Transmigration of a Stereotypical Novel Reader

Chapter 7

Chen Yuan arrived back to his bamboo house while panting, he roughly closed the door of his little bamboo house before he lowered his head and leaned against the door, his ear tips gradually turned red. He then put his hand on his chest, his heart was beating erratically.

'Why did I think that the protagonist is quite attractive?! Ah Chen Yuan pull yourself together you must be crazy!' He thought and made effort to calm himself down.

'That's right! I-I should dip myself in the hot spring, it's also good for cultivation.' With that thought in mind, Chen Yuan went to the Spiritual spring. He removed his belt and his accessories then his Inner Sect robe and placed it in a big rock beside the bamboo trees near the spring.

His white jade-like skin shone under the ray of sunlight. His slender long legs and hands were like a perfectly sculpted white jade. Chen Yuan slowly dipped into the hot spring like a sacred deity who came down from the heavens to bath in the spiritual spring, he was very alluring and anyone who saw him in this state will surely be enticed to commit blasphemy.

'This feels so good.' He thought and while bathing in the Spiritual Spring, Chen Yuan also began to cultivate.

A pair of bloody red eyes once again gaze at Chen Yuan who was so immersed in his own cultivation that he was unable to perceive the small movements and the rustling of bamboo leaves nearby.

At a distance behind the bamboo trees stood a man with the bloody red eyes, looking at Chen Yuan like that of a predator to his prey.

His eyes darkened while looking at the epitome of a divine beauty.

Chen Yuan who was oblivious of the danger around him cultivated until the next day.

**

Hou Feng who was left behind under the peach tree walked back to his dongfu.

He sat in his bed made of mahogany and immersed himself in deep thought. He clearly went back in time, a hundred years from the past. He still remembered vividly how Chen Yuan self destructed in front of him destroying his own soul.

He loved Chen Yuan to the point of obsession, he did everything to make Chen Yuan his and only his. He held Chen Yuan as his captive, he made it seem to everyone that he hated Chen Yuan and then killed him but in actuality, he chained Chen Yuan down to his bed and made him as his lover forcibly but the original Chen Yuan who used to stand above others was very arrogant down to his soul and every fiber of his being. He could never accept his hopeless fate, all the humiliation and suffering Hou Feng did to him broke his naturally arrogant temperament and made him fell in despair. He was clearly a man but he was powerless and helpless as he was defiled by Hou Feng.

Before he destroyed his own dantian and self destructed in front of Hou Feng, he smiled at Hou Feng full of mockery and let out the words.

"I could never be yours."

Hou Feng was already an immortal but there was still nothing he could do but to helplessly watch as Chen Yuan self destruct. He broke down on his knees and trembled. He felt like his world fell apart.

'There is no point in living a life without him.'

He thought and was about to destroy his own soul to accompany Chen Yuan in the after life when he vaguely recall the knowledge he had from the ancient Heavenly Scroll that as long as a powerful deity give up his own cultivation he can bend the Heavenly law or the rules of the world and it was the taboo among the deities.

Hou Feng gave up his cultivation without hesitation. He was even willing to sacrifice his soul in the first place just to atone for his mistakes and now he was really able to go back in time and this time, he will do everything he can to keep Chen Yuan by his side.

Hou Feng already achieved immorality in his previous life so his sea of knowledge is as vast as the ocean and his divine sense is still on par with the deities. He sensed that something is amiss with the Chen Yuan right now and he also speculated that maybe the Chen Yuan right now still held the memories of their last life like he did and it might also be the reason why during the Heavenly Sect competition, Chen Yuan's emotion became unstable when he first saw him.

'It was a good thing if he still remembered then.'

Hou Feng thought, closing his eyes while reminiscing their past.

**

Chen Yuan went to seclusion and cultivated for the next few months, tempering himself and practicing the 'Divine Arts of Blazing Heavenly Fire'.

Since he was already at the peak of Golden Core stage, it was crucial for his cultivation to reach an enlightenment to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage which is considered in the cultivation world as the beginning of reaching Immortality it was because there are tens of millions of cultivators but only a few attained a high cultivation base because it is very hard to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage and only genuine genius cultivators in the orthodox paths can breakthrough and only a few who broke through are those mediocre cultivators who relied on high grade pills which is incomparable to the real Nascent Core cultivators in terms of attack power. Some broke through after a few months, few years or even a decade while some waited hopelessly for the rest of their lives never to achieve the Nascent Soul stage and broke through their bottlenecks. On the other hand, unorthodox cultivators used any means necessary to cultivate, they steal other peoples bodies or cultivation to break through when they reached their bottlenecks.

Chen Yuan was never worried about his aptitude. He clearly new that he can breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage just like the original Chen Yuan. The original Chen Yuan broke through after a year but he wants to make it sooner. He knew that the original Chen Yuan was idle in his cultivation, his arrogance and natural talent in cultivation made him take for granted all the things he had and even Chen Yuan was feeling irritated to the previous owner of this body.

Chen Yuan suddenly remembered that he have so many high grade spirit stones. Spirit Stones are the currency used for transaction in the cultivation world. However, the spirit stones can be exchanged with mortal moneys and vice versa. Spirit Stones were classified according to the quantity and purity spiritual energy inside into low grade, middle grade or high grade spirit stones and in rare cases is a divine grade spirit stones.

