617 - Refining
Chapter 617, Refining
The night was fading and dawn was breaking over the horizon.
In the far end of the horizon, a faint blush-red gradually coloured the clouds.
Seeing that there was no more movement coming from the Demon Spider’s camp, Ye Qingyu could finally relax.
He turned around, vanishing in the void.
The next moment, he was standing on the watchtower.
Everyone crowded around him with an excited look on their faces, almost as though they were looking at an immortal. In their eyes there was only awe, reverence, and excitement.
But Ye Qingyu had already spoken before they could speak.
“Brother Chen, is there a quiet place in the city?” Ye Qingyu turned to Chen Zhengliang and gave a slight smile.
“This... what is senior going to use it for? Chen Zhengliang’s face was filled with emotions, there were a lot of words he wanted to say, but when he heard such a question he looked slightly puzzled.
“After this battle, I am enlightened, I need to go away to practice...” Ye Qingyu simply explained a few words.
Chen Zhengliang’s face lit up with joy. “Ah, I see... congratulations senior... let me think, many buildings in the city have been destroyed... The best place to train now... yes, I thought of a place, senior please follow me.”
Ye Qingyu turned to say a few words to Hu Bugui, before he and Chen Zhengliang successively transformed into a stream of light and disappeared from the watchtower.
After a few moments.
At the end of a jagged and strangely shaped stone forest.
“Senior, here it is.”
Chen Zhengliang lightly drew his index finger in the void, when there was a ripple-like movement in the void and two high mahogany doors slowly opened themselves in the void.
An outwardly shabby-looking and ancient stone tower suddenly appeared before Ye Qingyu.
This stone tower was fifty miles away from the east of the city, and in front of the stone forest was a mysterious maze formation. Without the guidance of someone very familiar with formations, ordinary people will only go around the peripheries of the stone forest and never reach the end of this stone forest.
“It is indeed a very secluded place...”
Ye Qingyu carefully looked at the hundred of meters high stone tower, which was composed of a gate, courtyard walls and several floors. The corners of his mouth curved slightly upwards.
After the fall of Flowing Light City, the hidden stone tower was still under the protection of an undamaged formation.
“This is a stone tower that only the Lord of the city uses to train, and the formation markings are personally arranged by the City Lord himself.” Chen Zhengliang looked at senior Tianhang, who had his hands clasped behind his back, explaining with a smile. “After the Demon Spider Race occupied Flowing Light City, they didn’t discovered this place, so it still remains intact.”
“Thank you, brother Chen.”
Ye Qingyu gave a cupped fist salute and did not say anything else, entering into the stone tower.
Because the power from the [Blood Drinker Sword] at this moment was currently rapidly expanding his body, there were monstrous waves surging in his dantian sea. He must refine this power and truly convert it for his own use as soon as possible.
Chen Zhengliang waited until Ye Qingyu walked in, before he bowed respectfully and finally closed the tower door, activating all the protection formations that surround the stone tower, lest any unexpected things disturb senior Tianhang.
Rays of light rippled in the void.
After a few moments, the whole stone tower was concealed in the stone forest once again.
In the next few days.
The responsibility of overseeing Flowing Light City was temporarily handed to City Lord Chen Zhengliang, and Hu Bugui was responsible for providing assistance.
They divided the two hundred brave heroes that were rescued into two groups.
Some of the men, led by Scar-faced Jin, were responsible for maintaining the security and supervising the several major areas of the city, while the other tens of people, led by Elder Zheng, were responsible for collecting materials in the suburbs that could be used to strengthen the formations as well as medicinal ingredients to heal the wounded.
And the dozens of people of the Immortal God Emperor Sect were divided into several groups under the command of Ling Xiaoran and his wife, taking advantage of the time to repair and strengthen the formation that surround the city walls.
Flowing Light City gradually restored its former order and peace.
Many shops had set up their stalls again, the streets were filled with people and every face was brimming with happiness and joy that the calamity had past and the reappearance of light.
In the sky of Flowing Light City.
The clear sky, where light mist and clouds were floating about, was still shrouded in a thin smoke-like black shadow.
This shadow was gracefully passing through the floating clouds, faintly discernible. And from time to time the wind formed it into a near transparent black fog dome and sometimes scattered into countless wisps, like creeping spider traces.
The Demon Spider army on a hill fifty miles away did not invade or retreat, keeping an odd silence.
Except for this faint demonic qi, the people of the city could hardly feel any aura from them anymore.
But even if this demonic qi was surrounding the sky of Flowing Light City, in the city, whether it was Chen Zhengliang, the people of Immortal God Emperor Sect, or the one hundred thousand civilians, all were no longer worried or afraid.
Because for now, there was a mighty, powerful expert guarding Flowing Light City as well as all the people of the city.
This deity-like Human Race saviour had not only given hope to the hundreds of thousands of people, but also broke through the clouds and mist with a thunderous force, and withstood the Demon Race, which made them feel a brave and fearless power.
At this time, for the people of Flowing Light City, Lord Tianhang had not only saved their lives and protected the heroes of their family, but he was also the ray of sunlight in their desperate and devastated times. He was a pillar that supported their spirits and seemed able to support both the Heaven and earth...
