Chapter 1416: Living Towards Death, Grandmaster: Zhou Chen!

"Da Da, Da Da..."

The gentle sound of horse hooves rang out on the official road in the early morning.

Zhou Chen rode his horse and walked leisurely on the official road. It was just dawn and there were no people on the official road.

Last night, he talked freely with the old gentleman in the pavilion for most of the night, from the books of sages to the current system of the Qing Dynasty, and even poetry and songs.

The old gentleman was indeed a truly learned man, but he was a little out of control when he was half drunk, and said many things he shouldn't have said. In the end, he fell into a drowsy sleep, and even when he fell asleep, he was not very peaceful.

However, before dawn today, the old gentleman got up early, saying that it was most convenient to travel in the early morning, so Zhou Chen said goodbye to him in the pavilion and wished him success in the imperial examination.

Passing by the teahouse beside the official road, he was about to stop to buy some food, but when he reached into his pocket, he realized it.

When I said goodbye to the old man today, I secretly stuffed the two remaining silver ingots into the old man's box. Now he has no silver or copper coins, only silver notes.

This small teahouse can't change silver notes.

He touched his stomach and felt that he could still bear it, so he patted the horse's back gently and moved forward again. There was a county town a few miles ahead, and the horse just needed to be fed.

A few miles, not hurried or slow, slowly, it took half an hour to reach the county town.

The county town was not big, Zhou Chen found an inn nearby, and didn't care about the environment. He asked the waiter to pull his horse over to feed, and he went into the inn to order food.

He was not in a hurry. When he finished eating and feeding the horse, it was already noon. The sun was high, and people were a little lazy, so he didn't continue on the road. He rested for another two hours in the inn. After replenishing, he set off again in the evening.

He stopped and walked along the way, and saw all kinds of people on the road. He saw the rich and powerful, and also saw refugees who were forced to leave their homes and beg along the way...

Zhou Chen, who has lived for so many years, is no longer the kind of person who sympathizes with the world, but even so, he still feels sad when he sees the unbearable miserable scene.

It doesn't matter if he didn't see it, but if he saw it, he still did his best to help a little.

On this way, hundreds of taels of silver were easily spent.

After a few days, Zhou Chen finally arrived at Dongshan Road. He didn't go to Dadongshan immediately.

Since he came to Dadongshan, he naturally had to go to Fan Mansion in Danzhou to take a look. Fan Xian hadn't gone to Kyoto at this time, and was still in Fan Mansion expecting the red-armored knight to pick him up to Kyoto.

Although he and Fan Xian are not the same type of "travelers", the common point is that they are both modern people with modern social ideas, and can barely be regarded as fellow villagers, so he still has some expectations for Fan Xian.

As the ancestral home of Si Nanbo, Fan Mansion is quite famous in the local area. Zhou Chen only asked two people and knew the approximate location of Fan Mansion.

The gate of Fan Mansion faces the street. Zhou Chen led the horse and walked into the street, then saw Fan Mansion at the end of the road and the figure sitting at the gate of Fan Mansion.

"Da Da, Da Da, Da Da."

Soon, Zhou Chen approached Fan Mansion, but he did not stop and stared at Fan Xian who was sitting on the steps for a while.

Fan Xian, who was sitting on the steps, held his chin with his hand and looked forward expectantly, and then saw Zhou Chen walking towards him.

Fan Xian, with his eyes dull, suddenly sat up and looked at Zhou Chen curiously, because he found that the handsome guy who led the horse had been staring at him, as if he knew him, but he was sure that he did not know this person.

Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer, Fan Xian stood up and was about to ask, but who knew that the other party suddenly turned in a direction and passed in front of him, leaving him only a back view.

Fan Xian was stunned when the words came to his lips. After a long while, he reacted.

"What is weird?"

Zhou Chen showed a mischievous smile and left without looking back.

He just came to Danzhou to take a look. He didn't mean to get to know Fan Xian. Since he had already seen him, there was no need to stay any longer.

As for getting to know Fan Xian, he would wait until he arrived in Kyoto.

When he was close to Fan Mansion, he didn't see Wu Zhu, but he knew that Wu Zhu must be nearby to protect Fan Xian. As a biochemical robot, his breath was different from that of normal humans. If he wanted to hide, it would not be easy to find him.

