Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

  The youth simply lay there for a long time without reaction, and the result was that the people beating him eventually got tired, their hands and feet starting to ache.

  “Damn, he really angers me to death. Just how much money is this idiot going to cost me? Beat him to death!”

  That fat boss became angrier whenever he looked at the huge chimney in front of him. He repeatedly cursed and went over to kick him a couple of times.

  “Stop.”

  “Damnit, who do you think you are?” The boss was so angry he didn’t even look at who was speaking before cursing. Only then did he look for the speaker.

  As soon as he did, he immediately started to sweat and stuttered, “Young… master….”

  “Just stop. Here are a hundred gold coins, enough to tear down the chimney and build a new well.” Long Chen was too lazy to argue or haggle with such a person, so he just directly threw a bag of gold coins to him. If he could resolve a problem with just a little money, then he was disinclined to take further action.

  The others all saw this and quickly stopped. The fat boss quickly said, “Young master, this…”

  “Take it and get out of here.” Long Chen frowned and his voice became cold.

  When he looked at that man’s face, Long Chen knew that he was an idiot who would try to form some kind of good relation with him. So he directly ordered him away; this kind of person would make him lose face.

  “Yes, yes, I’ll leave right away.”

  He quickly brought everyone away dejectedly.

  “Little brother, please get up,” said Long Chen to the youth who was still just lying on the ground.

  The youth seemed as if he was sleeping. Only when Long Chen called out did he blankly raise his head and realize that the people beating him had gone.

  “Are you the person who saved me?” he asked confusedly.

  “Get up and then we’ll talk,” smiled Long Chen. That youth seemed to be one hundred percent honest and kind, giving people a good impression.

  When he stood up, the people who had been watching the fuss all let out shocked cries. While he had been lying on the ground, they had only realized that he was a bit big, but now that he stood up, he completely shocked everyone.

  He was approximately three meters tall. He was practically a giant, and he gave people an extremely pressuring feeling.

  “How tall.” Long Chen was also surprised. In front of him, everyone else there had become children in comparison.

  “Why didn’t you fight back when they were beating you?” Seeing how strong-bodied he was and the fact that the people attacking him weren’t martial artists, Long Chen believed he could have easily knocked them all down.

  “They said I did something bad, so I couldn’t fight back when they hit me,” he simple-mindedly replied.

  Long Chen shook his head. This huge fellow might be strong, but it seemed his intelligence was still at the level of a child. No wonder he was so honest and naïve. But to mistake a well in the blueprints and end up building a huge chimney, that kind of intelligence was definitely worrying.

  “Where’s your house?”

  “I have no house. Does your house need any hard labor? I’m very big, and I don’t need a salary as long I get some food. I’m very hungry,” he implored.

  Just as he was about to reply, someone reminded him, “Young master, don’t be fooled. This fellow can easily eat a whole bull in an instant. Taking him in isn’t profitable.”

  “No, as long as there’s rice it’s fine. I don’t need meat,” he somewhat urgently said.

  “Fine, come with me. What’s your name?” asked Long Chen.

  “I’m called Wild Bull. Thank you, big bro,” Wild Bull happily said.

  “Hm, I’ll call you Wilde in the future. You can just call me brother Long.” Long Chen nodded.[1]

  “Ok brother Long.” Wilde straightforwardly nodded his head.

  The people in the crowd left behind by Long Chen and Wilde all became jealous. They were jealous of that idiot who had become favored by a noble heir. Stupid people really did have stupid luck.

  On the road, Long Chen asked Wilde about his past. Wilde said that he had been picked up by some nice people, but once he turned five, an epidemic took the lives of everyone in his village except for him.

  He had managed to roam around all the way to the imperial capital. He was able to get food from people by trading labor, but because his appetite was too big, he was quickly turned away, so his everyday life was extremely bitter.

  “Wilde, you can follow me in the future. I won’t let you be hungry again.” Sympathy arose in Long Chen’s heart.

