Imperial Family Treasury, Dragon's Instant Shadow!

"ROAR... Good..."

The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast suddenly let out a thunderous roar that shook the heavens, and Xiao Yan quickly withdrew his hand.

Jia Xing Tian stepped forward nervously, his voice laced with tension:

"Old friend?! What's wrong?!"

The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast shook its head, then slowly continued:

"Good... feels so good..."

Xiao Yan: ...

Jia Xing Tian: ...

The beast came to its senses and turned to look at Xiao Yan.

Its murky beast eyes reflected the ice-blue flame dancing in the young man's palm, carrying a mix of hope and nervousness.

A heavy snort burst forth:

"Human. Can you really heal me?"

Xiao Yan's face darkened:

"Shut up. Don't move."

He flashed back in front of the flood dragon beast and pressed his hand against it.

The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast immediately went still:

It didn't dare move a muscle now!

After all, its hope of recovering and once again dominating the Jia Ma Empire rested entirely on this kid!

Xiao Yan pressed his palm against the scar on the beast's forehead.

His Spiritual Power spread out like a spider's web.

The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast suddenly trembled lightly, its dark-golden scales clinking together in a pleasant chime!

The damaged, blocked meridians slowly opened up under the cleansing force of the Spiritual Power.

"ROAR!"

A world-shaking Dragon Roar sent thousands of feet of lake water surging, and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast excitedly lashed its long tail:

"Three hundred years! This Seat has never felt so unblocked!"

It suddenly lowered its head, bringing its long, narrow fangs right in front of Xiao Yan:

"Kid, if you can cure me!"

"This Seat will give you three Life Inverse Scales!"

Jia Xing Tian's expression tightened.

The Life Inverse Scale was the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast's most precious treasure.

For snake-type magical beasts, it was a supreme treasure to elevate bloodline and cultivation.

But since it was on the verge of death anyway, keeping it was useless.

Giving it to the master was only fitting.

"Master, can you really cure it?"

Jia Xing Tian asked Xiao Yan, his hand gripping the jade railing tightly.

"We've tried over the years—seven kinds of Sixth-grade Pills."

"But they all..."

"They don't know how to use fire."

Xiao Yan flicked away the traces of black blood on his fingertips.

"His injuries can be healed, but..."

"It requires a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, combined with a Strange Fire to guide the process."

He turned to look at the massive beast, whose scales were trembling with excitement:

"The Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill is no less precious than a Sect Breaking Pill!"

"The materials are extremely rare."

"Have you made up your minds?"

Xiao Yan tossed a list of medicinal ingredients into Jia Xing Tian's hands:

"After you've looked it over, if I have no issues."

"Go prepare the ingredients immediately."

Jia Xing Tian's heart suddenly clenched with pain as he glanced at the list of medicinal ingredients.

A Sect Breaking Pill plus a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill!

It could be said to have scraped away a layer of the Imperial Family's foundation.

But the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast was the nation's guardian contributor.

It had to be saved, or else who would be willing to serve the Jia-Man Imperial Family in the future?

Jia Xing Tian personally went to the treasury and gathered all the ingredients.

At the center of the Forbidden Area:

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged beside the cold pool where the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast dwelled.

The Green Lotus Core Flame rose from his palm.

Wrapping the Ice Pure Jade Lotus and Blood Jade Cold Ginseng suspended in midair!

They slowly melted into two clumps of liquid.

He flicked his fingertip, and a wisp of Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame drilled out from his palm.

Instantly melting the Deep Blue Crystal Stone retrieved from the pool's bottom into liquid form.

This was formed from the Flood Dragon Beast's shed scales, containing the purest water-type energy.

Under the control of his Spiritual Power, the three flames remained clearly separated:

The Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame handled smelting, while the Fire Cloud Water Flame controlled the cold nature.

The Green Lotus Core Flame acted like a bridge, harmonizing the medicinal properties!

As dozens of auxiliary ingredients fused simultaneously, a blood-colored pill embryo gradually condensed inside the furnace.

Its surface rippled with ice-crystal-like patterns.

