Chapter 285: The Heaviness of Life, Only the Will Can Perceive!

Time passed slowly.

Chen Yan practiced for a full twenty hours.

Now, it was already the afternoon of the second day.

"Many thanks, Elder Chi."

Chen Yan stood up and bowed respectfully to the old man on the sofa opposite.

Although Elder Chi was somewhat exhausted, there was still a look of bewilderment between his brows.

Chen Yan had achieved entry-level mastery.

In less than a day and a night, he had learned a Grade A Earth-Vein martial technique to the entry level.

No stopping, no eating, even skipping the time to take a nap.

Ruthless.

Elder Chi stood up.

Snap.

"My old back," he groaned with a grimace.

Chen Yan was about to help him.

"Don't, you sit down, you sit!" Elder Chi hurriedly whispered sharply:

"Young man, you're injured, do you know that? One of your shoulders is still shattered."

Chen Yan bowed again.

Elder Chi's expression shifted, and he shook his head.

Why bother?

If an ordinary person wasted my time like this, I would tear them a new one.

But seeing you like this, I can't bring myself to do it.

"Rest well and heal, you have the college entrance exam tomorrow!" Elder Chi urged him twice more, then left the room.

Chen Yan sat down.

The power in his whole body vibrated, shaking off the blood spots and grime from his body.

【Saint-Breaking Tree (Level 6): 352/500】

Ten 【Skill】 fruits!

Added to Chen Yan's ceaseless comprehension using the Word Realm.

He had successfully practiced the 【Great Transformation Creation Art】 to the entry level.

Chen Yan waved one hand, and his Qi and blood surged.

The Qi and blood condensed, transforming into a cyan Black Tortoise divine beast, sitting majestically.

Its form was like a mountain, the patterns on its back shell ancient and mysterious.

The cyan scales flickered with a cold, eerie light, as if they were forged from the essence of stars.

Screech!

A low, deep beast roar rang out.

The Black Tortoise divine beast slightly raised its head, its demeanor solemn and grave.

This was the manifestation of 【Youlan】!

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Yan's mouth.

The 【Great Transformation Creation Art】 not only allowed him to learn how to imitate 【Youlan】, but even many things in the future could be imitated.

This was absolutely a huge harvest.

It could be called Elder Chi's exclusive secret art.

Chen Yan felt endless gratitude that Elder Chi was willing to pass the 【Great Transformation Creation Art】 to him.

Chen Yan walked out the door, had an attendant bring bandages, and wrapped them himself.

Afterward, Chen Yan checked the map near Xiaoyang City.

He found Wen Xin's lounge and knocked to enter.

Chen Yu was about to speak, concerned about Chen Yan's injuries.

"Come with me."

Chen Yan said.

Chen Yu opened her mouth, then hurriedly put on her mask and followed Chen Yan as he left.

Chen Yan left the Tianbei Boxing Tournament.

In the office, Elder Chi watched Chen Yan's departure via surveillance.

"This kid!"

He cursed under his breath.

Chen Yan was too driven.

But Chen Yan was not a stone; he could see that the young man had ambition in his heart.

What exactly was that ambition, that it could make him disregard himself and always move forward?

"Brother, where are you taking me?"

High in the air, Chen Yu spoke.

Chen Yan remained silent the whole way.

The Tianbei Boxing Tournament had one advantage: the location where a boxer exited was not fixed.

Sometimes the exit led directly to the wilderness outside Xiaoyang City, so there was no fear of being followed by experts.

Chen Yan took off his mask and signaled for Chen Yu to take off hers as well.

Afterward, they walked into a secluded forest.

The autumn forest slowly unfolded under the brushstrokes of time.

The colorful leaves drifted down like yellow silk.

It was deep and secluded all around.

This was the dense forest outside Xiaoyang City.

Like the Green Mountains, the more deserted the place, the more ancient beasts would appear, and ancient divine beasts existed there as well.

Chen Yan moved extremely fast, activating his Word Realm to sense malice in the surroundings.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm, black light representing elemental energy and red light representing blood-Qi energy appeared from time to time.

