Benefits of Being Clean
The Jindan expert exploded and died. The blast of the explosion was enormous. Though Yang Chen had steered his flying shuttle to twenty metres away, he still felt the powerful force of the blast.
Although it couldn’t be compared to the strength of the tenth water magical thunder in the seawater, if it had exploded inside the flying shuttle, it would have suffered some damages as well. Yang Chen would not be able to refine his flying shuttle now, let alone getting it repaired. Hence, if the flying shuttle was damaged, the loss would outweigh the benefits that could be gained.
This was clearly an act of a warrior who did not fear death. Before the warrior joined an association or executed a task, the higher authority in the organisation must have sealed a restriction in him. Once he was about to expose any confidential information, the restriction would then be triggered. This would cause a body explosion and consequently death. So, obviously the Jindan stage expert was placed with such a restriction inside him.
However, before the brink of death, the surprise in his eyes meant that he himself had no idea that such a restriction had been sealed within him. Yang Chen guessed that he did not even know when the restriction was sealed, otherwise he would not have held such an expression.
After this incident, Yang Chen had a different perspective on the person behind these scenes. He must not be any ordinary person to be this cruel to his own men. This kind of method was only rampantly done by the devil sects. In the dao sects, except for a warrior that did not fear death, an ordinary person would seldom be in contact with it.
Yang Chen did not sympathize with the dead people in front of him. Without them, he similarly could track the mastermind who was behind all of these.
Just as what Yang Chen had said earlier, the person who was responsible of the tracking was not among them. Until this moment, all the followers the Yuanying expert brought along had died. But, the spiritual awareness imprint in Yang Chen’s mind was still lingering. This could only explain one thing—he was not dead.
If there was anyone alive, Yang Chen would be able to track down the location of his enemy. Perhaps this time, the person who had been planning all of these did not think that even in his wildest dreams, Yang Chen could transfer the item with the spiritual awareness imprint into his consciousness sea. Furthermore, maybe he did not think that Yang Chen could depend on a spiritual awareness imprint to track back to the original tracker.
Nevertheless, Yang Chen did not plan on starting all of these now. Since his enemy could seal a restriction on the people who approached Yang Chen, it meant he could also place such a restriction on the person tracking him. Before Yang Chen could undo such a restriction, he was not prepared to take the risk.
The spiritual awareness imprint in his consciousness sea was tightly bound by the strand of spiritual awareness. It did not leave any gap within, removing any possibility for his enemy to once again track him down. However, Yang Chen needed to keep the imprint safe. One day when his cultivation was sufficient, that would be the clue for him to seek revenge.
A bunch of Jindan and Yuanying corpses became fertilisers for the Blood Phantom Vine. What surprised Yang Chen was that Heavenly Roar had already awoken before the fight and it was just in time for the next fight.
The three restrictions of dragon breath had made Heavenly Roar a bit abnormal. Until now, it was still full and seemed as if it had not finished digesting. It did not even glance over the fragments of flying swords that Yang Chen had placed there earlier. Coiling up on the Blood Phantom Vine Sword, it did not move a muscle. Perhaps it was still digesting.
Yang Chen did not want to disturb Heavenly Roar anymore and let it roam freely in the Medicine Garden. He then piloted his flying shuttle towards the Clear Sky Sect. Of course, when travelling across the sea, it was best to travel through underwater. This way, not only could it conceal the tracks, it would not attract any unnecessary attention as well.
The journey would consume a long time. Yang Chen who had nothing else to do then started cultivating.
Before this, while he was collecting the tenth water True Qi, he also drank a mixture of yeast and the Dark Coral Liquid of the Four Seas. After the consumption, he had a sound sleep and waited for the waste to be excreted. Since then, he had not cultivated. Now that the wastes were almost excreted completely, this was the first time he was cultivating under such circumstance.
The Three Purities Secret was still fine since it was the basic chant to cultivate spiritual awareness, not to mention it did not have a close relation to the physique. But Yang Chen was already well versed in cultivating the third layer of Three Purities Secrets. His spiritual awareness had yet again reached the stage where his spiritual awareness became compact.
However, this type of density was not just built in a day. Normally, even tens to hundreds of years were insufficient. Fortunately, his spiritual awareness was already at the mid Yuanying stage. Although his spiritual awareness would not increase temporarily, it would not affect Yang Chen much.
Yang Chen was holding at least two items in his hands that could increase his cultivation and at the same time increase his spiritual awareness. Hundreds of types of flame that had been collected by the sect were given to him. Among those were still many third-grade flames. Once Yang Chen consumed those, it would trigger a change in his consciousness sea and his spiritual awareness would expand as well.
