Demon God Chapter 8

Chapter 8 – Opportunity Translated by Udeze

 

Nobody would have believed that three months ago, Xiao Han was merely a lowly walking target who always got beaten by the novice disciples. Today his stunning performance, his tyrannical strength, had beaten the so-called elite novice disciples with ease, simply like cutting through butter.

Everything seemed like a dream!

But the savagely beaten elite novice disciples in front of everyone were the undeniable proof.

Xiao Han was feeling refreshed!

All the present novice disciples and walking targets were stunned and terrified. They witnessed how these elite novice disciples were beaten. Who were now crawling on the ground and groaning in pain.

What Xiao Han was feeling was indescribable! This was not the feeling of despair and helplessness he previously had, it was the feeling of someone with strength and power, high and mighty.

“The feeling of having power is great!” Xiao Han slightly closed his eyes, savoring all the elation he felt. “I understand now why so many people put so much effort in practicing martial arts! The feelings of being strong and in control of your own life and death is great!“

The remaining novice disciples stared at Xiao Han in a dismayed and frightened look. Seeing how Xiao Han savagely beat Qi Shi and Ling Hu Xuan and seriously injured several other elite novice disciples, scared them shitless, they hastily withdrew down the mountain peak.

Xiao Han didn’t block them.

The mountain peak quickly became deserted, leaving Xiao Han the only one standing in the field.

Xiao Han opened his eyes, and slowly sobered up from his near-frenzied state, and thought, “Where will I go now? It’s impossible to go back and continue living as a walking target now.”

“My cultivation has hit a bottleneck, and I have cultivated Bone Refining layer to the extreme, what is left now for me is advancing to Body Purifying Realm. If I were to be halted in this Bone Refining Layer for too long, sooner or later I will be the target of many people… I must find some way to enter the sect’s Outer Hall.”

Xiao Han was in deep thought, thinking of many possibilities when there came a man’s faint calm voice from behind him.

“Oh? A walking target could actually temper the body to such an extent, but also could severly wound several elite novice disciples. Even in the Cloud Rain Sect’s history, this kind of thing has rarely happened.”

“Who?” Xiao Han startled. His physical strength and the sharpness of his five senses were greatly enhanced after he tempered himself with the Golden Immortal Body and reached 200 bones explosions. With his keen sense, he could clearly feel everything in a radius of 3m around him. But someone easily approached him without him sensing anything, and this shocked him greatly.

Xiao Han turned around quickly and saw a middle-aged man in a white robe.

The man was empty handed, his tall body was slim and graceful, with jade-like handsome face, and pairs of profound deep pupils. And although he didn’t exude a pressing powerful aura, there was still some kind of profound feeling which affected the surrounding atmosphere, like a clear blue sky, unrestrained, and standing aloof from all worldly affairs.

Xiao Han subtly felt an immense spiritual pressure from the man in front of him, he felt as if he was bound and chained by his aura, tiny and powerless.

“This man is absolutely a peerless master, at least on par or even far more powerful than senior brother Fang!”

Xiao Han respectfully spoke to the man, “The elderly venerable is?”

“How could a walking target achieve this cultivation level? Bone refining layer had been tempered to the peak, at least more than 100 bone explosions, and a very solid foundation at that. It’s really strange… but also incredible.”

The middle-aged man frowned, ignoring Xiao Han and whispered to himself, “Did he accidentally take a heavenly medicinal herb? This Cloud Rain mountain range indeed has many heavenly treasures born from thick spiritual veins. And it’s possible that this youth has perhaps accidently run into one of those heavenly treasures.”

After speaking, the middle-aged man’s profound eyes suddenly pierced deep into Xiao Han’s body. And Xiao Han could clearly feel that his body was deeply scrutinized by the middle-aged man’s profound eyes. His vitality, his heart beat, body temperature, strength, agility, all were exposed to the middle-aged man’s profound eyes.

Unexpectedly, the mysterious thing that lay dormant in Xiao Han’s heart, as if it had its own consciousness, quickly condensed, stopped beating and hid itself from the middle-aged man’s divine eyes.

It seemed that the middle-aged man couldn’t detect any trace of Golden Immortal Body cultivation from Xiao Han’s body.

However, Xiao Han felt very uncomfortable under the scrutinizing gaze of the middle-aged man’s divine eyes. He didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, even his mouth tightly closed. He was absolutely sure, that even with his current strength, it was futile in front of this middle-aged man and even killing him would only be a cinch for him.

 

This middle-aged man was definitely one of The Cloud Rain Sect’s higher ups, and was of the same rank or even higher than senior brother Fang.

The middle-aged man apparently didn’t find the mysterious thing hidden in Xiao Han’s heart. And was still speaking to himself, “Even if this walking target took the heavenly herb and swallowed it, it is impossible to fully absorb and refine it, even the body could have had exploded…. Or maybe… I think that… ah… hahaha… I see!”

The middle-aged man’s brows suddenly raised and he seemed to understand something. “The Heavenly treasure swallowed by this walking target could absolutely not have been refined by him, but because he was severely beaten by those novice disciples every day, it caused the immense energy contained within that heavenly herb to accidentally break up, the energy dispersed and eventually healed his wounds, quenching and refining all muscles and bones. Absolutely, this is certainly like that!”

“You, walking target, did you accidentally eat something, a medicinal herb or fruit?” the middle-aged man asked while smiling at Xiao Han.

