Chapter 88: Opening the Lunhai Realm

After leaving Liu Suifeng’s residence, Chen Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.

The Town Martial Hall was even more complex than he had imagined.

In the original plot, the collapse of the Town Martial Hall was ostensibly because Chao Hongtu obtained an ancient treasure containing the secret of immortality, which attracted surrounding forces and the imperial court to fight over it.

That turmoil completely shattered the Town Martial Hall from within. Chao Hongtu died, and other forces also suffered heavy losses—truly a lose-lose situation.

However, some key figures were missing. For example, Liu Suifeng did not appear in the original plot, as if he had vanished midway.

But in reality, this Heavenly Calculator was secretly scheming and had considerable power at his disposal. It’s just unclear why he never showed up in the end.

Currently, everyone in the Town Martial Hall harbors their own schemes.

Chao Hongtu should have already obtained that treasure and is now deeply engrossed in studying it, thus neglecting the affairs of the Town Martial Hall.

Feng Wushang is insatiably greedy, focused solely on amassing wealth.

The other three hall masters have shadows of other forces behind them, scheming against each other and undermining the Foundation of the Town Martial Hall.

Liu Suifeng, who disappeared without a trace in the original plot, is wholeheartedly trying to preserve the Town Martial Hall.

Chen Yuan chose to join the Town Martial Hall through Liu Suifeng’s path because, in the original plot, Liu Suifeng had few ties to other forces, making it convenient for Chen Yuan to act freely.

Now it seems that while Liu Suifeng has no ties to other forces, he himself is no simple figure.

However, Chen Yuan’s choice was half right. At least Liu Suifeng is truly generous, directly giving him a Heaven-Grade Cultivation Technique.

The phrase ‘clear rewards and punishments’ is something Liu Suifeng applies much better than Chao Hongtu.

After reuniting with Feng Wushang, Chen Yuan and he immediately rushed back to the White Tiger Hall on horseback.

Because the Blood God Cult’s involvement was too significant, even the usually lazy Feng Wushang dared not slack off now.

Upon returning to Linyuan City, Chen Yuan’s first priority was to go into seclusion for cultivation.

He had reported the news about the Blood God Cult and received his reward. He had no intention of exerting himself further to search for the Blood God Cult.

Moreover, it was unlikely that any more Blood God Cult members would appear around Linyuan City.

The Blood God Cult had already dispersed and infiltrated Ning Province, adopting an elite strategy. In Linyuan City, only Gu Hongyuan was among the four families’ patrons.

Now that Gu Hongyuan had been killed by Chen Yuan, other Martial Artists of the Blood God Cult, under the Town Martial Hall’s search, would surely prioritize hiding their traces over avenging Gu Hongyuan. Thus, Linyuan City was relatively safe for now.

So after returning to Linyuan City, Chen Yuan merely had Lu Wenxing and his son lead people in a show of patrolling the city, pretending to be busy, while he himself went into seclusion to break through.

After annihilating the Sun Family and the Yang Family, Chen Yuan harvested a large batch of Medicinal Pills and unprocessed Spirit Medicines, plus a bottle of three revolutions profound origin pills obtained from the Main Hall.

Adding these together, Chen Yuan estimated that he should have enough confidence to use these external aids to open the Lunhai Realm.

Opening the Lunhai Realm is different from breaking through the first three realms—it requires undergoing a life-and-death tribulation.

If one fails to open the Lunhai Realm, the consequences range from severe damage to the Dantian and shattered Meridians, becoming a cripple for life, to outright losing one’s life.

Chen Yuan needed sufficient strength as a Foundation to seize the original version of the Blood Scripture from the Blood God Cult.

If he could successfully open the Lunhai Realm during this seclusion, his chances of seizing the Blood Scripture would undoubtedly be greater.

Entering the seclusion chamber, Chen Yuan placed a large number of Medicinal Pills and unprocessed Spirit Medicines before him and began devouring and digesting them voraciously.

Thick waves of True Qi heat surged around Chen Yuan. Just after absorbing a portion into his body, he swallowed more pills and Spirit Medicines, quickly refining them. The heat instantly enveloped his entire body.

Originally, Chen Yuan seized the Inner Landscape Divine Art only to suppress the Blood Fiend Force.

Now Chen Yuan realized that the Inner Landscape Divine Art truly lived up to its reputation as a top-tier secret technique of the ancient Daoist sects, having miraculous effects in aiding cultivation.

Ordinary Martial Artists, if they consumed pills and Spirit Medicines as voraciously as Chen Yuan, would absolutely not be able to digest them so quickly.

Moreover, consuming too much would cause medicinal power to accumulate in the body, affecting the flow of Internal Energy.

But because Chen Yuan had the Inner Landscape Divine Art to control his Physical Body, as soon as the medicinal power entered his body, he would observe his inner landscape, precisely dispersing it to every part of his body, digesting it with extreme speed.

In just three days, he had completely consumed all the pills and Spirit Medicines accumulated by the Sun and Yang families over two hundred years.

The power Chen Yuan had accumulated was now strong enough—for other Martial Artists, it would almost guarantee a 100% success rate in opening the Lunhai Realm. But for Chen Yuan, it still wasn’t enough.

There were ten pills in that bottle of three revolutions profound origin pills. Chen Yuan swallowed all ten at once. Instantly, a vast surge of medicinal power spread throughout his limbs and bones.

The three revolutions profound origin pill is named ‘three revolutions’ because its medicinal power releases in three waves, each stronger than the last, making it most suitable for Breakthroughs.

The moment the first wave of medicinal power erupted, Chen Yuan immediately channeled all his Internal Energy into his Dantian.

The Dantian is the Qi Sea, the abode of life, where the heart’s fire and kidney’s water meet, the Dragon and Tiger converge, governing the balance of Yin and Yang, and the location of the life-and-death barrier.

