Chapter 1051 Entering the Passage
After Chen Yang obtained the medicinal herbs he needed from the Sword Sect's treasury, just as he was about to find a place to refine pills, he suddenly remembered something else.
"This time, apart from those who entered, did anyone from the Confucian family stay outside?"
Chen Yang's inquiry was met with the Sword Sect Master rubbing his chin and saying, "I also just came out of seclusion yesterday. The daily affairs of the Sword Sect are handled by the Grand Elder."
"I'm not entirely sure how many people from the Confucian family came this time."
"You should focus on recovering first. I'll go and find out for you."
After saying that, the Sword Sect Master asked again, "Do you have any grudges with the Confucian family?"
"No, no, I just have some matters to discuss with them."
After the three separated, Chen Shu said with some concern, "The death energy in your body can at most be suppressed. You don't know how to deal with it?"
The erosion of death energy on the body is by no means simple. Even with Chen Yang's powerful medical skills, unless he could sever the body occupied by the death energy, it would follow him for his entire life.
Seeing Chen Shu's worry, Chen Yang smiled and explained, "Don't worry. The human body itself carries some death energy. It's two sides of a coin. Even if it were purely yang, it would still condense yin energy."
"Death energy is the same. When yang reaches its extreme, it declines. Everything is like this, let alone me."
"Even if these things cannot be resolved, the impact on me won't be that significant."
While Chen Yang was refining pills, Chen Shu stood guard outside the door.
Not long after, an elder from the Confucian lineage appeared at the Sword Sect.
Upon learning that Chen Yang was unable to come out at the moment, the Confucian elder told Chen Shu, "When Chen Yang comes out, he can find me at the spatial passage."
After speaking, the Confucian elder did not linger.
Although he had just arrived at the Sword Sect, his acquaintances were all near the spatial passage, so he naturally wouldn't wander aimlessly.
It wasn't until the next morning that Chen Yang finished refining the pills. After taking them, the death energy in his body was immediately gathered together.
The pills Chen Yang refined were not intended to expel the death energy. Even with Chen Yang's medical skills, he could have stripped away the entanglement with the death energy, but completely clearing it out would have taken at least half a year to a year.
When he emerged from the room, Chen Ying's complexion was noticeably better than before, as the consumption required to suppress the death energy had significantly decreased.
Upon learning that someone from the Confucian family had already visited, Chen Yang got up and headed towards the spatial passage.
The reason he wanted to see the Confucian people was to deliver a message for Old Man Zhang.
Although there had been some friction with Old Man Zhang before, after a period of contact, Chen Yang realized that Old Man Zhang was not a bad person. Otherwise, many people in the Confucian family wouldn't have kept Old Man Zhang's paintings.
When the Confucian elder learned that Chen Yang's matter concerned Old Man Zhang, he pulled Chen Yang to a quiet place.
"Zhang Hua was definitely not on the list to enter the space this time. Did he go with those ancient martial artists?"
Since arriving at the spatial passage, the Confucian elder had learned some secrets.
For example, there was another spatial passage for entry.
However, it was said earlier that the people inside were all ancient martial artists.
How did Zhang Hua get involved in this?
Although Zhang Hua had left the Confucian family a long time ago, the connection he had with the Confucian family could not be severed with a few words.
Zhang Hua's Confucian master, fellow disciples, and family members were all people of the Confucian family.
Although Zhang Hua's temper was eccentric and had offended many people, fundamentally, he was a disciple of the Confucian family.
As for the treasure of the Confucian painting and calligraphy lineage, many people had some guesses. If Zhang Hua had taken it all these years, the old Confucian scholars wouldn't have tolerated it for so long.
It was obvious that the item was not in Zhang Hua's possession.
However, if Zhang Hua was with the ancient martial artists at this time, that would be another matter...
"As far as I know, he followed some ancient martial artists in, but he didn't act with that group. After all, Senior Zhang only intended to borrow their spatial passage."
"Senior Zhang's intention in entering the space this time is to find the treasure of the Confucian painting and calligraphy lineage. He said the item might be in the possession of a deceased scholar."
"If he can return alive, he will return the item intact. But if he cannot, he only hopes that the Confucian family will send people to continue the search."
Upon hearing this, a hint of emotion flickered across the Confucian elder's face.
The Confucian elder sighed deeply, lamenting, "When Zhang Hua left the Confucian family back then, he had just broken through the peak of Grandmaster. Although it was much later than others, everyone believed that the painting and calligraphy lineage would be supported by him in the future. I never expected that for the sake of this one item, Zhang Hua would cripple all his meridians."
"What was even more unexpected was that he actually forged his own path."
"Who can truly sort out the right and wrong of the past?"
"Years ago, the Confucian family sent people to look for Zhang Hua, wanting him to return and once again lead the painting and calligraphy lineage. As the scholars of the painting and calligraphy lineage passed away one after another, outsiders couldn't know, and without him, many painting and calligraphy skills began to have a gap."
"But this fellow... simply refused to return, saying he had to wait until he obtained the item before returning openly!"
"Foolish! Entering alone, his life and death are no longer in his own hands!"
The Confucian elder's eyes became slightly moist as he spoke.
Thinking about it now, Zhang Hua must have also wanted to reintegrate into the Confucian family. But without the treasure of the Confucian painting and calligraphy lineage, even if he could return, there would still be gossip.
Entering through the passage of Saint Moon Divine Venerable, alone to search for the treasure of the painting and calligraphy lineage! Only he himself knew how anxious Zhang Hua was.
Chen Yang originally intended to enter again, but was stopped by Chen Shu.
"I've already asked. The martial artists who entered before will return tomorrow."
The abbot of the Zen Buddhist Academy explained, "Logically, they could stay inside for a longer period. But this time, too many people entered. Each time the spatial passage is used, it shrinks a bit."
"If it's too long, even we cannot guarantee the stability of the spatial passage."
That night, no one left. Everyone waited there.
It wasn't until the next morning, when the first martial artist emerged, that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At least, someone had returned alive!
Before anyone could ask, that person ran straight towards Chen Yang, his face filled with excitement, "Benefactor? I finally see you!"
The first person to emerge was Qin Xinyang, whom Chen Yang had saved earlier.
As Qin Xinyang spoke, he took out several beast bones from his backpack.
All were the most essential parts of the beast bones!
Chen Yang looked at the still-wet bloodstains and looked at Qin Xinyang with a puzzled expression.