Damn It

Chen Yan picked a seat near the back and sat down.

Simply put, Yin Zhe was essentially one's own blood attribute.

What Luo Puxin meant by teaching Chen Yan to use blood energy without Yin Zhe was actually controlling his own attribute.

Chen Yan couldn't do that yet.

Controlling Yin Zhe was extremely difficult, especially when he executed the [Chaos Abyss Art]—it became even harder to manage.

After midnight yesterday, Chen Yan still couldn't suppress the cold energy leaking when he cultivated the [Chaos Abyss Art].

But he still had to come to the Blood Sensing Chamber. As Luo Puxin said, Chen Yan needed to show a desire for awakening.

The day Chen Yan could control Yin Zhe would be the day he awakened.

This was to stay alive.

Among those who had undergone Limit Breaking Awakening, except for Chen Min, anyone who revealed their location would face endless danger.

What Chen Yan needed to do was slowly activate the [Chaos Abyss Art] and Yin Zhe inside the Blood Sensing Chamber, gradually increasing the activation level until he could fully master the cold energy.

But what Luo Puxin didn't know was that Chen Yan would waste the efficiency of absorbing blood energy—the Saint Breaking Realm wouldn't.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Chen Yan's mouth.

Before his awakening, the blood energy from daily medicinal baths hadn't been wasted; it had been absorbed by the Saint Breaking Realm instead.

The blood energy brought to Chen Yan by the [Blood] Character Saint Breaking Fruit felt as if it had always been his own—utterly natural and pure.

"Hey, you're Chen Yan, right?"

A male voice rang out. A student sitting near the front of the Blood Sensing Chamber stood up:

"Wu Chuhua is my younger brother." A smile spread across the boy's face:

"You hit him pretty hard yesterday."

Inside the Blood Sensing Chamber, the other students all looked toward Chen Yan. Some snickered, while others had pity in their eyes.

"Wu Chuqi, living conditions are based on combat power—that's the rule of the Town Martial Class!" Gao Yuan stood up and spoke somewhat nervously.

But the man named Wu Chuqi kept his eyes fixed on Chen Yan:

"I'm ranked seventh in this Town Martial Class."

His smile grew even more pronounced, as if hinting at danger. He looked Chen Yan straight in the eye, inwardly startled—Chen Yan was actually smiling.

Not afraid of him at all, and even wanted to fight him.

Wu Chuqi paused, his coldness receding, and laughed:

"Good hit. My brother deserves a beating. Hit him a few more times, and I'll thank you.

I apologize to you on his behalf for impersonating Zhang Tie."

Chen Yan's smile faded, a little surprised.

"I heard your Horizontal Refinement is strong, and that you failed your blood awakening but don't want to give up on blood energy," Wu Chuqi said seriously.

"But when it comes to blood sensing, you still need to know your limits. It's very hard in the Blood Sensing Chamber without an awakening."

His tone was sincere. He sat back down, and nothing happened.

Everyone looked at Chen Yan. Some didn't know him well and only now learned that Chen Yan had failed his awakening and was trying to awaken through blood sensing.

Awakening again after failure—the difficulty was enormous.

Some sighed inwardly at Chen Yan's persistence, some understood, and some thought Chen Yan was dreaming.

Chi...

Red light gradually emerged from the bluestone walls carved with formation disks. Rolling red mist began to appear, and all the students in the Blood Sensing Chamber started to absorb it.

The surrounding red mist surged, and within the Saint Breaking Realm, red light began to manifest.

The first realm of the Qi and Blood Path, the Five Viscera Realm, was the process of accumulating and forging blood energy within the five viscera.

Of course, accumulation and forging had its levels.

For example, the top student of the Town Martial Class this time, Chu Xuansheng, had already accumulated and forged four and a half viscera, with an Accumulation and Forging Degree above seventy percent.

The Accumulation and Forging Degree was the level of fullness.

By the time he reached the peak of the Five Viscera Realm, his degree might reach seventy-five percent.

Seventy-five percent was already top-tier here.

