Chapter Nineteenth: The Formed Tribe

  "Is this true?"

  Looking at this crystal that seemed to have no change at all, Chen Xu couldn't help but pat it randomly, wanting to see if the other piece was hiding.

  However, the result was obvious. He naturally came up empty-handed. These two crystals actually merged into one body. Except for the color turning pale gold, everything else, whether it was weight or characteristics, was exactly the same as before!

  "Law of Conservation of Energy? Law of Conservation of Mass?"

  Turning over and over the crystal in his hand, Chen Xu had to admit that the technological content of this thing seemed to exceed his understanding.

  "But as long as it can enhance my inner strength, that's all that matters, who cares about anything else?"

  He grasped the pale golden crystal tightly, Chen Xu's eyes slightly closed, the true energy inside his body slowly circulated. When it flowed through his palm, as expected, a massive golden torrent burst out from the pale golden crystal.

  This energy directly flowed into his sea of consciousness along his meridians, and with the reflection of this golden energy, the core divine soul that had been hidden in Chen Xuan's mind reappeared.

  The process was no different from before, the core divine soul completely absorbed the golden energy, and then dissipated about three-tenths of it, pouring it into his meridians, merging with his inner breath.

  The core divine soul was like an energy converter, and this golden energy could not be directly refined by Chen Xuan's inner breath. However, after passing through the core divine soul, although the quantity decreased significantly, only about one-third remained, it transformed into a kind of golden energy that could be directly absorbed.

  "I don't know how much more cultivation I can gain this time!"

  As soon as his mind moved, Chen Xu felt that a huge energy suddenly joined in the internal breath, causing the originally slow-moving internal gas to rapidly stir up.

  And with a wave of heat in his dantian, his cultivation was also increasing at an extremely fast speed.

  Before long, Chen Xu's body suddenly emitted a crackling sound, and his bulging muscles became even more powerful, apparently stronger than Ape No. 1.

  The true energy inside his body surged violently, and several obscure places in the meridians that were originally running smoothly were completely unblocked.

  A moment later, the pale golden crystal in Chen Xu's hand completely turned colorless, and the golden energy flowing through his meridians also faded away, transforming into his inner breath.

  The surging true energy flow within his body also calmed down, and this cultivation was thoroughly completed!

  "Ah!"

  As soon as he opened his eyes, a sharp light flashed in the dark cave, and Chen Xu saw that the leader of the ape men he had subdued was sitting on the ground with a respectful expression, holding a large sheep's leg that kept emitting hot air.

  After a moment's thought, Chen Xu understood that the leader of the ape-like creatures should be captivated by his own eyes' brilliance, and it seemed to be trying to curry favor with him, bringing food for him!

  "Now that the crystal absorption is complete, it's time to find an opportunity to ask about the situation in his tribe. However, since he was just captured today, it's inevitable that his mind is not at ease. Moreover, as the sky has already darkened, some things are also not suitable for asking, let's wait until tomorrow!"

  Thinking of this, Chen Xu reached out and took the leg of lamb from the leader of the ape men, then waved his hand to indicate that he could go down.

  Seeing this, the leader of the ape-man team naturally hurriedly got up, and then kowtowed to Chen Xu again before turning back into his original shape and returning to the bonfire.

  It seems that the scene just now scared him quite a bit, and Chen Xuan, this leader, became even more mysterious in his heart. Unconsciously, some ideas he had in his mind before became even clearer!

  "Double Heaven's late-stage boundary! Not bad, but the crystal's effectiveness is far inferior to the first one. Is it due to the scarcity of energy inside or the increased difficulty of advancing the technique?"

  Seeing off the leader of the Ape-men team, Chen Xu took a bite of his half-cooked lamb leg and refocused his attention on his own body.

  This time, he absorbed the second Golden Crystal, and his cultivation also grew from the early stage of the Second Heaven to the late stage. Although it had grown a lot, it was still far less than his expectations.

  Clasped his fists, feeling the internal energy in his body had almost doubled from before, as well as the powerful physical strength, Chen Xuan quickly made a judgment.

  So far, his physical strength alone is enough to reach the level of three and a half Ape Kings. If he were to mobilize his internal energy, it would be even more formidable.

  As his cultivation increased, his inner energy also grew more abundant, now much deeper than before, and he believed it could support him for a longer period of combat.

  It's obvious that this knockoff Easy Muscle Technique gets stronger as it goes on, but it also gets harder to practice. The first Golden Crystal Body raised his cultivation by a whole major realm, but the second one only raised it by two minor realms.

  I believe that as his cultivation continues to rise, the effect of the Golden Crystal will become smaller and smaller until it has no effect at all!

