Dashing Student Chapter 1489 1463: Path of the Hungry Ghosts (Part 2)

"I will definitely survive, definitely!"

After speaking, he also resolutely stepped through the gate.

...

When Chen Nan opened his eyes again, he found himself in a strange space filled with gray mist, everything around him was shrouded in haze.

Even his Divine Sense couldn't extend very far.

Moving through the mist, Chen Nan couldn't distinguish directions; it was so quiet around him that it seemed like he was the only one left in the world, and time and space lost their meaning here.

The more he walked through the mist, the more he felt an emotion spreading within his heart and growing more intense, and incredibly, a cultivator of the Golden Core Realm, he felt hungry.

Cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm have already mastered fasting, let alone those in the Golden Core Realm; eating is merely to satisfy cravings, not out of hunger.

But this time, Chen Nan truly felt hungry, and the sensation grew increasingly intense.

He didn't know how long he had walked, but extreme hunger made Chen Nan's eyes begin to redden, and he looked at his arm and gulped hard.

He actually entertained a dangerous thought of eating his own arm!

When Chen Nan realized what he was doing, his teeth had already bitten into his arm; if he had been a moment later, he would have bitten down.

"How could this be?! It's... the mist!"

He suddenly realized, these omnipresent mists were the culprit behind his hunger, he hurriedly held his breath, but it was no use.

As the feeling of hunger grew stronger, it even overshadowed the other emotions in his heart; if this continued, he might turn into a monster wanting to devour everything.

"No, I must get out of here quickly!"

Afraid that he might eventually eat himself, Chen Nan accelerated his pace, even conjuring Thunder Wings, turning his body into a streak of lightning, weaving through the gray mist.

Where he passed, the gray mist was sliced open, unable to close for a long time.

After just a moment, Chen Nan suddenly felt much lighter, and he finally rushed out of the mist's domain; however, what he saw before him made his heart tremble.

Before him were many cultivators; these cultivators, normally aloof above mortals, had now turned into the most primitive beasts.

They abandoned Immortal Law and Daoist skills, merely opening their mouths to bite each other like beasts, as if they wanted to consume one another completely.

All their eyes glowed red, evidently also affected by the gray mist, hunger overshadowing everything else.

Originally, this was a rather cruel and bloody scene that Chen Nan detested from the bottom of his heart, but currently, he surprisingly felt a bit of yearning within.

A voice in his heart kept enticing him: "Devour them!"

Step by step, he walked forward, as if he was about to join this life-and-death struggle.

One cultivator was bitterly resisting the desire in his heart, struggling against his own nature, but just as Chen Nan came before him, he suddenly roared violently.

"Give me! I'm going to eat you!"

He bit down hard on Chen Nan's arm, but with too much force, lost one of his teeth.

Chen Nan's physique had already surpassed the Golden Core Realm Perfection level, his body as strong as a Spiritual Artifact, truly resistant to biting.

Yet this slight pain still brought some clarity to Chen Nan; seeing the cultivator constantly biting him, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Get away!"

With a loud "bang," Chen Nan kicked out, directly sending the cultivator flying, then pressed two fingers together, touching his own forehead.

A drop of Taiyin quietly merged into his mind and, as his Mana circulated within, Taiyin flowed inexhaustibly, banishing all the hunger he had previously felt.

His eyes regained clarity.

Seeing the cultivators still biting each other, Chen Nan felt only pity in his heart, and then strode forward.

"It seems Taiyin is indeed the passcode within the Moon God Temple's Secret Realm; with Taiyin, one can travel through the Secret Realm, without it, one cannot move an inch."

These cultivators reduced to biting each other were the consequences of lacking Taiyin.

As Chen Nan walked, he pondered, feeling that perhaps the existence of this Secret Realm was to gather Taiyin.

Opening the Secret Realm requires Taiyin, surviving the Six Paths of Reincarnation's torment requires Taiyin, and even obtaining something at the end reportedly requires Taiyin as well.

Everything, all of it, was for Taiyin!

Along these thoughts, Chen Nan passed through the crowd of biting cultivators; those blocking the way were all shocked away by him; he couldn't save everyone.

Here, there was still an ending point, an ending marked by a bronze gate; within the area before the bronze gate, no influences were present.

However, the pattern carved onto the bronze gate was completely different from the previous stage.

The previous stage was a depiction of struggling Descent Hell, while this bronze gate showed humans biting each other, a perfect portrayal of this realm.

The Hungry Ghosts Path!

The bronze gate had already been opened, evidently some had already left this realm, yet there were still several cultivators remaining by the bronze gate, some with fairly low cultivation.

Evidently, they too understood the function of Taiyin, allowing them to pass through this realm's torment in dismay.

Once again, Chen Nan saw the wild-looking Master Liehuang.

"You, come here!"

Master Liehuang suddenly raised his bone stick, pointing at Chen Nan.

"Me?"

Chen Nan slowly walked over, looking up at the hulking Master Liehuang.

At this moment, Chen Nan's form somewhat resembled Master Liehuang, with equally burly bodies and filled with the aura of wilderness, only Master Liehuang wielded a bone stick as his weapon, while Chen Nan wielded a Silver Giant Hammer.

"You also came from the Desolate Realm?" Master Liehuang asked.

Chen Nan suddenly realized, this was a moment to establish rapport, perhaps because of his appearance, perhaps because of the Taiyin upon him.

He didn't believe Master Liehuang would notice a little cultivator like him without reason.

"No."

Chen Nan replied concisely, neither humble nor arrogant, surprising the surrounding cultivators.

They were aware of Master Liehuang's reputation as a brutally tyrannical figure, with many instances of violence over minor disagreements; which cultivator wasn't trembling before him?

But seeing Chen Nan's composed manner, they realized Chen Nan surely had something to rely on.

"That's really unfortunate."

Master Liehuang ignored the comments from others, placing his bone stick on the ground, surprisingly creating a pit, indicating how heavy the bone stick must be.

"Do you have a lot of Taiyin?"

The moment of revelation!

Chen Nan knew Master Liehuang harbored ill intentions, so he shook his head: "Not much, I used quite a lot outside the Secret Realm and consumed more within."

"Give it to me!" Master Liehuang stretched out a large hand, capable of grasping Chen Nan's head in one grip.

Chen Nan backed up two steps: "Why should I?"

Master Liehuang laughed heartily as if hearing something amusing: "Why should you? Just because you're weak! Just because I might crush you into pulp with one blow!"

The surrounding cultivators, fearing being implicated, quickly stepped aside, and some rushed through the bronze gate directly.

Chen Nan's expression immediately turned grim: "What if I refuse?"

"You don't have a choice!" Master Liehuang suddenly hefted his bone stick: "Won't give it to me? I'll take it by force!"

Just as everyone assumed Chen Nan would concede, Chen Nan instead raised his head to stare into Master Liehuang's eyes.

"If you make a move, I'll destroy all the Taiyin instantly, believe me, I have a way to obliterate it all in the blink of an eye, leaving you with nothing!"

The remaining cultivators gasped in shock, retreating to a distance.

They feared Chen Nan's blood would splatter on them.

Surprisingly, Master Liehuang was not angered but instead burst out laughing: "Interesting, haven't seen such an interesting little fellow in a long time."

"You are very similar to us people of the Desolate Realm, oh well, I'll let the Taiyin stay with you a little longer, without me others will surely come to snatch it, hope you can keep it safe!"