The space was empty, even the blood on the ground had disappeared without a trace, making one wonder if there had been a battle here at all.
Chen Chuan was slightly surprised, but not too shocked, because when he went up earlier, Talu told him not to worry about the corpses below, saying that the senior would take care of them later.
The so-called senior naturally refers to the creature blocking the Fissure.
Talu also told him that when previous Talus went into seclusion, they sometimes wouldn't come out for a year or two, and during that time, no one except Talu was allowed to enter.
A Third-Limit Martial Artist can go without food or water for a long time without being exhausted, but it's impossible to sustain that for so long. Whenever they are hungry or thirsty, as long as there is a strong demand in their Spirit, the creature beneath their feet will secrete a large amount of liquid and something similar to fungus to supply them.
To be honest, these are the secretions and growths from this creature's body. The creature itself also needs to "feed" while it's here. Most of its sustenance comes from the other end, and the other part is digesting creatures that enter the Fissure from this world, including various corpses.
This is difficult for normal people to accept, but fortunately, Chen Chuan eats and drinks normally every day and doesn't need these things.
Chen Chuan looked around. The cleanup was very thorough, and even the clothes and weapons of those people were absorbed, or possibly ejected outside.
However, those people were of average Strength, and the weapons they used were standard weapons provided by the Linax Federation, with almost no collectible value, so it didn't matter if they were gone.
He wasn't bothered by this. Those people weren't much trouble at all. To be honest, he thought they would be enemies from Peace and Radiance Hall.The people from that Martial Combat hall, regardless of their Strength, would definitely be able to give him more inspiration with the Skills and Internal energy they had mastered.
After thinking about it, he walked forward, but after only a few steps, he suddenly felt that something was different around him. It was a change in some kind of energy field.
Looking ahead, he saw a figure there, but it was faint and blurry, with an unclear face. He could only make out that it was wearing a Singular Flow Pavilion training uniform, very similar to what Talu was wearing.
This scene gave him a sense of déjà vu.
Because the figure opposite him seemed somewhat similar to Hong Fu and Li Ying, who were Active Consciousness Entities. It looked illusory, but also real. As he was thinking, the figure suddenly took a stance, and he raised an eyebrow.
However, the figure didn't attack him, but started to demonstrate a move. Whenever it was used, strands of green fluorescence flickered inside the figure.
After watching for a while, Chen Chuan discovered that this should be a kind of Internal energy Skill from the Singular Flow Pavilion. The flickering positions were exactly the points of force for the Mutated Tissue.
He couldn't help but recall what Talu had said before, that some of the lost and profound secret techniques of the Singular Flow Pavilion were here. He hadn't understood what that meant before, but it seemed to be related to this.
But why hadn't this appeared before?
Was it because of insufficient Spiritual Power?
Not necessarily. This phantom appeared just now, so could it be that it was triggered after absorbing the corpses of those people?
He nodded. That was very possible.
After the figure practiced several times, it slowly disappeared, and the feeling of that energy field also faded away.
He didn't know if absorbing those people was only enough to trigger this much, or if there were other ways to awaken it. He planned to tell Talu about it when he returned above tomorrow.
Seeing that everything had returned to normal, he walked forward and sat down in the original position. As he approached, the twisted branches in front of him opened up, and light shone on him again.
But this time, he had only been immersed in it for a short time when he suddenly felt something. It was a sound, as if someone was discussing something in a low voice with extremely fast speech.
Moreover, in the light opposite him, something flashed by. After a while, he saw a shadow lying on the entrance, as if trying to crawl out towards him.
Chen Chuan calmly looked at the shadow. This should be something from the other side. Since he was sitting only about a meter away from the entrance, it seemed like the thing could rush at him at any moment, but he didn't care. With the creature around him blocking it, the other party couldn't get in here. He could just ignore it.
The night passed.
At five o'clock in the morning, he withdrew from his meditative Cultivation, looked at his watch, picked up the Snow Emperor Blade, and left.
After returning to the cliff, gusts of wind constantly tugged at his clothes. At this moment, the sound of wings flapping came from the sky, and Zhao Ming landed from the sky.
He reached out and touched it, fed Zhao Ming a Wingblade Company's specially made Nutrition Paste, then patted it, and the latter flew out towards the training ground, where a burst of children's cheers immediately rang out.
