Chapter 247: The Guiyuan Sect Elders Are Dumbfounded, He Reached Gang Force Just Like That?

Chapter 247: Chapter 132: The Guiyuan Sect Elders Are Dumbfounded, He Reached Gang Force Just Like That?

“Hm? Is there news?”

Zhang Su opened his eyes.

The moment he did, Zhou Peng happened to walk in from outside the cave residence.

Zhou Peng walked with hurried steps, a grave expression on his face.

“Yes, there’s news. It’s just… it’s not good.”

Zhou Peng came to a stop before Zhang Su, his voice low.

“Speak.”

Zhang Su’s gaze was fixed on Zhou Peng.

Zhou Peng took a deep breath and began, “The Celestial Prides of the Three Sects Alliance challenged the Celestial Prides of the Jingyuan Sect to a duel. The alliance suffered a crushing defeat! The Jingyuan Sect only sent out a single Celestial Pride from start to finish—Jiang Tianze!”

“And yet, this one Celestial Pride defeated the combined forces of three of our alliance’s Celestial Prides. The battle was a complete rout. I heard all the Celestial Prides from the alliance were heavily injured, but thankfully, no one died.”

“With the defeat of our Celestial Prides, and according to the prior agreement, the Three Sects must now offer thirty percent of their respective incomes to the Jingyuan Sect. Although this buys us a little breathing room, this will only strengthen them while weakening us. I’m afraid the days ahead for the Three Sects Alliance will be very difficult…”

Zhang Su fell silent after hearing this.

Many scenes flashed through his mind.

Once, Yu Hualong and Shi Buyi had also fought a duel between Celestial Prides.

In that battle, Shi Buyi had dominated Yu Hualong from beginning to end with his overwhelming advantage.

Among the Three Sects, Shi Buyi of the Five Elements Sect was essentially the number one Celestial Pride.

He far surpassed the Celestial Prides of the Medicine Valley and the Guiyuan Sect.

But now, the combined force of three Celestial Prides from the alliance had been defeated by a single Celestial Pride from the Jingyuan Sect.

Truly, there was always a higher mountain.

No wonder the Jingyuan Sect dared to launch a full-scale invasion against the Three Sects Alliance.

It turned out the Jingyuan Sect held an advantage over the Three Sects in every single aspect.

“Jiang Tianze…”

Zhang Su murmured under his breath.

Yu Hualong’s greatest wish had once been to defeat Shi Buyi.

In the eyes of the Guiyuan Sect, Shi Buyi was terrifyingly strong.

‘But now, even Shi Buyi has been defeated. Just how strong is this Jiang Tianze from the Jingyuan Sect?’

“How is Yu Hualong?”

Zhang Su asked.

Although he had only met Yu Hualong once, in that single meeting, he had seen Yu Hualong’s sincerity and sense of responsibility.

Yu Hualong genuinely treated the Guiyuan Sect as his home and took the Sect’s rise and fall as his own personal duty.

A man like that deserved respect.

“Senior Brother Yu has already returned to Dragon Transformation Peak. He’s just heavily injured and is currently recuperating.”

Zhou Peng replied.

There was a hint of relief in his tone.

For a Celestial Pride to survive a life-and-death duel and return was a stroke of luck amidst the misfortune.

Zhang Su nodded.

He didn’t ask any more questions.

The fact that Yu Hualong had returned alive was already a great blessing.

Zhang Su initially wanted to visit Yu Hualong.

But after some thought, he decided against it.

Yu Hualong was heavily injured and needed to recover.

If he went, he might disturb Yu Hualong’s rest.

It wouldn’t be too late to visit once Yu Hualong had recovered from his injuries.

‘Cultivation is my priority. I’m only at Seven-in-One right now. I have to reach Eight-in-One and achieve Inner Gang as soon as possible, or even attain Nine Unification and ascend to the Postnatal Realm!’

A sense of urgency grew within Zhang Su.

In the current situation, the Jingyuan Sect and the Three Sects Alliance were really only in a temporary truce.

A major battle could erupt again at any time.

When that happened, it was hard to say whether he, a Celestial Pride, could stay out of it.

His Gang Force Cultivation was clearly no longer sufficient.

In a situation like this, to protect himself, he needed to be at least at the Postnatal Realm.

Only in the Postnatal Realm could one cultivate Inner Strength and be considered a true powerhouse.

And right now, he was two steps away from the Postnatal Realm.

Gang Force was divided into three stages: Outer Gang, Inner Gang, and the Unity of Inner and Outer.

He was currently at the Outer Gang stage, having just reached Seven-in-One, with his Pure Yang Gang Power covering the surface of his body.

The next step was Inner Gang: to permeate his Gang Force into his five viscera and six bowels, protecting his fragile internal organs.

The final stage was the Unity of Inner and Outer, where the Gang Force would permeate every corner of his body, leaving him with no weaknesses.

Only upon reaching that stage could he attempt Nine Unification, generate Inner Strength, and ascend to the Postnatal Realm.

“Zhou Peng, I’m leaving the affairs of Pure Yang Peak to you and Xie Guanchao. Unless it’s something of extreme importance, do not disturb me.”

Zhang Su said to Zhou Peng.

“Yes, Senior Brother.”

Zhou Peng cupped his fists, turned, and left the cave residence.

Zhang Su closed his eyes once more.

He circulated the Pure Yang Gang Power within him and resumed his Cultivation of the Inner Extreme Divine Technique.

The Inner Extreme Divine Technique focused on drawing the Gang Force inward to protect the five viscera and six bowels.

This was far more difficult than projecting it outward.

Because the internal organs were too fragile, the slightest carelessness could result in damaging them instead.

Zhang Su needed to control his Gang Force with extreme precision, letting it seep in sliver by sliver.

He tried again and again.

The Gang Force began at the surface of his skin, slowly seeping inward.

First the skin, then the muscles, then the bones, and finally, the internal organs.

Every step was slow, so slow that the progress was almost imperceptible.

But Zhang Su was not in a hurry.

He knew that this kind of thing could not be rushed.

Time trickled by.

「One month, two months, three months…」

The gate to Zhang Su’s cave residence remained tightly shut.

On Pure Yang Peak, Zhou Peng and Xie Guanchao managed all affairs in an orderly fashion.

Every day, they would come to the cave residence to check. Seeing the gate still closed, they would leave in silence.

During these three months, things between the Three Sects Alliance and the Jingyuan Sect had, contrary to expectations, calmed down.

No new conflicts arose.

Of course, the Three Sects Alliance had paid a heavy price.

They had to offer up a full thirty percent of their income.

For the disciples of each sect, this meant a noticeable reduction in benefits, and Cultivation Resources became scarce.

Some disciples began to complain.

The atmosphere in the Guiyuan Sect grew somewhat somber.

But Sect Leader Meng Shouzhen did not panic.