Chapter 659: Killing is the Faster Way to Wealth
These twenty-one saber images looked very realistic. The might of each saber was very great; one did not dare underestimate them.
The most important thing was that Liu Feihu had just dropped his guard. Every step he took was full of openings. It was impossible for him to defend perfectly.
“Dang! Dang! Dang!”
The twenty-one saber images a.s.sailed Liu Feihu relentlessly, one after another. He only managed to block the first eighteen saber images, but he could not block the last three. Three saber lights opened b.l.o.o.d.y wounds on his chest.
Fortunately for Liu Feihu, his Quintessence was much denser than Xiao Chen’s. Although the wounds looked horrifying, they were not fatal.
However, before Liu Feihu could breathe out in relief, the twenty-one saber images linked together, forming a vast sea filled with electricity.
“Bang!”
The sea of lightning exploded and knocked Liu Feihu back, causing him to vomit large mouthfuls of blood. Electricity leaped around his body, crackling nonstop.
The tables had turned instantly, but the attack was not over yet. Before Liu Feihu landed, he saw a strand of saber light coming at him from somewhere.
The saber light flew as fast as lightning, heading for Liu Feihu’s chest. At this critical moment, Liu Feihu put in everything he had into twisting his body.
“Ka ca!”
A scarlet light flashed. The saber light chopped off Liu Feihu’s right arm, and blood fountained out.
Liu Feihu fell to the ground and could not get up again. With his right arm chopped off, he was racked with intense pain. He rolled about on the ground, screaming in anguish.
When w.a.n.g Feng, who was not far away, saw this sudden change, he thought that he was hallucinating.
Xiao Chen had been frail and feeble just a moment ago. How did he suddenly become vigorous and lively, turning the situation around in an instant?
By the time w.a.n.g Feng recovered his wits, Xiao Chen was already standing on three Azure Dragon images and carrying the severed arm off into the distance, heading for Sky Mound City.
Xiao Chen moved extremely fast, flabbergasting w.a.n.g Feng. If w.a.n.g Feng chased at full speed, he would barely be able to keep up. With w.a.n.g Feng having lost the initiative, he would never be able to catch up.
w.a.n.g Feng watched as Liu Feihu moaned loudly on the ground and Xiao Chen retreated quickly. His complexion alternated between green and white in extreme frustration.
Unexpectedly, a newcomer brat played two peak Rising Sky Pavilion inner sect disciples for fools. Furthermore, he made them pay such a high price.
Along the way, Xiao Chen did not reduce his speed. He only breathed out in relief when he reached the limits of Sky Mound City.
The cultivator with the sword gave Xiao Chen a very dangerous vibe. At Xiao Chen’s current cultivation, Xiao Chen would have difficulty defeating him if that swordsman was not careless.
Xiao Chen would be able to trounce this opponent only if he consumed the Quintessence Gathering Pill and refined his Quintessence again. There was no need to risk a loss and fight that cultivator to the death before then.
Walking to the city gates with big strides, Xiao Chen looked at the spatial ring in his hand and smiled faintly. This spatial ring came from Liu Feihu’s arm. As for the arm, he had tossed it away much earlier.
Xiao Chen did not rush to use the transportation formation in the city. He rented a quiet courtyard and prepared to open Liu Feihu’s spatial ring.
Liu Feihu was one of the peak inner sect disciples of the Rising Sky Pavilion. Although he could not compare to the peak Supreme Sky Sect inner sect disciples, he should be much wealthier than those loose cultivators.
After sending his Spiritual Sense into the spatial ring, Xiao Chen carefully looked around, inspecting every corner of it. When he withdrew his Spiritual Sense, he revealed an expression of ecstasy.
He had found a million Superior Grade Spirit Stones and more than a hundred Inferior Grade Spirit Gathering Pearls. Aside from these, there was one Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill, various Rank 8 Medicinal Pills, which were the same rank as the Quintessence Gathering Pill, and many Spiritual Heart Pills.
