Chapter 3: The Ancient Qilin

  Sent back to Lan's house, he returned to the room prepared for him and lay on the hardboard bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

  Years of glory, years of humiliation, that feeling of falling from heaven to hell in an instant, he didn't know how long it had been since he last felt it.

  "If my bloodline attribute awakens, I'm afraid it's already too late..." In fact, Ye Chen had never given up on his cultivation since three years ago, but his bloodline still hadn't awakened, which was a blow to his confidence time and time again.

  He took out the ring from his chest and examined it. The Qilin was called a auspicious beast on Earth, but unfortunately, it was known as a demon beast on this continent. With the moonlight shining through the broken roof, Ye Chen played with the Qilin ring in his hand, and for some reason, every time he carefully observed the ring, he felt a dizziness.

  Look at the sky, it's probably midnight now. After a tiring day, Ye Chen reluctantly put down the ring and got up to start his daily work - cultivation!

  The spiritual energy slowly entered Ye Chen's pores, but due to the blood vessels not being awakened, most of the spiritual energy dissipated into the blood. However, a small amount of spiritual energy transformed into true energy and flowed slowly through the meridians. In Ye Chen's dantian, a small amount of true energy lingered, without any attributes, pale and suspended above the dantian.

  According to the wind spirit incantation given by his family, Ye Chen once again began to impact the sixth layer of the initial martial arts. Feeling the wind attribute spiritual energy between heaven and earth, Ye Chen calmed down the anxiety in his heart and slowly guided the wind attribute spiritual energy into his meridians. Unfortunately, Ye Chen, who had not yet awakened his attributes, could not withstand the impact of the wind attribute, and his skin turned red as a crimson liquid slowly flowed out through his pores!

  The intense pain spreading throughout his body made Ye Chen feel like fainting, his mouth twitched, but thinking of Lan's aunt next door, Ye Chen gritted his teeth and remained silent. As he saw the wind spirit energy slowly entering his dantian, Ye Chen felt a surge of wild joy, ignoring the pain in his body, focusing on absorbing the wind attribute spirit energy!

  As he saw the wind attribute spiritual energy and true energy gradually mixing together in his dantian, Ye Chen seemed to see the dawn's light. Just as he was waiting for the next step, Ye Chen became desperate. His entire meridian system couldn't withstand the impact of the spiritual energy and collapsed.

  A desperate expression, Ye Chen's teeth had sunk deep into his lip, and blood trickled slowly down the corner of his mouth!

  Clutching his fists, feeling the collapse of his meridians one by one, pain and despair flooded Ye Chen's heart. Ye Chen was silent, the entire room was quiet as a needle could be heard, leaving only the sound of blood dripping onto the ground!

  Ye Chen didn't notice the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth falling onto the ring beside him, a red glow flashing across the dark surface of the ring!

  When the last meridian broke, Ye Chen smiled wretchedly, his true energy scattered throughout his body, and he became a useless person. He wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his figure swayed like an autumn leaf in the wind as he walked towards the window. The moonlight gently shone on Ye Chen's pale face, and his hands were clenched tightly together. Ye Chen muttered to himself: "Why? Why didn't you even give me the chance to become stronger?"

  The last sentence is why Ye Chen shouted out, and Aunt Lan in the next room thought something had happened to Ye Chen, and she rushed outside calling out anxiously!

  Finding an excuse to get rid of Lan's aunt, Ye Chen lay back in bed, staring blankly at the dark ceiling.

  "Hey, kiddo, are you going to give up?" A playful voice echoed in the room, Ye Chen looked around and was shocked to find that the ring was actually floating in mid-air, emitting a faint red glow!

  A faint humming noise started, and only saw the halo of light rising from the ring, and then the dark ring under the halo slowly floated in mid-air towards Ye Chen's direction, suspended at a position about 10 centimeters away from Ye Chen's chest.

  The trembling sound grew more intense, and the ring's halo also became increasingly magnificent.

  "Hiss!" The halo of the ring suddenly contracted violently, and then transformed into a hazy stream of light. The hazy stream of light flew out from the ring and landed beside the bed, directly transforming into a Fire Qilin!

  Flames were surging in those eyes, two eyeballs as big as the same age stared tightly at Ye Chen, and the rolling heat filled the entire room.

  At this time, the ring also slowly fell off and landed on Ye Chen's chest. Ye Chen couldn't believe it, pinching his thigh with his hand, the pain from his thigh told him that everything in front of him was real. His eyes suddenly widened: "You, you are the Qilin Sacred Beast?"

  This time it was Huo Qilin's turn to be shocked, as the rolling hot waves carrying that deep voice rushed towards Ye Chen.

  "You're from China!"

  Ye Chen felt like his head was a mess at this time, and the qilin in front of him suddenly appeared out of nowhere, asking if he came from the Divine State. Was there anything more absurd than this?

