Chapter 26

"A-Man, what happened just now? Your strength suddenly burst out so much?"

After returning home, Long Chen couldn’t help but ask about the situation at that time. A-Man had given him a heart-pounding feeling then.

"I don’t know. When I saw that person about to hit you, my head buzzed, and my whole body felt hot, as if I had endless strength," A-Man scratched his head and said.

Long Chen placed a hand on A-Man’s shoulder and spread his soul power. When Long Chen’s soul power entered A-Man’s body, he was greatly surprised.

A-Man’s body was different from everyone else’s. Normally, a person’s body has a dense network of meridians.

But inside A-Man’s body, there were only four meridians extending from the dantian to the limbs. This was the first time Long Chen had seen such a configuration.

What shocked Long Chen the most was not the strange meridians, but A-Man’s flesh. Most of A-Man’s cells were in a dormant state, as if they were dead.

But they weren’t really dead. Long Chen could sense that once heat flowed through, those dormant cells would immediately absorb the heat and then continue to remain dormant.

This A-Man was simply a monster. Long Chen couldn’t figure it out, but he thought of a possibility.

"A-Man, I’m asking you, have you ever truly been full?" Long Chen suddenly asked.

"Yes, at home, I eat a lot," A-Man shook his head.

"Tell the truth," Long Chen’s face turned serious.

"Um, at least half full, I’m very content," A-Man didn’t dare to hide anything.

"A-Man, remember, I’m your brother Long. You can never lie to me, understand? Otherwise, I’ll be angry," Long Chen said very seriously.

"Brother Long, I... understand," seeing Long Chen’s serious expression, A-Man said nervously.

"I’m asking you, what kind of food makes you feel full of energy?"

"Meat."

"What kind of meat?"

"Any kind of meat, but beef is the best. I’ve had it once."

Long Chen nodded. A-Man’s constitution was special, with 99% of his cells in a dormant state.

This was because there wasn’t enough energy to sustain them, so they had to protect themselves and reduce their consumption.

Even after merging with the memory of the Alchemy Emperor, Long Chen had never seen such a strange constitution. Such a powerful body, yet only 1% of the cells were active.

If all the cells were activated, how terrifying would it be? Long Chen was amazed just thinking about it, but A-Man was his own, and the stronger he was, the better.

"How much beef can you eat in one meal?"

"One hundred pounds..." A-Man hesitated, extending one finger.

"Tell the truth."

"One cow..."

"Tell the truth."

"Five cows..."

"Tell me the truth," Long Chen’s voice was almost a roar.

"I don’t know, but if there were ten cows in one meal, I think I could be full," A-Man said with a bitter face. He had never eaten so much, so he didn’t know his actual appetite.

Long Chen shook his head, speechless. "Alright, I’ll buy you a farm tomorrow, and you can eat to your heart’s content."

The next day, Long Chen had Bao’er find a farm in the suburbs. It wasn’t very large, but it had over a thousand cows.

Long Chen let A-Man go there himself, and by the afternoon, everyone on the farm had run away.

They later came to Bao’er to complain, saying that A-Man was like a savage, grabbing a cow, smashing it with one punch, and tearing off a bloody leg to eat.

They were all terrified, fearing that A-Man might eat them too if he got excited.

Long Chen, helpless, had Bao’er hire dozens of chefs to cook for A-Man, and A-Man finally started eating cooked food.

What shocked Long Chen was that at first, A-Man could only eat ten cows a day, but as time went on, his appetite increased rapidly.

However, a cow only cost two to three gold coins, so Long Chen wasn’t afraid of being bankrupt. Instead, he was delighted.

A-Man’s increasing appetite indicated that his cells were gradually awakening. When all his cells were awake, A-Man would undergo a tremendous transformation.

After resolving A-Man’s issue, Long Chen himself began to seclude himself. The battle with the scar-faced man that day had made him feel a great sense of crisis.

That day, he sensed that the scar-faced man had been holding back. Although he was stopped later, Long Chen felt that this matter wouldn’t end so easily.

After merging with the Alchemy Emperor’s soul, his sense of danger became increasingly sensitive. This time, the other party might not have been prepared.

When they were ready, Long Chen might very well be killed. However, Long Chen didn’t regret it at all.

Even if it happened again, he would still do the same. Otherwise, the whip A-Man received that day would leave a knot in his heart, preventing him from achieving a pure and unblemished mind, which could become a heart demon in the future.

This time, Long Chen went all out in his seclusion, absorbing the Fengfu Pill. After seven days, the Fengfu Star under his feet finally made a loud noise.

The Fengfu Star, originally the size of a bean, had undergone a significant change after absorbing countless medicinal powers.

The originally full outer shell began to peel off, and to Long Chen’s surprise, it turned into a star-like shape inside.

