Chapter 201 - 198: Return to Earth
Chapter 201: Chapter 198: Return to Earth
Ye Xing was never merciful to his enemies. Killing them with a single shot was letting them off too easy. Compared to that, having an enemy fall to their death, smashed to smithereens, was a much more satisfying end. Plus, it saved a bullet.
The middle-aged man was instantly enraged. His gaze filled with venom, he sneered, "What are you so smug about, kid? You’re going to fall to your death all the same!"
As the middle-aged man was mocking him, his eyes suddenly went slack, staring intently ahead.
He saw Ye Xing leisurely take another parachute from his Qiankun Bag. He pressed the switch, and the parachute opened up above him once more. The canopy filled with air, and driven by the air currents, his rapid descent immediately slowed.
A parachute is an aerodyne decelerator that relies on air resistance, unfolding and inflating relative to its movement through the air. A modern parachute is an aeronautical tool that allows a person or object to land safely on the ground from the air. It is primarily made of flexible fabric. It is used in paratrooper combat and training, for the survival and training of aerospace personnel, for the training, competition, and performance of skydivers, for airdropping supplies, and for recovering aircraft and equipment.
The main components of a parachute include the canopy, pilot chute, suspension lines, harness system, deployment components, and the pack. It is composed of textile materials such as parachute silk, lines, webbing, and thread, as well as some metal, rubber, and plastic parts. The suspension lines are made of woven cord, either hollow or with a core, and are required to be compact, high-strength, soft, and highly elastic, with a low rate of uneven elongation. The webbing is used for canopy reinforcement and for the harness system. The suspension lines are the skeleton of the canopy and are required to be light, thin, soft, and high-strength, with a high elastic modulus and a breaking elongation less than that of the canopy fabric. The webbing uses thick, double- or triple-layered fabric bands, required to have extremely high strength and work of fracture. The thread is the material used to sew the parachute’s silk, webbing, and lines together, and is required to be high-strength, well-lubricated, and have a uniform, stable twist.
Parachutes are excellent, essential lifesaving tools.
Naturally, Ye Xing had more than one in his Qiankun Bag. If one broke, he could just swap it for another.
With the parachute deployed, Ye Xing’s speed of descent immediately dropped. As for the middle-aged man and the corpse of the Iron-Winged Vulture, inertia caused them to fall faster and faster. WHOOSH, down they went.
"Save me! Save me!" the middle-aged man shrieked in terror. But as he fell, his voice grew more and more distant, and in moments, he became a tiny black dot that vanished into the chasm below.
Falling from a cliff thousands of yards high... From that altitude, he’d undoubtedly be smashed into a meat paste.
’So much for that "plane crash." Iron-Winged Vultures are just trash-tier flying beasts. They’re too easy to take down, not safe at all. If I wanted one, I would’ve bought one ages ago. Sigh, I wonder when my Little Zhi will grow up. Oh my god, the little guy is only the size of my palm. I’ll die of old age before it’s big enough to carry me. Aaargh!’ Ye Xing clutched his head, a massive headache coming on. All he could do was drift with the wind, slowly descending with his parachute.
’An adult Purple Lightning Golden Eagle not only has immense combat power, but its speed is also insane. This cliff is probably only a few thousand yards high; it could probably glide to the bottom in one go.’ Ye Xing was full of anticipation, but the thought of that cute little guy being only palm-sized made him feel like life wasn’t worth living. ’This pet-raising project is so damn hard. It’s like raising a baby from scratch... who knows how many years it’ll take for him to grow up.’
Speaking of that little guy, Little Zhi, Ye Xing actually missed him a bit, even though the little rascal was a mischievous troublemaker.
The parachute descended slowly, drifting left and right with the wind.
The entire Biluo Mountain range was a continuous chain of peaks. The main peak was the highest, while the others rose and fell in succession. Looking down from high above, the mountains were covered in a sea of green trees. When the wind blew, leaves flew wildly, making it look like a green ocean with surging waves.
A cool breeze blew, and though the scenery was beautiful, Ye Xing was in no mood to appreciate it. His mind was almost entirely focused on Cultivation. He just wanted to break through to the next stage as quickly as possible and step into the Innate Realm.
Drifting, drifting... After a long wait—he wasn’t sure if it was fifteen or thirty minutes, though it felt like more than half an hour—he finally reached the bottom of the cliff.
There were no trees at the bottom of the cliff, just a stretch of wild grass and rubble. Ye Xing landed on a massive boulder. The parachute slowly collapsed, and he tossed it into his Qiankun Bag.
He walked along the base of the cliff, surveying his surroundings. After about seven or eight minutes, Ye Xing’s nose twitched. He caught the acrid stench of blood and looked ahead in its direction.
On the rubble-strewn ground ahead lay a large puddle of blood and gore. Besides the dark red paste of flesh and blood, there were also a large number of black feathers. On top of the gore was a corpse, just as mangled, but the outline of the skull was faintly recognizable as that of a middle-aged man.
It was a huge puddle of gore. Blood stained the rocks, spreading everywhere—red, green, black, with bits of intestines and the like. It was utterly disgusting. Most people would probably retch and vomit if they saw such a scene for the first time. But Ye Xing was no greenhorn who had never seen blood. He had roamed the martial world and taken hundreds of lives. A scene like this was nothing new to him. The martial world was a chaotic, messy dye pot, filled with grievances, vendettas, slaughter, and plunder.