  As the saying went, arrogant people end up with arrogant people, while sufferers end up with other sufferers. Although the two of them had different statuses, they had both gone through much pain. They weren’t that different except that Long Chen had managed to turn his luck around just recently.

  As they walked, they ended up on a wide road when suddenly startled shouts rang out and a massive silhouette shot past them.

  That was a luxurious carriage being pulled by a Scarlet Yak, a first rank Magical Beast. Its wild pulling took over half the entire road, not taking the surrounding people into any consideration.

  A five-year-old girl was playing on the road when she suddenly saw the giant Scarlet Yak and was immediately scared stiff. She was petrified, unable to even dodge. At any second, it would run her over.

  Long Chen coldly snorted, stepping forward explosively, causing several of the sturdy floor tiles beneath his feet to shatter. He was like a bolt of lightning, immediately reaching and grabbing the girl, hastily pulling her to the side.

  The carriage shot past the two of them just as he stabilized himself. Long Chen thought that that would be it, but an angry cry rang out.

  “What lowly slave dares block my path? You’re asking for death!”

  Along with this cold shout, a long whip whistled through the air, shooting towards Long Chen.

  [1] Wild Bull is translated from Man Niu . The Man can also mean Barbarian. Long Chen says he’ll call him , A’Man. The A’ is used to signify kinship.

  Chapter 23 How Bold

  “What lowly slave dares block my path? You’re asking for death!”

  Along with this cold shout, a long whip whistled through the air as it shot towards Long Chen.

  That whip moved extremely quickly and craftily. The person attacking him was surprisingly a whip master. Long Chen should have been able to dodge, but it was more difficult with him holding the little girl.

  Fury arose within him; it was now already too late for him to dodge. Protecting the little girl, he used his spiritual energy to protect his body and prepared to forcibly take the blow on his arm.

  Just at that moment, a huge figure arrived in front of Long Chen.

  Bang!

  Wilde grinned at Long Chen. It was he who took the blow on his back for Long Chen.

  Long Chen’s eyes darkened. He wanted to see exactly who it was that had attacked, but that carriage was already speeding away.

  A surprised sound came from it, as that person was clearly startled by Wilde’s arrival. However, the carriage still didn’t stop.

  “Are you ok Wilde?” asked Long Chen, suppressing his anger.

  “Brother Long, I’m fine. I’ve been hit so many times since I was a child that I’m already used to it,” grinned Wilde.

  But the clothing on his back was torn, exposing his skin. A line of blood was slowly flowing out.

  A woman suddenly came by and grabbed the girl. She wept inconsolably as she thanked Long Chen and Wilde.

  Wilde smiled goofily, and Long Chen consoled her with a couple of words before leaving.

  But Long Chen was stifling a stomach of anger. To charge down such a busy and crowded road and actually hit someone with a whip... Long Chen was planning on having a good look into the person who dared be so bold.

  Although Wilde’s wound that was dripping with blood appear
ed frightening, it was just a flesh wound.

  This amazed Long Chen; just how powerful was Wilde’s physical body? That person, who had attacked viciously, was extremely powerful, but his attack only broke Wilde’s skin.

  As the two of them walked, Wilde’s stomach suddenly let out a growl that was as loud as thunder. Long Chen stopped distractedly, suddenly realizing that there was a bun store right beside them from which the smell of meat was wafting out of.

  Wilde embarrassingly said, “Brother Long, I’m not hungry.”

  “Don’t worry about it. I’m hungry, so let’s go have a snack.” Long Chen brought Wilde into the bun store and found a table for the two of them to sit at. Directly handing a gold coin to the owner, he said, “Bring out all the buns in your store.”

  “Brother Long, I’m really not hungry. I only need some rice,” Wilde hastily said.

  That was because he had had countless experiences of people seeing him eat and immediately breaking off relations with him. Wilde was afraid of this calamity repeating itself again.

  “Wilde, you blocked a whip for me. From now on, you’re like a brother to me, and I, Long Chen, would also block a whip for you. Therefore, you shouldn’t say anything to me that you wouldn’t say to a brother, ok?” Long Chen seriously said.

