by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
She nodded. At this point, a bunch of other people also came over with a stretcher, bringing Long Chen away.
The others, who had been injured, were waiting to be healed. But Tang Wan-er had examined Long Chen’s body and seen that he had simply run out of spiritual qi and was exhausted. He wasn’t actually injured, and so she directly brought him back.
Once they left, the Healing Hall’s disciples came out to heal everyone. In any case, Gu Yang, Lei Qianshang, and Qi Xin’s wounds were extremely severe.
That was especially true of Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin. Their bones had been trampled on, and they had been beaten to the point of near death. They had done too many wicked things up to this point and that was their retribution.
Those disciples, who hadn’t been able to fight back against them before, had taken this chance to beat them without holding anything back.
That seed of hatred had long since been planted. But that seed really had matured too quickly. In just one month, they had taken their vengeance.
If it hadn’t been for Long Chen giving everyone a reminder, perhaps some people really might have lost their reasoning within their fury and beat the two of them to death.
But although no one had done that, those fellows had not been kind at all. They avoided vital spots, but they also made it so that they wouldn’t pass out, causing them to see and suffer all their beatings without being able to do anything. Seeing the two of them want to cough up blood from their rage, everyone’s felt much more free and relieved.
Due to their heavy injuries, Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin were sent directly back to the Healing Hall for some senior disciples to heal.
But even their senior disciples would probably require over a week to let them be able to walk out.
The rankings were already announced. The Heaven Earth Faction’s alliance took the top five spots.
The other rankings were left to Guan Wennan and company. As for who was what exact rank, that would be up to them to decide.
Guan Wennan looked at all this with a complicated look. Seeing the Heaven Earth Faction lead their people away, he also brought his people away.
Other than the heavily injured being sent to the Healing Hall, the others would all be fine after just one or two days of recovery.
When everyone had scattered, a large group of people came over. That group was those people who had decided to stay behind despite failing the disciple trials.
They were not disciples of the monastery. They could only count as some workers and could only receive a meager amount of resources.
And yet they had no complaints. That was because they had seen an even broader world after coming to the monastery. It was at such a place that they could temper themselves.
Seeing that group of people busily cleaning, Ling Yunzi frowned slightly, seeming to think of some distant memories.
“Long Chen’s last attack seemed somewhat familiar. But I actually can’t remember where I’ve seen it before. Perhaps I’ve just heard about it somewhere,” Ling Yunzi muttered to himself.
“That attack is extremely frightening. But I have a strange feeling that Long Chen is unable to completely wield its entire strength.
“According to normal cultivation standards, a powerful Battle Skill cannot be used without a powerful cultivation base. It isn’t that you’re unable to use it, but simply that your meridians wouldn’t be able to endure using it.
“But Long Chen’s attack is still far from reaching that move’s true power. It really is curious.” Tu Fang also nodded.
The two of them were the monastery’s strongest experts. Ling Yunzi had even stepped into the legendary Xiantian realm, and yet he was still unable to see through the origins of Long Chen’s attack.
This time Long Chen slept very well. It really was excellent to sleep at home. After all, even with all his courage, he had been scared for almost every single second of the last two months.
There was no way around it. In that kind of place, Long Chen was near the bottom of the food chain. A slight mistake would lead to his death.
In the past two months, he had never had a good night’s sleep. Every day he had crazily increased his cultivation base, increasing the chance that he would be able to survive.
He slept for a full three days before finally awakening, feeling completely full of energy and excitement.
As soon as he walked out of his room, he saw Qing Yu and Tang Wan-er cultivating. He immediately startled the two out of their meditation.
“Sorry to disturb you,” apologized Long Chen.
“We weren’t in a true meditative state. We’ve been waiting for you this whole time. Come, sit. Sister Qing Yu prepared a bunch of delicacies for you as a reward.” Tang Wan-er pulled Long Chen over, smiling brightly.
“Really? I didn’t even know sister Qing Yu could cook,” exclaimed Long Chen.
