Chapter 16

As soon as they entered the mountain, Patriarch Dugu and Yan Jin felt that something was wrong.

Guizu Mountain was like a forbidden land.

A terrifying power was suppressing them.

Dugu Sheng was fine, as he easily dispelled the pressure. However, Yan Jin almost couldn’t take it. Fortunately, Dugu Sheng, who was traveling with her, gently placed a hand on her shoulder, “Young lady, you need to exercise more daily.”

Only then could Yan Jin relax a little.

They arrived in front of Dama Village.

Aunt Li was sitting on a small stool at the village entrance, a sign in front of her. There was only one word written on it: Guide!

Seeing that someone had finally arrived, Aunt Li did not wait for the other party to speak and asked first, “You’re here to see Xiao Chen, right? If yes, I’ll report your arrival. If Xiao Chen agrees to see you, I can lead the way. Ten taels of silver per person.”

The inspiration for this business came from the eldest Princess.

The last time she brought the eldest Princess to see Xiao Chen, she had given her a gold coin.

She had bitten the gold coin, and it was real.

Therefore, Aunt Li found a business opportunity. She stopped toiling in the fields and knitting and started to wait at the village entrance for “customers”.

She didn’t think that there really would be “customers” that would come to her door.

“Keep the change,” Yan Jin threw a gold coin over.

“Another big client.”

Aunt Li was overjoyed. At the same time, she took a few more glances at Yan Jin, “This girl looks quite energetic. In terms of looks, she’s not any worse than the previous few girls. However, Xiao Chen has seen too many beautiful women recently and is probably experiencing aesthetic fatigue. Besides, he’s been asking them to stay overnight recently. His body might not be able to take it. I’ll get him to introduce this girl to Da Niu later. After all, Da Niu isn’t young anymore.”

After getting the gold coin, Aunt Li acted quickly and reported their arrival.

“It just so happened that Xiao Chen is free,” She said with a smile, “You can go over now.”

Hence, Aunt Li led the two into the village.

In front of the small courtyard, Chen Xuan was in the middle of painting when he saw Aunt Li bringing two people over.

He couldn’t help but frown.

He was very grateful to Aunt Li for arranging blind dates for him. However, Aunt Li had been too concerned about this matter recently.

He had just sent a batch away a few days ago, and now she had brought another one.

And this one was accompanied by a parent.

Sigh.

He was afraid that it would not be easy to get rid of them.

He had a painting that he had not finished yet.

For someone with a deep obsessive-compulsive disorder, it was very uncomfortable to do something else before finishing the task at hand.

Moreover, how could a blind date be more important than his painting?

Thus, Chen Xuan turned to the old man and the young lady and said in an unfriendly manner, “Since you’ve already seen me, then make your long story short!”

To make the long story short?

What did that mean? Could he have seen through their intentions?

Chen Xuan’s single sentence was enough to shock both Dugu Sheng and Yan Xu.

Dugu Sheng was shocked because as a Dao Entry realm celestial, he couldn’t see through Chen Xuan’s cultivation.

No matter how he looked, left, right, up and down, even if he opened his celestial eyes to look, Chen Xuan was like a ball of chaos. He could not see anything.

This was terrifying.

One had to know that he was a Dao Entry realm celestial. Sometimes, he could even vaguely see through karma.

Yet, he couldn’t see through Chen Xuan.

This was enough to prove that Chen Xuan was no ordinary person!

Furthermore, Chen Xuan’s painting was a painting of mountains and rivers. In the painting, the mountains rose and fell, and the rivers branched out into countless branches before converging into a vast ocean. Birds sang in the mountains and flowers bloomed, while shrimp and fish played in the river.

As long as one looked at it carefully, it seemed that one could see through the layers of the painting and see something deeper.

This painting was obviously extraordinary.

“Good drawing!”

Dugu Sheng couldn’t help but praise.

“Old man, you have good eyes. This painting took me an hour to complete,” Chen Xuan praised.

