Long Chen was cultivating his newly acquired advanced Black-tier Body Combat technique, Nine Dragon Flashes, in his home.
No wonder Dongfang Xuanxiao uses it. It’s amazing. He was engrossed with the book as he studied it.
If I do this, can I do the first flash? Long Chen picked up the book and waltzed around the room.
He immersed himself in the technique, and his legs suddenly moved on their own before his vision abruptly shifted.
Long Chen had cultivated the Sword Devil Finger in no time at all, so he didn’t know his limit when it came to learning new techniques.
The main culprit behind this was the mysterious Dragon Jade Pendant. Due to its presence within his sea of consciousness, Long Chen felt that his comprehension skills had been forcibly increased to the maximum.
His overwhelming comprehension skills allowed him to master martial techniques considerably faster than others.
“I’ve only been studying it for a day and a night; it seems the Nine Dragon Flashes is not that hard …” Long Chen placed the book in his Universe Pouch and smiled.
If the other cultivators who were trying to learn the same technique heard what he had said, they would probably collapse from shock and vomit blood. Most people had to wait until they were at the Heavenly Core Realm to start cultivating advanced Black-tier techniques, yet Long Chen had said that the Nine Dragon Flashes wasn’t hard.
He did indeed find it easy.
It’s time to go get the spiritual herbs for Ling Xi. Long Chen exited his room.
It was actually the first thing he wanted to do, but the Nine Dragon Flashes was too interesting to him. This is why he had waited a full day before heading out. But since Ling Xi still had half of the Soul Grass’ power left, it wasn’t all that urgent.
Long Chen made his way over to the Xuanyun Pavilion.
The buildings of the Eastern Azure Dragon family were quite a distance apart from each other, but the four pavilions were very conspicuous, each one sitting in a corner of the garden. It took him half an hour to arrive at his destination.
The Xuanyun Pavilion was similar to the Xuanfeng Pavilion, but while the latter was serious and solemn, the former was enshrouded in a mist of fragrance and Qi, as if it was a pavilion for the gods.
Just as Long Chen was about to enter, several kids walked out. They were roughly thirteen or fourteen years old. When they saw Long Chen, they started whispering amongst themselves.
“Who is he? Why is he in the inner family?”
The youths of the inner family were snobbish and hostile to strangers like Long Chen.
“He should be the stepson that Fourth Uncle just brought back. I’ve heard that his name is Long Chen. He’s already sixteen, but he’s only at the initial Earthly Core Realm,” one of the youths said plainly.
“He’s that weak? Let’s play a trick on him.”
“Never mind that. Brother Tianyu is still waiting for us.”
Long Chen ignored their whispering. To him, they were just a bunch of brats.
But some of those brats were already at the mid Earthly Core Realm, so he also thought that they were a bit too talented.
There weren’t a lot of places or people in the Xuanyun Pavilion, and a lot of the rooms and corridors were sealed off. Long Chen walked through the whole building before finding that only one of the doors was open. He entered and found himself in a barren room containing nothing but a chair, and there was a skinny man sitting on it.
“Long Chen?” The skinny man sensed that someone was there and opened his eyes slightly. He immediately recognized Long Chen.
“Greetings, Third Uncle.” It was indeed Xuanxiao’s third brother, Dongfang Xuanyun.
Just as Xuanxiao had said, Dongfang Xuanyun was on good terms with him, so he stood up when Long Chen entered. “Do you need something from the Xuanyun Pavilion?”
“I need to find spiritual herbs that nourish the Divine Soul. Do you have anything like that?” Since Xuanyun had gone straight for business, Long Chen did not start any small talk.
“Of course.” Dongfang Xuanyun didn’t know why Long Chen needed spiritual herbs, but he didn’t ask. He took a small, golden book from the table at the back and gave it to Long Chen.
“These are the spiritual herbs that we have in stock. Just tell me what you need and I can approve it for you if it’s something basic.”
Long Chen had only joined the inner family a day ago, so there weren’t a lot of people he could trust. Dongfang Xuanxiao was the only one so far, but Xuanyun seemed promising. As for Dongfang Xuanyu, Long Chen felt revolted when he thought about her.
Long Chen took the book. He saw there were roughly twenty different kinds of spiritual herbs in stock. Even their effects and price were listed.
“Dream Lingzhi Mushroom, Soul Nourishing Fruit … There’s even Soul Grass. There are many more others …” Long Chen was shocked.
