Chapter 763
The Imperial Palace [10]
"if not?"
Haoran Jushi puffed out his chest and said proudly.
“Look at this first sentence, the strokes are like swords, pointing straight to the sky, it must mean ‘The way of heaven is high and far, I will search high and low for it!’”
"Look at this second sentence, the writing is heavy and penetrating, it must be the teaching that 'one must first endure hardship to be entrusted with a great responsibility'!"
"As for that last sentence..." Master Haoran's eyes were filled with fascination, "like a dragon soaring in the sky, with boundless ambition, this is absolutely a sage's prophecy of his imminent ascension to the summit and transformation into a god!!"
"Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!!"
A group of Confucian scholars nodded and swayed along, completely absorbed.
The Skeleton Lord (in his soul form, visible only to Su Chen) next to him was already rolling around on his lap laughing.
"Hahaha! I can't take it anymore! I'm dying of laughter!"
"If that old bastard Chen knew that his cursing was being treated as gospel, he'd probably laugh himself back to life from his coffin!"
Su Chen also sighed, his eyes filled with pity as he looked at the group of people.
"Although I don't have the heart to shatter your illusions."
"But...you're really overthinking it."
Su Chen reached out and pressed his hand against the stone wall.
hum!
The Origin Soul Power within his body surged, resonating with the spiritual imprint left by Chen Sheng on the stone wall.
"What kind of sacred text is this? This is a terrible review."
“Listen carefully, this is its real meaning.”
With a thought, Su Chen activated the "sound recording" function in the stone wall.
next second.
A wild, vulgar, and even somewhat rogue voice boomed from the stone wall, echoing throughout the entire eighteenth vertebra.
"Holy crap! I'm exhausted!!"
"Why is this broken pillar so hard to climb? That dead skeleton of a skeletal being is probably still eating dirt down there, right? Hahahaha!"
"You old bastard, Ancient God! You're so heavy even in death! When I get up there, I'll shake your brains until they're completely scrambled!"
"..."
The sound faded.
The world is quiet.
The holy expression on Haoran Jushi's face froze, and the folding fan in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".
The hundreds of Confucian scholars behind him stared wide-eyed, as if struck by lightning.
Is this the teaching of the sages that they have comprehended over thousands of years?
Is this the supreme true scripture?
"Damn it? You old bastard? Shake your brains?"
"No...no!! This is impossible!!"
Layman Haoran broke down, clutching his head and screaming in agony.
"This can't be real! How could a sage be so...so vulgar?!"
"It must be you! You demon used sorcery! You altered the sacred sound!!"
"I'm going to fight you to the death!!"
With bloodshot eyes and the aura of a great Confucian scholar emanating from him, the recluse Haoran was about to rush forward and fight Su Chen to the death.
Su Chen shook his head.
"Studying too much has made him stupid."
"The truth is often so simple, unadorned, and boring."
Su Chen didn't even bother to move his hands, but he slightly released the pressure of his [Ancient God Transformation].
Pfft!
Haoran Jushi, who had just rushed halfway, was directly overwhelmed by this momentum and fell to the ground, swallowing a mouthful of ashes.
"Since you like this place so much."
Su Chen looked down at this group of pitiful wretches whose beliefs had collapsed.
"Then stay here and keep dreaming."
"Hun Tian, dig the stone wall away for me."
"This is Senior Chen Sheng's calligraphy. Although the content isn't great, the jade is of good quality. Take it back and use it to pave my toilet."
"Yes! Lord!"
Giant Spirit No. 1 immediately stepped forward, wielded his great axe, and with a few "booms," pried off the stone wall that the Confucian scholars had worshipped for thousands of years, and carried it on his shoulder.
"No—!! Give me back the sacred object!!"
The Confucian scholars cried out in despair.
But Su Chen ignored him completely and led his army away.
"The affairs of scholars..."
Su Chen walked away, but his voice still lingered.
"Can this be called stealing?"
"This is called... cultural relic protection."
……
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[Ancient God Ruins - Spine Ladder - Section 24]
Having passed the eighteenth section, which was full of dark humor, Su Chen's army continued to advance.
By the twenty-fourth section, gravity had reached a terrifying 1,500 times.
The environment here is completely different from that below.
The entire bone peak was no longer grayish-white, but presented a noble, dazzling... golden color.
The ground, the mountain walls, and even the dust floating in the air shimmered with golden light.
"It's so bright!"
The Demon Lord of Chaos squinted. "My lord, the bones here... seem to have mutated."
"It's not a mutation."
Su Chen reached out and grabbed a handful of gold dust from the rock wall beside him.
"It's evolution."
