Chapter 242 – The Dragon Vein within the Mountain
The Qinglong Sacred Area, one of the two Sacred Areas; one of the most formidable forces within the entire lower district.
Comparing the Mystic Spirit Sect to it was like comparing a firefly to the Moon.
“Sure!”
Qin Nan’s eyes were engulfed in flames as he said, “Old Shan, where are you taking me to, so that I can cultivate in seclusion?”
Currently in the Mystic Spirit Sect, following the failure of the Sect Leader’s leveling up, both Ouyang Jun and his other enemies would have a hard time recovering, hence Qin Nan had no need to waste his time dealing with them. Therefore, Qin Nan was more keen on interacting with the Qinglong Sacred Area, to meet more powerful geniuses, so that he could have satisfying battles with them!
“Follow me!”
Old Shan reached out his hand and grabbed Qin Nan’s shoulder, before their figures flew across the sky.
After around ten breath’s time, the two landed at the peak of Tianfeng Mountain, which was filled with howling winds and a freezing temperature, surrounded by an endless sea of clouds.
Qin Nan wore a confused expression. He tried scanning his surroundings with his Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit, but did not discover anything extraordinary.
“The arcane nine becomes seven, buckling the concealing door, understanding the hidden secrets; the formation shall be activated!”
Old Shan suddenly uttered a chant as his hands formed a mudra, producing a beam of atavistic light penetrating the ground below him.
At that instant, Qin Nan could feel the ground beneath him trembling as a large formation hidden at the peak of the mountain was awakened, causing countless densely packed lines of runes to surface, covering the entire peak.
“This is…”
Qin Nan’s heart shuddered slightly.
Before he could react, he suddenly felt an empty sensation below his feet. The ground beneath him had disappeared, causing his figure to swiftly fall into some kind of abyss.
BANG!
In just the blink of an eye, with a loud thump, Qin Nan had landed on something solid.
As soon as he arrived, he could feel a cloud of rumbling Qi enclosing his body, as if he was now in an ocean of Qi, causing his pores to relax and him to feel energetic.
“Qin Nan, even core disciples are not allowed to enter here unless they contributed a lot to the sect…” Old Shan’s voice could be heard in his ears.
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan was slightly startled. He then calmed his thoughts and glanced at his surroundings.
With a glimpse, his face was filled with utter astonishment.
He could only see that the entire Tianfeng Mountain—which was over six hundred feet tall—was thoroughly empty.
In other words, this Tianfeng Mountain was a hollow mountain!
Within the mountain, endless streams of Qi could be seen forming an ocean of Qi that collided against the walls of the mountain, but the Qi was locked inside the mountain by a huge formation. Deep down in the ocean of Qi, he could see an enormous dragon formed by Qi with a length of around two hundred feet. The scales on its body were relaxed, as if it was real and alive. Its huge dragon eyes were shut tightly, and its pair of dragon horns were stacked with countless runes.
It was as if this huge Qi Dragon was hibernating, with a stable rhythmic breathing. Each breath felt like a terrifying tsunami as it breathed out a rich stream of Qi.
“This is…”
“This is called the Dragon Vein. When the amount of Qi reaches a certain level, it forms a Dragon Vein. This Dragon Vein possesses intelligence; it can absorb the force of the Heavens and Earth, to transform them into its own Qi.” Old Shan calmly said, “The reason why the amount of Qi is abundant in the Mystic Spirit Sect is because of this Dragon Vein. It’s the backbone supporting the entire Mystic Spirit Sect!”
Qin Nan was absolutely astonished!
He finally understood why the Qi was richer in the higher ranked residences of the Outer Domain Peak and the Inner Domain Peak. Each residence was receiving a different amount of Qi from the Dragon Vein.
“Take your time cultivating here.”
Old Shan let out a smile, and was about to make his leave.
“Wait!” A sudden thought came up to Qin Nan, “Old Shan, is there any chance that you have suitable techniques to temper the flesh or enhance Divine Sense?”
