Chapter 169

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Chapter 169: Consecutive Breakthroughs!

This opportunity originally belonged to him!

Chen Luo stared at Fang Yu with cold eyes, emanating a murderous aura.

Fang Yu frowned slightly and said coldly, “What business is it of yours?”

“How dare you speak to our young master like that?” One of Chen Luo’s followers behind him flew into a rage, rushed forward, and struck at Fang Yu with his palm!

“Boom!”

The true qi hit Fang Yu head-on, causing the ground behind him to crack and shatter.

But Fang Yu remained standing in place, without even blinking.

“How is this possible…” The follower’s face changed drastically.

He was a martial arts grandmaster, and he had used nearly 90% of his power in that strike, yet Fang Yu was hit directly and remained completely unaffected.

At this moment, Fang Yu thrust his right hand forward.

“Puff!”

An enormous force struck the follower, instantly sending him flying dozens of meters away.

“You…” The other three followers, seeing their companion being knocked away, changed their expressions and stepped forward together, intending to attack Fang Yu.

Chen Luo raised his left hand, signaling them not to move.

“Fang Yu, I’ll remember your name,” Chen Luo said with a gloomy expression.

Fang Yu gave Chen Luo a cold look and turned to leave.

He had no time to waste with these people; he was feeling very uncomfortable and needed to quickly find a place to refine the spiritual vein energy in his dantian.

When passing by Zhong Yuan, Fang Yu gave him a glance.

Zhong Yuan felt a chill rise from his feet, instantly spreading throughout his body, making him shudder involuntarily.

He was terrified and even wanted to immediately kneel down and beg Fang Yu for forgiveness.

But Fang Yu merely glanced at him before continuing forward.

Chen Luo watched Fang Yu’s departing figure, his eyes gleaming with dangerous cold light.

The strength Fang Yu displayed far exceeded his expectations.

He knew that if he were to fight with Fang Yu now, he couldn’t easily win, and might even be defeated.

Moreover, Han Qi was still present, and that person was extremely cunning. If he were to engage in battle with Fang Yu and both ended up severely injured, Han Qi would surely take advantage of the situation and reap the benefits.

Furthermore, before reaching the Yuan Ying stage and gaining true invincible power in the world, he didn’t want to reveal his strength too early.

Having lived two lives, he clearly understood the principle that the tallest tree catches the most wind.

In his previous life, he died from an ambush because he was too conspicuous.

In this life, he would not make the same mistake.

Of course, Fang Yu was someone who had to be eliminated.

Chen Luo was a reincarnated person, his luck should have been stronger than anyone else’s! All opportunities should have been born for him!

But Fang Yu’s appearance had stolen his opportunities and weakened his luck!

“No matter, you’ll become the first stepping stone after my reincarnation,” Chen Luo watched Fang Yu’s departing figure, his eyes gleaming with cold light.

When he reaches the Yuan Ying stage, it will be the time of Fang Yu’s death!

He would take back the luck that originally belonged to him!

Nearby, Han Qi watched Chen Luo with his cold expression and murderous aura, his eyes deep in thought, seemingly contemplating something.

Around them, dead silence.

…

Fang Yu quickly left White River Mountain and arrived at another deep mountain in the northwestern part of Jiangnan.

There wasn’t a single person in sight here, making it perfect for secluded cultivation.

Fang Yu found a spot at the peak of a tall mountain, sat down to meditate, and began refining the absorbed spiritual vein power.

He had absorbed two-thirds of that spiritual vein, which was an extremely dangerous move.

Ordinary cultivators would die from burst meridians not just from absorbing two-thirds, but even from just two seconds of absorption.

Even Fang Yu, whose dantian capacity was like an ocean, felt uncomfortable, which shows just how enormous the absorbed spiritual vein power was!

Speaking of which, Fang Yu should thank that guardian will.

If it hadn’t destroyed the spiritual vein, and Fang Yu had absorbed the remaining one-third, he probably couldn’t have withstood it and would have died from body explosion.

But now it was just right, still within acceptable limits.

Fang Yu sat cross-legged on the ground and began refining the high-intensity spiritual energy in his dantian.

After refinement, one strand of high-intensity spiritual energy could transform into at least three strands.

Fang Yu’s body emitted a faint red true qi, and the meridians inside his body began operating fully.

