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Chapter 308 - 93: Jiuli Soul Armor [Request for monthly votes!]_1

Chapter 308: Chapter 93: Jiuli Soul Armor [Request for monthly votes!]_1

Combining his master’s narration with what Senior Sister Jiang had mentioned before, Chu Liang was able to piece together some of the trajectory of the life of Immortal Qi Jing.

In the first half of his life, he was as unrestrained and significant as a protagonist in a novel.

However, after marrying a mysteriously originated wife, the entire family tragically perished because of her. His current whereabouts remain a mystery, whether he’s trying to find his wife or avenge his family, is unknown.

Chu Liang would not worry about a cultivator of the Eighth Realm.

After returning to his cottage, he couldn’t wait to sit down and start rewarding himself.

Preparations for the Shu Mountain Conference and continuous competitions did not leave any time for him to go down the mountain to slay demons and eliminate devils. Therefore, he didn’t have the chance to reward himself. After such a long time, he was itching to get started.

What’s more, this time it was a big one.

When his divine sense entered the White Pagoda, he saw a massive golden shadow filling the prison cell. When Chu Liang moved forward to press the "refining" button, he was actually a bit nervous.

His heart surged with excitement; his hand trembled.

Boom.

After the dazzling flash, a white glow floated out, which seemed quite substantial. The information about the treasure also appeared in Chu Liang’s mind.

[Jiuli Soul Armor]: A powerful armor imbued with the war soul of an ancient fierce beast, it’s bloody and violent. Apart from possessing formidable defensive power, whenever your attack harms a living being, the attached beast soul can absorb some vitality and return it to you. Likewise, when someone else’s attack harms you, the beast soul can rebound part of the force back to itself. Please note: do not attack yourself.

Good stuff.

From the first sight of this object, Chu Liang instantly judged that it was undoubtedly a good thing.

Artifacts of the armor type are rather rare in the Immortal Cultivation World.

That being said, defense-type artifacts are significantly less common than attack type in total because defense artifacts must completely be devoid of loopholes, and array runes must cover a large area. The time and effort required to refine them are much more than that of attack artifacts of the same level. Often, artifact refiners prefer to spend this time improving the power of attack artifacts.

Most defensive artifacts are like the Green Leaf Umbrella that Wen Yulong crafted, which is for instant defense. That is, activating the artifact for defense when you face an attack.

Compared to this kind of instant defense, clothing or armor that provides continuous defense is obviously more convenient and useful.

But the refining of such continuous defense artifacts is several times more difficult and poses a massive challenge for artifact refiners. Otherwise, such useful things would be common in the market.

And defense artifacts that not only have defensive power but also other capabilities are simply rare to find.

The Jiuli Soul Armor in front of him is such a treasure.

Its two effects sound very tempting. The first is that when you harm others, it absorbs some vitality and feeds it back to oneself.

The role of vitality is probably to increase power and supplement life force, which means if Chu Liang attacks someone, he will increase a part of his own power. If Chu Liang is injured at this time, the armor’s power can heal some of the wounds quickly.

The second effect is that when someone else’s attack harms you; the Soul Armor will recoil part of the damage. That is even more powerful. If others hit me, they will also get injured.

Of course.

Although these sound powerful, one cannot discuss the effects without considering the intensity.

It’s necessary to test how strong it is.

But Chu Liang can’t hit himself...that is what was sternly warned about on the Jiuli Soul Armor’s instructions.

After mulling it over, it makes sense.

If Chu Liang were to attack himself, causing harm would simultaneously trigger the first effect, causing damage while also withdrawing a portion of the vitality from his body...feeding it back to himself.

At the same time, it will trigger the second effect, that is, it will reflect a portion of the damage to the attacker...that being Chu Liang himself.

The injury rebounded to himself would trigger the first effect again...

And repeat the process above.

Then repeat it again.

Although the force would gradually weaken, theoretically, it would continue indefinitely. If Chu Liang doesn’t take off this Soul Armor, he might be trapped in the endless cycle of self-harm for the rest of his life.

Thinking about it, Chu Liang found it a bit funny. While he was pondering, there came a laughter from outside.

"Hey, hey, hey! Brother, how’s it going?"

...

Who else could it be but Lin Bei?

Having recently gone through a big battle, he was fine all over. Shu Mountain suffered only light casualties this time. Chu Liang had confirmed, before returning, that his small team of friends had not been badly hurt.

After cleaning the battlefield, Lin Bei couldn’t wait to come and check on Chu Liang. After all, anyone who had seen the scene where he singlehandedly wielded the Purple Green Double Swords would be shocked.

Lin Bei was familiar with Chu Liang and naturally wanted to check in on him.

"You’re famous now. After today, there’s no one across the Nine States that doesn’t know about you," he said enviously.

