Chapter 1607 - 1608: Advancing to Immortal Lord
The person lying on the stretcher is named Xu Yun, the strongest among the younger generation of the Xu family.
Xu Yun had been cultivating at the Heavenly Sword Sect since childhood, and his strength had already reached the Immortal Lord realm.
This time, Xu Yun descended from the mountain to return to the Xu family for the family martial arts tournament.
However, no one expected that Xu Yun would be assassinated halfway, with his meridians completely severed.
"What should we do?" Xu Li said with a grimace.
Old Xu furrowed his eyebrows, knowing they could not afford to lose this family tournament.
Once they lose, the Xu family will be pushed out of the four great families of Yin Xian City.
This would be a disaster for the Xu family.
Because the four great families receive crystal stone rewards from the Immortal Mansion every year. Without these crystal stones, the Xu family would decline immediately, and especially the Sun family, also one of the four great families, would surely suppress them.
But now, the strength of Xu Yong and Xu Wei is still lacking, and they don't have the ability to participate in the tournament.
"Grandpa, why not let Lin Chen fight for us," Xu Wei suddenly suggested.
"Lin Chen?" Old Xu's heart moved, but he only managed a bitter smile.
"Young Master Lin doesn't have any deep ties with our Xu family. To put it bluntly, it's just a transactional relationship, and from my observations, he's not someone who likes trouble. Asking him for help is too difficult."
"That might not be the case. Even though Young Master Lin doesn't like trouble, he might not refuse if there's a benefit. Don't forget, the top three in this family tournament can obtain qualification to enter the Spirit Tower. I believe he would be interested in that," Xu Wei said determinedly.
The Spirit Tower is the place with the most concentrated Spiritual Energy in Yin Xian City. It's said there's a Spiritual Spring at the base of the tower. Every year, there are three slots to enter the Spirit Tower, and these slots are chosen from the family tournament.
Old Xu frowned; these three slots are not easy to obtain. With hundreds of families under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Mansion, fighting one's way to the top among these families is no easy feat.
"Alright, let's wait until Lin Chen comes out. It'd be best if he's willing; if not, we'll ask someone else. In any case, we mustn't lose this tournament."
After Old Xu's words, everyone nodded in agreement, hoping for Lin Chen to emerge from the secret chamber.
Inside the Time Prison, the thick Spiritual Energy filled the chamber.
Lin Chen sat quietly within, as waves of Qi surged violently within him, emitting a low rumbling sound.
Bang!
Suddenly, a powerful aura emanated from within, Lin Chen opened his eyes, and took a deep breath—it was the middle stage of the Immortal realm.
However, it was still not enough!
With a thought, he summoned the Ten-Thousand Spirit Fruit into his hand.
This time, his goal wasn't just the Immortal realm; to infiltrate the Hei Shui Gang, power at this level was far from enough.
This time, his target was the Immortal Lord realm.
Old Xu's strength was at the Immortal Lord realm, and from the videos, Hu Liuyi, who attacked Xue Ying, was also at the Immortal Lord realm. Thus, to rescue Xue Ying, the Immortal Lord realm was the baseline.
After all, behind Hu Liuyi was the unfathomable Xu Fu.
Thus, Lin Chen was determined to raise his strength to the Immortal Lord realm before heading to Heishui City.
Once reaching the Immortal Lord realm, Lin Chen was confident he could protect himself with his skills.
However, reaching the Immortal Lord realm in such a short time wasn't just a simple task.
Typically, breaking through each stage of the Immortal realm takes a hundred years, but Lin Chen was attempting to achieve in one month what others could only achieve in a century, illustrating the difficulty.
Therefore, to reach the level of the Immortal Lord realm, Lin Chen had to use some extreme measures.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen took a deep breath, and all the crystal stones around him began to float up.
Everything was ready; Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.
"This time, I'm betting everything I have, I won't believe I can't make it to the Immortal Lord realm."
With a thought, a wave of air surged forth, and the Ten-Thousand Spirit Fruit instantly melted into a liquid.
Almost simultaneously, the surrounding crystal stones also transformed into streams of Spiritual Energy, gathering around Lin Chen.
Devour!
With a thought, a violent suction burst forth.
The Ten-Thousand Spirit Fruit liquid in his hand, along with the surrounding Spiritual Energy, rapidly poured into Lin Chen's body.
With the influx of Spiritual Energy, Lin Chen's aura continuously climbed higher.
At this moment, the Time Prison was silent, with only the roar of Spiritual Energy echoing within.
In a blink of an eye, Lin Chen had been in the Time Prison for half a month.
Bang!
A powerful aura erupted from Lin Chen's body. His strength had now reached the high stage of the Immortal realm, just one step away from the Immortal Lord realm.
Achieving two stages in such a short time was incredibly against the odds, but Lin Chen wasn't satisfied.
His target was the Immortal Lord realm.
"Break for me!"
Lin Chen roared, and the Spiritual Energy within him surged like a raging sea wave.
The Spiritual Energy absorbed over the past few days instantly transformed into torrents, merging into Lin Chen's limbs and bones, finally crashing into his Qi Sea.
"Ugh!"
As the Spiritual Energy crashed into the Qi Sea, Lin Chen's body trembled violently, and layers of multicolored halos rapidly spread out within him.
Lin Chen's body turned a bright red, as if it was burning.
As the Spiritual Energy continued to flood into the Qi Sea, the multicolored lights congregated rapidly, becoming a seven-colored energy.
Bang!
As the seven-colored energy merged, the previously turbulent Spiritual Energy within him gradually calmed down.
Almost simultaneously, Lin Chen's aura rapidly surged.
Feeling the violent energy, Lin Chen was ecstatic internally.
This energy was the hallmark of the Immortal Lord realm, known as immortal aura!
Possessing immortal aura is the true sign of transforming from mortal to immortal.
Suppressing his joy, Lin Chen directed the immortal aura to his Dantian, finally pouring it into the seven-colored snow lotus inside.
At this moment, the budding flower of the seven-colored snow lotus suddenly blossomed.
The seven-colored snow lotus greedily absorbed the immortal aura from Lin Chen's body, and the color of the petals grew more intense, eventually emitting layers of seven-colored halos.
With the passage of time, a terrifying aura erupted from Lin Chen a month later.
Middle stage of the Immortal realm, high stage of the Immortal realm, initial stage of the Immortal Lord realm.
In less than a month, Lin Chen's strength had leapt three stages.
Feeling the powerful aura within, Lin Chen's lips curled into a satisfied smile.
Lin Chen suddenly opened his tightly shut eyes, and a strong energy erupted instantly.
He had finally advanced to the Immortal Lord realm.
With a thought, Lin Chen returned to the secret chamber.
Outside the chamber, the Xu family members were all anxiously watching the tightly closed door.
Xu Wei was extremely anxious. There were only three days left until the family tournament, yet Lin Chen had not emerged.
"Grandpa, it's been a month already. Shouldn't we go in and check?" Xu Wei finally couldn't hold back and asked.
After all, the family tournament was about to begin, and if they waited any longer, it might be too late.
"No, Young Master Lin said not to disturb him. If we enter rashly and disrupt his cultivation, the consequences would be unimaginable," Old Xu immediately denied Xu Wei's suggestion.
Just then, the chamber door suddenly opened, and a figure slowly walked out.
Feeling the aura from Lin Chen, Old Xu's eyes widened in shock.