Chapter 153 (2/2)

Although Long Chen’s Dantian was deathly silent, that empty s.p.a.ce now had countless uses for him . Long Chen was able to summon his divine ring there to cultivate .

He could also condense the flame energy within his meridians there . And now he could also gather his newfound thunderforce there as well .

His empty Dantian had become a place where he could gather all kinds of different energy . He could ‘rent’ it out as he needed . That was the first time Long Chen felt the benefit of not having a Dantian[1] .

A normal Dantian could only contain a single type of energy and thus you could only cultivate a single path . That was like how a Pill Cultivator’s Dantian could only contain flame energy . If they tried to cultivate another type of energy, those energies would clash and their Dantian would immediately explode .

Under the full force of the divine ring, his absorption speed of spiritual qi had reached a frightening level . But Long Chen had noticed that after entering the Blood Condensation realm, each level required double the time of the previous level to advance .

If it was just purification, then with the support of his divine ring, it wouldn’t have been any problem . But after each advancement, he needed to wait a period of time to restore his blood energy . Only once that blood energy had reached its saturation point could he once more purify his blood again .

The restoration period was extremely long . Even the a.s.sistance of the divine ring didn’t help . It had already been over ten days since his last advancement, but his blood energy had yet to reach saturation, so he was unable to purify his blood again .

The continuous absorption of heaven and earth’s spiritual qi with his divine ring did allow his blood to be nourished and recover about ten percent faster . Although that wasn’t much, at least it was better than nothing .

The next day, Long Chen had already set out before the sun’s first rays had spilled over the horizon .

According to the map, after another two large mountains, he would arrive at a river . Only by crossing that river could he reach the final destination .

Long Chen found that there were more and more people here . He looked around, but he didn’t see Guo Ran and had no idea how he was .

However, that guy was definitely extremely shrewd . He doubted any major problems would come up for him . Long Chen followed the flow of the crowd forward .

Those who were able to reach this point were all experts . Those who had had their jade tiles s.n.a.t.c.hed away had essentially all stayed in their original positions to see if they could find any good opportunities .

According to the monastery’s rules, as long as the trial wasn’t over, even those who had lost their tiles could stay within the trial region .

During the remaining time, they could look all over for some natural treasures . This could also be considered a kind of compensation for them . As for how much those people could obtain, that would be up to their luck .

This way, even those registrants who failed to join the monastery would also have some harvests . This was the monastery’s way to settle things with them . In this manner, there would be no one who would hold a grudge . It went without saying that the monastery’s rules were extremely clever .

Some of those experts had been quietly talking amongst themselves, but as soon as they saw Long Chen, they immediately shut their mouths, a trace of fear in their eyes .

Long Chen shook his head . Was he so terrifying?

But what he didn’t know was that he was even more terrifying than monster-cla.s.s existences to them . That was because monsters didn’t kill people .

After this long, the news of him killing Zhao Wu had already long since spread to everyone .

They naturally had also heard that Long Chen had been struck by Lei Qianshang’s thunderforce seed . But now seeing how lively Long Chen was, it seemed he hadn’t suffered any injuries at all . He was glowing with health; how was that the image of someone who was tormented by thunderforce?

Long Chen continued advancing, going past one of the huge mountains, finally allowing him to see what lay beyond . That would be a huge river .

That river was extremely wide, most likely stretching three thousand meters . The surface of the water was extremely mild . Dozens of experts were standing on the riverbank, seeming to be discussing how to cross the river .

This river was three thousand meters wide, while none of them could fly or had flying Magical Beasts . They had to think of something .

Within this trial region were countless terrifying Magical Beasts . There had already been quite a few registrants who had died to Magical Beasts during this trial . So everyone was wondering just what creatures lay within this river . No one would just foolishly swim across .

Long Chen also paused here . Looking at the river water, he frowned . This water was extremely dirty and it was impossible to see deeply into it .

After pondering for a moment, he took out out a cooked cow leg from his spatial ring and threw it into the river . That was just one of his random rations he carried around . The cow leg splashed within the water .

That splas.h.i.+ng sound attracted everyone’s attention . They all turned to look there .

Suddenly, large ripples appeared over the water and the cow leg sunk down into the water, disappearing .

“What?!” Everyone was alarmed . That was because they hadn’t been able to clearly see what it was that had appeared before the cow leg had disappeared . That was too strange .

“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, just what was that?” asked one brave person .

“Tigermouth Fish . This time there’s something fun to play with,” lightly said Long Chen .

“Heavens, how does this place have such vicious things?!” People exclaimed fearfully .

Tigermouth Fish were extremely vicious . They weren’t Magical Beasts, but over two-thirds of their bodies were taken by their mouths . Their mouths were similar to those of a tiger with sharp teeth that could bite even rock .

They weren’t large, only growing to the size of a foot . But they usually lived in groups . Even a huge Magical Beast would immediately be completely swallowed by a school of them . They were extremely terrifying .

“It’s over . There’s no way to cross this river!” People immediately despaired . This was something they couldn’t possibly accomplish .

As more and more people gathered here, suddenly a burst of startled cris rang out . A fragrant breeze blew by as a beautiful woman slowly walked over .

[1] In case you need clarification, a Dantian is supposed to be an energy well where all the qi and energy of the body is stored . However, Long Chen’s Dantian is empty of such a thing, and so it is just an empty s.p.a.ce . So he doesn’t have a Dantian, but he still has that empty place . That empty place is still referred to as his Dantian, but it’s more as in the spot of the Dantian, not an actual Dantian .