"A chance?"
Chu Lan shook his head and smiled.
He did not reply to Ada, but directly made a move and eradicated him.
The flesh and blood of these two men were used by Chu Lan as fertilizer to nourish the spiritual herbs.
Nourished by the flesh and blood of two Body Spirit Realm Ninth Layer martial artists, the spiritual herbs grew exceptionally well.
"It seems that using higher-realm martial artists as fertilizer yields even better quality spiritual herbs!"
A look of great joy crossed Chu Lan's face.
He could clearly sense that because the quality of the spiritual herbs had improved, the spiritual Qi within the Divine Desolation Pagoda had become much more abundant.
Especially the Spirit-Gathering Array.
The more abundant the spiritual Qi, the faster the recovery rate of the Spirit-Gathering Array.
"Now it will only take a little over two months to fully recover all the spiritual Qi."
"Throughout the entire year, I can rely on the Spirit-Gathering Array to cultivate four times!"
Right now, the spiritual Qi in the Spirit-Gathering Array had also fully recovered, so he could cultivate here for a while.
Moreover, that Qi-Moving Ape-Shen in the outside world was probably still lingering in the same spot.
Meanwhile, back at the Chu Family.
When A-Si and A-Er brought the heavily injured Chu Beichuan back, Chu Tianxiong flew into a rage.
When he learned that Chu Beichuan's injuries had been inflicted by Chu Lan, he became so furious that he beat A-Si and A-Er half to death.
Had they not mentioned that Ada and A-San were already out capturing Chu Lan, they probably would have been beaten to death by Chu Tianxiong.
However, Chu Beichuan's injuries were too severe.
Although the healing pills prepared by the Chu Family could treat him, they could not completely heal him within half a month.
This meant that Chu Beichuan would be unable to participate in the sect assessment eleven days later.
"Damn Chu Lan, don't think that just because you can cultivate again, your status in the Chu Family will be restored. Once I drag you back, I will make you pay the price!"
Chu Tianxiong let out a cold snort.
Having missed the sect assessment, Chu Beichuan would have no choice but to join the Heavenly Dao Academy of the Imperial Dynasty.
At this thought, the anger in Chu Tianxiong's heart became even harder to suppress.
His son's future had essentially been ruined by Chu Lan.
A full day passed, and Ada and A-San still had not brought Chu Lan back.
Chu Tianxiong was furious.
At this moment, he not only dispatched all the guards of the Chu Family, but also sent out the guest elders of the Chu Family to head into the Hundred Thousand Li Great Mountains to search for Chu Lan's traces.
The Chu Family had a total of three guest elders, each of whom possessed the cultivation of the Vein Spirit Realm First Layer.
With their strength, they could not only ensure their own safety in the Hundred Thousand Li Great Mountains, but also instantly capture Chu Lan the moment his traces were discovered.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed, yet neither the three guest elders nor the group of guards they led managed to find any trace of Chu Lan in the Hundred Thousand Li Great Mountains.
They had no idea that Chu Lan had been staying inside the Divine Desolation Pagoda all along.
Chu Lan spent three years inside the Divine Desolation Pagoda.
During these three years, Chu Lan not only used the spiritual Qi within the Spirit-Gathering Array for cultivation.
The Crimson Scorching Fruits had also ripened, producing a total of ten Crimson Scorching Fruits.
Chu Lan used the Crimson Scorching Fruits to temper his muscles and bones.
His cultivation had already reached the Body Spirit Realm Ninth Layer.
"I've used five Crimson Scorching Fruits for now, and I'll keep the remaining five for the time being."
"When I go to Qingyun Market later, I'll see if I can ask an alchemist to help me refine five Pulse-Opening Pills."
As for reaching the Vein Spirit Realm, Chu Lan was just one Pulse-Opening Pill away.
Chu Lan carefully considered his future plans: "Then there are martial arts. The Cloud-Searing Palm and the Crimson Gold Fist are the strongest martial arts of the Chu Family."
"But lower-tier martial arts won't be able to keep up with my strength later on; I'll need to switch to higher-tier martial arts."
