Wind Dragon

"You're finally here, hurry and help me." The voice from before spoke up.

"Who are you, where are you?" Lu Chen responded.

"Look up, you'll see a Wind Dragon. I am that Wind Dragon, but I can't control myself. I feel a familiar aura from you, and I need your help."

The voice fluctuated in volume, but Lu Chen could sense its urgency.

"How can I help you?" Lu Chen shouted.

"See the sword above my head? I need you to pull it out for me. This sword has controlled me for a long time, and I can't control the wind's power, which is why the valley is like this now," the Wind Dragon's voice grew weaker.

"We need to hurry. I don't think I can hold on much longer. If I completely lose control, this entire Secret Realm will be destroyed."

"My cultivation is too low, only Qi Gathering Realm. I can't reach you," Lu Chen explained.

"Believe in yourself. I can feel your bloodline. Wind is of the wood element. Release your most primal blood, and the wind won't harm you."

Listening to the Wind Dragon, Lu Chen used his Spiritual Energy to make his blood boil and flow. Slowly, the Azure Emperor Divine Tree grew rapidly within him. Branch-like tentacles extended from the space around Lu Chen, shielding him from the storm.

The Wind Dragon looked at the tentacles around Lu Chen. "Try to enter this area with the tentacles. It'll be fine."

Lu Chen nodded slightly. "I'll try."

Fine tentacles from the Azure Emperor Divine Tree separated and, under Lu Chen's direction, slowly infiltrated the plaza area.

After entering, the Azure Emperor Divine Tree wasn't destroyed by the wind. Instead, it continuously absorbed the wind-elemental energy, similar to how it absorbed other elemental powers before. Gradually, the wind's power appeared on the Azure Emperor Divine Tree, intertwining with the lightning attribute and growing stronger.

Lu Chen watched all of this. The Azure Emperor Divine Tree now possessed another elemental attribute, and the wind in the plaza seemed to have no effect on the tentacles.

Lu Chen walked out of the cave, using the tentacles to support himself as he struggled forward.

As soon as he entered the plaza, he could feel the dense wind element, and the speed at which wind element accumulated within him increased even further.

Inside his body, a fierce wind mixed with lightning began to blow from the Azure Emperor Divine Tree in the Celestial Pool, gathering at the treetop and brewing.

The Azure Emperor Divine Tree now possessed four attributes: water, fire, wind, and lightning.

The Azure Emperor Divine Tree continuously converted the various elemental Spiritual Energies from the Celestial Pool and Qi Sea into Spirit Liquid, which dripped from its branches into a pit below. Wind and lightning, belonging to the wood element, were situated in the east and southeast. The Yin Sea Pearl, belonging to the water element, was in the north, and the Yang Sea Pearl, belonging to the fire element, was in the south.

Lu Chen looked up at the Wind Dragon. "What do I do now?"

"I will lower my head so you can climb onto my back. You'll climb along my back to my head and pull out this giant sword."

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple. But I don't know what will happen when I pull it out, so be careful."

"Understood, I'll be careful. Let's do it."

The Wind Dragon lowered its head, and Lu Chen climbed onto its body, reaching its head.

"I'm starting now, bear with me." Lu Chen grabbed the hilt of the giant sword and pulled with all his might.

Lu Chen gripped the hilt tightly, but the giant sword didn't budge at all.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, the Wind Dragon let out a dragon's roar, its eyes turned red, and it flew high into the sky with Lu Chen on its back. The entire Secret Realm could see this scene.

"Second Uncle, look quickly! What is that? A dragon-like creature flying into the sky." Young Master Jun and the others had already gathered and were searching the Secret Realm, waiting for Lu Chen to arrive.

"Don't think too much about it. The Azure Emperor's Secret Realm must be guarded by powerful Demonic Beasts. We just need to find the Yuanyang Tianhe Grass. We can't stay here long; I'm afraid we'll provoke creatures sleeping in the depths of the Secret Realm."

Jun Wudi said to Young Master Jun. At that moment, Jun Wudi coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The people from Fengtian Prefecture around them quickly gathered. These people were brought out by Jun Wudi from the Jun family earlier, specifically to search for this Azure Emperor's Secret Realm in the Jianghai Region.

"Second Uncle, has your illness worsened again? Just hold on a little longer. Once we find the Medicinal Herbs this time, your illness can be cured. When you can break through the Chongtian Realm, transcend the mortal world, and ascend to immortality, you can save Second Aunt," Young Master Jun said, gently rubbing Jun Wudi's back.

"It's nothing. I can still hold on. Let's continue forward to find the Yuanyang Tianhe Grass." Jun Wudi gave Young Master Jun a slight smile and gestured for everyone to spread out.

At this moment, the Wind Dragon had disappeared from the sky. However, Nantian Yijian looked at the sky. He was very familiar with Lu Chen and recognized the person on the dragon-like figure as Lu Chen.

Meanwhile, Lu Chen was being tossed around on the Wind Dragon's head.

"Wind Dragon, what's wrong?" Lu Chen quickly asked.

"I don't know... When you touched the giant sword, I felt a powerful, violent force... rush directly into my brain. My brain can no longer control me," the Wind Dragon roared intermittently.