"I’ve only borrowed some external forces," Chu Liang replied with a smile, saying no more.

As for the Purple Green Double Swords, it was okay, but he didn’t know whether it was acceptable to disclose the Universe Longevity thing or not.

Revealing anything to Lin Bei is essentially like announcing it to the world, because that guy, as an unofficial spokesperson for Shu Mountain, has been spreading all sorts of rumors among the disciples of various immortal sects at Tongtian Peak Square.

Of course, he doesn’t just broadcast information, he’s also managed to uncover quite a few secrets from other immortal sects.

"How did you manage to do it?" As expected, Lin Bei curiously asked.

"I’ll ask the elders about that later and tell you, but first, could you do me a favor?" Chu Liang said.

"Huh? What favor?" Lin Bei asked.

Chu Liang said, "Hit me."

Lin Bei: "?"

As he looked into Chu Liang’s eyes, his admiration and envy quickly transformed into shock and confusion, then into hesitation and unease...

He vaguely remembered that not long ago, Chu Liang was a master of Turtle Shell Binding. What on earth had he gone through in the past six months to have such a drastic change?

Seeing Lin Bei’s expression, Chu Liang quickly guessed what he might be thinking and hurriedly said, "I just got a defensive artifact and I want you to help me test it out."

"Ah, like that." Lin Bei visibly relaxed.

With a thought from Chu Liang, the Jiuli Soul Armor appeared on his body.

It didn’t look very secure, and its craftsmanship seemed somewhat rough, like a heavy armor woven from certain animal skin. But the intense blood and sha energy emanating from it was appalling.

Chu Liang tried to infuse it with his true Qi, and with a flick of his divine thoughts, he hid it. With a flash of light, the armor disappeared from Chu Liang’s body.

Although it was no longer visible, the sense of security it conveyed remained, which was quite reassuring.

Seeing this, Lin Bei immediately guessed where Chu Liang had obtained the artifact—it must have been seized from the recent battle with the Demon Sect.

In that great battle, the Demon Sect had fled in a complete rout. Even the poorest disciples of the Demon Sect must have had some savings, so the spoils of their defeat were sure to be plentiful.

Though Shu Mountain usually collects these things, if a disciple keeps one or two useful artifacts, the sect is not too particular about it.

Chu Liang cautioned, "Just use about ten percent of your power, because my armor will reflect some of your force back at you."

"Is it that powerful?" Lin Bei chuckled, and without any delay, he gathered about ten percent of his true Qi and struck at Chu Liang’s shoulder.

Given Chu Liang’s physical strength, even without the armor, Lin Bei’s strike wouldn’t cause much damage to him, so he didn’t worry about going too far.

Thud.

A muffled noise echoed.

Lin Bei’s palm landed on Chu Liang and immediately, a surge of energy, like a great wave, swelled and rolled back towards Lin Bei!

Thud—

Lin Bei was thrown more than ten feet away, somersaulting before he could sit up.

"What the heck..." Despite still being somewhat dazed, he said, "I think at least seventy to eighty percent of my power was reflected back at me. That’s too powerful."

At the same time as Lin Bei was sent flying, Chu Liang did indeed feel a trace of blood energy seeping into his body, although the effect was not very noticeable. It was probably because the damage inflicted on Lin Bei was minimal, so the amount absorbed was also very little.

But the effect of this rebounding force surprised him greatly.

However, the reason it managed to reflect so much was probably because Lin Bei used too little force. If more force was used, the artifact’s performance probably wouldn’t be as strong, because there must be a limit.

If it could return seventy to eighty percent after every attack, then even the top twenty on the Ten Thousand Treasures Record couldn’t withstand it, which was impossible.

He quickly got up to help Lin Bei, and said, "Because you use less force, the proportion that gets reflected back is larger. If you use more force, the proportion reflected back should be smaller."

"Really?" Lin Bei was somewhat skeptical.

"It should be true." Chu Liang smiled, paused for a moment, and said, "Would you like to try again?"

Lin Bei’s fall was not light, and he groaned as he rubbed his backside, quickly shaking his head. "No, thank you. It’s pretty painful."

Before he could finish his words, Chu Liang noticed an additional silhouette behind Lin Bei—Daoist Yan in his pure white outfit.

Daoist Yan, who usually had a very steady expression, was looking at them with a mixture of confusion and surprise, having apparently just overheard their conversation.

Chu Liang was startled, "Uncle Yan, when did you get here? We were just..."

"You don’t need to explain it to me, it’s all up to you." Daoist Yan shook his head, "The sect leader wants to see you, and I also have some questions to ask you, so I took the liberty to come and notify you myself."

Wait, why isn’t there an explanation needed? What does he mean ’it’s up to us’?

Chu Liang frowned heavily. You can ask me anything, but can you at least let me explain first?

Could you please?