by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
The Huayun Sect’s higher-ups had already sent down orders giving that authority to Zheng Wenlong. So now, three million medicinal pills had been sent to Long Chen extremely quickly.
Long Chen had to prostrate himself in admiration towards Zheng Wenlong’s methods. He had truly helped him out greatly this time. Only someone like Zheng Wenlong possessed this kind of boldness.
Furthermore, Zheng Wenlong was also an astute businessman. The remaining twenty percent of the medicinal pills were rapidly being spread throughout the world.
It had to be known that the Bone Tempering Pills had been monopolized by Pill Valley for countless years. Their price had always been extremely high.
This time, Zheng Wenlong wanted to use a large scale method to show the entire world that the Huayun Sect also possessed the Bone Tempering Pill, and its effect was even twice as great as the Pill Tower’s.
The Huayun Sect put out word that they had managed to research the pill formula on their own. That idea had been proposed by Long Chen. Not only would that show the Huayun Sect’s power, but it would also protect him.
Although the pills looked the same on the outside, their pill was twice as effective. That was a vicious slap in the face for the Pill Tower.
Furthermore, the Pill Tower had to endure it, as they couldn’t say it was their own pill formula. Otherwise, how could the same pill formula end up with different medicinal effects?
It wasn’t as if they could admit they had done something to the pills to cut their medicinal effect by half just to make more money.
Right now, Zheng Wenlong wasn’t selling them all. He first sent them throughout the world, storing them for a suitable time to give Pill Valley another slap in the face. A businessman was extremely patient.
As for Long Chen, after obtaining three million Bone Tempering Pills, he directly distributed them amongst the Dragonblood Legion.
When they saw the barrels of medicinal pills, they couldn’t believe their eyes. Medicinal pills were always stored in bottles, not barrels.
Long Chen sent down orders to consume them quickly and temper their bones as fast as possible. This was just the start. In the future, there would be even more medicinal pills for them.
Although they had no idea how Long Chen had done this, the Dragonblood warriors were all incomparably moved. They saw a new path for themselves.
Long Chen had already upgraded their Spirit Roots. Right now, they all possessed at least silver grade Spirit Roots. Their cultivation speed was ten times as fast as before.
Now, they had already reached the four-temper realm. In the past, the four-temper realm was the final goal of these ordinary disciples.
But in the Dragonblood Legion, that was only the start. Thinking of how they would follow Long Chen to stand at the peak of the martial path, fighting against this world’s top heavenly geniuses, they were all filled with excitement and began to devour the Bone Tempering Pills, refining their energy.
After setting that up, Long Chen began to consume them like snacks, ferociously gobbling them.
Although those were only ordinary high grade Bone Tempering Pills and not as good as the ringed pills he refined himself, they had the advantage in terms of quantity. Long Chen saved an immense amount of time now. If the quality wasn’t up to par, then it could be made up with quantity. Each time he opened his mouth, he stuffed himself with them until he couldn’t fit any more in before refining their energy to temper his bones.
Bone tempering was using the medicinal pills’ energy to completely purify the bones. The impurities in bones were the hardest to remove, so tempering bones was extremely important.
Only when the skeleton was sturdy enough could a body bring out its full power. With each bone he tempered, Long Chen felt his body strengthening.
That wasn’t his power that was increasing. It was his physical body becoming stronger, allowing him to bring out more of his power. Only with a powerful body could a person bring out one hundred percent of their power.
Before bone tempering, if Long Chen had used too much of his power, then his own skeleton wouldn’t have been able to endure it and would have broken apart.
When he fought, although he might feel like he was releasing his greatest power, in truth, that wasn’t his greatest power.
His body would instinctively hold his own power back so as to not injure himself when fighting explosively.
That kind of instinct could not be changed as it was simply self-protection. Even if Long Chen was willing to throw caution to the wind and use his full strength, willing to destroy his own bones, that still wouldn’t work. Instinct was instinct, and it was extremely difficult to control.
