Primordial Star Scripture

Half an hour later.

"Sister, I found another 'Blood Moon Stone.'" The boy's hand, coated with dark mud, was held high, and within his palm, a crystal-clear red stone emitted a faint red halo.

Just as the boy raised the stone, the girl beside him hurriedly yelled, "Be careful!"

In that moment, a shadow over ten meters in length suddenly pounced from the side, biting straight toward the red stone in the boy's hand.

Only when the girl saw that the shadow was a wolf-shaped monster did she relax the tensed bowstring.

This monster was merely at the mid-stage of Heavenly Saint; her younger brother could handle it.

Indeed, as the wolf-shaped monster pounced toward the boy, a cold, frosty aura burst forth from him, surging toward the sky. Then, with a fierce punch, the boy struck the monster, sending the ten-meter-long wolf-shaped creature flying backward, tumbling several times before it lay motionless on the ground, dead.

Upon seeing that he had killed a mid-stage Heavenly Saint monster with a single punch, the boy excitedly said to the girl, "Sister, I'm impressive, aren't I?"

The girl smiled and nodded: "Impressive!"

But in her heart, she felt a sour pang. Her brother's talent was indeed high, hardly weaker than hers.

At the age of fifteen, to cultivate to the mid-stage Heavenly Saint realm was already remarkable, even in the higher planes of the Divine Kingdom where spiritual energy was abundant.

Regrettably, her family was declining and could only afford for her brother to practice the family's martial arts. They couldn't even pay for entrance fees to the Divine Institute.

At this rate, even if her brother broke through to the True God Realm, he wouldn't be able to attend the Divine Institute.

"Once I get the chance to join 'Circulation of Heaven Divine Institute,' I must save enough 'Black Divine Coins' to let my brother come and cultivate at the institute as well," the girl resolved firmly in her heart.

"Sister, what are you thinking about?" Seeing the girl in a daze, the boy spoke up, "Let's go; this area has already been searched. We should quickly catch up with father and uncle and look for 'Blood Moon Stones' elsewhere."

The girl gathered her thoughts and smiled at the boy, nodding, then continued to follow the several middle-aged men ahead, moving forward.

A short half-hour later.

When the party of eight arrived at a valley, they saw a young man at the late stage of Heavenly Saint, with a small bird on his shoulder, sitting amidst a mass of blood-red aura. Suddenly, a gigantic lion-shaped monster with a fiery-red body, over fifty meters long, shot out like lightning, ferociously attacking the young man in the valley.

Yet the young man, still sitting within the blood-red aura, simply turned to look at the giant lion-shaped creature without any reaction.

"It's a 'Blood Mane Lion,' a Three Tribulations True God monster!"

"Has this young man gone mad with fear, so recklessly coming to the Blood Moon Forest while only at the late stage of Heavenly Saint?!"

Seeing the giant lion-shaped monster about to reach the young man, six middle-aged men from the team were shocked, with several prepared to take action.

At that moment, with a "swoosh," a purple-golden arrow shot out like electricity, carrying terrifying lethal power, flying instantly from the team toward the Blood Mane Lion that was lunging at the late-stage Heavenly Saint young man.

Thud!

This arrow struck directly at the center of the head of the larger, over fifty-meter-long Blood Mane Lion.

The center seemed to be the lion's deadly weak spot. As soon as it was hit, the entire body of the massive lion-shaped monster exploded and died.

The purple-golden arrow that killed the Three Tribulations True God monster, the Blood Mane Lion, instantly flew back, returning straight to the hands of the person who shot it.

The archer, with a curvy figure, a bold chest, and a tall stature, her appearance elegant, holding a cyan great bow, turned out to be the girl from the team.

At this moment, the girl who had shot the arrow to save someone slightly furrowed her brows and looked toward the young man in the valley who was watching her, "Where did you come from, and how did you end up here? Do you realize how dangerous this is?"

The girl saw the late-stage Heavenly Saint young man smiling as he stood up, glanced at the small bird on his shoulder as if it were nothing serious, and said to her, "Thanks."

Then, the young man, who was of course Ye Chen, started walking deeper into the valley.

The small bird on his shoulder was Xiaojiu, transformed into a little sparrow.

Ye Chen and Xiaojiu were absorbing and refining the blood-red aura in the valley to nourish their divine souls when they suddenly encountered the attack from the Three Tribulations True God monster, the Blood Mane Lion. Yet, Ye Chen wasn't worried in the slightest.

He had planned to wait for the Blood Mane Lion to attack, then simply exhale a breath to kill the creature.

But unexpectedly, a girl from the suddenly appearing team had intervened and saved him.

Ye Chen naturally appreciated the girl's kindness.

He wouldn't say that she was meddling.

So, after thanking the girl, Ye Chen planned to leave, as he still intended to absorb more of the blood-red aura.

However, Ye Chen's nonchalant demeanor somewhat irritated the girl.

The young girl looked at Ye Chen, who was only a few years older than her brother, yet he was blundering through the Blood Moon Forest like a greenhorn.

