Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“It’s actually high grade.”
Long Chen carefully examined this giant pill. This was his first time refining a giant pill.
In Long Chen’s memories, there were very few medicinal formulas for giant pills, and they were extremely difficult to refine. He was startled to see his crazy and foolish method had ended up succeeding.
The formulas for giant pills in his memories were all for the seventh tier and higher medicinal pills. As for this giant pill in his hand, it was obviously not able to compare to those.
He didn’t know what tier this giant pill had reached, but the fact that he had managed to condense it meant that the Xiantian blood’s essence had been fully activated, and it would have at least ten times the effect.
That was the most terrifying aspect of pill cultivators. Most rare medicinal ingredients had their own special effects. But if you were to directly eat them, you would only be able to absorb perhaps twenty percent of the medicinal energy.
The rest of the essence would all be wasted. But after an alchemist’s purifications, as well as the support of other medicinal ingredients, then the medicinal ingredient’s effect would be multiplied once it was refined into a pill.
However, in this era, most pill formulas were passed down from ancient times. The current era’s alchemists were only refining medicinal pills in accordance with those old pill formulas. All they knew how to do was follow, without being able to innovate.
For the tests to advance alchemists tiers, the test was often to refine a medicinal pill. However, they often did not tell you the exact proportions of medicinal ingredients to use for that pill. That made those tests incredibly difficult for most alchemists.
If the proportions were wrong, then it could easily cause a furnace explosion or just result in a bunch of trash pills. Furthermore, if they perhaps used the wrong medicinal ingredient, then it would be absolutely impossible for them to refine the pill.
Long Chen had used his crazy imagination to theorize this medicinal pill from the principles contained within his Pill Sovereign memories. He had theorized that he should be able to succeed. But in truth, the chance of him succeeding had been less than ten percent.
Furthermore, since he had refined a giant pill, the difficulty had increased by a hundred times. The fact that he had successfully refined this giant pill meant that Long Chen’s prayer had worked: the heavens really had been blind.
“What powerful essence. Can this thing really be consumed?”
Seeing the forceful energy within that giant pill, Long Chen couldn’t help being worried.
A giant pill wasn’t as simple as just being large. The medicinal essence contained within it was at least dozens of times greater than an ordinary medicinal pill. In Long Chen’s memory, most giant pills weren’t directly consumed.
“Aowu!”
At this time, Little Snow walked up to Long Chen. Looking at that giant pill in his hand, he let out a quiet growl.
“Yes, I succeeded in refining it, but this thing has already surpassed my expectations. There’s probably at least dozens of times more medicinal energy than I expected.” Long Chen was at a loss.
He had refined this for Little Snow. The instant he had seen that Xiantian expert’s blood, he had thought of Little Snow.
With a Xiantian expert’s blood essence refined into a medicinal pill, it would definitely greatly increase the power of the physical body.
Of course, that kind of crazy energy was very difficult for a human body to contain. The only exceptions were perhaps those like Wilde and Long Chen with their powerful physiques.
But while Long Chen didn’t consider himself to be a picky eater, he really didn’t think he could eat a medicinal pill refined from a human’s blood.
However, he wouldn’t feel the slightest bit bad about giving it to Little Snow. However, he had been thinking of refining an ordinary pill at first. Now that he had refined a giant pill, Long Chen had a headache.
A giant pill contained dozens of times more energy than medicinal pills of the same rank. Normally, that was a good thing. But now it wasn’t. Long Chen was afraid Little Snow wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Little Snow once more growled.
“You really want to try?” Long Chen was extremely nervous. “This thing is very dangerous. Not only was it based on a Xiantian expert’s blood, but it’s also a giant pill. If anything goes wrong, you could lose your life.”
“Aowu!”
Little Snow growled, his eyes filled with determination. He repeatedly growled a couple of things to Long Chen.
Long Chen was silent for a long time. With his connection to Little Snow’s soul, the two of them could communicate.
