Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son must avenge him

  One day later, Xiao Chen's tightly closed eyes slowly opened, and a ray of essence emanated from them before returning to normal. Feeling the surging flow of spiritual power within his body, Xiao Chen nodded in satisfaction. This meditation session not only fully replenished his vital energy but also further refined his internal spiritual power with the remaining medicinal effects.

  Xiao Chen had just opened his eyes when Yu Ji's voice was already echoing in his heart, "Let's get started quickly, I'm also getting a bit curious."

  Xiao Chen nodded slightly, and with a reverse motion, took out an object from his storage bag. It was the Buddhist rosary with holes on both sides, which he had received from Xuan Zhen's hands. The rosary looked extremely ordinary, but when held in one's hand, it emitted a faint coolness that refreshed one's mind and spirit.

  This time, Xiao Chen learned a lesson from the high-grade Danbao of last time's blood refining. He bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood onto the Buddha beads, and his originally ruddy face suddenly turned pale again.

  The blood fell onto the Buddhist beads, but instead of being absorbed, it covered them in a strange and twisted way. Under this bloody cover, the originally inconspicuous Buddhist beads now seemed to be filled with an eerie and evil aura. Fortunately, as Xiao Chen continued to cast his Blood Refining Spell, the blood slowly merged into the beads. The Buddhist beads gradually became warm and soft like jade, and a pure Buddha's power was also emitted, accompanied by the sound of chanting, and in the Buddha's light, there seemed to be countless illusory Buddhas reciting scriptures, majestic and solemn.

  Xiao Chen looked at the Buddhist beads, and his heart gradually calmed down, without any other thoughts.

  "Hmph! As expected, this Buddha bead is indeed not ordinary!" Yu Ji's voice was calm, but there was a hint of surprise in it.

  "What does 'Dao You' mean? Is there still some secret in this Buddha's treasure that is not yet revealed?"

  Yu Ji heard the words and fell into a slight silence, then said: "If my intuition is not wrong, this Buddha bead should be an extremely important object for me. After absorbing it, my primordial spirit's injuries can slightly alleviate."

  Xiao Chen was taken aback by her words, then slowly nodded. Yu Ji had once saved his life, and since this object would benefit her, no matter what Xiao Chen would have to refine it and give it to her.

  The Blood Refining Technique can be said to be a high-level refining technique, which uses the essence of blood as a catalyst and adds secret methods to catalyze it. This allows for the rapid refinement of magical artifacts, making them resonate with the user's mind and easier to control. The technique itself is simple, but its variations are numerous, with 9,999 possible changes. According to records, this Blood Refining Technique can refine any artifact below a Spiritual Treasure. However, at Xiao Chen's current level of cultivation, even in his most extreme state, he could only manage to produce less than two hundred.

  As the incantation was cast, Xiao Chen's face gradually became stern. The high-grade elixir he had refined earlier had only used 179 incantations to complete, but now he had already performed over 150 and the Buddha bead still showed no reaction. If this continued, it wouldn't be long before his internal energy and divine sense would be completely depleted.

  "Don't panic, since I let you continue to refine, I have confidence, just rest assured." Yu Ji said lightly, seemingly sensing the emotions in Xiao Chen's heart.

  Xiao Chen heard this and his heart became even more determined. His hands moved even faster, although the technique was extremely complex, he didn't make any mistakes at all.

  Indeed, after the 197th move of the Buddhist mantra was made, the calm Buddha bead suddenly underwent a shocking change. Under the dense Buddha light, a thread of dark magic gas faintly emerged, and the entire Buddha bead instantly changed from a warm soft jade stone to a pitch black color. The Buddha's power dissipated, and what was emitted was rolling demonic energy, which was extremely pure.

  The 198th Dao Fa Jue, Xiao Chen's eyes suddenly turned black in front of him, the spiritual energy inside his Dantian had been exhausted, and only a small amount of flow remained in the meridians. The demonic aura on the Buddha beads was even stronger, with a faint roar echoing from within.

  The 199th Dao Fa Jue, the spiritual energy in his body was completely depleted, and Xiao Chen's face turned pale in an instant. The spiritual energy in his body had all dissipated, and the Buddha bead also underwent a drastic change in shape, transforming from a perfectly round sphere into a three-inch-long and one-inch-wide object, with a black bone-like structure resembling finger joints in the middle. A violent and ferocious demonic aura burst forth wildly from within, accompanied by the sound of thunderous roars emanating from it.

  Xiao Chen's vision began to blur and his body felt increasingly weak, yet the Buddha bead's refinement was still incomplete.

  "Just one more step in the Blood Refining technique and it'll be complete." Xiao Chen's eyes were filled with a crazed light, his fists pounding against his chest like drums, forcing out a surge of vital blood from his body.

  "With my refined blood as the final secret technique, refine!" Xiao Chen's breathing was heavy, his face full of painful color, but those hands were still floating, like a gentle breeze on his face, without any signs of smoke or fire. The refined blood split into seven parts under the traction of this technique, falling onto the finger bones, and was instantly absorbed.

  Buzz!

  The last move of the magic trick fell, and the black finger bone suddenly trembled. The rolling devilish energy was instantly retracted and absorbed into it. The entire bone joint was dark and lusterless, like a piece of ink jade that had been retracted of its light.

  Yu Ji said, "This object has been refined with blood. Take a look and see if it's what you need?" Xiao Chen's breathing was disordered, his face pale with a hint of greenish tint, yet he still managed to ask.

  After a slight pause, Yuji's voice finally sounded, "Not bad, it's exactly what I need."

  Xiao Chen's pale face faintly revealed a few hints of a smile, and he weakly said: "So be it, I need to cultivate for a period of time, fellow daoist just take this thing away." As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Chen turned his hand over and picked up several Pei Yuan Dan from the ground, swallowing them. This was something he had placed in advance, precisely to deal with the current situation.

  The elixir entered his body and transformed into pure spiritual energy that flowed into his veins. Xiao Chen's breathing stabilized a lot, but his complexion was still extremely poor. After all, the massive loss of vital blood in his body couldn't be replenished in an instant.

  Yu Ji's slightly illusory figure appeared beside Xiao Chen, holding the black finger bone in her hand. She looked at the young man sitting cross-legged on the ground, and a complex expression flashed in her eyes. After a long time, she whispered to herself with a faint smile: "With a ruthless and cunning mind, yet unexpectedly, you're a sentimental little guy at heart... Hehe, it seems choosing you wasn't a bad decision after all. Perhaps I can really borrow your strength..." Her voice gradually faded away, and Yu Ji's figure also became increasingly illusory, slowly dissipating until she vanished.

  For five consecutive days, Xiao Chen had been constantly swallowing dan and meditating, his body's depleted spiritual power and divine consciousness gradually recovering, becoming even more solid than before. On this day, the young man on the meditation mat suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, two rays of light flashed from them and disappeared, immediately returning to calmness, but those dark pupils seemed to have become a few shades deeper.

  He spat out a mouthful of turbid air, and Xiao Chen's face revealed a few hints of bitter smile. His current strength was still too weak, and just refining a piece of magical treasure had left him in such a sorry state.

  PS: Haha, the new book ranking is still rising, but Baozi will be off the charts next week. Brothers, please give more support and see where it can explode to. If we can even touch the top of a few seniors' rankings, that would be awesome! Wow!