Chapter 21: Recovery and Power Increase

  When the sky turned dark, Ye Chen returned to the small courtyard. Nan'er was standing at the gate of the small courtyard, looking out. Seeing Ye Chen, she rushed over and grabbed his arm, "Young master, you're back! I was worried to death."

  "I didn't say I'd be fine, did I? Don't worry about me." Ye Chen smiled and then rubbed his belly. "Is the food ready?"

  "It's been ready for a long time." Nannuo giggled and pulled Ye Chen to run inside, "Just waiting for you to come back and eat, if you don't come back soon the dishes will get cold."

  A warm current rose in Ye Chen's heart.

  At night, Ye Chen lay in bed without truly falling asleep. He had to recover his meridians as soon as possible, increase his strength, and control the spiritual energy pouring into his body from the seal on his chest, repairing his meridians, stimulating cell particles. Those cell particles had already grown to the size of sesame seeds; perhaps in a few more days they would burst open, releasing powerful blood energy and strength.

  Day and night without rest, sixteen days passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Chen had hardly slept once, but he didn't feel tired at all. On the contrary, his spirit was refreshed, and the meridians in his body had fully recovered, restoring him to his former peak physical condition of Five-Element Body Tempering. Moreover, he had also awakened the power of the Three-Headed Savage Beast, and the strong lifeblood had refined his bones to the point where they were almost free of impurities, far surpassing those of the same rank who had reached the Five-Element Bone Tempering realm.

  The awakening of the Three-Headed Barbarian Beast's power also greatly increased his strength, and the Crazy Apotheosis Technique was finally successfully cultivated yesterday, opening up every tiny meridian throughout his body.

  At this time, Ye Chen had a feeling that even if he faced the seven-segment peak, he would have the power to fight one battle, and his strength had increased greatly compared to before his meridians were severed.

  Behind the mountain, in the empty space, Ye Chen's body was like a dragon and a python, his hands and feet stretching out with each movement, creating strong air currents. Every punch he threw was accompanied by a loud roar, and the King Fist technique now being wielded by him was even more powerful.

  "Madness Incantation!"

  Ye Chen let out a low growl, his blood and energy began to surge in reverse, his entire body seemed to transform into a ferocious wild beast. A red glow flashed through his eyes, and with a ripping sound, his clothes tore open, revealing bulging muscles. His physique expanded instantly, making him look like a savage from the depths of the mountains, his knotted muscles bursting with explosive power.

  "Hegemony Fist Seal!"

  Ye Chen swung his fist out, the fist wind shook violently, a loud roar of the Overlord burst forth, a nearly solidified fist print shot out from his hand, buzzing as it dispersed the surrounding airflow.

  "Boom!"

  Three meters away, a ancient tree that two people can hug together shook violently, leaves fell in profusion, and on its trunk appeared a deep fist print about three inches deep. The surrounding area of the fist print was covered with cracks like spider webs.

  Rumble!!

  Ye Chen threw punch after punch, a set of King Fist imprinted without reservation, the roar of the king's anger shook the earth, startling countless birds into flight, and that ancient tree trunk was blasted out of a large pit by him, splashing wood chips everywhere.

  "I've now mastered the Tyrant Fist style to the point where it's as powerful as my father's original!" Ye Chen gazed at the massive crater he had blasted into the ancient tree, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes, but he wasn't satisfied, yearning for even greater power.

  These days, Ye Chen almost went to the depths of the back mountain every two days to absorb spiritual energy. The higher the boundary, the more spiritual energy is needed. Now he is only at the fifth stage peak and has not yet entered the sixth stage. In the future, entering the eighth and ninth stages will require a huge amount of spiritual energy. Ye Chen almost didn't dare to imagine it.

  "Only one more month..." Ye Chen muttered to himself, "One month is enough."

  The family still has a month's time, and for Ye Chen, in this month, he will awaken five cell particles, and at that time, he can enter the sixth segment of the marrow boundary, and his combat power will be doubled.

  He was looking forward to seeing the expressions of those people in the tribe after his strength recovered. No one wants to be a waste, and no one wants to bear the name of waste, Ye Chen is no exception.

  In the past, Ye Chen wanted to win first place in the clan comparison to get low-grade extreme spirit medicine, which could help Nan'er break through the boundary as soon as possible. Now it's different, Yuling has promised to take Nan'er to Linglong Island for cultivation.

  With Linglong Island's status and strength, not to mention low-grade extreme spiritual medicine, even first-grade and second-grade spiritual medicine are countless. Relatively speaking, the one who needs low-grade extreme spiritual medicine the most is not Nang'er, but rather her older cousin Ye Yan.

  Ye Yan is the only one among her peers in the Ye family who truly cares about Ye Chen, so in Ye Chen's heart, she has become a close relative. This time, winning the first prize of low-grade spirit medicine is not easy for Ye Yan. The eldest son of the head of the household, Ye Sheng, has a cultivation that is no weaker than Ye Yan's and was already on par with her half a year ago.

  Ye Sheng, as the son of the Ye family's master, had a natural talent for cultivation that was not low. He received far more resources for his cultivation than Ye Yan did, so what level he had reached by now, Ye Yan didn't know and Ye Chen also didn't know. But it was very possible that he had already broken through the seventh stage peak and entered the eighth stage realm.

  Ye Chen held back a breath in his heart, even if it was for the sake of his cousin Ye Yan, he absolutely would not allow Ye Sheng to become the first in this family comparison.

  This time, he wants to trample Ye Sheng and Ye Qing's pride and dignity completely under his feet, making their arrogance and recklessness a laughing stock.

