Apart from opportunities, there was another reason why Chen Heng chose to go to the Eastern Continent.
In the coming decades, there would be a storm in the world of cultivation and talented cultivators of the younger generation would continuously rise up and stand at the peak of this world.
Chen Heng was one of them.
Among the various geniuses, Enlightened Master Chen was one of the top ones.
Apart from Enlightened Master Chen, there were many geniuses who had not appeared yet.
These people were mostly gathered in the Eastern Continent. Even though there were some in the Bohai region, their number and power could not compare to those in the Eastern Continent.
It was the cultivators in the Eastern Continent that Chen Heng cared about.
With so many geniuses there, it was likely that a significant portion of them were like Chen Heng and had Fortune.
That was Chen Heng’s goal.
He wanted to gather people with Fortune and use their power to advance.
On the other hand, by interacting with people with Fortune, his Heavenly Star Secret Technique would also be able to progress.
Over the past five years, Chen Heng had discovered that the Heavenly Star Sect’s Heavenly Star Secret Technique would only quickly progress with people with Fortune nearby.
After all, this was a technique that studied and observed fate and Fortune.
Without anyone to observe, it would be much more difficult to make progress.
Even though Chen Heng’s Heavenly Star Secret Technique had progressed over the past five years, most of it had happened after he had taken in Qi Yu.
It was at that time that Chen Heng discovered how important it was to have those with Fortune around him.
As such, Chen Heng decided to set out to the Eastern Continent.
“This familiar place…”
After leaving the Bohai Sea, they followed a path and soon arrived at Great Qi.
Within the massive city, there were people walking about everywhere, making the scene seem quite lively.
Looking at this scene, a look of nostalgia appeared on Chen Heng’s face.
This scene was not much to him, but to this body’s original memories, it was an incredibly familiar place.
“Is this where teacher was born?”
Looking at the person bustling about, Qi Yu still looked serious, but there was some curiosity in his eyes.
For Qi Yu, who had grown up in the Bohai region, he had rarely seen such bustling scenes.
“That’s right,” Chen Heng said as he smiled, “the Eastern Continent is a much more lively place than the Bohai region. However, even though it looks prosperous, it’s quite an ordinary region.”
“Such a place like this is only ordinary?”
Hearing this, Qi Yu felt quite surprised.
He looked at all the people walking about, as well as the tall walls. Seeing this scene, which was completely different to the Bohai region, he felt quite confused.
If this… was all ours, that would be great… Looking at the prosperous city, a strange thought appeared in his mind.
Perhaps it was because he grew up in the chaotic Bohai region, Qi Yu’s thoughts were very direct.
The strong reigned supreme and could take everything for themselves.
From how he saw it, his teacher was incredibly strong.
Since he was strong, he should, by right, have these things.
Standing in front of Qi Yu and looking at Qi Yu, who was staring fixedly at the city, Chen Heng gained some understanding towards those with Fortune.
Those with Fortune were destined not to be ordinary.
In fact, even if they wanted to be ordinary, their Fortune would cause them to continuously walk forwards and rise up.
Back in the Bohai region, even though Qi Yu had Fortune, it had been dormant and had not exploded out.
It was because of this that Qi Yu had just looked like an ordinary child. At most, he just had good talent.
However, now, his aura was transforming and the faint golden Fortune above his head started to shake.
As Chen Heng watched on, the golden Fortune’s shaking became faster and faster before it started to burn with golden flames.
The burning was not very fast, and it only affected part of the Fortune.
As time went on, the flames would begin to spread until the Fortune began to completely burn.
When that time came, that would be when Qi Yu’s Fortune was at its peak.
Chen Heng roughly estimated that it would take Qi Yu’s Fortune about six or seven years to rise to its peak.
That was about the time he would become an adult.
Chen Heng was not averse to making things happen. After all, he did not do this for his personal ambition but for Points.
After all, the more influence he could have in this simulation, the more Points he could obtain.
