Archean Eon Art c1-766

by I Eat Tomatoes, Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, 我吃西红柿

  “I originally planned to return to Archean Mountain anyway. I need to exchange the treasures I obtained from the demon monarch for credit,” said Meng Chuan with a smile. “I’ll be returning tonight. If everything goes well, I can return before dawn.”

  “Why are you in such a hurry? Are you not using the bird?” Liu Qiyue asked.

  “There’s no need. The bird is too slow,” said Meng Chuan.

  Liu Qiyue laughed. “Only you would dare say that.”

  Avian demon monarchs could fly directly towards their destinations. It wasn’t easy for Great Solar Godfiends to leap over mountains. It usually took a Great Solar Godfiend two to three times longer to arrive at their destination than when they rode an avian demon monarch.

  However, Meng Chuan had the right to say that avian demon monarchs were too slow. He could cross the mountains he encountered in a single leap. To him, it was in no way different from traveling on flat land.

  …

  That night, Meng Chuan bade farewell to his wife. He concealed his lightning with the black baneful aura as he hurried off into the distant night sky.

  From the Great Zhou Dynasty’s southeastern region to the center of the dynasty, he leaped over rivers and lakes. He crossed mountains as if they were door sills. In a single leap, he traversed over two kilometers. His speed was considered top-notch amongst Regis Godfiends, making him much faster than third Firmament avian demon monarchs!

  After traveling 5000 kilometers, Meng Chuan encountered demon monarchs attacking a village fort. Since he could sense auras within 2.5 kilometers with his Essence Soul perception domain, he also discovered two demon monarch lairs.

  He killed seven third Firmament demon monarchs and 19 second Firmament demon monarchs. Even though he fought three times, he rushed from Gu Mountain Prefecture City to Archean Mountain in an hour.

  His blood pumped vigorously as he traveled. Thankfully, his Diamond Body’s recovery speed was astonishing. As he went up Archean Mountain, he restrained his churning blood and calmed down.

  Swoosh.

  When Meng Chuan arrived outside Grotto-Heaven Pavilion, he saw the old steward there. The old steward chuckled and said, “Lord Meng Chuan, you sure came quickly. Please follow me.”

  Meng Chuan didn’t find it odd at all. Godfiends guarding Archean Mountain had discovered his arrival as he scaled the mountain. His master probably knew about his arrival too.

  In a study inside Grotto-Heaven Pavilion, Supremacy Qin Wu was carefully reading a dossier that had just been sent over today when Meng Chuan walked into the study and bowed respectfully. “Greetings, Master.”

  “You sure came quickly.” Qin Wu put down the dossier and smiled at Meng Chuan. “Your Essence Soul has indeed reached the third level.” Qin Wu was in a good mood after confirming that Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul had reached the third level.

  “I was lucky. I reached the third level a few months ago,” said Meng Chuan with a smile. “That’s how I managed to kill the fourth Firmament demon monarch. If my Essence Soul hadn’t broken through, I would’ve been in danger…”

  “I think highly of your Essence Soul cultivation talent. You didn’t disappoint me,” said Qin Wu. “You must keep the matter of you killing a fourth Firmament demon monarch a secret. You are not to spread it to others.”

  “I understand,” said Meng Chuan respectfully.

  “You earn ten million credits for killing a fourth Firmament demon monarch.” Qin Wu said, “However, I can’t give you the credits directly. Too many people will learn of it if you gain so much credit in one go. A few Godfiends are colluding with the Skydemon Sect and demons. They believe that humans are bound to lose and are looking for a way out. Humph!”

  Meng Chuan listened obediently.

  “You will not lose the credit you deserve,” said Qin Wu. “I’ll note it down for you and exchange whatever treasures you need on your behalf.”

  “I need Quiescence Frost baneful aura,” said Meng Chuan immediately. “I need ten cubes of Quiescence Frost baneful aura.”

  “Ten cubes?” Qin Wu’s face twitched. “That many? Archean Mountain only has 32 cubes left!”

  “Master, as you know,” said Meng Chuan immediately, “I used nine bolts of heavenly lightning to forge my Godfiend body and absorbed a lot of baneful aura. According to my estimates, I can absorb up to ten cubes of Quiescence Frost baneful aura.”

