Chapter 33: Chen Fu's Disciple Tiger Year Seeks Recommendation

  "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year in advance. May you have great luck in the year of the tiger! Tonight at 12am, I'll be rushing to the charts, please support me with your recommendation votes!"

  In a quiet room deep within the Chen family's grand mansion, a middle-aged man dressed in black with an extremely pale complexion sat cross-legged within a spell formation made up of thousands of ordinary spirit stones.

  Within the Spirit Array, the spiritual energy is abundant, and it's slightly better than the Spiritual Mountain Blessed Land. The effect of the Spirit Gathering Array is also similar, but although the array is simple to set up, the consumption of spirit stones is not something that ordinary cultivators can bear. A thousand pieces of low-grade spirit stones can only sustain the array for a month or so, and this kind of consumption is really not something that a cultivator like him, who is at the sixth heaven of the Human Realm, can afford.

  After completing the nine cycles of the Great Heavenly Circulation, the black-clad man concluded his practice and stood up. His gaze swept over the spiritual stones around him that had almost been depleted of their spiritual energy, and a hint of a pleased smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  "Who would have thought that these ordinary secular families are so wealthy, if I had left that hopeless sect earlier, I might have been able to cultivate even stronger powers by now."

  As a third-generation disciple of Ming Guang Zong, Zhang Yu has always been a prominent figure among the younger generation within the sect. At the age of 28, he achieved the initial stage of the Sixth Heaven of Human Rank, an accomplishment that is unprecedented in thousands of years within the extremely marginalized Ming Guang Sect.

  At the same time, Zhang Yu was also indignant for himself as a talented person who was reduced to serving the insignificant and declining Ming Guang Sect. In his opinion, if it weren't for the sect's decline, with his talent, he would have achieved much more than this.

  One year ago, Zhang Yu broke through to the sixth heaven boundary of the Human Realm, using the excuse of entering the world for training, and resolutely abandoned the Bright Light Sect that had led him onto the path of cultivating the truth. Moreover, before leaving, he secretly took away the sect's treasure that had been passed down for thousands of years.

  "Tomorrow, I'll find someone to exchange a batch of spirit stones with. Continuing to cultivate in the Spirit Gathering Array, I believe that within another month, I'll be able to break through the bottleneck of the Seventh Heaven of the Human Realm..."

  With a hum, Zhang Yu took out an egg-shaped object about the size of a fist from his waist storage bag. The object was entirely crimson and had a flowing light floating on its surface.

  "It was during the early days of Ming Guang Zong that it had a glorious period, and in the Taoist lineage, it also had some weight. This 'Dà Rì Míng Guāng Wán' (Great Sun Bright Light Pill) played a crucial role at that time. However, after the failure of Ming Guang Zong's ancestor to ascend to heaven, resulting in his physical and spiritual destruction, the 'Dà Rì Míng Guāng Wán' lost its former power and became a strange egg. Despite this, the successive leaders of Ming Guang Zong still revered it as a treasured artifact. I've had this object for years, but I still haven't grasped its profound mysteries, which is really frustrating!"

  After playing with the "Dai Ri Ming Guang Wan" for a while, Zhang Yu put it back into his storage bag and walked out of the quiet room, heading towards the outhouse not far away, which was Chen's family's pleasure place.

  To win over Zhang Yu, a guest minister with divine skills, the Chen family spared no expense in providing him with spiritual stones for his cultivation and even spent a large sum of money to find more than ten beautiful women with unique characteristics to serve him, entertain him, and cater to his every need, offering him an experience rivaling that of an emperor.

  However, Zhang Yu's ability was indeed worth the Chen family's investment. Last time, the Chen family escorted the birthday gift for the current Taishi to the Wanhe Mountain Range, which was infested with monsters, and was robbed thousands of miles away. Zhang Yu only used one day and night to retrieve the birthday gift.

  Moreover, he brought back a fifth-stage demon beast that had been killed, with a body as big as a small mountain. Such strength was truly shocking to the Chen family, and their subsequent fawning and flattery were even more vigorous.

  But just as Zhang Yu was indulging in the side room, the Chen family's mansion gate was suddenly blown open by a powerful force, and the heavy red copper door, weighing over 1,000 catties, flew horizontally more than ten zhangs away like a broken wooden board.

