit to kill Chen Qing!

"A Yin Spirit Life-Binding Talisman? This person is going to fight to the death!"

Startled, Xu Zhaoying glanced at Chen Qing, steeled her resolve, bit her tongue, and spat out a mouthful of blood as a sacrifice to the jade seal!

"Boom!"

The jade seal suddenly trembled, connecting with a will in the void, and its weight instantly increased!

"town!"

click!
The Yin Spirit of Misty Clouds was instantly frozen in place!

"not good!"

The man in the animal skin was shocked!

How could Chen Qing miss such a golden opportunity? Taking advantage of the fact that the man's spirit had not yet returned, he clapped his hands together, and the illusory image of mountains and seas transformed into a millstone of heaven and earth, crushing the man in animal skin and his staff, sending him flying hundreds of feet backward!

"you wanna die!"

The man in animal skin roared, and his white bone staff exploded, turning into a sky full of bone spikes that shot towards Chen Qing!

"Buzz!"

The jade seal shone brightly, and all the bone spurs melted away.

"Mountains and Seas Unite as One Finger!"

Chen Qing moved like a dragon, pursuing and striking the vital point in the center of his chest with a single finger!
"Crack!"

With a cracking sound of his ribs breaking, the man in the animal skin groaned, and the ethereal spirit of mist and haze instantly dissipated!
"boom!"

The jade seal fell, smashing the man off the cliff like a meteor, causing him to lose consciousness.

When Chen Qing landed, his meridians were burning with pain, and his vital energy was almost exhausted. However, the nascent life talisman in his dantian was more solid than before the battle, with mysterious patterns of mountains and seas flowing through it.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the unconscious man in animal skin, and his fighting spirit remained undiminished.

"In the early stages of the third realm, if the Yin Spirit emerges, I will surely be defeated! But if I strike before the Yin Spirit manifests, there is still a sliver of hope for victory!"

Although he borrowed the power of the Qingqiu Seal in this battle, he truly experienced the gap between realms and had an epiphany between life and death!

Worth it!

After calming his mind, Chen Qing turned around, and Xu Zhaoying bowed solemnly: "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. If it weren't for the Qingqiu Seal suppressing the Yin Spirit, I would be in grave danger today." Xu Zhaoying put away the seal, her pretty face still showing surprise: "You actually managed to repel a third-realm cultivator!" Then her eyebrows furrowed, "But that was too risky! To confront a third-realm cultivator head-on with only a second-realm cultivator—a slight misstep could lead to death and the annihilation of one's cultivation! With your talent and comprehension, you should be making greater contributions to cultivation and the affairs of the world. How could you be so reckless?"

Chen Qingxin realized that he actually cherished his life, but this was in the real world outside the dream. In the dream, his goal was not to survive, but to seek enlightenment!

As he spoke, the harmonious energy within Chen Qing's dantian surged like boiling water, and the nascent life talisman trembled incessantly!

He suddenly understood.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, please wait a moment!"

Chen Qing immediately sat cross-legged, his body radiating a jade-like glow. The harmonious energy flowed like a hundred rivers converging into the sea, all converging towards his dantian. Three inches below his navel, golden light suddenly appeared, and a phantom talisman rose from his dantian—its patterns resembling mountains and seas, its network of clouds and mist!

"Is he about to condense his natal spirit talisman?" Xu Zhaoying's beautiful eyes widened slightly, and then she came to her senses. She immediately made hand seals to set up a protective barrier, took out three jade talismans and hung them above Chen Qing's head to form a triple light screen to protect his physical body.

After hesitating for a moment, she bit her fingertip and let a drop of her blood fall in front of Chen Qing.

"Mountains and seas form the foundation, harmony is the guiding principle..."

Chen Qing silently recited the key points of the "Haiyue Fragmentary Scroll," integrating all his insights from the fierce battle into the life talisman. The mystery of the beast-skin man's spirit leaving his body, the power of the jade seal suppressing all directions, and the summary of the "Heaven and Earth as Furnace" chapter he had heard before, all became nutrients to nourish the talisman.

"Congeal!"

With a soft shout, his dantian shone brightly, and the three-inch jade talisman was fully formed, floating in his sea of ​​qi! Mountains stood tall, seas surged, and Daoist principles naturally arose amidst swirling cloud patterns!
"It's done!"

Chen Qing opened his eyes, his gaze flashing like lightning. From that moment on, his magical power underwent a qualitative change, and his might increased exponentially!

Xu Zhaoying withdrew the restriction, unable to hide her amazement: "A breakthrough before battle..."

“This is not the right path,” Chen Qing said, getting up to stretch his limbs and feel the surging magical power. “What is advocated now is to accumulate strength and unleash it later, stay away from danger, advance in one’s cave, and watch the changing world.”

As Chen Qing said this, he naturally felt that the main body outside the dream should prioritize survival, but the fictional avatar in the dream was not so particular.

Thinking it over, he got up and stretched his limbs, feeling as light as a feather, his magic power flowing smoothly and without hindrance. Then his gaze turned serious as he stared at the unconscious man in animal skin on the ground.

"This person's ability to set up an ambush so precisely must be due to someone tipping him off."

Xu Zhaoying's expression changed.

"The trip to Yujing may be subject to change," Chen Qing sighed. "We need to make plans as soon as possible. Can you contact the princess and tell her about the situation here?"

"Don't worry, she'll find out." Xu Zhaoying took out a small jade bottle. "This is a Soul-Locking Pill, which can temporarily imprison this person's cultivation. When he wakes up, we can interrogate him."

Before he could finish speaking, the man in the animal skin suddenly began to convulse!
"puff!"

As black blood gushed forth, a wisp of green smoke shot out from the top of his head.

"not good!"

Three talismans shot out from Xu Zhaoying's sleeve, just managing to trap the green smoke inside the talisman paper, transforming it into three pitch-black, ferocious ghost-face talismans.

Looking at the ground, the man was already lifeless.

"Their soul and spirit have been annihilated!" Xu Zhaoying's expression turned grave. "They must have been implanted with a soul-soul curse! What a grand scheme, using a cultivator of the Unity Realm as a pawn!"

Chen Qing also looked surprised: "The Third Realm can be wiped out just like that?"

As dusk settled, Xu Zhaoying recalled the Flowing Water Sword and said urgently, "We can't stay here any longer, let's go!" She took out a pitch-black talisman and handed it to Chen Qing, "This talisman contains a strike from the Yin spirit. Take it to protect yourself, but use it with caution."

"it is good!"

The sword flashed again, piercing the twilight.

at the same time.

Ninety li outside Yujing City lies Qingxi City.

A blue cloth carriage slowly rolled over the bluestone road.

The carriage curtain was slightly lifted, revealing the boy's gloomy eyes.

"arrive."

Inside the car, the boy spoke in a low voice, then looked at the pale-faced girl beside him.

The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pretty face but a sickly pallor. She said softly, "Fifth Brother, do you think... Second Brother will listen to us?"

The boy was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, but this is the Chen family's last chance."

Outside the carriage, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe stood with his hands behind his back. Seeing that the two had not gotten out of the carriage for a long time, he frowned slightly and stepped forward and said, "Young Master Chen Wu and Young Lady Chen Qi, the inn has prepared a room for you. Please rest early. Tomorrow, when we enter the capital, His Highness the Sixth Prince will personally receive you. But before that, you need to write a letter to Young Master Chen Xu, in which you will pass on the secret technique of bloodline."

　I had a lot to do today, so I got home a little late...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)