Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Dark War

The giant snake's transformation into a dragon was on the brink of failure, and the moment its inner alchemy exploded, thousands of points of golden rain shot out everywhere, and no one noticed that one of the golden lights flew into the distance. The golden light penetrated countless trees and fell to the ground, and a dazzling golden bead rolled down to Chen Nan's feet. He saw all this clearly, squatted down excitedly, and picked up the golden bead.The brilliance of the golden beads flowed, and the peaceful light emitted made him feel at ease.About the legend of the dragon, Chen Nan knows a lot about it, and the golden bead in front of him has no secrets for him.

Although the giant snake failed to transform into a dragon, it has reached the state of half-dragon after all. Half of the power contained in its body is the attribute of the snake and half of the attribute of the dragon.The shattered inner alchemy was transformed from the essence in its body, which concentrated the essence of its whole body, half snake essence and half dragon essence.When the inner alchemy exploded, all the snake essence dissipated in the air, but the dragon essence did not dissipate, and the pure dragon essence gathered together to form a dragon ball. "Dragon Ball, this is really a Dragon Ball!" Chen Nan exclaimed.

Although the dragon ball is small in size, it contains pure and powerful dragon power. It is a priceless treasure. Chen Nan is very aware of the function of this bead. Within an hour, the dragon ball is activated. If it is swallowed at this time, and it withstands the powerful impact of the dragon force, then the person who swallows the dragon ball will be able to absorb all ten of the dragon ball. The essence of the third and fourth achieves a supreme skill.If the dragon ball is not swallowed by any person or animal within an hour, it will quickly lose its luster, and the powerful dragon power will all be restrained to the core of the bead, and the outer layer of the dragon ball will become extremely hard, not a fairy treasure. Weapons cannot be broken, which means that the powerful dragon power in the Dragon Ball cannot be absorbed at will.

Tens of thousands of years ago, Chen Nan's family background determined that he must become a strong man, but his cultivation base was still unable to improve, and his low skill was the root of his pain.He has always longed to obtain powerful power, and now the opportunity is in front of him, but he hesitated, he was not afraid of being unable to resist the powerful dragon force and exploding to death, at this moment he remembered the conversation between his father and him. Chen Zhan said: "Tiancaidibao may be able to make a person gain great strength in an instant and become a peerless master, but what he gains is bound to be lost. When he gets the skill that he dreams of, it also means that he loses it forever." He is qualified to aspire to be the strongest. The power obtained from the outside world restricts the development of his own power, and it is a shackle that he will never be able to break through."

Chen Nan said: "Even if you can't become the strongest, it's not bad to have the opportunity to be a peerless master." Chen Zhan said: "The person who can withstand the powerful spiritual impact of Tiancaidibao must be a mediocre person. In addition to possessing a superb physique, he must also have an unyielding heart. How can such a person endure forever?" Suffering without hope is bound to self-destruct in the end." Chen Nan said: "It can't be so extreme, can it?" Chen Zhan said: "The strong are not afraid of loneliness, they are afraid of being stagnant forever on the road of pursuing strength."

Although Chen Nan did not fully agree with his father Chen Zhan's point of view, he also felt that there was some truth to it. "Swallow it, maybe I will become a strong person in an instant, or I may explode and die immediately, but no matter what happens, I will lose the qualification to be the strongest person." Chen Nan laughed at himself: "For a person like me who has stagnated in martial arts, maybe swallowing the Dragon Ball is the best choice, after all, this is a chance for a carp to leap over the dragon's gate." "Is this a gift from God to me?"

Chen Nan looked down at the shining dragon ball in his hand, hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed: "But I'm really not reconciled! I, Chen Nan, don't need a "gift"!" Looking back on the past, Chen Nan felt a little lost. Before the age of sixteen, he was praised as a martial arts genius, and his martial arts progressed rapidly, and he was called "the first person" among his peers.However, this was the beginning of his nightmare. No matter how hard he tried, his cultivation could never improve, and even the family-inherited profound art fell from the Mahayana level of the second level to the middle level of the first level.Seeing that his peers surpassed him one by one, he was extremely disappointed and bitter to the extreme.Although he vaguely guessed that the sharp drop in martial arts cultivation was related to some "external factors", he was unable to find out the truth.