“Temper the flesh, or enhance Divine Sense?” Old Shan was slightly startled, before shaking his head, “I do have a useful technique to enhance Divine Sense. As for tempering the flesh, I don’t think… I almost forgot, I do have one, but it’s only an incomplete version.”
“That’s better than nothing.”
Qin Nan let out a sigh of relief. His main focus at the moment was to strengthen his flesh and his Divine Sense.
“This technique focusing on practicing Divine Sense is called the Art of Heart-Calming and Demon-Expelling. Mastering its foundation allows you to calm your heart and prevent it from being invaded by external evil presence. Mastering it thoroughly allows you to utilize your Divine Sense to expel demons!” Old Shan took out two ancient books and said, “As for this flesh-tempering technique, I stumbled onto it coincidentally. It’s name is the Blazing Sun Golden Armor Body Technique. From my observation, if you were to find the complete version, it would be a terrifying technique…”
While talking, Old Shan suddenly realized something, whose face was filled with surprise, “Qin Nan, have you awakened your Divine Sense?”
Most people could only awaken their Divine Sense after becoming a Martial Emperor. It was his first time witnessing someone awakening Divine Sense with a cultivation of the half-Martial Emperor Realm.
Qin Nan let out a smile without saying anything, as he received the two books of techniques, and said in a serious tone, “Thank you, Old Shan.”
“You little brat…”
Old Shan pointed his finger at Qin Nan and smilingly uttered a curse. Following this, he thoughtfully glanced at Qin Nan, before his figure rapidly disappeared.
“Phew, I’m not in a rush now to comprehend these two techniques. I should first improve the grade of my Divine Battle Spirit!”
Qin Nan made up his mind. The representative of the Qinglong Sacred Area would be arriving in ten days. If he could further increase the grade of his Divine Battle Spirit, it would grant him a better chance of catching the attention of the representative, and of joining the Qinglong Sacred Area.
After all, when it came to recruiting disciples, the grade of one’s Martial Spirit was always the main focus!
Qin Nan sat with his legs crossed. Behind him, seven green rays were emitted, as the over sixty foot tall Divine Battle Spirit appeared.
Currently, he had seven million two hundred thousand Martial Emperor Pills from selling the Beast Cores, three hundred and sixty thousand Martial Emperor Pills which he had robbed, which combined for a total of seven million five hundred and sixty thousand Martial Emperor Pills. Excluding the five hundred thousand Martial Emperor Pills which he owed, he still had a remaining around seven million Martial Emperor Pills to be consumed!
“I can only devour a few hundreds Martial Emperor Pills at a time. How long will it take to devour all seven million Martial Emperor Pills?”
A wry smile appeared on Qin Nan’s face, who then took a deep breath and began consuming the Martial Emperor Pills by taking handfuls and shoving them into his mouth at a rapid speed.
After sixty breaths’ time, he had consumed one hundred thousand Martial Emperor Pills, but the Divine Battle Spirit showed no reaction.
Eight hundred thousand!
One million!
One million six hundred thousand!
Two million three hundred thousand!
After several hours, he had consumed two million nine hundred thousand Martial Emperor Pills, but the Divine Battle Spirit still showed no reaction, as if it had turned into a bottomless hole.
“Damn it, after the Divine Battle Spirit has improved to the seventh-layer Xuan rank, the amount of pills it needs for the next level is extremely terrifying…”
Qin Nan let out a curse in his heart. Despite the fact that he was relatively wealthy now, how many times could he afford to be spending pills like this?
However, as soon as Qin Nan consumed three million Martial Emperor Pills!
BANG!
With a loud bang, an eighth green ray was behind the Divine Battle Spirit, as the aura of the Divine Battle Spirit grew stronger.
Qin Nan’s heart was filled with joy, as he suddenly realized a change.
