by Shian Jeen
After saying what he needed, Huwang Xiao disappeared into the Xumi Temple in a flicker, staring at the thirteen primordial divine dragons.
Contemplating for a moment as he looked at the thirteen primordial divine dragon bodies, Huwang Xiao decided that the first one he would refine would be the fire dragon.
Amongst the thirteen primordial divine dragons, the open fire dragon was considered the weakest, the violent energy contained in its true dragon and blood essence would be less, making it slightly easier to refine.
Once he decided, Huwang Xiao sat crossed-legged in the center of the Ten Buddha Formation, taking out all the grade one spirit stones from Shao Dongjian and Zhu Wuji’s spatial rings. He piled them up at the center and initiated the array formation.
Adding the grade one spirit rocks from both spatial bands, there were close to a thousand of them, sufficient to keep the Ten Buddha Formation running for several days.
With the Ten Buddha Formation as support, it could reduce the difficulties that Huwang Xiao would encounter while refining the fireplace dragon.
Almost immediately, a rich Buddhism energy burst forth from the Ten Buddha Formation. Huwang Xiao swiftly swallowed all eight stalks of Dragon God Grass, ran the Asura Tactics, opened his mouth area at the fire dragon and inhaled through his mouth. Multiple threads of red true dragon and bloodstream substance floated out from the open fire dragon toward Huwang Xiao, drilling into his body.
The instant the fire dragon’s essences entered Huwang Xiao’s body, alarming pools of energy began to roar through every part of his body like layers of angry waves.
The sudden explosion of violent energy made Huwang Xiao tremble. This fireplace dragon’s true essence was akin to ten thousand years of geocentric magma, incinerating everything in its path.
Hot!
Scorching hot! To the point that Huwang Xiao felt like his soul was burning, that was the only thing he was able to sense.
Still, Huwang Xiao’s body was tempered and rebuilt by the Dragon Pearl and true dragon essence, that’s why hot as the fire dragon’s true essence was, it could not melt Huwang Xiao’s body.
If it was any other Fourth Order Saint realm instead of Huwang Xiao, before one breath’s time was up, that person would already turn into a pile of ash, not even a single strand of hair would remain.
Even so, looking from some distance away, Huwang Xiao looked like a man dunked in molten fire. The surface of his body was spewing strands of fiery-red light, his hair, eyebrows, all of him seemed to be on fire, turning into a burning ember.
Fire-red smoke spiraled out from his nostrils and ear holes.
Fortunately, the eight stalks Dragon God Grass that Huwang Xiao swallowed earlier mellowed the violent energy contained within the fire dragon’s true essence, otherwise he'd experience a greater pain.
Huwang Xiao continued to endure the excruciating pain inside his body, pushing himself to run the Asura Techniques cycle after cycle, refining the true fact energy from the open fire dragon.
One day passed.
Two days passed.
Half a month passed. The layer of burning up embers enveloping Huwang Xiao not only did not reduce, it actually grew slightly stronger. By now, the surface of Huwang Xiao’s skin was like a crystal, gleaming brightly.
One month passed, yet that bedazzling ember red grew more intense, whereas Huwang Xiao seemed to turn into a fire crystal statue.
Half a year passed.
The luminous light that engulfed Huwang Xiao lit up the entire Xumi Temple. Huwang Xiao’s silhouette could no longer be seen.
Suddenly, one day, in this sea of radiant ember red, a fiery red shadow appeared, becoming clearer by the second. In the end, that shadow turned into a fire dragon.
Huwang Xiao’s consciousness slowly blurred into haziness, falling into a deep sleep where he dreamt that he converted into a real primordial divine fireplace dragon, leaping joyfully in a sea of fire.
Mottled lights appeared in his vision, gradually growing bigger and bigger. When the small dots of lights combined, filling his entire world with glorious bright light, Huwang Xiao woke up! Opening his eye, an enthralling vision of vivid red filled his sight, forming a flow of open fire right in front of him.
Huwang Xiao moved his hands and an open fire dragon danced according to his hand movements.
Such pure fire essence energy!
The current Huwang Xiao could detect the purest fire element energy that was concealed in the deepest layer of space around him. This was something he had never experienced before. Then, he quickly scanned the situation inside his Qi Sea.
