Chapter 339: Integrating into the Tribe

Yan was efficient and found a stone house for Su Chen and Sun Wukong within the tribe.

The stone house was of Wu Clan specifications, very tall, making Su Chen and Sun Wukong appear exceptionally short inside.

The furnishings inside were simple, with only two huge stone beds.

"You can stay here, it's a bit crude." Yan scratched his head. "We of the Wu Clan don't fuss over these things."

"It's quite good." Su Chen patted the stone bed.

On the second day after settling in, Su Chen and Sun Wukong integrated into the daily life of the Hou Tu tribe.

The life of the Wu Clan was extremely simple: hunting, practicing, eating, and sleeping.

Every morning, under the fire pillar in the center of the tribe, hundreds of Wu Clan warriors lined up to practice combat techniques.

Their cultivation method was very simple: direct sparring between two people.

Two Wu Clan warriors would stand in the arena, without weapons, relying purely on fists and feet, fighting until one side fell to the ground.

Sun Wukong watched for half an hour on the first day and couldn't sit still.

"Come, come, let me try too."

He jumped into the arena, directly activated *Dharma Heaven and Earth* to enlarge his body, and beckoned to Yan.

Yan saw Sun Wukong beckoning to him, entered the arena, and pounded his chest with a fist: "Come!"

The two made their move.

Yan's fist came down with the force of a collapsing mountain; Sun Wukong dodged sideways and kicked Yan's knee.

Yan's figure lowered, and Sun Wukong flipped up, striking Yan's shoulder with his elbow.

Yan groaned in pain, grabbed Sun Wukong's arm with his five fingers, and threw him hard.

Sun Wukong was thrown flying, flipped in mid-air, landed steadily, and grinned.

"Interesting! Again!"

The surrounding Wu Clan warriors formed a circle; at first, they were still somewhat scrutinizing, but seeing Sun Wukong not retreating but advancing after taking a hit, and becoming more excited the more he fought, the expressions of many changed.

The Wu Clan had always respected strong warriors.

After fighting Yan, Sun Wukong fought Tunba, and after fighting Tunba, other Wu Clan warriors also came up to spar.

He did not use magic power or any other divine abilities besides *Dharma Heaven and Earth*, purely using the physical body of the Lingming Stone Monkey to compete.

There were quite a few Great Luo Jinxian level warriors among the Wu Clan; although Sun Wukong was powerful, he was not using his strong magic power, so he had both wins and losses in the battles.

The training ground was very lively.

Su Chen did not participate in the sparring.

He sat cross-legged in the stone house, his eyes slightly closed.

On Mount Wuzhi, Pangu pressure permeated at all times.

For others, this pressure was a suppression, but for Su Chen, this was an excellent opportunity to comprehend the *Thirty-Six Axes of the Heavenly Gang* and further break through the upper limit of this cultivation technique.

Gradually, Su Chen gained something; that feeling was very strange.

His spine was like a resonant string, producing an extremely faint synchronization with the entire Mount Wuzhi.

Su Chen's physical cultivation had already completed seven transformations, all thirty-six axe techniques had been mastered, and the thirty-six had merged into one, comprehending the Heaven-Opening True Intent.

His physical body had stepped into the Great Luo Jinxian realm; this was the upper limit of the *Thirty-Six Axes of the Heavenly Gang* technique. If he wanted to go further, he had to break the shackles of this technique and walk his own path.

He had been stuck at this step for a long time.

However, on Mount Wuzhi, with the help of Pangu pressure, he gradually found the direction.

Pangu's spine transformed into the Heavenly Pillar of Mount Wuzhi, and that eternal power permeated from the mountain, vast, desolate, and indescribable.

Su Chen's Heaven-Opening True Intent began to change under the infiltration of this power.

It was not a sudden enlightenment, but a slow, continuous transformation.

The Qi and blood in his body grew every day.

The margin was not large, but over time, he could clearly feel his physical body beginning to grow stronger again, his tendons and bones tougher, his Qi and blood more abundant, and the dark-gold luster on his skin becoming more solid.

This was his physical strength beginning to climb again after a long stagnation.

At the same time, the Primordial heaven and earth, which had not yet suffered great changes, made the laws of heaven and earth easier to comprehend, which benefited Su Chen's Jin Dan Dao greatly.

The Five Elements laws that needed to be painstakingly comprehended during the Journey to the West period became much clearer here.

The purity of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the completeness of the laws were far beyond the era he was in.

Su Chen's Jin Dan circulated slowly, the power of the Five Elements waxing and waning, and he faintly had new insights.

Days passed one by one.

