113: Chapter 113 Rewards Galore

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully upgrading the Prehistoric Sacred Body to Level 2. The Physical Body has been strengthened, the immunity to all evils has been strengthened. You are rewarded with the top-grade Immortal Artifact, the zhu xian sword, and the Purple Heart Sacred Fire. They have been placed in the System Inventory. Please check them."

Hearing the System's voice again, Xiao Yuchen was stunned. So his Prehistoric Sacred Body had levels too. No wonder he had previously only felt that his recovery ability was slightly stronger; it turned out his Physique level was simply too low.

The most crucial part was that after the System upgrade, the items provided were indeed different. A top-grade Immortal Artifact had actually appeared. But what exactly was this Purple Heart Sacred Fire?

Xiao Yuchen hurriedly entered the System Inventory to check the description. It turned out that this Purple Heart Sacred Fire was a type of supreme fire born between heaven and earth, ranked fifteenth among the Sacred Fires. Whether for Alchemy or Artifact Refining, it was a hundred times better than ordinary Pill Fire.

After the Prehistoric Sacred Body upgraded, the power of the Dashan mud gradually dissipated, and Xiao Yuchen's own strength did not increase much.

"Haha, it seems that sometimes people really need to push themselves; otherwise, you will never know how great your potential is. If I hadn't miscalculated the energy of the Dashan mud today, how would I have known that the System and my Physique could also be upgraded?"

Xiao Yuchen was incomparably proud. Last time, he had eaten too many Medicinal Pills and almost exploded; in the end, he used a five-times speed Cultivation card to level up twice. This time, it was similarly a close call but safe.

However, how could Xiao Yuchen be content with just leaving it at that? He tossed the remaining small portion of Dashan mud into his mouth.

Soon, a large amount of Spiritual Qi was generated within Xiao Yuchen's body, but it was within his tolerance range.

Xiao Yuchen activated the Energy Absorption Technique, quickly absorbing and refining the Spiritual Qi within his body. The Spiritual Qi entered his Dantian and turned into droplets of liquid.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for independently breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. You are rewarded with the Black Gold Dragon-Coiled Artifact Refining Furnace, Rank increased by one (limited to Foundation Establishment Stage use). It has been placed in the System Inventory. Please check them."

"Haha, today really is my lucky day. My hands are soft from receiving so many rewards."

Just as Xiao Yuchen was chuckling to himself, Dashan suddenly came to him and asked with some surprise: "Brother Yuchen, have you broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage?"

"Yes, I just broke through. By the way, eat this."

Xiao Yuchen took out another piece of Dashan mud, removed one-third, and handed it to Dashan.

"What is this black thing?" Dashan felt that this thing seemed somewhat familiar.

"Don't worry about what it is, just eat it."

"Alright."

Dashan nodded. He trusted Xiao Yuchen absolutely and directly threw the mud on his body into his mouth.

"How is it? Do you feel anything?" Xiao Yuchen asked hurriedly.

"I don't feel anything. What is this for?" Dashan was somewhat confused.

"No feeling? How can there be no feeling? Is there no Spiritual Qi being generated inside you?"

"No, I don't feel anything at all."

After confirming there was no reaction, Xiao Yuchen gave Dashan another third, but the result was still like a stone sinking into the ocean, without any effect.

"What's going on? Is self-sufficiency not working? Why is it useless for Dashan?"

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Yuchen still didn't understand the problem, so he had to take out the three Medium Grade spirit gathering pills that the System had gifted him when he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

These Medium Grade spirit gathering pills had a 70% probability of allowing a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator to break through their current Rank, though, of course, breaking through across Ranks was not possible.

"Dashan, this is a spirit gathering pill. Eat it."

Xiao Yuchen took out a spirit gathering pill and handed it to Dashan. Dashan, likewise, did not hesitate and put it directly into his mouth.

"How is it? Is there any effect this time?"

"Hmm, I feel something."

