HPDBC Chapter 70 Little Snow
Chapter 70 Little Snow
chapter 70 little snow
translator: borntobe
“i absolutely cannot.” chen fei explained, “just before i left to come here, your father ordered me that i absolutely, no matter what, had to stay here to protect his wife and son. even in death.”
long chen shook his head, “although you are a late blood condensation expert, you are no longer able to protect me. the fact that you didn’t help me back when i was injured on the martial arena means that you are extremely apprehensive and will only act to help once i am facing death. but at that time, even if you did help, you wouldn’t be able to fix anything. am i right?”
chen fei was silent for a long while. that was because long chen’s words were absolutely true and he couldn’t refute them.
“within the capital, the only person who could make you feel so apprehensive should be marquis ying, correct?” asked long chen.
chen fei sighed and nodded. “correct. your father warned me over and over again not to let marquis ying notice me, otherwise, my life would be over. i’m not afraid of death, but i am afraid of betraying your father’s expectations. that’s why despite you being bullied so much, i could only continue to stay my hand. i truly am sorry.”
“does my father have enmity with marquis ying?”
“marquis ying’s finger was severed by your father,” laughed chen fei.
no wonder marquis ying would target me. father really is ferocious. but i won’t fall behind; my father severed a finger, while i made him lose all his money.
“when did you first come to the capital?” asked long chen.
“three years ago.”
“and how many experts on your level does my father have beside him?”
“there were originally seven, but one of them died after many years of fighting, so there are only six now.”
“what heavenstage have you reached?”
“the ninth heavenstage of blood condensation. but unfortunately, i’ve never been able to break through the next barrier,” sighed chen fei. he was already thirty-seven years old. if he still wasn’t able to break through by the age of forty, it would essentially be impossible for him to do so for the rest of his life.
long chen wasn’t that surprised. although chen fei was extremely good at hiding his aura, blood qi had emerged from the space between his eyebrows. that was a clear sign of blood being condensed to its densest state.
in other words, chen fei had to be at the peak of blood condensation. unfortunately, he was unable to break through the next barrier.
to break through the blood condensation realm to reach the tendon transformation realm was extremely difficult. there were thousands of blood condensation experts in phoenix cry, but only three tendon transformation experts. the two were separated by a huge chasm that caused everyone who stood in front of it to despair.
“chen fei, i’ll refine some pills tonight. bring them to my father.” long chen was almost talking to himself.
“young master, this...”
long chen waved his hand, cutting him off. “although your aura concealing techniques are exquisite, allowing you to hide from even marquis ying’s senses, the entire phoenix cry capital is undergoing intense undercurrents. that means that the entire empire will soon be flipped; whether you stay or not has no meaning. if my long family truly did reach that end point where you would finally take action, do you really think you could manage to fight against that tide with just your strength?”
“i can bring you out alive,” said chen fei.
refining pills was simply like that. just the slightest inattentiveness could easily cause failure. even with all the techniques of a pill god, it would be impossible to avoid some failures.
his goal had been to refine two furnaces worth of pills. now that he had failed once, he had no choice but to attempt a third one despite his exhaustion.
the breaking barrier pill, which had the dragon bone grass added to it, was extremely hard to refine. even with long chen’s powerful spiritual strength, he was still completely exhausted.
but looking at the six medicinal pills, he felt that all that exhaustion was worth it. he handed them to a shocked chen fei in addition to a letter.
chen fei left before the break of dawn. long chen took a quick nap to re-energize himself. waking up, he realized he felt much freer and less worried.
the matter of his father had always been pressing on him like a huge boulder. now that he had finally learned of his father’s situation, he was filled with anticipation.
the only thing that kept worrying him was that chen fei hadn’t known just who was targeting his father. long tianxiao had never told anyone about that.
but that wasn’t too important anymore. now that he had news of his father, he was filled with fighting spirit.
getting out of bed, he placed little snow in front of him. little snow was what long chen had decided to name the scarlet flame snow wolf.
little snow’s eyes were still permanently closed as he cried and fussed. long chen smiled slightly and bit down on his finger, drawing a drop of blood. he dripped the blood into little snow’s mouth.
when little snow swallowed that drop of blood, his closed eyes finally opened slowly. he curiously looked up at long chen. his large eyes plus the small tuft of red hair on his forehead were indescribably cute.
for most magical beasts, the flavor of the first blood they tasted would be forever remembered. the owner of that blood would then become their family. of course, cold-blooded magical beasts were excepted from this. there were different techniques for them.
as soon as little snow opened his eyes, he slowly started to crawl over to long chen. his walking was extremely unstable and he might trip and fall at any moment, but he still continued crawling towards him.[1]
long chen felt a burst of warmth when he looked at the little fellow. with his powerful spiritual strength, he could clearly sense the yearning within little snow’s soul.
as soon as little snow approved of long chen, long chen was supposed to use his spiritual strength to use the secret techniques lu fang-er had taught him. that would place a kind of slave imprint on little snow’s soul so that he could never betray him.
but long chen continued to hesitate about using the slave imprint. he couldn’t bear to make this little guy a slave.
pondering over this, he suddenly felt his face become wet. that little guy had crawled onto his lap and was enthusiastically washing his face.
long chen laughed and hugged the little guy. he brought little snow out of the long estate to the outskirts of the city. now that the little guy had opened his eyes, it was time for him to temper himself.
magical beasts had an extremely tenacious vitality. as soon as they opened their eyes, they were essentially capable of finding and eating their own food. they would no longer require that nutrient fluid they had needed as a cub.
bringing him out of the city was precisely the fastest way for little snow to mature.
but before he left the city, he still had to find a certain someone. in just an hour, long chen arrived at a large pasture.
suddenly, a huge roar rang out, and the entire earth trembled along with it. a smile appeared on long chen’s face.