CH 22

Mu Chen mixed the demon beasts’ blood into a pot and poured it into a wooden barrel, then soaked his entire body in it.

As soon as Mu Chen entered the barrel, a sharp wave of pain swept through him. Mu Chen gritted his teeth and secretly thought: he shouldn’t have blamed the original owner for not persisting. It really hurts! It hurts so much that he wanted to end himself with a slap. 

Mu Chen jerked his eyes open and a few moments of desperation flashed across his eyes.

Mu Chen gritted his teeth and forcefully tried to regain his composure. The original master’s fiancé is a two-star martial warrior! If he wanted to meet him, he had to at least raise his strength to the level of a martial warrior. No matter what, he couldn’t be too far behind the other!

Mu Chen closed his eyes and started to move the spirit energy in his body according to the technique. Mu Chen’s comprehension is very good and threading the path recorded in the <<A Hundred Refinements: Body Tempering Technique>> with his spirit energy was not difficult for him.

The essence of the animal’s blood was gradually integrated into Mu Chen’s body, and Mu Chen could feel that his body was becoming significantly stronger as the demon beasts’ blood entered his body. 

As the essence of the beasts’ blood was slowly being consumed in the barrel, the pain gradually faded.

As Mu Chen continued to use his spirit energy, he gradually became engrossed in cultivation. Mu Chen’s body emitted a series of crispy sounds and he successfully completed the first layer of the <<A Hundred Refinements: Body Tempering Technique>>.

After five hours, the essence of the beasts’ blood in the barrel was fully absorbed and Mu Chen instantly had a feeling of being reborn.

Mu Chen climbed out of the barrel and looked at the blood in the barrel with a sigh. Two hundred spirit stones!  So many spirit stones, gone in the blink of an eye.

A strange feeling came over his chest and Mu Chen felt a burst of joy in his heart. This was a sign that he was going to be promoted. This <<A Hundred Refinements: Body Tempering Technique>> was really worthy of being coveted by the male lead. It was really powerful!

With a wave of his hand, five hundred spirit stones appeared around Mu Chen and he quickly absorbed the spirit energy in the stones.

A stream of dense spirit energy swiftly poured into Mu Chen’s body.

The feeling of the spirit energy flooding into his body was so wonderful.  Mu Chen felt every pore of his body open up and he felt like he was floating in the air. 

Several spirit stones were absorbed and turned into dust.

Mu Chen absorbed the energy from over 300 spirit stones to advance to the martial warrior level. Looking at the consumed spirit stones, Mu Chen frowned. Cultivation burns money! Just the first barrier from martial apprentice to martial warrior consumed so many spirit stones. No wonder the cultivation of the children of rich families progressed much faster than the disciples of poor families.

“Is it done?” Mu Yuanfeng pushed open the door, walked in, and asked.

Mu Chen’s heart skipped a beat. Mu Yuanfeng should have been waiting outside for a long time. It seemed that he couldn’t rest assured otherwise. 

“Yes, father.” Mu Chen said.

Mu Yuanfeng looked at Mu Chen and said with some relief, “Finally, you’ve entered the martial warrior rank!”

Mu Chen smiled. It was not difficult for martial apprentices to become martial warriors. As long as the disciples of families like theirs had sufficient resources and their qualifications were not too bad, they could become martial warriors after a year or two of hard training. Some youngsters with excellent qualifications can even become martial warriors within ten years of age.

Mu Chen smiled, “Yes!” 

Mu Yuanfeng looked at Mu Chen, “Take some time to meet with Ye Shi, after all, he is your nominal fiancé. Killing pigs and sheep all day, it’s not good to keep it up.”

Mu Chen nodded, “I understand.”

…………

Mu Chen walked into Yuehe Restaurant just in time to see Ye Shi coming out carrying a few dishes. 

“Little brother.” Mu Chen tugged at Ye Shi and called out with a smile.

Ye Shi frowned and shook off his hand, saying, “What for? What are you doing? Don’t pull and tug.”

Mu Chen laughed awkwardly and let go of his hand, ”Sorry! I wanted to ask you, do you know Ye Shi?”

Ye Shi’s face darkened and he glared at Mu Chen angrily, saying coldly, “No.” 

Mu Chen frowned and said in disbelief, “No? How is it possible, I heard that he is here!”

Ye Shi rolled his eyes and said with irritation, “Heard? What else did you hear?”

Muchen frowned and muttered, “I also heard that he doesn’t look good.” Is he using a pseudonym? Mu Chen thought to himself.

Ye Shi’s face turned even darker and he kicked Mu Chen. 

“What are you doing…… “ kicking me? Looking at Ye Shi’s ugly face, Mu Chen felt a little faint in his heart and he couldn’t utter another word of complaint.

Ye Shi ground his teeth, his eyes red, looking as fierce as a tiger, “Get out!”

Mu Chen: “……”

“Shi Tou, what are you doing? The chef is looking for you.” A’ Mu ran out and said. 

Mu Chen frowned and looked at Ye Shi, “Your name is Shi Tou. Eh, you are a two-star martial warrior too.” His fiancé, whom he had never met, was also a two-star martial warrior. Originally, Mu Chen couldn’t see Ye Shi’s rank, but after advancing to martial warrior, he was able to see it. “Could you be……”

Ye Shi shot Mu Chen a deadly glare, “Get lost!”