Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 464 - 438: The Majestic Image of My Father Must Not Fall!

Chapter 464: Chapter 438: The Majestic Image of My Father Must Not Fall!

Early the next morning, everyone discovered a person lying on the open ground outside of Changsun Bubai’s sleeping tent.

To say he was alive, he lay motionless on the ground, barely distinguishable from the dead.

To say he was dead, yet the person’s eyes were open and he was still breathing.

What was more astonishing was that from time to time he would suddenly burst into loud laughter, and occasionally mutter to himself indistinctly.

Changsun Wuji carefully approached and recognized the mud and sweat-covered figure as Zhang San after a long while.

Not knowing whether Zhang San was bewitched or possessed, Changsun Wuji rushed into his father’s tent.

"Father, Zhang San is lying outside, and he looks like he has been bewitched."

After Changsun Wuji came in, he realized his two younger brothers and sister were also present—they had all noticed Zhang San’s abnormal behavior outside.

His daughter Changsun Youde spoke softly, "Father, shall I call the military doctor? After all, Zhang San is the Empress’s adopted son; this could turn into a big problem, which wouldn’t be good for you or for our family."

Changsun Bubai laughed and waved his hand, saying, "You don’t understand. This lad is in enlightenment. If he figures it out, he will have made it!"

Upon hearing this, Changsun Wugen curiously asked, "Father, what is Zhang San enlightening himself upon? Does he need to lie on the ground for that?"

Changsun Bubai laughed and explained, "Zhang San is trying to open his Five Viscera Wheel Seas, but he has been stuck at the True Core Ocean Calming stage for a while. It’s not that his True Core cannot stabilize; it’s that his martial heart cannot settle."

"Last night, the two of us were tossing and turning all night..."

At this point, Changsun Wuji looked at his father in shock, his eyes filled with inexplicable fear and confusion.

Realizing something, Changsun Bubai glared at Changsun Wuji, his unfilial son, and clarified, "To put it more accurately, we were sparring all night."

"Now, Zhang San has gained a new understanding of his martial path. Once he succeeds in his enlightenment, he will be able to smoothly step into the Spiritual Platform Realm and open his Five Viscera Wheel Seas. By then, even though he will have just entered the Spiritual Platform Realm, his strength will be among the best of all Qi Filling the Majestic Sea cultivators in the Spiritual Platform Realm."

Changsun Wugen asked, "But... Father, didn’t it take you three days and nights to comprehend and open the Five Viscera Wheel Seas? Doesn’t that mean Zhang San will have to lie outside even longer?"

Changsun Youde, with a puzzled look and blinking her big eyes, asked, "Father, I remember once when you were drunk, you said it took you a month in seclusion to open the Five Viscera Wheel Seas! How come brother just mentioned three days and nights?"

Changsun Bubai was taken aback.

Indeed, drinking can lead to slipups, and he had inadvertently spoken the truth.

"Cough cough... I must have been talking nonsense when I was drunk that time, trying to deceive others by making them think that my comprehension was ordinary and my strength was weak, which would lower their guard against me."

"How could someone as formidable as I need a whole month of seclusion to break through to the mere Spiritual Platform Realm, am I right?"

Changsun Youde felt that her father’s words did not sound truthful.

But as an obedient daughter, she decided not to expose him.

"Indeed, daughter thinks father is the best. What you said about a month must have been about something else."

Hearing this, Changsun Bubai suddenly remembered something and started to make excuses, "I remember now. It took me a month, back when I was opening the Five Viscera Wheel Seas, to find my first Divine Treasure."

"The speed at which I found my Divine Treasure was quite fast. It only took me a month’s time."

"You should know that although it is easy to open the Five Viscera Wheel Seas, many people spend their whole lives without finding a single Divine Treasure. Finding the Divine Treasures within the Five Viscera Wheel Seas certainly requires some luck. After all, the Seas of Wheels are vast, and you never know where in the Wheel Sea Water your Divine Treasure might be located."

"While your father may not be fortunate, I am very strong. In seeking Divine Treasures, if you don’t have the luck to encounter them easily, then you rely on your formidable strength to refine more and more of the Wheel Sea Water with your potent Qi. As long as you refine quickly, you can swiftly find your Divine Treasure."

"If you don’t know where the Divine Treasure is, then just refine the entire Sea of Wheels, and that will be it!"

"Back then, it was with this indomitable spirit that your father was able to attain today’s achievements."

Changsun Youde felt her father was boasting, but considering his age, she thought it better to indulge him a bit and immediately responded, "Father is mighty!"

Seeing their father pleased with their sister’s response, the three sons also echoed in agreement, "Father is mighty."

At that moment, Changsun Wudiao expressed his concern, "But how long will Brother San need to lie on the ground outside to open the Five Viscera Wheel Seas? If it takes too long, won’t he starve?"

