Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“Skywater protecting the body!” Qi Xin was the first to realize its threat and directly used his water energy to protect himself. That allowed him to be fine. But every single other person was now lying on the ground, howling in pain and unable to do anything.
Only some luckier people had managed to faint. The others could only suffer that infernal torment.
“Die, you beast!” Qi Xin raged. He jumped up, sending a kick at its head. Having just used such a powerful move, it hadn’t had any preparations and was sent flying hundreds of meters away.
A spear condensed from water energy now appeared in his hands, stabbing at the Queen Bee.
That Queen Bee’s strength was only average. Its most dangerous part was its stinger, but with its huge, awkward body, it was impossible for it to stab its stinger into enemies.
Other than that, only its defense was exceptionally sturdy. Its six legs brought it crazily charging at Qi Xin, its mouth wildly biting at him.
Even with Qi Xin’s confidence, he still didn’t dare to be caught by its mouth. The spear in his hand stabbed out continuously, fiercely facing off against it.
“Whew.” Long Chen crawled out of the ground. But he immediately sensed some pain when he breathed and hastily consumed an antitoxin pill.
Examining the situation, he saw it was a complete mess. People were constantly twitching and moaning on the ground. Further away was Qi Xin in a fierce fight. All his attention was now focused on his fight with the Queen Bee, and he wasn’t paying any attention to this place.
Long Chen smiled slightly and stealthily slipped into the beehive. After entering the beehive, he used his spiritual qi to protect his body, not daring to be the slightest bit incautious.
But once he was inside the beehive and saw its current state, he let out a breath. Although there were countless Jade Butterfly Bees inside, they had already lost their senses at this time. All he had to do was avoid stepping on their stingers.
Within that huge beehive were huge honeycombs. Inside those honeycombs was a pool of gleaming liquid that was slowly flowing.
“Ah, too bad there are too many of the Jade Butterfly Bees here. Otherwise, I could absorb the entire beehive.”
A spatial ring was unable to absorb living things. If he wanted to absorb this beehive, he would have to completely remove every single Jade Butterfly Bee. That would waste far too much time.
Furthermore, Long Chen was already extremely pressed for time. He definitely couldn’t stay here for long. Although the Queen Bee might be strong, its attacking power wasn’t great. It couldn’t pose a threat to Qi Xin, so its loss was only a matter of time.
Long Chen examined the surrounding honeycombs. He didn’t immediately start collecting, but instead walked in deeper. The outer region was just the ordinary honey and didn’t fetch that high of a price.
But after walking in a couple of dozen meters, several huge honeycombs appeared before him. Each of those honeycombs held dozens of hexagonal cells that were arranged just like countless water jars.
Each cell was completely filled with bright liquid. Even before he walked close he could smell its sweet scent which seeped into the deepest part of his lungs.
“Haha, there’s actually this much Jade Butterfly Queen Bee Honey!” Long Chen couldn’t help but rejoice. He counted four of these huge honeycombs. Thinking of those four Queen Bees that had come out previously, he immediately understood that each of them had one honeycomb here.
He completely absorbed those four honeycombs. Just obtaining one would have completely satisfied him. Now that he had obtained four, flowers almost started blooming inside his heart.
But Long Chen knew that his harvest today wouldn’t stop just here. He continued slowly walking forward. When he reached the end of the hive, Long Chen had even stopped breathing.
At this place, there was an enormous honeycomb. It was almost as tall as the entire beehive, being at least thirty meters tall.
Inside, it was filled with honey. However, it wasn’t liquid but actually crystal. It was absolutely enchanting.
“Jade Butterfly Queen Bee Crystal!” Long Chen exclaimed. This was definitely the true treasure. The effect of the Queen Bee Crystal was definitely at least ten times greater than the Queen Bee Honey.
Only with his powerful mental strength did he manage to stop his heart from pounding out of his chest. He grabbed the honeycomb and pulled, breaking it off from the rest of the hive, and stored it into his spatial ring.
Looking at this empty part of the beehive, Long Chen felt as if he were dreaming. His luck had really been too good today.
After absorbing the last Queen Bee Crystal, Long Chen thought for a moment and took out a spear from his spatial ring. He stabbed open a small hole that could easily fit him so that he could walk out at any time.
Long Chen was a thrifty man, and wasting stuff wasn’t his style. There were still hundreds of honeycombs out there he had yet to collect.
Those only contained the honey from the ordinary Jade Butterfly Bees. But of course, that was still an excellent thing to have. Even if you didn’t use it to cultivate, it was also a beauty product that could make someone even more beautiful.
However, that honey was not as pure as the Jade Butterfly Queen Bee Honey, in the sense that there were actually quite a few Jade Butterfly Bees which were lying within the honeycombs, quivering. He had to take them out one by one in order to absorb that honey.
Luckily, he still wasn’t worried yet. He could still hear the sound of Qi Xin’s fierce fight. He began to hum a familiar tune:
Today’s a good day. I can achieve anything I want...[1]
But after the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Long Chen heard the sounds of fighting gradually become quieter. After a couple of loud bangs, everything became silent.