After the halo of genius faded, countless mocking voices came from behind, but he couldn't say anything.Public opinion from the outside world, the mission of the family... Huge pressure was like a heavy mountain on his heart, and his performance of incompetence made him feel that he was a mediocre person who did not deserve to be born in such a family. From the age of sixteen to twenty, he felt that life was very tiring, and even thought of committing suicide. During this period, he was full of confusion.But there is always a belief in the deepest part of his heart. He firmly believes that one day he will be able to break through the shackles and the current barriers of cultivation.

After being reborn ten thousand years later, Chen Nan's martial arts cultivation still has not improved at all, but the heavy pressure from the family has completely disappeared.After a year of adjustment, he has integrated into the present society.He has been freed from the pain of the past and returned to his original nature. "Maybe I missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity today, but I will never regret it!" The original radiance of the Dragon Ball gradually dimmed, and finally the radiance was completely restrained, and the color changed from golden yellow to emerald green, becoming an ordinary bright pearl.

Chen Nan put away the dragon ball and returned along the original road. He didn't want to stay for a moment, for fear of being entangled by the little devil princess behind him.He climbed up a high mountain and looked from a distance, the little princess and others were still at the crater, he let out a sigh of relief, and said, "Phew~~~ I finally got rid of the nightmare of the little devil." Chen Nan has been wandering in the mountains for three days, he found out embarrassingly that he was lost.The endless mountains are boundless. If he can't find the way, he can only be a savage in the mountains.