The unrefined high-intensity spiritual energy needed to circulate through the meridians once, and upon returning to the dantian, it would become absorbable spiritual energy.

This process couldn’t be rushed, otherwise the meridians could burst.

Slowly, Fang Yu’s realm began to break through.

One level, two levels, three levels…

Fang Yu sat with his eyes tightly closed, as time slowly passed.

Soon, a week went by.

In one week, Fang Yu broke through thirty levels, reaching the 9,912th level of the Qi Refinement stage.

And only about one-third of the spiritual vein energy in his body had been consumed.

Fang Yu remained motionless, continuing to refine.

Soon, another week passed.

This week, the speed of breaking through each level clearly slowed down, with each level requiring more and more spiritual energy.

But Fang Yu still broke through twenty levels, reaching the 9,932nd level of the Qi Refinement stage.

The spiritual vein energy in his body was down to one-third now.

In the final week, Fang Yu’s breakthrough speed continued to slow down, only breaking through sixteen levels.

After refining the last bit of spiritual vein energy, Fang Yu’s realm stopped at the 9,948th level of the Qi Refinement stage.

Fang Yu opened his eyes, which flashed with an astonishing red light.

“Boom!”

A powerful aura spread out in all directions.

Fang Yu took a deep breath and stood up, stretching his body.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve meditated so carefully,” Fang Yu said to himself.

Then, he sighed.

He had originally thought he could break through to the 10,000th level of Qi Refinement with this spiritual vein energy.

But as his realm advanced, the spiritual energy needed for each breakthrough increased dramatically.

Two-thirds of a spiritual vein simply wasn’t enough!

“Ah, if I had absorbed the remaining one-third, I could have broken through at least twenty more levels by now,” Fang Yu expressed regret.

But he didn’t dwell on it too much.

After living for five thousand years, his mindset had become very peaceful.

Moreover, he was now very close to reaching ten thousand levels.

“It seems this year is truly my lucky year. The number of levels I’ve broken through this year exceeds what I achieved in the past five hundred years!” Fang Yu remarked.

“Growl…”

Just as Fang Yu was reflecting, his stomach started rumbling.

“I’m so hungry!”

He hadn’t eaten or drunk anything for three straight weeks, and now he was both hungry and thirsty.

“Time to go.”

Fang Yu took two steps forward and jumped directly off the thousand-meter cliff.

…

Lijiang Residential Complex.

Today was Sunday, and Wang Yan and Yu Yueyue were both having lunch at home.

Mother and daughter were both silent, looking dejected.

Fang Yu had been missing for three weeks.

After he had been missing for three days, they wanted to report to the police, but then several people who claimed to be Fang Yu’s friends told them it wasn’t necessary, saying that Fang Yu was just away on business and would definitely return.

Those people’s dress and demeanor didn’t seem like bad people, so Wang Yan and Yu Yueyue believed them.

But now three weeks had passed, and there was still no news from Fang Yu.

This made Wang Yan and Yu Yueyue very uneasy.

“Mom, where do you think Brother Fang Yu went? Is he…” Yu Yueyue’s face turned pale, unable to continue.

Wang Yan bit her lip and made a decision, saying, “If he doesn’t come back today, we’ll report to the police!”

How could a perfectly fine person disappear for so long?

Although when they lived in the urban village before, Fang Yu would sometimes disappear for two or three days.

But this time it had been three weeks!

They had called Fang Yu many times but received no response!

“Yes, we must find Brother Fang Yu!” Yu Yueyue said with slightly reddened eyes.

After speaking, both mother and daughter were in low spirits, picking at their food listlessly.

At this moment, there was a knock at the door.

“Is it Brother Fang Yu coming back!?” Yu Yueyue’s face lit up as she ran to open the door.

They rarely had visitors, so it must be Fang Yu!

As soon as Yu Yueyue opened the door, she felt a cold aura hit her face!

A man dressed entirely in black stood before her.

His eyes were narrow and long, and his pupils were unusually vertical, unlike normal people!

Just like a snake’s eyes!

He emanated an extremely cold and dangerous aura.

Yu Yueyue’s expression changed, and she tried to close the door.

But the man had already reached out his hand to hold the door open.

“Fang Yu has been hiding for too long, I’m out of patience. After this job, I still need to go to Europe.” The man stuck out his thin tongue and licked his lips, showing a mysterious smile, “If I take control of you all, it should force him to show himself, right?”