Long Chen knew the time had come. There were still dozens of honeycombs he had yet to collect, but he sighed, “I’m so easily satisfied. I guess I’ll just leave these for them to heal their wounds.”
The Jade Butterfly Bee’s toxin was definitely extremely painful. Although its toxin normally wouldn’t kill anyone, it could make someone go insane from the pain. However, its honey was the best cure for it.
He slowly walked out the back of the beehive. He could hear footsteps getting closer. They were about to reach where he was, but in the end, he thought about leaving something.
“Ah, doing bad things without leaving my name isn’t my style.”
He took out a brush from his spatial ring and left a bold line of words with the honey as ink. He then slipped through the opening he had made, stealthily leaving.
Qi Xin had used his full strength to fight, finally killing the third rank Queen Bee. It went without saying that Qi Xin’s strength was frighteningly great.
But killing a third rank Magical Beast had also exhausted him. His armor was cracked all over, and blood even dripped from some of those places.
And that was only because his luck had been good. That Queen Bee wasn’t proficient in attacking. Otherwise, if he met a third rank Magical Beast overlord like Little Snow, he definitely would only be able to flee.
He had killed the third rank Queen Bee, but he wouldn’t gain anything from its corpse. That was because the Jade Butterfly Bees were not like other Magical Beasts and didn’t have a Neidan or a crystal core. The only thing of value that they possessed was their honey.
Slowly walking into the beehive, he saw the many honeycombs and relaxed. Everything had been worth it.
He walked in and continued exploring. But once he reached the halfway point, he realized something was wrong. That was because these honeycombs were completely empty. And the huge honeycombs he had thought would be here were not present.
Quickening his footsteps, he reached the end of the beehive and realized everything was gone. He was indescribably astonished.
Suddenly, a glimmer of light attracted his attention and he turned to look. His blood surged as his eyes almost spat out flam
es.
Now even someone with Qi Xin’s cultivation base was completely infuriated and coughed up blood.
There was a small hole there. Atop that hole was a line of words: Long Chen was here.
“Long Chen, I’ll kill you!”
Qi Xin’s angry roar caused the beehive to tremble. His berserk aura then exploded, causing the beehive to completely collapse.
[1] These are the lyrics to a song called Good Day(s) by Song Zuying, released in 1998. This is by no means the official music video, but here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuKboSQ-3xI The lyrics are specifically from 1:07-1:14. It’s a pretty traditional song so I don’t think many of you will like it. As for how Long Chen knows the lyrics to a song written in 1998, well I guess those came with his Pill Sovereign memories (XD, I mean, technically it doesn’t specifically say it’s this song. Perhaps these are lyrics from a childhood song in the Phoenix Cry Empire lol).
Chapter 153 Fierce River Blocks the Way
Long Chen had run several miles away when Qi Xin’s furious roar rang out from behind. He shook his head.
Do you need to be like that? The honey had never been yours in any case, and it wasn’t as if I literally snatched it out of your hands. Was it worthwhile to release such fury?
And furthermore, if it hadn’t been for my idea, you wouldn’t have even been able to touch bee urine, let alone their honey.
And didn’t I also leave you some? That’s enough for you guys to split. But once he reached this point in his thoughts, even he ended up turning slightly red.
If he had had enough time, with his pragmatic nature, he definitely wouldn’t have left any behind at all.
The sky had already begun to darken. But for safety reasons, Long Chen continued running forward. He definitely didn’t want to encounter the crazy Qi Xin.
Such monsters all had shocking techniques. But he was only at the sixth Heavenstage of Blood Condensation, and so fighting with them would definitely make him suffer a huge disadvantage.
After another hundred miles, he began to notice more and more signs of other people. That was a relief, as with this many tracks, it was impossible for Qi Xin to chase after him even if he wanted to.
Looking forward, he saw he had already reached the end of this wilderness and had entered a mountain range. He rushed over to the mountains.
He found a clean cave for himself and took out a cup, pouring half a cup of Queen Bee Honey and half a cup of water. Mixing them with a chopstick, a dense fragrance refreshed his heart.
Drinking a mouthful, its sweetness slid down easily, the sensation deeply penetrating his heart and mind. He felt as if his pores had all been opened, causing him to become incredibly relaxed.
“Delicious!” Long Chen was intoxicated. Such pure honey didn’t need to be balanced with anything else and was still able to let you feel like you were gaily floating in the clouds. At the same time, it swept away any pains.
It truly did have a miraculous effect of calming both body and mind. It allowed you to focus easier and enter your meditative state.
However, no matter how great the honey was, it was incomparable to Long Chen’s jade pendant. With the jade pendant, Long Chen was able to enter his meditative state in just a few breaths.
But for most ordinary people, even geniuses, it would require at least four hours to enter their meditative state with the assistance of the Queen Bee Honey.
That was because such a state was extremely miraculous and mystical. It was an extremely rare opportunity. But even so, the Queen Bee Honey’s use was still enough to cause people to go crazy.
Finishing that cup of honey, he lay back on an icy boulder and looked up at the starry sky. Another busy day had passed.
