by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Long Chen was extremely moved inside by their trust in him. They had essentially placed their own fates in his hands. That made him feel like the responsibility on his shoulders had grown even heavier.
Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself down and said, “Originally, I didn’t want you all to take this risk. However, after speaking with Mo Nian today, I was greatly shaken.
“In the future, it is very likely that we’ll be facing countless difficulties. The slightest mistake might cause a person’s life to be lost. And the loss of just one person will bring endless sorrow for everyone else.
“If we don’t want to have to feel that pain, then we all need absolute strength. Only powerful strength can guarantee our survival.
“You’ve also all seen that our enemies are all top geniuses. They were all blessed by the heavens, and we are at too great of a disadvantage.
“So, I want everyone to choose complete tempering. We can’t compare to them in terms of their innate superiority, so we’ll make it up through our own hard work.
“Since you’ve all chosen to trust me, then I won’t bother saying any meaningless words. Starting now, follow what I tell you to do.”
Long Chen had them first organize all the medicinal ingredients in their spatial rings, and he also took out over a hundred spatial rings of his own as well.
If they were to encounter medicinal ingredients they didn’t recognize, they could hand them to Long Chen for him to identify. In terms of medicinal ingredients, there was no one more familiar with them than him.
There were an incredible amount of items in these hundred-plus spatial rings, and so even though the five of them worked day and night, it took them two full days before organizing all the medicinal ingredients.
They had only just finished organizing the medicinal ingredients when a figure rushed over.
“Hahaha, boss, brother really missed you!”
The person who had come was Guo Ran. As soon as he arrived, he gave Long Chen a fierce hug.
“Greetings, sister-in-laws.” Not waiting for Long Chen to say anything, Guo Ran hastily greeted the four women with such an appellation, causing them to blush.
Long Chen patted Guo Ran on the shoulders. “Why are you still at the peak of Tendon Transformation? Were you being lazy again?”
At this time, Guo Ran was surprisingly still at the peak of Tendon Transformation. That was something very dangerous within the current secret realm.
“Boss, it wasn’t that I was being lazy, but that I made a great invention. Hehe, boss, let me tell you, the current me is no longer the old me. On my way here, I killed over fifty Bone Forging experts. They were all idiots who wanted to kill me for my treasures because they saw my cultivation base was weak. Hehe, that really was satisfying.” Guo Ran’s face involuntarily lit up with pride.
“You can kill Bone Forging experts?” Tang Wan-er looked at him doubtingly.
“Faction leader, are you saying you doubt my words?” Guo Ran asked with a wounded expression.
“No, no, no, it’s not that I doubt your words…”
“Then you mean…”
“It’s that I don’t believe them at all,” laughed Tang Wan-er.
Even Long Chen laughed. Who would have thought that Tang Wan-er had also learned to be mischievous like this?
“Faction leader, hehe, then just take a look at how terrifying the current Guo Ran is!” Guo Ran didn’t get angry. Instead, he laughed, took a couple steps back, and did something with his wrist.
A strange sound rang out as Guo Ran body was almost instantly covered with a layer of metal. His entire body sparkled with a golden light, looking like he was a man made of gold.
This was a golden armor, but it wasn’t the same as ordinary armor. It was not something taken out from a spatial ring. Even Long Chen hadn’t clearly seen how that armor had appeared. It had happened too quickly.
BOOM!
Raising a single leg, he lightly stamped it on the ground, and the entire ground shook intensely. Spiderweb cracks spread out, instantly going out over a mile.
Tang Wan-er and the others all jumped in shock. They really hadn’t thought that Guo Ran would turn into such a strange, metal monster.
“Boss, do you want to have a little test with brother?” Guo Ran’s voice came out from within the armor, containing metallic friction that made his voice sound very odd.
“Come.”
Long Chen also wanted to see just how powerful this invention was. That slight stamp of his foot just now really had been very powerful. Killing ordinary Bone Forging experts shouldn’t be much of a problem.
“Then be careful.”
