Chapter 312: Chapter 310: The Cui Family’s Confidence
The night of the second day after taking the Blast Pill, the Snake Woman awoke from her seclusion. First, after sensing her current strength, a delighted smile finally blossomed like a flower on her cold, aloof face!
Second, she had been wondering why she hadn’t heard Qin Li’s agonized screams. She even thought he hadn’t taken the Blast Pill at all!
As an incredibly powerful Spirit Beast, she was keenly aware of her own condition. Thus, what she had told Qin Li and Leng Yao was a very, very humble assessment.
The meridians of a Spirit Beast were inherently different from a human’s, countless times tougher!
It seemed to be the will of the heavens. The heavens gave human Martial Artists exceptional talent and unparalleled cultivation speed, but they also gave Spirit Beasts tough meridians and long lifespans!
It was as if it was all predestined, a cosmic balance of give and take.
Otherwise, the Snake Woman would never have so easily consumed a dangerous Elixir like the Blast Pill. No matter how much she wanted to increase her strength, it wasn’t worth gambling with her life.
But Qin Li... he had astonished her. The Snake Woman swore that if Qin Li hadn’t been supporting her conviction with his miraculous power and words, she would have long since been rolling on the ground and screaming in pain.
The sheer intensity of that agony could not be understood without experiencing it firsthand. At that moment, things like dignity and pride were nothing but fleeting clouds!
And so, the Snake Woman sat there, gazing at this handsome young human with a complex mix of admiration and gratitude.
’To be able to follow a master like him... seems to be a pretty good thing!’ she thought to herself.
At this thought, the Snake Woman couldn’t help but smile. The smile on her rosy, pretty face was utterly brilliant; no one had ever seen such an expression on this cold-blooded creature.
’Old Monkey, oh, Old Monkey, you probably never imagined, even in death, that I would one day surpass you, did you? I’m now quite looking forward to returning to Black Tortoise Peak!’
The Snake Woman had successfully broken through the bottleneck that had plagued her for years. From the peak Celestial Venerable realm, she had nearly broken through to the Middle Stage of the Shattering Void realm!
This could no longer be described as a miracle. It was... simply divine!
Everyone knew that the higher one’s strength, the harder it was to advance. It was like a pond one meter in diameter and one meter deep—easy to fill. But as the pond grew larger and deeper, filling it became increasingly difficult!
A Martial Artist who reached the Venerable Realm was already like a vast, deep lake. To break through, whether it was the horizontal accumulation of Primordial Power or the vertical comprehension of the Martial Dao, every step was like crossing a celestial chasm!
For countless years, the Snake Woman had already gained her own unique insights into the Martial Dao. Only the accumulation of Primordial Power had to be earned, with no room for shortcuts!
If Elixirs were truly that effective, the super-wealthy factions on Profound Island could have brute-forced their way into nurturing numerous Venerables. Why was it that even now, Venerables were still considered the peak experts on Profound Island?
It was because after reaching the Venerable Realm, the help that Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and various Elixirs could provide a Martial Artist was minimal, almost completely ineffective!
Therefore, in the Snake Woman’s eyes, this Blast Pill in Qin Li’s hands was a true Divine Pill!
Most Spirit Beasts were clear about gratitude and grudges. Having received such an immense favor from Qin Li, even a naturally cold-blooded Spirit Beast like the Snake Woman was incredibly moved.
The Snake Woman’s beautiful eyes blinked intelligently. She decided that from now on, she must protect this little master of hers!
By now, Qin Li had also long since endured the most difficult period. When he felt he couldn’t hold on any longer, he repeatedly circulated the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat skill and practiced deducing Sword Intent in his Sea of Consciousness. Unexpectedly, it had a miraculous effect. His mastery of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat skill seemed to have stabilized at the fourth layer!
His Sword Intent, which he could previously only successfully manifest once or at most twice out of ten attempts, had now doubled in success rate!
Out of ten deductions, he could succeed three or four times!
This made Qin Li overjoyed! One had to know, this was a Supreme Ultimate Skill that the vast majority of Supreme Martial Artists could never comprehend!
Back then, the old beggar had effortlessly pierced a Qin Family disciple’s chest with a single strand of Sword Intent, killing him on the spot. In Qin Li’s view, the combat skill that old beggar cultivated was likely not much inferior to his own!
Because similarly, Qin Li had never sensed that kind of supremely sharp Sword Intent from the unfathomable Supreme Elders of the Thousand Mechanism Sect and the Lin Family, nor from the experts of the Cui Family!
Although they occasionally exuded an aura containing traces of Sword Intent, it was never pure!
This made Qin Li understand something: while Sword Intent was related to a Martial Artist’s comprehension of the Martial Dao, it was also directly related to the combat skill one practiced!
What was a Divine-level Combat Skill? It meant that whether in the subtlety of its moves or the degree of power it could unleash, it far surpassed all other combat skills! And upon reaching a higher realm, the help it provided to a Martial Artist was unimaginably immense!