“Hehe, I bet you didn’t know sister Qing Yu’s cooking skill can be praised as top class. She’s never lets anyone else know that. This time sister Qing Yu only decided to cook for you as your reward,” laughed Tang Wan-er.
Qing Yu smiled and returned to the kitchen. Or Long Chen supposed she had, since he had no idea where the kitchen even was in here.
Tang Wan-er continued smiling and looking at Long Chen. She didn’t say anything more. It seemed as if quietly looking at Long Chen was actually something quite enjoyable for her.
“Beauty Wan-er, if you look at me with any more adoration, I really will get embarrassed. Have you finally thought it over and decided to give your heart to me?” asked Long Chen suddenly.
“You wish!” Tang Wan-er angrily hit Long Chen. “When will you stop being so infuriatingly flippant?”
Other than when fighting and killing, it seemed this scoundrel never could be serious, annoying Tang Wan-er endlessly. You wouldn’t even be able to talk to him properly for more than a few seconds before he irritated you enough to want to beat him up.
“Then do you like it when I’m flippant or do you like me serious?” laughed Long Chen.
“Of course I like it when you-... scoundrel, don’t even bother with that! Who would ever like you?!” Tang Wan-er almost fell for it before cutting herself off.
Looking at her light fury, for some reason Long Chen felt he really liked it when she was like that. Did that mean he was a bit abnormal?
Just as Long Chen was pondering over whether his own beauty standards had problems, Qing Yu returned.
There were over a dozen piping hot dishes releasing a fragrance that made him drool. Long Chen’s stomach rumbled loudly.
Tang Wan-er and Qing Yu laughed. Long Chen explained with some embarrassment, “Other than Magical Beast meat, I didn’t have anything else to eat in the last two months. For the first month it was alright, but then it really was starting to get disgusting. Hehe, I finally get to eat something good.”
Qing Yu sighed, “Long Chen, this time it really was hard on you.”
Once Qing Yu said that, Tang Wan-er’s eyes turned red. Long Chen hastily said, “What was so hard about it? It was just a little journey. Quick, eat before I starve to death.”
Long Chen laughed and directly picked up a mouthful of food. Originally, he was just planning on changing the subject, but the instant he tasted that food, his eyes immediately lit up. From that moment on, his chopsticks never left his hands, and his mouth was never empty as he crazily stuffed himself.
Qing Yu’s cooking skill really was top-notch. Furthermore, she had also added in many vegetables to the dishes, which made Long Chen who had constantly been eating meat to become like a ravenous wolf.
Seeing Long Chen wildly devour his food, Qing Yu was delighted. She and Tang Wan-er ate together with him.
After eating, Long Chen felt he really was unable to stuff anything more down. Even just opening his mouth, he felt his throat was still full of her delicious food.
Long Chen belched and patted his stomach, completely satisfied. Suddenly, he cast a vague glance at Tang Wan-er
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“Sister Wan-er, I’ve got something fun to do with you that you mentioned before.” Long Chen smiled at Tang Wan-er mysteriously.
Chapter 213 Lightning Refinement
Long Chen and Tang Wan-er requested a leave of absence from the monastery. They then left from the monastery’s gate and began walking northwards.
Disciples had to request for leave of absence from an Elder if they wished to go outside the monastery. Furthermore, they were not allowed to leave for too long. The two of them had put in seven days’ time.
“Long Chen, where are you bringing me?” Tang Wan-er was still in the dark.
“Didn’t I tell you? We’re doing something fun,” laughed Long Chen.
“If you won’t be serious with me, I won’t bother with you any longer,” sniffed Tang Wan-er somewhat angrily.
“Haha, don’t get mad. I need you to help me out a bit for a certain something. But before that, I still need to go find Little Snow,” explained Long Chen.
“Little Snow? You mean your Scarlet Flame Snow Wolf? Didn’t you tell your family’s people to bring him back?” asked Tang Wan-er.
