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

Chapter 916 Wang Youzhi's Memories: There's Someone on the Tower!
"Old man, how could I possibly explain these things?"

"Don't refuse, or I'll go find your grandfather."

"Why are you looking for my grandfather?"

"I want to ask him if he stole my grandson back then."

Yang Wenhui made a joke with a straight face.

Yang Bo was both amused and exasperated. "Grandpa, I'm the one who's your grandson."

"If you don't speak, no one will treat you as mute!"

……

"Ignore him, he's a lewd old man."

Yang Wenguang and Chen Yang walked behind, and Yang Wenguang started chatting with Chen Yang.

Chen Yang nodded and smiled, finding it all rather comical, and didn't take it to heart at all.

This old man, Yang Wenhui, has wanted me to be his grandson more than once.

Yang Wenguang said, "I heard that you've only been cultivating in the Panshan Realm for about a year?"

He was quite curious about Chen Yang.

Chen Yang said, "All things considered, it's been a little over a year. I encountered some fortuitous opportunities, and also received guidance from the Venerable Xuanjing of Baoguo Temple on Mount Emei. I've come this far in a rather muddled way..."

Upon hearing this, Yang Wenguang nodded repeatedly.

Xuan Jing's name still carries considerable weight with these people.

Although a year is a bit of an exaggeration, it's not unimaginable that with the combined efforts of Emei Mountain, such a promising talent could be cultivated.

"When did you start learning swordsmanship? Swordsmanship requires talent. To be able to cultivate sword intent to the Tongming realm in such a short time, to be honest, it's a bit frightening..." Yang Wenguang said.

"The cultivation of swordsmanship is purely a matter of chance. To be honest, Elder Yang, Senior Yu Huaizhen of Qingshen Mountain once passed on the Qingshen Sword Technique to me. Under his influence, my sword intent was able to reach a high level and enter the second realm. Today, this sword tower has given me another surprise. I have to thank Elder Yang for giving me this opportunity..."

Chen Yang became modest, telling Yang Wenguang that his swordsmanship talent wasn't as strong as he thought, and that it was all due to good fortune and the support of his seniors.

But that seems to be the case.

He truly grasped the essence of sword intent when he visited the sword wall left by the celestial being Zuo Ci in a cave near the Elephant Washing Pool. From there, the sword intent began to stir, and he gradually came to understand the essence of sword intent.

At that time, it should have been a realm.

Afterwards, Yu Huaizhen imparted his knowledge to him, and at the same time, he was inspired by Yu Huaizhen's sword intent and entered the second realm. This trip to the Sword Tower successfully allowed him to enter the third realm.

Isn't it all just a matter of chance?
Otherwise, no matter how talented one is, how could one cultivate to the level of sword intent clarity in just a few months?
Yang Wenguang said, "Don't underestimate yourself. The Sword Tower is right there, and clansmen can enter at any time. But over the years, apart from me, I haven't seen anyone else reach the third level. It's clear that your swordsmanship talent is not bad. Cultivate diligently, and your future is limitless..."

"Elder Yang, what level have you reached in your swordsmanship?" Chen Yang nodded and then asked.

"Ashamed."

Yang Wenguang chuckled sheepishly, "I recently broke through the life-and-death barrier, and due to the influence of my state of mind, my sword intent has indeed improved, reaching the mid-stage of the third realm..."

He was truly ashamed. He had cultivated for decades and was only at the mid-stage of the third realm, while Chen Yang, at such a young age, had already reached the third realm. There was no comparison.

Chen Yang asked, "Old Yang, have you been to the fourth level? What's the fourth level of the Sword Tower like?"

Yang Wenguang smiled wryly, "The fourth floor is still too dangerous for us. After I broke through to the Creation Realm, I recklessly tried to venture into it once, but I was cut down by a sword aura as soon as I reached the top of the stairs. I didn't even get a clear look at what the fourth floor was like..."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang was somewhat taken aback. Even with Yang Wenguang's sword cultivation at the mid-stage of the third realm, he couldn't advance.
Since I've only just entered the third realm, I probably can forget about advancing any further.

After thinking about it for a moment, it seems that this is not the right way to calculate it. After all, although my sword intent is only at the third level, my combat strength is not weak.

Although someone like Yang Wenguang has a stronger sword intent than me, he is useless in the face of absolute strength. I could beat ten of him with one hand.

Yang Wenguang would be cut down if he went up to the fourth floor, but if I went up in my golden body, could that so-called sword energy even touch me?
……

-

Chen Yang spent the entire afternoon practicing swordsmanship in the Yang family's backyard, consolidating his swordsmanship skills.

At night, the eight-winged centipede woke up.