“What!”

Dugu Sheng was shocked again.

This painting had layers of mountains and rivers, as well as layers of Dao rhythms.

Yet, the person in front of him had only used an hour to draw it?

That was truly terrifying.

Thank God he was cautious and wasn’t violent or hostile on his way over. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

As for Yan Jin, she experienced three waves of shock.

Firstly, it was because she had caught sight of the “grinder” that Chen Xuan used to grind his herbs.

Although the item was black and worn out, as the Medicine God Valley’s holy maiden, she could tell at a glance that it was extraordinary.

“The material of this grinder should be ten-thousand-year obsidian, right? This material contains the obsidian true fire. During the grinding process, the fire will evaporate the impurities in the herbs. The Medicine God Valley has a long history, but even we only have one obsidian millstone. It is regarded as a holy artifact in the sect and is rarely used. Yet, something the senior casually placed is a ten-thousand-year-old obsidian grinder. Isn’t this too much of a waste of heavenly resources?”

When Yan Jin saw a featherless chicken continuously using its beak to remove the medicinal herb residue in the grinder, she instantly felt terrible.

To think a chicken was allowed to peck at such an expensive grinder.

If the disciples of the Medicine God Valley were to see this, they would cook the chicken.

This was the first wave of shock.

The second wave of shock was when she smelled the fragrance of herbs. Although she had not seen the herb field, she had learned to identify herbs since she was young. With just a sniff, she knew that this senior must have a very terrifying herb field here.

She sniffed and identified the herbs.

Thousand-year fire Ganoderma.

Ten-thousand-year-old fleece-flower root.

Geocentric ice Lotus.

Supreme-grade orchid chrysanthemum.

The air was filled with the fragrance of supreme-grade spiritual herbs.

There was even some medicinal fragrance that even she, the holy maiden of the Medicine God Valley, could not distinguish. Those herbs must be beyond the supreme grade.

Could it be that there were celestial-grade herbs?

Yan Jin guessed.

“I really want to take a look at senior Chen’s herb field!”

This was the second wave of shock.

As for the third wave of shock, it was, of course, senior Chen’s words.

“Since you’ve already seen me, then make your long story short.”

Since he said that, he must know why she was here. To think that she still wanted to test him. What a ridiculous and childish idea.

How could the expert chosen by the Empress be wrong?

Just as she was about to kowtow to senior Chen and admit her mistake, the old man next to her spoke.

“Fellow friend, since you already know my intention, then I won’t hide it anymore. Why don’t we have a discussion on the spot? if I lose, I’ll leave. If I win, I’m afraid you’ll have to talk to me nicely,” Dugu Sheng said.

His aura rose steadily, and in that instant, Yan Jin felt as if it was no longer an old man who was standing next to her.

Instead, it was a 300-meter-tall god statue, an extraordinary Celestial God.

“What kind of aura is this? it’s even stronger than Her Majesty’s! Could it be… The Dao Entry realm!”

Yan Jin immediately guessed the other party’s identity.

“Patriarch Dugu! It’s the Dugu clan’s patriarch who just reached the Dao Entry realm and became a celestial! From what he just said, he’s here to discuss Dao with senior Chen!”

Yan Jin couldn’t hide her excitement.

Two supreme existences were discussing the Dao here, and she was fortunate enough to witness it. What kind of opportunity was this?

Thus, she quietly retreated to the side and watched seriously.

At the side, Chen Xuan rubbed his chin as he tried to understand what the old man was trying to say, “So, he’s saying that as long as I can beat him in a debate, he’ll leave and not bring his granddaughter on a blind date with me?”

“That’s good. I’ll have time to continue painting then.”

With such a thought in mind, Chen Xuan accepted the invitation, “Please.”

Upon turning serious, he had an aura that was no less imposing than that of Patriarch Dugu.

What a joke.

Once upon a time, he was the champion of his school debate.

“May I ask Your Excellency what is a celestial, Dao, and eternal life?”