In just a few short months, he had first killed a Spiritual Spring cultivator with Nourishing Strength, then, after entering the Spiritual Spring Realm, crossed realms to slay an Entering the Dao Realm cultivator.
The last time such a monstrous legend had appeared was already ten thousand years ago.
News like this often spread with astonishing speed, and the truth only grew more twisted with every retelling.
Before long, the rumors had taken on all manner of forms. Some claimed he had suddenly awakened some special physique and bloomed late; others said he had already been possessed by some Great Power.
Some even said that Fu Quanliang had obtained the inheritance of a True Immortal and held an Immortal Treasure in his hand. The tales grew ever more outrageous.
In only a few days, these rumors reached Chu Zheng and the other man.
Purple Stone Dynasty, imperial capital, within a courtyard.
Beneath the moonlight, willows drooped beside the pond, their shadows swaying in a dance.
Chu Zheng sat cross-legged by the pond, drawing in and exhaling Yin Qi to balance the blazing Divine Fire within his body.
That breath of Divine Fire had replenished his Primordial Yang, speeding up the progress of his Qi Cultivation Method by another measure. The two complemented each other perfectly.
After refining the Fire Seed of the Earth Fiend True Flame, his mana immediately increased considerably. His rate of converting spiritual energy had clearly risen by a great deal.
Together with the Spirit Pills he had taken, in barely half a month, his cultivation had climbed another level, entering the mid-stage Spiritual Spring Realm, and his mana had surged.
Accordingly, his own Panel had changed as well, displaying a new prompt.
``` You have consumed an excessive amount of pills. Your foundation is