But now that he had begun bone tempering, it was no longer so awkward. As long as the skeleton was able to endure it, the body’s instincts would allow a person to automatically bring out their greatest strength and would no longer hold back their power.
Long Chen was in that kind of situation. Previously, he had been like a beggar sitting on a treasury. Now, he was slowly unlocking the treasure, finally able to spend his own wealth.
In just six hours, Long Chen consumed a whole barrel of pills. In other words, ten thousand Bone Tempering Pills.
He could feel his body faintly rumbling and energy overflowing from within him.
“I’ve finally reached the ten-temper realm.” Long Chen clenched his fist excitedly, feeling the surging energy within his body.
For Long Chen, tempering his bones required far, far more Bone Tempering Pills than others. However, that wasn’t able to hold him back when he consumed them this quickly.
For others, eating three pills at once would already be a great deal. If they consumed any more, their bodies would not be able to bear the medicinal energy, and that would waste some of it.
Long Chen’s physical body was stronger than a Magical Beast’s, and the impact of the medicinal energy could be completely ignored. Although this wasted a portion of the medicinal energy, he cared more about time. Wasting a few medicinal pills was fine.
After eating a full barrel of Bone Tempering Pills, Long Chen adjusted himself slightly and began to consume the second barrel. He thought of Wilde. If it was Wilde, perhaps he would swallow ten barrels in a single go.
However, his body didn’t need any medicinal pills. All he needed was flesh. He could extract the purest essence from Magical Beast flesh to nourish his own body.
Right now, Wilde was with Cang Ming, and considering Cang Ming’s love for him, he was definitely spending his entire time hunting Magical Beasts for Wilde. It was likely that Wilde’s cultivation speed was at least as fast as his own.
Last time, in the secret realm, the mysterious mark on his forehead had lit up, and his qi and blood had explosively grown. On his own, he had held back Yin Luo, Han Tianyu, and the other peak experts’ attacks. At that time, it had felt as if Wilde already had some of the aura of the barbarian race expert.
“This still isn’t fast enough. I’ll have to go faster.”
Thinking of Wilde, Long Chen began to consume them even faster, crazily refining the medicinal energy to nourish his bones.
When he finished with the seventh barrel, he had already tempered sixteen bones. Standing up, he felt his body was filled with limitless energy.
Bang! He smashed his own chest with his fist, causing the air to buzz around him. But Long Chen didn’t feel any pain.
“Nice, this kind of physical body really is refreshing.”
Long Chen could feel that this fist could easily crush boulders, but when it smashed into him, it just made some noise.
This was his first time experiencing the terror of bone tempering. That made Long Chen incredibly ecstatic, but it also made him feel a bit pained.
Long Chen had consumed seventy thousand Bone Tempering Pills to temper only sixteen bones. For others, eating seventy thousand Bone Tempering Pills would be enough for them to temper over half their bones.
According to Long Chen’s previo
us estimations, for a single person to undergo complete tempering, it would require around one hundred thousand high grade Bone Tempering Pills. But now he found that this estimate wasn’t very accurate.
It seemed the stronger a person’s physical body was, the more difficult it was to temper their bones, and the more pills they would require. Due to that, he would probably require more than the original thirty-six million pills he had estimated.
But as long as he could allow everyone to undergo complete tempering, he didn’t care about that. He wanted to create a loyal and hot-blooded army of his own.
“Scram! Call out, Long Chen!”
Suddenly, a woman’s voice rang out from outside accompanied by the sound of the perimeter defenses collapsing.
Long Chen couldn’t help being startled and hastily rushed out to take a look. He saw that the two disciples guarding the gate had already collapsed on the ground, unconscious. The walls constructed around his seclusion area had also been destroyed.
He saw there was a red-robed woman standing there. She looked to be around thirty-five years old with a mole on her chin. That woman icily looked at Long Chen.