“This is…”
Qin Nan’s expression changed, as the green eyeball in his left eye started jumping suddenly. He could faintly feel a huge door being opened before him.
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 243 – The Magical Effects of the Godly Eyes
BANG!
A loud explosion took place in Qin Nan’s mind.
Following this, Qin Nan’s green eyeball turned golden in color, emitting a brilliant glow. Not only that, it was as if Qin Nan’s left eye had traveled across an endless void, filling his sight with an endless sea of darkness.
Among the endless darkness, a shiny oval object could be seen floating in mid-air.
“What’s this?”
Qin Nan’s heart skipped a beat. He could feel a vast energy enclosed within the oval object, as if it was a world to its own, which was somehow closely related to the left eye of the Divine God of Battle.
Splash!
A sound similar to waves crashing onto the shore could be heard, as a stream of dark green aura was emitted from the shiny oval object, which traveled a vast distance and penetrated Qin Nan’s mind.
Buzz!
The pool of Divine Sense in his mind which had originally been six feet wide expanded crazily, and was now ten times bigger. The pool of clear water instantly turned cloudy, as it was filled with an atavistic aura.
“My Divine Sense…”
Qin Nan was slightly startled, as he immediately realized that his left eye was communicating with the mysterious world and had absorbed a stream of aura from it, which resulted in unbelievable benefits to his Divine Sense.
“I shall continue to absorb it!”
Qin Nan’s heart was filled with excitement as he continued to use his left eye to glance at the shiny oval object located within the endless sea of darkness.
However, this time, the mysterious world among the darkness showed no reaction.
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan frowned his eyebrows. Before he could figure out why it was not working the second time, it was as if the power in his left eye had dissipated, as the scene of the mysterious world thoroughly vanished.
“Strange, very strange.” Qin Nan collected his thoughts and mumbled, “It seems like the left eye of the Divine God of Battle has awakened a new ability after the Divine Battle Spirit leveled up. However, I am yet to understand the requirements for using the ability. That being said, I’m sure that I will be able to communicate with the mysterious world again in the future!”
Previously, he had only absorbed a stream of aura from it, which expanded the capacity of his Divine Sense by ten times its initial size. What would happen if he were to absorb ten streams, of a hundred streams?
The thought alone was enough to cause his blood to boil.
“I don’t have much time left. If I am to become the limelight during the feast in ten days’ time, I will have to start cultivating!”
Qin Nan thought to himself. With a flick, his figure landed on the head of the enormous Qi Dragon, as he sat down with his legs crossed.
The body of the enormous Qi Dragon shuddered slightly as if it felt something, but returned to its calm state swiftly after.
“The Art of Heart-Calming and Demon-Expelling, the Blazing Sun Golden Armor Body Technique. With my ability to multitask, I’ll be able to thoroughly understand these two techniques with ease.” Qin Nan began reading the two books of techniques at the same time.
At that instant, his left eye suddenly emitted a golden glow.
“This is…”
Before Qin Nan could react, he could sense the secrets written in the two books of techniques to be fully observed by his left eye.
“What the f**k!” This time, Qin Nan could not help but let out a curse, “The capability of this left eye is too insane! I could totally understand the secrets of these techniques with a glance!”
The left eye of the Divine God of Battle, not only could it unleash the Suppression of the Divine God of Battle and communicate with that mysterious world, it could also observe the secrets of a Martial Skill.
Is there anything in the world that could match its capabilities?
In just less than thirty breaths’ time, Qin Nan had fully understood the secrets of the two techniques and memorized them.
“With this left eye of the Divine God of Battle, I’ll be able to save a lot of time! Let’s start practicing these two techniques!” Qin Nan gradually recovered from the shock and entered into a multitasking state, his flesh executing the Blazing Sun Golden Armor Body Technique while his Divine Sense in his mind executed the Art of Heart-Calming and Demon Expelling in a continuous manner like a puppet.
Hoo! Hoo!