Although Ye Chen's cultivation at the late Heavenly Saint realm was impressive for his age, the fact that today was the day when the blood moon's aura pervaded, the young girl was well aware of the threat posed by the Blood Moon Forest.

Even with Martial Artists in the True God Realm among them, they would only venture around the outskirts of the forest and dared not delve deeper. Was this young man really planning to go further in?
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"Stop right there!" the young girl stomped her foot at Ye Chen, "Are you here for the first time? It's very dangerous inside today!"

"You should get out of here, if you go deeper and encounter danger again, I won't save you!"

Hearing the young girl's somewhat annoyed words, Ye Chen smiled gently, about to explain to this "kind-hearted" young girl that he was not afraid of the Blood Moon Forest, and that he had long passed through the core area of the forest before arriving at this side of Fallen Moon City.

Just then, Ye Chen heard the six middle-aged men in front of the young girl also speak up, "Indeed, young man, today is different. There are demons running rampant inside the Blood Moon Forest, and you must not blunder in."

"We are Martial Artists from the Zhou Family of Fallen Moon City and are extremely familiar with the Blood Moon Forest. You should listen to us and leave quickly."

The Zhou Family of Fallen Moon City?

Upon hearing these words, Ye Chen's mind was stirred.

Were these people the descendants of the Ice Sealed God King who had fallen to the Zhou Family in Fallen Moon City that he was looking for?

Ye Chen turned to look at those few people.

Xiaojiu also quietly transmitted to Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, there is indeed a hint of the Ice Sealed Divine Body's aura on these people. With my strong Divine Soul Power, I can sense it even though they haven't released it."

Really members of the Zhou Family?!

Ye Chen eyed the group, the six middle-aged people were all in the True God Realm, three of them in the Four Tribulations True God stage, two in the Five Tribulations True God stage, and the strongest was a Six Tribulations True God middle-aged man.

The girl following them, however, was somewhat of a surprise to Ye Chen. Although she looked to be only around twenty years old, she was already at the Three Tribulations True God realm.

Although cultivating to the True God Realm was much easier in the higher plane Divine Kingdoms than in the lower planes,

in the remote area of the Circulation of Heaven Divine City within this Divine Kingdom, this was still quite an achievement.

"The reports said that the strongest member of the Zhou Family is a Six Tribulations True God. Could it be that this is the Six Tribulations True God among this group?"

"If they know that the Blood Moon Forest is exceptionally dangerous today, then why come to the forest? And why send out their strongest Martial Artists?"

"The people of the Zhou Family seem to have good hearts, and even if it weren't for the Ice Sealed God King's reason, I would have to repay them for repeatedly warning me to be cautious. With the entrustment from the Ice Sealed God King, I even more want to check on their situation."

With that thought, Ye Chen smiled and stepped towards the group.

Ye Chen said to the eight people, "I've just arrived near Circulation of Heaven Divine City from another Divine City and heard that the Blood Moon Forest is a good place for cultivation, so I came here to cultivate."

"You all are very familiar with the Blood Moon Forest, how about you take me along with you?"

Go along with them?

The eight people from the Zhou Family had intended to persuade Ye Chen to leave, but to their surprise, Ye Chen wanted to join them.

This time, the eight had come out with the intention of harvesting Blood Moon Stones. Along the way, they had encountered assaults from many demons, but fortunately, they had all managed to get through the dangers safely.

However, bringing along a young man at the late Heavenly Saint stage made them hesitate.

At this moment, the fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy spoke up, "You can follow us, but you'll have to help my sister find more 'Blood Moon Stones.' As long as you help my sister find 'Blood Moon Stones,' we will ensure you leave the Blood Moon Forest safely."

Blood Moon Stones?

Just as Ye Chen was pondering, Xiaojiu transmitted to him, "Blood Moon Stones are a special type of ore formed by the condensation of the red aura in the Blood Moon Forest. They are said to be exchangeable for the Divine Kingdom's universal currency, 'Black Divine Coins.'

"However, Blood Moon Stones are difficult to collect, and the Black Divine Coins they fetch are quite limited. Now that it's so dangerous and they've come here to collect the stones, it seems that the Zhou Family is indeed in decline, to be so impoverished."

Ye Chen nodded upon hearing Xiaojiu's words.

"Brother," the young girl frowned when she heard the boy agreeing to bring Ye Chen along.

She was somewhat concerned that this somewhat rash young man joining their group might cause trouble for them.

But thinking that the young man was only at the late Heavenly Saint stage and that it was too dangerous for him to roam the Blood Moon Forest alone, she eventually didn't refuse and just said to Ye Chen, "If you follow us, you must obey our arrangements. Once we've gathered enough Blood Moon Stones, we'll take you out of the Blood Moon Forest."

"No problem," Ye Chen smiled and readily agreed.

As for the young girl's mention of following their arrangements, of course, Ye Chen was not going to refuse.

He was following these people from the Zhou Family partly to learn more about them, and partly with the intention that if the group really encountered danger, he would help them out.