Chapter 188: Feng Bo

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The couple looked at each other, silent for a moment.

Meng Chuan noticed that Liu Qiyue's aura was sharper. The killing intent from the battlefield hadn't fully subsided, indicating that she must have slain many demons during the final period.

“Are you all right?” Meng Chuan finally asked.

“Following Master, there was no danger at all,” Liu Qiyue said with a smile. “Towards the end, we deliberately pretended to have completely left North River Pass. Only when the demon race began a large-scale invasion did Master and we continuously fight and kill… The powerful demon kings were all slain by Master, and we focused on the weaker ones. By the way, what about you? I heard you and Senior Brother Zhang Junfeng killed a fourth-heaven demon, a cross-rank achievement.”

Meng Chuan nodded slightly: “That day was our most intense battle, and many gods and demons died. However, the demon race also suffered heavy losses, and the subsequent fighting became much less severe.”

As they spoke, Senior Brother Zhang Yunhu and Senior Sister Yang Xingwu also approached.

“Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Sister Yang,” Liu Qiyue greeted them.

Yang Xingwu smiled: “As soon as Junior Brother Meng arrived at Dao Discussion Peak, he started asking us about you. You two are truly a loving couple.”

Liu Qiyue’s smile brightened upon hearing this.

“Where is Junior Brother Fan Cheng?” Zhang Yunhu asked.

“He returned to his cave dwelling first; he should be here shortly,” Liu Qiyue explained. Suddenly, she spotted a figure in the distance, looking somewhat surprised, and then turned to Meng Chuan: “Senior Brother Zhang, please excuse us. A-Chuan, come with me.”

“Oh?”

Meng Chuan followed Liu Qiyue as they walked away. At this moment, hundreds of gods and demons were gathered in small groups; it was truly too many.

“Qian Yu?” Meng Chuan also noticed.

In the distance, Qian Yu was laughing and chatting with other gods and demons. He was no longer in despair; his hair was slightly gray, making him appear much more weathered. However, in Meng Chuan’s Primordial Spirit domain perception, Qian Yu’s aura was significantly stronger than before. He was considered powerful even among Great Sun realm gods and demons.

“Senior Brother Qian,” Liu Qiyue said, leading Meng Chuan over. The two had worried about Qian Yu back then, but after descending the mountain, they hadn’t seen him since.

“Junior Sister Liu,” Qian Yu said, smiling as he saw them. “And brother-in-law, you got married without inviting me.”

Liu Qiyue quickly explained: “A-Chuan and I got married in North River Pass. Our fellow disciples all had their own duties, so we didn’t send out invitations.”

Qian Yu smiled and nodded, then looked at Meng Chuan, his eyes gleaming: “Brother-in-law, you are truly amazing! You’ve accumulated over five million merits in just three years since descending the mountain! You must be ennobled as a marquis this time. The demon kings and heaven demons you’ve killed… are far more than what we’ve slain.”

Qian Yu now most admired fellow disciples who had killed many demon kings and heaven demons.

Meng Chuan was currently the most astounding among them!

Not only had he slain a large number of demon kings and heaven demons, but he had also teamed up with two senior brothers to kill a fourth-heaven demon, a cross-rank feat.

“It was a stroke of luck,” Meng Chuan said. “I benefited somewhat from Senior Brothers Zhang Junfeng and Yang Fang, which helped me accumulate five million merits.”

“Junior Brother Meng, it was we who benefited from you,” Zhang Junfeng and Yang Fang said, walking over with smiles. Zhang Junfeng chuckled, “Without you, we both might have lost our lives. And without us, you could still easily shake off a fourth-heaven demon and other demon kings.”

Killing the Blackwater Palace Master yielded immense merit.

One Blackwater Palace Master was worth ten million merits! Meng Chuan and his two companions shared the reward, which immediately boosted Meng Chuan’s accumulated merits past five million, making him eligible for ennoblement as a marquis.

“That battle was indeed perilous,” Meng Chuan stated. “It was only by our combined effort that we managed to kill the Blackwater Palace Master.”

“It was perilous,” Yang Fang and Zhang Junfeng agreed, nodding.

When they encountered the Blackwater Palace Master, the three of them fought desperately together and succeeded.

As for the later Great Demon King Zhuang Fu? Even if the three of them had teamed up, it would have been useless; the gap was too vast.

“Junior Brother Qian, from your appearance, have you switched to cultivating the Body Refinement lineage?” Zhang Junfeng asked, looking at Qian Yu in surprise.

