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Making Profit with One Punch
🕑 Added 2023-11-19 03:35:03 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 79 ---
Yu Long decided to stay in the Divine Phoenix City for today.
After eliminating some rats, he wasn't in the mood to travel back to the Drifting River City, even though he could do so in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, Yu Long has a dependable subordinate like Hua Minghai to replace the ungrateful ones. As for Ru Xiaoya, he would see if the wife of the Ghost Mirage Sacred Hand possesses the heart of a cultivator and some comprehension talent first.
Yu Long received the Extreme Mirage Lightning from Hua Minghai.
It was a hereditary movement-type profound art from the Hua Clan, and Hua Minghai couldn't share it this easily with others, but Yu Long saved his wife and the lord he must serve from now on.
Weirdly, Yu Long also wanted a few drops of Hua Minghai's blood, which confused the thief, but still agreed to the request nonetheless.
Analyzing Hua Minghai's blood, Yu Long discovered an interesting fact about Hua Clan's ancestors.
They were neither Beast, God, or Devil Race.
They were nothing but ancient humans who gained inspiration from the Age of Gods and created [Dawnbreak Chase Art] to run away from destruction, imprinting it to their bloodline.
The Hua Clan passed it down from generation to generation.
However, the Dawnbreak Chase Art gradually weakened into the Extreme Mirage Lightning because of the cruel difference in eras. The human of this age couldn't possibly endure the intensity of having one's body constantly stimulated with lightning charge.
Even then, Extreme Mirage Lightning still contained the concept of extreme speed from Lightning itself.
The stealth ability it provided proved effective for Hua Minghai, who could trick and outrun experts at two 'major' realms above him.
"Hmm, I could have unearthed [Dawnbreak Chase Art] like what I did to the [Ice Phoenix God Investiture Canon], but what Hua Minghai needs currently isn't that."
"He didn't lack the means of escape, but fight."
With that in mind, Yu Long let his creative thoughts wander around the new [Art Series] he accumulated over the past three years.
The [Orthodox] and [Orthodox] Paths will decide whether Hua Minghai will advance later.
"Let's begin..." Yu Long closed his eyes and meditated.
On the outside, it looks like Yu Long brooded for only three minutes, but he actually spent around three hours or so in his mind space.
Since Yu Long got a new subordinate, he couldn't let the man down.
Searching for Hua Minghai, Yu Long spotted him with his wife.
Yu Long walked on them, hugging each other while watching the garden, and bitterly smiled. "This is your first gift from me. Train well." He sent a sound transmission, and information suddenly rushed to Hua Minghai's head.
Hua Minghai's eyes widened in shock because a profound art book appeared in his head.
This profound art is not like others, giving Hua Minghai a headache by simply reciting the first five pages of it.
A name also echoed in his head.
[Unorthodox - Dark Speed Force]
"..." Hua Minghai couldn't hide his shock.
"What happened? Why did you look so stunned?" Ru Xiaoya, his wife, asked worriedly.
Hua Minghai put on a wry expression and replied, "Well... It seems we are more indebted to the lord now."
Unknown to Hua Minghai, this is just the beginning.
As Hua Minghai follows Yu Long, many ridiculous things he doesn't know about would open his ignorant vision of the world.
Sun Moon Divine Hall, the opponent he swore to destroy, is merely a speck of dust in the Primal Chaos.
...
Yu Long walked on the street, whistling like it was Saturday night.
He left the couple alone and decided to walk around the Divine Phoenix City.
You might wonder, where are Yu Long's beautiful maids?
They are doing an errand on the eleventh base, cleaning some trash left behind by the rebels.
After strolling and visiting some shops, Yu Long arrived at a majestic entrance to a busy-looking plaza.
The words 'Black Moon Merchant Guild' are displayed on a bold redwood plaque at the top of the entrance, shining with dim gold colors thanks to the sun's rays.
"Hmm... This place is?" Yu Long checked his memory for a bit. It's been a while since he read Against the God, but as he recovered his past life memory, more information he recovered.
Strictly speaking, he forgot some minor details.
"Ah, this place is the headquarters of the Black Moon Merchant Guild."
Yu Long rubbed his chin and walked into the entrance, observing the plaza ahead with great interest.
In front of Yu Long is an 'extremely' plaza. The plaza was full of people, but the most 'concentrated' area was none other than a gigantic crystal stone stage.
There is also a pagoda behind it, which is the Black Moon Merchant Headquarters' main building.
