Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Within Guangxia City.
Zhang Rong sat in the chair, rubbing his temples with a slight headache.
Over the past five days, he has met with many people, including old friends who came from Blue Star Great Xia, as well as many big shots from the dimensional world.
What Zhang Rong couldn't handle most were these kinds of purposeful greetings and gatherings. That's why, when the power transition occurred in the Great Xia Dynasty, Zhang Rong strongly supported Xiao Rulai and stepped down from the stage himself.
These five days felt even more exhausting than the last major battle.
Inside the room, Chi Chen, Qing Sheng, Lin Bai, and Hu Miaomiao were also present.
However, at this moment, Chi Chen looked like a child who had made a mistake, with his head down and sitting dejectedly in the chair.
Looking at Chi Chen's appearance, Zhang Rong sighed inwardly, and the words of admonition he had prepared stuck in his throat.
In the end, Zhang Rong could only say softly:
“Chi Chen, I didn’t want to put too much pressure on you, but since it chose you, you need to know what you’re carrying. I know you did it for me and for them, but you still shouldn’t take your life so lightly. Chen Sheng is right, everyone can die in this world. If he can die, I can die too. But now is far from the time for you to die, do you understand?”
Zhang Rong knew Chi Chen's personality; he was the kind of person who would risk his life without hesitation for the people he cared about.
This is also what Zhang Rong likes most about Chi Chen, but now, due to Chi Chen's special circumstances, Chi Chen's emotionally driven personality seems somewhat helpless.
"I understand, Captain!"
Chi Chen lowered his head and responded. He knew what Zhang Rong meant; he wanted him to watch the person he cared about most die in front of him while he did nothing. Chi Chen couldn't do that.
"well!"
Seeing this, Zhang Rong sighed again, knowing that Chi Chen wouldn't listen to him at all. He knew that if the kid encountered a similar situation in the future, he would definitely stand up without hesitation.
Lin Bai and Qing Sheng sat to the side, somewhat silent. Although Chi Chen and Zhang Rong had not told them the secret about Chi Chen, they knew from the scene Chi Chen had shown last time that Chi Chen must have a shocking secret, a secret that was even related to the fate of the entire Great Xia.
Zhang Rong and Chi Chen's conversation was not kept secret from them, which naturally meant that Zhang Rong was no longer hiding this secret from them.
"Your name is Hu Miaomiao, right?"
Zhang Rong suddenly turned to look at Hu Miaomiao, revealing a kind smile like that of an old father. He had learned about Hu Miaomiao from Chi Chen.
"Um!"
Hu Miaomiao looked at Zhang Rong and responded somewhat shyly. Judging from Chi Chen's behavior, she knew that Chi Chen respected Zhang Rong very much.
"Hehe, okay, I'll have to trouble you to take care of Chi Chen from now on!"
Seeing this, Zhang Rong's smile widened, and he glanced at Chi Chen again, thinking to himself:
"This kid's got some skills; he managed to snag such a beautiful young wife after just one trip!"
"Um!"
Upon hearing this, Hu Miaomiao's face flushed again, and she nodded happily.
In Zhang Rong's heart, having no children of his own, he regarded the young team members like Chi Chen as his own children. Now that his children have wives, he, as their father, is naturally happy!
Upon hearing this, Chi Chen was somewhat bewildered. Why did he need Hu Miaomiao to take care of him so much?
And why does Hu Miaomiao look so happy? She even agreed to go with him?
However, Chi Chen immediately recalled the scene of Hu Miaomiao smashing the mysterious man's head with a spiked club that day, and his expression became somewhat unnatural again.
Who would have thought that Hu Miaomiao would have two completely different faces depending on whether she was carrying a spiked club or not?
After giving him a series of instructions, Zhang Rong finally stood up. Now that he was in the dimensional realm and had entered the Shengyang realm, he would be a major force in this battle, so he naturally needed to handle some important matters.
However, even Zhang Rong felt a headache coming on when he thought about the debts he was carrying. Even though he was in the Shengyang Realm and could speak with his fists, he couldn't get rid of his debts.
"Now that you're here, you have to abide by the rules. I've already had the paperwork taken care of. Once you understand it, you can start accumulating merit points, but don't push yourself too hard; preserving your life is the priority!"
Zhang Rong gave each of the four a badge, then stepped out the door. He still had the same idea: he would keep an eye on Chi Chen and the others, but he wouldn't protect them all the time. In this world, growth always comes at the cost of blood and sweat.
After Zhang Rong left, Chi Chen and the other three looked at the emblem in their hands with some curiosity. This emblem was made of special materials in the dimensional world and didn't have any special function. It would absorb a trace of the mystic's blood energy every time a mystic was killed, and then gradually change color. The higher the level of the mystic's blood energy, the faster the emblem would change color.
To put it simply, it's something used to record achievements.
"Let's go, we're going to be staying here for quite a while!"
Chi Chen fastened the emblem to his chest and said with a sigh that his debt would take several years to pay off, and he would have to work desperately to pay it off!
The days of being a black slave are about to begin!
...
An hour later, under the glow of the red moon and the stars, three men and one woman, four figures, left Guangxia City.