Wang Youzhi's memory was roughly reviewed, with a focus on information about Xuanwu Lake.

"So? What's that thing at the bottom of the lake? What happened to Yang Ye's body?"

Before the eight-winged centipede could rest, Chen Yang began to inquire.

"Impatient."

The eight-winged centipede had just woken up and was still a little dazed. Upon hearing this, it first complained before sorting out its thoughts. "I haven't checked Wang Youzhi's specific identity information yet, but I guess his position in the Pingtian Sect isn't very high. He's often assigned errands..."

"He doesn't know much about what's at the bottom of this lake; he's just following orders..."

"About thirty years ago, Wang Youzhi was ordered to lead a team to Longtai Mountain to perform the 'severing of the meridians,' causing the energy of the formation at the bottom of the lake to dissipate, thereby weakening the power of the evil entity within the formation..."

"According to the information Wang Youzhi knows, it seems that more than six hundred years ago, when Yang Ye died, someone planted something inside his body. As his body was buried, this thing grew inside him, using the energy of his celestial body to develop into an evil entity..."

"As for information about this evil object, Wang Youzhi did not obtain any definite information, but there are two theories. One theory is that someone used his corpse to cultivate the Red Flower Dao Fruit..."

"Red Flower Fruit? What is that?"

He did know about Dao Fruits. Li Xiulian and her group of spiritual plants knew a Dao Fruit Reincarnation Technique. These spiritual plants could transform their cultivation and consciousness into Dao Fruits, and then reincarnate into other life forms.

Li Xiulian also gave him this technique. Chen Yang had seen it and found that while the technique was exquisite, it only worked on spiritual plants.

The eight-winged centipede said, "The safflower is a special plant cultivated by the Lingshan Sect. It is regarded as a divine flower by the Lingshan Sect. This flower has no seeds, only pollen. After a person dies, the pollen of the safflower is used to treat the corpse. After many years, the pollen will germinate in the corpse, absorbing the blood, flesh, and essence of the corpse to grow. Finally, the safflower withers, leaving behind a fruit. This fruit is called the safflower Dao Fruit. If it is a corpse of a Celestial Realm cultivator, the safflower Dao Fruit cultivated from it contains most of the cultivator's blood, flesh, and cultivation, which is no less than that of immortal herbs, and may even be superior..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's eyebrows furrowed. "Isn't this similar to the Dao Fruit Reincarnation Technique?"

"There is a difference."

The eight-winged centipede said, "One is actively condensed by the true self, while the other is passively cultivated by a corpse. Moreover, the Dao Fruit cultivated by the red flower only contains pure energy. The user only enjoys its medicinal effects and will not worry about being possessed. In addition, the Dao Fruit Reincarnation Technique should be a secret method created by someone inspired by the red flower..."

Chen Yang nodded slightly. "If the Lingshan Sect has something like this, how many powerful experts must they have?"

“There are many strong ones, that’s for sure, but it’s not that exaggerated. After all, red flowers can’t be forced to grow. Their growth cycle is very long, often several decades or even sixty years. So, it’s just a matter of the predecessors planting trees so that the successors can enjoy the shade. If the predecessors didn’t plant trees, the successors naturally won’t have any shade to enjoy!” said the eight-winged centipede.

Chen Yang rubbed his chin. "According to the Black Tortoise Stone, it sensed the presence of evil beings in the tomb a long time ago. If it's just a red flower, unless it develops sentience and becomes a spiritual plant, a single flower and a single fruit shouldn't be enough to make the Black Tortoise Stone feel wary..."

Chen Yang's intuition told him that although this possibility existed, it was not high.

"Didn't you just say there were two possibilities? What's the other possibility?" Chen Yang asked.

"There's another possibility..."

The eight-winged centipede said, "Someone is using Yang Ye's corpse to raise insect pills..."

"Insect pills?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's eyebrows furrowed even deeper.

He knew about the art of cultivating elixirs. The disciples of the Qingquan Elder of the Five Elements Sect in Raojiang knew the art of cultivating elixirs, and these people were so crazy that they dared to use living people to cultivate Five Elements Elixirs.

However, Chen Yang had no idea what insect pills were.

There are so many strange and wonderful arts in this world, and he is too young and inexperienced to know them all.

The eight-winged centipede said, "Before the three great secret sects, there was a super sect in the Western Frontier, the Great Wheel Temple of the Great Snow Mountain. A thousand years ago, the Great Wheel Temple declined, which led to the rise of the three great secret sects. It is said that the Great Wheel Temple once had a strange insect called the Snow Region Sacred Beetle, which the monks called [Bamu], a symbol of reincarnation..."

