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Chapter 521: 389: Shocking the World, Hidden Dragon Rises to the Top!_2

Chapter 521: Chapter 389: Shocking the World, Hidden Dragon Rises to the Top!_2

If we’re only talking about looks, Lady Xu indeed has an edge, but when it comes to temperament, each has her own unique presence. Shen Yanshu has a heroic air about her, similar to Shangguan Hong.

On the other hand, Lady Xu’s charm is in her grace.

Upon hearing these words, Shen Yanshu finally showed a smile:

“Does she know about me?”

“She does.”

About Shen Yanshu, Chen Yuan had already told Lady Xu, but she clearly didn’t mind. After all, for men, especially the strong ones aside from those obsessed with martial arts,

who doesn’t have multiple wives and concubines, surrounded by beauty?

She didn’t see anything wrong with it.

The adage still holds, women often admire strength; as long as you are powerful enough, you can conquer the other party.

“What did she say?”

“What could she say?” Chen Yuan looked at Shen Yanshu with a smile in his eyes.

The bitterness in her heart completely dissipated, and Shen Yanshu even felt a hint of sweetness, laughing:

“Now that you’ve won over Sister Xu, how would Ouyang Zhi address you?”

Chen Yuan laughed, remembering the earlier scene:

“He calls me ‘Father’.”

“Isn’t he older than you?”

“Ambition is not confined to the young, but I haven’t acknowledged this cheap son yet. He called me that on his own.”

Shen Yanshu covered her mouth and chuckled. After a moment, she said:

“In a few days, I want to go back for a visit and maybe see… this Sister Xu, do you think that’s okay?”

“It’s fine.”

Chen Yuan’s eyes flickered, and a strange thought suddenly crossed his mind.

“Keep talking, I haven’t finished rewarding you yet.” Shen Yanshu smiled and lowered her gaze.

Chen Yuan gave a faint smile and started talking about subsequent events. In Tangshan Prefecture, as a Reach Profound martial artist, he completely shook the world, ranking among the Hidden Dragon Four Extremes.

One event after another, as long as it wasn’t about secrets, Chen Yuan didn’t hide anything from Shen Yanshu.

He… indeed needed someone to confide in.

Since he formally stepped into this world, Chen Yuan had been tense most of the time, always thinking about how to enhance his cultivation further, how to expand his power.

And increase his authority.

He rarely relaxed.

But humans are not bowstrings; sometimes being too rigid can lead to breakage. Finding someone to confide in and release emotions can actually be more beneficial than arduous cultivation.

Cultivation isn’t just about accumulating Primordial Crystals; it also requires cultivation at the level of the mental realm.

Only then can one condense the essence of Martial Arts, and only then can one have a greater chance of reaching the peak of Martial Arts.

That night, Chen Yuan talked a lot.

For several days in a row, Chen Yuan helped Shen Yanshu with her cultivation. Being old acquaintances, he naturally offered his full support.

This was something Chen Yuan wasn’t stingy about.

She had already reached the Heavenly Gang Peak for a while now, already very close to the Reach Profound Realm, so he felt that he could at least help her succeed with a bit of effort.

And as the two of them practiced hard daily in hopes of a breakthrough, Jianghu finally began a violent shake!

The martial artists who had left Mengze Mountain couldn’t wait to proclaim what had happened that day to those around them. In just a few short days, a huge turmoil arose.

Starting from the cloud center, it spread quickly to several nearby state prefectures.

Chen Yuan’s deeds also became known.

Defeating Xuanming, entering the Secret Realm, slaying a Grandmaster, repelling a multitude, reaching the four elixirs, undergoing the Yang Transformation…

As Li Su Qing had thought before, any one of these achievements would have been enough to shake Jianghu, let alone all of these combined.

The first thing that caught attention was Xuanming’s death.

Many people fervently spread the news, saying Xuanming had died within the Secret Realm, with signs of a duel involving two people, and Xuanming’s body was nowhere to be found!

Many criticized Chen Yuan for his ruthless actions, simultaneously taking pleasure in the misfortune, hoping that Spirit Mountain would produce a strong figure to discipline Chen Yuan.

But unexpectedly for everyone, Spirit Mountain had no reaction. Later, a monk from Spirit Mountain who claimed to be Xuanming’s junior proclaimed that Xuanming was not dead,

but he was indeed defeated by Chen Yuan and had left the Secret Realm with the aid of others, which is why nobody had seen him.

Upon this disclosure, those displeased with Chen Yuan were disappointed; they actually hoped that Chen Yuan in his confusion had killed Xuanming, though these people were ultimately in the minority.

Most attention was on Chen Yuan’s achievements, which were unprecedented.

With the Reach Profound Body, he successively slew two Grandmasters.

He created a miracle, winning universal respect and admiration.

Adding the achievement of defeating Xuanming, countless people believed that with Chen Yuan’s record, he must surely rise to the top of the Hidden Dragon List; after all, Xuanming had been defeated,

and neither Wei Wuya nor Zuo Chengzong had legends of slaying a Grandmaster.

If he still couldn’t ascend to the top of the Hidden Dragon List, then the people of Ascending Immortal Tower must be blind.

Immediately, many closely followed the next issuance of the Hidden Dragon List, believing Chen Yuan could still create another miracle, climbing from the bottom of the list to the top within a year.

Even though many felt Chen Yuan’s methods were too harsh, they couldn’t deny that his talent was rare in the world.

Even looking back over several hundred years, who else could rise from Foundation Establishment to Reach Profound Peak in just over a year?

And from beyond 300th place on the Hidden Dragon List, rising directly to the top?

Of course, there were countless skeptics of Chen Yuan, believing it all to be a facade, merely an image he had crafted, when in fact he had always been concealing his true cultivation level.

And with a notable background, he must have reached the Reach Profound Late Stage long ago, merely starting from scratch as a low-level arrest officer.