Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 1093

Chapter 1093

Chapter 1093: Such a Reward

The construction-work on the Northern Continent never stopped . The Martyr’s Palace was also parked there at the moment, undergoing the next stage of modifications .

Everything about the place was good; the only problem was the shortage of manpower . Currently, it was only inhabited by the Highbeards and some of Song Zining’s technicians . Building a warship required thousands of technicians at the site alone, and countless more for the production of parts and facilities .

To solve this problem, Song Zining had passed on a large number of orders to Imperial workshops . Moreover, he had bought the first batch of parts from available stock, shipping some to Southern Blue, and the higher-end equipment to the Northern Continent .

No one else knew about this except those with the bird's eye view of the overall situation .

After looking through the list, Qianye highlighted several dozen resources, saying, “Ship these to the warehouse outside the city, I have use for them . ”

The manager said, “Sire, these resources are required for the warships currently under construction . The merchant groups produced them according to our order, there is no extra . ”

He was implying that these things had a purpose—it was free now, but that didn’t mean there was extra .

Qianye waved his hand, saying, “It’s already decided, I have use for them . Also, prepare a few sets of crystal transformation arrays and fifty sets of crystals . ”

Manager Song was shocked . “T-This means we won’t be able to build a warship . The remaining goods won’t be enough to build a single vessel . ”

“Use what you have at the moment, and do what I tell you to!”

Seeing that Qianye was insistent on his decision, the manager stopped arguing and stood to the side . At this point, a general from the mercenary corps said, “Sire, the weapons and equipment the seventh young noble had left are still in the armory, ready to be shipped . What do you want to do with them? Shall we distribute them?”

After some thought, Qianye said, “Pick a batch of loyal people from Dark Flame and form an elite squad of around five hundred people . Distribute the equipment to this group and leave the rest in the armory . I have use for it . ”

“Yes, Sire . ” The mercenary head was somewhat puzzled about what Qianye wanted to do, but he didn’t dare question the decision . He merely affirmed the order and left to accomplish it .

Qianye felt somewhat distressed . The instruction to surrender reduced losses for Southern Blue, but it was also a missed opportunity to see who was loyal . Dark Flame had a fair number of members at the moment, but it was hard to tell how unified they were .

Currently, however, Qianye had more important matters to take care of . As such, everything here would have to continue as normal except for forming an elite squad .

The remaining days saw him cooped up in his room, not taking a single step out .

His small courtyard would often light up with flashes of lightning, raging sandstorms, and a surging ancient aura . A beam of sanguineous light would shoot up into the sky, reaching hundreds of meters in height .

No one knew what secret art Qianye was cultivating, but none dared approach after witnessing its grandeur . A wisp of stray aura from a cultivating expert could be lethal to an ordinary person .

Qianye’s room was an absolute mess with broken things everywhere . The strangest part was the fact that some of the wood had started to rot, almost as though they had lived through centuries . There was a hole in the roof, and the floor was filled with potholes . Little Zhuji was curled up in a corner, trembling as she stared at Qianye with eyes full of excitement and terror .

Qianye stood at the center of the room . There was a small gap between his feet and the ground as he hovered with a book in his hand . That large rhomboidal gem on the cover was exceptionally eye-catching .

The Book of Darkness had actually materialized and appeared in Qianye’s hands . The pages were still replaying the evolution of the cosmos and the vicissitudes of the universe . Qianye concentrated for a long while before shaking his head . “It’s still not enough . This degree of origin power evolution isn’t something I can grasp . I still need to work on it . ”

A boundless aura emerged from his body as he closed his eyes . Before long, bulging green veins appeared all over his body, erupting into a spray of bloody mist!

Qianye fell to the ground with a violent jolt . He inhaled deeply with a wry smile, absorbing all the blood back into his body and rapidly healing the breaks on his skin .

“I can’t . Not to mention controlling the origin power, just trying to imitate the concept is too much to bear . This body is too weak . ” Qianye glanced at himself helplessly .

His ancient vampire constitution had little competition even in the entire Evernight world, perhaps only the awakened bloodline of an arachne royalty like Basil could surpass it .

At the thought of arachne, Qianye turned quickly toward Little Zhuji . He had no idea what bloodline the lass had descended from, but she was outrageously powerful . If all arachne were like her, the human race could forget about fighting and just wait to be wiped out . Hmm… that wasn’t quite right, either . The internal power balance in the Evernight Council would be in chaos way before the human race would be affected .

Since she was of a young age, the little girl had yet to reveal her arachne-form body . Qianye would’ve suspected her race had he not seen her crawl out of an arachne egg .

“Zhuji, come here . ”

The little fellow trembled all over when she saw Qianye waving at her, and approached reluctantly .

Qianye stretched out a finger . “Bite . ”

The little fellow stared at the finger for a long while . Finally, she bit down with a fierce glint in her eyes .

