Chapter 36
Translator: T_Fan
The next day, Lee Hyun headed to the Mission Hall on the Changchun Sect’s External Affairs Peak.
“I came to change the person in charge of the Essence-Raising Pill sales mission.”
The steward at the Mission Hall checked Luo Jingwen’s mission token and Lee Hyun’s identity token in turn.
“Li Dong’er of Pill Cauldron Peak?”
“That’s right.”
“You’re taking over the mission from Luo Jingwen?”
“Yes.”
When the steward placed the mission token on a small formation plate, the name inscribed on its surface changed from Luo Jingwen to Li Dong’er.
Vmmm–
“The Essence-Raising Pills are at the Changchun Pill Pavilion. Sell all thirty pills and turn in at least 6,900 low-grade spirit stones, and the mission will be complete.”
“Am I not allowed to take the Essence-Raising Pills outside the sect to sell them?”
“No. We can’t very well entrust goods of that value to a Qi Refining disciple and send him outside, only for him to run off or encounter a bandit cultivator, can we? You must sell them inside the Changchun Pill Pavilion in the External Affairs Market.”
“Understood.”
…
Changchun Sect’s External Affairs Market.
The External Affairs Market was situated between the outer formation and inner formation of the Nine Peaks Spring-Restoring Formation. Outside cultivators and merchant groups could enter as far as the inside of the outer formation after undergoing a simple inspection at the Mountain Gate, but they could not pass through the inner formation surrounding the nine peaks.
Most of the shops dealing in pills, spirit plants, magic tools, and talismans produced by the Changchun Sect were gathered here.
There were shops and warehouses that purchased outside goods, stalls run by outside rogue cultivators with the sect’s permission, and even inns for visiting merchant groups.
The taxes and stall fees were slightly higher than at other cultivator markets, but the place was quite safe thanks to the Changchun Sect maintaining order. As a result, the External Affairs Market was fairly prosperous, with a steady stream of outside cultivators passing through.
At the center of the External Affairs Market stood a large three-story pavilion.
「Changchun Pill Pavilion」
Long sales counters filled the first floor of the Changchun Pill Pavilion, where Changchun Sect disciples attended to customers with the goods assigned to them laid out in front.
Lee Hyun found the manager and presented his mission token.
“I’ve been assigned the Essence-Raising Pill sales mission.”
“Follow me.”
The manager led Lee Hyun to a storeroom behind the sales counters. Countless jade caskets and medicine bottles were stored inside formations set up throughout the room.
He took out a jade casket from deeper inside and opened it.
Click.
Ten small jade bottles were neatly arranged inside. Each bottle contained three Essence-Raising Pills, thirty in total.
Lee Hyun took one Essence-Raising Pill from each bottle and examined its color and fragrance. Using the Aura-Reading Art together with his divine sense, he even checked the medicinal strength within. There were slight differences in quality, but none were failed pills or pills with damaged medicinal potency.
‘They’re all normal low-grade pills.’
The manager spoke.
“The minimum selling price is 230 low-grade spirit stones per pill. If you sell them for more, the difference is your reward, but if you sell them for less, you’ll have to make up the shortfall yourself.”
“Understood.”
Lee Hyun quickly calculated in his head.
‘Thirty pills at 230 each makes 6,900.’
He currently had thirty mid-grade spirit stones and 320 low-grade spirit stones. Since he had already traveled around nearby cultivator markets buying seven Essence-Raising Pills and magic tools that measured bone age, he was nearly out of low-grade spirit stones.
Converted entirely into low-grade spirit stones, even including his mid-grade spirit stones, he had 3,320.
That was enough to buy fourteen Essence-Raising Pills and leave him with 100 low-grade spirit stones.
The ledger only required the number of pills sold and the spirit stones received. There was no need to record the buyers’ identities.
‘If I sell just sixteen pills to outside cultivators, I can buy the remaining fourteen myself.’
Still, if all thirty Essence-Raising Pills suddenly sold when there were barely any customers, it might attract unnecessary attention.
‘Let’s see how many actually sell first.’
…
Lee Hyun sat at the mission sales counter set up on one side of the Changchun Pill Pavilion.
Around noon, a Qi Refining Stage 6 rogue cultivator approached the counter. He examined the jade bottles containing the Essence-Raising Pills and asked,
“If I buy two, can you give me a small discount?”
“I’m afraid not.”
“I hear those Essence-Unblocking Pills circulating outside these days don’t even cost 200 low-grade spirit stones each.”
