Chapter 479 Heart's Fire
Chen Yang was completely caught off guard. He never expected these two cauldrons to fit together so perfectly. Even more surprising was that after the small cauldron was placed inside the mother cauldron, the mother cauldron suddenly burst into flames, and the flames eerily drilled directly into his body.
In the next moment, with a "boom," Chen Yang felt as if his internal organs were about to be incinerated into ash. His body trembled violently.
With a "thud," Chen Yang collapsed to the ground. His skin turned bright red, and it seemed as if he could spew flames from his mouth.
He struggled to rush into the bathroom, turned on the cold water, and instantly collapsed under the shower. The cold water from the shower hit his body and immediately turned scalding hot, sending up billowing steam.
Chen Yang gasped for breath, trying to circulate the Tianyi Jue internal energy within him to heal his injuries. He felt like he was about to be burned to ashes!
Was this self-immolation?
Chen Yang never imagined he would die in such a way, so obscurely and inexplicably, without even having a chance to make arrangements. He and Liu Ran hadn't truly become husband and wife yet, and he was about to kick the bucket?
Chen Yang let out a pained roar from his throat.
However, Chen Yang soon discovered that although his internal organs felt as if they were burning, and his internal temperature felt like several hundred degrees, he wasn't dying, nor was his body actually burning.
Chen Yang breathed deeply and gradually calmed down. Although he was in immense pain, what was this suffering compared to saving his life?
Chen Yang closed his eyes and carefully sensed the energy of the flames within him. He noticed that his heart was beating tens, even hundreds, of times faster than usual.
"Thump thump thump thump thump thump..."
The sound of his heartbeat echoed like an accelerated drumbeat, reaching over a thousand beats per minute.
Simultaneously, the area around his heart turned golden yellow.
Slowly, his skin surface temperature began to drop, and then his internal temperature also decreased. All the flames were gradually converging towards his heart, eventually making his heart appear golden yellow.
The flames surrounded his heart, enveloping it, and finally settled down.
Chen Yang opened his eyes in disbelief. He then noticed that the water on the floor had already turned into scalding hot water. Even though he had turned on the cold shower, the entire bathroom was filled with steam, as if it were scalding pigs for their bristles.
Chen Yang got up and looked at his body. Countless impurities and sludge had been expelled from his skin.
Chen Yang stood in front of the mirror to examine himself. He slowly reached out and placed his hand over his heart. He could clearly hear his heartbeat, and Chen Yang suddenly understood. Clearly, the flames weren't trying to burn him to death but to strengthen his heart.
As the Hall Master of the Tianyi Hall, Chen Yang understood that the human body has five Zang organs: heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, corresponding to the five elements of fire, wood, earth, metal, and water.
And just now, when the two cauldrons fit together, they emitted strange firelight. The element fire corresponds to the heart among the five Zang organs.
Naturally, his heart was being strengthened.
Chen Yang walked out of the bathroom, changed his clothes, and then looked at the bronze cauldron in his palm. At this moment, the two bronze cauldrons in his palm had perfectly fused together and could no longer be separated.
Seeing this, Chen Yang suddenly realized.
It seemed that although he didn't know if this bronze cauldron was made by Da Yu, it was definitely not an ordinary item.
And the true method of using the bronze cauldron required the child cauldron and mother cauldron to be used together. Fortunately, he had obtained the mother cauldron first; otherwise, this cauldron, which concerned the fate of the Kyushu nation, would have been absorbed by others.
Chen Yang observed the bronze cauldron in his palm. A peculiar rune now glowed on the surface of the mother cauldron.
Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the mother cauldron of these Nine Cauldrons was in his hands, even if the other seven cauldrons fell into the hands of others, they wouldn't be able to fully unlock the secrets within them.
Chen Yang hid the cauldron and then looked at his palm. He circulated the Tianyi Jue internal energy within him, and then his internal energy in his palm, shrouded in mist, actually emitted a fiery red glow.
Chen Yang clapped his palm on the rosewood cabinet by his bed. In the next instant, the rosewood cabinet let out a "hiss" and turned into a pile of charred powder.
Chen Yang was astonished by this sight.
Clearly, his Tianyi Jue internal energy had undergone a qualitative change. This palm strike contained the power of flames. Although it was somewhat inconceivable, this development would not affect his health.
Chen Yang finally felt at ease, but he also knew that he had to collect the bronze cauldrons as quickly as possible.
Currently, the whereabouts of three bronze cauldrons were known. One was in the hands of the village chief of a strange village in the Xiangxi region.
Previously, the matriarch of the Zhuge family, the foremost family in Jiangnan, had been injured by that village chief, who had used one of the bronze cauldrons.
Furthermore, two other bronze cauldrons were in the possession of the Black Dragon Pavilion.
On the ship, Chen Yang had heard Elder Jiuchuan Taimu of the Black Dragon Pavilion mention that their Black Dragon Pavilion possessed two bronze cauldrons, but those two cauldrons were held by someone called the "Amaterasu Great God" within the Black Dragon Pavilion.
Counting these, Chen Yang had now ascertained the exact whereabouts of five bronze cauldrons.
Chen Yang straightened his clothes and walked out of the bedroom to the living room downstairs. He picked up his phone and dialed Suzaku.
Chen Yang relayed this information to Suzaku and then said, "Suzaku, these nine bronze cauldrons are of great importance and incredibly mysterious. Although I don't know yet if they truly concern the fate of our Kyushu nation, absolutely no mistakes can be made."
"Mobilize the entire intelligence department of the Tianyi Hall to exhaust all efforts in searching for the whereabouts of the remaining four bronze cauldrons. Also, prepare to head to Xiangxi soon to retrieve the bronze cauldron from that village chief."
Suzaku replied, "Yes, Celestial Venerable. I will urge them to proceed. However, are these bronze cauldrons truly as rumored, made by Da Yu, capable of suppressing floods and bringing good weather to the land of Kyushu? I always feel these claims are too mystical, belonging to myths and legends. After all, even the story of Da Yu controlling the floods seems somewhat deified."
Chen Yang immediately said, "Suzaku, these cauldrons are more mysterious than you imagine. In any case, I am now very certain that these nine cauldrons are extremely important and useful. Let's focus on finding their whereabouts first."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, Chen Yang's phone rang. He answered, and it was Liu Ran.
Liu Ran asked Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, do you have time now?"
Chen Yang replied, "Yes, why? Have you missed me already, wife?"
Liu Ran "Pfft"-ed and said, "It's like this, we've found a list of directors, and now we're discussing and finalizing which director to invite to film. This matter is very important because there's a high probability that we'll be cooperating with this director long-term, and even signing him to our company. So, once selected, it cannot be changed. This requires discussion and voting among the four founders and Lin Yueyu."
Hearing this, Chen Yang smiled and said, "Alright, alright, I'll be right back. It seems even I, the security captain, have a sacred vote!"
Chen Yang chuckled, hung up the phone, and headed directly to Yangyangyang Company.
He arrived at the Lantian Building of Yangyangyang Company and entered Liu Ran's office. On Liu Ran's desk was a list with twenty names. Chen Yang glanced at it and was stunned because he had heard of most of the directors on this list; they were all big names!