Dashing Student Chapter 977: Power of Laws

When Chen Nan opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in Liang Province.

Liang Province, also known as Lingyue State, is full of mountains and dense forests, with the westernmost part even connecting to the Snowfield, making the terrain complex.

Residential areas here are quite scattered, unlike other states where everything is townships. Among those high mountains and dense forests, there are many tribes and strongholds.

This is one of the reasons why Chen Nan chose Liang Province, as it’s not easy to be found just by picking a random place.

After leaving the teleportation array, Chen Nan left the city at the fastest pace, and then truly understood why this place is called Lingyue State.

Because after leaving the city, as far as the eye could see were peaks, and peaks surrounded by dense forests, and forests among the mountains.

The undulating mountain ranges seemed like a winding dragon.

"Finding a place to heal first is the priority."

Chen Nan headed towards the distant mountains, plunging into the dense forest and traveling a hundred miles before stopping by a creek.

This place is full of demon beasts and poisonous insects, rarely visited by people, perfect for a temporary stay.

With a thought, a green light flew out from his body, landing in Chen Nan’s hand, then floated up, and soon a wooden house appeared beside the creek.

Outside the wooden house, a layer of array was set up to prevent disturbances from demon beasts and poisonous insects, and Chen Nan entered the wooden house.

The wooden house contained all sorts of furniture, and a small yard in the back, suitable for planting spiritual medicine.

"Absorbing the Wood Demon Essence back then was indeed the right decision."

Chen Nan smiled and went straight to the cultivation room. While healing, he took out everything from Wang Teng’s storage bag.

Spirit Stones and Elixir Pills naturally needed no introduction, as Wang Family’s heavily nurtured genius, his wealth was outrageously rich.

Besides that, there were also many talismans, Spiritual Artifacts, and numerous Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and miscellaneous items.

Most importantly, Chen Nan found a handful of yellow earth in Wang Teng’s storage bag.

The yellow earth was stored in a palm-sized small jar, looking ordinary, but he could feel the abundant spiritual energy emanating from the soil.

Evidently, this soil is also some Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object!

Chen Nan poured a little of the yellow earth into his hand for careful observation and injected a thread of mana to check for any reaction, finding that the quantity of yellow earth actually increased.

"Eh? This kind of soil I seem to have heard of somewhere, able to continuously grow... Ah, it’s the xi soil!"

Legend has it that xi soil grows indefinitely, an eternally inexhaustible spirit soil.

It is said that when Yu the Great controlled the floods, he used xi soil to plug rivers and floods.

Chen Nan’s eyes lit up, unexpectedly Wang Family had such a treasure.

Coincidentally, he also lacked Earth Element Spiritual Objects, xi soil was just right, allowing him to regenerate an earth attribute spirit root.

Chen Nan’s All Things Spiritual Root theory is derived from Dao Yan’s Five Elements Spirit Root theory, with Five Elements Spirit Root as the foundation.

Although now he possessed thunder and wind spirit roots, it is essential to first complete the Five Elements Spirit Root to enter Golden Core Stage, acquire the Five Elements Golden Core, and further advance to Myriad Phenomena Golden Core.

Chen Nan continued pouring mana into the yellow earth, which constantly increased in quantity and could even transform into various shapes with his thoughts.

As he focused his mind, the yellow earth in his hand condensed into a small earth person, soon to transform into an earth pillar, then an earth spike and earth ring, allowing him to enjoy playing.

"Wang Teng really was a good person, gifting me such a present even upon death."

Putting away the xi soil, he took out some healing pills, beginning to restore his injuries, not in a hurry to refine the xi soil.

...

A month passed in the blink of an eye, yet the news about Chen Nan only became increasingly intense.

Because Master Xuanming, Master Wu Jue, Wang Family, among others, jointly issued a bounty, so rich it drove cultivators below Nascent Soul Stage crazy.

Spirit Stones, Elixir Pills, Cultivation Techniques.

Completing this bounty would allow an ordinary cultivator to ascend overnight, even joining top factions like Yuantian Sect, Wang Family, and Luoxian City.

Thus countless cultivators wished to find Chen Nan, even the most mysterious assassin guild "Yama Hall" also mobilized.

Yama Hall has existed for who knows how many ages, yet little is known about it.

It’s only known that Yama Hall’s assassins, whether Nascent Soul Stage or Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, can be assassinated.

Of course, the cost of assassinating a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator is unimaginable, hence it rarely occurs.

Yet Yama Hall’s fearsome reputation is enough to keep children quiet, even in legends it depicted Yama Hall’s assassins as evil fiends.

Now Yama Hall eyed Chen Nan’s bounty, leaving many cultivators discouraged.

Because as a continent-spanning assassin organization, Yama Hall’s intelligence system is also top-notch.

Once they enter, other cultivators are unlikely to claim the bounty.

The Nine Provinces Continent seethes, yet Chen Nan remains oblivious.

At this moment, nestled within the great mountains, Chen Nan slowly opened his eyes, paused briefly, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Damn that old Wang Family dog!"

Though he escaped the danger, Chen Nan was severely injured by Wang Teng’s grandfather, Wang Xuan.

He thought with healing pills and his physique, it was just a matter of time for recovery.

But now he realized he oversimplified matters.

A Nascent Soul Stage cultivator personally attacking him, a mere Foundation Establishment Stage junior cultivator, wasn’t so easy for them to let him escape.

Once at Nascent Soul Stage, cultivators could control Heaven and Earth Power, even comprehend laws of the universe.

When Wang Xuan attacked Chen Nan, he intended to kill him, thus employing Power of Laws.

Now within Chen Nan’s body remained traces of Power of Laws, which are too difficult for him to unravel.

Power of Laws is like a thorn embedded in him, causing his wounds never to heal and even his cultivation fell to the Third Layer of Foundation Establishment Stage.

Fortunately, with his robust physique and ample mana, though unable to directly dispel the Power of Laws within, Chen Nan could gradually erode it.

Like grinding an iron rod into a needle, dissolving Power of Laws bit by bit, yet Chen Nan estimates this process may take at least half a year.

In other words, for half a year, Chen Nan can only maintain a Third Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation, his overall power diminishing by approximately thirty percent.

Luckily, his peak Foundation Establishment physique remains intact, as long as no enemies at Golden Core Stage confront him, he can fully protect himself.

"Alas, what bad luck!"

Chen Nan shook his head with a bitter smile but having seen Nie Xiaoyu already, his heart was not so impatient.

Half a year is completely bearable.

He got up, stretched his limbs, and began cultivating "Heavenly Fox Form".

Though his physical body and physique had reached their limit, Chen Nan continued training, aiming for perfect completion to acquire the Heavenly Fox’s Illusion Technique.

Chen Nan had long envied the Illusion Technique.