"Heh, feathers from an Iron-Winged Vulture. Must be from that guy who fell," Ye Xing sneered. "You think my things are so easy to steal? Falling to your death was getting off easy." He stepped right over the puddle of gore and continued forward.
After walking another few hundred meters, he finally found a natural stone cave to his front-left.
’That’s the place. I’m going into Secluded Cultivation!’ Ye Xing immediately hurried into the stone cave.
The cave entrance was narrow, allowing only one person to pass through at a time, but it grew more spacious the deeper he went.
’Strange. This looks like a natural cave, but somehow it doesn’t feel like one. It’s weird,’ Ye Xing muttered, glancing around. He saw the cave walls were covered in a layer of green moss, so he couldn’t make anything out.
The inside of the cave was a bit dark and damp, but Ye Xing couldn’t be bothered with that right now. He immediately found a clean stone block.
He sat cross-legged on the stone and eagerly took out the Jade Box he was carrying. As he opened it, the refreshing medicinal fragrance of the Eight Treasures Profound Spirit Pill wafted out.
His eyes filled with joyful anticipation as he hurriedly picked up an Eight Treasures Profound Spirit Pill and quickly swallowed it.
Instantly, a clean fragrance filled his mouth. The light-cyan pill slid down his throat, through his esophagus, and into his stomach.
In just a moment, Ye Xing felt streams of heat rising endlessly from his lower abdomen. True Qi surged, and warm currents filled his entire body, down to his limbs and bones.
’What abundant Spiritual Qi and medicinal effect! It’s a Top-grade Spirit Pill, just as expected!’
Ye Xing closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, hastily circulating his Celestial Tier Internal Cultivation Method, the Innate Skill. He began to refine the medicinal power of the Eight Treasures Profound Spirit Pill, converting it into True Qi.
Exhale—
Inhale—
He inhaled slowly, then exhaled gradually. As he continuously refined the pill, Ye Xing felt the True Qi in his body constantly expand, growing rapidly, and accumulating more and more.
The True Qi surged and roiled inside him like a tempestuous tide.
Refine and absorb, refine and absorb!
As he absorbed wave after wave of the Eight Treasures Profound Spirit Pill’s medicinal effects, Ye Xing’s True Qi grew larger and more profound.
「Half a shichen later.」
HUMMM!
Ye Xing’s eyes snapped open, a sharp light glinting within them, his gaze brilliant.
SHIIING!
With a clear sword cry like a dragon’s roar, the Cyan Blade Treasure Sword flew from its sheath, transforming into a streak of cyan light as it chopped down at a massive boulder before him.
BOOM!
With a tremendous crash, rubble flew everywhere. The boulder, as tall as a man, was instantly shattered into pieces, sending stone fragments scattering all over the ground.
’The Eight Treasures Profound Spirit Pill really is a rare and precious Miracle Elixir! It took my Cultivation directly from the Early Stage of the Martial Arts Fourth Realm to the Martial Arts Fifth Realm, and all the way to the Peak of the Fifth Realm at that! I’m only half a step away from the Martial Arts Sixth Realm. I feel like I can break through again into the Martial Arts Sixth Realm in ten to fifteen days at most!’ A trace of irrepressible joy showed in Ye Xing’s calm eyes. ’Now, forget about the Martial Arts Sixth Realm, I can even take a Martial Arts Seventh Realm Qi Condensation Stage Martial Artist head-on for a few rounds. Hehe, Wife Mengxue, your husband will catch up to you very soon!’
He was one step closer to his goal, and Ye Xing was in high spirits. However, despite his joy, he didn’t get carried away. He knew that the entire Martial Arts Continent was full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons, with experts as numerous as the clouds. A Martial Arts Seventh Realm expert might be considered upper-tier in a small place like the Southern Tang Country, but in the Central Plains Martial Arts, where Sects were numerous and the strong were everywhere, they were as insignificant as a single splash in the ocean.
Even Innate Realm experts risked perishing if they weren’t careful. Naturally, Ye Xing didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless. On the path of cultivation, one must be cautious and prudent. It was important to know when to advance courageously, but even more important to know when to retreat from the rapids.
’A single Eight Treasures Profound Spirit Pill is worth several thousand Gold Coins, and it’s a seller’s market at that. I got three of them at once. This huge fortune would make many Ninth Realm Martial Artists green with envy, and it would even tempt Innate Realm experts. This whole affair isn’t over yet. I’m afraid many persistent Martial Artists will rush to the bottom of the cliff to search for me. Hmm, to be safe, I should probably lay low for a while.’ Ye Xing’s eyes glinted. ’It’s been a while since I’ve been back to Earth. Hehe, let those fucking idiots search all they want. Even if they dig three feet deep and search the entire cliff bottom, they won’t find me. This young master is going back to Earth for a vacation!’
Ye Xing immediately opened his Qiankun Bag and took out the Purple Light Group Teleportation Gate.
Purple mist swirled and vapor floated in the air. With the appearance of the Purple Light Group Teleportation Gate, Primordial Qi instantly began to surge and gather within the stone cave.
"I’m off to Earth! Goodbye, Martial Arts Continent! This young master will be back after my vacation!"