Rolling red light appeared within the Saint Breaking Realm. Chen Yan watched as a [Blood] Character Saint Breaking Fruit was about to ripen.

Chi...

Inside his heart, Yin Zhe surged, its cold energy biting.

A patch of red mist before Chen Yan made it hard to see, but he slowly raised his eyebrows.

Within the Saint Breaking Realm, ink light had begun to appear.

Ink Light represented Elemental Energy.

Was the Blood Energy inside this Red Mist spiked?

Chen Yan grew increasingly puzzled. Activating Yin Zhe Chill, he could sense all kinds of Elemental Energy within the Red Mist.

There was blazing energy, which was Fire; cyan energy, which was Wood.

And there was chilling energy, which was Ice.

So much Elemental Energy—what was going on? It seemed to be concentrated only around his own area. He hadn't encountered this situation in the Town Martial Division either.

Following Luo Puxin's instructions, Chen Yan slowly activated the [Chaos Abyss Art], absorbing a small amount of Blood Energy while monitoring the release of his own cold aura.

He began to cultivate cautiously.

Sss...

Blood Energy infused with various types of Elemental Energy slowly entered his body. Chen Yan's eyes flickered, and his chill erupted.

His meridians were blocked!

If he hadn't only absorbed a little, his meridians would have become increasingly clogged.

These Elemental Energies were impurities as far as his body was concerned!

This Elemental Energy was abnormal to begin with. Chen Yan carefully sensed his surroundings. The Blood Energy mist containing Elemental Energy only drifted around his own area.

Someone was targeting him.

He hadn't noticed it before because he hadn't been cultivating.

If he hadn't cultivated the [Chaos Abyss Art] and remained ignorant of the human body's meridians, blindly absorbing this stuff would only have made his body feel worse and worse.

With his meridians blocked, awakening would only become more difficult.

Damn it!

A cold light gleamed in Chen Yan's eyes. This Blood Sensing Chamber was under Chu Feiyuan's management.

Murderous intent surged in Chen Yan's heart. His malevolence churned violently, and he almost couldn't pull himself back.

After a long moment.

His body pressed against the Green Wall embedded with the Formation Disk.

Scorching heat instantly forced Chen Yan back.

This Green Wall was burning hot!

And it was getting hotter by the moment.

The Green Wall was so intensely hot that Yin Zhe Chill couldn't even affect it.

Chen Yan's eyes flickered. He stopped circulating the [Chaos Abyss Art] and instead carefully released Yin Zhe Chill, gradually infiltrating the Green Wall.

Sensing the surrounding temperature, Chen Yan pushed Yin Zhe Chill deeper into the Green Wall.

Ssssss...

Yin Zhe Chill spread continuously, bit by bit devouring the Ice Attribute energy and Blood Energy within this mixed Elemental Energy.

Yin Zhe Chill had the ability to devour Ice Attribute energy and Blood Energy—Chen Yan had known this since his time in the Town Martial Division.

Unlike circulating the [Chaos Abyss Art], Yin Zhe Chill acted like a magnet. Ice Attribute elements of the same origin would be absorbed by Yin Zhe Chill.

But other elements of different origins would be repelled by Yin Zhe Chill.

This was the benefit of awakening Break Limit. You could absorb Blood Energy by cultivating a technique, and your innate origin could absorb it as well.

Progress was extremely fast.

And Chen Yan also had the Saint Breaking Tree.

[Saint Breaking Realm: Level 3 (33/75)]

[Saint Breaking Fruit: Strength: (95/100) Blood: (100/100) Technique: (13/100) Physique: (43/100)]

After downing a [Blood] Character Saint Breaking Fruit, the Blood Energy within Chen Yan's heart became even more vigorous.

Yin Zhe Chill was still absorbing Ice elements and Blood Energy. Chen Yan sensed throughout his heart—the Blood Energy Accumulation and Forging Degree was already around twenty percent.

The Ice Elemental Energy inside the Green Wall wasn't abundant, after all, it was too mixed.

But for now, it gave Chen Yan a direction to continuously strengthen Yin Zhe Chill.