Guo Ran shouted and stamped on the ground. But somehow, he shot out incredibly quick, smashing a fist at Long Chen.
This fist brought with it a whistling gale that made it so Meng Qi and Lu Fang-er, who were very unsuited to close-range combat, found it hard to breathe.
BOOM!
Long Chen also punched out, colliding with Guo Ran’s metallic fist. The ground beneath Long Chen’s feet instantly collapsed, and a wave of qi surged out.
Chu Yao immediately summoned out countless wooden stakes from the ground that protected the rest of them. Only once that fierce gale passed did she put away her wooden stakes. They all saw that the place Long Chen was at was now a large crater.
“Truly not bad. This fist has the power to kill Favored. As for these small holes on your arm, those should be for shooting out concealed weapons, right? That way you’ll even have the ability to kill Chosen. Truly not bad.” Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh with emotion as he appraised Guo Ran’s armor.
With his divine sense, he had found that Guo Ran’s armor was extremely exquisite. Below the metal were countless mechanisms and springs that were set up smoothly.
Although Guo Ran’s physical strength wasn’t high, with each one of his movements, those springs would supplement him, giving him incredible strength. That attack of his just now definitely had the power to one-shot Favored.
Furthermore, through his divine sense, he saw mechanisms over his arms, stomach, back, feet, head, and even his butt; all of which contained many fine, inch-long needles.
Those needles were all covered in spiral patterns that indicated they were made from essence steel that had been tempered a hundred times. They could easily pierce right through a person’s body. The current Guo Ran was practically a killing machine.
“Hehe, boss really is boss. You saw through it with just a glance.” Although he was praising Long Chen, the pride within his voice could be heard by anyone.
With another burst of odd noises, the armor covering his body disappeared. However, his expression had an indescribable wretchedness to it now.
“Looking at your expression, it seems that you were acting the pig to swallow tigers,” said Long Chen.
“Cough, there really is nothing that can be kept from boss…” Guo Ran awkwardly coughed.
“Alright. Just bring out your harvest and help us organize the medicinal ingredients.”
Guo Ran truly had been busy. He had over sixty spatial rings on him. The four women all busily went back to work again.
At this time, Wilde finally awoke, most likely from the intense shaking. Seeing Guo Ran, he happily greeted him.
Wilde’s temperament was very simple and straightforward. Although he was a huge giant, his intelligence was limited. Everyone treated him as a little brother.
“Wilde, did anyone bully you on your way? If anyone did, just tell me, and I’ll help you vent your anger.” Guo Ran patted himself on the chest confidently.
“The people who bullied me were all beaten by me and ran away,” said Wilde.
“They ran away? You didn’t beat them to death?”
“Aiya! Now that you mention that, brother Long, it seems I’ve caused some trouble!” Wilde’s expression suddenly changed, and he patted his own head in vexation.
Chapter 415 Bone Connecting Pill
“What
happened?” Long Chen was startled.
Wilde said, “Half a month ago, I was in some place called the dark forest or something, and I saw an ape-like Magical Beast chasing a group of people. It was about the same height as me and was covered in black fur.
“Those people were from the Righteous path, and there were both men and women. They kept screaming, so it seems that black ape was extremely frightening.
“I went up to handle that ape and found that it was actually very powerful, and I was almost unable to beat it.
“But in the end, I finally beat it. I was going to eat it, but it smelled really bad, and there was also some yellow horn on its forehead that was constantly dripping some yellow liquid. In any case, it just smelled terrible.”
“A horn? Yellow liquid, black ape? Could it be the legendary Yellow-Horn Pervert Ape?” Both Long Chen and Guo Ran let out a startled cry.
That was a fourth rank Magical Beast with a naturally excessively wanton nature. No matter what Magical Beast it encountered, it would try to mate with it. It didn’t even care if the Magical Beast was dead or alive.
That yellow liquid from its horn indicated that this particular Yellow-Horn Pervert Ape was male, and it was in its peak period.
