The Enemy Reappears, Mid Body Tempering

Half an hour later, Qin Chen pushed open the door.

He saw his father, Qin Dahe, sitting on the sofa watching television, while his mother, Li Xiufen, was coming out of the kitchen with freshly brewed medicine in her hands.

"Xiao Chen, you're back?" His mother was a little surprised to see him. She hurriedly added, "Are you hungry? If you are, I'll make you something to eat!"

Qin Chen shook his head. "Don't trouble yourself."

"How is he?" He looked at Qin Dahe.

His father, Qin Dahe, had been injured a year ago and now needed medicine every three days to keep going. Even so, his health was getting worse by the day.

"Same as always. If you ask me, we should stop treating it. It's no use!" Qin Dahe shook his head.

His illness had made life hard for the family. He had held to that idea all along, but Li Xiufen had never agreed.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Stop treating you and watch you die?" Li Xiufen snapped.

"If I die, I die. The sooner I die, the sooner I'll be reborn!"

"Then before you die, go to the Zhao Family and make them pay compensation!"

Qin Chen watched them start arguing, shook his head helplessly, and walked toward his room.

But as soon as he entered, he happened to look up at the calendar and froze on the spot.

"March eighteenth!"

He suddenly remembered that in his previous life, he had died on March twenty-fifth. Although this world had a different background, the people and the course of events had not changed much.

Did that mean he would still die on March twenty-fifth?

His death in his previous life had not been an accident. Someone had killed him.

Likewise, in his previous life, Qin Chen's father, Qin Dahe, had also been harmed by someone.

The reason was that his father had been hit by a car on his way home from work, and the driver had been Zhao Kuan, a young master of the Zhao Family in Rongcheng.

In this life, too, he remembered that his father had been harmed by Zhao Kuan.

In this life, his father had originally been a soldier on the front lines. During a battle with demon beasts, a captain had unfortunately lost his life. The captain had no relatives, and Qin Dahe had been the person closest to him.

Before he died, the captain had given Qin Dahe his most valuable possession, a supreme-grade ferocious beast crystal.

In this world, exotic beasts were divided into ferocious beasts and demon beasts.

Ferocious beasts were equivalent to human Body Tempering experts and were likewise divided into four stages: early, mid, late, and peak.

Demon beasts, like martial artists, were divided into nine ranks, from first to ninth.

So this supreme-grade ferocious beast crystal was a beast crystal from a peak ferocious beast, a rare treasure.

It was this beast crystal that had attracted Zhao Kuan's attention.

Zhao Kuan had sent someone to buy it, offering only a tenth of the market price. He might as well have been trying to catch a white wolf barehanded.

Zhao Kuan often did this sort of thing.

Qin Dahe naturally refused to sell. The beast crystal meant a great deal to him. Never mind a low price-even if the offer had been above market value, he would not have sold it.

And so, he had offended Zhao Kuan.

Later, his father had been hit by a car and left in this condition. Although there was no evidence that Zhao Kuan had done it, Qin Chen knew that Zhao Kuan was the one who had ordered it.

He knew because he had gone to see Zhao Kuan later, and Zhao Kuan had admitted it in private.

In his previous life, Zhao Kuan had personally driven the car that hit Qin Dahe, while in this life, he had ordered someone else to do it. The circumstances were different.

But the culprit was Zhao Kuan in both cases.

So, since Zhao Kuan had killed him in his previous life, Zhao Kuan would certainly kill him in this life too.

As for the reason, it really did not matter.

Of course, he might have been overthinking it. Perhaps the course of events in this world would change because of his transmigration. But he would not stake his life on that. Besides, he had to avenge his father!

"Seven days left!" He looked at the calendar.

To take revenge, he first had to survive the twenty-fifth, so he needed the ability to protect himself.

"In seven days, I not only have to gain the power to protect myself, but also put my family somewhere safe!" Qin Chen felt a wave of pressure wash over him.

Being able to protect himself would certainly not be enough. After all, he could not guarantee that Zhao Kuan would not go after his family if he failed to harm him.

"The only way to make Zhao Kuan afraid to act is to become a martial artist!" Determination suddenly appeared in Qin Chen's eyes.

In this world, even a one-star martial artist held an incomparably esteemed status and could be considered a noble.

That was because every martial artist was of great importance to humanity's safety.

So as long as he became a martial artist, even a power like the Zhao Family would not dare act rashly.

Moreover, after he became a martial artist, his family would receive considerable protection.

After all, martial artists fought for humanity's safety. If their loved ones back home were harmed, it was something no martial artist could tolerate. Therefore, whenever something happened to a martial artist's family, it would be thoroughly investigated.

Once it was discovered that someone had harmed them, all martial artists would regard that person as an enemy. Even if you were the city lord, they would surely pull you down from your horse, unless you were powerful enough to disregard all martial artists or kept them from finding out.

At that thought, Qin Chen walked out of his room. "Dad, where's your beast crystal?"

He remembered that the beast crystal the captain had given his father was a fire-element one. Now, he needed to try his innate skill and see whether it could devour the crystal and make him stronger.

"The beast crystal?" Qin Dahe was taken aback at first, but thought nothing more of it. He pointed to his bedroom. "It's in the cabinet."

"It's not safe there. Better put it in my bedroom!" Qin Chen walked straight toward Qin Dahe's bedroom.

"You little brat!" Li Xiufen cursed irritably.

Ever since Qin Dahe had been injured, the family had had very little income. With his injury on top of that, life was now very hard for them.

So she had often suggested selling the beast crystal, but Qin Dahe had never agreed.

When Qin Chen suddenly said he would keep the beast crystal in his room, she naturally thought he was guarding against her secretly taking it to sell.

Qin Chen soon headed back to his room with a wooden box. As soon as he entered, the door slammed shut behind him.

Qin Dahe smiled. "My son understands me after all!"

He was delighted that Qin Chen could keep the beast crystal safe.

In the bedroom.

Qin Chen opened the wooden box and saw a red beast crystal lying inside, emitting waves of fiery aura.

He reached out and took the beast crystal.

At once, a piece of information appeared before his eyes.

Ferocious beast crystal: fire element (supreme grade, can be devoured)

Qin Chen was delighted to see the information, and he relaxed. He had originally intended to take a gamble, since devouring a beast crystal would have a major effect on his future cultivation. But with the system's prompt, he no longer had any worries.

Without further hesitation, he swallowed it in one gulp.

His innate skill, Devour, began operating on its own at that moment.

The beast crystal rapidly melted inside him and began spreading throughout his body. In just a few seconds, he felt his body change. His strength kept growing, while his five senses grew sharper.

[Ding! Fire-element beast crystal successfully devoured. Fire Elemental Power has tempered your body to 60%.]

"This... Mid Body Tempering!" Qin Chen was overjoyed.