Cangshui County, the Observatory, Cultivation Chamber.
Han Yuan stood on the cold, smooth stone slab, his terrifyingly strong and ferocious muscles on full display.
As he exerted his strength, these muscles bulged like tumors, and his veins and tendons coiled together like a dense nest of dragons and snakes.
WHOOOOSH...
His breaths were as terrifying as the pumping of a bellows, stirring up all the air in the chamber.
"Vajra Indestructible!"
Han Yuan let out a low roar.
The Great Demon Qi in his Dantian was suddenly activated, circulating throughout his body.
As the Great Demon Qi filled his muscles, they swelled even further, becoming more terrifying and taking on a dark golden sheen that gave them an incredibly hard appearance.
Han Yuan walked to the center of the chamber.
Here, a one-meter-diameter iron ball hung from an iron frame.
Han Yuan had this iron ball custom-made. It weighed a good five or six hundred jin, and its surface was welded with three-foot-long, jet-black iron spikes, which were exceptionally sharp and could easily pierce human skin.
BANG!
Han Yuan struck the iron ball directly with his palm.
Struck by the immense force, the iron ball swung violently away before swinging back with even more terrifying momentum, slamming viciously into Han Yuan’s body.
CLANG~~~
It was like striking an incomparably hard steel plate.
It even created ripples of air visible to the naked eye.
Han Yuan didn’t even feel any pain, only a wave of impact that he easily neutralized with a slight exertion of his own strength.
He looked at his chest. There wasn’t a single mark.
’This Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill is truly incredible...’
Han Yuan smiled and summoned his system panel.
Host: Han Yuan
Innate Great Demon Skill: Third Layer (365/1200)
Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill: Entry (1/1000)
Black Whale Oversea Skill: Perfection (Transformed Whale)
Giant Spirit Monument-Opening Hand: Perfection (Infinite Strength)
...
’A thousand just for the entry-level...’
’It’s about what I predicted.’
Han Yuan muttered to himself and closed the Skill Proficiency Panel.
He had spent the better part of a month in this secluded cultivation, and he had no idea what the situation outside was like.
When he walked out of the Cultivation Chamber,
DRUMMING...
The sound of heavy rain filled his ears.
"It’s still raining?!"
Han Yuan frowned.
If this kept up, he feared Cangshui County Town would truly be flooded.
He walked out of the main hall and onto the outer corridor.
Everything was a watery blur. Rain hammered madly against the roof tiles, creating a sharp, crisp sound.
Just then, Zhai Mu came jogging over.
"Director Han, you’re finally out of your cultivation."
"Prefect Wen is waiting for you in the council hall."
Zhai Mu said.
"He’s here to see me?"
’Could it be...’
A bad feeling welled up in Han Yuan’s heart.
He made his way to the council hall.
Wen Zhiyuan, who had been pacing anxiously inside the council hall, looked as if he had just seen his savior when Han Yuan walked in.
"Director Han, the dikes are about to break!"
Wen Zhiyuan hit Han Yuan with the heavy news right away.
Fortunately, Han Yuan was already mentally prepared. He sighed. "How many more days can they hold?"
Wen Zhiyuan replied quickly, "If the rain continues like this, I’m afraid the dikes will collapse within three days."
"Three days..." Han Yuan felt a headache coming on.
Faced with a natural disaster of this scale, he was powerless to change anything, no matter how great his own strength was.
"Evacuate... Organize the people and move them to higher ground."
"I’ll send Zhou Yuanhu and Zhai Mu to assist you."
"Keeping people alive is the priority."
Han Yuan said helplessly.
"Then I’ll go back and make the arrangements right away."
Wen Zhiyuan said.
This was what he had been thinking as well.
But for a matter of this magnitude, he naturally needed Director Han’s approval.
He wouldn’t have dared to act otherwise.
"Go."
Knowing time was short, Han Yuan waved his hand dismissively.
Wen Zhiyuan quickly took his leave.
Zhai Mu, who had been waiting outside the hall, only entered after he saw Wen Zhiyuan leave.
"Director Han... there’s actually another matter."
Zhai Mu said softly.
"What else?" Han Yuan asked, exasperated.
He hadn’t expected to be hit with so many problems the moment he came out of cultivation.
"Huang Xian’Er is missing..."
"And the one who went missing with her is your friend, Zhang Cang."
Zhai Mu said in a grave voice.
"The two of them disappeared together?"
"How could that be?"
Han Yuan was taken aback.
A melodramatic cliché popped into his head.
Two lovers, opposed by their families, eloping to escape Cangshui County Town after pledging their lives to each other.
"They’ve been missing for several days."
"After I had some men investigate, I found that they might have gone to a place called Thunderstruck Forest."
Zhai Mu began to explain the situation.
These things were actually quite easy to investigate.
Besides, neither of the two had a simple identity.
One was the young lady of the Huang Family.
The other was a friend of Han Yuan.
Zhai Mu had originally planned to send people to Thunderstruck Forest to investigate, but since Han Yuan happened to come out of cultivation, he decided to report the matter to him first.
"Thunderstruck Forest?"
"What kind of place is that?"
"What were they doing there?"
Han Yuan asked with a frown.
"Thunderstruck Forest is a patch of woods south of the city. It’s often struck by lightning, which is how it got its name."
"As for why they went... it’s said they were looking for a Daoist Temple that’s over a hundred years old."
"I also made a point to ask Supervisor Yan, and he actually provided a clue."
Zhai Mu’s investigation had been very thorough.
"Old Yan? What did that old drunkard have to say?" Han Yuan asked.
"He said he vaguely sensed fluctuations of Spiritual Qi spreading from the direction of Thunderstruck Forest, and that some treasure might be emerging."
"But he doesn’t care about such things, so he didn’t go over to join the excitement."
Zhai Mu said.
’A Daoist Temple from over a hundred years ago?’
’And an emerging treasure...’
’Sounds pretty mysterious.’
Han Yuan suspected that Zhang Cang and Huang Xian’Er might have gotten into some kind of trouble because of this emerging treasure.
"That’s all the information we have for now."
"Should I send some men to Thunderstruck Forest to investigate?"
Zhai Mu asked.
"No need. You go assist Prefect Wen with the evacuation of the citizens."
"I’ll go to Thunderstruck Forest myself."
Han Yuan said flatly.
"As you command."
Hearing that Han Yuan would go personally, Zhai Mu said no more.
Han Yuan first returned to the Cultivation Chamber to retrieve his Dragon Sparrow Cloud-Splitting Saber. Then, holding an Oil Paper Umbrella, he headed directly south of the city.
For Han Yuan, a distance of a dozen or so li was just a matter of the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn.
Soon, a dense forest appeared before his eyes.
CRACK-BOOM!!
Just then, a ghastly white bolt of lightning struck down.
’Looks like they didn’t name this place wrong.’
Han Yuan shook his head as he watched.
Nevertheless, he walked straight into the forest.
He was very curious as to why these two would suddenly go looking for a century-old Daoist Temple.
Due to the continuous downpour, the forest floor was already a muddy mess; any footprints would have long since been washed away.
Han Yuan could only head deeper into the woods.
Along the way, Han Yuan occasionally saw trees that had been struck by lightning and blackened.
SWISH~
Suddenly, something strange happened.
The torrential rain falling from the sky abruptly paused in mid-air.
The next moment, the raindrops transformed into invisible blades of rain and shot rapidly toward Han Yuan.
"Courting death!"
Han Yuan presented his left hand while his right delivered a simple, brutal punch.
BOOM—
A terrifying burst of Power erupted, creating an incredibly dreadful shockwave of air that shattered all the invisible rain blades.
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