But they were all very faint, not worth Chen Yan's time to explore for treasures.

He was already heavily injured, but bringing Chen Yu here was for his own purpose.

"Brother..." Chen Yu spoke up again from behind:

"You have the college entrance exam tomorrow, and you're still injured..."

Chen Yu's eyes flickered; at fifteen years old, she already possessed the beauty of a fair maiden, looking pitiful and lovely.

Inside the consciousness world, the woman in the red dress remained silent.

She could not understand this young man.

"Xiaoyu."

Chen Yan spoke:

"The college entrance exam is not important."

Chen Yu's expression trembled slightly.

"A college entrance exam or a Third-Rank General Star Medal, to me, might not be as important as one thousand yuan."

Chen Yan's voice fell, and Chen Yu was full of confusion.

What kind of one thousand yuan?

Could it be more powerful than a Third-Rank General Star?

Chen Yan just quietly stepped through the void:

"My younger sister has great aptitude, and I am very happy."

Chen Yan took a deep breath:

"But sometimes, being strong is not just about blindly striving upward; to be strong, one needs to see more and understand more."

All along, his younger sister and his father had been the most important things in his life.

His sister was about to enter the Martial Dao, and her natural talent was extremely strong.

But talent can make a person strong, yet it cannot make a person's heart strong.

Since his sister wanted to walk this path.

He had to tell her some things eventually.

This was more important than the college entrance exam.

Chen Yan smiled:

"But there are some things I think I need to teach you."

He suddenly stood still above the void, his eyes looking down at a natural cavern below.

"Teach me what?" Chen Yu asked.

The next moment.

High above in the sky.

The young man's body arched slightly, his right hand raised, clenching into a fist.

Boom!

Terrifying golden light exploded from his fist, and light orbs wrapped in array patterns gathered around Chen Yan's body.

Terrifying, powerful!

【Void-Breaking - Saint-Explosion】!

Chen Yan's body trembled, and sharp pain struck; his injuries were preventing him from unleashing his full strength.

"Brother!"

Chen Yu called out in worry; after being heavily injured, he shouldn't be unleashing his strength like this.

Doesn't it hurt?

Chen Yan, however, had a calm expression: "Xiaoyu."

"Hmm?" the fifteen-year-old girl asked blankly.

"The weight of life can only be glimpsed by the will!"

A clear, resonant voice rang out.

Chen Yan punched downward.

Five light orbs were wrapped in violent golden light, instantly crashing down toward the cavern on the earth.

Boom!

The light and flames exploded, and a hideous flower of death suddenly bloomed.

Countless fragments of stone mixed with soil splashed out like scattering pearls.

The earth could not bear the weight of this violent impact and collapsed sharply.

The earth for three thousand meters around was ruthlessly torn apart.

Dust filled the air, blotting out the sky and sun.

Screech!

A sharp, shrill cry rang out.

A pitch-black tentacle hidden within the cavern lunged out in an instant.

It had been blasted out by Chen Yan, and it erupted with malice immediately.

A powerful illusion instantly enveloped Chen Yu.

A Pure Evil Ancient God-Beast!

"Brother!!!"

Chen Yu screamed sharply; within the illusion, she saw her older brother's physical body being torn apart, blood splashing everywhere, feeling incomparable despair.

But the next moment.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

The illusion shattered; Chen Yan gripped that pitch-black tentacle with one hand and threw a left punch.

Boom!

This Third-Order Ancient God-Beast was instantly blasted to pieces.

Chen Yu's small face was deathly pale, as if she had just escaped from an ice cave, breathing in terror.

Immediately following, she looked downward.

Deep within the shattered cavern, a pile of white bones was stacked up, and blood flowed like a river.

There were even the heads of children, their eyes wide open in death.

Chen Yu's face turned deathly pale.

"Xiaoyu, this is the path of Martial Dao!"

Chen Yan's expression was calm as he continued to step forward:

"Do you see? These children were the same age as you; your journey has been smooth sailing, but life only happens once."

