Mu Chen's consciousness floated in the darkness. He was in a daze, as if there was no end to it.
A black light seemed to surge within the darkness, before taking shape below Mu Chen's body. It seemed to be a blurry and beautiful figure, her hand gently caressing Mu Chen's consciousness.
Under her gentle caress, an indescribable softness rippled within Mu Chen's heart. This feeling was like a mother's embrace.
It was so warm that it was impossible to break free from it.
Under this warmth, a stream of air seemed to flow through Mu Chen's body, completely healing all of his injuries.
A sliver of clarity surged within his dazed consciousness. Mu Chen desperately tried to widen his eyes to clearly see the blurry and warm figure, but he was ultimately unable to do so.
However, the strange feeling of their bloodline merging allowed him to know what kind of relationship this gentle figure had with him. In his childhood dreams, it was this figure that constantly protected him.
"Mother!"
Mu Chen's consciousness struggled with all its might. Soon after, his eyes abruptly snapped open, his hand grabbing at the figure. However, he only managed to grab air.
"Ah!"
When his eyes opened, they were filled with resplendent silver light. Before Mu Chen could return to his senses, he could not help but let out a miserable shriek. Berserk lightning energy ruthlessly stabbed into his body like steel thorns, before flocking into his body.
This lightning energy was far too berserk. As it swarmed, it directly caused intense pain to Mu Chen, causing all of the muscles in his body to twitch.
While Mu Chen was somewhat at a loss because of this, a faint silver light suddenly blossomed from his body.
Under the illumination of this silver light, Mu Chen's body was like a starving person that had seen a delicacy. He actually began to frantically devour the lightning energy that surged towards him.
This intense pain.
Immediately, it crazily soared.
Mu Chen tightly clenched his teeth, a trace of blood seeping out from the corner of his mouth. Something of unknown origin had mysteriously appeared in his heart.
It seemed to be a Deity Art called 'Lightning God Body'.
"Was it left behind by that bald old man?"
This thought flashed across Mu Chen's mind. Soon after, he hurriedly started to cultivate according to the God Tier Spiritual Art. As he circulated the God Tier Spiritual Art, he saw that the insides of his body seemed to have turned into a resplendent silver. As lightning flickered, his entire body, including his muscles and internal organs, started to glow.
Meridians.
Bones.
They were constantly devouring the lightning energy that poured into their bodies.
Under the ferocious devouring, although Mu Chen still felt intense pain in his body, he felt that his body was filled with energy.
At the same time, the feeling of pain and comfort surged up.
It was extremely strange.
Mu Chen didn't know how powerful the so-called "Lightning God Physique" Deity Tier Spiritual Art that the bald old man had given him. However, he could clearly feel that his physical body was slowly becoming more tyrannical under the corrosion of the violent lightning energy.
This seemed to be a body tempering divine art.
This caused Mu Chen to be pleasantly surprised. Amongst the Spiritual Arts, body tempering Spiritual Arts were relatively rare. However, the reward that the bald old man had given him was not a body tempering Spiritual Art, but a body tempering divine art!
A body tempering divine art that could absorb the lightning energy to temper one's physical body.
"Although this old man is ruthless, he's not petty," muttered Mu Chen to himself. In the next moment, he did not dare to be distracted, and wholeheartedly focused on cultivating the body tempering divine art.
This cultivation session lasted for a whole three days. During these three days, Mu Chen's body was immersed in the deepest part of the lightning river, and was repeatedly tempered by the seemingly endless lightning energy.
Furthermore, as Mu Chen was being hammered, the "Lightning God's Physique" continued to condense the lightning energy, before finally transforming into a lightning ball.
This lightning ball was not absorbed by Mu Chen. Instead, it drifted within his meridians, and tempered them bit by bit, causing them to become increasingly tough.
Such a strange training method caused Mu Chen to feel rather surprised, while feeling the extraordinariness of this "Lightning God's Physique". However, Mu Chen always felt that there were some flaws when he was training in it. Clearly, the "Lightning God's Physique" that he had obtained shouldn't be complete.
The bald old man did not give him the complete cultivation method of the "Lightning God Body".
This made Mu Chen feel slightly regretful. However, he wasn't too disappointed. Being able to obtain such a harvest was already out of his expectations.
Three days later.
At the side of the magma river, the black flames that blotted the sky started to be withdrawn. With a clear cry, the Jiu You Sparrow swallowed the flames into its body. Above its head, a large silver current floated. Within the current, were all Divine Lightning Beads that flickered with lightning.
From the looks of it, there were tens of thousands of them!
After refining all of the Divine Lightning Beads, the Jiu You Sparrow looked towards the magma river with a slightly worried gaze. However, it did not see any abnormalities.
Feeling a little anxious, it flapped its wings, wanting to charge into the magma river in search of Mu Chen.
Bang!
However, just when it was about to charge in, a bolt of lightning abruptly soared into the sky from the magma river. A powerful Spiritual Energy surged out. As the lightning exploded, a figure appeared in the sky.
That figure was flickering with lightning. After a brief moment, it gradually dissipated, revealing Mu Chen's figure.
At this moment, Mu Chen's skin was faintly silver. His slender upper body hid an explosive power that made others not dare to underestimate him.
