Chapter 472 Ancient Cultivation Method
Lin Sangeng was immensely grateful. He cupped his hands and, without another word, immediately took the Yin-Yang Jade Pendant and the Eight-Tone Treasure Box, leaving the underground secret chamber.
Upon returning to his room, Lin Sangeng had no further hesitation and sat down cross-legged.
His heart was filled with unbridled joy.
Earlier, on the airplane, Lin Sangeng had heard his daughter describe a luminous jade pendant inside the Eight-Tone Treasure Box.
At the time, Lin Sangeng knew it was a treasure, but he never expected the Yin-Yang Jade Pendant to release such incredibly pure spiritual energy.
For martial artists, the pursuit of spiritual energy was ingrained in their very bones, a calling from the deepest depths of their bloodline and soul. No martial artist could resist the allure of spiritual energy!
His daughter, carrying such a treasure, had been on the run with Chen Yang. Chen Yang could have easily seized the treasure, but he did not!
Lin Sangeng pondered it deeply. In such a situation, if Chen Yang were him, and his daughter were any other woman, even his most beloved, he would have unhesitatingly seized the spiritual energy without a second thought, rather than willingly giving the Yin-Yang Jade Pendant to the woman beside him.
Lin Sangeng had knelt before Chen Yang not only to thank him for the Yin-Yang Jade Pendant but also from the bottom of his heart to express his gratitude for Chen Yang not harming Lin Xichen.
Lin Sangeng was acutely aware of the principle that possessing a treasure invited trouble.
The reason he was hunted and his sect annihilated in the past was because he had obtained those scrolls of books from the secret chamber. His strength was inferior to his adversaries, leading to his pursuit, and the deaths of his parents and wife in the ensuing calamity.
And spiritual energy was even more precious than those books!
Lin Sangeng took a deep breath, setting aside other thoughts. He immediately placed the jade pendant at his Dantian and circulated his internal energy.
The next moment, pure spiritual energy coursed through his entire body.
For over a decade, he had practiced martial arts relentlessly, sparing no effort to forge his body and improve his cultivation. The violent methods he employed had left many internal bruises.
These injuries had hindered his further progress.
Now, nourished by the spiritual energy, the lingering bruises within his body healed rapidly.
Time ticked by, and Lin Sangeng's internal organs and twelve meridians were quickly repaired, becoming smooth and unhindered.
Once his internal injuries were completely healed, his cultivation began to rise.
Despite being in cultivation, Lin Sangeng couldn't help but smile with excitement. The pure spiritual energy from the jade pendant was yielding immense benefits.
What Lin Sangeng could do now was seize every minute and second before the Zhang family arrived, before they began demanding the Eight-Tone Treasure Box, to absorb as much spiritual energy as possible and elevate his cultivation.
A faint halo emanated from Lin Sangeng's body. The circulation of spiritual energy within him accelerated. After his injuries were fully healed, his body craved spiritual energy like a parched land.
Soon, Lin Sangeng discovered that a bottleneck that had troubled him for two years was beginning to loosen, showing faint signs of a breakthrough.
He was already a renowned Grandmaster, yet he had always been unable to cross the threshold into the realm of Great Grandmaster. Although both were Grandmasters, the Great Grandmaster was undoubtedly superior.
Now, Lin Sangeng's heart swelled with joy as he found the opportunity to break through to Great Grandmaster was within his grasp!
Even though he felt a strong urge to drift into sleep, and despite his exhaustion, he would never stop to rest.
Meanwhile, in the underground chamber, Chen Yang had begun to peruse the martial arts manuals, combat techniques, and Daoist talismans that Lin Sangeng had obtained from the ancient tomb.
Some of these martial arts manuals were inscribed on bamboo slips, others written on animal hides, and some on silk brocade.
It was clear that papermaking was not yet prevalent when these techniques were recorded, or perhaps the paper produced was not suitable for use.
Chen Yang could understand the script used. Although it differed slightly from modern traditional characters, many characters employed pictographic and cuneiform strokes, allowing him to infer their meanings.
Chen Yang flipped through several scrolls of cultivation methods, nodding and marveling. These techniques were indeed quite profound, and certainly not as advanced as those possessed by many prominent families and sects today.
No wonder Lin Sangeng's First Martial Hall had attracted so many people.
With these cultivation methods, it was akin to establishing a sect! The disciples who came to his martial hall were drawn by these profound martial arts.
However, these ancient techniques also had their flaws.
Chen Yang suspected these scrolls originated from the Shang Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Warring States period. It was evident that in that era, people were still very passionate about martial arts and cultivation.
It was rumored that the most powerful martial artists of that time were called Qi Refiners!
Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin Dynasty was obsessed with this, yearning to become a powerful Qi Refiner and thus attain immortality.
After examining the cultivation methods, Chen Yang eventually set them aside.
Although these techniques were good, his current cultivation method, the Heavenly Physician Art, was clearly superior.
It was obvious that the Heavenly Physician Art had been optimized from these excellent ancient techniques, making it more gentle and pure. Its cultivation not only caused no harm to the body but also extended one's lifespan, and the internal energy cultivated through it could be used to heal injuries and save lives.
Chen Yang put the cultivation scrolls aside and then turned his attention to the various combat techniques and secret arts for swords and sabers. These held some utility for him.
The martial arts techniques described on these scrolls were powerful offensive combat skills, clearly developed by predecessors through life-or-death struggles.
Chen Yang nodded in agreement as he read.
However, these were external, skill-based elements. After Chen Yang read and understood them, he integrated these combat methods into his own fighting skills.
A full seven hours later, Chen Yang finished reviewing the martial arts manuals and techniques. He looked further ahead, finding scrolls detailing numerous talismans and Daoist arts. Chen Yang was quite familiar with this area.
After all, as a successor of the Heavenly Physician Hall, he himself was proficient in these Daoist arts, talismans, and secret methods. After a brief perusal, Chen Yang found that his current mastery of these Daoist arts was even more powerful than what was recorded in the ancient texts.
After completing his review, Chen Yang felt a pang of disappointment.
He had expected that the martial arts cultivation methods obtained by Lin Sangeng from the ancient tomb would be incredibly potent, and perhaps he would even glimpse the cultivation methods of ancient powerhouses.
However, after reviewing them, Chen Yang found that compared to the techniques inherited by his Heavenly Physician Hall, these combat techniques, martial arts manuals, and Daoist talismans discovered in the ancient tomb were all somewhat inferior.
Chen Yang shook his head, preparing to leave in disappointment.
Just then, he noticed a scroll of black beast hide lying in a corner. Chen Yang walked to the corner and picked up the beast hide.
The beast hide appeared to be made from the hide of some unknown beast. It was tough, dark, and seemed to contain some kind of powerful energy.
When unfurled, it was about a meter wide and a meter long. The beast hide did not contain text but rather a complex and chaotic arrangement of star and moon graphics. It looked less like a martial arts manual and more like a map.
Chen Yang was puzzled. He spread the beast hide out before him and examined it carefully.
He saw that the intricate graphics on the beast hide were actually embedded with various unpredictable and profound formations.
All the star and moon points converged to form a large stellar array. Each separated section could be further divided into Yin and Yang, Three Powers, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams, Nine Rings, and Chaotic Formations.
Chen Yang was, of course, well-versed in these ancient formations.
To an ordinary person, it would appear chaotic and disorderly.
But as Chen Yang looked, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his head. With a cry, he abruptly closed his eyes and slumped to the ground with a thud.