Chapter 29: Divine Power Greatly Established

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  About half a moment later, the hot flow finally dissipated, and Ye Chen felt his body filled with energy from the inside out, full of vigor and vitality, as if he could knock down a fierce tiger with one punch.

  "Could it be that the flesh of this strange fish has a strengthening effect on the body?" Ye Chen's face lit up with joy, and he devoured the fish tail in big mouthfuls, swallowing each bite after just three chews.

  Hehe!

  The body rapidly became hot and feverish, thick black impurities seeped out from the pores of the skin, emitting a foul odor that nearly caused Ye Chen to faint.

  "It's no use, I have to take a bath!" Ye Chen couldn't care less about the strange fish in the river, he stood up and lightly jumped, his body already falling into the water.

  Splash!

  The cool river water touches the skin, extremely comfortable, all 48,000 pores on the body seem to open up, greedily breathing.

  However, the owner of the river was unwilling.

  The nearby strange fish heard the sound and came attacking frantically.

  Ye Chen coldly smiled and took out his treasured sword, sweeping it horizontally as he slashed out a circular arc of sword energy in the water.

  One stripe, two stripes, three stripes...

  Nine strange fish were cut into two segments, with no power to fight back.

  Ye Chen threw one by one, throwing their corpses onto the shore, preparing to serve as food later.

  The other strange fish saw Ye Chen being so fierce and fled in the shape of birds and beasts, seemingly not as brave as their appearance.

  Refreshed after the bath, Ye Chen jumped out of the river and subconsciously lifted his foot, feeling a sense of lightness and agility. Apart from that, the fish meat in his stomach had been completely digested, leaving it empty and in need of replenishment again.

  The largest of the nine strange fish did not exceed three feet, Ye Chen picked up three of them, cut open their bellies and poured out their intestines, washed them clean and threaded them onto thin branches, then roasted them over an open flame.

  Fragrance fills the air!

  Before long, the fish was cooked again.

  "I've increased my strength significantly now, I don't know if I can reach the divine power stage by just eating fish meat." Strength above 2,000 jin is considered divine power. Some people have innate divine power at the age of eight or nine, while others may not even at twenty or thirty years old. This is the difference in talent. Originally, Ye Chen would need at least a week to reach this level, and that's with the help of the Jade Tempering Strong Body Technique. Now, eating fish meat can achieve his goal, saving him a lot of time. Why wouldn't he be happy about it?"

  Three fish went down the belly, and Ye Chen's body once again exuded black impurities, but much less than the first time, slightly transparent.

  At the same time, Ye Chen's stomach churned with a wave of cramps, extremely painful, and he rushed to the underground toilet, squatting down in haste.

  All I could hear was the sound of gurgling, and the air was filled with a foul odor. After everything had been drained, Ye Chen didn't feel too weak, those things were just impurities that couldn't be expelled through his pores, a black and red mess, he didn't even want to take a second look.

  The red body, Ye Dun sprinkled some fragrant powder nearby to cover up the foul smell in the air, and immediately walked towards the river.

  As the black impurities were washed away, Ye Chen's skin became smooth as silk, tough and dense, and would not break even if cut with a knife. His youthful body seemed to have been tempered countless times, with well-defined muscles and broad, robust shoulders.

  Ye Chen felt calm and peaceful, his body continuously absorbing the primordial energy, which even the river water couldn't stop. The primordial energy was subtly changing, with an increase of over 30% in its absorption rate, almost automatically pouring into him and rapidly merging with his internal energy.

  The whirlpool in Dantian gradually tightens, the pressure at the center increases greatly, as if to convert the internal energy into liquid state true energy ahead of time, and strengthen itself.

  "It seems that it's not just physical strength that has increased greatly, but also the speed of absorbing yuanqi. This is no ordinary divine power."

  No, Ye Chen's strength has already exceeded two thousand kilograms and is moving towards three thousand kilograms. In terms of pure strength, Xu Jing, the core disciple, may not be much stronger than Ye Chen, at most three or four thousand kilograms.

  ……

  Eating fish meat, practicing boxing, cultivating internal energy, time is passing neither slowly nor quickly.

  That day, Ye Chen stood in front of a big tree with grey dust.

  "If I can knock down this big tree with one punch, it means my strength has reached around 3,000 catties. At that time, practicing the third move of the Jade Tempering Strong Body Technique should be easier. Once the third move is completed, I can use spiritual stone energy to replace heavenly energy for cultivation and achieve a daily progress of a thousand miles."

  Ye Chen's mind was as clear as a mirror, and his future steps were planned out quite thoroughly.

  Cheers!

  With a burst of energy, Ye Dun's fist slammed into the trunk of a large tree.

  Splendid!

  The big tree suddenly broke, and the top half tilted down and crashed to the ground with a loud crash.

  "It's done!" Ye Chen took a deep breath. "It's even stronger than I imagined, it should be 3,500 catties."

  Although I don't know how much time has passed outside, based on Ye Chen's intuition, he doesn't think it exceeded three days, and it might be even less.

  In just two or three days, he had cultivated the second move to perfection, a terrifying speed that even Ye Chen himself found surprising. He wondered what level his strength could reach by relying on eating fish meat, whether it would exceed 5,000 jin or even 10,000 jin.

  Shaking his head, Ye Chen couldn't imagine it going on.

  As time passed, Ye Chen felt a growing sense of suffocation. This place was too oppressive, isolated from the world. One or two days were fine, but living here every day made Ye Chen suspect he would go crazy.

  With determination, Ye Chen prepared to leave this place.

  His gaze fell on the river, and Ye Chen decided to catch some more strange fish and put them in his storage ring before finding a way out. After all, these fish were worth tens of thousands of silver coins, especially that half-zhang-long giant strange fish, whose tail alone was worth more than the other small fish, showing how remarkable its effect was.

  Thoughts turned into action, Ye Chen drew out his treasured sword and swiftly dove into the river.

  The river water was extremely deep, and inside it was pitch black, unable to see even five fingers when stretching out a hand. Ye Chen had anticipated this situation, so he took out several night-glowing stones and threw them in.

  The valuable night-glowing stone slowly sank, emitting a soft phosphorescence that illuminated the surroundings within tens of meters.

  Buzz!

  The river water rippled, and a huge shadow quickly swam away into the distance.

  "Where's he running off to?"

  A burst of internal energy stirred up, and with one slash of the sword, it was released.

  The gleaming blade aura cut through the river water, unable to be blocked, and chopped open the shadows, flashing towards them like lightning. All that could be heard was a "pu" sound, and the shadow froze in place.

  Ye Cang's life was in danger, and another knife aura split out.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a huge shadow struggled and twisted, churning the river water into a muddy mess that was impossible to see through.

  Of course, this was no problem for Ye Chen. With his powerful soul force, he easily grasped the shadow and kicked downwards with both feet, propelling himself upwards.

  The body burst out of the water, and Ye Chen threw the strange fish corpse in his hand onto the shore, continuing to dive down.

  One, two, ……, five, ……

  Until the strange fish could no longer be seen in the river water, Ye Chen stopped.

  "It's time to go back, that Bloodthirsty Beast should have gone elsewhere to hunt!" Ye Chen was still a bit worried, the strength of a fourth-level demon beast was unimaginable, and even with his strength of 10,000 jin, he didn't dare to confront it unless his cultivation reached the Condensed Reality Realm.

  Following the road she came from, Ye Chen carefully made her way back.

  In the distance, a light flashed, it was a large crack in the rocky mountain. Ye Chen held his breath, his palm tightly grasping the hilt of his knife, and walked silently.