"This kind of insect went extinct a thousand years ago. Its specific abilities are unknown. However, it is said that the eggs of this insect hatch by parasitizing corpses. If the victim is alive, the eggs will release toxins to kill the host and then absorb the energy from the corpse..."

"During its growth, the insect egg condenses energy crystals on its body surface, making it look like a pill. If the egg cannot absorb enough energy from a corpse, then giving this pill to another person to consume will allow the above process to continue until it hatches..."

"This process is what we call raising insect pills. I personally feel that it's more likely that Yang Ye's corpse was used to raise insect pills. Although it's said that the Snowfield Sacred Beetle is extinct, who knows if anyone has preserved its eggs? This kind of insect was once the sacred insect of the Great Wheel Temple, so its strength and potential must be extraordinary..."

After finishing his explanation, the eight-winged centipede also offered his own opinion.

Snowfield scarab?
Chen Yang recalled the list of strange insects, but this kind of insect did not exist.

Hearing what the eight-winged centipede said, although I don't know what special abilities this insect has, if it weren't extinct, it would definitely have a place on the list of strange insects.

Upon closer examination, if these are the only two possibilities, the latter is indeed more likely.

After all, the Xuanwu Stone Spirit truly sensed the presence of the ferocious creature in the lake-bottom tomb, and the probability of that Red Flower Dao Fruit becoming a ferocious creature was extremely low.

On the contrary, the Snowfield Sacred Beetle is so ferocious in its hatching process alone. If it were to use Yang Ye's corpse to complete the hatching, wouldn't it be even more ferocious?

……

The eight-winged centipede could only see this much information; after all, it was done hastily and by picking and choosing, so the information was not detailed.

The eight-winged centipede said, "This Wang Youzhi also has a set of techniques called 'Ice Soul Divine Needle'..."

A black line appeared on Chen Yang's forehead. "Didn't I tell you to look up information about Xuanwu Lake? Why did you look up the cultivation techniques too?"

"Uh, haha."

The eight-winged centipede chuckled dryly, "It was just a side thing, and it didn't take much time. Let me organize it for you; this acupuncture technique is quite sophisticated..."

"You can figure it out yourself, you don't need to give it to me."

Chen Yang shook his head. He now possessed countless martial arts techniques, and even if he could multitask, he still couldn't learn them all.

"Are you sure you don't want it? It's the same acupuncture technique, but this one might be useful for your 'Two Elements Acupuncture Technique'..." said the eight-winged centipede.

"Uh……"

Chen Yang paused, his eyes darting around. "Alright, give me a copy later. But you should hurry up and figure out the information about Kunlun. You can study the rest later when you have time..."

He realized that this eight-winged centipede was a martial arts fanatic who wanted to learn all kinds of techniques. After it successfully mastered the Azure God Sword Technique, the eight-winged centipede must have gained great confidence: if you humans can cultivate, so can I.

The eight-winged centipede responded, raised its head, and looked at Chen Yang again and again. "Why do I feel that you are a little different from before? Has your state of mind improved again? Are you about to break through to the Dao True Realm?"

“How can it be that fast!”

Chen Yang shook his head and then told it about what happened at the Sword Tower that day.

Thanks to the improvement of his sword intent, which has entered the third realm, his state of mind has also greatly improved. Now, Chen Yang feels that his state of mind has reached the threshold of the Dao True Realm.

However, touching it is one thing, but it's just a state of mind. Even if the state of mind is over, one still needs to cultivate one's skills, right?
"you……"

The eight-winged centipede was furious after hearing this. "Why didn't you include me in such a great opportunity?"

Chen Yang's forehead was covered in black lines. "You're sleeping. What's the point of bringing you along?"

"I……"

The eight-winged centipede paused. "Wasn't I helping you read Wang Youzhi's memories? Besides, why didn't you wake me up? You're not being fair. Where's the sword tower? I'll go see what's going on..."

Given such an opportunity to improve his swordsmanship, how could the eight-winged centipede possibly let it pass?

"okay!"

Chen Yang was both amused and exasperated. He quickly pressed it down and said, "The Sword Tower belongs to the Yang family. Going in without their permission would be stealing. Wait until tomorrow morning, and I'll go talk to Elder Yang. I also wanted to go up to the fourth floor to take a look. If Elder Yang and the others agree, we can go together."

What if they disagree?

"They disagree? I'll cry and beg them until they agree, surely that will work?"

"I guess you still have some conscience."

The eight-winged centipede finally calmed down and crawled back into the quilt.

Chen Yang shook his head helplessly.

If even a centipede is so diligent and eager to learn, then I have no reason to slack off, right?
I took the Heart-Seeking Pill out of the system repository.

