Flood Dragon

What?!

Xiao Ran had reached Qi Refining?!

I had painstakingly gone to Withered Sea Pool to slay a flood dragon for its pill, fought for two days and returned covered in blood, only for you to tell me he had reached Qi Refining? He did not need a Flood Dragon Pill at all?

If she had not needed to maintain the image of a powerhouse before True Person Yinyue, Lingzhou Yue would have burst into tears long ago!

Looking at her handsome disciple standing naked before her, with only a black cloth covering his lower half, then at her beautiful master dressed in a faintly visible purple gauze gown and wrapped in pale-blue spatial seals, Lingzhou Yue raised her flask and gulped down wine nonstop.

Bitter wine entered her throat, and her heart ached; blood trickled ceaselessly downward.

"You said he attained enlightenment and reached Qi Refining during battle?"

Once she confirmed it had not been her master's Body Dissection but Xiao Ran himself reaching Qi Refining, Lingzhou Yue felt slightly comforted.

Yet she was simultaneously stunned... What sort of immortal was this? Then, after hearing True Person Yinyue recount everything that had happened the day before yesterday, she realized even more clearly that she had truly found a treasure.

He comprehended Resonance Power in a day, reached Qi Refining Peak Great Perfection in three days, mastered every life skill to the maximum level, and the Body Dissection results even showed that his fleshly body had virtually no upper limit. His will was so firm that his Divine Meridian had to be temporarily severed before he could be rendered unconscious...

Mother had not lied to her! She was witnessing the birth of a god—and that god was her disciple.

Which meant this god could not control her. She would control this god instead!

A blood-profit windfall! At that thought, her chest suddenly opened up.

But when she thought of the Flood Dragon Pill she had obtained only after working herself to the bone and bleeding without cease, only for it to end up being of no help at all, she still felt a little aggrieved.

"The Flood Dragon Pill is not useless."

True Person Yinyue shook her head with a smile, her gentle eyes revealing tenderness.

"The Flood Dragon Pill can be ground into powder and infused into his Dantian."

Lingzhou Yue still held her flask aloft. It was the first time she had heard of such a method.

"Master, do not fool me."

True Person Yinyue said seriously, "Without the Flood Dragon Pill, even with Xiao Ran's talent and physique, he would need at least another three years of cultivation before he could ascend Sword Tomb and complete Sword Succession. Now that we have the Flood Dragon Pill, that time can be shortened to ten days. It can also help him obtain a better Lifebound Sword."

After saying that, she took out the Medicine Mortar and Pestle she had prepared long ago and swiftly ground the Flood Dragon Pill into fine powder. Then she used a smear of Red Elixir to dissolve it in her palm before probing into Xiao Ran's lower abdomen again.

A quarter-hour later, she had actually infused the powdered Flood Dragon Pill into Xiao Ran's Dantian. It greatly reinforced his Pill Wall without producing the slightest toxic side effect...

Lingzhou Yue stared blankly.

Only then did she realize that her master had been waiting for her to obtain the Flood Dragon Pill, which was why she had delayed finishing Xiao Ran's Body Dissection.

Sob, sob, Master, you really do still love me...

Lingzhou Yue dearly wished she could bury her face in her master's bosom and act spoiled.

Unfortunately, she had grown up. She was no longer the little girl from back then, but a Sword-Wielding Elder who was many times stronger than her master and capable of standing on her own.

She had long become someone others relied on. She could no longer rely on her master.

After finishing the Body Dissection, True Person Yinyue summoned Chunwa and Qiuchan and had them carry Xiao Ran to the hot spring pool for hemostatic and restorative Herbal Bath treatment.

"Xiao Ran's problem has been solved. Now it is your turn."

True Person Yinyue wiped the fine sweat from her neck and draped herself in a blue Smoky Shirt. Her bearing became solemn and elegant, with none of the earlier seductive charm her attire had revealed.

Lingzhou Yue said carelessly.

"What problem do I have?"

True Person Yinyue pointed at the base of Lingzhou Yue's leg. A thin stream flowed down her ankle, pooling into a patch of dark red upon the ground.

"Your blood."

"That is the flood dragon's blood."

"Do you think you can deceive me?"

"It is nothing."

True Person Yinyue sighed. "Withered Sea Pool truly lives up to its reputation. Even you had to use the Tidal Force Sword Art to obtain the Flood Dragon Pill. If you keep using the Tidal Force Sword Art so frequently, your periods will become heavier and more frequent. In the end, they will not stop, and you will suffer the nuisance of menstrual blood every month like an ordinary mortal."

"It does not matter. Losing more blood can even improve my blood-producing ability."

"This is a problem with your Tidal Physique. It is not something medical arts can solve. Unless we can obtain some exceptionally rare legendary medicinal ingredients, even I cannot resolve it."

Lingzhou Yue did not care in the slightest and tilted her head back to gulp down more wine.

"When I drink too much wine, I need to piss too. Why solve such a trivial matter? It will not kill me."

True Person Yinyue shook her head.

"If this is not resolved, you may never reach the Body Integration Realm in your lifetime."

Lingzhou Yue curled her lips.

"Rather than worry about that, we should worry about the world... Can this world even last until the day I naturally achieve Body Integration?"

That was not a question a healer needed to consider.

"You are right. We can no longer follow the ordinary path... Just like the method I used for your Body Dissection this time. If it had been used on an ordinary person, they would have died long ago. Even Xiao Ran teetered on the brink of death several times."

