After breakfast, seeing that there was nothing else to do, Xiao Yunlong went upstairs to the attic to stay. Yesterday, due to Liu Ruyan's sudden accident, he hadn't had time to examine the golden strange gas within his body.
In fact, it was only after breaking through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Martial King realm that Xiao Yunlong could perform internal observation. It was precisely because of this that he discovered the abnormality in his dantian.
Through internal observation, Xiao Yunlong clearly saw a ball of golden mist, about the size of a fist, quietly suspended in the center of his dantian.
"It seems this golden gas cluster has been in my dantian for a long time. I wonder what it is?"
Xiao Yunlong was undoubtedly very curious. With a slight movement of his mind, he immediately drove the internal qi towards the golden mist cluster, wanting to investigate it clearly.
But the moment the qi touched the golden gas, a sudden change occurred!
The mist-like gas cluster suddenly transformed into a stream of light, following the qi directly into Xiao Yunlong's meridians, and then, with lightning speed, it rushed towards his head.
"Not good..."
Xiao Yunlong's expression changed drastically. He instinctively wanted to force out this ball of golden gas, but it was clearly too late.
Suddenly, with a loud boom, Xiao Yunlong felt something explode in his mind. He immediately passed out.
After an unknown period of time, Xiao Yunlong's consciousness slowly returned to clarity, but his head ached as if it would split open, feeling as if his brain was stuffed with things.
He tried his best to calm his mind, and then he was shocked to discover that a large amount of information had appeared in his memory.
"This is... the Art of Three Thousand Divine Kingdoms? That golden mist cluster was actually a cultivation method?"
Even though Xiao Yunlong had experienced many major events over the years, he was extremely shocked at this moment, completely stunned in place.
"This Art of Three Thousand Divine Kingdoms should be a cultivation method from ancient times. How did it appear in my body? Could someone have deliberately left it in my dantian before?"
Xiao Yunlong's brows furrowed. He suddenly thought of a rainy night eight years ago. He was abandoned by his family and, on the verge of death, met an ordinary old man. The old man not only saved him but also taught him martial arts.
It was precisely because of this that his life's trajectory changed. Otherwise, he would have died eight years ago, and naturally, he would not have become the renowned King of Zhenbei later!
"I remember that old man mentioned when he left that he had left something for me. It seems it must have been this ball of golden gas!" Xiao Yunlong sighed inwardly.
At this moment, the information in Xiao Yunlong's mind was playing like a film reel. After about half an hour, he finally had a general understanding of this method.
According to the information in the cultivation technique, the human body possesses three thousand divine kingdoms. Each divine kingdom opened would bring great benefits and unimaginable power. If all three thousand divine kingdoms could be cultivated to the great perfection realm, then moving mountains and seas, and plucking stars and moons would be effortless.
"I remember seeing in some scattered ancient secret manuals that above the Martial King realm is the Innate Acupoint. It is said that the human body has a total of nine acupoints. Opening each acupoint can correspondingly develop human potential and bring great benefits. So, these acupoints and divine kingdoms might have some commonality!"
Xiao Yunlong thought to himself. The only difference was that the ancient martial arts manuals recorded only nine acupoints, while this ancient Art of Divine Kingdoms had as many as three thousand divine kingdoms.
In fact, in the secular world, there is a certain level of distinction in martial arts cultivation strength. For example, the first stage is Hua Jin, which is divided into nine stages, roughly corresponding to the nine-dan black belts in Taekwondo and Judo in the market.
When outer force martial artists temper their bodies to a certain extent, those with outstanding talent will generate internal force, or qi, within their bodies. At this point, they enter the inner force realm, and inner force martial artists are also called minor grandmasters.
When inner force is used to the point of perfection or even supernatural skill, it is considered entering the Hua Jin Grandmaster level. There is a clear distinction between Hua Jin Grandmasters and Inner Force Minor Grandmasters: whether the internal qi can be released from the body.
The legend of "flying leaves and plucking flowers can kill people" refers to Hua Jin Grandmasters!
Because Hua Jin Grandmasters can release their internal qi from their bodies and attach it to external objects, such as leaves, even a leaf as thin as a cicada's wing can possess powerful lethality.
Originally, Xiao Yunlong had planned to start cultivating from the scattered ancient martial arts manuals he had read, gradually opening the acupoints in his body, and then entering the Innate realm. However, now that he possessed the more powerful and complete Art of Three Thousand Divine Kingdoms, he naturally would not abandon the nearer for the farther.
He repeatedly studied it, until it was thoroughly memorized and he gained some understanding, then he slowly closed his eyes and began to cultivate. This technique was very profound and complex, but fortunately, Xiao Yunlong was not in a hurry. He explored it bit by bit to find the first divine kingdom within his body.
Time slowly passed. After an unknown period, Xiao Yunlong suddenly heard a very urgent knocking sound from outside. He had no choice but to withdraw from his cultivation state and open the door. He found it was the old butler, Uncle Meng.
"Something's wrong, Mr. Xiao. Miss Ruyan might be in trouble!" Uncle Meng said, panting.
"What happened?" Xiao Yunlong frowned.
"It's like this: around noon, the young lady, worried about the household servants, offered to go get medicine for the master herself. But she hasn't returned yet, and we can't reach her," Uncle Meng said.
It was then that Xiao Yunlong realized that it was already dark. Unknowingly, he had been cultivating in the attic for more than ten hours.
"Mr. Xiao, the master is downstairs. He asked me to invite you down."
Xiao Yunlong nodded slightly and went downstairs.
Liu Hongguo sat in his wheelchair in the courtyard with a grim expression. In front of him stood more than ten burly bodyguards in black.
Seeing Xiao Yunlong walk down, Liu Hongguo said in a deep voice, "Mr. Xiao, Ruyan is missing. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the Cheng family's doing. That bastard Cheng Tiantong is simply lawless and doesn't put me, this old man, in his eyes at all!"
Xiao Yunlong said coldly, "You should have Cheng Tiantong's contact information, right? Call him directly!"
Liu Hongguo was slightly stunned, then waved to the butler to bring him his phone.
However, at that very moment, the phone suddenly rang. It was Cheng Tiantong calling.
Liu Hongguo's expression tensed, and he pressed the answer button: "Cheng Tiantong, my granddaughter is missing. Did you send people to do it?"
"Heh heh, you noticed so quickly? Not a bad reaction. Since that's the case, I won't beat around the bush. Two demands!"
Cheng Tiantong on the other end of the line let out a couple of cold laughs, then said in a deep voice, "First, tell that bastard Xiao Yunlong to break his own hands and feet and crawl to my Cheng family to apologize; second, you, Liu Hongguo, personally issue a statement announcing to all of Su City your agreement to marry your granddaughter to my son!"
"You're dreaming!" Liu Hongguo trembled with anger.
"I'm dreaming?" Cheng Tiantong chuckled sinisterly and mockingly, "Listen carefully, I'll only give you one hour to consider. After one hour, if I don't see a city-wide announcement, and if I don't see that dog surnamed Xiao cripple himself and crawl to my Cheng family to apologize, then wait to collect your precious granddaughter..."
However, before he could finish, Xiao Yunlong snatched the phone and said word by word, "Cheng Tiantong, listen to me carefully. If Liu Ruyan is harmed in the slightest, I will exterminate your entire Cheng family!"
Saying that, without giving Cheng Tiantong a chance to speak, Xiao Yunlong directly turned off the phone and walked out.
Liu Hongguo and the old butler, Uncle Meng, were secretly astonished at this, thinking how domineering this young man was!