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Chapter 1068 - 1040: Zhong Tian’s Legendary Experience

Chapter 1068: Chapter 1040: Zhong Tian’s Legendary Experience

Although An Qin’s sudden defense of Zhong Tian puzzled Li Chen, he immediately set aside these small details compared to what Zhong Tian was about to say next.

In the past, when Zhong Tian was training in Panlong Village, several masters had told him that his stout build wasn’t just excess fat but a manifestation of energy surplus.

However, this kind of energy wasn’t something that could be easily released.

It was somewhat similar to Li Chen’s previous situation; like the Blood of Heaven, it couldn’t be easily used but could serve as a trump card in critical moments.

However, the Blood of Heaven was deposited in Li Chen’s body, whereas Zhong Tian’s energy was stored in his body’s fat.

As his strength increased, this energy would naturally be absorbed, leading to weight loss.

Yet, with Zhong Tian’s current strength, he was unable to absorb the energy stored in the fat.

A month ago, led by the Ginseng Doll, Zhong Tian ventured into a deep mountainous area far from Linchuan.

This "quite far" was relative to ordinary people.

Zhong Tian spent two days, without using any transportation, enduringly accompanying the Ginseng Doll to the mountain with just his own two feet.

There, he encountered a lizard with a Mysterious Level power.

After finally defeating the lizard, he found a piece of purple lotus with nine leaves.

"What?! A purple lotus with nine leaves?!" Li Chen abruptly stood up.

"You said you found the Nine-Petal Heart Cleansing Lotus?"

"It seems... that’s the name?" Zhong Tian blushed slightly, saying, "I only found out after checking ancient books when I returned."

"Then... where’s the lotus?" Li Chen asked.

"I ate it." Zhong Tian blinked with an innocent look, replying.

"Raw?"

"Yeah, it tasted a bit sweet."

Li Chen immediately showed a look of utter heartbreak; he finally understood how the Pharmacist Clan felt when they saw ordinary people wasting precious resources.

The Nine-Petal Heart Cleansing Lotus is a genuine Holy Medicine, capable of purifying the body, expanding the meridians, and even saving lives when seriously injured.

However, its greatest function is just one.

And it’s precisely this one function that makes people’s hearts flutter.

It can forcibly increase a martial artist’s cultivation by one rank!

Even at the Earth Level!

Except for not being able to cross the barrier between Earth and Heavenly levels, at any time, the Nine-Petal Heart Cleansing Lotus can forcibly enhance a martial artist’s cultivation by one rank!

Of course, if it were a Pill, the effect might be even better.

Yet, this extraordinary Heaven-Defying Sacred Medicine was swallowed raw by this guy right in front of him!

Li Chen felt his heart quivering, his vision going dark.

A complete Nine-Petal Heart Cleansing Lotus could at least be made into several servings for alchemy. But... there was no "but" anymore.

"At that time, I was seriously injured, so..." Zhong Tian’s cheeks once again turned red.

Li Chen’s face had darkened like the bottom of a pot.

This time, even An Qin didn’t speak up to defend Zhong Tian.

Because... it was just too wasteful!

"Forget it. It’s already eaten, can’t have you spit it out, can we?" Li Chen seemed resigned, asking with a dejected expression.

"Then later..." Zhong Tian cautiously glanced at Li Chen before continuing.

What happened later was even more bizarre.

After swallowing the Nine-Petal Heart Cleansing Lotus, Zhong Tian didn’t experience much change. At that time, he was already at the Mysterious Level Intermediate Stage, and an upgrade of one rank would only make him Mysterious Level Advanced Stage.

However, energy is ultimately quantifiable.

A Heaven-Defying Sacred Medicine capable of advancing an Earth-level Expert by one rank couldn’t possibly have such limited effects, could it?

Shortly after ingesting the Nine-Petal Heart Cleansing Lotus, Zhong Tian discovered that he could effortlessly refine the energy in his body — namely, those hundreds of pounds of fat.

But Zhong Tian, being an honest man, faithfully adhered to his masters’ teachings and didn’t refine it carelessly.

On the way back, he didn’t rush and instead took a leisurely pace, stopping and strolling along the way.

However, after three days of walking, Zhong Tian unexpectedly found that he had lost weight!

The weight loss was so silent that he hadn’t even noticed it until he saw his reflection in a small river.

Moreover, what shocked Zhong Tian the most was that somehow, unbeknownst to him, his strength had already broken through to the Earth level.

"What?!" Once again, Li Chen couldn’t resist and stood up.

"Are you saying you’re now an Earth-level expert?! It took me a near-death experience to barely break through to the Earth level, and you... damn it!"

"Li Chen, calm down." Beside him, An Qin patted Li Chen’s shoulder reassuringly, but her expression was not entirely comfortable either, as if she was starting to feel disgruntled for not being at the Earth level herself.

Zhong Tian scratched the back of his head: "And then..."

Then he returned to Linchuan.

However, it seemed because his strength surged too quickly, he couldn’t even control this energy himself, and potential issues arose.

As he approached Linchuan, he wanted to catch a bird to try some wild game, but the stone he threw instantly turned the flying bird into a heap of shredded meat.

The fish he caught got crushed into mincemeat with just a squeeze of his hand.

And this was something beyond his control and even grew worse over time.

When he arrived near the expressway outside Linchuan, the True Qi in his body began to run wild. After a short while, he couldn’t suppress the out-of-control True Qi.

He passed out.

When Zhong Tian woke up, he found himself inside this house.

Listening to Zhong Tian’s account, Li Chen pondered: "If the power is too strong to control, leading to a berserk state, that’s quite normal. But from what you said, you were brought back by someone? Why didn’t they take you to find my people? Even if I wasn’t in Linchuan, they could’ve taken you to find my masters, right?"

Li Chen’s gaze swept over Zhong Tian; if he had been under someone’s control, then such control seemed far too loose?

Moreover, controlling an Earth-level expert — even one in a berserk state — isn’t something easily done.

Zhong Tian shook his head: "It’s not over yet."

Just as Zhong Tian was about to continue, noises came from outside the door.

Li Chen and An Qin simultaneously turned their heads sharply, only to be stunned as a girl in her twenties entered through the door from outside.

The girl was quite pretty, with an appearance that seemed somewhat frail, yet her big eyes were full of spirit.

Li Chen turned to look at Zhong Tian, revealing a meaningful smile.

"So that’s how it is..."