Long Chen smiled bitterly, “I came by myself. I didn’t have anyone from my family present.”
Only then did Tang Wan-er remember how Long Chen had traveled on his own. She awkwardly asked, “Then where is Little Snow?”
Long Chen looked around. “This is where we agreed to meet. Look, there’s Little Snow’s footprints. He should be around here somewhere.”
Suddenly, Long Chen let out a long roar that shook the sky. His majestic roar immediately spread hundreds of miles.
That roar echoed out for the time it took for an incense stick to burn before finally fading away. Long Chen was a bit baffled.
“Maybe Little Snow is hunting…,” he guessed.
“Then what do you want to do? You want us to wait?” asked Tang Wan-er.
“No need. I’ll tie one of my clothes onto a tree. He should be able to figure out that I came here to find him. Once he sees my clothing, he’ll know to wait for me.” Long Chen took off his outer shirt and tied it to a large tree.
Little Snow’s sensitive nose could easily find it. Once he did, he’d definitely know Long Chen had come by and he would wait here for him.
Tang Wan-er asked, “Then what do you want to do now?”
“Haha, I’m bringing you to do something fun. You’ll definitely like it.” Long Chen directly rushed off.
“Scoundrel, hurry up and tell me!” Tang Wan-er followed behind him angrily. This fellow really did like to act all mysterious.
The two of them rushed over a thousand miles north, arriving at the top of a huge mountain. This mountain was extremely high, and above the peak were rolling black clouds. Flickers of lightning appeared every now and then.
Looking at those black clouds above, Tang Wan-er suddenly recalled something and her eyes widened. “Long Chen, don’t tell me you came here to be struck by lightning.”
“Hehe, you really are smart. Yup, you guessed right,” laughed Long Chen.
On his journey back from the rubble wasteland, he had passed by this region and seen that this place was a bit strange. The mountain peak would always be covered by black clouds with lightning within them.
This entire mountain peak was completely bare. It was definitely a good place to gather lightning.
He had once refined Lei Qianshang’s thunderforce seed, so his body already had a certain resistance to thunder and lightning. Furthermore, his meridians were able to contain thunderforce.
He hoped that if he could obtain a stronger thunderforce, it might be possible for him to nourish and use that thunderforce like his beast flame.
Most importantly, having advanced to the tenth Heavenstage, Long Chen was very worried about his experience in advancing from the Qi Condensation realm. He had to be cautious. Once he reached the thirteenth Heavenstage, he would be struck by that heavenly punishment.
The previous heavenly punishment had almost killed him. If it hadn’t been for the Spirit World’s expert giving him a warning, he wouldn’t have been able to resist his terror and would have already died from that tribulation.
Furthermore, she had told him that the first tribulation was only a test of his willpower.
If that was true, then when he advanced to Tendon Transformation, it would definitely be even more terrifying. Just a test of willpower had almost turned him to ashes. If it was a test of his physical body, wouldn’t he have been directly killed?
Although his physical body was much more powerful now, he was still filled with fear and caution towards that heavenly punishment.
The first time was already that terrifying; just how horrifying would the second time be? He naturally didn’t want to die under heavenly punishment, and so he had to make himself even stronger.
Previously, he had refined Lei Qianshang’s thunderseed, and so he had gained control over some thunderforce. So while coming here was still a risk, it was worth it.
If he could absorb the thunder and lightning from the sky, he might be able to borrow that thunderforce to temper his body, giving him greater resistance to lightning in the future.
Even a slightly greater resistance would give him a higher chance of surviving the next heavenly punishment.
Long Chen took out a large kite twenty-one meters wide from his spatial ring. The frame was made from Magical Beast bone and then normal beast hide was added as cloth, making it very sturdy.
“You’ve flown a kite before, right?” asked Long Chen.
“I’ve flown a kite, but not a man-kite. You can’t really be serious.”
