Chapter 51: Li Hesong's Collapse

  "It's impossible to force enlightenment during the non-refining period... Is it because my cultivation is too low that I can't enter that painted world again?" Only after understanding the meaning of those words did Xǔ Yú feel a sense of sudden realization, but he became even more suspicious of this Treading Emptiness Technique. This secret manual was indeed very strange.

  Since everything except the first two pages couldn't be merged, Xǔ Yú suppressed his thoughts once again and flipped back to the second page.

  The goal is just this one move, and with three portions of spiritual energy, it should be about right.

  Once again entering the world of painting, he also merged a mouthful of spiritual energy without hesitation. Then, looking at that virtual human shadow, he once again displayed that magical ability to walk in the mountains and valleys, as if shrinking the distance to inches.

  As the spiritual energy merged this time, he had a glimpse of insight in his heart when he fully accepted the other's ability. It seemed that after the other merged with the surrounding environment, the entire mountain had become his body, and the person had become just a thread of thought within his body.

  A person's thoughts, on their own, think of where to go and will wander there, that's why they possess such a terrifying ability, at will, shrinking the earth to an inch...

  "Huh? This time, this spiritual energy, the support time has actually increased again?" With an inexplicable sense of enlightenment, Xu Yu suddenly let out another cry of surprise. This time, the fusion had already exceeded three or four seconds, but the spiritual energy showed no signs of weakening, which immediately left him stunned, and then he became wildly excited.

  He didn't know that at this time, on his real body, he was still making similar movements, but because of the previous one, he had already exhausted the spiritual energy within a radius of thousands of meters. After leaving his body, he couldn't stir up other heavenly and earthly spiritual energies, so he strangely shrank back in.

  But even if he didn't know, Xu Yu was still filled with joy and fully immersed himself in the fusion.

  Until a good while later, from the painting world, after being attacked by that illusory shadow and falling out twice, Xu Yu finally thoroughly grasped the second form. Afterwards, he silently sighed and lightly closed Treading Void Decision, then went to check his body's energy value again.

  "This time, it was really what made his face change color, 'Only 15 energy left? No wonder I always feel tired, originally my energy was not 20...' "

  He was stunned for a moment, but it was also impossible to think about how the 5 energies were lost. Xǔ Yú finally shook his head and chuckled, then stepped out of the villa.

  Very soon, after walking out of the room, Lin Yan and his three sons had already arrived at the door of the villa. They were all bright-eyed and eager to welcome him. With an excited look on their faces, they turned to Xu Yu, "Mr. Xu, you really... have successfully cultivated the Treading Void Decision?"

  "Huh?" Upon hearing this, Xu Yu was momentarily stunned. How did Lin Yan know that he had successfully cultivated?

  "Mr. Xu, was the earthquake at my house just now caused by you?" Amidst Xu Yu's astonishment, Lin Zhong also suddenly spoke up, his face full of shock and incredulity. The person in front of him had given him too great a shock. As someone from the martial arts world, even if he didn't understand cultivation, he knew that in today's society, a person's power was limited no matter how they cultivated it. For example, his father, his younger brother.

  But unexpectedly, the person in front of him could actually trigger an earthquake during his cultivation. Such a guy, if not taken care of carefully, what if one day he gets provoked and becomes a huge disaster in today's society? From the perspective of being the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, Lin Zhongze suddenly realized that he seemed to have to give Xu Yu extremely high attention.

  "Earthquake?!" Yu Xun was still puzzled by Lin Yan's previous words, but this sentence from Lin Zhong left him stunned again.

  "Haha, sir didn't know, and it's not strange either. In the midst of wholehearted cultivation and comprehension, one wouldn't pay much attention to external things, which is normal. Just now, the heavenly energy in the surrounding area was gathered by sir, and then triggered an earthquake. However, outside the Lin family's range, everything was calm and peaceful. This can only be explained by the successful deployment of Treading on Emptiness, otherwise it would be inexplicable. Congratulations to sir!" Seeing Xu Yu's astonishment, Lin Yan smiled lightly again and began to explain, but although his smile seemed carefree, his heart was actually very unpeaceful.

