Chapter 399 - Ice and Fire Body Tempering. A Body of Steel

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Aside from his laments, Huang Juyun recalled having to cut two small pieces of spiritual jade off in order to purchase the two epic-quality beast cards.

The two pieces were each over a cubic foot in size! They could be considered first-grade spiritual jades on their own! Just thinking about it made him feel an ache.

Luckily, Zhang Che grabbed the victory in the end. All of the investments were worth it.

Zhang Che didn’t know the grief his father-in-law was feeling inside, however. Looking at the garden full of spiritual herbs, he could clearly feel the waves from them thanks to his senses being amplified several times over by the golden vortex.

All of those spiritual herbs were good stuff. If any of them were circulated in the market, they were sure to have people fighting for them. Many dedicated mid or low-tier beastmasters might not even have seen this many superior spiritual herbs in their whole lives.

“Hmm? That is...” Zhang Che’s eyes suddenly widened as he scanned the area.

It wasn’t surprising that the snow lotus he brought back from the Bei Mei region was being cultivated here. That snow lotus was a rarely seen high-grade spiritual herb; naturally it was qualified to be cultivated in this herbal garden.

What surprised Zhang Che was the scarlet golden lotus he brought back from the beast world previously. It was also growing healthily in a corner of this garden, and was now fully golden scarlet in color, its petals fully bloomed.

Perhaps, sometime in the future, a lotus seed head would grow from the scarlet golden lotus?

Seeing Zhang Che looking surprised at the scarlet golden lotus, Huang Juyun couldn’t help but smile. “When you brought the herb back, its vitality hadn’t fully waned. The researchers simulated a lava terrain and kept it alive. When you brought back the spiritual jade, we immediately transplanted it over here. Looking at its growth, it’s pretty decent.”

Zhang Che came back to himself, nodding his understanding. Afterwards, he thought of another question. He turned to Huang Juyun and asked, “Uncle Huang, is it possible to keep producing those pills endlessly?”

Previously, Huang Juyun had already said that the main ingredients of those pills were the saps from the ice and fire lotuses.

With the huge spiritual jade buried underground, there was no worry of those two spiritual herbs being squeezed dry. Naturally they could obtain as much as they wanted.

According to Huang Juyun, those pills had great effects on the human body. If they could keep producing them in batches, the Huang family’s status would surely soar.

Alas, Huang Juyun shook his head with a bitter smile, saying, “It’s not that easy. The sap is the spiritual herbs’ life essence. Even though the spiritual jade can quickly restore their energy, they are wilted for a period of time after every extraction of their sap. According to the research institute’s estimation, this period is at least a month. So, stop daydreaming, kid. The drops produced by these two spiritual herbs aren’t even enough for ourselves. It’s impossible to sell them.”

Zhang Che couldn’t help but sigh. They actually needed more than a month to recover! Indeed, his idea wasn’t feasible...

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In the underground building...

When Zhang Che saw a fingertip-sized unknown object with an uneven shape inside a transparent glass bottle, his eyes nearly popped out, exclaiming in shock, “This is the so-called medicinal pill they developed?”

-If this can be called a medicinal pill, then the grime I rubbed off my body can also be sold for money, okay!?

-But, father-in-law wouldn’t be using my life as a joke, would he?-

After thinking for a while, Zhang Che looked at the various medical equipment around, then opened the bottle and poured that fingertip-sized pill with a messy color out onto his palm.

Now he could feel its extraordinary nature. He sensed a wave of vigorous energy the moment its scent spread, his nose catching a whiff of the thick fragrance.

“This thing really seems quite remarkable...”

Zhang Che didn’t hesitate. Under the gazes of everyone around him, he swallowed the defective-looking pill. Afterwards, he focused on himself, putting his attention into the golden vortex, ready to respond to the aftereffects of the strong medical properties.

A loud rumble rang out, as if a miniature warhead had detonated in Zhang Che’s stomach. A wave of energy suddenly erupted, surging inside him and spreading to every part of his body.

“It doesn’t seem as violent as what I had imagined..?”

Sensing the changes in his body, the worry on Zhang Che’s face was alleviated a lot.

It was probably due to his body being altered by the demonic flower, in addition to him consuming those dragon eggs. Zhang Che’s physique was actually much tougher than ordinary people. There really wasn’t much of a difference between him and high-tier beastmasters.

Outside the room, Huang Juyun also breathed out a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Che’s relaxed smile. Showing this result, Zhang Che could obviously consume this type of medicinal pills frequently in the future.

Zhang Che no longer had the mind to care about anything else. As the surge of energy spread through his whole body, the ice and fire, yin and yang contrasting energies started tempering his body through a mysterious method.

Logically speaking, this deep tempering should be accompanied by excruciating pain. However, when the rainbow crystal helped Zhang Che purge the remnants of the demonic flower’s energy in the past, it had already thoroughly refined his body. He no longer had to feel the torture of pain now.

As such, he nearly moaned out in pleasure.

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Outside the room, Huang Juyun and the crowd of researchers were stunned by the sight.

This didn’t make any sense to them! Even Tier Seven beastmasters would cause a scene from the pain when they first used the ice and fire body tempering pill. Why did it seem like this kid wasn’t affected at all?

How strange!

After being in a state of shock for some time, Huang Juyun gradually got used to it and showed a calm expression. The researchers at his side, however, were still so shaken that they couldn’t speak.

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Zhang Che didn’t care what they thought. As proven, his spiritual strength was strong enough to guide the surge of energy through tempering his body. The energy would not go out of control, or damage his body.

After the incomplete pill’s medicinal efficacy was exhausted, Zhang Che suddenly stood up. When he moved his limbs, crackling came from every joint in his body, like someone was frying beans.

“I wonder how many more of this ice fire body tempering pills there are in the lab... It would probably be impossible for me to get them all, but I can at least use half of them!”

With that, Zhang Che was confident he could temper his body to a stronger degree. Perhaps he could refine his body to a state of indestructibility..?