Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 420 Black Stone
Unexpectedly, the precious Battlefield Shield Token was obtained so quickly.

It's a pity there's only one. I wish there was one more. I'll give it to Zhang Xinglie.

Zhou Leng walked back to the giant frost tree.

Dahuang waited where it was, and as soon as it saw Zhou Leng, it pounced on him.

After playing with Big Yellow for a while, I sorted out my harvest from the Tree Man World.

Items containing life force, such as ancient tree fossils, giant insect sap, and ant eggs, cannot be sold; they must all be kept to cultivate the Star Phoenix Resurrection Technique.

You should also keep some potions, dragon meat, and other items that you can eat.

Some miscellaneous ordinary treasures were disposed of by the Martial Arts Brigade.

Some of the good items were given to the Ice and Snow Cult to sell at high prices, while the rest were dealt with directly by Azure Flame.

Finally, there was something different in front of Zhou Leng.

The eight-sided bone fragment, obtained from Jax in the dwarven world, has never been used.

Several fragments of artifacts from an advanced civilization, a gift from Aiden. They seem like treasures, but in reality, their power has been drained. I've seen them in the world of Titans.

It's not bad, but it's unusable.

The last item, also a gift from Aiden, was a piece bearing the marks of martial arts.

It is a black jade-like stone, half a meter tall, and an irregularly shaped stone with one smooth side and three broken sides.

It's very light, even lighter than wood.

A strange scratch remains on the smooth surface.

Zhou Leng placed the black jade stone in front of him, staring quietly at the scratches and sensing the martial arts.

I didn't feel anything until I almost fell asleep.

"Could it be that Aiden didn't realize it himself, so he pretended to treat it like a treasure and threw it to me?"

Zhou Leng ignored the black jade stone, looked around, and headed towards the trial gate.

The first stage, the battlefield, has completed the initial test.

The second level, the Insect Valley, is not yet complete. It's not that I can't bear the pain, but that I can't bear the disgust of the insects burrowing into my body.

But having experienced the inheritance of the advanced tree-man, Zhou Leng felt he could give it another try.

"Second level, Insect Beast Valley."

After Zhou Leng finished speaking, he was sucked into the gates of purgatory.

Seeing that Zhou Leng was gone, Da Huang suddenly felt bored, yawned, and stretched out his paw to touch his mouth.

Looking around, just as he was about to go find Xiao Ba, he caught a glimpse of the black jade stone out of the corner of his eye.

Big Yellow tilted its head and sneaked up to the black jade stone, staring at the scratches on it.

At first, it just stared, but slowly, a black sky appeared in its eyes, and a giant claw tore through the sky like white lightning, filling the entire world.

Big Yellow's eyes flashed with light as it stared intently at the black jade stone.

In the Valley of Insects and Beasts.

Zhou Leng recovered easily after being bitten by a wild beast.

Then, all sorts of insects swarmed in like a tide, burrowed into the body, and devoured it.

An indescribable pain and tingling sensation spread throughout my body, but the most unbearable thing was the indescribable nausea.

However, Zhou Leng experienced the inheritance of the tree people and imagined himself as a big tree. Unconsciously, he was able to slowly endure it.

When the time came, its body was devoured by the swarm of insects.

The body has fully recovered.

Before long, new insects emerged, which appeared to be nothing more than common insects such as flies and mosquitoes.

Zhou remained indifferent.

But soon, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Those insects didn't bite, didn't gnaw, and didn't even attack.

They burrow into the body and hatch their eggs.

Zhou Leng felt a chill run down his spine.

The number of parasite eggs in my body is increasing, and increasing again.

The skin swelled up with purplish-red fleshy lumps.

Phew…

The insect eggs and flesh on the shoulder were the first to burst open, and a fly crawled out from the dripping blood and fluids.

Then, Zhou Leng's entire body exploded one after another, blood splattered, and insects either jumped out or flew out.

The body was covered with countless hollow holes of flesh and blood, which writhed gently.

These holes were wide open, and from within, a steady stream of hatching insects poured out...

Zhou Leng transformed into an insect nest.

