Chapter 8: Re-ascension

  How the Gu family views Gu Chen's divorce is of no concern to him now, what he cares about most is his strength. Three years later, the Gu family's formidable enemy will have a cultivation base of Innate Ninth Layer, and he must have a strength that surpasses the Innate Ninth Layer within three years, otherwise the Gu family will be in danger, and everything will return to the development trajectory of the previous life.

  Before one's strength is sufficient, everything is just empty talk.

  Returning home, Gu Chen immediately began to refine the new Yuanling liquid. This time, he had bought enough medicinal materials and divided them into several portions. Each portion was enough for him to cultivate for three days. Although the difficulty of the fourth layer of the Post-Heaven realm was several times greater than that of the third layer, the refined spiritual medicine was enough to allow Gu Chen to advance to the fourth layer of the Post-Heaven realm.

  Light the stove, put the spiritual grass into the container one by one. Soon, a pungent fragrance wafted out. The Yuanyuan Spiritual Liquid had been successfully brewed, with a larger quantity and better quality than last time. This batch of spiritual liquid made from over 100-year-old spiritual grass was far superior to that made from decades-old spiritual essence.

  Gu Chen was about to drink the Yuanshen Liquid in one gulp, a refreshing aroma spread from his mouth, straight up to the top of his head, the smooth Yuanshen Liquid slid down his throat, incredibly delicious, like jade-like nectar.

  The Yuanling liquid entered his body, and Gu Chen's internal energy greatly increased. He felt that his whole body was filled with strength. When he arrived at the courtyard, a set of powerful Golden Fist punches came out naturally.

  As the mighty Golden Fist exercises every muscle and flesh of his body, the spiritual energy also follows Gu Chen's meridians to reach any part of his body, washing his muscles and strengthening his flesh.

  After a set of Dahui Golden Fist, Gu Chen was again drenched in sweat. The Three Layers of the Acquired Realm were such that after practicing one set of Dahui Golden Fist, he felt somewhat drained. However, this was the most effective physical training method for the Acquired Realm. Every time his body went through the rigorous training of Dahui Golden Fist, it would experience a certain degree of growth.

  With the addition of spiritual liquid's tempering, Gu Chen's body was rapidly strengthening every day.

  Now that he has the spiritual liquid, the spiritual grass and the techniques, Gu Chen spends all his time at home practicing except for meal times.

  The true energy inside the body is getting stronger and stronger, and every time a punch is thrown, it gradually produces a whooshing sound. With the experience of his past life, Gu Chen has just reached the realm of post-heavenly three layers, and he can use the power of San Shi with ease.

  An ordinary person advancing from the second layer of acquired realm to the third layer, their strength increases by a stone's weight, and it takes at least half a month to be able to use their body freely before they can continue training and make progress in their cultivation.

  Gǔ Chén obviously saved more time than others, and with the help of Líng Yè, he had many top-notch methods to improve his realm. Although he was not a genius, his strength grew much faster than those geniuses in the Gǔ family, completely out of the same league.

  Although Gu Zhen has been in seclusion at home for these days, the rumors about him in the Gu family have not stopped. He beat up the grandson of the Second Elder, Gu Yang, and fought with the grandson of the First Elder, Gu Song. In the main hall of the Gu family, in front of the Patriarch, three Elders, and many seniors, he broke off his engagement with the daughter of the Yun family's Patriarch...

  These three things, for the formerly honest and simple Gu Chen, each one can be considered earth-shattering. No one had ever thought that this normally taciturn, somewhat self-abasing, weak youth would actually be able to do such things.

  The elderly, the second elder and their families naturally hated Gu Chen so much that they were itching to teach him a lesson. Several young men even boasted that they would give Gu Chen a good scolding, but since he had been staying at home all along, they didn't dare to go to his doorstep no matter how arrogant they were.

  It's okay for kids to have some conflicts with each other, but if they take it to the doorstep, Gu Chen and his son have a special status, this is a great disrespect to the head of the Gu family. As long as Gu Xian is in the position of the patriarch, no one dares to be so unruly.

  As for the clan leader and the three elders of this ancient family, when they heard about Gu Chen's deeds, they couldn't help but reveal a few smiles on their faces. They all said that this wooden kid had finally learned his lesson, and upon learning that Gu Chen was closing himself indoors to cultivate diligently every day, they even said that he had finally opened up his mind.

  Gu Zhen never went out, so he didn't know how the Gu family people were discussing him. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. The Gu family wasn't his destination anyway. His only goal now was to quickly improve his strength as much as possible.

  He is now at the third layer of Houtian, taking the Yuanyuan Spirit Liquid, combined with the Dali Golden Fist and several superior physical training methods every day, which is already the fastest speed. Unless it reaches the later stage of Houtian seventh layer or above, the true energy inside the body has become quite dense, and can extract spiritual energy from the Ling stone, then taking Yuanyuan Spirit Liquid internally and absorbing Ling stone externally, both ways at the same time, will make his strength increase even faster.

  A few nights later, Gu Chen continued to practice in the yard, but found his father hugging a wine jar and sitting on one side, looking depressed.

  Gu Chen knew, he must have been bullied by either Da Zhanglao or Er Zhanglao again.

  "Dad, they're troubling you again?" Gu Chen walked up to Gu Cangqiong.