"The spine here has absorbed most of the 'golden marrow' essence of the ancient god during his lifetime. If the substance below is calcium, then this is true divine gold."
"It is also... the best material for bone refining."
A glint of light flashed in Su Chen's eyes. Although his [Origin God-Demon Body] had completed 70% of its ancient god transformation, the strength of his bones was still at the level of "Dark Gold Bones," and he was still one step away from the legendary "Jade Bones and Golden Marrow."
And here is the key to completing this step!
"Swish..."
Just then, a strange friction sound came from all around.
Immediately afterwards, countless golden figures emerged from behind the cliff and from the crevices of bones, surrounding Su Chen and the others.
These are an extremely bizarre group of creatures.
They have no flesh and blood, or rather, their flesh and blood grow inside, while their bones... grow on the outside!
These are a group of exoskeleton creatures.
They were covered in golden bone armor, with sharp bone spurs at their joints, and their heads were like full-face helmets, with only a pair of eyes burning with soul fire showing.
【Golden Bone Clan】.
The most powerful indigenous race in the spine of the ancient gods, known as the darlings of the "bones of the gods".
"Halt! You filthy mollusk!"
A tall, powerful member of the Bone Clan, with six golden bone spears protruding from his back, stepped forward. He was the prince of the Bone Clan—Bone Prodigy.
Bone Pride didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he walked around Su Chen with what he considered to be elegant steps, his soul-fire eyes scrutinizing Su Chen from head to toe.
"Tsk tsk tsk..."
Bone Pride made a sound of disgust (the sound of bones grinding).
"What a pathetic structure."
"Hiding fragile bones inside soft flesh is like a maggot having to wear a cotton-padded coat to protect itself."
"It's really ugly."
He stretched out his golden bone hand, which shimmered with metallic luster and resembled an artwork, and waved it in front of Su Chen.
"Did you see that?"
"This is the perfect evolution!"
"The bones are on the outside, representing strength, beauty, and invincibility!"
"Only by exposing one's bones can one be considered a noble! Only then can one receive the blessings of the gods!"
Su Chen stared speechlessly at the skeleton that looked like it was wearing a suit of gold Saint Seiya armor but was talking to him about "streaking aesthetics".
"that……"
Su Chen interrupted his self-absorption.
Have you ever considered one possibility?
"The bones are on the outside, not for beauty."
"But because..."
Su Chen stretched out his finger and gently tapped Gu Tianjiao's golden breastbone, making a crisp "clang" sound.
"You have no shame?"
"What did you say?!"
Bone Prodigy's soul fire surged instantly, turning into an angry red.
"How dare you insult the noble Golden Bone Clan?!"
"insult?"
Su Chen shook his head, his gaze shifting as if he were looking at a dish.
"No, I'm evaluating the ingredients."
"Your way of growing hair, although it's a bit ugly, is quite convenient."
"What's convenient?" Gu Tianjiao asked subconsciously.
"It's convenient...just put it in the pot."
Su Chen grinned.
"No need to peel or remove the hair."
"You can just smash it up and make soup." "Isn't this the legendary... Golden Crispy Chicken?"
Crispy chicken?!
Gu Tianjiao was so angry that his bones were cracking.
"Very well! Since you want to die, this prince will grant your wish!"
"I'm going to peel off all that soft flesh from your body, and pull out your bones to make a specimen, so you'll know what true 'hardness' really is!!"
"Bone God Thorn!!"
Swish!
The six golden bone spears behind Gu Tianjiao instantly detached from his body, transforming into six golden lightning bolts. With terrifying penetrating power capable of piercing through the defenses of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, they headed straight for Su Chen's major acupoints.
"Die!!"
Faced with this fatal blow.
Su Chen remained motionless.
He didn't even raise his hand, he just slightly puffed out his chest.
"hardness?"
"Come on, stick it here."
Su Chen pointed to his heart.
"If I can't pierce through, you're my grandson."
……
"Arrogant!!"
When Gu Tianjiao saw that Su Chen actually did not dodge or evade, and even dared to use his physical body to take his natal bone spear head-on, he immediately felt that he had been greatly slighted.
"My bone spear is forged from the golden marrow collected from the spine; it is indestructible! It can even pierce a hole in the skin of someone at the fifth level!!"
"Pierce through him!!!"
puff!puff!puff!
Six golden spears, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds, struck Su Chen without any suspense.
Two needles pierced the eyes, two pierced the heart, and two pierced the dantian.
Extremely ruthless!
however.
The moment the spear tip touched Su Chen's skin.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
There was no blood splattering, no flesh being torn apart.
There was only a series of crisp, pleasant metallic clanging sounds, and sparks flying everywhere as the metal exploded.