"What should we do now? Continue or stop?"

"Try again. I've waited for many years. If it's not pulled out, I fear my mind will be completely eroded by this sword."

"Roar..."

"Alright, let's try again. If it's still like this, we'll have to think of another way."

With that said, Lu Chen enveloped his hand with Spiritual Energy and reached for the giant sword again, pulling with all his might.

"Hah!"

This time, the giant sword was forcibly pulled out by about an inch, but Lu Chen clearly felt the Wind Dragon's life force decrease significantly.

Lu Chen quickly let go, and the giant sword plunged back in. The Wind Dragon's life force gradually recovered.

"Wind Dragon, this won't work. I can feel your life force decreasing every time the giant sword is pulled out even a little."

"No, even if I die, my mind will not be erased by it. I am the spirit beast of the Azure Emperor's Sixth Ancestor Incarnation, Lord Beast King. This is the dignity of us spirit beasts."

"If only Lord Seventh Ancestor were here. He's the most knowledgeable about magic treasures and could definitely help me take this greatsword," Wind Dragon roared painfully toward the sky. "But so much time has passed, Lord Beast King has already disappeared, and Lord Seventh Ancestor might be gone too. Help me pull it out. After all, you share the same bloodline as Lord Azure Emperor. You can definitely do it."

Seventh Ancestor Incarnation? Seventh Ancestor Incarnation? Lu Chen thought of Feng Tiancheng saying he was the Azure Emperor's Seventh Ancestor Incarnation.

"I know about the Seventh Ancestor Incarnation. He's inside my body," Lu Chen said to Wind Dragon.

"What? You're saying Lord Seventh Ancestor is inside your body?" Wind Dragon was very shocked.

"Yes, he was my first master. But after he transferred his memories to me, he fell into a deep sleep and hasn't woken up since."

"Really? Quickly search his memories for any solution."

Lu Chen began searching Feng Tiancheng's memories for a way to resolve the issue of magic treasures invading the spirit.

Again and again, just as Lu Chen was about to give up, he suddenly discovered a scripture recorded by Feng Tiancheng titled On How Magic Treasures Can Coexist with the Human Body.

It described how Feng Tiancheng had once encountered a dying person and the entire process of using a magic treasure to turn that person into an artifact spirit. Although the person could only exist as an artifact spirit in the end, they had survived. Lu Chen felt this method could be referenced.

"Wind Dragon, are you willing to become an artifact spirit? This way, you can avoid your consciousness being corroded, but you will lose your freedom and can only be an artifact spirit forever."

"As long as I can get rid of this sword, I'm willing to become an artifact spirit. Hurry, I feel my consciousness is about to be completely erased." Wind Dragon urged Lu Chen repeatedly; his time was running out.

"Hold on, I'll go prepare the materials."

Lu Chen prepared everything according to the memories. However, he suddenly realized that besides the Twin Fish Token, he didn't have any magic treasures that could house Wind Dragon as an artifact spirit.

"Roar... Hurry, my consciousness..."

As Lu Chen pondered what to do, Wind Dragon's last trace of consciousness gradually faded. The surrounding wind grew more violent, repeatedly smashing Lu Chen against the surrounding peaks.

Just then, Lu Chen's hands touched the giant sword on Wind Dragon's head.

Isn't this a good magic treasure? Since it could torment Wind Dragon to this extent, it must be able to withstand Wind Dragon's power. Wind Dragon has been tormented by it for so long; it's time to let Wind Dragon control this magic treasure.

Lu Chen grabbed the giant sword with his left hand and quickly used a drop of his blood in his right hand to etch a formation from his memory onto the giant sword.

"Spirit Sealing Array, go!"

As soon as the formation was etched, countless thin lines emerged from it, wrapping around Wind Dragon and the giant sword. The giant sword's encroachment on Wind Dragon immediately stopped.

Watching all this, Lu Chen knew it was basically successful. All that was left was to wait for Wind Dragon to become the artifact spirit of the greatsword.

Slowly, Wind Dragon's and the giant sword's energies intertwined, twisting and merging.

Wind Dragon had been tormented by it for so long. Now that it could attack and occupy the giant sword, Wind Dragon poured all its might into quickly defeating the violent energy and taking control of the giant sword.

However, the giant sword was no ordinary item. Its violent power was endless. Before long, Wind Dragon began to fall into a disadvantage.

Lu Chen saw that the situation was not good. The violent power grew stronger, and Wind Dragon's energy was gradually being erased.

"Boom!"

A roar echoed, the Dragon Sword separated, and Wind Dragon's body was directly sent flying. The red and black violent energy transformed into a black dragon, spewing endlessly from the giant sword to attack Wind Dragon, intending to devour it completely.

Wind Valley Summit.

The young-looking Blind Lu was watching Lu Chen's situation with another person.

"Lord of Ceremonies, the Young Master is likely in danger. This sword is not within our planned scope. Should we intervene?"

Blind Lu shook his head. "No rush. This is all his experience. Unless it's a life-or-death crisis, do not intervene. Just protect the Young Master from the shadows."

"Also, this sword doesn't seem to be made of continental materials. Investigate the sword's origin and don't let it disrupt the plan."

"Yes, my lord. I will attend to it immediately."