  “Alright, alright.” Qin Wu shook his head and sighed. “I’ll help you exchange for it. As long as they are treasures in the catalog, feel free to ask for them. I’ll try my best to find the treasures that aren’t in the catalog for you. If I can’t find them, you will have to depend on yourself.”

  Meng Chuan nodded. “I understand.”

  The treasures one needed for Marquis Godfiend cultivation could usually be bought from the sect. The further one went on their cultivation path, the rarer the items they needed. The sect didn’t always have what people needed.

  For example, Quiescence Frost baneful aura was typically used by Marquis Godfiends with Lightning Devastator Fiend Bodies. In Archean Mountain, it was considered an uncommon baneful aura. Once Meng Chuan mastered the Divine Power realm, his body would probably be even stronger than Marquis Godfiends. He would definitely be able to absorb Quiescence Frost baneful aura.

  “You now have the strength of a newly-advanced Marquis Godfiend,” said Qin Wu. “I will assign more missions to you. I estimate that you will take action once every two to three days.”

  “Qiyue is currently pregnant. Can I carry out the missions alone?” Meng Chuan asked.

  “You alone are enough.” Qin Wu nodded and said, “It will be unlikely for you to encounter fourth Firmament demon monarchs during the missions assigned to you. Even if you encounter one, unless you can’t flee normally, don’t use mystic techniques that require a third-level Essence Soul like Soul-Vanquishing Spike. Casting a few illusion spells will do.”

  “Yes.” Meng Chuan was also confident that his strength would be comparable to Fu Jiao’s without using Essence Soul mystic techniques.

  “What will be my designated mission area?” asked Meng Chuan.

  “You will still be watching over Gu Mountain Prefecture and 500 kilometers around it,” said Qin Wu. “This area is big enough. It’s close to the size of a state. I will reassign the two Marquis Godfiends and four top-notch Godfiend teams within this region. The missions that would’ve been assigned to them will now become your responsibility. You are fast, and you are more effective at providing help.”

  “Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded. In the future, he would be several times buiser.

  “Of course, Marquis Godfiends will still be protecting Wu State Capital and Qian State Capital. A Regis Godfiend at Luo Tang Pass can also be mobilized at any moment,” said Qin Wu. “If it’s too dangerous. I won’t send you. By the way, do you have other treasures you need? I’ll help you get them.”

  Meng Chuan nodded and immediately took out the cloth bag. “Master, this is my spoils of war from killing the greater demon monarch. I’ll keep this bag for myself. I’d like to exchange the treasures inside for credit.”

  “Let me take a look for you.” Qin Wu took the cloth bag and opened it. He smiled and commented, “This horn is of good material. It’s worth 600,000 credits. This spear needs to be reforged. It’s worth…

  Before he could finish his sentence, Qin Wu exclaimed in surprise. He took out a black jade bottle from the bag. The longer he looked at it, the more his eyes lit up. “The demons really don’t feel the pinch. Such a treasure fell into the hands of a fourth Firmament demon monarch?”

  Chapter 216 - Born (Final Chapter of Volume)

  Meng Chuan was somewhat puzzled. He had looked through the spoils of war in the bag. There were only three drops of green liquid in the black jade bottle. Was it worth his master’s excitement?

  “Master, is the liquid in this jade bottle very precious?” asked Meng Chuan.

  “No.” Qin Wu smiled and said, “What�
�s precious is the bottle itself.”

  “Bottle?” Meng Chuan looked at the bottle carefully. The pitch-black jade bottle didn’t feel warm or cold to the touch. It didn’t seem special.

  “This is a jade bottle unique to the demons. It’s carved from a complete North Sea Nether Jade. It has been refined by a demon Imperial Lord and can naturally absorb the Heaven and Earth powers. Every month, it will naturally condense a drop of jade liquid,” said Qin Wu. “This jade bottle is rather precious in the Demon Realm. It’s even more precious in the human world. I won’t hide it from you. It’s worth 50 million credits.”

  Meng Chuan was alarmed.

  50 million credits? This was an extremely shocking number. How many fourth Firmament demon monarchs were there in the world? Killing five in a row was worth 50 million credits! Killing one of the two fifth Firmament Skydemons was only 80 million credits!

  “Let’s trade. I have a treasure here as well.” Qin Wu looked at Meng Chuan. With a flip of his hand, a fiery-red feather appeared in his palm. It looked like it was carved from red jade. A faint flame rose from the crystalline body. “This feather is beneficial to those that cultivate fire-type divine bodies. It’s extremely useful for a Phoenix Divine Body expert. Are you willing to exchange this jade bottle for this feather?”

  “A feather?” Meng Chuan examined the feather carefully.

  What was his master’s identity? He was one of the leaders of Archean Mountain. How could he take advantage of a junior like him? The feather’s value was definitely in no way inferior to the Nether Jade Bottle, or even higher.

  “What kind of creature’s feather is it?” asked Meng Chuan.

  “The feathers of a phoenix,” said Qin Wu with a smile.

  “Phoenix?” Meng Chuan was taken aback. “Are there really phoenixes in this world?”

  Qin Wu smiled. “There’s no need to ask further. You cultivate the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body. This feather is useless to you, but it’s a treasure for your wife, Liu Qiyue. Furthermore, your wife is pregnant. It’s beneficial to the children inside her. Are you willing to trade the jade bottle for it?”

  “Yes, yes,” said Meng Chuan immediately.

  “You really don’t feel the pinch.” Qin Wu smiled. “After you return, have Liu Qiyue keep this feather close to her. Make her keep it close to her even when she’s cultivating. Within a month, it will fuse with Liu Qiyue’s body.”

  Meng Chuan nodded. He had long prepared the pills he needed to cultivate the Divine Power realm and the baneful aura he required next. If his wife could become stronger, it would be a joyous occasion. In this era—where the war kept escalating—they could go further together if she became stronger. They could also protect their children better.

  …

  The other spoils of war from Demon Monarch Fujiao added up to three million credits. Meng Chuan traded the Nether Jade Bottle for a phoenix feather.

  Meng Chuan sighed. If a single feather is worth so much, how much is an entire Phoenix worth? Meng Chuan silently left Archean Mountain the same night he arrived.

  Phoenixes were only a legend in the human world.

  Phoenix Divine Body… Many Godfiends knew that this divine body was very powerful and could allow one to use Phoenix’s Nirvana. Therefore, they named it Phoenix Divine Body.

  After obtaining a phoenix feather, Meng Chuan realized that the world still had many secrets he didn’t know about. His sect, Archean Mountain, was also very mysterious.

  …

  “You gave him a phoenix feather?” On the mountain, Supremacy Qin Wu and Supremacy Luo Tang stood side by side as they watched Meng Chuan leave.

  Luo Tang was extremely shocked by Qin Wu’s actions. “Isn’t that the last phoenix feather? You actually parted with it?”

  “I still have the right to give a phoenix feather to anyone,” said Qin Wu with a smile. He held the black jade bottle in his hand and said, “Although the value of a Nether Jade Bottle appears to be much lower than a phoenix feather, it’s more useful since it can be used for long periods of time.”

  “A Nether Jade Bottle is worth 50 million credits, but the phoenix feather is worth twice as much,” said Luo Tang.

  “I gave it to him because he’s Meng Chuan.” Qin Wu said, “He obtained a third-level Essence Soul at the age of 36. If he can obtain a seventh-level Essence Soul, he will be more useful to humanity than a Creation realm Supremacy. If he obtains an eighth-level Essence Soul… he can even end this war.”

  “Eighth-level Essence Soul? Do you think so highly of him?” Luo Tang asked softly. “Even the strongest person in human history has only attained an eight-level Essence Soul.”

  “At the very least, he has a high chance of attaining a seventh-level Essence Soul,” said Qin Wu. “We can’t help him with his Essence Soul cultivation, but we can help his wife. With this phoenix feather, Liu Qiyue’s phoenix bloodline will become purer. The chances of her becoming a Regis Godfiend will be much higher. It’s a good thing for the couple to join forces to fight the enemy.”

  Luo Tang nodded slightly.

  …

  The moonlight scattered across Gu Mountain Prefecture City in the dark night. The city was silent; everybody had fallen asleep.

  Meng Chuan silently returned to his residence under the moonlight.

  “Ah Chuan.” With her sharp senses, Liu Qiyue noticed her husband returning. Liu Qiyue opened the door. “It’s only been four hours. You are really fast,” said Liu Qiyue with a smile.

  Meng Chuan smiled and said, “The total trip distance is 10,000 kilometers, and I killed some demon monarchs along the way. By the way, I brought you a treasure.”

  “Treasure?” asked Liu Qiyue puzzledly.

  “Yes.” Meng Chuan took out his cloth bag and retrieved a fiery-red feather.

  “A feather?” Liu Qiyue felt her blood boil when she saw the fiery-red feather. For some reason, she had a strong desire to possess it. This was the Phoenix Divine Body’s instinct.

  Meng Chuan nodded. “I heard from Master that this is a phoenix feather. As long as you carry it with you and cultivate, it will completely fuse with your body in a month. It will be beneficial to you and the children in your womb.”

  With that said, Meng Chuan handed it to his wife.

  When Liu Qiyue touched the fiery-red feather, flames rose from her body. She looked at the feather in a daze and couldn’t help but ask, “Why haven’t I heard of such a treasure?”

  “The greater demon monarch had a jade bottle. Master said that it was very valuable and didn’t want to take advantage of him, so he traded this feather for it,” said Meng Chuan with a smile.

  “I can feel my body slowly transforming,” said Liu Qiyue. “Even the babies in my womb are affected for the better.”

  Meng Chuan smiled brightly. “That’s good.”

  …

  Days passed.

  The fiery-red feather became dimmer and dimmer, but Liu Qiyue’s strength kept increasing. Even her phoenix flames became stronger. In less than a month, the fiery-red feather turned into powder and vanished. The power within the phoenix feather had completely fused with Liu Qiyue’s body.

  Meng Chuan was assigned more and more rescue missions. He would be assigned a mission once every two to three days, rushing to various places each time. In fact, the only fourth Firmament demon monarch in Wu State had been killed by Meng Chuan. His missions mainly occurred in Wu State and Qian State. His job was very easy. After attaining a third-level Essence Soul, he had the strength of a newly-advanced Marquis Godfiend. He easily killed third Firmament demon monarchs.

  …

  3rd September. The atmosphere in Meng Chuan’s and his wife’s home—where they lived in seclusion—was rather tense.

  Liu Yebai and Meng Chuan were waiting in the yard. Meng Dajiang couldn’t come because he was in charge of Earth Net’s intelligence network in Eastcalm Prefecture; thus, only Liu Yebai came.

  “Meng Chuan, don’t worry. Qiyue is a Great Solar Godf
iend. She can give birth easily.” Liu Yebai comforted Meng Chuan.

  “Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded, but he still stared at the room nervously.

  He had never been this nervous even when he was fighting Fu Jiao.

  Suddenly—

  “Wa!” A baby’s cry sounded.

  Meng Chuan and Liu Yebai trembled. Liu Yebai said excitedly, “The baby’s born. Meng Chuan, go in and take a look quickly.”

  “Father-in-law, no rush,” said Meng Chuan immediately. “There’s another child.”

  “Yes, yes, yes. There are two children.” Liu Yebai nodded.

  Soon, another baby cried. The two babies cried together.

  The door creaked open.

  A woman came out and happily said, “Congratulations, Master. It’s a young master and a young mistress.”

  Meng Chuan rushed in immediately.

  As for Liu Yebai, he waited outside. At the same time, he took out a red packet—that he had prepared earlier—and gave it to the woman. When the woman saw this, her eyes lit up as her breathing hastened. She immediately said, “Thank you, Old Master. Thank you, Old Master.”

  In fact, a Great Solar Godfiend could easily give birth. The two women hired were only there to help.

  …

  Within the room.

  “Master.” The other woman packed up and left respectfully.

  Meng Chuan saw Liu Qiyue leaning on the bed as she carried a pair of children.

  “These are my children?” Meng Chuan stared.

  Ordinary infants were born with wrinkled skin. However, his children had rosy skin the moment they were born. Their black eyes widened as they looked at the world curiously.

  “How adorable.” Meng Chuan felt the blood connection. When he saw the two children, his heart melted.

  He then looked at his wife—who was carrying the two children.