"In the eyes of others, I am incredibly arrogant, but I have always been someone who wants to strive to live on."

"You knew full well that Qingshan Xue might be an extremely powerful expert, yet you still went up to the stage; if that Qingshan Xue had not been me, but someone who truly viewed living beings as insects, what would you have done?"

He wanted to use all of this to teach his younger sister.

The true Martial Dao.

The true world.

The true will.

Even though he had not rested for a long time, even though he was heavily injured, and even though he still had the college entrance exam tomorrow.

But to Chen Yan, this was the most important thing.

He only had one younger sister.

This was something that the woman in the red dress would never know.

And the young Lord of Will knew it perfectly well.

Chen Yu's face was deathly pale; she stepped through the void and grabbed Chen Yan's sleeve.

Just like when she was a child.

"If I wanted to survive, I could naturally take you and Dad to a place where no one would disturb us.

But I chose this; this is my ambition.

And you..."

Chen Yan looked at his younger sister with doting eyes:

"I hope that on the path of Martial Dao, I have my sister's company; I hope you can become truly strong."

You are, after all, the sister of the Lord of Will.

Chen Yu nodded obediently.

Boom!

Chen Yan threw another punch; the earth cracked, and the forest snapped.

His heart was stirred; he saw his sister's weakness, and he saw the demise of living beings who could have become Will-Bearers on the path of Martial Dao.

Screech!

A sharp, shrill cry rang out.

Boom!

A punch exploded out, and the Ancient God-Beast perished.

This was an Array-Condensing Ancient God-Beast; Chen Yan plucked out an eyeball and gave it to his sister.

Behind him, tears streamed from Chen Yu's eyes.

She suddenly understood why her older brother had always been so strong.

"Brother, let's go back."

She said with a sobbing tone.

"What are you crying for?" Chen Yan said calmly:

"Xiaoyu, having a sister like you makes me very gratified and very proud."

Chen Yan smiled.

He was truly very proud.

Therefore, he had to do what he was supposed to do.

He had to tell his sister that some things cannot be obtained just by working hard at cultivation.

When others harm you, you cannot say why they would harm you.

The strength of will is absolutely not about charging forward regardless of everything.

The first thing to understand about the strength of will is the recognition of one's own life.

…………

Boom, boom, boom!!!

On this day, the wilderness outside Xiaoyang City shook; someone was slaughtering Ancient Divine Beasts.

This tremor was discovered by people.

Inside the military camp stationed in the wilderness.

"Who is it!"

"Report, Ancient Divine Beast codenamed Thirty-Five has been eliminated by someone."

"Report, Ancient Divine Beast codenamed Forty-Seven has been eliminated by someone."

"Who is it, so strong; the other party finished in one hour what takes us a week!"

"Go check quickly!"

"It's Chen Yan, Chen Yan, Third-Rank General Star, Fushan General Star!"

"He... isn't he seriously injured?"

"He is injured, he's wearing bandages!"

"I saw it, Fushan General Star helped the Thirteenth Detachment annihilate Ancient Divine Beast codenamed Thirty-Four!"

Successive exclamations rang out.

The entire military camp was shocked.

A military man with a scar on his face listened to the reports one by one with rapid breathing, and the next moment his gaze turned fierce:

"Keep it confidential, all of you keep it confidential for me, and all of you go line up to contemplate at the Heart-Questioning Stele!"

The scarred soldier's eyes were wide open; he was truly shocked.

Even a Third-Rank General Star couldn't possibly slaughter Ancient Divine Beasts like this.

Moreover, Chen Yan was clearly seriously injured.

He still has the college entrance exam tomorrow!

"Damn it, what the hell is going on!"

He growled low, then ran toward the desk phone.

…………

"Do you still refuse now?"

In the Military Martial Guard, Zong Heng looked at Zhu Lili and spoke indifferently.

Inside the office, the red-haired woman sitting on the sofa had her breathing tremble:

"I..."

She didn't know what to say.

She hadn't expected Chen Yan to be this stunning.

