Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“Fine. Then I’ll let you off for today.” Long Chen looked at the statue hatefully. With his character, he should have at least pissed on the statue today, but perhaps the will within him disdained to do such a thing.
This statue of Lord Brahma looked even more imposing than the one by the gates of Pill Valley. He looked young and handsome, having a faint smile and giving off a peaceful feeling. Long Chen did his best not to be affected by his will as he examined the statue.
“His nose is narrow, his lips are thin, his chin is sharp, and with that cold appearance, he’s definitely not a good fellow even after becoming a god,” said Long Chen disdainfully.
“You can read faces?” asked Evilmoon.
“Anything relating to conning people, I know a bit.” Long Chen nodded.
From the Eastern Wasteland to the Central Plains, Long Chen had seen countless people. He had his own way to judge others. Although he wouldn’t say he could see through a person’s heart with a look, he was pretty good at guessing their basic nature.
Even without being influenced by the will of the Pill Sovereign, he didn’t judge this Lord Brahma to be a good character.
Just what kind of existence was the Pill Sovereign? Why was it that it would have such immense hatred for Lord Brahma and Fallen Daynight? Could it be that the Pill Sovereign had been on the same level as those two gods?
Walking around the statue, Long Chen saw a staircase leading up. He carefully walked up. Upon reaching the second level, he was surprised to see that while the first level had been huge, this second level was much smaller. It looked to only be a few hundred meters in diameter.
In the center of the second level, he saw a square divine platform. There was a foot-long sphere on top of it. It was like a revolving red sun emitting a beautiful light.
Looking around, he didn’t see anyone else. He walked closer to the sphere, and he noticed that there were runes flowing within it.
“Those are inheritance runes.” Long Chen was happily surprised to see this. These inheritance runes were imbued with spiritual marks to pass on knowledge. Looking closely at it, he deduced, “Based on the fluctuations, I’d say that it was used recently.”
The Pill Fairy’s image appeared in his mind. She had clearly come and received the inheritance before leaving.
Long Chen slowly reached out toward the sphere. However, some invisible force kept him from touching it. Long Chen narrowed his eyes. This was Lord Brahma’s inheritance and was clearly not for outsiders.
He had an urge to cut it, but ignoring whether or not he could, if he broke it, the inheritance runes would fade as well.
After thinking about it, Long Chen suddenly ran down the stairs to the statue and took out Evilmoon.
“What are you doing?! You can’t cut him!” shouted Evilmoon.
“Do you think I’m such an unreliable person? I’m not cutting him.”
Long Chen gently used Evilmoon to cut across Lord Brahma’s face.
The golden gilt on top of Lord Brahma’s statue slowly fell. It actually had fluctuations of divine energy, and Long Chen took it away.
Evilmoon instantly understood. So Long Chen wanted to cover himself up with this golden light. It sighed, wondering just how Long Chen’s brain worked.
“Be careful not to touch the actual statue. If you provoke the divine energy inside, you’ll die,” warned Evilmoon.
“Don’t worry, I’ve studied engraving before.” Long Chen chortled. A word slowly appeared on Lord Brahma’s forehead.
“Bastard?”
Evilmoon was speechless.
“Hehe, what bold and graceful calligraphy. Well written, if I do say so myself!” Looking at his masterpiece, Long Chen nodded in admiration.
When Evilmoon looked at the writing, it felt it to be the scribbling of a child. “If you’re so confident about it, why not leave behind your name so that your legacy will be preserved?”
“Cough, well, you know I’m rather low key. Being arrogant isn’t my style. Not leaving your name after doing good deeds, that’s the way of the king,” said Long Chen righteously.
After saying that, Long Chen took away the gilt he had cut off. He refined it into a glove. But then his face grew hot as he realized he had made an extra finger.
“Whatever, it’s good enough.” Long Chen walked back up with the glove. He slowly reached toward the sphere, and this time it didn’t push him back.
“Hehe.” Long Chen’s hand finally touched the sphere. It shivered, but there was no further reaction. The inheritance runes didn’t come toward him.
“You’re not coming? Then I’ll take you myself.” Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength surged out.
A flood of information suddenly poured into Long Chen’s brain.
“An eleventh tier medicinal pill!”
Long Chen was delighted. All kinds of medicinal pill formulas were appearing in his mind. With eleventh tier medicinal pills, he could finally cultivate faster.
Time passed bit by bit, while more and more pill formulas appeared in his head. Fortunately, his Spiritual Strength was strong enough to accept so much information. Anyone else would have had their soul crumble from this torrent.
Suddenly, sacred chanting appeared in Long Chen’s mind. Hearing that sound, Long Chen’s body shook.
“The third volume of the Nirvana Scripture.”
The first and second volumes of the scripture rang out in his mind at the same time. They combined together.
Long Chen felt like he had already known the scripture. It was incredibly familiar, and so he memorized it just after hearing it once. However, the inheritance caused the scripture to ring out from start to end three times for him.
After that, the runes of the sphere dimmed as if they had used up all their energy. As for the divine platform beneath the sphere, it lit up, sending surges of divine energy into the sphere.
