by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Using Chen Fei as a guard, Long Chen directly started using his flame to warm the furnace. The pill he was refining this time was called the Breaking Barrier Pill.
It was an extremely ordinary second tier medicinal pill that could increase the chance of breaking through bottlenecks.
But the medicinal formula Long Chen was using had come from the Pill Sovereign’s memories. It used the same medicinal ingredients, but through merging them in different proportions, it created an entirely different effect.
In addition, Long Chen had added Dragon Bone Grass as well. That kind of intense medicinal ingredient would increase the pill’s medicinal energy. This was no longer an ordinary Breaking Barrier Pill.
This Breaking Barrier Pill was used to attack the Tendon Transformation realm. The lower grade Breaking Barrier Pill could give people an extra ten percent chance of breaking through.
But the one Long Chen was planning on refining was a higher quality pill and could give cultivators an extra thirty percent chance of breaking through. If that was learned by others, it would definitely shake the current world.
Such a medicinal pill was even more shocking that the Flesh Bone Restoration Pill from the auction. In reality, that Flesh Bone Restoration Pill had a large flaw; however, Long Chen hadn’t told them about it.
If an ordinary person were to have their limbs severed, then they really could grow a new limb without any problems.
But if a cultivator took it, they would use their Spirit Root’s true spiritual core energy to heal it. That would end up shortening their peak potential.
Back then, Long Chen had cut off Fu Gui’s arm, and he had healed it without causing any problems. But later when Yao Niqian called up Zhao Yang... well, in any case, adventurers were in constant danger of being cut like that. And it wasn’t as if Zhao Yang could have resisted Yao Niqian’s charm anyway.
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BOOM!
The medicinal furnace shook. Opening it, three round medicinal pills appeared. A faint glimmer shined off them, causing a weary Long Chen to smile.
This was his third furnace of pills. The first time he had succeeded in refining three pills. But the second time he had just been slightly distracted for a moment, causing an explosion. The pill furnace only narrowly managed to avoid being destroyed. However, the ingredients had turned to ashes.
Refining pills was simply like that. Just the slightest inattentiveness could easily cause failure. Even with all the techniques of a Pill Sovereign, it would be impossible to avoid some failures.
His goal had been to refine two furnaces worth of pills. Now that he had failed once, he had no choice but to attempt a third one despite his exhaustion.
The Breaking Barrier Pill, which had the Dragon Bone Grass added to it, was extremely hard to refine. Even with Long Chen’s powerful Spiritual Strength, he was still completely exhausted.
But looking at the six medicinal pills, he felt that all that exhaustion was worth it. He handed them to a shocked Chen Fei in addition to a letter.
Chen Fei left before the break of dawn. Long Chen took a quick nap to re-energize himself. Waking up, he realized he felt much freer and less worried.
The matter of his father had always been pressing on him like a huge boulder. Now that he had finally learned his father’s situation, he was filled with anticipation.
The only thing that kept worrying him was that Chen Fei hadn’t known just who was targeting his father. Long Tianxiao had never told anyone about that.
But that wasn’t too important anymore. Now that he had news of his father, he was filled with fighting spirit.
Getting out of bed, he placed Little Snow in front of him. Little Snow was what Long Chen had decided to name the Scarlet Flame Snow Wolf.
Little Snow’s eyes were still permanently closed as he cried and fussed. Long Chen smiled slightly and bit down on his finger, drawing a drop of blood. He dripped the blood into Little Snow’s mouth.
When Little Snow swallowed that drop of blood, his closed eyes finally opened slowly. He curiously looked up at Long Chen. His large eyes plus the small tuft of red hair on his forehead were indescribably cute.
For most Magical Beasts, the flavor of the first blood they tasted would be forever remembered. The owner of that blood would then become their family. Of course, cold-blooded Magical Beasts were excepted from this. There were different techniques for them.
