Chapter 201: Soaring Strength
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Suppress Dragon Elephant, first suppress oneself, then suppress the enemy.
Back in the Strange Wind Realm, the Suppress Dragon Elephant could eliminate the foreign energy that Fang Qinghong had infused into his body. Now, sensing something amiss in Chen Fei’s body, it began its suppression.
Chen Fei’s tightly furrowed brows eased slightly as the Suppress Dragon Elephant alleviated the intense bursting sensation in his meridians. This allowed Chen Fei to continue absorbing the refined elemental vital energy.
Otherwise, with the bursting sensation worsening, Chen Fei would have to stop absorbing in a matter of moments. After all, while improving cultivation was good, it shouldn’t lead to bodily issues that outweighed the benefits.
Time slowly passed, and Chen Fei’s cultivation continued to advance rapidly. The discomfort caused by the suppression of the Suppress Dragon Elephant was gradually increasing, but compared to before, this discomfort was still within bearable limits.
Outside the Elemental Spirit Pool.
“Have the spiritual materials been added? Is the elemental vital energy recovering?” Wu Hongming stood with his hands behind his back, asking a Wu family disciple.
“The spiritual materials have been added, but the elemental vital energy is only recovering slightly. It’s still being rapidly absorbed.” The Wu family disciple glanced at Wu Hongming and spoke in a low voice.
Wu Hongming’s eyebrows lifted, and he looked toward the direction of the room where Chen Fei was. There was a hint of incredulity in his eyes. How was Chen Fei still rapidly absorbing elemental vital energy? How was this achieved?
In order to make it easier for martial practitioners to absorb, additional substances were mixed into the elemental vital energy.
However, this could create a burden of resistance within the practitioner’s body. Since Wu Hongming took charge of managing the Elemental Spirit Pool, he had never encountered such a situation.
On the contrary, there were records from a long time ago that some martial practitioners could absorb a significant amount of elemental vital energy from the pool without causing any harm to their bodies.
However, those records were from decades or even centuries ago.
Wu Hongming didn’t expect that he would witness such a phenomenon in his hands.
“Continue adding the spiritual materials. I’d like to see how much this junior brother Chen can absorb!” After a moment of contemplation, Wu Hongming gave his orders.
At this point, Wu Hongming could easily ignore it and let Chen Fei absorb all the elemental vital energy before coming out.
The loss to the Wu family would be minimal then. However, as one of the top five families within the Primordial Sword Sect, the Wu family couldn’t afford to lower their status like that. After all, it was just a few spiritual materials. Wu Hongming was more interested in seeing how far Chen Fei could go.
“Yes!”
The Wu family disciple replied in a low voice and hurried into the Elemental Spirit Pool to add the spiritual materials.
Time passed, and an hour went by. Chen Fei still hadn’t emerged. Wu Hongming maintained his composure and threw in another valuable Wulong Grass, which was worth a considerable amount.
The authorization to use the Elemental Spirit Pool was sure to result in losses for the Wu family. Initially used as a favor, they hadn’t anticipated someone like Chen Fei. But fortunately, the losses weren’t substantial. Wu Hongming deemed it acceptable.
Another hour passed, and the elemental vital energy within the pool continued to be rapidly consumed. Wu Hongming’s brows were trembling slightly as he tossed another Wulong Grass into the pool. When the Wu family disciple reported this, Wu Hongming’s brows were twitching.
How was this absorption possible? Chen Fei had been absorbing for a full ten hours, and it was a massive absorption at that.
A Wulong Grass, a precious spiritual material, was worth over ten thousand contribution points, and it wasn’t easy to find. Yet, three of them had already been used.
Originally, the permission granted for using the Elemental Spirit Pool was based on its self-recovery rate, and the Wu family didn’t need to contribute much to it. However, things had taken a turn. Tens of thousands of contribution points had been consumed by Chen Fei.
“Do we continue?” the Wu family disciple asked, somewhat alarmed.
“Continue!”
Wu Hongming gritted his teeth. Given the circumstances, giving up wasn’t an option. However, Chen Fei had been placed on Wu Hongming’s blacklist. If Chen Fei dared to use the Elemental Spirit Pool again in the future, Wu Hongming would reject him no matter what.
“Yes!” The Wu family disciple nodded and rushed back inside.
Another hour passed, and the Wu family disciple’s face grew pale as it was time to add the Wulong Grass again. Meanwhile, Wu Hongming stood outside the room where Chen Fei was. He was tempted to barge in and see how Chen Fei was managing this incredible absorption.
So much elemental vital energy—how could a cultivator at the Visceral Tempering realm bear such a heavy burden? Wouldn’t his body burst?
In his indecision, just as Wu Hongming was about to instruct the Wu family disciple to continue adding spiritual materials, the door to Chen Fei’s room slowly opened, and Chen Fei walked out.
Upon seeing Wu Hongming at the door, Chen Fei couldn’t help but be startled. Was the service really this attentive? There was still an hour before the end of the day, yet Wu Hongming was already waiting outside?
Wu Hongming’s face broke into a warm smile upon seeing Chen Fei. Fortunately, he had come out now. A bit later, they would have had to add another Wulong Grass, resulting in a significant loss.
Now, without adding more spiritual materials, they had effectively earned themselves a Wulong Grass. What a stroke of luck.
“Feeling any discomfort?” Wu Hongming discreetly examined Chen Fei, trying to identify any anomalies.
However, apart from sensing that Chen Fei’s aura had greatly strengthened, he didn’t notice anything else.
