Chapter 0014: Robbed

Seeing the little witch following, Huang Long lost his desire to wander and headed straight back to the Zhao family’s residence. However, the little witch, carrying the two beasts, went shopping happily with her guards.

Back in the Zhao family’s courtyard, after setting up a spiritual array to isolate the outside world, Huang Long began to cultivate. Since obtaining the Nine Yang Crystal Fruit to refine the Vitality Pill, his cultivation level had improved by leaps and bounds. He had now reached the peak of refining essence into qi, just one step away from breaking through to the realm of refining qi into spirit.

As Huang Long’s cultivation and magical power grew, he was able to use certain spells and abilities once again, just like the mages and warriors of the Hengyuan Continent—where every magic and combat skill relied on mana and combat qi.

Sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, Huang Long took a Vitality Pill and began to practice the “Water-Fire Primordial Dragon Technique.” Inside his body, the Vitality Pill transformed into a fierce warm current that surged through his meridians. Under the guidance of his mental technique, this energy gradually turned into streams of primordial qi that flowed into his dantian.

The true qi in his dantian swelled and rose, entering the Purple Mansion Mud Ball Palace. In his mind, Huang Long’s original spirit absorbed these refined essences, making it increasingly solid.

After six years of cultivation, Huang Long’s body was no longer weak. His skin was like silver ointment, his blood like white paste, and his entire being exuded a faint fragrance. As he sat in meditation, breath clouds formed from his mouth—a sign that the spiritual pill had matured.

Humans are born with the primordial energy of heaven and earth, forming both spirit and body; they receive the primordial qi, forming fluids and essence. Humans have three dantians—lower, middle, and upper—where essence, qi, and spirit are stored. The lower dantian is located at the navel, the middle dantian in the heart sea, and the upper dantian is the Purple Mansion Mud Ball Palace.

Now, Huang Long aimed to transform the essence and qi from the lower and middle dantians into spiritual essence, refining his original spirit in the upper dantian. Once the original spirit became solid enough, he would reach the realm of refining qi into spirit.

The courtyard was filled with spiritual energy, gradually obscuring Huang Long’s figure. Suddenly, he felt a violent shock within his body. As the true qi in his dantian surged, all the meridians that hadn’t been unblocked before were now open. The eight extraordinary meridians, the twelve regular meridians, and every part of his body had unobstructed flow of true qi, forming a complete circulation. In his mind, the sea of essence was in turmoil, and his original spirit changed at a visible pace.

Finally, his physical form took shape—a miniature version of Huang Long! A purple light emanated from the top of his head, and the spiritual energy of the surroundings surged. After six years of hard cultivation, he had finally broken through to the realm of refining qi into spirit!

A glimmer of light appeared in Huang Long’s dantian, like the rising sun illuminating the sea—hazy and indistinct. When Huang Long opened his eyes, a dazzling light flashed by.

At the stage of refining qi into spirit, the original spirit finally regained its physical form. Of course, though it was only one ten-thousandth of what it was in his past life, it was still a huge step forward. Huang Long stood up, his bones cracking with sound. His skin, now fair with a rosy tint, emitted a faint glow. Huang Long exhaled toward a stone sculpture weighing hundreds of pounds dozens of meters away; the breath, like the light of a rainbow sword, flashed instantly, turning the stone into powder. A gentle breeze scattered the debris. Satisfied, Huang Long nodded—his cultivation had finally made some progress. With his current strength, he could easily defeat even a seventh-level mage or warrior. Once he reached the advanced stage of refining spirit into emptiness, there should be no one stronger beneath the Holy Land. After that, his original spirit could leave his body, allowing him to fly on a sword over distances of a hundred miles. If he could master the Immortal Sword, he would truly dominate the Hengyuan Continent. Gathering his focus, Huang Long tried to activate the Chaos Bell in his mind but failed. However, the Life-Devouring Sword, his precious artifact beside the Chaos Bell, showed some activity. Under Huang Long’s perception, the Life-Devouring Sword emitted a faint dark blue light. Yet, what frustrated him most was that it could only show some movement and could not be summoned outside his body. He had to craft some new artifacts to use temporarily. Huang Long felt helpless. Fortunately, with his current cultivation, he could create top-quality treasures. He glanced at the Five Pits Divine Cauldron on his finger and thought that in a few days, he could find good meteoric iron to refine it and raise its rank. As he considered crafting more artifacts after returning to the Lu Tong Kingdom, urgent footsteps were heard outside. With a thought, Huang Long dismissed the surrounding small arrays. Just as the arrays were removed, his guard Ling Zhi rushed in and said urgently, “Second young master, something terrible has happened—Miss Zhao Ying is in trouble.” “Trouble?” A cold glint flashed in Huang Long’s eyes. “Explain what happened.” Though frightened by the cold look in his master’s eyes, Ling Zhi didn’t overthink it and quickly recounted the situation. By the time Huang Long rushed out of the Zhao family’s residence, he understood the whole story. To his amusement, the root of the problem stemmed from those two “play pets” of Pi Er and En Di. It turned out that after Huang Long returned to the Zhao family’s courtyard, his sister Zhao Ying encountered a group of noble playboys.

Among these noble playboys, one was Zhao Ying’s old rival. Seeing how intelligent and adorable Pi Er and Endi, Zhao Ying’s two “play pets,” were, he grew jealous and wanted to possess them. Now, the two sides were facing off. When Huang Long arrived, he saw Zhao Ying’s sister angrily pointing at a little kid about her size across from her and shouting, “Lin Guangdan, get away quickly, or I’ll go tell my grandpa!” The little kid just laughed and said, “Go tell your grandpa?” Then he patted his chest mockingly, “I’m so scared.” A few of the noble playboys around started laughing loudly. Little witch Zhao Ying’s face turned red with anger and frustration. Suddenly, she saw Huang Long arriving with a group of Zhao family guards, and her confidence soared again. She glared at the other side and said, “Haha, Lin Guangdan, my rescuers have arrived. Let’s see what you can do now.” At that moment, one of the guards beside the little kid gently advised, “Young prince, let’s return to the palace. Otherwise, if we’re late, the prince will scold us again.” Originally, it was just a harmless dispute over two “play pets,” so they had turned a blind eye. But now that the Zhao family guards were here, if a conflict broke out and something went wrong, their heads could be in danger. Moreover, although their master was a member of the royal family, the Zhao family wasn’t to be underestimated—even the emperor showed respect to Zhao Yang, the head of the Zhao family. Lin glared fiercely at the guard beside him and snapped, “Stop meddling! This is none of your business, slave!” But still unwillingly, he ordered, “Let’s go.” “Zhao Ying, don’t make me meet you again next time.” After saying that, the little kid glared fiercely at Huang Long once more, then left with his guards, with the other noble youths following closely behind with their own guards.