  "It seems that to rapidly increase my internal energy, I need a large amount of Golden Crystals. In that case, collecting Golden Crystals needs to be planned carefully. However, before that, the tribe still needs to be expanded, so as to collect crystals more efficiently."

  Three down five except two, the man in his hand gnawed away at the sheep's leg, Chen Xu came down from the stone, a few steps to the bonfire, facing the half-cooked wild beast, began to devour it in big mouthfuls.

  Before long, half a sheep's head had entered his belly. As he ate, the other apemen simply stared with their eyes wide open, not daring to make any unusual movements, let alone snatch food from him.

  Although the aroma of the roasted lamb had already stirred up the greedy worms in their stomachs, Chen Xu's majesty was there, and none of the apemen dared to overstep!

  After a moment, Chen Xuan let out a long sigh and casually threw away the bone in his hand, contentedly rubbing his bulging belly. Only then did he wave his hand to signal the other apemen to start eating, before climbing back onto the stone platform and leaning against his thick pile of dry grass.

  "In this era, being able to eat one's fill seems like a luxury, but it feels pretty good!"

  Looking at the busy apes by the bonfire, listening to their occasional excited roars, Chen Xu smiled and said in a low voice, "It seems that classes have emerged, but it's not bad either, at least it conforms to natural laws."

  At this time, seeing Chen Xu, the fire god, finish eating, the other apes dared to eat only after getting a hint.

  Of course, the first to eat are the hunting team's numbers one through four, then the leader of the ape men, and only afterwards is it the turn of the ordinary masses.

  Unconsciously, Chen Xu's status had surpassed all apes and became a special existence.

  Just as Chen Xu said, class consciousness has unconsciously emerged in the minds of the masses!

  The night was silent, and on the second day, early in the morning, at the time when the sun first rose, all the apes woke up from their dreams and started a new day of life.

  Following the instructions of Chen Xu, the fire god, most of the apes climbed up the cliff to collect firewood along the rope in front of the cave entrance, while a small number of robust apes chopped bamboo on the mountain top to prepare for making more bamboo spears.

  A few old, weak, sick and disabled ones were roasting food in a mountain cave, waiting for the apes who went out to work to return.

  After a round of assignments, the entire ape tribe was like a wound-up machine, quickly getting into operation, its efficiency increased by countless times compared to before.

  But it's as if they've entered the civilized era a bit too early!

  "This is what a tribe looks like, changing nature, hehe, now it's about to begin! However, the number of people is still too small, including those ten warriors, there are only twenty-five people, this little power can't change anything, it seems it's time to merge another tribe."

  With a piece of meat in his mouth, Chen Xu, the leader and godfather, naturally became the first person to have privileges in the Stone Age, just basking in the sun at the entrance of the cave without having to do any labor.

  By Chen Xu's side, the captain of the Ape Troop was fidgeting restlessly up and down, not knowing what orders this mysterious leader would give!

  He swallowed the meat in his mouth and finished the snack before turning his gaze to the ape leader beside him.

  It has to be said that this sturdy Ape-man has a very strong recovery ability. Yesterday, he suffered such severe blows, and although Chen Xu's true energy treatment was applied, it could still be considered a serious injury. However, after just one night, he was revitalized and looked like he had fully recovered.

  "Ape-men are indeed robust, if such injuries were to occur in later generations, it wouldn't be just hemiplegia, but also second-degree disability. Does this mean that as humans evolve, their bodies regress?"

  "Hmm, how strange! Chen Xu held a tree branch and drew on the ground, speaking in broken ape language. 'Where are you from? Where is your tribe? I need you to lead us to your tribe. You know, only by following me can we have meat to eat; otherwise, your tribe will slowly starve to death!'"

  The captain of the ape men quickly understood Chen Xu's meaning, but unexpectedly, this captain seemed to have not hesitated at all and immediately responded loudly.

  Great leader, my tribe is located in a river valley, surrounded by dense forests and rocky mountains. There is also an area nearby that belongs to the arrow pigs, they are very dangerous. Now my tribe has no food left, please great leader, hurry up and save them.

  "Uh..."

  Some were speechless, listening to the captain of the ape man's description. Chen Xu couldn't understand what he was saying at all. The terrain described by the captain of the ape man was everywhere in the forest.

  The only place that was worth anything was the arrow pig's territory, but for Chen Xu, who had just arrived, where the arrow pig was was not something he could know.

  As for how Chen Xu understood that the beast referred to by the leader of the ape men was an arrow pig, it's even simpler, because at this time the leader of the ape men wasn't just talking, but also drawing.