So, how did Chen Fei manage this absorption?
“I feel a bit heavy, and it might take a few days to alleviate,” Chen Fei answered truthfully.
His body did indeed feel somewhat heavy, and the bursting sensation in his meridians was most noticeable. Fortunately, the continuous operation of the Suppress Dragon Elephant helped alleviate this discomfort.
With another hour remaining, Chen Fei genuinely couldn’t endure any longer. If he continued absorbing, his body might literally burst. Eventually, he had to come out of seclusion earlier than planned, concluding his training in the Elemental Spirit Pool.
Though he hadn’t utilized the final hour, Chen Fei’s gains were undoubtedly astounding.
From the early stages of the Visceral Tempering realm before, he was now nearing the late stages of the same realm. His progress had increased by fifty and a half percent, reaching a level of sixty and a half percent within the Visceral Tempering realm.
Even if Chen Fei consumed the Clear Frost Pill every day, achieving such a level of cultivation progress would have taken him over five months. The amount of contribution points required for this kind of progress was enormous.
And now, in less than a day, Chen Fei had crossed nearly half a year’s worth of arduous training, saving a significant amount of contribution points. How could he not be delighted?
“As long as you’re alright,” Wu Hongming nodded, taking Chen Fei out of the Elemental Spirit Pool chamber.
An incense stick’s worth of time later, Chen Fei left the Wu family’s courtyard. Wu Hongming watched his departing figure from the door. He had subtly tried to inquire earlier, hoping to learn why Chen Fei could continuously absorb elemental vital energy, but he didn’t get any results.
This left Wu Hongming somewhat regretful. After all, if this situation could be replicated and spread throughout the entire Wu family, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance the growth of the younger generation.
The consumption of spiritual materials would undoubtedly increase, but sometimes, trading spiritual materials for time was completely worthwhile.
Chen Fei returned to the secluded chamber on the True Transmission Peak and began his closed-door cultivation.
While his cultivation had directly advanced, he needed to eliminate the discomfort in his body. Otherwise, it would affect not only his cultivation but even his combat performance in the future.
For seven consecutive days, Chen Fei focused on his cultivation, gradually alleviating the swelling sensation in his meridians. He even set aside refining pills and practicing the Zhongyuan Sword.
“You should slow down your cultivation a bit, no need to rush so much,” Chi Def eng finally saw Chen Fei on the eighth day and expressed his concern.
“Opportunities are rare; I must cherish them,” Chen Fei replied with a smile. After adjustments, his physical condition had reached its peak. The remarkable effects of the Suppress Dragon Elephant had truly exceeded Chen Fei’s expectations.
At this point, if Chen Fei continued to practice in the Elemental Spirit Pool, he could continue absorbing, breaking the restriction that limited other martial practitioners to only one visit within a year.
However, unfortunately, Chen Fei no longer possessed the Wu family’s token. Moreover, after one usage, the Wu family’s Elemental Spirit Pool would need several months to recover, making it impossible for Chen Fei to train there.
Additionally, Chen Fei was unaware that he had been blacklisted by Wu Hongming. Even if he had the token, Wu Hongming probably wouldn’t allow Chen Fei to step into the Elemental Spirit Pool, even if he had to repurchase it at a high price.
“Lately, there are a few tasks from the Alchemist Alliance that are quite suitable for you. Would you like to take them on?” Chi Defeng asked.
Chen Fei had always kept an eye on tasks from the Alchemist Alliance, as the contribution points from there were highly valuable.
“I’ve considered it recently, but I’ll wait until 1 have more time,” Chen Fei pondered for a moment before shaking his head. His strength was currently in an upward trend, and he wanted to fully absorb these gains before engaging in other tasks.
At the very least, he wanted to improve the rankings of his true disciple status.
This was a direct resource allocation. In about ten days, the next month’s resource allocation would be due. If Chen Fei could improve his ranking within this period, the resources he received in just over ten days would be vastly different.
An hour later, Chen Fei appeared in the Hall of True Transmission.
“You want to challenge a higher-ranked true disciple ahead of time?” the disciple steward exclaimed in surprise.
“Yes, can I?” Chen Fei nodded.
“You can, but just like when the inner disciples wanted to challenge you before, you’ll need their consent. If you want to challenge other true disciples ahead of schedule, you must also obtain their agreement,” the disciple steward explained.
“What’s the highest-ranked true disciple I can challenge?” Chen Fei had mentally prepared for the rules the steward was about to mention. Challenging ahead of schedule would surely come with more complications, which was perfectly normal.
“With an early challenge, you can directly challenge the tenth-ranked true disciple, as long as they’re willing to accept,” the steward chuckled upon seeing Chen Fei’s confident expression.
Chen Fei’s demeanor shifted slightly. He could actually directly challenge the tenth-ranked true disciple.
“The semi-annual ranking of true disciples also allows direct challenges to the tenth rank, but you still need their consent. However, when challenging true disciples ranked within the top ten places higher than you, they don’t have the right to refuse.”
The disciple steward explained briefly. The rules were quite similar, with the main difference being that, in an early challenge, anyone could decline the challenge.
Unless you present a sufficient incentive that makes it hard for them to refuse.
However, even though the steward mentioned that Chen Fei could challenge a true disciple up to the tenth rank, such occurrences had been scarce within the Primordial Sword Sect for many years. Achieving the tenth-ranked true disciple status indicated considerable strength.
In the end, if you end up seriously injured, no one will pity you..