Chapter 31 (1/2)
Chapter 31 – Soul Diffusion FruitTranslated by:Edited by:TLCed by: OMA
Big Barren Mountain was vast; however, the nearest dwelling was Poplar Town which had only two cultivators in the ninth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm. They are the Bai Family’s Master and Founder Yang. So, when there appeared another cultivator of the ninth level, Long Chen was rather surprised.
“Xiao Xi, what is this whole thing about unripen spirit medicine?
“All spirit medicine needs to have a certain period to ripen fully before one can pluck it. This is even truer for higher level spirit medicine grades. Now we’re a little far away but if we get closer, I can most likely recognise the fruit.”
Now, since it was still a little too early to kill Bai Shiji and Long Chen’s nature was of one who liked to take small advantages if there was a real treasure, he would naturally not let go of this chance.
However, he knew how difficult it was to face a ninth level Dragon Pulse Realm cultivator who had broken through the Heaven Dragon Vein, so it was better to be careful.
Long Chen sneakily walked amongst the shrubs and after crossing a few hill peaks there appeared a deep valley with flourishing trees. Within the midst of the valley was a pervading, humid, air and just reaching this point, Long Chen felt that he could not breathe smoothly.
“Stop.”
After hearing Lingxi’s instructions, Long Chen hid behind a tall and unnamed ancient tree. At this point, Lingxi carefully sent her consciousness towards the valley which was filled with many granite caves and a few rare footprints of humans. Lingxi described everything she saw to Long Chen.
“I’m not sure what that is, but I can confirm that it’s a Profound grade spirit medicine……”
“Profound grade?”
“Above the Huang grade, will be the Profound grade. To people like you from Poplar Town, the Profound grade spirit medicine is much more valuable than life and I reckon that even if you sold all of Poplar Town, the ama.s.sed wealth would not be able to exchange for even a single Profound grade spirit medicine.”
Lingxi said it casually, but the emotions in Long Chen’s heart surged tremendously.
He knew that in the realm of cultivation there are definitely more levels above the Dragon Pulse Realm and that mysterious Lord Lang should be of that level. He also knew that there are also demonic beasts above the Huang level, for instance the Moon Devouring Demonic Wolf.
Be it divine weapons, spirit medicine, or martial techniques, there are still higher levels.
Normally, any cultivator in a certain realm will complement themselves with a martial technique of the same level and fight demonic beasts of the same level. Spirit medicine however, naturally the higher grade it was, the better. Profound grade spirit medicine, used by a Dragon Pulse Realm cultivator, would have tremendous benefits.
For the two big families in Poplar Town, if one were to get such a spirit medicine, they will definitely soar in strength and reputation.
With Lingxi’s instructions, Long Chen once again crept a little closer and at this point he had almost arrived at one of the granite caves. He could feel an immense aura emitting from someone who was quietly sitting somewhere not far away and he held his breath, not daring to move recklessly.
At this point, Lingxi let out a surprised voice which sounded like a mosquito ringing beside his ears.
“I never thought that will be such a rare item like a Soul Diffusion Fruit Tree and it’s even growing the maximum total of 3 fruits……”
“These fruits outer skin are still green, however this Soul Diffusion Fruit ripens quickly and according to my observations it should be about 8-9 days before these 3 are ready to harvest……”
When Lingxi had fully seen the type of spirit medicine and even knew about the maturity period of the fruit, Long Chen knew that he no longer had to wait here anymore.
Taking a deep breath Long Chen was about to leave but at this moment the mysterious man who was guarding the fruit suddenly stood up and walked towards his direction.
Long Chen suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
In fact, he had not been discovered by that person, but simply his luck was too bad. He just had to encounter the mysterious man when the man had stood up and began stretching his body while taking a look at the surroundings outside.
If that being the case, with Long Chen’s strength in the ninth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm, if the man were to walk a little closer, Long Chen might have been discovered.
If that occurred and under such a close distance, he would really be in trouble.
Long Chen immediately made up his mind and before the other party could discover him, he used his explosive strength and dashed towards the exit of the valley and hid in the shrubbery!
“Who!?”
That person had a great shock and hurriedly rushed out. The speed of ninth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm was extremely swift and Long Chen immediately felt a strong wind from behind his back.
The whole shrubbery suddenly exploded and a strong aura came sweeping towards Long Chen. Although Long Chen had constantly changed directions while fleeing, he was still unable to get rid of this fellow.
“This person is guarding the Soul Diffusion Fruit, he should be afraid of me using the strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain!”
[TL Note: (调虎离山之计) “Strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain”: Chinese idiom meaning to lure a person away]
Long Chen’s brain worked quickly and thinking of this, he immediately placed his fingers into his mouth and blew a resounding whistle.
As expected, when the whistle had sounded out, the mysterious man momentarily frowned. Seeing that he was still a good distance away from Long Chen, he gave Long Chen an unresigned glare and then turned around!
At this point Long Chen had turned around and looked at the mysterious man. This was a man whose years had almost caught up to Founder Yang and although he was quite elderly, his physique was strong and muscular and the gaze in his eyes was sharp!
Long Chen being able to act quick-wittedly in this situation had let Lingxi become rather impressed. One must understand that the number of people able to think of a method to protect their life at such a critical juncture was, indeed, not many.
Long Chen looked at the figure that was moving away and at the same time asked: “Xiao Xi, what uses does that Soul Diffusion Fruit exactly have?”
“If we were to talk about it, it should be extremely useful for you. Soul Diffusion Fruit is a Profound grade spirit medicine and when you consume it at the ninth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm, you should be able to rely on the medicinal properties of the spirit medicine and condense your Qi into a Human Dan in your dantian and enter the Deity Dan Realm.”
“Deity Dan Realm?”