Xiao Han was not a fool. He had been listening to the middle-aged man’s mumbling about his condition, and almost without hesitation he blurted out, “Yes, yes, this one had picked a fruit from a bushy cave covered with thick withered grass a month ago. The fruit was very strange, it was crimson red, about a fist-size, with no flowers and leaves, and a finger-sized stalk. It had a wonderful fragrance so this one couldn’t help but eat the fruit. It was very sweet and had a strong delicious fragrance with a smooth and crisp taste. And after this one ate that fruit, the belly was bloated like a balloon full of air. Afterwards, all the beatings this one got from novice disciples no longer felt painful, instead it was replaced by a comfortable feeling, and there was some kind of energy that bursted out, circulating and seeping in the muscles and bones. At first, this one felt like the body was going to explode, and the bones tingled, slightly feeling numb. But the body became more comfortable as this one got beaten continuously. Afterwards, the whole body was covered with black filth as if this one was covered by mud… and finally when this one was exercising, unexpectedly the bones produced explosion-like sounds, and this one had become stronger. This one is not clear, what has really happened to this one’s body.”

All the lies that Xiao gave to the middle-man, were of a divine magical fruit’s description that Xiao Han in the past had read from some fantasy novels.

But unexpectedly, the middle aged man was stunned, and seriously looked at Xiao Han, “Could it be that it was the Red Radish Divine Fruit? If ordinary people ate it, it could enhance one’s vitality, longevity, and preserve youthfulness. But if a cultivator took it, it will clean the marrows, tempering the muscles and quenching the bones. It was almost equal with taking a Meridian Strengthening Pill and a Bone Strengthening Pill. I never thought that you, a walking target could have such a great luck.”

“This one had caused many novice disciples’ injury, this one knows that it’s… it’s…a big crime… however, this one only wanted to protect himself, if not… this one would have been killed by them…” Xiao Han mumbled. He talked in an almost begging-for-mercy-like tone.

The middle-aged man gently waved his hand, “You ate the Crimson Radish Divine Fruit, completely quenching the body, and even proving yourself that you’re stronger than those novice disciples, this world only has one law, that is the law of the jungle: Only the strong will survive. Now, you have reached the pinnacle of Bone Refining layer, and have more than 100 bone explosions, which is a very solid foundation at that. Even compared to the hundreds of thousands disciples that Cloud Rain Sect has, only a few could become your opponent in Body Refining Realm. With this achievement, you are eligible to become an outer disciple.”

Xiao Han couldn’t hide his joy when he heard the middle-aged man’s words, and hurriedly responded, “I Please ask the venerable elder to bestow a chance for this one!”

At this point, Xiao Han’s heart thumped violently. Becoming an outer disciple was his biggest goal currently, the only thing he lacked was only a turning point, an opportunity. However, the emergence of this middle-aged man, gave him a faint hope to achieve his wish.

“Hahaha~~~, you’re quite clever.” the middle-aged man laughed.

The following moment, the middle-aged man’s body emanated a powerful qi and emitted multiple lights that could be seen by the naked eyes, the lights started to condense in midair and finally formed a mu-sized (about an acre) white cloud in the air. The cloud was particularly unique, it looked colorful and radiant in broad daylight; even a drizzling rain was falling from the newly formed lingering cloud.

“This… what is this…” Xiao Han stunned with awe.

“Hahaha, today you’re very lucky, I’ll take you to the Outer Hall on my own whim. Judging from your strength today, it would be very easy for you to enter the outer hall as an outer disciple.”

The middle-aged man gently waved his hand.

Suddenly, Xiao Han felt his head getting heavier and his eye became blurry, and he unconsciously closed his eyes. When opened his eyes again, he found himself on top of the newly formed white cloud. The middle-aged man was standing with his hand crossed behind his back, the elegant and graceful aura he was emitting was indescribable.

Xiao Han couldn’t help but curiously touch the surface of the white cloud, just to feel a delicate, smooth, warm and moist foam. The fineness and smoothness of this white cloud felt like it was made of fine exquisite jade.

“Is this the legendary Zhen Qi Realm?” Xiao Han blurted out in amaze.

“Hahaha, didn’t think that you, a mere walking target, actually know about the Zhen Qi Realm.” The middle-aged man laughed and waved his right hand, “Let us leave this place…”

“Shuuuu…”

“The white cloud quickly floated high and carried the middle-aged man and Xiao Han on top of it. It flew hundreds meter away from the ground just seconds after. The white cloud was flying and encircling the mountain for a second before it flew forward toward another mountain peak.

The autumn breeze gently blew, making Xiao Han’s long hair wave and flutter. His cloths whirled around as his heart was madly thumping.

“I’m flying, this is what’s it feel like to fly in the sky… Zhen Qi Realm… This is Zhen Qi Realm! Crossing mountains and making long journeys with numerous difficulties and dangers coud be easily passed only by creating a cloud and riding on it, it’s really convenient and comfortable!”

A few months ago, he had experienced how powerful senior brother Fang was. And today, he once again saw and experienced how powerful a higher level Zhen Qi Realm cultivator was. Truly aloof and unrestrained. It made his blood boil inside from excitement.

“It seems like… I, Xiao Han’s experiences and insights were too shallow, was is becoming an outer disciple even? Only by achieving the Zhen Qi Realm could one be called great!
Good, good… I, Xiao Han swear an oath, I, for the rest of my life; will try hard to cultivate on my martial path to achieve Zhen Qi Realm! And I won’t let my second chance in life and crossing to this world become a waste!”

As Xiao Han sat on this white cloud, his heart was beating hard and his blood boiled as his motivation rose, inspired by the awesome things he experienced today.

T/N:

A turning point in life; but life is like a waterfall, it cannot be reverted once again after the fall, cherish the life as if you’ll live forever, but live the life as if you’ll die tomorrow…

(Chinese and Arabic proverb; combined into one)

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