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Lu Chen followed the person in front into the Cloud Sky Stream and saw a burst of white light and a wave of dizziness. When he opened his eyes, he discovered that he was in a beautiful scenery, the sunlight was gently shining on the ground, the leaves of the small trees were dancing with the wind, a small stream was slowly flowing, the water was very clear and he could clearly see the little fish playing in the stream. Occasionally, one or two flying spirit beasts would fly over, but they didn't take the initiative to attack him.

"Is this really Cloud Sky Brook?" Lu Chen looked at the scenery in front of him in confusion. He had always thought that the Cloud Sky Brook was like the Dead Forest, but he had never thought that it would be so quiet and dangerous.

"Huh?" Murong Qing had been watching the disciples entering the ravine, but when he saw Lu Chen, he let out a light cry of surprise. As Lu Chen had entered the ravine one by one, he had also exposed himself to Murong Qing.

"What happened to Junior Mu?" Zong Jie, the Aurous Core stage cultivator from the Cloud Sky Sect who came with Murong Qing, asked when he heard Murong Qing's question.

"It's nothing. I just happened to see someone I know. Maybe I was mistaken." Murong Qing couldn't be sure whether Lu Chen was the person he saw in the trade fair when he saw the white light or not. However, after all the disciples had entered the Cloud Sky Cave, he still told Yun Feng about this through sound transmission stone.

On the other hand, Lu Chen, who had entered the Cloud Sky Stream, was completely immersed in the beautiful scenery around him and did not realize that he was actually inside an illusion array. At the entrance of the Cloud Sky Stream, there was a transmission array that was personally laid by Yun Tian himself, and disciples who entered the Cloud Sky Stream would be sent to different illusions. And Yun Tian had especially left a method to break the illusion array for the disciples of his sect, so this was also the reason why he had the most disciples left every time.

Lu Chen walked along the brook, feeling the tranquil atmosphere as he walked along. He forgot his purpose for entering Cloud Sky Stream and forgot that he was actually in danger. He just wanted to stay here forever and live his life like this.

After walking for a while, Lu Chen suddenly saw a woman sitting on the side of a stream and playing in the water. The woman was playing as she let out a cheerful laugh.

As if she had felt Lu Chen's gaze, the woman raised her head and saw Lu Chen looking straight at her with dissatisfaction: "Sir, it's very rude to look at a woman like that." Actually, if Lu Chen had thought about it, he would have been able to see through the abnormality here. How could there be a woman like this in a place like Cloud Sky Brook, and the Young Noble was the name of the mortal world, but Lu Chen did not want to see it, this illusion array revealed the life that Lu Chen desired the most, and this was also the reason why Yun Tian was so adept at it. Although this array wasn't great, it wouldn't cause any actual harm to cultivators above the tenth level of the Refinement Stage, it was still able to manifest the deepest wish of the people who entered the array.

Lu Chen came back to his senses and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, it's because you're too beautiful. I was dazed for a moment."

"Pfft." The woman laughed upon hearing Lu Chen's words, "Young Noble, you really know how to coax girls."

"I'm telling the truth." Lu Chen said with a faint smile.

"Young Master, the water here is very cool, why don't you give it a try?" The woman said with a smile.

Seeing the woman's earnest gaze, Lu Chen hesitated for a moment, then took off his shoes and walked into the brook. As soon as he entered the brook, Lu Chen felt the coolness of the brook.

"Young Master, this stream is really cool, right?" The woman said with a smile.

"It is indeed very cool." Lu Chen said. As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, he felt his clothes getting wet. When he looked up, it was the woman who was mischievously splashing water on him.

"Haha, Young Master's cool down like this." The woman continued splashing the water as she spoke.

The two of them played together for a long time until the sun set in the west. Lu Chen felt that this was the happiest day of his life, with no worries, no pressure, and no grudges within his family.

As the night fell, Lu Chen and the woman sat on the grass and chatted, Lu Chen realized that the woman's family had left and she was the only one left alive. Hearing this, Lu Chen's heart was filled with a trace of love.

"Gongzi, you stay here. You and I can build a thatched cottage by the stream. Only you and I can plant our most beloved flower by the side of the house, okay?" The woman said with a bewitching tone.

Lu Chen almost blurted out "Okay", but just as he was about to agree, he came to his senses. How could he have a woman like this in the Cloud Sky Stream right now? In such a place like this, Lu Chen knew that he was probably in a formation, so he smiled and said: "Although I don't know your name, but being with you today is the happiest and easiest day for me. I need to thank you for this but I can't stay because I still have things to do, so I'm sorry I can't stay."

As Lu Chen's voice faded, the surrounding environment changed. When Lu Chen came back to his senses, he discovered that he was actually in a forest. That woman, that brook, those flowers were gone. All that was left was this thick and dense forest.

Looking at the surroundings, Lu Chen knew he was in the real Cloud Sky Stream. Thinking of what had just happened, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "If I said I would stay, I'm afraid I'll be trapped in that array forever." Lu Chen muttered to himself.

Lu Chen looked up and saw that the sky was still bright. Although he couldn't see the sun, he could tell that it was still daytime. Lu Chen thought. He didn't know how long he had spent in that illusion array, or how much time he had spent outside.

