Eleventh Blood Tempering

"The Blood Origin Crystal has no such great power."

Chen Lie's original Strength Value was less than 15.4 times, but it suddenly soared to 15.99 times. The difficulty of this was no less than the Strength Value suddenly soaring from three times to twelve times.

Suddenly, he remembered that he seemed to have eaten some red flower petals at Ji Lingxuan's house.

Could it be the miraculous effect of these flower petals?

But based on his decades of experience in Taia Star Province in his previous life, he had never heard of such a strange object. Or was it that he was not at a high enough level to come into contact with such a thing?

Even if his own level wasn't high enough, surely the geniuses at the Taia Star Province Martial Arts Academy were all at a high level? Why then did so many of them still stop at 15.9 times their normal Strength Value?

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore!"

Chen Lie shook his head. He had never imagined that his Blood-Qi Stage Strength Value could reach a level that even many top geniuses of the Central Galactic Empire could not achieve. This was indeed an unexpected surprise.

I originally wanted to find out who Ji Lingxuan's mother was, but I never expected to get such a great opportunity.

"Strength Value of 15.99 times is already the limit that a genius in the Blood-Qi Stage of the Central Galactic Empire can achieve. As for 16 times... it's unlikely to be reached without possessing a top-tier Extraordinary Bloodline."

The difference between 15.99 times and 16 times in Strength Value is only 0.01, but the Strength Value is comparable to a juvenile Starry Sky Behemoth, while 16 times the Strength Value is half a step ahead of a juvenile Starry Sky Behemoth.

No matter how talented a mortal is, they cannot break through this limit. Only when both parents have martial arts cultivation that is unparalleled throughout history and is strong enough to subdue adult Starry Sky Behemoth can their children break through the 16 times Strength Value with their Extraordinary Bloodline.

Chen Lie, being a mere mortal, had absolutely no hope of transcending this realm.

When Chen Lie left the Cultivation Room, it was already dark. He went back to his Dormitory to rest for the night.

The next morning, Chen Lie took a public airship from Blue Star University to a sales office not far from Blue Star University.

Upon arriving at the sales office, a staff member immediately came to greet me.

"Hello, are you here to view the apartment?"

Chen Lie nodded and said, "I want to buy a house."

When the staff member heard that Chen Lie wanted to buy a house, he immediately became enthusiastic. "Okay, sir, please follow me!"

The staff led Chen Lie to a viewing area, asked Chen Lie to sit down, and then served Chen Lie a cup of tea.

"Let me introduce myself. My Xiao Peipei, and I am a first-level real estate consultant under Shenzhou Group. I can provide sales services for multiple properties in the main urban area of Lanjing according to your needs."

Do you have any preferred properties?

Chen Lie said, "No, just recommend one to me, preferably a high-end one."

"In that case, I'll activate the holographic projection for you and introduce you to our Shenzhou Group's most popular residential project, Cloudview One."

The real estate consultant Xiao Peipei, immediately turned off the lights in the viewing area and turned on the indoor holographic projection.

Suddenly, a bustling scene appeared inside the building. In the heart of the city, a towering skyscraper stood, with clear and transparent views from multiple angles, including distant views, close-ups, and interior views.

"Sir, this is our Shenzhou Group's most sought-after building in Lanjing. It's a spacious apartment of over 300 square meters, adjacent to Blue Star University and Lanjing's top Martial Arts High School. The average price is 320,000 Star Dollar per square meter, and you can get it for 140 million Star Dollar. If you book today, I can help you apply for a discount."

Xiao Peipei began explaining the advantages of the house to Chen Lie.

Chen Lie waved his hand and said, "I don't want these multi-story high-rise buildings. Do you have any detached houses with yards?"

"A detached house with a yard? Do you mean a villa?"

Chen Lie nodded. "Yes, it's a villa."

"Sir, our Shenzhou Group does develop some detached villas, but these villas are only used for networking. They are usually given away by the group or purchased directly by people with connections in Lanjing through contact with senior executives of the group. They are not for sale and are not intended for direct sale."

Moreover, land in Lanjing is incredibly valuable; if a single villa were to be sold, it would probably be worth over a billion Star Dollar.

