by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“This Celestial Tablet was formed with a Celestial Stone at the core. It is extremely sensitive to the Heavenly Daos, and it is used specifically to test Celestials.
“Celestials are split into their own levels. Do you see the nine flowers on the stele? If a Celestial circulates their spiritual qi, those flowers will light up.
“The more flowers that light up, the higher the rank of the Celestial, and the more blessed they are by the heavens. One flower makes you a rank one Celestial, while nine flowers make you a rank nine Celestial. Rank nine Celestials are known as true Celestials, and such figures only exist in legends. It’s unknown how many years have passed since one has appeared.
“As for rank one to rank eight, those are actually just quasi-Celestials. However, in the current cultivation world, they are still lumped together as Celestials.
“Since you underwent a tribulation at the Bone Forging realm, you should be a Celestial. At worst, you should at least be a rank one Celestial. It really is odd,” sighed Shui Wuhen.
Long Chen bitterly smiled inside. He hadn’t just undergone tribulation at Bone Forging; he had started going through tribulation since Blood Condensation. If it hadn’t been for the Spirit World expert’s reminder, he’d have long since been dead.
Just thinking about how the heavens had made a Blood Condensation rookie undergo tribulation, Long Chen had an urge to curse the nonsensical heavens.
“Sister, even if I’m not a Celestial, it doesn’t matter. With my strength, I wouldn’t be inferior to anyone,” consoled Long Chen.
“Fool, you just don’t know how terrifying Celestials are. Let me tell you something, that Yin Wushang who you cursed is a rank one Celestial,” said Shui Wuhen.
“What? Even he’s a Celestial? The heavens will bless him? Then the heavens really are blind.” Long Chen shook his head, aggrieved at the unfairness.
“Ah, don’t feel so indignant. Although you aren’t a Celestial, your strength wouldn’t rank you beneath Celestials.
“Within the same realm, perhaps you can fight with one of them for a while. But remember, when facing Celestials, you cannot try fighting across realms, because that’s just suicide,” warned Shui Wuhen.
“I understand.” Long Chen nodded obediently. He knew she was worried he would be too obstinate.
It wasn’t as if he was an idiot. Of course, he wouldn’t just stubbornly clash with someone head-on when he would be the only one to suffer losses.
“If my guess is correct, Yin Wushang came today mostly to see whether or not you are a Celestial and also to test your strength,” said Shui Wuhen.
“I know. That’s why I didn’t expose my true strength when I fought just now. If it hadn’t been for the Meridian Opening Spirit Cliff Fruit, I wouldn’t have even bothered to accept such a senseless challenge.” Long Chen smiled when he thought of the Meridian Opening Fruit.
He had already sent it into the primal chaos space, and the saplings had already grown over a foot tall. Just looking at that scene made him feel happy.
“For a single Meridian Opening Spirit Cliff Fruit to make you this happy, you really must not have any worries,” said Shui Wuhen helplessly.
To agree to a deathmatch with someone just because of a fruit… Sometimes she felt that when Long Chen was smart, he was frighteningly smart, but when he was foolish, he pushed the bounds of a person’s imagination.
“However, the fact that you didn’t expose the Split the Heavens Battle Skill is at least a bit smart. After this, bring my tablet to go select some Heaven class Battle Skills from the Battle Skill Pavilion. Try not to use Split the Heavens.
“Most likely, the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect is too far, and so the news of the Jiuli secret realm didn’t reach them. That matter will end there.
“But in the future, don’t use Split the Heavens. That is taboo. Just pick a few Heaven class Battle Skills you like. Although their power is inferior to Split the Heavens, they won’t be that much weaker. At the very least, it’s much safer,” said Shui Wuhen.
Shui Wuhen was also very worried about the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect. That was an existence on the same level as the Xuantian Dao Sect. Let alone her, even her Shui family would be unable to do anything to them.