Little Snow was saying that as Long Chen grew stronger, he also needed to grow stronger to protect him.
Long Chen tightly hugged Little Snow’s head, rubbing his soft fur.
Little Snow let Long Chen stroke him for a while before growling once more, his gaze falling on Long Chen’s hand.
Clenching his teeth, Long Chen prayed, “Fine. Hopefully, the heavens will bless you and you’ll succeed.”
This time Long Chen didn’t dare make any jokes about the heavens. He really was worried about Little Snow. However, Little Snow said he had to eat that giant pill. Even if he died, he wouldn’t care.
Long Chen knew that Little Snow was extremely intelligent. He knew that if he still didn’t advance any further, the chance of him ever helping Long Chen would be extremely low. Eventually, he would end up becoming a burden.
In order to accompany Long Chen in growing, Little Snow was willing to take this extremely risky chance.
Little Snow swallowed the giant pill in one gulp. Less than a breath of time later, all his fur suddenly stood on end.
BOOM!
A berserk aura shot out, and the ground beneath his feet cracked. A terrifying wave of qi shot out.
Even Long Chen was forced back several steps by that wave of qi. Little Snow was incessantly quivering now.
Little Snow let out an angry roar, but that roar was also filled with endless pain. Long Chen was horrified to see Little Snow’s white fur turn red.
That was because blood was pouring out of his skin. That Xiantian blood was too powerful. It was actually rejecting Little Snow’s blood.
The two types of blood were fighting fiercely inside Little Snow’s body. The process was extremely painful, and although Little Snow had long since expected it, he couldn’t hold back his angry roar.
Little Snow was unable to refine that Xiantian blood’s essence. It was too powerful, and it was crazily expelling Little Snow’s blood.
If this continued, then Little Snow’s blood would leave his body before he could refine that giant pill’s energy, and he would die.
Long Chen suddenly jumped onto Little Snow’s back. Placing his hand on Little Snow’s body, a firm energy poured into his body.
“I’ll use my Spiritual Strength to help you resolve the energy within the medicinal pill. Refine it bit by bit!”
The medicinal pill had yet to completely dissolve in Little Snow’s body, but he was already unable to bear it. If that continued, Little Snow would definitely die.
Long Chen’s spiritual qi blocked the giant pill’s energy from spreading any further. At the same time, his Spiritual Strength surged out and suppressed that berserk Xiantian blood, not letting it wreak havoc in Little Snow’s body.
This was like setting up a large dam to hold back a flood. He would only allow the energy to flow through slowly enough that Little Snow could handle it.
Receiving Long Chen’s help, Little Snow immediately felt it become much easier. With Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength suppressing it, that berserk blood calmed down a great deal.
Little Snow took advantage of this time to refine that blood essence. That blood essence was already ownerless at this time, and after an initial period of struggle, it lost all its energy and was finally absorbed by him.
After six ho
urs, that blood essence had been all absorbed by Little Snow, and Long Chen finally let out another portion of energy for Little Snow to absorb.
Only then did Long Chen relax slightly. Luckily, he had reacted quickly and this crude method was effective. Otherwise, it really would have been dangerous...
However, using spiritual qi and Spiritual Strength like this was extremely taxing on Long Chen. That was because a giant pill contained far too much energy, and even he found it hard to keep it controlled.
This was the first time Long Chen saw just how terrifying a giant pill was. That incredible amount of energy was shocking.
By the third time he released more energy, he felt that his Spiritual Strength was already flagging.
Right now, the giant pill still had over half of its energy left. If he wasn’t able to continue, they would only be able to give up.
What Long Chen didn’t know was that the Xiantian blood essence within the giant pill contained a trace of that Xiantian expert’s will. Although it had been refined into a pill, that trace of will hadn’t been eradicated.
