Chapter 2173 - 2173: Soul Essence

Saber Saint Cliff.

After returning from Bahu Forest, Qin Chen exchanged all Zen Heart Seals for Merit Points.

The two hundred thousand military merits applied by Tang Zhen were already transferred to Qin Chen's name ahead of time.

Though Tang Zhen's death had little to do with Qin Chen, people are emotional beings. Tang Zhen's spirit garnered Qin Chen's admiration, and even if Liuw Sang was the Zen Heart Dharma King, Qin Chen would kill him to avenge Tang Zhen.

Of course, this requires Qin Chen to enhance his strength.

In total, Qin Chen acquired eight hundred sixty thousand Merit Points.

Moreover, now that more than half a month has passed, the momentum of Zen Heart Dragon Palace has gradually spread throughout Qian State.

Many places in Qian State have started resisting Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

The toll of death and injury is shocking, and it's temporarily incalculable.

Among these, the biggest news is one of the top forces in Qian State, the 'Death God Hall,' has surprisingly joined Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

Other than a few righteous-hearted members of Death God Hall, the majority of its disciples and elders, deacons, have already joined Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

The former Death God Hall's territory has now become a significant base for Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

Death God Hall worships the Death God and cultivates Death Dao.

Before, it depended on killing living beings, including the Human Clan, to cultivate the Power of Death.

But later, an Iron Order from Qian State Prefecture halted its actions.

In Bahu Forest, Su Jingchen encountered disciples of Death God Hall who joined Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

The brutal way Zen Heart Dragon Palace converts living beings aligns to some extent with Death God Hall.

This seems to be why Death God Hall joined Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

Moreover, there are rumors that Zen Heart Dragon Palace's emergence was orchestrated by Death God Hall.

Whether true or false, Death God Hall has now become the public enemy of Qian State.

Among them, Yu Senran from Death God Hall, listed as one of the Eight Great Legends, has become the 'Young Palace Master' of Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

The next day, Qian State Prefecture announced Yu Senran's removal from the ranks of the Eight Great Legends.

The Eight Great Legends is a badge of honor.

But Yu Senran did not deserve this honor.

Thus, Qian State no longer has Eight Great Legends, only seven.

In itself, Zen Heart Dragon Palace's momentum was fierce, especially with top force Death God Hall joining, its development is faster than Qian State Prefecture anticipated.

The situation is quite severe.

Even within Saber Saint Cliff, there's talk that the higher-ups may plan to modify the upcoming 'Nine Palace Conference' to stipulate that ranking will depend on killing Zen Heart Dragon Palace disciples.

"More than half a month has passed, I didn't expect Zen Heart Dragon Palace's momentum to be so fierce."

Qin Chen sighed.

But, this isn't something he can change alone.

This requires the joint efforts of all Qian State citizens to prevent Qian State's downfall.

The emergence of Zen Heart Dragon Palace may also affect the future layout of Qian State, presenting an arduous challenge to its millennium hegemon, Qian State Prefecture.

Items exchanged for Merit Points will be delivered by specialized personnel.

Qin Chen only needs to use Merit Points in the particularly designated 'Exchange Pavilion' at Saber Saint Cliff to obtain the corresponding items; the rest takes care of itself.

The first thing Qin Chen checked was Soul Treasures.

He was not disappointed.

Among the many Heaven and Earth Treasures brought out by Qian State Prefecture, indeed, there were Soul Treasures.

And not just one kind.

They are Soul Essence, Deep Sea Soul Flower, and Demon Soul Stone.

Among them, Soul Essence is priced the highest.

One bottle of Soul Essence costs forty thousand Merit Points.

Both Deep Sea Soul Flower and Demon Soul Stone require only twenty thousand Merit Points.

"Little Fairy, which one do you want?" Qin Chen asked.

Little Fairy chuckled, "You ask me, I naturally choose Soul Essence. This thing is the essence collected bit by bit by Great Power from refining souls; if I can refine it, my Cultivation will definitely recover quickly."

"Then Soul Essence it is."

Qin Chen decisively said, "How many bottles of Soul Essence do you estimate it will take for you to regain Dao King Cultivation?"

Little Fairy growing stronger is equivalent to Qin Chen growing stronger.

Of course, Qin Chen must have the capability to withstand Little Fairy's power, meaning he must strengthen himself.

Currently, the maximum strength Qin Chen can bear should be the power at One-star Dao King level.

Little Fairy thought for a moment, "It should require ten bottles, that is forty hundred thousand Merit Points. Seems a bit much; mainly, you should enhance your strength first; how about five bottles for now."

Qin Chen shook his head, "Ten bottles."

Without giving Little Fairy a chance to protest, Qin Chen spent forty hundred thousand Merit Points immediately.

Inside, Little Fairy was naturally delighted, "Do you know when you're the most handsome?"

"When?"

Little Fairy grinned, "Right now."

Qin Chen wiped his sweat, "Then I want to be ugly lifelong."

Little Fairy pouted, "No ambition."

Qin Chen lamented, "It's really too expensive; originally thought eighty hundred thousand Merit Points are plenty, now it seems totally insufficient."

Additionally, he has to handle the challenge posed by Muv Heti of one of the major Dynasties, Saint Green Dynasty, roughly half a month later.

He hesitated on what to exchange with the remaining forty-six hundred thousand Merit Points.

"Azure Dragon Blood."

After careful consideration, Qin Chen made a decision.

Azure Dragon, like the True Dragon required by Qin Chen for the Second Level of Ancestral Dragon Technique and True Dragon Bloodline, both belong to the Dragon Clan and are extremely rare and precious, with high Bloodline Levels.

First, Azure Dragon Blood can help Qin Chen enhance the Mystic Turtle Divine Armor Technique.

Defensive measures are sometimes far more critical than offensive ones.

Many Defensive Elemental Artifacts tend to be pricier than Attack Primordial Artifacts.

After all, defensive measures can save lives at crucial moments.

Secondly, Azure Dragon Blood can also be used as Body Refining Liquid to cultivate the Physical Body.

Killing two birds with one stone.

Currently, it is the Heaven and Earth Treasure that benefits Qin Chen the most.

One bottle of Azure Dragon Blood is thirty thousand Merit Points; Qin Chen exchanged his remaining forty-six hundred thousand Merit Points for fifteen bottles of Azure Dragon Blood.

Azure Dragon Blood and Soul Essence will be delivered at the fastest speed shortly.

Qin Chen returned to the Ninth Palace.

Ye Wutian and Su Yihuan were not there; Qin Chen guessed they must have gone to the High-level Dangerous Area 'Han Ni Hills' and hadn't returned yet.

He spent so much time in Bahu Forest; naturally, Han Ni Hills, being a High-level Dangerous Area, is more complex.

Qin Chen proceeded to where he usually trains at Saber Saint Cliff, Yan Jia Mountain.

He intended to fuse Black Dao Heart here.

Unexpectedly, fusing Black Dao Heart should help him breakthrough to the Second Layer of Tribulation Transformation Realm.

Then, he can reconstruct the God Devouring Tower.

Most importantly, now Qin Chen already possesses a Heavenly Level Nine-star Dao Body.

He wanted to see if he could use this opportunity to achieve the legendary Divine-level Dao Body.

"Hoo..."

Qin Chen exhaled a foul breath from his mouth, then took out the Black Dao Heart from the God Devouring Crystal; when his fingers touched Black Dao Heart, it automatically melded into Qin Chen's body.