“The Essence-Raising Pills are refined directly by the Changchun Sect, and both their medicinal potency and origin are guaranteed. Which one you choose is up to you.”
“…….”
The rogue cultivator gave Lee Hyun a strange look.
“Are you actually trying to sell these?”
“I don’t have the authority to sell below the minimum price.”
“Give me two for 220 each.”
“The minimum price is 230.”
“Hmph. We’ll see how long the Changchun Sect can insist on that price.”
The rogue cultivator turned and left.
Lee Hyun watched him walk away.
‘Essence-Unblocking Pills…. If they have the same effect, I should look into them myself.’
Apparently, that was the name of a breakthrough pill released onto the market by a merchant group from another continent.
Not a single Essence-Raising Pill sold on the first day. On the second day, a middle-aged cultivator bought one, and on the tenth day, someone who looked like the steward of a cultivation clan bought two. Another one or two sold here and there in between, bringing the first month’s total sales to seven pills.
‘Seven a month. That’s about right.’
…
The day after finishing his sales duty for the first month, Lee Hyun visited the Scripture Pavilion on Changchun Peak.
He was looking for information on Tier-1 Flight-Suppressing Formations that could be referenced even at the Qi Refining stage. Since he was still cultivating the Qi Refining Section of the Primordial One-Qi Art, it seemed he first needed to understand the Materialization mnemonic formula used in Tier-1 formations if he wanted to manifest Earth-Origin Force.
Lee Hyun first pressed a jade slip titled Explanation of Tier-1 Flight-Suppressing Formations to his forehead.
A Tier-1 Flight-Suppressing Formation was not powerful enough to drag down a Foundation Establishment cultivator. At most, it could knock Qi Refining cultivators using Tier-1 Flight Talismans or flight magic tools out of the air. However, the fundamental principle by which it generated Earth-Origin Force seemed no different from that of a Tier-2 Grand Flight-Suppressing Formation.
‘As expected, Return to Unity is the most complicated part. But Primordial True Qi is already similar to energy that has completed Return to Unity. If that’s the case, I should be able to use the Materialization mnemonic formula directly….’
The materials on the public shelves contained only part of the Materialization mnemonic formula. In the end, Lee Hyun spent ten contribution points to consult the Tier-1 Earth-Origin Flight-Suppressing Formation Diagram and studied its contents.
…
That night.
The cultivation chamber at his residence on Pill Cauldron Peak.
Lee Hyun stretched out a hand toward a small pebble.
Vmmm–
The pebble trembled faintly.
…
One month later.
Several merchant groups arrived at the External Affairs Market, bringing more outside cultivators through the market than the previous month.
Essence-Raising Pills continued to sell little by little at Lee Hyun’s counter during the second month. Nine sold that month, and together with the seven from the previous month, the total came to exactly sixteen.
‘That’s enough.’
After finishing his sales duty, Lee Hyun checked the Essence-Raising Pills remaining at the counter. Exactly fourteen pills remained in the jade bottles.
He transferred the Essence-Raising Pills into his storage pouch. In their place, he put thirty mid-grade spirit stones and 220 low-grade spirit stones into the box containing the sales proceeds.
Converted into low-grade spirit stones, that came to 3,220.
Exactly the price of fourteen Essence-Raising Pills.
Lee Hyun divided the fourteen pills he had bought for himself among the ledger entries and added them to the recorded sales.
…
The manager of the Changchun Pill Pavilion checked the ledger and mission token in turn.
“You sold all thirty Essence-Raising Pills.”
“That’s right.”
“And the proceeds are exactly 6,900 low-grade spirit stones…. Good work. You should receive your contribution points once you go to the Mission Hall.”
“Thank you.”
…
The lounge of the Yang Fire Court.
Luo Jingwen exclaimed in admiration after hearing that Lee Hyun had completed the mission.
“You really sold them all in just two months!”
“I was lucky.”
“If I’d stayed in charge, I’d probably still be sitting at that sales counter. I suppose everyone has something they’re good at.”
Shen Yanzhu, who was drinking tea nearby, asked,
“I heard Essence-Raising Pills haven’t been selling well lately because of the Essence-Unblocking Pills. You actually managed to finish the mission?”
“It seems so. I’m glad.”
…
That night.
His residence on Pill Cauldron Peak.
Lee Hyun lined up several jade caskets on the floor of the cultivation chamber.
