“W-What is this…?”
Suddenly, Chen Xiaobei’s eyesight became blurry. After that, something weird started to surface in his mind. A gigantic obsidian beast charged out from the east blue ocean. Its body was as thick as the pillar in heaven with hundreds of meters in height. That was a humungous serpent that could touch the sky!
*Swoosh*
Then, the serpent flew into the sky like a dragon. It looked like it was about to leave the human realm.
*Rumble*
At that moment, a terrifying lightning landed right on its head. Like a lightning dragon, it devoured the serpent without any mercy. The size of the lightning was hundreds of times larger than the body of the serpent.
*Ah… Oh…*
“Under the torture of lightning dragon, the serpent was struggling in pain. In the end, it had to give up the dream of flying into the sky to turn into a real dragon. All it could do was to recover all its strength and return back to the sea. Unfortunately, the lightning showed no mercy to the serpent. Its might even caused the serpent to turn into ash seconds later – scattering all across the sky.
*Swoosh*
A blood-colored pearl fell from the sky into the sea like a meteor after the serpent turned to ash. Immediately, a huge patch of ordinary sea turned into a crimson sea. The blood red sea water lingered in the sea for quite some time. It was as if the serpent was trying to vent out its frustrations. However, that huge patch of crimson sea water was no match for the ocean. In the end, it was diluted by the ordinary sea water – leaving no trace behind.
That was the end of the scene that flashed through Chen Xiaobei’s mind.
*Siiii*
Upon taking in a mouthful of fresh air, Chen Xiaobei finally came back to reality. It seemed that a lot of time had passed. Light from outside the window started to fill the room. Meanwhile, Song Qincheng was sleeping soundly beside Chen Xiaobei.
Laying his eyes on the green jade gourd, Chen Xiaobei thought, “What does that scene that appeared in my mind mean? A gigantic serpent flew into the sky and hit by lightning… Could… Could this be the legendary catastrophic event?”
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei came to a realization. According to the legends, whenever a human or monster reached the pinnacle phase of certain cultivation in the human realm, they would be summoned by the heavenly realm and receive an opportunity to ascend to heaven. However, one would need to go through the baptism of the catastrophic event before the individual could ascend to the heaven! And, for those who succeeded in surviving the baptism would earn the right to leave the human realm and ascend to the heavenly realm that everyone wanted to go.
“Let’s say, if the serpent was killed during the catastrophic event and the blood-red pearl is most probably its demonic pill! In other words, the crimson demonic pill is the hidden opportunity… Blood… Blood red…!”
Chen Xiaobei took some time to organize his mind and try to connect everything together.
“In the beginning, Chaos Essence Sword was the one that discovered the Beaded Blood Amber Bracelet. Then, the Beaded Blood Amber Bracelet led me to the green jade gourd. Now, the clue of Crimson Demonic Pill is presented in front of me! If I’m not mistaken, once I locate the Crimson Demonic Pill, the Chaos Essence Sword would consume all the essence within it! That will be the time for Chaos Essence Sword to evolve to next stage! This is it! I don’t think I make a mistake here!”
Beaming at the empty space, Chen Xiaobei was very confident of his deduction.
“From the scene that appeared in my mind earlier, I can roughly estimate that the spot where the Crimson Demonic Pearl drops is at the east side of Japan. I think I can take some time out to look for it when I travel to Japan!”
Upon thinking about traveling to Japan, Chen Xiaobei’s anticipation grew. Inside his treasure chest, there were two pieced of Heavenly Dog Biscuits left. It was meant for the emperor and prime minister of Japan. Other than that, there was one more Five Thunder Talisman. Chen Xiaobei planned to use it on the enemies that he was going to encounter in Japan.
Considering that Li Xiang wanted to kick-start Emperor Qin’s plan, he needed to look for the last piece of map in Japan as well. Now that he had an extra objective to look for the Crimson Demonic Pill, the trip to Japan was practically unavoidable.
……
After waking up, Song Qincheng rushed to the company immediately. Though she, Feng Yaolun, and Sister Fei, were on the same page, they still need to work hard to prepare many things. For example, signing multiple contracts, replace the actors and actresses from Zhuang Entertainment to their own actors and actresses, and working on the publicity were the things that they needed to do.
Honestly speaking, Song Qincheng would be very occupied during the period of time. On the other hand, Chen Xiaobei could lie back and relax. There was nothing he could do before the official filming. So, in the end, he decided to make a trip back to his Bei Xuan Faction to take care of five pairs of mother-child voodoo worm that he grew. With the help of green jade gourd, all of them were really healthy. It seemed like Chen Xiaobei could harvest them once they reached the adult stage.
Right after that, Chen Xiaobei wanted to train his combat power and health. However, someone called him when he was about to enter his Zen. The people that he worked with had some questions regarding the contract. Every ten minutes, someone would call him. It was simply not possible for him to begin his training.
“Since I can’t begin my training, I think I should study the formula of the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill…”
Chen Xiaobei felt really frustrated but he could not afford to waste any more time. He had to look for something to do. Immediately, he took out the formula for the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill from his treasure chest and started to read on it.
“Damn! This is super complicated! Laotzu’s item is no joke!”
The Skybreaking Cultivation Pill could only work on non-deity beings. In other words, it could not be considered as the real heavenly pill. Considering that its effect was magical, the process of making it would definitely not be easy. Almost all the medical ingredients listed in the formula were extremely rare. The age of each item had to be extremely old as well. In addition, one needed to be able to control the Enigmatic Fire well. A small mistake could cause the whole thing to fall apart. Finally, the law of Bagua and Five Elements must be followed closely. Time, location, and human resources could make a difference in the pill concocting process too.
“Controlling the fire, Five Elements, time…. I can learn about all these things slowly… But…Where should I look for all those valuable medical ingredients?”
According to the formula, he needed to use medical ingredients like an eight-hundred-year-old Ganoderma and a thousand-year-old ginseng. It was almost impossible to look for all these extremely rare medical ingredients in normal markets or shops. The only way to acquire them was from high-class auctions.
However, not every auction would bring out the medical ingredients that he wanted and there was no guarantee that he could outbid others. It was important to know that valuable medical ingredient like that would cause those powerful individuals that stood on top of the pyramid to fight for it! To them, money was just a series of numbers.
“Though I’m not in need of the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill, I still need to prepare for it! Prevention is always better than cure!”
With a calm mind, Chen Xiaobei managed to think through all the possible outcomes. After some thought, Chen Xiaobei took out his cell phone and called Elder Luo. Considering that Nine Needles Luo was like a titan in the medical field, he should know something that Chen Xiaobei did not know. Coincidentally, Elder Luo wanted to talk to Chen Xiaobei as well.