Changsun Bubai laughed and said, "Zhang San is also a person with great understanding. Although he previously didn’t focus on the martial path and is far behind your father, he is talented with excellent comprehension. If I took three days and nights, I estimate he will take..."

Changsun Bubai calculated; in truth, it had taken him a month to seclude himself and succeed in his breakthrough.

Though it’s fine to boast to his children, he couldn’t let himself believe it!

So, combining his own situation with that of Zhang San, and feeling that Zhang San was indeed a tad smarter, he came up with a very reasonable result that satisfied him.

"Seven days and seven nights, then."

Changsun Wuji nodded repeatedly, saying, "If Father took three days and nights, then Zhang San is certainly a bit inferior. Seven days and seven nights sounds about right."

However, as soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, everyone inside the tent felt a powerful aura sweeping in from outside the camp.

It is the aura of breakthrough in the Spiritual Platform Realm.

Changsun Bubai felt within this aura the Blade Intent that could shatter everything, accompanied by a complex yet profound Might.

"Could it be that this young man has broken through already?"

Changsun Bubai immediately stepped out of his sleeping tent, followed closely by his three sons and daughter.

As the five of them just stepped out, they saw Zhang San’s figure already slowly rising into the air on the open ground outside.

Two strong winds revolved around him incessantly.

One was violent and fierce as if it could sever mountains.

The other was as gentle as an early spring breeze, as soothing as the scissors of February.

Surrounded by these two distinct winds, Zhang San’s body was tightly encircled by them.

Then, the winds merged into one, and around Zhang San began to appear ten different elemental glows, five above and five below.

The ten glows surrounded Zhang San’s body, eventually shrouded by a powerful and pure Qi released from him.

In the end, all the Qi and brilliance, Blade Intent and Might, converged into a giant vortex coalescing into a star, which fell into Zhang San’s body, dropping precisely at an entrance to the Seas of Wheels, a location he had calculated and deduced countless times over.

In an instant, the True Core that had been in the Wheel Sea Water seemed to resonate with this new Qi flooding into his body.

In a moment, the pitch-dark Wheel Sea Water burst into sounds like metal shattering.

Amidst the loud noise, the dark waters of the deep sea began to turn crimson.

Zhang San felt that after all his Qi poured into the True Core deep within the Seas of Wheels, the Qi was radiated outward by the True Core, Refining the dark waters of the Sea into a crimson hue.

Eventually, a large expanse of the deep sea area turned entirely crimson.

And floating in mid-air, Zhang San, who had finally succeeded in opening the Five Viscera Wheel Seas, also slowly descended to the ground, opening his eyes.

"The Five Viscera Wheel Seas, opening successful."

Looking at Zhang San’s joyous face, although Changsun Bubai was happy for Zhang San, he himself could not truly rejoice.

I just finished calculating the time in front of my children for you, so why did you have to advance it?

"Zhang San, congratulations. This is what they call ’great achievements come from accumulation of efforts.’ If it weren’t for the regular accumulation, how could there possibly be an overnight breakthrough?"

After saying this, Changsun Bubai secretly rejoiced in his heart.

That’s right, it was because Zhang San had already accumulated almost enough that he could break through in one night.

It is certainly not because Changsun Bubai is inferior to Zhang San.

The image of the impressive father must not falter!

Changsun Youde naturally heard his father’s words, which superficially congratulated Zhang San but in reality were to save face in front of his siblings. He lowered his head, chuckled softly, and said nothing.

On the other hand, Changsun Wugen and Changsun Wudiao did not pay attention to what their father was saying and just kept congratulating Zhang San earnestly.

"Thank you, thank you, too kind, too kind."

After expressing his gratitude, Zhang San immediately looked at Changsun Bubai with eyes that seemed to be suggesting something.

Upon seeing this, Changsun Bubai thought, Ah, good, he knows to come to me for advice right after his breakthrough.

It’s not that I need to show off my extensive knowledge in front of my children, but since you have questions to ask, I’ll magnanimously enlighten you.

"Zhang San, do you have any questions to ask?"

"Not bad, Military Envoy, such insight! Indeed, I’ve come across a problem I don’t understand and need to consult an expert like you who has strength and has studied the Five Viscera Wheel Seas."

Zhang San hadn’t even asked his question yet, but his flattering words completely maxed out Changsun Bubai’s vanity and pride.

"Go ahead, I do know a thing or two about the Five Viscera Wheel Seas."

The greatest pretense is modesty.

Zhang San gave a respectful bow to Changsun Bubai and inquired solemnly, "When I was opening the Five Viscera Wheel Seas just now, it seemed that I also unlocked a Divine Treasure. But I’m not sure how to cultivate this Divine Treasure."

Changsun Bubai felt a burning sensation on his face that he couldn’t understand.

Why does the sun not feel hot today, but why does his own face feel a bit scalding at the moment?