Peerless Battle Spirit Chapter 56 - Second Encounter with Xiao Leng

Qin Nan’s expression remained stone cold. He was never merciful toward his enemies.

“Let’s see how many pills this guy has on him.” Qin Nan approached the body and searched him, finding two jade jars. Each jar had ten Xiantian Pills in it.

“Twenty Xiantian Pills, this guy is actually loaded.” A smile appeared on Qin Nan’s face, as he regarded the pills as his belongings now without hesitation.

Following this, without delay, he sprang forward and plucked the five Violet Flame Flowers.

“I should go to the well-hidden place I found before. It’s a good place to refine these Violet Flame Flowers.”

Upon making up his mind, he unleashed the Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit and headed straight toward the destination.

In the time it took for three incense sticks to finish burning, Qin Nan arrived at a well-hidden cave.

The cave was around two meters tall, but it was quite narrow, only wide enough for a single person to enter at a time. As he ventured deeper into the cave, he found a pond with a circumference of thirty meters; the water was clear, emitting a blue flicker, resulting in a eye-opening view.

Qin Nan took out the Violet Flame Flowers, and clenched them all tightly in his fists, turning them into a handful of violet liquid before dropping it into the pond.

The clear water became violet instantly along with a thick sense of Qi and a pleasant—albeit strange—scent.

“Let’s see how useful these Violet Flame Flowers are.”

Qin Nan took a deep breath and jumped straight into the water.

However, the moment he entered the pond, he wore an astonished expression.

Qin Nan could feel a needling pain all over his body, as if countless tiny needles were piercing into his pores; the degree of the pain was self-explanatory.

Qin Nan inhaled deeply; the crazy pain had caused him to contort his face, with voices bombarding his mind telling him to exit the pond immediately due to the pain.

“No, I must endure the pain! With so many people hunting me, I have to raise my power—I won’t leave even if it means dying here!”

Qin Nan let out a deep roar while he suffered the extreme pain. He clenched his teeth as he stayed inside the pond.

Time passed slowly.

While Qin Nan was still in the pond, every breath he took served as a challenge to his limit. The pain covering his body grew even stronger.

At that instant, Qin Nan’s brain was so tense that it felt like a fully stretched string. He had to try his best to hold the string in place, as it would snap instantly once he lost his focus.

Five hours later, Qin Nan was covered in blood in the pond, as if he had been slashed with a sword countless times.

Even though being immersed in the Violet Flame Flower Liquid would not bring any direct harm to the body, due to the extreme pain the skin was torn apart.

As expected, while Qin Nan was enduring the terrifying pain, a stream of Qi continued to flow into Qin Nan’s body, tempering his whole body, his organs in particular.

The progress he made in these five hours was equivalent to cultivating for five days straight with his Martial Spirit.

“Keep going… Keep going… It’s not enough… not enough…”

Qin Nan clenched his teeth; he continued to roar and howl in his heart, and his legs were rooted as if they were filled with lead.

At last, after a period of twelve hours, an arcanic force was released from Qin Nan’s body, which completely sucked the violet liquid from the pond of water.

The water reverted to its clear appearance.

At the same time, Qin Nan’s twisted face had finally calmed down and returned to normal; he slowly opened his eyes.

Following this, a forceful aura burst out from Qin Nan’s body, which now appeared to have reached the sixth-layer Body Tempering Realm.

“At last, I have reached the sixth-layer Body Tempering Realm.” Qin Nan exhaled with an excited look. He subconsciously clenched his fist to feel the enormous power within his body and said, “Not only that, I can feel that the force in my body would not be any weaker than the seventh-layer Body Tempering Realm; I’m just lacking some experience before having my next breakthrough to achieve the seventh-layer Body Tempering Realm.”

Normally, a stalk of Violet Flame Flower would be sufficient to help a cultivator to break the barrier to reaching the seventh-layer Body Tempering Realm.

As Qin Nan had consumed five stalks of Violet Flame Flowers, the amount of Qi currently accumulated in his body was more than sufficient, thus his power was now on par with the seventh-layer Body Tempering Realm.