Powerful force surged into it. Chen Yuan focused his mind, compressing his Internal Energy and True Qi with all his might, letting it tear open a space within the Dantian.

This space expanded from small to large. Boundless True Qi flowed into it, forming a small vortex like the Tai Chi Yin-Yang fish, constantly rotating and simultaneously expanding the Lunhai Realm.

Chen Yuan had accumulated so much power, but as the Lunhai vortex gradually formed, this power was also exhausted.

But then the second wave of medicinal power instantly surged in. The vortex spun rapidly again, and the Lunhai Realm expanded once more.

When the third wave of medicinal power arrived, Chen Yuan’s Lunhai Realm had almost expanded to the limit of his Dantian before finally stopping.

The Lunhai Realm had been achieved!

Chen Yuan let out a long sigh of relief and began to inspect his Dantian internally.

In others’ Lunhai Realms, Internal Energy and True Qi form a rotating vortex. But in Chen Yuan’s Lunhai Realm at this moment, it was like a storm—the Internal Energy vortex was vast, surging, and fiercely violent.

With such immense Lunhai power, Chen Yuan’s explosive strength was more than ten times greater than during the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Against ordinary Lunhai Realm Martial Artists like Wei Jisheng, who lack profound legacies, Chen Yuan could now easily kill them without even needing to unleash the Blood Fiend Force.

After stepping into the Lunhai Realm, Chen Yuan did not immediately leave seclusion. Instead, he spent another five days familiarizing himself with his newfound power.

During these five days, Chen Yuan also practiced the Six-Syllable Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche, achieving initial mastery.

This supreme Buddhist mantra is not recited verbally but uses pure Buddhist True Qi to vibrate the Void Realm, producing supreme Sanskrit sounds that manifest the power of the mantra.

This mantra is bright and vast, suppressing evil, breaking demons, and removing obstacles. It uses supreme great bright power to suppress the six paths, with infinite might.

The difficulty of cultivating the Six-Syllable Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche even rivals that of the Inner Landscape Divine Art.

When using it, not a single mantra character can be wrong, or the mantra’s power cannot be unleashed.

But the problem is that vibrating the Void Realm with Buddhist True Qi to produce specific Sanskrit sounds is inherently difficult. To string them together into a mantra is even harder than carving flowers on a grain of rice.

Moreover, its consumption of Internal Energy is extremely astonishing. Each time Buddhist True Qi vibrates the Void Realm, it is equivalent to releasing True Qi externally.

If Chen Yuan hadn’t stepped into the Lunhai Realm, even he would find this level of consumption somewhat taxing.

Pushing open the door and walking out of the seclusion chamber, Lu Li was actually standing guard with his sword not far away.

“Sir, have you left seclusion?”

Lu Li hurried over. Sensing the even more vast and surging aura on Chen Yuan now, his face immediately lit up with joy.

“Congratulations on your Breakthrough, sir!”

He was already Chen Yuan’s staunch loyalist. The stronger his master’s strength, the brighter his own future naturally became.

“Have you been guarding here all these days?”

Lu Li nodded: “My father said so. He said there’s nothing happening in the city anyway, and patrolling is just for show. It’s better to guard the door for you, sir, to prevent anyone from disturbing you.”

“Most importantly, as soon as you leave seclusion, you’ll see me, and naturally, your favor toward me will greatly increase.”

At that moment, Lu Wenxing also rushed over. Hearing his son’s words, his face turned green.

Had this kid’s head been squeezed by a door? Why did he say everything out loud?

Chen Yuan glanced at Lu Wenxing, then at Lu Li, and said with a half-smile, “Then why did you tell the truth?”

Lu Li scratched his head and smiled sheepishly: “Because I think you’re a smart person, sir. Playing petty tricks might work with others, but with a smart person like you, it would only backfire.”

Chen Yuan laughed heartily, patted Lu Li on the shoulder, and said to Lu Wenxing, “Your son has more potential than you. He’s also more astute in his actions.”

Lu Wenxing smiled awkwardly, then glared fiercely at Lu Li.

Lu Li glared back defiantly, simultaneously flashing a triumphant smile at his father.

Old man, let me teach you a lesson—this lesson is called sincerity!

Lu Wenxing didn’t continue to argue with his son. Instead, he held a stack of letters and said, “Sir, during your seclusion, Inspectors and Garrison Commanders from other prefectural cities have been searching for traces of the Blood God Cult and actually found many clues.”

“However, the Blood God Cult and local Jianghu forces are too deeply hidden. Sometimes, even if they catch a tail, they are immediately shaken off.”

“And this time, the Blood God Cult has indeed changed its tactics. The number of Disciples is small, but each is an elite expert with exceptionally powerful combat strength.”

“In recent days, they even injured one Inspector and killed three Garrison Commanders.”

“Moreover, these three Garrison Commanders were all killed by the same person. According to intelligence, that person should be the Blood God Cult’s Saint of this generation, Feng Xieyun!”

“Since you, sir, have killed members of the Blood God Cult and have experience dealing with them, the hall master specifically wants you to take action this time, to support them and track down the Blood God Cult’s demons.”

Hearing the name Feng Xieyun, a glint immediately appeared in Chen Yuan’s eyes.

“Have Yu Dong stationed in Linyuan City. Old Lu, you and the other captains, along with Lu Li, will come with me to track down the Blood God Cult’s demons.”

Yu Dong had nearly had his arm crippled by Gu Hongyuan and hadn’t fully recovered yet, so it was fitting for him to guard the base.

Lu Li was overjoyed and bowed to Chen Yuan: “Thank you, sir!”

He was only a first-class White Tiger Guard. By bringing him along, Chen Yuan was essentially letting him tag along for merit.