Chapter 802: Chapter 31: Soul Extinguishing Bell, Dream Walking Technique, 33rd Year of the Jingxin Calendar! (Da Zhang)
"Where it came from, don’t worry about it. It’s definitely not stolen," Zhao Xing laughed. "Consider it my personal compensation for you, okay?"
"Okay, of course," Chen Shijie said without hesitation. "How do I use it?"
"Just drink it directly," Zhao Xing said. "Once you drink it, you’ll understand what’s going on."
Chen Shijie immediately pulled the cork out and poured a bottle of Primordial Soul Liquid into his mouth.
"What? This is a treasure to enhance the Life Soul?" Chen Shijie’s face immediately showed surprise. "Where did you get it from? You didn’t go robbing, did you?"
Treasures for Life Soul are hard to come by, and even in the Military Realm, there’s no place to buy them.
Chen Shijie could feel his Life Soul increasing significantly. This kind of treasure is at least of the Sixth Rank!
Such resources are always on an allocation system. You can’t buy them, even if you have money!
"Where am I gonna rob it from?" Zhao Xing laughed.
This was the cultivation resource quota given to him by King Heavenly Destiny.
For him, the Primordial Soul Liquid had little enhancement effect, only restorative effects.
It was mainly used for Zhao Xing’s cultivation of soul-type secret techniques.
But for Chen Shijie, this was a great supplement, and it’s specifically for nourishing the Life Soul.
Old Chen’s Life Soul was still at Sixth Grade Perfection.
However, after consuming a bottle, he broke through to Mid Fifth Grade.
Zhao Xing estimated that after Chen Shijie consumed all the Primordial Soul Liquid, he could reach Early Fourth Grade.
With a strong Life Soul, powerful spells, and fast comprehension speed, Chen Shijie’s path upward was unlocked, and there was no problem for him to cultivate to Fourth Grade on his own.
"I’m not too busy recently, so you can take some time for cultivation," Zhao Xing said, dragging a box out of the room. "Inside, there’s a treasure for Soul Refining, and as I said, don’t ask where it came from, it’s all legal and rightful."
"Also, I’ll leave a clone here to demonstrate the top-level Earth Palace Skill for you... Why are you looking at me with that skeptical look?"
I already said it’s legal and rightful, why don’t you believe me?
"I believe you, but I just didn’t expect your clone could even perform top-level Earth Palace Skill," Chen Shijie marveled. "Now it’s your turn to teach me."
"Hahahaha," Zhao Xing laughed, patting Chen Shijie on the shoulder. "Little Chen, I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long."
"Get lost!" Chen Shijie slapped his hand away. "You cultivation freak!"
"Hahahaha."
Zhao Xing laughed heartily as he left.
From today, Chen Shijie was detained in the official residence.
The clone left behind became Chen Shijie’s cultivation overseer.
Old Chen had a talent for the Geographical Advantage Skill, and even if his talent wasn’t impressive before, during the explosion of the cave world’s spiritual beauty in Ten Suns Cave Heaven, he could be considered a true genius.
Prince Liang’s rebellion, with such a huge benefit, how could a good brother miss out?
After locking Chen Shijie in the black room, he went to Dongyang County.
"Brother Xia, how have you recovered?"
"I already dismantled a mechanical arm," Xia Jing raised his right hand. "My left hand is almost healed too."
"Wow, even your hair has grown so much, nice," Zhao Xing said.
Xia Jing had been staying there for almost a year.
His recovery was quite good, now having about seventy percent of his peak strength.
"Since your body has mostly recovered, I’ll help you with some restorative training," Zhao Xing said.
Xia Jing lacked neither wealth nor recovery treasures; his father Xiahou was a top-tier Marquis, whose strength, status, and resources were no less than some Sealing Kings.
Of course, Xia Jing didn’t bring many people over, and he indeed lacked some sparring partners.
Zhao Xing brought over all the eight Heavenly Maidens he had obtained from the Heavenly Craft Palace.
"Here, a gift for you."
"Hmm? What version of mechanical puppet is this?" Xia Jing’s eyes lit up, as if seeing a beloved treasure.
Does Xia Jing like these large figurines?
Zhao Xing was a bit surprised; he hadn’t noticed before.
It makes sense; they were always in the military, where was the chance?
"An old version, hard to come by," Zhao Xing said. "The strength is not bad, should be enough for you to spar with."
"Spar?" Xia Jing shook his head like a rattle drum, looking at Zhao Xing in astonishment: "Are you crazy? Using such exquisite mechanical puppets for sparring?"
"If you don’t use them for sparring, are you going to collect them?"
"Of course, my house is full of mechanical puppets," Xia Jing said. "It’s just that in these past two or three decades, the Mechanical Masters haven’t had any innovation; they’re all bald man figures, really tiring."
Zhao Xing: "..."
"Dude, snap out of it!"
"You’re a martial artist, how can you let such childish things affect you."
Xia Jing squinted: "You just don’t understand."
Zhao Xing: "..."
Zhao Xing suspected that gifting the eight Heavenly Maiden puppets to Xia Jing was a mistake.
"Fine then, you can spar with my Grassman," Zhao Xing grinned, cracking his knuckles.
He had to make Xia Jing snap out of this!
...
Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was already February of the 33rd year of the Jingxin Calendar.
"Dong~Dong~"
In the Star Palace, two bell sounds echoed.
"Soul Extinguishing Bell, finally cultivated to the Second Layer." Zhao Xing showed a hint of a smile.
He left the Star Palace again, and the puppet left by King Heavenly Destiny couldn’t help but shake its head in resignation.
"Whoosh whoosh~"
Zhao Xing left Prefecture City and returned once more to his home estate in Dongyang County.
The reason he came out periodically was mainly because the secret technique "Great Dream Spring and Autumn" had achieved a breakthrough.
"Since comprehending the first layer of Derivation God Decision, and starting to cultivate soul-type combat techniques, Great Dream Spring and Autumn finally advanced from the introductory phase ’Dream Storage Technique’ to the second layer ’Dream Walking’."
Zhao Xing closed his eyes, entering a dream state.
Unlike previous dreams, this time Zhao Xing’s dream included a complete view of Dongyang County.
"It’s midnight now, and a vast majority of people in Dongyang County have entered the dreamland," Zhao Xing looked down at ’Dongyang County’ from the heavens in his dream.