Chapter 500: Stone Can Be Broken But Its Firmness Cannot Be Taken Away

In an instant, the waves were calm, and the wind was silent.

In the vast sea and sky world, suddenly a group of energy light was burning and flashing, like clouds gathering and clouds gathering, towering and covering the hundred-foot high sky, reflecting the sun and illuminating the sky, with a strict spirit!

And hidden deep in the energy light was a point of natural essence light.

Although it was only the size of a rice grain, and it was still flickering, it had a vast implication of holding the pivot and spreading the spirit, as if it could contain everything, it was the root of yin and yang creation!

Almost at the same time as the energy light appeared, flames burned on Chen Hang's body.

This fire was not a mortal fire, but originated from the Jin Dan, condensed from the one-yang energy produced when breaking the realm, and it was also a sign of achieving the Inner Scene, which was extraordinary.

The flames first originated from the soles of the feet, and then spread upward along the legs, and after a while, they slowly covered Chen Hang's whole body, wrapping him in flames.

Even the fishing boat under him was involved in it, crackling under the flames, collapsing and destroying rapidly.

Although the fire was strong, even the seawater was ignored by it, but there was no half-turbid smoke in the raging fire, just a bright and majestic, making people hard to look away.

And after the fire dissipated, only a young Daoist walked out from it, his clothes fluttering, riding the wind in the void, walking step by step toward the sky.

The dark and thin fisherman with rough skin and old appearance had disappeared at this moment.

Replacing him was a handsome Daoist in a black robe and clothes, with a graceful demeanor.

His appearance was elegant and extraordinary, and his expression had an unspeakable ease and composure.

At this moment, Chen Heng merely raised his sleeve and waved it, and that group of brilliant light hanging in the clouds seemed to receive some kind of order, all gathering and drilling into his body, finally sinking quietly into his lower abdomen, becoming one with that First Grade Jin Dan, inseparable and indistinguishable.

"Watching the water on the river for seventeen years, I finally realized the unchanging spring and autumn, and the return of ten thousand rivers, just like the creation of all spirits in this world, although each follows its own path, the result is the same.

In this way... it actually coincides with the principle of 'Ten Thousand Grades of Origin, Boundless Framework' described in the opening of 'Great Qian Yuan'!"

Chen Hang looked inside himself and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After seventeen years of cold and heat, day after day of watching the water on the river, he finally broke through the barrier before his eyes and successfully entered the Jin Dan Third Layer realm.

And when he first achieved this realm, he also evolved his own Inner Scene to the ten-percent fire, the Jin Dan cultivation was perfect, achieving the achievements of Jun Yao and Ji Fakai back then.

If this matter is spread to the Xiaoming Great Marsh, it will inevitably set off another wave, making his reputation go up another level!

"Such a realm is the limit of Dao practice allowed at the Danyuan Assembly, and it saves the effort of perfecting the Inner Scene again, but I don't know what the rules of this Danyuan Assembly will be?"

Chen Hang's eyes flashed, and his thoughts moved.

As far as he knows, the form of the Danyuan Assembly generally does not copy the previous examples.

This is jointly decided by the governing ancestors in the Qian Origin Si Chen Palace, and the methods of each session are actually different.

But there is one place that can be predicted in advance—

That is, at the Danyuan Assembly, although it is possible to use the strength of fellow sect members to some extent, relying on the method of huddling together for warmth to occupy some first-mover advantage, this is definitely not a dignified path.

When the final moment arrives, it ultimately depends on one's own magic power and supernatural powers. Even if others want to intervene, it is difficult to help!

This Danyuan Assembly is not like mortal fighting, where one by one goes into battle to rank, but adopts the method of mixed fighting.

But even with this form, under the constraints of different regulations of each session, it is ultimately the personal magic power and supernatural powers that are the key to victory.

The delusion of those who are clearly ordinary in cultivation but want to win the Danyuan leader by horizontal and vertical maneuvering and making friends with fellow Daoists is absolutely difficult to achieve in the real Danyuan Assembly.

