Thinking of Jiang Kun, Gu Chen felt increasingly certain that this was possible!
Jiang Kun's son, Jiang Yu, had his leg broken at school. Then, at Zhou Xue'er's birthday party, Jiang Kun was slapped in public and taught a lesson by him. Although several days have passed, Jiang Kun is still not going to let it go!
Therefore, it's possible that someone might hire an assassin to kill them!
Moreover, the Zhou Family might be involved in this matter!
Gu Chen was certain in his heart. Although it was only a guess at the moment, he knew that the matter was almost certainly true.
Inside the cave, he began to heal his injuries by circulating his internal energy. Then he took out the Jade Guanyin and thought to himself, "Fortunately, I have this in my possession now; otherwise, I probably wouldn't have been able to leave alive!"
Today's ambush was likely premeditated. Without any elixirs, Gu Chen would certainly not be able to recover in a short time, but the Cold Spiritual Qi within the Jade Guanyin was enough to heal his injuries.
Gu Chen began healing himself, first placing the Jade Guanyin in front of him and starting the refining process.
After spending the entire night in a state of fluctuating temperatures, Gu Chen finally refined a portion of the Jade Guanyin into his own Inner Breath. Combined with the raw spiritual energy he had absorbed in the Pottery House trading area, Gu Chen felt his dantian swell, constantly compressing and expanding like a compressor, which stirred something within him.
However, after refining the Yin-cold energy, he actually encountered a bottleneck when he reached the critical point of the Late Bone-Forge Realm!
Bottlenecks are like obstacles blocking the flow of rivers and mountains; once you break through them, you'll find a broad road and a clear blue sky!
Could it be that today's misfortune has turned into a blessing in disguise, and I might even be able to break through to the Late Bone-Forge Realm?
The thought of this possibility made Gu Chen feel hot all over, and his eyes burned with desire.
Without further hesitation, he immediately unleashed his cultivation technique, circulating his true energy throughout his body, and began wave after wave of intense stimulation of his dantian!
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Chen began to emit wisps of green smoke. His body was already drenched in sweat. As the True Essence Power within his dantian grew stronger, he felt a slight swelling sensation in his body, like someone who had just eaten a full meal and then drunk a large bowl of water.
After circulating the energy for one cycle, the swelling sensation intensified, and the flow of True Essence Power slowed down. Suddenly, with a bang, the True Essence Power seemed to break through some kind of barrier, rapidly circulating within the body. When it gathered in the dantian, the dantian exploded like a rubber ball!
The bottleneck has been broken!
As the saying goes, "No destruction, no construction," when his dantian grew from the size of a pebble to the size of a basketball, his meridians also became more than twice as thick as before!
At that moment, Gu Chen suddenly opened his eyes, which had been tightly closed!
Bright and piercing, like the stars and the sun!
You can see a kilometer ahead, and you can hear the buzzing of mosquitoes and flies all around!
This is the Revolving Illumination Realm, which can be called the Grandmaster stage!
The two assassins searched the entire mountainside all night but found no trace of Gu Chen. After all, they weren't cultivators like Gu Chen who could sense things with powerful Divine Sense; their method of searching was limited to judging based on the slightest clues on the ground.
However, Gu Chen was very quick-witted. After entering the deep mountain, he concealed his presence and moved slowly, leaving no trace of blood or even footprints.
The two assassins were already getting angry as they searched aimlessly.
"This kid can really run!"
Six Harmonies Fist's eyes turned cold as he said, "I estimate he has already left this mountain range."
"Let's go down the mountain and check the surrounding area. With his injuries so severe, there's no way he could have run very far, and he won't last much longer."
"Good!"
Just as they were about to leave this suburb and ask the people on the roadside, a streak of light suddenly swept in from afar!
Like a ribbon shimmering with blue light, trailing a long tail, it passed through vast forests, felling countless leaves wherever it went.
"What is that?!"
Eight Desolations Leg narrowed his eyes. At first, they thought it was some kind of bird, but when they looked closely, they were immediately shocked!
Within the swirling light, it turned out to be a tree branch!
How can this tree branch be floating in mid-air?
Both of them found it unbelievable, but before they could think about it further, the tree branch that had been flying in mid-air suddenly plummeted down and stabbed fiercely in their direction!
The immense pressure, accompanied by the howling wind, propelled the tree branches faster and faster!
"Careful!"
With a roar, Six Harmonies Fist swung his fist, channeling his inner strength, and punched the tree branch!
ah--
The branch wasn't sent flying by the Six Harmonies Fist; instead, the latter let out a scream!
His arm, which had been used to parry the attack, had been severed by the tree branch, revealing a large patch of shocking flesh and blood!
Six Harmonies Fist stared in horror at the tree branch. He never expected that this thing would be sharper than a blade, and so powerful that even he couldn't break through it. Instead, his arm was severed!
The tree branch circled in the air once, and finally hovered steadily ten meters away from them.
"Big brother, are you alright?"
Eight Desolations Leg only realized what was happening at that moment and quickly went to help him up.
"It's nothing." Despite the excruciating pain, the shock in his heart outweighed the pain. Six Harmonies Fist took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I've heard that some powerful seniors live in seclusion in these deep mountains and forests. They don't want to enter the city, so they choose to cultivate in these places."
"A powerful senior?" Eight Desolations Leg still wanted to avenge his companion, but upon hearing this, his tiger body trembled.
"We've never even seen such a technique with our hall master; it must be a profound martial art. Moreover, the ability to control one's qi has always been a symbol of Grandmaster- level master!"
"Grandmaster level!?" Eight Desolations Leg was shocked once again!
"Indeed," Six Harmonies Fist said in a deep voice, "For someone like him, killing us would be as easy as crushing an ant!"
After being stunned by the tree branch, and hearing the analysis of the Six Harmonies Fist, Eight Desolations Retreat was already 80% convinced. Seeing that the latter could remain calm even with a severed arm, he couldn't help but admire him even more. This was the true style of a killer, showing composure and clarity of mind.
Clutching his severed arm and staring at the tree branch, Six Harmonies Fist suppressed his fear and suddenly called out, "Senior, this junior did not intend to trespass into your resting place. If we have disturbed your cultivation, we will leave immediately!"
Eight Desolations Leg remained silent. If the senior was truly that powerful, losing an arm to save his life would be worthwhile.
Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the tree branch trembled with a whoosh and then flew rapidly to the other side.
Immediately afterwards, a figure appeared in the distance, with tree branches swirling around him.
"What a senior!"
The Eight Desolations Leg were shocked. In the morning on the mountain, the fog was thick, and from a distance, they really couldn't see the person coming. They only felt that the other person was protected by tree branches, and in the vastness, it was as if he was exuding immortal energy. They unconsciously lowered their posture.