Chen Changan felt that there must be some special connection between this thing and himself.
Chen Zhengyuan, on the other hand, had never imagined that an heirloom left by their ancestor would excite Chen Changan so much.
"Ancestor, is this object called a Fetal Pearl?"
A Fetal Pearl?
Why had he never heard of it?
Chen Changan glanced at Big Huang, whose eyes also held a hint of confusion. It seemed the dog had never heard of it either.
"What is a Fetal Pearl?"
"Oh, that name was given by our ancestors."
"Because this pearl appeared at the same time as your birth, Ancestor, it was named the Fetal Pearl."
What?
Did that mean his mother had not only given birth to him but also to a pearl?
Then what did that make it? His brother, born of the same mother, was a pearl?
"Originally, the ancestors planned to give you this Fetal Pearl once you were a bit older. But unexpectedly, you were taken away by a powerful expert and never returned."
"Alas, the Chen Family has weathered many storms over the years. Of the nine Fetal Pearls, only this one remains."
Only one of nine Fetal Pearls was left?
Didn't that mean he had eight other "brothers" scattered out in the world?
"Do you know where they are?" Chen Changan asked.
"I'm not sure. It's been too long. The only one I know of seems to be in the hands of the Great Zhou Kingdom's royal family."
"They used underhanded means to snatch it from the Chen Family back then."
"As for why they took it, I don't know the inside story."
The descendants of the Chen Family only knew that this was an heirloom left for Chen Changan, but they had no idea what purpose the Fetal Pearl served.
To them, while it looked beautiful, it seemed to be of no use to cultivators.
"Alright, I understand. You may go attend to your duties."
"Oh, and prepare some good food. A lot of it. Big Huang has a big appetite."
"Yes, I'll go prepare it at once."
After Chen Zhengyuan left, Big Huang gave Chen Changan a satisfied look. *Smart kid, knowing to get me some food.*
"Big Huang, I feel a special connection between this thing and me."
"I'm going back to my room to study it properly."
Big Huang nodded. From what it knew of Chen Changan, it was rare to see him with such a serious expression.
After returning to his room, Chen Changan placed the Fetal Pearl in his palm and began to examine it closely.
What exactly was the connection between this thing and him?
Just as Chen Changan was puzzled, the Fetal Pearl suddenly transformed into a streak of white light and shot directly into his forehead.
It was so fast that Chen Changan had no time to react.
"Damn, is my brother trying to possess me?"
"Huh? No, that's not it!"
After entering his forehead, the Fetal Pearl dissolved into a stream of energy that coursed through Chen Changan's entire body.
The comfortable sensation almost made Chen Changan moan, but he held it in.
"Spiritual energy?"
"I... my body can sense and absorb spiritual energy now?"
After circulating once through Chen Changan's body, the energy from the Fetal Pearl seemed to settle between his eyebrows and then vanished.
At the same time, Chen Changan's body could now sense the presence of spiritual energy and even absorb it.
For all these years, his body had been unable to sense spiritual energy, let alone absorb it.
Although Mu Yunyao had fed him countless heavenly treasures, none of them had any effect.
Who would have thought that this single Fetal Pearl would solve his physical problem?
"Damn, could my inability to cultivate be because of... these nine Fetal Pearls?"
"So, does this mean I left all my cultivation talent back in the womb?"
"Master was right. I really am an anomaly!"
Chen Changan couldn't help but laugh at himself. The world was vast, but someone like him was truly a rare sight.
"Hah, let's give it a try. Let's see if I can really cultivate."
For all these years, Chen Changan had been unable to cultivate. He might have appeared carefree and unbothered, but how could he not care at all in his heart?
Mu Yunyao's lifetime of knowledge was all in his head. Cultivation was never the hard part for him; the problem was his inability to absorb spiritual energy.
"Hmm, an Emperor-Level Technique, the Supreme Overlord Body Art? Nah, with my physique, I'll pass on this one."
"Emperor-Level Technique, Nine Revolutions Heavenly Profound Technique? It's powerful, but damn it, you have to recultivate nine times. Too much trouble."
"Which technique is a bit more stylish?"
There were too many techniques, leaving Chen Changan momentarily at a loss for which to choose.
"Forget it, I'll practice the sword. Let's just say it suits a scoundrel like me."
"Hehehe!"
The Supreme Sword Emperor Technique was another technique Mu Yunyao had once taught him.
Cultivating the Supreme Sword Emperor Technique was not simple. It required not only cultivation talent but, more importantly, comprehension.
Without sufficient comprehension, one could never grasp the profound mysteries within it.
"Hah!"
Chen Changan took a deep breath. His current mood was like that of someone just discovering cultivation for the first time.
After ten thousand years of waiting, the day he could finally cultivate had arrived!
As he began to operate the technique, the surrounding spiritual energy surged toward Chen Changan like a tidal wave!
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"That kid can really cultivate now?"
Outside, Big Huang sensed the change in the surrounding spiritual energy, its eyes filled with astonishment.
The kid was already a menace with no cultivation. Now that he could cultivate...
As Chen Changan continued to cultivate, all the cultivators in Yangui City were left dumbfounded!
"What's going on?"
"I don't know, but the spiritual energy... why did it all suddenly vanish?"
"The Chen Family? It seems to be converging on the Chen Family's estate?"
"What? The Chen Family? Could it be... has the Chen Family's patriarch broken through to the peak of the True Qi Stage?"
"That seems impossible, right?"
In Yangui City, the members of the other two major families, the Xu Family and the Ning Family, stared at each other, completely clueless as to what was happening.
They all speculated that the Chen Family's patriarch must have had a fortuitous encounter and his strength had soared.
Meanwhile, the members of the Chen Family were indeed ecstatic, because they could sense that the place where the spiritual energy was gathering was precisely where their Ancestor resided.
"As expected of our Ancestor. He is truly powerful."
"That's right, with the Ancestor's return, our Chen Family is finally going to rise again."
"Say, what cultivation level do you think the Ancestor is at? Could he be in the Divine Transformation Stage?"
"Divine Transformation Stage? Are you insulting the Ancestor? I say he must be at least in the Void Stage."
"The Void Stage? My heavens, that's probably enough to be a supreme expert in some major power, right?"
"Well, what else would you expect from our Ancestor?"
"Exactly. Our Chen Family's Ancestor is bound to be a peerless expert."
The Chen Family was exceptionally excited, but the other two major families in Yangui City were already growing worried.
The situation with the disappearing spiritual energy was becoming more and more unsettling.
"Good heavens, he's drained all the spiritual energy within a hundred-mile radius, and he hasn't even stopped."
"With ten thousand years of accumulation, is this kid going to break through to the Transcendent Stage in one go?"
From Big Huang's perspective, the speed and volume of this spiritual energy absorption were far too immense for someone who had just started cultivating.
The spiritual energy for hundreds of miles around had been depleted, and it wasn't stopping. It was still unknown how much spiritual energy Chen Changan would ultimately absorb.
Such a vast amount of spiritual energy was simply terrifying!
Time ticked by. Eventually, even Big Huang's jaw began to drop. The meat in its mouth seemed to have lost its flavor!
Beiyuan County!
The kid had actually drained the spiritual energy of the entire Beiyuan County?
"Is he damn well trying to break straight through to the Divine Ability Realm?"
Chen Changan himself had never expected that his very first cultivation session would cause a major earthquake throughout the entire Beiyuan County
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