Chapter 934 The Angler
Dong Cang glanced at Chen Yang but said nothing more.
However, as they neared their destination, Dong Cang inquired a great deal about the Venerables.
Chen Yang explained the cultivation realm divisions of the ancient martial artists.
"I see..." Dong Cang mumbled mysteriously and fell into thought.
Outside Qingzhou City, surrounded by mountains, ancient emperors and generals had once fallen here.
Many people in the common folk called this place a blessed land.
Chen Yang had almost chosen this spot for the Heavenly Physician Hall, but it was too far from the city center of Qingzhou.
Now, everyone's focus was on the Yangyangyang Company in Lantian Building. Traveling back and forth daily was too exhausting.
"The spiritual energy here seems quite abundant!"
Dong Cang exclaimed as he stepped out of the car and took a deep breath.
The location of the Dao Sect was a blessed land and a grotto-heaven of Taoism.
The spiritual energy there was naturally one of the best available currently.
The mountain range where they were now, though not as spiritually rich as the Dao Sect, was still far superior to other places. Cultivating here would yield twice the results with half the effort.
Rong Yuqing was not visiting this place for the first time; she had already scouted it.
After leading the group into the mountains and crossing the peak, they saw a lake surrounded by mountains.
To attract attention, they deliberately chose to move under the cover of night.
This was not a rare or special land after all. According to Rong Yuqing's knowledge, many people frequented this place on holidays.
All four of them were at the peak of the Grandmaster realm. Even though it was night, no amount of dense forest could obstruct their vision.
The four had clear divisions of labor. Chen Yang and Rong Yuqing would search in the water, while Zhou Zeyao and Dong Cang would search the surrounding mountains.
After they separated, Rong Yuqing asked Chen Yang, "This Dong Cang is not an ancient martial artist. Can you trust him if you brought him along?"
Chen Yang, who Rong Yuqing always considered an ancient martial artist, chuckled at the question and replied, "We've worked together for many years. Of course, I trust him."
As they spoke, Chen Yang spotted a figure in his line of sight.
The person was sitting by the shore, with a bamboo pole extending into the lake at his feet.
"How is there still someone fishing in this place?"
Chen Yang looked at the person with curiosity. The person seemed to sense the movement in the woods and stared intently into the trees.
Only when Chen Yang and Rong Yuqing emerged from the woods did the person mumble, "Young people these days really know how to have fun."
With that, he turned and lay back on his chair.
At first, Rong Yuqing even suspected he was a martial artist like them, targeting the Venerable's tomb.
Therefore, she focused all her attention on him.
With her Grandmaster peak hearing, Rong Yuqing clearly heard everything the person said.
"Fun? What did he mean by that?"
As Rong Yuqing began to ask Chen Yang, the person's voice was heard again.
This time, it wasn't a mumble, but a strained, low roar: "The spot is fresh, go play by the tent over there."
Chen Yang followed the direction of the person's finger and saw a tent not far away.
"You can clean up after you're done."
Chen Yang gave an awkward smile, "No, no need."
Unexpectedly, the person paused, looked up at Chen Yang, and said, "Then you guys go further away."
Just as Chen Yang was about to lead Rong Yuqing to a different spot to enter the water, Rong Yuqing walked directly towards the person.
"Plop!"
Both of them stared dumbfounded as Rong Yuqing jumped into the water.
Chen Yang was stunned, and so was the angler.
"My fishing spot!"
"Damn it, if you're going to jump, don't do it here!"
Saying that, the angler was about to jump into the water. After all, it was a human life, and he couldn't just stand by and watch.
Seeing this, Chen Yang helplessly placed his hand on the person's shoulder and said, "It's alright, she's a good swimmer."
Then, under the person's shocked gaze, Chen Yang also jumped into the water.
After Chen Yang entered the water, Rong Yuqing slowly surfaced and said, "It's deep, don't go too far."
She then disappeared beneath the surface.
When Chen Yang also vanished, the angler by the water clicked his tongue and mused, "Seen people play in the water, but never seen anyone play *in the lake*..."
Although annoyed that his fishing spot was ruined, he couldn't go down to bother the two.
After all, with the moon as it was, going underwater at this hour was akin to courting death.
"It's empty again!" The angler sighed as he reeled in his fishing rod, preparing to leave.
Just then, the angler found he couldn't budge his fishing rod.
"Hmm?"
In an instant, the angler's expression changed.
The angler instinctively pressed the fishing rod against his leg and gritted his teeth, "Lift!"
The four people searching for clues underwater and in the mountains suddenly felt a strange aura emanating.
An ancient and heavy aura spread outwards like waves.
Chen Yang and Rong Yuqing, who had not yet left, immediately sensed that this aura was coming from beneath them!
Was there really a passage in the water?
Chen Yang and Rong Yuqing quickly swam towards the source. When they met, they both saw a huge stone gate that had appeared out of nowhere in the water...
And on the stone gate, there was only a very thin line!
Chen Yang looked up along the line and, using his spiritual sense, hurriedly swam towards the surface.
Rong Yuqing, not knowing what Chen Yang had sensed, could only follow quickly.
Since the location had been found, there was no longer the same sense of urgency as before.
Rong Yuqing began to control the aura emanating from the stone gate while following Chen Yang.
When they emerged, Chen Yang looked at the scene before him and fell into deep thought.
Connected to the thin line of the stone gate was a bamboo pole, and at the other end of the pole was the angler they had just encountered.
The angler's face was flushed, his muscles bulging, clearly exerting great effort.
Zhou Zeyao and Dong Cang, who had rushed over, were also shocked by the sight.
"What's going on?"
After Chen Yang recounted the situation underwater to the two, Dong Cang's gaze was fixed on the angler.
An angler could open a massive stone gate?
And with such a thin bamboo pole and fishing line?
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Dong Cang would never have believed such a thing existed.
"This angler doesn't have any internal energy flowing through him. Is he purely relying on his physical strength?"
Zhou Zeyao had met many extraordinary individuals, but the angler's performance exceeded his imagination.
Just then, Chen Yang noticed something else amiss: "No, the bamboo pole in his hand is not right!"
He hadn't observed closely earlier, thinking the bamboo pole in the angler's hand was just an ordinary one...