Both its horn and penis were priceless treasures that Xiantian experts would go crazy for. That was because those two things could allow Xiantian experts to continue their family line. They were things that could increase the probability of conceiving.
To give birth before the Xiantian realm was extremely harmful to female cultivators. It caused a grievous blow to their Spirit Roots.
But after reaching the Xiantian realm, once you absorbed all that natural energy, you would have completely transformed. Women could naturally give birth with no problem. Furthermore, those children would all be blessed with greater talent. The problem was that once men entered the Xiantian realm and reached that level of comprehension, they would generally lose some interest in that regard and conception would become more difficult. Ordinary medicinal pills were also essentially useless when it came to that.
But this ape’s horn and penis were able to resolve this. After eating them, even Xiantian men could plow the farmland as much as they liked, with a plow as hard as iron.
So, that was why both Guo Ran and Long Chen’s eyes immediately lit up. Those things would make Xiantian experts go crazy and would definitely sell for a good price.
“Then what? Where’d you throw its corpse?” Guo Ran urgently rushed Wilde, wanting to immediately go over and get those treasures.
“I didn’t kill it.”
“You let it go?”
“Also no.”
“Aiya, big brother, hurry and tell me. Just what did you do with that treasure?” urged Guo Ran.
“That thing smelled too disgusting, but I also couldn’t just let it go since it would continue hurting others. Back then, I happened to see a well not far from where I was, and there was a large stone covering it…”
When Wilde reached this point in his story, Long Chen’s expression became odd. He heard Wilde continue, “I thought that it was a pretty good prison, so I threw it down there and sealed the top again. But just a second later, I heard people screaming down there. I didn’t realize there were people down there before. I was afraid others would notice I had done this, and so I immediately fled.”
Wilde’s expression became one of fright. “Brother Long, did I end up causing trouble? I didn’t know there would be people at the bottom of the well!”
Long Chen sighed. Was this the will of the heavens? Long Chen dared to guarantee that this well was the same one that he had thrown in Jiang Yifan and crap-brother Qi.
Thinking of what the Yellow-Horn Pervert Ape would do when facing two butt-naked men, Long Chen shivered, feeling goosebumps all over his body.
“It’s no matter. Good people wouldn’t hide down there, so those people had to be bad people. If bad people are killed, then they’re killed,” consoled Long Chen.
He knew Wilde was actually very kindhearted inside. He wouldn’t feel any sympathy if he killed bad people, but he was afraid because he thought he had accidentally killed good people. However, in this world, it was very rare to accidentally kill a good person. That was because the chance of you ever encountering a good person was extremely remote.
Ever since they had realized that Wilde was talking about the Yellow-Horn Pervert Ape, Meng Qi and the others had distanced themselves from their conversation. Obviously, they also knew that it wasn’t a good thing.
Guo Ran whispered, “Boss, let’s go grab that ape. That thing will definitely sell for a huge amount of money.”
“If you want to go, then go yourself. I’m not going. I’m afraid of seeing a couple of familiar faces.” Long Chen shook his head and ended up quietly telling the two of them what had happened.
Hearing that, Guo Ran’s forehead became covered in sweat, and he shook his head. “Then nevermind, I’m not going either. Those two unlucky bastards, they really were too unlucky. I don’t want their bad luck to transfer to us.”
“Ah, that’s right, I have something to give to you.”
Long Chen placed his finger on Guo Ran’s forehead, transferring some memories over to him.
“Boss… what…?” Guo Ran was filled with astonishment.
“This is what was written on that golden page. It should be something that passed down from the immortal era, so don’t talk about it with anyone,” warned Long Chen solemnly.
This little fellow Guo Ran was a good brother, but he simply could not stop being a poser. He liked messing around too much, and Long Chen had to beat this warning into him.
This was something from the immortal era; if news of it leaked out, then not even the entire supermonastery could protect them. Guo Ran could not talk about it even if he was beaten to death.
“I know, boss. Don’t worry, even when I sleep, I’ll sew my mouth shut,” promised Guo Ran.
