At this moment, Zhao Chen's eyes were filled with joy. Originally, according to his plan, due to the blessing of the "genius" buff, he had already skipped martial arts cultivation and directly started practicing immortality, which was a great start.
Unexpectedly, during this time, he actually achieved enlightenment.
If his previous understanding of the Dao was 0 to 10, then now it had soared to 9999+.
It was a real jackpot.
Most importantly, Zhao Chen had stepped onto the path of the Dao.
He had embarked on the path to the very peak.
All paths, in the end, lead to the Dao.
He was already walking on the Great Dao, truly on the right path, and had found his true direction in cultivation.
As long as he continued to improve his understanding of the Dao, deriving the so-called cultivation methods would be a trivial matter.
Techniques would emerge, applications of various arts would be a breeze, and increasing his combat styles and various defensive means would be effortless.
It's said that going from techniques to the Dao is difficult, but going from the Dao to techniques is easy.
For ordinary people, they start from techniques and progress towards the Dao.
To achieve enlightenment first is extremely challenging.
But for Zhao Chen, it was different. It was simply a matter of enlightening books and continuing to receive divine instruction, a piece of cake!
Currently, just the Daoist and Yin-Yang classics had such an effect.
What about the other hundred schools of thought?
The Mohists, Confucians, Strategists, Military Strategists, Legalists, etc.
Each school has its own doctrines, its own ideas.
If he were to collect all of these, how terrifying would that be?
Just thinking about it, Zhao Chen couldn't help but be excited!
"Young Master, how do you feel? You seem so happy, did you make a big breakthrough?"
"Little brother, you must have gained a lot!"
"Little brother, the commotion you caused this time was too big. Seeing you so happy, you must have made a great breakthrough!"
Zhao Chen came back to his senses and scanned the study with his gaze.
He understood that the commotion he had caused this time was probably not small.
"Hehe, not bad, I have a little bit of a superficial understanding of the Dao.
It seems like you, Sister Yan Fei, and the others also made big gains!"
"Yes!" Yan Fei nodded.
"This is all thanks to you, Little brother."
As for the Dao that Zhao Chen mentioned, they did not ask. The Dao is inherently mysterious and difficult to express, it can only be understood through personal experience.
"Little brother, thank you. I have already broken through to the peak of Grandmaster, I feel like I'm knocking on the door of Grand Grandmaster."
"Right, Young Master, you should quickly go and see the Empress, she has been worried sick for a while."
"What, how is this possible? I just took a nap, right?"
Zhao Chen was shocked.
"Haha!"
"Little brother, you didn't just take a nap. It has been almost a month since you entered a state of meditation. Fortunately, you were filled with the aura of the Dao, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was cleansing your body, otherwise, you might have starved to death.
This is the first time I've seen someone enter a state of meditation that looks like they're taking a nap."
"What, it's already been a month, this..."
Zhao Chen exclaimed in surprise.
It was true, cultivation makes one oblivious to time!
No, now wasn't the time to think about this. He hadn't appeared for a month, his mother must be worried sick!
"Sister, I'm going to see Mother, you...follow!"
Before he finished the word "follow," Zhao Chen's figure was already outside the study, and in the next instant, he disappeared.
"This..."
Seeing Zhao Chen vanish, Yan Fei and Yue Shen were shocked again.
How did Young Master leave just now?
It was like teleportation.
But there was no internal force fluctuation.
"This is the 'Movement Technique', it seems Little brother has reached this level." Perhaps seeing their confusion, Xiao Meng explained calmly.
In the next moment, her figure also disappeared from the room and appeared outside?
Seeing this again, Yan Fei and Yue Shen exchanged glances.
The Movement Technique, truly powerful.
Almost impossible to trace. No, they had to learn it.
The three women left the study and headed towards the Empress's 寝宫 (Qǐngōng - royal residence).
On the other side of the study, Gui Guzi saw Zhao Chen's figure and wanted to call out to him, but before he could speak, Zhao Chen had disappeared.
The speed, like teleportation, directly stunned Gui Guzi.
What kind of speed was this?
What kind of technique was this?
What exactly did Young Master realize?
Then, even more shockingly, Xiao Meng could also do it, although not as naturally as Zhao Chen, it still shocked Gui Guzi.
Gui Guzi was becoming more and more interested.
On the other side.
Zhao Chen extended his spiritual sense and discovered his mother in the garden pavilion.
He immediately went to his mother's side, seeing the worried expression on Xia Shi's face, Zhao Chen felt immense guilt.
"Mother, I made you worry."
"Chen'er, Chen'er, you're finally out. Let Mother take a good look at you."
Xia Shi immediately hugged Zhao Chen and carefully looked him over.
"You haven't lost weight, your face is rosy. By the way, are you hungry? Mother will have someone prepare food right away."
Xia Shi, realizing the situation, immediately shouted.
"Someone, someone."
"Greetings, Empress, Greetings, Young Master!"
"Dismissed. Quickly inform the imperial kitchen, prepare Young Master's favorite food and send it over."
"Yes! This servant will go right away!"
Looking at the anxious Xia Shi, Zhao Chen's heart felt warm. This was probably the power of maternal love.
With a thought, his true energy entered Xia Shi's body and nurtured her.
The originally haggard-looking Xia Shi gradually recovered.
"Mother, I was just cultivating, there was no danger. You can't be so worried in the future."
"You little rascal, didn't you make your mother worry by disappearing silently into the study?" Before Xia Shi could speak, a voice came from outside the garden.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"Your servant greets Your Majesty!"
"Father, why are you here? Aren't you handling government affairs?"
"Chen'er, don't be disrespectful!"
"Alright, Consort, don't you know what kind of person this little rascal is?" Ying Zheng stopped him.
"You little rascal, next time you cause such a scare and make your mother worry, I'll give you a good spanking."
Hearing this, Zhao Chen rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"I didn't expect that I just felt like I took a nap, but it turned out to be over a month.
I promise it won't happen again. Even if I need to cultivate, I'll let you know in advance."
Zhao Chen gave a slightly innocent explanation.
"That's good! You can't make your mother worry in the future."
"Father, weren't you worried?" Zhao Chen suddenly asked.
"How could I not be worried, I........."
Ying Zheng reacted, suddenly stopping.
"You little rascal, you dare to play a trick on me." Ying Zheng laughed and scolded.
"Hehe, I just wanted to know if you were also worried. Besides, even if I entered a state of meditation, couldn't you have woken me up? Why would you be so worried?"
"You have the nerve to say that. It's all because you set up a formation in your room, even your teacher, Gui Guzi, didn't know what was going on inside, he only knew that you were cultivating and told us not to disturb you. How could your mother not be so worried?"
"Oh, that's why. It won't happen next time, I promise."
"That's good!!"
Next, the maids brought the food, Ying Zheng, Xia Shi, Zhao Chen, and the four women who had just arrived, Yan Fei and the others, sat together and enjoyed a satisfying meal.
Afterward, Xia Shi went to rest. Seeing that Zhao Chen was safe and sound, her tense heart finally relaxed, and she naturally felt tired.
After settling Xia Shi, Zhao Chen followed Ying Zheng to the 章台宫 (Zhāng tái gōng - a palace).
Thank you for the thousands of flowers from the 大佬 (Dà lǎo - a boss, a leader). The author is grateful!! I have a lot of things to do today, I will update more tomorrow!!!