Golden Dragon Claw

At that moment, several staff members exchanged glances. None of them could figure out what this boy was here for.

And Han Li's actions...

Were simply meant to mislead the auction house into thinking he was affiliated with the Spirit Pagoda.

Because if the auction house had truly sent someone to follow him, then seeing him stay at the Spirit Pagoda for three hours would naturally make them believe he had some connection with it.

That way...

There would be far fewer unnecessary troubles.

As for whether they might think he was bluffing?

Han Li smiled to himself.

But was there a possibility they had overlooked? He was only seven years old.

A seven-year-old child had just left the auction house, then immediately gone to the Spirit Pagoda and remained there for a long time.

Anyone normal who saw that would first assume the child had ties to the Spirit Pagoda, rather than think he was deliberately putting on an act to mislead whoever was following him.

So just how vigilant would someone have to be...

To be wary of a seven-year-old child?

Unless the other party was also a transmigrator.

Afterward, Han Li walked back toward the orphanage. Only after confirming there were no suspicious tails behind him...

Did he finally relax.

By the time Han Li returned to the orphanage.

The sky was gradually darkening.

He entered his room, shut the door, then went to the window and drew the curtains tightly closed.

Only after confirming that the doors and windows were all secure.

Did he sit down at his desk.

He then took the three items from his Storage Bracelet and laid them out on the desk one by one.

A Century Ice Crystal Fruit, a Century Red Flame Fruit, and ten drops of blood from a century-old soul beast with dragon bloodline.

Han Li also took out an alloy metal cup.

This was a container he had prepared beforehand.

It was sturdy, resistant to both high and low temperatures, and perfectly suited for mixing these three heavenly treasures.

Then, following the procedure from the original work, he placed the Ice Crystal Fruit and Red Flame Fruit into the alloy cup at the same time, then dripped the ten drops of dragon-blooded soul beast blood into it.

The three spiritual materials met within the cup and began to react subtly.

Han Li then screwed the lid on tightly.

A string of soft popping sounds immediately came from inside the cup, crackling away.

It sounded as though something inside was continuously bursting apart.

Then, the entire alloy cup abruptly turned red-hot, its temperature rising sharply.

But that was only the beginning.

In the blink of an eye, the redness rapidly faded from the cup, replaced by a layer of snow-white frost.

The frost spread from the lid and soon covered the entire cup.

The cup's temperature plummeted from scorching hot to icy cold.

The shift between fire and ice took only an instant.

Faintly...

He heard a dragon roar from within the cup.

The Red Flame Fruit and Ice Crystal Fruit were both spiritual fruits among heavenly treasures. After reaching a hundred years of age, they had already developed a rudimentary spirituality.

These two spiritual fruits naturally contained immense heaven-and-earth energy. Ice and fire were opposing extremes, inherently incompatible.

Placed together, they naturally produced a powerful repulsion. But confined within such a small container, that repulsion intensified and naturally transformed into mutual attacks.

The blood of the century-old dragon-type soul beast played an even greater role in catalyzing and harmonizing the process.

After all, dragon bloodlines were inherently domineering.

The energy contained within the blood was dense and violent.

It not only made the two utterly opposing forces clash more fiercely, but also allowed them to achieve a subtle balance amid that conflict.

The three spiritual materials mixed together, quietly undergoing a marvelous chemical reaction.

Han Li waited patiently.

Soon, the soft explosions gradually subsided, and the crackling within the cup grew quieter and quieter.

At last, the cup fell completely silent.

The red and blue glows flickering across the cup gradually stabilized as well, no longer flashing and shifting.

Han Li knew...

The time had come.

He reached out, picked up the metal cup, and unscrewed the lid.

Inside was a mass of mixed liquid.

Its color was strange.

An unusual scent drifted from the cup. It carried both the fresh fragrance of spiritual fruit and the fishy sweetness of blood.

Han Li did not hesitate. He raised the cup and drained it in one gulp.

The instant the liquid entered his throat.

A vast surge of energy exploded within his body.

The completely opposing sensations of ice and fire flooded through him at once. Half his body was freezing to the bone, while the other half burned as if aflame. The two sensations collided violently within his meridians, battering every part of his body.

Han Li's expression did not change.

He closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and circulated his Soul Power.

Under his guidance, his Soul Power flowed slowly, drawing that violent energy into his meridians bit by bit and directing it to strike the seals within his body.

Unlike the agony Tang Wulin had endured in the original work, Han Li's situation was clearly much better.

The entire process went far more smoothly than he had imagined.

Under the energy's impact, the seal began to loosen.

The Golden Dragon King's energy seeped out through the cracks and merged with Han Li.

Very soon, Han Li absorbed the first seal completely.

His physical strength surged instantly.

Han Li could feel that, in that very moment, his physical condition had been greatly enhanced.

Overwhelming power rose from the depths of his body, as though endless strength were coursing through him.

Then, he felt a change in his right hand.

A warm force flowed from within his body into his right arm, gathering in his right hand.

Golden light lit up across the back of his right hand.

Golden scales emerged from beneath his skin, one after another, covering the entire back of his right hand.

The scales were sharp and hard.

Then, his fingers began to change.

Within only a few breaths...

His entire hand transformed into a glittering golden dragon claw.

Golden Dragon Claw.

Han Li slowly raised his right hand, feeling the terrifying power contained within it.

It was an exceedingly pure kind of strength.

He then stood and walked to the window, his gaze settling on an unused flowerpot.

It was an ordinary clay flowerpot left over from earlier planting, sitting in the corner by the wall.

Han Li extended his right hand and lightly tapped the flowerpot with the Golden Dragon Claw.

With a crisp crack.

The flowerpot exploded instantly.

At the Golden Dragon Claw's touch, the entire pot turned into countless fragments that sprayed in every direction.

And this was the Golden Dragon Claw's inherent trait—

Shatter.

Anything touched by the Golden Dragon Claw...

Would be shattered in that instant.

Whether stone, rare metals, or anything else, nothing could withstand the Golden Dragon Claw.

At that moment, Han Li withdrew his right hand. Looking at the flowerpot fragments scattered across the floor, he revealed a satisfied smile.

The first seal had been broken.

The Golden Dragon Claw was his.

And next, he would continue cultivating.

At the same time, he would continue raising plant-type soul beasts in exchange for resources to break the Golden Dragon King's next seal.

Two years later.

Red Mountain Orphanage, Han Li's room.

Morning sunlight spilled down.

It fell across the ground, forming long, narrow patches of light.