The Long Chen in the day was vigorous and lively, perhaps even too much so. But once it was night and he was alone, he was filled with loneliness.
He didn’t know how Chu Yao was faring. Was she training hard in the Skywood Palace? With her gentle nature, was she being pushed around?
And Meng Qi… Had she consumed the soul nourishing pill he had sent her? He didn’t know just what realm the current her had reached.
He had even less information about how his parents were… Had his mother become accustomed to passing her days without her son by her side?
During the day, Long Chen would play around as crazily as he wished, making himself as busy as possible. That way he wouldn’t have the time to think about these things.
But during the night, not a single sound could be heard. Worries and anxiety pressed upon his heart, making it so he almost couldn’t breathe.
And he was also completely lost when it came to his own future. Back when he had only just been born, someone had taken his Spirit Root, Spirit Blood, and Spirit Bone. It was a miracle that he hadn’t died as a baby after that.
Moreover, the powerful expert who had fled with him as a baby was actually just a servant. Then just who were his real parents? Wasn’t it very likely that something unexpected had happened to them?
He gently rubbed the jade pendant. The lines of words on them were still completely clear: The Dragon roars at the Heavens, Looking down arrogantly on the mortal world of dust. Live peacefully and happily, Never to be parted.
Within those words were endless warmth and expectations, as well as a powerful feeling of love. That definitely proved just how much his parents loved him.
Even as a weak baby, Long Chen had already met such vicious methods. That caused him to be extremely worried about his parents.
To dare do such a thing to him, that meant that his enemy didn’t fear his parents. There was even a possibility that his parents had already… Long Chen didn’t dare continue that train of thought.
Just where had he come from? Just what happened to his body? What person would be so ruthless to a baby, and what could possibly be their goal?
These endless questions continuously bounced around in his head. His mind was a complete mess.
Furthermore, there was that voice that had occasionally rung out in his head, as well as that vision of a fist shattering apart the very heavens from that destructive man. This all made Long Chen feel like his head might explode.
Taking a deep breath, he shook his head, putting away those questions. In any case, as long as he could keep surviving, there would be a day when the truth would reveal itself. What he needed to do now was eat, play, and grow properly. He would save up enough strength that he would eventually uncover his origin.
His father had told him that as long as he stood at the peak of the cultivation world one day, he would naturally learn what had happened.
Currently, he was just a beginner in the Blood Condensation realm. But every day he was quickly maturing. He believed that there really would be a day when he would reach that level.
Taking a deep breath, with the assistance of the jade pendant, Long Chen expelled all those distracting thoughts and began to cultivate.
He summoned his divine ring into his Dantian. He began to absorb heaven and earth’s spiritual qi, nourishing his blood.
Although Long Chen’s Dantian was deathly silent, that empty space now had countless uses for him. Long Chen was able to summon his divine ring there to cultivate.
He could also condense the flame energy within his meridians there. And now he could also gather his newfound thunderforce there as well.
His empty Dantian had become a place where he could gather all kinds of different energies. He could ‘rent’ it out as he needed. That was the first time Long Chen felt the benefit of not having a Dantian[1].
A normal Dantian could only contain a single type of energy and thus, you could only cultivate a single path. That was like how a pill cultivator’s Dantian could only contain flame energy. If they tried to cultivate another type of energy, those energies would clash and their Dantian would immediately explode.
Under the full force of the divine ring, his absorption speed of spiritual qi had reached a frightening level. But Long Chen had
noticed that after entering the Blood Condensation realm, each level required double the time of the previous level to advance.
If it was just purification, then with the support of his divine ring, it wouldn’t have been any problem. But after each advancement, he needed to wait a period of time to restore his blood energy. Only once that blood energy had reached its saturation point could he once more purify his blood again.
The restoration period was extremely long. Even the assistance of the divine ring didn’t help. It had already been over ten days since his last advancement, but his blood energy had yet to reach a saturation point, so he was unable to purify his blood again.
The continuous absorption of heaven and earth’s spiritual qi with his divine ring did allow his blood to be nourished and recover about ten percent faster. Although that wasn’t much, at least it was better than nothing.
The next day, Long Chen had already set out before the sun’s first rays had spilled over the horizon.
According to the map, after another two large mountains, he would arrive at a river. Only by crossing that river could he reach the final destination.
Long Chen found that there were more and more people here. He looked around, but he didn’t see Guo Ran and had no idea how he was.
However, that guy was extremely shrewd. He doubted any major problems would come up for him. Long Chen followed the flow of the crowd forward.
Those who were able to reach this point were all experts. Most of them, who had their jade tiles snatched away, had essentially stayed in their original positions to see if they could find any good opportunities.
According to the monastery’s rules, as long as the trial wasn’t over, even those who had lost their tiles could stay within the trial region.
During the remaining time, they could look all over for some natural treasures. This could also be considered a kind of compensation for them. As for how much those people could obtain, that would be up to their luck.
This way, even those registrants who failed to join the monastery would also have some harvests. This was the monastery’s way to settle things with them. In this manner, there would be no one who would hold a grudge. It went without saying that the monastery’s rules were extremely clever.