Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 150 Prize Selection
"Who is Zhou Leng?" the black-bearded dwarf shouted in very standard Chinese.

Everyone looked at Zhou Leng.

"Greetings, General Giant Furnace!" some dwarves shouted, some nervously, some excitedly.

The giant furnace grinned, revealing a row of neat and wide white teeth, and looked at Zhou Leng.

"Junior Zhou Leng, nice to meet you, Senior Julu." Zhou Leng saluted with his fists clasped.

The giant furnace grinned with its big teeth showing, and laughed loudly, "Good! Good! Good! How is it? Are you used to living here?"

"Everything is fine." Zhou Leng said.

"Come on, let's go to your room and talk. You guys can continue practicing."

Zhou Leng took the giant furnace back to his room.

The giant furnace entered the room, picked up the apple on the table, took a big bite, and then tossed the apple around while chewing it.

He walked around the room and looked around, not considering himself an outsider at all.

After walking around and eating an apple, he jumped onto the table with a smile on his face, sat on the edge of the table, and swung his legs.

He raised his chin and asked, "What do you want?"

Zhou Leng was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the giant furnace to be so direct. Then he said frankly: "Giant body is strange."

“Sure enough…” said the giant furnace, “However, that thing is very difficult to obtain. Even for me, I had to use some means after I became a Xiantian.”

Zhou Leng looked at the huge furnace in confusion.

"means?"

Molten Hammer and others often talked about Giant Furnace, saying that he was a genius of the dwarf clan and had reached the peak of the innate realm at a young age.

In the near future, he will be able to easily be promoted to Grandmaster and is one of the talented dwarves of the younger generation who is most likely to become an ancient king.

The Giant Furnace grinned and said, "After all, I am a descendant of the Mountain Furnace, so I have some privileges. You must understand that all humanoid races are eligible to receive the 'Giant Protection'. This means that your competitors, in addition to humans, are dwarves, orcs, and giants. If you are unlucky, you may encounter demons or even half-blooded sirens."

"I've read some information." Zhou Leng briefly browsed through Jax's relevant information yesterday.

"If you are a descendant of the ancient dwarf king, and your ancestors have made contributions to the giants, you can naturally use some 'means'. But if you are not, even if the dwarves have made great contributions, the giants will not pay attention."

Zhou Leng nodded slightly.

"So, even if you are a great hero of our clan, we can only guarantee you to enter the Giant Trial, but we cannot guarantee you to obtain the 'Giant Protection'."

"But I believe that you dwarves must have a path that is most suitable for me, right?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Of course. If you really want to choose the giant body, we will help you design the best plan to obtain it, and we will also have multiple backup plans. If it doesn't work once, try it twice. If it doesn't work twice, try it three times. We'll try slowly."

"Can this still happen?"

"Of course. However, you must understand that even the simplest plan and the easiest giant trial will put your life at risk. As I said just now, your opponent is a giant, a giant that is far more powerful than humans, dwarves, and orcs."

"I heard that the strength of the giants is close to that of a medium-level civilization?"

"That's right. After all, the giants have powerful blood hidden in their bodies. Once it is fully activated, it is unimaginable. Giants are like dragons. Except for their small numbers, they have almost no disadvantages. Have you seen giants or hybrid giants in the human world?"

Zhou Leng thought of Shanheyuan and Shanhe Oak, and nodded, "I have seen him. A new hybrid giant has made all the martial arts students in our city hopeless of getting first place."

"So, you have to be mentally prepared. You were suppressed in the Blood Circulation Stage, the Body Refining Stage, and the Life Force Stage. When you reach the Innate Realm, you may also be suppressed by the Innate Giant, which will lead to failure in the trial..."

Giant Furnace laughed at himself and said, "This is my experience. Those bastards are as cruel as Chen Shouhu. Only a madman like Chen Shouhu can suppress a giant of the same level."

"Is there no other way to obtain the giant body?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Yes, join the giant tribe, fight for the giant tribe, and kill giant dragons. If you kill enough and have enough military merits, you will be eligible to exchange for 'Giant Protection' and obtain a giant body."

"Specifically, what is ancestral protection? You dwarves and giants seem to have it, and orcs seem to have it too." Zhou Leng asked.

The furnace thought for a moment and said, "The source of this power is just a guess. You humans understand the universe far better than we dwarves do, but can you humans determine how big the universe is?"

Zhou Leng shook his head and said, "Humanity's basic understanding of the universe only stays at the 'observable universe', which means that there is a larger universe outside of reality."

The giant furnace said: "There is a legend among our dwarf tribe that all dwarves are descendants of the gods. It's just that our power has not been activated. The protection of our ancestors is a way to activate our own power that was accidentally discovered in the history of the dwarves."

"So that's how it is." Zhou Leng said.

Giant Furnace put his hands on the table, leaned back a little, and said, "We can't let you get the giant body directly, but we can let you participate in the giant trial directly, because you will be canonized as the 'Dwarf Duke' next, and you will have many privileges."

"Dwarf Duke..." Zhou Leng knew that this was the second-rank title in the dwarf world and was very rare.

Dwarf Resident, Dwarf Warrior, Dwarf Elite, Dwarf General, Dwarf Duke, Dwarf Prince. Above that, it is not just a simple title, such as the Dwarf King, which is only conferred on the head of the tribe or the top master. The higher ancient king is conferred on the dwarf of the Martial Saint level.