Right now, the only good news was that there was no news from the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect. Most likely, the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect had too many disciples, and they couldn’t pay attention to every disciple that explored the many secret realms.
Shui Wuhen asked Long Chen whether or not he wanted to just stay in the supermonastery now. That way, she could keep a constant guard over him, and it would be safer. She was worried about the Yin family’s schemes.
However, Long Chen declined. As a cultivator, how could a person live off another person’s charity just for safety?
Furthermore, he still was worried about the matter with the Dragonblood Legion. He had to keep watch over them personally.
This time, he hadn’t exposed the Dragonblood Legion, as none of them had come with him here. It was impossible for Shui Wuhen to not notice how powerful the Dragonblood warriors were.
For over three hundred people to undergo complete tempering would definitely astonish anyone. To avoid being exposed too early, the best method was to be more low-key.
Now, Long Chen left Shui Wuhen’s room, going directly to the supermonastery’s Battle Skill Pavilion with her tablet.
Long Chen found that he really never had enough time. The matter of training in more Battle Skills should have been something he brought up.
But he had been too busy. Ever since returning from the secret realm, he had only taken a single day’s break, and that had been when they had had their barbecue.
Other than that day, he had spent all day concocting pills and cultivating. He hadn’t even dared to take a fifteen-minute break. If Shui Wuhen hadn’t taken the initiative to urge him, he still wouldn’t have had time to go to the Battle Skill Pavilion.
Within the monastery, the only Battle Skills present were in the Earth class and below. If you wanted to learn Heaven class Battle Skills, you had to go to the supermonastery. Furthermore, you couldn’t bring the tomes outside of the Battle Skill Pavilion nor could you copy them. The rules were very strict.
“You… why have you come here?”
Just as Long Chen arrived, he heard a voice trembling with fear. When he saw the owner of the voice, he couldn’t help but laugh.
“Oh, how coincidental. Does your face not hurt? I came here to pick out some Battle Skills. I feel like I only use one skill when fighting, and I only have such limited abilities. There’s no beauty to it, no creativity. I’ve gotten tired of it.” Long Chen laughed.
That person was precisely the one who had come to receive Long Chen on the day of the sect leader meeting. He had intentionally provoked and insulted him, and then almost died from Long Chen’s slap in the face.
Back then, Long Chen had already deduced that this idiot was being used by someone. If it wasn’t Sha Tonghai, then it had to be Zhao Yongchang. Other people didn’t have that ability.
But to try and intimidate Long Chen like this really was too foolish. This person had ended up being slapped for nothing.
Originally, he had been planning on going to the law enforcement branch to report Long Chen. But then he had heard that Long Chen had slapped Sha Tonghai’s face four times in front of the monastery head, and so he had abandoned the thought.
Now, seeing Long Chen today, he began to tremble in terror, thinking Long Chen had come to target him.
“Let me warn you, don’t do anything stupid! I’m on my official shift, and if you strike, that will be a grave offense of the rules!” he stuttered.
Then he realized that Long Chen wasn’t even looking at him and had gone directly into the Battle Skill Pavilion. Only then did he sigh in relief.
Long Chen didn’t care about an ant. Cultivation was just like that. Some people were stupid and had no idea how to size up the situation.
Just being face-slapped was already fortunate for him. At the very least, he was still alive. There were many people in this world who had ended up silently disappearing because they had stood on the wrong side.
“Stop! The Battle Skill Pavilion is an important location. Idlers can’t randomly enter.” Suddenly, two elders appeared in front of Long Chen.
“I’m not an idler. I came to select Battle Skills,” said Long Chen.
“Tablet?” The two elders were expressionless.
Seeing the tablet Long Chen handed over, the two of them were slightly startled and then nodded.
“The Heaven section is straight ahead, third path on the right.”
After saying that, the two of them pressed the stone wall, and a passage opened for him.
“Damn, did they need to make it so exaggerated?”
