Chapter 410 408: Divine Vein Transformation, Peak of the First Layer

Zi Shan and the Purple Scale Race elder departed.

"Young Master, Luo Tian may have agreed, but the Clan Leader won't, will he? After all, the honor of the Purple Scale Race is at stake!" the Purple Scale Race elder said.

"I've already thought this through!"

A smug smile appeared on Zi Shan's face.

'I'll just tell Father that Luo Tian volunteered, claiming to be a genius at fighting above his level and wanting to serve the Purple Scale Race. When Luo Tian loses, I'll just say I was deceived by him and take the initiative to admit my mistake.'

'Although doing this will affect me to some extent, the conflict between the Purple Scale Race and the Autumn Fox Race was started by my elder brother. If we lose this martial arts competition, the punishment he suffers will be even more severe!'

Zi Shan let out a cold laugh. 'This is killing two birds with one stone!'

He could eliminate Luo Tian and use the opportunity to deal a heavy blow to his elder brother!

Once their father grew more disappointed in his elder brother, he would naturally start to value him more.

"Heh heh, Luo Tian, once you step onto that Martial Arts Arena, it won't be so easy to get off!"

Zi Shan's smile was sinister.

'The Purple Scale Race and the Autumn Fox Race are rivals. When they send people to compete, they'll do their best to severely injure or even kill their opponents. They definitely won't show any mercy!'

The competition itself was extremely risky.

'A mere Earth Element Realm First Layer cultivator like Luo Tian would probably be killed in a single move the moment he stepped onto the stage!'

...

After Zi Shan left, a servant arranged accommodations for Luo Tian and Yi Jingwen.

"Luo Tian, Zi Shan is clearly up to no good!" Yi Jingwen said with a solemn expression as she walked into Luo Tian's room.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Luo Tian replied with a faint smile.

Seeing Luo Tian so calm, Yi Jingwen's anxiety subsided a little.

She had personally seen Luo Tian kill the golden-robed youth from the Cyan Armor Race, who was also at the Earth Element Realm Third Layer and possessed extraordinary strength!

"Just be careful!" Yi Jingwen said seriously.

Luo Tian wasn't too worried about the competition itself.

He was worried that if Zi Shan's plan failed, he would come up with other schemes.

After all, here in Lanhai City, there were many ways for the Purple Scale Race to deal with them.

'Knowing Zi Shan's character, he definitely won't let this go so easily…'

Luo Tian's expression darkened slightly.

'I can't be too forceful about getting the Outer World Map. The right approach is to secure enough benefits and then leave in a timely manner.'

Inside the room.

Luo Tian entered seclusion, seizing the time to cultivate.

During his travels in the Outer World, his cultivation was nearly at the bottom of the ladder. Raising his cultivation level and strength was a form of security.

At the same time, it would also make him better prepared for the competition in five days!

'Including travel time, it's been almost two months since I broke through to the Earth Element Realm. I can strive to break through to the Peak of First Layer before the competition!'

Having made his decision, Luo Tian put it into action.

The environment of the Purple Scale Race's territory in Lanhai City was quite good, with dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Luo Tian took out all the numerous Cultivation Resources he had plundered from the golden-robed youth and used them extravagantly without a hint of stinginess!

He circulated the Celestial Essence Water Condensation Technique, activating his Nether Dragon Divine Vein. A powerful suction force drew in the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, as well as the Spiritual Essence from the precious materials!

The Celestial Essence Water Condensation Technique was a Martial Venerable Level Cultivation Technique. It could increase a cultivator's foundation, making their True Essence twice as powerful as that from an ordinary Celestial Level Technique!

Furthermore, this technique had another characteristic: a rapid True Essence recovery speed!

This was only at the level Luo Tian was currently cultivating.

After cultivating to a higher level, this technique would have other miraculous effects!

Inside his Qi Sea Primordial Pool.

The light-cyan True Essence slowly swirled in a vortex, merging into the surrounding Primordial Pool Wall and expanding it.

The way to raise one's cultivation in the Earth Element Realm was to continuously refine True Essence and expand the Primordial Pool Wall.