Although the star was somewhat blurry, it was filled with the rhythm of life, which was awe-inspiring.

This was the first star of the Nine Stars Tyrant Body that Long Chen had condensed—the Fengfu Star. Now, Long Chen could no longer sense its actual size, and he was filled with awe.

"Boom"

The Fengfu Star, with its outer shell peeled off, suddenly trembled, and a terrifying energy made the entire house shake.

"Oh no, what a big commotion."

Long Chen was startled, but it was too late to stop it. The entire room exploded like a piece of paper.

At the same time, the energy of heaven and earth surged towards Long Chen like a tidal wave, completely ignoring his feelings, like seawater flooding a field.

"Bang"

Long Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, his body feeling as if it had exploded, and he instantly fell unconscious.

When Long Chen woke up again, his mother was looking at him with worry. Seeing Long Chen awake, Lady Long was both surprised and delighted.

"Chen, you really scared me. What happened to you?"

Long Chen quickly said, "Mother, it’s nothing to be alarmed about. Alchemists often have their furnaces explode."

He could only use the furnace explosion as an excuse. After finally comforting his mother and sending her away, Long Chen used his divine sense to look inside and almost shouted in surprise.

He actually had a dantian now. He found that the previously empty dantian had three energy vortices slowly rotating.

"What’s going on?" Long Chen was greatly surprised.

Seeing the Fengfu Star still rotating under his feet, he felt more at ease, but looking at the three energy vortices in his dantian, he fell into deep thought.

His spirit roots had been removed, and his dantian was a dead zone, impossible to reactivate, unless...

Could it be that after condensing the Fengfu Star, he had reshaped his dantian?

Thinking of this, a flash of insight came to Long Chen. He remembered the scene before he fell unconscious, the terrifying energy of heaven and earth, which no normal person could withstand.

Such energy was extremely violent and could not be used by humans. Could it be that this power was used to destroy the original dantian and then rebuild it?

However, Long Chen was wrong. It was even more terrifying than he imagined. If he had had a dantian before, he would have been shattered to pieces.

Although Long Chen couldn’t understand it, he found that he could connect with the three energy vortices in his dantian.

"Could I really have reshaped my dantian?"

Long Chen tried to slowly flow the energy from the vortices into his limbs and found no obstruction. He could fully use it.

When he moved his foot, the energy from the Fengfu Star also flowed without any hindrance. Long Chen was puzzled. What did this mean? Was it giving me an additional spiritual energy storage space?

With a thought, Long Chen directed the energy from the Fengfu Star into his dantian.

"Spit"

Long Chen immediately felt a volcano erupting inside him. The terrifying energy exploded like a tsunami, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, almost fainting.

Long Chen lay on the ground, breathing heavily, his eyes full of shock. His internal organs were torn apart.

He quickly took a healing pill, and after a moment, the medicinal power covered his entire body, and his pale face gradually turned rosy.

"Who can tell me what’s going on?"

Long Chen let out a roar in his heart. He had almost been killed by his own energy. If he had really died, it would have been too unjust.

But there was no answer. In his memory, there was only the cultivation method, but no other explanations.

No level, no origin, no usage instructions. Just like Long Chen, this was a typical three-no product.

Long Chen felt a bitter smile. He had no spirit roots, no spirit bones, and no spirit blood. These three things had been taken away, and it was truly fitting.

But such a strange phenomenon, if not understood, would make Long Chen unable to eat. Biting his teeth, he continued to activate the Fengfu Star.

This time, Long Chen was more cautious. He didn’t let it naturally rotate as before but carefully directed a tiny bit of the Fengfu Star’s power.

"Boom"

When that tiny bit of power entered his dantian, Long Chen saw clearly this time. The three vortices instantly grew ten times larger.

What shocked Long Chen the most was that they were originally rotating slowly, but after that tiny bit of Fengfu Star’s energy was added, they instantly turned into rapidly spinning windmills.

As the three vortices spun wildly, countless energies instantly flowed into Long Chen’s limbs and bones, filling him with power.

"Phew"

Long Chen finally understood a bit of the secret. This discovery was too astonishing, too terrifying, even for him, who felt a bit of fear.

"Could this be the Nine Star Transformations in my memory? Now that there are three vortices in my dantian, does it mean I’ve entered the third transformation?"

After a long time, Long Chen slowly calmed down. According to the world’s standards, he was now just a novice at the third level of Qi Gathering.

But whether he was a novice or not, only Long Chen knew. This discovery filled him with both shock and excitement.

With a flick of his finger, a piece of ancient animal skin appeared in his hand. It was the item he had obtained by bribing the Blood Condensation Realm expert with pills.

"Creation, Creation, hehe, let me see what secrets you hide."