A wisp of light smoke curled up from the distant mountains and forests, Chen Nan was overjoyed, and looked forward.At a distance of a hundred feet from Qingyan, he stopped, he didn't dare to rush forward, if it was the little princess and the gang, he would die without a place to bury him. After careful inspection, he finally determined that it was a group of strangers, and these people seemed to be finding their way to the mountain.For the next two days, he quietly followed behind the group of people. But good luck always seems to be hiding from Chen Nan. On the afternoon of the third day, he was following the group of people leisurely, when seven or eight figures suddenly appeared from all around him and surrounded him.From their sharp eyes, it can be seen that everyone is a master, and from the cold murderous aura emanating from them, it can be imagined that everyone has experienced the battle of life and death. All the people in front turned back, there were a total of twenty or so people, the leader was a young man, he looked quite handsome, and he exuded a faint domineering aura.He looked Chen Nan up and down, frowned and said, "Who are you? Why are you sneaking behind us?" Chen Nan explained: "I'm a lost hunter, I want to follow you and get out of this mountain." "A hunter dares to walk into the depths of this mountain range?" "I accidentally stumbled here while hunting a white deer, and I couldn't find the way back." The young man pointed to a burly man next to him: "You, go." From the tone of his commanding subordinates, it can be seen that he is a person who is used to giving orders. Chen Nan guessed that this young man must be a person with a lot of background. The big man held a big sword in his hand, which was wide and long. After walking over, he slashed at Chen Nan.Chen Nan hurriedly dodged to the side, the big man cut through the air with one sword, and the second sword came again, a light blue light was emitted from the sword body, obliquely cutting Chen Nan's waist and abdomen. Chen Nan shouted in his heart: No way, the substantial sword energy!Isn't this a master level master!How could such a person be willing to be someone else's subordinate? Shocked, he escaped immediately. "chi" The light blue sharp edge cut a shallow groove on the ground. Chen Nan felt very strange, the power of substantive sword energy could not be so small, even ordinary sword energy was much stronger than this sword. "Could it be the fighting spirit of the West?" After carefully watching the big man's sword-stretching posture, he confirmed his thoughts. The big man slashed fiercely again, and Chen Nan was forced to fight with the big man, his grudges increased one after another, and the light blue sharpness made Chen Nan fall into danger. The young man standing beside him sneered, "Do ordinary hunters have such good martial arts? If you don't tell the truth, you will die after ten moves." Chen Nan hurriedly shouted: "Stop, let me tell you." The young master clapped his hands and said, "Stop." The big man put away his sword and stood up, and said to Chen Nan: "Okay, boy, you actually received more than twenty moves from me." Chen Nan sighed softly in the continental dialect of ten thousand years ago: "No matter what era the strong are respected, after my martial arts practice has regressed, I am doomed to experience all kinds of unpleasant things, like a tiger falling into the sky and being bullied by a dog!" He thought about it quickly, and said: "Young master, if I say that I am an ordinary hunter who has learned martial arts, you will not believe me, but I can prove it to you." The young master said: "How do you prove it?" "I'm a hunter, of course I can prove it by the hunter's ability." Chen Nan bent down, grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, put it on his nose and smelled it, and said, "I'm sure there is only one Apart from the tigress, there are no other large beasts." "Oh, are you really sure?" the young man asked. "I am sure." "Okay, Yang Chong, take a few people nearby to have a look." A young man responded: "Yes." He led a few people and searched deep into the woods. During the tea time, there was a roar of a tiger in the distance, and after a while, several people dragged back a dead tiger. The young man glanced at the dead tiger, smiled lightly, and said: "From this point of view, you are really a hunter, but I still have some doubts. It will take three days at the fastest to get out of the mountain from here. Could it be that you chased that white tiger?" Deer for three days and three nights?" After finishing speaking, the young man's tone became cold, and he shouted, "Tie him up for me." Several masters rushed up and pressed their sharp blades on every vital point of Chen Nan.If he wanted to fight against so many masters by himself, it would undoubtedly be like a fly shaking a tree, so he didn't resist.He smiled bitterly in his heart, he had just escaped from the clutches of the little princess, and became another prisoner of others. One of the young master's subordinates said: "Third...Third Young Master, why did you tie him up and just kill him?" Chen Nan has already heard some "taste" from the incoherent "Third Young Masters", and he is even more sure that this person is by no means an ordinary person. The young master said: "Put him up first, I feel that this person is unusual, I didn't realize that he is a warrior before he was attacked." Chen Nan started his second life as a captive, but the "treatment" this time was obviously much better than the first time, at least no one regarded him as private property and "expressed excitement" to him from time to time.This group of people is very disciplined, there is no unnecessary words, only the young man occasionally whispers a few words to the people around him. Two days later, Chen Nan had to lament the magic of fate, he actually saw the little princess again.Now there are only ten people left in the little princess's party. A total of four guards and two apprentice magicians died in the process of fighting against the giant snake. The survivors were all seriously injured and have not recovered yet. When the little princess saw