Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

  However, that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. After all, not everyone could easily refine yuan spiritual energy without worrying about their bodies exploding.

  Refining a single yuan spirit stone would normally take a person three days. But a yuan spirit bead would take fifteen to twenty days.

  Due to its cheap price, the majority of disciples chose to refine yuan spirit beads. To them, they had plenty of time, but not a lot of money.

  But Long Chen didn’t bother with that. He was in a race against time, and he didn’t have that much time to waste. He directly distributed the yuan spirit stones.

  And to make the effect even better, he had all of them go to the top grade training rooms. Points were there to be spent. Raising their power as fast as possible was the most important thing, so he couldn’t begrudge spending points.

  After distributing the yuan spirit stones and points, he told them not to be distressed over the points. They should quickly transform those points into power.

  After that, Long Chen took out a Heavenly Dao Fruit with six Dao-runes on them.

  When Celestials were killed, their Heavenly Dao energy would scatter. But that scattered energy would be absorbed by the Heavenly Dao Tree in Long Chen’s primal chaos space and condensed into Heavenly Dao Fruits. So whoever consumed this Heavenly Dao Fruit would become a terrifying rank six Celestial.

  “Two beauties, which one of you wants to be the sacrifice and eat this Heavenly Dao Fruit, becoming the second pillar of the Dragonblood Legion and sharing my burden?” joked Long Chen.

  Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er knew he was saying this to avoid them being too embarrassed to take it. After all, there was only one rank six Heavenly Dao Fruit.

  In truth, this was the only Heavenly Dao Fruit Long Chen had for now. The rest had all been taken away by Zheng Wenlong to be given to Yue Xiaoqian’s race.

  Those tens of thousands of Heavenly Dao Fruits no longer had any use to Long Chen. They would be wasted in his hands, so he sent them to the original devil race.

  The original devil race’s disciples could also become Celestials upon consuming them, and then they wouldn’t need to worry about the Heavenly Daos. They could openly wander the continent.

  “Wan-er, you should take this Heavenly Dao Fruit. I’m a soul cultivator, so it’s not that useful,” said Meng Qi.

  “No, you have to take it. Each time, you give the best to me, so I have to do the same for you at least once,” said Tang Wan-er.

  The two of them argued, with neither willing to take it. In the end, Tang Wan-er turned to Long Chen. “Brat, what are you smiling about? You decide who this Heavenly Dao Fruit is going to, and if you decide wrong, hmph! You understand! Don’t even think about enjoying anything.”

  “What the fuck, when did I ever get to enjoy anything?” Long Chen cursed inside. But looking at her menacing expression also made him smile.

  “In truth, this Heavenly Dao Fruit can go to anyone and it wouldn’t matter, because it would be useless either way. Whoever consumes it has to hold back their power to avoid exposing it. Although the Xuan Master promised me that no one would dare pry into my secrets within the Xuantian Dao Sect and I trust he has that ability, I don’t like putting my fate in other people’s hands. So for now, we aren’t going to show anyone that one of us has become a rank six Celestial in order to avoid other people seeing some clues,” said Long Chen.

  Last time, the fact that everyone had advanced to the fourth rank, while Tang Wan-er and the others had advanced to the fifth rank, had already caused a huge uproar.

  The Xuan Master had said that it was due to his own experiments, which had managed to suppress that uproar. But Long Chen was sure he was already being closely watched by some people.

  Although Long Chen wasn’t afraid, he still understood what it meant to not expose himself. He should keep his cards to himself, or it would be too dangerous otherwise.

  “Therefore, the best option is you, Meng Qi. As a soul cultivator, if you don’t use your full power, no one will sense anything. Furthermore, you’re also a Beast Tamer. You can just summon your housepets to fight for you while you assist, which will make it even less likely for you to be exposed,” said Long Chen.

  Meng Qi finally nodded and took the Heavenly Dao Fruit. Once she became a rank six Celestial, once she used the Cry of the Heavenly Daos, her soul energy would be even more terrifying.

  Long Chen urged Meng Qi to quickly refine the Heavenly Dao Fruit, because right now, Meng Qi had no suitable housepets.