By using his Spiritual Strength to hold that giant pill’s energy back, Long Chen was essentially using his Spiritual Strength to face off against that trace of Xiantian will. That was why it was so exhausting.
Bitterly enduring as long as he could, when Long Chen finally let a fourth portion of energy through, the giant pill’s energy suddenly erupted out of his control.
Long Chen was sent flying by a terrifying energy, and he immediately vomited a mouthful of blood.
“Little Snow!!!” Long Chen’s voice cracked. That kind of terrifying energy could easily kill Little Snow.
But when Long Chen saw Little Snow, he was shocked to see that he was fine.
BOOM!
The ground beneath Little Snow’s feet caved in. Long Chen was still in midair, and he was once more sent flying higher from a terrifying wave of qi.
When he was finally over a hundred meters away, Long Chen climbed up from the ground to look at Little Snow in shock and delight.
Little Snow was now emitting a terrifying pressure that even made it difficult for Long Chen to breathe. The space around him seemed to be compressed.
Suddenly, Little Snow let out a heaven-shaking roar, and a berserk energy shot out, causing the world to shake.
“You advanced?!” Long Chen couldn’t believe his eyes. Little Snow was now emitting a berserk aura that even intimidated Long Chen.
Little Snow rushed at Long Chen and intimately rubbed his head on Long Chen a couple of times.
“Hahahahaha! Excellent, Little Snow, you really advanced! Hehe, now when we join hands, we’ll definitely do some good work in the Jiuli secret realm!” Long Chen raised his head to the sky and laughed.
Little Snow’s body hadn’t grown larger after advancing this time. In fact, he had shrunk, now only being fifteen meters long. But the pressure coming from him was shocking.
However, Little Snow had only just advanced. The giant pill had still left many internal injuries in his body. Long Chen gave Little Snow a bunch of healing pills and had him return to the spiritual space to heal.
When Long Chen returned to the monastery, he didn’t bother trying to cultivate. He just calmly waited for a certain day.
Dong!
A melodious bell rang throughout the entire monastery. The day of the Jiuli secret realm’s opening had come.
Chapter 308 Xuantian Supermonastery
The Xuantian Monastery’s disciples had all gathered at the Xuantian plaza. That was today, all the core disciples would be sent to the supermonastery to enter the Jiuli secret realm.
Although only the core disciples could enter, that didn’t reduce the other disciples’ enthusiasm.
Long Chen, Tang Wan-er, Ye Zhiqiu, and all the other core disciples were standing at the front. Just looking at them filled the other disciples with excitement.
The Jiuli secret realm was said to be a space left behind from the ancient era. There were countless opportunities within it, and natural treasures were everywhere. It only opened once every hundred years.
Ling Yunzi was leading a group of Elders. Looking at the flourishing disciples, he was filled with pride.
Under Long Chen’s guidance, the monastery’s disciples were now elites amongst elites. Their inner disciples were now not much weaker than their ordinary core disciples of years past.
As for Gu Yang and the other core disciples, their power went without saying. They were even comparable to Favored.
And of course, the most gratifying thing for Ling Yunzi was that they had existences like Long Chen, Wilde, and Tang Wan-er amongst them. That filled him with confidence for the Jiuli secret realm
“Are you all prepared?” Ling Yunzi looked at the inspired disciples.
In all of his memories, he didn’t remember Long Chen ever appearing so excited. Long Chen was normally like a calm, rippleless well.
Although Long Chen was doing his best to suppress his excitement, that light in his eyes completely sold him out.
Only Long Chen knew that his excitement was because there was something within the Jiuli secret realm that seemed to be summoning him. That feeling was becoming stronger and stronger.
“We’re ready!” responded all the core disciples.
“Move out!”
Ling Yunzi didn’t waste any time on useless words. He knew that any words were useless to these disciples who had touched the line between life and death. Why would he bother wasting his time?
“Senior apprentice-brothers and senior apprentice-sisters will definitely return in triumph!” The other disciples all cried out their goodbyes.
