Chapter 51 (2/2)
“You then!”
“Alright……I won’t argue with you, however, Xiao Xi……”
Seeing this glowing miniature figure that was wrapped in mist on his shoulder, Long Chen said indifferently: “If this was a deal, I wish that it would continue forever and never stop.”
Hearing the meaning behind Long Chen’s words Lingxi’s face turned red, either from anger or embarra.s.sment.
At this point, Long Chen was standing close to the metal slate and it had already lost all signs of life, turning into an ordinary metal slate. Long Chen picked up a rock from the ground and threw it at the metal slate.
Seeing that there were no signs of activity, he then carefully made contact with the metal slate and was surprised to discover that this mysterious metal slate was actually rather cold.
Long Chen knew that the boundless sea of fire earlier had been started by it and, according to his deduction; this metal slate should have been extremely hot.
At this point he scrutinised the metal slate and saw that there was a carving of a sun’s image on it and other than that there was nothing else.
“Lingxi, are you able to tell what this is? Are there any strange things around it?
Lingxi frowned as she flew a circle around the metal slate and then shook her head and said: “I am not sure, but there is an immense strength locked inside it and I think it seems to be an item from the primordial past. It seems to be some kind of key to an expert’s inheritance……”
“The primordial past? Which is to say, the period after immemorial past when various sects were established? The times when there were super experts from various families? I heard that the experts from that time had all left behind many legacies, is this true?”
[TL Note: Currently 3 kinds of past, 太古– immemorial, 中古 – primordial, 远古 – ancient. Will differentiate with explanation when more information is gotten]
“Indeed. However, this is only my guess. What you have is only a key, not the treasure trove; therefore it is of no use temporarily. Therefore, you better stash it first and then return quickly to the Yang Family.”
Long Chen was thinking along the same lines and he nodded his head, while placing the metal slate into his cosmos pouch. As he was about to leave, he saw the corpses of Chen Xiongzhou and Feng Mingyang who had died not long ago. The atmosphere still reeked of blood and Long Chen was still under [Dragon Soul Transformation]. At this point, his blood was boiling as if getting hold of a delicacy and his originally bloodshot eyes now had a red aura leaking from them.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Long Chen’s dazed state, Lingxi anxiously asked.
“They are already dead and the blood here is wasted. If I were to use [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi] I might be able to bring my strength up a notch……”
Long Chen’s mannerism of speaking now was as if he was holding himself back but he still could not resist and eventually spoke of his desires.
At this point the blood red Dragon G.o.d images on his body were wildly howling and each of them opened their mouths wide, forming an enormous spirit force, encouraging Long Chen to move forward and use [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi] on the corpses……
Sensing that something was amiss, Lingxi violently activated the Lingxi Sword, hurting Long Chen and bringing him back to his senses. She then said sternly: “Hey, I’ll tell you something and you had better listen carefully……”
Long Chen did not know what had happened earlier and only knew that after he saw the two corpses his whole body had entered a very famished state, as if a delicacy was right in front of him. If not for Lingxi who was with him, most likely he would have used [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi] on both Chen Xiongzhou and Feng Mingyang’s corpses!
Actually, ever since he had gotten this [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi] divine ability Long Chen had always felt that using this technique on a human was rather inappropriate because this is a technique which forcibly seizes their life force to gain strength. It was much too savage and brutal!
As for why Long Chen had used it on Bai Zhanxiong before, it was because he had loathed the man to the extreme.
According to his moral code, seizing someone else’s blood to replenish oneself was not a desired method. It was alright with demonic beasts but if used on humans, it might invoke the wrath of the ma.s.ses.
“I don’t know what kind of dragon breed your Inherited Blood Essence belonged to but most likely it belonged to an evil dragon. This [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi] method is tainted with too much blood. With a single look, one can infer that it is an ability of an evil dragon. Being in Poplar Town there won’t be many experts around you. However, if you were to go elsewhere to a larger place, you had better not use this technique in front of the public or else those experts would use these reasons of exterminating evil to dispose of you……”
“And if you use it too often it might cause some side effects on your body. This kind of b.l.o.o.d.y natured Dragon G.o.d is normally filled with brutality and intentions of killing and I am afraid that one day you might lose yourself, so you had better take notice of this fact……”
Lingxi’s words were like a cudgel (hammer/mallet) that had hit Long Chen’s head repeatedly.
Back when he had first learned the [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi] he was extremely elated and went on a murderous rampage through the Underground Blood Lizard h.o.a.rd. However, he had never once thought that this technique would result in any side effects. Now that he reflected on it, he would definitely lose himself if his sole purpose was to be stronger no matter the cost.
On the path of cultivation, a steady improvement was extremely important. The kind of techniques that can increase the Qi very quickly would cause the foundation in cultivation to be weak. Thinking of these points, Long Chen also thought that he had better use less of [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi]. After all, there were many methods to become stronger, and using [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi] wasn’t the only method.
“Even if I use less of [Blood Trans.m.u.ted Qi], my pace of getting stronger will not be lessened!”
Seeing that Long Chen had already changed his mind, the worry that had clouded Lingxi for a while now had finally dispersed. She smiled and said: “This is for the best, let us return to Poplar Town right now. Although I had estimated that it would take eight days for the Soul Diffusion Fruit to ripen there still might be some discrepancy in the time……”
“……”
Long Chen’s curses reverberated in the Burning Heavens Mountain Plains……