Chapter 1190: Dragon's Grass

Chapter 1190: Long Zhi Cao

The starry sky was brilliant and vast, stretching endlessly.

Ye Chen donned a black robe, put on the Gui Ming mask, and used Zhou Tian evolution to conceal his entire aura.

One hundred thousand li!

After storing away the star map, Ye Chen sped directly toward one direction, his target being the star closest to Tian Nü Xing.

In the starry sky, he moved like a magnificent divine light, incredibly fast. Passing cultivators stared in astonishment, and many who made a habit of ambushing and robbing others gave up any thought of pursuit, because that person was truly exceptionally swift.

Three hours later, Ye Chen arrived at that ancient star.

To his regret, this ancient star had no reincarnated people from Da Chu.

In less than three minutes, Ye Chen flew out of the ancient star and continued as a divine light toward the next target. In the vast starry sky, his figure appeared somewhat desolate and solitary.

Sen Luo Xing, Gui Huang Zong.

In front of a cave dwelling, figures crowded together, each with powerful auras—all Quasi-Saints, as if waiting for someone.

Soon, the cave door opened, and before anyone emerged, a shadow of a primordial fierce beast surged out—it was the Qiong Qi, massive in form, its roar like thunder, shaking the virtual heavens with booming rumbles.

It's done!

A complete transformation!

The ancestral bloodline is truly dominant!

The many Quasi-Saints of Gui Huang Zong outside the cave showed expressions of delight in their eyes.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amid the sounds of excitement, the ground trembled, slow but rhythmic—it was the sound of footsteps, perhaps because the body was as heavy as a mountain, causing the earth to shake with each step.

The Gui Huang divine son emerged from the violent blood sea, his physique robust, his vital energy surging, surrounded by domineering thunder all over his body. Even the horns on his head flickered with sinister light, and his eyes were terrifyingly fierce, like those of a demon, making even Quasi-Saints afraid to meet his gaze directly.

We congratulate the divine son on exiting seclusion!

The crowd of Quasi-Saints knelt on one knee, their expressions full of respect.

Ye Chen!

The Gui Huang divine son stared sinisterly toward the west, as if he could see through the hazy starry sky to Tian Nü Xing.

Ye Chen descended onto a star.

With his divine sense extending three hundred li, he discovered it was a star inhabited only by mortals, with almost no spiritual energy and no traces of cultivators.

This was the twenty-third star he had searched, and also the last one in his current plan. Regardless of whether it had reincarnated people, he needed to hurry back to Tian Nü Xing; otherwise, he would miss the great battle for the palace master position at Ling Xiao Palace.

There are reincarnated people!

After some calculations, Ye Chen's eyes burst with brilliant divine light.

Without hesitation, he stepped into the sky and flew toward a certain direction, passing over numerous mortal towns.

It wasn't long before he stopped in front of a stretch of continuous mountain ranges.

Nine Dragons Arching the Sky!

Ye Chen scanned the mountains and couldn't help but be startled, never expecting such a dominant formation in a mortal ancient star. If an array were set up here, its power would surely be formidable.

As he marveled inwardly, he took a step onto the highest mountain peak.

From afar, he saw a purple divine grass atop the peak, radiating dazzling immortal light. Upon closer inspection, nine strands of dragon energy could vaguely be seen surrounding it, its appearance extraordinarily extraordinary.

Long Zhi Cao!

Ye Chen murmured to himself, surprised that the reincarnated person from Da Chu was actually an immortal grass.

Ye Chen did not approach, as the Long Zhi Cao was in the process of merging with the dragon energy and could not be disturbed prematurely.

Moreover, he noticed several key details.

The position where the Long Zhi Cao grew was in the prime location of the Nine Dragons Arching the Sky formation, subtly absorbing the essence here. Those nine strands of dragon energy were the best proof, the essence of the Nine Dragons Arching the Sky.

What good fortune!

Ye Chen smiled and stood there waiting. At a glance, he recognized whose reincarnation this Long Zhi Cao was.