Because this universe is ultimately a brilliant great world where supernatural powers are brilliantly manifested.

A Jin Dan True Person can destroy a city and destroy a country, and a Pure Yang True Lord has the great ability to break the world and destroy the land!

Power and schemes are indispensable, but this is mostly limited to cultivators with little difference in Dao practice.

If you encounter a giant whose cultivation is far higher than your own, then even if you have a thousand exquisite thoughts, it will be useless in the end, and you will be slapped to death lightly, like flicking a tiny dust!

"Yin Wuji, Gu Yi, Senior Sister... Just among the peers, these three cannot be underestimated.

I don't know how many talents will emerge among the old Golden Cores of the Eight Sects and Six Schools at the Danyuan Assembly?"

Chen Hang secretly thought.

The Danyuan Assembly is the blessing of the cultivators of the Eight Sects and Six Schools.

Such as the East Sea Dragon Clan, the South Sea Twenty-Four Demon Cultivators, the Brahma Heaven People, or the Thunder Department, Fish Dragon Dao, etc., great powers of Xudu, even if their disciples are outstanding and are among the top talents of the Sui Dan evaluation, they actually do not have the qualifications to enter the Danyuan Assembly.

However, even for the Eight Sects and Six Schools, not everyone can go into battle.

Each family needs to hold a Dharma Assembly by itself to select the last three people to participate in the Danyuan Assembly from the many disciples in the sect.

And since each family will only send three disciples into battle, the true Jin Dan True Persons of the Eight Sects and Six Schools who can participate in the Danyuan Assembly are actually only forty-two.

Before Chen Hang came to the West Crossing Sea, he had received a sect talisman message.

The message not only mentioned the convening date of the Danyuan Assembly and the matter of the Taichang Ancestor Golden Edict, but also mentioned the Dharma Assembly in the sect, saying that the last three people had been decided at the Dharma Assembly.

And the three disciples of Yuchen who will go into battle are Chen Hang, He Lizi, and Liu Jianwu.

Although Chen Hang did not participate in the Dharma Assembly in the sect, his various brilliant battle records along the way need not be mentioned.

And after the two events of defeating Cui Ju and defeating Lu Shen in Xiping Land were spread back to Xudu, within the vast Xiaoming Great Marsh, no one would question his combat ability.

That he could be selected is naturally a matter of course!

As for He Lizi, this person can be described as a sudden rise. After defeating several old Golden Cores such as Xu Lang and Yang Jiao in succession with the body of Jin Dan Second Layer, he finally got his wish and successfully obtained a quota.

And initially, Chen Hang thought that there would be a dragon fight between He Lizi and Shi You. After all, Shi You was not a person who could be easily dismissed.

Back then, at the Four Academies Competition on Qiyun Mountain, although Shi You chose to take a step back to avoid Chen Hang's sharpness, which made many cultivators look down on him and only regard it as a cowardly act.

But at the next Four Academies Competition, this person almost suppressed all cultivators with the momentum of invincible horizontal pushing, successfully ascended to the position of the top ten chief, and chose the "Gao Xu Mi Yao" among the three Yuchen classics to carry with him, and joined the Xuanjiao Hall to work.

In Chen Hang's view, regardless of background or talent, Shi You was worthy of a fight with He Lizi.

But because this person found a cave mansion left by his previous life under the guidance of his teacher, he didn't even participate in the Dharma Assembly, but went directly to the world outside the sky to absorb the legacy of his previous life.

This decisive attitude made many people feel surprised.

But perhaps there is also the reason that Shi You knew he was not an opponent and was too lazy to spend more thought.

After all, even people from the same sect at the Danyuan Assembly could be the final enemies.

And although Shi You is the reincarnation of a great Arhat of Buddhism, he is still far from awakening the memories of his previous life. With his current ability, wanting to win against Chen Hang is undoubtedly extremely difficult.

As for the last Liu Jianwu, this person is also the only old Jin Dan among the three people sent by Yuchen.

