Chapter 793 Reliance
Chen Yang looked at Bei Xuan, speechless and amused. "What are you talking about? How could I possibly use something like that for cultivation!"
"I mainly want to do an experiment with a demon core. Things like this are impossible to buy on the market. You have a wider network, and your sect has so many powerful martial artists. Perhaps your sect has one. Could you keep an eye out for me?"
Chen Yang didn't mention how much he was willing to pay. Treasures of this caliber were no longer measured by money.
Bei Xuan didn't doubt Chen Yang's statement. After all, Chen Yang's purchases in this area had always been terrifyingly extensive.
In the past, Bei Xuan had strongly suspected that most of the funds earned by the Heavenly Physician Hall over the years had been spent by Chen Yang on these strange and peculiar items.
"Alright, I can help you ask about this. Although demon cores are very difficult to find, it's not to the extent that there isn't a single one."
After a brief exchange of information about Luo Yanghong, Bei Xuan smoothly steered the conversation to Chen Yang's breakthrough in the southwest.
"As you said, it's absolutely impossible for people to break through to the peak of the Grandmaster realm now?"
When Bei Xuan learned about this in Nan Zhu, he couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment.
Whether it was Buddhist masters or other seniors, it seemed that there hadn't been any significant progress in recent years.
Chen Yang looked at the gloomy sky of Modu and smiled. "Peak Grandmaster? If we follow common thinking, I might never break through in this lifetime. But in the southwest, I did manage to do it. Although I only broke through my spiritual power, I feel my body has reached its limit."
Upon hearing Chen Yang's words, Bei Xuan's eyes widened as he looked at Chen Yang, a trace of excitement in his gaze.
"Are you saying you have a way to break through?"
Chen Yang was the martial artist Bei Xuan had seen advance the fastest, and he occasionally displayed strength that ordinary martial artists couldn't match.
In Bei Xuan's mind, no matter how difficult the task, Chen Yang could overcome it with ease.
Chen Yang chuckled lightheartedly, "Are you kidding me? If I had a way to break through, I would have gone into seclusion long ago."
"It's just that I have a general direction in mind. Small circulation, great circulation, Grandmaster, and peak Grandmaster."
"Manifesting energy, latent energy, transformative energy, and the three forms of internal energy, combined with techniques, that is a martial artist."
"Internal energy transforming into a form, circulating around the body, that is true energy, which is the peak Grandmaster."
"Beyond the peak Grandmaster? The mind controls itself..."
When Chen Yang uttered the last four words, his voice was faint, but Bei Xuan heard them clearly.
Bei Xuan stared at Chen Yang beside him, somewhat shocked. "How do you know that? You haven't broken through yet?"
After reaching the peak Grandmaster realm, Bei Xuan had naturally inquired about the subsequent cultivation from the sect elders. Both his master and other senior uncles in the sect remained tight-lipped about it.
The words "the mind controls itself" were something Bei Xuan had overheard during a discussion among seniors by chance.
Unexpectedly, these words came from Chen Yang's mouth today.
Chen Yang was not surprised by Bei Xuan's reaction. He shrugged and said, "If I say it's my own realization, would you believe me?"
As soon as Chen Yang finished speaking, Bei Xuan rolled his eyes.
"Realization? Honestly, among martial artists who reach the peak Grandmaster realm at our age, I've seen quite a few. I'm not just talking about my fellow disciples. I have a senior uncle who was once like you, a genius among geniuses. He might have reached the peak Grandmaster realm even earlier than you, but he still hasn't achieved what you call realization. It's as if..." Bei Xuan's eyes were filled with a sense of loss.
There were many talented martial artists in the world. Not just his senior uncle, but many others had reached their level and cultivated for decades.
Even with Chen Yang's immense talent, Bei Xuan still didn't believe Chen Yang could have figured this out on his own.
The power beyond the peak Grandmaster realm was naturally not something Chen Yang had researched on his own.
Instead, it was something Chen Yang had summarized after reading Xu Qingquan's breakthrough records.
Although Xu Qingquan had attempted breakthroughs many times on his own, he had not succeeded. His notes were mostly just insights into why he failed to break through.
Because Xu Qingquan had broken through before, many of his insights were only briefly mentioned.
Fortunately, with the Bronze Tree assisting him, Chen Yang had managed to deduce quite a bit of useful information.
Seeing Chen Yang remain silent, Bei Xuan grew more and more suspicious, until finally, his voice trembled as he asked, "Chen Yang, you're not joking with me, are you? Did you really figure all this out yourself?"
Chen Yang quickly waved his hands. "How could that be? I just accidentally obtained the insights of a martial artist."
Although he said it casually, Chen Yang's statement deeply shocked Bei Xuan.
Even after Chen Yang left, Bei Xuan hadn't fully recovered.
Looking at Chen Yang's retreating back, Bei Xuan couldn't help but sigh, "A martial artist's insights? Chen Yang, Chen Yang, who is the person you rely on behind you!"
When Chen Yang first appeared on the scene years ago, many people had tried to investigate who was behind him, but none had succeeded.
Now that Chen Yang suddenly said he had obtained a martial artist's insights, Bei Xuan suspected it might be the insights gained by the powerful figure behind Chen Yang.
"Is the person behind Chen Yang about to break through?" Bei Xuan pondered for a moment in his mind before shaking his head.
This kind of matter was not for him to contemplate at this stage.
Instead of returning to the meeting venue, Bei Xuan directly left Modu and headed to a temple deep in the mountains.
It was Bei Xuan's sect, the Zen Buddhist Abode Sect.
Although the Zen Buddhist Abode Sect was protected by formations, Bei Xuan was very familiar with the place. He had personally transported the materials to repair the formations at the entrance, so the formations could not stop him.
The Zen Buddhist Abode Sect was not large. Besides the two Buddhist halls at the front, the back housed the residences of Bei Xuan and a few of his fellow disciples.
As for Bei Xuan's master and senior uncles, they were usually in seclusion in the back mountains.
A junior disciple who was sweeping the floor in front of the Buddhist hall saw Bei Xuan and immediately rushed over, hugging Bei Xuan's thigh and calling out in an extremely soft voice, "Eldest Senior Brother, why are you back so soon? Where are the fries you promised to bring me last time!"
Hearing the commotion from the front, everyone in the temple rushed over.
Seeing the junior disciple clinging to Eldest Senior Brother's leg, someone immediately shouted, "You're always pestering Eldest Senior Brother whenever he returns. Have you cleaned the Buddhist hall yet?"
Seeing this, Bei Xuan directly reached out and tapped the person's forehead, displeased. "Junior Disciple is still growing. If you don't take good care of him, how can you make him clean the Buddhist hall?"