Gritting her teeth, she silently endured it...

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Leng finally could not bear it any longer and withdrew from the trial.

Returning to the present, Zhou Leng looked down at his skin. Although everything had changed, his whole body was numb and itchy, and an indescribable nausea spread throughout his body.

Even though I had already left the Valley of Insects and Beasts, that feeling lingered like maggots clinging to my bones.

"No, this is too disgusting... The fourth level, the Crimson Lotus Fire Hell!"

Zhou Leng entered the Crimson Lotus Fire Hell, first encountering blazing flames, then freezing flames.

The intense pain dispelled the nausea I had felt earlier.

It hurts, but it feels good.

Even as he was burned to death in the Crimson Lotus Hell, a smile remained on his face.

After a long time, Zhou Leng woke up and pondered the meaning of the Gate of Purgatory once again.

"To fight fear..."

Turning my head, I saw Big Yellow fast asleep, hugging the black jade stone.

"Ok?"

Zhou Leng walked over and picked up the stone.

"Aww..." Big Yellow suddenly woke up and pounced on the rocks.

Once it saw Zhou Leng clearly, it instantly sobered up and started wagging its tail.

"You want this stone?" Zhou Leng had never seen Da Huang act like this before.

Big Yellow smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"Will this help your cultivation?" Big Yellow nodded, then quickly shook his head.

"Just pretend."

Big Yellow opened its mouth blankly, looking like it didn't understand what you were saying.

“Since it suits you, keep it. If you understand it, remember to tell me what it is,” Zhou Leng said.

Big Yellow still looked bewildered, its two front legs tightly gripping the black jade stone.

"You stupid dog, you're smarter than anyone else right now." Zhou Leng reached out and pinched Da Huang's face.

Big Yellow smiled broadly, not angry at all.

Zhou Leng glanced at the black jade stone and guessed that since humans couldn't comprehend it, it was likely a mark left by a master beast.

"Do you have any storage items? I can make one and tie it around your neck. You can take it off during battle, or have Hachi put it in his nose."

Big Yellow's eyes lit up, and it nodded frantically.

"Come on, I'll have the elves make you a magic pouch bib."

The man and his dog ran to Mammoth Town, where the elf slightly modified the magic bag and tied it to Big Yellow's chest and abdomen.

Big Yellow got the Magic Bag and went crazy with excitement. He ran all over Mammoth Town, barking at everyone he saw and pointing at the Magic Bag with his paws to show off.

Zhou Leng found Yin Hu Yue and contacted Yin Hu Feng through the Magic Mirror. In the end, he yielded and decided to offer up two seeds of the Tree of Life.

With the Tree of Life, there is an endless source of Water of Life.

Although it is only at the Grandmaster level and it is difficult to reach the Demigod level, the life water produced is enough for a person to use until becoming a Martial Saint.

Based on this calculation, my actual gains in the Treeman World far exceeded my original estimate.

A Tree of Life is worth at least 100 billion, or even more.

If we can find a way to cultivate a demigod in the future, that would be a treasure worth trillions.

The initial investment in training is quite large, but we'll take it slow. Anyway, there's plenty of corpses from the ferocious beast realm and plenty of water from Mammoth Lake.

If all else fails, let Da Huang seek guidance from the Tree Elder on the Tree of Life. We are all trees, we are all one family.

Next, Zhou Leng dealt with the treasures he had acquired, spent most of his time cultivating, and occasionally spent time with Xu Qingjin.

Since Zhou Leng took the initiative to hold hands, the two have tacitly acknowledged their relationship and become even closer.

Young people are very gossipy, and in less than two days, Xu Qingjin was called "Sister-in-law Leng" by the whole school, including the teachers.

Life, which had been chaotic, returned to peace.

In the morning, I practiced the Star-Gazing Technique, the Star Phoenix Returning to Heaven Technique, the Undying Star Body, and the Taiqing Sea Robe, while also engaging in high-intensity resistance training.

In the afternoon, I practiced external martial arts techniques such as Heavenly Tide Palm, Sky-Severing Finger, and Mind-Shadow Splitting.

