"Now that I have seen the next path, there is no longer any need to continue staying in this place. Old Gu and Master Ye on the other hand can still remain and seek opportunities. But I think it is best to wait for them to wake up and return." He looked at the glass pillar he was holding with some expectations.
The reason he couldn't use most of the functions of this thing was not meeting the requirements.
To meet the requirements, he had to turn it into a racial fortune supressing artifact.
The process required him to go through some rituals. As someone from the modern world, he would have looked down on anyone that mentioned rituals but now he was the one that was going to do.
He watched as the two old practice and realized the speed at which they absorbed the energy from the golden pond was being absorbed by them was just too slow.
He had no plans of meddling with this, after all the tolerance levels of everyone was different.
Opportunities where the same, and he didn't plan on passing on his opportunities to others just like a fool unless he had a good reason to do so.
Hong Jun didn't drain the entire golden pool. The energy the three of them had absorbed was not small, but it didn't shake the pool at all.
Only after he used the Celestial Suppression Pillar did the volume of Golden liquid drop drastically.
"What is going on with this two?" He was sure they had been in this place long enough.
"Since this guy's are not waking up, let me try and see if I can gain more benefits from attacking the light spots around my body." He made up his mind and went for it.
It was just that after a few attempts, he had to give up.
"Even if I focus the whole day, the benefits are not going to be that great. It's best to continue emptying this golden liquid and perhaps it is also the fastest way to wake up this old guys." Hong Jun was indeed very much eager to see the capabilities of the Celestial Suppression Pillar and that wouldn't be happening if they continued to stay in this place.
The only way to accomplish this was to empty this pool and the two old fellows will naturally wake up without energy to absorb.
After he had this thought he didn't delay and threw the jade pillar into the pool, activating part of its ability to store and the devouring force erupted again.
It didn't take long for only barely discernable massive bones of a creature to appear in his line of sight.
No! It was a spine of some creature and just looking at it, Hong Jun had a lot of ideas what the source of this pool was.
"Have we been soaking into saturated bone marrow of some creature?" He couldn't help but wonder.
It was also at the same time he came to understand why the energy was able to push his Physique to the limit of the grandmaster realm without any problems and yet the quality and quantity still remained.
"Leaving this creature's spine in this place is not a good idea. It is best to pack it and seek a good place to let it rest." As he said this, the Celestial Suppression Pillar erupted another force covering the spine.
When it Vanished, he was left in place with two old men.
"Are they really sleeping or in meditation?" He moved closer and kept observing them from up close but they didn't react in the slightest.
"Let's wait a few more hours, if they don't wake up, just drag them back." He said as he stood some distance.
When he was just about to close his eyes, Gu Tian was the first to respond.
He coughed up blood and almost fell down.
"Huh! What is wrong with this old guy? " He appeared beside the old man and caught him.
Cough!
Cough!
The old man kept coughing up blood and it took some while for him to stop.
"Old Gu! What is wrong with you?" He couldn't help but ask.
Hearing how this kid was calling him, even Gu Tian that has just passed the life and death encounter couldn't help but erupt in curses.
"Clan master! I have nothing to say!" He couldn't master up the courage to say anything. He turned his gaze towards old master Ye that was still in the meditation pose.
"Huh! What is going on? How come even old Gu is unwilling to revel the truth? Don't tell me it is a secret that can't be said? No! I can see a hint of shame on this old man's face. Why is that?" He was even more interested in the secret now.
Indeed! Just after another two hours, Old master Ye also coughed up blood before waking up.
He wasn't as ashamed as Old Gu. It was just that when Hong Jun that was sitting in place heard what the old man was saying he couldn't help but get serious.
"Say that again? You saw a gateway in the sky and where injured because you tried to open it?" He looked at old master Ye and then turned to Old Gu.
Seeing the both of them nod their heads, he could help but exclaim.
"Heavenly Gate?" He had once read novels about this. But when he came to this world, he has not taken a lot of that knowledge seriously.
Only now, did he realize something and the moment he mentioned the name, the old men clearly had a reaction. It was fear.
"What it the heavenly gate? Is it that gate we saw?" old Gu couldn't help but ask.
"It should be! But why are you acting so scared?" He looked at the old man with disdain not hideen in the slightest.
"What level of intent have you reached?" He asked both of them.
"My boxing intent has almost reached the seventh level!" Gu Tian replied without much pride.
"My sword intent has reached the sixth level! If it wasn't for the gate, I should have been able to go further!" He complained, but Hong Jun was cursing inside.
"Damn! What kind of cheat does this two old monsters have? Their intent has reached the 6th and 7th level respectively?" He didn't know that he was abnormal as his intent could be raised as long as his spirit and physique met the criteria.
Other people required enlightenment for this kind of thing.
He didn't want to talk about this again, but he had to.
"So! How did you try to open the heavenly Gate you encountered?" He asked.