After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 876 The Storage Jade Pendant and the Deal with Li Xiulian!

"What? Did he say anything to you?"

Seeing Chen Yang staring at him in a daze, Huanglong Daoist asked a question.

Chen Yang came to his senses and nodded. "You two are from the same school. Out of jealousy, you practiced evil arts and fell into the evil path. Not only that, but you also took advantage of Elder Zhou's seclusion to kill your master, and even killed his wife and children..."

Chen Yang made no attempt to hide his true feelings when he said these words.

This is Baoguo Temple, so he's not afraid of Huanglong getting angry and attacking him.

It's one thing if you killed his master, after all, his master was also your master, and you were family. But you killed his wife and children, how can you so calmly say that you have no regrets about him?

However, after hearing Chen Yang's words, Huanglong Daoist remained unmoved, his expression as calm as still water. "The matter between him and me cannot be explained in a few words. There are some things you don't understand, and I hope you never will..."

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow. "What kind of veiled meaning is this, senior?"

He didn't believe Zhou Mingyuan would lie to deceive him, but he really couldn't understand what Huang Long had told Zhou Mingyuan in Song Kaiming's snake cellar that day that could change Zhou Mingyuan's attitude towards him.

Huanglong Daoist shook his head, not answering him, but instead bringing up the main topic, "Jinjia Mountain, shall we go?"

"If you can persuade Elder Zhou, I'd be willing to go with you," Chen Yang said.

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Huanglong Daoist revealed a satisfied smile.

"You still haven't told me what happened between you and Old Zhou..."

Chen Yang was quite persistent; since he had already asked, he naturally had to get to the bottom of it.

Huanglong Daoist glanced behind Chen Yang and said, "Master Xiao is here. Ask him. He's experienced and can give you the answer."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang turned around and saw Xiao Jianfeng and Yun Ting coming out of the temple.

When I turned around again, Huanglong Daoist had already walked out of the temple gate.

This old Taoist priest...

"Chen Yang, what are you looking at?"

The two walked over, and Daoist Yunting asked.

Chen Yang chuckled dryly, "Senior Huanglong just said that Abbot Xiao knows about the feud between him and Elder Zhou, and told me to ask you about it, adding that you have some experience..."

"I?"

Xiao Jianfeng looked completely bewildered.

Yun Ting also looked at Xiao Jianfeng.

Xiao Jianfeng was both amused and exasperated. "I'm not familiar with him at all, how could I possibly know about his relationship with Elder Zhou? I didn't kill my master or my wife, where would I get this experience from? This old Taoist priest is probably lying to you..."

Chen Yang looked embarrassed.

……

-

Wang Yuanchao's villa.

In the room, Chen Yang spent most of the day studying the Azure God Sword Technique.

This sword technique is indeed profound. Yu Huaizhen's sword intent transfer is equivalent to passing on his understanding of this sword technique to Chen Yang as much as possible, directly guiding him into the basics and saving him a lot of time.

If he were to learn and comprehend it on his own, even with exceptional talent, it would likely take him a long time to achieve mastery.

Although the Eight-Winged Centipede mastered the skill in just a few days, it was because it directly plundered Moriyama Yuichi's memories. This method of inheritance is far more impressive than the transfer of sword intent.

As a top-tier swordsman in the country, Moriyama Yuichi possesses exceptional talent in swordsmanship. Even someone as exceptional as him spent several months just learning the basics.

Yu Huaizhen essentially forced Chen Yang to cross this threshold.

As the saying goes, "The master leads you through the door, but the cultivation depends on yourself." Taking this first step is easy, but from now on, he will have to rely on his own understanding. How far he can go depends on his own destiny.

This sword technique is not only the Falling Sword Technique and the Myriad Swords Technique, but also the Flying Sword Technique, the Heavenly Sword Art, and several sword formations.

It can be said to be all-encompassing and truly profound.

The Flying Sword Technique is a method of controlling swords with one's primordial spirit. When cultivated to a high level, it is not difficult to take someone's head from a distance.

The Heavenly Sword Technique is a mental cultivation method that allows one to draw upon the power of heaven and earth to imbue sword techniques with the elemental energies of the five elements, such as wind and thunder, thereby enhancing destructive power and lethality.

However, both the Flying Sword Technique and the Heavenly Sword Art are more difficult to cultivate than the Myriad Swords Technique and the Falling Sword Technique. Even Yu Huaizhen has only scratched the surface of these two sword techniques.

