Chapter 311: Chapter 309: Crazy Promotion
As the old saying goes: life is nine-tenths disappointment!
In truth, Qin Li felt his luck had been quite good ever since he was reborn on the Celestial Essence Continent.
Although much of that "luck" was earned by risking his life, people only ever remember the lucky part. They would selectively ignore, or even completely disregard, your effort, your sacrifice, and your risks.
Isn’t that just how it is?
Even now, on Profound Island, more than half of all the people who knew of Qin Li preferred to see him as a peerless prodigy—a super genius the likes of which Profound Island hadn’t seen in ten thousand years!
Almost no one was willing to admit that everything Qin Li had achieved today was the result of his own unyielding efforts.
After all, Qin Li would only just be turning twenty after the coming New Year. To admit that a twenty-year-old had reached the Celestial Integration Realm through personal effort... if they admitted that, where would that leave all the other outstanding Martial Artists on Profound Island?
What was even more outrageous was that, aside from those within the Qin Family, almost no one knew that Qin Li had already reached the Celestial Embracing Realm. Even the old beggar who had fought him only thought Qin Li’s combat techniques were incredibly powerful; he hadn’t sensed that Qin Li’s personal strength had already advanced.
In truth, you couldn’t blame the Martial Artists who had fought Qin Li for being unobservant. Firstly, Primordial Power fluctuations could only serve as a rough reference. Some people were skilled at concealing their aura or carried treasures that masked these fluctuations, making it difficult for outsiders to determine their true cultivation level.
Furthermore, even if someone had reached the Venerable Realm, if they only used half their strength in a fight while pretending to go all out, others would naturally assume they were only at the Celestial Embracing Realm or even the Celestial Integration Realm.
Besides, apart from a Martial Artist like Qin Li, who possessed Innate Purple Qi and an incredibly powerful Divine Sense for perceiving the outside world, generally only those who had reached the Venerable Realm could rely on their vast experience to judge an opponent’s approximate strength from their Primordial Power fluctuations and techniques.
Anyone who could definitively state another’s strength at a single glance was either making a wild guess or the power gap between them was simply too enormous!
The Snake Woman gave Qin Li a deep look. By now, her impression of him had undergone a complete transformation. She couldn’t help but feel a budding admiration for her former master’s choice. ’My master’s chosen successor is truly extraordinary!’ she thought. ’His character, his strength, and his diligence... he is more than worthy of being my new master, worthy of my allegiance!’
Gazing at the two crystalline, jade-like elixirs in her hand, the Snake Woman swallowed them without hesitation. At the same time, a feeling of pride swelled in her heart. ’Damn you, old monkey! You’ve suppressed me for thousands of years. The next time we meet, I’ll give you the shock of your life! And you’ll definitely regret not choosing to follow this master, Qin Li, from the very beginning, all for the sake of your so-called pride and dignity!’
"Focus on Shou Yuan Yi! Do I really have to remind an ancient fiend like you of something so basic?"
Just as the Snake Woman’s mind was wandering, an explosive sensation erupted within her body. Her Spiritual Power instantly became incredibly sharp and clear, making her realize at once that there was no room for even the slightest distraction!
However, she had still underestimated the utterly tyrannical power of the Blast Pill! To an ordinary Martial Artist, her meridians were already as wide as rivers, yet the Spiritual Power that suddenly surged into them was as vast as a boundless sea!
In that instant, a thread of irrepressible fear finally sprouted in the Snake Woman’s heart. She had never imagined that an elixir refined by a human could be so terrifyingly powerful!
Suddenly, another extremely profound aura transmitted from her wrist. At the same time, Qin Li’s voice reached her ears, sounding like music from the heavens.
"Concentrating and Calming the Mind. Don’t panic. Follow my guidance and channel this power, little by little!"
The instincts of the Snake Woman as a Super Spirit Beast kicked in at that moment. She quickly quelled her panic. Maintaining Shou Yuan Yi, she left only a sliver of awareness in her mind, following the lead of Qin Li’s profound energy.
The feeling of her meridians being on the verge of tearing apart made her want to scream. The pain was ten thousand times more intense than what she had endured during her Transformation!
The Snake Woman had once thought that there was nothing more painful in this world than Transformation. Now, she finally understood the meaning of naivete...
Qin Li’s voice sounded faintly in the Snake Woman’s ears. "This is a secret chamber. No sound will escape. If you can’t hold it in, just scream. No one will hear you even if you scream your lungs out..."
Qin Li broke into a sweat. ’Those words could be easily misinterpreted.’
However, it was precisely his voice that gave the proud and unyielding Snake Woman the strength to endure. In reality, her charming face was already twisted into a terrifying grimace.
If someone could capture her current appearance and show it to her after she emerged from her seclusion, the Snake Woman would surely deny that the person in the picture was her!
"Oh? You’re quite something! You can even endure this much pain. But it’s a good thing this elixir can only be taken once in a lifetime. What realm you can reach is all up to your own Creation. If you’re a genius, maybe you’ll go straight to Shattering the Core and Forming an Infant!"