Sun Wukong practiced combat techniques with the Wu Clan warriors during the day and practiced his *Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Technique* at night; his gains were no less than Su Chen's.

This evening, the training ground finished its drills.

Sun Wukong took out a dozen jars of Monkey Wine from his storage magic treasure and placed them on the ground.

"Come, come, I'll treat everyone to a drink!"

Yan approached, picked up a jar, sniffed it, and his eyes instantly lit up.

"What is this? Such a strange smell!"

"Monkey Wine, a specialty of my Flower-Fruit Mountain." Sun Wukong popped the mud seal and took a large gulp.

Yan imitated him, picking up the jar and pouring it into his mouth.

As the Monkey Wine went down his throat, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened.

"Good stuff!"

The news spread, and more than twenty Wu Clan warriors gathered around.

Tunba squeezed to the front and snatched a jar.

The Monkey Wine was strong, but the Wu Clan's constitution was even fiercer; after one jar, Yan's face didn't change, and he pounded his chest, asking for a second jar.

Sun Wukong was amused: "Drinking with me?"

The two went jar for jar, and by the fifth jar, Yan's tongue began to tie.

"Brother Sun, this stuff of yours is amazing..."

"Hahaha, you're not bad yourself, good drinking capacity." Sun Wukong patted Yan on the shoulder.

The surrounding Wu Clan warriors were swaying, and some were already lying on the ground snoring.

Tunba leaned against a stone pillar, looking at Sun Wukong with drunken, blurry eyes, and suddenly grinned.

"You demon... you're alright."

Sun Wukong tilted his head to look at him: "Just alright?"

"Hiccup... you're pretty good." Tunba let out a drunken hiccup. "Much better than those demons in the sky; that bunch of demons are arrogant all day long, only knowing how to show off in the sky."

The bonfire reflected one drunken face after another, and laughter spread far into the night.

Inside the stone house, Su Chen opened his eyes.

He heard the noise outside, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and then he closed his eyes again.

The Jin Dan circulated slowly in his body, the power of the Five Elements flowing endlessly.

Su Chen was immersed in the comprehension of the laws of heaven and earth, and abnormal fluctuations began to appear in the spiritual energy around him.

The air in the stone house became heavy.

Five rays of light of different colors emerged from Su Chen's skin—gold, wood, water, fire, earth; the manifestation of the Five Elements laws appeared.

The five-colored light intertwined and rotated, forming a slowly rotating Five Elements array in the stone house.

The array was not deliberately set up by Su Chen, but a spontaneous response of the laws of heaven and earth after his comprehension of the Five Elements laws reached a critical point.

The ground outside the stone house began to tremble.

The flames on the bonfire pillar in the center of the tribe suddenly shot up three feet, then pressed down again.

The Five Elements phenomenon covered a small half of the Hou Tu tribe.

The Wu Clan warriors who were drinking heartily woke up more than half, looking up and around one after another.

Sun Wukong put down the wine jar and looked toward the stone house, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes.

Little Brother has had another breakthrough.

And deeper in the tribe, in Houyi's stone hall, the Great Wu with the black bow on his back opened his eyes.

He sensed the fluctuations of the Five Elements laws, his gaze passing through layers of stone walls and landing in the direction of the stone house where Su Chen was.

"Five Elements laws appearing simultaneously..." Houyi muttered to himself, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes.

The phenomenon lasted for about half an hour before slowly dissipating.

Su Chen finished his practice, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes and vanished.

A small gain.

In the following days, Su Chen's practice entered an extremely regular state.

Borrowing Pangu pressure to comprehend a new path for physical cultivation, while also comprehending the Five Elements of the Jin Dan.

His physical body and immortal cultivation were both climbing steadily; although there was still a distance to a true breakthrough, the direction was already clear.

Without realizing it, Su Chen and Sun Wukong had been in the Hou Tu tribe for an unknown amount of time.

This day, Su Chen was meditating in the stone house, his internal Qi and blood resonating with Pangu pressure; it was a critical moment in his practice.

Suddenly.

"Woo..."

A desolate and distant horn sound came from afar, piercing through the clouds and shaking heaven and earth.

The horn sound contained an ancient and vast power; Su Chen's practice rhythm was interrupted, and he opened his eyes.

He heard the entire tribe boiling over.

All the Wu Clan warriors rushed out from everywhere, pounding their chests in unison, emitting a uniform roar.

The door of the stone house was smashed open.

Yan rushed in, followed by Sun Wukong.

Yan was full of excitement, very agitated.

"Brother Su, the Ancestral Wu has returned from the Pangu Hall!" ===== CHAPTER 340 =====