Leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range and Returning to the Xiao Clan

Leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range and Returning to the Xiao Clan.

After briefly sensing his condition, Wang Chen circulated his Dou Qi to dry off the moisture.

He then summoned the Golden Finger's status panel and began examining it carefully.

Host: Wang Chen

Strength: One-Star Grand Dou Shi

Soul: Late Mortal Realm

Golden Finger: Enhancement

Attribute: Fire (mixed with a trace of Wood)

[Technique: Hundred Beasts Spirit Transformation Art (Enhancement +1)

Grade: Mystic-Tier High-Level

Effect: Can devour a hundred types of Beast Flame to evolve the technique and increase its power.

Each Beast Flame devoured can increase one Spirit, while also allowing the user to wield that Beast Flame's innate talents.

Devoured Beast Flame: Fifth-Order Mutated Scarlet Flame Snake Flame

Spirit: Red Flame Snake Spirit (Third-Order)]

After putting away the status panel, Wang Chen was in an excellent mood.

This breakthrough had brought tremendous changes.

Not only had his strength reached One-Star Grand Dou Shi, but he had also gained a Soul Realm classification.

Although Wang Chen had previously had a rough understanding of his own Soul Realm, he had never had any detailed information.

This time, however, it had appeared directly on the panel.

Late Mortal Realm. Even among alchemists, this Soul Realm could be considered quite decent.

After all, with his current Soul Realm, as long as he obtained an alchemist's inheritance, he could basically begin refining fifth-tier medicinal pills.

Aside from those changes, the Red Flame Snake Spirit had also returned to the Third-Order.

At its largest, it could grow to over ten meters long. The power of its cold poison had also increased, and its combat strength could be said to have soared dramatically.

As for Dou Skills and the like, there had not been much change.

But Wang Chen's overall strength had increased by well over a hundredfold.

This was not merely a breakthrough in realm. More importantly, it was the increase in combat experience.

Before coming to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Wang Chen had barely experienced any real killing.

His only battle had relied on a surprise attack and a powerful Dou Skill. There had been practically no clash before the enemy was directly killed.

But during this trip to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Wang Chen had gone through far too many battles.

Even if each of those hundreds of battles gave him only a little combat experience, the sheer quantity had accumulated into something extremely impressive.

Not to mention that all that killing had made Wang Chen accustomed to the sight of blood.

He would never again freeze in surprise or hesitation because of blood.

It might not seem like much.

But in battle, even a second of hesitation could affect the outcome of a fight.

Such experience could, to a certain extent, be the key to determining victory or defeat.

Once everything had been packed up, Wang Chen prepared to leave.

In the outer region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, finding a suitable Beast Flame was simply too difficult.

As for venturing deeper into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Wang Chen's current strength was still somewhat unreliable.

Since that was the case, he might as well return to the safety of the Xiao Clan and turn the medicinal herbs he had gathered into strength.

Once he became strong enough, he could return to explore the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

In any case, the medicinal herbs he had collected were enough to sustain his cultivation for over half a month.

After using up those herbs, he could return to the outer region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range to restock.

Giving these Magical Beasts time to recover would also let him harvest more medicinal herbs and Magic Cores.

After all, he had killed too fiercely over the past few days, and the number of Magical Beasts in this small area had dropped significantly.

That was also why Wang Chen had only obtained a hundred Magic Cores in total.

On the first day alone, he had already harvested nearly fifty Magic Cores.

The combined harvest of the following nine days had barely matched the first day.

The efficiency had fallen far too much.

If he stayed any longer, it would only decline further.

Naturally, Wang Chen had no intention of wasting too much time.

There were plenty of Magical Beasts in the outer region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After half a month, Magical Beasts from other areas would definitely move into this region.

Then he could once again enjoy the thrill of slaughtering as he had on the first day.

"Phew~~"

At the gates of Wutan City, Wang Chen looked at the city gate and let out a deep breath.

Although he had only been gone for less than a month, compared to his former life, the experiences of this period had been far more complicated.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Chen shook his head and continued onward.

After returning to the Xiao Clan, everything was as usual.

No one in the Xiao Clan had noticed that Wang Chen had been gone for half a month.

That was only natural. After all, Wang Chen was merely an extremely low-profile, invisible person.

Moreover, Huohuo was currently at the height of his fame, and everyone's attention was focused on this most talented genius in the Xiao Clan's "entire history."

Naturally, no one with nothing better to do would pay attention to a peripheral character with neither talent nor background.

Wang Chen actually found this feeling of being ignored quite pleasant.

He had only been gone for half a month, so not much dust had accumulated in his room.

After tidying up a little, Wang Chen prepared to boil medicinal herbs and resume his cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.

Over those three months, Wang Chen's strength continued to advance by leaps and bounds.

From his initial One-Star Grand Dou Shi, he had directly surged to Seven-Star Grand Dou Shi.

It was basically the equivalent of rising one star every half month.

This was mainly because his supplies were not very sufficient. Otherwise, Wang Chen's cultivation speed could have been even faster.

Every half month, he would spend several days in the outer region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, not only tempering his combat experience.

He also gathered the various medicinal herbs he needed for cultivation.

Of course, he also collected Beast Flames, Magic Cores, and similar items along the way.

Over those three months, Wang Chen's Magic Cores had increased to three hundred.

At the same time, he had gained a new Beast Flame Spirit.

The Third-Order Purple Tiger Spirit.

It had been contributed by a Third-Order Magical Beast, the Purple Tiger.

It was precisely because of the energy feedback from this Flame Spirit that Wang Chen could cultivate so quickly even while gathering his own resources.

On a moderately sized boulder at the back mountain of the Xiao Clan, Wang Chen lay quietly atop it, lazily basking in the sun.

Today was the first day Wang Chen had properly rested since his Golden Finger awakened.

He had chosen to rest for a day because he had cultivated for too long and wanted to relax.

After all, balancing work and rest was the proper way.

Moreover, the New Year was approaching, and Wang Chen needed to pay respects to his deceased parents.

After paying his respects, it would be a good time to rest.

In any case, his current strength could be considered the "strongest" in the Xiao Clan.

Resting for a single day would not delay anything.

Looking at the sun in the sky, Wang Chen finally allowed himself to relax completely for once.

Ever since he had transmigrated here, the unusual nature of his soul and the Xiao Clan's coming calamities had constantly weighed on his mind.

On top of that, his cultivation talent had been so ordinary that he had been anxious beyond anxious.

Fortunately, hardship had finally given way to happiness. His Golden Finger had finally awakened when he was ten years old.

With the Golden Finger's boost, his cultivation progress had become as different as heaven and earth.

He had finally gained the ability to deal with those risks, and the pressure in his heart had at last eased somewhat.

(End of Chapter)