The incident caused by the Chen family in Suzhou and Hangzhou this time truly made Chen Jiuyang scoff with disdain.
If you lack the ability, stay honestly in your position.
If you covet his resources and enjoyment, then go fight for them yourself.
If the Chen family patriarch had not personally come to handle this matter, Chen Jiuyang would have dealt with these fat pigs who had been accustomed to a comfortable environment one by one.
Chen Jiuyang followed the path of the enfeoffment system and did not need to become the Chen family patriarch in the future, so he was too lazy to deal with these matters in detail. He only needed the Chen family's resources. When the Chen family needed him to stand up and uphold their reputation, Chen Jiuyang would fulfill his obligations and responsibilities.
Ji Lengyue's injuries had been treated, and she was expected to wake up tomorrow.
Returning to his room, Chen Jiuyang began to cultivate the "Emperor Yu Divine Body Art" using the medicinal materials and resources brought by the Chen family patriarch.
The Emperor Yu Divine Body Art was marvelous. Just by cultivating to the first level, Chen Jiuyang could clearly feel the bottlenecks in his twelve major acupoints loosening, no longer as unbreakable as before.
Taking this opportunity, Chen Jiuyang switched his cultivation technique and circulated the "Eight-Nine Arcane Art" to impact the twelfth acupoint of the Profound Realm.
"Rumble!"
Chen Jiuyang's blood and qi roared and boiled like a vast ocean.
His skin turned as red as a ripe lobster.
Chen Jiuyang was impacting the last of the twelve major acupoints in the human body. In a trance, he felt his soul was as if trapped by some invisible chain.
"What's going on?"
Chen Jiuyang sensed something was wrong. Using his mind to multitask, he directly opened his spiritual sense and saw four giant golden phantom chains entwined around his limbs in the void around him, along with forty-nine smaller golden chains binding his dantian and sea of consciousness.
Even with the inheritance of the Medical Immortal, Chen Jiuyang could not understand what was happening. However, he had a feeling that his attempt to break through the twelve acupoints this time was too hasty. If he could not break through the twelve acupoints this time, his cultivation would be halted, and he would become mediocre thereafter!
But how could Chen Jiuyang be so willing? He had not yet reached higher vistas and personally dealt with those enemies who had caused him immense pain.
In the Diamond Sutra, Subhuti asked Shakyamuni how to subdue the mind to become a Buddha.
Shakyamuni's answer was, "One should dwell thus!"
Suddenly, Chen Jiuyang broke out in a cold sweat, realizing he was on the verge of going mad. He quickly calmed his thoughts and fully circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
With his robust blood and qi, coupled with the resources brought by the Chen family, Chen Jiuyang desperately circulated his internal true qi to break through the last acupoint.
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
His surging blood and qi were almost bursting from his blood vessels. If he had not cultivated the Emperor Yu Divine Body Art, Chen Jiuyang would have gone mad, his meridians shattered, and he would have died!
"Crack!"
As a cracking sound echoed in Chen Jiuyang's mind, one of the small chains on his body shattered. He felt his body become lighter, and he successfully broke through to the realm of the twelfth acupoint of the Profound Realm!
However, Chen Jiuyang did not let his guard down. He continued to circulate the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to stabilize his realm and his physical blood and qi.
It was not until dusk that six hours later that Chen Jiuyang emerged from the cultivation room.
There was no joy on his face after breaking through to a new realm. Instead, he asked Fang Bahua about the golden chains. Fang Bahua looked bewildered, "Young Master, I have never encountered such a situation when I cultivated and broke through."
Chen Jiuyang then found the limping old man, who was also clueless.
He also asked the Eighth Elder of the Chen family, but Chen Jiuyang still found nothing.
Finally, he found the Chen family patriarch and said, "Patriarch, just now when I was cultivating and breaking through to the twelve acupoints..."
He truthfully recounted the matter of the golden chains.
The Chen family patriarch's expression immediately became solemn, and he pondered:
"I have only encountered this matter in ancient books. It is rumored that there is a limit to martial arts cultivation in every realm. After reaching the limit, restraints will be imposed."
"But I cannot be sure. Jiuyang, after I return to Shu Mountain, I will see if I can meet the Old Ancestor and ask him for you."