His name was Zi Yan, ranked seventy-ninth on the Da Chu Qing character generation's Feng Yun Bang.

Back in the year of the Chan Yuan alliance, he had fought for the Hao Tian family and was brought there by Chu Xuan. Ye Chen still remembered the scene of Zi Yan climbing a fruit tree to steal spiritual fruits—he was a simple and honest young man.

Hm?

As he watched, Ye Chen furrowed his brow and turned his gaze toward the distant horizon.

There, a divine light was streaking across the sky—it was a black-robed elder, a Quasi-Saint by his aura.

Ye Chen frowned because the black-robed elder was heading straight here, his target clearly the Long Zhi Cao. It seemed he had known about it for some time and had calculated when the Long Zhi Cao would finish merging with the dragon energy, coming now to wait for it to mature and take it away.

Without thinking further, Ye Chen immediately entered the void space and hid near the Long Zhi Cao on the peak.

Soon, the black-robed elder arrived.

As Ye Chen had suspected, the elder's target was the Long Zhi Cao. Upon landing, his gaze swept directly toward the peak.

Almost there! Almost there!

The black-robed elder took a deep breath, barely able to contain his excitement at taking the Long Zhi Cao.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

From the peak, dragon roars echoed—it was the nine strands of dragon energy emanating them, slowly merging into the Long Zhi Cao's body.

As night fell, the Long Zhi Cao bathed in the moonlight and starlight, shining brilliantly with dragon visions surrounding it, the roars growing mighty as the nine strands of dragon energy fully integrated into its body.

It's done!

The black-robed elder's eyes flashed, and he immediately extended his hand to grab the Long Zhi Cao.

However, at that moment, a hand suddenly appeared, snatching the Long Zhi Cao away first.

Damn it!

Even with the composure of a Quasi-Saint, he couldn't help but curse. After guarding it for so long, he hadn't realized someone was hiding nearby, and worst of all, that person had taken the Long Zhi Cao.

You bastard!

The black-robed elder erupted in fury, unleashing his Quasi-Saint pressure with a palm strike toward the void.

Ye Chen was forced out on the spot, nearly crippled by the blow.

You son of a...!

Ye Chen silently cursed. The black-robed elder's strength far exceeded his expectations, on par with Fa Tong, not your average Quasi-Saint—he had likely reached the brink of the five declines of heaven and man.

A Heavenly Realm cultivator seeking death!

The black-robed elder stepped forward, slamming a palm down from the sky.

Ye Chen dared not clash head-on and fled into the sky. As soon as he left, the elder's palm crushed the mountain peak.

Leave it behind!

The black-robed elder crossed thousands of zhang in an instant, firing a bolt of lightning from his brow straight at Ye Chen's origin soul.

Tai Xu Cave!

Ye Chen suddenly turned, deploying the Tai Xu secret technique. The Tai Xu vortex appeared instantly, swallowing the lightning, but the Tai Xu Cave shattered as well, causing backlash as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

What a divine ability!

The black-robed elder's eyes gleamed with greed, coveting Ye Chen's Tai Xu Cave technique.

Shrink the Ground to an Inch!

Ye Chen shouted inwardly and vanished into the void.

His escape speed was indeed remarkable, leaving the black-robed elder stunned—was this the speed of a Heavenly Realm cultivator?

Damn it!

In that moment of distraction, Ye Chen had slipped far away. The black-robed elder pursued across the sky, locking onto him. You're fast, but I'm a Quasi-Saint; there's no reason I can't catch you.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The quiet night turned chaotic due to the black-robed elder's chase and Ye Chen's flight, shaking the entire ancient star.

You're impressive!

Amid the rolling clouds, Ye Chen scrambled out, utterly exhausted and unable to lift his head, with no desire to fight. He used Shrink the Ground to an Inch and directly escaped the ancient star.

Where do you think you're going!

The black-robed elder instantly gave chase.

The two streaked through the starry sky like divine lights, one ahead and one behind.