As soon as Little Snow opened his eyes, he slowly started to crawl over to Long Chen. His walking was extremely unstable and he might trip and fall at any moment, but he still continued crawling towards him.[1]
Long Chen felt a burst of warmth when he looked at the little fellow. With his powerful Spiritual Strength, he could clearly sense the yearning within Little Snow’s soul.
As soon as Little Snow approved of Long Chen, Long Chen was supposed to use his Spiritual Strength to use the secret techniques Lu Fang-er had taught him. That would place a kind of slave imprint on Little Snow’s soul so that he could never betray him.
But Long Chen continued to hesitate about using the slave imprint. He couldn’t bear to make this little guy a slave.
Pondering over this, he suddenly felt his face become wet. That little guy had crawled onto his lap and was enthusiastically washing his face.
Long Chen laughed and hugged the little guy. He brought Little Snow out of the Long estate to the outskirts of the city. Now that the little guy had opened his eyes, it was time for him to temper himself.
Magical Beasts had an extremely tenacious vitality. As soon as they opened their eyes, they were essentially capable of finding and eating their own food. They would no longer require that nutrient fluid they had needed as a cub.
Bringing him out of the city was precisely the fastest way for Little Snow to mature.
But before he left the city, he still had to find a certain someone. In just an hour, Long Chen arrived at a large pasture.
Suddenly, a huge roar rang out, and the entire earth trembled along with it. A smile appeared on Long Chen’s face.
[1] The Chinese refers to Little Snow as ‘it’, but I think in English it sounds better to call Little Snow a ‘he’, similar to how you don’t call your dog ‘it’. But you should note we technically don’t know Little Snow’s gender right now, and other people may refer to Little Snow as ‘it’ instead of ‘he’.
Chapter 71 Twelfth Level of Qi Condensation
The southern pass was almost a thousand miles to the southwest of the capital. It was a narrow pass between sharp mountains and cliffs that represented the border with the Grand Xia.
Within the mountain range were huge trees that reached for the sky and countless wild beasts. Magical Beasts even occasionally roamed there. It was a wild land with no signs of human habitation.
The southern pass had a mountain valley that was bracketed by tall, precipitous cliffs. The mountain valley had to be traversed in order to get to the Grand Xia.
BOOM!
Within the depths of the mountain range was a secluded pool. Long Chen was sitting cross-legged on a boulder. With another muffled bang from within his body, a twelfth cyclone was born.
The originally three-meter-wide cyclones immediately grew to become a terrifying thirty meters. It really did make him feel numb.
For most Qi Condensation cultivators, their cyclones were only the size of a fist. Some of them might have their cyclones be a foot wide. If a person’s cyclone was two feet long, then that would qualify them as a legendary genius. But Long Chen’s cyclones had already reached an incomparable size.[1]
The size of the cyclones dictated how quickly you could absorb spiritual qi from heaven and earth. Even once you advanced to Blood Condensation, your cyclones would still remain. In other words, your cyclones were your ultimate way of absorbing spiritual qi.
Normally, you would be extremely happy to have your cyclones grow larger. But once they grew so large that it was inconceivable, that would naturally be startling and frightening.
Long Chen looked inside his Dantian. The twelve cyclones were like a group of huge mouths that were voraciously devouring heaven and earth’s spiritual qi.
The spiritual qi in this place was much denser than in the capital. Long Chen had managed to break through in just a couple of days.
He was becoming more and more worried and uncertain about the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. Just when was the end of this? The size of the cyclones was now completely shocking.
Just as Long Chen was thinking things over, a snow-white little fellow jumped onto the huge rock he was on and wiggled into his embrace.
Looking at that adorable fellow, Long Chen immediately put aside those worries and picked him up.
Lu Fang-er had taught Long Chen how to raise Magical Beasts. Over the past two days, Long Chen had caught several wild pheasants and used their blood to nourish Little Snow.
