Chapter 673 The Shortcut
They were already very old. Although they were also martial artists, they had also suffered a great deal.
Over the years of guarding the Zhu family, they had all suffered some hidden injuries.
If they could foster good relations with the Heavenly Doctor Hall, perhaps their injuries could even be healed.
"Seniors, this person is yours to handle."
Chen Yang didn't say much about it. The fact that the Zhu family could dispatch so many martial artists showed their attitude towards this matter.
After Chen Yang left, several Grandmasters from the Zhu family gasped as they looked at the two people in front of them.
"This man has no internal energy at all!"
"More than that, don't you feel it? Our spiritual power can't penetrate him at all!"
The Zhu family Grandmasters immediately sensed something unusual. Chen Yang had used seals to completely seal the two people in front of them.
Neither their internal energy nor their spiritual power could examine the bodies of the two.
"The methods of the Heavenly Doctor Hall are truly mysterious. We just need to do our part!"
The Zhu family Grandmasters arrived quickly and left just as fast.
After everyone had left, Chen Yang returned.
If the people from the Zhu family had carefully inspected their surroundings, they would have found a corpse.
It was the corpse of the Zhou family Grandmaster.
The reason Chen Yang did not inform them of the Zhou family Grandmaster's death was simply to avoid making the Zhu family overly anxious.
Previously, when the two sides had merely exchanged blows and injured the Zhou family Grandmaster, it had already caused such a stir in the entire Southwest region.
If people were to know that a Zhou family Grandmaster had died, the ripple effect would likely be considerable.
Chen Yang planned to deal with the matter of the蠱蟲師 (Gu Chong Shi -蛊 Master) before returning to help the Zhu family.
Chen Yang glanced at the Zhou family Grandmaster's corpse and began to slowly scan the surroundings with his spiritual power.
The two individuals who had attacked him and the Zhou family Grandmaster earlier had done so because they had discovered something unusual here.
Chen Yang speculated that the two attackers must have been trying to conceal some information!
As Chen Yang was thinking this, his spiritual power swept over a withered tree, and he discovered the problem.
Looking at the withered tree in front of him, Chen Yang reached out and touched it. Although his hand could feel the withered tree, Chen Yang simultaneously felt that something was not right.
The texture of the withered tree, and that very familiar barrier.
All the information indicated that the withered tree in front of him was not real, but rather some kind of barrier.
Chen Yang used his internal energy to shake it, and the barrier was immediately broken.
It was clear that this barrier could withstand Grandmasters, but not martial artists at the peak of the Grandmaster realm.
This was because the barrier had been repaired by Hu Feng.
When Hu Feng had accidentally found this place, it was precisely because the original barrier had been shattered that she had gained such a great advantage.
Hu Feng's method of repairing barriers had the effect of illusions. If it were a Grandmaster of the same level as Hu Feng, it would not have been so easy to break through the barrier, but Chen Yang was at the peak of the Grandmaster realm.
To Chen Yang, the illusions employed by Grandmasters were merely child's play.
After breaking through the barrier, Chen Yang waved his hand and directly moved the Zhou family Grandmaster's corpse inside.
Immediately after, Chen Yang slowly stepped in.
The space inside the tree first made Chen Yang's eyes light up, but when he realized that the space was not large, his previous excitement did not diminish much.
Sumeru mustard!
Chen Yang had heard his master mention that in ancient times, great powers could create separate spaces.
Even a small ring could store a vast amount of items.
Such a space was called Sumeru mustard.
Although the space before him could be seen at a glance, it also made Chen Yang change his perspective somewhat.
Many things in ancient ruins could only be understood by truly seeing or feeling them.
Sumeru mustard was originally a Buddhist phrase. Before seeing the scene before him, Chen Yang found it difficult to imagine martial artists possessing such powerful abilities.
If it were even stronger, wouldn't they truly be able to create heaven and earth!
Beyond the peak of the Grandmaster realm, how powerful were martial artists?
Chen Yang, who was shocked, felt a tremor in his heart that ordinary people could not comprehend.
Chen Yang muttered to himself, "One grain of sand, one world!"
The next moment, Chen Yang felt a fluctuation of internal energy within his body!
Chen Yang did not suppress this feeling, but sat cross-legged in the center of this tree world.
The moment he closed his eyes, Chen Yang felt an endless chaotic energy surrounding him.
This chaotic energy was absorbed by Chen Yang the instant it came into contact with him.
Chen Yang discovered that after absorbing this chaotic energy, both his flame internal energy and his cold water internal energy began to grow!
His muscles and bones also seemed to become stronger!
Chen Yang immediately understood the benefit of this chaotic energy: "It can strengthen the Bronze Cauldron!"
When he had absorbed the Bronze Cauldron before, Chen Yang had thought that to further strengthen its power, he could only absorb new Bronze Cauldrons.
However, it now appeared that this chaotic energy could also make the Bronze Cauldron stronger.
Chen Yang did not stop at all, and his absorption rate began to accelerate.
If someone were standing beside Chen Yang at this moment, they would definitely see a vortex around him!
Vast amounts of chaotic energy were absorbed and integrated by Chen Yang. He felt no discomfort, only a constant increase in his flame and cold water internal energy and his physical body.
However, after half an hour, Chen Yang also noticed a change in the space he was in.
Chen Yang could feel that the chaotic energy was what supported the tree's internal space. If he continued to absorb it, the tree's internal space would shatter due to the lack of sufficient chaotic energy.
At that time... he might not even be able to get out.
Chen Yang suppressed the desires within his body and recited the Daoist Clear Heart Mantra, his thoughts finally calming down.
After checking that there was nothing else in the tree's internal space except for a few spirit stones, Chen Yang left the tree's internal space.
The moment he emerged from the tree's internal space, Chen Yang's mind was shocked by a cold sensation.
Recalling his previous madness, Chen Yang couldn't help but tremble.
Countless martial artists, in their pursuit of cultivation, had suddenly gone mad because they had failed to stabilize their Dao heart during the cultivation process, thus falling into a demonic state.
Chen Yang didn't know how many such martial artists he had saved. The fortunate ones, even if they could be saved, would have their strength greatly reduced, and the vast majority of them became cripples.
Chen Yang immediately shook his head, thinking about how close he had come to falling into a demonic state.
After obtaining the Bronze Cauldron, Chen Yang had rarely practiced normally. A shortcut, in the end, had its advantages and disadvantages.
Having realized this, Chen Yang immediately made up his mind that while he would enhance the power brought by the Bronze Cauldron, he would also strengthen his Dao heart.
But just as Chen Yang was leaving the tree's internal space, a divine sense slowly condensed within the tree's internal space. It did not leave the tree's internal space but entered the body of the Zhou family Grandmaster.