Capítulo 1401: Chapter 1372: Li Chen’s Plans
A few thoughts flashed through Li Chen’s mind, but he eventually dismissed them one by one. Finally, Li Chen determined that this girl was definitely a strong fighter, and one whose cultivation was even higher than his own!
Because it would be absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to stay in such a place, never mind anything else, just the powerful gravity alone would be unbearable.
And this girl could stay in such a place, even hiding earlier so that he hadn’t noticed her, which explained a lot.
“Young lady, you’re here by yourself in this wilderness, what are you doing?” Li Chen looked at the girl, although he was secretly cautious, he tried to seem completely calm on the surface.
“I…” The girl seemed somewhat scared upon hearing Li Chen speak, even stuttering when she tried to talk.
“I don’t know, I just woke up and found myself here…” The girl carefully replied, as if afraid Li Chen might do something to her.
Li Chen looked at the girl in front of him, feeling a bit toothache. It was clear she was stronger than him, was she pretending or genuinely foolish?
“What’s your name?” Li Chen thought that if she was pretending, he might as well play along as long as she wouldn’t harm him. He was new here, a total penniless nobody, with nothing worth deceiving.
“My name is Bai Tianyi, what about you, big brother?” The girl relaxed a bit when she saw Li Chen didn’t seem to intend any harm, and asked curiously.
“I’m Li Chen.” After speaking, Li Chen started to continue with his roast meat.
He didn’t plan to meddle further as he still couldn’t fully understand his own situation, let alone have time to deal with others’ affairs.
But soon, Li Chen realized he couldn’t continue eating.
Because he noticed that the girl hadn’t left. Instead, she squatted not far away, staring at him with big longing eyes.
Or perhaps, at the roast meat in his hand.
Li Chen vaguely saw a hint of glistening light at the girl’s mouth corner.
Helplessly tapping his forehead, Li Chen threw the roast meat in his hand towards the girl, who accurately caught it and gobbled it down.
Watching Bai Tianyi wolf down the food without any etiquette, Li Chen couldn’t help but ask, “How long have you been here?”
“Half a month.” Bai Tianyi mumbled indistinctly, not forgetting to thank Li Chen, “Thank you, big brother.”
“How long since you last ate?”
Seeing Bai Tianyi finish and still looking at him, evidently for a Martial Artist, such a small amount wouldn’t fill her stomach at all, Li Chen reluctantly handed a few more pieces of roast meat to the girl.
“Don’t remember, three or four days maybe?” Bai Tianyi thought for a moment, then replied.
Li Chen chuckled bitterly, shaking his head, he no longer doubted that the girl was indeed a Martial Artist.
Could a regular person stay here for half a month and go hungry for days like it’s nothing?
“Where’s your home, why did you come to such a place?” Li Chen nibbled away at his food while trying to probe Bai Tianyi for answers; after all, he wasn’t exactly close friends with Cang Ku, he couldn’t fully trust his words.
“I don’t know.” Bai Tianyi answered straightforwardly, “I forgot everything after waking up, only remember my name.”
Looking at the smiling silly girl beside him, Li Chen suddenly felt a sense of helplessness.
He was still unclear on his own situation, and now he had inexplicably acquired a hitchhiker with him. But seeing the girl’s innocent smile, Li Chen couldn’t bear to send her away.
He could tell that this girl named Bai Tianyi was indeed as pure as a blank sheet of paper, seeming to know nothing. Similarly, she wasn’t deceiving him.
Li Chen asked himself, and he was certain that he wasn’t wrong in this assessment.
Yet, having just arrived here, now with another clueless girl by his side, many things would undoubtedly become inconvenient.
After careful consideration, Li Chen ultimately decided to keep the girl with him.
Though he didn’t know what was up with the girl, he was all alone now, even if she was sent by someone to test him, he was indifferent.
Shoes are useless to a barefooted person.
“But, that guy called Ling Canghai said he intends to take Lin Yi to some sect. So this will take some time.”
A Cloud Patterned Leopard had been dealt with mostly by two people, Li Chen, having nothing else to do, began to ponder how he could find Lin Yi.
“If that’s the case, then Lin Yi shouldn’t be in any immediate danger. However, to find her, I must first locate that guy named Ling Canghai.”
Li Chen vaguely recalled the screams coming from inside when the channel crack closed, and it seemed the voice was Ling Canghai’s.
Yet Lin Yi was immobilized at the time, there shouldn’t have been any resistance.
Wait!
Li Chen finally realized what had happened.
