novelraw Chapter 42 – Where is the way?
Chapter 42 – Where is the way?
Yang Guanfeng finished speaking and bowed three times to Chen Yang before leaving the ancestral hall.
After he left, Chen Yang felt his mind was in turmoil for a long time, unable to calm down.
"Embarking on the Great Dao... is it?"
He silently repeated Yang Guanfeng's last words in his heart.
These words struck directly at his core, prompting Chen Yang to truly start examining himself in this world.
In the Secret Realm, he had no choice but to lie there quietly.
But ever since Yang Guanfeng and Elder Yu brought him out of the Secret Realm, his fate became intertwined with the Yang Clan.
This intersection deepened after several crises, until the day of the Bloodburn Spirit Sacrifice, when the Yang Clan treated him as a treasure of the clan, and Chen Yang felt that sense of connection he had as a human in his past life.
Simply put, a bond was formed between them.
As a result, Chen Yang was no longer just a stone basking in the sun and sleeping every day.
To the Yang Clan, he was like a guardian deity; to Chen Yang himself, it felt like a responsibility and a mission.
At least, that's what he had always thought.
But on this night, after listening to Yang Guanfeng's words, Chen Yang found himself unable to sleep.
Since his transmigration, he had always slept whenever he wanted, with excellent sleep quality, but this night, he just couldn't fall asleep.
"The Great Dao is emotionless... is that so?"
A thought emerged, and Chen Yang wondered what choice he should make if it ever came to that point.
Was what Yang Guanfeng said the fundamental principle for standing in this world?
After thinking for half the night, Chen Yang rejected this notion.
"The Great Dao is neither emotional nor emotionless; the Great Dao is simply the Great Dao!"
If ultimately abandoning the Yang Clan and fleeing was the destined end, something he couldn't even accept or convince himself of, how could it be worthy of the name "Dao"?
"But... what exactly is my Dao?"
Unable to figure it out, Chen Yang began to reminisce, chewing over everything that had happened since his transmigration, hoping to find an answer.
"A gambler fighting against fate, the clan finally produced a few promising seedlings, and for the future of the Yang Clan, regardless of the danger, I must take a gamble..."
"In future cultivation, you must not slack off in the slightest, you must be diligent and hardworking, do not let the clan leader's efforts go to waste..."
"The road to the Yang Clan's prosperity is about to begin, I, Yang Lingrui, will be the sharpest blade of the clan! If anyone dares to block, I will kill! If ghosts come to disturb, I will cut them down..."
"Afterward, I entrust you three to guard the Strange Stone, taking turns, continuously nurturing it with spiritual power until it completes its advancement..."
"Good treasure, I know your power, if any demonic beasts come, you must, must alert us..."
"Today's Bloodburn Spirit Sacrifice, repaying the Spirit Stone Immortal's kindness is not even one ten-thousandth, truly ashamed, from now on, the Yang Clan's descendants must do so every year to be at peace..."
"The Spirit Stone Immortal has labored hard, the Yang Clan is endlessly grateful..."
"The Spirit Stone Immortal's powers are boundless, I thank you on behalf of Wu Tong..."
"If a great disaster truly befalls, please do not be burdened by the Yang Clan, just pursue the Great Dao!"
Until the next day's sunlight shone into Pine Mountain, Chen Yang's heart seemed to be suddenly illuminated.
"So that's how it is... that's how it is!"
Chen Yang felt a sense of enlightenment, as if a veil had been lifted!
The white space that was just short of a bit of spiritual power to be filled suddenly expanded.
In an instant, Chen Yang seemed to effortlessly cross that threshold, even skipping the step of falling asleep, smoothly reaching the Late Qi Condensation stage.
"So this is the feeling of enlightenment? Truly marvelous, indescribable."
Feeling the changes within himself, Chen Yang couldn't help but exclaim.
"Good old Yang, you planned this all along, didn't you!"
"Where is the Dao, where is the Dao, far away in the sky, right in front of my eyes!"
The doubts in Chen Yang's heart had long since vanished, and his state of mind unknowingly ascended another level.
Choices?
Why make such foolish choices that lead to endless calamity?
It's not that complicated, I'll just use the Yang Clan to prove my Dao!
Having figured this out, Chen Yang felt a sense of vastness and joy.
"Old Yang, take care."
He looked toward the east where the sun was rising, thinking to himself.
Before dawn, Yang Guanfeng had already headed to the Eastern Frontier of the Dynasty with Han Wang, and all the Yang Clan cultivators, including Wu Tong, had bid him farewell.
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Everyone hoped and believed that Yang Guanfeng would return home soon.
But only Chen Yang knew that last night's conversation might truly have been his last meeting with Yang Guanfeng.
Whether those words last night were intentional or unintentional by Yang Guanfeng, Chen Yang could no longer know.
However, at this point, with his heart's knot untied, the truth no longer mattered.
After seeing Yang Guanfeng off, Elder Yu returned to the ancestral hall with Yang Lingrui and Yang Lingqing, holding a piece of blue-green jade.
After the three paid their respects to Chen Yang, Elder Yu presented the jade, placing it beside Chen Yang.
"This is an unexpected treasure of our clan, of the same stone attribute as the Spirit Stone Immortal, the clan leader specially instructed before leaving for the Spirit Stone Immortal to take a look."
With that, Elder Yu stepped back.
Chen Yang looked at the small jade stone beside him and released his consciousness.
"Wait, this feeling!"
The moment his consciousness touched the jade, he suddenly felt a stirring in his heart.
It was a long-lost sensory excitement!
"Fragrant! So fragrant!"
"Brother, you smell so good!"
The fragrance emanating from the jade directly aroused a hunger in Chen Yang that had been absent for over twenty years.
He eagerly extended his consciousness, circulating his spiritual power to draw the jade over.
At this point, Chen Yang hadn't realized that he could now use his spiritual power to move objects from a distance.
The three members of the Yang Clan were also taken aback by this movement, as it was the first time they had seen the Spirit Stone Immortal react so strongly.
"Elder Ancestor, this is..."
"Shh! Silence, the Spirit Stone Immortal is performing a technique, do not speak."
Yang Lingqing and Yang Lingrui immediately fell silent, quietly watching as the jade adhered to Chen Yang and was gradually absorbed into his body.
Once the jade was fully absorbed, Chen Yang's entire body emitted a blue-green glow.
The glow flickered for a moment before gradually contracting, eventually becoming a blue-green pattern on Chen Yang's body.
"Delicious, burp~"
In his consciousness space, Chen Yang let out a satisfied burp.
After swallowing the jade, his cultivation level increased significantly, and the white space that had been empty after his breakthrough was now filled by two-tenths.
Theoretically, if he could swallow four more treasures of the same quality as this jade, Chen Yang could break through again, reaching Perfected Qi Condensation.
But practically, this was not feasible in the short term, because after swallowing the jade, his hunger disappeared completely, replaced by a sleepy fullness, making it impossible to eat anything else.
He would need a long time to digest before he could consume again.
Previously in Zhang Chen's possession, this jade exhibited five abilities, but unfortunately, it was not a true Spiritual Treasure, but a consumable item, so Chen Yang couldn't inherit those abilities.
Having advanced to Late Qi Condensation, he could now manipulate spiritual power to move objects from a distance, and his control over his consciousness had also improved.
"Sleepy, sleepy, can't hold on..."
After eating the jade, Chen Yang sent a thought to the three before succumbing to the fullness and falling asleep.