Those six bone spears, which were said to be indestructible, were like six fragile toothpicks hitting a steel plate in front of Su Chen's jade-colored skin.
Not only did it not penetrate, but it also bent and deformed instantly due to the enormous recoil force.
"collapse!"
One of the bone spears that was aimed at Su Chen's heart could not withstand the pressure and broke into two pieces on the spot!
"This...this is impossible!!"
Bone Pride's soul fire trembled violently, as if he had seen a ghost.
"How could your skin... possibly be harder than my bones?!"
"What exactly are you?!"
Su Chen looked down at his chest, where there wasn't even a red mark.
He reached out and brushed the bone fragments off his clothes, looking utterly disappointed.
"That's it?"
"Is this the pride of your Golden Bone Clan?"
"I think you guys are not just calcium deficient, you're practically... osteoporosis."
Su Chen raised his head, looked at the terrified Gu Tianjiao, and slowly extended a hand.
"Now that you've finished your treatment..."
"Now... it's my turn."
"Inspect the goods."
call--
Su Chen's figure vanished instantly.
When it reappeared, it was already in front of Gu Tianjiao.
With one hand, he directly grabbed the golden cervical vertebrae that Bone Pride was so proud of.
"Let me go! I'm a prince! I'm..."
"Snap!!"
No nonsense.
Su Chen exerted force with his five fingers.
That incredibly hard golden cervical vertebra was crushed into powder in his hands, just like a crisp biscuit!
"what--!!!"
Gu Tianjiao let out a miserable scream as his head lost its support and rolled down, only to be caught by Su Chen's other hand.
"prince?"
Su Chen weighed the skull in his hand, then looked at the skeleton that, although headless, still exuded a rich metallic aura.
"No, you are a tonic."
"A top-quality calcium supplement."
Su Chen turned around and threw the remains of Gu Tianjiao to the Hun Tian Demon Lord behind him.
"Take it and grind it into powder."
"This is good stuff, don't waste it."
Then, his eyes, gleaming with greedy green light, swept over the thousands of Golden Bone Clan warriors around him, who were already trembling with fear.
In Su Chen's eyes, this was hardly an enemy.
These are clearly walking "super tonics"!
"Brothers!"
Su Chen waved his hand, exuding heroic spirit.
"The bones here are all top-quality materials for body tempering!"
We're not traveling tonight!
"Right here... let's start cooking! Let's make soup!!"
"Everyone, undergo bone tempering!!"
"Awooo—!!!"
The demon army was in an uproar.
Under Su Chen's leadership, this group, originally composed of bandits, completely unleashed their true nature.
"That leg bone is mine! It looks really strong!"
"Don't run away! Let me have a taste of your ribs!"
The Golden Bone Clan, who had come with great momentum to besiege the demons, instantly became lambs to the slaughter, being chased all over the mountains by the demon army.
One hour later.
On the plaza of the 24th vertebra, hundreds of huge bone pots (made from local materials) were set up.
The pot was bubbling with a golden broth, a "perfect tonic bone soup" made by simmering the essence of the Bone Clan and the divine herbs from the Hundred Herbs Garden.
Su Chen sat cross-legged in front of the largest pot, holding a huge straw (some kind of tubular divine medicine) in his hand.
"Gudu..."
A sip of golden soup went down my throat.
A scalding hot current instantly washed over my entire body.
Su Chen could clearly hear the bones inside his body cheering, growing, and undergoing a qualitative leap.
The bones, originally dark gold, gradually began to transform into a translucent "jade-like" texture.
[Absorbing the essence of high-level golden bones...]
[Increased bone strength...]
[Achieved: Jade Bone and Golden Marrow (Beginner)!]
[Physical "Ancient God Transformation" Progress: 85%!]
"Cool!"
Su Chen put down the straw and felt a surge of boundless energy.
He looked around.
The demon soldiers who drank the soup were all radiating golden light, and their bones cracked and popped.
The Demon Lord of Chaos broke through the physical bottleneck and reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, with his bones turning pale gold.
"Thank you, Lord, for the soup!!"
Millions of soldiers knelt in unison, their voices shaking the heavens.
Su Chen nodded in satisfaction.
"After eating and drinking my fill, my bones are strong too."
"Next..."
Su Chen looked up at the very top of his spine.
There, an extremely terrifying, even "ancient" aura is reviving.
It seems that Su Chen's rampage of killing and devouring here has disturbed some slumbering being.
"Ok?"
Su Chen narrowed his eyes.
"It seems there's something big hidden inside this spine."
"Just right."
Su Chen stood up and stretched his newly evolved jade bones.
"Drinking only soup is a bit too rich."
"It's time...to find a mount." (End of Chapter)