God of Pets-Chapter 412: Ancient Well Village
After an unknown amount of time, a sliver of light appeared ahead.
Chen Guan crawled out from underground, only to realize the place he left was an ancient well.
His gaze swept over the surroundings; the area was filled with old, ruined houses, all small and made of piled stones.
The ground was also paved with stones, and perhaps due to the wear and tear over time and foot traffic, it was very smooth but still uneven.
Chen Guan, with Fu Tianji, walked around the village. It was quite large, with hundreds of households, yet every door was tightly shut, and not a soul was seen.
The village was deathly silent, with not a hint of life.
Outside the village was an endless plain. Apart from this village, there was nothing for miles around to obstruct the view.
Chen Guan used the Pure Yang Sword Immortal to fly up and take a look. Indeed, there was no other village nearby.
Returning to the village, Chen Guan reached the ancestral hall at the village entrance and found a village monument there.
"Ancient Well Village." Chen Guan finally learned the name of the village, yet he still didn’t know what this place had to do with the Netherworld Emperor’s inheritance.
The inscriptions on the monument explained the origins of this village.
Typically, villages come before wells, but for this village, the ancient well came first.
In a year of severe drought, the earth cracked from the heat, rivers dried up, and only dry dirt was seen at well bottoms.
People couldn’t even find water to drink, let alone food.
During such times when entire villages died of thirst, a young man who went out searching for water discovered this ancient well with water.
The young man dashed back to his village, bringing everyone to this place, and they built a village around the well, allowing everyone to survive, thus forming what is now known as Ancient Well Village.
This ancient well was extraordinary; no matter how other places dried up, the water in the well never ran dry.
The people of Ancient Well Village used the water from the well to water their crops, barely surviving through the three-year drought without water.
Later, the village used the well’s water for farming, and despite a severe drought for three years at other places, Ancient Well Village had abundant harvests year after year.
Chen Guan pondered for a long time, feeling confused; how could such a place be related to the Netherworld Emperor?
"Could it be that the Netherworld Emperor was once a villager here? Or was he the young man who found the well?" Chen Guan mused to himself.
"Since the well never dried up, why is it dry now? The village has no people or life; is it because the well was overdrawn, leaving it dry, and the villagers relocated?" Chen Guan was pondering this when he felt eyes upon him.
Turning his head, he saw a man in armor approaching.
"Have you discovered anything?" Hu Quan came close to Chen Guan, his gaze also landing on the village monument, muttering, "Ancient Well Village."
"Aside from the village’s origin, nothing else," Chen Guan was surprised, not expecting this person to have survived the ghosts in the dark to reach here.
The number of ghosts was numerous, and Chen Guan managed to escape the well thanks to the miraculous power of a round stool.
Unfortunately, the stool had no special properties except being slightly heavy and useful only against ghosts, otherwise being just an ordinary wooden stool.
"Finding nothing might just be the best discovery," Hu Quan said.
"Why?" Chen Guan looked at Hu Quan, puzzled.
"Because..." Hu Quan uttered two words and suddenly drew his saber, slashing at Chen Guan.
His saber was fast, carrying with it invisible sword energy.
But Chen Guan retreated even faster, taking a step to avoid Hu Quan’s slash.
"Why do you want to kill me?" Chen Guan did not counterattack immediately but looked at Hu Quan and asked.
"Because you deserve to die." Hu Quan offered no explanation, gripping the saber handle with both hands, exuding a terrifying aura.
His surprise attack failed, and now he intended to use his full strength to kill Chen Guan.
Both publicly and privately, Hu Quan couldn’t let Chen Guan live.
Publicly, he needed to report back to the chief; privately, with Chen Guan dead, there’d be one less person competing with him for the Netherworld Emperor’s legacy.
As Hu Quan swung his saber again, the sound of wind and thunder echoed from the blade.
Chen Guan did not resist directly but used One-Night Step in combination with Martial Arts Rhythm to dodge Hu Quan’s storm-like assault.
Hu Quan frowned slightly; his Wind Thunder Moon Viewing Saber Technique was known for its speed and ferocity.
Even cultivators of equal level rarely evaded it, yet Chen Guan, a Second Awakening Cultivator, managed to dodge his Wind Thunder Moon Viewing Saber Technique with body technique, a speed and ability rare even among Third Awakening Cultivators.
"I wonder how many times you can use your Secret Skills," Hu Quan said, not letting up his attacks, having noticed that Chen Guan’s acceleration skill must heavily consume Primordial Energy, limiting its usage.
But as Hu Quan slashed repeatedly, Chen Guan continued using his Secret Skills to evade, showing no signs of excessive energy consumption.
Instead, Hu Quan himself, just maintaining the Wind Thunder Moon Viewing Saber Technique, was rapidly depleting his energy, nearing exhaustion.
"So, a quick Primordial Energy recovery Talent, as expected, has its merits." The Inspectorate had detailed records on Chen Guan and naturally knew the Talent he’d claimed.
"You’re from the Inspectorate?" Chen Guan asked, watching the now stationary Hu Quan.
More than killing Hu Quan, Chen Guan wanted to get information from him.
"My background is none of your concern," Hu Quan said with firm resolve, unwilling to reveal anything even after considering Chen Guan dead.
"Then it seems I’ll have to resort to severe interrogation," Chen Guan contemplated aloud.
Hu Quan seemed to hear the grandest joke: "Chen Guan, do you think relying on your Body Technique Secret Skill and fast energy recovery Talent makes you a match for me? So naive."
Saying this, Hu Quan sheathed his saber and, after a wrist flex, suddenly threw a punch at Chen Guan.
It was a Sun God Fist, and Chen Guan felt a dazzling golden sun rise before him, overwhelming heat surging towards him as if he had walked into an oven or furnace.
The high temperatures generated by the Sun God Fist had a certain range, and even without hitting Chen Guan, the mere heat was enough to harm or even kill him.
After all, Chen Guan was just a Second Awakening Cultivator; Hu Quan, who had practiced the techniques that formed the Sun God Fist to level 30, didn’t believe Chen Guan’s level 20 body could withstand the high temperatures.
At a higher class, Hu Quan believed he held a crushing advantage over Chen Guan.
Facing Hu Quan’s Sun God Fist, Chen Guan did not dodge; he met it with a palm.
Chen Guan had decided to subdue Hu Quan and then interrogate him.
Seeing Chen Guan counter with a palm, Hu Quan thought Chen Guan was courting death.
He saw cold air emanating from Chen Guan’s palm, indicating some Yin Cold Palm Secret Skill, trying to counter his Sun God Fist.
But his Sun God Fist, already over ninety percent similar to the original Sun God Fist, could be considered genuine, not to be compared with a Yin Cold Palm Secret Skill.