The other item was the tenth water True Qi that was in Yang Chen’s hands. This was the essential material when cultivating the tenth water True Qi secrets of the Great Yin and Yang Five Phases Secrets. It was also a magical item that could alter the nature of the consciousness sea. After he finished absorbing it, perhaps his consciousness sea would form a miniature ocean. Regarding the boost in cultivation and spiritual awareness, it was an easy feat.
Nevertheless, Yang Chen did not plan on doing these two matters for the time being. Until this moment, Yang Chen’s cultivation had increased to a level where he had surpassed single-attribute cultivation geniuses with full spirit roots like Gao Yue, Shi Shanshan, Sun Qingxue and Gongsun Ling. The more one rushed the process, the further he would be from achieving it. Everyone understood this basic principle and Yang Chen would not commit that mistake.
A cultivation that was rushed would require a longer time to strengthen its realm. This couldn’t be avoided. To receive something, one must give in something else. There was always a price for any powers. What Yang Chen needed now was to strengthen his cultivation in peace so that no serious problems would surface in the future.
The Three Purities Secret did not give much surprise to him. The actual surprises were the Huangjin Strongman Body Refining Technique and the Great Yin and Yang Five Phases Secrets.
When Yang Chen finished cultivating the Three Purities Secret, he then continued cultivating the Great Yin and Yang Five Phases Secrets. At that moment, he instantly sensed a change in his body.
The different channels of spirit power were fast-flowing inside his veins, thrice the speed than usual. Yang Chen did not realise it when he was in the fight and did not even have any spare capacity to give it a thought. But now that he was cultivating, he immediately sensed something was out of the ordinary.
Before this, he thought that his cultivation was too low and might have caused some positions of his meridians to be obstructed. But now the fast-flowing spirit power had almost unblocked all of those entirely. It coursed through his body smoothly without any constraint as desired.
Not only that, once a cycle of the Great Yin and Yang Five Phases Secrets was completed, Yang Chen could clearly feel that the spike in spirit power this time was a few times more than the increase during other days.
With the increased speed in the flow of spirit power, the meridians were no longer clogged. While the current increase appeared insignificant, if it was accumulated for the days to come, it would be a huge difference and everyone would be envious of it.
The Great Yin and Yang Five Phases Secrets had surprised Yang Chen, but the bigger surprise was the Huangjin Strongman Body Refining Technique.
Because of old demon Yi’s magic, Yang Chen had absorbed countless life essence from immortals. This had already made his body incomparably powerful. Without relying on any assistance, his strength exceeded a thousand kilograms.
But this magic had its downside too. Absorbing too much life essence would cause the body to have a lot of wastes, forming a hidden illness. But who would have known that Yang Chen was so lucky and could get his hands onto so much Dark Coral Liquid of the Four Seas.
The wastes in his body were almost excreted entirely. While he was cultivating the Huangjin Strongman Body Refining Technique, he could feel that his body was surging with overwhelming powers and it almost gave him a shock.
He knew that there would be some benefits but he did not expect such an immense strength. After removing all the wastes in his body, he could feel the body refining technique altering the bones and muscles in his body. That feeling was still vivid in his consciousness sea. It was as if his consciousness sea had been magnified many times and his soul had left his body, witnessing everything from the outside.
Under the influence of the technique, his skeleton became denser and stronger. The change in his muscles was even more prominent and jaw-dropping. Just by looking at the increase in muscularity, one would know that his strength had significantly surged.
Besides that, Yang Chen had taken into account the immediate drawbacks of the Huangjin Strongman Body Refining Technique. It was obvious at a glance which parts had been strengthened and which parts had been done inconsistently.
Yang Chen finally found out the reason the technique would only increase one’s strength at the initial stage whereas the physique would be like a barbarian. At a later stage, after mastering the technique, his body shape would return to its original form.
In the beginning of this body refining technique, focusing too much on shaping the bones and muscles would naturally cause some imbalance on the body. The brawny muscles would also become the natural opponent of one’s speed. Without Yang Chen’s such ability, one could only proceed with the body refining technique step by step. One would not even be able to return to his original body shape.
Now however, Yang Chen knew what the problem was. His body had also adapted to the effect of the technique. He only needed to concentrate and spend some time to focus on certain parts of his body. As long as he did that, he would be able to fine-tune the unbalanced parts of his body to its original form.
Yang Chen was only at the initial stage of the Huangjin Strongman Body Refining Technique. But just like that, he could already achieve the results of the final stage of the cultivation. This was not merely a change in his body size. This also meant that it was an unbelievable miracle when strength was considered.