Zhao Ming was very popular with the children here, mainly because it was very smart and not afraid of strangers, so the children in the village had been surrounding it these days.
Chen Chuan walked to the other side and found Talu drinking coconut milk under a reinforced shed, with Elder Gan also by her side. He told them about what he had seen after returning yesterday.
Elder Gan was a little surprised. He said, "Mr. Chen, I didn't expect your Spirit level to be so high! I heard from the old Talu that only when Spiritual Power reaches a certain level can one see the inheritance left inside."
Talu looked at Chen Chuan admiringly, "Yes, I heard teacher say that the inheritance is inside, and I can only see it after I reach the conditions to Cultivation."
Chen Chuan said, "Because I thought it might be your sect's secret, I didn't look closely at the specific content yesterday. You can rest assured."
Talu didn't care about that. She said seriously, "It doesn't matter if Mr. Chen saw it. teacher and I have already joined the Purist Faction. Our secret techniques are the Purist Faction's secret techniques. As long as you are a member of the Purist Faction, if your own conditions are sufficient, you can learn them."
Chen Chuan nodded, but he still had no intention of learning. This kind of secret technique requires someone from the lineage to exert its greatest effect, and it also requires training some unique Mutated Tissue. Others who learn it will never be able to grasp its essence, but there is no problem in using it for reference.
After telling the two about the situation, he left alone and came to the lotus seat again to sit down, relaxing his Spirit, which had become tense due to a night of Cultivation.
Because his thinking is both relaxed and focused when sitting here, he usually chooses this time to ponder his Heart Qi.
After a period of thinking, he gradually had some ideas.
From what he has seen so far, most people's Heart Qi, in addition to combining Internal energy, usually needs to be coordinated with their own tactics in order to exert its greatest power.
The people he encountered used only one kind of Heart Qi, because they could only use a single Internal energy, but he didn't need to be limited by this. Due to the special nature of Zhouyuan Force, his tactics undoubtedly had more changes, and he could even exert multiple Heart Qi.
Moreover, using different Internal energies to fight, and flexibly changing Internal energies in battle, is the tactic he has always used, and he will not abandon it.
With this as the foundation, he needs to hone and choose Heart Qi on this basis.
His advantage lies in the strongest Strength and Speed after combining with Second Self, which can instantly erupt with unparalleled Internal energy.
Even without the blessing of Second Self, in terms of physical fitness alone, few people he has encountered can surpass him.
So once he enters a head-on battle, what he needs is the Strength to move forward and crush the enemy's vanguard. He thought so, and had great confidence in it.
Just as he thought so, he suddenly felt a Strength rising naturally in his body. This Strength was both the self-propelled eruption of Internal energy under his own will, and the cohesion and expression of the Spirit.
This was different from the Heart Qi he had used before. The previous one did not carry out his beliefs, but relied on the pure intensity after the combination of Second Self to forcefully cross this line.
Until now, after the opening of the Heavenly Gate and these days of Spiritual Power Cultivation, with great progress, he has truly grasped this Skills.
But...
He felt this Strength. This Internal energy still needs to be verified in battle. Only through repeated tempering, gradual adjustment and supplementation, can the advantages it possesses be fully exerted.
At this time, under a shed outside the training ground, Elder Gan was applying Drugs and massaging the muscles and bones of a Young man, reminding the youth who was following along to learn how to grasp the essentials.
Conditioning and maintenance after Martial Artist practice is very important, especially for those who lack talent, and they need to pay special attention to this aspect, otherwise the Mutated Tissue may not develop, but they may end up injuring or crippling themselves.
As he was giving instructions, he saw a young man carrying a bag walking up the hillside against the strong wind.
Elder Gan was a little surprised, because this was a messenger. Some islanders have relatives on outer islands, and some students are simply from outer islands, so there are bound to be letters exchanged, and sometimes things are sent.
However, transportation on the island is inconvenient, so they are usually delivered only once every ten days, and now it is the windy season, and it is very dangerous to cross the sea by boat. Why is the other party delivering letters at this time?
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
The messenger walked up sweating profusely. When he reached the shed, he greeted everyone, took off the package on his body, wiped a handful of sweat, rummaged through it, and found a letter with a black cover, and handed it to Elder Gan.
Elder Gan's expression changed when he saw it.