Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 333

Chapter 333 Mahayana Monk in the City

Xia Chao and the Green Snake were both growing stronger using methods that suited them best, highlighting the gap between humans and demons.

Humans prioritize contemplation and cultivation, and growing stronger takes time, while demons, with sufficient natural resources and treasures, can rapidly increase their strength.

With Jiang Li’s constant supply of natural resources and treasures, it’s no surprise that the Green Snake’s progress was faster than Xia Chao’s.

Two months later,

Xia Chao slowly opened his eyes and surveyed his body. His golden elixir was full, perfectly round, and flawless, a true paragon of perfection, a paragon of first-grade golden elixir.

Xia Chao had officially entered the Golden Core stage.

A torrential downpour descended without warning, and passersby criticized the weather forecast.

Some sensitive contracted beasts, however, detected a distinct aura in the downpour, a tinge of fear, as if some exceptionally noble species had been born.

“Has a contracted beast reached five-star status?” an experienced beastmaster speculated based on the beast’s reaction.

Documents and news reports indicate that when a contracted beast reaches five-star status, the others become terrified and whimper.

“Who could it be?” The beastmasters were puzzled. Without any prior warning, how could a five-star contracted beast suddenly appear?

And they couldn’t find out who had achieved the breakthrough.

What the beasts didn’t know was that the panic among the contracted beasts wasn’t because a mysterious contracted beast had reached five stars, but because they sensed the awakening of their True Dragon bloodline, a form of innate suppression.

The green snake sprouted forelegs resembling eagle claws, its scales becoming more undulating. The edges of its scales shone with a golden glow, and its pupils shone brightly, giving it the air of a god slaying all the evil in the world, a noble and majestic presence.

It could no longer be called a green snake, but a green dragon.

The torrential downpour was a sign of the green dragon, the first signs of the true dragon’s ability to control clouds and rain already emerging.

“Thank you, Lord Bai Huang, for protecting me,” the green dragon said in a sweet voice, cupping its paws in a fist as it thanked Bai Xueling.

“It’s nothing.” Seeing the green snake transform into a dragon, Bai Xueling felt a sense of accomplishment, as if her own child had grown up.

Qiushi had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, and the Bone-Winged White Tiger had reached the peak of Golden Core. They were only slightly behind Xia Chao and Qing Jiao.

Xia Chao could be considered the strongest human, with Qiushi second.

The speed of their cultivation was unprecedented in Jiuzhou, enough to astonish everyone.

However, if Jiang Li had been guiding them, perhaps the shock would have been much less.

Jiang Li appeared and announced something worthy of universal celebration: “You’re getting a day off.”

Jiang Li was no devil; he understood the principle of balance between work and rest.

Xia Chao’s eyes lit up, even brighter than when he’d broken through to the Golden Core stage.

He’d thought he’d misheard—did he get a day off, too?

Qiushi, no more impressed than Xia Chao, was overjoyed. His experiences over the past three months had been a mirror image of Xia Chao’s, and they were even attending Jiang Li’s lectures together in their dreams.

“We’ll go to the Monster Forest in a day for real-world combat training.”

Jiang Li considered the previous battles with monsters mere skirmishes; real combat was still a matter of real-world circumstances.

The two remained delighted after hearing the rest of the story. Regardless of where they were headed, even if it was to hell, a day of rest was worth celebrating with firecrackers.

Xia Chao took Qing Jiao with him for a city tour, and Jiang Li generously gave him a black card with no credit limit, allowing him to spend as much as he wanted.

Bai Xueling looked at Jiang Li with a strange look in her eyes. “Where did you get that black card?”

Bai Xueling knew that Jiang Li hadn’t just been training Xia Chao and Qiu Shi for the past three months. He often abandoned them to the training grounds and went off to play somewhere else.

Jiang Li chuckled smugly. “For three months, I’ve done everything from gambling on stones, rescuing people, punishing evil and promoting good, unifying the underworld, and becoming a businessman as wealthy as a nation… I could write a book about it, and it would be called ‘The Mahayana Monk in the City.'”

