Chapter 278 - 278 Breakthrough (1/2)

Dense amounts of pure qi filled the air around Shun Long and Little Black, as the 'Heaven Swallowing vine' consumed more and more middle-grade spirit stones.

The black dragon sighed inwardly as he thought to himself

''How good would it have been if master had this vine in his previous life?

Sigh I suppose that some treasures can only be chanced upon, regardless of cultivation level. This is fate after all.''

As this thought flashed through his mind, Little Black had already coiled himself around Shun Long, and started to munch on a stalk of 'dragonblood grass', as he watched Shun Long absorb the pure qi around them inside his body.

As Shun Long circulated the 'Monarch's Hourglass', the indistinct figure of an hourglass expanded from his body, as 12 balls of qi were now floating above his head.

Soon, a 13th ball of qi had appeared on his right hand, it's figure blurry at first, but as time passed, it started to turn more and more corporeal.

A few hours passed until the newly created ball of qi was shining with a bright white light, not inferior to the light that the 12 balls of qi were emitting inside the 'Monarch's Hourglass'.

Raising his right hand in the air, Shun Long used all of his strength, as he pushed the ball of qi inside the hole of the hourglass.

Sweat had formed on Shun Long's forehead, and half an hour later, 13 bright balls of qi were floating above his head.

Every new ball of qi that Shun Long created was even harder to condense than the last one, as it required even more qi to be formed.

As Shun Long was cultivating inside the foggy space, on the first floor of the shop, Liu Mei was staring at the shop's entrance.

After taking a deep breath, a black ball of qi appeared in her hands, before she allowed it to fall on the floor.

2 undead knights dressed in black armor appeared in front of Liu Mei, each of their cultivation having reached the peak of rank 3 in the Spirit realm.

After sitting on the chair next to Shun Long's, Liu Mei allowed the undead knights to open the door, before they proceeded to stand guard at the shop's entrance.

The crowd that was waiting for the shop's door to open, was stunned for a moment when they saw the 3m(10ft) tall undead knights inside the shop.

The knights' terrifying appearance, as well as the 2m(6.6ft) long greatswords on their backs, gave off a dangerous feeling to everyone who was about to pass through the shop's entrance.

However, after noticing that the black-armored knights were only standing guard and weren't proactively moving, people stopped paying too much attention to them as they slowly entered the shop.

''Eh?''

Surprised exclamations sounded, once people saw that Shun Long wasn't present, and instead, it was just Liu Mei on the first floor.

Liu Mei however didn't seem to mind the crowd's reactions, as she continued to stay seated and observe the people around her.