Chapter 13 (1/2)

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Fengfu Initial Mastery

With a m.u.f.fled explosion, the pill furnace shook briefly before calming down . Nine plump medicinal pills lay quietly within .

A dense refres.h.i.+ng pill fragrance came from them . Long Chen smiled in satisfaction .

He reached in and took out one of the medicinal pills . It was completely smooth and round with a faint l.u.s.ter, and there was even a layer of faint lines .

“Although the pill lines are faint and its color isn’t at its peak which means the pill has lost some spirituality, it is already just barely at the middle grade pill level . ”

This was the first patch of middle grade medicinal pills that Long Chen had refined . The quality of a medicinal pill was dependant on the pill furnace, the Pill Flame, the Spiritual Strength, etc . Not a single one of them could be lacking .

The current Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength was definitely good enough, but the pill furnace was too weak and as for the Pill Flame, well that was even worse .

To use an average first tier pill furnace as well as the worst kind of Pill Flame to refine a middle grade medicinal pill… well, in the entire pill refining world, perhaps only Long Chen who had fused with a Pill G.o.d’s spirit could do such a thing .

In just a short time he had refined twenty batches of pills and created over a hundred lower grade FengFu Pills that were now quietly lying within his spatial ring .

Long Chen had quietly heard about what was going on in the world outside his seclusion . Li Hao had been killed, so naturally he wasn’t a threat anymore .

The imperial capital had offered a reward for the capture of whoever had killed him, but the urgency surrounding this case had faded extremely quickly .

Long Chen sneered; even if they were just putting on an act, they should have at least followed through . Did they think that Long Chen was an idiot?

A n.o.ble heir had been killed just like that! To simply end the affair just like that, it was crazily bold .

Although he knew this, Long Chen didn’t dare take action now . Without a certain amount of strength, he had to wait and protect himself first .

His father was currently guarding the wild border and didn’t know anything about what was going on here . Furthermore, according to the rules of the imperial capital, all generals that were stationed outside were not allowed to have their families leave the imperial capital . To be honest, this was just in order to force them to follow orders .

Long Chen knew nothing about what was going on with his father at this time . All he knew was what he had inferred so far . His father would not be coming back to his side .

Their n.o.ble estate had used to be extremely rowdy and busy . But as he grew up and his father continued to fight on the border, fewer and fewer people began to visit . Eventually, their estate wouldn’t even have friends come over to celebrate the new year .

Over the past few years, the Long household had continuously declined, its position within the imperial capital becoming lower and lower . Furthermore, Long Chen had become the target of all his peer n.o.ble heirs .

But not even the slightest news came from Zhenyuan Hou . Long Chen couldn’t help feeling a bit resentful to his father, but he was always fiercely reprimanded by his mother whenever he brought that up .

After his awakening a couple days ago, Long Chen had finally realized something was wrong . The previous him had been thinking far too simply about the situation .

For his father to refuse multiple summonings, he naturally had to have his own reasons . It couldn’t be just because the battle against the barbarian tribes .

If he had just refused once or twice, that would have been one thing . But he had refused to answer his summons multiple times, causing many of the n.o.bles in the imperial capital to feel dissatisfied with Long Tianxiao .

There was also people secretly spreading rumors that he was plotting a rebellion, but no matter how wildly these rumors spread, no response came from Long Tianxiao .

Three years ago, the royal family ceased to issue any further summons to him, but from then on, the days of the Long household became even worse .

First, the Long family’s salary was cut . No income came in any longer, immediately forcing them into poverty . Then even the n.o.ble heirs started to bully Long Chen .

And then the last time Long Chen had been beat, that old swindler had conned the Long family of so much money . Long Chen had finally realized something was up .

Someone was slowly forcing the mother son duo into desperate straits . It was obviously to make Long Tianxiao surrender, but as for what secrets were behind this, Long Chen had no idea .

But what he was sure of was there was at least one person in the shadows that was strategizing against his father, and he was definitely extremely powerful .

“I can’t deal with that now . A hungry wolf will eventually reveal his fangs; what I need to do now is increase my strength . ”

After giving Bao-er a few simple instructions, Long Chen immediately began his seclusion . The FengFu Star’s embryonic form had already been condensed, so what was next was simple . All he needed to do was continuously feed it medicinal energy .

The FengFu Star on the bottom of Long Chen’s foot was unceasingly absorbing the FengFu Pill’s medicinal energy and was quickly growing larger .

Under Long Chen’s crazy consumption of the pills, the originally pea-sized FengFu Star became several times larger over seven days . It was as if an entirely new s.p.a.ce was forming on the bottom of Long Chen’s foot .

After growing to the size of a longan fruit, it no longer continued to grow . Under the continual absorption of medicinal energy, countless faint lines started to appear over the FengFu Star . The faint lines began to slowly revolve .

BOOM!

When the final middle grade FengFu Pill was absorbed, that originally completely silent FengFu Star finally trembled and started to wildly absorb the outside world’s spiritual energy .

“Yes, I finally succeeded!”

Long Chen roared as he felt his entire body become full of energy .

“But right now it’s just the initial success . According to the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, each Star requires ‘nine transformations’ to become perfect . ”

“My FengFu Star has only just reached an initial complete form, so if I were to describe it as how the outside world cultivates, it might not even be as far as reaching just the first Heavenstage of Qi Condensation . ”

Letting out three punches into the air, the wind’s roar shook his eardrums as the wall wildly shook and nearly collapsed .

He was able to release such a force without using any spiritual qi and relying solely on the strength of his physical body .

Long Chen couldn’t help going mad with joy . Although there were drawbacks, especially with how slow it was, the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art’s strength was absolutely amazing!

At only the first Heavenstage, the current him was already so much stronger than when he had crushed the stone grinder with just a single fist .

“Hehe, if I can continue like this, I’ll definitely be able to take back my fiancée soon,” laughed Long Chen . Thinking about Meng Qi’s face, a burning desire lit up within him .

Next time I see that d.a.m.n brother Xi, I’ll beat him up so badly he won’t know up from down .

Suddenly Long Chen clapped his head; after focusing on his seclusion so much, he had forgotten today was the day to go to the Imperial College!

Seeing that the day was already starting to brighten, he hastily put on a new pair of clothes and rushed to the Imperial College Palace . He had a bright smile along the entire journey .

He had happily found that that his FengFu Star was able to store an extremely great deal of spiritual qi . When he refined pills in the future he wouldn’t have to worry about his spiritual qi being insufficient anymore .

Last time he had fought with Li Hao, Long Chen had used the Battle Skill Spirit of the Bull and had found it to be extremely powerful . He had defeated Li Hao in just one blow .