"The Flood Dragon Beast is water-aligned, so I need to match its nature."

"I'll add something extra."

Xiao Yan murmured to himself, his Soul Perception penetrating the pill's surface.

Slowly blending the violent Flood Dragon Beast Essence Blood with the gentle Ice Spirit Saliva.

When the final strand of medicinal power locked into the pill body:

"Weng!"

The pill suddenly trembled, erupting with tsunami-like energy ripples.

But Xiao Yan, prepared for this, sealed them firmly within a small space using a Dou Qi barrier.

The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast raised its head from the pool.

Normally wild and violent, it now observed cautiously.

That pill, so tiny to it.

Its beast pupils reflected the round pellet shimmering with Blood Jade luster.

This was the Sixth-grade Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, capable of reshaping its shattered meridians and Hidden Injury!

"It's done."

Xiao Yan murmured to himself.

A rainbow-colored radiance instantly filled the air.

Old Yao in the ring watched the naturally formed Flood Dragon pattern on the pill's surface and silently praised its brilliance:

Compared to the Eighth-grade Pill he had refined back then, this Sixth-grade Pill lacked earth-shattering pill thunder.

Yet, because it perfectly matched the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast's bloodline, it glowed with a deep-sea-like luster.

To refine a pill with characteristics exclusive to its user—

Even a Seventh-grade Alchemist might not necessarily achieve this!

Truly, heaven was spoon-feeding him!

"Open wide!"

Xiao Yan stood up and shot the rainbow-glowing pill into the beast's mouth.

The medicinal power instantly dissolved, merging into every bone!

Every scale and muscle was repaired by the flowing medicinal power!

In an instant, the cold pool churned as if boiling, and the shattered meridians emitted cracking sounds like rebirth amid blue light!

"Roar!"

The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast's throat rumbled like magma churning!

All its scales suddenly bristled.

Under Jia Xing Tian's stunned gaze, its massive body began to crack inch by inch!

"Crack!"

The sound of old scales peeling off rang out like metal striking stone.

Newly grown azure scales shimmered with a starlike luster.

"ROAR!!!"

The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast reared its head and bellowed to the heavens, its Dragon Roar shattering the oppressive clouds that had gathered above the Forbidden Area.

Its figure shot skyward!

"Hahaha!"

"I'm back!"

The pressure of a Sixth Tier Magical Beast swept across the Imperial Palace!

All the stationed guards looked up at the sky in unison!

The dragon silhouette, flickering in and out of view among the clouds, radiated terrifying might!

Yao Ye set down her long spear, her voice filled with shock:

"This aura is almost on par with Imperial Grandfather's!"

Deep beneath the Imperial Palace, over a thousand meters down:

"The third floor of the treasury—take your pick, Grandmaster!"

Jia Xing Tian waved his hand grandly, and the barrier opened with a sound.

Piles of medicinal herbs and magical cores towered like mountains.

There were also techniques, glowing with all kinds of treasure light!

At the center, on a crystal platform, neatly arranged jade slips emitted a radiant glow.

Xiao Yan was about to reach for the herbs when he paused mid-step and turned toward those scrolls of Dou Techniques:

Let's see what good stuff is here first.

He had come to the Imperial City, and this was already his second time entering the treasury.

He couldn't just pick herbs every time, could he?

What he wanted was to blow up the world, not spend all day refining pills.

Pill refining was just one step on his path to becoming stronger!

Xiao Yan approached the jade platform and swept his Spiritual Power lightly over it:

Countless dense ancient seal characters leaped into his sea of consciousness like swimming fish:

"Soaring Dragon Instant Shadow Body..."

"Earth Tier Low-grade!?"

"Grandmaster has a sharp eye!"

Jia Xing Tian winced, his mouth twitching in pain:

"This was obtained from a ruin shortly after the Imperial Family was founded."

"But its cultivation difficulty is simply too high."

"No one has ever mastered it, yet because it's so precious, it's been kept in the treasury all along."

"Take it, Grandmaster!"

Xiao Yan nodded and reached out his hand.

But just as he was about to touch that jade slip, he abruptly veered off course.

He grabbed the one beside it instead.