Chapter 441: A Dream Is Just a Dream

"Thump, thump, thump..."

The sound he heard initially was still very faint, but the further it went, the louder it became.

In the end, Guoyufeng could hear this sound very clearly. It was indeed a heartbeat, and this heartbeat was coming from the corpse sitting cross-legged there.

"Impossible, how can someone who has been dead for so long come back to life!"

"It must be an illusion, yes, it must be an illusion!"

Someone who had been dead for who knows how many years suddenly coming back to life made it hard for Guoyufeng to accept.

He did not fear the person before him; in records, this person was a figure from several hundred years ago, whose strength had reached the pinnacle, suppressing the entire world and making the whole world bow its head.

That person was a natural-born genius, and the Martial Arts he created by fusing the learning of a hundred schools were renowned throughout the world for being invincible. Even those of the same realm could never last more than two moves in his hands.

In the vast Jianghu, those with the natural talent to rival him over the past thousand years were likely few and far between.

However, the Jianghu of several hundred years ago was different from today; several hundred years ago, a Grandmaster was already the peak, and it was only in the last hundred years that, due to some unknown change, the upper limit of Jianghu strength had been raised significantly.

Especially in recent times, he could clearly feel his own rapid improvement. Not just him, everyone in the vast Jianghu felt it.

The overall level of the Jianghu was rising rapidly; he considered his strength to be far beyond what it once was, yet in a small Dongming City, there were several people he was no match for.

Moreover, he had been taught a good lesson by the Prefect of Dongming City previously, which was why he had been keeping his tail between his legs and acting with extreme caution.

One could imagine that the current Jianghu was the true golden age; no matter how strong the Jianghu of several hundred years ago was, or how high their natural talent, how much Cultivation Method could they have had?

The reason he had racked his brains to come here was simply to obtain the other party's Cultivation Method and Martial Learning.

I don't know why, but many Cultivation Methods in the Jianghu were actually capable of supporting people to continuously break through to higher levels, yet previously, no one had ever broken through.

It wasn't until over a hundred years ago, when the Spirit Qi increased greatly, that many top-tier experts appeared in the Jianghu.

So, although the overall level of the Jianghu had increased, the level of Cultivation Methods hadn't actually improved much, because the existing Martial Learning was sufficient.

And those who could create Cultivation Methods must possess natural talent, strength, opportunity, and more—none could be lacking.

In the vast Jianghu, how many could achieve this? Even if there were, they were certainly not people he could come into contact with.

And this person before him, after becoming invincible, scoured the Jianghu for Martial Learning, creating a style that fused the strengths of a hundred schools into one.

Although only a little of his Martial Learning had circulated in the outside world, it was enough for some sects to treat it as a treasure. Even now, its power had not diminished much.

That was why he had to find this person; perhaps his strength might not count for much in today's Jianghu, but his realm was already beyond what others could compare to.

His Martial Learning could definitely allow his own strength to advance further, so he wouldn't be unable to dominate even a small Dongming City.

"Interesting." Outside, Shen Yu watched this scene quietly; he could be certain that the person before him was not one of those reviving old monsters.

There was no tyrannical aura on his body; his power was bright, vast, upright, and did not carry a trace of evil.

Moreover, Shen Yu could clearly see after the other party woke up that his life had reached its end, like a candle burning to its final moments, not knowing when it would be extinguished.

"Turtle Breathing Technique, Feigned Death Technique?" Although he was somewhat unsure of the exact method the other party used, it was indeed by such methods that they had lived on, even if they had been living in a state of feigned death for such a long time.

It was just that waking up at this moment could not greatly increase his vitality; instead, it accelerated his body's aging and consumption. Perhaps he couldn't last long at all.

Then what was the feigned death for? It couldn't just be to sleep a little longer.

Very quickly, Shen Yu understood the other party's intent. After the other party's heart resumed beating, endless Spirit Qi surged into his body, as if an invisible barrier had been broken.

