Chapter 8

Sun Ang didn't have much to move, but those few disciples were very eager to please, gathering and packing all sorts of miscellaneous items, carrying them on their backs.

Thus, when they walked out, each of them was carrying large and small packages, seemingly very hardworking, and Sun Ang found it secretly amusing.

The courtyard marked with the yellow character was located at the foot of the mountain, with a small river flowing in front of the door. The river water was clear, and the surrounding natural energy was very dense, which greatly pleased Sun Ang.

He thanked those few disciples, who were instantly flattered, saying they didn't dare to accept such gratitude, and asked Sun Ang to take care of them in the future. However, Sun Ang did not easily make promises.

If he made a promise, he would certainly keep it, and if someone came to seek help in the future, he would certainly do his best to assist.

After those few people left, Sun Ang sat down in the room and fell into deep thought.

According to what was said, as long as Sun Ji came out of seclusion, he would definitely reach the realm of the Seven Pulse Power—Sun Ang believed this.

Sun Ji himself had excellent talent; otherwise, he wouldn't have been valued by the ancestral land and made such rapid breakthroughs in his half-year of cultivation there.

Moreover, Sun Ji was the son of Sun Yuanshan. During his years as the clan leader, Sun Yuanshan had been unscrupulous in enriching himself, infringing on the interests of other families. The resources Sun Ji could obtain were definitely several times more than others, and dozens of times more than Sun Ang!

Since he had entered seclusion, he must have been very confident.

However, Sun Ang was not afraid. He was very confident that with the help of the Immortal Emperor's Heart Demon, even if Sun Ji had already reached the realm of the Seven Pulse Power, as long as he could advance to the peak of the Six Pulse Power, he would be enough to challenge him!

And as long as he advanced to the Seven Pulse Power, Sun Ji would surely be defeated!

The facilities in the Yellow No. 9 Courtyard were very complete. There were various training equipment in the yard, and even if they were damaged, as long as he said a word, someone would immediately replace them with new ones.

There was also a secret room sealed with a first-stage Great Multiplication Seal underground, specifically for seclusion and cultivation.

Sun Ji lived in the Yellow No. 5 Courtyard, and he must have been in seclusion in the underground secret room.

Since Sun Ang now needed to continue advancing in his realm, he did not waste time and entered the underground secret room to start cultivating.

Although it was just a first-stage Great Multiplication Seal, it had both defensive and natural energy gathering functions. Sun Ang sat cross-legged in the secret room and began to circulate the "Xuanhuang Qi Decision."

After advancing to the Six Pulse Power, his heart method vortex had expanded to a diameter of five zhang, and when it operated, it drew in large amounts of natural energy, with bubbles of natural energy coming in one after another.

The ancestral land itself was located at the foot of a mountain with very dense natural energy, and with the gathering effect of the first-stage Great Multiplication Seal, Sun Ang's cultivation here was twice as effective.

In a short while, Sun Ang's Six Pulse Power realm was further consolidated, and he was ready to advance from the middle stage to the high stage.

During the subsequent cultivation, Sun Ang gradually discovered something strange: the amount of natural energy coming from a certain direction was slightly more.

Because of the effect of the first-stage Great Multiplication Seal, this "difference" was largely concealed, and Sun Ang did not notice it at first.

After a while, he became more certain that the number of natural energy bubbles coming from that direction was not only more but also of higher quality. He consciously searched for the specific source of these natural energy bubbles.

When he finally determined it, he slowly stopped the heart method and opened his eyes, slightly surprised.

He opened the Great Multiplication Seal and walked out of the secret room. He went out and walked to the small river.

In the Seven Realms of the Dark Sea, there were no shortage of battles that tore the heavens and earth, but most places were kept in perfect condition. What was considered a "small river" in this world was actually more than a person deep, with swift-flowing water.

Sun Ang jumped into the river without hesitation.

The New Year was approaching, and the river water was icy cold. However, since Weiyuan County was in the south, it had not frozen.

He took a deep breath and walked to the bottom of the river.

However, without circulating the heart method, he did not feel anything special, so he slowly circulated the Xuanhuang Qi Decision without cultivating to avoid going into a trance.

By maintaining the heart method vortex, he could clearly feel that the natural energy bubbles in the river were much denser than in the outside air.

His curiosity was greatly aroused, and he followed the small river upstream.

After half an hour, he entered a valley. The deeper he went, the denser the natural energy became. Finally, he reached a pond, with a waterfall roaring down in front of it, and the natural energy here was the densest.

He emerged from the water, seemingly able to see countless natural energy bubbles being born and dispersing in the valley, most of which merged into the pond and flowed out with the small river.

He wiped the water off his face and was very pleased: "What a good place, I will come here to cultivate in the future."

Although the secret room was also good, the concentration of natural energy here was half as much higher than in the secret room!

Sun Ji would come out of seclusion in seven days. If he cultivated in the secret room, he could at most advance to the peak of the Six Pulse Power in seven days, but here, he was confident he could advance to the Seven Pulse Power!