the young prince and his party, she was taken aback, she frowned slightly, but immediately showed a bright smile: "The Tianyuan Continent is really too small, I never expected to meet His Highness the Third Prince here." The young master was also full of smiles: "Yeah, I didn't expect to see His Royal Highness Princess Yu here." The little princess smiled and said: "The third prince is not enjoying the blessings in the imperial city of the Moon Kingdom. Why did he come to the border of our Chu State? Are you going to be an envoy to our country? It seems that there is no need to go to the deep mountains when you are an envoy to our country." Chen Nan, who was not far away, could hear it clearly, and couldn't help feeling a little bit. After a few days, in the vast mountains, there was actually a princess and a prince. The third prince said: "Princess Yu's words are still so sharp. I can't bear the big hat of 'invading other countries' borders at will'. If I remember correctly, this mountain range in the central part of Tianyuan Continent should not belong to any country. Bar." The little princess said: "Your Highness the Third Prince has a lot of things to do every day, so why did he come here for no reason? After all, this place is close to the border of our Chu State, so it has to make people feel suspicious." The third prince laughed, "Hehe, Princess Yu is overwhelmed. In fact, the reason why I came here this time is mainly because I heard that a unicorn beast appeared in the Luofeng Mountains. I want to try my luck to see the legendary beast. .” The little princess said: "Oh, so that's the case. I didn't expect the news to spread so quickly. Even the third prince who is far away in the Kingdom of Baiyue knows about it." The third prince said: "It is said that a sage appeared from a unicorn, and the appearance of a divine beast has shocked the world. This matter has already been circulated in the mainland." The little princess sighed: "Oh! I really want to see what that unicorn looks like, but unfortunately I don't have the chance." The third prince wondered: "Why did Her Royal Highness make such a statement?" "We ran into my master on the way to the Luofeng Mountains. He said it was too dangerous there, so he just drove me back. What a disappointment!" The little princess had an angry look on her face. A gleam flashed in the eyes of the third prince, and he said, "Could it be Senior Zhuge Chengfeng?" "That's the old man." "Senior Zhuge is famous all over the world. He is one of the senior masters I admire most." "Really, if the old man hears about it, he will be very happy, and maybe he will accept you as an apprentice." "If that's the case, I can't wait to ask for it." The little princess smiled and said: "Perhaps the old man has heard it, and now he is hesitating whether to accept you as an apprentice." A look of surprise flashed across the face of the third prince, and he said with a smile: "Hehe, how could it be? Didn't senior Zhuge rush to the Luofeng Mountains? words?" The little princess said angrily: "This old man is worried, he is afraid that I will sneak back again, he has been following me on the road." "Oh, it seems that the old man really loves you, and is afraid that something will happen to you." The third prince laughed. "It's clear that you don't trust me." The third prince looked at the little princess' guards and said, "Princess Yu, are your subordinates injured? Why are they all so pale?" "Yes, we encountered an ancient giant on the way to the Luofeng Mountains. Fortunately, the old man arrived in time, otherwise it would be really dangerous." The little princess looked terrified. "It's a blessing! Well, there are often monsters in this mountain range, and you can't do without some experts to protect you. Otherwise, I'll escort you out of the mountain." The third prince looked sincere. A cold light flashed in the eyes of the little princess, and she said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness, Third Prince, I don't need to trouble you, my old ghost master will take good care of us." "Your Highness, Princess Yu, don't need to be polite to me. When something like this happens, I will escort His Highness out, and Senior Zhuge may not really follow." "I appreciate the kindness of the third prince. We really don't need your escort. This is the edge of the mountain range, and there are almost no monsters." "No, I must escort you out, or I will feel uneasy." Seeing that she could no longer refuse, the little princess showed gratitude on her face, and said: "Then the third prince will be troubled." "Princess Yu, you are too polite." Chen Nan saw all this clearly, and secretly sighed that the two of them deserved to be born in the family of emperors who were fighting each other, and they had completed a "heart battle" in just a few moments. After the little princess led a group of seriously injured guards to meet the third prince of Baiyue Kingdom, she felt quite uneasy. She didn't believe it was a coincidence, and the biggest possibility was that the other party had already been here.In order to protect herself, she first took the initiative to attack aggressively, making the third prince confused about her reality, and then unintentionally brought out Zhuge Chengfeng, which made the third prince quite afraid.However, the third prince is by no means an ordinary person. Although he was puzzled, he did not back down, but wanted to follow along all the way to further explore the truth.These two people can be said to be "full of nonsense" and "nonsense". The third prince and the little princess walked out of the mountain together, Chen Nan walked behind the team secretly thankful, fortunately the third prince entangled the little princess so that the little princess didn't notice that he was hiding behind the team.But the good times didn't last long, the guards under the little devil quickly found him, the bound prisoner, and one of the guards ran forward to whisper a few words to the little devil. At that moment, Chen Nan felt that darkness enveloped the earth, and the sky lost its color. The little princess was full of excitement, and walked towards Chen Nan with a smile. Without