124: Chapter 124 Dan Lei

"Hey, why are you few looking at me like that? Is there a flower on my face?" Xiao Yuchen asked proactively.

"Brother Xiao is truly becoming stronger and stronger, with more and more experts by your side. Even the Sword Venerable has become your friend, while we four... sigh!" Zhou Tiancheng sighed.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't beat around the bush with me."

Xiao Yuchen understood these old fellows too well. Back before they had become younger, Xiao Yuchen could still respect them to some extent, but now he always treated them as his peers, making it difficult to use honorifics.

Of course, another main reason was that they were just too familiar with each other; Xiao Yuchen could guess seven or eight out of ten things those old fellows were thinking.

"Haha, Brother Xiao understands me after all. Look at how strong you're becoming; we can't be too weak, or we'll embarrass you. Can you give us each eight or ten Medicinal Pills so we can improve a bit as well?" Zhou Tiancheng said with a lecherous expression.

"Is that all?"

"That's right, just that." The four of them nodded in unison.

"No problem."

Knowing that the dashan pill could improve cultivation, Xiao Yuchen had been thinking about letting these four improve as well, but he had been delayed by other matters. Since Zhou Tiancheng brought it up, he could just go with the flow.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuchen took a dashan pill from his System Inventory and handed it to Zhou Tiancheng.

Zhou Tiancheng excitedly took the jade bottle and glanced inside. When he saw that there was only one pitch-black pill inside, his expression became somewhat ugly.

"Brother Xiao, what kind of Medicinal Pill is this? Why is there only one? How are we supposed to split it?"

"You can split it into eight portions, and each of you can take two portions."

"Brother Xiao, you're being too stingy. That's not even enough to fill the gaps between our teeth." Zhou Tiancheng complained.

"Do you really think this is a candy bean? If you dare to eat a whole one, I guarantee you will immediately explode and die. The six Elders of the Medicine God Valley each shared one-sixth, and they advanced two levels." Xiao Yuchen explained.

"Really? This Medicinal Pill is that powerful?" Zhou Tiancheng still found it hard to believe.

"Of course it's true. You are only in the Houtian Realm, so just eating one-eighth each time will be fine. I believe this single Medicinal Pill is enough for all of you to Breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm."

"Haha, that's great."

"Alright, if there's nothing else, we'll be leaving. This trouble was somewhat unexpected, and many people saw it. I don't care what method you use, suppress the public opinion online for me, and try your best to prevent anyone from uploading videos of the scene to the internet." Xiao Yuchen instructed.

"Brother Xiao, this is a good opportunity to promote us. Why do you want to stop it?" Zhou Tiancheng asked, confused.

"Does my company need promotion? I don't want to look for trouble for myself. Moreover, this kind of unnatural power will make ordinary people feel panic and will cause turmoil in the scientific community. That is very terrifying."

"I understand. We will handle it immediately."

Having resolved the matters here, Xiao Yuchen and Dashan left. The two did not go home but instead arrived at Yunlong Mountain once again.

"Brother Yuchen, why did we come back here?" Dashan asked curiously.

"Brother needs to have a Breakthrough here and, by the way, pass the final move of the Xuanyuan Sword Technique to you."

"Brother, you're so amazing. Why don't I have the feeling of breaking through yet?"

"Dashan, you don't need to worry. You have powerful strength sealed within your body, and as your strength improves, the Seal is becoming looser and looser. I believe that before long, you will be able to fully inherit the power of the Seal; reaching the Nascent Soul Stage or even the Incarnation Stage is possible."

After comforting Dashan, Xiao Yuchen opened his System Inventory and first claimed the reward for increasing his strength by one level. Under the powerful infusion of the System, Xiao Yuchen directly broke through to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, and the Spiritual Qi within his body felt solid, without any sense of instability.

Having reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, Xiao Yuchen was equivalent to the strength of a Middle Stage Martial God. If he used his other methods, he should have no opponents below the Martial God level.

However, this time Xiao Yuchen did not stop; he took a top-grade Foundation Breaking Pill again. Only by breaking through to the Golden Core Stage could he truly be considered to have stepped onto the path of Cultivation.

However, Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment were the Foundation of Cultivation, so Xiao Yuchen had always been steady and solid, rarely advancing two levels in a row. But later, he discovered that being forcibly raised in cultivation by the System did not affect his Cultivation Foundation.

As the cultivation proceeded, the sky suddenly became overcast with clouds, as if brewing some great terror.

"What's going on? Could it be a Pill Tribulation?"

Xiao Yuchen was shocked. No wonder the System had previously gifted a top-grade Lightning Avoidance Pill; it was for use during the Lightning Tribulation.

"The Pill Lightning of the Golden Core Stage shouldn't be that strong, right? It's a pity that I haven't awakened a Lightning Spiritual Root yet and cannot use the Energy Absorption Technique to absorb the power of lightning."

Xiao Yuchen had been practicing the Energy Absorption Technique for some time, but apart from absorbing the power and True Qi of Martial Artists, he had never absorbed other elemental powers.

It wasn't that Xiao Yuchen didn't want to, but rather that he couldn't. Although the Energy Absorption Technique could Cultivate by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, it required the Cultivator to awaken the corresponding Spiritual Root to form an elemental seed within the Dantian.

In other words, the current Xiao Yuchen could only improve his cultivation by absorbing fire-attribute energy; other elemental powers could not be absorbed for the time being.

Just as Xiao Yuchen was considering whether or not to take the Lightning Avoidance Pill, a huge bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, landing on Xiao Yuchen.

"Hiss!"

"It hurts!"

Xiao Yuchen gasped. He had thought that the lightning of the Golden Core Stage wouldn't be that strong, but in fact, he had thought wrong. This very first Pill Lightning alone had made him somewhat unable to withstand it.

However, before Xiao Yuchen could even catch his breath, two more huge bolts of lightning descended.

But this time, Xiao Yuchen had made full preparations, using Spiritual Qi to protect his body while simultaneously activating the Energy Absorption Technique. Regardless of whether he could absorb it or not, he had to try.

Boom!

The first bolt of lightning fell, directly breaking through Xiao Yuchen's defense. The second followed immediately after. Xiao Yuchen had no time to defend and could only let the Pill Lightning land on him.

This time, Xiao Yuchen felt a sweetness in his throat, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth; clearly, he had sustained a minor injury.

"Brother Yuchen, what's wrong?"

Dashan did not understand why Xiao Yuchen was being struck by lightning and wanted to step forward to help, but was stopped by Xiao Yuchen.

"Dashan, don't come over. I am Undergoing Tribulation. Others cannot help during a Tribulation; if you provoke the Heavenly Dao, you will also suffer."

After trying, Xiao Yuchen knew that his body simply could not withstand the Pill Lightning. Since he couldn't withstand it, he might as well launch an attack proactively.

Seeing six more Pill Lightnings falling, Xiao Yuchen directly used the second move of the Fire Control Technique, Boiling the Sea. And this time, Xiao Yuchen actually controlled two fire dragons at once, colliding with those six Pill Lightnings.

Bang!

The two fire dragons were instantly shattered, but it wasn't completely useless; the six Pill Lightnings turned into two.

Xiao Yuchen slashed out with another Star Shattering sword strike, finally shattering the last two lightning bolts.

Just when Xiao Yuchen thought it was over, twelve more Pill Lightnings appeared.

"Damn it, I'm just breaking through to the Golden Core Stage, is it necessary to strike me like this?" Xiao Yuchen roared at the sky.