Qin Li’s voice was as tempting as a one-horned demon with twinkling eyes. Although the Snake Woman thought he was spouting nonsense, she couldn’t help but fantasize about it. If she could really reach that realm, what an incredible miracle that would be!
Unconsciously, amidst Qin Li’s casual chatter, the pain gradually subsided. But what the Snake Woman would never forget was the endless stream of power Qin Li was channeling into her body.
’So pure, so comforting!’
Seeing that the Snake Woman had successfully passed the most dangerous period, Qin Li relaxed. He glanced at the Blast Pill in his hand and thought, ’My body has been completely reforged many times by the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable technique, the Nine-Turned White Jade Lotus, and the Magical Vermilion Fruit. Compared to others, my meridians are as wide as a vast ocean!’
’So, I should be able to withstand that immense pain. Yes, I can definitely get through it!’
’I have to give those people who are waiting to see me make a fool of myself... a huge shock!’
’I’ve already died once before, what’s there to be afraid of?’
Qin Li kept cheering himself on in his heart. Then, a look of determination flashed across his face. ’Fortune favors the bold!’
He tilted his head back and swallowed the Blast Pill.
BOOM!
The so-called Blast Origin meant that Primordial Power would appear in the meridians as if from an explosion! That was why the Ancient Pill Formula specified that one must first take a Strengthening Pill before consuming a Blast Pill!
This was to first make your meridians as solid as a fortress so that no matter how powerful the explosion from the Blast Pill was, your meridians wouldn’t be destroyed! Of course, whether the user could endure the excruciating pain was another matter entirely. In Qin Li’s opinion, unless someone possessed immense willpower, it was best to avoid this kind of thing.
The ideal way to increase one’s strength was still to do it one step at a time, building it up solidly!
That was the best path of advancement for a Martial Artist!
If you tried to take shortcuts with your strength, then one day, that strength would surely betray you! This has held true since ancient times.
Therefore, Qin Li had always insisted on using external pressure from battles and arduous training to force himself to constantly improve.
In reality, his rate of improvement was already fast enough to leave everyone dumbfounded, enough to make even the most diligent Martial Artists feel ashamed. However, faced with a succession of increasingly powerful enemies, Qin Li had no choice but to resort to a risky method like taking the Blast Pill to quickly raise his strength.
Fortunately, Qin Li wasn’t some rookie who had power but no combat experience.
He could now be considered a Martial Artist with a wealth of combat experience!
The excruciating pain constantly battered Qin Li’s mind. He had to admit, he had underestimated the power of the Blast Pill!
Having taken the Vermilion Fruit multiple times and endured that blissful yet agonizing feeling, Qin Li had thought the Blast Pill wouldn’t be much worse. Firstly, he had experienced intense pain many times before. Secondly, he was very confident in his body’s meridians!
But who knew? While Qin Li considered his meridians to be a vast ocean, in the face of the Blast Pill, they were merely a large lake!
The Blast Pill... *that* was the true vast ocean!
’I really am an ignorant country bumpkin!’
’AHHHHHHHHHH!’
Right now, Qin Li really wanted to groan his heart out, but he had just acted so calm and composed in front of the Snake Woman. Besides, she had endured it all without making a sound.
’If I can’t help but groan now, won’t that cunning snake laugh me to death later?’
’Thank goodness you can only take this damn pill once in a lifetime! What the hell, this isn’t dynamite, this is a fucking atomic bomb!’
Qin Li lamented in his heart. ’If there was a second time for this thing, I wouldn’t take it even if it could help me break through to the realm of Shattering the Core and Forming an Infant!’
’I wouldn’t take it even if you beat me to death!’
At this moment, Qin Li’s body was enveloped in an extremely dense purple gas. If anyone were to see this, their eyes would pop out of their sockets in astonishment.
Because Qin Li was completely shrouded in Innate Purple Qi, like a giant cocoon. Strands of it swirled out from his Dantian, then drilled back into the various meridians of his body!
Right now, the purple crystal in Qin Li’s Dantian had begun to undergo a drastic change. The frenzied influx of Spiritual Power was constantly trying to transform this purple crystal.
It seemed to be on the attack, but it couldn’t penetrate the purple crystal’s defenses at all. So, gradually, this majestic power settled around the purple crystal, forming a chaotic mass of energy.
Now, this energy seemed to be venting its frustration at being unable to invade the purple crystal, churning madly like magma on the verge of eruption.
However, whenever the churning became a little too violent, a puff of purple mist would emerge from the crystal and suppress it.
「In the blink of an eye, three days passed.」
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Sniffling, groggy, utterly miserable... Damn it, I actually uploaded a duplicate Chapter. My bad, please don’t hit my face... I still have to keep writing the next one, so please just reread this one...
How about you guys smack me awake with your recommendation tickets and monthly passes, okay?
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