Long Chen couldn’t help being startled. The stone wall had looked extremely ordinary, but it was actually dozens of meters thick.
“Hurry and enter,” urged one of the elders.
Only then did he realize that countless runes were shining on the stone door, and it seemed it used up a great deal of their energy to keep it open. He hastily walked in.
As soon as he entered, the stone door slammed back down. Long Chen now felt like he was isolated from the rest of the world. There was not the slightest sound.
Chapter 525 Lightning Rushing Hand
“Fuck, how frightening.”
The sensation of suddenly being cut off from all his senses truly was a frightening one. It felt as if a boulder was crushing him.
But then thinking about it, he was also relieved. The supermonastery’s Battle Skill Pavilion was an important location, and having such defenses was normal.
He quickly advanced, choosing the third pathway. On either side of the passage were many stone doors. Each stone door had some words on it, and when he looked at them, he saw that they marked the classification and grades of the Battle Skills.
He ignored those doors and went directly as deep as possible. At the end of the passage, a large door appeared.
“What is this supposed to be?” Long Chen was dumbfounded upon seeing this door. There was no opening mechanism. Was he supposed to smash it open?
Suddenly, a light sound came from the stone door, and a notch appeared. Long Chen hastily tried placing the tablet Shui Wuhen had given him into it.
The stone door slowly pulled into the wall, revealing a room.
This room was around three hundred meters wide. There were no decorations within the room, only many foot-long jade tablets embedded in the walls.
Arriving at the first tablet, he saw a line of characters on it: Middle grade Heaven class Battle Skill: Lightning Rushing Hand. Requirements: lightning attribute spiritual qi.
“Nice, this is just what I need!” Long Chen was delighted. Now that the lightning serpent tattoo had appeared on his arm, he found that his thunderforce no longer had any rejection for him, and he could easily control it.
But the Thunderization Art he had learned was of too low quality and unsuitable for controlling such powerful thunderforce. Now he practically went crazy with delight.
Pressing a finger on the jade tablet, he inserted his Spiritual Strength. That was what Shui Wuhen had taught him.
As expected, the jade tablet immediately lit up, and a vast amount of information poured into Long Chen’s head. He hastily opened up his soul, allowing the information to enter.
These were extremely convenient spiritual jade tablets that recorded the contents of Battle Skills, and the information within them would be copied once a person activated them with their Spiritual Strength.
“What an exquisite circulation method!”
Long Chen couldn’t help exclaiming, and with a thought, his lightning python quivered and his hand was covered in a layer of violet light.
“What a terrifying condensing ability. With the thunderforce on my hand, I can even grab Xiantian weapons.” Long Chen couldn’t help being astonished and delighted.
This Lightning Rushing Hand was an extremely exquisite lightning Battle Skill, and through its special circulation method, it could compress his thunderforce.
That thunderforce would condense over his hand without the slightest bit of it scattering. But once it touched something, then with a thought from its master, it would erupt with irresistible force.
“Within the Battle Skill Pavilion, it is forbidden to activate Battle Skills.” A roar resounded throughout the pavilion.
Long Chen jumped, hastily putting away the lightning on his hand and apologizing, “Sorry, really sorry!”
After putting away the lightning, the voice also faded. Long Chen wasn’t even clear on where the voice had come from.
“It seems there are people watching here?” Long Chen was slightly startled, and he didn’t waste any more time.
He hurried over to the second jade tablet, seeing a line of words: Middle grade Heaven class Battle Skill: Wind Moon Engulfs Stars. Requirements: wind attribute spiritual qi.
“Not bad, not bad, this is good for Wan-er, and it’s even a group slaughter technique. Hehe, I really have struck gold.”
Tang Wan-er was currently comprehending the wind mysteries within the Wind Spirit Crystal, and her comprehension and control over her wind energy was advancing at a shocking pace.
This Wind Moon Engulfs Stars was definitely a treasure for her. Once he brought it back, perhaps he would get an opportunity to obtain a beauty’s kiss.
