Chapter 149 (1/2)

Chapter 149

Chapter 149 The Finch Follows from Behind

After Long Chen separated with Tang Wan-er, he used the tablet’s map to figure out his location and pick out a new goal location .

Currently he was still at the fringes of the trial region . According to the map, he needed to cross over a large river and pa.s.s by a large mountain before reaching the final destination of the trial .

But less than a week had pa.s.sed into the trial so far, so he still had more than ample time . So first he found an isolated cave and took out a Wonder Carp essence .

The Wonder Carp essence was around the size of a soybean . It looked like nothing more than a round, unremarkable bone . Even if it was crushed, there weren’t any clues as to what it really was .

He took out a black medicinal pill from his spatial ring . Crus.h.i.+ng it into a small bowl of water, the water immediately became black as ink .

Placing the Wonder Carp essence into the bowl, that black medicinal liquid immediately began to boil over . Countless bubbles popped up, and a faint energy slowly spread .

Long Chen smiled . Only this method was capable of drawing out the Wonder Carp’s essence energy .

Touching his forehead, his Spiritual Strength circulated . A faint vortex appeared between his eyebrows, absorbing the fluctuations being emitted from the Wonder Carp essence, not leaving even the slightest bit .

In just a single breath’s time, all the Wonder Carp essence’s energy was completely absorbed . Taking out the Wonder Carp essence from the bowl, he saw that it had already become much dimmer, in the end falling apart like a ball of mud .

That showed that all the energy within the essence had been completely drawn out . Long Chen closed his eyes and sensed his current state . His Spiritual Strength had advanced slightly from absorbing this Wonder Carp essence, but he couldn’t be too sure about that because it really was just a slight, minor advancement .

Over twenty Wonder Carp essences now appeared in his hand . These were the result of his two meals of Wonder Carps .

Rumble…

He placed them all into the bowl, causing the black liquid to once more boil . Powerful fluctuations began to surge .

Long Chen didn’t dare be negligent, and the vortex over his forehead once more appeared, beginning to absorb this energy .

This kind of energy was invisible to the naked eye . It could only be sensed with the soul . As he absorbed more and more energy, a pleased smile appeared on Long Chen’s face .

With this many essences, Long Chen could clearly sense a powerful energy nouris.h.i.+ng his soul . His Spiritual Strength began much livelier .

The Wonder Carp essences’ energy didn’t contain Spiritual Strength, but a kind of marvelous energy that could nourish the spirit .

If the Spiritual Strength was a tree, then the Wonder Carp essences’ energy was like fertilizer .

Under the nourishment of this many Wonder Carp essences’ energy, Long Chen could clearly sense his Spiritual Strength slowly growing . Although this growth was slight, it still made him go wild with joy .

Spiritual Strength was something that was set once you were born . It would only ever advance when you broke through realms .

Treasures that could nourish Spiritual Strength were exceedingly few . And treasures like the Wonder Carp essences were essentially unknown by others . They knew about its flavor, but they thought the Wonder Carp essence was just trash . It really was a pity .

“Unfortunately, this life ring is too low quality . Otherwise I could grab a couple extra and breed them over and over . ”

Long Chen couldn’t help sighing regretfully . The Wonder Carp’s reproductive ability had always been low, and they were extremely picky about their surroundings . They required a clean and natural environment . It was extremely difficult to breed them purposefully .

And as for his current life ring, it could only just manage to keep them alive . It wasn’t capable of letting them grow more, and so he was a bit disappointed .

Although the Wonder Carp essence only offered a weak energy, it was extremely pure without any side effects . As long as he had enough numbers, he would be able to continuously nourish his soul .

Grains of sand could eventually acc.u.mulate enough to make a tower; if he had enough time and enough Wonder Carps, his Spiritual Strength could continue growing stronger . To a Pill Cultivator, powerful Spiritual Strength was everything .

The pool he had found the Wonder Carps in hadn’t been very large . If Long Chen had continued using his method of catching them, it wouldn’t have been long before they were all gone .

Perhaps if Long Chen had really been planning on doing that, even the Xuantian Monastery wouldn’t have permitted it . So he could only take things one step at a time .

Aftering absorbing the Wonder Carp essences, Long Chen felt himself be refreshed and much livelier, taking a long stretch .

He had also consumed a couple healing medicinal pills . The damage the thunderforce had done to his body had was mostly healed at this time .

“I should go take a stroll around . I can’t waste the Xuantian Monastery’s treasures . ”

Long Chen left his cave and began to walk according to the map . On the way he saw quite a few registrants that were also searching around constantly like him .

Obviously everyone had already begun to gather at the final location from the map . Most likely they were preparing to cross the first barrier, the huge river . When many people saw Long Chen, they couldn’t help being nervous . But then seeing Long Chen didn’t bother with them, they relaxed .

“Didn’t you hear? That guy killed one of Lei Qianshang’s subordinates yesterday,” whispered one .

“I heard Zhao Wu was an extremely powerful figure and considered Lei Qianshang’s right-hand man . Who would have thought such a person would die under Long Chen’s hands?”

“I heard that after Long Chen killed Zhao Wu, he didn’t receive any punishment and was still allowed to continue the trial . ”