Monarch Of Time

Chapter 97 - 97 Refining the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ

ʼʼWhat did you just say? Someone dared to slap Xiangʼer? Explain everything!ʼʼ

This young man looked to be a bit more than 20 years old, with long black hair and a burly build. In front of him was an outer disciple that was on his knees, describing what he saw inside the arena earlier.

ʼʼSenior brother Ren, this is what happened...ʼʼ

As the outer disciple finished speaking, he suddenly felt as if a hammer had hit his stomach before he was sent flying all the way from the main hall, to the gates of the mansion.

ʼʼSe-senior brother Ren?ʼʼ

ʼʼShut your mouth! How dare you still call me senior brother? My woman was slapped in front of you and you didnʼt do anything? You still have the face to call me senior brother? SCRAM!ʼʼ

The outer disciple felt aggrieved at this behavior as he was only a small disciple at the middle of rank 1 earth grade... he couldnʼt possibly fight with Shun Long over Lei Xiangʼs face-slap. Swallowing down this injustice, he quickly left the mansion without another word.

After all, he couldnʼt just express his anger at Ren Gui, who was ranked 7th in the arena rankings.

Ren Gui was looking towards the direction of the arena as he narrowed his eyes

ʼʼTo think that there are people who dare touch my woman without giving me any face, Shun Long huh?... You must definitely be tired of your good life in the ʼfloating cloud sectʼ.ʼʼ

Fu Peizhiʼs reaction was similar to Ren Guiʼs when he received the news of Shun Longʼs fight with Lei Pong, as he too vowed to make this Shun Longʼs life miserable when he would meet him. Not even for a moment did Fu Peizhi think, that the person who defeated Lei Pong was the same person that he had met in the arena with Fu Li and Lu Wen back then.

Meanwhile, the culprit who had stirred the entire ʼouter cityʼ, was still inside his room cultivating using the ʼHeaven swallowing vineʼ.

One day later, a small popping sound was heard from inside Shun Longʼs body as his body felt brimming with energy.

ʼʼMaster, congratulations for advancing to the peak of rank 3 in earth grade already!ʼʼ

Shun Long who was still sitting on his bed replied

ʼʼThis is mainly thanks to the qi inside the spirit stones, that became even purer after it was refined by the ʼHeaven swallowing vineʼ. And yet, after just one day of cultivation, Iʼm left with less than 90 spirit stones already.ʼʼ

Then, Shun Long took a look at the space inside the ʼStone of Timeʼ, and as his eyes stared at his 5 ʼProfound earth fruitsʼ Shun Long pondered over his available options.

ʼʼI was originally only planning to use the hearts and beast cores of the rank 2 blood wolves to concoct the ʼearth refining pillʼ, but it seems that I have better options in hand.

Although itʼs somewhat of a waste to use the beast cores of rank 3 magic beasts to create rank 2 pills, the most important thing is to improve my current strength. Even if the ʼearth refining pillʼ canʼt help me advance my qi cultivation, my strength will still soar after breaking through to the earth grade in body refinement.ʼʼ

Little Black then said in an aggrieved tone

ʼʼIf only those shameless people from the ʼFlying sword sectʼ and the others didnʼt cheat during that sect exam, master would have also gotten his hands on the ʼBlood Vermilion fruitʼ as well.ʼʼ

Shun Long nodded his head after hearing little Blackʼs words but he wasnʼt really too bothered with that. Although it would be nice for him to have the ʼBlood Vermilion fruitʼ, at the end of the day he could still do without it.

On the other hand, the ʼHeaven swallowing vineʼ was something that Shun Long wouldnʼt give up no matter what, since its value couldnʼt be measured even with a million ʼBlood Vermilion fruitsʼ.

After sitting on the floor of his room, Shun Long took out his alchemy cauldron, as well as 4 of the ʼProfound earth fruitsʼ.

He also took out the beast core and heart of the middle rank 3 ʼred-fanged flame batʼ, together with the cores and hearts of 3 more rank 3 magic beasts.

Shun Long first placed the rank 3 ʼProfound earth fruitʼ along with more than 10 rank 2 medicinal herbs inside, refining them until only their medicinal essence was left.

He then rotated the medicinal essence inside the cauldron using his spiritual strength again and again until it had turned into a small liquid ball, before placing the batʼs heart inside.

The heart of the middle rank 3 ʼred-fanged flame batʼ was refined almost instantly as it quickly turned into a small puddle of blood.

Black smoke seemed to come out from the batʼs heart as Shun Long was forcing out its impurities, keeping only the purest of its blood inside.

Finally, Shun Longʼs eyes were completely focused as he put inside the batʼs magic core.

The magic core contained the entirety of a magic beastʼs energy inside, which was why it was the most difficult part of the magic beast that an alchemist had to refine.

After placing inside the beast core, Shun Long split his spiritual strength into 2 parts. One of them was controlling the temperature of the cauldron as it was attempting to melt the rank 3 beast core, while the other aimed to protect the ball of medicinal essence inside.

This was a delicate process and even with Shun Longʼs vast spiritual strength, he found this pill refinement extremely taxing to his mind.

This process continued for 4 more hours, until the beast core had turned completely into liquid, before Shun Long finally merged it with the medicinal essence.

The essence of the beast core as well as the medicinal essence from before had now combined into one big ball of essence inside the cauldron. Shun Long used his spiritual strength to split this ball into 9 smaller little balls, that were slowly refined inside.

ding

Half an hour later, the lid of the cauldron made a dinging sound indicating that the pill refinement had finally ended.