Seven Essence-Raising Pills he had previously accumulated.
Fourteen Essence-Raising Pills purchased during this mission.
Twenty-one pills in total.
“I should buy a few more jade caskets and Tier-1 Spirit-Sealing Talismans. But even sealed, it won’t be good to store them for too long….”
Only then did Lee Hyun realize a problem he had overlooked when he first began stockpiling Essence-Raising Pills.
‘I’m still only at the beginning of Qi Refining Stage 6. To cross the barrier to Stage 7 as efficiently as possible, I should first reach the absolute limit of Stage 6.’
Taking Essence-Raising Pills now would still raise the upper limit of his spiritual power. However, if he took them before reaching the barrier of his realm, the medicinal effect that loosened that barrier would likely go to waste.
‘Then even if I take fifty Essence-Raising Pills, I might still fail to break through to Stage 7 and end up only increasing my spiritual power limit.’
Yet if he waited until reaching the absolute limit of Stage 6, there was no telling how long that would take because of the nature of the Primordial Body. In the meantime, the medicinal strength of the pills inside the jade caskets would continue to dissipate.
‘I’ve already bought twenty-one….’
After thinking for a long while, Lee Hyun’s gaze changed.
‘Wait. Do I really have to reach the limit of Stage 6 first? If I take enough pills to fill my spiritual power limit and still have enough medicinal strength left over to push against the barrier of my realm, couldn’t I finish both processes at once?’
‘What if I take around a hundred similar pills?’
Lee Hyun checked one side of the storage pouch that had held his spirit stones. Only 100 low-grade spirit stones remained.
“I’ll need to earn some spirit stones.”
…
A few days later.
Tunnel No. 2.
Rrrrrumble–
As the stone door to Spirit Field No. 1-1 opened, a dense medicinal fragrance and poisonous pollen flowed out.
Lee Hyun walked along the field, checking the medicine age of the Bone-Rot Flowers.
“Three hundred forty-four years….”
When Lee Hyun used the Soil-Turning Art, one Bone-Rot Flower rose from the ground with its roots and surrounding soil intact.
After repeating the process, twenty Bone-Rot Flower mother plants stood in a row along one side of the spirit field.
‘There are only eighty-one Bone-Rot Flowers left in Spirit Field No. 1-1 now. But there are another 433 from Spirit Field No. 1-2 through No. 1-5, so I still have plenty.’
All that remained was to sell the Bone-Rot Flowers. The problem was where.
‘If I want a proper price, I’ll need to go to southern Nanli Kingdom.’
The Qingchao Merchant Alliance refined Tier-2 Bone-Forging Powder and steadily purchased old Bone-Rot Flower mother plants.
‘Even if I run into the Qingchao Merchant Alliance’s alliance elders, they probably won’t recognize me.’
When Lee Hyun had clashed with the Qingchao Merchant Alliance’s alliance elders on Chiyao Island, he had been disguised as Li Mo, a guest alchemist in his fifties. This time, he planned to change not only his face and build, but also his manner of speaking and even the spiritual power he revealed.
Lee Hyun placed the twenty Bone-Rot Flowers into his storage pouch.
…
Fifteen days later.
Nanya Market, southern Nanli Kingdom.
A tall man in a black long robe entered the Qingchao Merchant Alliance’s Spirit Materials Hall. Gray streaked the hair at his temples, and a long scar ran down his left cheek.
The cultivation realm he revealed was merely an ordinary Qi Refining Stage 6. Yet when the man silently swept his gaze across the interior, the clerks felt an inexplicable sense of intimidation. Whenever their eyes met his, their voices unconsciously grew quieter and their bodies trembled.
“I’ve come to sell Bone-Rot Flower mother plants.”
“How many?”
“Three.”
He tapped his storage pouch, and three flowerpots appeared one after another.
Whoosh–
Dense poisonous pollen billowed from the ivory petals, and the clerk hurriedly activated a formation.
Vmmm–
The poisonous pollen was trapped behind a transparent barrier.
The steward, who had been looking over a ledger farther inside, came over personally. He examined the patterns on the Bone-Rot Flowers’ petals, stems, and roots one by one. He took a small amount of poisonous pollen and singed it over a flame, then inspected the medicinal potency flowing from the roots.
The appraisal continued for quite some time.
“All three have a medicine age of around three hundred forty years.”
“Three hundred forty-four, I’d say.”
“…You’re exactly right. Were they grown in the same place?”
“Is there any reason I should tell you that?”