“You are Long Chen?”
“Who are you?” Long Chen’s heart shivered slightly. He sensed a terrifying pressure from this woman.
“Kneel when you speak to me!”
A sneer suddenly appeared on her face, and a terrifying natural energy crashed down upon Long Chen.
Chapter 504 Fury Soars
“Kneel!”
Long Chen immediately felt as if the space around him had frozen, and a terrifying natural energy was crushing him.
BOOM!
The ground beneath his feet collapsed, and a terrifying qi wave blew apart the residence behind him. He felt as if a mountain was crushing his body, but he still refused to kneel. He used his physical body to resist that terrifying pressure.
“Who do you think you are to make me kneel?!” Long Chen roared furiously, glaring at that woman. He couldn't understand what was going on. He had never even seen this woman before. Why would she come to humiliate him?
“Who is it?!”
This disturbance immediately drew the monastery’s attention, and countless people began to rush over here. Seeing that the woman was actually targeting Long Chen, they roared furiously.
“Scram!”
The woman’s cry became a surging sound wave that blasted those charging disciples and Elders, causing them to faint.
Long Chen took advantage of that to take out Blooddrinker and attack the woman.
“Hmph, don’t bother showing your insignificant skills in front of me.”
That woman sneered and lightly slapped his blood-red saber. Long Chen felt an immense power transmit through it.
The sleeves of his robes burst apart, and he was unable to keep a grasp on his saber. Blooddrinker flew into the distance, destroying a small building a mile away.
“You’re so rude to a senior. It seems your family never taught you any manners. Then let me take the place of your parents to teach you how to respect your elders!”
Her hand struck like lightning, slamming onto Long Chen’s shoulder. A terrifying natural energy surged into his body, and he vomited a mouthful of blood.
“Kneel!”
She increased her force, wanting to force Long Chen to submit.
“Keep dreaming!” Long Chen’s eyes filled with flames of rage. This was his first time being humiliated like this by someone. He circulated his full power to resist that terrifying force.
“Tch, your bones really are hard. Let’s see just how long you can endure.” The woman was slightly amazed, but then she sneered and increased the force.
BOOM!
The ground beneath Long Chen’s feet crumbled. He felt as if his bones would be crushed to pieces.
This woman was too powerful, and Long Chen felt as if all of heaven and earth were crushing down on him. There was simply no way to resist.
Seeing that Long Chen was still able to hold on, the woman couldn’t help being shocked. But that shock was quickly replaced with icy killing intent.
“Your cultivation technique clearly has an evil air. You’re definitely a spy who snuck their way in here from the Corrupt path! Once I look into your mind-sea, everything will become clear!” She sneered and pointed a finger at Long Chen’s forehead.
Light shot out, runes shining brightly. Powerful Spiritual Strength surged out of her.
“Look into your fucking mother!” Long Chen roared and punched her finger.
The woman sneered in disdain upon being punched. Once his fist touched her finger, the force from her finger would obliterate his fist.
BOOM!
But her expression changed when Long Chen’s fist struck her finger. Violet lightning had surged out of his fist, and she was actually forced back a couple steps.
“Die!” Taking advantage of this opening, a lightning spear appeared in his hands, and he stabbed it at her chest.
The woman was startled upon being knocked back. But with a cold snort, light blossomed from her palm, and runes filled the air, colliding with his spear.
His lightning spear crumbled upon meeting her fist as if it had just been a toy. There had been no threat at all. A chill ran through Long Chen. He instantly understood this woman was not someone he could handle.
“Seal the Heavens, Lock the Earth!” Forming hand seals in front of her, countless runes flew out from the surrounding space, and Long Chen found he was unable to move at all.
“An evildoer from the Corrupt path dared barge into my Righteous path? Let me see just what origin you have!”
She pressed a finger onto his forehead, and powerful Spiritual Strength attempted to pierce through his mind-sea.