After cultivating the technique, Yang Chen could feel that the increase in strength was far more compared to any other ones before this. Regardless of the cultivation, it seemed that the foundation and the most important part was still the body.
Though he had just complete a cycle of that cultivation method once, the effect of the body refining technique alone was already five times better than other normal days. The immense strength given out by the muscles surprised him a little. If Yang Chen continued cultivating at this pace, he could be up to par with a Huangjin Strongman expert within a few hundred years. He would not need even need to wait to ascend to achieve that level.
Even cultivating at the Heavenly Court where the spirit power was almost everywhere, a person would still take up to a few hundred years to achieve the status of a Huangjin Strongman expert. Furthermore, to even start cultivating it that person would not be just any ordinary mortal.
Yang Chen did not even know how to evaluate his luck. The Dragon King was indeed amazing. No wonder he wanted the secret treasury to be separated. The incredibly valuable treasures there could not even be compared to the items Yang Chen had in his hands.
With all these treasures, the first person he thought of was of course his master. Bringing back the Dark Coral Liquid of the Four Seas to his master, his master could drink it or even use it to bathe. Since the liquid was like a lake, he could have however much he wanted.
Yang Chen would also serve a big cup of it to the people who had close relationships with him. For example his great master, Palace Master Zhong Jiao, the old demon tree, the other elders, his senior apprentice sister and his fellow senior apprentice brothers. It would cure any illnesses present; if there wasn’t any, it could help strengthen the body. With Yang Chen at the Pure Yang Palace, the welfare and treatment of the people there would surely improve tremendously.
Before this, when he was obtaining the blood essence from the Heavenly Roar with Shi Shanshan, he had admired her tea-making skills. But he liked wine and tea was just something he would have a taste of occasionally. Now that he had plenty of yeast, he wanted to brew some refreshing wine and blend with it.
Although the Dark Coral Liquid of the Four Seas was indeed good, he would feel drowsy every time after he finished drinking it which was not ideal. A good wine still needed to be fermented by wine for the taste to be excellent.
Yang Chen had decided to call the bottle gourd a wine flask. Inside it was a great amount of wine yeast that had aged for tens of thousands of years. If this wasn’t a wine flask, what else would it be? This was convenient as well. The wine Yang Chen had just brewed can be put inside and it would not mix with the other liquids inside. He just had to pour it out whenever he felt like drinking it.
If there happened to be an auction at the Clear Sky Sect, he would just have to go there and collect the ingredients needed to brew the wine. At the same time, he could pay Sun Qingxue a visit. If it was convenient, he could also serve her a cup of Dark Coral Liquid of the Four Seas. It would definitely benefit her cultivation journey.
Along his journey Yang Chen kept on cultivating. As he neared the Clear Sky Sect, only then did he keep his flying shuttle. After that, he took out an ordinary flying sword and flew to the monastery gate of the sect.
This was not the first time he had been here. The previous time he came was to invite elder Hua Wanting. The people of the Clear Sky Sect were also very familiar with him. Knowing that he was looking for Sun Qingxue, they immediately spread the news. Several hours later, Yang Chen finally met her who came hurriedly.
“Hi, Brother Yang Chen!” Sun Qingxue still had the same youthful look on her face. Upon seeing Yang Chen, her face was like a flower that had just blossomed. She came up and greeted him.
She was exceptionally delighted that Yang Chen could find her by himself. The disciple loved by Elder Hua was now a genius in Clear Sky Sect. She was like a lady who had been longing for love. After calling Yang Chen, her face even blushed a little.
“Little Xue!” Yang Chen only had a sisterly kind of love towards her. Although it was a bit awkward, it still did not stop Yang Chen from being ecstatic after seeing her. Of course, there was another reason to why he was so happy—the immortal whose fame spread the world in the future was holding such an expression in front of him. Just by thinking of this, there was a sense of satisfaction inside him.
“I happened to pass by so I decided to pay you a visit.” The happiness on her face turned to a troubled look. Yang Chen also didn’t want to say too much to avoid disappointing her. Although he did not know what to say, he changed the topic and asked, “Aren’t you going to invite for a tour inside the sect?”
She was almost jumping with delight when she brought him to tour around the sect. She then introduced to him some popular sceneries of the Clear Sky Sect. The euphoria on her face was clearly sincere from the bottom of her heart.
“Is there going to be any sect auction soon? I do have the qualifications to participate in it,” After half a day, Yang Chen seized the opportunity to ask Sun Qingxue while she was resting at the compound.
