“Long Chen, kau baik-baik saja?” tanya Jiang Huixin untuk mencairkan suasana canggung.
“Sepertinya dia baik-baik saja.”
Sebelum Long Chen sempat menjawab, Yu Xiaoyun sudah lebih dulu menjawab untuknya. Tentu saja Long Chen harus baik-baik saja. Kalau tidak, bagaimana mungkin dia bisa memeluk putri kesayangannya?
Mendengar ucapan itu, wajah Yu Qingxuan memerah, sementara Jiang Huixin melotot kepada suaminya. Pria ini sudah berjanji akan berbicara dengan baik kali ini. Bagaimana bisa dia tiba-tiba mengingkari janjinya?
“Long Chen, secara teori, karena kau baru saja sadar, kau masih perlu beristirahat. Namun, kita sudah tidak punya waktu untuk itu,” kata Jiang Huixin.
Long Chen mengangguk. “Aku mengerti. Namun, kepalaku masih sakit. Biarkan aku beristirahat sebentar, lalu aku akan pergi.” Meskipun Long Chen tidak mendengar ucapan terakhir Ye Wusheng, dia tahu bahwa menggunakan kuali perunggu pasti akan menimbulkan masalah.
Kalaupun hanya orang-orang Kekaisaran Vermilion Bird yang melihatnya, memangnya kenapa? Dengan jumlah ahli di kekaisaran yang mencapai triliunan, siapa yang bisa menjamin tidak ada pengkhianat di antara mereka?
Karena itu, sekalipun Kekaisaran Vermilion Bird menutup seluruh akses informasi, kabar tersebut tetap tidak akan lama tersimpan.
Mengingat keributan luar biasa yang terjadi kali ini, Long Chen tahu bahwa para ahli di wilayah ini pasti akan melakukan penyelidikan. Kehampaan yang hancur di langit menjadi petunjuk jelas bahwa sesuatu yang besar telah terjadi. Long Chen pun sadar bahwa dia tidak bisa tinggal di tempat ini terlalu lama.
Begitu sadar, dia segera memusatkan perhatian untuk memulihkan diri. Dia kemudian merasa lega saat mendapati tubuh fisiknya sama sekali tidak terluka. Hal itu memberinya kepercayaan diri bahwa, jika keadaan memaksa, dia tidak perlu takut menghadapi seorang Venerate Bumi.
Namun, jiwanya terasa agak kosong, sementara kepalanya berdenyut seolah-olah hendak terbelah. Rasa sakit di mata kirinya terutama sangat menyiksa. Bahkan dengan penutup mata pemberian ibu Bai Xiaole, rasanya seperti ada jarum-jarum tajam yang terus menusuk matanya tanpa henti. Sakit itu terasa membengkak, berdenyut, dan menarik-narik jiwanya.
Melihat keadaan Long Chen, Yu Qingxuan merasa hatinya nyeri. Long Chen adalah pria yang tidak pernah mengeluh kesakitan. Jadi, jika sampai dia mengatakan bahwa dirinya kesakitan, berarti rasa sakit itu pasti sudah tak terbayangkan.
Saat baru sadar, Long Chen berpura-pura baik-baik saja demi dirinya. Kalau bukan karena itu, Yu Qingxuan pasti sudah mengeluarkan pil tersebut sejak tadi.
Melihat tatapan tegurnya, hati Long Chen terasa hangat. Karena itu, dia tidak membantah dan langsung memasukkan pil tersebut ke mulutnya.
Pil itu seketika meleleh, lalu lingkaran cahaya ajaib muncul di atas kepala Long Chen.
Begitu hal itu terjadi, qi spiritual langit dan bumi langsung tersedot ke dalam lingkaran itu, kemudian mengalir ke tubuh Long Chen.
“Pil emas tingkat tak tertandingi ternyata bisa menggunakan langit dan bumi sebagai obat. Legenda itu benar adanya,” puji Long Chen.
Efek pil emas tingkat tak tertandingi tidak terbatas pada pil obat itu sendiri. Energi obatnya mampu menarik esensi langit dan bumi untuk bekerja sama dengan energi pil, sehingga menghasilkan khasiat obat yang melampaui imajinasi manusia.
Luka Long Chen kali ini sangat parah, dan kerusakan pada jiwa serta matanya adalah yang paling sulit disembuhkan. Bahkan dengan energi ruang primal chaos, dia hanya bisa memulihkannya secara perlahan.
Namun, setelah meminum pil emas tingkat tak tertandingi milik Yu Qingxuan, Long Chen langsung merasakan kelegaan. Mata yang terasa terbakar itu menjadi segar, sementara rasa sakit yang menyiksa perlahan mereda. Sakit kepala yang seolah membelah kepalanya pun lenyap hampir seketika, membuatnya kembali bersemangat dan dipenuhi tenaga.
Dia kemudian melepaskan penutup matanya dan membuka mata kiri. Ekspresi Yu Xiaoyun dan yang lainnya langsung berubah. Bunga Neraka di mata kirinya belum sepenuhnya lenyap. Begitu melihat bunga itu, jiwa mereka bergetar.