Chen Jiuyang breathed a sigh of relief. He thought the golden chains were a curse placed on him by some enemy, which would halt his cultivation.
But it seemed that was not the case.
Chen Jiuyang said, "Then I will trouble the Patriarch."
"Those who can reach the extreme realm, and even break through the extreme realm, have all been great figures throughout history," the Chen family patriarch said, his gaze towards Chen Jiuyang shining slightly, then quickly retracted. "This matter must not be revealed to outsiders."
"I understand," Chen Jiuyang nodded slowly.
Then, the Chen family patriarch coughed twice. "Jiuyang, did you have a conflict with the Jiangnan Sect of Suzhou and Hangzhou today?"
Chen Jiuyang nodded. "That's right. They wanted to kill my woman, so how could I tolerate it?"
The Chen family patriarch pondered for a moment. "Now that they have come to our door, you should accompany me to meet them. It is best to resolve this grievance."
Chen Jiuyang sneered, "Then I shall seek an explanation from them."
Arriving outside the Chen family villa in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the Earth Realm martial artist injured by the limping old man during the day was also present, along with dozens of people. The leader was a beautiful middle-aged woman in a qipao.
The middle-aged woman bowed slightly upon seeing the Chen family patriarch and said with slightly parted red lips, "Greetings, Brother Chen."
The Chen family patriarch returned the salute with a cupped fist and smiled, "Madam Ning, it has been many years."
The Chen family patriarch introduced, "Jiuyang, this is Madam Ning, the sect leader of the Jiangnan Sect. Madam Ning, this is our Chen family's麒麟子 Chen Jiuyang."
After they introduced themselves, Madam Ning said, "Brother Chen, I will be direct. Young Master Chen, your woman took something she shouldn't have from my Jiangnan Sect. I hope you can hand over the person and the item."
Chen Jiuyang said coldly, "Madam Ning, my woman is a constable of the Six Doors, and her parents were martyrs. What could she possibly take from your Jiangnan Sect?"
"If she truly took anything from your Jiangnan Sect, I will return it truthfully after she wakes up."
"But you injured my woman and wanted to kill her, and you poisoned her. If I hadn't arrived in time, she would have perished. Should your Jiangnan Sect not give me an explanation for this?"
"Patriarch, if I, Chen Jiuyang, cannot even protect my own woman, how can I protect the Chen family in the future?"
The Chen family patriarch nodded slowly. "That makes sense."
"Madam Ning, this should be a misunderstanding. Why not turn a big matter into a small one and a small matter into nothing? I will have Jiuyang's woman return the item to your Jiangnan Sect."
"Your Jiangnan Sect should also give my Chen family an explanation. Otherwise, if the matter spreads, where will my Chen family's reputation be placed?"
Before Madam Ning could speak, the Earth Realm martial artist injured by the limping old man said urgently, "Sect Leader, they want face, but doesn't our Jiangnan Sect have face too?"
"Silence! With Brother Chen present, what right do you have to speak!" Madam Ning frowned, opened her mouth to scold the Earth Realm martial artist, and then slowly said to the Chen family patriarch, "Brother Chen, how about this: after Young Master Chen's woman wakes up, my Jiangnan Sect will host a banquet to apologize?"
The Chen family patriarch smiled. "That would be for the best. Our two families have lived in peace for so many years. It is important not to damage our harmony over such a small matter. I trouble Madam Ning for making this trip."
"Not at all. I happened to learn that Brother Chen was also in Suzhou and Hangzhou, so I came to see an old friend."
After a period of polite exchange, Madam Ning left with her people.
The Earth Realm martial artist said to Madam Ning, "Sect Leader, we absolutely cannot let that woman live, otherwise our Jiangnan Sect will face great disaster!"
Madam Ning's face was as cold as frost, and she said coldly, "I know the importance of the matter. If it weren't for the Chen family patriarch being here today, I would have definitely stormed into your Suzhou and Hangzhou Chen family. How could that junior Chen Jiuyang have any say? But that Chen family patriarch's strength is unfathomable, and I don't have three parts of confidence. This matter will be settled by secretly assassinating that woman when we host the apology banquet in a few days."