“No.”
The steward immediately stepped away, worked an abacus for a moment, then said,
“We’ll offer 860 low-grade spirit stones per plant.”
The man gave no answer and merely looked at the steward in silence.
“Eight hundred eighty….”
“…….”
The steward unconsciously swallowed.
Facing the man’s presence head-on, a creeping fear crawled up his spine, much like the terror he had felt when encountering a bear or tiger as a child.
‘Why am I so afraid of him? Could he be a powerful cultivator hiding his realm?’
“These are r-rare mother plants, and they’re in excellent condition. Taking their scarcity into account as well, we’ll offer 900.”
“Fine.”
Only then did the pressure weighing on the steward’s chest lift.
The clerks brought over twenty-seven mid-grade spirit stones. The man checked their number and condition before placing them into his storage pouch.
“I’ve received them.”
He turned and left the Spirit Materials Hall.
Only after the man had completely disappeared did the surrounding clerks quietly exhale.
One clerk asked,
“At a medicine age of three hundred forty-four years, wouldn’t they be difficult to use even for Tier-2 Bone-Forging Powder?”
The steward replied,
“I don’t know the pill recipe for Tier-2 Bone-Forging Powder either. In any case, they fall within the alliance’s purchasing criteria.”
“Didn’t we pay a little too much?”
“If we considered only their inherent value, around 880 would have been appropriate. Still, mother plants this old and in such pristine condition aren’t common.”
…
Ten days later.
The Qingchao Merchant Alliance’s Spirit Materials Hall.
Purchase ledgers sent in from branches across the southern region were piled on the table. At first, the steward of the Spirit Materials Hall flipped through them without much thought.
“Two Bone-Rot Flowers… medicine age, three hundred forty-four years.”
“One plant… three hundred forty-four years?”
His hand stopped.
When he hurriedly opened the other ledgers, records of recent Bone-Rot Flower purchases from different branches appeared one after another.
Every one of them had a medicine age of three hundred forty-four years.
The sellers varied in appearance, sex, and cultivation realm.
A stooped old man.
A middle-aged man with a sword on his back.
A female cultivator with her face covered.
A sickly young cultivator.
A mute rogue cultivator.
Including them, nearly ten different sellers were recorded in the ledgers.
The steward ordered the purchased Bone-Rot Flowers brought to him personally.
The next day, Bone-Rot Flowers purchased at nearby branches and appraisal records sent from distant branches gathered at the Spirit Materials Hall. Their appearances differed slightly, but the flow of their medicinal potency and the properties of the soil clinging to their roots were almost identical.
They had clearly all been grown in the same spirit field.
“How many have we purchased so far?”
“Twenty plants, based on the reports we’ve received.”
“Twenty?”
The steward slammed his palm down on the table.
Bang!
“Dammit! If I’d known this many Bone-Rot Flowers of the exact same medicine age were going to hit the market, I never would’ve paid 900 per plant!”
“They are perfectly normal mother plants, though….”
“I know that!”
The steward ground his teeth.
“If I’d known the quantity from the start, I would’ve lowered the price. After all, our alliance is the only place around here that produces Tier-2 Bone-Forging Powder in large quantities.”
The steward let out a long sigh.
“We’ve been had.”
…
Meanwhile.
A mountain range in northern Nanli Kingdom.
Lee Hyun sat on a rock counting spirit stones.
Selling twenty Bone-Rot Flower mother plants had earned him 180 mid-grade spirit stones. Converted into low-grade spirit stones, that was an astounding 18,000!
“They sold well. The Qingchao Merchant Alliance will have a bit of a headache over this.”
Lee Hyun put the spirit stones into his storage pouch as he calculated the price of Essence-Raising Pills.
To purchase another eighty Essence-Raising Pills at the current price, he would need 18,400 low-grade spirit stones.
Even adding the 100 low-grade spirit stones he already had only brought him to 18,100. He was 300 short.
Moreover, there was no guarantee the price of Essence-Raising Pills would remain at 230 forever. If the supply of imported pills dwindled, the price could climb back above 250.
‘Wait, imported pills….’
He remembered the Essence-Unblocking Pills he had heard about at the Changchun Pill Pavilion.
‘They said large quantities had been released all across Lan Kingdom, didn’t they?’
…
A few days later.
Lee Hyun purchased one Essence-Unblocking Pill at a nearby cultivator market. He immediately entered a secluded cavern in the mountains and began by analyzing the pill’s medicinal potency.