"Uh..."

Lingzhou Yue's pretty face froze, leaving her speechless.

"I will first give you a hemostatic Herbal Bath. Xiao Ran has just completed his Body Dissection and pill fusion, and he is also in the hot spring pool stopping the bleeding. You two can do it together."

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of clear wine sprayed all over True Person Yinyue.

"It is true that I like women, but you cannot treat me like a man either, can you?"

True Person Yinyue wiped the wine from her body.

"Spare a thought for me. In terms of Body Dissection, I am the one who has worked the hardest. If the two of you take a Herbal Bath together, it will save me quite a bit of effort."

Lingzhou Yue had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Oh, right. Do not tell him that I went to Withered Sea Pool to obtain the Flood Dragon Pill."

True Person Yinyue did not understand.

"Why?"

Lingzhou Yue said:

"There is a saying: spoil a disciple, and he will become unfilial. If he learns how well I treat him, will his tail not shoot up to the heavens? Will he still serve me as respectfully as before in the future?"

True Person Yinyue said:

"..."

After being unconscious for two days and two nights, Xiao Ran had missed the group chat.

Before he had fully awakened from his haze, his consciousness instinctively sank into the Black Ring.

Missing the group chat did not matter. There were still chat records.

As expected of the Salvation Group... its user-friendliness was excellent.

On the night Ye Fan died.

Besides the four who had previously joined the discussion—Little Mist, Gentleman, Body Severing, and No Money Get Lost—Stated Dao and Rumor had also participated.

After a round of mourning words, differing voices appeared in the group.

Rumor: I said long ago that the Wraithism Art was unreliable. The next time we encounter the same situation, we can consider Divine Martial Kingdom's latest artifact-refining technique, the Puppet Armor Clone.

Gentleman: Everyone uses Puppet Armor Clones. If you leave some special Spirit Runes in the puppet armor, would that not mean everyone in the group ends up becoming your puppet?

Rumor: Before slandering others, first look at whether you are worth turning into a puppet.

Gentleman: What a bold tone. There are seniors in this group.

At that moment, someone who had remained silent all along finally spoke.

Stated Dao: I am neither a puppet nor a senior. Why not let me arrange an offline meeting for you two, so you can settle victory and defeat face-to-face?

Gentleman: I will shut up.

Rumor: My apologies.

Xiao Ran could tell that Rumor was likely from the Divine Martial Kingdom and seemed to be Gentleman's sworn enemy.

Stated Dao, meanwhile, seemed to be a person of great prestige whose words carried considerable weight. It was not merely mediation; there was a sense of pressure behind them.

He might be a powerhouse! Next came the discussion about the murderer.

Little Mist then recalled something: on that day, Zongzhi Mountain's Mountain-Guarding Grand Array had manifested Five-Colored Light.

After a round of discussion, they could not determine who had killed Ye Fan, but they could confirm that the matter was certainly connected to the Sword-Wielding Elder's Direct Disciple.

Coupled with Lingzhou Yue's uncharacteristic venture deep into Withered Sea Pool to seek a Flood Dragon Pill, it showed that this Direct Disciple must possess an extraordinary secret.

Good heavens! Xiao Ran thought. I have not even left the sect, yet they have guessed almost everything. This damned group is terrifying.

Next, Little Mist, who lived around Zongzhi Mountain, took on the task of gathering information about Xiao Ran.

People around Zongzhi Mountain might be able to enter the Outer Sect...

He needed to be more careful.

Xiao Ran continued scrolling through the chat records when his divine sense suddenly tightened. At last, he came across news about his master! After receiving another batch of Spirit Stones, a certain money-grubbing spy said: No Money Get Lost: Lingzhou Yue truly deserves to be called a powerhouse of her generation. She used the legendary Tidal Force Sword Art, successfully slew the Ten Thousand Year Ink Flood Dragon, and obtained the Flood Dragon Pill. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be able to leave Withered Sea Pool in half a day.

Only then did Xiao Ran breathe a sigh of relief.

His master was indeed powerful!

As for this No Money Get Lost, whose information was so well-informed, there was only one possibility: he was in Chaos City.

Almost everyone in the group was shocked by his master's strength and lavished her with praise. Only one person offered a different view.

Stated Dao: Back when we were at the Academy, I met her several times. I thought she could easily advance to Body Integration within a thousand years and might even hope to reach Mahayana. I never expected that, at such a young age, she had already reached her limit. She had to use the Tidal Force Sword Art just to fight a Body Integration Realm Ink Flood Dragon... Qian Junzi will run dry sooner or later, and the Sword-Wielding Elder will stop at Spirit Severing. At this rate, Zongzhi Mountain probably will not hold out for much longer.

The group fell silent in an instant.

This fellow's gaze was too sharp! He had studied at the Academy and was now lurking in the Dao Alliance Headquarters? This damned group truly hid dragons and crouching tigers.

After reading every message, Xiao Ran's consciousness emerged from the Black Ring, only to discover that he was once again sitting in a medicinal bath pool.

Wisps of Clear Mist had appeared on the water's surface.

Chunwa and Qiuchan were no longer beside him.

In their place, three feet across from him, sat a naked woman bathing as well.

A faint fragrance of wine permeated the curling Clear Mist. Beneath those clear-boned, lovely shoulders, he could vaguely make out that exquisite curve where her body entered the water...

—Master!