Long Chen looked around. Confirming there was nothing off, he set off for the third level. Upon reaching the third level, he almost didn’t dare to believe his eyes.
Chapter 2025 Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame
The third level was a giant pool. At the center was a gushing fountain, and at the mouth of the fountain was a fairy-like woman sitting.
It was the Pill Fairy, Yu Qingxuan. There wasn’t even an inch of clothing on her right now. Her jade-like skin was fully revealed to Long Chen.
Within the water was immortal mist that curled around her, entering her body.
Although Long Chen was no longer an amateur in that regard, his throat became dry, and his heart pounded wildly.
“Can you grow up? You’re someone who’s even taken a god,” said Evilmoon disdainfully.
“Tch, shut up. My dreams of a beautiful life were ruined by her,” raged Long Chen.
That legendary most amazing experience of one’s life had occurred twice to him, without him feeling happy in the slightest. One was forced by someone, and one was forcing someone. That feeling wasn’t the same as the legends said.
“A good person doesn’t peek, a good person doesn’t peek…” Long Chen muttered to himself.
“Shameless. If you’re not peeking, why are your eyes open so wide?” said Evilmoon. Long Chen’s eyes were still firmly glued to the Pill Fairy.
“She’s actually not the slightest bit inferior to Leng Yueyan. I didn’t expect her to be so impressive… cough, I mean, a good person doesn’t peek.”
It was only with supreme willpower that Long Chen managed to look away from the Pill Fairy’s body and examine the surroundings.
The third level was the top. The only thing present was that pool. A jet of water came from an opening at the center, and the Pill Fairy was sitting there, immersed in the water.
Her eyes were closed, but her appearance was no longer like that of a gentle big sister. She was like an untouchable immortal instead.
“This water…!”
Long Chen reached out to touch the pool, only to be absolutely stunned. This wasn�
�t water. It was fire.
Black smoke instantly came from his fingers. Despite pulling back immediately, his fingers had turned black.
“First on the Earth Flame Rankings, the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame.”
Long Chen immediately realized what it was. This was a legendary existence and the most mysterious existence on the Earth Flame Rankings, to the point that people questioned whether or not it existed.
Just how powerful was Long Chen’s physical body currently? But just touching it had roasted his fingers. If he had been so careless as to jump in, wouldn’t he have been incinerated?
The name of the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame was tastefully chosen. Since ancient times, it was known by everyone that water and fire were incompatible. But the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame actually possessed the power of water and fire. It could take on the appearance of water as well as fire. It was something in defiance of the natural order and was a terrifying existence.
Long Chen looked at the Pill Fairy. She was still expressionless, seeming to not know that he had come. The power of the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame was currently merging into her body.
“She is slowly refining the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame…” Long Chen knew that the Pill Fairy was the true master of this place. She was the one with Lord Brahma’s approval, and everything here was arranged for her. Eventually, she would become the master of this Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame as well.
“Evilmoon, do you think killing people is better or swindling them?” asked Long Chen.
“Killing…” said Evilmoon directly, seeming to understand something.
“Yes, I also think like that. The current Pill Fairy is foreign to me. It shouldn’t be too hard to attack her.” Long Chen nodded as if that had been exactly what he was thinking.
“Actually, I was saying that killing is wrong,” said Evilmoon.
“You’re right, killing is wrong. Although I feel like the current Pill Fairy is a strong foe, we were once friends. I even gave her the Jewel Blood Jade Orchid. Killing her definitely isn’t good,” said Long Chen.
“How are you so shameless? Why did you bother asking? In any case, with your shamelessness, whatever you say is right,” cursed Evilmoon.
“What’s wrong with you? I’m trying to comfort myself. I need someone else’s support to make this decision.” Long Chen was conflicted. If it was anyone else, he could be decisive. But it was the Pill Fairy. She had once let him off in a critical moment, willingly taking on the calamity he had provoked.
“The current Pill Fairy has already changed. Due to receiving the god’s blessing, she lives for her god. Considering your enmity with Pill Valley, she is definitely your mortal enemy. Attacking her would be your best option. One must be decisive,” said Evilmoon.
The current Pill Fairy was Pill Valley’s divine daughter, the god’s representative in this world. Long Chen was fated to be her mortal enemy.
Evilmoon knew that Long Chen wouldn’t kill her. But as long as he ruined her inheritance, he might end up saving his own life in the future.
“If she is my enemy, we will have an above board fight. I’ll stick to my original plan and split it evenly.” Long Chen awoke Huo Long who was in seclusion.
When Huo Long saw the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame, it surprisingly didn’t show any excitement. Instead, it became afraid. Long Chen had been planning on letting it absorb half of this flame, but now he found that Huo Long didn’t dare to absorb it.
“Really? You can’t absorb it?” Long Chen was startled.
Having absorbed so many Earth Flame Spirit Birthing Beads, Huo Long’s intelligence had grown to a level that it could communicate easier with Long Chen. It said that there was water attribute energy within it, which was poisonous to Huo Long.
