Excruciating Pain

He noticed an excited glint in Ren Yue's eyes.

"This is a great strategy, Brother Long! I never imagined I could develop my faction like this! You are really a genius!" Ren Yue was full of praise for Long Chen.

Long Chen waived off her praises as he spoke, "It's not that big of a deal. This strategy may sound simple, but it's complicated to implement. The leaders of these organizations aren't stupid. They will realize you are trying to strengthen your faction's power and will do their best to sabotage you for their personal interests."

"…Yes. I expect that to occur. But still, you have shown me a path ahead. I am truly grateful to you," Ren Yue spoke sincerely.

Long Chen gazes at Ren Yue earnestly and utters, "Miss Ren, I am also helping you for my selfish interests. Making your faction stronger will be the first step to attaining my objective."

Ren Yue nodded her head, "I know this. But still, I am happy to have obtained your support. I plan to count on you to think of clever ways to make my faction stronger."

"I will do my best," Long Chen spoke.

By this time, they had prepared the food. Long Chen and Ren Yue prepared enough food for five people, including Hu Jie, Peng Gen, and Grandpa Mo.

Long Chen and Ren Yue ate immediately, while Hu Jie and Peng Gen mentioned that they would eat after Grandpa Mo arrived.

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It took Grandpa Mo four hours to gather all the resources that Long Chen had written. He returned to the house with a tired expression.

Upon entering the living room, he smelled a great aroma. He felt rather hungry and decided to eat.

"Sir Mo, you finally returned. You won't believe what happened. The young lady has cooked food for all of us," Hu Jie speaks surprisedly.

Grandpa Mo was truly caught off-guard to hear those words. He glared at these two guards and asked furiously, "What? You made young lady cook food for us?!"

Hu Jie and Peng Gen shivered upon hearing those words and that tone.

Peng Gen quickly explained, "It wasn't our intention, Sir Mo! It's just that the brat planned to cook, and young lady joined him in the kitchen. We wanted to help, but she ordered us to remain at our positions!"

"…Is that so?" Grandpa Mo asks with a scowl.

Hearing the commotion in the living room, Ren Yue and Long Chen quickly appear. The two were meditating in their respective rooms.

Long Chen was cultivating his Ardor while Ren Yue meditated to remain calm and focus on her Spiritual Energy.

"That's right, Grandpa Mo. Are you unhappy that I cooked food for you?" Ren Yue spoke with a doleful look.

"How can that be?! I am delighted," Grandpa Mo spoke with a smile. Even a blind man could see how fake this smile was.

"…Alright. Give us the power stones, and you can start eating your meal," Ren Yue spoke. She didn't wish to waste any more time.

Grandpa Mo looked at Long Chen for a few moments before ultimately implementing Ren Yue's command.

He handed her the Spatial Ring that stored all those power stones.

"Let's begin the process immediately!" Ren Yue excitedly spoke while gazing in Long Chen's direction.

Long Chen nodded and spoke, "I will set these power stones in an appropriate formation."

All the power stones of thirty kilograms each were released, and they crashed on the floor.

"Let's do this here," Long Chen spoke. He knew it would seem inappropriate to head into Ren Yue's room for this process.

"Alright," Ren Yue agreed readily.

Long Chen picked up the thirty kilograms of these stones and slowly placed them in a pentagon shape.

Long Chen closed his eyes and slowly let his Ardor flow through these power stones. His Ardor flowed from Mind Gems, Sacred Orichalcum, Nightmetal, Obsidian Silver, Lunar Adamant, and then to Mind Gems to complete the loop.

"Please let go of any resistance in your body. If you resist, you will experience even greater pain, and we will waste our resources," Long Chen warned somberly.

Gulping down a mouthful of saliva, Ren Yue slowly spoke, "I am ready!"

"…Alright, here it comes," Long Chen spoke.

Grandpa Mo, Hu Jie, and Peng Gen gazed in their direction. They noticed a wave of energy releasing from these power stones striking Ren Yue simultaneously.

"…Haah…" Ren Yue groaned as she suddenly experienced a sharp pain in her entire body. She wanted to move her body, but she heard Long Chen's command, "Don't move. Restrain your instincts!"

Ren Yue tried her best to restrain her instincts, but the agony grew dramatically! She indeed never expected that the pain would be so great.

She now realized that Long Chen's repeated warnings were no joke.

Suddenly, Ren Yue felt something inside her body crack. She guessed these were her meridians. This strange energy was targeting her meridians!

Long Chen's energy was within Ren Yue's body, so he was aware of her slightest movement. Long Chen felt Ren Yue's body was about to resist this energy instinctively, and he whispered, "This is your path to power, Miss Ren. This will be your personal strength, and it will never betray you. It will be your greatest support when you face your opponents. You must hold on at all costs!"

"…Argghh…I will…endure! Aahhhhh!" Ren Yue suddenly shouted in pain as her meridians completely shattered.

Long Chen didn't let this shout break his concentration. In fact, his task was also challenging.

He had to maintain this energy flow within Ren Yue's body and gather the shattered parts of her meridians.

Under the nourishment of this energy from five distinct types of power stones, these fragments began to change. They were evolving!

The entire process of evolving took nearly two hours.

Ren Yue had to endure extreme pain during this time as her meridians had shattered entirely.

Grandpa Mo, Hu Jie, and Peng Gen were shocked to see this sight. They wished to intervene but felt that Ren Yue's body would be in even greater danger if they interfered at this moment!

"Now, repeat after me. It's time for you to use the Revolving Yin Merit Law!" Long Chen spoke with beads of sweat rolling down his handsome face.

He began to narrate the Revolving Yin Merit Law.

Ren Yue spoke the mantra of the Revolving Yin Merit Law amid this pain. It took her an entire hour to finish saying the first chapter of the Revolving Yin Merit Law. During this whole process, she felt that she was about to die several times.

Ren Yue whispered the Revolving Yin Merit Law, and the shattered meridians that had already evolved under the nourishment of the energy from these five different power stones reassembled.

Long Chen utilized his Ardor to shift them to their appropriate positions slowly.

Ren Yue slowly felt her meridians rejoining her body.

The tremendous pain she had initially experienced was significantly reduced. At least she was no longer screaming.

Nearly three hours later, all the meridians in Ren Yue's body had been reassembled, and Long Chen managed to realign them perfectly.

Long Chen was mentally exhausted as he had to keep his concentration up for more than six hours.

During this time, Grandpa Mo, Hu Jie, and Peng Gen had already eaten.

As the process was completed, the three headed toward Ren Yue to check her condition.

Long Chen quickly used the last bit of his strength to create an illusion of these power stones turning to dust.

This was a slightly advanced illusion compared to what he was used to. Still, his mental strength was temporarily boosted as he absorbed a lot of energy from these power stones while reconstructing Ren Yue's meridians.

Fortunately, the three warriors were really worried about Ren Yue's health, so they fell into this illusion rather easily.

Long Chen secretly placed his hand in his pocket and activated the Spatial Ring. He used his Ardor to place them in his Spatial Ring.

Long Chen fell unconscious as he acquired nearly ten kilograms of each power stone.

Hu Jie carried Long Chen to his room and placed him on his bed.