a doubt, this was the most authentic expression she had seen since she met the third prince, but Chen Nan would rather see her fake smile than see her Smile from the heart at this time. He shouted in his heart: The demons of hell will take your descendants away! At the beginning, the third prince couldn't understand why the little princess of Chu country suddenly became excited. He couldn't help secretly wondering if Zhuge Chengfeng had arrived not far away. Later, he followed the little princess' eyes and finally found Ling Xiao The "source" of the princess' excitement turned out to be the captive caught the day before yesterday. The third prince was taken aback, and began to have wild suspicions about Chen Nan's identity. He coughed and said, "This man has been sneaking behind us on the road, and was later caught by my subordinates. Her Royal Highness knows this man." ?" "I know, of course I know." The little princess gritted her teeth and said, "He is a little eunuch brought out from my palace. He came out to serve me, but he ran away first when he met the ancient giant. Little Li You didn't expect to see me so soon, did you?" Chen Nan was almost dizzy, and was actually called a eunuch. The little princess stared at him viciously, the meaning couldn't be more obvious, threatening and intimidating him to cooperate. People under the eaves had to bow their heads.Chen Nan hesitated for a moment, and finally said helplessly: "Please punish Her Highness the Princess." The third prince smiled and said: "Since you are Princess Yu's slave, please let your Highness handle it yourself." After finishing speaking, he turned and left. "Hey hey..." The little princess looked at Chen Nan with a smile on her face. Chen Nan's body felt cold for a while, he lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, let's make a deal." The little princess thought of Chen Nan's dirty words before, her body trembled with anger, and she said sharply: "Make a deal with me? Why do you, just dream." "Zhuge Chengfeng is actually not here, the third prince wants to deal with you." Chen Nan said this quickly before the little devil's palm fell. The little princess put down her raised palm, looked him over carefully, and said: "It seems that I really underestimated you, I didn't expect you, a stinky thief, to have any brains. But—— I now I am very upset, the transaction is delayed, and now I want to vent!" "Ah..." Chen Nan's tragic cry resounded in the forest, mixed with the triumphant laughter of the little devil princess.The Third Prince and the others in the distance looked at each other in blank dismay, gaining a better understanding of this rumored little witch. A round of bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the bright moonlight is sprinkled in large swathes of the forest like white feathers. The night breeze is blowing, blowing the fragrance of flowers and plants. The whole mountain forest is shrouded in the moonlight like water. Looking from afar Plain, hazy, harmonious and tranquil. Chen Nan, with a bruised nose and a swollen face, was exchanging ideas in a low voice with the little devil princess in a tent. The two had already confirmed that it was no accident that they met the third prince and others in the forest. on the way. The little princess said: "I had an intuition from the beginning that they wanted to harm me, but I don't understand why they have such a motive." Chen Nan said: "What is the relationship between the Moon-Worshiping Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom?" The little princess said: "The relationship between the two countries has been pretty good in recent years, and nothing unpleasant has happened." "That's weird. If that's the case, why did they treat the princess badly?" Chen Nan thought for a while, then laughed, and said, "I understand, they want to rob the princess here." "Go to hell." The little princess punched Chen Nan hard on the head. Chen Nan cried out in pain: "I'm helping His Highness analyze it. How could Her Highness be so excited? Besides, it's not impossible." "You don't have to think about it, everyone knows that the third prince is not a corrupt person." Chen Nan said: "Maybe... Maybe he wants to give Her Highness the Princess as a gift to others." Hearing Chen Nan comparing her to a gift, the little devil princess opened her eyes angrily, and said coldly: "You scum speaks so badly, don't you know who you are talking to?" But then she quickly calmed down , pondered for a moment, and said: "The possibility is almost zero." "That's weird, apart from Her Royal Highness, what else can make the Third Prince take such risks, wait..." "Houyi Bow!" "Houyi Bow!" Chen Nan and the little princess shouted together, and they woke up at the same time. "When Her Royal Highness the Princess shot the giant snake with Hou Yi's bow, when the golden light arrow pierced the sky, the third prince must have seen it." "No wonder this guy keeps glancing at the box behind me, and he's planning on our national treasure, the Houyi Bow. Damn it." The little princess clenched her fists tightly and said, "You scum, you haven't figured out yet. Is there a countermeasure?" "You can't blame me for this. It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Her Royal Highness's guards have been seriously injured. Now I have no soldiers to use. What can I do? I think it's better to give the Houyi bow directly to the third prince. The so-called knowledge of current affairs It's...hehe." Seeing a sneer at the corner of the little devil princess's mouth, Chen Nan hurriedly stopped talking and laughed dryly. "You scum, you brazenly said that you want to make a deal with me during the day, but in the end you can't help anything. Hehe, that's fine, I can deal with you without any worries. You don't know how hard it was for me to find you these two days , I wish I could peel off your skin right away." Looking at the evil smile of the little princess, Chen Nan couldn't help shivering, "Your Highness, I didn't mean to peek at you...out of the bath..." After hearing this sentence, the little princess's eyes almost burst into flames, "Ah, you bloody scum, how dare you mention...I'll kill you!"