What had caused Long Chen to click his tongue in wonder was that Magical Beasts truly were Magical Beasts; as soon as Little Snow had drunk their blood, he had immediately started to grow stronger, no longer stumbling and staggering when he walked.
What was most inconceivable to him was that despite Little Snow not having any teeth, he actually had tightly bit down on the pheasant, tearing away a piece of flesh and swallowing it in one gulp.
But Little Snow’s throat wasn’t wide enough and the food got stuck. The little guy ended up rolling around in panic. Long Chen was given a fright and hastily picked the food out of his throat.
But the little guy actually seemed to act on instinct and immediately started to tear at more flesh.
Long Chen was helpless to that and could only tear the pheasant into small enough pieces for him. However, the result was that Long Chen’s eyes almost popped out of his head.
Little Snow was originally only a bit larger than a hand, but he actually managed to finish half the pheasant which was almost twice his size!
Even after half that pheasant, Little Snow’s belly only enlarged slightly. He then crawled beside Long Chen and took a long nap. After the nap, he actually began to eat again.
In just a couple of days, he had already grown to become a foot long. He had even grown four new teeth. Although they were still extremely immature, Little Snow still had enough power behind them to tear his food on his own now.
The little fellow actually appeared very fierce, but he was extremely affectionate with Long Chen. After he was tired, he would crawl into Long Chen’s embrace and doze off. Sometimes, he would even lick Long Chen’s face.
Unfortunately, Long Chen really couldn’t use him to wash his face. Now that Little Snow had started to eat flesh, the smell was a bit too strong.
Long Chen gently stroked Little Snow. Whenever he looked at the little fellow, he would think of Meng Qi’s perfectly beautiful image. A fire would burn within his heart.
BOOM!
Long Chen saw that a couple of miles away in a forest, a huge tree toppled down. At the same time, an earth-shaking roar rang out.
Long Chen shook his head and rushed over there while holding Little Snow. Arriving at the jungle, he saw that the forest now had an area hundreds of meters wide that was a complete mess. The trees in this area had all been snapped and crushed.
Within the center of that disorderly zone was a huge figure holding a three-meter-long huge Savage Bull.
“Wilde, how many times have I told you to use a bit of skill when hunting? Use the smallest amount of energy to achieve your goal.” Long Chen looked helplessly at Wilde.
“Hehe, brother Long, I remembered what you said right up to the point I saw my prey.” Wilde scratched his head in embarrassment.
Looking at the huge bull whose neck had been snapped, he didn’t know just what to say.
Wilde’s strength seemed endless. He was just like a terrifying Magical Beast in human form. But it seemed that when it came to using skillful techniques, he didn’t have any talent at all.
Along the way, in order to keep himself full, Wilde had already killed four Magical Beasts. Although this Savage Bull was just a first rank Magical Beast, its strength was still shocking. An ordinary Blood Condensation cultivator wasn’t necessarily a match for it.
But it was nothing more than a chicken in front of Wilde. Its neck had been broken without it having the slightest ability to resist.
Wilde’s favorite method of fighting was to directly use his full force to completely overwhelm his opponent. This caused quite a headache for Long Chen.
It was just like he was a Magical Beast. He favored attacking instinctively. He could remember things while not fighting, but as soon as he was in battle, everything would be thrown out of his head.
“Ok, well let’s handle this bull for now. I’ll skin off the fur and bury the viscera.”
Long Chen took out a sharp knife and began to skin the bull. That kind of meticulous work was something he didn’t even bother trying to get Wilde to do. Maybe if it was crushing the bull into a pulp he could ask Wilde to do it.
The scent of a Magical Beast’s blood could spread extremely far. Even if it was a hundred miles away, other Magical Beasts could smell it. After gutting and skinning it, Wilde brought the fur and viscera back to the camp.
The camp location Long Chen had chosen was behind a waterfall. There was a natural cave there, a ready-made shelter.
In addition, the flowing waterfall could block their scent, making it more difficult for other Magical Beasts to notice them.