Long Chen didn’t look into the Wind Moon Engulfs Stars in detail. After everything within had been transferred into his mind, he sealed it within his soul. Later, he could directly transmit it to Tang Wan-er. In any case, going through it in detail was useless to him, as this Battle Skill was not his style. He hastily moved on to his next target.
High Grade Heaven Class: Mountain Crushing Body Tempering Art. Requirements: Only those with powerful physical bodies can train in this. Otherwise, it will cause your body to explode. Be warned.
“High grade cultivation technique? It seems very strong.” Long Chen was surprised to find something like this here, and he hastily investigated it. As expected, it truly was an extremely powerful cultivation technique.
However, the body tempering arts recorded inside had extremely high requirements. If your body couldn’t endure three catties of force, it was forbidden to train in it.
A catty was a unit of measurement from ancient times. One catty was equivalent to three hundred thousand pounds. Three catties was already almost a million pounds.
Furthermore, that requirement was based purely on physical strength and could not be dependent on activating any Battle Skills or cultivation techniques. It was an extremely harsh demand, and beneath the Xiantian realm, there were few people who could train in it.
Once you reached the Xiantian realm, you would have even better things to train in. Who would bother with this?
“Hehe, this is practically perfect for the Dragonblood Legion. Once they’ve tempered more than one hundred bones, then it’ll be no problem for them to have three catties of strength.”
Right now, the majority of the Dragonblood Legion had tempered at least one hundred bones. As for the remaining members, they would also reach that point quickly. After all, their talents weren’t the same, and it was impossible for them to advance at exactly the same rate.
However, even those who cultivated slower would reach the hundred-temper realm within ten days, and then they could train in the Mountain Crushing Body Tempering Art.
After learning these three techniques, Long Chen had just been about to select a fourth technique when a voice resounded within the Battle Skill Pavilion.
“You may only choose three Battle Skills to learn each time you enter the Heaven class portion of the Battle Skill Pavilion.”
Now Long Chen was paying attention and heard that this voice came from one of the two Xiantian elders guarding the door. The voice was distorted from echoing in the pavilion, bu
t now he could tell that this was the same speaker as the one who had roared at him previously.
“How come I’ve never heard of that rule? The monastery head gave me her tablet, allowing me to learn any of the techniques here,” raged Long Chen.
In truth, Shui Wuhen hadn’t said that, but he knew she wouldn’t care. If Long Chen didn’t take advantage of this opportunity, then that would be too much of a loss.
“These are the rules,” was the icy reply.
Suddenly, the jade tablet receded into the stone walls, disappearing completely.
“Fuck, are you hurrying me out? Fine, count yourselves as vicious.”
Long Chen furiously left the Battle Skill Pavilion. When he reached the exit, the passage automatically opened for him.
When he walked out, the passageway closed again. Long Chen glared at the two elders, but they didn’t even glance at him, acting as if this was just as the rules dictated.
Long Chen didn’t say anything. He walked away. But just a dozen steps later, he turned back and arrived in front of the two of them.
“Oh, how coincidental, to run into the two of you again! The revered monastery head has ordered me to come learn some Battle Skills.” Long Chen laughed.
“Didn’t you just learn them?” asked one elder.
“If you already ate once, would you never eat again?” said Long Chen lightly.
“According to the rules-”
“I’ve already acted according to the rules. Each time, I can only look through three techniques, right? Well, now I’ve come again.
“This is my second time coming here, so thank you for your trouble, but I want to look through another three techniques. Then I’ll come out and come again a third time,” said Long Chen.
What kind of garbage rules were these? This was clearly just making things hard on him intentionally. If they wanted to play, then he would accompany them. Although he didn’t know what exactly their intentions were, it still made him furious.
With the monastery head’s tablet, you still want to make things hard on me? You must have a mental illness. Furthermore, it’s not like me training in Battle Skills makes things hard on you.