Qin Li couldn’t help but feel fortunate now, even blissful about his luck! Suddenly, he thought of Watermelon, the "peer" who had practiced the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat skill with him back then. He didn’t know where he was now, but Qin Li believed that as long as Watermelon returned to the Cyan Dragon Kingdom, with the connections Qin Li had left behind, even the emperor would have to show him some respect!
Qin Li first looked inward at his Dantian. He saw that the Chaos Energy within, compressed to a certain degree, had completely enveloped the Purple Crystal Core.
Now, the Purple Crystal Core was completely invisible. Only from the wisps of purple aura seeping through the Chaos Energy could he tell that it was still there.
Qin Li sensed his own power and felt an unprecedented sense of clarity and openness.
’Is this... the power of a Supreme Martial Artist?’
’So, right now, am I a Human Venerable or an Earth Venerable?’
For the first time, Qin Li felt a trace of confusion about his own strength.
"Miss Leng, Young Master Shen’s wedding is about to begin any moment, but Young Master Li still hasn’t returned. The people from the Thousand Mechanism Sect are getting anxious... What should we do?"
Because Qin Li and the Snake Woman’s seclusion was extremely secret, only Shen Le and his father knew about it in the entire Thousand Mechanism Sect. On the Qin Family’s side, only Leng Yao was aware.
"What’s the rush? Am I not still here?" Leng Yao’s face was as cold as ice, making it difficult for others to read any emotion from her expression. In reality, Leng Yao’s heart was also filled with anxiety. Her understanding of Elixirs far surpassed that of a half-baked dabbler like Qin Li.
Taking a Blast Pill, the outcome would definitely be decided within three days!
But just how difficult those three days were, not even Leng Yao had a complete understanding. However, she was certain of one thing: if one’s meridians weren’t durable to a certain degree, taking a Blast Pill had only one outcome.
And that was... death!
At the same time, Leng Yao also knew that Qin Li’s body had been tempered many times and was already very different from that of an ordinary Martial Artist. That was why she had agreed to let him take the risk of using a Blast Pill to increase his strength.
In the past two days, Leng Yao had also noticed a few signs. Many families that were originally close to the Qin Family had subtly changed their attitudes, such as deliberately keeping some distance.
Even many disciples of the Thousand Mechanism Sect and the Lin Family no longer showed their past enthusiasm when they saw members of the Qin family!
All of this was related to the great battle on the day Qin Li went into seclusion!
That mysterious Martial Artist, suspected to be from the Cui Family, had fought the Thousand Mechanism Sect’s ancestor, Shen Chong, for a whole night without a clear winner!
And then, a large group of people from the Cui Family arrived from afar!
Among them were two Martial Artists at the Shattering Void realm! One of them was recognized by Shen Chong as an old ancestor of the Cui Family. But as for the one who fought Shen Chong all night and another elderly man with a mournful expression, no one recognized them.
A standoff ensued. The Cui family members arrogantly claimed they were there to celebrate the wedding of the Thousand Mechanism Sect’s Young Master and congratulate the sect on its union with Ice Edge.
But in reality, everyone understood that the Cui Family was here for a show of force!
Because among the large group of the Cui family who had arrived, there were over thirty Martial Artists at the Venerable Realm!
The appearance of the two unknown Shattering Void Martial Artists could be considered somewhat normal; people could assume the Cui Family had found powerful reinforcements. But of those thirty-odd Venerable Martial Artists from the Cui family, almost all of them were acquainted with the major figures on Profound Island!
Among them, twenty-seven or twenty-eight had been famous geniuses on Profound Island in the past, but most of them were not even two hundred years old!
Yet they had all reached the Venerable Realm!
Although it was impossible to judge whether they were Human Venerables or Earth Venerables since no fight had broken out, this alone was enough to leave everyone dumbfounded!
Because the disciples of the other major powers of the same age were almost all still at the Celestial Embracing Realm!
The arrival of these people put immense pressure on all the other families!
The Cui Family was making a show of force; everyone understood this. But no one was as confident as before, believing that a coalition of Profound Island’s six super-powers could definitely annihilate the Cui Family.
Indeed, even with the powerful strength the Cui Family now displayed, they still couldn’t be a match for a coalition of Profound Island’s six super-powers.
But the problem was, anyone who thought that way had to be out of their mind!
Because no family leader would push their own family into such an abyss of destruction!
Annihilate the Cui Family, and your own family would be crippled, only to benefit those High-Level or even Middle-Level powers? That was impossible! Unless it was a last resort, no one would choose a mutually destructive path!
This time, the Cui Family had also made their intentions clear. They wanted to become the supreme authority on Profound Island! They wanted to have the sole say in all matters! As long as all the families acknowledged their status, a brutal battle could be avoided!
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Phew, finally finished writing. My nose is running like a faucet, and I even uploaded the last Chapter twice by mistake. *Sweatdrop*
Going to bed, I was at my limit.
Good night, everyone! (To be continued. For more Chapters and to support the author, please visit www.qidian.com and read the official version!)
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