"Does that mean someone without connections can't even buy a villa?" Chen Lie asked.

"Sorry, we're just frontline workers; this is a management regulation."

"Go ask around; I can buy a villa using Galactic Coin is universally accepted Outer Stars."

"Galactic Coin?"

The real estate consultant Xiao Peipei was taken aback. She had also heard of Galactic Coin, which were said to be Outer Stars currencies and extremely valuable.

"Could you please tell me your identity so I can explain to my superiors?"

"I am a student at Blue Star University."

"Yes, sir, please wait a moment!"

Xiao Peipei bowed slightly to Chen Lie, then quickly walked out of the viewing area and into the sales office's management office.

After knocking on the door, Xiao Peipei saw her supervisor and quickly said, "Manager Wang, I just met with a student from Blue Star University who wants to buy a villa using Galactic Coin. Is that allowed?"

"Galactic Coin? Are you sure someone wants to use Galactic Coin to buy a villa?"

Inside the office, a middle-aged man stood up. He was the sales manager of the Shenzhou Group's Lanjing branch and a group supervisor.

"Yes!"

"Take me there quickly!"

The executive from Shenzhou Group immediately stood up and walked out of the office first.

Galactic Coin are the universal currency Outer Stars. Compared to Blue Star Galactic Coin is like a piece of waste paper.

Even the Blue Star government is extremely eager for Galaxy Coins. Galaxy Coins are a very scarce commodity on Blue Star. On the surface, the Blue Star government has set the exchange rate between Galaxy Coins and Blue Star Yuan at 1 to 500,000. However, this is only the official exchange rate. In private transactions, even one million Blue Star Yuan cannot be exchanged for one Blue Star Yuan Galaxy Coin.

Chen Lie waited in the viewing area, and soon Xiao Peipei arrived with a middle-aged man.

"Sir, this is my supervisor, a manager at Shenzhou Group and the sales manager of the Lanjing branch."

After Xiao Peipei finished her introduction, the middle-aged man stepped forward and said, "Hello, sir, my name is Wang Junyi."

"You want to buy a villa with Galactic Coin?"

Yes, is that alright?

"That's certainly possible, since Galactic Coin are scarce throughout the entire Blue Star. However, if you want to use Galactic Coin to buy a villa, we're afraid we can't offer you the unofficial exchange rate. We can only use the official exchange rate set by Blue Star, which is 500,000 to 1."

"Okay, what kind of villas do you all live in?" Chen Liedao.

"We have three types of villas in total. One type is a large manor-style villa, with an area of over 1,500 square meters, which includes a garden, Martial Arts Arena, and a basement."

One type is a group of townhouses with a medium-sized Martial Arts Arena, ranging in size from approximately 500 to 800 square meters.

The third type is villa areas, with areas all under 500 square meters.

The executive from Shenzhou Group said, while turning to the sales consultant next to him, "Turn on the holographic projector and let this gentleman take a look."

"Yes!"

Soon, the lights in the viewing area were turned off, and the images projected by the holographic projection were displayed one by one.

Before long, Chen Lie had seen all three types of villas, with his supervisor, Wang Junyi, explaining them to Chen Lie continuously.

After looking at the three types of villas, Chen Lie said, "Let's go with the second type!"

Wang Junyi immediately switched the projection screen and recommended to Chen Lie, "This is one of the most prestigious villa areas in Lanjing, named Heavenly Fortune True Martial, which means that those who practice martial arts will eventually achieve mastery of martial arts. What do you think of this villa?"

Chen Lie glanced at the foreground and background of the holographic projection and nodded, saying, "I've already seen it. This one will do. How much?"

"This villa is built with high-grade materials, has an area of 750 square meters, and is a two-story terraced house. Our original asking price was 1.78 billion Star Dollar, which is equivalent to 3,560 Star Dollar Galactic Coin. I can round it down for you, so you only need to pay 3,500 Galactic Coin."

Okay, how do I pay?

"Plz follow me!"

Wang Junyi from Shenzhou Group led Chen Lie out of the viewing area and to the front desk of the sales hall. He walked to the cashier system and said, "Sir, please pay here."

Chen Lie nodded, took out his Galactic Coin Star Dollar Card, and after swiping the card to pay through the POS system, the system's notification sounded.

