Supreme Emperor of Mist

Chapter 23: Jade Dragon Finger

=Registration Table for Annual Hunting Festival=

-----Rules-----

-> 3 - 5 people in a team.

-> No personal attack is allowed in this seven days festival period.

-> Incomplete Demon Beast will not be counted into the pool results.

-> Only those beasts in between the outer to the inner forest is counted.

-> The end result of this festival will be evaluated impartially by the Qin, Jiao, Hu, and Chu Families, along with the committee of Fu-Rong Town.

-----Rewards-----

-> Winner: Foundation Advancement Pill / 3 Precelestial Realm's Huang-Grade, (Full) Protective Treasures / 1 Precelestial Realm's Huang-Grade, (Full) Offensive Treasure.

-> Runner Up: 2 Precelestial Realm's Huang-Grade, (Full) Protective Treasures / 1 Precelestial Realm's Huang-Grade, (Full) Offensive Treasure.

-> 2nd Runner Up: 1 Precelestial Realm's Xuan-Grade, (Full) Protective Treasure / 1 Precelestial Realm's Xuan-Grade, (Full) Offensive Treasure.

-----Notice-----

-> The Fu-Rong Town committee reserve the right of ownership on all the corpses obtained from this Annual Hunting Festival.

-> Each participant will have to leave a deposit of 1,000 pieces of gold coin to reserve a Qiankun Pouch.

-> Cheating participants will be blacklisted from this festival for life.

-> Any participants caught cheating, instigating, and hindering the competition and competitors will be disqualified without trial.

-> All teams will receive an equal provision according to the number of members. You're advised to prepare your own rations and lifesaving tools before the day of the competition.

=End=

"We're registering!" over a hundred participants quickly form a queue as they wrote down their details.

Over 150 teams are registered in less than an incense stick of time. Since the registration table will only be open for two days, they're worried that they missed the chance to register themselves after this.

Soon, sixteen people dressed in purple attire came.

"The people from Chu Household is here! That's Chu Heng, Chu Yun, and Chu Qian!" the public welcomed their arrival with cheers as they make their way over to the registration table.

"Three registration teams for the Chu Family, please!" Chu Xiang, their uncle, politely inform the committee staff of their decision.

"Chu Heng Team, number 160. Chu Yun Team, number 161. Chu Qian Team, number 162," the committee staff of Fu-Rong Town announced what he's written on the bamboo strips and announced it out loudly.

"The Hu Household is here!" Hu Jia came with four attendants, two males, and two females. After keeping the bamboo strip numbered 163, she left without trying to communicate with the others.

Then, the members of the Qin Household came.

"Qin Huang, Qin Hu, Qin Qin, and Qin Qi! The fourth to the seventh young masters and the young ladies are here! Don't tell me that they're going to register four teams?" the public made their guess.

But when all of them are registered to a single team, it somewhat disappoints them because they're expecting more from the number one household in this Fu-Rong Town. After taking away the number 164 bamboo strip, they also collectively left without spending too much time out in public.

Qin Lan, accompanied by Lu Yi, Lu Qing Yun, and Huo Zunjie, came two incense sticks of time later.

"That's the third young master of the Qin Household. It seems the rumor about him getting crippled is true!" the public whispered to one another after they noticed Qin Lan coming over in his wheelchair.

"Qin Lan Team, number 200!" the Fu-Rong Town Committee staff announced the four members of Qin Lan's team, which includes Qin Lan himself.

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"Lan-Er, did you register yourselves for the Annual Hunting Festival?" Qin Tian asked. About two hours ago, news regarding Qin Lan's registration was spread across the entire Fu-Rong Town.

But instead of getting respected, he was treated as a laughingstock in the entire Fu-Rong Town. "A cripple wanted to lead the team to compete for the Foundation Advancement Pill," they said.

"Yes, grandfather. I've registered a team of four with Xiao-Ke, Xiao Yun, and my new servant name Huo Zunjie," Qin Lan nodded.

"Their cultivation is too low, don't you think? This competition is not a game. There might be a life-threatening danger if you proceed without proper preparations." Qin Tian said.

Although he has the intention to persuade Qin Lan to cancel his registration, deep inside his heart, he's feeling proud of his grandson for daring to challenge the impossible.

"We can do it, grandfather. Trust me." Qin Lan held Qin Tian's hand on his wrist and transferred a gentle amount of spiritual qi into his body.

"This..." Qin Tian's expression changed the moment he sensed the undulation of spiritual energy close to the third-level of Flesh Refining coming from Qin Lan.