In a sense, he was being encouraged to make things happen.
Thinking to there, Chen Heng looked above his head, where there was also a faint golden Fortune.
As Qi Yu’s Fortune began to burn, even Chen Heng’s Fortune seemed to be impacted and seemed as if it was going to break out.
It was just that Chen Heng forcefully suppressed it.
In actuality, five years ago when he had reached the Bohai region, his Fortune showed signs of breaking out.
It was just that back then, Chen Heng’s cultivation was quite weak. In order to avoid anything unexpected from happening, he used his Fortune Mark to suppress his Fortune from breaking out.
When Fortune broke out, it would give off special signs and could cause all sorts of troubles to spring up.
Back then, Chen Heng’s cultivation had been quite weak, so he had just wanted to focus on cultivating.
Looking at his Fortune and then looking at Qi Yu’s burning Fortune, he thought for a moment before letting go of the restriction.
Without the suppression from the Fortune Mark, Chen Heng’s faint golden Fortune began to burn as well.
Golden flames burned, giving off a resplendent light that seemed to be able to make one successful in anything tone did.
Back then, Chen Heng had suppressed it because his cultivation had been weak.
He had been satisfied in just patiently cultivating, but now that he had progressed so much in his cultivation and had arrived at the Eastern Continent, there was no need to restrict it anymore.
More importantly, even if he continued to restrict it, he would still have many troubles.
With the close relationship between him and Qi Yu, now that Qi Yu’s Fortune had begun to break out, Chen Heng would also be affected.
Since there was no way of hiding it anymore, it did not matter anymore.
Looking at the burning golden flames above his head, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head.
Around 100 years? Chen Heng thought to himself.
The power of Fortune was not limitless. As such, once it began to break out, the Fortune would be continuously consumed.
Some people advanced incredibly quickly during their earlier years but later became completely ordinary—this was the reason.
Once a person used up their Fortune, they would become just like ordinary people.
It was just that most people with Fortune were quite special, so by the time they used up their Fortune, they had already accomplished great things or had become top-tier experts.
Following this, a new generation of people with Fortune would rise up.
From how Chen Heng saw it, Fortune breaking out could be classified into three stages.
There was the Early Stage when the Fortune just began to ignite, then the Break Out Stage, when it reached its peak, and finally the End Stage when the Fortune had been used up.
Based on what he had observed about his own Fortune, it could burn for around 100 years before being used up.
This was quite similar to Chen Yu’s experience.
Back in the original timeline, Chen Yu’s Fortune had started to break out around this time, and he had obtained a fortuitous opportunity. He had become an Enlightened Master in just a few decades and spent another few decades reaching the peak of Enlightened Master before his Fortune ran out.
It was then that he stopped making progress.
Following this, Chen Heng turned and looked at Qi Yu.
“Let’s go,” he said as he brought Qi Yu away to a different place.
This was a massive manor, which had an ornate board with the ‘Chen’ character engraved on it.
“How nostalgic.”
Looking at this manor, Chen Heng smiled.
This was the Chen family’s residence.
The Chen family was an aristocratic family in Great Qi and was one of the top three families in Great Qi.
In the original timeline, after Great Qi had perished, the Chen family had gone into decline until Chen Heng had come back and relocated them, once again causing them to prosper.
However, right now, none of that had happened yet.
“Who goes there?” looking at Chen Heng and Qi Yu, a few guards coldly spoke, stopping them.
It was just that after seeing Chen Heng’s appearance, they became quite dumbfounded.
Chen Yu had been one of the most outstanding members of the younger generation, and he could freely enter and exit this place.
As such, anyone who had some standing knew what Chen Heng looked like.
As such, the guards were naturally quite surprised when seeing Chen Heng.
“Young Master Yu…” they said as they stared at Chen Heng, not knowing what to say.
It had been five years since Chen Heng had appeared at the Chen residence.