As long as one had money, higher-tier martial arts could be purchased.
As for cultivation techniques, although Chu Lan wanted to switch.
High-tier cultivation techniques were practically priceless and unavailable on the market.
No one would be willing to take out cultivation techniques to sell.
He would just have to see if he could strike it lucky in the future and acquire a high-tier cultivation technique.
Emerging from the Divine Desolation Pagoda, there was no sign of the Qi-Moving Ape-Shen in the surroundings.
Naturally, with three years passing inside the Divine Desolation Pagoda equating to three days in the outside world, that Qi-Moving Ape-Shen had long since run off to goodness knows where.
"It's a pity though. If that Qi-Moving Ape-Shen were still around, I'd really want to test how big the gap is between my current strength and the Vein Spirit Realm."
Relying on two mastered martial arts, Chu Lan judged that his current strength would definitely be able to handle some Vein Spirit Realm martial artists without a problem.
"Now I'll head back to Luoyang City and visit Qingyun Market to look at martial arts."
Chu Lan did not have much money on hand.
However, there were still plenty of spiritual herbs inside the Divine Desolation Pagoda.
Even if his funds fell short, pulling out a few spiritual herbs from the Divine Desolation Pagoda to sell when the time came would be more than enough.
Lost in thought, Chu Lan set off.
Before he had walked very far, Chu Lan spotted a figure ahead, looking utterly disheveled and battered.
"Isn't this Ma Yuan, the guest elder of the Chu Family!"
Looking closely, Chu Lan recognized the other party's identity.
Ma Yuan also spotted Chu Lan.
"I've finally found you, Chu Lan!!"
Ma Yuan took a stride and rushed right up in front of Chu Lan.
"This old man has searched for you in the Hundred Thousand Li Great Mountains for a full three days!"
Ma Yuan shouted angrily, "Today I've finally managed to find you!!"
His tone carried a hint of lingering resentment.
While searching for Chu Lan's traces in the Hundred Thousand Li Great Mountains, Ma Yuan had also encountered quite a few fierce beasts.
Weak ones he could easily deal with.
But the moment he ran into beasts stronger than him, Ma Yuan was left with no choice but to flee in panic.
Chu Lan's expression darkened.
Even the guest elders had been dispatched?
It seemed that the day he completely broke ties with the Chu Family was not far away.
"Chu Lan, if you obediently follow this old man back to the Chu Family, when the time comes, I can ask the family head to leave you an intact corpse."
"Old fogey, if you run away right now, you might just manage to save your life."
Chu Lan curled his lips into a cold smile and said, "Otherwise, I'll make you lose your life right here!"
"Such arrogant words!"
Ma Yuan let out a loud shout, "Today, this old man will break your limbs, drag you back to the Chu Family, and hand you over to the family head for disposal!"
As his voice fell, Ma Yuan's figure moved.
With a single stride, he instantly closed the distance right in front of Chu Lan.
Ma Yuan clenched his left fist and fiercely hurled a punch toward Chu Lan's body.
Ma Yuan did not unleash his full strength.
In Ma Yuan's view, if he used his full strength, Chu Lan would definitely be beaten to death by a single punch from him.
"Hehe... Old fogey, if you don't use your full strength, you're going to die!"
Chu Lan sneered.
Immediately afterward, Chu Lan directly executed the Crimson Gold Fist and smashed it toward Ma Yuan.
"Hehe... Ignorant brat."
Ma Yuan said with a look of disdain, "Even though the family head said you can cultivate again."
"But this old man is at the Vein Spirit Realm; capturing you is nothing more than lifting a finger!"
Watching Chu Lan's fist about to collide with his own, a look of contempt crossed Ma Yuan's eyes.
Did this brat not know how the word 'death' was written?
He dared to trade punches head-on with him?
Watch how he crippled this kid's arm!
A hint of malice flashed in Ma Yuan's eyes.
Yet at the very instant their fists collided, Ma Yuan's expression altered drastically.
"No... This strength!"