Chapter Twenty: Forbidden Spell Seal, Rebirth Through Possession
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Ling Ying had given him a total of ten thousand high-grade spirit stones. In the Great Qian Empire, the commonly used cultivation resources were low-grade spirit stones, which contained many impurities. Cultivators needed to spend time refining and purifying them before they could be utilized effectively. High-grade spirit stones, on the other hand, had far fewer impurities, allowing for faster cultivation.
For an ordinary Tongmai Realm cultivator, advancing from the first to the second level of the Tongmai Realm would require at most a hundred or so high-grade spirit stones. But Chu Tianchen was different. The pulse wheel he opened measured tens of thousands of zhang, hundreds or thousands of times larger than normal, so naturally, the resources he needed were excessive.
When he was reborn inside the Four Directions Forest, merely opening a pulse wheel consumed over ten thousand high-grade spirit stones. Yet, that was only to open a single pulse wheel.
Ten thousand high-grade spirit stones to open one pulse wheel—this was astonishing not only within the Great Qian Empire but across the entire world.
The cultivation technique he practiced, the Nine Dragons Devouring Heaven Art, was only the first volume but extraordinarily domineering, far more terrifying than the profound techniques he had trained before.
The speed at which he absorbed and refined spirit stones was breathtaking.
In just one day, he consumed over a thousand spirit stones.
As night fell, inside a dimly lit room of the Joyful Arrival Inn, a handsome youth was wrapped entirely in strands of purple-gold silk.
Around him grew a layer resembling a cocoon made of the same purple-gold threads.
Chu Tianchen himself did not expect that while opening his second pulse wheel, his body would undergo rebirth once again.
This time, however, it was not as extravagant as in the Four Directions Forest; no terrifying aura was created—only his body was covered with a layer of purple-gold silk threads.
That terrifying rebirth power repeatedly cleansed his martial body.
After more than ten thousand such purifications, Chu Tianchen could feel his martial body growing fiercely stronger; the power behind a single punch from his flesh and blood was comparable to that of a fifth-level Tongmai Realm cultivator.
And at this moment, he had only just opened the second pulse wheel.
His second pulse wheel also reached a width of tens of thousands of zhang.
“What kind of bloodline do I truly possess? Could it be that each time I ascend, my body undergoes such a rebirth purification?”
“What ultimate strength will my flesh and blood reach in the end? Grandfather once said that ancient masters could become saints with their bodies alone—this truly seems possible.”
Chu Tianchen clenched his fist, and his whole body crackled with energy, a thrilling sensation spreading through him.
Having opened another pulse wheel and undergone another rebirth, Chu Tianchen was now filled with power, so much so that he felt an urge to find someone to spar with.
But when he looked down at the tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones on the floor, now depleted, he could only smile wryly.
He was still only a Tongmai Realm cultivator; yet, one rebirth required so many resources. When he reached the Tongyuan Realm, the Divine Realm, or the Heavenly Martial Realm, the number of resources needed would be staggering.
“It looks like I need to start stockpiling resources.”
“Once I enter Yunhai Academy, I must quickly learn the art of alchemy and become a pill refiner.”
Chu Tianchen thought to himself.
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At the same time, inside the inner dormitory of Yunhai Academy.
Ye Nichang, who was cultivating, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes.
“That surge of rebirth energy just now—it feels so familiar. Could it be that he has arrived?”
Ye Nichang frowned and whispered.
After entering the Heavenly King Realm, her perception had become extraordinary, extending for miles around.
She was absolutely certain that was Chu Tianchen’s aura.
“Yunhai is so vast; we shouldn’t run into each other.”
“Once the Yunhai Secret Realm opens and I obtain what I came for, I must leave immediately.”
Ye Nichang thought to herself.
Every time she recalled that day in the Four Directions Forest, her heart felt as if it had been struck heavily. A proud county princess, yet she had lost herself in such a place.
“Gu Ming, once I return, I will destroy your Gu family!”
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Back at the Joyful Arrival Inn, after stepping into the second level of the Tongmai Realm, Chu Tianchen left his room and went to the room of Tang Shisan and Ling Ying.
Tang Shisan lay on the bed, looking relatively spirited, but any cultivator could sense that his life was slowly draining away.
“Young Master Tianchen, please hurry and save my young master,” Ling Ying urged anxiously.
Chu Tianchen then took out ink, brush, paper, and inkstone, quickly filling a sheet with writing.
“You go and prepare seven sets of each medicinal herb I’ve listed here.”
“In seven days, I’ll return your young master safe and sound,” Chu Tianchen said with a smile.
Ling Ying’s hands trembled with excitement as she hurriedly took the paper.
“I’ll get right on it.”
“Then I’ll leave the young master in your care. Please look after him carefully, Young Master Tianchen.”
After Ling Ying left to purchase the herbs, Chu Tianchen slowly approached Tang Shisan’s bedside.
Tang Shisan was weakly sleeping.
Chu Tianchen focused his mind, sending out soul energy to probe Tang Shisan’s spiritual sea.
After a thorough examination, apart from his obvious injuries, nothing unusual was found.
“Could it be that I sensed wrongly in the Alchemy Hall?”
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“No, that’s not right. I clearly felt a mysterious power within his body,” Chu Tianchen thought.
Moreover, he had sensed that the power on Tang Shisan was dark and sinister, capable of devouring his blood and vital energy.
Over time, this power would surely consume him.
Since he had chosen to save him, he would save him completely.
After all, one should never bite the hand that feeds.
This time, Ling Ying had not only given him ten thousand high-grade spirit stones, but in the list of herbs he just wrote, he had secretly included a bit extra.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Tianchen produced thirteen silver needles again.
The Thirteen Needles to Restore Yang were instantly inserted into Tang Shisan’s acupuncture points, causing him to enter a state of deep rest.
Next, Chu Tianchen activated the Nine Dragons Devouring Heaven Art, and a chilling aura flowed through the silver needles into Tang Shisan’s major acupuncture points.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
In the next moment, a terrifying dark force instantly devoured all of his chilling energy.
Chu Tianchen’s eyes widened, “Got you!”
He quickly circulated his technique, mobilizing his vital energy; his two pulse wheels, tens of thousands of zhang wide, surged wildly, his energy like a dragon, intertwining with the dark force.
Then, an ink-black curse mark faintly appeared on Tang Shisan’s neck.
“You brat, what do you think you’re doing!”
From within that mark came a hoarse, powerful voice filled with terrifying rage and murderous intent.
If it had been the old Chu Tianchen, he wouldn’t have known what it was. But after inheriting the Dragon Emperor’s legacy, the moment he saw this curse mark, he understood immediately!
This was nothing less than a forbidden curse mark.
Someone was trying to usurp Tang Shisan’s body to be reborn!
Tang Shisan was at his weakest moment, and this intruder was acting at a critical juncture.
Just then, a knock sounded at the door!