Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Imperial College

The Imperial College opened its doors one day every month for the imperial capital’s n.o.ble heirs . In the morning they would practice poetry and etiquette, and in the afternoon the palace’s martial arts depository would be available to everyone free of charge .

The previous openings of the Imperial College had had absolutely no meaning to Long Chen since even if he attended he would just be the object of ridicule for everyone there .

But now that was no longer the case . After consuming the FengFu Pill, Long Chen had already condensed an embryonic form of the FengFu Star .

Although it was just an embryonic form and couldn’t store that much spiritual energy, it was still able to store much more than could be stored in just a body’s meridians . After all, the meridians were like rivers while the Dantian was like the ocean that fed the rivers, even sometimes being called the ‘energy sea’ .

Although a river might appear large, but its capacity was limited; without the Dantian to support it, it would quickly all be used up . But this problem was completely resolved with the condensing of the FengFu Star . And the most important thing was that with the embryonic form of the FengFu Star being formed, as long as there was enough energy, it would eventually became a complete FengFu Star .

At that time, Long Chen would have something unique to himself to use as a ‘Dantian’; this was the most unique point to the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art .

When all nine Stars were opened, it would be equivalent to having nine Dantians . Anyone could understand just how powerful this kind of forceful spiritual energy source was .

Moreover Long Chen was in possession of the entire Nine Star Hegemon Body Art . Unfortunately, such a cultivation technique was something that defied the heavens, and his understanding was still very low so he still needed to spend an endless amount of meditation on it .

Once he managed to completely condense his FengFu Star, he would be able to store an extremely large amount of spiritual energy . Then he could attempt to agglomerate his blood vessels and enter the Blood Condensation stage, thus becoming a true martial artist .

The Qi Condensation stage was just the first step of training in martial arts . Only be stepping into the Blood Condensation stage, having your blood and Qi surge, and having your martial powers sharply rise, only then could you be considered a genuine martial artist .

Long Chen didn’t know what Heavenstage of Qi Condensation he would count as, but with the formation of his embryonic FengFu Star, his body’s strength had been increased by a surprising amount .

The current him could let out a very simple punch and it would cause the wind to whistle, so much so that the force it generated would have enough power to break apart a vase even two metres away . Essentially it was like his whole body was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with strength .

His goal by going to the Imperial College this time was to enter the martial arts depository . With his FengFu Star about to be completely condensed, his body’s spiritual energy had gradually risen and he could already begin to train in martial Battle Skills .

These so called martial Battle Skills were all created from extremely powerful seniors . They were powerful fighting techniques that used a person’s spiritual energy, Qi, and meridians .

Battle Skills were extremely terrifying; it could allow a martial artist to release an extremely formidable power that was several times stronger than a person’s ordinary strength; it was impossible to be brave in front of them .

Therefore each Battle Skill was extremely important to a martial artist . Now that Long Chen had a spiritual energy capable of training in Battle Skills, he was itching to obtain one .

The Imperial College was located to the north side of the imperial capital . It spanned tens of kilometres, and other than the Imperial Palace, it was the most grand and imposing building in the entire imperial capital .

After Long Chen showed off his identification plate he entered into the Imperial College and went straight to the literature hall . That was where the morning cultivation took place and where the cultivators would listen to the studies of Dao from lecturers talking about everything and anything, from etiquette to poetry, and even to ancient theories of literature .

Entering into the literature hall, he saw that due to how early he was, the extremely large literature hall only had a couple dozen people .

“Haha, brother Chen, you came . ”

Just as Long Chen entered, a couple youths came over and cordially greeted him .

These youths were similar to Long Chen; for various reasons they also had no way of cultivating, and although they couldn’t be considered best friends, they were still fellow sufferers who empathized with each other .

In the golden age of martial arts in the Phoenix Cry Empire, these youths might not have bullied in such a miserable way like Long Chen, but they were also frequently sneered at and suffered from a cold and indifferent treatment .

Thus these people who suffered from similar torments ended up becoming closer to Long Chen . They were especially glad to see him now since it had been a long time since they’d seen each other .

“Haha, you guys came here pretty early,” Long Chen laughingly greeted . With the success of the condensation of his FengFu Star, his mood had improved greatly from the formerly depressed him .

“I heard a couple days ago that brother Long put up a huge display of his awesome power, defeating Li Hao . Ah, you really make us admire you . Don’t tell me that brother Long can actually genuinely cultivate now?” one skinny teen extremely enviously asked .

Originally they were all the same level as Long Chen . Hearing that Long Chen could actually defeat Li Hao who was at the Third Heavenstage of Qi Condensation, they were all extremely shocked while also feeling a slight jealousy .

“Hehe, it was just luck . But most recently I did learn a new Divine Technique . ” Long Chen didn’t want to continue on this subject so he brought up a new mysterious topic .

“Divine Technique? What’s that?” Sure enough everyone immediately became distracted and changed the subject .

“Hehe, this little brother recently obtained a rare clairvoyance book, and after painstakingly reading this book I learned quite a few things . ” Long Chen somewhat complacently said .

“Clairvoyance technique? Isn’t that just what the fortune tellers on the streets use to scam people?”

“Not quite . With what I learned from that clairvoyance technique, I saw that Li Hao’s face had a dark omen of misfortune on it, and it was only then that I decided to duel with him . And as for the result… hehe . ” Long Chen laughed and stopped there .

Everyone momentarily was dubious for a moment when someone suddenly brightened with understanding and said, “It seems to be true; I heard that Li Hao seemed to have been bewitched that day, and his whole body didn’t have even the slightest bit of battle energy before he was defeated by brother Long . “

The details of Long Chen and Li Hao’s battle were known to everyone, but there were many people who felt that Li Hao’s defeat was quite a deep mystery . Nowadays there was a great deal of discussion over Long Chen .

“Hehe, brother Long, since you are proficient in reading faces, can you help take a look at me and tell me why my fiancée always avoids me? Why won’t she agree to see me?” One person somewhat vexingly asked .

“No problem . Come, come, let’s first find a place for us all to sit . Standing here is somewhat unsuitable . ”

Their group found a table in the corner to sit at, and the table even had some refreshments for them .

Long Chen pointed towards the table’s desserts and laughingly told everyone, “Let’s all eat a piece . ”

“Ok,” the other people didn’t stand on courtesy and all took a piece . Everyone seemed a bit confused as they looked at Long Chen .

“How’s the taste?”

“Very good . ”

“Let’s eat another piece?”

“Ok . ”