Chapter 279 - Chiyang

Martial Realm Cultivator opened up his Dantian from the first stage to the fourth stage, where he condensed Spirit Cleansing Qi from his Dantian and refined the Qi into Evil Qi, and then converted it into Light Qi. From beginning to end, what he refined were the Spirit Qi condensed from the Cultivation Method.

When a cultivator advanced to the fifth level and reached the great perfection of the martial arts realm, the method of using cultivation techniques to complete the process would change. The pure spirit energy in the dantian would once again condense the vitality of the cultivator, and in the dantian, it would form a kind of essence energy which would allow the cultivator to advance into the martial arts realm.

Therefore, the key for a cultivator to advance to the fifth level, aside from his own cultivation, also depended on the strength of the body. The stronger the body, the more abundant the vitality in the body, and at the fifth level, the greater the probability of successfully advancing the condensed essence.

His physical strength far surpassed that of cultivators of the same level. Even though he was trapped with the pent-up earth spirit energy in his body, even though the strange wind and cold wave that appeared one after another during the formation gave him a lot of pressure, the excruciating pain of the strange wind cutting through his flesh while it raged, as well as his body that was almost numb from the cold wave’s invasion, were unable to stop him as he steadily advanced in the formation.

But just as the cold wind soaked through his body, Yang Junshan astonishingly discovered that threads of vitality and essence began to slowly condense within his body, and started to converge into the Wutu Earth Spiritual Energy that could still operate even though it was restrained, and then converge into his Dantian.

Yang Junshan was currently only a baleful aura cultivator who had just stepped into the third stage. He was not even able to gather spirit cleansing qi in his body, much less advance to the fifth stage.

However, under the dual pressure of the power of the wind and cold, his body started to condense the power of the essences. Although the amount was so insignificant that it could be disregarded, this kind of phenomenon that only occurred when cultivators advanced to the fifth stage, still caused Yang Junshan to be extremely excited. This meant that the strength of his body was already not weaker than the cultivators who were about to advance to the peak of the fifth stage.

This strange wind and cold tide that were wreaking havoc in the formation. Although it was extremely dangerous for cultivators, for them to be careless and lose their lives, it was also a chance to temper their bodies and condense their life essence.

After repeating this three times, the wind and cold energy exploded at the same time, but was still unable to stop Yang Junshan from walking forward. Because the bits and pieces of vitality and essence within his dantian had been absorbed, his cultivation, which was initially not completely consolidated yet because he had advanced to the third level of martial arts realm, had already gradually stabilized, and the raging baleful qi in his dantian was also completely suppressed back then.

Putting aside the killing intent contained within the formation, this formation dao was indeed a great place for cultivators to hone their body, especially for cultivators who had broken through to the great perfection of the martial arts realm.

The only thing that remained was how to leave this maze like formation. This was naturally even more difficult for Yang Junshan as compared to the formation, since the maze was the most basic form of training. Yang Junshan very quickly discovered the location of the remnants of the formation, and walked towards the direction of Zhang Yueming and the others.

The scenery around him fluctuated, until everything was in front of him. A cloud deck appeared in front of him, and the three people in the lead all looked at him, Zhang Yueming laughed: “Brother Yang, you came out much faster than I imagined!”

Just as Zhang Yueming finished speaking, a cry suddenly came from behind him. Zhang Yueming frowned, and was about to turn around and reprimand him, when he saw that Yang Junshan also frowned, and looked behind him with a complicated expression.

Zhang Yueming’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately swallowed his words, but the sturdy cultivator beside him did not have a good expression, and turned to scold: “What are you shouting for, is your dad dead yet?”

When he said this, Yang Junshan’s expression immediately changed. Zhang Yueming cursed in his heart, and immediately turned to the cultivators beside him and said: “Senior brother Gao, be cautious!”

The Spirit Master Gao was startled, but seeing that Yang Junshan had hesitated for a moment, he bowed to the three of them and asked: “Uncle, why are you here too?”

Everyone looked back in shock, to see a seemingly forty year old third stage martial arts realm cultivator staring dumbfoundedly at Yang Junshan. After hearing his greetings, he pointed at Yang Junshan and stuttered: “You, you, you are Shan Shan, with your cultivation level, how could you ….”

Zhang Yueming and the other two obviously did not think that there would be a blood relative of Yang Junshan here. Zhang Yueming and Senior Qiu did not react, but a look of despise flashed across their faces.

Previously, when Yang Junshan was deeply entrapped in the array, although Zhang Yueming could recognize him through his secret technique, the others could only see a vague outline of him in the array. Even his uncle Yang Tianchen would not believe that his nephew was at the third stage of martial arts realm, a cultivation level equal to his!

Yang Junshan laughed and said: “I never thought that Big Uncle would be here too. How could Big Uncle rush over from Chenyu County and not tell my father beforehand, it seems that Wasteland Town is on his way here right?”