  Previously, Long Chen had thought about buying her a few eggs, but then when he thought about it, incubating and raising them would take too long. It was better to catch some themselves.

  Meng Qi quickly refined the Heavenly Dao Fruit, and Tang Wan-er spent each day training in top grade wind attribute training rooms. She quickly refined yuan spirit stones to reach the first Heavenstage.

  The first Heavenstage required condensing nine original runes and compressing them into a stable platform. Right now, they were all at just one original rune. Just that one rune had taken them close to half a month to fully condense, and so it could be seen how slow the Foundation Forging realm was.

  But with yuan spirit stones and top grade training rooms, Tang Wan-er’s cultivation speed was dozens of times faster than others. For the first Heavenstage, no medicinal energy could be used, so practically all the inner sect disciples were secluded in training rooms. It was almost impossible to see a single one of them outside now.

  Long Chen gave the task of selling the pills in the outer sect to Wang Mang and the others. Even Qian Duoduo went into seclusion. The only exception was Guo Ran.

  He had condensed a rare forging divine rune. Therefore, he needed to cultivate while forging, and he had long since started forging day and night. The materials Zheng Wenlong had brought were quickly put to use and turned into sets of armor.

  Long Chen ran over to the Elder Hall and asked the Elder Hall Master where there were comparatively many ninth rank Magical Beasts. He wanted to get a few powerful housepets for Meng Qi.

  Meng Qi was a beast tamer, and her talent had originally already been amazing. How could he leave her without a single strong housepet?

  The Earth Dragon and Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix she had brought from the Eastern Wasteland had already been released by Meng Qi. She had returned their freedom.

  They were no longer useful on any battlefields she would appear on. Summoning them would only cause them to be instantly killed, and that wasn’t something she wished to see.

  The Elder Hall Master gave Long Chen a map and pointed to a spot. There were many ninth rank Magical Beasts in that place, but it was very dangerous. He asked him if he wanted Li Changfeng to accompany him. That place even had tenth rank Magical Beasts.

  Long Chen thanked him, but he didn’t want to trouble anyone else. Furthermore, he was planning on going with Meng Qi. Having another person come wasn’t very convenient.

  After taking the map, he waited three days until Meng Qi finally came out of seclusion. Runes revolved around her, and her Heavenly Dao energy rumbled.

  That was the result of her being unable to control her rank six Heavenly Dao runes. She needed some more time to get used to her newfound power. However, she was able to temporarily suppress this phenomenon for an incense stick’s worth of time.

  Long Chen and Meng Qi quickly slipped out of the Xuantian Dao Sect. Several times, they encountered some Elders who questioned them, and Long Chen directly said that this was the order of the Elder Hall Master.

  Although the Xuantian Dao Sect seemed peaceful and tranquil, they still tightly restricted people going outside. That made him realize that even an enormous existence like the Xuantian Dao Sect had to be careful in a place like the Central Plains.

  The two of them rushed westward directly toward the region the Elder Hall Master had indicated.

  Chapter 1106 Ghost Toothed Eel

  Boundless mountains stretched far into the horizon a
nd high into the sky. Rivers cut through them, winding through the land. The occasional roar of a Magical Beast sent birds flying in flocks.

  A man and a woman were standing at the peak of a tall mountain. They were Long Chen and Meng Qi.

  Long Chen looked at the map in his hands in accordance with the terrain below. “Once we’re past the river ahead of us, there should be many Magical Beasts around. The Elder Hall Master said that there was some special ore underground that creates a magnetic field here, and it is very helpful to a Magical Beast’s cultivation. This place is like a natural Spirit Gathering Formation for Magical Beasts. So despite there being countless battles between them, they still stay here. And more surrounding Magical Beasts are constantly drawn over, wanting to occupy some territory here.”

  “That’s similar to us. Didn’t we also charge our way into the Central Plains in hopes of establishing a foothold?” laughed Meng Qi.

