Chapter 223: A Disgrace to the Chicken Reputation

“Where am I?”

Lin Fan shook his head. The surroundings felt unfamiliar—ancient trees covered the ground, their color and patterns indicating great age. On the wooden walls were hung hunting tools and animal hides.

Lin Fan checked himself and found no issues. The situation in the secret chamber must have transported him elsewhere.

What disappointed Lin Fan slightly was that he didn’t manage to obtain the skeleton—it was a bit of a regret.

He checked on the chick. Surprisingly, it was quietly sleeping inside his backpack. This adventure, in Lin Fan’s view, hadn’t been completely fruitless.

Even without obtaining the “Seven Sage’s Treasure Map,” taming the descendant of an ancient ferocious beast was already a tremendous gain.

Lin Fan then took out the “Seven Sages Radiance Manual”—the only useful item he had obtained from the secret chamber. It was likely a cultivation technique.

“Ding! Congratulations on discovering Volume One of the ‘Seven Sages Radiance Manual.’ Would you like to learn it?”

“Learn it.”

“Ding! Congratulations on mastering the ‘Seven Sages Radiance Manual’ cultivation technique.”

At that moment, Lin Fan felt a warm current gather within his body. Although the “Seven Sages Radiance Manual” had only one volume, its power rivaled that of a high-tier celestial technique. If he could gather all seven volumes, its might would likely surpass anything he could imagine.

Just then, the wooden door was pushed open.

Lin Fan focused his gaze and saw an elderly man. He wasn’t tall, slightly hunched, with white hair all over his head. His face didn’t seem malicious.

The old man’s cultivation level was at the middle stage of the Prenatal Realm—nothing impressive. Yet, regarding his talent, Lin Fan couldn’t help but admit it was truly terrible.

Reaching the middle stage of the Prenatal Realm was already his limit.

“Master, you’ve awakened? Is there anything you need?” The old man greeted respectfully upon entering.

At this, Lin Fan smiled. “Old man, do you know who I am?”

In Lin Fan’s experience, situations like this usually involved the old man addressing him as “young man.” But this old man, upon entering, had already called him “Master,” which caught Lin Fan slightly off guard.

The old man smiled. “Esteemed Master, during my youth, I also traveled outside. I still have some ability to judge people. You carry yourself with great bearing, clearly not an ordinary person. Although I don’t know why you collapsed at the village entrance, I assume you must have encountered some difficult circumstances.”

“Haha…” Lin Fan laughed again. Indeed, this old man was sharp-witted from years of experience. However, Lin Fan’s mind was still a bit foggy, unsure of his location. “Where exactly is this?”

“Esteemed Master, this is Yan Village. I am Yan Shanli, the village chief. A few hundred miles from here lies the Qin Shen Dynasty,” the village chief explained carefully.

In his youth, Yan Shanli had also wandered outside for over a decade. Unfortunately, his talent was limited, and his cultivation remained stuck at the middle stage of the Prenatal Realm throughout his middle age. Eventually, he returned to the village in frustration. After the previous village chief passed away, he inherited the position and had been protecting the village ever since.

Lin Fan fell silent. The Qin Shen Dynasty? Holy crap! Had he really traveled tens of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye?

Lin Fan had memorized the records from the Saint Sect’s scriptures, which contained details about every location in the Dongling Continent. The Qin Shen Dynasty was indeed over ten thousand miles away from the Saint Sect.

Even the Flame Hell was only several thousand miles from the Saint Sect, so how had he arrived here so quickly?

But he shrugged it off. Since he was already here, he might as well accept it. After all, it didn’t matter where he went—cultivating and strengthening his power was what truly mattered.

“Master, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave first,” the village chief said politely.

“Alright,” Lin Fan nodded.

…

The village chief stepped out and saw a group of children gathered nearby. He waved his hand. “Don’t disturb the master’s rest.”

The children scattered noisily, running off to another place.

Lin Fan then released the chick from his backpack. As soon as it came out, the chick proudly crowed, “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” Lin Fan immediately gave it a light slap on the head.

“Shut up, you idiot.”

The chick raised its proud head and gave Lin Fan a look of disdain with its large eyes. Then, with its bald rear end swaying, it strutted away on its three-toed feet, pushed open the wooden door with its wing, and ran outside.

Lin Fan sat there, contemplating his next course of action.

He then took out the “Seven Sages Treasure Map” and carefully examined it. He let out a sigh of relief—it turned out one of the forbidden zones was quite close to the Qin Shen Dynasty, which wasn’t too bad.

At that moment, laughter came from outside. Curious, Lin Fan walked out.

A group of children had gathered, pointing and laughing.

When Lin Fan saw what was happening, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

The chick had spread its wings, scaring another rooster into crouching on the ground trembling. The chick then strutted forward proudly, followed by a group of hens, seemingly captivated by its dominance.

The chick circled around one particular hen, going around her again and again.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”

The chick stretched its neck and crowed. The hen spread her wings and raised her rear high.

Just then, something happened that left Lin Fan dumbfounded. The chick flapped its wings, flew forward, and threw itself onto the hen’s back. Its featherless wings covered the hen as if it were shy and didn’t want others to see.

“This rooster is so strange. It doesn’t have a single feather on its body,” said a boy with a mischievous face, snot dripping from his nose.

“A-da’s wife was taken by it,” another child pointed at the rooster on the ground, whose eyes were filled with resentment.

…

Lin Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead and stepped forward, grabbing the chick directly. “You shameless creature.”

The chick, interrupted mid-affair, struggled frantically.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”

“Shut up! Go back!” Lin Fan, somewhat helplessly, threw the chick back into his backpack.

An ancient fierce beast like this竟然 fighting with a domestic chicken over a hen—was there no dignity left?

Lin Fan’s action amazed the surrounding children, who began shouting in astonishment.

“Uncle, how did the rooster disappear so suddenly?”

“Where did it go…”

As the children bombarded him with questions, Lin Fan smiled and handed out some candies.

Lin Fan wandered around the village. It wasn’t large, with only about a hundred residents. They lived off the mountains and rivers, and the environment was quite pleasant.

The villagers, although strangers to Lin Fan, all showed him kindness and hospitality.

After staying for about a week, Lin Fan felt it was time to leave.

He had already planned his route. His next destination was one of the forbidden zones marked on the “Seven Sages Treasure Map”—the Sea Demon’s Graveyard.

The Sea Demon’s Graveyard was about a thousand miles from the Qin Shen Dynasty. Other forbidden zones marked on the “Seven Sages Treasure Map” were scattered in various directions, and Lin Fan intended to explore them one by one.

The next day.

“Chief Yan, thank you for your hospitality these past days. These are some medicinal pills. In the future, if anyone gets injured while hunting in the mountains, as long as they’re still breathing, these pills can save their lives.” Lin Fan didn’t have many treasures, but he had plenty of herbs. He casually refined some pills to give to the village as a token of gratitude.

Chief Yan had seen the world before and now, upon hearing of the pills’ miraculous effects, naturally felt extremely excited. “Thank you, Master.”

“Then I’ll take my leave. Perhaps we’ll meet again someday.” With that, Lin Fan soared into the sky, flying toward the distance.

After breaking through to the Divine Perception Realm, he could sense the true energy of heaven and earth and fly through the air.

Although his speed wasn’t fast, it was quite convenient.

Chief Yan watched Lin Fan depart, his heart stirred with emotion, recalling his own youth.

Soaring above the mountains and forests, overlooking the vast land below, Lin Fan headed south.

At that moment, a group of people appeared below, but Lin Fan paid them no mind, instead accelerating his pace forward.