The improvement in realm naturally brought a great increase in vitality. The flame of life, which had been on its last legs and could have been extinguished at any moment, was instantly fueled with oil and burned brightly once more.

Valley Chief

So that was it. The external Spirit Qi had surged enough to support him in breaking through his existing realm in a short time. Only by meeting such conditions could he be revived.

This was also the fundamental reason why the Cai Family had failed so many times before, rather than some ridiculous reason about needing no Inner Energy in the body or having a strong physique.

It was simply because the external Spirit Qi at that time was not enough, insufficient to allow him to make an absolute breakthrough the moment he woke up, before his vitality vanished.

Now the external Spirit Qi was sufficiently dense; presumably, even if he didn't wake up now, he would have done so on his own before long.

As for why Caiwenkang could wake him up while holding the Rushanyun, that was even easier to understand.

The external Spirit Qi was sufficient to support him in breaking through his realm; only then would he wake up. This was the foundation.

And with someone by his side, if his realm failed to break through, he would need a successor before his life was exhausted.

Therefore, when Caiwenkang appeared, the stimulation of a living person's aura, combined with the sufficient Spirit Qi in the surrounding environment, caused this person to be awakened from his feigned death.

Once awake, his realm began to loosen, breaking through his original realm in one go, and his aura was still rising continuously.

This person must have been a peerless genius of immense talent; his accumulation was truly too deep, deep enough to support him in breaking through again.

It was just that he had previously been limited by the world's limit, trapping him at the Grandmaster realm, unable to break through, until he had no choice but to choose feigned death to protect the last bit of life force in his body, seeking a chance for a breakthrough in the future.

And just at this moment, a torrential rain suddenly fell outside; the Spirit Qi brought by the heavy rain nourished the earth, all things revived, and plants grew wildly once again.

Beasts roared in the mountains and forests; the Spirit Qi nourished them, and they also began to transform quietly.

Jianghu experts who had experienced this several times sat down cross-legged quickly after the heavy rain began; every time the rain fell from the heavens, it was an opportunity for them to improve crazily.

One must know that it was not just the Spirit Qi that surged; it was as if countless Daos were right before their eyes, allowing them to easily enter a state of epiphany, and their strength naturally improved by leaps and bounds.

Perhaps, taking advantage of this opportunity, they might be able to break through their current realm in one go.

This person had just woken up when the heavy rain suddenly fell and the Spirit Qi surged, providing just the right boost for his breakthrough. One has to say, it was truly good luck.

Looking up at the outside, the surging Spirit Qi was also nourishing Shen Yu's body, which also made him feel somewhat dazed.

Was it really luck? Hearing those old monsters talk, the Heavenly Pride of the world all possessed unique fortune, and turning danger into safety was nothing to them.

If calculated this way, the one before him should also belong to the Heavenly Pride of the era, right?

Just at this moment, the aura over there rose crazily again; breaking through again in such a short time, impressive, truly impressive!

The aura was still surging; to jump three levels upon waking up, this was going too far.

"Impossible!"

Feeling the surging aura over there, in addition to the shock, the power Guoyufeng had been running to the limit in his hands subconsciously struck out toward the direction of that corpse.

But this palm was blocked by a wall of air, as if stopped by an invisible barrier; no matter how he struggled, it was of no use.

I don't know how much time had passed; the heavy rain outside had stopped, but the breakthrough inside was still continuing.

Subsequently, an absolutely terrifying pressure descended; under this pressure, one's legs went weak instantly.

Still struggling, Guoyufeng fell to the ground under this pressure, which left him unable to move and turned his face pale, his legs trembling.

"A triple jump indeed; how formidable must this person's natural talent have been before? This is truly a powerhouse among powerhouses!"

Immediately following this, under Guoyufeng's terrified gaze, that corpse he was certain had long since ceased to breathe suddenly opened its eyes.

These were a pair of deep eyes, at first somewhat dazed, but after adjusting for a good while, they subsequently became increasingly calm.