The Heavenly Tide Palm, now divine, begins to create deadly moves.

In the evenings, he would light incense to concentrate on studying the divine texts and focus on cultivating in the "Star Refining Furnace".

The Star Refining Furnace truly lives up to its reputation as a complete star treasure. Currently, it only has one divine inscription engraved on it, and even after cultivating for so long, I still cannot comprehend anything about it.

Bone forging is now possible, but for the sake of the Azure Flame Demon Spirit Trial, I will not break through for the time being. I will do it after entering the trial, which will allow me to accumulate a solid foundation.

Song Juesi and Zhang Xinglie were extremely grateful after receiving Zhou Leng's life-saving medicinal fruit.

Although Elder Song's physique is no less than that of a young man, the stronger his vitality, the better. He has already entered the Xiantian Mountain to attempt to become a Grandmaster.

Zhang Xinglie had reached a bottleneck in cultivating the Mountain-Slaying Battle Body. Ordinary medicines were no longer sufficient for his cultivation, but with the ancient tree fossils and the sap of the giant insects, his cultivation of the Mountain-Slaying Battle Body progressed by leaps and bounds.

Soon, the Snow Mountain Wolf sent a message that the initiation ceremony was about to begin.

Zhou Leng replied that he would go immediately, and then searched for Wuwei intelligence, combined with Xue Chengsong's information, to find the traces of those Xiantian who were plotting to seize the mineral resources.

They used a mine as a base to harass nearby mines and kill workers.

Zhou Leng's mines were forced to shut down, workers left, and all of Xue's mines were also shut down.

Not only was the Xue family implicated, but many small companies in the vicinity also shut down their mines.

Xue Chengsong analyzed that Liu Liang and several other innate companies initially aimed for the entire mining area.

Since Huang Meng's purge of Rucheng, the power dynamics in Rucheng have undergone a new transformation.

The appearance of Liu Liang likely indicates that the Lou family has intervened in Rucheng.

Wu Wei and Xue Chengsong's analyses were almost identical.

The Lou family secretly returned to Rucheng.

The mines where Liuliang and others were located were ostensibly under the name of Shuangjiao Branch Company.

But in reality, it belongs to the Lou family.

Zhou Leng vividly remembered the feud between Ma Xingkong and the Lou family, a feud he would never forget.

Zhou Leng took the pretext of going to the Demon Spirit World, bid farewell to everyone, and entered the Water Continent Demon City alone.

Upon arriving in the no-man's-land, they changed their appearance by wearing masks and using the Magic Ring.

Traveling at speeds exceeding 600 kilometers per hour, it took less than two hours to reach the mine where Liuliang and other natural resources are located.

The data shows that they were active at night and hibernating during the day.

Zhou Leng was not in a hurry and observed and waited from a distance.

On the watchtower stood two martial artists, playing on their phones in a very relaxed manner.

The mine was not in operation; all the vehicles were parked, and no one was even wearing a safety helmet.

The Lou family secretly bought this mine, but it hasn't started operation yet. The people inside are all martial artists from the Lou family's development company.

Zhou waited quietly until nightfall, then secretly sneaked in.

The security at the mine was extremely lax.

Before long, Zhou Leng arrived outside the main building.

The indoor lights shone through the open window onto the floor, and through the screen, several people were chatting.

How many mines in the vicinity have stopped operating now?

"There are a total of 27 mines. 15 are shut down, and the other 12 belong to the major powers in Rucheng and cannot be touched."

"How were your results?"

"There are quite a few high-energy minerals and high-energy snail shells, as well as a piece of ordinary spiritual jade."

"I only managed to get my hands on some high-energy minerals."

"Although it is a low-grade mine, each mine can easily generate a gross profit of 20 to 30 million yuan per year."

"How did they react?"

"What kind of reaction can they have? They'll all go find the innate master behind them. Those innate masters aren't stupid. You're a Bone Forging expert, and you're using the name of the Twin Horns Company. Nobody wants to be the first to stick their neck out."

"Then we'll apply pressure for another half month. After that, we'll step in and buy the mine at a low price."

(End of this chapter)