Yang Tianchen’s face reddened, and he coughed: “Xiaoshan, Sunset Ridge’s cave is very dangerous, uncle told your father, what if your father also wants to come here and encounter danger? You have seen it, uncle, you’re trapped here right now, what will happen if your father encounters danger?

Zhang Yueming and Senior Qiu had weird expressions on their faces, while senior brother Gao had a look of disgust on his face. Yang Junshan was extremely disgusted, but he still smiled and said: “Uncle is right!”

After finding this excuse, Yang Tianchen had already successfully thrown away the only bit of embarrassment he had in his heart. In fact, Yang Junshan did not even want to argue with him, instead, he became even more confident and confident, and continued: “Xiaoshan, if I did not say that you two are father and son, with Sunset Ridge being such a big matter, you all would not have sent a message back to your hometown. If not for Fourth Uncle inviting me here, I would not have known that sucuge battle had occurred in Mengyu County.

Yang Junshan’s face revealed a cold smile, but his mouth remained indifferent: My uncle is wrong, my father has been injured recently, he has been recuperating at home, and did not participate in the exploration of the cave of the Sunset Ridge. Furthermore, with uncle’s cultivation, reaching this place is only with Fourth Uncle’s help, if my father calls you here, that would not be calling on you, but would be calling harm to your brother!

“Kid, why are you talking to your uncle!” Yang Tianchen did not expect his own nephew to be so sarcastic and sarcastic, and was about to use the method of an elder to reprimand Yang Junshan, but unexpectedly, he was interrupted by a voice. Looking towards the direction of the voice, Yang Tianchen immediately retracted his words.

Senior brother Gao originally had an expression of watching a good show, but he did not expect Zhang Yueming to suddenly interrupt them, and said: “How is it, Brother Yang, do you still have energy left?”

Yang Junshan could tell that Zhang Yueming was helping him out, after all, he was the best amongst the older generation, and regardless of how reasonable it was, it was not something that he should do. Yang Junshan was also unwilling to reveal his own infamy, and after remembering this favor, he laughed: “This Cold Wind Mysterious Formation has other uses, I believe that Brother Zhang already knows about it, so this junior is somewhat impatient!”

Zhang Yueming also smiled and pointed to the two senior brothers beside him, and said: “I have yet to introduce them to brother Yang, these two are senior brother Gao and senior brother Qiu, and are usually inner sect disciples. Previously, when senior brother Qiu was injured accidentally, we were held up in this area, and now we still need to borrow Brother Yang’s strength to pass through the formation as soon as possible and reunite with the other inner sect disciples.”

Yang Junshan nodded to the two, and said: “Brother Zhang is too modest, we will pass through the array together!”

However, his two senior brothers did not have the ability for him to do so, if the two of them were not injured, they would only be able to stay in the array for the time it takes an incense stick to burn. If they did not leave during this period of time, they would be frozen into ice sculptures due to exhaustion, and Zhang Yueming did not want to abandon the two senior brothers previously, so he stayed behind the array.

Now that Yang Junshan had agreed to help, with this formation master’s guidance, as long as he could resist the power of wind chill, he could completely pass through the formation in the time it took for an incense stick to burn.

Zhang Yueming took out a jade bottle from the storage bag and poured out two grapes sized red pills. Seeing that, senior brother Gao laughed and waved his hand, then said: “Since this little brother Yang is proficient in array formations, then as long as it can be passed on in an incense’s time, brother does not need this Scarlet Sun Spirit Pill, you should give it to senior brother Qiu!”

Senior Qiu forced a smile and swallowed the elixir into his stomach. A moment later, the elixir took effect and Yang energy burst out from his body. Senior Qiu’s pale face, which was originally injured, instantly turned rosy.

Zhang Yueming placed the remaining pill back into the jade bottle, glanced at the distant Yang Tianchen whose expression changed slightly, and handed the jade bottle over to Yang Junshan: “Brother Yang, with your help, I am unable to repay you in any way, the spirit pellet in this bottle is called Scarlet Sun Spirit Pellet, it iype of pellet that I have recently refined, after entering my stomach, it will transform into a ball of Yang Qi, protecting my body for an hour in the cold wave, and now there are only three pellets left, brother Yang Xiao, please accept it!”

Yang Junshan was about to reject it when Zhang Yueming directly threw the jade bottle over to him. Yang Junshan could only take it and smiled bitterly: “It is said that this Scarlet Sun Spirit Pill requires the collection of nine types of superior yang and spirit medicine, nine types of medium yang and spirit medicine, as well as nine types of low yang and spirit medicine. In total, it is only possible to refinotal of twenty-seven types of special spirit medicines.

Zhang Yueming’s face was equally shocked as he said: “I dare not claim to bill master, I just didn’t expect Brother Yang to have such an insight into the Dao of alchemy!”

Yang Junshan laughed: “You and I do not need to flatter each other, this senior brother Qiu has already cut open the effects of the pellet, we better hurry up and enter the array!”

“Alright then!”

“Sigh, Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan, wait, uncle!”