However, it was too late today. Sun Ang's stomach was already rumbling with hunger, so he went to eat first.

He jumped out of the pond, and his body was surrounded by a surge of energy. A flame-like spiritual light flashed, and his clothes were quickly dried—this was a flexible application of the Fire Ox Cannon Fist's power.

...

It was noon, and a long queue formed outside the dining hall.

On the other side, there was an empty staircase leading directly to the second floor. A nimble figure suddenly leaped out from the forest hundreds of zhang away, and in a few leaps, he was already at the dining hall door.

He suddenly stopped, the transition between movement and stillness was abrupt, and he had already overcome inertia. Then he shook his clothes and walked up the second floor with a graceful manner.

"It's Sun Yi, a True Martial disciple!" The people in the queue whispered, their tone and expression filled with uncontainable envy and reverence.

Sun Ang also stood among the crowd. News in the ancestral land spread quickly, and it was already well-known that he had defeated Sun Hai and moved into the Yellow No. 9 Courtyard. However, everyone still did not have high hopes for him, for no other reason: his enemy was Sun Ji.

Sun Ji would definitely reach the Seven Pulse Power after this seclusion and become a True Martial disciple, who would be able to dine on the second floor in the future.

Even if Sun Ang suddenly had an epiphany, Sun Ji was even stronger, and he had almost no chance of turning the tide.

One after another, True Martial disciples went upstairs to dine, and the aroma of beast meat wafted over, making everyone's mouths water.

Sun Ang, standing among the crowd, drooled even more.

The rich blood and qi power of the beast meat, after being cooked, emitted an aroma that was incredibly tempting to him.

The "gluttony" among the Seven Sins and Eight Sufferings of the Immortal Emperor's Heart Demon was triggered, and he felt thousands of voices urging him: "Go up, go up, go up..."

He resisted it with great effort.

He did not yet have the qualifications to go upstairs. True Martial disciples had at least the cultivation of the Seven Pulse Power, and Sun Yi, who had just gone upstairs, had been a True Martial disciple for half a year and had at least the cultivation of the Eight Pulse Power.

If he擅自登楼, he would be seen as a challenge to all True Martial disciples and would certainly be attacked by them. Although Sun Ang was confident, he knew he was not a match for a True Martial disciple at the moment.

Fortunately, this torment finally came to an end. A fat cook came out of the dining hall and knocked on an empty basin with a large spoon: "Time's up, get ready—start!"

The disciples rushed into the dining hall with a buzz.

No matter how many ordinary disciples there were in the ancestral land, there were always only 300 seats in the dining hall. Those who did not get a seat would have to go hungry.

If a disciple from a wealthy family could buy food from the dining hall chef with jade coins at an extremely high price.

Poor disciples could only eat some ordinary food.

Although the food on the first floor was far inferior to that on the second floor, it still included some beast meat, spiritual vegetables, and spiritual fruits, cooked according to certain recipes, which was very beneficial for cultivation.

Sun Ang mixed in with the crowd, jostling each other. There were 460 ordinary disciples in this session, which meant that 160 of them would not have seats.

Therefore, everyone rushed forward, trying to grab a seat first.

Of course, even if they grabbed a seat, they might still be challenged and pulled off the chair.

Looking at the faces of those who were excited, nervous, and even somewhat eager and fierce, Sun Ang felt as if he saw the faces representing various negative emotions in the Immortal Emperor's Heart Demon...

It was as if someone was striking a heavenly drum in his ear, *bang*—

He entered another wondrous realm.

The ancestral land taught a basic body technique called "Blue Fish Transformation," which was a second-stage body technique below the Nine Pulse Realm. It was said that the strong person who created this body technique, after witnessing a nimble blue fish weaving through a large school of silver fish by a large lake, secluded himself for three months and finally understood this body technique.

However, the previous Sun Ang had always found it difficult to grasp the essence of this body technique, so his body technique had always been very ordinary.

But today, Sun Ang saw a "path" in the crowded crowd. He almost without thinking, swam along this path.

By chance, he instantly completely grasped the essence of the "Blue Fish Transformation."

*Slap!* He arrived last but was the first to sit down in a seat.

The disciples who had originally rushed ahead of Sun Ang were stunned, all wondering: How did this kid get through?

Every time they had a meal, they had to go through such a struggle, so they were already very experienced. While rushing forward, they also raised their arms to block the path of those coming from behind.

If Sun Ang had used his strong cultivation of the Six Pulse Power to charge through and push everyone aside to get to the front, that would have been normal.

But this kid had slipped through like a fish, without touching anyone.

This seemed almost impossible to them, as the area was crowded with people.

However, after they were stunned for a moment, the people behind rushed forward, leaving them no time to think. No one dared to challenge Sun Ang throughout the process.

He sat quietly there, silently reflecting on the insights he had gained in that moment.

(To be continued, third update)