107. The Dragon Clan of Exorcism
Did Mr. Chen encounter someone from the North School? I wonder what that young girl looks like? Feng Tianbao and the others were immediately startled.
"I went out for a casual stroll this morning and discovered a group of people in a siheyuan courtyard. Among them is a white-haired old man who is a Martial Dao Grandmaster, and a young girl whose appearance I didn't see, but she was adorned with bells and such, jingling continuously."
"The Demon Exterminator Dragon Clan's Ma Dingdang has also come? I didn't expect the North School to have invited this genius powerhouse Ma Dingdang."
"Demon Exterminator Dragon Clan? Ma Dingdang? Tell me about it." Upon hearing this, Chen Fengyun immediately became interested.
"The Demon Exterminator Dragon Clan is an ancient folk power in China, aiming to exterminate evil, originating from a certain Daoist sect in the north during the Ming and Qing dynasties. From the late Qing Dynasty, the Ma family lineage of the Demon Exterminators formed, long active in the north, and has always maintained friendly relations with the North School.
Ma Dingdang is the most outstanding genius girl of the Ma family in the contemporary Demon Exterminator Dragon Clan, only eighteen years old this year—about the same age as Mr. Chen—but her strength has already surpassed that of her aunt, Ma Li'na, and even surpassed the strongest in the Ma family's recent generations.
It is said that Ma Dingdang not only surpassed her predecessors in cultivation within the Demon Exterminator Dragon Clan, but has also reached the pinnacle of martial arts training, the Martial Dao Grandmaster realm. Mr. Chen feels that her strength is even stronger; could she already be a Martial Dao Grandmaster?"
After listening to Feng Tianbao's introduction, the faces of the South School members all darkened. They knew this journey was fraught with danger, but they hadn't anticipated facing a Martial Dao Grandmaster.
"The white-haired old man Mr. Chen mentioned is likely a Martial Dao Grandmaster from the North School, Old Man Hong Chongshan. If it were only Old Man Hong, our few brothers could still contend with him, but since they invited Ma Dingdang to assist, we'll probably need Mr. Chen's help."
Chu Wangshu stood up and respectfully saluted Chen Fengyun. This time, he had followed the older generation of his uncle's family to venture into the Changbai Mountains underground palace in search of news about his father, but it seemed increasingly dangerous, compelling him to seek assistance from Chen Fengyun.
"Brother Chu, there's no need for such formalities. Uncle Thirteen instructed me to keep an eye on you. As long as you don't wander off and stay by my side, you'll be fine."
Chen Fengyun had a good impression of Chu Wangshu, so he waved his hand to signal him to sit down and continue speaking.
"Then, thank you, Mr. Chen. We can leave these people to Mr. Chen's discretion. We only hope to bring Wangshu back safely in the end."
Feng Tianbao immediately said.
After lunch, the group packed up and set off in several off-road vehicles.
The other vehicles were packed full, but the one driven by Chen Fengyun was relatively spacious. Besides Chu Wangshu driving, only Feng Tianbao sat in the passenger seat, with only Chen Fengyun alone in the back seat.
Chen Fengyun paid no attention to the South School's arrangement and, from the moment he entered the vehicle, closed his eyes as if resting. However, his divine sense continuously enveloped the surrounding five kilometers.
Chen Fengyun discovered that shortly after their convoy departed, vehicles followed from a mile away, and powerful martial artists were trailing them from the surroundings.
"It seems the South School people have been discovered by the North School, but the North School didn't make a big fuss. This time, other martial arts powerhouses and foreign experts are joining, so a fierce battle is probably inevitable. The North School won't have time to bother with the South School."
After leaving the small county town several miles, the convoy began heading into the mountains, where rolling hills and steep peaks lay ahead, the deeper into the mountains the momentum grew more majestic.
Three hours later, the convoy had advanced over a hundred kilometers into the mountains, and Chen Fengyun's eyes finally opened. He discovered that the deeper they went, the fainter spiritual energy between heaven and earth gradually thickened.
"No wonder ancient cultivation immortals liked to hide in deep mountains. The spiritual energy in deep mountains is thicker. These places, if arranged with spirit gathering arrays, could barely be used for cultivation. Deeper in the mountains, the spiritual energy might be even denser."
In the evening, the convoy arrived at a small town in the deep mountains. The South School had long sent people to secretly book a small courtyard, where they would rest tonight and continue deeper into the Changbai Mountains tomorrow.
"Mr. Chen, the conditions are rudimentary; please forgive us." Feng Tianbao said politely.
"No issue. The conditions here are quite good. You wait a moment; I'll set up something that can assist your cultivation."
Chen Fengyun nodded and said this, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth here is a bit thicker.
Then, he placed the spirit gathering array flags around the small courtyard. Soon, a faint mist emerged between heaven and earth, formed by the spiritual energy gathering from a few miles around.
Without hesitation, Chen Fengyun sat down in the center of the spirit gathering array to cultivate. The spiritual energy here was the thickest, sufficient for his cultivation.
The others were all shocked by Chen Fengyun's methods. They didn't know about the spiritual energy, but they could feel the surrounding suitability for cultivation, so they began cultivating a few meters away from Chen Fengyun.
They hadn't even eaten dinner before immersing themselves in cultivation; only those ordinary martial artists couldn't skip meals, so after cultivating for a while, they went to get some food.
Although Chen Fengyun was cultivating, his divine sense also enveloped the entire town. He discovered that after them, some more people arrived at the town and settled in some remote residents' homes.
Among the South School's few people, Feng Tianbao's strength was the strongest, already close to the Martial Dao Grandmaster level, but breaking through to it might not be easy.
Next, Ye Mingfu and Chu Wangshu's strength was slightly less, while Xie Zhihua, Yang Wan Shi, and Liang Lun Gang's three men's strengths were about the same, but all were still far from the Martial Dao Grandmaster level.
Only Feng Tianbao and Chu Wangshu still had hope of breaking through to the Martial Dao Grandmaster realm, while the others probably wouldn't. Of course, if assisted by Chen Fengyun, cultivating daily in the spirit gathering array, there might still be some opportunities.
Cultivating until around five o'clock in the morning, Chen Fengyun suddenly opened his eyes and discovered that Feng Tianbao's aura was fluctuating violently. He had actually touched the Martial Dao Grandmaster realm, but the accumulation was still insufficient to break through.
"Forget it. Feng Tianbao is still a good person. In the future, when the parents are in Rongcheng, they will need him to take care of them, so I'll help him once."
Chen Fengyun thought about it and decided to assist Feng Tianbao in his breakthrough.
"Open your mouth." Chen Fengyun's voice sounded beside Feng Tianbao's ear. He subconsciously opened his mouth, and suddenly a small sweet water ball surged into his mouth, quickly poured down—it was Chen Fengyun giving him some spirit spring from the miniature cave heaven.
Ordinary martial artists couldn't take spirit springs like this, but since Feng Tianbao was already at the edge of breakthrough, after drinking one spirit spring, it rapidly transformed into pure spiritual energy and merged into his body.