Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 148 Failure to Steal

chapter 148 failure to steal

translator: borntobe

when long chen opened his eyes, tang wan-er immediately noticed and asked, “how did it go?”

long chen smiled slightly and raised a finger. with just a thought, his finger immediately became covered by thin bolts of thunderforce, emitting a rumbling sound.

tang wan-er covered her mouth, filled with disbelief. she had thought long chen’s plan had been completely crazy and absolutely impossible.

but now long chen was clearly using thunderforce, meaning he had done what she had thought to be impossible.

“how is this possible?” tang wan-er muttered to herself as she examined his finger that was covered with thunderforce.

“hehe, how is it? are you convinced? remember to treat me better now; that way you’ll be able to keep me firmly by your side.

“of course, that’s still not enough. if you really want to make our relationship more firm, you might consider other methods. for example, giving your heart to me,” said long chen with a serious face.

“tch, you? do you think a rookie still at the mid blood condensation realm is worthy of my heart? have you still not woken up?” tang wan-er raised her head disdainfully.

“wait, how did you learn my cultivation base?” long chen was startled.

“when you fought with zhao wu after he used his beast transformation, your aura leaked out. although you hide it extremely well, you can’t hide it from my senses. and i think it wasn’t just me who sensed it. lei qianshang should also have noticed,” said tang wan-er lightly.

“ah, as expected of monster-class geniuses. those kinds of senses are truly frightening,” sighed long chen. in the future, he would have to be even more careful.

he didn’t want to reveal his own cultivation base. that was because all the registrants were all at the peak of the late blood condensation realm. in other words, they were all at the ninth heavenstage.

and the majority were already at the great circle of blood condensation and could step into the tendon transformation realm at any time they wanted. they had merely used medicinal pills to suppress their cultivation base.

perhaps he was the only one who was merely at the sixth heavenstage. he didn’t want to stand out too much. it was uncomfortable to be the center of attention.

“i’d say the monster would have to be you. you even have the ability to do such a heaven-defying thing.” tang wan-er pointed to his finger.

although tang wan-er didn’t want to praise him, she had no choice but to admit that long chen had truly shocked her.

he was actually able to steal someone else’s core energy for his own use. that kind of ability was too shocking, perhaps even heaven-defying.

long chen shook his head helplessly. “ah, what heaven-defying. it was still a failure.”

“what? didn’t you condense your own thunderforce?” tang wan-er said in shock.

“although i refined his thunderforce, my own spiritual qi is unable to transform into more thunderforce. in other words, all the thunderforce i have is the thunderforce sent to me by lei qianshang.

“that means once i’ve used it all up, i’ll need to find another source to replenish it. basically, i wasted half a day’s work and didn’t get much of anything. it really is disheartening,” he dejectedly explained.

this thunderforce was not the same as his flame energy. his spiritual qi was able to transform into flame energy. so as long as he had enough spiritual qi, he would never run out of flame energy.

but his thunderforce was not the same. once it was used up, it would be gone forever. he would need to constantly find a source to absorb more. perhaps he would have to often fight with lei qianshang in the future.

but of course, lei qianshang also wasn’t an idiot. once time progressed, he would definitely suspect something. if he refused to fight long chen, long chen would completely run out of thunderforce.

that was why long chen was so dejected. that wasn’t the same at all with what he had been hoping for. his hope of using thunderforce to temper his body had also failed.

“actually that’s already extremely impressive for your body to be able to contain lightning and thunder. but i do have a way to resolve your current problem.” tang wan-er smiled slightly.

“just eat. only once you eat will you have the energy to sort me out,” joked long chen.

she blushed and turned away, opening her mouth and taking a bite. she immediately exclaimed, “it’s delicious! no wonder it’s almost extinct in the mortal world. it’s the first time i’ve tasted it.”

she was happily surprised. the wonder carp’s great name was known to all, but as for the number of people who had actually eaten it, it was pitifully low.

“haha, as i said, treat me better and you can eat it often. and if you want to give me your heart, then hehe, you’ll have endless delicacies to eat.” long chen was also eating, pleased with himself.

“hmph, that’s a nice dream. do you think all women are as easy to trick as you hope?” tang wan-er had obviously already become accustomed to long chen’s method of joking and no longer became angry. she gave him a cold retort as she continued eating.

after eating one, she didn’t wait on courtesy and grabbed a second one, eating it right in front of long chen without any bit of politeness.

“oh right, you can actually control flame energy. are you a pill cultivator?” asked tang wan-er as she ate.

“yup, i’m a pill adept,” he answered.

“that’s pretty good! such a young pill adept definitely has a bright future. why wouldn’t you choose to refine pills and came on the path of cultivation instead?” tang wan-er asked puzzled.

“do you think refining pills all day is interesting? the martial cultivation path is much more interesting. i can fight and pick up girls all day. whoever i don’t like, i can kick away easily. and when i see a beautiful woman like you, i can perhaps take some liberties with her. that’s how to live a life.”

“scoundrel, you barely said a couple of normal sentences before once more fooling around. then does your pill cultivation master approve of you choosing the martial cultivation path?” she asked after rebuking him.

hearing that, long chen paused for a moment. grandmaster yun qi’s image floated into his mind. that last scene of grandmaster yun qi transforming into ashes was still as fresh in his mind as if it had happened yesterday.

“he should approve.” long chen shook his head.

“what do you mean ‘should’?” she said dissatisfied.

“that’s because he’s already dead, so i myself don’t know his true thoughts.” long chen smiled slightly, but his smile was somewhat mournful.

seeing that trace of sadness in long chen’s eyes, tang wan-er’s heart trembled. that was the first time she sensed the sorrow deep within his heart.

“ok, we’ve finished eating the fish. remember, if you want to keep eating these fish, treat me a bit better in the future. i’ll leave first.” long chen stood up.

seeing long chen was about to leave, for some unknown reason she was somewhat disappointed inside. as for why, even she wasn’t sure.

“wait. long chen, have you collected all the jade tiles?”

“no.” long chen shook his head. in any case, he had more than enough time so he wasn’t in a rush. at this time, there were still many fragmented sets and so it would be more troublesome to collect them all.

“i have a full set here. i’ll give it to you.” tang wan-er handed long chen a tablet.

unlike his tile, this tablet had all four tian, di, xuan, huang words on it. the four different tiles had merged into a single tablet and could no longer be separated.

long chen smiled slightly and received it. “ah, so this must be what it means to be kind to the one who pays for the meal. ok, thank you. but don’t think this small favor is enough for me to be unswervingly loyal to you. but if you want that, you can always try giving me your heart.”

“get lost!”

tang wan-er was irritated again. long chen had only been normal for a moment before once again messing around. she sent a kick at long chen.

long chen laughingly dodged her attack and disappeared from the valley in just a few moments.

seeing long chen disappears, tang wan-er’s anger faded and she actually laughed. sorting out her emotions, she also disappeared from the valley.