Chapter 96 - Recovery Fruit Core
“How unlucky! Why do I have to see such a stinky face on my first visit to the Treasure Pavilion ...”
Long Chen pinched his nose and walked past Feng Wutian with a disgusted look on his face, much to the horror of the onlookers.
“You bastard! Stop!”
Feng Wutian had not said anything. Instead, the girl beside him was the one who shouted out of anger. She stopped Long Chen and glared at him. “What did you just say?”
The two disciples of the Turquoise Sun Hall in the crowd of onlookers grimaced when they saw who it was.
“Damn, Long Chen is fucked! He just offended Liu Ling. She’s the daughter of our Sect Elder, Liu Yuan. And her elder sister is an administrator!”
Long Chen, on the other hand, didn’t know who she was. To him, the girl was nothing but a fan of Feng Wutian. Even though she was pretty, Long Chen felt that Ling Xi was prettier.
Therefore, he was uninterested in her and retorted, “I’m saying that the both of you are stinky. What are you going to do? Bite me?”
“You bastard!”
Liu Ling was pissed off. This was the first time someone of a lower rank had scolded her. She raised her hand to hit Long Chen, tears welling up in her eyes.
But Feng Wutian grabbed her arm and stood between her and Long Chen.
Even though Long Chen had humiliated him in public, Feng Wutian showed no signs of anger. He stared blankly at Long Chen and shook his head. “I used to have a small amount of respect for you, but to think you are just an insignificant nobody with loose lips.”
Long Chen chuckled. “Yeah, I’m good with my words. What are you going to do? Hit me here in the Treasure Pavillion?”
Liu Ling wanted to kill Long Chen when she saw how disrespectful he was. If it wasn’t for the laws of the Lingwu family, she would’ve fought Long Chen here and now!
The reason Long Chen was being so disrespectful was because he knew that disciples could not fight in public. Still, this was how he usually was, and he wanted to show Liu Lan how little he cared for her.
Whenever he thought about Liu Lan, he felt ever so slightly depressed. She treated him like a disposable pet that she was rearing.
“What can you do to me?”
Feng Wutian was not someone who would tolerate such disrespect. “Since you are so good with your words, I will rip your tongue out of your mouth. How about we fight in the Mortal Arena tomorrow?”
The onlookers were shocked to hear him mention the Mortal Arena.
Even though the disciples could not fight in public, they could settle their grudges in the Mortal Arena. As long as both parties agreed, they could fight and kill without penalties.
“Feng Wutian is trying to kill Long Chen! Will Long Chen agree to it?”
“Of course not! Long Chen is just being rash. Who would fight Feng Wutian in the Mortal Arena?”
Long Chen somewhat knew what he meant when he mentioned the Mortal Arena. Feng Wutian was indeed trying to kill him!
He scoffed and walked past Feng Wutian, then he made a taunting face at Liu Ling before leaving.
“He said nothing. Does that mean he agreed?”
Everyone thought the same too.
Liu Ling could not forgive Long Chen. Not only had he humiliated her, he had even humiliated the man of her dreams. While Long Chen was leaving, she said coldly, “Meet us at the Mortal Arena tomorrow at seven in the morning. You are not a man if you don’t come!”
Long Chen turned around and teased, “Why don’t you spend the night with me and see if I’m a real man? Unfortunately, I don’t think the man beside you would agree.”
Liu Ling's face turned red from anger after that retort, but Long Chen disappeared before she could formulate a response.
“Ling’er, you lost the moment you were angered by such an insignificant person. Come, let me help you find the Wind Spirit Leaf.”
Liu Ling's face was still red while she gritted her teeth in anger. She wanted to kill Long Chen! But Feng Wutian was unfazed, as if the insults did not bother him.
“Okay. Senior Wutian, do you think he will show up tomorrow?”
Feng Wutian gave it some thought. “Judging by his pride and arrogance, he probably will. I will rip his tongue out for you when he does.”
“Ew. No, I don’t want to look at that. Let’s just go and find the Wind Spirit Leaf!”
Even though she was still angry, most of her anger had dissipated after being consoled by the man she loved. She recovered and became the cute girl everyone knew. Then she grabbed Feng Wutian’s arm and walked into the Treasure Pavilion. Seeing that both parties had left, the onlookers scattered.
“Seven tomorrow? Looks like there will be a show to watch.”
“Do you think Long Chen will go? Is he really idiotic enough to agree? I don’t think he will show up, so you will be wasting your time.”