Following this, it was as if Qin Nan’s whole body had turned into a furnace, as each of his pores was relaxed, emitting endless heat waves, like the breathing of a giant.
Within his Divine Sense, a magical music could be heard, switching between a relaxing and a murderous atmosphere at certain times.
…Time gradually passed, after three hours…
Within Qin Nan’s body, each meridian was engulfed in flames, causing his body to emit boiling heat waves.
Now that he had mastered the foundation stage of the Blazing Sun Golden Armor Body Technique, when executed, his body would be engulfed in flames; he could also utilize the force of the sun to enhance his attacks, resulting in terrifying damage. However, it was still a long way before Qin Nan would have thoroughly mastered the Blazing Sun Golden Armor Body Technique. By then, he would be able to engulf himself in the flames of the sun, forming the Blazing Sun Golden Armor, which was capable of setting the ocean on fire.
At the same time, he had mastered the foundation stage of the Art of Heart-Calming and Demon-Expelling too.
Within his sixty foot wide pool of Divine Sense, silhouettes of fish, dragons, phoenixes, and other beasts were produced. These beasts continued to utter cries; each cry was pleasant sounding, capable of calming his heart and his soul.
“Phew, the Divine Battle Spirit is indeed powerful after reaching the eighth-grade Xuan rank. I can’t believe the progress of mastering these two techniques could reach this stage in just three hours’ time!”
Qin Nan exhaled deeply before glancing at the Qi Dragon underneath him, as his eyes flickered, “Maybe it’s time to unleash the Divine Battle Spirit, to see if I am able to absorb the Qi from this Dragon Vein… to level up to the Martial Emperor Realm!”
Following this, the Divine Battle Spirit appeared without hesitation, standing on the Qi Dragon’s head and emitted a powerful absorption force.
What Qin Nan had not expected was that his insignificant action had caused a terrifying phenomenon to occur!
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…Inside the Hall of Life and Death…
The Leader of the Treasure Vault wore a twisted expression. Different than the others, she had too many treasures with her at the moment, causing her to speak in a forced tone, “Is it possible…”
“What the hell! You old hag still dare to resist?” Before the Leader of the Treasure Vault could finish speaking, the Longhu Ancestor Beast opened his bloody mouth and uttered a shocking roar.
Under the command of Princess Miao Miao, the Longhu Ancestor Beast was incredibly excited. He had never thought robbing people was such a marvelous act to do. As such, when he heard the Leader of the Treasure Vault trying to resist, he became enraged.
The Leader of the Treasure Vault was stunned by the roar. She did not dare to have any second thoughts, and immediately took out her storage bag and handed it over to Princess Miao Miao.
“Hmm?”
Princess Miao Miao’s eyes sparkled after scanning the contents of the storage bag, before she wore a satisfied expression and said, “Not bad, not bad, what a surprise, this old woman is quite rich! Fine, from today onward, the Princess will look after you!”
“Thanks, Princess…” The Leader of the Treasure Vault felt like crying.
Why do I end up thanking her, even though she is the one robbing me?
At that instant, after hearing the roar of the Longhu Ancestor Beast, over a thousand disciples, elders, and authorities began to line up at the Hall of Life and Death.
Each of them went up in an honest manner and handed over their possessions, like paying the entrance fee before entering a city.
However, they had no other choice. Now that the Sect Leader had lost his influence, no one was able to stand against the Great Elder and those siding with him.
BANG!
All of a sudden, a terrifying explosion could be heard across the Mystic Spirit Sect.
The disciples and the elders were stunned, clueless of what had just happened.
The Longhu Ancestor Beast and Princess Miao Miao were startled and slightly raised their heads, glancing at the peak of Tianfeng Mountain. With a glimpse, both of them were stunned.
“How could this be…”
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 244 – The Quavering of the Heavens and Earth
…Inner domain peak, inside the first residence…
Ouyang Jun’s wore a pale face, his eyes reddened.
