Chapter 16
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Chapter 16: Spiritual Impact, Changes in the Mountain Forest
“The white space has expanded again. This time, it’s… wow, it expanded by five times!”
After examining himself, Chen Yang saw the storing spirit energy space had ballooned once more.
While Yang Linghu was going down the mountain to report, he attempted to move the spiritual power within him.
He first tried the Gathering Qi ability; the range was basically the same as before, but he was now gathering more spiritual energy.
Chen Yang compared it and found that it was about three times the usual concentration of spiritual energy before, but now it had reached almost five times.
Then, he took advantage of the feeling from just moving his spiritual power to see what new abilities he had gained.
Spiritual power inside him was drawn out, flowing from the white space and gradually gathering at the surface of Chen Yang’s body.
Once it completely covered his surface, the spiritual power stopped flowing outward.
Chen Yang controlled the spiritual power at his surface and found that he could compress it.
Little by little, he compressed it until the spiritual power, which originally covered his entire body, was focused into a point as thick as a finger.
“Oh~ I can compress it, hmm…”
“So, what is the use of this?”
Chen Yang looked at the small white dot on him and felt a bit confused; he couldn’t understand this ability!
It didn’t seem to allow for sensing or illuminating.
With a hint of confusion, Chen Yang continued to try compressing this point of spiritual power.
Just as he had the thought, this small clump of compressed spiritual power shot out of his body with a tremendous force!
Boom!
Even though it was only about the thickness of a finger, the impact was incredible.
Chen Yang didn’t know that it could fire off like this, and he didn’t consider where it was aimed, resulting in a whole row of empty rooms in the forbidden area being destroyed by the spiritual impact.
“Wow! I’m really amazing now!”
The power of this spiritual impact was equivalent to a peak mid-stage cultivator’s life-threatening strike; any ordinary mid-stage cultivator would surely die from such an attack!
Chen Yang felt both shocked and delighted, not expecting that his innocent little stone could possess such immense destructive power.
Such a massive commotion naturally caught the attention of others.
The three children at the foot of the mountain, along with Old Yu, quickly rushed to the forbidden area.
Upon seeing the ruins of the rooms, they were all a bit stunned.
“Did someone break into the forbidden area again?” Yang Linghu asked.
Yang Lingqing quickly shook her head, saying, “No, the formation is all normal, and the token didn’t respond. Besides, why would they come in and blow up a row of empty rooms?”
At that moment, the four people’s gazes unintentionally turned to Chen Yang.
“Ah… okay, it was me, but it was definitely an accident,” Chen Yang thought to himself.
Old Yu stepped forward, gently touching Chen Yang, and noticed he was a bit warm on the surface.
Then, he sensed the fluctuations of spiritual power within the forbidden area.
“Lingqing is right. No one has broken into the forbidden area; it was this Mysterious Stone causing the explosion during its advancement.”
“Ah? The Mysterious Stone can blow up houses after advancing? Are we going to live here? Will we be woken up by explosions?” Yang Linghu said with a serious expression.
“Pfft…”
His words made Lingqing and Lingrui laugh.
Old Yu also shook his head with a smile, saying, “The ability of the Mysterious Stone is definitely not about blowing up houses. I just sensed it; it seems to be a ray-type technique.”
He grabbed Chen Yang, holding him in his hand, and slowly infused spiritual power into him.
Maintaining a steady rhythm, Chen Yang still utilized his Gathering Qi ability, feeling a richness of spiritual energy that pleased Old Yu, who nodded in satisfaction.
Next, he changed his approach, quickly pouring in spiritual power at high speed.
At that moment, a change occurred.
They saw the spiritual power starting to gather on the surface of the Mysterious Stone, quickly wrapping it entirely.
Old Yu, experienced, continued to compress the spiritual power, and when the glowing point condensed to the thickness of a finger, he immediately lifted his hand, aiming Chen Yang at a large boulder on the mountain.
“Go!”
Whoosh—
Boom!
The spiritual impact suddenly shot out, and in the blink of an eye, it blasted the over two-meter-tall boulder into pieces.
This scene once again shocked the three children.
“What a powerful technique!”
“With such destructive power, even my gust of wind couldn’t do that.”
“I feel like this is equivalent to a strike from a peak mid-stage cultivator.”
The three children said.
Old Yu smiled and turned around, saying, “Lingqing’s feelings are not wrong; this indeed reaches the level of a full strike from a mid-stage cultivator. The Mysterious Stone is truly extraordinary; it was originally just a supporting spiritual treasure, but now it can be used for defense!”
Seeing the eager expressions of the three children, Old Yu handed Chen Yang over to them.
After some guidance, all three children successfully fired a spiritual impact using Chen Yang.
However, due to their insufficient spiritual power, the strength was nowhere near Old Yu’s; it only reached a mid-stage level.
Moreover, after firing four times in a row, Chen Yang’s surface had become extremely hot, making it impossible to hold onto.
“It seems this technique has a limit on usage. Using it too much causes the spiritual treasure to overheat, and if we don’t stop, it could damage it.”
Old Yu concluded, and the three children nodded in agreement.
Chen Yang also found this reasoning reasonable, as he started feeling a bit fatigued.
“Elder Yu, is the Master still at the mine today?”
After testing Chen Yang’s new ability, Yang Lingqing asked Elder Yu.
“Mmm, the Master is still over there guarding.”
“How strange; didn’t the beasts get driven away before? Why are we still experiencing Monster Troubles now?”
“This situation has been going on for more than ten days; it’s not just our Yang Family; the two towns have also been troubled by beasts. Now the military is stationed outside the towns.”
Chen Yang had heard about the Monster Troubles before he fell asleep.
The Yang Family’s Forbidden Area was on the mountain, and he had sensed that long-lost aura before.
During his twenty years in the secret realm, he had seen all kinds of monsters and was quite familiar with them.
“This matter is not just a simple case of Monster Troubles.”
Saying this, Old Yu’s expression grew serious.
“Previously, the Master, the two mayors, and I ventured into the mountain to investigate and found signs of monster activity.”
“Monsters!”
Hearing this word, the three children felt a chill run through them.
Monsters prey on humans, and the relationship between the two clans is fraught with conflict; they had all read about this.
Though they had never seen a monster with their own eyes, they already understood their ferocity.
“Elder Yu, if this is due to monsters, then it probably won’t end soon,” Yang Lingqing said.
“Lingqing is right; we have already imagined the worst-case scenario, which is a monster tide.”
Old Yu said solemnly, “This is likely the first test we’ll face after the Yang Family’s independence from the dynasty’s influence. You all need to be prepared in advance.”
“Yes, Elder Yu, we understand!”
After some time, the five cultivators of the Yang Family rarely returned to the forbidden area for training.
To deal with the escalating Monster Troubles, they had to go down the mountain to guard the family.
The situation within the Yang Family was manageable for now, as they had trained family soldiers in advance, and there were still five cultivators present. However, there were some injuries, but no fatalities had occurred.
The two towns had military forces stationed, and the situation was also okay; at least the townsfolk were not in danger.
However, other places, like the small villages scattered around, were not so fortunate.
Due to the Monster Troubles, many villages had become uninhabitable.
In fact, large packs of monsters had directly destroyed villagers’ homes and entered them to feast on people.
Villages that remained safe were filled with panic; many people packed their belongings and fled with their families to the towns for refuge.
