Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 707 Third Heavenstage of Xiantian

chapter 707 third heavenstage of xiantian

translator: borntobe

leaving shui wuhen’s residence, long chen was filled with anticipation. if shui wuhen could reach foundation forging, he would truly have found a reliable backer for himself.

shui wuhen had at first been confused upon seeing long chen bringing her a medicinal pill and liquid. long chen directly explained that they were special medicine he had refined just for her. although she found this odd as she didn’t know much about alchemy, she still consumed them due to her trust in long chen.

as soon as she did, her expression became one of wild delight. she immediately felt her mental state enter a state of emptiness, and her perception of the heavenly daos gradually grew clearer.

the greatest gain was that she actually felt her bottleneck weaken slightly. she was far too familiar with that feeling. she had felt that three times in the past; unfortunately, she had never been able to grab hold of that opportunity.

now, without long chen’s reminder, she immediately knew what to do. she focused on entering a perfect meditative state to take advantage of this opportunity.

for sea expansion experts, advancing to foundation forging wasn’t as simple as just attacking the barrier.

shui wuhen had already been at the late sea expansion realm for almost five hundred years. she had tried attacking foundation forging three times, but she had failed.

trying to reach foundation forging through force was useless. it relied on grabbing hold of a certain kind of opportunity that the heavenly daos bestowed on you. when a person’s mind entered a state of complete calm, it would be easier to grasp that opportunity.

but the world was filled with countless worries. no one was truly able to keep their mind and heart in a perfect state of calm with no distracting thoughts.

after failing three times, shui wuhen had already become a bit dejected. she hadn’t managed to feel this kind of opportunity in the last three hundred years. she had already accepted that she would never be able to reach foundation forging.

now long chen had given her another chance. furthermore, her comprehension of the heavenly daos had never been this clear before. she would go all-out in her attempt to seize this opportunity and forge an immortal platform.

foundation forging referred to creating a platform on top of the expanded sea. this platform was sometimes called the immortal platform. it was also sometimes called the dao platform. it was the foundation for your chance of ever becoming an immortal or god.

it could be said that only once you reached foundation forging were you a true cultivator. as for those so-called immortals and gods, they were just a legend. but it was true that once you reached foundation forging, your lifespan would extend a great deal.

sea expansion experts had a lifespan of around fifteen hundred years. however, shui wuhen would only have a lifespan of twelve hundred years.

that was because most women, especially beautiful women, would train in a kind of secret art. at the price of reducing their lifespan, they could maintain their youthful appearance.

that was also why there were many old men in sea expansion but not many old women.

but once you reached foundation forging and created your immortal platform, you would be able to absorb the exceedingly thin immortal qi in the air. then your lifespan would increase to five thousand years, and your youthful looks would be restored.

long chen was only able to help out this much. the rest would be up to shui wuhen. according to reason, she should have a good chance.

as huo long’s strength increased, its intelligence also grew. it actually gave birth to the slightest bit of soul energy. it was able to communicate simple thoughts with long chen, and it could even use its soul energy when refining.

boom!

an explosive sound came from long chen’s body. he was delighted, thinking that the cyclone had been fully formed. but then he realized he was wrong. instead, he had advanced to the third heavenstage of xiantian.

although he hadn’t deliberately cultivated, the enormous amount of energy in over a thousand enlightenment palace pills had pushed his cultivation base higher.

eighty-one nine-ring enlightenment palace pills were consumed in just a few hours. it went without saying that the energy contained in nine-ring pills was truly enormous. the cyclone had grown much larger.

long chen estimated that he would completely condense it with just a hundred more pills. he was about to continue refining when tang wan-er called him out. everyone had gathered. the trial was about to start.

long chen tidied up and walked out with tang wan-er. he had only just come out when he saw meng qi talking to shui wuhen.

“it was a failure?” long chen couldn’t help being disappointed upon seeing shui wuhen. her aura hadn’t changed in the slightest.

shui wuhen was doing her best to suppress her emotions, but she was unable to conceal the excitement and delight in her eyes. she didn’t hide the truth from him. she whispered, “it was a success.”

“but your aura...”

“fool, the foundation forging realm is different from other realms. even if i managed to take advantage of this opportunity, condensing the foundation takes a long time. only through a great deal of time and effort is it possible to create the immortal platform.

“only once the immortal platform takes form will i go through the baptism of heavenly tribulation and become able to sense the immortal spiritual qi in the world. only then will i be a true ancestor-level expert.

“i’ve already begun to condense the foundation in my qi sea. in other words, i’ll quickly become an ancestor-level expert. it's just that others aren’t able to sense it yet.” the constant solemn and stern expression on shui wuhen’s face finally disappeared. she seemed like a woman in the springtime of her youth, and a smile of excitement appeared on her face.

“haha, congratulations big sister. doesn’t that mean that i can be as crazy as i want in the xuantian dao sect now?” long chen was also incomparably excited. the feeling of having a reliable backer was truly good.

seeing his evil smile, shui wuhen’s excitement faded by at least half. she warned, “long chen, you little brat, you better not intentionally cause any trouble. even once i advance to foundation forging, my status will only be on the level of the vice sect master. when it comes to combat abilities, i most definitely won’t be on the same level as a true ancestor.

“most importantly, there’s still the sect master above the vice sect master. that’s a person who has lived so long they’ve practically reached the level of a living fossil. don’t mess around, because if you end up disturbing that person, we’ll all be doomed.”

long chen awkwardly smiled. “big sister, do you think a well-behaved person like me would intentionally cause trouble?”

after saying that, he saw meng qi and tang wan-er looking at him oddly. it could not be more obvious what they were thinking: they didn’t believe him! that made long chen feel even more awkward. how could these two girls not know how to stick up for him?

shui wuhen said, “alright, let’s focus. make sure to keep this matter secret. also, gather up the others. in two hours, we’ll be heading out to the trial region.”