Chapter 36: The War of Ten Thousand Years Ago

  He cast a glance at the cold wind, and reluctantly put his soul into his body. In the instant that his soul entered his body, the green wolf's figure flashed, and it suddenly appeared in front of him. Before Ling Feng could even react, his body was knocked flying by the wolf. Mid-air, Su Qingchen's figure exerted a fierce force, stabilizing his body while dodging the wolf's second attack with a sideways flip.

  Su Qingchen landed on the ground, patted his chest with his hand, and spat out a mouthful of turbid air. Seeing the dark wolf attacking him again, Su Qingchen took a step back, stomped his right foot fiercely, and leaped up. At the moment he collided with the blue dark wolf, his right fist was tightly clenched and aimed at the wolf's eyes, punching heavily. At such close range, the blue dark wolf had no way to dodge, and could only turn its head sideways. The forelimb shone with a blue light, colliding with Su Qingchen's right fist.

  Bang

  A dull thud, the cyan wolf's body flew backwards and fell to the ground. After landing, the cyan wolf was clearly unstable, its front paws injured from the earlier collision, limping and retreating backwards with a slight stumble.

  Su Qingchen's face revealed a wicked smile, his physical strength had already reached the Lingzhe boundary, and two-stage fierce beasts couldn't withstand his one blow. Now he could fully utilize the Wind Slayer Spirit to rely on his physical strength to contend against primary stage Lingzhe.

  The green wolf retreated, Su Qingchen's figure flashed, his right fist like a fierce tiger attacking the green wolf. The injured green wolf was unable to dodge and its body emitted a green glow. Its hind legs suddenly exerted force and charged towards Su Qingchen.

  Bang

  Another dull sound. The cyan wolf, like a ripe fruit, fell straight from the air and landed motionless. Its head was already stained with blood, devoid of any signs of life.

  Su Qingchen landed steadily on the ground, patted his hands, sighed, and turned to look at Leng Feng, saying: "Uncle, this wolf is too easy to beat, no challenge at all."

  Leng Feng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and Su Qingchen obviously didn't use his soul power, relying solely on his physical strength to punch through the defenses of a two-stage fierce beast and kill it directly. Although it was only an agile wolf, it could absolutely rival a beginner spiritual practitioner. This kid had made progress again, his body becoming incredibly resilient - could he be from the Mysterious Sect? But they were already extinct for tens of thousands of years, so there shouldn't be any descendants left. Probably only a handful of people on the continent even remembered their existence.

  Leng Feng glanced at Su Qingchen and asked in a light tone, "Are you often practicing body refinement? I saw that you didn't use soul power to protect your body when you entered the water earlier. And if my guess is correct, your physical strength has already reached the level of a Spirit's defense?"

  Su Qingchen furrowed her brow, feeling uneasy in her heart. The Xuanming Attack she had cultivated was a technique from her past life, and wasn't something that belonged to this world. Although she trusted Leng Feng, he probably wouldn't believe the story of transmigration. What should she do now?

  At the time when Su Qingchen was anxiously thinking about how to answer, Leng Feng asked again: "You little guy told us before that you lived in a small mountain village isolated from the world. Did anything strange happen when you came down the mountain?"

  After hearing Leng Feng's words, Su Qingchen's eyes flashed with a hint of inspiration, and he smiled as he spoke: "Yes, when I was young and training on the mountain, I obtained a secret manual that strengthened my physical body. Uncle, do you have any questions?"

  A cold face gazed at Su Qingchen for a few seconds before breaking into a smile, slowly opening his mouth to say: "You little devil are really my lucky charm." As he spoke, Leng Feng couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Su Qingchen looked at Leng Feng with a tense expression, but when she saw him smile, her tension was relieved. Suddenly, she felt a little stunned - this was the first time she had seen Uncle Leng smile, and all along she had thought that the cold and stern man in front of her would never smile.

  A thread of puzzlement in his heart, what kind of thing could make the calm and composed Cold Wind laugh with abandon.

  The cold wind blew away her smile, and her face returned to normal, still expressionless, as if she had never smiled before.

  "Uncle, actually you look quite handsome when you smile, and I'm sure you can charm many beautiful women. I really don't understand why you always have a gloomy face." Su Qingchen said with a blink of her eyes.

  Leng Feng took a step forward, patted Su Qingchen's shoulder and said: "I'm not unwilling to laugh, it's just that the burden on my shoulders is too heavy. Maybe one day when my dreams come true, I'll be laughing all the time. She loves seeing me smile."

  Su Qingchen's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately asked: "What dream? And her? Is she the rumored companion of Cold Wind Uncle?" Su Qingchen was slightly excited, having unexpectedly discovered one of Cold Wind's little secrets. It seemed that something must have made Cold Wind happy, relaxing his guard and unintentionally revealing the secret in his heart.

  A cold wind slapped Su Qingchen's head, and glared at him: "You little rascal also likes gossiping, what happened earlier is not allowed to be told, otherwise you'll be in trouble."

  Su Qingchen looked at Leng Feng's sly smile and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell Hei Zi Shu about it. It's just that I'm afraid he'll force me to ask questions, and when the time comes, I'll have no choice but to reveal this matter in order to save my life."

  He furrowed his brow in the cold wind, knowing that this kid was trying to extort him. He reluctantly opened his mouth and said, "Don't worry, seven days later I'll teach you another set of soul techniques. Let's not mention this matter for now. I have something to tell you, are you sure no one knows about your body refinement?"

  Su Qingchen nodded and said: "No one knows that I have the secret recipe for refining my body, but the matching attack skills I used in the competition seem to be known by many people."

  The cold wind sank into thought for a moment, and then looked at Su Qingchen and said: "Was it the punch you used to smash the lion statue in front of the Skull Mercenary Corps last time?"

  Su Qingchen nodded again.

  The cold wind took a deep breath; "That's nothing, after you reach the spiritual realm, you can release your soul power and use it to attack. However, this kind of attack is no longer used by anyone because the physical body of a soul master is far inferior to that of a soul spirit. Using this type of attack would easily injure oneself."

  As the cold wind gazed into the distance, he paused for a moment before continuing: "Two years ago, when I entered that cave, not only did I obtain the 'Killing Wind' manual, but I also learned a secret about the continent that spans tens of thousands of years. Tens of thousands of years ago, the continent was divided into two major forces: one was the Soul Masters, and the other was the War Masters. The Soul Masters are like us now, summoning soul spirits to fight, while the War Masters cultivate their physical strength to attack with their bodies."

  Su Qing's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't help but think that tens of thousands of years ago, there was such a history. She curiously glanced at Leng Feng and listened quietly.

  "Tens of thousands of years ago, two great empires went to war due to conflicts between their rulers. After decades of bitter fighting, the Soul Master Empire emerged victorious thanks to a desperate last blow from its strongest warrior, who killed several powerful War Masters and completely tipped the scales in favor of the Soul Masters. The War Master Empire was destroyed, and after their victory, the Soul Master Empire carried out a massacre that lasted for months, leaving no one alive within the borders of the War Master Empire."