Although he didn’t really believe such nonsense, Long Chen knew Guo Ran wasn’t an idiot. He would know that this matter was very important.
“Your aura is unstable, meaning you can advance to Bone Forging at any time. Go into seclusion and make your breakthrough,” said Long Chen.
“But then I can’t fake being a pig to swallow lions!” Guo Ran was a bit unwilling.
“Tch, with your appearance, you won’t need to fake a single thing. Hurry up and go!” Long Chen pushed Guo Ran to the side.
“Long Chen, I’ve arrived!” After Long Chen sent Guo Ran off, Gu Yang arrived. He apologized, “I once more ran into a group of ambushers on my way here. I had to fight for a long time before making my way here.”
Seeing the blood on Gu Yang’s body that had yet to dry, Long Chen patted him on the shoulders and said, “Don’t worry about it. Everything’s over anyways. Go heal; you can accompany that little fellow Guo Ran.”
Guo Ran, Gu Yang, and Wilde found a place to set up a large tent. Guo Ran was the one who was smart and decided to set up that tent far away.
Long Chen accompanied the four women. That should have been a very enjoyable and tender moment, except they had no time for that. The five of them were all very busy.
Finally, they managed to completely organize the one hundred and eight medicinal ingredients that Long Chen required. Long Chen took out a half-matured Qilin Fruit. This time he would use this Qilin Fruit to maximize the medicinal energy in the Bone Connecting Pills.
Most cultivators didn’t have to make it so complicated when they tempered their bones. All they would need to do was draw medicinal energy into their bones.
That was the normal tempering method. But Long Chen wanted them to undergo complete tempering. They could not be missing out on even a single bone. So, he needed to refine this Bone Connecting Pill. It would allow them to create a full, one-time connection between every bone in their bodies.
After forming that connection, then they could undergo bone tempering. This was like the process of bu
ilding a complicated canal system. Only once you confirmed the routes would you begin building them. Then everything would flow naturally.
However, this was a fourth tier medicinal pill, and it required a main medicinal ingredient with a very powerful energy. Therefore, Long Chen could only endure the pain and use a Qilin Fruit.
Meng Qi, Chu Yao, Tang Wan-er, and Lu Fang-er were all nervously watching Long Chen as he placed the Qilin Fruit in his pill furnace.
A bewitching violet flame was constantly leaping within, lighting up Long Chen’s concentrated face. The current Long Chen seemed almost hallowed as he focused, an extremely strong visual image.
This was his first time refining a fourth tier medicinal pill. In the beginning, he had been a bit worried that his Pill Flame wouldn’t be strong enough, but he quickly realized his worries had been for nothing.
The Phoenix Sparrow’s violet flame was much stronger than what he had imagined. Even fourth tier medicinal ingredients were refined very quickly without any struggle. That allowed him to sigh with relief. Only a powerful flame was able to purify the essence within medicinal pills.
As he added medicinal powders inside, Long Chen’s attention was completely focused on the changes inside the furnace. His Spiritual Strength was constantly circulating, adjusting the flame.
Finally, when all the medicinal ingredients had been added, he sealed the furnace with a smile. He hadn’t made a mistake up to this point, so the only thing he needed to do was use his powerful Spiritual Strength to keep up his Pill Flame. And he was extremely confident in his powerful Spiritual Strength. He began to increase the power of the flame, keeping a watch over everything.
An hour later, the pill furnace began to rock, and Long Chen’s nerves tightened.
Crack.
Suddenly, a single crack appeared on the pill furnace, causing the four women’s expressions to immediately turn pale.
Although they weren’t alchemists, they all knew that once a pill furnace exploded, the furnace of pills would also be scrapped. They couldn’t help but grow nervous.
Long Chen was also looking at this gravely. He pressed a hand over the pill furnace, keeping control over the flame. This was the final critical moment of the pill refinement. But if the pill furnace exploded, then all of his previous success would be ruined.