‘It’s similar to an Essence-Raising Pill. Not bad.’
Lee Hyun began traveling among cultivator markets throughout Lan Kingdom, purchasing Essence-Unblocking Pills.
…
One month later.
His residence on Pill Cauldron Peak.
Lee Hyun lined up jade caskets on the floor.
Twenty-one Essence-Raising Pills.
Sixty Essence-Unblocking Pills.
The sixty Essence-Unblocking Pills had cost him 120 mid-grade spirit stones. After also purchasing new jade caskets and Tier-1 Spirit-Sealing Talismans, he had sixty mid-grade spirit stones and ninety low-grade spirit stones left in his storage pouch.
…
Afterward, Lee Hyun took on the Essence-Raising Pill sales mission one more time. Since there was already a record of him completing his first mission without incident, External Affairs Peak entrusted him with another thirty Essence-Raising Pills without any particular suspicion.
Perhaps because the supply of Essence-Unblocking Pills had dwindled, this time there were customers willing to buy Essence-Raising Pills even at 250 low-grade spirit stones apiece. Over the course of a month, Lee Hyun sold six pills to outside cultivators for a total of 1,500 spirit stones.
After examining the number of customers passing through the External Affairs Market and the Changchun Pill Pavilion’s overall sales volume, Lee Hyun placed the remaining twenty-four Essence-Raising Pills into his storage pouch.
In exchange, he put 5,520 of his own spirit stones into the box containing the sales proceeds, then divided those twenty-four pills appropriately among the ledger entries and added them to the recorded sales as well.
The total sales came to 7,020 low-grade spirit stones.
After handing only the required 6,900 low-grade spirit stones over to the Mission Hall according to the rules, Lee Hyun was left with 690 low-grade spirit stones.
Three months later.
Pill Cauldron Peak.
Lee Hyun’s residence.
Large and small jade caskets stood in rows across the cultivation chamber floor.
Forty-five Essence-Raising Pills.
Sixty Essence-Unblocking Pills.
Several dozen ripe Yin Water Lotus seedpods.
During that time, Lee Hyun had repeatedly checked whether the medicinal potencies of the two pills conflicted, but found no problems.
It was finally time to attempt his breakthrough.
Lee Hyun informed his fellow disciples on Pill Cauldron Peak that he was entering secluded cultivation, then closed the door to his cultivation chamber.
From deep within his storage pouch, he took out four old Sound-Isolating Talismans and Spirit-Concealing Talismans. They were elementary-grade Tier-1 talismans he had obtained from Wei Wendao, Peng Ziliang, and Han Xiaobai some five hundred years ago.
Almost all the spiritual power remaining in the talismans had faded away, but the spirit inscriptions and talisman inscriptions themselves were intact.
Lee Hyun recalled the basic talisman-crafting art he had read long ago as he examined the structure of the talismans. After confirming they were undamaged, he slowly infused them with his Primordial True Qi.
Vmmm–
The faded talisman inscriptions brightened one by one.
The Sound-Isolating Talismans blocked sound from entering or leaving the cultivation chamber, while the Spirit-Concealing Talismans prevented the spiritual-power fluctuations produced during the breakthrough from spreading beyond the residence.
Lee Hyun inserted low-grade spirit stones one by one into the grooves of the Qi-Gathering Formation installed in the cultivation chamber.
Click. Click.
Eight in total.
He would not have used spirit stones for ordinary cultivation. But with the success of his breakthrough uncertain, this was no time to be stingy.
Vmmmm–
As the Qi-Gathering Formation activated, the spiritual pressure inside the cultivation chamber rose noticeably. The dense heaven-and-earth spiritual qi within the Nine Peaks Spring-Restoring Formation flowed into the cultivation chamber along the Qi-Gathering Formation.
Lee Hyun placed the jade caskets within reach and lay comfortably on the floor.
First, he took out an Essence-Unblocking Pill.
Gulp.
As the pill slid down his throat, its medicinal strength spread through his meridians. Lee Hyun circulated the Primordial One-Qi Art, mixing the medicinal strength into his Primordial True Qi.
…
A day passed.
Seventeen Essence-Unblocking Pills were gone.
Lee Hyun’s spiritual power had increased noticeably, but he was still far from the limit of Qi Refining Stage 6. Unrefined medicinal potency and pill toxins had begun to accumulate throughout his body.
