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That person was the one who Long Chen had pinched earlier today in order to make him wail. Afterward, they had been too busy and there had been no time to get his question answered. However, he hadn’t forgotten it.
Now that he said it, everyone turned to Long Chen, wanting to know what had happened.
Long Chen hiccuped, laughing and patting him on the shoulder. “Brother, are you dissatisfied? In truth, you should be very happy! Originally, I was planning on crushing your balls!”
That person shivered, and he half came out of his drunken state. “Fuck, when did I piss you off this much?”
“This is called sacrifice! If it weren’t for your shriek, do you think the leader would have become so furious and berserk, completely breaking through any restrictions?
“If it weren’t for you, how could she have caught the chance to advance? And without advancing, how would we have stopped the Hidden Ground Spider from escaping?
“Without killing the Hidden Ground Spider, what would we be celebrating here? In truth, you’re the one who contributed the most towards killing the Hidden Ground Spider. Here, let me raise a cup for you!”
Long Chen’s words made him very muddleheaded. He made it sound like their victory had relied entirely on him. Now seeing Long Chen drink, he also drank down his cup.
He might be too drunk to understand, but the others also heard it, and now they finally understood that everything had been within his control.
Mu Xue was the most surprised. It really was as Long Chen said. If she hadn’t advanced to the Xiantian realm, not only would many people have died, but they also wouldn’t have succeeded in the end.
This meant Long Chen had already thought of this plan before they even began attacking the Hidden Ground Spider.
Mu Xue couldn’t help feeling blessed. Long Chen was like her lucky star. If it hadn’t been for him, she really didn’t know what she would be doing right now.
“Long Chen, let me offer you a cup!” Mu Xue raised her glass to him.
“Haha, for the beautiful leader to offer me a cup of wine, I really am honored!” Long Chen hastily raised his cup.
“Thank you.” Mu Xue looked sincerely at Long Chen.
“Haha, you’re being too courteous. If you hadn’t helped me out, I would still be lost.” Long Chen touched his cup to Mu Xue’s cup and then downed the alcohol. “Come, you two beauties, let me also offer you a cup!” Long Chen raised his cup towards the other two women.
“Ah, I don’t really have much capacity for alcohol. If I end up drunk, you’ll have to protect me.” That woman, who had once helped clean him up, spoke bashfully, but the passion in her eyes was extremely brazen.
Long Chen laughed. “Don’t worry, with this many brothers protecting you, even if the heavens were to collapse, there would be someone to prop them up.”
An undetectable trace of disappointment flashed within Mu Xue’s eyes. Long Chen was intentionally keeping his distance from the woman, acting as if he didn’t understand her flirtation.
Mu Xue quietly retreated to her own spot. She watched as Long Chen drank with the others, playing a finger-guessing game and even occasionally spouting profanities.
She quietly stared at this man. She felt this man to be very different from others, and yet his appearance wasn’t so out of the ordinary. It was food for thought.
This night, everyone drank a great deal, and even Long Chen was snoring afterward. It had been a long time since he had had such a good time drinking.
When morning came, everyone got up refreshed. After all, they were cultivators, and this amount of wine was unable to affect their powerful constitutions.
After putting things away, they were preparing to head back to the city when Zhang Wu suddenly said, “Long Chen, do you think we can cut down the other brute?”
This suggestion was very enticing to Long Chen. He had noticed the small trees in his primal chaos space had grown a great deal overnight. They had already reached a height of over one hundred and fifty meters. They were already able to provide a significant amount of life energy to him.
Although each one could only give him a small amount, there were over a hundred of them. Each day, he could draw out life energy for himself.
If he gained another Xiantian Magical Beast’s corpse, then that would be even more perfect, allowing the trees to grow even more.
But he didn’t want them to face danger for his own benefit.
“Long Chen, do you want to try it?” asked Mu Xue eagerly.
After all, a Xiantian Magical Beast’s core was an expensive commodity. Whether it was used for refining pills or forging items, they were rare treasures.
