After looking around Taiji Island, Xuandan followed Huanglong onward. Before long, they stopped again.
"Junior Brother, look ahead..."
Before Huanglong could finish speaking, Xuandan's sharp gaze fell on him.
Feeling guilty, Huanglong was suddenly at a loss for words.
"Senior Brother, just admit you're lost. It's nothing to be ashamed of."
Huanglong's face flushed red, and he protested loudly.
"The Dragon Palace is where I grew up. I could find it with my eyes closed."
"How could I fail to find the Dragon Palace? What a joke."
"Just follow me, Junior Brother. Let's go!"
With that, Huanglong led Xuandan onward.
Some time later, Huanglong suddenly stopped.
He pointed at the island ahead and said softly,
"Junior Brother, this place is called Nine Dragon Island. During the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation..."
Xuandan had been smiling as he watched Huanglong, wanting to see how his stubborn senior brother planned to talk his way out of this.
BOOM!!!
Who would have thought that Nine Dragon Island would suddenly tremble, sending out several deafening dragon roars?
The sudden commotion instantly drew Huanglong and Xuandan's attention.
They saw nine Five-Clawed Golden Dragons spiraling into the sky.
They conjured clouds and mist, commanding the wind and rain in a magnificent display.
As the golden light faded, a towering bronze cauldron appeared between heaven and earth.
Nine lifelike dragon patterns radiated boundless majesty and the power of the laws.
Spiritual Energy from hundreds of thousands of miles around gathered into the cauldron, forming a vast, sky-covering vortex.
The bronze cauldron let out dragon roars like crashing waves and rolling thunder.
Huanglong's face lit up. He patted Xuandan on the shoulder and said with an air of profundity,
"I calculated long ago that a spiritual treasure would emerge here."
"That's why I delayed going to the Dragon Palace."
"I must say, my fortune truly runs deep."
Xuandan couldn't help rolling his eyes at Huanglong.
You, the famous Four-None True Person, dare to say your fortune runs deep?
Still, the treasure that had just emerged truly surprised Xuandan.
A Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!
Just then, Huanglong exclaimed,
"It's a cauldron!"
"Junior Brother, it seems this is your opportunity. Hurry and refine the treasure. I'll protect you."
"A Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure will be a great help to your alchemy. Go quickly."
Xuandan looked at the cauldron floating in the sky. Since Huanglong had offered it to him, he wouldn't stand on ceremony.
He stepped forward and used his Magic Power to take the bronze cauldron.
Then he found a cave dwelling on Nine Dragon Island and began refining the treasure.
This Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure contained forty-eight Innate Restrictions.
It could be called the finest of the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
The instant he obtained the bronze cauldron, he learned its name: the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
Xuandan didn't hesitate. He immediately breathed out Samadhi True Fire and began refining the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
Cultivation knew no seasons, and the Prehistoric World kept no calendar.
A few hundred years meant nothing to Xuandan or Huanglong.
The Samadhi True Fire gradually died down, and the Nine Dragon Cauldron was drawn into Xuandan's Nascent Soul to be nurtured.
Delight spread across Xuandan's face.
"Done."
He had finally refined some of the restrictions within the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
Refining a spiritual treasure took a great deal of time. Fortunately, he and the Nine Dragon Cauldron were exceptionally compatible. He had refined part of it already and could now use it.
To refine it completely would probably take tens of thousands of years.
Xuandan didn't want to keep Huanglong waiting too long, so he stopped for now.
When he left the cave dwelling, he saw Huanglong waiting outside.
"Thank you for protecting me, Senior Brother."
Huanglong rose and cupped his hands in congratulations.
But Xuandan, ever perceptive, noticed the worry between his brows.
"Senior Brother, what's troubling you? You can tell me."
"Perhaps I can help clear things up."
Huanglong sighed and explained,
"I can now make out the direction of the Dragon Palace."
"Nine Dragon Island lies in the heart of the Dragon Clan Territory."
"By rights, the emergence of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure should have stirred the Dragon Clan."
"But after all these centuries, not a single dragon has appeared. Something is certainly amiss."
"My destiny is tied to the Dragon Clan's, and I can sense that something bad is happening to them."
Xuandan furrowed his brows and stepped forward to pat Huanglong on the shoulder in reassurance.
"In that case, we shouldn't linger. Let's head to the Dragon Palace at once."
"No matter what's happened, Senior Brother gave me the Nine Dragon Cauldron. I'll do everything I can to help."
Chapter 22: Yuanshi: How Could My Chan Sect Disciples Be Weaker Than Those of the Interception Sect?
At Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain, Primordial Lord of Heaven abruptly opened his eyes.
He suddenly felt a stirring in his heart.
When a Sage sensed something, it meant that something related to her was bound to happen.
Primordial Lord of Heaven raised a hand and divined the matter for a few moments, then smiled.
"That Huanglong... he's finally made something of himself."
With a thought, he transformed into a streak of azure light and left Jade Void Palace.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared outside Biyou Palace.
Rather than wait for Tongtian to come calling with the Four Immortal Execution Swords, he might as well take the initiative as an elder brother and have a good talk with him.
The instant Primordial Lord of Heaven appeared, the doors of Biyou Palace opened.
He stepped inside and saw that Tongtian still wore a cold expression.
It seemed he was still angry about being scolded last time.
At least his hands kept moving as he poured tea.
Tongtian's tone remained icy.
"What brings you to my Biyou Palace, Senior Brother?"
Seeing the scene before him, Yuanshi shook his head helplessly.
He didn't beat around the bush and spoke frankly.
"My disciple Huanglong is in the East Sea. He suppressed Lü Yue, an Outer disciple of the Interception Sect."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tongtian erupted.
"Elder Brother bullies me, and now you're bullying me too?!"
"Your disciples are precious treasures, but are the Interception Sect's Outer disciples nothing more than weeds?"
"Never mind that Xuandan joined late. Huanglong is a senior brother—how could he be so utterly undisciplined?"
"..."
After a long while, Primordial Lord of Heaven finally spoke with a faint smile.
"Finished?"
Tongtian kept a straight face and refused to answer.
Yuanshi didn't mind and continued on his own.
"Then I'll go on."
His tone suddenly turned stern, no longer as amiable as before.
"Lü Yue studied the Poison Path in the East Sea, corrupted heaven and earth, and harmed the Sea Race."
"He damaged the Interception Sect's destiny and only added to its karmic burden."
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