“I think so too. Plus, he’s as weak as an ant compared to Feng Wutian. I think lying low for the time being would be better for him. Others will ridicule him, but it's better than losing his life.”
Long Chen was indeed nonchalant about Feng Wutian, but still, he noted down what had happened today.
Feng Wutian was unfazed even though I insulted him so much. He’s a tough nut to crack. He’s also much stronger than me. Looks like I will have trouble in the upcoming training exercise in the Heavenly Martial Realm ...
With the training session swiftly approaching, Long Chen decided to cultivate as much as he could, as he knew his strength was lacking. As for the promise to fight at the Mortal Arena tomorrow, he was not bothered by it.
Long Chen was indeed rash from time to time, but he knew the value of biding his time and putting up a front rather than boasting his strength.
“Hey, are you going tomorrow?”
“Only an idiot would go.”
“But ...”
Ling Xi appeared from the sword and circled him. “Aren’t you afraid that people will think you aren’t a man?”
“What do you know? How manly one is isn’t decided on an arena, but on a bed.”
Ling Xi rolled her eyes. “Idiot. Quickly, give me the Soul Nourishing Fruit. I’m hungry!”
Long Chen took it out and passed it to her. He also took out the Recovery Fruit that cost him two hundred divine jades. He was still somewhat unsatisfied with the purchase.
Even after killing both protectors and Huang Feiyang, he had only managed to take around a hundred divine jades. The Recovery Fruit alone cost two hundred!
After Ling Xi hungrily devoured the Soul Nourishing Fruit, Long Chen placed the Recovery Fruit in front of her and asked excitedly, “Quick, tell me now. How should I use this stupid fruit?”
“You're the stupid one here!”
Ling Xi rolled her eyes and carefully landed on the Recovery Fruit. “The Recovery Fruit is not a healing-type spiritual herb, but an anomaly. It doesn’t belong to any grade or tiers.”
“It’s that amazing?”
Long Chen couldn’t tell the difference just by looking at the black fruit.
“How do I use it correctly? Tell me quickly.”
“Why are you in a rush? Haven’t you heard of the proverb ‘an impatient man is unable to eat hot tofu[1]?’”
Ling Xi slowed down her explanation because she loved watching him beg.
Long Chen sighed, but when he saw how cute she was when she tried to show off her knowledge, he chuckled. “Hehe, since I cannot eat hot tofu, I can just eat you ...”
Ling Xi blushed and scolded him before explaining how to use the Recovery Fruit. “The flesh of the fruit does have healing properties, but the most important part of the fruit is the core. As an anomaly of the heavens and earth, the fruit’s core is very special. Within the core of the fruit is a martial technique.”
“Martial technique? In a fruit core? Xiao Xi, has your imagination always been this wild?”
Long Chen stared at her in disbelief.
She scolded him in her heart. Hmph! Just wait. You will know how great I am later on!
Ling Xi put on a professional tone. “It’s up to you whether to believe me or not, but first remove the flesh of the fruit.”
“Remove it?”
Long Chen felt his heart bleeding. The fruit was worth two hundred divine jades, and it had cost him twenty contribution points ...
“Quick!”
“Alright, I’ll do it.”
He opened up the fruit and saw that the flesh was white and soft. A pleasant fragrance filled the room, but he ignored it. He followed her instructions and held the black core in his palm.
The core was roughly the size of his thumb, and there was nothing unusual about it. He was thinking about how to use it when Ling Xi told him, “Swallow the core and use your Qi to try and refine it. If you refine it for a day and a night, you should be able to turn it to dust. The martial technique will then appear inside your body.”
“Huh?”
Long Chen tried pinching the core and found that it was surprisingly strong. It felt like a steel orb! Only an idiot would try and refine it ...
“Xiao Xi, are you sure?”
Ling Xi frowned upon seeing that Long Chen still did not believe her. “It’s up to you whether to swallow it or not, but you’ve already used your twenty contribution points!”
Long Chen sighed and followed her instructions. He swallowed the core and discovered that it was as hard as steel. It was very uncomfortable to have it sit in his stomach. He quickly circulated his Qi to try and refine it.
She might be right. If it was a simple process, someone else would’ve bought it instead of me ...
He steeled his heart and concentrated on refining the core within his stomach.
The core was indeed abnormally hard. With Long Chen’s current Qi, he would need at least a day and a night to refine it completely.
But he did not give up. He refined it continuously, and on the dawn of the second day, the core had been refined to the size of his pinkie finger! There were even cracks appearing on its surface.
Just then, the core shattered!
1. Meaning you can't reap the rewards if you are impatient. ?
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