As mercenaries, when there weren’t any good missions available, they would go out killing Magical Beasts to exchange for cultivation resources.
“What kind of Magical Beast is it?” asked Long Chen.
“It’s an Ironwing Horned Eagle. When we noticed it last year, it was in the early Xiantian realm,” said Mu Xue.
This time, Mu Xue didn’t say anything definitively. After all, from their experience with the Hidden Ground Spider, she knew she couldn’t be sure whether a Magical Beast would have already advanced or not.
Although it was said that Magical Beasts could spend decades or even centuries without advancing once, people still had to be prepared for bad luck. There was no way for her to be sure.
“That’s something even harder to deal with than the Hidden Ground Spider.” Long Chen frowned.
The Hidden Ground Spider was a dark attribute Magical Beast, so it wasn’t specialized in attacking. It was a specialist in running. When it hunted, it would stay underground and lay a trap. It rarely fought head-on.
The Ironwing Horned Eagle was different. It was a flying Magical Beast, and its build was much larger than the Hidden Ground Spider. Furthermore, it was extremely fast. If they weren’t able to defeat it, then they wouldn’t even have a chance to flee.
Right now, Long Chen was still in the process of forming his new meridians. He had already strengthened them over thirty times, but there was still no sign of them reaching their limit. He could only continue with this process.
Thinking of its immense body enticed Long Chen.
“How about I go by myself to try it?” asked Mu Xue.
Long Chen understood her idea. She would fight it on her own, and even if she couldn’t beat it, it wouldn’t be able to kill her.
“I’ll accompany you.” In the end, Long Chen decided to go with Mu Xue to take a look.
Although his cultivation base was the lowest here, they all respected him a great deal. They didn’t have any objections.
After traveling for half a day, a sharp cliff appeared before them. What Long Chen hadn’t expected was that the Ironwing Horned Eagle was different from ordinary flying Magical Beasts. It didn’t have a nest. Instead, it had excavated a cave in the cliffside.
Just looking at the huge cave, he could tell that the Ironwing Horned Eagle had to be shockingly huge.
“The rest of you should wait here. You absolutely can’t follow.”
Long Chen had the others wait at a certain mountain. They would be able to see the cave from a distance, but it would be difficult for the Ironwing Horned Eagle to notice them from there.
Long Chen and Mu Xue arrived in front of its cave. They didn’t sense any danger, surprising Long Chen. He sent his Spiritual Strength in to investigate.
“The Ironwing Horned Eagle isn’t here. It probably went hunting,” he said.
“Then what should we do?” asked Mu Xue.
“This is a good thing, we’ll take advantage of this opportunity to set up a trap. That’ll save us effort.” Long Chen smiled mischievously.
Setting up traps was something Long Chen delighted in. Setting up a trap in its own nest was especially delightful.
Suddenly, the sky darkened, and a large figure appeared above the two of them. A powerful pressure spread.
“Oh, looks like there’s no need to set up a
nything. The master has returned.” Long Chen spread his arms and dashed to the side, leaving the battle to Mu Xue.
Right now, it still wasn’t suitable for him to fight. If it left a mark on his meridians, that would be something impossible for him to erase in his lifetime. He didn’t dare take that risk.
BANG!
The immense figure crashed to the ground. What startled Mu Xue and Long Chen was that it was a flying Magical Beast that was only at the fifth rank. It was three hundred meters long and was now unconscious.
It seemed to be the prey the Ironwing Horned Eagle had obtained. It had been preparing to enjoy it once it returned to its nest, but seeing people had invaded its territory, it directly dropped its prey and charged at Mu Xue.
Chapter 547 It’s Not Easy Minding Your Own Business
The Ironwing Horned Eagle spread its half-a-mile-wide wings. Its wings were like heaven-splitting blades that crashed down upon Mu Xue.
Because its body was so huge, Mu Xue truly appeared like an ant in front of it.
However, one thing that put Long Chen at ease was that the Ironwing Horned Eagle was still in the early Xiantian realm and had yet to advance.