"Payment received successfully, 3500 Galactic Coin deposited."

Upon hearing the payment success notification, Wang Junyi, the manager of Shenzhou Group, immediately put on a smiling face, "Sir, congratulations on successfully purchasing Villa No. 9 of Heavenly Fortune True Martial. This way, let's sign the contract Optical Computer."

Chen Lie followed Wang Junyi to the contract room and signed the contract Optical Computer.

Before long, Chen Lie completed the signing of the contract according to the steps.

Wang Junyi, the executive of Shenzhou Group, looked at the contract information and said, "Mr. Chen Lie, is that right?"

I see that you are not a resident of Lanjing, so you should be prohibited from purchasing Lanjing real estate.

However, the contract has already been signed, and Villa No. 9 of Heavenly Fortune True Martial is now in your name. You'd better obtain Lanjing residency within half a month, otherwise officials from the Lanjing residency office will come to inquire."

"Okay, I understand!"

"Then shall we have our real estate consultant take you to see Villa No. 9, Heavenly Fortune True Martial?"

"Good!"

Wang Junyi looked at Xiao Peipei and said, "Why don't you take Mr. Chen to see the villa he just bought?"

"Yes, Manager Wang!"

Xiao Peipei asked in a low voice, "Manager Wang, how will my commission be calculated for this order?"

"Let's calculate at the highest rate, at least ten million Star Dollar!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Peipei's eyes, and she quickly accompanied Chen Lie to see the villa. "Mr. Chen, please, let me show you the villa."

Chen Lie nodded and left the sales hall.

As soon as Chen Lie stepped outside the hall, he saw a familiar face: Xia Ziying, a member of Ruan Liuyun's Assistant Instructor Group.

At this moment, Xia Ziying was following behind a beautiful woman who appeared to be around thirty years old and had a graceful figure.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Xia Ziying quickly greeted him, "Hey? Chen Lie, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, it's you."

Chen Lie saw Xia Ziying, nodded, and said, "I'm here to buy a house."

Xia Ziying was secretly delighted. "You're buying a house from my family's company? You should have said so earlier, I would have given you one for free!"

"No need, I've already paid!"

At this moment, Xiao Peipei, the real estate consultant next to Chen Lie, saw the beautiful woman next to Xia Ziying and immediately bowed her head to greet her, "Hello, Ms. Xia!"

The graceful woman nodded slightly and asked Xia Ziying.

"Zi Ying, is this your classmate?"

"Yes, Aunt, his Chen Lie," Xia Ziying replied.

The elegant woman looked at Chen Lie and said, "Chen, you and Ziying are classmates. Since we've bumped into each other, why don't you come into my office and have a glass of water?"

"No need, I have things to do after I've viewed the apartment."

After saying that, Chen Lie urged the sales consultant to go see the property.

Seeing that Chen Lie refused, the graceful woman did not insist and watched Chen Lie leave.

"Zi Ying, is your classmate also from Lanjing? To be classmates with you, he must have some connections, right?"

"Him? He's not from Lanjing. He seems to be from a poor Chuanzhong Province!" Xia Ziying said.

"Oh, so he just comes from a poor family."

Upon hearing her niece's words, the woman's tone immediately became three degrees of contempt.

"Auntie, don't let his humble background fool you, he's a very capable person."

"A powerful figure? How powerful could he be?"

"He's only slightly inferior to our Lanjing Martial Leader. He comes from a poor province, and in just a few months, everyone in his cohort at Blue Star University, except for Lanjing Martial Leader Jiang Yuan, has been overshadowed by him. Even the Martial Leader from the Jingji and Longhai provinces are half a step behind him in martial arts," Xia Ziying said.

"How can someone from a poor province be so capable?"

The beautiful woman was astonished. Given ten years, this martial arts talent would surely lead him to the pinnacle of the Blue Star.

"Yes, I don't understand either. Decades ago, every regional genius from Chuanzhong Province was nothing but a fart in Blue Star University's Super Genius Class."

But he's different! He's only been in the Super Genius Class for a short time, and he's already practically invincible!

The beautiful woman turned around and looked at him, saying, "According to what you've said, this should be one of those once-in-a-century martial arts geniuses. If there's a chance, we could try to get to know him."