Although Lin Yi was imprisoned at the time, due to being seriously injured, that restriction seemed to have loosened quite a bit. Moreover, it wasn’t just Lin Yi who was taken.
When Lin Yi was taken, Netherworld had transformed into armor and attached to Lin Yi.
If that’s the case…
After figuring things out, Li Chen’s worries eased considerably.
At the same time, he also understood that if Lin Yi was with Netherworld, perhaps it was still safe.
Li Chen had witnessed Netherworld’s potential. Even though Netherworld could match Scorching-level Experts when he left, Li Chen could still feel that Netherworld hadn’t fully tapped into his potential.
“Big Brother Li, why are you here?” Bai Tianyi, now full, looked at Li Chen and asked.
“I was just passing by.” Li Chen replied, lacking interest in continuing the conversation.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to speak, but the girl in front of him named Bai Tianyi seemed entirely naive. If true, it was one thing; if an act, then her performance was too convincing.
“Oh.” Upon seeing Li Chen give a brief reply, Bai Tianyi didn’t ask further. Instead, she sat by herself and began to drift into thought.
Li Chen noticed the girl sitting motionless and dazed, prompting him to ask, “Aren’t you going to cultivate?”
“Cultivation? What is cultivation?” Bai Tianyi replied with a face full of confusion.
Upon hearing this, Li Chen was speechless. It seemed the girl truly had amnesia. He was about to explain cultivation to her, but suddenly paused.
Looking at Bai Tianyi, Li Chen’s expression became serious.
Because, despite the girl dazing off and then talking to him, he sensed the surrounding spiritual energy was continuously flowing into her body.
Li Chen watched this scene in shock.
This was the first time he discovered someone who could absorb spiritual energy effortlessly without cultivating.
Usually, when Li Chen cultivated, even if not in closed-door cultivation, he needed to find a quiet place free from disturbances, let alone talk with others.
Yet the girl managed it; even while talking, Li Chen could feel the surrounding spiritual energy flowing steadily towards her.
Moreover, even Li Chen, sitting next to her, sensed the spiritual energy here had become more concentrated than before.
“Who is this girl, really?” Cang Ku also expressed shock in Li Chen’s mind.
Evidently, even Cang Ku, a Heaven Realm native, hadn’t seen such a phenomenon.
Suddenly, Li Chen’s expression shifted slightly, and he immediately took out the Sixth Heavenly Bead and Seventh Heavenly Pearl.
Right away, Li Chen noticed the spiritual energy’s flow speed increased upon bringing out the two pearls.
Without hesitation, Li Chen immediately held the two pearls in his hand and began closed-door cultivation.
As a Sky Approacher, understanding the multitude of Heaven-level Experts here filled Li Chen with a sense of urgency.
Cang Ku told him that only by becoming a Heaven-level Expert himself would he have a voice here; otherwise, he’d be like an ant.
Compared to the Lower Realm, the Heaven Realm seemed not to have large-scale warfare, yet it was the true law of the jungle, a world of the survival of the fittest.
After cultivating for an entire day, Li Chen finally opened his eyes.
He sensed he had gotten closer to that indescribable barrier.
At this moment, Li Chen remembered the presence of someone beside him and quickly turned to Bai Tianyi’s direction.
However, Li Chen found the girl, a bit naive, was actually sleeping.
Could she really be that trusting?
Then, Li Chen recalled the girl’s memory loss and shook his head, choosing not to dwell on it.
He didn’t intend to linger long, and after stabilizing his condition, Li Chen planned to gather information in nearby cities. Yet, the sudden presence of this girl left Li Chen feeling somewhat uneasy.
Though sympathetic, Li Chen himself was already dealing with plenty of troubles, making it unsuitable to take another person along.
Moreover, in Li Chen’s view, Ling Canghai likely wasn’t dead yet; otherwise, the White-Robed Guard wouldn’t identify and try to take him away.
Li Chen was almost certain that Ling Canghai was recovering somewhere, waiting to exact revenge once Li Chen appeared.
From Ling Canghai’s departing spiteful tone, Li Chen knew the opponent certainly intended to retaliate.
Simultaneously, Li Chen had no intention of sparing him.
There was no room for reconciliation in their hatred.
“But now, I should…”
Li Chen was about to consider something when his gaze suddenly shifted to a spot not far from the desolate mountain.
There, a group of people was rushing towards them.
Or rather, only one person was fleeing, and a group of people was closely pursuing after him.
Looking at them, Li Chen’s heart sank, as he realized more than half of them were Heaven-level Experts!