“I’ll write it for you. Take a look and see if there’s a market for it in Jiuzhou.”

“…Strange name, doesn’t sound appealing to me.” Bai Xueling had no interest in the book.

Without readers, Jiang Li didn’t write it down.

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Give me three orders of fried chicken.” Xia Chao was craving junk food; this fried chicken had been craving him for three months.

While waiting for his chicken to arrive, Xia Chao tapped on the marble counter. Without even exerting any force, he broke off a large chunk of marble.

Stunned, Xia Chao’s hand unconsciously exerted force, and the stone crumbled into pieces like tofu.

Everyone was stunned. What kind of uncanny strength was this?

The waiter, in particular, thought he’d caught someone dine-and-dine.

He’d never heard of someone dine-and-dine-and-dine at a fried chicken place.

The waiter quickly called the owner out.

“This…” Xia Chao was also shocked by his own strength. He hadn’t even used any force, so how could the counter be so fragile? Even cutting corners like this wasn’t possible.

Then Xia Chao understood. As a Jindan cultivator, his strength far surpassed that of an ordinary person. This marble was as fragile as paper to him.

“I’ll pay, I’ll pay,” Xia Chao said with an apologetic smile, handing over his black card. He wondered if the black card Brother Jiang had given him would work here.

At least Xia Chao had never heard of a black card with unlimited credit.

Seeing the card, the boss was shocked. Could it be the legendary black card?

After swiping it on the machine, the balance on it confirmed the boss’s guess. After deducting some money, the account balance was still that astronomical figure, without any change.

The boss didn’t understand the principle and didn’t dare to ask more questions. He respectfully returned the black card to Xia Chao.

Xia Chao continued to walk on the street. The green dragon lying on his neck was particularly eye-catching. There had never been a dragon in the Lingxi world.

“Boy, is this your contracted beast? It looks pretty good. Our young master likes it. Make an offer.” The burly bodyguard was like a wall, blocking Xia Chao’s way.

“Do you know who our young master is? He is the young master of the Baiye Group!”

Even someone as ignorant as Xia Chao had heard of the Hegemony Group. It was a behemoth with swathes of tourism, film, mining, catering, and real estate, and it was said they had enough money to buy half a city!

Naturally, Xia Chao wouldn’t hand Xiaoqing over to them: “Get lost.”

“If you don’t accept my offer, then I’ll punish you!” Several bodyguards attacked Xia Chao with their three-star contracted beasts, trying to snatch Xiaoqing away.

Xiaoqing tried to attack, but Xia Chao stopped her.

“I’ll do it.”

Xia Chao’s strength was astonishing, his agility divine. With a few punches, he knocked the seemingly imposing contracted beasts to the ground, leaving them unable to get up.

The bodyguards were stunned. A human could defeat a contracted beast, and a three-star one at that.

Was he even human?

Xia Chao didn’t spare the bodyguards, using all his strength to beat several of them, leaving them

covered in wounds. The bodyguards supported each other and limped away.

“So arrogant?” The young master of the Hegemony Group, sitting in the car, heard that Xia Chao not only didn’t summon the contracted beast he had chosen, but also dared to attack someone.

“How can a person become so strong? There must be a secret.” He wanted to send a four-star contracted beast to deal with Xia Chao.

Bang, bang, bang.

There was a knock on the car door. The young master frowned and rolled down the window: “Who?”

The visitor was a polite and successful man, who handed over his business card.

The business card read: General Manager of Jiuzhou Group.

The young master’s heart trembled. Jiuzhou Group is not the mysterious group that has emerged recently. It has both black and white connections and its financial resources are bottomless. Compared with the Baiye Group, the gap is as big as that of an elephant and an ant.

After all, he is a successful man and speaks politely: “Xia Chao is the person our chairman has taken a fancy to. Please don’t gossip and cause trouble for him.”

The young master nodded quickly, like a chicken pecking at rice.

(End of this chapter)