Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 445 - 290: Ninth Transformation! (Part 2)

Countless thoughts flashed through Chen Ku’s mind.

He looked at the sky, estimating there was still about two hours left, and found the Martial Arts Stele. After checking, he noted that including the seventy thousand martial destiny he gained from defeating the Champion Marquis, he now had a total of one hundred fifty thousand martial destiny.

He then glanced at the large, foot-long tear in his Black Soap Feather Mage Robe around the abdomen.

He asked:

"Would repairing this Black Soap Feather Mage Robe the second time cost the same as last time?"

If it still required one hundred thousand martial destiny and a piece of Divine Weapon Material,

then he wasn’t too keen on repairing it.

It’s too expensive. Going back and forth, two repairs cost two hundred thousand, which is enough to cover the casting cost of a new robe.

Zhuge Wu seemed to be dozing off, and when he received the question, he blinked his sleepy eyes, looked away from the huge furnace towards the Martial Arts Gold Order, and after seeing Chen Ku’s question, he said, "It was torn by the Champion Marquis’s Immortal Blade, right? That depends on how much it’s torn."

Chen Ku’s defeat of the Champion Marquis was not only a sensation in the Martial Temple but had spread throughout the Qiu Dragon Mansion in just one day.

"Should I send it over through the stele? Master, have a look?" Chen Ku asked.

"No need. If you’re not extending your trial time in Martial Arts Heaven and Earth, later, the scholars and I will welcome you in the Great Success Hall, and I’ll judge it then," Zhuge Wu said.

Hearing this, Chen Ku thought to himself:

"Welcome me?"

He looked again at his current ranking, now 615th on the Nine Provinces Genius List, and vaguely understood something.

He smiled slightly.

Without saying much, he sat cross-legged where he was.

Before long, when the rules reminded him through the Martial Arts Gold Order that his trial time in Martial Arts Heaven and Earth had expired, asking if he wanted to extend, he chose to return.

...

In the Martial Temple.

The moment Chen Ku flashed back from the mural in the Great Success Hall.

He saw.

The Great Success Hall was festively decorated, with lanterns hanging high, like the joy of New Year.

"This..."

Chen Ku first saw the Main Sacrificial Officer Zhao Shenyang, Tang Lie, Li Yuanhua, and Xin Ruhai, those senior scholars all standing opposite him, before he could even speak.

Bang bang bang!

Outside the Great Success Hall, a long string of firecrackers had already begun to sound.

In the sound of firecrackers.

He saw Zhao Shenyang, leading all the Martial Temple scholars, smiling and walking neatly towards him.

After the firecrackers ended.

Zhao Shenyang and others arrived in front of Chen Ku.

"Greetings, Main Sacrificial Officer." Chen Ku clasped his hands in salute, then looked at the surrounding lanterns and firecrackers, asking, "These..."

"These are all to celebrate, to celebrate you."

Zhao Shenyang stroked his beard and looked at Chen Ku, his eyes showing excitement, saying:

"How many years has it been? Almost one hundred sixty years since Daji’s founding. This old man has been in this Qiu Dragon Martial Temple for fifty years. Finally, seeing someone who might bring fame to our Qiu Dragon Mansion, washing away the shame of Qiu Dragon having no geniuses."

"Qiu Dragon without geniuses?"

Chen Ku said:

"What do you mean by this, Main Sacrificial Officer?"

"Chen Ku, you are unaware. The so-called geniuses in the mere prefecture are called geniuses, but they are geniuses in name only, without true genius. Let’s not talk about that..."

Tang Lie explained to Chen Ku on the side:

"The Nine Provinces Genius List includes geniuses from one hundred eight mansions. Since its founding, our Qiu Dragon Mansion has never had anyone who had the opportunity to rank among the top six hundred before the age of twenty. The best performance was squeezing into the top three hundred at the age of fifty, and as for the top one hundred ’Dragon Abyss Hundred Outstanding’, never has anyone from Qiu Dragon Mansion made it onto the list."

"For one hundred fifty-seven years, no one has ranked among the top one hundred of Dragon Abyss Province?" Chen Ku was surprised.

Hearing this, it really is a bit embarrassing.

"You ask what’s going on, isn’t it because the Main Sacrificial Officer and we all see a glimmer of hope in you?"

Tang Lie lowered his voice and said:

"A person from Qiu Dragon Mansion, hoping to become one of the ’Dragon Abyss Hundred Outstanding’."

"Everyone expects too much from me." Chen Ku, although having the Transformation Diagram and being able to keep climbing, knew it was time to be modest.

"No, you have the qualifications." Zhao Shenyang said, "You are the junior brother of Qin Yuxian, so I will speak directly in front of you. Your senior brother, Qin Yuxian, is hailed as our Qiu Dragon’s number one Grandmaster, the top person in White Dao. However, at over forty years old, he is still at rank six hundred and ten. You are seventeen and already comparable to him. With such qualifications, if you cannot ascend to the Dragon Abyss Hundred Outstanding, then no one can."

Chen Ku smiled, "Actually, in a few days, I’ll turn eighteen."

"Eighteen..."

When Chen Ku said this, the others looked at Chen Ku with even more envy.

This is what it means to be a genius.

The top young people on the Dragon Abyss Hundred Outstanding list, are roughly Chen Ku’s age.

Without being one of the geniuses among geniuses, you can’t be in the top hundred among thirteen billion people.

Therefore, half the people on the Dragon Abyss Hundred Outstanding are only in their teens or twenties, possessing either a born martial body or superior talent, achieving in one year what others need twenty to thirty years for.

Teenagers in their twenties achieving half a lifetime’s worth of accomplishments of these old heads.

This is what defines a genius!

Chen Ku chatted with the old scholars from the Martial Temple for a while longer, and finally found the master of Divine Weapon forging from the crowd.

Zhuge Wu first complimented Chen Ku like the others, and then, noticing the tear on Chen Ku’s Black Soap Feather Mage Robe, said, "Torn by an Immortal Blade, it will have defects even if repaired. I suggest you exchange it with the Martial Temple and purchase a new Divine Weapon level Feather Clothes, it’s better that way."

Chen Ku was thinking the same but asked, "How much can this Feather Mage Robe be exchanged for?"

Zhuge Wu said, "A Divine Weapon’s value, considering the casting cost, is at least three to four hundred thousand Martial Destiny. Your Divine Weapon Feather Mage Robe has been repaired with additional materials, so even if dismantled and remelted, it’s more valuable than other Divine Weapons, estimated at around two hundred and fifty thousand."

Chen Ku was moved, saying, "If that’s the case, I have fourteen thousand Martial Destiny here. If I add this Feather Mage Robe, what kind of new Divine Weapon level Feather Clothes can I get?"

Zhuge Wu laughed, "A direct purchase? That’s quite expensive."

Chen Ku thought about how, after coming out of the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth, he would prepare to acquire the Fire Beak Pot. Being in another country, it was better to have another layer of armor, so he said, "Buy directly."

Zhuge Wu calculated, "Thirty-nine thousand Martial Destiny is roughly enough to purchase a finished ’Taiyin Jade Toad Robe’. This robe is woven from the ice silk of the Taiyin Jade Toad and can defend against the Fire Burning Power and combat the Fire Element Body, it has special effects."

Chen Ku was pleased, "Alright, this one then."

"We do not have ready-made vestments at the Qiu Dragon Martial Temple, so we need to request from the State Temple. Leave the Martial Destiny and this damaged Feather Robe, and in about three to five days, it can be delivered." Zhuge Wu said.

"Thank you, much appreciated!" Chen Ku cupped his hands.

After dealing with the damaged Feather Clothes, Chen Ku chatted more with the people of the Martial Temple, especially this master of Divine Weapon forging, learning some basics of casting.

Then, unable to resist Zhao Shenyang’s invitation, he stayed for a meal at the Martial Temple before leaving.

Returning home.

He summoned Er Lang and asked how the outside world had changed during the fifteen days he was in the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth.

Er Lang recounted many things that happened in those fifteen days with a smile.

"According to your instructions, Qin Fang has already secretly brought Guan Hongluan back to Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting, just waiting for your command."

After saying this, Er Lang pointed behind him:

"And because you defeated the Champion Marquis in the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth yesterday, now the Twelve Guardians of the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting are completely won over by you. I took the opportunity to, in my name, get these things ready for you ahead of time."

He said, handing over a Storage Bag that Chen Ku had temporarily loaned him.

Chen Ku looked and exclaimed with delight, "One hundred thousand catties of Fire Spirit Sand, one hundred thousand catties of Mixed Gold Steel?"

The two remaining sacrifices for the Ninth Transformation Diagram originally required two months of pill profits to buy, but now Er Lang utilized various resources and names to gather them in advance.

He was just missing these two things to complete the Ninth Transformation.

Immediately he took out the two heaps of materials.

[Would you like to sacrifice the two items beside the Diagram Master that meet the practice conditions of the Ninth Transformation Diagram?]