Inside his Qi Sea, his battle qi surged with vigor, roaring with momentum. If in the past, his Qi Sea was comparable to a big river, and now it had evolved into a sea.
Fifth Order Saint realm!
Huwang Xiao broke through from mid-Fourth Order Saint realm to Fifth Order Saint world, on top of that, his cultivation was at peak early-Fifth Order Saint realm!
The peak of early-Fifth Order Saint realm!
Entering the mid-levels of Sain realm, every small advancement represented a whole different level of strength.
In the Xiantian realm, it required an onerous battle for a Xiantian Fourth Order warrior to win over a Xiantian Fifth Order, in fact, it could be surmised as unrealizable unless it was a genius like Huwang Xiao possessing superb talent twin martial spirits.
When it came to Saint realm level strength distinction, the gap in strength was even more prominent.
One could hardly gauge how much Huwang Xiao’s power had enhanced compared to before he went into closed-door practice.
“Xie Hui!” Huwang Xiao was confident that, at his current strength, he’d have the ability to face against a peak late-Sixth Order Saint world Xie Hui in battle.
Checking the changes in his body, Huwang Xiao noticed that after refining the primordial divine fire dragon, his spiritual force soared at least six to seven times more powerful than before. Whereas his physique, his veins and meridians were much tougher, comparable to a primordial divine dragon tendon.
After gaining an understanding of the changes in his body, Huwang Xiao exited the Xumi Temple.
would be sending Shi Xiaofei and her maids back to the Blessed Buddha Empire.
‘I wonder how many stalks of Dragon God Lawn there are inside the Blessed Buddha Empire’s treasure chamber.’ Huwang Xiao mused to himself, if there were sixteen stalks, he could refine another two primordial divine dragons…
At that point, Huwang Xiao’s power would double, even triple. If he ran into Xie Hui again, he could easily flatten that punk into mincemeat!
Although Dragon God Grass was valuable, if Huwang Xiao made a request, Shi Fantian would surely give it this Junior Brother, Huwang Xiao wasn’t worried about this point at all.
Everyone was happy seeing Huwang Xiao coming out of closed-door practice.
The moment Lil’ Tian saw Huwang Xiao, he dashed up and wound himself around Huwang Xiao’s leg, declaring, “Your government, I practiced very hard in these seven months.” The little guy immediately released his aura after stating that.
The result slightly shocked Huwang Xiao. Before he went into closed-door practice, Lil’ Tian’s cultivation was at maximum late-Third Order Saint realm, and today he was already a Fourth Order. Only now did Huwang Xiao realize that Lil’s Tian’s cultivation talent was similar to the little violet monkey, similarly scary.
“Good, tonight I’ll roast one hundred Tyrant Boars just for you!” Huwang Xiao laughed. How could he not understand that the little guy was reminding him of his promise before entering closed-door practice, that a hundred roast Tyrant Boars.
As expected, Lil’ Tian’s face brightened immediately after hearing what Huwang Xiao said, jumping up and down in glee.
Viewing his childlike antics, Shi Xiaofei and the others laughed, influenced by the little guy’s good mood.
That night passed merrily, filled with the scent of good meat, good wine, a
nd great company.
When morning came the next day, Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and a group of Asura’s Gate experts bid farewell to Huwang Xiao, Shi Xiaofei, and her two maids as they made their way back to the Blessed Buddha Empire.
Ch.443
One month after the group departed from the Asura’s Gate headquarters, Huwang Xiao and Shi Xiaofei’s group of four finally reached the outer edge of the Demonic Beasts Forest.
Cutting across the Demonic Beasts Forest would save them a lot of traveling time back again to the Blessed Buddha Empire. However, while making their way over the Demonic Beasts Forest, the group encountered some small problems.
The demonic beasts residing in the forest seemed more irritated and violent than before, in addition, those demonic beasts were actively roaming around rather than staying in their own territories. Huwang Xiao’s group experienced made every work to pass those demonic beasts in a roundabout way, doing their best never to alert them. Despite that, they still ran into quite a few herds of demonic beasts.
Luckily, those demonic beast herds were the more common demonic beasts, and most of them only had Xiantian level strength, very few consisted of Saint realm level. Though their numbers were high, it didn’t pose any big problems for Huwang Xiao’s party.
