Chapter 86: Failed Enlightenment
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After Zhou Yun had consumed ten entire Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pills, his body seemed to be filled with explosive fire spiritual energy!
The violent and turbulent fire spiritual energy spread and collided in his meridians! The tiny meridians were in pain from the impact!
If not for the fact that Zhou Yun had chosen to build a perfect foundation establishment stage, the first wave of fire spiritual energy would have been enough to break his meridians!
The Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pill not only contained the fire spiritual energy that ordinary cultivators had to carefully refine. This was because it was a foundation establishment pill that consumed a large number of medicinal herbs and required extremely powerful alchemy techniques to refine.
Among all the foundation establishment pills, the spiritual energy contained in the Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pill was the most violent, even in the entire Spirit Valley.
The disciples who had points and wanted to exchange for the Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pill for cultivation had to consume it slowly under the supervision of the Grand Elder. They had to spend eighty-one days before they could refine one Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pill!
But this time, Zhou Yun had actually swallowed ten whole pills! Regardless of whether it was Jian Xin or Grand Elder, they would think that Zhou Yun was seeking death!
“As expected of the Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pill. I’ve just swallowed it, and the violent fire spiritual energy is already causing my meridians to hurt!” Zhou Yun furrowed his brows as he gritted his teeth to endure the pain!
Now, he still needed to become even stronger, to become stronger than Jian Xin’s imagination, to surpass the imagination of the heretic cultivator behind this Black world! Only then would he have the chance to hide his strength!
Zhou Yun had just gritted his teeth to endure the intense pain caused by the violent fire spiritual energy when in the next moment, a more vast and majestic fire spiritual energy gushed out from the ten Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pills!
The massive amount of spiritual energy filled all of Zhou Yun’s meridians! There was even a large amount of spiritual energy that was flowing out of his body! The fire spiritual energy had even roasted part of his skin and flesh!
The smell of burnt meat wafted out, and Zhou Yun’s entire body turned red and white!
This was because the fire spiritual energy was too violent and was slowly roasting his body. He couldn’t control his spiritual energy and was about to lose control!
Zhou Yun bit his lips so hard that traces of blood could be seen in the corner of his mouth!
He knew that it was very risky to swallow ten Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pills at the same time. He might even lose control of his spiritual energy due to a careless mistake and go into deviation, failing to break through to the mid-stage foundation establishment!
“However, this is the only path I can take now! I’d rather die than become your friendly Junior Brother in a game of pretend!” Zhou Yun opened his eyes. His eyes were filled with the desire to become stronger!
How could he not know that Jian Xin had already discovered that he was hiding his strength? But he was taking a gamble! Zhou Yun was betting that the speed at which he became stronger exceeded the estimation of Jian Xin. It was beyond the estimation of the heretic cultivator behind it!
Until he was strong enough to kill them all!
“This time, I’ve taken an unconventional path. I might be injured, or I might fail in my breakthrough and die here. But I can’t just become someone else’s slave and be refined by that heretic cultivator into a zombie that only has my memories but no self!” Zhou Yun murmured. His eyes were filled with determination.
“Whoosh!” A piece of flesh on Zhou Yun’s arm had actually turned into charcoal due to the fire spiritual energy’s burning. It had melted and a bubble had appeared!
“Hiss!” Zhou Yun gritted his teeth. The pain was making him lose his mind! His body was filled with the spiritual energy of ten Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pills!
Not to mention Zhou Yun alone, even a hundred cultivators would shake their heads at the amount of spiritual energy contained in ten perfect-tier Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pills. This amount of spiritual energy was enough to make them explode!
“I can’t hold on any longer. Jian Xin should have gone far by now. He possesses the memories and emotions of the original Jian Xin. When he sees that I’m about to fail in my breakthrough, he’ll probably leave for a period of time in sadness before coming back to collect my corpse.” Zhou Yun used his perfection of sword intent to sense his surroundings. He could not sense the existence of Jian Xin.
As he had expected, it seemed that Jian Xin had really left for a while because he was afraid of seeing him die.
“That’s good. As long as Jian Xin leaves, he won’t notice how powerful I’ve become when I break through to the mid-stage foundation establishment!”Zhou Yun laughed bitterly. The corners of his mouth were so dry that they looked like the cracked earth, full of scars!
However, Zhou Yun was now filled with hope!
If he could break through to the mid-stage foundation establishment without being noticed by Jian Xin, who had an innate sword spiritual body, then his true strength would not be discovered by the heretic cultivators!
Then, whether it was Jian Xin or a heretic cultivator, they could only estimate his combat power!
As long as he became stronger than they could imagine, he would still have room to hide his strength!
“It’s time, system. If I don’t achieve enlightenment, I’m really going to die from deviation!” Zhou Yun laughed bitterly. At this moment, more than half of his body had already been burnt to a crisp by the violent fire spiritual energy. He was neither human nor a ghost.
If it wasn’t for the fact that he had been using his spiritual energy to maintain his consciousness, he would have fainted from the pain!
However, this also meant that Zhou Yun had to maintain a hundred percent consciousness. He could feel his body slowly being roasted from the inside out. The incomparable pain almost made Zhou Yun faint!
“Most handsome master, you’ve worked hard. I believe that master will be able to find a way to solve the problem in front of him in his state of enlightenment!” In Zhou Yun’s mind, a sweet voice rang out, as if it had eased some of Zhou Yun’s pain!
Zhou Yun gritted his teeth. This time, he swallowed all ten Hunyuan Blazing Flame Pills and threw them all at once. He was taking a gamble! He was betting that the enlightenment of his system could help him escape danger! It could make him stronger!
“I’ve already reached the perfection of the foundation establishment stage. No one in the foundation establishment stage is my opponent. But now, I want to improve even further!” Zhou Yun’s eyes were filled with determination! The next moment, his eyes suddenly became clear, as if he had entered a mysterious state!
Zhou Yun had successfully entered a state of enlightenment!
In the next moment, he quickly felt the damage to his body, the changes in his meridians, and the state of his spiritual energy!
“Half of my body was actually burnt by the overflowing fire spiritual energy. But fortunately, because of my perfect foundation establishment, my meridians are tougher than ordinary people, and I’m only feeling a dull pain now. It’s just that the number of meridians is too small, so it can’t contain all the spiritual energy.” Zhou Yun quickly analyzed the cause of his deviation. At the same time, a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind. One by one, solutions to his current body’s problems flashed through his mind!
“No, this can only solve my current problem, but it can’t make me stronger!
“Although this can help me change my cultivation deviation and break through to the mid-stage foundation establishment, it will also damage my foundation!”
All these thoughts flashed through his mind, but they were all rejected!
Zhou Yun’s brows furrowed even more. He realized that if he wanted to perfectly resolve his deviation and break through to the mid-foundation establishment stage, he could not have both!