Focusing his attention on the crystal stone stage, Yu Long recalled it being the way to enter the main building. Of course, it was a test.
"Testing your customer's level to sort their qualification. I have to give the Black Moon Merchant Guild a hat for this genius marketing, especially in this cultivation world." Yu Long sarcastically said.
The crystal stone stage was 'purposely' separated into several crystal pillars, and at the front of every crystal was a vertical profound array that was slowly swirling around.
These profound arrays were distributed uniformly around the crystal stone stage. Each was glowing with a mysterious and unfathomable rainbow-colored light.
Yu Long used his Insect Emperor's Vision and noticed the array reflecting between the colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet alternatively at a constant pace.
As a master of arrays himself, Yu Long could deduce the function of the crystal stage, which functions similarly to scanners in supermarkets.
The arrays scanned one's bone age, cultivation base, and even profound veins' opened entrances.
Oh, it also calculated one's force released when using profound skill, further increasing the viability of one's talent.
It's good but too 'basic' for Yu Long's liking. As he created the Lost Heaven Sect, the only measure one must have is a strong 'heart' to cultivate.
When one's heart is adequate enough, one could be a 'good' talent to nurture.
After all, one could increase sensitivity toward profound strength and the 'world' by consuming medicines.
A man stepped onto the crystal stone stage.
He looks no older than twenty-six, with the cultivation of the 3rd Level of Earth Profound Realm.
This man may be talented in his homeland, but here? Reaching the 3rd Level of Earth Profound Realm at twenty isn't unusual.
Some geniuses have reached Sky Profound Realm and Emperor Profound Realm at his age.
The array is activated, and the man unleashes his profound arts to the fullest, causing a red light to come from his arms.
"Arms of Heavenly Sun!" He arrogantly shouted, punching the profound array.
The air trembled slightly, and a small shockwave washed the crystal stone stage. The array formation around the crystal pillars calculated every factor and emitted dim yellow light.
Yu Long facepalmed, "Ayaya, what an embarrassing performance."
"Hmph, if you can do better, step on the stage then!" Someone coldly harrumphed beside Yu Long.
Yu Long glanced at the spot beside him and spotted a young lady in a red robe. With light brown hair, matching eyes, an oval face, and a sharp nose, the tiger coat on her back makes her look fierce.
"Are you talking to me?" He tilted his head.
The young lady crossed her hand and commented, "Yes, do you have a problem with it? People like you are all bark, no talk."
"You comment on others, but I bet you couldn't even reach more than yellow level like that guy."
Yu Long chuckled in amusement because this young lady was probably looking down on him as she couldn't detect anything special about his current cultivation.
Yes, Yu Long looks and feels no different than an ordinary young master with no cultivation base currently. And it is because of his precise control over profound strength.
"Oh, what if I could reach more than that fellow?" He narrowed his eyes at the young lady.
"Hmph, then this lady will bestow you a Profound Ark!" The young lady confidently replied.
"Don't regret it later."
'I will make a profit with one punch.' Yu Long snickered inside and walked to the crystal stone stage, gaining everyone's attention. His step is firm, causing a loud thud on the ground every step.
"Hmm?" On the highest floor of the pagoda, an elderly dressed in purple robes noticed a person who caught his interest. "His breath is steady, and he strode with confidence..."
"I can't sense his cultivation base for some reason..."
"But I felt like I had seen him somewhere else before. Black hair, golden eyes, with a mysterious aura around him." As the purple-robed elder pondered deeply, his eyes met Yu Long's.
"Eh?"
"Did he feel my gaze? There is no way. The highest floor of my Black Moon Pagoda is 'thoroughly' covered with arrays formation."
Yu Long ignored the elder's gaze and stared at the profound array before him. He lifted his right hand and balled it into a fist.
All of a sudden, everyone felt suffocated, including the purple-robed elder.
Yu Long casually threw his hand. It was slow and not flashy compared to the man's attack before.
Regardless, the force behind this lackluster punch was enough to make the purple-robed flustered in disbelief.
"No way, No way, NO WAY!" A core memory flashed in the purple-robed elder's mind. "That young man is..."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
The profound array experienced a blast.
Yu Long's fist gently pushed the array of stones, causing it to crack.
As the crack spread like spider webs, immense energy traveled into the array. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple colors blinked one after another rapidly.
CRACK!
The crystal stone stage shattered into seven pieces.
"..." Everyone.
"..." Purple-robed elder.
"..." The young lady.
Yu Long smiled and stretched his hand at the young lady, "Where is my Profound Ark? Give it to me."