Mu Chen clenched his fists and casually threw two punches out. In an instant, even the air exploded from his punches, causing his eyes to be filled with joy. Compared to a few days ago, he was clearly much more powerful.
"Not bad."
Mu Chen praised. When the lightning on his body gradually dissipated and returned to normal, he smiled with his eyes narrowed as he descended towards the Jiu You Sparrow beside the lightning river.
Seeing Mu Chen come out, the Jiu You Sparrow felt relieved and asked, "Are you alright?"
Mu Chen shook his head as he swept his gaze around, searching for traces of the bald old man.
"He's long gone." Seeing his gaze, the Jiu You Sparrow couldn't help replying.
"I wonder who that Senior is. With such capability, even in Hokuang Reiwon, he should be at the top, right?" Mu Chen muttered.
"Who knows?" The Jiu You Sparrow wasn't too concerned about it.
"Forget it."
Seeing that there wasn't any answer, Mu Chen no longer thought about it. He looked at the tens of thousands of Divine Lightning Beads floating in the air as a smear of astonishment flashed across his eyes, "With so many Divine Lightning Beads, it should be enough."
With a wave of his hand, he stored all of the Divine Lightning Beads.
"Let's go, it's time for us to return."
Mu Chen gave a lazy stretch. His harvest from this trip to the Lightning Territory had far exceeded his expectations. Not only had his strength risen to the Quasi-Heavenly Transformation Stage, he had even obtained the "Dragon Soaring Art" and the "Lightning God's Physique", two Deity Tier Spiritual Arts that could greatly increase his combat prowess.
Now, no matter how troublesome the opponent he met in the hunting war, Mu Chen had the confidence to fight against them.
"Li Xuantong, if we meet again, the agreement of three moves might not be of any use."
Mu Chen smiled. A few months ago, Li Xuantong was clearly an opponent that was difficult to defeat in his eyes. But now, Mu Chen no longer had any fear.
"Let's go. I'll go back and buy the Northern Dark Dragon's essence blood for you. Your wish can finally be fulfilled." Mu Chen waved his hand and smiled.
"Thank you."
The Jiu You Sparrow looked at Mu Chen and said in a low voice. Its eyes were filled with unconcealable excitement. This day had finally arrived.
"Our relationship."
Mu Chen grinned as he looked at the Jiu You Sparrow. Sizing it up, he rubbed his chin and said, "If you successfully evolve and transform into a Divine Beast, you should possess the ability to take human form, right?"
At that time, he should be able to distinguish its gender, right?
With regards to this, Mu Chen had always been very curious.
The Jiu You Sparrow rolled its eyes at him. Ignoring him, it turned into a black light and drilled into his body.
Mu Chen smiled. With a move of his body, he also turned into a streak of light and flew out of the Lightning Territory at lightning speed.
After spending half an hour, Mu Chen directly charged from the eighth level to the first level and flew out of the Lightning Territory. After exiting the Lightning Territory, he stood in the air and looked at the energetic Hokuang Reiwon. His tensed body gradually relaxed.
After exiting the Lightning Territory, Mu Chen did not immediately return to the freshman area. Instead, he went straight to the Spiritual Values Hall. He could feel the excitement of the Jiu You Sparrow. Since that was the case, he should first settle this matter.
The Spiritual Values Hall had always been the most popular place in Hokuang Reiwon. The terrifying flow of people was like ants, constantly entering and exiting the enormous hall.
Mu Chen entered the Spiritual Values Hall and went straight to the center of the hall. There was a counter that specialized in the purchase and sale of Divine Lightning Beads.
Behind the huge crystal counter was a beautiful girl. Looking at her age, she should be a student of Hokuang Reiwon. However, helping here would also be rewarded with Spiritual Values.
There were many students selling and buying Divine Lightning Beads here. After queuing for ten minutes, it was finally Mu Chen's turn. The beautiful girl looked at Mu Chen and asked with a sweet smile, "Student, are you here to buy Divine Lightning Beads?"
"No, I'm here to sell Divine Lightning Beads." Mu Chen shook his head.
When the girl heard this, she did not find it strange. Many students also condensed Divine Lightning Beads in the Lightning Territory to exchange for Spiritual Values. She immediately smiled and said, "The purchase price of Divine Lightning Beads is two hundred Spiritual Values per bead. How many do you want to sell?"
She picked up an ink brush and prepared to record it down.
"13,000." Mu Chen smiled brightly.
Pa.
The ink brush in the girl's hand instantly fell to the ground. Her beautiful face was filled with astonishment. The crowd of students waiting to buy Divine Lightning Beads were also dumbfounded as they looked at Mu Chen.
13,000 Divine Lightning Beads?
Was there something wrong with this kid's head?
Was it that easy to condense Divine Lightning Beads?
13,000 Divine Lightning Beads, even if it was Shen Cangsheng, he would not be able to condense that many!
When Mu Chen saw the doubt in the beautiful girl's eyes, he did not say anything. With a flick of his finger, a resplendent silver torrent whizzed out and instantly surrounded the counter.
"Senior, 13,000 Divine Lightning Beads, a total of 2,600,000 Spiritual Values. Thank you."
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