The King of Flying Tigers' villa had completely turned into ruins. The once glorious and arrogant Zhong family had also completely disappeared in this battle.
"Alas, this is karma!"
"Ten years ago, a fortune teller visited me and told me to leave Yanjing, saying the feng shui here was bad and that ten years later, there would be a great calamity, leading to the ruin of my family. I didn't take it seriously at the time, but now it seems it was all true!"
The King of Flying Tigers looked at the devastated scene and said with distress.
"Your Majesty, please accept my condolences!"
Lu Yang stood by and comforted him.
"Let's go, we should look for the secret chamber!"
The King of Flying Tigers nodded and quickly began searching for the secret chamber with Lu Yang.
The secret chamber was located at the southeast corner of the former Zhong family villa. It appeared to be an inconspicuous vegetable garden, and the King of Flying Tigers personally managed this garden. The vegetables and fruits grown there were thriving.
Soon, the King of Flying Tigers identified the location, then, with Lu Yang's help, they cleared away all the debris. A metal door soon appeared before them.
The King of Flying Tigers placed a hand on the metal door. With a "dada da" sound, the metal door sensed it and opened slowly, bit by bit.
Looking inside, a flight of stairs appeared, dark and ominous.
"Follow me,"
The King of Flying Tigers nodded and led Lu Yang inside.
The stairs had three levels. In five minutes, they had reached the innermost part of the secret chamber. Although the secret chamber was very close to the ground, its entire structure was cast with steel, making it exceptionally sturdy and impenetrable.
There were two rooms below: one was the King of Flying Tigers' training room, and the other was a room for storing precious items.
And in this room, five people were seated. They were all family members of the King of Flying Tigers. Among them, with a round little head, was Cheng Xiaoyun.
"Brother Lu Yang, you're finally here to save us!"
Upon seeing Lu Yang, Cheng Xiaoyun immediately rushed towards him, tears streaming down her face in excitement.
"Xiaoyun, you're still alive? That's wonderful!"
Seeing Cheng Xiaoyun alive, Lu Yang was overjoyed.
The King of Flying Tigers was also very excited. The other four were also descendants of the Zhong family. Unexpectedly, four of them had survived this great battle, which brought some comfort to the King of Flying Tigers' broken heart.
"Patriarch!"
"Father!"
The few people called out respectfully to the King of Flying Tigers.
"Alas!"
The King of Flying Tigers' eyes were filled with tears of excitement.
"After I finish my business here, I'll take you away from this place!"
The King of Flying Tigers said to the four.
"Lu Yang, let's go to the training room!"
As the King of Flying Tigers spoke, he led Lu Yang into another room.
The walls of this room were engraved with the Zhong family's cultivation techniques, with not only textual explanations but also vivid illustrations, making it seem as if countless people were practicing martial arts on the walls.
"Lu Yang, this is where our Zhong family's heritage lies. Only true inheritors of the Zhong family are qualified to cultivate our techniques. Now, I will impart the Zhong family's cultivation techniques to you, and I hope you can carry them forward!"
The King of Flying Tigers said directly to Lu Yang.
"Mm!"
Lu Yang nodded heavily and, under the King of Flying Tigers' guidance, began to cultivate the Zhong family's techniques. It had to be said that Lu Yang was indeed a martial arts genius. He quickly mastered the Zhong family's techniques, practicing them with great proficiency and at a remarkable speed.
Seeing Lu Yang's rapid progress, the King of Flying Tigers was astonished. Even he had never cultivated at such a speed before, yet Lu Yang had achieved it.
"Could it be that the cultivation techniques of these four great leaders all originated from a single unified technique, which was divided into four parts by that powerful being and bestowed upon four families?"
The King of Flying Tigers' doubts grew in his heart.
However, despite his doubts, the King of Flying Tigers patiently answered Lu Yang's questions whenever he encountered any difficulties.
In three days, Lu Yang had mastered all of the Zhong family's cultivation techniques. The next step was to integrate the Zhong family's techniques with his own Lu family techniques. Only by successfully merging them could it be confirmed that the cultivation techniques of the four great families were interconnected.
"King of Flying Tigers, let's take them and leave this place as quickly as possible. We can proceed with the integration back at Youdu Prison!"
Lu Yang said directly to the King of Flying Tigers.
"Mm!"
The King of Flying Tigers nodded. Soon, the two of them, along with the four people who had been hiding in the secret chamber, left the King of Flying Tigers' ruined villa. Before leaving, the King of Flying Tigers activated the secret chamber's self-destruct button, and the entire secret chamber turned to ashes.
Half an hour later, everyone returned to Youdu Prison. Lu Yang did not reunite with them but went directly to the open space in Youdu Prison to begin the integration of the Lu family's and Zhong family's techniques.
The Lu family's technique was primarily the "Black Dragon Art" (Hei Long Jue), and the Zhong family's technique was the "Flying Tiger Art" (Fei Hu Jue). Although their names were similar, their methods were vastly different. The "Black Dragon Art" mainly focused on cultivating martial skills, with eighteen styles of the Black Dragon, each possessing immense power, capable of physically suppressing all under heaven. The "Flying Tiger Art," on the other hand, focused on tempering the internal, primarily cultivating internal energy and continuously improving one's cultivation realm. This was why the King of Flying Tigers had reached the Divine Realm many years ago, but due to injuries, he had fallen back from that realm.
After absorbing the "Flying Tiger Art," Lu Yang sat cross-legged in the open space and began to merge the "Black Dragon Art" and the "Flying Tiger Art." Lu Yang felt his internal true energy surge like a vast ocean within his body, and his cultivation steadily climbed. In just one hour, Lu Yang's cultivation had reached the peak of the Divine Realm, and his body had become even more powerful under the tempering of the "Black Dragon Art."
"It actually merged? It's exactly as Old Spirit Sparrow King said. My cultivation of the 'Black Dragon Art' now seems to be an incomplete technique. After merging with the 'Flying Tiger Art,' it feels complete, but after the fusion, I can clearly feel that its completeness is only fifty percent. I still need the cultivation techniques of the other two families to compensate for the remaining fifty percent!"
"Truly a powerful technique under the heavens!"
Lu Yang exclaimed in shock.
After merging the "Black Dragon Art" and the "Flying Tiger Art," Lu Yang's cultivation and physical body became unprecedentedly powerful. Lu Yang felt that if Guo Xiaotian stood before him now, even if Guo Xiaotian and Guo Chongtian joined forces, they might not be his match.
When Lu Yang reappeared before everyone, they all felt an immense pressure emanating from him.
"Yang'er, have you broken through again?"
Feeling the aura emanating from Lu Yang, Lu Tianfeng asked excitedly.
"Yes, I have now broken through to the peak of the Divine Realm!"
Lu Yang stated directly.