“Masih belum sepenuhnya pulih. Mataku masih agak sakit, dan aku tidak bisa terus membukanya. Namun, jangan khawatir. Kurasa hanya perlu tiga sampai lima hari lagi untuk sembuh.” Long Chen merasa sangat tidak nyaman saat membuka mata kirinya. Matanya bahkan mulai berair, sehingga dia kembali mengenakan penutup mata.
Pil emas tingkat tak tertandingi itu memang seketika menyembuhkan luka pada jiwanya, tetapi efeknya terhadap Mata Api Penyucian sangat terbatas. Bagaimanapun juga, kekuatan langit dan bumi pun tidak mahakuasa.
Khawatir Yu Qingxuan akan kecewa, Long Chen buru-buru tersenyum dan berkata, “Pil emas tingkat tak tertandingi memang luar biasa. Tanpanya, pemulihanku setidaknya akan memakan waktu setengah tahun. Namun sekarang, dalam waktu singkat saja aku sudah merasa segar kembali. Qingxuan, kau sungguh hebat.”
Yu Qingxuan memang agak kecewa. Dia mengira pil emas tingkat tak tertandingi ini akan langsung menyembuhkan Long Chen, tetapi pujian Long Chen membuatnya sedikit tersenyum.
Jiang Huixin memandangi mereka sambil tersenyum. Kemudian, dia menoleh kepada Yu Xiaoyun yang tampak murung dan tidak bisa menahan helaan napas. Dibandingkan Long Chen, Yu Xiaoyun benar-benar tidak tahu bagaimana membuat orang lain bahagia.
Jamuan telah disiapkan. Ketika Long Chen dan yang lainnya memasuki tempat jamuan, semua orang langsung berdiri dengan hormat untuk menyambut mereka.
Jika mengingat masa lalu, saat Long Chen pertama kali datang ke Kekaisaran Vermilion Bird untuk melamar Yu Qingxuan, dia telah membangkitkan kemarahan banyak ahli. Banyak orang menganggapnya sebagai katak yang mengincar angsa, pasangan yang sama sekali tidak pantas bagi Yu Qingxuan.
Namun, setelah pertempuran terakhir, keberanian dan keberanian tanpa rasa takut Long Chen sepenuhnya membuat mereka tunduk. Dia adalah pahlawan sejati. Kini, ketika memandangnya, mata mereka dipenuhi rasa hormat dan terima kasih.
Di meja utama ada lima orang: Yu Xiaoyun, Jiang Huixin, Xu Lanxin, Long Chen, dan Yu Qingxuan. Semua orang tahu bahwa jamuan ini lebih menyerupai acara kumpul keluarga. Karena itu, suasananya sedikit lebih santai dan jauh lebih hangat.
Guo Ran dan yang lainnya ditempatkan di sekitar meja utama. Kali ini, Long Chen tidak pelit. Dia mengeluarkan anggur Sorghum Api Darah yang selama ini disembunyikannya.
Begitu anggur Sorghum Api Darah muncul, tatapan Yu Xiaoyun langsung terkunci padanya.
Chapter 4049 Peerless Grade Golden Pill
“Long Chen, are you alright?” asked Jiang Huixin to resolve the awkward atmosphere.
“It seems that he is fine.”
Before Long Chen replied, Yu Xiaoyun was already answering for him. Of course, Long Chen had to be alright, or how else could he hug his beloved daughter?
Hearing this statement, Yu Qingxuan reddened and Jiang Huixin glared at her husband. This fellow had promised her to talk nicely this time. How could he suddenly go back on his word?
“Long Chen, theoretically, since you just woke up, you still need to rest. But there is no time to rest anymore,” said Jiang Huixin.
Long Chen nodded. “I understand. But my head still hurts, so let me just rest a bit and I’ll go.” Although Long Chen hadn’t heard Ye Wusheng’s final remarks, he knew that using the bronze cauldron would cause trouble.
Even if only the Vermilion Bird Empire’s people saw it, so what? With experts in the empire numbering in the trillions, who could guarantee that there were no traitors among them?
Thus, even if the Vermilion Bird Empire were to enter an information lockdown, it wouldn’t be long before the news spread.
Given the tremendous disturbance this time, Long Chen knew that the experts in this region would undoubtedly make inquiries. The shattered void in the sky served as a clear indicator of something major happening, so Long Chen realized that he couldn't stay in this place for long.
Upon awakening, he promptly directed his attention toward recovering. He then felt gratified to find that his physical body was completely fine, instilling him with confidence that he wouldn't fear facing an Earth Venerate if the need arose.
However, his soul felt somewhat hollow, and his head throbbed as if it were about to split open. The pain in his left eye was especially excruciating, and even with the eyepatch gifted by Bai Xiaole's mother, it felt as though sharp needles were relentlessly piercing into his eye. This pain felt like it was swelling, pulsing, and pulling at his soul.
Seeing Long Chen like this, Yu Qingxuan felt heartache for him. Long Chen was a man who never cried out in pain. So, for him to say that it was painful, it was definitely beyond imagination.
Long Chen had acted fine upon waking up for her, but now the truth was revealed, so Yu Qingxuan hastily took out a medicinal pill. When Long Chen saw the pill, he was startled.