  The spiritual energy of the chest seal was insufficient, Ye Chen re-entered the depths of the back mountain to replenish his spiritual energy. When he returned to the small courtyard, it was already dusk. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Nan'er and Ye Yan sitting in the house. The little girl was giggling, and he didn't know what Ye Yan had said to her that made her so happy.

  "Heh heh, what's got you so excited? Tell me about it." Ye Chen stepped into the house and casually closed the door behind him.

  "Master, you're back! The young lady has been waiting for you for a long time." Nannan poured a cup of hot tea from the teapot and handed it to Ye Chen.

  "Sister Yan, are you looking for me about something?"

  Ye Chen walked over to the table and sat down, taking a small sip. He felt a refreshing aroma fill his lungs.

  "It's nothing, just came to see you." Ye Yan smiled, today she wore a pink qipao, which outlined her mature and plump figure with curves, "Chen brother, has your body recovered?"

  "Uh-huh." Ye Chen nodded and said, "The meridians have recovered, and his strength has also increased somewhat."

  "Really?" Although she had heard Nang'er mention that Ye Chen's meridians had made a great recovery not long ago, she still didn't quite believe it. Now, hearing Ye Chen admit it himself, her heart was filled with surprise and shock. It had only been a month, and his completely severed meridians had fully recovered - this was simply like a fairy tale. If she were to tell others, she feared no one would believe her.

  "Really, completely recovered." Ye Chen nodded again.

  "Hum!"

  As soon as the words fell, the air suddenly buzzed, a slender jade hand grasped it, and in a flash of lightning, it appeared right before his eyes. The strong wind hit him head-on, making Ye Chen's face ache.

  Ye Chen smiled lightly, one hand reached out, faster than Ye Yan's, and just as her jade-like hands were about to touch his face three inches away, he locked her wrist in place, laughing: "Sister Yan, why are you launching a sneak attack on me? If I hadn't reacted in time, wouldn't this handsome face of mine have been ruined by you?"

  "Stinky beauty." Ye Yan pursed her lips and smiled, suddenly increasing the force in her hand to try and break free from Ye Chen's grasp towards her face. But she was shocked to find that Ye Chen's hands were like a pair of iron pincers, firmly fixing her wrists in place, unable to move forward even an inch.

  "Brother Chen... you..." The beautiful eyes of Ye Yan were filled with shock and astonishment, she had almost used 70% of her strength, yet she still couldn't budge Ye Chen's hand. She was a cultivator at the peak of the seventh stage.

  "Yan Jie, do you really want to ruin such a handsome face?" Ye Chen said with another hand stroking his chin.

  "Hehe, Young Master is really self-loving." Nang'er covered her mouth and smiled slyly.

  "Off with you, little girl! Are you asking for a knock on the head again?" Ye Chen threatened.

  "Hmph. I knew you'd bully me." Nang'er pouted and muttered.

  "Chen Di, let go of your sister's hand." Ye Yan glared at Ye Chen and then asked in an interrogative tone, "Tell me honestly, have you broken through to the seventh stage?"

  When he asked this question, Ye Yan's heart also started racing wildly. If Ye Chen nodded, it would mean something - that the Ye family had given birth to a genius. In less than half a year, he had transformed from a useless body that couldn't cultivate into a seven-stage cultivator. This was no longer just a matter of being talented; it was simply monstrous.

  "Uh...no." Ye Chen shook his head and said truthfully: "Only at the peak of the fifth stage, maybe before the clan comparison can reach the sixth stage."

  "Five-Phase Apex?" Ye Yan's red lips parted slightly, and she felt her heart almost unable to withstand the shock. After a long while, she said: "Your Five-Phase Apex cultivation actually has the power to rival my Seven-Phase Apex, this..."

  "I'm just a bit stronger than the average person, nothing strange about that." Ye Chen smiled awkwardly, of course he couldn't tell Ye Yan that he was a Chaotic Body, the first physique in ancient times, even the Heavenly Dao was jealous, even if he said it out loud, Ye Yan probably wouldn't believe him.

  "A bit bigger?" Ye Yan almost choked on his words. A five-segment peak versus a seven-segment peak, and the difference in power was just "a bit bigger"?

  "People are more annoying than people." Ye Yan patted Ye Chen's head and laughed, "I really don't know what kind of monster you are."

  Ye Chen's mouth twitched slightly, if Ye Yan wasn't his nominal older cousin, he really wanted to slap her firm buttocks a few times, she actually patted his head, this made a 27-year-old man feel unbearable.

  "What's wrong, sister knocked off your head and you're still not satisfied?" Seeing Ye Chen's mouth twitching, Ye Yan smiled.

  "Yan sister, that thing, can you not hit me on the head in the future? They say women fear being hugged around the waist and men fear having their heads touched. I'm already so old..."

  "Hey, you little brat, not even fourteen yet, and you're already an adult? What's wrong with sister patting your head?" Ye Yan raised an eyebrow, looking at Ye Chen with interest, and reached out to pat his head again.

  This time it was louder, with a crisp slapping sound, like hitting a watermelon. After the slap, Ye Chen's face turned red from holding back his breath, and Ye Yan covered her mouth to stifle a giggle.

  Damn, I was actually bullied by a little girl. Ye Chen felt stifled in his heart. A man's anger, he stretched out his hand and wrapped it around Ye Yan's waist, pulling him into his arms, and said with a smile, "Sister Yan, if you pat my head again in the future, I'll wrap my arms around your waist, neither of us will lose."

  Unfortunately, there was a power outage again today. A large area is being repaired for the electrical circuit. According to what I heard, there won't be any power outages tomorrow. Friends who like this book, please throw some flowers casually.