Long Chen felt his body move suddenly, and before he knew it, he was in the rear mountains of the monastery. There was a stone platform around a hundred meters wide here. Atop the stone platform were dozens of pillars that had countless ancient runes carved into them. This was the monastery’s transportation formation.
Ling Yunzi brought them on top of it. Touching the stone pillar in the center, all the various stone pillars’ runes lit up.
Everyone immediately felt their bodies tighten. They felt a terrifying pressure squeeze them, and space was beginning to twist.
“Don’t be afraid. This is the spatial power of the transportation formation. After adapting for a moment, you’ll be fine.” Ling Yunzi smiled and consoled everyone when they saw their fear.
Space was constantly twisting, and it was if they had entered water. Their surroundings were no longer clear.
“Our 108th monastery is comparatively poor, and we could only construct the lowest grade transportation formation. That’s why it takes so long.”
Ling Yunzi explained that transportation formations were split into different grades. These grades were differentiated by two characteristics: the transportation distance as well as the speed and stability of the transportation.
The monastery was over a million miles from the supermonastery. A better transportation formation would only need a single breath’s time to travel that distance.
If it was a peak transportation formation like the first monastery, then it was practically instant. But their 108th monastery’s transportation formation was the lowest grade in order to save on the huge amount of resources used for each activation.
However, the shortcomings were extremely obvious. Not only did it require an incense stick of time, but during the transportation process, space was extremely unsteady, causing everyone who used it to feel a very harsh spatial pressure. Ordinary disciples were unable to bear that kind of pressure. Even core disciples like Gu Yang would feel uncomfortable under that pressure.
However, after just a few breaths of unpleasantness, the core disciples did adapt and felt much better.
Once everyone had become accustomed, Ling Yunzi turned to Long Chen gravely. “Long Chen, this time, you must be absolutely careful within the Jiuli secret realm. Of all of you, you’re the one I worry about the most.”
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sp; That startled everyone, with only Long Chen nodding his head in comprehension.
However, the others didn’t understand. Long Chen was the strongest of all of them. Even if they all joined hands, they wouldn’t necessarily be able to defeat Long Chen. Why would the sect leader worry about him the most?
“You all might not know about this, but I’ve heard that the Corrupt path has already placed Long Chen on their must-kill list. He is ranked only second to the first monastery’s Han Tianyu.”
The Corrupt path was extremely powerful, with many sects. Last time, Long Chen had defeated their number one genius in this region, Yin Luo. That had shaken the entire Corrupt path.
After their investigation, they had decided to place Long Chen on the must-kill list. That must-kill list was all the greatest geniuses of the Righteous path. They gave them a ranking according to their threat level.
It was said that the Corrupt path’s must-kill list only had a hundred people, and they were normally all Chosen or extremely powerful Favored. The person ranked number one was the first monastery’s number one Chosen, Han Tianyu.
Ling Yunzi hadn’t been shocked that Long Chen had ended up on the must-kill list. But he was shocked when he had heard that Long Chen was ranked number two.
In this world, only he and Tu Fang knew that Long Chen was a Divergent. Others didn’t know Long Chen’s true potential.
That proved that the Corrupt path’s vision was far more incisive and sinister than the Righteous path’s. They had immediately seen that Long Chen posed a greater threat to them than even Chosen.
That had completely infuriated Ling Yunzi. Even the Corrupt viewed Long Chen so importantly. Were their supermonastery’s higher-ups all blind?
Hearing that, everyone was startled. Since Long Chen was on the Corrupt path’s must-kill list, then once he entered the Jiuli secret realm, wouldn’t he be chased down by countless Corrupt disciples?
“Long Chen, with your power, other than the top experts like Yin Luo, you should be able to fight back.
“But the secret realm stays open for a full year. Inside the secret realm, there is a primordial aura that comes from the ancient era which is extremely suitable for cultivation.