Chapter 289 – An Unexpected Surprise
Qin Nan’s gaze landed onto the Maple Prince’s figure.
The Maple Prince could feel a chill in his heart, as he immediately glanced at Peng Yu and Master Mu with a pair of begging eyes.
Peng Yu and Master Mu both remained expressionless. Although Qin Nan was the Trading Alliance’s enemy, it did not mean that the Trading Alliance had the obligation to help Maple Prince.
“Qin Nan…” The Maple Prince completely lost his hope as he clenched his teeth and said, “I only have just over two thousand Arcane Realm Stones, and twenty three Emperor Weapon fragments right now. Is it possible to give you these first, and the remaining next time?”
“Sure thing!”
Qin Nan nodded his head without showing any expression.
This Maple Prince had tried to bully him just then, and although he was quite pitiful now, Qin Nan would not show any mercy.
Do you think your actions are justified just because you are pitiful now?
The Maple Prince clenched his teeth as he handed over his storage bag. He then left the scene swiftly.
“Here are your three thousand Arcane Realm Stones!”
Qin Nan waved his hand and paid the Arcane Realm Stones he owed. He then retrieved the Sacred Weapon fragment, the Divine Swordmaster’s record, and a copper mirror into his storage bag.
Peng Yu and Master Mu could feel their hearts bleeding upon seeing this.
Although they had the desire to rob Qin Nan, they immediately gave up the thought after recollecting Jianghuang’s attitude. If they were to rob Qin Nan now, it would bring a great disaster to the reputation of the Trading Alliance. It was not worth the price.
“Let’s go!”
Qin Nan and Sima Kong left the place. After all, they had earned enough Arcane Realm Stones in their trip here.
……
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…In an ordinary looking residence…
Sima Kong said with a pair of lustful eyes, “Qin Nan, I don’t care about anything else, I only want the Divine Swordmaster’s record. If you are willing to trade it with me, I’ll teach you how to conceal the black lines!”
“The Divine Swordmaster’s record?”
Qin Nan let out calm smile as he said, “This record is an inheritance from the Divine Swordmaster, which contains the Divine Swordmaster’s Sword Art. Its value has surpassed that of the Sacred Weapon fragment. Do you think this method of concealing the black lines is valuable enough to trade with the record?”
“This…”
Sima Kong was slightly startled, and his expression switched rapidly, before he clenched his teeth and said, “I’ll teach you how to conceal the black lines, and also the disguising technique! In return, you’ll give me the fragment of the Sacred Weapon too!”
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan’s eyes glistened.
He had personally witnessed the capabilities of Sima Kong’s disguising technique. It was incredibly magical, which would be quite useful if he were to learn it.
“Fine!”
Qin Nan did not hesitate any longer, as he threw the Divine Swordmaster’s record and the Sacred Weapon fragment into the hands of Sima Kong.
“Hehe, I like your straightforward attitude!” Sima Kong wore an unwilling expression as he took out a scroll and handed it to Qin Nan.
This time, he was indeed unwilling to trade his techniques, as most of the time he had relied on the disguising technique to roam freely in the lower district. If it were anything else, he would not trade his techniques, but this Divine Swordmaster’s record was utterly important to him.
Qin Nan unleashed his left eye of the Divine God of Battle and glanced at the scroll. After realizing that there were no problems or nothing missing anything from the scroll, Qin Nan nodded his head slightly.
“Buddy, I’ll leave first. I’ll give you the residence as a present!”
Sima Gong let out a chuckle as his figure vanished with a flicker.
“This Sima Kong is quite interesting…”
Qin Nan thought to himself.
Although his first impression told him that this Sima Kong did not seem to be trustworthy, the fact that he was marked with five black lines and possessed various secret techniques showed that he was no ordinary person.
“Screw it, let’s see how much I earned this time!”
Qin Nan’s eyes turned fiery as he checked his storage bags one at a time.
He had won nine rounds of the gamble on the first-floor of the Ancient Gambling Store, and earned a total of fourteen thousand four hundred Arcane Realm Stones. Together with over two thousand Arcane Realm Stones from the Maple Prince, that would be over sixteen thousand; minus the three thousand Arcane Realm Stones he had paid in the second-floor, that would be a remainder of over thirteen thousand Arcane Realm Stones.
Besides that, the Maple Prince had also paid him twenty three fragments of Emperor Weapons, each with a value of two hundred Arcane Realm Stones!
“I’ve surprisingly earned his much on a trip to the Ancient Gambling Store!”
Qin Nan could feel his heartbeat increasing.
If he were to trade all these Arcane Realm Stones for Martial Emperor Pills, it would result in a terrifying number.
How many levels would the Divine Battle Spirit improve if I were to consume such an amount of Martial Emperor Pills?
“Most importantly… I’ve managed to acquire this!”
Qin Nan took a deep breath and took out the copper mirror from his storage bag.
The copper mirror was around two palms large, carved with ancient markings, which were similar to the silhouette of a celestial being during the ancient era.
The copper mirror was one of the fragments that Qin Nan had picked at the Ancient Gambling Store, which was the only fragment that Qin Nan did not show to the crowd. This was because even his left eye of the Divine God of Battle had failed to peek through it.