  Wilde was someone who had blocked a whip for him after only just meeting him. Such a person was worthy of being called brother by Long Chen.

  “Brother Long… I….”

  Wilde suddenly began to cry loudly. In all his years of homeless wandering, this was the first time he felt this warmth and the first time someone ever treated him this well.

  “Good bro, don’t cry. Between us brothers, we don’t cry, we sweat. Tears are for cowards.” Long Chen patted Wilde’s shoulder.

  “Ok brother Long. I’ll listen to you. Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do.” Wilde wiped away his tears.

  Long Chen considered telling him that he should have some more confidence, but when he thought about how he had mistakenly built a chimney instead of a well, he decided against it.

  At this time, the owner of the bun shop brought over a basket. Long Chen smiled, “Wilde, eat as much as you want. Brother Long has plenty of money, so don’t hold back for me.”

  Wilde nodded and no longer stood on courtesy. The fist-sized buns were swallowed with one bite each, one after another.

  Although he had long since prepared himself, Long Chen was still shocked by Wilde’s appetite. Even after all of the over three hundred meat buns had been eaten, Wilde still seemed to want more.

  By now, the owner was extremely anxious. All his buns were gone now, and there was no way for him to make more in such a short time.

  Three hundred buns were only about six silver coins. But when he went to give Long Chen the change, the two of them had already left.

  When the two of them returned to Long Chen’s home, he first brought Wilde to see his mother. Mrs. Long was quite frightened at first due to how large Wilde was.

  But after seeing Wilde was so easy-going and childlike, she quickly calmed down. When Long Chen told her what Wilde had been through, Mrs. Long immediately agreed to let him stay with them.

  Once Wilde was settled down, Long Chen went to go refine pills. While refining in his own home, he didn’t need to be worried like in the alchemist guild, so he unleashed his powerful Spiritual Strength fully, quickly increasing his pill refining speed to its peak.

  Three full days passed before Long Chen once more came out of his room. He had unceasingly refined for three days and three nights. He now held almost a hundred FengFu Pills, and all of them were middle grade.

  Other than the FengFu Pill, Long Chen had also refined the very popular Blood Condensing Pill, Qi Condensing Pill, the Poison Cure Pill, etc. These were all to be sold to the guild to pay back his credit loan.

  Just as Long Chen exited his room, Bao-er walked over with an embarrassed expression. Long Chen couldn’t help distractedly asking, “Bao-er, what’s going on?”

  “Young master… uh…” Bao-er was a bit flustered.

  “Whatever it is, just tell me,” laughed Long Chen.

  “Well uh… in the house… there’s… no more food,” she uneasily said.

  Wilde’s appetite really was just too great. Knowing how pitiful Wilde’s life had been, Mrs. Long had specifically told the kitchen to make more food.

  But the result was that just three days later, over a month’s supply of the Long family’s food had been eaten. Mrs. Long had secretly taken out a piece of jewelry for Bao-er to go sell.

  Bao-er had felt that this kind of thing should first be consulted with Long Chen, so she had come to find him.

  Long Chen laughed and patted her head. “Little girl, you really have become smart. I’ll handle this matter.”

  Bao-er was Long Chen’s personal maid, and despite how poor the Long family had been, Bao-er was unwilling to leave. Long Chen had long since begun to see her as a little sister.

  “Young master, there’s also not even enough food for dinner tonight,” she reminded him. At this point, she was practically the manager of the entire household. The bookkeeper had felt that there was no opportunity for advancement at the Long household, so he had long since left.

  “Ok, I’ll handle it right now.” Long Chen still had a few gold coins on him, but that was just chump change. He called over Wilde and the two of them left to go to the alchemist guild.

  There was no real reason why he had brought Wilde along. Long Chen just wanted to develop his thinking some more. Wisdom was related with experience after all.