"I'm just a dwarf general. I will have to salute you when I see you next time. You are so lucky. Tell me how you got onto the platform." The giant furnace's eyes widened.

How could Zhou Leng dare to talk about the Gaotu Flower? After all, the other Ancient God's Eye was still in his body. What's more, anything involving the Divine Literature Academy might be a taboo.

Zhou Leng thought for a moment and said, "I entered a mysterious place to learn divine texts in the Ancient King's Treasure. I dare not reveal the specific details. I can only say that the great Mountain Furnace may also learn there. It may be because of this relationship that the Mountain Furnace is willing to open the shield for me."

"Sure enough... We have sent people into that mysterious ruins many times, but no one has ever returned. It seems that it is only suitable for people who are proficient in divine writing..."

The giant furnace glanced at Zhou Leng and said, "Besides this, what else do you want?"

Zhou Leng thought for a moment and asked, "Where is Zhang Xinglie?"

"Him? His innate armor is a 'prize' from our tribe. It can be exchanged for the title of a dwarf warrior." said the Giant Furnace.

"Isn't it about exchanging the identities of the two dwarf residents?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Of course, it can be split into two."

Zhou Leng recalled Zhang Xinglie's words and Rongchui's reaction at that time, and realized that it was Zhang Xinglie who took the initiative to give up a higher title in exchange for two lower titles.

Zhou Leng said: "My dwarf duke can also be split into two dwarf generals, right?"

"Ah? That's impossible," said the giant furnace, eyes wide open. "Dwarf Duke is not only an honor, but also an annual tribute according to the rank. Are you really willing to demote yourself for him?"

"What's there to be reluctant about?" Zhou Leng said.

The giant furnace stood in awe and said, "You are very good, but unfortunately, it is not possible. You can say that you have jointly obtained the innate armor, and the reward is shared equally. But climbing the old grandfather's high platform and taking the Eye of the Ancient God has nothing to do with him. There is no way to turn a blind eye to such things."

"What about his place in the Giant Trial?" Zhou Leng asked.

The Giant Furnace said, "That's much easier. He can get a dwarf warrior anyway. Plus, you are a dwarf duke, so you are eligible to choose followers."

Zhou Leng nodded. Anyway, the goal was just to obtain a giant body. As long as he had the qualification to take the giant trial, the title would be secondary.

The giant furnace asked, "Is there anything else you want?"

Zhou Leng thought for a moment, looked at the giant furnace and said, "Please give me some advice, senior."

The giant furnace laughed loudly and said, "You humans are really smarter than each other."

"After all, I am a young generation with limited knowledge and cannot compare to you." Zhou Leng said.

The giant furnace smiled and said, "Since you trust me, I will help you choose a few rewards. Although I am a little reluctant, you can get whatever you want after you retrieve the Eye of the Ancient God."

"The first reward, which you must choose, is 'God's Blood Magma'."

Zhou Leng's heart moved. He had seen it in the notes of the orcs and the High Earth Flower. He only knew that it was a very precious thing, but he didn't know what it was specifically.

"When you are promoted to the innate realm, come here as soon as possible and experience a bath in the 'divine blood magma'. Compared to your human and demon worlds, our dwarf world is more or less a little barren."

"But, 'God's Blood Magma' is a treasure bestowed by the gods on us dwarves. As long as you can bathe in the God's Blood Magma once, even if you can only hold on for a few seconds, it is enough to transform your body completely."

"The dwarfs' ancestral protection and the qualification for the giant trial are both what the dwarf duke deserves. There is no need to choose."

"Then, for the second reward, you can choose one of the two. Either a suit of protective armor tailored for you, or exchange it for the giant tribe's 'dragon bone medicine'."

Zhou Leng asked: "What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two?"

The giant furnace said: "The protective inner armor is of course good, but it may take three years for it to reach you. Moreover, after you are promoted to the dwarf prince, you can get a better inner armor."

"As for the 'Dragon Bone Medicine', you can take it when you are in the late stage of physical training or the early stage of vitality. It is very important for you to participate in the Giant Trial next. Because many trials of the Giant test physical fitness, the Dragon Bone Medicine can greatly strengthen your body."

"Dragon bone medicine is made by giants using various precious medicinal materials and dragon blood. Our dwarf masters often fight for dragon bone medicine."

Zhou Leng said: "If I want to save my life, then I will change to inner armor. If I want to improve quickly, I will choose dragon bone medicine, right?"

"Yes. Dragon bone medicine has another small benefit for you..."

The giant furnace smiled and said, "Because it is made from dragon bone marrow and blood, it will make your aura close to that of a dragon, and you will be mistaken for a dragon's descendant. In this way, you can go to some dragon treasures that you can't go to otherwise."

"Giant is too big, and they are enemies of dragons. This aura is very weak, but it's different for you humans."

"I see. Then I'll choose dragon bone medicine. Compared to saving my life in three years, I want to keep improving myself." Zhou Leng said.

The giant furnace smiled and said, "Okay, this is the right choice! After you improve yourself and become stronger, will you still worry about not being able to save your life?"

"As for the third reward..."

(End of this chapter)