"Chi Chen, Qing-ge, what do you think is the connection between this dimensional realm and the world where Blue Star is located? There's a red moon on both sides, but the stars on Blue Star have disappeared, while here there's a sky full of stars. I don't believe that the two worlds are not connected!"
Outside the city, Lin Bai asked in high spirits. Chi Chen's recovery had swept away the gloom of the past few days, and he had become lively again.
"Who knows? This kind of secret is beyond our current knowledge. If you want to understand it, you'll have to work hard to improve your cultivation level!"
Chi Chen hung long swords at his waist with both hands, rubbed the silk ribbons on his hands, and looked up at the starry sky above, filled with curiosity.
Although there is no sun in the dimensional realm, the light emitted by the red moon and stars makes it almost indistinguishable from daytime, only the colors appear slightly monotonous and dark.
"Miaomiao, you've been looking at me ever since I woke up. Have I changed? Have I become more handsome?"
Chi Chen turned his head and suddenly looked at Hu Miaomiao, asking with a mixture of doubt and teasing.
"Who...who was watching you? Shameless!"
Hu Miaomiao's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly in surprise, and she dared not look into Chi Chen's eyes.
"Hehe, if you didn't see it, you didn't see it. Why are you blushing?"
Seeing this, Chi Chen touched his head, wondering if he had really misjudged the situation.
Lin Bai and Qing Sheng looked at each other speechlessly. Why did they have to suffer like this?
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Just as Chi Chen was about to say something more, a sudden noise came from the bushes beside him.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Chi Chen, Lin Bai, and Qing Sheng's expressions hardened, and they quickly drew their swords.
Hu Miaomiao then pulled out her spiked club from somewhere and held it in her hand with a serious expression.
In an instant, more than ten short, rat-like creatures with their scarlet eyes burst out of the bushes and rushed towards Chi Chen and his companions.
"We've only been out for a little over ten minutes, and we've already encountered something mysterious?!"
Chi Chen was slightly surprised. Guangxia City was not far behind them. He did not expect that there would be a mysterious existence in such a close place.
Moreover, the dozen or so mysterious beings also surprised the group slightly. Most of them were at the Solid Realm level, and there were even two at the Ascension Realm.
"Let's see what's different about the mysteries of this dimensional realm!"
A dangerous glint appeared on Chi Chen's lips as his battle domain instantly formed, charging towards the mysterious figure.
Lin Bai and Qing Sheng exchanged a glance. Sure enough, they couldn't stop once they encountered the mysterious Chi Chen.
"Pfft!"
In an instant, Chi Chen arrived in the mysterious group. With a swing of his arm, he unleashed a blade, and in a flash, a mysterious being with a solid mirror was cut in two by Chi Chen.
However, Chi Chen's eyes narrowed immediately, realizing what was different about this mysterious Yuan Realm.
Because the mysterious creature that he had cut in two did not die instantly; instead, both pieces of its body lunged at him without stopping.
"How strange!"
Chi Chen remained calm, and with lightning speed, he swung his long sword several times, cutting the mysterious creature into pieces. Even so, the pieces of flesh thrashed about on the ground for a while before finally becoming still.
At the same time, Qing Sheng also used the Dragon Eye. The two mysterious Solid Mirrors beside Chi Chen instantly fell to the ground, but Qing Sheng's expression was somewhat unnatural.
Suddenly, Chi Chen shut down his battle domain and faced off against the Solid Mirror Mysterious One solely with his mental and physical strength.
As he swung his longsword, he managed to cleave open the mysterious body, but Chi Chen's brows furrowed slightly.
"boom!"
Lin Bai snapped his fingers, and a small annihilation bomb exploded behind the mysterious figure. The two mysterious figures at the Ascension Realm were charred black, roared angrily, and leaped high into the air, overtaking the cannon fodder in front of them, and charged towards Chi Chen and the others.
Seeing this, Chi Chen reactivated his Battle Domain, and even his Battle Saint Armor appeared, its invisible domain gleaming faintly under the red moonlight...
About twenty minutes later, Chi Chen looked at the few wisps of blood energy that had been absorbed from the emblem and the more than ten souls imprisoned in the Soul Prison, and his furrowed brows still did not ease.
"You've all noticed, haven't you? The mysteries here, even those without taboos at the same level, are far more tenacious and powerful than the mysterious life forms on Blue Star that have taboos!"
Chi Chen looked at the dozen or so mysterious creatures on the ground that had been chopped into pieces and could not survive, and felt a sense of unease.
"Yes, no wonder the Commander-in-Chief said this place is even more dangerous than Earth!"
Qing Sheng rubbed his temples. If it were on Blue Star, Long Mou, who had already reached the Ascension Realm, could have taken the lives of all the mysterious beings except for the two who had reached the Ascension Realm in an instant. But just now, Qing Sheng had consumed at least a third more spiritual energy than he had on Blue Star.
Lin Bai was also somewhat serious; his annihilation wouldn't cause as much damage here as it would on Earth.
Chi Chen looked up at the eerie red moon and fell into deep thought.
In this dimensional realm, they need to be even more careful.
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