Compared to when he had just broken through to the Earth Element Realm,

Luo Tian's Primordial Pool had now expanded by a third, bringing him closer and closer to the Peak of Earth Element Realm First Layer.

In his spare time from cultivation,

Luo Tian would also take out the Ice Dragon Celestial Cold Stone to strengthen his Nether Dragon Divine Vein.

'With this treasure, my Nether Dragon Divine Vein can continuously grow stronger and become one of my most powerful assets!'

As the Nether Dragon Divine Vein was continuously completed, Luo Tian's cultivation speed also increased. The two were mutually reinforcing.

「Three days later.」

Luo Tian put away the Ice Dragon Celestial Cold Stone.

On his back, patches of nether-blue scales flickered with a cold light, wreathed in a ghostly mist that emitted an astonishing Cold Power!

"Time to test its power!"

Back on the Void Ship, he had never tested it after cultivating with the Ice Dragon Celestial Cold Stone for fear of causing an accident!

Now, Luo Tian was completely at ease.

The Nether Dragon Divine Vein erupted!

The Divine Vein on Luo Tian's back burst with cold light. The Nether Dragon slumbering in the Netherworld Abyss seemed as if it was about to awaken!

WHOOSH!

A vortex of dark, cold current instantly swept out in a ten-meter radius. The entire room was coated in frost, as if plunged into the dead of winter.

The entire cold current vortex gradually intensified. The Cold Mist seemed to condense into a stream of icy water, its Cold Power becoming more restrained, yet even more potent!

Objects outside the Cold Current Vortex were merely coated in a layer of frost and were largely unharmed.

But anything caught within the Cold Current Vortex was instantly frozen solid, then pulled in and shattered, reduced to a pile of ice fragments!

"My innate Cold Power has undergone a minor transformation. It's even stronger now!"

A look of delight appeared on Luo Tian's face.

This was all thanks to the Ice Dragon Celestial Cold Stone!

If Luo Tian hadn't chosen this treasure back then, the strengthening and upgrading of his Divine Vein would have been much slower!

"Luo Tian? What's happening in there?"

A familiar voice suddenly called from outside!

Luo Tian immediately retracted the power of his Nether Dragon Divine Vein and opened the door. It was Yan Lihui.

He had heard that Luo Tian was going to participate in the competition two days from now, so he came to check on him.

As a Middle Tier Earth Element Realm cultivator, he had just keenly sensed an extremely terrifying Cold Power coming from Luo Tian's room!

Yan Lihui thought Luo Tian was suffering from Qigong Deviation.

"Nothing's wrong! What brings you here, Brother Yan?" Luo Tian said with a smile.

"Nothing's wrong?"

The corner of Yan Lihui's mouth twitched.

Luo Tian's room looked like an ice cellar, with much of the furniture reduced to dust, and he was telling him nothing was wrong?

'It seems this young man isn't as simple as I thought!'

Everyone had their secrets, so Yan Lihui didn't press the issue.

"I was just passing by and decided to check on you. Why did you agree to participate in the competition between the Purple Scale Race and the Autumn Fox Race? With your cultivation at the Earth Element Realm First Layer, you can't possibly win a single match."

When Yan Lihui heard about this, he had guessed it might be Zi Shan's revenge against Luo Tian.

Luo Tian didn't seem stupid, so why would he agree?

Although the competition had age and cultivation restrictions, based on Yan Lihui's speculation, the minimum cultivation level for participants from either clan should be the Earth Element Realm Second Layer!

Luo Tian entering the competition was just asking for a beating.

"Heh heh, Brother Yan, you're underestimating me a little. Don't worry too much about the competition," Luo Tian chuckled.

"I won't say any more. I have to go see my sister!"

Yan Lihui didn't press further.

Luo Tian had heard about Yan Lihui's sister. She suffered from a strange illness and had her life saved by a Physician from the Purple Scale Race.

It was for this reason that Yan Lihui became an Honored Guest of the Purple Scale Race.

"I know a little about medicine. Take me to see her," Luo Tian offered.

Throughout their journey, Yan Lihui had left a good impression on him, so he wanted to help if he could.

Yan Lihui was a bit surprised. 'How old is Luo Tian? And he knows medicine?'

