Ten Thousand Jade Heavenly Dragon Pill

Chapter 10: Ten Thousand Jade Heavenly Dragon Pill

In his previous life, Chen Xiao's mind had been completely consumed by hatred. After arriving in the Talisman Treasure Immortal's Golden Immortal Kingdom, that hatred had been replaced by wild joy and shock, leaving him with no mind to think any further.

But now, Chen Xiao believed that the Talisman Treasure Golden Immortal had surely suffered some irresistible, unexpected blow and, after hastily leaving behind a strand of divine sense, had died outright.

At this moment, Chen Xiao's divine sense could not even leave his body. He had only entered this place with the enhancement of the Flowing Light Flying Moon Talisman.

This enormous Golden Immortal Kingdom appeared boundless, filled with endless treasures—extraordinary and powerful immortal artifacts and immortal pills. Yet ninety-nine percent of the items within were illusory. Or rather, Chen Xiao's divine sense was still incapable of picking them up.

Closest to Chen Xiao was a large golden book. It looked somewhat similar to the Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book, but the aura it emitted was worlds apart from that of the Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book.

This was the essence of the Talisman Treasure Immortal's lifelong talisman Dao, the Talisman Dao Precious Record he had personally written!

Back in his previous life, Chen Xiao had already memorized the Talisman Dao Precious Record backward and forward. He had long since committed to heart the talismans cultivators could use. Only talismans of the immortal level had never been displayed due to the limitations of his cultivation.

Besides the Talisman Dao Precious Record, there were countless talismans of all sizes scattered throughout this place, some completed and some only half-finished. They had all been personally drawn by the Talisman Treasure Immortal, but their power was far too astonishing for the current Chen Xiao to use.

Apart from items related to talismans, various manuals, medicinal pills, and Heavenly Mystery Stones lay scattered here as well. They had all been casually tossed aside by the Talisman Treasure Immortal and were nothing important to him.

But to the current Chen Xiao, they were undoubtedly a treasure beyond measure. The Ten Thousand Poisons Ascension Art was among them.

"Ten Thousand Jade Heavenly Dragon Pill, a supreme-grade spirit pill. Legend says it is refined from a Heavenly Dragon's inner core and possesses the miraculous effect of cleansing the marrow, purging the essence, and transforming one's physique!"

Chen Xiao's divine sense slowly lifted a jade bottle. The pill within this jade bottle was the primary purpose of his visit.

Because Chen Xiao had been mischievous in his youth, he had missed the best opportunity to cultivate. Later, Chen Tiannan, dearly loving his son, had forcibly stuffed all kinds of precious heavenly treasures and miraculous medicinal pills into Chen Xiao's body, allowing him to attain the third level of Qi Refining.

But the direct consequence of this was that a great amount of medicinal power that had yet to be refined had accumulated within Chen Xiao's body. Having settled there for so many years, that medicinal power had undergone earth-shaking changes in its properties and caused tremendous harm to his body.

If Chen Xiao forcibly cultivated now, he might suffer backlash from that medicinal power. His fate could even be more miserable than Cai Di's.

But this Ten Thousand Jade Heavenly Dragon Pill could happen to expel the medicinal power within his body. It could even transform Chen Xiao's physique and raise his original aptitude and innate bones to a higher level.

In his previous life, it was this pill that had granted Chen Xiao a wood-element Immortal Spirit Root, allowing him to charge into the Tribulation Transcendence Realm within fifty years.

Spirit roots were not uncommon in the Immortal World. In fact, any cultivator with decent aptitude possessed a spirit root of no low grade. But Immortal Spirit Roots were exceedingly rare. Aside from cultivation families bearing immortal bloodlines, small clans like the Chen Clan could hardly possess one at all. The chance of one being born was almost one in ten thousand.

And once one possessed an Immortal Spirit Root, one would undoubtedly be a genius among cultivators, someone destined to cultivate into an immortal.

Slowly, Chen Xiao opened his eyes. The jade bottle had already appeared in his hand.

"This Ten Thousand Jade Heavenly Dragon Pill contains a wood-element spirit root, but I have no idea what attribute the Nine Heavens Thunder Virtue Universal Transformation Art I'm cultivating belongs to."

