Chapter 770: Breakthrough, Third Divine Palace
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Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After a moment, the cries within the formation vanished.
The Xuanyuan Sword Formation opened up, leaving only Chen Fei inside. Gu Baiquan and Ling Shourong were nowhere to be seen, only a wisp of spiritual essence appeared in Chen Fei’s hand.
Chen Fei waved his hand, sending out ripples that dispersed the surrounding aura and soul imprints, then vanished from the spot.
When Chen Fei reappeared, he was standing where Liao Zhixiu had fallen.
Drawing out Liao Zhixiu’s spiritual essence, it turned into powder and scattered in the wind. Chen Fei sheathed his Rainstorm Blade and glanced into the distance.
The Tianyang Sacred Land!
Retracting his gaze, Chen Fei shifted his form continuously until stopping five hundred miles later. Then he employed the Thousand Illusions Sky Travel and flew towards the direction of Thousand Geese City.
Thousands of miles away, Qu Tianfang frowned as he looked at the jade token in his hand.
“What happened, Sacred One?” someone nearby asked in a low voice, noticing Qu Tianfang’s expression.
“Brother Liao and the others were slaughtered!”
Qu Tianfang raised his head, the Roc Talisman already destroyed. There was no need for Ling Shourong and the others to do such a thing, and the outcome was now painfully clear.
Three peak early-stage Mountain Sea Realm experts ganged up on someone of the same level, only to be killed in the end.
In the context of the Sacred Land, such events could be understood, especially considering that the previous Sacred One of the Tianyang Sacred Land had done similar things.
However, for someone who didn’t even come from a top force to achieve this level, it was somewhat bewildering.
Upon hearing Qu Tianfang’s words, the people around couldn’t help but be stunned, exchanging glances that revealed their astonishment.
Their cultivation levels were not far from Ling Shourong and the others, which meant that if they had intercepted that person just now, wouldn’t they have met the same fate by now?
Qu Tianfang’s gaze flickered. Just moments ago, even though they were tens of miles apart, they couldn’t clearly sense the fluctuations in aura or soul.
It would be very troublesome for them to seek revenge in the future, unless they happened to meet again.
“Let’s go back to the Tianyang Sacred Land!”
Qu Tianfang put away the jade token and flew straight towards the direction of the Tianyang Sacred Land.
Seeking revenge for Ling Shourong and the others was now impossible.
Qu Tianfang dared not claim that he could have achieved what had just happened, slaying three peak early-stage Mountain Sea Realm experts. The current situation on the other side was unclear to anyone.
One cannot risk one’s life recklessly, even if one is born into wealth and privilege.
Qu Tianfang had no reason to gamble with his life.
The most crucial point was that Ling Shourong and his companions were not members of the Tianyang Sacred Land; they were merely his followers.
Their deaths were somewhat regrettable, but only to a certain extent.
Upon hearing Qu Tianfang’s words, those around him felt somewhat uneasy.
While it’s true that “like attracts like,” asking them to directly avenge Ling Shourong and his companions was something they couldn’t bring themselves to do. Qu Tianfang refraining from taking aggressive action was, in a sense, a very wise decision.
Thousands of miles away, Chen Fei didn’t sense any disturbances from behind, nor did he detect anything unusual in his soul.
Along the way, he found a mountain range and moved into it, taking a moment to organize Ling Shourong and his companions’ belongings. Then, he extracted the spiritual essences of the Rainstorm Blade and the Starwind Sword, evenly distributing them among the Qianyuan Sword, the Concealment Bell, and the Astonishing Spirit Jade Pendant.
After all, there was some connection with the Tianyang Sacred Land; selling these items could potentially pose risks.
Chen Fei’s current status couldn’t withstand the scrutiny of an ent.i.ty as colossal as the Tianyang Sacred Land.
As for the Shadow Lock Bow used by Ling Shourong, Chen Fei hesitated for a moment before ultimately deciding to keep it.