There are still a dozen or so Heart-Questioning Pills left from the system rewards.

This pill can slightly improve one's mental state. Given my current condition, after taking a dozen or so Heart-Questioning Pills, I wonder if I'll have a chance to break through to the Dao True Realm.

If one's state of mind can break through to the Dao True Realm, then it will be much easier to improve one's cultivation level afterwards.

……

-

Silent all night.

The next morning, Chen Yang woke up from his meditation, his face showing some disappointment.

After taking more than a dozen Heart-Questioning Pills, his mental state improved somewhat, but it was still a little short of the Dao True Realm.

It's like that final step, I just can't seem to get past it, like something's missing.

The opportunity was missing, just one more opportunity.

But Chen Yang couldn't pinpoint exactly what this opportunity was.

Perhaps we should try going to the fourth floor; maybe the opportunity lies on the fourth floor of the Sword Tower.

……

After breakfast, Chen Yang found Yang Wenguang and told him that the Eight-Winged Centipede also wanted to go to the Sword Tower.

Yang Wenguang was stunned for a long time after hearing this.

A centipede learning swordsmanship?
It really feels like something out of a fantasy.

However, after regaining his senses, he did not disagree. After all, the eight-winged centipede looked quite intimidating, and he did not want to offend a ferocious insect at the Dao True Realm.

Anyone can go to the Sword Tower; there's no harm in it, as long as they don't cause any damage.

Chen Yang also wanted to go again and try going up to the fourth floor.

Upon hearing this, Yang Wenguang also had the idea of ​​going into the tower with them.

It might be easier if we go up to the fourth floor together then.

……

After receiving permission, Chen Yang returned to his residence, woke up the eight-winged centipede, stuffed it into his backpack, and then followed Yang Wenguang to the Sword Tower.

-

Sword Tower, third floor.

Having acquired Lu Lingfeng's memories, the eight-winged centipede has also entered the third realm in swordsmanship, with its sword intent strength comparable to Yang Wenguang's, reaching the mid-stage of Sword Intent Clarity.

The two people and the insect went straight to the third floor.

The eight-winged centipede seemed to have discovered a new continent, and first tried to comprehend the sword tablet on the third level.

"No, this third level of sword intent is no longer very effective for me."

The meditation ended shortly afterward.

Elder Wu was somewhat disappointed, but Chen Yang and Yang Wenguang didn't say anything; it was expected.

The two people and the insect all had their eyes on the staircase leading to the fourth floor.

“The sword tablet on the fourth floor can easily generate sword spirits. I’ve been up there before, and you’ll be attacked as soon as you go up; it’s very dangerous,” Yang Wenguang said.

"Hmm, I'll scout ahead first!"

The stairwell was narrow, allowing only one person to go up or down at a time. Chen Yang stepped forward, picked up an iron sword from the third floor, and without saying a word, activated his golden body and went up the stairs.

The tower is quite tall, probably over four meters high, and the stairs are made of wooden planks, with more than twenty steps going up and down.

With Yang Wenguang's prior warning, Chen Yang was extremely cautious.

"Shh!"

As Chen Yang approached the fourth-floor stairwell, he had barely peeked out when he sensed immense danger as a sword beam hurtled straight toward his head.

"Keng!"

Chen Yang instinctively raised his sword to block.

With a clang, the sword broke into several pieces. The remaining sword light struck his golden body, sparks flew, and a tremendous force sent Chen Yang flying down the stairs.

"Are you okay?"

Yang Wenguang quickly stepped forward and helped him up.

"fine."

Chen Yang shook his head, looking at the broken sword in his hand, still feeling a bit of lingering fear.

"So strong?"

The eight-winged centipede looked at the stairwell with a hint of excitement. It knew Chen Yang's strength well; he was almost invincible within the Creation Realm and could even be challenged by those in the Dao True Realm. For him to suffer a setback here, the sword intent on the fourth floor must be extraordinary.

"Let me see what's going on!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already transformed into a streak of black light and flew straight towards the stairwell.

It is a genuine mid-stage Dao Realm cultivator; there's no reason why it couldn't advance further.

"Keng..."

However, in the next instant, several sword lights flashed across the stairwell, and the eight-winged centipede seemed unable to withstand them and quickly retreated.

"Damn it, there are people up there."

Before the two could speak, the eight-winged centipede suddenly let out a shout.

Chen Yang was slightly taken aback. Someone was there?

Yang Wenguang shook his head with a smile, "No, it's not a person, it's a sword spirit condensed from sword intent..."

"I can feel the fluctuations in my blood and qi from the hammer sword spirit."

Before Yang Wenguang could finish speaking, the eight-winged centipede angrily interrupted him.

(End of this chapter)