Dashan replied and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuchen breathed a sigh of relief. If it still hadn't worked, he would have had to give Dashan the spirit liquid he had collected from Yunlong Mountain.

Seeing that Dashan did not show any abnormalities, Xiao Yuchen sat down not far away and claimed the top-tier Formation Master skill from the System Inventory.

After successfully claiming it, a massive amount of Formation information flooded into his Sea of Consciousness. Half an hour later, under the System's empowerment, Xiao Yuchen became a top-tier Formation Master.

However, although he had become a Formation Master and could set up high-level Formations, without a Formation diagram, he could only set up Formations below the fourth Rank.

These low-level Formations were essential skills for becoming a Formation Master. As long as one reached the corresponding Rank, they could all be set up. Xiao Yuchen had just received information on all low-level Formations as well.

This was like being a top-tier chef; if you weren't given high-end ingredients, you couldn't make high-end dishes.

"I should first study the Xuanyuan Sword Array gifted by the System. At the very least, it is a fifth-Rank sword array."

Xiao Yuchen muttered to himself, retrieved the Formation diagram for the Xuanyuan Sword Array from the System Inventory, and began to study it carefully.

This Xuanyuan Sword Array, also known as the Yin and Yang Sword Array, required two swords of Spiritual Artifact grade to serve as the array eyes. Because the requirements were strict, it was only a fifth-Rank sword array, but its power would absolutely not be lower than a sixth-Rank Formation.

Xiao Yuchen felt that if he deployed the Xuanyuan Sword Array, he could easily slaughter even a Martial Soul Great Perfection.

Furthermore, he had already reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Even without using any special means, he should be able to fight against a Martial Soul Middle Stage. If he utilized his various means, at the Martial Soul stage, he should have no rivals.

Last time he met President Fang Tianhua, Xiao Yuchen had asked him a question: whether a Martial Soul expert was truly the Peak of martial arts.

Previously, Xiao Yuchen had also asked Zhou Tiancheng this question, but Zhou Tiancheng only knew about the Martial Soul. He had no idea about the Ranks above Martial Soul because he had never seen anyone above the Martial Soul stage.

But as the President of the Martial Arts Association, President Fang Tianhua naturally knew the ranking classification of martial arts. He said that above the Martial Soul, there were also the Martial God, Martial Saint, and Martial Venerable, and only the Martial Venerable was the Peak of martial arts.

In the Great Xia Kingdom, there was only one Martial Venerable, known as the Sword Venerable, who was the guardian deity of the Great Xia Kingdom. It was said that he was already a centenarian.

However, Xiao Yuchen was not interested in these things. There shouldn't be many people in the entire Great Xia Kingdom who could surpass him in strength.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Xiao Yuchen continued to study the Formation. Because his Formation level had already reached the top tier, studying the Xuanyuan Sword Array did not take much effort.

Before long, Dashan also stopped cultivating. Fortunately, he also successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

"Brother Yuchen, I succeeded." Dashan was very happy.

"Not bad. Show me the second move of the Xuanyuan Sword Technique."

"Alright, Brother Yuchen, how about we spar?"

Xiao Yuchen did not refuse and fought with Dashan again. Xiao Yuchen held the xuanyuan sword, while Dashan held the chixiao sword, and the two compared their Sword Techniques.

When Dashan used the second move of the Xuanyuan Sword Technique, Heaven Opening, Xiao Yuchen was shocked once again. It turned out that Dashan had really only deduced it in his mind and could learn it.

Moreover, Xiao Yuchen could hardly find any flaws in this second move. Except for being slightly unpracticed, there were actually no problems at all.

"Dashan, Brother just learned a sword array. How about you try to break it?"

In terms of pure combat power, Dashan's fighting ability was no worse than Xiao Yuchen's. If Dashan fought with all his might, he should be able to fight against a Martial Soul Late Stage.

Xiao Yuchen also wanted to verify whether this Xuanyuan Sword Array could actually trap Dashan.