It was the second year of Qingli. Fan Xian looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. In more than a year, he would go to Kyoto, so he had to break through to the Grandmaster as soon as possible.

After leaving Danzhou, Zhou Chen went straight to Dadong Mountain.

Dadong Mountain was not a deserted place. After Zhou Chen arrived at his destination, he first found a farmer nearby and sent his horse to the other party's house.

He had carefully selected this horse, which had accompanied him all the way from Kyoto. Nothing happened during the journey, so he was reluctant to throw it away. However, he had to go to Dadong Mountain to practice, so it was impossible for him to take it with him. Therefore, fostering it in a farmer's house was the best choice.

After settling the horse, Zhou Chen walked to Dadong Mountain. Dadong Mountain was originally a huge mountain, but a nuclear explosion occurred tens of thousands of years ago, which caused half of the mountain to be destroyed, forming the current Dadong Mountain.

Only half of the isolated peak remained, and it was still quite shocking when viewed from afar.

There is a Qing Temple on Mount Dadong, so there are people on the mountain. Zhou Chen came here just to practice and break through, and he didn't want to contact people, so he relied on his extraordinary martial arts and spent a few days to find a remote place on the mountain that was not easy to be discovered.

After settling down, Zhou Chen began to practice. Soon he clearly felt that the energy here was stronger than Kyoto. According to this energy level, it was definitely good for his practice.

A few days later, he clearly felt that his true qi, which had not been improved for a long time, had actually improved slightly, which made him very happy.

So he patiently practiced in seclusion in Mount Dadong.

Time flies, time flies, and time passes unknowingly.

Since Zhou Chen entered Mount Dadong to practice, winter has gone and spring has come, and half a year has passed.

On the trunk of a huge tree, Zhou Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes and exhaled.

Half a year later, he fell into a bottleneck again, and his true qi could no longer be improved, as if a bottle was full of water and could no longer be filled with more.

It has reached the limit of the ninth rank. If you want to go further, you can only break through to the Grandmaster level, but it is not so easy to break through to the Grandmaster level.

"It's time. The time, the place and the people are all right. You have the right place, but the time is uncertain. As for the people, it depends on your judgment and luck."

Zhou Chen's eyes were full of determination. It was meaningless to continue dragging it on. Now his various conditions have reached the best, and it is the best time to break through.

In the next few days, Zhou Chen did not practice again, but relaxed for a few days to adjust his state.

Seven days later, in the cave, Zhou Chen closed the entrance of the cave. He didn't know what would happen during the breakthrough, so he had to ensure a quiet and safe environment first.

"Let's start!"

Zhou Chen sat cross-legged and began to impact the Grandmaster level according to his own calculation method.

The four great masters in Joy of Life have different ways of breaking through. Ku He practiced the Tianyi Dao Mentality, which emphasizes the unity of man and nature. This way of breaking through is more mysterious and difficult to master, so it is not among Zhou Chen's main considerations.

Si Gu Jian can be said to have transformed himself into a killing god with his extreme killing intent and his extremely strong spiritual power. He broke through with his incomparable sword intent and reached the supreme Grandmaster realm.

Ye Liuyun fought against Wu Zhu and imitated Wu Zhu's body movements and fighting methods. In the end, he relied on his extraordinary comprehension to comprehend Liuyun Sanshou and finally broke through the Grandmaster realm. He is also the only one among the four masters who did not rely on the secret book of the temple to break through the Grandmaster realm, but his combat power should be the weakest among the four masters.

The last Emperor Qing had his meridians burst by the powerful true qi. He was almost unable to move for several months and even lost his hearing, vision and smell. During the breakthrough process, he suffered great physical and mental torture and finally broke through the Grandmaster realm.

Judging from the breakthrough methods of the four masters, if you want to become a Grandmaster, you must meet the standards in both body and mind, especially in terms of spirit, which is far beyond ordinary people, and have absolute faith. This kind of faith cannot be described in words, and only the person involved can truly understand it.

The breakthrough method Zhou Chen chose for himself was to work on both the physical and mental aspects. His spiritual attribute had reached 60, which was several times higher than that of ordinary people. Even compared to the Grandmaster, he did not think that he would be worse than them, but in terms of physical and true qi, he could not play the advantage of spiritual power.