Long Chen couldn’t help being disappointed. The number one flame on the Earth Flame rankings had heaven-defying power. It would be incredibly regretful if Huo Long couldn’t refine it.
However, Huo Long also said that while its current power was limited, it might be possible for it to refine the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame once it finished digesting all the previous energy it had devoured.
That made Long Chen feel a bit better, but then the question was, how was he supposed to gather the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame without disturbing the Pill fairy?
He slowly formed hand seals, connecting with the primal chaos space. If he wanted to gather the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame, he would need the primal chaos space. All previous Earth Flames had been completely suppressed by the primal chaos bead. However, this was the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame. Long Chen couldn’t help being nervous.
If the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame were to incinerate the primal chaos space, he would essentially be crippled. Without the medicinal fields inside, he wouldn’t be able to refine pills to cultivate.
Just as Long Chen was preparing to carefully withdraw a bit of the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame, before he could even suck away a drop, the entire palace shook intensely.
Jumping, Long Chen hastily stopped. Looking at the Pill Fairy, he saw that she hadn’t awoken.
Sweat dripped down his back. How had this caused such a huge disturbance? Without the primal chaos bead, how was he supposed to take the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame? With his hands? Wasn’t that suicide?
He took out a divine item. It was a curious divine item that looked like a ladle. It was something he had obtained from a Corrupt expert. He carefully tried scooping out some, only for the ladle to fracture before he could even send it into the primal chaos space.
“Dam, this flame is absolutely terrifying. I have to get it. Evilmoon, do you have any ideas?” asked Long Chen.
“What ideas could I possibly have? If even you couldn’t come up with anything, don’t turn to me. Also, don’t even think about using me for this. Although I might not be afraid of this Inverse Dao Water Spirit flame, I can’t gather it,” said Evilmoon.
That was true. After all, Evilmoon was a saber, not a storage item. Long Chen also couldn’t force it. If he awoke the Pill Fairy, that would be awkward. After all, she was currently naked.
He walked around the pool, finding that the pool was carved into a glossy stone. He then tried to carve out part of the stone to see if he could scoop up the flame with it, but the stone was protected by a formation.
“What should I do?”
Long Chen started to panic. This Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame was a priceless treasure. If he could obtain it, it would become a life-saving trump card. But he couldn’t think of anything that would work. Was he really supposed to use his hands? Just how long would it take to scoop out half of the pool that way?
“Ah!” Long Chen suddenly clapped his forehead. Sitting on the edge of the pool, he focused on himself. The Nirvana Scripture began to ring out within his mind.
Runes appeared on Long Chen’s body. Covered by those runes, Long Chen slowly touched the pool with his hand.
Chapter 2026 The Sixth Star’s Pill Formula
Long Chen slowly placed his hand inside the pool. The runes covering his body were an ability he had gained after the three volumes of the Nirvana Scripture had merged together. It was strange to describe it, but Long Chen seemed to feel like he had possessed this skill before and was using it naturally.
The runes blocked the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame from touching his hand. He no longer felt its terrifying heat, nor did it burn his hand.
“It works!” Long Chen slowly stepped into the pool. With the protection of the runes, the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame wasn’t harming him. However, he was still cautious, only slowly fully immersing himself within the pool. He paused for a moment like this, and only after confirming that there were no issues did he continue deeper.
Once he was within the pool he realized that it was even deeper than he had thought. It was actually so deep that he couldn’t see the bottom. He had an urge to look at the bottom, but he didn’t quite dare to do such a thing.
At a few meters, Long Chen stopped going any deeper. He called out Huo Long.
Huo Long felt an instinctual fear for the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame. Long Chen had to comfort it for a long time before it slowly appeared on his arm and carefully devoured a bit of the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame.
Fortunately, this Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame was just a form of energy, not an Earth Flame Spirit Beast. Otherwise, it would be impossible to subdue it.
Perhaps it was precisely because the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame was so terrifying that this special environment had been made for it, specifically to limit its intelligence and prevent it from transforming into an Earth Flame Spirit Beast.
The Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame was currently masterless. Only now was it possible to devour it without it resisting.
For the first time, Huo Long didn’t dare to absorb too much. It only devoured a tiny amount before returning to the primal chaos space.
When he spat it out, the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame fell to the ground like a raindrop.
“You can’t let it land on the ground! Make it float in the air!” cried out Long Chen. If the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame were to touch the ground, it would instantly incinerate the surrounding trees and plants. That was not what he wanted.
It was unknown whether or not the primal chaos bead heard his cry, but the sky shook slightly, and an invisible energy caused the Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame to fly into the sky, making it float there far away from the ground.
Seeing that, Long Chen sighed with relief. However, Huo Long was still afraid and only dared to absorb tiny amounts from Long Chen’s arm before leaving.
It was only after several tests that Huo Long’s appetite grew greater. It began to absorb more and more each time. Long Chen started to sense the water level drop.
The Inverse Dao Water Spirit Flame that was sent to the primal chaos space gathered together and floated in the sky just like a giant ball of water.