Chapter 2469 - 2569: Emperor’s Profound Crystal, Rise in a Day! (Part 1)

Chapter 2469: Chapter 2569: Emperor’s Profound Crystal, Rise in a Day! (Part 1)

Saint Academy.

"Has Su Chen not returned yet?" Huang Zhi asked nonchalantly in the Saint Origin Pavilion while tasting tea. There was no visible emotional fluctuation, yet the sound reverberating within the pavilion felt terrifyingly deep like an abyss.

Standing before Huang Zhi, Shang Getian felt increasingly reverent.

He had been content being a mere dog these past centuries.

He had witnessed Huang Zhi’s mad growth.

How fast had Huang Zhi grown? Perhaps, only Shang Getian understood most clearly in the entire Saint Academy. Precisely because of his clear understanding, every time he faced Huang Zhi, he was overwhelmed with reverence, hardly daring to breathe.

Take this moment, although Huang Zhi merely asked a casual question, he felt as if countless threads, impossible to escape, were wrapping around his throat, making it difficult to breathe.

"No... no." Shang Getian stammered, "That little rascal is probably scared, not daring to return to the Saint Academy."

This wasn’t flattery but what Shang Getian genuinely believed.

After Su Chen and the dean visited the Li Family for the Old Ancestor’s birthday banquet, four to five hundred years had already passed.

What kind of banquet could take so long?

Either Su Chen died at the Li Family, which was unlikely, or news would have returned.

Or he was simply scared and didn’t dare to return, evidently the most likely scenario.

"Worthless ants." Huang Zhi frowned slightly, extremely annoyed.

In his mind, Su Chen was just a pesky fly. As a reincarnated body of the Second Tribulation Great Emperor Peak, his sights were set on the entire Grand Cosmos World, and even the Chaos Divine Kingdom; his scale was grand.

Su Chen never mattered to him, just a bothersome little ant to squash, a thorn in his side. Unfortunately, Su Chen was miserably cowardly...

"Alright, no more about that ant. Let’s discuss the Broken Stele." Huang Zhi dismissed the thought, and spoke seriously, his entire aura growing solemn. The Broken Stele was of greater importance to him.

"Young Master, over the centuries, I’ve led people to search through almost all ancient texts in the Saint Academy, but unfortunately, found not a trace concerning the Broken Stele." Shang Getian seemed nervous; this matter was always prioritized by Huang Zhi, known clearly to him, so he exerted effort, but reality was...

Not a single clue found.

"Absolutely nothing? The cleaner it’s erased, the more it indicates a hidden secret." Huang Zhi tapped the table lightly, squinting mysteriously.

"I... I... I will continue to search!" Shang Getian replied.

"Alright, go ahead." Huang Zhi gestured dismissively.

"Yes."

Shang Getian was about to leave.

"Wait." Huang Zhi called him, raising a hand, handing Shang Getian a sphere.

The sphere was semi-transparent, red and blue with swirling mist, congealed within the crystal-like sphere, appearing like a phantasm, delicately flowing, vibrant and dazzling...

From afar, it seemed like thunder and lightning were sealed within the crystal.

"Thank you, Young Master." Shang Getian was thrilled, his face flushed as he hurriedly accepted it, delighted deep down!!!

It seemed his breakthrough to Half-Step Boundless Realm was very promising.

Indeed.

Currently, Shang Getian was already at the Origin Emperor Extreme Realm Seventh Layer Peak...

For hundreds of years, he had been advancing like a rocket.

His cultivation speed was the fastest in the entire Saint Academy.

In some sense, even faster than Huang Zhi!

Now, besides Qu Mu and Huang Zhi in the Saint Academy, he steadily ranked third.

The reason for his insane martial arts cultivation speed, astonishing everyone, was primarily that choice years ago — to be Huang Zhi’s dog.

For these past centuries, he diligently worked for Huang Zhi.

When Huang Zhi pointed a direction, he would bite.

Utterly loyal.

And Huang Zhi was extremely generous to him.

Has given more than ten times of such red-blue crystals.

What were these red-blue crystals? — Emperor’s Profound Crystal!!!

More plainly, these red-blue crystals were the life energy and mysterious qi essence concentrated from a Great Emperor’s lifetime.

Typically, after a Great Emperor’s death, their Divine Soul either sleeps, awaiting a chance for reincarnation, or disintegrates; as for their Physical Body? Either it doesn’t decay, eternally buried, or turns to ashes, the body’s energy crystallized into Emperor’s Profound Crystals.

Within Emperor’s Profound Crystals contained a Great Emperor’s lifetime essence; absorbing one is an enlightening boon for martial cultivators.

Sadly, in the Grand Cosmos World, throughout these billions of years, Great Emperor’s tombs were rarely discovered.

Emperor’s Profound Crystals become even rarer.

Hardly any martial cultivators have the chance to consume them.

But Huang Zhi was different; in his previous life, he was a Second Tribulation Great Emperor Peak, standing atop that era, with a plan to willingly reincarnate.

Meaning, he planned his own death.

Since self-arranged, naturally everything was perfect.

Even the arrangement of Emperor’s Profound Crystals after his death was within his plan, precisely locating them at a spot under the Holy Mountain of the Saint Academy hidden for billions of years.

On the first day upon entering the Saint Academy, he seized the opportunity to retrieve all those Emperor’s Profound Crystals.

Nineteen in total.

What’s the concept here? Typically, after a First Tribulation Great Emperor’s death, there might be three or two Emperor’s Profound Crystals.

A Second Tribulation Great Emperor’s death would yield about ten Emperor’s Profound Crystals.

Huang Zhi, posthumously, possessed nineteen Emperor’s Profound Crystals.

Imagine how formidable he was in his previous life.

Out of nineteen Emperor’s Profound Crystals, he used some himself instantly, which explains why he could easily defeat Qu Mu right after entering the Saint Academy.

He didn’t continue consuming the rest, since the effect wasn’t substantial, similar to elixirs, Emperor’s Profound Crystals could develop resistance.

Since it didn’t greatly benefit him, Huang Zhi decided to use the remaining Emperor’s Profound Crystals as rewards, feeding dogs.

Hence, Shang Getian, the dog, thrived.

With the sustenance of Emperor’s Profound Crystals, he advanced madly day by day, the daily progress equivalent to a past century to even hundreds of years’ cultivation speed.

Now, who in the entire Saint Academy doesn’t know Shang Getian’s name?!!!

His fame, dazzlingly follows only Huang Zhi.

Even many students from the Heavenly Saint Academy and Ancient Holy Academy believe that soon, Shang Getian could become another Huang Zhi or Qu Mu.

Even the three Supreme Elders personally encouraged Shang Getian, granting rewards.

"This is the last Emperor’s Profound Crystal, cherish it well." Huang Zhi casually remarked, then shut his eyes, saying no more.

"Thank you, Young Master." Shang Getian bowed deeply, half sincerely.