Besides being from the Chi Shuo Liu family and being a student of Ji Lingyang, the left hall master of the Great Knowledge Hall, this person has nothing good to mention.

Although he is an outstanding person among the families, he is far from being comparable to Ji Fakai back then, just ordinary...

"The three people sent by my sect have been determined in advance, but the candidates of other sects have not been made public until now. I don't know if I can meet the eagle dogs of Chen Yushu at this Danyuan Assembly?

However, times are different now..."

Chen Hang thought of this and smiled slightly.

At this time, he looked at the water and sky, his wide sleeves shaking in the wind, and he couldn't help but feel emotional.

Since he was established as a true disciple and received the talisman decree of Xiping Land, to the perfection of his Inner Scene cultivation today.

Unknowingly, he had left the land of Dongzhou for sixty years.

And fighting Ge Lu, entering Xu Huang, learning True Water, refining Divine Thunder, cultivating Inner Scene...

I remember the last time he returned to Dongzhou from the Dragon Palace was for the Four Academies Competition, to be able to join the Yuchen sect and have a place to live.

Then this time he returned to Dongzhou from outside the sky—

It is to win the Danyuan leader, to thoroughly make a name for himself in the Nine Provinces and Ten Thousand Directions, and to be respected among the True Persons in the universe!

"Time does not stay, time flies... Life between heaven and earth, if you don't cultivate the ultimate Dao, how many sixty years are there?

Even if the Dao is lonely and the body is in danger, there is still ambition and integrity, stone can be broken but its firmness cannot be taken away, this is my heart of no regret even in nine deaths!"

At this time, Chen Hang sang clearly, his body was suddenly wrapped in a vast gale, stirring up a piece of clear cloud light, turning like a tide.

He just looked at the direction of Zhuxi Village for the last time, smiled slightly, and never looked back.

In an instant, he was lifted into the sky by the gale, thoroughly rising into the blue sky and disappearing, leaving only wisps of clear energy lingering, but also disappearing in the blink of an eye...

And thousands of miles away, Liang Kingdom, Zhuxi Village.

At this time, in Chen Hang's small courtyard, He Chang and He Ji were wielding hoes. After a long time, these two finally found a wooden box the size of a human head in the large pit that had been dug open.

He Ji wiped the sweat from his forehead and leaned against the big osmanthus tree that Chen Hang had planted with his own hands, which was now lush and leafy.

He looked at He Chang, who was lost in thought, and asked suspiciously:

"Father, where did Uncle Chen go? And why did he go to the trouble of putting a box under this tree?"

He Chang didn't pay attention to this, he just stood in place, and after a long while, he jumped down into the pit and picked up the wooden box.

"Give me a hand."

He Chang said to He Ji.

He Ji responded, hurriedly reached out and pulled He Chang up. The strength was so great that He Chang stumbled under his feet and almost fell.

"You only grow in height but not in brain!"

He Chang scolded with a smile after stabilizing his figure, and then signaled He Ji to look at the courtyard gate that had been covered again.

After confirming that there was no one around, he entered the inner house and carefully opened the wooden box.

There were not many things in the box, just a letter, a few bottles of elixir, and a small wooden sword about an inch long.

When the small wooden sword appeared, He Chang felt as if the room had brightened for a moment, the light was great, making people unable to open their eyes.

After calming down, the small wooden sword was restrained, as if that scene was just his illusion.

He Chang didn't touch the wooden sword first, just hurriedly took the letter, paused, and then carefully opened it.

The letter was not too long, just over a hundred words.

And when He Chang saw the last paragraph, he suddenly laughed, making He Ji hurriedly stretch his neck, also wanting to see what was going on.

"You are not a talent for cultivation, nor do you have the heart to admire the Dao, and you have married a virtuous wife and given birth to smart children. Life is like this, and it can be called full happiness.

Just give a small object as a gift to commemorate this feeling, words cannot express the meaning—"

He Chang repeated that last paragraph in his heart, his eyes dazed for a moment.

"Big Brother Chen... so you really are an immortal?"