Lee Hyun split open a seedpod from a Yin Water Lotus and removed the seeds inside. He peeled them and put them into his mouth.
Crunch.
A cool energy spread through his chest and into his meridians.
Lee Hyun slowly exhaled.
Haaaa–
Pale gray turbid qi flowed out with his breath. The qi that settled on the floor gave off a bitter, fishy medicinal odor.
Yin Water Lotus seeds could not eliminate all pill toxins. However, they were a considerable help to Lee Hyun, who needed to consume more than a hundred pills in succession.
After that, whenever the pill toxins grew too concentrated, Lee Hyun ate Yin Water Lotus seeds and expelled the turbid qi little by little.
…
The third day.
All sixty Essence-Unblocking Pills were gone.
Lee Hyun’s Primordial True Qi had reached late Qi Refining Stage 6 and filled his entire body to the brim, but he still could not feel the barrier of his realm.
“Still not enough.”
Lee Hyun opened the jade casket containing the Essence-Raising Pills. A steadier medicinal fragrance than that of the Essence-Unblocking Pills spread through the chamber.
When he swallowed one Essence-Raising Pill, even stronger medicinal strength surged throughout his body.
Whoooosh–
Primordial True Qi circulated violently through his meridians.
…
The fifth day.
Thirty Essence-Raising Pills were gone.
Lee Hyun’s Primordial True Qi had risen to the absolute limit of Qi Refining Stage 6. There was almost no room anywhere in his body to accept new spiritual power.
Only then did he finally feel the invisible barrier.
Lee Hyun continued taking Essence-Raising Pills.
Thirty-one.
Thirty-two.
Thirty-three.
Each pill he consumed sent its medicinal strength pounding against the barrier of his realm.
Thump. Thump.
When the medicinal strength of the fortieth Essence-Raising Pill spread through him, a hairline crack finally appeared in the invisible barrier.
Crack.
Lee Hyun checked the remaining Essence-Raising Pills.
Five.
“Please work.”
He took the forty-first Essence-Raising Pill, and the crack widened slightly.
When the medicinal strength of the forty-second Essence-Raising Pill spread through him, Primordial True Qi spun through his meridians like a storm.
Forty-third.
Gulp.
The Essence-Raising Pill dissolved. Powerful medicinal strength flooded throughout his body and mixed with his Primordial True Qi.
Lee Hyun circulated the Primordial One-Qi Art to its absolute limit.
Whoosh–
His Primordial True Qi surged all at once toward the barrier of his realm.
Crrrraaack!
The next moment.
Boom!
The barrier completely collapsed.
The suppressed Primordial True Qi surged violently into a new realm.
Woooooosh–
Dense heaven-and-earth spiritual qi rushed into Lee Hyun’s body. The low-grade spirit stones inserted into the Qi-Gathering Formation rapidly lost their light, while the Spirit-Concealing Talismans and Sound-Isolating Talismans attached to the walls blackened as they endured the violent spiritual-power fluctuations.
The fluctuations that had continued for so long gradually subsided.
At last, Lee Hyun opened his eyes.
“It worked!”
Unconcealed joy filled his voice.
…
Lee Hyun spent the next day circulating the Primordial One-Qi Art and stabilizing his new realm. Two unused Essence-Raising Pills remained inside the jade casket.
He took a wooden board from his storage pouch and used the Yang Metal Art to revise the numbers on his handmade status screen.
【Age: 1,098】
【Realm: Qi Refining Stage 7】
【Spiritual Power: 517 → 733】
【Constitution: Primordial Body, 7th Stage】
His spiritual power had changed slightly not only in quantity, but in quality as well.
His Primordial True Qi was condensed to a higher density than before. Even when using the same technique, it seemed he could now produce greater power.
Lee Hyun stood and lightly stretched his body.
Crack. Crack.
His back and shoulders gave satisfying pops.
“Good.”
He suddenly recalled the Earth-Origin Force he had been researching over the past several months.
Lee Hyun condensed Materialized Primordial True Qi in his palm to create a temporary anchor for the Earth-Origin Force, then extended his hand.
The moment Lee Hyun exerted his mental intent.
Fwoooosh!
A nearby wooden plaque, iron ball, and pebble shot toward Lee Hyun’s palm.
Lee Hyun cast the Spirit Light Shield.
Clang-clang-clang!
The iron ball, pebble, and wooden plaque struck the Spirit Light Shield one after another. Unable to withstand the impact, the wooden plaque shattered into pieces.
“It really works?”
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