“A peerless grade golden pill?”
This pill had golden marks flickering on top of it, moving across the surface. Also, the powerful medicinal energy was perfectly sealed within the pill, with not even a trace leaking.
In the immortal world, medicinal pills had three classifications: spirit pills, treasure pills, and golden pills. Every one of them could be graded as low grade, middle grade, high grade, top grade, and peerless grade.
Golden pills were the highest tier of pills that Long Chen had come into contact with. Furthermore, he could only refine one or two within a hundred refinements.
As for a peerless grade pill, that was something that Long Chen had never managed to refine, whether it was a spirit, treasure, or golden pill.
This so-called peerless grade meant that there could only be one within heaven and earth. There could not be two identical peerless grade pills.
Normally, if one peerless grade pill appeared, a second could not appear, unless the first one was consumed and vanished from this world.
However, there was a more domineering method. If there was already a consummate grade pill in the world, someone who refined the same pill at the peerless grade would have to endure the baptism of heavenly tribulation to obtain the recognition of the Heavenly Daos.
Once the second pill received this recognition, then the first peerless grade pills would wither away and vanish from this world. In the end, only one peerless grade pill of this type could exist.
Thus, refining a peerless grade pill was normally considered a great honor for an alchemist. Yu Qingxuan, through sheer luck, had managed to refine a peerless grade pill, which sent waves through the entire alchemy world. It marked the first occurrence in many tens of thousands of years where a peerless grade pill was successfully refined.
“This is a Soul Nourishing Spirit Calming Pill, and it just so happens that it can help with your injuries. You baddie, why didn’t you say anything sooner?” rebuked Yu Qingxuan.
Long Chen had acted like he was fine when he first woke up. If he hadn’t been pretending, she would have taken it out sooner.
Upon looking at her reproachful gaze, Long Chen’s heart warmed. Thus, he didn’t argue and just tossed the pill into his mouth.
The pill instantly melted, and a miraculous halo of light appeared above Long Chen’s head.
When that happened, the spiritual qi of heaven and earth was instantly sucked into it and poured into Long Chen’s body.
“A peerless grade golden pill can use heaven and earth as the medicine. The legends really are true,” praised Long Chen.
The effect of a peerless grade golden pill was not limited to just a medicinal pill. Its medicinal energy could draw out the essence of heaven and earth to work with the medicinal pill’s energy, unleashing a medicinal effect that surpassed people’s imagination.
Long Chen’s injuries were severe this time, and the damage to his soul and eye was the most difficult to heal. Even with the primal chaos space’s energy, he could only slowly heal them.
But after consuming Yu Qingxuan's peerless grade golden pill, Long Chen felt immediate relief as his burning eye was refreshed, and the excruciating pain subsided. The splitting headache that had been plaguing him vanished almost instantly, leaving him feeling revitalized and full of energy.
He then tore off his eyepatch and opened his left eye, causing Yu Xiaoyun and the others’ expressions to change. The hell flower in his left eye had yet to fully vanish. Upon seeing the hell flower in his eyes, their souls quivered.
“Still no good. My eye still hurts a bit, and I can’t keep it open. But don’t worry, I estimate that it will only take three to five days for it to heal.” Long Chen felt very uncomfortable when he opened his left eye. It even teared up, so he put the eyepatch back on.
The peerless grade golden pill had instantly healed the wound to his soul, but its effect was limited against the Purgatory Eyes. After all, even the power of heaven and earth was not omnipotent.
Afraid that Yu Qingxuan would be disappointed, Long Chen hastily smiled and said, “A peerless grade golden pill really is amazing. Without it, my recovery would have taken at least half a year, but now I feel revitalized in no time. Qingxuan, you’re amazing.”
Yu Qingxuan was truly a bit disappointed. She had thought that this peerless grade golden pill would instantly heal Long Chen, but his praise did make her smile slightly.
Jiang Huixin watched them with a smile. She then looked back at the gloomy Yu Xiaoyun and couldn’t help sighing. Compared to Long Chen, Yu Xiaoyun didn’t know how to make others happy.
The feast was already prepared, and as Long Chen and the others walked into the venue, they were greeted with the utmost respect as everyone stood in reverence.
Thinking back, when Long Chen had first come to the Vermilion Bird Empire to propose to Yu Qingxuan, he had stirred anger among countless experts. Many saw him as a toad lusting after swan meat, an unworthy match for her.
However, after the last battle, Long Chen’s bravery and fearlessness had fully won them over. He was a true hero, and when they looked at him now, their eyes were full of reverence and gratitude.
At the main table, there were five people: Yu Xiaoyun, Jiang Huixin, Xu Lanxin, Long Chen, and Yu Qingxuan. Everyone knew that this feast was more like a family gathering, as there was a bit less dignity to it and a bit more warmth.
Guo Ran and the others were placed around the main table. This time, Long Chen wasn’t stingy. He took out the blood fire sorghum wine that he had kept hidden all this time.
When the blood fire sorghum wine appeared, Yu Xiaoyun’s gaze instantly locked onto it.
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