High Martial Arts: Starting from the Strongest Junior High Student

After hearing Lin Hongyi's story, Chen Shi's heart remained unsettled for a long time.

Chen Xian said, "Later, the busy Old Zhong found out about all this and immediately took Hongyi with him to protect her from being bullied by anyone."

"The woman in red and Lao Zhong must be on good terms now, right?"

Chen Shi nodded solemnly and said, "Very good."

"That's the kind of person the woman in red is." Chen Xian's expression was complicated. "I completely understand how she described how evil Long Yichuan is. People who have had similar experiences might be even more extreme than her."

Then, Chen Shi said that Hongyi had moved to the far north.

Chen Xian smiled and said, "Hongyi is grateful. When she was at her lowest point, it was the Human Emperor's lineage that stood up for her, took her in, and cared for her."

"Therefore, she always followed the Emperor's guidance."

Chen Shi nodded silently, picked up a couple of bites of food, and drank two glasses of wine before he calmed down.

"Long Yichuan, he has figured out a solution to aging."

Chen Xian asked in surprise, "The grotto of Beiyang has opened?"

Chen Shi raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you saying there's a blessed land in Beiyang?"

"Yes." Chen Xian nodded.

"No," Chen Shi shook his head.

"That's not right." Chen Xian also shook his head.

"Aging is not difficult to solve."

"I gave Long Yichuan a formula back then, but it had severe side effects."

"Because there's no other way."

"Aging is the inevitable result of the depletion of one's innate vital energy."

"To solve the problem of aging, the materials needed must have inherent quality."

"As far as I know, the innate Qi that humans can access only exists in the Northern Ocean. In the medieval period, a human entered a blessed land in the sky above the Northern Ocean by chance, absorbed some innate Qi, and extended his life by two thousand years."

"It was a real coincidence. That blessed land suddenly opened for some reason. There was a fisherman who was very brave. He went in and not only did his lifespan increase, but his talent also rose to its peak. Later, he became a martial god."

"Therefore, in my knowledge base, if humanity wants to solve the problem of aging, it cannot bypass the innate Qi."

Chen Shi frowned and said, "So, you're saying that human aging is inevitable?"

Chen Xian nodded and said, "Humans are the fastest-cultivating race among intelligent beings in the world today, but they also have the shortest lifespan."

"This is actually a defect in the sleep gene. When a person is asleep, their innate vital energy is not consumed."

"But it is difficult for humans to remain asleep for long."

"To put it simply, whether it's the demon race or the monster race, their rate of progress is about the same as that of the human race. However, because the human race sleeps less, they have more time to cultivate. And because they sleep for a long time, they have a long lifespan and their cultivation progress is slow."

Chen Shi listened to this with a complicated expression and said, "So, according to you, Long Yichuan's method for solving aging has side effects, while the one without side effects depends on the timing, on when that blessed land will reopen?"

Chen Xian nodded and said, "That's true."

Chen Shi looked extremely dejected.

Chen Xian replied, "It will definitely open in modern times."

"Because... never mind, I won't tell you that, anyway, it will definitely open in modern times."

Chen Shi nodded slightly, but the frustration in his eyes remained.

Chen Xian said softly, "Chen Wan'er is a very good woman."

"It's your good fortune to be her adopted son."

"Be optimistic and positive. I'm sure there's hope for her."

Chen Shi nodded silently and asked, "Long Yichuan's drugs have side effects, so why does he dare to publicize them so openly?"

Chen Xian said, "He needs money, he needs blood."

"The best way is to take those people's lives entirely into your own hands."

"Isn't that right?"

Chen Shih-hu's body trembled, and he said, "You mean, he did all this just to control those elderly powerhouses and squeeze out their remaining value?"

Chen Xian nodded and said, "That's how it should be."

"There are very few people in this world who are not afraid of death. When your life is in the hands of someone else, you will most likely do whatever they say."

"Long Yichuan doesn't really intend to solve the problem of those people aging. As you said, he just wants to squeeze the last bit of value out of them."

"Everything was for his ultimate goal."

Chen Shi immediately understood some of the points.

"You mean, Long Yichuan is exploiting everything he can of humanity, including himself and his Long family, for a certain goal?"

Chen Xian nodded and sighed, "Yes."

"Don't forget who trained him."

"I even think that if everything in the future really goes as he planned, and during the process, his heart never wavered, and he made choices that went against his original intentions."

"Then, he is a great man."

"The word 'great' carries immense weight. In my opinion, there are no more than ten people in the human race who can truly live up to it."

"I mean all of humanity throughout history, not just those in your own time."

Chen Shi remained silent.

Chen Xian concluded, "Long Yichuan will use all sorts of temptations to seduce those who crave a monopoly of power."

"All of this he did was so that he could have evidence to execute those people in the future."

"All these crimes are in Kuan's hands."

"He personally entered the game, luring those with wicked intentions into temptation, with the aim of taking their fate entirely into his own hands."

Chen Shi took a deep breath and said, "Father, you respect Long Yichuan very much, don't you?"

Chen Xian said without any pretense, "If everything he does next goes according to the goals he told me, and his final outcome is exactly as he envisioned, then without a doubt, he will be great."

Beside her, the mother smiled and said, "Alright, that's enough for today."

"Shi'er, get some rest."

Chen Shi fell into a normal sleep.

After waking up, he continued his cultivation as usual, spending a lot of time on it. However, a few days later, he received some startling news.

"There seems to be fluctuations in the sky above the Northern Ocean, indicating that a blessed land is about to form. All the powerful figures in the three states and two tribes of the Northern Territory are discussing solutions to this matter."

In the end, the woman in red made the decision: "The best solution is for all the martial gods to come out together and block the enemy of the Northern Sea Demon Clan before the blessed land, and then let the younger people with lower cultivation levels enter to seize the opportunity."

Upon hearing this news, Chen Shi realized that he was the pillar of strength the man in red had mentioned.

They would use war to stop all powerful enemies before the blessed land, and then seize the resources within, which would most likely contain the innate Qi that his father had told him about.