If Chen Yang wants to make any progress in these two sword techniques, he will have to rely on himself.

For now, the Falling Sword Technique and the Myriad Swords Technique are enough for him to learn. The path of swordsmanship is indeed very long.

……

As evening fell, Chen Yang stopped his meditation and took out the ring-shaped jade pendant that Deng Yulian had given him.

The jade pendant is entirely emerald green and has a fine texture.

Holding it in my hand and examining it closely, I noticed that the jade pendant had developed a patina from handling, indicating that it must have been quite old.

It must be no ordinary treasure to remain intact even under divine punishment.

It's most likely not some kind of protective treasure.

If it's a protective treasure, it's impossible for it to remain intact after Lu Lingfeng's death.

Chen Yang used his primordial spirit to probe inside.

I could vaguely sense that there was something inside blocking the primordial spirit from entering.

The primordial spirit touched around this layer, which appeared to be a square space.

The space was probably not large, at most one meter square, but the walls of this space were very tough, and Chen Yang's primordial spirit could not penetrate them, so he could not know what was inside.

Storage-type treasures?

Chen Yang withdrew his primordial spirit, his brows furrowing slightly.

Storage treasures are rare in the cultivation world today; he has only seen two kinds: the Mountain Demon Seal and the Mountain Lord Seal.

The Mountain Demon Seal can store energy bodies but not physical bodies. The Mountain Lord Seal is more advanced, as it has space inside for storage, but the space is not large.

This ring-shaped jade pendant was the third type he had ever seen.

No wonder not much was found on Lu Lingfeng; it turns out he had a storage jade pendant.

This Shennong Sect seems to be quite extraordinary.

But how do you open the space inside this jade pendant?
Chen Yang tried the same three dishes as before.

First, I tried dripping blood, but it didn't work.

Then I tried to penetrate with my primordial spirit, but after a long time, I still couldn't open it.

Finally, he transferred his true essence into the body, but still nothing happened.

Chen Yang frowned.

After struggling for a long time, they still couldn't open the space inside the jade pendant.

"call."

Chen Yang was feeling a bit annoyed, and even had the urge to throw it on the ground and smash it.

Forget it, let's wait for Elder Centipede to wake up.

Once Elder Wu reads Lu Lingfeng's memories, he will naturally know how to open the jade pendant.

……

In the evening, in the study.

The computer case fan was whirring loudly as Wang Yuanchao sat in his chair, tapping his pen lightly on the table.

"Li Xiulian has been making a scene, demanding to see her brother. You promised him, so you probably need to resolve this for her?"

"This one……"

Chen Yang sat on the sofa. "This matter is both easy and difficult. The Three Corpse-Faced Tree is too big. Where can we show it to her? Besides, it's just a tree. What's the point of showing it to her?"

"Meaning? How could you possibly understand the bond between these spiritual plants? If you couldn't do it, you shouldn't have agreed in the first place..."

"If I don't agree, do you think she'll give in so easily?"

"Ugh!"

Wang Yuanchao sighed, "The problem is she's making a scene now, saying you broke your promise. To be honest, this woman is actually quite pitiful..."

"Old Wang, when did you become so saintly?" Chen Yang looked at Wang Yuanchao strangely.

Wang Yuanchao was both amused and exasperated. "I was just stating the facts and expressing my feelings. How was I being a saint? Now that she's making a big fuss, you're not being a saint at all. You just pat your butt and leave, leaving me to deal with this mess. If you had known it would be like this, you might as well have just wiped her out back in Si'e Mountain and saved yourself the trouble..." "It's not too late to wipe her out now."

"What nonsense are you talking about? This matter has already been reported, and people from the capital will be coming to take over in the next couple of days. If you kill her now, you want me to take the blame..."

"Okay, okay."

Chen Yang touched his forehead. "I'll go see her again tomorrow."

"Ah."

Wang Yuanchao nodded and got down to business, "Hong Wutong and Nie Jiusi were quite cooperative and readily gave their instructions. Lu Lingfeng contacted them more than a month ago, recruiting them to join the Shennong Sect. Lu Lingfeng promised them many benefits, saying that as long as they joined the Shennong Sect, the sect's patriarch would grant them the opportunity to break through to the Celestial Realm..."

"Didn't they say that this ancestor of the Shennong Sect hasn't even entered the Celestial Realm yet? He hasn't even achieved it himself, yet he dares to make promises to others. What kind of brains do these people have that they believe this?" Chen Yang said.

Everyone else is stupid, only you are smart.

