Chapter 418 - Pushing Through (2/2)
A shout of pain came from the center, easing Huangpu Fenglei’s worries, [Humph, with the prick’s meager talent, he has next to no chance. Waiting will be better.]
Huangpu Fenglei sighed, “If only Estate Lord can come back from the brink. May fortune smile upon him.”
Huangpu Fenglei left, just like that, “Sir Leng, I will have ten Venerables watch over the array to prevent any dragon soul from slipping out.”
“Thank you so much, High Venerable!” Leng Wuchang bowed.
Huangpu Fenglei was gone.
With a snicker, Leng Wuchang shook his head. Anyone could tell what Huangpu Fenglei wanted, to have someone inform him of the situation.
When there was no more peep coming from Huangpu Tianyuan, he’d strut in, take the Bodhi Root and train himself to glory.
Just that his plan wouldn’t be fulfilled any time soon.
Training in Nine Dragons Diamond Body needed the dragon souls to gnaw on the user and refine the dragonic soul, leading to the creation of the diamond body. The body could break any time under the process, but with a little nifty doohickey called Bodhi Root and it’s endless vitality to offset this, the chances went through the roof.
All that mattered now was the mind. With a little mettle to push through the pain, success was practically a given.
Huangpu Tianyuan had an average talent, but he was a tough cookie baked through years and years of experience as Estate Lord.
All of these facts led to Leng Wuchang believing that his chances were perfect.
Leng Wuchang mocked, “If there’s one word you can use to sum up human nature, it’s greed…”
Huangpu Fenglei did send his men to keep an eye on things.
But as months passed, the guards only got to hear wails upon wails, growing louder and louder, with a dragon roar mixed in every now and then. It was mind-boggling how a human being could even make such sounds. But one thing was clear, the man wasn’t anywhere near done.
Huangpu Fenglei’s mood soured as he counted the days, [What’s taking him so long to die?]
[Just croak already so I can have a shot!]
Three months later, Fang Qiubai’s group of three came with the Emperor’s edict to Caged Dragon City, urging Regent Estate to deal with Zhuo Fan. Huangpu Fenglei had had enough of waiting and came down to the array.
“Sir Leng, the emperor has sent the Divine Dragons saying they’ll help us capture Zhuo Fan.” Huangpu Fenglei proclaimed his excuse.
Following up with his real intention, “How is Estate Lord fairing?”
It sounded so innocently caring, but reaching anyone’s ears was [Is he dead yet?]
Leng Wuchang snickered inside, just as the wails and dragon roars stopped.
“Can it be…” Leng Wuchang whipped his head on the array.
Huangpu Fenglei lit up like a christmas tree.
He rushed to open the array and peer inside.
But the bang halted all movements. The engraved array exploded in a shower of colors, revealing a bloody figure gasping for air crawling out.
Huangpu Tianyuan!
Even his wretched figure couldn’t hide the violent power surging out of him. Everyone stood agape and aware of one truth. The man was reborn.
As for the limit to his newfound strength, if it was legend-compliant and Nine Dragons Diamond Body was invincible, they had no way to know.
Only Huangpu Fenglei’s eyes went bloodshot, gnashing his teeth in anger. [The punk pulled through? Are the eight dragon souls in him right now?]
“Estate Lord!”
Leng Wuchang shouted in joy, “Congratulations, Estate Lord, upon your success in training the Diamond Body!”
Huangpu Tianyuan nodded weakly, his smile faint.
The Venerables showed no change.
Then a sour and insidious voice came, “Estate Lord, you have gone over the Venerables’ counsel, opened the seal and broke the house’s rules. What right do you have to remain it’s lord?”
The others nodded. Huangpu Tianyuan’s eyes, though, shone like a savage…