Golden Dragon Claw

At this moment, several staff members exchanged glances, none of them able to figure out what the boy had actually come for.

As for Han Li's actions...

They were purely intended to mislead the people at the auction house, making them believe he was affiliated with the Spirit Pagoda.

Because, if the auction house had truly sent someone to tail him and saw him spending three hours at the Spirit Pagoda, they would naturally assume he had some sort of connection to it.

In this way...

A lot of unnecessary trouble would be avoided.

As for whether they might suspect he was lying?

Han Li chuckled to himself.

But was there any possibility they would suspect a seven-year-old?

A seven-year-old child, having just left the auction house, immediately turned and went to the Spirit Pagoda, staying inside for a long time.

A normal person seeing this scene would only think that the child had a connection to the Spirit Pagoda, rather than suspecting that the child was deliberately putting on an act to mislead those following him.

So, how paranoid 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 on the road back to the orphanage, and only after confirming there were no suspicious tails behind him...

Did he finally set his mind at ease.

By the time Han Li returned to the orphanage.

The sky had gradually darkened.

He walked into his room, closed the door, and went to the window to pull the curtains shut tight.

Once he confirmed that the doors and windows were all secured.

He walked over to his desk and sat down.

Then, he took the three items out of his storage bracelet and laid them out on the desktop one by one.

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

Han Li then took out an alloy metal cup.

This was a container he had prepared beforehand.

The material was sturdy and resistant to both high and low temperatures, making it perfectly suited for mixing these three precious treasures.

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

The three spiritual items met in the cup, triggering a subtle reaction.

Han Li then screwed the lid on tight.

A series of faint, popping sounds began to ring out from inside the cup, crackling and snapping.

It sounded as if something inside the cup was constantly bursting.

Immediately following this, the entire alloy cup suddenly turned glowing red and scorching hot, the temperature of the cup body rising sharply.

However, this was only the beginning.

In the blink of an eye, the red color on the cup rapidly faded, replaced by a layer of pure white frost.

The frost spread from the lid, quickly covering the entire body of the cup.

The temperature of the cup plummeted from scorching hot to ice cold.

The transition between the two extremes of ice and fire happened in an instant.

Faintly...

He heard the sound of a dragon's roar echoing from within the cup.

Both the Red Flame Fruit and the Ice Crystal Fruit were precious spiritual fruits, and at the century mark, they had already begun to develop a rudimentary form of sentience.

These two spiritual fruits contained vast amounts of natural energy, and since ice and fire were two extremes, they were naturally antagonistic.

Placing them together naturally generated intense repulsion, but because they were confined within a small container, this repulsion intensified and naturally transformed into mutual aggression.

The blood of the century-old dragon-type soul beast acted as both a catalyst and a mediator in this process.

After all, dragon blood was inherently domineering.

The energy contained within the blood was dense and violent.

It not only caused the two diametrically opposed forces to clash more fiercely, but at the same time, it achieved a subtle balance within that very conflict.

The three spiritual items, mixed together, were quietly undergoing some marvelous chemical reactions.

Han Li waited patiently.

Soon, the faint popping sounds gradually subsided, and the crackling noise inside the cup grew quieter and quieter.

Finally, the cup fell completely still.

The red and blue light flickering on the cup gradually stabilized, no longer flashing or changing.

Han Li knew...

The time had come.

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

Inside the cup was a mixture of liquids.

The color was peculiar.

A strange scent wafted from the cup, smelling both of the fresh fragrance of spirit fruits and the metallic sweetness of blood.

Han Li did not hesitate; he raised the cup and downed it in one gulp.

The moment the liquid hit his throat.

A massive surge of energy exploded within his body.

Two diametrically opposed sensations of ice and fire flooded his entire body simultaneously; one half felt bone-chillingly cold, while the other burned like a furnace. The two sensations collided violently within his meridians, battering every part of his body.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged.

He closed his eyes, focused his mind, and circulated his soul power.

Under his guidance, the soul power flowed slowly, absorbing that violent energy bit by bit into his meridians and directing it to strike against the seal within his body.

Unlike the agony Tang Wulin experienced in the original work, Han Li's situation was significantly better.

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

Under the impact of the energy, the seal began to loosen.

The energy of the Golden Dragon King seeped out from the cracks, merging with Han Li.

Soon, Han Li had finished absorbing the first seal.

His physical fitness skyrocketed instantly.

Han Li could feel his physical constitution being greatly strengthened in that very moment.

A surge of immense power welled up from the depths of his body, as if endless strength were coursing through him.

Then, he felt a change in his right hand.

A warm force surged from within his body toward his right arm, concentrating in his right hand.

A golden light ignited on the back of his right hand.

Golden scales emerged from beneath his skin, covering the entire back of his hand.

The scales were sharp and hard.

Immediately following, his fingers began to change.

Within just a few breaths...

His entire hand transformed into a brilliant golden dragon claw.

Golden Dragon Claw.

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

It was a form of extremely pure power.

He then stood up, walked to the window, and fixed his gaze on an idle flowerpot.

That flowerpot was a leftover from previous planting, an ordinary clay pot sitting in the corner.

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

With a crisp "crack."

The flowerpot shattered instantly.

Under the touch of the Golden Dragon Claw, the entire pot turned into countless fragments, scattering in all directions.

And this was the inherent trait of the Golden Dragon Claw—

Pulverize.

Anything touched by the Golden Dragon Claw...

Would be pulverized in that very instant.

Whether it was stone, rare metal, or anything else, it was fragile before the Golden Dragon Claw.

At this moment, Han Li retracted his right hand, looked at the shards of the flowerpot covering the floor, and revealed a satisfied smile.

The first seal, broken.

The Golden Dragon Claw, acquired.

Next, it was time to continue his cultivation.

At the same time, he would continue to cultivate plant-type soul beasts to exchange for resources, which he would use to break the next seal of the Golden Dragon King.

Two years later.

Red Mountain Orphanage, Han Li's room.

The morning sunlight spilled in.

It fell upon the floor, forming slender patches of light.