Black zirconium

Black zirconium. It was incredibly hard, and blades were unable to harm it.

Black zirconium was an extremely rare forging material. But its most amazing point was that it was used to pass down powerful cultivation techniques and Battle Skills.

Experts would carve their powerful techniques onto black zirconium. That black zirconium would manage to preserve a portion of that expert's will and intent. That allowed later generations to comprehend it easier.

Furthermore, Long Chen's black zirconium also contained that will and intent.

Furthermore, black zirconium was incomparably hard. To carve diagrams on it required at least a Xiantian cultivation base. Long Chen wouldn't be able to fake it even if he wanted to.

## First piece

He carefully examined this black zirconium. It was the size of an egg, and there was a diagram carved on top of it. However, that diagram wasn't complete.

But even though it was just a portion, he could see that it was a diagram of a person's meridians. There were lines showing how to circulate energy.

Elder Sun stared at it for half a day, becoming more and more delighted. He found that this way of circulating energy was extremely profound and complicated. Although this was still just a portion of it, it was enough to awe him.

"What a powerful cultivation technique! This time I've really struck gold!" Elder Sun couldn't hold back a laugh. He confidently said to himself, "For such a powerful cultivation technique to be obtained by a little Blood Condensation amateur really is a waste. Once I obtain the full technique, I'll definitely be able to advance to Meridian Opening. Hehe, then I'll easily kill Long Chen. Who cares if I have to betray the Xuantian Monastery? The heavens are so large. As long as I don't run into any Xiantian experts, who would dare block me?"

Elder Sun seemed to envision a scene of him advancing into Meridian Opening, traveling freely throughout the heavens, arrogantly looking down on all.

Only after a long time did he come back to his senses. He continued examining that black zirconium. On the front side was that partial diagram, but there was also an ancient character on the back.

Elder Sun examined it for a while before recognizing it to be the character for Rebel. But the character was written in an extremely odd archaic manner, and not the standard ancient form. (逆 Ni)

"Looks like this cultivation technique is extremely ancient. That brat Long Chen must definitely have some heaven-defying luck," sighed Elder Sun.

He continued examining the diagram for a while, but he found that this technique was extremely profound, and there was no way that he could figure out the whole thing just by relying on this portion. Of course, that was also why Long Chen had given it to him so easily.

However, obtaining this black zirconium did fill Elder Sun with greater confidence. It seemed Long Chen really did want to go through with this trade.

## Second piece

Long Chen snorted. He threw a piece of black zirconium to Elder Sun.

Elder Sun hastily grabbed it. It was the exact same form as that previous black zirconium. On the front side was a complicated diagram of meridians, and there was an ancient character on the back.

*Kill. (杀 Sha)*

This new black zirconium had the character for Kill on the back of it. When combined with the previous Rebel character, would it be Kill Rebels? Or Rebels Kill?

But no matter what, those two words were incredibly domineering.

## Fourth piece

That black zirconium was the same as the last ones. But there were even more lines on this one. On the back was a single character: Must. (必 bi)

"Superior Must Kill Rebel."

## Carving

That old fellow had targeted him several times for his Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. The last time, he had even drawn over a Corrupt Elder to kill him. If it hadn't been for Chu Yao's help at the end, he would have died.

Although Tu Fang had then planned on punishing him for Long Chen, Long Chen knew that the worst punishment Tu Fang could give was to expel him from the monastery.

Just being expelled from the monastery was far from enough to allay Long Chen's hatred. If he wanted his technique, then he could have it.

Long Chen had drawn in the meridian circulation method of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. Originally, he had been planning on splitting the full diagram over four rocks.

It was said that black zirconium was something that required the carver to be at least at the Xiantian realm.

However, that wasn't a problem for Long Chen. Although he couldn't directly carve anything onto black zirconium, he could draw onto it.

Long Chen had used an extremely bizarre pill formula in his Pill Sovereign memories to make a mysterious stone-rotting extract.

This stone-rotting extract came from ancient times. Large sects had huge stone steles and monuments. Some were so large they were thousands of meters high.

In order to carve words into them, it not only required a great deal of power, but it also required a powerful tool.

But not only that. The carver couldn't make a single mistake when carving. A single monument might require tens of thousands of words. If the carver made a mistake, wouldn't the entire monument be ruined? It wasn't as if the carvers were gods. No one would do something so foolish.

So the ancient era's tablets were not directly carved. The characters were first drawn on, and after making sure there were no mistakes, they would use stone-rotting extract to soften the rock.

Stone-rotting extract was extremely miraculous. Its corrosive nature wasn't permanent. It would only soften the rock for a moment. Once it was removed, the rock would return to its original hardness.

And most interesting of all, rocks that had been softened with stone-rotting extract would all possess an ancient aura.

When Long Chen had drawn on these black zirconiums, he had kept his divine ring released, letting its aura permeate into his strokes. That was to make it possible to sense the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art's aura from these rocks.

After he managed to complete one of those 'ancient treasures', Long Chen would then polish it up, soaking the new carvings with medicinal liquid until it was impossible to tell that those lines were newly added.

Long Chen had really put in a lot of effort for this plot. After he had finished the first piece, he had gone straight to Elder Sun to offer him the bait.

## Secret message

Long Chen went and grabbed Elder Sun's spatial ring. He took out the four black zirconiums, placing them on the ground.

"Look carefully at these four words," said Long Chen.

"Must Kill Rebel Superior. Are you an idiot?"

* 逆弑杀必 Ni Shi Sha Bi

* 你是傻逼 Ni Shi Sha Bi (You are an idiot)

Elder Sun finally realized the truth. He had really completely fallen for Long Chen's trap. Glaring at Long Chen, his eyes were filled with hatred and unwillingness.

Sun attacks, but Long Chen kills him.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 276
2. ↑ Chapter 277
3. ↑ Chapter 279
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 281
5. ↑ Chapter 282
6. ↑ Chapter 283