Chapter 42

"Boom!"

A massive amount of information instantly surged into Li Chengqian's mind.

Those golden characters seemed to possess life, evolving infinite mysteries in his sea of consciousness.

There were methods for tempering the physical body and expanding the meridians.

There were techniques for breathing and circulating blood.

There were even secret arts for condensing the spirit and tempering the will.

It was broad, profound, and incomparably mysterious!

Li Chengqian felt as if his head was about to be blown apart by this massive information flow.

He groaned, his face instantly turning pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans constantly seeped from his forehead.

Su Chen looked at him, a trace of approval flashing in his eyes.

This "Martial Dao True Interpretation," although created on the spur of the moment based on his own learning, was a martial arts cultivation method suitable for mortals.

But it contained his understanding of martial Dao and that overbearing will derived from the wood-chopping axe.

Its profoundness had already far exceeded the scope of ordinary martial arts.

An ordinary person, if forcibly infused like this, would likely faint on the spot and probably sleep for two or three days before waking up.

Yet this Li Chengqian had actually endured it.

Although he looked extremely painful, his eyes always maintained a trace of clarity, his teeth were clenched, and he did not let out a single groan.

This willpower was truly terrifying!

"Guard your heart and mind, hold to the original unity! I will help you!"

Su Chen shouted in a low voice and extended his finger, pointing at Li Chengqian's brow.

A pure and gentle immortal essence slowly flowed into Li Chengqian's body.

Time passed bit by bit.

I don't know how long it had been before Li Chengqian's face, which had been twisted by pain, gradually relaxed.

His tightly closed eyes slowly opened.

"Hoo—"

Li Chengqian exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

That turbid air was actually gray-black in color and carried a fishy stench.

This was the impurities and turbid air he had accumulated in his body for many years.

Under the washing of Su Chen's pure immortal essence, it had been expelled from his body all at once.

He felt better than ever before.

His whole body was filled with inexhaustible power.

His five senses had also become exceptionally sharp, and he could even clearly hear the sound of dew dripping from the leaves outside the temple.

He lowered his head to look at his hands and squeezed them hard.

"Crack!"

A crisp explosion actually came from the air.

"Is this power?"

Li Chengqian felt the surging power in his body, his eyes filled with shock and ecstasy.

He looked at Su Chen again, his eyes filled with endless gratitude and reverence.

He knelt on the ground with a "thud" and kowtowed three times respectfully to Su Chen.

Every kowtow was extremely solid.

"Student Li Chengqian thanks the teacher for the kindness of rebirth!"

"Get up."

Su Chen calmly accepted these three bows.

His kindness in passing on the Dharma was comparable to rebirth.

He could afford these three bows.

He helped Li Chengqian up, looked at his face, which was flushed with excitement, and exhorted: "This 'Martial Dao True Interpretation' is a method for mortals to strengthen themselves; it must not be passed on to those who are not firm in will and do not possess great righteousness. In the future, you must practice it well and use it wisely; do not disgrace it."

"Student will strictly follow the teacher's instructions!" Li Chengqian nodded solemnly.

"Hmm." Su Chen nodded, looked up at the sky, and said, "It's getting late, and I should be on my way."

His destination for this trip was the Divine Continent of Dongsheng.

He had already been delayed here for a night, and it was time to go.

"Is the teacher leaving already?" Li Chengqian asked upon hearing this, a look of reluctance appearing on his face. "The teacher's great kindness, the student has yet to repay..."

"Our fate has ended; there is no need to mention repayment," Su Chen waved his hand. "If you really want to repay me, then remember what you said today and create a true peaceful and prosperous age for the common people of the world."

After saying this, he did not linger and turned to walk out of the temple.

"Teacher!" Li Chengqian hurriedly chased after him. "The student still doesn't know where the teacher lives or your honorable name?"

Su Chen's footsteps paused slightly.

He looked back at Li Chengqian, a look of detachment appearing on his face.

"Just a hermit in the mountains; if we are fated, we will meet again."

As his words fell, his figure, in Li Chengqian's shocked gaze, transformed into a green rainbow, shot into the sky, and disappeared into the horizon in an instant.

Li Chengqian stood blankly in place, looking up at the empty sky, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

After a long while, he withdrew his gaze and bowed deeply once more in the direction Su Chen had left.

"Student respectfully sends off the teacher!"

Su Chen rode the cloud and left, his heart filled with emotion.

He hadn't expected that just by meeting by chance, he would impulsively give this youth an opportunity.

"I wonder if this is a blessing or a curse."

He shook his head and cast this distracting thought to the back of his mind.

Since he had already done it, there was nothing to regret.

Now, he just wanted to reach Huaguo Mountain as quickly as possible to see that monkey.

But at this moment, the Heavenly Secret Tianji Baojian appeared.

【Detected host behavior that has caused a significant impact on the human fortune of the Journey to the West world.】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining 100 Heavenly Secret Points.】

【Current Heavenly Secret Points: 150.】

Su Chen floated in mid-air, looking at the glaring "150" on the Heavenly Secret Tianji Baojian.

This happiness came too suddenly!

He hadn't expected that a momentary impulse to pass on a martial arts cultivation method could also obtain Heavenly Secret Points.

After all, this only changed the karma of the mortal world and had little to do with the main storyline of Journey to the West, where gods and Buddhas flew everywhere.

"Caused a significant impact on human fortune..."

Su Chen chewed on these words repeatedly, gradually gaining a trace of enlightenment in his heart.

He seemed to have discovered a broad road to earning Heavenly Secret Points.

Before, his thinking had always been limited to the plot of Journey to the West itself.

Thinking about interfering with Sun Wukong's havoc in Heaven or participating in the eighty-one tribulations on Tang Seng's journey to the west.

These things were indeed of great karma, but the risks were equally great.

If he were not careful, he might be targeted by those great powers of the Three Realms.

By then, let alone earning Heavenly Secret Points, whether he could keep his life would be a problem.

But now, he discovered that he seemed to have another path to take.

That is... the Human Dao!

Although the Journey to the West world is a stage for immortals and Buddhas.

But the human race, as the protagonist of heaven and earth, has its own fortune, which is also an important part of the karma that constitutes this world.

Especially the Southern Continent of Nanzhan, where the human way is prosperous, so much so that even immortals and Buddhas dare not easily intervene.

If he could lay out his plans in this human Dao and promote the development and self-strengthening of the human race, the power of karma he could obtain would likely be no less than interfering in those divine and demonic affairs!

And most importantly, this path is safe!

He felt as if he had opened a door to a new world.