  "No, they're right. I'm too useless and not worthy of your mother." Gu Cang's expression was somewhat despondent, and after a pause, he said in a low tone: "I also harmed your mother."

  When Gu Chen was one year old, Gu Cangyun and Gu Youlan once returned to Gu Cangyun's birthplace, unintentionally causing a troublesome matter. At that time, Gu Cangyun was 24 years old, with cultivation reaching the seventh layer of the acquired realm, while Gu Youlan was a pre-heavenly second-layer expert.

  The cultivators of Xiantian realm can cast spells to make their flying swords fly, and the power of controlling the flying swords is unmatched. The strength of the post-heavenly realm cannot keep up at all.

  So, Gu Youlan fought with humans, and Gu Cangqiong could only watch with a one-year-old Gu Chen. That time, Gu Youlan was seriously injured and died soon after returning to the ancient house. Gu Cangqiong had been resentful about it for a long time, and the two elders often used this matter to make things difficult for Gu Cangqiong.

  Gu Chen understood that his mother was a thorn in his father's heart, and anyone who touched it would hurt him.

  "Father, why take those people's nonsense to heart? The keepsake Mother left me has four words: 'This life will not change'. Mother truly loved you, how can outsiders' gossip be tolerated?"

  "This life... unchanged, cough cough..."

  Gu Cangqiong muttered to himself, and suddenly two lines of tears flowed out. He then thought of something else, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face: "Chen Er, you are the best gift your mother left me with.I heard that you beat up Gu Yang and Gu Song, those two little bastards? Well done, you should have beaten them! Chen Er, you've finally grown up."

  Gu Chen couldn't help but smile wryly, usually when the younger generation had conflicts, Gu Cangqiong would only say that his own brothers should value harmony, but today he actually said they should fight?

  "It's okay, in the past I was always the one being beaten up, but this time it was me beating others. However, we younger generation fighting is just that, but if others heard Father say such things, it wouldn't be good. With Father's usual composure, he shouldn't be saying such things casually, looks like he really is drunk." Gu Chen thought to himself.

  "Dad, you're drunk, let me help you in to rest..."

  Gu Chen helped Gu Cangqiong up and walked towards Gu Cangqiong's room.

  Ancient Qing placed one hand on Ancient Chen's shoulder, the other holding a wine jug. He took a swig of wine and slapped Ancient Chen's shoulder loudly, exclaiming: "Good son, Dad's good son..."

  Startled by the old man's words, he thought to himself that his father was still not sober, but upon hearing these words, Gu Chen's heart felt a great warmth and he secretly said: "Father, with me, Gu Chen, around, you will never have to suffer again."

  Send Gu Cangqiong back to bed to rest, Gu Chen is thinking in his heart, whether to teach his father the superior method of Xiantian Realm, and let his cultivation rise faster.

  "His father's age is already advanced, even with a top-notch cultivation method, he won't be able to catch up with Gu Cang Yue within two years, unless... he can get his hands on some high-grade spiritual elixirs like the Dust-Washing Elixir or the Bone-Replacement Elixir. However, cultivating the Dust-Washing Elixir requires over a thousand years' worth of rare spiritual herbs and fruits: the聚精芝 (Gathering Essence Mushroom) and 元胎果 (Primordial Fruit). In Le Shui City, it's hard to find even one sprout of these herbs in 500 years, let alone over a thousand years. Who can venture deep into the Eastern Wastes to search for them?"

  "Besides, I just made up a lie about having a divine master in my dream, and teaching him the Xiantian realm's gongfa method would be too unconvincing. It's better to wait another month before teaching him, and then say it was passed down by the divine master. At this age, Father won't mind waiting another month."

  Gu Chen murmured to himself for a moment, and still decided that after passing one month, he would impart the first-rate technique of the Pre-Heaven Realm to Gu Cangyun.

  Guchen closed his door every day to cultivate, and every three days, he would practice a portion of the Congenital Spiritual Liquid. After taking five portions of the Congenital Spiritual Liquid in succession, Guchen had reached the peak of the third layer of the Post-Heavenly realm within half a month. However, he felt that there was a lump of Qi stuck in his heart that couldn't be dispersed.

  Gu Chen was overjoyed, knowing that this was the result of having already touched the next layer of barrier. He immediately circulated his Qi to break through, and compared to half a month ago, his tendons, bones, skin, and flesh had been constantly strengthened in training, with his strength now approaching four stones.

  The true energy inside Gu Chen's body had deepened several times, flowing unimpeded and already having a thick feeling. After running for several cycles, Gu Chen struck with all his might, the true energy in his body bursting out like a large snake, as if a layer of membrane was broken through, the barrier shattered, and the true energy inside his body suddenly circulated automatically without stopping.

  Gu Chen opened his eyes, feeling a surge of energy, and immediately unleashed a set of powerful Golden Fist punches. Each punch produced a whistling wind sound, with a force of four stones, breaking through to the fourth layer of post-heavenly cultivation.

  In just half a month, his cultivation grew from the second layer of the Post-Heaven to the fourth layer, entering the middle stage of the Post-Heaven realm. Although the growth from the second layer to the third layer was due to previous training, the growth from the third layer to the fourth layer was entirely due to Gu Chen's hard work and improvement over the past half month.

  Half a month later, Tian San Ceng rose to Hou Tian Si Ceng at such a speed that Le Shui Cheng's first year Qing Tian Cai Yun Xuan could only look on with admiration.

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