Chen Heng had disappeared after escorting the Liunan Prince, and many people thought that something bad had happened to him, if not that he had already died.
Seeing that someone who had been missing for so long had reappeared, they could not help but feel shocked.
“Do you still remember me?”
Chen Heng looked at the guard in front of him as he smiled, “I want to see the Patriarch. Please let him know I’m here.”
The guards looked at each other before nodding.
One of them turned and left, and he came back quickly after a while and respectfully invited Chen Heng in.
Chen Heng’s expression was calm as he brought Qi Yu in.
On the way, looking around, Qi Yu had a look of curiosity on his face.
Compared to the outside, the Chen manor was much more luxurious and had a noble feel to it.
This was something that Qi Yu rarely saw.
Of course, this was not a big deal to him.
Back in the Bohai region, Chen Heng had been a master refiner and his wealth and living conditions were not any inferior to what he saw; in fact, they were a bit better.
After all, in the Bohai region, Chen Heng was a big figure among cultivators, while the Chen family was just an aristocratic family among mortals.
There was a big gap between them.
After walking for a while, they arrived at a room.
Within the room, a middle-aged man was waiting there.
The middle-aged man wore a red robe which had stars on it, and he gave off a noble aura.
He sat on a red chair and had valiant looks. It was just that his black hair had some white streaks in it, making him seem a bit old.
This was the current Chen family Patriarch, Chen Jing. [TLN: The ‘Jing’ character is a different character to Chen Heng’s step-sister’s name]
Looking at Chen Jing, Chen Heng said softly, “Patriarch, long time no see.”
“Indeed, long time no see,” Chen Jing nodded as he said in a bit of a surprised tone, “Over the past few yours, you’ve changed greatly.”
In the past, when facing the Chen family Patriarch, Chen Heng acted very respectfully and seriously.
However, now, he became much more casual.
However, Chen Jing was not too surprised.
After all, after these years, Chen Heng seemed like a different person.
At that moment, he could not help but feel quite curious; just what had happened to Chen Yu over the past few years?
Chen Heng smiled and said, “If I didn’t change at all, it would have been a waste of my time over the past few years.”
“Where have you been these years?” Chen Jing’s expression gradually became more serious, “Why did you never send any information about yourself?”
Chen Yu had been one of the Chen family’s’ most outstanding geniuses. Putting aside status and identity, he was essentially the best of the younger generation and was seen as the future of the Chen family.
The Chen family greatly valued Chen Heng and after he had disappeared, they had sent out a large number of people to search for him, but no one had been able to find anything.
It was as if he had completely evaporated from the world and did not leave even a trace behind.
Now, he had once again appeared.
“It’s a long story…” Chen Heng smiled before thinking and speaking.
He started talking from when he was escorting Song Qi and told him about most details.
Of course, he skipped over the things about Tian Xingzi and just said that he had happened to obtain a legacy from a secret realm before being transported to the Bohai region.
“Cultivator, secret realm, Bohai region?”
Hearing Chen Heng’s story, Chen Jing was completely dumbfounded.
It had to be said that Chen Heng’s experiences over the past few years were indeed quite incredible.
As the Patriarch of the Chen family, Chen Jing knew some things about cultivators.
He just had never thought that someone from his family would become a cultivator and obtain decently strong cultivation.
This made him feel quite shocked as well as excited.
The Chen family gaining a cultivator had significant meaning. It could be said that this guaranteed the Chen family’s future.
Moreover, Chen Heng was not just an ordinary cultivator; he was a decently strong cultivator who was also a refining master.
With Chen Heng leading them, it was possible that the Chen family could rise up from a mortal aristocratic family into a cultivator family.
All sorts of thoughts flashed in Chen Jing’s mind, making him feel quite excited.
At the same time, many of his questions were answered.
“So it was like that…” looking at Chen Heng, he sighed before saying, “I completely understand.
“I’m sure you don’t know what has happened in Great Qi over the past few years,” he said as he looked at Chen Heng.