“Wait until my cultivation is stronger, I’ll definitely discover all the secrets you are hiding!”
Qin Nan mumbled to himself. Following this, he calmed his thoughts and began to think about the current situation.
Not only had he displeased the Saintess of the Trading Alliance and the Six-Eared Divine Being, basically, the conflict between him and the Trading Alliance was unresolvable.
Since there were two months left until the selection of the two Sacred Areas, he would continue to be targeted by the Trading Alliance within Jianghuang City during this period.
“Trading Alliance, don’t let me find the right opportunity. Otherwise, I’ll surely make you pay!”
Qin Nan’s eyes flickered coldly, before he took out three million Martial Emperor Pills from his storage bag.
These three million Martial Emperor Pills were obtained when he sold the Beast Cores to Ma Qian previously at the Mystic Spirit Sect. After his Divine Battle Spirit reached the eighth-grade Xuan rank, he had never had the time to consume the remaining pills.
“Let’s see if I can raise the Divine Battle Spirit to the ninth-grade Xuan rank!”
Qin Nan made up his mind, as he began to take handfuls of Martial Emperor Pills and shove them into his mouth.
One hundred thousand!
Two hundred thousand!
One million!
After consuming two million Martial Emperor Pills, the Divine Battle Spirit remained silent.
“The amount of pills it needs for every level is crazily higher than the previous level’s amount…”
Even though Qin Nan was quite wealthy now, he could feel his heart aching after consuming two million Martial Emperor Pills in one sitting.
“Let’s continue!”
Qin Nan took another handful of Martial Emperor Pills and shoved them into his mouth.
At that instant, a rare occurrence took place, as his left eye of the Divine God of Battle began to jump ferociously, as a mystical force encapsulated Qin Nan’s figure.
Shoosh!
Qin Nan could feel his surroundings rotating, before he was devoured by a boundless darkness.
In the midst of the darkness, he could see a glowing ovular object floating. Under the glow was a vast mysterious world, which felt like it had remained unchanged for eternity.
“This is…”
Qin Nan was slightly startled. Wasn’t this the rare occurrence that took place when he had upgraded his Divine Battle Spirit back at the Mystic Spirit Sect?
BANG!
It was as if the ancient world in the middle of the darkness was being summoned, as a stream of aura from it was being absorbed into Qin Nan’s body.
As Qin Nan collected his thoughts, his face turned joyful. The stream of mysterious aura had expanded his Divine Sense to be ten times bigger.
At that instant, a shocking rare phenomenon occurred.
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 290 – The Mystical Chaos Qi
The stream of ancient Qi was utterly different than before. Instead of flowing into Qin Nan’s Divine Sense, it circulated within his meridians, exited from the tip of his finger, and dissolved into one of the Emperor Weapon fragments.
The Emperor Weapon fragment appeared to be a broken sword. Only half of the formation remained inside it, with no sign of its Weapon Spirit.
However, the instant the ancient Qi entered the fragment, it suddenly emitted a buzzing sound, as the destroyed formation began to recover, as if its life force was being restored. The fragment itself began to grow, which appeared to be regaining its original shape in just the blink of an eye.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Six other Emperor Weapon fragments close to the fragmented sword suddenly exploded, resulting in rays of light entering the sword, causing it to miraculously grow. In just three breaths’ time, the fragmented sword had transformed into a complete, crimson longsword.
Clash!
A terrifying Sword Intent was emitted from the crimson longsword, damaging the surroundings. It was no longer a fragmented piece, but a truly powerful Emperor Weapon!
“Could this be repairing?”
Qin Nan wore a stunned expression.
The aura from the mysterious world that the left eye of the Divine God of Battle formed was able to repair a fragmented Emperor Weapon?
While being confused, he suddenly felt his blood to be linked to the crimson longsword, as if he had formed a blood pact with it, merging the two together.
“What’s going on?”
Qin Nan ignored the doubts in his mind and unleashed the left eye of the Divine God of Battle and glanced at the longsword. With a glimpse, he instantly came to a realization.
It appeared that the core formation located inside the longsword was restored by the stream of ancient Qi. After restoring its appearance, the stream of ancient Qi transformed into a human-figured Weapon Spirit. Although it did not possess any intelligence, it was capable of supporting the longsword, thus allowing it to regain its power of an Emperor Weapon.
“Slash!”
Qin Nan uttered a roar.
The longsword suddenly let out a glow, as it emitted a powerful Sword Intent slashing forward.
“Withdraw!”
No one was allowed to unleash any aura within Jianghuang City. Qin Nan immediately uttered the command after realizing this.
The longsword instantly froze in mid-air, as it withdrew the terrifying Sword Intent which it had emitted. The place then fell into a dead silence, as if nothing had happened just then.
“It seems like the stream of ancient Qi is able to repair a fragmented Emperor Weapon! Not only that, the repaired Emperor Weapon is completely under my control!” Qin Nan could not help but inhale deeply.
Repairing fragments of Emperor Weapons, how crazy was that?