Furthermore, although it had reached the Xiantian realm, its bloodline wasn’t pure. The bloodline its ancestor had left behind for it was becoming thin, and perhaps this Ironwing Eagle’s descendants would find it difficult just to reach the Xiantian realm.
A Magical Beast’s bloodline inheritance was even more important than a human’s. However, their bloodline inheritance wasn’t endless. If a hundred generations passed without another descendant reaching the same bloodline purity as its ancestor, then after those hundred generations, the bloodline would drop by one rank.
After another hundred generations without the pure bloodline reappearing, then it would drop another rank, all the way until the race was cruelly washed out by nature’s rules.
As for this Ironwing Eagle, its bloodline was already extremely impure. However, in terms of true fighting strength, it was much stronger than the Hidden Ground Spider which didn’t specialize in attacking.
Mu Xue was circulating her Xiantian power in preparation to receive the Ironwing Eagle. Although she had only just advanced, she had been stuck at the half-step Xiantian realm for almost two years. She definitely had some control over Xiantian power. Now that she had finally advanced, she was much stronger than an average person who had just advanced.
“There’s no need to face it head-on in the first exchange!” shouted Long Chen.
The Ironwing Eagle’s immense body was charging forward. Was there a point to taking that much force head-on?
Mu Xue hastily dashed out of the way, appearing hundreds of meters away in an instant.
BOOM!
The Ironwing Eagle’s huge body crashed into the ground, and the land within hundreds of miles rocked along with it.
Mu Xue couldn’t help being startled. That impact was shockingly great, and if she had really faced it head-on, she would definitely have been injured.
She felt admiration for Long Chen’s vision. He had instantly seen through its strength. But she was unaware that after being with Meng Qi for so long, Long Chen had learned a great deal pertaining to Magical Beasts. He naturally had a greater ability to judge a Magical Beast’s power than most.
Long Chen had felt that Mu Xue might not necessarily lose in terms of power, but there was a risk she would be injured. There was no need to take that risk.
As the Ironwing Eagle climbed up from the ground, Mu Xue’s sword slashed down. Sword Qi powered by Xiantian power split through the void.
Bang!
The Sword Qi exploded upon the Ironwing Eagle’s body, and it was sent tumbling back, feathers flying off its body.
The distant mercenaries cheered upon seeing that Mu Xue’s attack was actually able to send a Xiantian Magical Beast tumbling back. She was truly mighty.
Long Chen’s mouth twitched. This kind of intelligence was almost worrying. She had spread her Sword Qi so widely that it was unable to cause any real injuries. It might look impressive, but what use did that have?
Then looking at the feathers on the ground, he instantly realized it had one use: it had a feather’s use.[1]
If it was Long Chen, he definitely wouldn’t have scattered his power but concentrated all his might to stab through the side of the Ironwing Eagle.
Its feathers there were as strong as the ones on its back. With Mu Xue’s Xiantian power, she would have been able to create a deep cut there. Although it might not be considered a heavy injury, it would at least count as an injury.
For now, Long Chen chose to keep his mouth shut. After all, each cultivator had their own choices, and there was no such thing as being absolutely right or absolutely wrong. He wouldn’t vainly give directions.
The Ironwing Eagle let out a furious bird cry, and a huge wing slammed towards Mu Xue.
BOOM! Mu Xue’s sword slashed into its wing, but she was unable to block its explosive power and was blown back.
However, the Ironwing Eagle was also forced back slightly by Mu Xue’s Xiantian power. That was the most terrifying aspect of Xiantian power.
Houtian power referred to a person circulating their energy within the body. But Xiantian power referred to using the Xiantian spiritual qi inside your body to control the natural energy around you to attack. The two of them were qualitatively different.
“It’s about to use a powerful move!” Long Chen suddenly shouted.
He had only just said that when the Ironwing Eagle’s forehead shot out a red ray of light at Mu Xue.
Mu Xue hastily dodged to the side. The red ray brushed right past her body.