  The open gate of the mansion, a young man in green clothes walked in slowly, his eyebrows and eyes cold as frost, even in early autumn, around the young man ten feet away, it was like the severe cold of winter.

  "What kind of reckless thing is this, daring to trespass on the Chen family's estate..."

  "Take it down quickly, no matter what."

  The Chen family guards rushed out, able to take on the role of protecting the garden in Qingzhou Chen's mansion. The kung fu in their hands was undoubtedly authentic. In just a few breaths, thirty or forty young martial artists with steel knives had already surrounded them from within the mansion.

  "Call out Chen Yunde to see me."

  The young man's expression was as calm and indifferent as ever, casually throwing out a sentence that the Chen Youyong in his mouth was the current head of the Chen family.

  "Cut him down!"

  It was unclear which guardian had charged forward first, probably wanting to take the lead and get a reward. Unfortunately, before he could even get close to the young man's side, he was struck by an irresistible force that sent him flying over ten zhang away. The remaining momentum was still not exhausted, and it even smashed into a fake mountain, sending stone chips flying everywhere. It looked like he had already exhaled more than he inhaled.

  The reason for this scene was due to a young man's casual and careless flick of his sleeve.

  As the young man's fingers slightly moved, dozens of golden electric snakes shot out, and a series of "ding-dang" sounds rang out. By the time the garden guards reacted, they couldn't help but turn pale. The thick-backed knives in their hands, made of fine steel, were all broken at the handle.

  Many of the Daxuan Temple's monks had entered the world to gain experience, and even ordinary people would occasionally catch a glimpse of their divine powers. As for the Chen family, they were already serving a "Xianzhang" with extraordinary abilities. The guards at the estate were used to taking advantage of situations to loot and plunder, and even if they encountered someone who was proficient in martial arts, they still had some strength to fight back. But facing this young man who had now revealed his divine powers, who would dare to harbor any thoughts of fighting?

  The head of the garden was a shrewd person, and he quietly pulled over one of his men, instructing him in a voice that only the two could hear: "Quickly go invite Zhang Xianchang to come..."

  Chu Lin's ears and eyes were extremely sharp, within a radius of several meters, even the sound of mosquitoes flying and flies landing could be heard clearly. The words of the garden guard naturally couldn't escape his ears, but he didn't have any intention to stop him, letting that garden guard run away afterwards.

  "Hmph, Zhang Xianchang, I suppose you're the cultivator Chen Jia mentioned, who's been helping him. Let's take care of you first, then we'll settle the score with Chen Jia."

  When the thought arose, Chu Linfeng didn't say much. At the moment when the true yuan force was urging and drumming, the green shirt moved automatically without wind. The six-layered heavenly cultivation was fully revealed under the spiritual pressure. A group of garden guards surrounding him fell to the ground one after another, struggling for half a day and unable to get up.

  At the same time, there was no need for the gardener who rushed to report the news to go to Zhang Yu's place, as he had already sensed the huge spiritual pressure surging in front of Chen's mansion through his divine consciousness.

  "Could it be that someone from the sect has found out I'm here and sent people to capture me?"

  Zhang Yu was slightly startled in his heart, but then denied this possibility, because he had clearly sensed that the cultivation strength of the newcomer was only comparable to his own, both being at the sixth heaven boundary of the mortal stage.

  "If it's really someone from the same school, there's no way they would only send one person who can't even overpower me..."

  Having ruled out that possibility, Zhang Yu felt at ease. As a disciple of Ming Guangzong's focused cultivation, with his rare golden fire dual attribute spiritual body among cultivators, he was also in the realm of Human Stage Six Heaven. However, his combat power far surpassed ordinary Human Stage Six Heaven cultivators, not to mention after this year of secluded meditation in the Spirit Gathering Array, consuming over ten thousand ordinary spirit stones, Zhang Yu had now reached the peak of Human Stage Six Heaven. In his view, even if he were to fight against an ordinary Human Stage Seven Heaven cultivator, he would have an eighty percent chance of winning.

  "I really don't know how Chen Youde offended such a powerful enemy, but never mind, I'll take care of this trouble for you today. Afterwards, however, you'll have to pay me back handsomely..."

  Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, then his figure flashed through the air and charged towards the front mansion with a fierce momentum.

  "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year in advance. May you have great luck in the year of the tiger! Tonight at 12am, I'll be rushing to the charts, please support me with your recommendation votes!"