Chen Yan pushed Yin Zhe Chill deeper and deeper into the Green Wall. The cold aura moved like a living thing, gradually passing through the Green Wall and through pipe after pipe.

The temperature grew higher and higher. Chen Yan felt a strange sensation in his heart.

He had originally been worried about Yin Zhe Chill's cold aura leaking out, but the temperature inside those pipes was so high that Yin Zhe Chill couldn't affect them at all.

Going deeper, Yin Zhe arrived at a sealed space where various Ancient Beast flesh and blood were soaking in blood water. The blood water was boiling, its temperature reaching a new extreme—at least a thousand degrees.

Rolling waves of Qi and Blood Energy floated up from within and were transported through pipes to the Blood Sensing Chamber.

Chen Yan's eyes lit up. So the Red Mist came from here.

Yin Zhe was being melted away. Chen Yan kept releasing it.

Chen Yan gritted his teeth and sucked hard!

He had originally wanted to leave some leeway, but since Chu Feiyuan was harming him like this, why should he bother being a decent person?

Inside the Blood Pool, a cold light flared. Yin Zhe began to suck wildly!

Chen Yan started paying attention to his heart. The amount of Blood Energy inside it was increasing more and more.

Like water being poured in, it slowly rose.

Another [Blood] Character Saint Breaking Fruit ripened.

Two!

Three!

Four!

Five...

Was he eating too much?

Chen Yan's heartbeat quickened. Even he felt a bit stuffed.

It was a little too much, wasn't it?

Six!

Seven!

Chen Yan kept swallowing, not circulating the Chaos Abyss Art. His heart was purely containing these Blood Energy sources, and it felt like it was about to explode.

Eight!

Nine!

Ten!

Chen Yan gritted his teeth. It was getting harder and harder. A layer of Ice Crystal had formed around him.

He was reaching his limit.

Eleven!

This was different from when he was at the Town Martial Division. Back then, he had been cultivating while circulating the Chaos Abyss Art, so the Blood Energy entering his heart had been transformed.

But this time, Chen Yan was devouring the Blood Energy raw, without going through the Chaos Abyss Art at all.

Just then.

Clang, clang, clang...

The container storing the beast meat began to tremble. Chen Yan was startled and withdrew Yin Zhe.

"What's going on?"

Chu Feiyuan rushed into the Qi and Blood Chamber and asked the teacher controlling the rear.

"It seems like someone was absorbing too fast. Or maybe I put in too much Impure Blood Energy."

The teacher spoke awkwardly.

Chu Feiyuan touched the massive container holding the beast meat and frowned:

"It should be that too much Impure Blood Energy was added. Adjust it."

"Yes!" The teacher adjusted the switch.

Chen Yan, however, didn't dare to keep absorbing. He carefully used Yin Zhe to draw in the cold air from the Ice Crystal around him.

He felt as if his whole body had swollen up. He stood up, his legs weak.

Fortunately, Luo Puxin had added some restrictions for storing Blood Energy, so Chen Yan wasn't too worried.

But right now, the Blood Energy inside Chen Yan's heart had risen a great deal. It felt like it was almost at fifty percent.

Had he absorbed too much?

Chen Yan didn't know.

His face flushed red as he walked out of the Blood Sensing Chamber. His complexion didn't look good at all.

"Chen Yan, you lasted this long!"

Beside him, Wu Chuqi had also just finished and was utterly amazed.

Five hours!

For an unawakened person to last that long in the Blood Sensing Chamber was excruciatingly painful.

Seeing Chen Yan's expression, his face grew even more complicated:

"You're pushing yourself too hard."

His own younger brother's pushing was for showing off—nothing compared to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan said nothing and walked out of the Blood Sensing Chamber.

"Chen Yan, what's wrong?" Chu Feiyuan saw Chen Yan like this and knew it was because of the Impure Blood Energy, but he still put on a look of deep concern.

Chen Yan shook his head, his face flushed red.

Chu Feiyuan said with concern:

"Maybe it's the Blood Sensing Chamber's fault. Our Chu family has a better one, but only those who sign a contract with us can use it.