"Grandfather, I'll tell you in detail in the future, so please allow us to participate." Qin Lan whispered at his grandfather's ear.

"Hahaha... It seems that heaven is still standing on the side of our Qin Household," Qin Tian nodded.

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"Qing Yun, bring me the... Ah yes... They're cultivating," Qin Lan raised his hand towards an empty spot, only to realized that nobody is inside his room at this moment.

His three servants are currently cultivating at their own pace as they tried to consolidate their cultivation to its very peak. Although breaking through the third-level is impossible, it is still better for them to be a tad bit stronger than the second-levels out there.

Furthermore, Qin Lan has taught all three of them a small part of the Kuangshan Lu Sect's Martial Art to practice in their own free time.

He teaches the lads the "Mistral Projection Fist Art" since they preferred a boxing-style approach. As for Lu Qing Yun, Qin Lan instructed her personally on how to executes the art of "Rippling Wave Palm," which has three different methods of attack.

He stood up from his seat. Walking comfortably to the holding shelf placed on the western side of his room, Qin Lan opened one of the drawers to withdraw a bottle of Flesh Foundation Pills.

He then reached his hand to another drawer and grabbed a piece of ingot that resembled the Essence Metal.

Unlike the Essence Metal that shines beautifully in a metallic copper-color, the Offense Metal ingot came in a greenish-milky hue, just like a piece of milky malachite.

The process of extracting the Offense Metal is similar to the Essence Metal. But instead of the outer carapace and shell, it was collected from the marrow of the bone itself. This is what made the Offense Metal even rarer compared to the Essence Metal.

Furthermore, since weapons tend to have a greater length of density compared to protective gear, their production cost is also higher.

Luckily, what he's aiming for right now is not to make a complete but a half-completed Offensive Treasure. In fact, he was only going to create a three finger-shaped offensive treasure to be given to the two lads.

One of his reason behind this decision is due to two deadly moves that existed within the Mistral Projection Fist Art. And as the creator of this exceptional martial art, it is only natural for him to know what was required to apply these deadly moves to hit harder.

Of course, part of the reason behind him being skimpy in creating this Offensive Treasure is due to the limitation of Offense Metal they had. Qin Lan finds it hard to believe that after so many eras have passed, the bloodline of the demon beast has actually weakened and not strengthened.

Although the process was similar, it was also different.

Spiritual Energy has to be ignited to the highest degree when a Treasure Master is preparing to refine the Offence Metal into a shape he/she desired. This means that during the entire process, Qin Lan cannot be disturbed nor caught in a situation where he's suffering from the lack of Spiritual Energy to accomplish his task.

Not only the creation of an Offensive Treasure is much more challenging, but it's also riskier.

And in exchange for all these, the end product yields much more satisfaction and value in comparison. Furthermore, an Offensive Treasure can be upgraded indefinitely, as long the skill of a Treasure Master is qualified enough to do so.

That is also why Qin Lan decided to create two Half-Completed Offensive Treasure. But of course, he couldn't guarantee the grade of his end product, as there is a big gap of unsurmountable might between Half-Completed and Completed Offensive Treasure.

Qin Lan gulped the entire bottle of Flesh Foundation Pills as he concentrates his spiritual energy in between his palms. His action indirectly affected the Mistral Flesh Diagram within his body as the morning mist he gathered started to create a layer of fog around him.

**Sii...**

The moment the Offence Metal came into contact with his spiritual energy, part of the metal surface started to melt. The greenish milky malachite moves like the wax from a candle under Qin Lan's spiritual guidance as he's trying to mold the substance.

One finger - Two fingers - Three fingers...

Two sets of three-fingers Offensive Treasure soon appeared, waiting for Qin Lan to perfecting it. It was shaped according to his distant memory surrounding a scaled demon beast. It was famed for its sharp claws that are capable of tearing apart Pericelestial treasures effortlessly.

To make sure his design resembles what he had in mind, Qin Lan placed more effort, from its size to the indentation he made on purpose as decor.

The three-fingers Offensive Treasure soon took over a split image of a male accessory. After some consideration, Qin Lan decided to name it "Jade Dragon Fingers," a matching name to the two Precelestial Realm's Huang-Grade, (Half) Offensive Treasures!

"Hah... Finally completed. But what is wrong with this spiritual energy undulation?" Qin Lan's concentration took three hours away from him. As he was too tired after he refined the two Jade Dragon Fingers, Qin Lan failed to notice that his Mistral Flesh Diagram is running amok!

Furthermore, the current sculpting process is focusing on his groin!

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