Just as Lu Chen was about to head in that direction, he heard a voice from above him: "Congratulations for being able to walk out of that illusion array. This high-grade magic tool, Cloud Slaying Sabre, will be given to you."

After the voice disappeared, Lu Chen saw a curved saber that was filled with chilliness appear in front of him.

"That voice from before should have belonged to Yun Tian. What was Yun Tian's cultivation back then?" Lu Chen thought. Lu Chen thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of anything else. After all, Yun Tian had already flown up, so he wouldn't recognize so many things. Although he didn't like the high-grade magic tool much, he didn't recommend taking it to his own Green Pavilion to sell. Lu Chen rested for a while before heading off in a certain direction.

Senior brother, how are you?" Chang Yin asked worriedly while supporting his senior brother Song Qiu. The two of them were disciples of the Confucian School who had come this time. In the beginning, they had also entered the illusion array, but since the Qian Family paid attention to mental cultivation, they were not trapped by the array. Chang Yin came out of the illusion formation and discovered that he was walking along the sect's map toward the foot of the mountain. Luckily, he met his senior Song Qiu, so the two of them traveled together. They were originally very lucky on the way down, but just as they were about to go down the mountain, a Raging Tiger, equivalent to the peak of the 12th level of the Refinement Stage, suddenly ran out from the mountain and blocked their path. As they were both at the 10th level of the Refinement Stage, they felt a moment of despair when they saw the Raging Tiger, while Song Qiu was heavily injured in order to block the Raging Tiger's attack.

"I'm fine. It seems like you and I will die here today." Song Qiu said in despair.

Chang Yin also felt a wave of despair. He was originally the eldest grandson of the Confucian School Head, Sun Wuming, and usually, he had never been through a tough time. This time, he had begged for half a day to bring him over, but he didn't expect to be buried in a tiger's belly after just a few days, and at the same time, he regretted not staying in the academy for so long.

"No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find you here." Lu Chen walked out from the forest and said with a smile as he looked at Raging Tooth Tiger.

Just as Chang Yin and Song Qiu were despairing and deciding to give up, they suddenly heard Lu Chen's voice. The two of them had initially felt some hope, but upon seeing Lu Chen's cultivation, they felt even more hopeless.

"Fellow Daoist, you should hurry up and run. You're not a match for him." Chang Yin reminded him.

Lu Chen turned around and saw Chang Yin and Song Qiu smiling as they said, "He still can't do anything to me." After coming out of the illusion array, Lu Chen specially found some spirit beasts to gather and walk around. Although this was very dangerous, he had used the constant life and death battles to make his close combat abilities stronger, and this Raging Tiger was one of the ones he had accidentally discovered. Although the Rage Tiger wanted to eat Lu Chen, it was immediately injured by Lu Chen the moment it exchanged blows with him.

"Ahh!" When the Raging Tiger saw Lu Chen, all the fur on his body stood up and looked at Lu Chen warily. After all, it knew how powerful Lu Chen was.

Lu Chen looked at the Raging Tiger in front of him with a faint smile. He wasn't nervous at all, as if he didn't take the Raging Tiger seriously at all.

"Fellow Daoist, this is a peak rank 2 Raging Tusk Tiger, you can't beat it." Chang Yin reminded Lu Chen once again when he saw his relaxed appearance. He thought that Lu Chen did not know how powerful Ragteeth Tiger was.

"Thank you for reminding me twice, but this is only a matter of time before the fellow sect member who gave it to you takes it and recuperates." Lu Chen took out a bottle of pills from his storage ring and threw it to Chang Yin.

After giving the pill to Chang Yin, Lu Chen turned around to look at the Raging Tiger's lips with a cruel smile, "After spending so much time with you, it's about time to finish you off, Flame Palm." As Lu Chen finished speaking, thick flames rose from his hands and pounced towards the Raging Tiger.

Seeing that Lu Chen was about to pounce towards Lu Chen, and that Raging Tiger's claws were about to land on Lu Chen, Lu Chen's body suddenly and strangely slid to the Raging Tiger's side, and before the Raging Tiger could react, he struck the Raging Tiger's stomach. After fighting with the spirit beasts for the past few days, Lu Chen discovered that the reactions of these spirit beasts were quite slow, apart from those that were extremely agile like the Lightning Leopards.

"Ahh!" The Raging Tusk Tiger let out a painful cry. Lu Chen opened his mouth in an attempt to bite Lu Chen, but Lu Chen was one step ahead of him and slid off into the distance.

BOOM! The Raging Tiger fell to the ground. Lu Chen's palm strike had shattered its internal organs. It lay on the ground and struggled for a while before dying.

Chang Yin and Song Qiu watched in astonishment as Lu Chen finished off the situation in an instant. In their eyes, Lu Chen's image had become unattainable.

Lu Chen looked at the Raging Tiger on the ground, then turned around and said to Chang Yin and Song Qiu, who were still standing blankly on the spot, "You guys can take care of this Raging Tiger's corpse." With that, Lu Chen left. Only Chang Yin and Song Qiu were left in a daze.