Chapter 35: Ascetic Cultivation (Fourth Update)

  Ye Chen stared blankly at his own somewhat large palm, no, it was a dragon claw, and he didn't react for a long time!

  "What's going on here?"

  "My hand!"

  Ye Chen's heart was filled with the desire to die, his hand had transformed into this state, how could he show his face in public from now on? Not to mention the issue of aesthetics, if Ye Chen were to go out with this hand, it would probably cause a commotion even before leaving Lianyun Sect! To think that the word "dragon" carried such significance, the higher-ups of Lianyun Sect would definitely have him caught and brought back, and at that time, they might even directly chop off Ye Chen's arm!

  "What should I do!"

  "What should I do!"

  Ye Chen paced back and forth inside the house, constantly thinking of what to do next.

  Suddenly, Ye Chen's mind flashed with inspiration, and he muttered to himself: "No! Why didn't my hands change at the beginning? When I was fighting Dou, I felt my blood heat up first, then slowly gather strength, and only then did it transform like this. Could it be... that this transformation can be controlled?"

  Thinking of this, Ye Chen hastily sat down on the bed with his legs crossed, closed his eyes, calmed his mind and began to do the most basic breathing exercises!

  "Wow~~~"

  "Hmm~~~"

  "Wow~~~"

  As Ye Chen continued to breathe, he felt that his right arm actually had a slight reaction, and with a joyful heart, he knew that it might be true as he thought, this dragon claw could be controlled. He immediately cast aside the distractions in his mind and calmly did some deep breathing exercises.

  Gradually, Ye Chen's right hand fingers were actually gradually shortening and thinning, returning to their original shape. Before long, Ye Chen's fingers had indeed recovered to their original state. Immediately afterwards, the dragon scales on Ye Chen's arm also began to shrink and enter into his skin.

  In about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Ye Chen's original dragon claw actually returned to his normal palm, and the scales on his right arm were gone, but the pattern of the dragon's movement appeared on Ye Chen's arm, only fading away after a moment.

  Ye Chen felt something was off with his hand and slowly opened his eyes to see that his right hand had returned to its original state, revealing an excited smile.

  "Unexpectedly, it can actually be restored. Doesn't this mean that if I grasp the key, won't I be able to control it at will?"

  Thinking of this, Ye Chen couldn't wait to go to the dense forest to experiment. Just as he pushed open the door and looked at the stars in the sky, Ye Chen smiled helplessly: "Forget it, let's rest first! Besides, there might still be people at the giant pit now, if we accidentally meet in the dense forest, it would be hard to explain!"

  Then, Ye Chen went back to his room, closed the door and decided to have a good rest for the night. After all, it had been a long time since he had a good sleep.

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  As the morning sun had just risen, the eastern horizon was still a faint white, Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes, got out of bed, and gazed out the window at the sky outside, taking a deep breath and muttering to himself: "Begin cultivation!"

  Ye Chen slightly washed up and then directly ran towards the dense forest at the back of the mountain. This time, Ye Chen didn't use any skills, but relied solely on his physical body to run, with the purpose of exercising his muscles before practicing.

  In the dense forest, Ye Chen's legs were hanging upside down from a tree branch, constantly making up-and-down movements, and his mouth was still counting non-stop.

  Nine hundred ninety-eight

  Nine hundred ninety-nine

  One thousand

  .......

  As the number increased, Ye Chen's whole body sweat also kept flowing down.

  Suddenly, the same feeling reappeared in Ye Chen's right arm. Ye Chen was startled and hastily jumped down from the tree branch, looking at his own right arm where the meridians were starting to show some signs of bulging again. Without too much panic in his heart, he quickly closed his eyes and began to take deep breaths.

  "Wow~~"

  "Wow~~"

  As Ye Chen continued to take deep breaths, the sensation in his right arm gradually calmed down. He then opened his eyes and looked at his right arm, letting out a bitter laugh: "This won't do, I need to think of a way to control the changes in my right hand, or else every time I move it, it'll turn into a dragon claw again!"

  Thinking of this, Ye Chen also stopped deliberately controlling his right arm. On the contrary, he started making intense movements, wanting to first get familiar with when his right hand would transform.

  A moment later, Ye Chen's right arm had a strong feeling again, and then Ye Chen felt a wave of pain, but it was much lighter than the last time.

  Then, scales began to appear on Ye Chen's right arm. As the scales increased, Ye Chen's right hand turned into a dragon claw!

  Ye Chen didn't put it back first, but instead clenched his fist and suddenly attacked the tree in front of him.

  Ye Chen thought at this time, was to test what kind of power the dragon claw had. To know that last night, his hand hadn't turned into a dragon claw yet, and he could directly shatter Zhao Lei's bones, whose body was four times as strong as his own. The power must be extremely strong.

  Ye Chen's dragon claw collided with the tree in an instant, and Ye Chen didn't feel any resistance at all, directly breaking the tree.

  However, Ye Chen's attack this time, although sharp, did not produce the spatial distortion that occurred when he swung at the air last night. Nevertheless, its power has already astonished Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen looked at the tree trunk as thick as an adult's waist and was directly broken off, bitterly smiled: "This is too fierce, I haven't even used my full strength yet!"

  Immediately, Ye Chen looked around and wanted to find a stone to experiment with the power of the dragon claw. He knew that using trees was no longer enough to test the power of the dragon claw at this time.

