The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 737 - 411: The Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers (Extra)
The itching became intensively unbearable, even more so than the itching powder she had used to ambush the Immortal Bandits. Tu Jin and Qi Zai, not wanting their master to witness their awkward state, quickly excused themselves.
Her face flushed with discomfort, she exerted all her strength to suppress the urge to scratch frantically. For a moment, she was on the verge of crying without tears. Could it be that she had used itching powder on others too often, and even Heaven could no longer stand by idly, now seeking to treat her with the same medicine?
Changtian and Qiongqi quickly conferred, then said to her, "Bite the bullet and endure it. This is the Dragon Elephant Fruit remodeling your tendons, bones, and blood vessels. Its potency has increased tenfold, thus the scale of the transformation is massive, and the process is... a bit too forceful."
She had no idea how Tu Jin and Qi Zai were faring, but as for herself, she itched almost to the point of madness. It started with the marrow in her bones, followed by her blood vessels, skin... She eventually couldn’t help but burst into laughter. However, after only a few chuckles, she felt like her body was falling apart. Such torture would be less painful than enduring several knife wounds.
She lay on the bed, curling up and enduring the torture, suddenly feeling that time was passing even slower than it did on the stage of the Martial Arts Competition.
She didn’t know how much time had passed before the itching on her body finally receded like the tide. She slowly got up and realized she had broken out into a cold sweat. She extended her pale hand, clenched it into a fist, and then opened it again, noticing no significant changes in herself and not feeling an unending supply of strength. But her realm had imperceptibly improved. She had actually leaped past the Divine Refining Stage, advancing to the Early Stage of Refining Void!
This was a leap across an entire realm, but just how much strength had the Dragon Elephant Fruit added to her?
When she returned to the lower floor, she found that Tu Jin and Qi Zai had already completed their practicing and were waiting there. Their achievements were quite satisfactory: Tu Jin’s Qishou body had gained Five Elephant Power; Qi Zai was even luckier, having enhanced by Seven Symbols Power!
The "Elephant" unit of strength mentioned here does not refer to ordinary elephants but to the Wilderness Ancient Elephants that roamed the northern and western parts of the Continent in Ancient Times, which are rarely seen nowadays. These ancient elephants were known for their strength that could upheave mountains and rivers and were the perfect War Beasts frequently seen in many battles, each with strength equaling fifty thousand jin.
It was Ning Xiaoxian’s turn. Everyone’s gaze suddenly focused on her, as eating this thing was like a lottery draw, a chance depending on random luck.
However, as Ning Xiaoxian closed her eyes for introspection, her expression turned strange. After a while, she said to Changtian with a face full of disappointment, "How unlucky can I get? No Dragon Power, no Elephant Power!"
"Impossible?" Qiongqi screamed incredulously, "Mistress, you have advanced more than a whole realm! To say that the fruit didn’t work, I, Qiongqi, would never believe it!"
"Didn’t say it didn’t work, just that the effect is too poor," she grumbled, feeling like vomiting blood from the disappointment. This was a once-in-a-lifetime precious opportunity. Qi Zai kindly consoled her, "It doesn’t matter, you’re not known for your strength. What does a delicate girl like you need such great power for?"
Tu Jin remained silent but his eyes also showed a comforting look. They understood their luck had been too good, only highlighting her misfortune.
"Qiongqi is right, you have made significant progress in your realm, which is not just a mere increase in strength," Changtian said, "What kind of power did you actually gain?"
"It’s... it’s... quite an odd description," she hesitated, "What I got is the strength of nine oxen and two tigers."
"What?" The crowd looked at each other in dismay. Tu Jin managed to suppress a laugh, touched his nose, and said, "Only the power of oxen and tigers? It’s really... not that great." Qi Zai covertly kicked him and forced a smile, "What does it matter? The mistress wields the Demon Skull, which is infused with the Power of Giant Snake, and still has the strength of two or three hundred thousand jin. That’s also pretty decent."
Changtian, sitting comfortably, had been silent until now. Seeing Ning Xiaoxian’s disappointed face, he finally laughed and scolded, "Two or three hundred thousand jin? A bunch of ignoramuses who only recognize Dragon and Elephant Power. How could this nine oxen and two tigers be much inferior to the power of four symbols and seven animals you’ve obtained? Did you think these ’oxen’ and ’tigers’ referred to the ordinary kind? This ’ox’ is based on the East Sea Kui Bull with a strength of fifty thousand jin; this ’tiger’ refers to the young beast of Qiongqi, with a strength of thirty-two thousand jin; the strength of nine oxen and two tigers - you do the math yourself, how much is that?"
For a moment, everyone was speechless. The Kui Bull is a strange beast from ancient times that lived around the East Sea Liubo Mountain. It looked like a bull, grey and hornless, able to travel on one foot, bringing wind and storms whenever entering the water. Its eyes shone like the sun and the moon, its roar was like thunder and its name was Kui. Its hide, used to make battle drums, could be heard from five hundred li away. Such a strange beast having a strength of fifty thousand jin was not surprising; and as for Qiongqi... Everyone was familiar with it, for the tiger on the Pill Furnace was painted with the essence blood of Qiongqi. Qiongqi is a very ferocious exotic beast, and its young having strength of more than thirty thousand jin is also normal.