After one consumed a Spiritual Heart Pill, it eliminated one’s stray thoughts for a period of time, raising the odds of breaking through in the comprehension of a Martial Technique.
There were also many other Medicinal Pills and Spirit Herbs of lower ranks. The long-term acc.u.mulations of an inner sect disciple all fell into Xiao Chen’s hands.
Xiao Chen could not help but smile. “That cultivator with the twin sabers probably feels like dying now.”
After tidying up the items from the Seven Black Wind Killers’ and Liu Feihu’s spatial rings, Xiao Chen put on a cloak and went out to exchange all the miscellaneous items for Superior Grade Spirit Stones.
Once he had done this, Xiao Chen had a total of one million and eight hundred thousand or so Superior Grade Spirit Stones. From someone totally broke, he was now wealthy.
However, the most important items were the Spirit Gathering Pearls. Xiao Chen had obtained another hundred-odd Spirit Gathering Pearls from Liu Feihu, enough for him to cultivate to peak Inferior Grade Martial Monarch.
Together with Xiao Chen’s original hundred-odd Inferior Grade Spirit Gathering Pearls, he would still have Spirit Gathering Pearls to cultivate with after consuming the Quintessence Gathering Pill, rapidly increasing his cultivation.
“It is time to raise my cultivation to peak Inferior Grade Martial Monarch,” Xiao Chen said, clenching his fist tightly after pouring out one hundred Spirit Gathering Pearls. As long as he consumed the Quintessence Gathering Pill, he would be able to defeat w.a.n.g Feng and Liu Feihu the next time he met them.
Xiao Chen went to the cultivation room in the courtyard and sat cross-legged on the prayer mat. Then he took four Spirit Gathering Pearls and placed them on the Tianmen Acupoint on his head.
When Xiao Chen was a Martial King, he had experienced the might of the Spirit Gathering Pearl. He did not dare to be careless when using it. After taking a deep breath, he slowly melted the four Spirit Gathering Pearls.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
A torrential waterfall of spiritual liquid poured down after the four Spirit Gathering Pearls melted. The spiritual liquid erupted with horrifying energy and spread throughout his body.
Xiao Chen’s internal organs shook without end. The four streams of surging energy caused his body to turn chaotic as if it would explode at any moment.
Regular Martial Monarchs could refine only one Inferior Grade Spirit Gathering Pearl at a time, because that was all their physical body could endure. If they tried to refine four Spirit Gathering Pearls simultaneously as Xiao Chen did, they would die for sure.
Xiao Chen knew his limits. Given the strength of his physical body, there should not be any problems with refining four Spirit Gathering Pearls in one go as long as he maintained his calm.
He clenched his teeth and endured the intense pain. He kept calm and did his best to endure.
“Drip…! Drip…!”
Xiao Chen’s sweat dripped down like rain. In less than a minute, he looked like he had just been fished out of a lake; this showed how much pain he was suffering.
However, he had to endure this. There was too little time. In this Kunlun Realm, any two random Medial Grade Martial Monarchs would force him to retreat. A Superior Grade Martial Monarch could kill him easily.
Xiao Chen had a forward-looking mentality. He had his pride as well. A temporary retreat did not mean that he had lost the determination in his heart.
After five minutes, that intense pain pa.s.sed. Xiao Chen breathed out and relaxed as he circulated the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation, refining every bit of the Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Gathering Pearls.
After ten great cycles, the Spiritual Energy in his nine major meridians gathered together like little trickles.
Finally, the Spiritual Energy condensed into a Quintessence liquid glowing a deep purple. Then, it dropped into his dantian.
Xiao Chen opened his eyes and revealed a faint smile. At least there was some return for enduring this.
He picked up another four Spirit Gathering Pearls and placed them on his Tianmen Acupoint. Then, he continued to refine them.