  A moment later, Ye Chen stood beside a gigantic stone about three meters high and two meters wide, looked at the stone for a while, then looked at his dragon claw again, muttering to himself: "I wonder if I can break this boulder?"

  Ye Chen took a step back and created some distance between himself and the giant rock, then took a deep breath, opened his dragon claws, and roared at the giant rock: "Dragon's Claw Sees the Moon!"

  The power of the first move of the Dragon Claw technique was concentrated on the dragon's claw, accompanied by a gust of wind, and directly landed on the giant stone. Ye Chen exerted himself with a loud "Ka" sound, and to his surprise, the huge boulder began to show cracks from where his dragon claw had landed, and soon the cracks grew larger and larger until it completely split open in an instant.

  Watching the giant boulder turn into gravel, Ye Chen's face revealed an extremely excited expression: "Too fierce! An attack like this is probably already on par with my strength when I had eight fragments of the Shattered Body!"

  Ye Chen felt a sense of joy brought by his strength, and in his heart, he had even more confidence in killing Xu Feng.

  Then, Ye Chen also stopped cultivating and began to focus on practicing his control over the Dragon Claw.

  The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, from east to west...

  In the clearing of the dense forest, Ye Chen stood there with a smile on his face, his eyes fixed on his right hand, and he smiled slightly.

  In an instant, Ye Chen's right hand quickly covered with scales turned into a dragon claw, and then the scales disappeared quickly, restoring to normal. The whole process was completed in just a blink of an eye!

  Ye Chen smiled happily: "Five days, I spent a whole five days practicing control over the dragon's claws, and finally succeeded!"

  In these five days, Ye Chen can be said to have been training hard day and night to control the dragon claw. His efforts finally paid off, allowing him to freely control the dragon claw as he wished.

  Nowadays, Longzhua has changed, Ye Chen can do whatever he wants, no need to make some intense exercise to stimulate the transformation of Longzhua, just use his heart to control it and it will appear automatically, and at the same time, there is no more pain in the transformation!

  However, after five days of getting to know it, Ye Chen had a very deep understanding of his dragon claw. He knew that not only did his attack power increase exponentially after his right hand turned into a dragon claw, but his strength also increased exponentially. After testing, Ye Chen found out that his dragon claw was probably impervious to swords and guns, and even water and fire couldn't harm it! It was simply an invincible existence.

  He even discovered that the 'Dragon Subduing Hand' he had cultivated, when used with dragon claws, was incredibly powerful and every time he used dragon claws to perform the Dragon Subduing Hand, Ye Chen had a faint feeling as if this move was meant to be used with dragon claws!

  Ye Chen let out a 'heh heh' and his right hand transformed into a dragon claw once again. With a swift motion, he swiped at the massive boulder in front of him. A flash of golden light appeared, and Ye Chen's hand returned to its normal state. However, the massive boulder in front of him had already been reduced to rubble!

  Then, Ye Chen's right hand quickly transformed into a dragon claw and grabbed the trunk of a nearby tree that was as thick as an adult's waist. With a sudden burst of strength, he uprooted it and then grasped the tree with his dragon claw hand and slammed it to the side.

  Bang!

  A huge pit appeared on the ground not far away, stirring up a cloud of dust.

  Then, Ye Chen gave a hearty laugh and leaped into the air, continuously performing various attacking moves.

  Bang!

  Bang!

  Bang!

  After a moment, Ye Chen slowly landed on the ground, looking around at the mess everywhere, with broken stones and tree branches scattered all over. He gave an awkward smile and muttered to himself: "Played a bit too much this time, now I'll have to clean up for a while!"

  However, Ye Chen did not realize that since he merged with the dragon bone, his destructive desire had also been gradually strengthening!

  Ye Chen chuckled and turned around, walking towards the outside of the dense forest. It had been five days since Ye Chen started his cultivation, and he hadn't gone out once. He was also afraid that Shen Xiang would suddenly come looking for him, and if she saw him transform into a dragon claw, it would be troublesome. So, he specially changed to another place for his bitter practice, resulting in not seeing Shen Xiang for five days. This was the first time since Ye Chen met Shen Xiang that they had been apart for so long, and he couldn't help but miss her deeply.

  Ye Chen rushed to his own courtyard after coming out of the dense forest, and with his understanding of Shen Xiang, Shen Xiang would definitely be waiting for him in his own courtyard after not finding him for five days.

  Ye Chen had just walked into his own courtyard when he heard a familiar voice coming from inside the house.

  "Brother Chen, is it you who has come back?"

  Shen Xiang rushed out of the house in a hurry.

  Ye Chen took a look and saw it was Shen Xiang, he smiled slightly and walked up: "Xiang'er!"

  "Smells so bad!" Shen Xiang looked at Ye Chen walking over, then hastily took a step back, covering her nose with both hands, frowning tightly: "Chen Ge, where did you go? You smell so bad! How many days haven't you taken a bath?"

  Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment, then looked down at himself and asked, "Wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes first!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen directly ran into the house to change his clothes.

  When changing clothes, Ye Chen saw the map obtained from the tomb in Wangjiacun. He slightly frowned and originally wanted to throw it aside casually, but after thinking about it, he still put it in his bosom.

  A moment later, Ye Chen changed into a cyan-colored warrior suit and walked out, smiling slightly at Shen Xiang: "Xiang'er!"

  Xin Shen heard Ye Chen's voice and quickly turned around to look at him, her expression tense as she said: "Brother Chen, something's happened!"

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