Long Chen’s shock

Among those few people, Long Chen recognized one of them at a glance; it was the Great Xia Kingdom's prince, Xia Changfeng. However, what shocked Long Chen was the familiar face beside Xia Changfeng.

It was a woman, tall and slender with fair skin, but her face always carried a faint air of arrogance. She was exactly the crazy woman Long Chen had encountered at the Alchemist Guild.

Why would she be here? And it seemed she was quite familiar with the Great Xia Kingdom's prince. Long Chen couldn't help but feel puzzled.

That group of seven or eight people had already entered a luxurious teahouse just as Long Chen spotted them.

"One of the people inside is the Fourth Prince."

Chu Yao was by Long Chen's side; she had also seen the group and reminded him.

"The Fourth Prince?" Long Chen was slightly stunned. Wasn't it said that the Fourth Prince was extremely low-key and did not participate in the struggle for the throne? Why would he be walking together with the Great Xia prince so openly?

"He is disguised just like us, but there is a ring mark on his finger that he forgot to conceal. The dragon-patterned ring he usually wears has unique patterns on the inside; I can recognize it." Chu Yao reminded him.

As a princess, she usually pretended to be reckless and ignorant, but she had very keen observation skills regarding the living habits of the various princes, so she recognized the Fourth Prince's identity at a glance.

The Fourth Prince actually needed to disguise himself? Long Chen's heart stirred. He wanted to see if he could sneak in and use his Divine Sense to eavesdrop on what they were discussing.

However, seeing over a dozen Great Xia elite soldiers guarding the entrance, he shook his head. This idea was hard to realize. It was still daytime, and sneaking in was almost impossible, so he had to helplessly give up on the idea.

"Chu Yao, I am going back now to prepare the Materials to dissolve the foreign Spiritual Power in your Dantian." Long Chen said.

A hint of reluctance flashed through Chu Yao's beautiful eyes, but she still nodded obediently.

After the two separated, Long Chen returned home. As soon as he entered the door, a pleasantly surprised roar came.

"Brother Long!"

He saw A'Man, who looked like a small giant, looking at Long Chen with pleasant surprise.

Long Chen was happy. A'Man was much more spirited now. What surprised Long Chen the most was that A'Man was no longer the emaciated, bone-thin figure he had been back then.

The exposed arms were a full circle thicker than when they first met, and one could faintly see bulging veins beneath the skin.

"Haha, A'Man, you've been eating well lately, right?" Long Chen patted A'Man's solid arm and laughed.

"Brother Long, I eat very full every day, and I am full of strength. I feel very strong now, and I want to be with Brother Long to protect Brother Long." A'Man patted his chest, sounding like a beating drum, and said with extreme confidence.

Long Chen nodded and brought A'Man into his room, using his Divine Sense to inspect A'Man's body.

"What?!"

It didn't matter if he didn't look, but with this look, Long Chen was given a fright.

After raising him for such a long time, eating dozens of cows almost every day, less than one-tenth of A'Man's body cells had been activated.

Checking the meridians around his Dantian again, he found that they were slightly wider, but what made Long Chen's heart jump was that there was actually Spiritual Qi flowing within A'Man's Dantian.

"A'Man, have you been Cultivating?" Long Chen asked.

"Brother Long, what is Cultivating?" A'Man asked, staring with wide, bull-like eyes.

"Uh, it's nothing."

Long Chen was too lazy to explain. After observing for a while, he discovered that A'Man's Dantian was deathly still, yet there was a continuous stream of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi pouring into his Dantian.

"What a monstrous physique, absorbing it automatically without even needing to Cultivate."

Long Chen gasped. This phenomenon didn't exist before. Now that his Dantian stored a large amount of Spiritual Qi, it meant that after A'Man's body became stronger, it could automatically absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for its own use.

If other Martial Artists knew about this, they would definitely be jealous to the point of madness. In other words, from now on, whether A'Man was eating or sleeping, it was equivalent to constantly Cultivating.

"A'Man, I will teach you some simple Cultivation methods now, teaching you how to use the Qi in your Dantian."

Given the uniqueness of A'Man's Dantian, Long Chen didn't intend to teach him combat skills, because A'Man only had four meridians, so basically, no combat skills could be activated.

Therefore, Long Chen only taught him how to circulate Spiritual Qi to his arms and legs to passively increase his strength.

However, Long Chen still overestimated A'Man's intelligence. A simple act of driving the Dantian took Long Chen three full hours. His throat was smoking from talking, yet A'Man was still completely confused.

Long Chen was furious, but looking at A'Man's innocent expression, he couldn't vent his anger even though he was full of it.

"Forget it. If we keep teaching like this, I'll be exhausted to death before you learn anything." Long Chen sighed and said helplessly.

"Brother Long, I'm sorry. It's A'Man who is too stupid. Maybe A'Man will never learn it in his life." A'Man said with some dejection.

A'Man was indeed too stupid; he couldn't even do the most basic act of sinking his Qi into his Dantian. He actually couldn't find where his Dantian was.

Looking at A'Man's disappointment, Long Chen was somewhat unwilling to give up. A'Man's body was terrifyingly powerful; if he could use Spiritual Qi, the power he would unleash would be extremely terrifying.