  Ye Chen even suspected whether he was dreaming or not.

  Qilin gently dawned on Ye Chen, and a warm current rushed to his face, slowly entering Ye Chen's body, starting to slowly repair Ye Chen's broken meridians. Ye Chen was overjoyed, as if a traveler in the desert suddenly saw an oasis, and exclaimed: "You can cure my broken meridians!"

  Qilin's huge face slowly fell down, and Ye Chen also ignored the injuries on his body, excitedly dancing with joy!

  Suddenly a surge of pressure attacked Ye Chen, Ye Chen's body floated up strangely, Ye Chen felt dizzy and gradually fell asleep!

  Qilin's eyes were tightly closed for a long time before he slowly said, "So the Divine Continent is now called Earth. This kid has indeed had a pretty miserable past three years!"

  Ye Chen's body slowly fell back onto the bed, his eyelids fluttering before slowly opening. When he saw Qilin standing in front of the bed, he couldn't help but exclaim in shock: "You, what did you just do?"

  "It's just a scan of your memory, don't be too surprised, kid!" Qilin looked at Ye Chen with a hint of disdain.

  For Qilin's disdain, Ye Chen just smiled faintly and gazed at the ceiling, lost in thought. Qilin also floated above the bed with an old god's demeanor. After a long time, Ye Chen struggled to get out of bed, looked at Qilin, and said firmly: "Are you willing to help me reach the pinnacle of martial arts?"

  Qilin gazed at Ye Chen's feet for a long time, its small body slowly floating towards the top of Ye Chen's head!

  "What is meant by bloodline attribute, is to use blood as a medium, to guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the dantian to form a true crystal. The difference in bloodline attributes also leads to differences in personal attributes. Your bloodline has not awakened yet, I'll just create another one!"

  Qilin's words shocked Ye Chen, can blood vessels be reformed again?

  As soon as the words fell, Huo Qilin lightly spat out a flame, and a bottle wrapped in flames suddenly appeared out of thin air. The small bottle was crystal clear, as if made of crystal, and on its surface were carved several lifelike fire kirins. Through the bottle, you could see a few drops of constantly moving blood. Huo Qilin's eyes revealed a resolute color, and he pointed to the void.

  That bottle suddenly burst open, and seven red blood drops suddenly appeared above Ye Chen's head. The seven blood drops transformed into seven streams of light that rushed towards Ye Chen's forehead. In those seven blood drops, Ye Chen felt a shocking aura, as well as an immense power. Ye Chen instinctively wanted to dodge, but his entire body couldn't move at all, as if a huge mountain was pressing down on him.

  Seven red blood drops shot into Ye Chen's mind one after another, and Ye Chen only felt a wave of pain coming from his forehead. Qilin's aura continued to rise, and its body began to emit a faint red glow, which started to envelop Ye Chen.

  Under the influence of that red light, Ye Chen only felt his entire body's blood starting to churn constantly, rapidly moving within his blood vessels, "Once you step onto the peak, you must be able to endure it."

  Hu Qilin's voice floated beside Ye Chen's ears, as loud as thunder.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen felt a severe pain suddenly appear, and his entire body began to convulse involuntarily. He clearly felt a high-temperature heat flow emerging from his brain, flowing through the blood vessels in his body, as if a great fire had been ignited within him, scorching his blood vessels and internal organs. His blood, which was originally liquid, suddenly turned into gaseous blood vapor.

  Ye Chen couldn't help but let out a miserable cry, but the sound didn't carry outside the house.

  Ye Chen's whole body started shaking violently, and he found that his voice suddenly couldn't come out. He couldn't even move his body a little bit, just like his whole body had been anesthetized. Only the pain that spread all over his body was so clear. At this time, it seemed as if countless small insects were crawling inside Ye Chen's bones and biting continuously. The deep-seated pain made Ye Chen have an urge to give up.

  "Hardship is the priceless treasure of the strong, and the bottomless abyss of the weak. If you can't even bear this pain, how can you talk about reaching the peak?" The voice of Huo Qilin sounded again.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen gritted his teeth and silently endured the pain, feeling every change in his body. The hot flow had already mixed with the vaporized blood inside Ye Chen's body, constantly merging together. Gradually, a faint purple color appeared in Ye Chen's blood, and some of it slowly seeped out through his skin. Before long, Ye Chen had become a bloody person.

  The blood liquefied again, turning into a purplish-colored blood that flowed through the blood vessels and spread throughout Ye Chen's body, constantly merging with his muscles, bones, and internal organs. Each fusion was first destructive, then slowly repairing itself. Ye Chen silently endured the intense pain as his twisted face gradually returned to normal.

  Qilin gazed at Ye Chen reassuringly and transformed into a stream of light, dashing towards the ring on Ye Chen's chest before gradually disappearing!

  Ye Chen also fell asleep gradually due to soreness and fatigue, with his heavy breathing echoing in the room.