Although they weren’t afraid of ordinary Magical Beasts, being sneak attacked was also extremely troublesome. If it was a venomous Magical Beast, then that would be a fatal danger.
The cave was very wide. Long Chen started a fire and cooked the bull on a frame over the flame, roasting it. In less than two hours, a fragrant smell filled the cave.
When Little Snow smelled it and saw the huge bull, he struggled free of Long Chen’s embrace and charged right at it.
Long Chen was startled and hastily grabbed him. If he was a bit slower, then Little Snow would have already jumped into the fire.
Although that wouldn’t burn him to death, his snow-white fur would be scorched.
“Don’t make trouble.” Long Chen put on an angry expression for Little Snow.
The little fellow seemed to be able to sense Long Chen’s anger and immediately became more obedient. His large eyes stared into the ground, and he didn’t dare look Long Chen in the eyes, seeming to acknowledge his error.
Although Long Chen hadn’t placed a slave imprint on him, with a couple of the techniques Lu Fang-er had left him that were used to communicate and connect with him, he was still able to clearly express his state of mind.
But if a slave imprint had been placed on him, he could make him die with just a thought. He would never be able to betray him or even have any thoughts of betraying him.
Long Chen didn’t treat the little fellow as a slave, but more as a partner and companion. After all, the current Scarlet Flame Snow Wolf was just like a child, so he still needed Long Chen’s help to figure out what he shouldn’t do.
Little Snow peeked up and saw that Long Chen’s expression was still gloomy. He slowly raised his head and started rubbing back and forth against Long Chen’s chin, almost as if he was petting him.
Long Chen wanted to laugh inside, but he still endured. If he let it end just like this, then Little Snow would be even bolder next time. He had to teach him a lesson.
The little fellow rubbed him for a long time. Seeing that Long Chen’s face still remained dark, he actually lowered his head and started to cry.
Long Chen practically couldn’t believe his own eyes. Carefully examining him, he confirmed that they really were tears. His nose even sneezed a few times as if he were choked with sobs.
“Ok, well, next time don’t act like that. It’s dangerous and will hurt you. Understood?” Long Chen bitterly smiled and gently rubbed Little Snow’s head.
The little fellow seemed to have understood Long Chen�
�s meaning and once more started using his small head to rub Long Chen’s chin.
Long Chen sighed. It seemed he also had to worry about this fellow as well. Looking to the side where Wilde was currently salivating, he felt a huge headache coming on.
When it was essentially cooked, Long Chen cut off a large piece and gave it to Little Snow. The little fellow didn’t like eating ground meat and preferred torn off pieces.
Long Chen merely cut off several kilograms of meat. The rest was all given to Wilde because Wilde’s stomach seemed to be like a bottomless pit that would never be full.
Even though he already was well aware of Wilde’s appetite, seeing him practically suck up the wild bull that was several tons in an instant still caused him to feel some shock. Looking from the bones on the ground to Wilde who still seemed to want to keep eating, Long Chen didn’t know what to say.
According to Wilde, Magical Beasts’ meat tasted exceptionally good to him and after eating he would feel as if his whole body was filled with power. It was much more efficient than eating beef.
Long Chen once more examined Wilde’s body and found that those sleeping cells were all gradually recovering, a very good sign.
At the same time, he also realized that Magical Beast meat was extremely important to Wilde. It seemed the stronger the meat, the more it would help Wilde grow.
After eating, Little Snow’s belly was as round as a ball. He crawled up next to Wilde and started snoring. Long Chen also started to cultivate. Since there was no way for him to advance to Blood Condensation, he might as well just condense another cyclone.
As for Wilde, he hesitated for a moment. With the Mountain Splitting Battle-Ax on his back, he continued to go hunting. It seemed he really would never be full.
The next day at noon, a burst of wind blew by, bringing with it a couple of voices. The cultivating Long Chen slowly opened his eyes. The person he had been waiting for had finally arrived.