He didn't ask any questions.

A short while later, the two arrived at a quiet courtyard.

Inside a room, a young girl who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen lay on a bed, her face pale and listless.

"Brother, you're back?"

The girl smiled innocently when she saw Yan Lihui walk in.

The moment Luo Tian saw the girl, his consciousness immediately entered the Celestial Book World.

"Infer this girl's condition."

After the Celestial Book consumed ten pages of Energy, a line of text appeared on its pages.

"Hm? The consumption is a bit high."

Luo Tian felt a little strange. He looked at the Celestial Book and was instantly stunned.

Yan Lihui's sister wasn't suffering from a strange illness, but from another factor.

Yang Flame Body: An ancient and rare Fire Constitution. When a female awakens this constitution, her yin and yang will be in disharmony, causing a phenomenon of her entire body burning with scorching heat every month. If this is not guided and harmonized, the phenomenon will become increasingly frequent until she eventually burns to death!

Luo Tian never expected to encounter someone who had awakened a special constitution so soon after arriving in the Outer World!

"Brother Yan, what did the Purple Scale Race's Physician say?" Luo Tian asked.

"Physician Pang said that Xiaoxia suffers from a rare terminal illness. Among the nearby realms, there are no more than five people capable of treating it!"

"He said this illness requires a long period of careful recuperation, and it might take seven or eight years to fully recover."

Yan Lihui's expression grew a little dim.

Luo Tian's face turned cold as he said, "Brother Yan, you may have been deceived!"

"What do you mean?"

Yan Lihui's expression immediately hardened.

"I have a way to cure your sister's illness. It will take a month at most," Luo Tian stated.

"You?"

Yan Lihui was deeply skeptical.

Physician Pang was extremely famous throughout the entire Earth and Water Realm.

Physician Pang said it might take seven or eight years to cure her, yet Luo Tian claimed it would only take a month. How was that possible?

The young girl on the bed stared at Luo Tian in astonishment.

"Really?"

Yan Xiaoxia, however, was filled with great expectation.

"Xiaoxia, he's just kidding," Yan Lihui said immediately. He was afraid Luo Tian was spouting nonsense, giving Yan Xiaoxia hope only to let her down in the end.

The patient needed to rest, so Yan Lihui soon led Luo Tian away.

After bidding farewell to Yan Lihui, Luo Tian became pensive. 'That Physician Pang of the Purple Scale Race should have some skill. Even if he couldn't identify Yan Xiaoxia's special constitution, he shouldn't have reached that diagnosis…'

If he wasn't mistaken, the Purple Scale Race was deliberately deceiving Yan Lihui to keep him in the clan.

Treating the illness would cost money, which would motivate Yan Lihui to work hard on his own initiative.

Without much effort, the Purple Scale Race had secured the loyal service of a Middle Tier Earth Element Realm expert like Yan Lihui, who had immense potential.

Back in his room, Luo Tian continued to cultivate in seclusion.

「Two days later.」

WHOOSH!

A powerful fluctuation of True Essence emanated from Luo Tian's body.

The Primordial Pool within his Qi Sea had expanded by a full circle. His True Essence was also more refined, and its cyan luster had deepened.

"Success! Peak of Earth Element Realm First Layer!"

Luo Tian finished his cultivation and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"Luo Tian, the competition is about to start!"

Zi Shan called out from outside the door with a faint smile.

Just as Luo Tian opened his door, Yi Jingwen, who lived next door, also came out.

"Let's go, you two!"

Zi Shan was all smiles, as if he had long been looking forward to what was about to happen today.

Under Zi Shan's lead,

Luo Tian and Yi Jingwen arrived at an arena in Lanhai City.

The two major clans had temporarily booked the entire arena for their competition!

On one side of the arena, the upper echelon of the Purple Scale Race had gathered.

The Purple Scale Race Leader sat upright and dignified. He looked slightly aged, but his expression was majestic, exuding an immense sense of pressure.

The higher-ups of the Purple Scale Race all looked over, their expressions impatient.

It seemed the members of both clans had been waiting for a while, and Luo Tian was the last to arrive.