Wang Yuanchao glared at him and explained, "No one would believe an ordinary person making such a promise, but this patriarch of the Shennong Sect is different. He returned from the Shuailao Mountain, and no one knows what he has experienced in the past hundred years. He might already know the secret to breaking through to the Celestial Realm..."

"Do you have any specific information about this patriarch of the Shennong Sect?" Chen Yang asked.

Wang Yuanchao shook his head. "There isn't much information left about the exploration in the cultivation world a hundred years ago. Shennong Sect is a reclusive sect, and it was just a fleeting phenomenon a hundred years ago. The official records we can find so far don't contain any information about Shennong Sect's participation in that exploration..."

“For reclusive sects like theirs, apart from recruiting disciples, they rarely interact with the outside world. It is very difficult for the authorities to infiltrate them and understand their specific situation…”

"You should know about Nongshenjia. It's a vast primeval forest, with high mountains and dense forests, unpredictable and shrouded in mist all year round. The natural conditions are harsh. You can only learn about this sect from some senior figures. It's a blessed land in Nongshenjia called Shennong Mountain..."

"However, we only know that such a place exists; we currently have no way of knowing exactly where this so-called Shennong Mountain is located..."

……

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's face twitched. He didn't even know the location; he was simply too useless.

"Didn't Old Zhou go there? How could he not know the location?" Chen Yang asked.

Wang Yuanchao shook his head. "Elder Zhou has been there, but that's all. It's said that outsiders need guidance to go there. These hidden sects have ancestors who were great masters. These great masters left them many methods, making it very difficult for outsiders to find their residences..."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang asked in confusion, "Could it be that there is an array formation around Shennong Sect?"

"Probably so."

Wang Yuanchao nodded. "You've met Lu Lingfeng too. His cultivation is only at the early stage of the Dao True Realm. In the words of Elder Zhou and the others, his strength isn't that great. However, his mastery of formations is extremely high. It's said that he used a formation to trap Elder Zhou and the others that night..."

Chen Yang didn't see what happened on the mountaintop that night, but he heard about it from Zhou Mingyuan and the others later.

It seemed to be a formation called "Abundant Harvest Formation" set up by Lu Lingfeng. Clouds moved within the formation, drawing in mist and trapping them on the mountaintop, almost causing them to overturn.

Unfortunately, Chen Yang did not witness it firsthand.

This also shows that the Shennong Sect is quite skilled in formations, and it is not unimaginable that they would set up formations around the sect to conceal their movements.

Especially for a reclusive sect like this, with a long history, there must have been some great figures among their ancestors who left behind methods for their descendants. It couldn't be simpler.

Doesn't the authorities want to control them?
Of course I want to, but it's hard to find an opportunity. As long as they stay hidden, it's like a tiger trying to eat a turtle—they can't find a place to bite.

Over time, the authorities became too lazy to bother with it; as long as they didn't cause trouble, all was well.

"How do you plan to handle Lu Lingfeng's matter?" Chen Yang asked.

Wang Yuanchao said, "Lu Lingfeng must have held a high position in the Shennong Sect. Now that he's dead, the Shennong Sect will definitely not remain indifferent. However, this is not our business. People from headquarters will come in the next couple of days and take them all away, including Lu Lingfeng's body. How to negotiate with the Shennong Sect after that is a matter for headquarters..."

"When the people from headquarters come, remember to tell them that Lu Lingfeng was punished by heaven for slaying the mountain serpent and being cursed by the Mountain Lord..." Chen Yang said.

Wang Yuanchao nodded slightly.

He didn't know the ins and outs of it all. Why would Lu Lingfeng go and kill that mountain serpent for no reason? But he guessed it was related to Chen Yang.

However, that doesn't matter anymore. After all, it turns out that Lu Lingfeng was indeed struck down by divine retribution. If the Shennong Sect wants to cause trouble, then let them cause trouble for the heavens.

Wang Yuanchao said, "According to Nie Jiu Si and the others, the Shennong Sect is recruiting Dao Zhen Realm experts everywhere, which is unusual. They probably have some kind of plan. My personal guess is that the patriarch of the Shennong Sect probably wants to gather a group of Dao Zhen Realm experts to explore the Shuai Lao Mountain again..."

Besides this, he couldn't think of any other reason. This person had stayed in the Shuailao Mountain for hundreds of years, and probably had really discovered something, but he couldn't figure it out himself, so he returned at this time.

Chen Yang smiled and said, "If that's the case, I suggest you help him spread the word. That way, even without official intervention, a whole bunch of Dao Realm cultivators will find a way to get to Shennong Mountain..."