The people my family signs are all true geniuses. You should..."

As he spoke, he watched Chen Yan's expression closely.

But Chen Yan slowly shook his head:

"Brother Chu, I really feel terrible. I need to go back and rest first."

His heart felt like it was about to explode.

Chu Feiyuan was about to say something more, but seeing Chen Yan in such pain, he had to let it go.

Chen Yan left, murderous intent seeping from his eyes.

Only now did he understand why there had been so much Elemental Energy on his side.

It turned out Chu Feiyuan wanted to sign him—wanted to let him stumble first, then pick him up.

Make him feel endlessly grateful, make him stupidly willing to be the other's dog.

Damn it!

If he hadn't awakened and had foolishly absorbed that energy, He would have been crippled, his awakening completely hopeless.

"He's really pushing himself too hard." Wu Chuqi's expression was extremely complicated.

Chen Yan was indeed pushing hard. A person like this had nearly had his spot stolen by a waste like Zhang Qingsi.

Thinking of something, he looked at Chen Yan's retreating back and added:

"Watch out for Li Shaowu."

Chen Yan didn't answer, walking away quickly.

Chu Feiyuan watched Chen Yan's back, frowning.

He had only wanted to make Chen Yan realize how inadequate the school's Blood Sensing Chamber was; he hadn't expected it to turn out like this.

Arriving at the room where the beast meat was stored, Chu Feiyuan snapped at the teacher:

"Why did you release so much Impure Blood Energy? You nearly crippled the kid!"

The teacher looked innocent—it was you who asked for it—then changed the subject:

"Brother Chu, it seems we need to change the fresh blood food. This batch's energy feels insufficient."

Chu Feiyuan was shocked:

"How is that possible?!"

"The Town Martial Class—they're all geniuses, so they absorb fast. It's normal." The teacher said with an awkward smile.

Chu Feiyuan's face turned ugly. Damn Luo Puxin.

So swollen!

His heart was about to burst.

Chen Yan's face was twisted in pain. All Chu Feiyuan's fault.

He would kill him!

The moment he burst into the Training Room, Chen Yan roared.

"Ha!"

A breath of air like a biting winter gale shot from Chen Yan's mouth, carrying countless bone-chilling ice crystals.

Like the breath of an Ice Dragon, countless fine ice crystals slammed into the walls around him, booming and crashing.

Feeling a little better, Chen Yan immediately sat cross-legged and activated the Chaos Abyss Art.

Suppress, suppress again!

After a long time, Chen Yan's expression eased slightly, and the Qi and Blood in his heart grew more and more stable.

The Blood Energy within his heart began to transform into Yin Zhe, condensing.

Chen Yan's gaze was cold and clear; all this suffering was Chu Feiyuan's fault.

At the small courtyard's entrance, Luo Puxin's face carried a trace of hesitation.

"How should I tell Chen Yan?" he murmured softly.

Earlier, Shen Yiwei had called, and after much deliberation, still suggested that Chen Yan give up the Qi and Blood Path.

Abandon a Heaven's Pride with a one-in-ten-thousand chance of Limit Breaking Awakening.

And preserve a true Horizontal Refinement Heaven's Pride.

Chen Yan's talent in Horizontal Refinement was already extremely high; reaching the same level in Qi and Blood was truly difficult.

Luo Puxin hesitated, then in an instant arrived inside the room, unleashing his five senses as he walked toward the training room.

"Hm?"

A wave of cold struck him, and Luo Puxin froze entirely. What was going on?

He grasped the training room door handle with one hand; an icy chill surged, and Luo Puxin's brow furrowed.

"Chen Yan, it's me." Luo Puxin spoke.

With a click, the door opened.

As if suddenly standing atop Cold Peak, the biting chill left Luo Puxin utterly bewildered.

"Hm?" Luo Puxin stared at the training room, now frozen solid, his heart pounding violently.

"Brother Luo, you're here." Chen Yan smiled.

Luo Puxin looked at the training room, which had turned into a frozen cavern, and stood there dumbfounded.

What the hell is this?