Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation - Chapter 660

Chapter 660: Rebirth

However, most people who attempted this could not endure that painful torture when they consumed the Quintessence Gathering Pill, thus failing in their breakthrough.

The better the Cultivation Technique, the more pain would be endured.

The more serious cases could result in death; the slightly less serious cases could have their cultivation crippled. Aside from a few geniuses, few managed to endure the entire process.

If Xiao Chen had not buried himself in cultivation and had taken some time out to listen to the lectures of the elders, instead, he would have heard the introduction to this in the first lecture.

However, Xiao Chen did not know all this. Even now, he thought that it was due to the Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill.

Xiao Chen endured bitterly. However, he had an advantage over the others, which was his physical body. Few within the same generation had a physical body as strong as his. Those with physical bodies as strong as his would not spend time cultivating Quintessence and those with strong Quintessence would not bother tempering the body.

If Xiao Chen's willpower exceeded the norms, he had a chance at succeeding.

Of course, all this hinged on whether Xiao Chen could endure the pain. Otherwise, if he admitted defeat in his heart, no matter how strong his physical body was, it would just be like a decoration.

Xiao Chen had to endure; otherwise, he would end up having wasted a lot of time. That would be such a pity. He experienced so much pain that his thoughts blurred. Only his instinct remained, enduring bitterly.

With the burning of the Quintessence Gathering Pill, the hundred-odd drops of Quintessence became smaller and fused with another one or two drops.

Every time a fusion happened, there would be a jolt of intense pain. Xiao Chen did not dare cry out aloud for fear of accidentally biting his tongue off.

Such a state continued for an unknown period of time. Just when Xiao Chen's last shred of consciousness was about to wear out, the pain plaguing his body suddenly vanished.

Xiao Chen relaxed completely. Before he could breathe out in relief, he immediately fell unconscious. He entered a profound sleep, not thinking or dreaming of anything.

When he woke up, three days had passed. He stretched himself, and cracking sounds came from his body.

Xiao Chen stood up, feeling that he had become lighter but sturdier.

He clenched his right fist and circulated his Quintessence slightly. He immediately felt a strong force blast into the air.

The Quintessence exploded at the tip of his fist, sounding like a crack of thunder. The entire room started trembling intensely.

The amount of energy circulated was the same, but the might displayed had quintupled compared to the past.

This was the might of Quintessence refined by the Quintessence Gathering Pill. Ordinary people could only triple their might, but because Xiao Chen had refined his Quintessence once himself, the increase was even more.

Xiao Chen rejoiced. He said, "Could I have succeeded?"

He sank his consciousness down and saw thirty drops of Quintessence in his dantian. Their color was intense, and the drops even seemed half their previous size.

"Ha ha ha! It really succeeded!"

Xiao Chen was overjoyed. He immediately left the cultivation room and entered the courtyard. Then, he started to feel out the effects of this "rebirth."

At this moment, Xiao Chen did not know that he had attained a height that few had achieved in the past thousand years. He thought that everyone that consumed a Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill experienced such pain.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Fist winds whistled, and strands of Quintessence exploded on the tip of Xiao Chen's fist. The surrounding air surged and compressed under the explosive force.

The ground seemed like it would sink. It shook left and right like an earthquake.

"Good! Good! Very good! If I meet those two fellows from the Rising Sky Pavilion again, I no longer need to act weak. I have a seventy percent chance of trouncing them in direct combat."

Xiao Chen drew back his fist and stood upright. A bright light gleamed in his eyes, radiating strong confidence.

As for Gui Wu and his group, Xiao Chen no longer needed to worry about them. Even if six or seven people worked together, he would be able to defeat them, beating them up until they no longer dared to harass him.