By the time she had bitten down, the finger was nowhere to be seen . Her pearly white teeth struck one another, sending sparks flying in all directions . This was followed by a loud pop as a flick landed on her forehead .

The powerful flick sent her head swinging backward and left her dazed .

“So careless . You need to be starved as punishment . ”

The word starved triggered a change in expression . She stared fixedly at the finger as though it were the bone of a wild beast .

“This looks tasty, this looks tasty…” the girl muttered as she pounced over at several times the speed .

In the blink of an eye, Qianye was surrounded by afterimages of Zhuji as she attempted several different attacks . Meanwhile, Qianye’s finger moved about as though it were everywhere at the same time .

Little Zhuji had attacked countless times in the blink of an eye, much like a cat chasing a butterfly .

Her hunting instincts were gradually brought out, and she grew closer and closer to Qianye . A sudden feigned pounce caused Qianye’s finger to change direction, which she bit down with a twist of her body!

“Crack!” Following a sound akin to shattered glass, the little girl shot back to the corner of the room with a miserable cry . She covered her mouth with her hands and almost looked like she would cry .

Qianye looked at his own hand and saw a row of deep tooth-marks, all of which had been produced by Zhuji . There was a strange metallic sheen on his hand, with specks of starlight roaming about .

He shook his head helplessly . “If you were any bigger, you would’ve bitten off a piece of my flesh . ”

Little Zhuji made sounds of protest with her mouth still covered .

This bite was so painful that her face had turned pale, and there were traces of blood between her teeth .

The metallic luster on Qianye’s hand dispersed, and his skin gradually turned black and lifeless . A sanguineous flame lit up on his arm and stretched to his hand, burning away all the blackened skin . Even his skeleton became visible after the dead flesh was burned away . Afterward, wiggling new flesh slowly grew back to form a new hand .

Qianye moved his new flesh about, saying, “Powerful, but also comes at a steep price . ”

This was a new secret art called the Fallen Star Immortal Body, named after comets that could survive a tribulation of fire . The secret art was hidden in the Bloodmoon Empress Li had gifted him . It appeared naturally after Qianye had gained full grasp of the dagger . Cultivating the Fallen Star Immortal Body required Millennial Fragrant Wood as a catalyst, something that was extremely hard to come by . However, Bloodmoon’s sheath was made from this Millenial Fragrant Wood .

Even the messenger, Eunuch Yang, was deceived by the many disguises . All of this had to have a special purpose .

This Fallen Star Immortal Body originated from the Martial Emperor and was a secret inheritance that would never be passed on to outsiders . No one knew how Empress Li had obtained it and why she would pass it to Qianye . The correlation was neither too big nor too small . The Imperial treasury had enjoyed a thousand years of accumulation—one secret art was nothing compared to the countless treasures . On the other hand, leaking an Imperial inheritance was a great crime worthy of familial extermination .

Channeling the Fallen Star Immortal Body would turn one’s flesh into a material similar to comets, bringing its strength to the peak . Even Zhuji couldn’t bite through Qianye’s skin after he had used this art, hurting her own teeth instead . From this, one could see just how powerful the art was . This peerless art must’ve played a big role in the Martial Emperor’s ability to maneuver freely against a multitude of Evernight experts .

On the other hand, the Fallen Star Immortal Body had stringent requirements . One would need the Millennial Fragrant Wood as a catalyst, using it to activate the body’s vitality . At the same time, it would turn part of the body into the wood attribute and subsequently reduce the pressure of the art .

Even though Qianye possessed the wood, cultivating this art still put immense strain on his body . From what Qianye understood of the Imperial experts, he could tell that basically no one else could cultivate it successfully . In fact, no one had cultivated this art following the Martial Emperor, not even those of Imperial bloodline .

The Fallen Star Immortal Body was one of those extremely powerful Imperial arts with strict requirements .

Qianye possessed an ancient vampire constitution as well as the Millennial Fragrant Wood, so he was able to cultivate it successfully . After trying several times, he found that the secret art was extremely powerful, and even a divine champion going all out might not be able to break through . Channeling the art, however, caused irreversible damage to the body . Basically, the flesh would fall apart after the art was stopped .

Hence, the Fallen Star Immortal Body was a method for dire situations, where one would need to rest for a good while after each use . Qianye could shorten the recovery period due to his regenerative powers, but he would still need rest nonetheless . The more one channeled this art, the greater the tissue damage, and the longer the rest time involved .

Using it too much would surely hurt one’s constitution . Even an ancient vampire could hardly withstand constant degeneration and regeneration of flesh . Otherwise, why would they need to sleep so long in the blood ponds?

Qianye thought things through while waiting for his flesh to grow back . History stated that the Martial Emperor possessed miraculous cultivation and that his combat strength might even exceed the Founding Ancestor . However, his life was not a long one . It truly made one wonder if this was related to the Fallen Star Immortal Body .

Now, with the addition of this secret art, Empress Li’s reward was way too great .

Qianye meditated on the matter, trying to figure out what he did that was worth such a boon .