“Yes,” Qian Yu nodded. “My dantian was damaged, greatly diminishing my strength. So I sought out Master, and he showed me this path. After all, the human Godfiend Body Refinement lineage is only a few centuries old and has many imperfections. It requires individual gods and demons to personally try it out. Only with sufficient experience can the techniques be further perfected. I originally possessed a Great Sun realm Godfiend body, so switching to the Body Refinement lineage was quite rare. Master personally performed the ‘Furnace Refinement Body’ method for me, which had a fifty percent chance of failure, potentially leaving me crippled or even dead. But I succeeded! My current strength is considerably greater than it was before.”

“Congratulations, congratulations,” Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue both said.

“But you seem to have lost a good deal of lifespan,” Zhang Junfeng remarked.

“The next time Master performs it, the chances of success will be much greater,” Qian Yu said with a laugh. “Besides, it’s already excellent that I succeeded. Losing fifty years of lifespan is no big deal. At least in a head-on confrontation, I’m stronger than a demon king.”

Meng Chuan nodded slightly.

His own father cultivated the Body Refinement lineage, which had too many flaws. Regular Yuanchu Mountain disciples were forbidden from practicing it, though outer sect disciples could choose it, but very few did.

The body cultivation system he obtained from the Cangyuan Grotto-Heaven was quite complete. However, merely for the first step, it required a first-level Primordial Spirit and initiation with a ‘Starry Sky Crystal.’ The tiny crystal he received back then was indeed a ‘Starry Sky Crystal,’ which originated only in the original world of that cultivation system. The human world did not produce Starry Sky Crystals.

Therefore, for Meng Chuan, cultivating this system to the ‘Blood Drop realm’ was the limit.

The human Body Refinement lineage, on the other hand, did not require Starry Sky Crystals. However, Qian Yu’s current strength already represented the limit of the Body Refinement lineage, largely because he was originally a Great Sun realm Godfiend; otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve such cultivation.

Meng Chuan and his wife chatted with many familiar friends on Dao Discussion Peak.

Afterward, they returned to their cave dwelling. That afternoon, Meng Chuan and his wife then proceeded to Snowy Peak to visit Yan Jin.

Whoosh, whoosh.

Heavy snow fell.

Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue arrived side by side before the secluded cave dwelling. Snowy Peak was too remote and lonely; to this day, Yan Jin was the only one who had chosen to reside there.

Knock, knock, knock. They knocked on the cave dwelling’s door.

The door opened.

A servant glanced outside, then bowed with utmost respect: “Sir Meng Chuan, Madam Liu Qiyue.” He recognized them because ever since Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue descended the mountain, no fellow disciples had visited Yan Jin. Yan Jin himself rarely interacted with others from the sect, preferring to cultivate in solitude.

“Tell Yan Jin that we’ve come to visit,” Meng Chuan said.

“Please wait a moment, honored sirs,” the servant said with a nod and a smile, then walked back into the cave dwelling.

Inside a cold ice meditation chamber within the cave dwelling.

This chamber was carved from a colossal block of ice; it was a massive meditation room that Yan Jin had personally excavated.

He sat cross-legged within it, radiating an endless chill. An extremely terrifying cold permeated his body, yet subtly intertwined with a hint of warmth.

Knock, knock, knock. The meditation chamber door was knocked upon.

Yan Jin opened his eyes, his gaze cold and devoid of emotion.

Long-term solitary cultivation had caused him to completely forget emotions; he knew only cultivation. His disposition gradually approached that of the founder of the Black Iron Heavenly Book’s 'Ice-Fire Seven Absolutes,' allowing him to achieve true minor accomplishments. He had already mastered both the Fire Soul realm and the Ice Soul realm, and was now attempting to merge them into the ‘Ice-Fire Soul realm.’ Once this fusion succeeded, his Azure Lotus Godbody would reach the Great Sun realm, and he would be able to descend the mountain.

Achieving such progress in fourteen years on the mountain was astonishing. After all, not everyone was a Xue Feng, Meng Chuan, or Liu Qiyue.

“What is it?” Yan Jin spoke, the coldness in his voice making the servant outside tense up.

“Sir, Sir Meng Chuan and Madam Liu Qiyue are outside to visit,” the servant replied respectfully.

“Meng Chuan and the others are back?” Yan Jin was startled, and the coldness in his eyes thawed a little. He immediately rose and walked out.