  “Your comparison really is accurate. In truth, when it comes to the weak being prey to the strong, the human cultivator world is much crueler than the Magical Beast world. Although the battles between Magical Beasts are bloody and berserk, the danger can be seen on the surface, and there’s still a chance to hide. But human cultivators scheme, killing people silently. Many people don’t even realize how they died even as it happens. So the struggle of Magical Beasts is always open, and Magical Beasts that form packs never betray each other. As for humans? Hehe, betrayal is a common occurrence.” Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh emotionally. “Come on, let’s go.”

  Long Chen pulled Meng Qi’s hand as they slowly flew ahead. As they crossed over the wide river, Meng Qi couldn’t help but reminisce. “Last time in the Spirit World, you led me into the stomach of a fish to escape a calamity. I wonder if this time we’ll be even more miserable.”

  Thinking of their time in the Spirit World, both of their hearts warmed. Sometimes, memories were the most precious wealth.

  “Last time was just an accident. It definitely won’t happen again.” Long Chen patted his chest confidently.

  BOOM!

  Just as he had spoken, waves exploded out of the river below. A large mouth shot toward the two of them.

  It was a three-thousand-meter fish. It had a thin body like a ribbonfish, and its mouth was filled with sharp teeth. From its aura, it should be a mid eighth rank Magical Beast.

  Long Chen pointed a finger and a lightning arrow pierced its head. It instantly died.

  “How about I treat you to some roast fish?” Long Chen smiled.

  Meng Qi hastily shook her head. “No, this Ghost Toothed Eel eats rotting Magical Beasts. It only eats rotten flesh, so its own flesh is disgusting too.”

  “Ah, is that so? Gross.” Long Chen directly tossed it into the primal chaos space, allowing the black soil to devour it.

  The primal chaos space had expanded after he had advanced to Foundation Forging. He had filled it with the seeds of Iron Spruce Oaks, but right now, they had only grown to around thirty meters.

  The old Iron Spruce Oaks hadn’t even reached their peak yet, but he had planted so many more. Their growth was exceedingly slow now, but he was helpless to do anything about it.

  To make them grow faster would require mountains of Magical Beast corpses, and high ranking ones at that. Magical Beast corpses below the seventh rank were essentially ineffective.

  “How curious. Why would this idiot fish want to eat us? To its huge body, we aren’t even two sesame seeds,” wondered Long Chen.

  “That’s not it. Magical Beasts are all territorial. As long as they feel like they are threatened, they will think that the invaders came to take their territory, so they’ll naturally attack. It wasn’t because of hunger,” explained Meng Qi.

  A loud roar echoed as Long Chen and Meng Qi reached the other side of the river. From the darkness of the forest, a huge flaming wolf pounced on them.

  “Scram!”

  Long Chen kicked the eighth rank wolf away. Its huge body tumbled through the forest. Terrified of Long Chen, it knelt in the distance, baring its teeth toward Long Chen, warning him.

  “Is it because of Little Snow?” asked Meng Qi quietly.

  “Yes. I just can’t be emotionless toward wolf-type Magical Beasts,” sighed Long Chen.

  Meng Qi held his hand. She worriedly asked, “Can Little Snow really be revived?”

  Both Meng Qi and Long Chen had deep feelings toward Little Snow. To them, Little Snow was no different than family.

  Meng Qi had personally witnessed Little Snow being struck by the Yama King Blood Curse. That Yama King Blood Curse was an extremely vile art. Anyone struck would definitely die.

  “Don’t worry, Little Snow will definitely be revived. The soul will be the same, but the body will be different,” said Long Chen.

  “Then why don’t we find a ninth rank wolf Magical Beast? We can erase its soul and allow Little Snow to revive,” said Meng Qi.

  Long Chen shook his head. “No, ninth rank would be too low. Even tenth rank is too low. Little Snow only has one chance to be reborn. If it was just a ninth rank Magical Beast, the same old play would repeat again. If he can’t keep up with me, he still wouldn’t be happy after being revived. He has his own pride and would rather die alongside me. So the body I find for Little snow must be powerful, and it must be able to grow to the peak of the martial path with me.”

  Suffering that pain once was enough. So Long Chen couldn’t revive Little Snow right now. He had to find a stronger body.

