Chapter 2562 - 2252: Breaking Through to the Saint Realm

Hearing Lu Chen’s words, Chu Yuqin came back to her senses.

It seemed Lu Chen felt he couldn’t possibly control all the Memory Pearls, nor could he stop certain Ancestors of the Strange from recovering their memories, so he was planning to take the initiative and help one Ancestor of the Strange recover her memories, to probe the attitude of those Ancestors and see whether he could negotiate properly with them and reach some sort of cooperation.

Their cooperation already had some foundation, since they had worked together inside the Burial Furnace, and even signed a pact back then.

Although that pact had turned them Ancestors of the Strange into Lu Chen’s playthings, it was precisely because of this pact that they ultimately escaped the Burial Furnace and didn’t end up as Puppets of the Netherworld Evil Emperor.

But then again, even if they failed to cooperate, once Lu Chen helped those Ancestors of the Strange recover their memories, even if the Ancestors wanted to harm him, nothing would happen to him.

After all, there was still the Red Flower Sedan backing Lu Chen up; as long as the Red Flower Sedan as token remained, no Ancestor of the Strange would be able to hurt him.

Most likely Lu Chen was counting on this, which was why he wasn’t afraid to let Yun Yudie recover her memories.

Thinking of this, Chu Yuqin said to Lu Chen, "Alright, since you want to try, I’ll help Yudie recover her memories once Lu Qing grows up. I just hope you won’t regret it."

Lu Chen said with a smile, "Don’t worry, I won’t regret it."

"Madam Chu, do you have anything else? If not, I’ll be heading back."

Chu Yuqin said, "Nothing else, go deal with your own matters."

As her voice fell, Chu Yuqin withdrew the Isolation Array.

Lu Chen left her bedchamber directly and headed to the Cultivation Room.

Entering the Cultivation Room, Lu Chen took out the newly obtained Undying Bone from the System Space.

This time, the Undying Bone he obtained was the phalange of the ring finger.

Seeing that it was another finger bone, Lu Chen felt a bit speechless.

How come the Undying Bone he’d gotten three times in a row were all finger bones?

Were there no bones from other parts of the body?

Forget it, the bones in the fingers weren’t bad either. When he activated the Undying Bone, it would let him release its power more cleanly—he’d just need to point his finger at the enemy.

Lu Chen no longer hesitated, sat down cross-legged, and poured spiritual evil into the Undying Bone, preparing to fuse it into his body.

As the spiritual evil entered the Undying Bone, the Undying Bone flew toward Lu Chen’s right hand. After touching the right ring finger, that fragment of Undying Bone slowly fused into Lu Chen’s finger.

Immediately after, a sharp, stabbing pain spread through Lu Chen’s entire body. That pain was linked to his heart, making his heart spasm violently.

Lu Chen gritted his teeth, forcing himself to endure, cold sweat pouring off him.

In the blink of an eye, the sweat soaking his body had drenched his clothes. Just as he’d expected, the more fragments of the Undying Bone he fused, the more intense the pain he felt.

He was still only fusing a finger bone now; if he obtained bones from other parts of the body in the future, the pain during fusion would be simply unimaginable.

Lu Chen did his best to stay conscious, not allowing himself to pass out.

If he couldn’t even withstand fusing a finger bone, then once he obtained other bones in the future, he’d probably be unable to refine them; he had to hold out.

As time trickled by, Lu Chen’s aura was also slowly rising. Two hours later, a manic aura erupted from Lu Chen’s body, a terrifying pressure descended from the sky. The entire Border Wilderness felt this pressure; all living beings were pinned down, unable to move. Even Chu Yuqin felt extremely uncomfortable under this pressure.

In Chu Yuqin’s bedchamber, noticing the disturbance from Lu Chen, a hint of confusion appeared on her face.

This little bastard had only just left her place not long ago—how had he already broken through?

This breakthrough speed was way too fast.

But thinking about it, it was understandable. Lu Chen had merely lost his power; now he was restoring his strength, which didn’t exactly count as starting cultivation over. Perhaps he had found a way to restore his strength, which was why his cultivation was climbing so quickly.

In the Cultivation Room, Lu Chen let out a long breath, opened his eyes, and lowered his head to look at his right hand. A wisp of black qi was rising from his right ring finger, a terrifying power gathering in that ring finger, just like when he fused the Undying Bone in his middle finger last time.

There was also an innate strand of power within this phalange of the ring finger.

But unlike last time, back then that power had been a burden to Lu Chen—he had to release it, or he risked suffering backlash.

This time, though, he had already broken through to the Saint Realm. With his current body, he could completely withstand the backlash of that power, so there was no need to release it.

For Lu Chen, this strand of power was essentially an extra trump card.

Lu Chen thought to himself, last time he had already been able to Instant Kill Saint Realm; this power might well be able to heavily wound even an Emperor Realm expert.

If that was the case, then he didn’t really need to fear the Emperor Realm experts of the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land. He might even be able to try seizing that Memory Pearl of the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land.

And not just the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land’s Memory Pearl—even the Memory Pearl on Chu Yuqin’s body, he could snatch it away, as long as his strength surpassed Chu Yuqin’s.

Of course, for now it was only a thought. If he really went to seize the Memory Pearl on Chu Yuqin, it would definitely infuriate her.

After adjusting his breath for a short while, Lu Chen walked out of the Cultivation Room.

Just as he stepped out of the Cultivation Room, he ran into Chu Yuqin.

Chu Yuqin swept her gaze over Lu Chen’s entire body, then asked, "You broke through to the Saint Realm?"

Lu Chen said, "Yes."

Feeling the aura on Lu Chen’s body, Chu Yuqin’s brows knit slightly.

While Lu Chen restoring his strength was a good thing, if his recovery was too fast and surpassed her, he might very well force her to hand over her Memory Pearl.

Chu Yuqin probed at this moment, "At your breakthrough speed, it probably won’t be long before you restore your peak strength."

Lu Chen said, "Hard to say. If the Ancestors of the Strange are all willing to cooperate with me, then my recovery speed will naturally be very fast."

Hearing this, Chu Yuqin wondered inwardly whether she should find a way to delay Lu Chen’s recovery speed.

With Lu Chen at the same Saint Realm as her, his aura was already surpassing hers.

If Lu Chen broke through to the Emperor Realm, then she would certainly have no ability to resist before him.

But if she really played little tricks, Lu Chen would definitely notice at once. After all, they were old monsters who had lived through countless eras; none of them were fools.

Seeing Chu Yuqin hesitating to speak, Lu Chen opened Chu Yuqin’s status and took a look at her current thoughts.

Noticing that Chu Yuqin was contemplating delaying his breakthrough speed, a faint smile tugged at Lu Chen’s lips. They really were of one mind.

He had only just birthed the idea of snatching the Memory Pearl on Chu Yuqin’s body, and Chu Yuqin had immediately sensed it, even though that idea had only flashed through his mind.

Lu Chen said at this time, "Are you worried that once I become stronger, I’ll try to seize the Memory Pearl on your body?"

Chu Yuqin snapped out of her thoughts. She wasn’t surprised that Lu Chen had guessed what she was thinking.

She asked calmly, "Then will you try to snatch the Memory Pearl on my body?"

Lu Chen said, "Right after my breakthrough, I did have that thought. But thinking it over now, if I really did that, it’d be no different from pushing the person closest to me onto the opposite side."