Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 518 Meridian Opening Spirit Cliff Fruit

chapter 518 meridian opening spirit cliff fruit

translator: borntobe

“are you mentally ill? why would i accept his challenge?” long chen sneered. did they think if they asked him to fight, he would just fight?

it was obvious the yin family’s arrival here was no coincidence. otherwise, shui wuhen and zhou qingyi wouldn’t have come at the same time.

furthermore, shui wuhen had stealthily given him a glance, her meaning for him to be a bit more careful. there was definitely something fishy going on.

han tianyu’s aura was bizarre. it felt as if he had reached the peak of bone forging, and his entire body emitted an intense killing intent. he was completely different from before.

but the most intimidating thing to long chen was that young man from the yin family. he looked young, around the same age as him. but his cultivation base was extremely condensed, and he was clearly a meridian opening expert.

just that person’s gaze was able to cause waves in long chen’s heart. he was definitely extremely dangerous, even more dangerous than a xiantian expert. he hadn’t expected such a terrifying genius to have appeared in the yin family.

this was clearly a trap, so long chen naturally wouldn’t just jump in foolishly. shui wuhen was present, and he didn’t believe they could force him.

“long chen, when did you become such a coward?” sneered han tianyu.

“i hear you’ve been doing pretty well in the yin family and obtained quite a few special resources. did you return to the monastery just to flaunt your new status?” asked long chen lightly.

that was just a random question, but long chen noticed han tianyu shudder ever so slightly, and rage filled his eyes.

“long chen, although i went to the yin family, that doesn’t mean i left the monastery. i am still a monastery disciple.

“according to the monastery rules, if two disciples have an irreconcilable enmity between the two, one of them can initiate a life and death battle.

“if the other person refuses to accept the challenge, then they must leave the monastery. hmph, so either accept or scram. it’s up to you,” said han tianyu.

long chen’s eyes narrowed. the monastery really did have such a rule. as expected, these people really wanted to force him to leave the monastery and then target him. with a petty person like zhou qingyi present, not even shui wuhen would be able to protect him.

“it seems we don’t have any irreconcilable enmity between the two of us.” long chen shook his head.

“bullsheet! you... you not only killed my beloved, but you also killed my little brother! our enmity is absolutely irreconcilable!” roared han tianyu.

originally, he was about to say the truth about their enmity, but then he remembered that all of that had started because of him, while long chen had only passively defended, so he hastily changed what he said, raising the matter of yin wushuang and han tianfeng.

when yin wushuang was mentioned, the yin family’s people’s expressions darkened, and they icily glared at long chen with fury.

long chen had poisoned yin wushuang, making her suffer torment day and night, and no alchemist had been able to save her. yin wushuang hadn’t been able to endure the torment and decided to kill herself.

his actions not only had killed one of their disciples, but had also given them a slap in the face. they definitely wouldn’t just accept that.

previously, yin qing had been blocked by shui wuhen. she had then returned to her family to discuss it with the higher-ups, but shui wuhen was standing on the side of reason, and behind her xuantian supermonastery was the xuantian dao sect. they didn’t dare provoke her.

however, this time, they had found an above-board reason to come here. shui wuhen couldn’t interfere with a legitimate challenge between two disciples.

“monastery head, is this true?” asked long chen.

shui wuhen was worried that a single miscalculation might cause zhou qingyi to take the advantage. if long chen ended up killed because of that, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life. even if she killed zhou qingyi afterward, it wouldn’t make up for it.

“alright, then i’ll listen to the monastery head. i refuse your challenge,” said long chen.

that stunned everyone. long chen had chosen to leave? the first monastery’s disciples were unable to accept that.

even han tianyu was dumbfounded. he suddenly shouted, “long chen, you little coward, don’t you think yourself to be so strong? what happened to the boldness you had back in the jiuli secret realm when you fought against the peak experts of the righteous and corrupt paths?”

seeing that han tianyu reacted the most intensely out of everyone, an odd smile appeared on long chen’s face, and he sighed, “times change. sometimes, bravely retreating in the face of danger is the way of the king. as for the glory of youth, don’t even mention it.”

bragging. he was definitely bragging. just how old was long chen? what glory of youth? what bravely retreating in the face of danger? he was definitely acting.

“you...!” han tianyu almost coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“you don’t want to fight because there’s no profit, right? that’s fine. let me add some stakes.” the man from the yin family, who hadn’t said anything this entire time, took out a dried up fruit.

that fruit was the size of a fist, but if it wasn’t withered, it would definitely be larger.

many lines covered the fruit, and those lines almost seemed like a diagram of a person’s meridians. it was extremely bizarre.

“meridian opening spirit cliff fruit?” long chen couldn’t help being astonished. this was the main ingredient in refining meridian opening pills.

a single meridian opening pill could allow a bone forging expert to have a thirty percent chance of success when attempting to break through to the meridian opening realm.

it had to be known that as a person’s cultivation base increased, the stronger their bottlenecks would be. a bottleneck would be like a heavenly chasm that blocked the cultivator.

there were countless cultivators, but it was unknown just how many of them were stuck forever at the bone forging realm. as for long chen and the others, they had chosen to undergo complete tempering, and their difficulty in advancing to meridian opening was over ten times greater than normal bone forging experts.

originally, long chen had been worried that it would take a long time for everyone to advance once they reached the peak of the bone forging realm. it was even possible that some of them might be stuck forever, unable to advance to meridian opening in their lifetimes.

he had thought of refining meridian opening pills before, and he had already asked zheng wenlong to help him obtain the main ingredients of it. he knew several possible pill formulas.

however, those medicinal ingredients had already gone extinct, and zheng wenlong hadn’t even heard of them. as for this meridian opening spirit cliff fruit, zheng wenlong was well aware it existed, but such a treasure would immediately cause the huayun sect to set up a huge auction for bidders.

considering how long it had been and that zheng wenlong hadn’t sent him a word, it meant that he was unable to obtain this precious ingredient. so, this meridian opening spirit cliff fruit was just what he needed.

“alright, hand it over. i agree.” long chen’s words caused shui wuhen to jump. she hadn’t even said anything before long chen agreed on his own.

“you haven’t even won yet, so why would i give it to you?” the man frowned.

“isn’t that just nonsense? this is a life and death battle, and if i lose, it will naturally be returned to you. in fact, everything i have will end up being yours,” said long chen.

that person smiled slightly. long chen was entirely correct, and so he threw the meridian opening fruit over to him.

catching the fruit, long chen was filled with excitement. he hastily threw it into his primal chaos space.

there were a dozen seeds within the fruit. once he planted those seeds in the soil, they began to germinate in just a breath’s time.

“are you ready? we can move on to the life and death battle.”