The news regarding his father failing to level up to the Martial Dominator Realm felt like thunder on a sunny day!
How will I be able to deal with Qin Nan now?
How can I protect my own dignity?
“Why, why…” Ouyang Jun let out a roar, “Ouyang Ba, aren’t you a peerless genius, didn’t you say you were a hundred percent sure you would succeed, why didn’t you become a Martial Dominator…”
Ouyang Ba: the name of the Sect Leader of the Mystic Spirit Sect.
Beside him, Li Hong also wore an unpleasant expression, who poured a bucket of cold water on his head without mercy, “Just a while ago, the other seventy two members of the Jun Alliance all chose to quit the alliance.”
“HAHAHA!” Ouyang Jun burst out laughing, his face turned hideous, “What a bunch of trash! A bunch of wasters! A bunch of pricks! They begged me to allow them to join the alliance, but now they quit as they please! I shall not forgive these ungrateful morons!”
Speaking of the difference between Heaven and Hell.
Just a few moments ago, he was still considered to possess the greatest authority apart from his father within the sect, and he was now abandoned by everyone in just a blink of an eye!
The sense of defeat caused his heart to be twisted with darkness!
At that instant, a loud explosion was heard across the entire Mystic Spirit Sect!
“What’s going on?”
Ouyang Jun, Li Hong, and Xiao Qingxue—who had remained silent throughout the whole process—wore shocked expressions as they all raised their heads looking in the direction of the explosion.
They could only see a shapeless force with their naked eyes being emitted from the peak of Tianfeng Mountain, which absorbed all the Qi from the peaks, the training grounds, and the halls of the Mystic Spirit Sect at a ridiculous pace, forming streams of Qi Dragons flying toward the peak of Tianfeng Mountain.
“This is… This is…” Ouyang Jun stared with his eyes open wide and said in a shocked tone, “Someone is cultivating inside the Dragon Vein? Could it be that brother is back?”
“No! Your brother is yet to return!” Li Hong took a deep breath and said, “According to the news from the Hall of Life and Death, Qin Nan was summoned away by the Great Elder! There is only one possibility; the Great Elder brought Qin Nan to Tianfeng Mountain so he could cultivate inside the Dragon Vein!”
“What? It’s him cultivating inside the Dragon Vein? How could he cause such a scene within the Mystic Spirit Sect with such a low-graded Martial Spirit?”
Ouyang Jun screamed in madness.
“Don’t forget, he managed to find himself some fortunate encounters which allowed his cultivation to improve by eight layers in just a month. It’s most likely that he has some kind of treasure which can boost his cultivation speed…” Li Hong said after pausing for a while.
“……”
Ouyang Jun was utterly astounded.
As the son of the Sect Leader, he had begged his father to allow him to cultivate inside the Dragon Vein numerous times, but his requests were all rejected by the Great Elder.
But now, Qin Nan with an insignificant background, the Qin Nan who has the same grade of Martial Spirit as he has, was cultivating inside the Dragon Vein?
Even his brother could not enjoy such a benefit!
What right does he have?
What right does he actually have?
Why is he able to have fortunate encounters, to be supported by a few Martial Ancestor Realm experts, to have the chance of cultivating within the Dragon Vein? Even the woman who was supposed to be mine is fond of him!
What right does he f**king have!
“I will kill him, I will kill him, I will kill him, I will kill him…” Ouyang Jun’s twisted heart thoroughly went insane, as a huge murderous intent began to spread from his chest, causing his pair of eyes to turn extremely red, like those of a demon.
He is totally insane!
Meanwhile, above the Mystic Spirit Sect, more and more Qi Dragons were being absorbed by the invisible force emitted from the peak of Tianfeng Mountain, resulting in a succession of buzzing sounds, which felt like dragons soaring across the sea, causing an uproar as the Heavens and Earth began to tremble!
Shoosh shoosh!