Spiritual treasures of the bow type were quite rare, and the number of warriors who used them was extremely limited.
Back when Chen Fei was in the Aperture Tempering realm, he even used a longbow for a period, but later abandoned it due to the lack of suitable archery techniques.
Seeing the Shadow Lock Bow, Chen Fei decided to brush up on his archery skills, antic.i.p.ating that it might come in handy in the future.
In today’s world, with monsters appearing more frequently, there might be an increasing number of them in the future.
Rushing blindly into battle could be disadvantageous. When cooperating with others, hiding behind and shooting a few cold arrows might not be a bad choice.
The appearance of the Shadow Lock Bow would be slightly modified later. As for Ling Shourong’s aura within it, Chen Fei planned to erase a portion of its essence and then gradually overwrite it with his own over time.
After ensuring that nothing was overlooked, Chen Fei moved out of the mountain and continued towards the direction of Thousand Geese City.
Several hours later, Chen Fei returned to Thousand Geese City.
Despite the round trip taking only a day, Tang Shouchang and the others thought Chen Fei had just taken a stroll nearby. In reality, three Mountain Sea Realm experts much stronger than them had already fallen to Chen Fei’s hands.
In the secret chamber of the Tingfeng Pavilion, Chen Fei utilized two spatial grids to filter out the spiritual essences of Liao Zhixiu and his companions, extracting a small portion of pure essence.
Although the proportion was minimal, it was better than nothing. Chen Fei directly absorbed it into his body.
The third Divine Palace emitted a faint light, and the progress increased from over seventy percent to over eighty percent.
The pure spiritual essence transformed from the three peak early-stage Mountain Sea Realm experts only advanced Chen Fei’s cultivation progress by one year.
Most of the remaining spiritual essence, Chen Fei didn’t inject into spiritual treasures. Instead, he took out half of it and infused it into his clone.
As the clone absorbed the spiritual essence, its aura began to fluctuate, gradually returning to its original realm.
The clone had this advantage: as long as there was enough spiritual essence, it could quickly recover from any injuries, even being blown apart, unlike the complete flesh-and-blood bodies of humans.
In comparison to the completely physical bodies of humans, this conferred a significant advantage.
Chen Fei carefully took out the Golden Purple Gra.s.s from the jade box and placed it among a pile of high-grade elemental stones.
The essence of this Golden Purple Gra.s.s had been pierced by the power of annihilation, leaving only a faint trace of medicinal properties.
It was precisely because of this remaining medicinal property that Chen Fei wanted to salvage this spiritual material.
However, even with high-grade elemental stones, the Golden Purple Gra.s.s showed no response. Chen Fei tried slowly introducing the remaining spiritual essence into the Golden Purple Gra.s.s.
This time, the Golden Purple Gra.s.s finally showed some reaction.
A smile crept onto Chen Fei’s face at the sight of the reaction from the Golden Purple Gra.s.s. If he could restore this strain of gra.s.s, even partially, it would suffice for Chen Fei to complete the forging of the third Divine Palace.
Covering the Golden Purple Gra.s.s completely with high-grade elemental stones, Chen Fei left it in the secret chamber while he returned to the courtyard to focus on cultivating the Sword Mastery talent.
Currently, his Sword Mastery talent was at the Perfection stage, with still some distance to go before reaching the Great Completion stage.
Even if the restoration of the Golden Purple Gra.s.s failed, it would only take Chen Fei a little over a year to forge the third Divine Palace. By then, he would have the opportunity to select his fourth talent.
However, breaking into the void required the utmost development of one’s innate talent.
Once Chen Fei honed his Sword Mastery talent to the Great Completion stage, not only would he effortlessly step into the void, but with his depth of knowledge, he would have a chance to venture even farther into the void.
The farther he ventured, the wider his range of choices would become.
Of course, if there were no other options, the talent of Iron Skin Bronze Bones would still be excellent.
Choosing this talent would lead to an immediate boost in Chen Fei’s combat prowess, and it would not conflict with his current martial arts characteristics.
