Chapter 254, The Third Daoist Scripture
Yang's hands clung tightly to Zhou Fen, unwilling to let go, and he said, "You're just too charming. I want to hold you for a while longer before we escape!"
Zhou Fen blushed and smiled, showing no embarrassment but rather great joy.
She gently pushed Chen Yang's hand away and said, "We still have a lot to do! Now that I've entered the Foundation Establishment realm and can form my own domain, I estimate I can live on land as long as I don't stray too far from the sea! So this barrier is no longer necessary, and my sister and I will move to the seaside!"
Chen Yang looked at Zhou Fen.
Zhou Fen took his hand, blushing and smiling, and said, "We'll continue when we get to a safe place. I promise I'll let you pinch me as much as you want."
The two left the room together.
Outside the room, Zhou Qing was eavesdropping by pressing her face against the door. When she saw the two of them come out, she quickly hid and said somewhat flusteredly, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I just wanted to know if you were hungry..."
Zhou Fen said to Zhou Qing, "Qingqing, there are Foundation Establishment cultivators scouting the area. We need to leave! We don't need to keep this barrier anymore. Let's take all the clan's books, items, and the spirit stone array that maintains the barrier!"
Chen Yang quickly chimed in, "Yes! Especially the spirit stones, we must take them all! I have a storage ring, it'll be very convenient to take them, let's go now!"
Zhou Qing looked at Chen Yang and Zhou Fen, blushed, and pouted, saying, "Why aren't you two dressed?"
Before Zhou Fen could speak, Chen Yang flicked Zhou Qing's head and said, "What do you know, you little brat! Swimming fast without clothes on is dangerous, we'll be running for our lives soon, clothes are just a burden! Come on, let's pack our things!"
The three of them walked together into the basement.
The basement was filled with boxes and boxes of spirit stones, and next to the spirit stones was a shelf of books.
Zhou Fen quickly explained, "These spirit stones are used to maintain the barrier! Previously, our clansmen numbered over ten thousand, and we consumed a lot of spirit stones every day. But later, as more clansmen died, the rate of spirit stone consumption slowed down, and now there are still quite a few spirit stones left here!"
Chen Yang nodded, then with a flick of his finger, he stored all the spirit stones into his storage ring!
He quickly glanced at the system panel, which showed that he had 105 spirit stones remaining!
Chen Yang was overjoyed; his assets had truly expanded in an instant!
He's become a millionaire!
Moreover, Zhou Qing had previously said she would give him 700,000 spirit stones, but in reality, there were a full 800,000 spirit stones here!
Hmm, it seems Zhou Qing's math skills are really not that great.
They underestimated it by 100,000.
I definitely won't tell her!
Zhou Qing pointed to the books on the bookshelf and said, "We'll take these books with us too!"
Chen Yang waved his hand to collect all the books in the clan, then casually asked, "Zhou Fen, you haven't cultivated the Yin Water Dao Scripture before, so how did you break through immediately after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill?"
Zhou Fen thought for a moment and said, "I haven't actually practiced the Taoist scripture you mentioned, but I think it's the same as the ascension technique passed down in our clan! I've read that ascension technique many times and have already thoroughly studied it!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yang immediately took out the scroll of the ascension cultivation manual, glanced at it, and was overjoyed!
This ascension technique is none other than the Yin Water Dao Scripture!
Previously, Chen Yang obtained the Wind and Wood Dao Scripture from Qi Yue, and the Central Plains Dao Scripture from the Little Emperor. Moreover, he has now mastered the basics of the Central Plains Dao Scripture.
He also obtained the Yang Huo Dao Jing while in Yangguan City; later, he followed Ujina to the royal court, killed the Heavenly Khan, and obtained a Dao Jing from Ujina's father, but that Dao Jing was also the Yang Huo Dao Jing!
Now, Chen Yang has obtained the Yin Water Dao Scripture!
I have already collected four of the five volumes of the Taoist scriptures!
In addition, he is now fully capable of cultivating the Central Plains Dao Scripture to the point of completion, and he also has a Foundation Establishment Pill in hand—meaning that he could potentially establish his foundation at any time!
However, Chen Yang certainly couldn't rush things!
Just look at the scene when Zhou Fen was building his foundation. No matter where he hid, the time he was building his foundation would attract celestial phenomena, and he would inevitably be noticed by others!
This seabed is already a very safe place, yet it still attracted the attention of Tianhai Sect. When I build my foundation later, I still need to think more carefully!
Most importantly, Chen Yang now fully understands the gap between himself and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators!
Foundation Establishment cultivators possess a domain, so no matter how powerful one is, as long as one has not yet reached the Transcendent Foundation Establishment realm, one cannot be a match for a Foundation Establishment cultivator!
All of one's own attack methods become very slow in the face of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's domain, and can be easily dodged by the opponent!
Unless one also reaches the Foundation Establishment Realm, in which case the domains of two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators would overlap and cancel each other out, it would be possible to harm the other!
In other words, in battles between Foundation Establishment cultivators, the stronger one's domain power, the faster one's speed and the greater one's strength!
After taking these important items, Zhou Fen and Zhou Qing pulled Chen Yang to the highest point of the barrier.
Above the barrier, there was a seven-colored seashell.
Zhou Fen explained, "This seashell is a treasure of our clan, called the Tide Spirit Shell. It was it that created the barrier! After we took it away, the barrier disappeared!"
Just then, another powerful aura swept past from the vicinity!
Chen Yang's expression changed, and he immediately said, "There's no time, let's go!"
With a wave of her hand, Zhou Fen took down the Tide Spirit Shell, and Chen Yang quickly put it into his storage ring!
The next moment, the barrier shattered completely with a "boom"!
Then, endless seawater surged around them, and Chen Yang and the other two immediately joined hands and were plunged into the endless darkness of the sea!
As the barrier shattered, the surrounding seawater surged back, forming a whirlpool!
Just then, two figures were swimming rapidly toward the depths of the sea!
The seabed was pitch black, and the two men could only sense their general direction.
They are, after all, human beings, and their speed in the seawater is not very fast. But even in the seawater, a vacuum is formed around their bodies. It is this vacuum that allows them to breathe and dive even in the seawater, and to dive to the depths of the seabed, which are hundreds of meters deep!
Their spiritual senses were quite powerful, but they couldn't extend very far in the dark seawater.
Chen Yang's spiritual sense was far stronger than theirs!
Chen Yang sensed the presence of the two people and knew that they were both Foundation Establishment cultivators. He dared not be careless, so he pulled up the two women, and then the three of them swam quickly towards the direction of Steel City!
After swimming several kilometers, Chen Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, he could no longer sense the auras of the two Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Chen Yang released Zhou Qing's hand and took the opportunity to hug Zhou Fen!
Zhou Fen was exceptionally agile in the water, so Chen Yang simply hugged her from behind, wrapping his arms around her chest, hanging on her like a koala!
Zhou Fen swam a few hundred meters before slowing down. She nudged Chen Yang and mumbled, "Chen Yang, let go of me! Are you trying to exhaust me? My legs are weak!"
Chen Yang chuckled, but he couldn't speak in the seawater and ignored Zhou Fen's protests. He just held her tightly and wouldn't let go!
It took Zhou Qing most of the day to reach the pool in the room in Steel City again, while Chen Yang and Zhou Fen dragged their feet and it took them a whole day to get there.
After emerging from the pool of water, Zhou Fen immediately created a protective aura around her body. She slowly poked her head out and discovered that she could indeed breathe in the air!
Looking at the beautiful Zhou Fen before him, Chen Yang smiled and said, "Alright, it's safe here! Now, we can get down to business!"