  How did this guy manage to do it? In such a short period of time, he actually succeeded in cultivating and grasped the essence of the Void Step?

  Even in the midst of the forest, although no words were spoken, his eyes still held an uncontainable shock.

  A few words, thoroughly stunned Xu Yu, and then even more directly enlightened.

  No wonder, when he merged the Void Step, his spiritual energy consumption speed suddenly increased strangely. No wonder that after he repeatedly entered the painting world, his own vitality value also mysteriously lost 5 points.

  He actually succeeded in casting it!

  He's actually able to use this in modern society, which means that the second move he just grasped can also be used? Even though each step consumes a portion of spiritual energy and 1 point of vitality, the power it possesses is truly breathtaking.

  What was once just a fantasy has now become reality, and he really possesses such a terrifying ability. Xǔ Yú also became excited for a moment.

  However, just at this moment, a sudden and abrupt ringtone suddenly came from Xuyu's body, which made everyone who was excited wake up and look straight at Xuyu.

  "Hehe, sorry, I'll get this call." Upon hearing the ringtone, Xǔ Yú first took out his phone to take a look, and upon discovering that the caller was an unfamiliar number, he slightly furrowed his brow before turning to Lín Jiā fù zǐ.

  Soon, after the phone was connected, a slightly tense voice came from the other end, "May I ask if it's Mr. Xu? I'm Li Hesong, we met last night at Zhang Yan's birthday party."

  "Really? It's me." As soon as he heard this, Xu Yu was stunned. Li He Song, that guy who deliberately found someone to humiliate him yesterday, why would he suddenly call him?

  "It's like this, Mr. Xu, at noon today, I originally wanted to invite Miss Zhang to a banquet at Ding Sheng to apologize to you, but unexpectedly, I encountered a drunkard who was taking liberties with Miss Zhang and seemed to have some strength..." As soon as Xu Yu finished speaking, Li He Song's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became bitter, and he hastily began to explain, but it could be heard that while explaining these things, the person on the other end was trembling.

  In fact, it was indeed so, Li Hesheng, who was in his prime, really had the heart to die at this time.

  Yesterday, after seeing the true energy of Xu Yu, even the big shots he usually tries to curry favor with were somewhat wary and cautious around him. He knew he was in trouble. With his opponent's energy, it would be easy to make him unable to stand firm in Linzhou. And yet, he had actually provoked such a formidable guy, just thinking about it made him feel chills down his spine.

  So after going back yesterday, Li Hesong almost didn't sleep well all night and kept thinking about how to make up for it. Should he directly invite Xu Yu to a banquet and apologize to the other party? He did think about it, but was afraid that Xu Yu wouldn't even bother with him.

  So in the end, he decided to start with Zhang Yan. This kind of thing is better done quickly, so at noon, he put aside his identity and invited Zhang Yan and He Ling to the same private room as yesterday to apologize.

  Of course, his reason for inviting the other party was not explicitly stated. After all, he was afraid that Zhang Yan would also refuse, so at first, he just used work as an excuse to invite a few people to go, and only later thought of setting everything straight during the banquet, hoping to resolve the grudge with Xu Yu through Zhang Yan's mouth.

  But unexpectedly, he also encountered a disaster. While eating, a drunk man who had walked into the wrong room suddenly appeared and, upon seeing Zhang Yan, was overcome with lust and wanted to take action. This immediately scared Li He Song so much that his courage failed him, and he hastily joined forces with Mo Biao and others to intervene. However, the opponent actually called over a group of people, and it turned out that no one within Ding Sheng dared to provoke them.

  Li Heshong was almost in tears at this time. If Zhang Yan were to suffer a great loss now, he knew what the consequences would be for himself even if he thought about it with his buttocks. That's why he hastily made time to call Xu Yu for help.

  As he listened to the brief account, Xu Yu's face completely darkened.