“If I were to face Lee Changyun now, I could defeat him with just one attack!”

Qin Nan calmed his thoughts.

Upon reaching the sixth-layer Body Tempering Realm, and acquiring the strength of the seventh-layer Body Tempering Realm, he had learned new ways to control his power.

For example, a punch from the fifth-layer Body Tempering Realm would snap a big tree in half.

A punch from Qin Nan now would cause the tree to explode into dust.

With the level up, his inner organs now became as strong as the bones and joints; therefore, it was easier for Qin Nan to control his power with precision.

“Alright, I shall consume the twenty Xiantian Pills, and see if I can raise the grade of my Divine Battle Spirit to the ninth-grade Huang rank.”

Without further hesitation, Qin Nan unleashed his Divine Battle Spirit, and swallowed the twenty Xiantian Pills.

Despite waiting for a prolonged period of time, there was no sign of a reaction from the Divine Battle Spirit, leaving Qin Nan with a disappointed look.

Including these twenty Xiantian Pills, he had consumed a total of seventy Xiantian Pills, which was equivalent to seven thousand Body-Tempering Pills; the Divine Battle Spirit still had no sign of leveling up after consuming all these pills.

“Screw it, I should prioritize raising my cultivation base. I should go and look for more precious materials with my Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit. Since my cultivation has reached the peak of the sixth-layer Body Tempering Realm, if I’m able to find something like the Violet Flame Flower, I’ll be able to raise my cultivation to the seventh-layer Body Tempering Realm. I would then have the strength to go look for the Blue Dragon Badges!”

After making this decision, Qin Nan exited the cave and started searching around.

Two hours later, he had not found any precious materials, but he had bumped into an unexpected person.

A figure appeared from the woods nearby and looked at Qin Nan, before saying with a shocked expression, “Qin Nan, is that you? Why are you here?”

The person was none other than Xiao Qingxue’s brother: Xiao Leng.

Qin Nan remained silent; he had able to detect Xiao Leng with his Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit prior to the encounter.

The reasons he did not avoid the encounter were; firstly, with Qin Nan’s current strength, there was no need to be afraid of Xiao Leng; secondly, Xiao Leng would not attack Qin Nan due to his relationship with Xiao Qingxue.

“Your cultivation has improved?” Xiao Leng was aware of Qin Nan’s change immediately. Despite that, as usual, he had a disdainful look on his face, “Even if you are now at the sixth-layer Body Tempering Realm, it doesn’t help at all. You have offended so many disciples, and Ling Zixiao—your death is inevitable.”

Qin Nan looked at him calmly and said, “Thanks for the reminder.”

As he finished his words, Qin Nan did not stay any longer; he turned around and left, as he was too lazy to waste his time on this Xiao Leng.

Xiao Leng was slightly stunned when he saw Qin Nan’s intention to leave. An unpleasant expression could be seen on his face, as he did not expect Qin Nan to ignore his advice just like that.

After a brief hesitation, Xiao Leng clenched his teeth and said, “Wait, Qin Nan, I need your help.”

“My help?” Qin Nan turned around and stared at Xiao Leng with a mocking look.

Xiao Leng could feel his face burning after being aware of Qin Nan’s gaze. He let out a cold harrumph and said, “If you weren’t the genius my sister discovered and if it wasn’t because of your sixth-layer Body Tempering Realm cultivation, there’s no way I would cooperate with you.”

“Is that so?” Without looking at him, Qin Nan replied, “Well, I guess I’m not obliged to help you then.”

Saying this, Qin Nan turned around again and prepared to leave; he showed no interest at all.

“No, wait…” After seeing Qin Nan’s attitude, Xiao Leng’s blurted out, “It involves two Blue Dragon Badges. If all goes well, we’ll get one each!”

Upon hearing this, Qin Nan’s movement came to a halt, as his eyes started to flicker.

Translator: XephiZ

Editor: DOCuinn