Even the Weapon Masters of the Trading Alliance were unable to achieve this!
Most importantly, it only took the stream of ancient Qi six other fragments to fix this fragment of Emperor Weapons. In other words, he would only need seven fragments of Emperor Weapons to produce a complete Emperor Weapon.
Seven fragments of Emperor Weapons were priced around a thousand four hundred Arcane Realm Stones, but a real Emperor Weapon… The price was immeasurable!
“This stream of ancient Qi took the initiative to descend after my left eye communicated with the mysterious world, and fixed the Emperor Weapon fragment straight away. Does that mean that I can also repair a Dominator Weapon fragment? Or even a Sacred Weapon fragment? If I managed to do that…”
Qin Nan took another deep breath, as he did not dare to continue his thought.
In Jianghuang City, a complete Dominator Weapon was extremely rare to be found, not to mention a Sacred Weapon!
“However, I should take note that seven fragments of Emperor Weapons were needed to fix an Emperor Weapon! It’s highly possible that the repairing of Dominator Weapons and Sacred Weapons would also need the same amount of fragments of the same tier!”
Qin Nan mumbled to himself as he organized his thoughts.
“Most importantly, this stream of ancient Qi only appeared when the left eye of the Divine God of Battle communicated with the mysterious world, and it has only appeared two times up until now! If I was planning to fix more Emperor Weapons, the first thing I should focus on is the way to obtain more streams of ancient Qi!”
Qin Nan’s pair of eyes gradually glistened.
It did not matter what he was trying to repair, the material was just the secondary requirement. Most importantly, he must have sufficient ancient Qi beforehand!
“The first time I obtained this ancient Qi happened when I was upgrading my Divine Battle Spirit. Similarly, I was also upgrading my Divine Battle Spirit this time. Therefore, the ancient Qi is only obtainable the same way as upgrading the Martial Spirit, which is by consuming enough pills?”
A thought flashed through Qin Nan’s mind.
Without any hesitation, he immediately sat down with his legs crossed, and began to consume handfuls of Martial Emperor Pills.
One hundred thousand!
Eight hundred thousand!
One million!
When Qin Nan consumed all the remaining one million Martial Emperor Pills, the Divine Battle Spirit showed no sign of leveling up, and the left eye of the Divine God of Battle showed no reaction either. Unlike last time, it did not take the initiative to communicate with the atavistic world located in the midst of the darkness.
“Let’s go exchange for some Martial Emperor Pills!”
Qin Nan did not give up, as he swiftly went out to trade for some Martial Emperor Pills.
In Jianghuang City, most of the people traded stuff with Arcane Realm Stones, as Arcane Realm Stones were useful to improve one’s Martial Skills‘ mastery, which was more useful than Martial Emperor Pills. Therefore, an Arcane Realm Stone might only be worth one hundred thousand Martial Emperor Pills in other places, but it was worth three hundred thousand Martial Emperor Pills here in Jianghuang City!
Qin Nan immediately took out one thousand Arcane Realm Stones. Since the value was too huge, instead of exchanging them for Martial Emperor Pills, he ended up exchanging for three million Martial Ancestor Pills!
“Let’s try again!”
Qin Nan took a deep breath, and began to devour handfuls of Martial Ancestor Pills.
Three thousand!
Seven thousand!
After Qin Nan had consumed ten thousand Martial Ancestor Pills, the Divine Battle Spirit remained silent, but the left eye of the Divine God of Battle suddenly emitted a mystical glow, which encapsulated Qin Nan and brought him into the ocean of darkness.
Within the boundless darkness, an ancient world could be seen floating, which emitted a stream of ancient Qi into Qin Nan’s body.
“I’m right! It seems like it is obtainable by consuming pills!”
Qin Nan’s face turned joyful.
This time, he manually guided the stream of ancient Qi to enter his body, and prevented it from exiting from his finger and entering the Emperor Weapon fragments. Instead, it was stored inside his Dantian.
The stream of ancient Qi, despite possessing zero intelligence, was extremely obedient to Qin Nan’s will. It remained stationary in place when Qin Nan commanded it to do so.
“This ancient Qi is so magical, with a cloudy appearance. I should call it ‘Chaos Qi‘! Furthermore, instead of using it to repair the fragments of Emperor Weapons, I should save up more for the time being, so that I can experiment with its other magical uses!”
Qin Nan thought in his mind.
Previously, the stream of Chaos Qi had expanded his Divine Sense to ten times its original size. This time, the Chaos Qi was able to repair the Emperor Weapon fragment. Therefore, it was evident that this Chaos Qi was extraordinary, and hence it might have other unique effects as well.
“I shall devour more pills!”
Qin Nan made up his mind and grabbed handfuls of pills and shoved them into his mouth. The sight of it would cause one to stare with their eyes open wide and their jaws dropped.
Ten thousand!
Twenty thousand!
Eighty thousand!
One hundred thousand!
After consuming a total of five hundred thousand Martial Ancestor pills, Qin Nan’s body had now stored twenty six streams of Chaos Qi. At the same time, the ninth ray of light finally appeared behind the Divine Battle Spirit!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn