The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}

171. Medical Genius

.

"How are you still alive?!" Zhurong Fen demanded, forcing herself upright as she resisted the crushing pressure, her expression full of fury and confusion.

"How are you an immortal again...??!!"

With an angry sweep of her hand, her snowflakes manifested again and zoomed at Luoyin, but he lazily waved a hand and the snowflakes simply melted away.

"Oh? After the Yue City incident, did you think I would simply sit back and await my fate...?"

.

After the Yue City incident, Luoyin had swallowed the hard fact that his being mortal night not be able to protect Weiyan and his friends.

So he had thrown himself into studies, searching for the fastest way to regain his Immortality.

It began with 'Luoyin's' body itself.

'Zhang Luoyin' was the result of a faux body created with 'Bailong's' immortal aura, and passed down through generations....

And he had already been fortifying this body, so he would simply use the same Faux Body technique to refine it into the perfect vessel!

Next came the Starlight Furnace.

It was a high-level relic which elevated one's chances of successful refinement, and with his experiences, mortal or immortal, it wouldn't be too difficult moving his essence into the Furnace when the time was right.

Then came the blood and qi of 'Bailong's' family member... Yin Xing had only been too willing to offer it up, eager to contribute to his brother's 'research'!

Then came the qi and essence of a fellow dragon, which Old man Bao had also readily given.

"Hmmm... This old man can guess what it is you're trying to do..." Old man Bao calmly stated. "Be careful. 'Haste makes waste'... You must ensure your steps land with caution..."

After that Kai Zhen opened his secret treasury, which left Luoyin's and Yin Xing's mouths hanging wide open!

There were vast and endless fields in a supremely beautiful space, and these fields were piled high with unending treasure for as far as the eyes could see!

'Wah!! He's indeed the Deity of Wealth!!!' They both privately concluded.

There was even a massive Golden Gingko tree which flourished through all seasons! Its gold leaves were so sharp that they could split the wind around them with the slightest breeze, and each leaf could be infused with one's aura.

Luoyin's eyes rounded. 'What an endless source of hidden blades!'

"Xiaobai, just take whatever you want!" Kai Zhen had said with an uncharacteristic pompous air. "I can't give you blood and qi, but I won't be outshone by that *Disciple Thief!"

(*Old man Bao!)

Luoyin had gathered almost everything he needed, including some of Kai Zhen's cultivation treasures...

...though both Kai Zhen and Yin Xing had had to pull him away from the Gingko tree!!

"Xiaobai! That tree was my father's treasure! I can't use it to it's full potential, but leave it alone!!"

.

A little later, all hell broke loose when Kai Zhen and Yin Xing discovered what Luoyin had been researching...!

"A Forced Ascent?!" Kai Zhen's eyebrows nearly entered his hairline. "And only a fifty percent chance of success?!"

"Elder brother, you said yourself that the technique is extremely dangerous and your soul might cease to exist if you fail!" An irate Yin Xing protested. The memories of loosing this brother of his were still too fresh! "Hmph! If I had known, I wouldn't have given you my blood and qi!"