Ten low grade spirit stones is tantamount to a middle grade spirit stone and ten middle grade stone is equal to a high grade spirit stones. Spirit Stones can also be used by cultivators to help their cultivation by absorbing the spiritual energy and the purer it is, the better the effects will be.

Chen Yuan immediately went to the spiritual spring which was already abundant of spiritual qi and then poured thousands of high grade spirit stones to the bottom of the spiritual spring. If any ordinary cultivator saw this scene, their eyes would bleed and may even die of shame but sadly, Chen Yuan was born to always be at the top of the world and this high-quality spirit stones are like a few coins to him. Chen Yuan went to the middle of the spiritual spring and soaked himself then he started cultivating once again. He absorbed the spiritual energy in his surroundings attempting to break through.

'It's still not enough. I need more! I need to become stronger to protect the people who was kind to me especially his parents' He thought and forced his limits to absorb more of the qi in his surroundings. He doesn't know why but he wants to protect the Chen Clan and especially the original Chen Yuan's parents, maybe because they were always good to him or maybe because he finally have some people he can call as his own family which he didn't have and didn't dare to dream of in his previous life.

'I cultivate the great dao and seek immortal ascension to be powerful enough to protect ang right my own fate breaking the shackles within me and of the world. I seek immortal ascension and pursue spiritual fulfillment so that even the Heavenly law will be unable to bound me!'

And with that thought, he unexpectedly obtained enlightenment. The surrounding spiritual qi suddenly became erratic and rapidly turned into a whirlwind of pure spiritual energy. The sky which was originally bright and sunny suddenly darkened and dark clouds formed in the sky.

"T-there is an impending Heavenly Thunder Tribulation!" One of the Heavenly Sect disciple shouted in shock and everyone immediately looked up to the sky.

"This is an omen that might be good or bad thing. Someone right now broke through and is clearly fated to shake the cultivation world." An elder of the sect said in apprehension.

Heavenly Thunder Tribulations are disaster from the heavens which strike cultivators as they progress through their path of cultivation. It is a fearful and unavoidable opponent but those who were able to experience it are only the real powers of the world and if they progress further, they will be able to shake the cultivation world and make an uproar.

"look at its direction! It's going to strike in the Forbidden ground!" an inner Sect disciple added in the crowd's commotion.

As they all know, only three people is allowed to enter the forbidden ground but right now the Sect Leader is clearly in the Main Hall.

"It might be Da Shixiong!" a girl with a pony tail said full of admiration plastered on her face.

The crowd of disciples who heard it nodded in unison. Their senior martial brother is undoubtedly the best among the best of geniuses and they all speculated their Senior Brother might have now broken through to the Soul Transformation.

Chen Yuan was struck by the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation for nine times and broke the ancient array of the Forbidden Ground.

'Endure it! If I can't endure it, the consequences are terrible!'

"E-elders! The array is destroyed by the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation in the Forbidden ground!" All the Inner Sect disciples near the Forbidden Land shouted in anxiety and immediately called forth their masters.

When Chen Yuan opened his eyes, he could've see the surroundings more clearly, his sea of knowledge now was as wide as a great lake, his divine sense became stronger and he could clearly felt like he was reborn and knew his strength increased by folds. It can be said that in the Nascent Soul Stage right now, he is the strongest since he was struck by the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

Although the elders and disciples were not allowed to enter the Forbidden Land but out of curiosity they were dying to see the magnificent sight of a Nascent Soul Cultivator who broke through with the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

This is especially more helpful to the disciples of the Sect who was yet to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage to gain insight.

When they came to the Forbidden Land, they saw a young man sitting at the top of a big rock like that of a divine immortal with great momentum. His temperament was very imposing and magnificent.

"Isn't he Chen Yuan who recently broke through to the peak of Golden Core stage before the competition?!" An elder said in astonishment.

"S-such a monster." someone added and all of them secretly agreed in their minds. It was not an insult but rather a compliment.

When they all thought it was finally finished. Chen Yuan momentarily lost his control and let out a great force in his body and the surge of spiritual energy rushed to the sky and a Phoenix soar through the heavens.

"A Phoenix Martial Spirit!" An elder shouted in amazement and after that, everyone became silent. A Martial Spirit is composed of pure qi and it can only be obtained after becoming a Nascent Soul Cultivator but even still. The quality of Martial Spirit is also ranked by its form, for the Martial Spirit in a form of a weapon the best would be a Sword, then for the Divine Beast forms would be the Dragons, Phoenix and Tigers accordindly and only a few amongst all geniuses will have a Divine Martial Sprit. It symbolizes the aptitude of a cultivation practitioner.

"Alas. The Sect Leader is really lucky to have a very talented disciple." An elder sighed full of envy then looked at his own disciples at his side. They were also very talented but they are paled in comparison to Chen Yuan.

While the elders looked at Chen Yuan full of praise and revere, Bai Cheng and Hou Feng who were both at the sidelines looked at Chen Yuan full of affection and admiration.

'He will undoubtedly soar through the sky like a Phoenix.'

Hou Feng thought, his eyes glimmered and the corner of his lips unknowingly rose.

'Something has changed.'