HBWnovel Chapter 2 Despicable Scum
Chapter 2 Despicable Scum
chapter 2 despicable scum
translator: borntobe
the medicinal liquid entered his stomach, and long chen hastily used his mind to guide the medicinal energy throughout his body, allowing it to merge into his bones.
normal martial artists would let the medicinal energy assimilate inside the dantian in order to absorb it, and only later would they spread it throughout their body. however, long chen didn’t have a spirit root; thus, his dantian was completely empty and had no way to store energy.
the only thing he could do was to allow the medicinal energy to scatter into every cell. although this medicinal liquid was formed only from ordinary medicinal herbs, it displayed a surprisingly remarkable medicinal effect after going through long chen’s pairings and proportions.
as the medicinal energy rushed throughout his body, countless pores opened up. it was as if every single cell had been in a state of starvation as they all began to crazily absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
boom!
a muffled explosion came from within long chen’s body. his originally sealed meridians were all forced open and long chen couldn’t stop himself from letting out a muffled groan.
when others cultivated, they would use the dantian’s qi in order to gradually open up their meridians in a step-by-step manner which would not cause any pain.
however, long chen couldn’t do so; he could only borrow an outer energy source. this energy was like the ocean’s water flowing into a river field; its violent and ferocious nature wasn’t something that just anybody could withstand.
“this pain... i will definitely remember this pain.” long chen gnashed his teeth. if it weren’t for some vicious person stealing his spirit root, how could he have been forced to choose such a crazy method?
bang bang bang!
continuous explosions echoed out from his body as his meridians opened up one by one. every time a meridian channel was opened, intense pain would wreck his body.
when all his meridians were finally opened, long chen almost fell into a coma. he had to rest for two full hours before he slowly revitalized himself.
with the pain now past him, long chen felt that the pores from his toes to his head were all open. with every single breath he took, he absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
“excellent, i can finally practice cultivation now that my meridians have opened.”
long chen sensed his body’s condition. with his meridians opened, he could finally absorb spiritual qi from the world through his pores in order to nourish his body to become stronger.
in fact, although his meridians had only just been opened, that single change filled his body with strength.
he punched out, and the whistling wind that came with it made long chen smile. he hadn’t endured that pain for nothing.
for ordinary cultivators, they first had to enter a so-called qi sensing realm. only once they were able to sense qi were they able to enter the qi condensation realm.
however, long chen had taken an alternative path. by using medicinal energy to forcibly link himself up to heaven and earth’s spiritual qi, he had managed to completely open his meridians, which was equivalent to stepping into qi condensation with a single step.
however, it couldn’t be said that he had truly stepped into qi condensation. although his body had been strengthened to the point that it was on that level, the qi condensation realm involved condensing cyclones of qi within the dantian. without a dantian, he was not truly in qi condensation.
“although i’ve forcibly opened my meridians, my useless dantian is still unable to hold the true qi. when i fight with others, there’s no way i can keep it up for more than a few moments. this still isn’t good enough.”
long chen went through his new memories. almost all of his new memories were only about alchemy. but eventually, he found the only memory he had that pertained to martial arts: the nine star hegemon body art.
what surprised long chen pleasantly was that the nine star hegemon body art was practically custom-made for him. it was a secret technique capable of excavating even more of a person’s potential. it didn’t cultivate the dantian, but the nine stars.
those nine stars were contained within the body. once they were all formed, they would be equivalent to nine dantians. when he saw that in his memories, he almost jumped in joy.
but then as he continued comprehending this technique, he immediately felt as if a bucket of ice water had been thrown over him. to cultivate the nine star hegemon body art required countless medicinal pills.
in order to condense the first star, the fengfu star, he would practically need an endless amount of energy. if he wanted to rely on just absorbing the energy from the air, not even a hundred years would be enough to condense it.
“shi feng, this isn’t your business! it’d be best if you didn’t meddle around.”
when li hao saw shi feng, all he could do was to act tough even though he was weaker. shi feng was also a noble heir whose status was about the same as his, but shi feng was a strong person who had reached the eighth heavenstage of qi condensation while he was only at the third heavenstage of qi condensation.
in addition, shi feng had an innate strength, which meant that amongst people in the same rank as him, only a few were an equal match for him. therefore, li hao didn’t have the guts to challenge shi feng.
“brother long chen, i heard that that bastard zhou yaoyang beat you up. how about i go help you vent your anger? “ shi feng looked at long chen and his expression became indignant.
long chen looked at the huge person in front of him, and his heart felt a bit of warmth. shi feng was the only one in the imperial capital who would consider him as his brother.
“no thanks, my enmities are something that i will pay back myself. just don’t worry about it.” long chen faintly laughed, patting shi feng’s shoulder.
when shi feng heard long chen say this, he thought that long chen might be worried about his image and so he didn’t raise the issue again.
“let’s go, come with me for a stroll,” said long chen with a smile, and he brought shi feng for a walk.
when li hao saw that the two of them considered him as just thin air, he couldn’t help but angrily cursing, “long chen, you little bastard, if you have the guts then you’ll fight me in a duel!”
they had just walked a couple of steps when li hao said this and they paused. from deep within long chen’s eyes, a strong murderous intent was radiated as he slowly turned his head.
“you want to have a duel with me?” long chen’s voice was extremely cold. each word he spoke was just like ice shards that caused people to tremble in their bones.
li hao couldn’t help but shiver. for some reason, he felt that today’s long chen was a bit different, but his big words had already been spoken so if at this time he was to act like a coward, then he would become the entire imperial capital’s laughingstock.
moreover, he was already used to bullying long chen over and over, so with those experiences, he ignored the trace of fear that arose in his heart.
“not bad, you dare to accept the duel?” li hao mocked in a loud voice.
“not a problem, however, i want to add some stakes,” said long chen after a moment’s thought.
“adding stakes? haha, your long family is almost unable to feed yourselves, what are you going to take out as stakes? you could use your family’s estate, or how about you become my slave?” mocked li hao coldly.
however what he didn’t notice was that in the corner of long chen’s mouth was a callous smile that seemed to have some hidden intentions.
“brother shi, can you lend me your martial sword?” long chen asked.
“take it.”
shi feng did somewhat hate to part with it, but he still handed his sword over.
long chen nodded, and he quietly recorded this favor into his heart. towards li hao, he said, “this martial sword isn’t top quality, but it is still worth eight thousand gold coins. for today i’ll just count it as five thousand gold coins. if you win you can take the martial sword, but if you lose, you have to give me five thousand gold coins. how’s that sound?”
li hao’s heart shook; shi feng’s sword was made from top quality steel and was forged by a master. it was definitely worth at least eight thousand gold coins.
today, this idiot long chen actually decided to use such a thing as a bet; li hao had long since started laughing cheerfully inside.
he once again sneered, “i don’t know. if someone were to lose, will he renege out of the bet?”
“don’t worry. i, shi feng, will guarantee it.” shi feng coldly smiled.
“good, then let’s go to the martial arena to sign the contract. if today i don’t beat the teeth out of you, then in the future i wouldn’t be li hao.” li hao couldn’t help from being extremely exuberant as he high-spiritedly spoke.
long chen’s face was still calm; however, within his eyes appeared some darkness. li hao was just one of zhou yaoyang’s dogs, so long chen never paid any attention to him. but nowadays, they were always plotting against him; just what kind of hidden conspiracy was there?
however, no matter what kind of conspiracy it was, the truth would always come to light one day. long chen walked directly to the martial arena outside the imperial capital.