Chapter 381: The Arrival of the Prince (1/2)
Chapter 381: The Arrival of the Prince
Translator: 3herylEditor: Hitesh_
For the next half month, Ye Chen trained in the Nine Star White Jade Restaurant.
The couple hundred top rank soul stones that he had gotten from the leader of the foggy island had been almost all used up, but his cultivation had also reached the next level, and his zhen yuan had become richer and richer.
The small gap between the Late Astral Reaching Realm and its peak level should not be underestimated, because the required accumulated zhen yuan needed to reach a surprisingly high quantity. No matter how talented or how powerful one were, the warrior needed to train step by step. Of course, there were always shortcuts, but the one for this was just too hard to obtain, and was almost not worth it. It would at least require the rarest great medicinal plants or priceless top pellets which allowed the warrior to jump from Late Astral Reaching Realm straight to the peak level. Or, it could be possible if a Seas of Souls Realm powerful warrior was willing to burn his power to boost the other's.
”No need to hurry… My attacking power made me basically unbeatable within the Astral Reaching Realm, so I can take my time on the cultivation part. Even if I reach the peak level, it will take me a long process to reach Seas of Souls Realm, three to five years at the minimum and even decades or more. The breakthrough from the Astral Reaching Realm to Seas of Souls Realm was regarded as jumping beyond the immortal realm for a reason, after all.”
Reaching beyond the immortal realm meant the evolution of one's body beyond the limitation of humans indeed. The warriors would then be able to influence even the climate. Therefore, the warriors who had made the breakthrough were referred to as competent warriors.
The sky was brightening up, as the oil light with a cover of glass still shone a dim light.
Opening his eyes, Ye Chen reached out his fingers and made a gesture.
Pooh!
The glass stood still, while the light was put out.
After a gentle wash, Ye Chen opened the door and walked towards the hall on the seventh floor.
The Astral Reaching Realm warriors there were twice as many as half a month ago. One of the reasons was that Ye Chen was living here, and a lot of the warriors wanted to come and make friends with him. The other reason was that the new Hidden Dragon Rank competition had just finished, and all of the people that were in the Hidden Dragon Ancient City had just come back.
”Although this year was not as good as the last one, there were still a lot of top level martial geniuses… The number one warrior was from the Floating Mountain Martial School, the descendant of the Stone Emperor, Gu Youyun, and the second one was Qian Yun from the Sunshine Martial School. As for the martial school that Ye Chen was in, there had been quite a lot of martial geniuses appearing because of the luck Ye Chen had brought. Three of them made it into the top seventy-two, the top among whom was Zhang Haoran. I heard that he was the same generation of martial geniuses and been caught up by Ye Chen before. There had been a lot of core disciples from Sky Cloud Martial School who had almost made it as well, which made all the other leaders jealous.”
”Under the leadership of a martial genius like Ye Chen, it would be hard for the disciples to not be someone significant.”
”I heard that Ye Chen was living in the Nine Star White Jade Restaurant right now. I wonder if it is true.”
”Of course it is. We had been drinking together these days and talking about martial experiences. You would think that he would be rather new to this because of his age, but he actually had quite a deep understanding of martial arts. I have gotten a lot of tips, and I actually managed to make some breakthrough. Before, you and I were at the same level, but now, I am a bit more powerful.”
”Hehe, everyone can say stuff like that. We should compete when we have a chance.”
”Of course.”
As everyone was chatting, Ye Chen arrived in the hall.
”Warrior Ye has arrived.”
”Warrior Ye! You are actually here! I guess I made the right decision.”
The newly-arrived Astral Reaching Realm warriors all greeted him.
Ye Chen had heard their conversation and gotten to understand the current situation in the Sky Cloud Martial School. He had already expected Zhang Haoran's growth, since he was actually worth competing back in the day. It had been five to six years now, and Zhang Haoran's cultivation should be expectedly at peak level Clasping Yuan Realm, really close to Astral Reaching Realm.
As for Xu Jing, who was still not twenty-four yet and not in the competition, Ye Chen had the suspicion that she had already reached the Astral Reaching Realm.
Xu Jing's path was not like most of the warriors, as she trained mainly qi and physical strength which was stored completely different from zhen yuan. Zhen yuan was stored in the dantian and traveled through the whole body's meridians, while the qi power was stored in the blood, flesh, and bones. All parts of the human body were routes of qi power, without any limitation.
Training qi power was the next level for body training.
For normal people, training body could increase the condition of the body and physical power. Once one reached the later stages, the power could be formed physically from the actual body, which would indeed be qi power. It did not have as many effects as zhen yuan, but judging on power, it would be way stronger than the latter. It was unstoppable and unbreakable. While competing with warriors who trained qi power, it was necessary for the opponents to not get too close, because the consequences would be fatal. Even the most powerful protective layer would be decoration in front of qi power.
There was another huge difference between qi power and training the physical body, which was that training qi power would not be noticeable from the outside. For example, Xu Jing was the physically the most powerful warrior in the whole South Rudra Region, but from the outside, she was still a skinny looking girl. But, with her skinny arms, she would be able to kill a same-level beast within seconds.
Of course, people who trained qi power were rather easy to recognize since their power was too powerful and it normally leaked out of their bodies.
Although Ye Chen's qi power was not as powerful as Xu Jing's, but his soul power was so unique that it made him very sensitive to others' power. He was sure that he would be able to tell of her true power when he saw her again.
While he was drinking with the others, Ye Chen asked what happened during the Hidden Dragon Rank competition that was worth noticing.
”There seems to be one… The first son of the Black Dragon Empire who ranked third in the Hidden Dragon Rank competition along with warrior Ye was there in this year's competition.”