Chen Xiao looked at the jade bottle in his hand and hesitated for an instant. Possessing an Immortal Spirit Root certainly made one a genius among ten thousand, but one still needed a cultivation technique suited to oneself. Although the Nine Heavens Thunder Virtue Universal Transformation Art Chen Xiao cultivated had the word "thunder" in its name and even possessed the power to control heavenly tribulations, he had yet to discover what type of cultivation technique it truly was.

If their attributes clashed, Chen Xiao would be the one to suffer.

"Tch, I'm such an idiot."

The next moment, Chen Xiao laughed. He himself already possessed a wood-element spirit root, yet the Nine Heavens Thunder Virtue Universal Transformation Art had not affected him in the slightest.

Then Chen Xiao removed the formation in the room and summoned Mengmeng over. He told her that he would be entering seclusion to cultivate during this period, that she was to keep a close eye on Cai Di, and that nothing must go wrong.

After that, he returned to his room.

Watching Chen Xiao close the door, a trace of delight appeared on Mengmeng's face. She immediately ran off to arrange Cai Di in a guest room, then hurried to tell Chen Xiao's father, Chen Tiannan, and mother, Su Mulan, the news.

When Chen Tiannan heard that Chen Xiao had entered seclusion to cultivate, he immediately sprayed out a mouthful of tea.

"That little bastard is willing to cultivate? Could it be that he offended Nangong Wenxing again today and is afraid she'll come knocking?"

Though Chen Tiannan was delighted inside, those were still the words that came out of his mouth.

Su Mulan reached out and viciously pinched him at the waist.

Seeing Chen Tiannan's reaction, Mengmeng had already guessed that the young master had turned over a new leaf. He had even spent the past dozen or so years keeping a low profile and concealing his talents. This time, having discovered that the Nangong Family intended to make a move against the City Lord's Mansion, he had decided to cultivate.

"Mengmeng, what is it?"

Seeing Mengmeng's hesitant expression, Su Mulan could not help asking.

Although Mengmeng's appearance had its flaws, she was naturally obedient and clever. Though she was nominally Chen Xiao's personal maid, Chen Tiannan and Su Mulan had long regarded her as their own daughter.

This was also the main reason Mengmeng had desperately self-detonated her Golden Core in her previous life to protect Chen Xiao. It was not because of Chen Xiao, but because of the couple who had taken her in.

"Master, Madam, the fault in the previous incident did not lie with the young master."

Mengmeng hesitated for a while before finally speaking. "When the young master encountered Nangong Wenxing last time, he had not wished to pay her any attention. But she was the one who provoked him first, which was why the young master flew into a rage and attacked."

"Hm?" Chen Tiannan's heart stirred. With a wave of one hand, he dismissed all the servants around them.

"What exactly happened?" Chen Tiannan's expression grew stern.

"The young master said that everything that happened that day was actually a trap the Nangong Family had set for Master by using the young master."

Although Mengmeng was nominally Chen Xiao's maid, her loyalty lay with Chen Tiannan and Su Mulan. This was also why Chen Xiao had been willing to reveal the matter to her. If Chen Xiao said it himself, Chen Tiannan would never believe him no matter what, but it might be different if the words came from Mengmeng.

"Nangong Wenyue deliberately left hidden injuries in the young master's meridians. It looked as though he had plotted against the young master, but how could those injuries possibly escape Master's notice? So..."

"Xiao'er told you all this?"

Su Mulan abruptly rose to her feet, interrupting Mengmeng. The expression on her face gradually turned solemn.

"The young master told me. He also said that the Old City Lord will soon undergo his heavenly tribulation, and that when the time comes, the Nangong Family will likely make a move against us. He originally only wanted to be a young master of an aristocratic family, but now that the clan is in danger, he decided..."

"He decided to turn over a new leaf and stop being a wastrel?" Chen Tiannan let out a long breath.

Mengmeng nodded. In truth, Chen Xiao had never said anything about turning over a new leaf or ceasing to be a wastrel. Mengmeng had merely assumed it out of wishful thinking.