Long Chen knew this woman was extremely vicious and wanted to examine his mind-sea. That way, all his secrets would be exposed to her.
All his soul energy surged out, forming a spiritual wall, preventing her Spiritual Strength from invading.
“Oh? I wouldn’t have expected your Spiritual Strength to be so powerful. But in front of me, it’s still insufficient!”
With a snort, the runes on her finger enlarged.
A powerful buzzing erupted in his mind-sea. He felt as if a hammer was striking his head, and blood poured out from his seven apertures. She was using a powerful spiritual technique to destroy his defenses, causing him to be injured.
“Hmph, let me see just what secrets you’re hiding!” she snorted, just about to forcibly examine his memories.
Suddenly, a sharp attack shot at her back, and her heart turned cold. She felt the sensation of death from that attack. Ignoring Long Chen, she hastily dodged to the side.
She had just dodged when a palm struck her in the chest, seemingly having predicted how she would move. She coughed up a mouthful of blood and flew back.
Only now did Long Chen recover and see a beautiful woman in front of him.
“Monastery head!”
The one to save him was Shui Wuhen. Her expression was frosty. When she looked at the blood pouring out of Long Chen’s apertures, killing intent appeared in her eyes.
“Shui Wuhen, how dare you use such a heavy blow against me?!” After coughing up a mouthful of blood, the woman’s entire chest had sunk in slightly.
“Oh, so it was assistant monastery head Zhou. So sorry, I thought it was some expert from the Corrupt path who came to kill my disciples! What a misunderstanding.” Shui Wuhen ‘came to a sudden realization’.
“You…! You clearly did this intentionally! That attack contained just enough power to injure me! I’ll report this to the Dao Sect, saying you used your position selfishly!” she raged.
“Zhou Qingyi, don’t randomly slander people. It was you who used such vicious methods against my disciple. That’s what made me mistake you for a Corrupt expert, and that’s the only reason I had to attack you. It can only count as a misunderstanding,” said Shui Wuhen lightly.
After saying th
at, she grabbed Long Chen’s hand, and he felt a strange fluctuation surge into his head. Unlike that woman, Shui Wuhen’s energy was nourishing and healing, and the intense pain of his soul quickly faded.
“I just thought his cultivation technique was odd and wanted to test him a bit. But for you to use such a heavy blow against me, you clearly tried to injure me intentionally!” raged the woman who had been called Zhou Qingyi.
“Whether or not you were just testing him out and whether or not I did it intentionally is something we’re all clear on. There’s no need to debate it. Remember, although you might have reached the Sea Expansion realm, this place is not the Xuantian Dao Sect. This is the supermonastery.
“And I am the monastery head, while you are just the assistant monastery head. You had best reserve yourself a bit and not run amok. If you irritate me, I don’t mind paying a price to kill you,” said Shui Wuhen icily.
“You dare?! If you kill me, a disaster will befall your entire Shui family! I don’t believe you have that ability,” sneered Zhou Qingyi.
“Whether or not you believe it is up to you. I can first kill you then slaughter your son, and the worst case is that I’ll have to leave the Xuantian Dao Sect and take the world as my home. In any case, I have no sons or daughters and can do whatever I want. What do you think?” said Shui Wuhen.
“You…!” Zhou Qingyi’s expression changed.
“I don’t like wasting words. You can scram now. Don’t think that just because you’ve managed to get the assistant monastery head position that you can reverse this game. If you provoke me, I’ll kill you two chess pieces all the same,” said Shui Wuhen.
“Good, then we’ll see what happens in the end! Don’t think your Shui family will be able to keep the advantage forever!” Zhou Qingyi snorted, viciously glaring at Long Chen before a pair of wings appeared on her back. She flew into the air and disappeared from everyone’s sight.
“Boss, what happened?” Guo Ran and the others now ran up.
The first monastery was too large, and Long Chen’s residence was very isolated, which had been what he had wanted. By the time the others arrived, everything was over.