Not just A'Man, even Long Chen felt it was a waste of a heavenly treasure. This was clearly a beggar who had a mountain of gold but was still living by begging.

Right.

Long Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. He patted A'Man's back with one hand and said: "I will help you determine the location of your Dantian first."

His Soul power surged in, heading straight for A'Man's Dantian. Because A'Man trusted Long Chen extremely, he had no resistance, and Long Chen very easily integrated his Soul power into A'Man's Dantian.

The main point was that even if A'Man wanted to stop it, he wouldn't know how. However, this time, A'Man finally found the location of his Dantian.

"Now that you've found the Dantian, the next step is to focus your mind on the Dantian."

"What is focusing the mind on the Dantian?"

"Use your intent to stir your Dantian."

"What is intent?"

Long Chen took a deep breath, almost vomiting blood due to A'Man's two questions, but he still patiently said: "Concentrate all your attention on your Dantian."

"Oh, and then?"

"Try to make it rotate."

"Clockwise? Or counter-clockwise?"

"…"

Long Chen was simply speechless: "It doesn't matter how it rotates, as long as it rotates."

After finding the Dantian's location, A'Man was still unable to activate it for a long time. The Dantian seemed as if it didn't belong to him, completely motionless.

"It won't work; your attention isn't focused. Close your eyes and try again."

Finally, in Long Chen's endless anticipation, A'Man's Dantian finally moved slightly. Although it didn't count as activating the Dantian, at least he had found the path to activate it, which made Long Chen breathe a sigh of relief.

"Good. Next, I will use my Soul power to guide the Dantian Qi once. Remember the process and the path."

After speaking, Long Chen circulated his Soul power. A'Man's Dantian was stimulated by Long Chen's Soul power and instantly erupted.

The Dantian, which was originally like a calm lake surface, instantly turned into a raging sea, as if a volcano were about to erupt.

"A'Man, you can activate your Dantian?" Long Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"No, I don't know what's going on either!" The Spiritual Qi in his body was surging, and A'Man was a bit stunned from fear.

"Don't be afraid, remember my operation path."

Long Chen was too lazy to tell him about the various Acupoints anyway; he wouldn't remember them. He simply let him remember the feeling.

The Soul power guided A'Man's Dantian Qi into his arm. Originally, Long Chen wanted to circulate it bit by bit, segment by segment.

Who knew that as soon as the Dantian Qi entered A'Man's arm, it was like a wild horse breaking its reins, no longer under Long Chen's control, and a violent force surged out.

A'Man felt a powerful force coming from his arm and instinctively threw a punch.

"Boom!"

With an explosive sound, the terrifying fist wind shattered the entire roof, smoke and dust scattered, revealing the endless starry sky above.

"What a violent force!"

Long Chen couldn't help but be shocked. Just the fist wind alone was so terrifying; if he were hit by that punch, wouldn't he be smashed into meat paste?

A'Man was also stunned by his own strike. He had never thought that he would have such powerful strength.

Long Chen checked A'Man's Dantian again and found that the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian was almost bottomed out.

"A'Man, go back and rest. Remember what I taught you, and practice hard every day. Don't be lazy." Long Chen said very seriously.

His Comprehension Ability was already extremely poor. If he were lazy again, even an immortal couldn't teach him.

"Brother Long, don't worry. A'Man will definitely practice hard." A'Man was dancing with excitement at this time, nodding desperately.

After A'Man left, Long Chen looked at the open-air house and was somewhat dazed. What secret was hidden in A'Man?

That punch shocked even Long Chen. If that Blood Condensation Realm expert with the slanted eyebrows had been hit by A'Man's punch just now, he would definitely have died.

But A'Man's body right now, more than 90% of his cells were still sleeping. If they were all activated, even Long Chen felt terrified just thinking about it.

However, thinking of A'Man's honest face, Long Chen shook his head. The stronger his brother's strength was, the better. Why should I worry about this?

He took out a piece of paper and wrote down dozens of names on it. They were all lists of medicinal herbs. Counting them, there were forty-eight types in total.

"The Melting Star Pill is a second-tier Medicinal Pill. I can't refine High Grade second-tier Medicinal Pills yet. It seems I have to ask Great Master Yun Qi for help. But before that, I need to collect all the herbs."

According to Long Chen's memory, this Melting Star Pill could dissolve the foreign Spiritual Power in Chu Yao's body, but the prerequisite was that it had to be of High Grade or above.

Nowadays, Long Chen's pill fire was really too poor. He had the ability to reach the heavens and earth, but he couldn't display it.

Early the next morning, Long Chen left his house and came to the Alchemist Guild's warehouse, handing the list to the medicine boy.

To Long Chen's surprise, all other Materials were available, only one main ingredient, the Melting Star Grass, was missing.

Melting Star Grass was a very rare treasure that could be used to refine various second-tier Medicinal Pills, and it was an indispensable thing for most second-tier Medicinal Pills, so it was in very short supply.

Long Chen nodded. Just missing one ingredient was already far beyond Long Chen's estimation. He collected all the Materials. Now, only the Melting Star Grass was left.

Coming out of the Alchemist Guild, Long Chen suddenly saw a figure, and a cruel smile couldn't help but surface at the corner of his mouth.