After entering the state, Zhou Chen frantically absorbed the nuclear radiation energy in the air, inhaled it into his body in the form of "Heaven and Earth Qi", and formed true qi.

The amount of true qi that exceeded the limit of the meridians in his body slowly lost control and destroyed the meridians in his body. He endured the severe pain and continued to absorb nuclear radiation energy, causing the meridians in his body to be damaged more and more seriously.

This is the breakthrough method borrowed from the domineering true qi, using true qi to burst the meridians, forcibly changing the meridians and bones of the body, and transforming himself into an inhuman direction.

This process is extremely painful, but Zhou Chen has experienced countless pains before. When he was removing the fire and cold poison, he even broke bones and removed poisons and reshaped his body, so he was absolutely professional in enduring pain.

I don't know how long it took, but gradually, Zhou Chen felt as if he had lost control of his body, he couldn't hear any sound, couldn't smell any smell, couldn't see anything, as if he was in endless darkness.

But the strong spiritual power made him clearly understand that he was still alive, and there was hope as long as he was alive.

Just when he felt that he was about to collapse, he quickly communicated with the system and directly added points to his physique.

When he came to this world, he had a total of 15 attributes. He had created his own skills before and added 8 points of spirit. Now he has 7 points of attributes left.

After adding a little physique, the pain he felt was reduced a little, and then he became fierce again and continued to absorb the "energy of heaven and earth" to enhance the true qi in his body.

Just now, because of adding a little physique, some meridians were restored, but they were burst again, and a new round of severe pain came.

He gritted his teeth and added a little physique again, and then continued the previous operation, repeating this several times.

In this process, he couldn't feel the passage of time at all, and didn't know what his current situation was.

If someone was in the cave, they would find that Zhou Chen had completely turned into a bloody man. He no longer looked like a human and was extremely scary.

The sun rises and sets repeatedly. Five days have passed. Zhou Chen on the ground has long been silent, as if he has turned into a dead person. But if you get closer, you will find that his breathing is still there, but it has become extremely weak.

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed. Suddenly, Zhou Chen, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly trembled with his closed eyes. Then a strong wind blew up in the entire cave, and countless "vital energy of heaven and earth" in the air poured into Zhou Chen's body crazily. .

This process lasted for a long time until Zhou Chen opened his eyes.

"boom!"

The entrance to the cave that had been sealed by Zhou Chen exploded with a bang, but Zhou Chen didn't move, he just stared.

"Finally, it's done."

Like a child who has just learned to speak, his voice is awkward and dry, and cannot be coherent.

But Zhou Chen's eyes were full of excitement. In just a few days, he experienced life and death many times, and finally found a balance between the horror of life and death, combining mental strength with physical strength to achieve The realm of the supreme master.

"Live towards death, live towards death, live after death."

To be able to break through the Grandmaster, in addition to his own deduction, the role of the system is indispensable. Fortunately, he has the habit of saving attribute points in the past. He has accumulated enough attribute points to allow him to jump repeatedly on the edge of death. , finally broke through.

Of course, this is also part of his calculations. He does not have the temple secrets, nor does he have the understanding of Ye Liuyun, but he has his own golden finger, which is why he has the confidence to break through the Grand Master.

He even has one last step. Even if this breakthrough fails and his body dies, he still has a system item. Reopening the card can give him another chance to be resurrected.

But in that case, he would have to start over again, and it would be full of uncertainty. Then he might not have the courage to make a breakthrough in the horror of life and death like this time.

Zhou Chen also has to admit that even after living for a long time, he is still afraid of death. He is still far from reaching the state where he can die at night if he hears the Tao in the morning.

The system is the confidence for his breakthrough, and reopening the card is the confidence for his survival. Both are indispensable.

But no matter what, he finally won the bet. He came to this world and planned for more than four years. Today, he finally succeeded.

Feeling the unprecedented power in his body, even when he was the best in the world in the Lotus Tower world, he was still far behind what he is now.

He truly realized that the Grand Master was indeed not a human being.

From today on, he is.

Grand Master——Zhou Chen!