Wang Yuanchao pointed his pen at Chen Yang and said, "You little rascal, all you do is think of underhanded tricks. You're probably hoping the cultivation world will descend into chaos and people will fight to the death, aren't you? This matter can't be handled recklessly."

If we follow Chen Yang's lead, we should directly announce to the public that the patriarch of the Shennong Sect has returned and has obtained the secret to breaking through to the Celestial Realm.

This news is sure to cause a stir in the global cultivation community.

Especially the very top-tier group.

As the saying goes, "A common man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure." If someone obtains a secret manual to break through to the Celestial Realm but has not yet broken through himself, isn't he just like Tang Sanzang?
I'm afraid countless people will be eager to make a move. As long as someone is willing to take the lead, no matter how well the Shennong Sect hides, it will probably be found. At that time, the Shennong Sect will probably suffer a lot.

Unfortunately, this would inevitably cause turmoil in the cultivation world, and turmoil in the cultivation world would inevitably affect the secular world.

The authorities will not allow such a thing to happen.

Chen Yang shrugged. "Isn't this kind of recruitment going around like this just playing with fire?"

The Shennong Sect is using the pretense of helping Dao Zhen Realm cultivators break through to the Celestial Human Realm to recruit experts. This matter will be exposed sooner or later; it's just a matter of how quickly it will escalate.

Wang Yuanchao shook his head seriously, "It's easy to start a fire, but it's difficult to put it out once it's burning. The higher-ups won't allow that. Don't mess around."

Chen Yang shrugged.

He'd only do this if he was bored out of his mind, needlessly inviting a bunch of trouble.

……

-

The next morning, Chen Yang arrived at the association's underground cell as promised.

I saw Li Xiulian again.

Upon seeing Chen Yang, Li Xiulian immediately went to the window, staring intently at him, and asked, "When will I be able to see my brother?"

"No hurries?"

Chen Yang sat behind the desk. "Li Xiulian, I sympathize with your plight, but your brother is dead, leaving behind only a tree trunk..."

"To be honest, it's a bit difficult to see it. The remains of the Three Corpse-Faced Tree are too large. I can't just stuff it here for you and let you out to another place. Even if I were willing, the Association wouldn't agree..."

"Are you going to break your promise?"

Li Xiulian glared at Chen Yang, her once beautiful face now appearing somewhat ferocious.

Chen Yang shook his head, "I did promise you, but I didn't say exactly when..."

"Hmph, a treacherous person who breaks his word."

Li Xiulian retorted, "Don't think I don't know. People will come in the next few days to take us to the capital. Whether we live or die then is another matter, but I'll have even less chance to see my brother one last time..."

"Speak politely, don't swear."

He did feel a bit guilty about the matter. Chen Yang touched his forehead, feeling a headache coming on. "I've thought about it and I have a solution. Why don't you listen to it?"

"explain."

Li Xiulian squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth.

Chen Yang said, "Your brother is already dead. Since you want to see him, you can see him now that you're dead. If you're willing, I can help you..."

"you……"

Li Xiulian's face immediately turned red.

"Chen Yang……"

Beside him, Wang Yuanchao's expression also changed slightly. Based on his understanding of Chen Yang, he was certain that Chen Yang was capable of doing this.

Chen Yang raised his hand to stop him, then turned to Li Xiulian, whose face was flushed, and said, "What? You're reluctant to die? I thought you were so devoted to your brother, but it turns out you're nothing special..."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiulian gritted her teeth.

Chen Yang said, "Think about it, if you die, the higher-ups will definitely hold you accountable. At that time, you can not only reunite with your brother in the afterlife, but also take revenge on us. It's killing two birds with one stone, isn't that great?"

"shut up!"

Li Xiulian snorted coldly. She wasn't stupid. Once she died, she was dead. There was no such thing as a reunion in the afterlife. If there were a spirit after death, would she have needed to go through all that trouble to cultivate her second primordial spirit?

But Chen Yang's words really put her in his grasp.

She knew her request was difficult, so she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

After a long silence, she finally said, "Before I'm taken to the capital, I want to see my brother, even if it's just a leaf or a twig, so I can at least have something to remember him by..."

At this point, she stared intently at Chen Yang, "In return, I can give you the formula for the Spirit Awakening Powder, and even the method for cultivating the second primordial spirit, the technique for rebirth through the Dao Fruit—anything you want, I can give you..."

(End of this chapter)