HBWnovel Chapter 7 Training in Battle Skills
Chapter 7 Training in Battle Skills
chapter 7 training in battle skills
translator: borntobe
pow!
an extremely loud and resounding slap rang out, ruthlessly interrupting that dark-faced fellow’s words. the powerful force sent him flying, and over ten teeth tumbled across the floor.
“i’m sorry, this tome has taken the fancy of this young master.”
long chen looked down at the dark-faced fellow with a face seemingly full of regret, apologizing with great flair.
that slap was very resounding, and it echoed throughout the entire battle skill pavilion. everyone who had been busily browsing the battle skills immediately put down the manuals in their hands and turned in shock.
“who dares to be so presumptuous as to act violently within the battle skill pavilion?!”
suddenly, a cold shout rang out, and a black-clothed man appeared from the inner part of the battle skill pavilion. his face was cold and strict as he looked at long chen and the dark-faced fellow.
that man’s blood and qi surged just like a towering mountain, pressuring the others and making it difficult for them to breathe. long chen’s eyes shrunk...
“a strong blood condensation cultivator...”
it was unexpected that this place would actually have a hidden blood condensation realm cultivator. but thinking about it some more, this place was an important part of the battle skill pavilion, and having a strong person keep guard would save them some worries.
it was forbidden to practice martial arts within the battle skill pavilion. this was a rule that everybody knew, and breaking this rule meant you would be taken into custody.
“speak, what happened here?” the blood condensation cultivator angrily shouted.
“if you want to know, then ask him.” long chen didn’t have the slightest amount of fear as he spread out his hands in innocence.
the dark-faced fellow became indignant. it was obviously him who had suffered the blow, so why would he still need to ask him? “senior”
“senior!”
at this moment, the distant zhou yaoyang hurriedly ran over. he reported to the blood condensation expert, “senior, it was like this: wang mang’s face suddenly felt extremely itchy, so he gave himself a slap. there really wasn’t any force or battle; you can check for yourself.”
the dark-faced fellow who was called wang mang became bewildered. but just as he was about to say something, he saw the distant li hao doing his best to give him a meaningful glance, so he swallowed his words back down.
“you’re the savage marquis’s son?”
“yes.” zhou yaoyang hurriedly nodded.
that person nodded his head and looking at wang mang on the floor, he said, “if your face is itchy then just scratch it; don’t make such a fuss. clean up after yourself. i don’t want to see such a situation a second time.”
after speaking, he turned and left, leaving a crowd of astonished people wondering why zhou yaoyang would actually help long chen.
“haha, didn’t you hear what he said? hurry up and clean up your crap.” long chen laughed as if he had totally expected this entire turn of events. turning around, he walked away to continue looking for a battle skill.
“hateful bastard.”
looking at long chen who downplayed this event, wang mang was angered to the point where his eyes were practically spitting flames. that one slap of his caused him to feel extremely vexed.
“wang mang, endure it. if you were to open your mouth and accuse long chen of hitting you, then he would be taken into custody for one month, but after one month, he would be released safe and sound. however, if you swallow this anger now, then tomorrow, li hao will help you take back this face. therefore, you must absolutely endure it.” zhou yaoyang informed him.
wang mang nodded his head. he knew that li hao had arranged a battle with long chen. but having bullied long chen for so long, he was already so accustomed to it that it had reached the point where it was just playing around.
however, today, his playing around caused him to receive a huge slap in the face, and he didn’t even have a place to complain. the anger from the broken pieces of teeth could only be swallowed into his stomach.
leaving his mother’s side, long chen returned to his room. locking his door, he directly swallowed the second fengfu pill.
following the absorption of the second fengfu pill, the fengfu star on the bottom of long chen’s foot once again expanded ever so slightly.
along with the expansion, the fengfu star’s ability to store spiritual energy once again increased, just like a dantian.
however, the current fengfu star was still in an embryonic form, and in order for it to reach a fully condensed form, a countless number of fengfu pills were still required.
that was also why long chen had been so dismayed when he had first gone through his memories and seen the method to train in the nine star hegemon body art.
currently, he had consumed two fengfu pills that were worth several hundred thousand gold coins, and yet, his fengfu star was still in its embryonic form. he was still extremely far off if he wanted it to reach the completely condensed stage. furthermore, it seemed there was a level beyond even that, which was something he still didn’t know anything about. just the one fengfu star was already a bottomless abyss that needed countless medicinal pills to fill.
however, long chen knew that the nine star hegemon body art was the only technique he could use. if not, he would be just mediocre his entire life. in fact, he wouldn’t even match up to an ordinary person since he didn’t have a dantian. without using the nine star hegemon body art, his only fate would be to sink down to become a weak person that would constantly be taken advantage of.
it took him four hours to fully absorb this fengfu pill. his fengfu star’s embryonic form had increased slightly in size, allowing him to control a greater amount of spiritual energy.
by now, it was already the middle of the night. long chen stealthily left his room and entered the firewood room. taking a deep breath, he began to slowly train in the spirit of the bull. long chen was already completely familiar with his meridians due to those pill god memories, so this low grade battle skill was something he could master immediately without even the slightest problem.
he walked over to a stone grinder that weighed over half a ton and was normally used to crush up rice crops.
holding it with both hands, he lifted.
“rise!”
the huge stone grinder rose into the air, and long chen’s impression was that he still had some leftover strength. nowadays, his strength should be enough to lift around 750 kilograms worth of weight.
however, his strength when zhou yaoyang had beaten him had only been 75 kilograms. compared to before, it was a dramatic ten times increase.
“excellent, not including other factors and just by relying on my current body strength, i can probably match up to people at the fifth heavenstage of qi condensation.”
long chen couldn’t help but feel somewhat excited, and at the same time, he looked even more forward to training in the nine star hegemon body art. right now, he had only condensed an embryonic form, and his power had already raised by such an enormous amount; if he were to truly condense the complete fengfu star, then just what kind of level would his power rise to?
hesitating for a while, long chen couldn’t resist the urge to continue testing. setting himself up, the air near his foot started to slowly fluctuate, and a scorching power swept from his foot and through his meridians, slowly collecting into his fist.
fist of the bull!
bang!
long chen’s fist smashed onto the stone grinder, and with an explosive bang, the stone grinder was forced into the air and firmly slammed into the wall, causing the entire wall to break down.
long chen couldn’t help but to foolishly stare at the powerful force. originally, he had just wanted to experiment a bit with the power; he hadn’t expected that it would cause such a huge disturbance.
from outside the room, other people were all awoken and alarmed. knowing that he had caused a huge disturbance, he quickly slipped back into his room and laid down to sleep.
however, he was simply too excited to sleep, almost to the point of wanting to dance for joy.
nine star hegemon body art... just what level had this cultivation technique reached? if all nine stars were condensed, then just what kind of power would be produced?
long chen was simply too excited and ended up being unable to fall asleep the whole night. when the first glimmer of the sun’s rising lit up his room, he slowly opened his eyes.
“hehe, you want to take parts of my body? that’s quite a big dream; too bad you’re not able to reach it.”
after rising and washing his face, he heard that the servants were still discussing what had happened last night in the firewood room. welcoming the rising sun, long chen couldn’t stop a certain thought from emerging from his heart:
“today’s a good day. i can accomplish anything.”