Monarch Of Time

Chapter 278 - 278 Breakthrough

Dense amounts of pure qi filled the air around Shun Long and Little Black, as the ʼHeaven Swallowing vineʼ consumed more and more middle-grade spirit stones.

The black dragon sighed inwardly as he thought to himself

ʼʼHow good would it have been if master had this vine in his previous life?

Sigh I suppose that some treasures can only be chanced upon, regardless of cultivation level. This is fate after all.ʼʼ

As this thought flashed through his mind, Little Black had already coiled himself around Shun Long, and started to munch on a stalk of ʼdragonblood grassʼ, as he watched Shun Long absorb the pure qi around them inside his body.

As Shun Long circulated the ʼMonarchʼs Hourglassʼ, the indistinct figure of an hourglass expanded from his body, as 12 balls of qi were now floating above his head.

Soon, a 13th ball of qi had appeared on his right hand, itʼs figure blurry at first, but as time passed, it started to turn more and more corporeal.

A few hours passed until the newly created ball of qi was shining with a bright white light, not inferior to the light that the 12 balls of qi were emitting inside the ʼMonarchʼs Hourglassʼ.

Raising his right hand in the air, Shun Long used all of his strength, as he pushed the ball of qi inside the hole of the hourglass.

Sweat had formed on Shun Longʼs forehead, and half an hour later, 13 bright balls of qi were floating above his head.

Every new ball of qi that Shun Long created was even harder to condense than the last one, as it required even more qi to be formed.

As Shun Long was cultivating inside the foggy space, on the first floor of the shop, Liu Mei was staring at the shopʼs entrance.

After taking a deep breath, a black ball of qi appeared in her hands, before she allowed it to fall on the floor.

2 undead knights dressed in black armor appeared in front of Liu Mei, each of their cultivation having reached the peak of rank 3 in the Spirit realm.

After sitting on the chair next to Shun Longʼs, Liu Mei allowed the undead knights to open the door, before they proceeded to stand guard at the shopʼs entrance.

The crowd that was waiting for the shopʼs door to open, was stunned for a moment when they saw the 3m(10ft) tall undead knights inside the shop.

The knightsʼ terrifying appearance, as well as the 2m(6.6ft) long greatswords on their backs, gave off a dangerous feeling to everyone who was about to pass through the shopʼs entrance.

However, after noticing that the black-armored knights were only standing guard and werenʼt proactively moving, people stopped paying too much attention to them as they slowly entered the shop.

ʼʼEh?ʼʼ

Surprised exclamations sounded, once people saw that Shun Long wasnʼt present, and instead, it was just Liu Mei on the first floor.

Liu Mei however didnʼt seem to mind the crowdʼs reactions, as she continued to stay seated and observe the people around her.

The first day quickly passed, and it was unknown whether it was thanks to the deterrence of the undead knights or for some other reason, but no one tried to create any trouble inside the shop.

At the end of the day, Liu Mei closed the shopʼs entrance, having collected a total of 3 million low-grade spirit stones.

At the same time, inside the foggy space in the ʼStone of Timeʼ, Shun Long was still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, as he consumed top-grade ʼSpirit enhancing pillsʼ without stop.

Although one day had passed for Liu Mei, 10 days had already passed for him inside the ʼStone of Timeʼ.

After consuming the ʼSpirit enhancing pillsʼ, Shun Long could clearly feel his spiritual strength and his spirit sense becoming stronger with every passing second.

Time continued to pass like this, and soon, 6 more days had gone by for Liu Mei who had already started to get used to the role of a shopkeeper.

During these 6 days, Liu Mei had been surprised to see that nothing unnatural had happened, and the shopʼs business continued normally.

In the last week alone, she had already made 20 million low-grade spirit stones.

This was an enormous amount of spirit stones, that would make even Dao Kings grow envious, let alone Nascent Soul stage experts or Spirit realm cultivators.

In the worst-case scenario, that Nascent Soul stage experts would come to find trouble in the shop while Shun Long was still cultivating, Liu Mei had also been prepared to have the black panther deal with them.

However, to her surprise, not only were there no Nascent Soul stage experts who came to find trouble, but even the ʼViolent guardian gangʼ and the ʼBlood Pill pavilionʼ had also stayed silent during this time.

Although Liu Mei couldnʼt guess the reason behind their lack of actions, she was certain that at least the ʼBlood Pill pavilionʼ, wouldnʼt want to suddenly become friends with Shun Long.

At the same time that Liu Mei was pondering over this issue while she was closing the shop for the day, in the foggy place inside the ʼStone of Timeʼ, Shun Long finally opened his eyes.

A little more than 2 months had passed since he had entered seclusion, and even with his own standards, his rate of advancement this time was far too fast.

Shun Long had expected to spend at least a month more before he managed to breakthrough from the peak of rank 3 in the Spirit realm to the early rank 4, but surprisingly, his advancement was extremely smooth.

ʼʼThis is probably thanks to all the fights I have been through lately, allowing me to get fully used to my strength before breaking through.ʼʼ Shun Long thought to himself, as he stared at Little Black who was still eating a stalk of ʼDragonblood grassʼ.

Now that his cultivation had advanced to the early rank 4 of the Spirit realm, Shun Long was confident in refining even rank 5 medicinal herbs like the ʼDragonblood grassʼ into pills.

This would make him equal to a gold grade alchemist!

Closing his eyes, he once again simulated himself leaving the ʼStone of Timeʼ, as he returned back inside the room on the second floor of the shop.