  Arriving at the guild, Long Chen went directly to the medicinal ingredient room and handed over dozens of round medicinal pills to the youth in charge.

  This youth was scared witless; he clearly remembered that Long Chen had only come three days ago for these medicinal ingredients. How did he manage to come back with these medicinal pills in just three days? On average, it was around half a year before people came back with enough pills to pay off their credit.

  Putting aside his shock, he dutifully took them and professionally examined each one.

  Seventeen middle grade and thirty-six low grade medicinal pills. Even though he had the utmost confidence in his tools, he still couldn’t believe it.

  When he confirmed that there was no mistake, he deducted the debt Long Chen had on credit. In the end, there were still some pills left over.

  “Master Long Chen, for these remaining medicinal pills, do you plan on using them to exchange for medicinal ingredients or should I exchange them for gold coins?” the youth respectfully asked.

  “Convert them all to gold coins.”

  “Alright, please wait a moment.” That youth hastily flipped through a book with the most recent market prices for the medicinal pills. He had to calculate the price in accordance to that criterion.

  “Master Long, in total, it’s 8,170,000 gold coins.”

  Long Chen nodded. The alchemist guild wasn’t for-profit, so this price was very fair. It was only ten percent less than the market price, and being able to enjoy so many special treatments in exchange was definitely extremely worth it.

  “Give it to me on two crystal cards. Two million on one card, and the rest on the other,” said Long Chen.

  When he returned home, Bao-er was already waiting at the gates. She handed Long Chen a red invitation card. “Young master Shi Feng sent over an invitation to you.”

  Long Chen opened it and smiled. Shi Feng had exited his seclusion after breaking into the Blood Condensation realm. He had prepared a feast in the Heroic Assembly House and invited everyone to celebrate with him. When he calculated how many days had passed, it seemed about right.

  “Bao-er, here. Do good work as the housekeeper and this young master will purchase you a generous dowry in the future, letting you marry in style,” laughed Long Chen as he handed a crystal card to Bao-er.

  Bao-er’s face was completely red, but when she saw the number on the card
, her expression changed to complete disbelief.

  “Little rich girl, the Long household’s future work will be handled by you. Oh right, go and buy back all of my mom’s jewelry. Even if it costs you ten times as much, it’s not a problem,” said Long Chen.

  “Yes, don’t worry young master, Bao-er will handle it properly.” Bao-er patted her chest several times and stood completely straight with confidence.

  Long Chen nodded and brought Wilde along to the Heroic Assembly House.

  The Heroic Assembly House was a famous restaurant in the capital. The people who ate there were extremely rich. The main attraction was, of course, the imposing name, and adding on the good food, it became a favorite place for the royalty and nobility to party.

  At its top floor was a large round table. At this time, it was packed with all kinds of delicacies. However, at the moment, everyone was just idly chatting, and no one picked up their chopsticks.

  When they saw a certain figure walk in, everyone hastily stood up.

  “Brother Long-“

  “Brother Long-“

  “Lord Long-“

  Shi Feng, Fatty Yu, and the others all called out to him, but when they saw Wilde behind him they all jumped.

  Shi Feng was already considered very large, but he was still small in front of Wilde.

  “Let me introduce you to my brother, Wilde.”

  When they heard his introduction, everyone hastily greeted Wilde, but all Wilde did was nod and foolishly laugh.

  Only when Long Chen arrived did they all sit down to eat. Shi Feng raised his glass. “Brother Long, I won’t say any unnecessary words. I, Shi Feng, toast you!”

  Shi Feng deeply engraved his gratefulness to Long Chen in his heart. He would have needed several years before reaching the Blood Condensation realm, but now that he reached it so early, it would definitely be a huge help to him in the future, allowing him to reach even greater heights.

  “We all toast to you as well, brother Long!”

  Fatty Yu took the lead and everyone stood up. With the medicinal liquid Long Chen had given them, they had quickly begun sensing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth. Shou Hou from the Daybreak Marquis and fatty Yu had already reached the first Heavenstage of Qi Condensation.