Chapter 1221: Chapter 516: A Small Display of Profound Skill [Please Subscribe]_2

“Rest assured, Taoist Friend Zhang, I, Zeng, will fully cooperate with you.”

The eyes concealed beneath the mask of the cultivator with the surname Zeng showed a hint of resolve as he responded with a hoarse voice.

Zhou Chun then slightly opened his mouth, and a beam of golden light shot out, transforming into a seven-foot-tall golden treasure cauldron before him.

As soon as the cauldron materialized, it immediately attracted the attention of both the cultivator with the surname Zeng and Yang Xiao.

The two stared at the golden treasure cauldron for a while, their eyes quickly revealing expressions of surprise, as though they had discerned something extraordinary.

However, both maintained their composure and refrained from questioning Zhou Chun about the golden treasure cauldron.

At this moment, Zhou Chun formed a spell with his hands, summoning a golden radiance from within the cauldron. Under his control, it turned into a golden pillar of light that surged toward a specific area between the chest and abdomen of the cultivator with the surname Zeng.

Despite the tightening of his mind, the cultivator chose to trust Zhou Chun, resisting the urge to activate any protective mana, instead concentrating all of his mana within his Dantian.

When the golden pillar touched his body, it felt like a gentle breeze, utterly harmless, and like water nourishing all things, it flowed directly through his pores into his body.

What happened next astounded him.

The lingering Metal Element Magical Power within his chest and abdomen dissipated entirely under the impact of the golden light, as easily as snow melting under scorching sun.

Yes, melted away!

It seemed that this golden light wasn’t of the Metal Attribute but rather some corrosive and powerful Water Attribute force!

Not only his mana, but the destructive Metal Attribute Spiritual Power in his liver meridian also rapidly dispersed under the dissolving effect of the golden light!

Afterward, the power of the golden light lingered in his liver meridian under Zhou Chun’s control, continuously dissolving the destructive Metal Attribute Spiritual Power that sought to regenerate his mana.

“It’s done. The uncontrollable force within Taoist Friend Zeng’s liver meridian has been dispelled. I will maintain this state for another month. As for whether Taoist Friend Zeng can completely prevent this force from reviving after the month is over, that is beyond my capability.”

Glancing at the stunned cultivator with the surname Zeng, Zhou Chun announced the outcome in a low voice.

“Then I must trouble Taoist Friend Zhang,” replied the cultivator with a nod, before sitting cross-legged and forming hand seals, seemingly practicing some secret technique.

Zhou Chun, uninterested in probing others’ secrets, refrained from taking the opportunity to examine the changes in his companion’s internal mana. Instead, he carefully maintained the golden light’s power to ensure it didn’t lose control and injure the cultivator.

And so, time passed day by day, and the agreed-upon month quickly came to an end.

One day, the cultivator, who had been diligently studying the secret technique, suddenly took out a set of silver needles. Using a peculiar technique, he inserted these needles into the acupoints near his liver meridian.

After all the silver needles were inserted into his body, he rasped to Zhou Chun, “Taoist Friend Zhang, you may withdraw your Divine Skills now.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun responded without hesitation and immediately retracted the power of his Dharma Treasure from the cultivator’s body.

Shortly after, the cultivator with the surname Zeng opened his eyes, a hint of joy flashing within them.

Standing up swiftly, he said hoarsely to Zhou Chun, “Taoist Friend Zhang’s method indeed proved effective. I have temporarily sealed the meridians around my lung using the secret technique, preventing the Metal Attribute Spiritual Power from regenerating. Next, I simply need to replicate this process to eliminate the Fire Attribute Spiritual Power in my lung meridian and completely cure this affliction!”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun smiled and congratulated him, “Then let me offer my early congratulations to Taoist Friend Zeng. I wish you a swift recovery and return to health.”

At these words, the cultivator with the surname Zeng returned the smile and cupped his hands respectfully, “I must thank Taoist Friend Zhang for the treatment. Here is the spiritual object you had used as collateral; please take it back.”

With that, he returned the millennia-aged Treasure Medicine, Phoenix Blood Creeper, that Zhou Chun had pledged as collateral.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun smiled warmly as he accepted the spiritual object, then cupped his hands in return and said, “Taoist Friend Zeng can indeed be trusted. I shall take my leave now and no longer disturb you.”

The cultivator did not attempt to keep him and merely nodded, “Safe travels, Taoist Friend Zhang. I will have Brother Yang escort you.”

He then instructed Yang Xiao, the young man in red robes, to escort Zhou Chun out of the cave mansion.

Once Zhou Chun had left the chamber alongside Yang Xiao, the face of the cultivator with the surname Zeng turned ominously grim.

“Who exactly is this person? What sort of cultivation technique has he practiced? The power of his Dharma Treasure mysteriously holds the ability to neutralize other Metal Element Dharma Treasures and Divine Skills, capable of directly dissolving Metal Element Magical Power and Spiritual Power–it’s simply unheard of!”

Recalling the scene of his own internal mana being effortlessly melted away earlier, the cultivator couldn’t suppress a shiver.

Having hailed from a major sect with extraordinary cultivation methods, he had never even heard of such a strange and mystical force before.

It was as if this power was a bane to cultivators who practiced Metal Element Cultivation Techniques like himself!

He had made up his mind and resolved that he would have his sect’s intelligence personnel, along with those from Tianzhi Tower, investigate this man named Zhang Liang thoroughly to uncover his true identity.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun, oblivious to the fact that he was now a target of interest, returned to his cave mansion and rested for a few days before canceling the lease and heading back to his family.

The journey was uneventful, and Zhou Chun soon returned to Tuyun Ridge.