BOOM!
The light pierced directly through a distant mountain. A hole dozens of meters wide was blown into it.
“It has given birth to a crystal bone!” Mu Xue was startled.
A Xiantian Magical Beast had a certain chance of being able to merge their crystal core into a bone. Once they were merged, they would imprint their strongest attack into that bone. That was the so-called crystal bone.
One requirement for a Magical Beast to give birth to a crystal bone was that its ancestor had to have been powerful. It required a powerful rune to exist within their bloodline.
The fact that this Ironwing Horned Eagle was able to condense a crystal bone meant that its bloodline was not ordinary. However, that bloodline had declined by its generation.
Other than this, even with a powerful bloodline, a Magical Beast had less than one in a thousand chance of being able to condense a crystal bone. That made crystal bones extremely rare.
Crystal bones were very heaven-defying treasures. They were natural weapons, and once they were refined, it was possible to use your own power to activate the runes on it to attack.
They were weapons that even Xiantian experts would long for. Back in the Jiuli secret realm, Han Tianyu’s luck had been amazing enough for him to obtain one. But later it had been destroyed by Long Chen’s dragon scale.
Back then, Han Tianyu had no Xiantian power to activate the crystal bone, and he had been required to use his own essence blood to use it, almost causing him to die of blood loss.
That crystal bone of his had been powerful, but his own power had been too weak. Han Tianyu had been unable to draw out its full power.
Only a Xiantian expert’s Xiantian power was able to fully draw out the potential of a crystal bone. After all, the runes on the bone were the Magical Beast’s core runes that contained their strongest attack.
However, a Magical Beast’s intelligence was too low, and their comprehension over natural energy was similarly low. They themselves were only able to draw out a tenth of their own crystal bone’s power.
If a Xiantian expert activated a crystal bone, then they would truly be unrivaled within their realm. So a crystal bone was something countless Xiantian experts would go crazy for.
Mu Xue was also a Xiantian expert, so her heart began to pound.
If she obtained this crystal bone, the Muxue Mercenary Unit would be able to dominate all the other mercenary units. They would no longer ever have to be bullied.
“When it’s about to use its crystal bone’s attack, its eyes will become violet. That’s a sign it’s accumulating energy, and it’s very conspicuous. Pay attention to it!” shouted Long Chen.
Right now, Long Chen had nothing to do. He directly took out a chair and leisurely sat, simply minding his own business.
He hadn’t expected Mu Xue’s luck to be so good as to run into a Magical Beast possessing the crystal bone. The Muxue Mercenary Unit had truly struck gold.
BOOM, BOOM…!
Continuous explosions rang out. Mu Xue drifted around, sword-images flying all over. The discovery of this crystal bone had raised her spirits, and she became more and more courageous with her attacks.
Long Chen really was almost unable to watch. In front of a Magical Beast, what were you doing facing it head-on? There had been many opportunities for her to heavily injure it.
He didn’t know whether it was because Mu Xue didn’t dare take any risks for that, or whether it was just that she didn’t know how to take advantage of opportunities. Just watching made Long Chen worry helplessly.
However, Mu Xue was truly powerful. Following this intense battle, her ability to use Xiantian power increased. Long Chen supposed that it was best to just treat this as a training exercise.
Long Chen couldn’t be bothered to watch. He began to continue strengthening his meridians. An hour later, his meridians had been pushed to their limit once again, and Mu Xue was still fighting.
“Is she planning on fighting a battle of attrition?” Long Chen sighed.
His fighting style was that if he could kill someone with one blow, he wouldn’t waste a second. Just watching this kind of battle made him worry.
On the other hand, the distant mercenaries felt their blood boiling. This senseless battle in Long Chen’s eyes was actually a heaven-shaking battle in their eyes.
Long Chen didn’t want to waste any time. He began extracting the life energy in the primal chaos bead’s trees.
His injuries had actually mostly healed. But the destructive will of the Heavenly Daos was still causing havoc in his body. He needed this life energy to expel it.