In the blink of an eye, a month pa.s.sed. Chen Fei selectively abandoned the cultivation of several other martial arts, focusing solely on the Sword Mastery talent.
The effects were quite apparent; the Sword Mastery talent was drawing closer to the Great Completion stage, and the sharp aura emanating from Chen Fei’s body became increasingly exaggerated.
Even Tang Shouchang and the others, despite being several miles apart, could sense the pervasive sharpness emanating from the Primordial Sword Sect at this moment, as if someone had placed a sword tip right before their eyes.
Of course, only those in the Mountain Sea Realm could perceive this so clearly; the ordinary people of Thousand Geese City remained oblivious.
At most, they felt that the Primordial Sword Sect seemed to be growing more imposing recently, filling them with an inexplicable awe.
Chen Fei had long since organized the collections of Liao Zhixiu and his companions. Among them, the martial arts techniques held no surprises, and Chen Fei only learned Ling Shourong’s Shadow Lock Bow technique, which could be paired with the Shadow Lock Bow in the future.
The addition of thousands of high-grade elemental stones left Chen Fei’s heart unmoved.
As for the other elixirs and spiritual materials, they were mostly conventional, with nothing outstanding.
Despite a month’s time, the recovery of the Golden Purple Gra.s.s was quite good, but the consumption of spiritual essence was astonishingly high.
At this point, only about thirty percent of the spiritual essence remained, while the Golden Purple Gra.s.s had recovered to over twenty percent. However, as time went on, the recovery rate diminished.
After all, it had been injured by the power of annihilation. The fact that it could recover to this extent now was actually quite satisfactory to Chen Fei.
Only when all the spiritual essence was depleted and the Sword Mastery talent reached the Great Completion stage would Chen Fei directly consume the Golden Purple Gra.s.s.
Thousand Geese City had been peaceful recently, but the impact of the downfall of the Flying Emperor Sect had begun to permeate the entire Central Continent.
After all, it was a top power that had stood for thousands of years. When they said “gone,” it was gone, leaving no one unaffected by fear.
Moreover, the frequency of monster appearances on the Central Continent was increasing day by day, with many small powers suddenly disappearing without anyone knowing.
Many forces on the Central Continent began to migrate outward or directly relocate near the top powers.
Thousand Geese City was somewhat isolated, so the impact was not significant for now. However, no one could say for sure what would happen in the future.
Moving to the Thousand Feathers Alliance was a retreat, but with the altar there now, it didn’t seem like a good choice either.
In the blink of an eye, another half year pa.s.sed. Chen Fei, relying on swallowing fourth-grade elixirs, pushed the third Divine Palace to ninety percent completion. With another year, the third Divine Palace would be fully forged.
However, there was no need for such rigorous cultivation now because the Golden Purple Gra.s.s had recovered to nearly thirty percent and finally stopped.
With the consumption of the Golden Purple Gra.s.s, completing the cultivation of the third Divine Palace would be effortless.
After this period of rigorous cultivation, the Sword Mastery talent finally reached the Great Completion stage.
Chen Fei’s sharp aura, accompanying the attainment of the Great Completion stage in the Sword Mastery talent, gradually converged, returning to its original state.
In the secret chamber of the Tingfeng Pavilion, Chen Fei looked at the Golden Purple Gra.s.s in his hand. With the a.s.sistance of other specially prepared concoctions, he swallowed them together.
“Hum!”
The formidable medicinal power surged through Chen Fei’s body. He activated the Purple Sky Heavenly Song Sword, completely restraining it, and then infused it into the Divine Palace.
The third Divine Palace soared at an astonishing speed. In less than half an hour, as a radiant light emanated from it, the Divine Palace was forged.
Ripples spread from within Chen Fei’s body as his soul, with the Sword Mastery talent as its edge, instantly pierced through the void.
In a moment of darkness followed by a brilliant light, Chen Fei looked ahead to see myriad stars before him!