The inner family was not as lively or busy as the outer family, and the Xuanyun Pavilion was not as lavishly decorated as the Treasure Pavilion of the outer family. But the Xuanyun Pavilion easily had ten times more items than the Treasure Pavilion of the outer family.
“Third Uncle, can I have two Soul Grasses?” It was his first time asking for resources, so Long Chen didn’t dare to be too greedy.
“Two Soul Grasses?” Dongfang Xuanyun thought about it and nodded. “Sure, but you need to register first. As you know, if everyone could simply walk in and take whatever they wanted, the pavilion would be empty in no time. Everyone has to register so that we can prevent this.”
“Then when can I come back here to get more resources?” Even though the resources were free, Long Chen knew that there were limits to how much people could take. It was natural that the Xuanyun Pavilion didn’t allow everyone to constantly take resources.
Dongfang Xuanyun patted Long Chen’s shoulder and said happily, “Hehe, don’t worry about that. You’re already calling me ‘Third Uncle’ even though you just joined the Eastern Azure Dragon family. Consider the Soul Grasses my gift to you. These are coming out of my own pocket.”
“Thank you, Third Uncle.” Long Chen smiled plainly. Dongfang Xuanyun seemed like a good person, so it made sense that he got along well with Xuanxiao.
“Wait here, I’ll go grab it for you.” Dongfang Xuanyun walked out.
Long Chen got bored of waiting, so he decided to take a closer look at the golden book.
“The list is sorted according to price, with the most expensive item at the bottom. I wonder what the last herb is called?” He flipped through the pages until he saw the herb listed on the final page, the Sky Soul Fruit.
“Sky Soul Fruit? An advanced Black-tier spiritual herb. Its effect is very close to an Earth-tier spiritual herb, and the Lingwu family only has … one?”
The Sky Soul Fruit was sure to be terrifying. When Long Chen looked at its market price, he almost collapsed from shock.
“A single fruit costs ten million divine jades?!” He was stupefied. He had only ended up with two and a half million divine jades after killing Jin Sheng’en and Chu Yunxi, but the fruit was worth ten million!
“Ten million. How long would it take me to get that much?” Even though Long Chen was the embodiment of confidence, he felt powerless when he saw the price.
“Long Chen!” Ling Xi suddenly shouted.
“What’s wrong?”
She had been asleep the whole time, but hearing Long Chen mention the fruit had jolted her awake. In fact, she seemed very eager.
“I need the Sky Soul Fruit. It’s very important …” Ling Xi widened her eyes pitifully.
“How important?” Long Chen’s expression was bitter. Apparently, his Universe Pouch would bleed this time …
“I can live for five years if I eat it.”
“Five years?!” Long Chen was surprised. Even though he was living a dangerous life where he could die at any time, at least Ling Xi would still be able to survive without him for a period of time if she had the fruit.
Long Chen made his decision.
Just then, Dongfang Xuanyun returned with two Soul Grasses in hand. “Go home and continue cultivating. The tournament will probably take place in a month. I can’t wait to see your performance.”
Long Chen smiled and then passed the book to him. “Third Uncle, I have a question.”
“Yes?” Dongfang Xuanyun looked at Long Chen with uncertainty.
“What is the price that I need to pay if I want the Sky Soul Fruit?”The inaugural upload of this chapter took place via /n/ov/el/b/in.
Ling Xi was worried because Long Chen had not said anything after she told him she wanted the fruit. She was worried that he would not get it for her, but he had inquired about it instantly. She bit her lip, and tears of gratitude flowed from her eyes.
“The Sky Soul Fruit?” Dongfang Xuanyun gave Long Chen an uneasy look. “I don’t know why you need it, but it’s very expensive …”
“What do I need to do?” Long Chen asked again, his eyes resolute.
Seeing how adamant Long Chen was, Dongfang Xuanyun knew that the Sky Soul Fruit was very important to him, so he just cut to the chase. “I need the approval of several elders before I can give it to you. But if my calculations are correct, you won’t be able to take any resources from the family for an entire year.”
Unable to obtain any resources for a year in exchange for adding five years to Ling Xi’s life? Long Chen knew it was worth it, so he did not hesitate at all.
“Third Uncle, I want it. Can you help me register and then send it out for approval?”
Ling Xi instantly started shedding tears in the sword.
He’s treating me so well, but will it be worth it for him?
She couldn’t answer her own question.
All she knew was that even if she recovered her body, she would never be able to stay with Long Chen.