It’s just that those small skirmishes delayed their progress. To cross the Demonic Beasts Forest, the four actually spent more than a month’s time, whereas the last time Huwang Xiao was with Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu, it merely took them twenty times or so.
When the group left the Demonic Beast Forest behind, maid Xiaorou patted her chest as she breathed in relief, “Those demonic beasts, why did they suddenly go crazy? I wonder what the reason is.”
Maid Xiaoyue agreed: “Luckily, Young Noble Huwang is with us this time, otherwise we wouldn’t have made it through the forest.”
On the way, they actually ran into Saint world level demonic beasts thrice, moreover, the strongest was equivalent to a Third Order Saint realm expert.
Shi Xiaofei imagined their inhumane, brutal ending if they were captured by those demonic beasts if it weren’t for Huwang Xiao, fear clenched her heart.
In the past, Shi Xiaofei had never ventured out of the Blessed Buddha Empire. Feeling prideful of her strength, she got believed that her power was considered top tier even among the world’s genius experts. However, recent experiences proved how narrow-minded she had been, akin to a frog viewing the vast sky from the bottom of a well.
Traversing across the Demonic Beasts Forest this time around cemented her resolve to enhance her strength, putting more effort into her cultivation.
Three days later, the four people finally arrived at the Blessed Buddha Empire’s imperial city.
Getting into the Blessed Buddha Imperial City, taking a look at the familiar surroundings around her, Shi Xiaofei’s exquisite face smiled widely, sending all the passersby into a daze.
Shi Xiaofei rarely stepped from the palace on normal times, and although she would make a trip to the Blessed Buddha Temple annually, not many people knew what the empire’s princess appeared as if.
Shi Xiaofei’s beauty naturally triggered the lustful hearts of the many big families’ disciples in the crowd.
“Miss, this one is called Zhu Wuneng[1]. A member of Zhu Family’s main descendant disciple.” A young man with passable good looks approached Shi Xiaofei with two guards following behind him. Closing the jade fan in his hands with a dramatic snap, he introduced himself in a flamboyant manner to Shi Xiaofei.
“Zhu Wuneng?” Shi Xiaofei instantly broke into a giggle, clear crisp peals of laughter comparable to pearls dropping into a jade bowl, it was music to the ears.
Zhu Wuneng? Huwang Xiao shook his head inwardly, this name… truly made people think the wrong way, a guy could say anything except the fact that he’s ‘incapable’.
The young man’s name reminded Huwang Xiao of the Golden Pavilion Chamber of Commerce’s President, Zhu Wuji. There was only an individual character difference between these two people’s name.
Zhu Wuneng and the nearby disciples looked like they lost their souls watching Shi Xiaofei laugh.
“So, it’s Young Noble Zhu, may I know what matter Young Noble Zhu has?” Shi Xiaofei stopped laughing and asked.
She had heard of the Zhu Family, they could be considered as one of the more established families in the Blessed Buddha imperial city.
Hearing Shi Xiaofei’s voice, Zhu Wuneng came back to his senses, putting on an amiable smiling face, he inquired, “May I ask where Miss is headed to? Have you perhaps eaten? This one knows a good place called First Dream Restaurant, their wine and dishes are pretty excellent and would like to invite three Misses to partake a meal.”
Three Misses. Directly sidelining Huwang Xiao as non-existent.
Zhu Wuneng’s meaning and intention were clear as day, he was only inviting the three young ladies.
But Shi Xiaofei’s lips curved into a smile, a slender finger pointed at Huwang Xiao, “Young Noble Zhu, it’s truly unfortunate. This Young Noble Huwang has extended his invitation to us prior, we’re going to the Buddhist House.”
Only then did Zhu Wuneng spare a glance at Huwang Xiao. He acquired always been assured in his looks, but when he viewed Huwang Xiao, he couldn’t help comparing himself to him. Worse was, he actually found himself looking just like a pig mind next to Huwang Xiao.
“This brother.” Zhu Wuneng required an intimidating step toward Huwang Xiao, but just as he was going to say more, Huwang Xiao raised a finger and pointed toward a stone statue not far away on the street. Instantly, that stone statue was blasted to dust, scattering on the road.
That huge rock statue was as tall as two adult men, made of an extremely durable granite stone.
Zhu Wuneng stared dumbly at the curtain of dirt floating down to the ground, the only remains from that huge rock statue, his face paled, then became ashen.
The statue made out of granite stone, even if the Zhu Family’s Grand Elder exerted full force in a palm strike, he still wouldn’t be able to shatter it into dust powder!
Not to mention, the young man simply used one finger!
The disciples gathered round almost peed in their pants.
“Let’s go.” Huwang Xiao said to the three young women.
To save himself from these troublesome family disciples, Huwang Xiao decided to show a little bit of his power as deterrence.
Long following the four had left, Zhu Wuneng was still rooted in the same spot.
“Young Noble.” One of the guards with him contacted closer, calling out to him.
Zhu Wuneng returned to his senses, and immediately felt the sticky dampness on is back.
Two hours later.
Huwang Xiao, Shi Xiaofei, Xiaorou, and Xiaoyue attained the Blessed Buddha Palace.
Huwang Xiao’s arrival caused the palace atmosphere to boil up. It hadn’t been long since the last time Huwang Xiao was passing through the Blessed Buddha Empire, however, Huwang Xiao’s reputation and prestige nowadays superseded that time by far.
Repelling Li Molin and several Deities Templar Elders in the Asura Square fight, succeeding the Asura’s Gate Sovereign position, on top of everything was the Cosmos God City battle where Huwang Xiao single-handedly broke into the city and fought one against many Cosmos God Cult’s experts, the news had even spread to Snow Wind Continent’s seventeen empires.
Due to this, Huwang Xiao became the ideal husband candidate for all the young girls on Snow Blowing wind Continent, just like how Shi Xiaofei was countless young geniuses’ subject of desire.
Toward the arrival of this Junior Brother, Shi Fantian was truly elated. As soon as he spotted Huwang Xiao, Shi Fantian walked up and heavily patted Huwang Xiao’s shoulder, “Kiddo, you do good!”
In the whole Martial Spirit World, being able to receive such high praise from the Blessed Buddha Empire’s Emperor, perhaps Huwang Xiao was the only one!
“This baby daughter of mine has truly troubled you in recent
days!” Shi Fantian stated.
“Father!” Hearing her father’s words, Shi Xiaofei immediately pouted her lip area and sulked.
Shi Fantian broke out in laughter at her reaction, “Look at you, look at you, I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re already sulking. It seems I should leave you to Junior Sibling Huwang.”
Shi Fantian’s words were laced with double innuendos, Shi Xiaofei’s face turned apple red as she snuck a furtive glance over at Huwang Xiao.
Shi Fantian ordered for a banquet to be prepared, inviting Huwang Xiao. During the banquet, the disciple brothers talked and laughed in merriment.
After three rounds of wine, Huwang Xiao put his cup down, saying, “Senior Brother, this time, other than sending Xiaofei back to the Blessed Buddha Empire, I have a request, hope I can get something from Senior Brother.”
Shi Fantian also put his wines cup down, smiling, “Why are you acting such as a stranger, what do you need, just tell me.”
“I heard from Xiaofei that you have some Dragon God Grass inside the Blessed Buddha treasure chamber.” Huwang Xiao said in a straightforward manner.
“You want Dragon God Grass?” Shi Fantian was surprised.
Huwang Xiao’s heart dropped noticing Shi Fantian’s expression, he hoped that something like what happened with the Qin Family, that someone bought it or it was given away to others didn't happen.
Shi Fantian went on, “I didn’t know Junior Sibling needs Dragon God Lawn, indeed there is some inside my Blessed Buddha treasure chamber, but not much is remaining, only seventeen stalks remained. These years, I have used some to refine some medicinal pellets. If I knew earlier, I would have saved them up.” He already indicated people to go to the treasure chamber to fetch all seventeen stalks of Dragon God Grass for Huwang Xiao as he was stating these.
Seventeen stalks! Huwang Xiao’s heart nearly jumped out with joy, repeatedly saying his thanks to Shi Fantian.
Shi Fantian beamed, “Didn’t I say, you and I need not be so courteous.” In a playful tone, he added, “If you really want to thank me, gifting me a few more Divine Dragon Pills would be wonderful.”