Following two gusts of wind, the Longhu Ancestor Beast and Princess Miao Miao both landed on the peak.
“F**k me, there is a Dragon Vein hidden inside this mountain? Is that kid cultivating inside?” The Longhu Ancestor Beast let out a curse as his eyes were filled with jealousy. Even I, the descendant of the Heavenly Dragon and the Thunderous Tiger, have yet to cultivate within a Dragon Vein!
“Humph, how could he not bring us along!” Princess Miao Miao said in an aggrieved tone.
In comparison with the treasures which she had just robbed, the chance of cultivating inside a Dragon Vein was more precious.
Following behind them were groups of the Hall Leaders, authorities, and elders who were just being robbed.
They were already stunned by the rare phenomenon, and all came to a realization after hearing the conversation between Princess Miao Miao and the Longhu Ancestor Beast, causing them all to inhale deeply.
“The Dragon Vein, Qin Nan is cultivating inside the Dragon Vein!”
“Gasp, he is already strong to begin with. How powerful will he be after he finishes cultivating inside the Dragon Vein?”
“He caused such an uproar when he has just started cultivating inside the Dragon Vein; it seems like Qin Nan is going to be the core disciple of the Mystic Spirit Sect!”
“……”
Everyone was amazed outright.
A person cultivating is enough to shock the entire sect. How terrifying is that?
Following the Sect Leader failing to become a Martial Dominator, Qin Nan’s figure had unconsciously grown incredibly large within their hearts, becoming a presence which they could never surpass, someone they would need to look up at!
…Meanwhile, inside a certain residence…
Old Shan lost his thoughts after seeing this, “Qin Nan, you never cease to amaze.” After saying this, his eyes were filled with a flicker as a hysterical smile appeared on his face, “Holding a birthday feast straight away after leveling up, and even inviting the representative of the Qinglong Sacred Area… Qin Nan, the curtains are being drawn, I hope you are courageous enough…”
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…Inside Tianfeng Mountain…
With Qin Nan at the center, the Divine Battle Spirit emitted a terrifying absorption force, which formed a giant whirlpool. Within this whirlpool, the rumbling Qi turned into one gust after another of raging wind, one heavenly flame after another which merged together, as if a terrifying secret ability was being accumulated!
Beneath Qin Nan’s feet, the giant body of the Qi Dragon began to move as if it detected something, whose eyes shuddered violently, as if they were going to open at anytime soon!
“This…”
Qin Nan did not expect to cause such an uproar just by cultivating with his Divine Battle Spirit.
The faintly awakening aura of the Qi Dragon, in particular, caused him to be intimidated, since this Qi Dragon was the product of the Heavens and Earth, it had begun to possess intelligence, granting it a terrifying strength.
If it were to be awakened and slap me to death straight away, it’s totally not worth it!
“Screw it, I shall not miss such a rare opportunity!”
Qin Nan clenched his teeth. Old Shan must be taking note of what’s happening here, he won’t let the Qi Dragon consume me.
Qin Nan instantly calmed his thoughts and fully focused on guiding the abundant Qi, transforming it into his personal Qi which surged around inside his body.
Three hours after, Qin Nan suddenly opened his eyes.
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan frowned his eyebrows; With such a large amount of Qi, I should be forming my core with the Qi and becoming a Martial Emperor. Why can’t I feel any reaction from my body?
“Could this be the consequence for taking the path of Atavistic Cultivation?”
Qin Nan instantly remembered the words from Old Shan, “It’s extremely difficult for an Atavistic Cultivator to become a Martial Emperor.”
“With such a large amount of Qi, it doesn’t matter how difficult it is. I will surely become a Martial Emperor within ten days!” Qin Nan’s eyes glistened, as he calmed his thoughts once again.
At that instant, a growing invisible pressure could be felt all of a sudden.
The pair of tightly shut eyes of the Qi Dragon had sprung open!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn