Volume 3 Huashan Xiaoao Chapter 14: Destiny is in your hands!
At this time, Linghu Chong worshipped Su Yan almost as if he were a god. He no longer had any doubts about his words and immediately went to the place Su Yan mentioned.
However, when he arrived at the place, Linghu Chong didn't find any treasure.
At this time, Su Yan's emotions fluctuated because he saw a pool of water.
"Could this pool of water be the waterway leading to the Tomb of the Living Dead? I just don't know if I can dive in now."
Thinking this in his mind, he immediately said to Linghu Chong: "You can swim, right? Dive into the pool and try it out."
Linghu Chong responded and jumped directly into the pool, diving into the depths.
The pool was surrounded by rocks, about two or three feet in diameter and seven or eight feet deep. Linghu Chong quickly dived to the bottom.
But when Su Yan swept his spiritual sense along the way, he found that there was no place that looked like the "Dragon Breaking Stone" mechanism.
In addition, he found a group of strange fish at the bottom of the pond - the longest of these strange fish was only an inch long, transparent throughout, without bones, eyes or whiskers, and they were not afraid of people.
Just at this moment, he noticed that Linghu Chong's lips began to turn white and blue, and he was about to swim upwards.
Su Yan's mind moved, and he immediately said, "Catch this fish."
Although Linghu Chong had reached his limit, these fish were stupid and it was still no problem for him to catch one.
After catching the fish and getting on shore, Linghu Chong shivered and said, "Grandmaster, the bottom of this pond is too cold. I'm almost frozen to death."
After saying this, he prepared to use his energy to drive away the cold.
Su Yan said, "Wait a minute, eat the fish and then try again."
"This fish...could it be that treasure?" Linghu Chong suddenly realized.
Su Yan said: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a boneless ice carp. It is said that eating it can not only replenish your true energy, but also improve your ability to resist the cold."
Linghu Chong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately asked, "So your disciple is just going to eat it raw?"
"Yes, raw."
After receiving Su Yan's affirmative answer, Linghu Chong swallowed the boneless ice carp in one gulp without hesitation.
After eating, he first felt a cool sensation going straight into his abdomen, and then a heat emerged from the cool sensation and quickly spread to his limbs and bones. Then, the true energy in his meridians began to increase significantly.
At this time, Su Yan reminded: "Why don't you practice quickly?!"
Linghu Chong immediately sat down cross-legged and circulated his Qi to practice martial arts .
What he practiced was not Zixia Gong, but Hunyuan Gong which all inner disciples of Huashan could practice.
This is an authentic Taoist practice. It is very stable to practice and there is no worry of going astray, but progress is also slow.
Linghu Chong was considered to have very good aptitude, but after practicing for fifteen or sixteen years, he had only opened two of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, which was only the fifth level of the acquired realm.
At his current speed of cultivation, if he follows the routine step by step and if there are no other adventures, it will take at least three or four years to open up another meridian.
If you want to open up half of the eight extraordinary meridians and enter the sixth level of the acquired realm, it will take at least seven or eight years.
But at this moment, when Linghu Chong practiced, he felt that the speed at which his true energy increased was at least a hundred times faster than usual!
He knew that the opportunity was rare, so he put aside all distractions and concentrated on practicing.
Su Yan took this opportunity to check Linghu Chong's qualifications.
Name: Linghu Chong;
Age: 26 years old
Root bone: 9;
Insight: 11;
Fortune:?
Talent: Destiny! (As the protagonist of a world, he is protected by destiny in the plot timeline.)
This was not the first time that Su Yan had explored Linghu Chong's qualifications, but every time he did so, he couldn't help but take a closer look at the talent of "Heaven's Destiny".
He understood the meaning of the world's protagonist and the plot timeline in the simulator's interpretation language , but he was not clear about what "protected by destiny" specifically meant.
Does this mean that Linghu Chong is blessed by God and will not die within the plot timeline?
He couldn't possibly let Linghu Chong risk his life just to verify his guess, right?
However, Linghu Chong is now a member of the Huashan Sect, and his powerful talent is a good thing for the Huashan Sect.
In addition, through the qualification investigation, Su Yan also confirmed another thing - in the world of the heavens, he found that disciples with special talents in "this sect" would not increase their achievement values.
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By the time Linghu Chong finished his training, the sun had already set.
He said happily: "Grandmaster, this boneless ice carp has saved my disciple at least two or three years of hard work. If I get another one, I will definitely be able to open up the third meridian!"
Su Yan, however, poured a basin of cold water on him, "This boneless ice carp is also a kind of natural treasure, but most of these rare items have a great effect the first time they are taken, and the effect becomes weak afterwards.
In addition, you may not have noticed that after you caught one of those stupid-looking ice carps, the rest of them jumped to the bottom of the pool.
This cold pond is not stagnant water, but is connected to underground springs through cracks in the mountain rocks. Those ice carps are probably swimming back into the underground springs.
As for how long it will take for them to forget what happened and swim back to the bottom of the pool, it’s hard to say.”
Linghu Chong was filled with regret after hearing this. He slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, if I had known this would happen, I should have caught a few more. I'll give one to Master and Madam, one to Junior Sister, and one to Grand Master Feng. If there are any more, I might as well give them to the Sword Sect members as a gift. After all, they are my elders as well."
Su Yan couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, "This kind of natural treasure is only encountered by ordinary people, and it would be a great blessing to eat one.
You are so greedy. It is not enough for you to eat it yourself, and you want to give one to each of your relatives and friends. How can such a good thing happen in the world?
However, since I know that there are ice carp in this cold pond, there will always be a chance to catch them again in the future."
Linghu Chong stood up and said, "No, I have to go down and take a look. Maybe the fish have forgotten and have already returned."
Su Yan did not stop Linghu Chong and allowed him to go down into the cold pond again.
As a result, the bottom of the cold pond was empty, and there was no trace of the group of ice carp.
After landing, Su Yan said to Linghu Chong, "Quickly circulate your Qi to dry your clothes, and then go to Chongyang Palace to stay overnight before dark. We will explore a certain place in Chongyang Palace tonight, there may be treasures there."
Linghu Chong couldn't help but say, "Grandmaster, this isn't a good idea. If there are treasures in Chongyang Palace, they belong to someone else."
Su Yan said: "This Chongyang Palace was built by the Quanzhen Sect back then. Although it has been renovated, how do you know that the treasures left in it are not from the Quanzhen Sect back then?
Nowadays, these Taoists are just using the name of Quanzhen Sect and are no longer people in the martial arts world. The real martial arts heritage of Quanzhen Sect is in our Huashan Sect.
If this treasure was left behind by the Quanzhen Sect, shouldn't we take it back?"
"This..." Linghu Chong didn't know what to say.
The master's words sounded reasonable at first, but he always felt that something was wrong.
However, he did not go against Su Yan's wishes and stayed overnight in Chongyang Palace before dark.
The Taoists in Chongyang Palace are very welcome because Chongyang Palace already has accommodation services, and they are quite high-end. As long as you pay enough money, you can become their distinguished guest.
After having another Taoist health-preserving meal in the evening, Linghu Chong then sat cross-legged on the bed in the guest room to practice martial arts. He did not open his eyes until midnight.
Then he quietly left the room and sneaked towards Tianyi Pavilion of Chongyang Palace...
