Chapter 229: Chapter 226: A Hundred Flowers Competing for Glamour in the Selection Competition_l
Translator: 549690339
Upon hearing this, Yang Chen became curious. Being new to the place, he didn’t intend to hide anything: “I just arrived in MO City, and I don’t know much about the situation here. What’s the story with the Zhou family? They are spending a hundred thousand spirit stones, they must be quite wealthy.” A hundred thousand spirit stones were not a small sum.
“Hehe, so it turns out, sir, that you just arrived in MO City, it’s normal for you not to know. The Zhou family is considered local tyrants in our MO City.” The shopkeeper said.
Yang Chen narrowed his eyes: “Local tyrants? Shouldn’t MO City be governed by the MO City City Lord’s Mansion?”
“That’s what you don’t know. The MO City City Lord’s Mansion has to look at the Zhou family’s faces.” The shopkeeper laughed: “Decades ago, when the Zhou family rose, they overshadowed the City Lord’s Mansion’s authority. Although the City Lord’s Mansion nominally governs MO City, in reality, everyone knows that MO City is dominated by the Zhou family. The City Lord’s Mansion’s power is somewhat inferior compared to the Zhou family.”
Yang Chen laughed at this.
It seemed that Jin Cheng was doing quite well, being able to control the city as the City Lord’s Mansion, but it was not necessarily the case for other cities.
Indeed, in this world, power and status were nothing, the key was whether one had sufficient strength.
Yang Chen stroked his chin: “You said Miss Zhou encountered a problem during her cultivation? It looks quite serious since it caused the Zhou family to make such a big fuss.”
“Of course, you don’t know, Miss Zhou from the Zhou family is the first martial arts genius of the Zhou family. She was about to participate in the Genius Selection Competition in Beishan County, and the Zhou family was preparing to go to Beishan Main City. But then this happened? At this critical moment, Miss Zhou encountered a problem during her cultivation, it would be strange if the Zhou family wasn’t in a hurry. They were hoping that Miss Zhou would make a big splash in the selection competition. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be in such a rush to put out a hundred thousand spirit stones.” The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva and continued talking incessantly.
Everyone held the same idea, wanting to make a big splash in the Genius Selection Competition.
For a moment, Yang Chen became interested.
At first, he had no interest in this so-called Miss Zhou. Although he was a Dan Medical cultivator, he wouldn’t treat just anyone. What did it matter to him that Miss Zhou encountered a problem during her cultivation? He didn’t want to attract attention right now, and the hundred thousand spirit stones seemed tempting, but he was not interested either.
However, after hearing the shopkeeper’s words, he suddenly became intrigued.
It was not for anything else, but because Miss Zhou was also going to participate in that Genius Selection Competition.
And the Zhou family was already well-prepared for it…
Yang Chen stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and raised his eyebrows: “Shopkeeper, find me a good cultivation place, and don’t disturb me unless there’s something important!”
“Yes, sir, please follow me!”
The shopkeeper hurriedly attended to Yang Chen.
Just like that, Yang Chen reluctantly settled down in the inn, putting aside all the matters that followed, and then took out the ‘Innate Qi’ from his storage bag and silently examined it.
“This ‘Innate Qi’ is indeed a treasure. If I were to participate in that Genius Selection Competition, although my strength is strong now, there are not necessarily no stronger ones. Not to mention the Tai Soil Sect Inner Sect disciple whom I fought against some time ago was already so powerful, let alone those core disciples of various sects and so on, who should be no worse.” Yang Chen always felt that he was not strong enough.
If he thought otherwise, it would just be shortsightedness.
What counts as MO Shengyun? He was just an inner disciple of the Tai Soil Sect, and there were core disciples and the personal direct disciples of the sect leader above him.
Moreover, the Tai Soil Sect was somewhat inferior to the Canghai Sect and Yuanshan Sect. How strong would the disciples cultivated by the Canghai Sect and Yuanshan Sect be?
And there were those personal direct disciples nurtured by the masters of Leisure Clouds and Wild Cranes.
The Genius Selection Competition would definitely be a showcase for the best of the best, and it wouldn’t be dominated by one party.
Being impressive in the competition was not an easy task.
“Once I refine this Innate Qi, my strength will improve by a notch.” Yang Chen thought to himself as he looked at the treasure He Yunxiao had left for him, then closed his eyes and refined it into his body.
Refining the Innate Qi wasn’t a painful process, but it took a long time.
The cool feeling entered his body, the Innate Qi of the Innate Qi merged with the true Qi Yang Chen had cultivated postnatally, causing his true Qi to gradually undergo a qualitative change. His postnatal true Qi became innate true Qi, making Yang Chen feel as if he had gone through a transformation, and his entire aura suddenly changed drastically.
This went on for seven days.
It took him a full seven days to refine it!
After these seven days, Yang Chen suddenly opened his eyes, joyfully saying:
“This Innate Qi really has amazing effects. After refining it, I feel that my inner true Qi is abundant and majestic, almost two or three times that of ordinary people. Not to mention that, I can even cultivate the methods that Origin
Martial Realm monsters can only cultivate, although I am only in the Spirit Martial Realm.”
This was just one of the benefits of the Innate Qi brought to him.
For example, ordinary people had a limited amount of true Qi in their attacks.
After one move or another, the true Qi would gradually dissipate after a hour of fighting.
But what about Yang Chen after refining the Innate Qi?
At the same level, his true Qi capacity was three times that of others. When fighting against others, having sufficient true Qi capacity was a great advantage.
And with this kind of purity, not to mention its power, Yang Chen could cultivate methods that only Origin Martial Realm old monsters can cultivate, which was where the advantage of his Innate Qi lay.
“Refreshing!” Yang Chen smiled indifferently, and without dwelling on it, he took out his pill furnace according to the plan in his mind.
He intended to refine a furnace of elixirs, namely the Qingming Zhenyuan Pill and the Tongming Pill.
The Tongming Pill was a elixir he once refined for the Black Mountain Black Bear brothers, capable of cleansing the bones and changing the constitution of demonic beasts. It was a rare pill for demonic beasts.
The Black Mountain Black Bear brothers had taken it once and didn’t need it again, but it wasn’t the case for the Golden Claw Python. With this Tongming Pill, the strength of the Golden Claw Python could be greatly improved.
As for the Qingming Zhenyuan Pill, he planned to refine it for himself, to be used later on to break through his martial arts cultivation and reach even greater heights. These two elixirs were both perfect fourth-grade pills, with extremely rare materials required. Fortunately, he had obtained a large number of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from Jin Cheng, which could support him in refining these elixirs.
“With my current Martial Arts Cultivation at the Fourth Level of the Spirit
Martial Realm, it’s probably not quite enough. Once I enter the Spiritual Martial Realm 5th Level, and take this Qingming Zhenyuan Pill, I will immediately become a master at the Sixth Level of the Spirit Martial Realm. In this way, my confidence in the Genius Selection Competition will be much stronger.” Yang Chen thought secretly in his heart.
Thinking of this, he waved his hand with a flourish, and the Starfire appeared, and the alchemy method was immediately formed!