Although Long Chen could control a bit of thunderforce, that had just come from a person. It was not at all the same as natural thunderforce. Natural thunderforce was at least thousands of times stronger. A mistake meant death!
Gathering natural thunderforce to use as his own was definitely a crazy idea. She had never even heard of anyone attempting such a thing. She had no confidence in this at all, but seeing how Long Chen was so prepared, it seemed he wasn’t joking around.
In Tang Wan-er’s eyes, Long Chen had never done anything normally. He always treated abnormal things as his normal.
Long Chen took out a string made of black silk. Tying it securely to his kite, he tested it a couple of times before being reassured. After all, this matter definitely could end up killing him if he wasn’t overly cautious.
The string was over three thousand meters long. Although it was only the thickness of a single finger, it would definitely not break.
He then tied the other end of the string to a huge boulder. “I’ll get on top of the kite and tie myself onto it securely so I won’t fall off. You let me fly into the sky, but always pay attention. When I’m about to be struck by the lightning, let go of the string. Although it doesn’t conduct electricity, it’s not an absolute insulator. If I end up passing out or something, you need to be ready to save me.”
Tang Wan-er solemnly stared at Long Chen, her heart pounding out of her control. “This is way too terrifying. You really shouldn’t do this. To be honest, I’m terrified for you.”
Long Chen laughed, “Don’t worry, I’m not scared that you’re terrified. This is extremely important to me, so please lend me your assistance.”
Tang Wan-er helplessly shook her head. She wondered to herself if she would also become crazy if she stayed with Long Chen for too long.
“I’ll run with the kite, get lift off, and then jump on top of it. The rest will be up to you. Just treat it as having fun.” Long Chen tried to ease her nervousness.
Tang Wan-er glared at him. What about this was fun? If she made a mistake, he could die!
Long Chen raised the large kite and began to run down the mountain. After a few hundred meters, he had generated enough inertia and lift to finally slowly float upwards. Currently, he was still extremely stable and secure.
When Long Chen flipped to get on top of the kite, Tang Wan-er nervo
usly pulled on the string. Her kite flying skills were definitely supreme, as with just a few tugs, the kite soared into the sky, flying levelly.
Standing atop the kite, Long Chen gave Tang Wan-er a thumbs-up. “You really are an awesome beauty Wan-er.”
“Careful!” Tang Wan-er suddenly let out a startled cry as a bolt of lightning directly crashed down on Long Chen.
BANG!
Long Chen’s clothings burst apart. But he had already been prepared for that, and he was still wearing the Golden Horned Python’s leather skin so at least he wasn’t naked.
Currently, the kite was still only one hundred and fifty meters from the ground. He hadn’t expected to already be struck by lightning while he was still so far from the clouds.
The kite trembled, but the string Long Chen had tied to his waist hadn’t broken.
He coughed up some smoke and felt all his hair stand on end. Countless strands of lightning crawled over his body. He quickly attempted using his thunderforce to absorb them.
But the result was not as he had expected. Those lightning strands and his own thunderforce repelled each other much harder than he had ever imagined, and they began to go berserk inside his body.
“How is it Long Chen?” Tang Wan-er cried out when she saw Long Chen was completely motionless atop the kite.
“I’m fine. Just maintain this height and let me get used to it!” shouted back Long Chen.
He then continued attempting to refine the power of the lightning, but no matter how he tried, he was unable to refine it at all.
It was as if Long Chen’s original thunderforce was water while this natural thunderforce was oil. The two of them refused to mix.
He tried a dozen times without succeeding. Then gritting his teeth, he directly gave up on his original thunderforce and began to try connecting to the natural thunderforce.
That thunderforce had no will, but it was exceptionally berserk like lava. As Long Chen attempted to refine it, it wildly attacked Long Chen’s spirit.
“Damn this thing!”
He had tried refining it and had failed. Now he tried connecting to it and failed. Long Chen now directly used the most berserk method, using his Spiritual Strength to wildly attack that thunderforce.