In recent days, the restaurants and teahouses in the city had reopened. Whether it was at the stalls at the top of streets or the bottom of alleys, there were people spreading the glorious news of senior Tianhang driving away the Demon Race and rescuing Flowing Light City by himself.
Willow Lane restaurant.
“That night, I heard movements early on, when senior Tianhang transformed into the sky dragon and stepped onto the clouds, the Demon Spider Race were immediately scared out of their wits, hahaha...”
“What! I remember when senior Tianhang waved his dragon claw, those demons were swept away like a gust of wind...”
“No no! senior Tianhang swung the giant sword in a backhand slash, and those weak Demon Spiders instantly turned into ashes and scattered!”
Several people were gathered around a table by the window discussing spiritedly, many empty wine jars scattered at their feet.
They were tipsy, but still energetic and in high spirits.
The guests at the nearby tables were also discussing heartily, drinking to their heart’s content. In the inn, all topics were revolved around a Human Race hero called Tianhang.
Whether it was the battle against Devouring Heaven Demon General, killing the black spider twins, or rescuing the Human Race heroes and civilians, he did it all single-handedly. With his power, he killed the Demon Race prince, and drove away the Demon Spiders. These deeds were all topics that were being enthusiastically discussed.
A waiter in navy blue garments, with a wide lapel, narrow sleeves, and a long towel hung on his shoulders, was also cheerfully pouring water and tea, and occasionally joined in the conversations with the guests.
Under the city walls at the end of the street.
“One two three four five, Tianhang defeated the spiders, the spiders scurry off, crying for mercy...”
“Little spider, eight feet, whining, panting, and wailing, running to their mothers...”
Several children were playing Jianzi together, while singing the most widely sang song in the city in recent days.
The haze that enveloped the city seemed to have been dispelled by this melodious and sweet-sounding nursery rhyme, which was like the sound of oriole birds singing. It caused some yellow-skinned old men sitting in a group to burst into laughter.
In the distance.
There were two similar aged children, each holding a finger-thick long branch.
One of the little boys was energetically raising the branch over his head, while the other whose clothes were stained with mud was brushing off the mud on his knee and sulking.
“It's my turn to be senior Tianhang!”
“No, I have not yet drawn my sword!”
“I don’t want to be spider prince...”
“Big brother... let me play a little longer...”
“All right, fine... it's my turn to be senior Tianhang, you be the black spider twins!”
“Fine! Old demon thief! Take this...”
On the watchtower.
Hu Bugui and Chen Zhengliang were standing shoulder to shoulder, staring at the Demon Spider camp fifty miles away.
Overhead, the demonic qi boundary was not as stable as before, and it seemed that the commander of the Demon Spider camp was not concerned about the defense at this time, as though it was not too worried the Human Race will invade them.
“Old Hu, senior Tianhang had been training for seven days. In these seven days there was not the slightest movement around the stone tower, do you think... senior Tianhang, in that battle, was he wounded?”
“Don't worry, that guy is a lot stronger than you and I. This time, there most likely will be a big breakthrough..We just need to protect the city as he said.”
“You’re right, what we can do now is not to give senior Tianhang any worries..”
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In the Stone Tower.
Ye Qingyu, who had returned to his original appearance, was sat in a meditative stance like an old monk, sitting cross-legged on a one diameter jade-coloured glass mat.
The jade-coloured glass mat glowed with a bright brilliance. The ground of the stone tower was covered with light blue-green lines, faintly forming a strange formation, and that jade-coloured glass mat was situated in the center of the formation where the yuan qi in the air was slowly flowing around.
“This formation unexpectedly has the effect of accelerating the absorption of yuan qi, no wonder the City Lords of Flowing Light City all choose to cultivate in this stone tower.” Ye Qingyu lightly smiled.
He sat cross-legged on the glass mat, discovering the special characteristic of the glass mat.
He closed his eyes, a calm and peaceful look on his face, and an ethereal aura radiating from his body.
Ye Qingyu meditated in deep concentration, suppressing the power within his body that was almost gushing out, and carefully observed his internal condition.
His mind sank into the dantian world.
Waves were soaring up high in the vast expanse of yuan qi sea, and soul-stirring pure power came from the monstrous yuan qi waves. The waves rose higher and higher, till they reached six thousand meters high, when they were seemingly being strangely suppressed.
Ye Qingyu carefully observed.
He was surprised to find that in the firmament of the dantian world was a mysterious force circulating around. And this visible spiritual power roaming in the air was precisely the pure power that the [Blood Drinker Sword] poured into his body.
The pure spiritual power was slowly flowing in the sky, because this power was too majestic. The originally gas-like aura suddenly expanded, almost condensing into a solid substance in the limited dantian world, like a melted transparent crystal, glistening with a gelatinous lustre.
The vast spiritual qi in the firmament formed a huge pressure, faintly competing against the tremendous waves in the yuan qi sea for more space.
“This power must be quickly refined, or my dantian world will explode!”
Ye Qingyu looked at the increasingly condensed and powerfully strong spiritual qi, and immediately made a decision——