Dashing Student-Chapter 711, Entering Ten Thousand Mountains

The moonlight was like water, quietly sprinkling on the rooftop where Chen Nan sat cross-legged!

With his hands forming an ancient seal technique, the tips of his fingers glowed with a faint silver light. It was precisely the starting pose of the Moon Worshiping Technique recorded in the "Gu God Canon"!

As his breathing gradually became deep and long, fine silver light spots began to appear around Chen Nan!

These essences of moonlight moved over his skin like living creatures, sometimes converging into runes, sometimes scattering into starlight, looking strange and peculiar!

"I see!" Chen Nan realized in his heart!

The Moon Worshiping Technique is not just about absorbing moonlight, but rather resonating with the Taiyin Essence at a specific frequency!

He adjusted his breathing rhythm, gradually synchronizing with the pulsations of the bright moon in the sky!

Suddenly, a sting came from the Dantian area!

Upon looking inside, he saw the King of Ten Thousand Gu excitedly devouring the moonlight that seeped into his body, and for every bit it devoured, it returned a wisp of silver energy!

This energy flowed through him, and his muscle fibers felt as if they were being refined like pure iron, their density visibly increasing!

More miraculously, Chen Nan found his bones undergoing a transformation as well!

The essences of moonlight penetrated into the marrow, dyeing the originally white bone with a faint silver glow!

He clenched his fist gently, and actually heard the faint sound of the air being compressed and exploded!

"This is true body refining!" A spark of exhilaration flashed in Chen Nan's eyes!

Ordinary martial artists usually need years of hard work to temper their bodies!

Yet this Moon Worshiping Technique could achieve such effects in just a few short hours, giving him a sense of incredulity!

As his cultivation deepened, Chen Nan noticed a peculiar phenomenon!

Whenever the essences of moonlight flowed through certain meridians, the King of Ten Thousand Gu would allocate a portion of energy, forming an extremely thin light membrane under his skin!

This light membrane seemed fragile, yet could easily repulse mosquitoes seeking food at night—those insects would fall as if crashing into an invisible barrier, merely three feet from him!

This was similar to True Qi emanation, except that this light membrane constantly enveloped him without needing deliberate release!

"So this is Moonlight Body Protection!" A subtle, intriguing smile emerged on Chen Nan's lips, recalling the records in the "Gu God Canon" that this is one of the signs of the Moon Worshiping Technique's mastery!

According to the bamboo scroll description, if one could continue to practice for forty-nine full moons, this layer of protective light membrane could even withstand sword and blade attacks!

As midnight approached during cultivation, Chen Nan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his glabella!

Upon inner vision, the King of Ten Thousand Gu's tentacles extended into his Sea of Consciousness, constructing there a miniature vortex of moonlight!

Even more astonishingly, through this vortex, he could actually see all living beings within a hundred zhang range!

From the slumbering birds under the eaves to the earthworms burrowing beneath, and even tiny Gu insects floating in the air, everything was clearly discernible!

"Divine Sense Emanation?" Chen Nan was both shocked and delighted, his heart pounding faster. Although releasing the King of Ten Thousand Gu did allow him to survey the surrounding movements.

But this was different now, as he did not need to release the King of Ten Thousand Gu to sense the wind and grass's every movement within a hundred zhang range; the coverage was even broader!

"This is a divine skill possessed by Foundation Establishment Stage experts!" Chen Nan was utterly jubilant, the Moon Worshiping Technique had allowed him to prematurely touch upon the methods of a Foundation Establishment Stage expert!

The next day.

After breakfast, Chen Nan left the village following Hu Die!

Despite the suggestion by Poisonous Insect Sect's powerhouses to accompany them into the mountains, Chen Nan firmly refused. The Ten Thousand Mountains were extremely perilous, and even though he now possessed cultivation at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, he could only safeguard Hu Die!

Anyone else joining them into the mountains would not only fail to assist but could even become a burden!

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The dawn of the Ten Thousand Mountains was shrouded in a misty haze, with crystal dew gathering on the leaves of towering ancient trees!

As Chen Nan and Hu Die stepped onto the mountain path, a chill, damp aura rushed towards them, mixed with the stench of decaying plants and certain animal carcasses!

"Stay close to me!" Hu Die tightened the Miaodao at her side, the silver ornaments glinting coldly in the morning light, as she pointed to a vaguely visible ridge in the distance: "That is the first treacherous pass, Broken Soul Ridge, said to be impassable even for birds."

The soil was soft and damp underfoot, every step sinking in by half an inch!

Chen Nan noted that occasional bubbles rose from the seemingly ordinary swampy ground, releasing a pungent sulfur smell as they burst!

Hu Die cautiously bypassed a seemingly tranquil puddle: "This is the 'Bone Decay Swamp', fall in, and in no time at all, even bones will dissolve!"

Chen Nan couldn't help but click his tongue; he knew the Ten Thousand Mountains were exceptionally dangerous, but hadn't expected such peril to this extent!

As they delved deeper, the vegetation became increasingly bizarre!

Blood-red vines crawled over trunks, with serrated, thorny edges lining the leaves!

A colorful butterfly alighted on Chen Nan's shoulder, and Hu Die swiftly pinned it with a silver needle, her expression grave: "This is an Enchanting Butterfly, whose dust can cause hallucinations, making one a willing prey to poisonous insects."

Suddenly, rustling sounds came from the bushes ahead!

A giant python, as thick as a bowl, slithered out, its scales shimmering with a metallic green light!

It flicked its tongue, its vertical pupils fixed upon the two of them!

Hu Die was about to draw her knife when Chen Nan raised a hand to stop her!

He activated the Moon Worshiping Technique, his entire body glowing with a faint silver radiance!

The python, as if seeing something terrifying, shrank back, retreating into the bushes!

"It seems last night's cultivation was indeed effective." Chen Nan keenly sensed that since entering the Ten Thousand Mountains, the King of Ten Thousand Gu within him had been unusually active, as if returning to its homeland!

By midday, the two had reached a steep cliff edge!

The cliff face was filled with honeycomb-like caves, each mouth draped with sticky spider silk!

Hu Die took out a bamboo tube, pouring a few drops of acrid-smelling liquid on their lapels: "This is Spider Avoiding Incense, capable of fooling the Cannibal Spiders' senses!"

Once past the cliff, the scene ahead caused Chen Nan's pupils to shrink—a wide valley sprawled before them, with over a dozen skeletal remains lying in disarray!

Each skeleton was twisted, clearly having suffered immense pain before death!

"This is Enchanting Soul Valley!" Hu Die's voice trembled: "My father should be somewhere nearby!"

Without waiting, she took out a silver pendant she wore close to her body, biting her fingertip to drop a bead of blood onto it!

The Heart Connecting Gu within the pendant instantly became active, emitting a faint red glow!

Hu Die closed her eyes to sense it, and suddenly pointed towards the depths of the valley, saying excitedly: "Over there! There's a cave!"

Following her finger, Chen Nan saw an inconspicuous entrance on the rock wall, surrounded by overgrown weeds, yet showing signs of having been trampled!

"My father is in that cave!" Hu Die was exuberant, not expecting to have found her father's whereabouts so quickly!

And at this moment.

Chen Nan's expression changed: "Watch out!"

He abruptly pulled Hu Die back with urgency!

Simultaneously, the spot they had just occupied collapsed with a loud crash, revealing a pit of unfathomable depth!

The pit's bottom emanated a creepy rustling sound, prompting Hu Die to draw near for a closer look. Her pupils suddenly contracted, exclaiming in terror: "The legendary Ten Thousand Insects Cave?"