  “Then should we subdue the flame wolf?” probed Meng Qi.

  “What? To make up for the void in my heart?” laughed Long Chen. “Little Snow is always by my side, so there’s no need for that. Furthermore, this flame wolf is too weak.”

  Meng Qi smiled. The two of them continued. They found that as they went deeper, the Magical Beasts grew fiercer, and the two of them were attacked multiple times.

  However, they were all eighth rank Magical Beasts. They were all killed by Long Chen and tossed into the primal chaos space as nutrients.

  “They’re so packed together that there’s no buffer room between them at all.” Long Chen found that as soon as they left one Magical Beast’s territory, they received an attack from another Magical Beast.

  Each of the eighth rank Magical Beasts only had a territory of a hundred miles. That was a far cry from the hundreds or thousands of miles of territory that they normally had.

  As the two of them crossed a mountain, a rumbling rang out. A huge black scorpion charged at the two of them.

  “Finally, a ninth rank Magical Beast.” Long Chen was delighted, and he was already charging out. The black scorpion slammed one of its pincers at him.

  BOOM!

  Long Chen received its attack with his fist. Long Chen felt his arm tremble and he shot back, while the black scorpion was smashed into the ground.

  “Within the same realm, armored Magical Beasts have the greatest power. This power is enough.” Long Chen shook his slightly numb hand and smiled.

  The huge scorpion once more charged at Long Chen. This time, both its pincers were at the front, and it was like a chariot trying to smash him to death.

  “Then let’s see just whose power is greater.”

  Long Chen took a deep breath, and the 108,000 original runes in his body quivered slightly. Energy surged out of them like a flood, filling Long Chen with power. He punched out with both fists.

  The ground exploded, dirt flying out in every direction. In terms of power, Long Chen and the huge scorpion were equally matched.

  “Damn, ninth rank Magical Beasts are far stronger than the ninth rank devil beasts from the Infernal Devil Abyss.” Long Chen couldn’t help being stunned as he felt some faint pain in his arms.

  Suddenly, an attack shot down at him from the sky. Long Chen immediately pushed away with his arms and shot back.

  The scorpion’s tail pierced the ground where he had just been.

  “Meng Qi, this Magical Beast is pretty strong. Do y
ou want it?” shouted Long Chen as he flew back.

  “But, it’s so dark and ugly…” Meng Qi was a bit hesitant.

  Long Chen thought about it and agreed. Meng Qi was like a fairy. Riding such a black and ugly scorpion wasn’t very suitable.

  “Alright then. Heaven Trapping Flame Prison!” Flame runes condensed into a prison around the black scorpion.

  Now, Long Chen had new magical arts, and the cast time for them was very short, practically instantaneous. A dumb Magical Beast wouldn’t be able to dodge them.

  The black scorpion struggled, but the flame prison didn’t show any signs of breaking.

  Long Chen raised his right hand. His forefinger and middle finger pointed toward the huge scorpion, aiming at its head.

  Flames condensed between his two fingers, and then a blinding light erupted.

  “Blazing Death Spear.”

  A ray of light pierced through the huge scorpion’s head. It reached its head practically the instant it left his fingers.

  The light directly went through its armor and out the other side of it. A three-meter hole appeared in its head.

  Despite that, it continued to struggle for a few minutes before completely dying. That was one of the terrifying aspects of armored Magical Beasts.

  “The fish wasn’t edible, but this scorpion is a delicacy. Hehe, I’ll cook you some roast scorpion,” laughed Long Chen.

  Chapter 1107 Phantom Storm Leopard

  “How fragrant.”

  Meng Qi almost drooled as the smell of Long Chen’s cooking wafted over her. She had no idea what kind of spices Long Chen had added.

  The scorpion’s flesh was as white as snow, exquisite and silky. It slowly dissolved once it entered her mouth, and its scent overwhelmed her. Her whole body felt refreshed.

  “This is the best meat I’ve ever tasted!” praised Meng Qi.

  “Hehe, compared to refining pills, this is far too simple. If it’s good, just eat more.” Long Chen smiled. If an alchemist couldn’t even cook good food, they should just kill themselves.