Xiao Chen estimated that he had to condense a total of hundred and twenty drops of Quintessence before his cultivation would reach peak Inferior Grade Martial Monarch. Right now, he only had a hundred drops. He could not stop and relax now.
Ten days later, after using a hundred and fifty Spirit Gathering Pearls, Xiao Chen’s cultivation finally reached peak Inferior Grade Martial Monarch.
The amount of Spirit Gathering Pearls he had needed exceeded his expectations. However, he was not surprised at this.
The Purple Thunder Divine Incantation seemed to be stronger than a regular Heaven Ranked Cultivation Technique. Even he could not figure out how strong it was.
The Compendium of Cultivation recorded rumors that the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation’s seventh layer was a dividing line. If one could cultivate to the seventh layer, there would be an unexpected change. It would even trigger an ancient Heavenly Tribulation.
However, Xiao Chen did not think about all these for now. At this moment, his Quintessence was strong and withdrawn.
With the cultivation of a peak Inferior Grade Martial Monarch, coupled with the plain, simple, and withdrawn aura, no one would believe that Xiao Chen had not taken the Quintessence Gathering Pill.
Then, Xiao Chen cautiously took out the Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill. As he gauged this Quintessence Gathering Pill, which had lingering Spiritual Energy wafting out of it, he revealed a contemplative look.
Medicinal Pills were categorized into nine ranks. Above Rank 9 were Holy Pills and above the Holy Pills were the legendary Immortal Pills, which were something that even a Sovereign Martial Emperor sought. However, it was unknown if Immortal Pills truly existed; they were merely a legend.
Now, as long as a Medicinal Pill reached Rank 8, it would be incredibly valuable. The Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill was a peak quality pill among the Rank 8 Medicinal Pills.
The Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill could be bought at the inner city of the Supreme Sky Sect for two hundred thousand Superior Grade Spirit Stones. If it were sold in an auction house outside, it could fetch a price of seven to eight hundred thousand Superior Grade Spirit Stones. However, there were restrictions on such strategic goods within the sect. Inner sect disciples would find it difficult to obtain extras to sell outside.
Collecting his thoughts, Xiao Chen placed the Medicinal Pill into his mouth.
The moment the Quintessence Gathering Pill entered his mouth, it melted and turned into a cooling liquid, sliding down his throat. The liquid left extreme comfort everywhere it pa.s.sed, making him moan softly despite himself.
“Chi!”
However, when the liquid flowed into the dantian, a burning sensation spread violently. The comfortable feeling instantly turned into extreme pain.
Under the nourishment of the liquified Medicinal Pill, the pearly Quintessence drops gave off a sizzling sound, emitting steam.
Xiao Chen’s body felt like it was on fire. The fire penetrated into his bones and marrows, burning in the blood, bones, and muscles.
It was so painful that Xiao Chen’s face immediately scrunched up. His countenance twisted to the point where he no longer looked human.
Why has no one ever mentioned that consuming the Quintessence Gathering Pill comes with so much pain?
Xiao Chen clenched his teeth tightly, grinding them together loudly. He felt some doubts in his heart; he did not believe that many people could endure such levels of pain.
This went even for himself. The pain from the Spirit Gathering Pearl was nothing compared to this.
d.a.m.n it! Could it be because I consumed a Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill? Why did the store owner not remind me about it? After buying something so expensive, he should have given this bit of advice.
If Xiao Chen could not endure it and failed, his two hundred thousand Superior Grade Spirit Stones would go down the drain.
In truth, Xiao Chen had misunderstood the store owner. The problem was specific to his own body. Regular cultivators would not refine their own Quintessence beforehand.
Not only was the difficulty high, but doing so also required a lot of time and patience.
The most important thing was that after they refined their own Quintessence, they would experience an unbearable pain like Xiao Chen did when consuming the Quintessence Gathering Pill.
There were countless people in the vast Tianwu Domain. Xiao Chen was not the first to have thought of refining his Quintessence once through first before consuming the Quintessence Gathering Pill.