Chen Nan chuckled, "The day of the Grand Competition... if that day comes, you'll regret being my enemy!" A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he then summoned his artifact and left the main peak!
Although Chen Nan had left!
His deeds, however, spread far and wide!
Even though he was heavily injured!
He earned the respect of many!
And Ao Hanye, that First Sacred Son...
Became a clown!
Not only did he break his word and harm his own kin, but he was also severely injured by Ye Hongyi, spitting out over a dozen teeth!
Even his master prepaid a thousand years of salary to compensate Chen Nan!
To put it bluntly, the master and disciple truly paid a heavy price today!
To say their reputation was ruined would be an understatement!
"Slap!"
Gu Yu slapped the back of Ao Hanye's head, enraged, "Useless thing, quickly go back to cultivate. If you leave the back mountain before the Grand Competition, I'll break your dog legs!"
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"How are you? Are you seriously injured?"
Back at his residence, Yan Wushuang looked at Chen Nan with concern!
Chen Nan felt a lingering fear, "Fortunately, I went through the Nine-Nine Tribulation, and my internal organs were tempered. Otherwise, even if I didn't die today, I would have lost half my life!"
"But it's not a big problem!"
Although the Lingxi Finger was very powerful!
His physical body was terrifying!
If it were someone else, even with a late Nascent Soul stage cultivation, they would have paid a heavy price!
"Wushuang, I'm going into seclusion first. You should also seize this opportunity to cultivate!" Chen Nan took out some low-grade spirit stones and gave them to Yan Wushuang!
It wasn't that he was unwilling to give her mid-grade spirit stones and ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, but Yan Wushuang's realm was too low. If he gave her ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, it might very well harm her!
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Entering the Immortal Mansion!
Chen Nan took out those ten ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs!
A refreshing fragrance immediately permeated the air!
Ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs were extremely rare!
This was true even for the entire Dao Sect!
Even powerful cultivators who obtained ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs mostly consumed them in slices!
But Chen Nan didn't bother with such trouble!
He picked up a Blood Ginseng and gnawed on it like he was eating a cucumber!
Instantly!
The medicinal efficacy of the ten-thousand-year-old Blood Ginseng turned into a raging river that rampaged within his body, washing over his bones, flesh, and meridians!
"Holy crap, so strong!"
Chen Nan exclaimed!
He actually felt a sense of swelling!
His physical body was invincible, yet he now felt a swelling sensation!
One could imagine how terrifying the medicinal efficacy of the ten-thousand-year-old Blood Ginseng was!
If it were an ordinary cultivator, even if they rashly consumed one ten-thousand-year-old Blood Ginseng, they would explode and die!
Boom!
The medicinal efficacy exploded within his body!
It even caused his pores to spew forth rays of divine light!
At this moment!
Chen Nan felt like he had become light...
He sat cross-legged, steadying his mind!
After nearly a year, the divine light within his body finally began to weaken!
Eventually, it subsided into tranquility!
Cultivation knows no time, and years pass in the blink of an eye!
Therefore, age means nothing to cultivators!
"Ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs are truly extraordinary. Just by consuming one ten-thousand-year-old Blood Ginseng, I've now reached the ninth level of the Golden Core stage!" Chen Nan felt astonished!
Then he took out a Red Bodhi Fruit, "With the medicinal efficacy of this Bodhi Fruit, it should allow me to transform my Golden Core into a Nascent Soul!"
Without any hesitation!
He swallowed the Bodhi Fruit!
Bodhi Fruits were extremely rare and belonged to the fire element spiritual fruit!
For the current Chen Nan, it was incredibly suitable!
The medicinal efficacy entered his body, nourishing his body and his Golden Core!
This time, it took him a full ten years for his originally indestructible Golden Core to slowly melt!
Another two years passed!
The Golden Core transformed into a Nascent Soul!
A miniature Chen Nan the size of a palm!
He lay lazily in Chen Nan's dantian, appearing to be asleep!
"Why does it feel... like I'm pregnant?"
Chen Nan was speechless!
However, stepping into the Nascent Soul stage still filled him with joy!
Regardless of anything else, as long as one entered the Foundation Establishment stage, they would have a means of self-preservation!
After all, his strength was not much different from cultivators of the same realm!
A month was very short for ordinary people!
For cultivators, it was but a fleeting moment!
But for Chen Nan, it was extremely tormenting!
Because one month for him was equivalent to three hundred years!
However, there were rewards for every effort!
After staying in seclusion in the Immortal Mansion for so long!
He consumed ten ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs!
And absorbed those one thousand mid-grade spirit stones!
His cultivation not only surpassed Xuanyuan Yue but also reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!
It could be said that his progress was incredibly rapid!
"In this past month, nothing major happened, right?"
Arriving in the outside world, Chen Nan looked at Yan Wushuang, who had already reached the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment stage!
Yan Wushuang replied, "During this period, no one came. It seems everyone is preparing for tomorrow's Grand Competition!"
Chen Nan nodded slightly!
The Dragon's Den opened once every thousand years!
To encounter the opening of the Dragon's Den was itself a great opportunity!
Let alone the top prodigies, even ordinary disciples wished to strive for it!
After all, there was a Dragon Transformation Pool in the Dragon's Den!
It was a sacred place!
It was rumored that even ordinary people could undergo a complete transformation by entering it!
Just then!
Chen Nan sensed a familiar aura approaching!
He walked out and saw that it was Ye Hongyi!
"Greetings, Master!"
Chen Nan quickly bowed, which was in line with Xuanyuan Yue's persona!
Although he had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, he still couldn't see through Ye Hongyi's cultivation!
It was not difficult to infer that she must have broken through the Nascent Soul and become a powerful cultivator in the Out-of-Body stage!
Thinking of this, he felt a surge of fear!
If Ye Hongyi had the cultivation of the Out-of-Body stage, Zhou Daoyuan's strength should be even greater!
It was fortunate he didn't act rashly!
Ye Hongyi let out an imperceptible hum, then she sensed Chen Nan's aura, and a hint of surprise appeared in her beautiful eyes, "You've reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage?"
She knew Xuanyuan Yue's talent was extraordinary, but she hadn't expected her to advance from the seventh level of the Nascent Soul to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in just one month!
"Disciple doesn't want to disgrace Master, so I consumed those ten ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs!" Chen Nan said with his head bowed, adopting Xuanyuan Yue's posture and tone!
"It's not that I've put too much pressure on you, I just hope you can be more accomplished!" Ye Hongyi's mood was complex. If she had known Xuanyuan Yue consumed ten ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, she would have stopped her!
After all, it carried too great a risk!
Fortunately, he was unharmed and had successfully reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!
"Master, rest assured, I guarantee I won't disgrace you in tomorrow's Grand Competition!" Chen Nan declared!
Ye Hongyi said, "I was still worried before, but now it seems you've truly grown up!" She then looked at Yan Wushuang, "I should thank your Dao Companion. If it weren't for her, your state of mind wouldn't have improved so much!"
Yan Wushuang nervously lowered her head!
In front of Ye Hongyi, she felt a powerful sense of oppression!
"I await your good news in tomorrow's Grand Competition!" Ye Hongyi ascended into the sky, "If you encounter Ao Hanye, don't hold back. I will bear all consequences!"