Chapter 10 (1/2)

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

“Many thanks for giving me a name, master. From today onward, my name shall be Coldgrudge and my pet name will be Grudgy.” It gave itself a pet name.

Xia Qingchen nodded. “Return with my father to the Southern Xia Manor first. I will head to the Shrine.”

His current cultivation speed was already considered not too bad when compared to ordinary people. But to Xia Qingchen, it was still too slow.

Hence, he needed to take some shortcuts.

In his past life, he had developed countless medicines that were beneficial to the minor constellation stage. One of them was a medicine named ‘Dragonblood Powder’. It was able to increase one’s cultivation speed by twice.

What was even more incredible was that the ingredients used to make this medicine weren’t considered valuable. The Shrine should have everything.

Xia Yuan nodded. “It is rare to get a divine scroll. Try your best to exchange for things that can increase your cultivation, do not waste it.”

“I understand,” Xia Qingchen spoke.

“In addition, a month ago, your aunt sent a letter. Your younger cousin will be coming here via a merchant ship and should reach roughly about half-a-month later. At that time, you should go over to receive her,” Xia Yuan reminded his son. He was afraid that several months would pass if Xia Qingchen entered seclusion.

Xia Cangliu had three children. The eldest was Xia Yuan, the second was Xia Xun, and other than them, he had one more daughter, Xia Jie.

She got married to a minor aristocratic clan in the capital and had a daughter named Zhao Churan.

In Xia Qingchen’s impression, his younger female cousin had come to Lone Cloud City many times before. She grew up to be an elegant and beautiful girl, like a little pearl.

Three years had already passed. It was unknown how she was now.

“Alright, father.” Xia Qingchen made a mental note. After that, he went to the Shrine.

After he took out the divine scroll and showed it, the guard had a look of envy on his face as he escorted Xia Qingchen into the depths of the Shrine.

There were a total of three layers in the Shrine.

The external layer was the great hall where one worshiped the god statues.

The center layer was where the divine envoys lived and cultivated.

And the inner layer was the location where the Shrine Master, elders, and others from the upper echelons stayed in. It was a forbidden area and no casual entry was permitted.

Under the guard’s lead, Xia Qingchen arrived at the center layer.

There were hundreds of luxurious rooms arranged in a neat manner. There was everything here.

One of the rooms was known as the ‘divine pavilion’. It was the largest in terms of size.

“Upon exchanging for what you want, you are to leave here immediately. Some people from the inner layer would occasionally come here. It would be bad if you unintentionally offend them!” The guard led Xia Qingchen into the divine pavilion and reminded him before leaving directly.

Xia Qingchen nodded and entered the divine pavilion. There were a hundred counters here with all sorts of alchemy pills, martial skills, and weapons on them.

Other than these, there were still thirty cultivation chambers.

The essence qi in the chambers was abundant. Cultivating a day in there was equivalent to one and half a day outside. The effect was this good; it was pretty shocking.

Xia Qingchen’s heart was slightly moved. It wasn’t easy to find a place like this in Lone Cloud City.

But sadly, the cultivation chambers were only open to members of the Shrine.

Even if one had a divine scroll, they wouldn’t be permitted entry.

All of a sudden, Xia Qingchen discovered that behind the thirty cultivation chambers, there was an empty space. Over there, a tiny tree the height of a human was arduously growing by burrowing through the stone slabs of the ground.

“The leaves are fragile and the roots are fat; it brims with essence qi. There’s something strange going on in the vicinity of this tree.” He walked toward the tree and closed his eyes as he sensed. He discovered that the essence qi in the air was thicker than normal.

He discovered that the tree was constantly emitting essence qi, causing the essence qi to be denser the more one got near to the tree.

This place had the densest essence qi. It was actually twice as much as the external world.

“It should be because the little tree absorbs the essence qi under the ground and releases it into the air.” Xia Qingchen analyzed.

The amount of time this tree had grown for wasn’t that long and no one had discovered this treasured land yet. How rare!

He glanced at the surroundings. Seeing that no one was here, Xia Qingchen immediately sat down cross-legged and grabbed the hard-to-come-by opportunity to cultivate the [Light-Dark Heaven Heart], trying his best to open up another minor meridian.