He muttered in his heart.

And later, facing He Ji's repeated inquiries, He Chang, who had come back to his senses, just cherished the elixir and the small wooden sword, and didn't say much for a while.

"The elixir has the benefits of regulating essence and nourishing energy, refining marrow and condensing truth, as for the wooden sword, Big Brother Chen said, it not only contains a magic called 'Dragon Tiger Golden Clothes', but it is also a token of talisman."

He Chang just smiled and changed the subject:

"And these, I can't use them anymore, so let's see what kind of fortune you juniors have!

Tomorrow we will go to Taifu Building for a meal, remember not to go fishing."

"It's not a festival, why are we going to Taifu Building?" He Ji asked blankly.

Taifu Building was a fairly famous restaurant in Xiaqiu City. Chen Hang and He Chang would also go there for a banquet during festivals. He Ji was actually not unfamiliar with this name.

"I came back late and didn't catch up to see Big Brother Chen off. This banquet, I—"

He Chang was a little sad, but when he saw He Ji's wide-eyed look, a helplessness suddenly surged in his heart.

"I'm really confused, why am I telling you this? Just listen!" He waved his head in pain.

"Oh."

He Ji nodded.

The next day, at Taifu Building in Xiaqiu City.

When the wine was half-drunk, He Chang looked at his wife and children beside him, and in a bustling and lively scene, he suddenly picked up a pot of wine, staggered to the left window position, and looked out of the railing with his eyes open.

That was the position Chen Hang used to sit in, and it hadn't changed much for many years.

In the past, He Chang had doubts, because the scenery outside the window was just ordinary river scenery, which the two had long been accustomed to, and there was nothing new.

But today, for some reason, when He Chang came to this place, everything seemed to have become a little different.

He heard the whistling wind and water sounds clearly coming from his ears.

Looking out, he saw the sky was long and the earth was wide, and he couldn't distinguish water from clouds.

A great green mountain stood towering at the end of the horizon, livingly dividing the surging river water into two streams, and after crossing the great green mountain, the two streams of river water finally merged into one at the edge of the sky, rumbling and flowing toward the distance.

At this time, it was noon, and a great sun was hanging high in the sky.

After a few thin clouds were blown away by the wind, the bright sunlight was no longer obstructed, and it immediately sprinkled and dyed the heaven and earth, the light was so fierce that it was hard to open one's eyes, and even the river water seemed to be rendered with a layer of gold pulp.

Heaven and earth were like molten gold, indistinguishable from each other!

This magnificent and magnificent scene made He Chang stunned. After a long while, he gradually came back to his senses and slowly exhaled a long breath.

He raised the wine pot high to respect the sky, suddenly laughed in his heart, and shouted:

"Big Brother Chen, truly a good scenery!"

A month later, Dongmi Prefecture, Changli Island.

When Brother Hearing Tu Shan Ge finished explaining the matters and sent away a few stewards, he also walked out of the hall.

And looking at the scenery on the island, his eyes moved slightly, and there was an uncontrollable joy and happiness in his heart.

After decades of hard work, seeing the already brilliant atmosphere of Changli Island become even more magnificent bit by bit, like flowers on brocade and famous jade adding brilliance.

As a laborer, Brother Hearing Tu Shan Ge was naturally inevitably touched.

Thinking back to the time in Yangshan in the Southern Region, when he took a nest of little foxes, life was truly difficult, and the days were tight, wishing he could split a wisp of spiritual energy into two.

And after the Yangshan Daoist snatched the foundation of Yangshan, the situation became even worse...

And just when Brother Hearing Tu Shan Ge was lost in thought, a breeze blew past behind him, and his peripheral vision inexplicably caught a young Daoist.

"Old Master?"

Brother Hearing Tu Shan Ge was startled first, then overjoyed: "Old Master, you are finally back?"

"Yes."

Chen Hang reached out to help, his gaze stayed on the island for a while, then moved to the direction of Xiyi Mountain, paused for a while before taking it back, and smiled freely:

"I'm back."