Lowering her head, Zhu Lili clenched her fists tightly.

Zong Heng had previously proposed that she team up with Chen Yan.

She had refused a full two times.

Clang.

The door was opened.

A middle-aged man wearing a military uniform, also with a head of red hair, walked into the room.

"Dad."

Zhu Lili stood up and said in surprise:

"Why did you come?"

The red-haired man's expression was full of seriousness, and he barked:

"Selfish!"

Zhu Lili's expression trembled.

"You disappoint me!" The man named Zhu Yan breathed deeply:

"Do you know that Chen Yan is an enemy of the Luo Chen?"

"I know..." Zhu Lili lowered her head.

"Do you know that Yu Changsheng is a disciple of Chen Changyuan?"

"I know..."

"Do you know that Chen Yan is your teammate?" Zhu Yan's gaze became increasingly murderous.

Zhu Lili's breathing trembled.

"Do you know that what Chen Yan did in the assessment space saved the Military Martial Guard and also saved you?" Zhu Yan looked at Zhu Lili full of disappointment:

"He saved you, he is your teammate, why can't you help him?"

Zhu Lili's body stiffened.

"Department Head Zong Heng gave you an order, not a request, and besides, this isn't a matter of orders or not!"

Zhu Yan's eyes were cold:

"This is a question of character!"

Zhu Lili's face turned deathly pale.

"Old Zhu, you've gone too far."

To the side, Zong Heng spoke up.

Zhu Yan had indeed gone too far; Zhu Lili's problem wasn't that big.

"I haven't!" Zhu Yan barked:

"Being powerful is one thing, being a person is another; my daughter, I will teach her myself!"

Zong Heng pursed his lips.

Fine.

He had been startled.

It was also at this moment.

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound of the landline phone rang out.

Zong Heng hurried to answer the phone, simultaneously manifesting Qi and blood to shroud himself and the landline.

After all, the matters inside the landline might be something only he could hear.

"What is it?"

Zong Heng asked.

On the other side of the room.

Zhu Yan was still scolding Zhu Lili, and Zhu Lili lowered her head, tears about to drip from the eyes of the proud Third-Rank General Star.

"I am very disappointed; Zong Heng asked you to be the captain of the General Star faction, but you are truly not suited for it."

He was a soldier, and his daughter was a General Star.

But in his eyes, his daughter could not yet be called a soldier.

"Old Zhu!"

To the side, Zong Heng spoke up, withdrawing his Qi and blood barrier, his expression dazed.

"If it weren't for Chen Yan, how do you think things would have developed inside the assessment space?"

"Others lack counter-reconnaissance abilities, why do you lack them too?"

Zhu Yan sighed softly.

"Old Zhu!" Zong Heng spoke again.

"I am teaching my daughter, stay out of it!" Zhu Yan barked.

Zong Heng was completely speechless.

"Team up with Chen Yan, did you hear me?" Zhu Yan said.

Tears flowed from Zhu Lili's eyes, and she pouted.

She had originally intended to agree to team up.

But her father's arrival made her disappointed.

"Did you hear me!" Zhu Yan barked again.

"Old Zhu!" Zong Heng cursed under his breath.

Zhu Yan ignored him, only looking at his daughter:

"I heard you..."

Boom!

A sonic boom of Qi and blood rang out.

Zhu Lili and Zhu Yan were seized by this surge of Qi and blood, instantly flying into the high sky.

"Minister Zong, you..." Zhu Yan was at a loss for words.

"I've been calling you for ages!" Zong Heng shouted:

"Why aren't you guarding the Fifteenth Suburban District, why are you here at my place?"

Zhu Lili bit her lip, not speaking.

Zhu Yan's face twitched:

"No, you called me..."

Zong Heng was startled and hurriedly shouted:

"If you don't guard it, the Ancient God Beasts over in the Fifteenth District are going to be killed off by someone!"

Zhu Yan was startled:

"Who?"

"Chen Yan." Zong Heng said with shock.

To the side, Zhu Lili's eyes widened.