Xia Ziying said, "Where would there be a chance? Although their family background was average before, they were the school leaders' darlings at Blue Star University and lacked nothing."

I'd like to give them a house as a gift, but they've already paid for it.

"Your understanding of making friends is too superficial!"

The beautiful woman with a graceful figure returned to her office and summoned her supervisor, Wang Junyi.

Wang Junyi arrived at the president's office and said, "President Xia, you wanted to see me?"

The beautiful woman said, "Did you know that a young man named Chen Lie just bought an apartment at the sales office?"

"Mr. Xia, I know he bought Villa No. 9 at Heavenly Fortune True Martial, and paid for it with Galactic Coin."

The beautiful woman tapped the table with her finger and said leisurely, "People with out-of-town residency can't buy houses in Lanjing, right? This person probably doesn't have Lanjing residency, does he?"

"Yes, Mr. Xia, I've already reminded him of that."

"Listen, I will resolve his issue of not being able to buy a house in Lanjing due to his out-of-town residency status by tomorrow. Go and take a look at the villa he bought and see if there's anything missing, and add it for him directly."

Two days later, send him a message explaining that his classmate Xia Ziying helped him with this.

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the order, Wang Junyi immediately left the president's office to carry it out.

Xia Ziying then stepped forward. "Aunt, isn't all this unnecessary?"

Whether it's necessary or not is unknown yet, but it's worth it if it leaves a good impression on your classmates.

Xia Ziying felt it was completely unnecessary, but she didn't say anything more.

On the other side, Chen Lie toured the house he had purchased, completed the homeowner verification, and then took the airship back to Blue Star University.

On the airship, Chen Lie made a call to his parents at home, telling them that he had bought a house and asking them to come to Lanjing when they had time.

After returning to Blue Star University, Chen Lie received a communication.

"Chen Lie, this is Zhang Liwu from the Resource Category Building. Before the holiday, Principal Lei asked us to purchase eleven doses of Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from Outer Stars. It has arrived now. Would you like to come and pick it up, or should one of our people deliver it to you?"

"I'll go get it myself!"

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he hung up the call.

Next, he went to the Resource Category Building and received the Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid for the eleventh Blood Tempering.

Chen Lie retrieved two more portions of Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from his Dormitory for the eleventh Blood Tempering and found a Cultivation Room in the Thirteenth Campus.

Holding three bottles of Blood Tempering Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid, Chen Lie sat cross-legged on the cultivation platform and began to practice the Blood Refining Technique.

After drinking a bottle of Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid in one gulp, Chen Lie's blood and qi began to be automatically tempered.

His blood and qi were now abundant, far surpassing that of ordinary people at the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm, so he completed the ninth Blood Tempering in just a short while.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Lie began to consume the second bottle of Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid.

Cultivation Room, golden energy surged and grew stronger.

In just over an hour, Chen Lie had completed three Blood Tempering, bringing the Blood Tempering to eleven from the previous eighth session.

"Ordinary people at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm have weak physiques, and two Blood Tempering in a short period of time would put a huge burden on their bodies. But I am different. My physique is comparable to the Earth Aperture Stage of the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow realm, so three consecutive Blood Tempering are a piece of cake for me."

Having used three bottles of Spirit Liquid for eleven Blood Tempering Blood Tempering sessions, Chen Lie had now tempered his blood eleven times. Although his strength had improved, it wasn't by much, since he was already far beyond the Blood-Qi Like Slurry Realm.

"Right now, I still have a bottle of Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid. It would be a waste to use it for the Twelfth Blood Tempering, as it could easily be used for the Thirteenth Blood Tempering. But what about the Twelfth Blood Tempering?"

Chen Lie pondered for a moment. Spirit Liquid that Twelfth Blood Tempering was hard to find, but Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid was even harder to find.

Given Blue Star's capabilities, they can probably only obtain Spirit Liquid for eleven Blood Tempering at most. They'll have to rely on themselves for the Spirit Liquid for Twelfth Blood Tempering.

"It's impossible to obtain Twelfth Blood Tempering Spirit Liquid on Blue Star; we can only try our luck in the Sumeru Illusion Realm."