The Myriad Phenomena Hall, a side hall.
True Lord Qingchen smiled slightly upon hearing the Dao Child's question, and his aura surged once more. A fierce and serpentine aura gradually emerged, and his left eye once again conjured that vertical pupil.
His aura changed.
The person was still the same, but his aura had become as fierce as a snake or dragon, and his vertical pupils revealed an innate indifference and ruthlessness.
The cool, clear water rippled again, transforming into a light blue pool that tinkled and spread throughout the hall. A light drizzle fell from above, and streaks of blue light moved within the hall, like dragons and pythons, creating a wild and desolate atmosphere.
"Young man!"
True Lord Qingchen spoke, his clear, jade-like voice disappeared, replaced by a terrifying sound like two pieces of raw iron rubbing against each other, shaking the side hall and Chen Shuangbai's Divine Ability.
Buzz!
The Great Yin Divine Ability responded with colorful light, and a golden-white halo manifested from behind Chen Shuangbai's head, counteracting the fierce aura.
Even so, Chen Shuangbai's heart was still in suspense.
It was just a wisp of energy...
But that terrifying sense of oppression, as if it were a tangible thing, weighed heavily on his heart, dimming his Divine Ability and making his physical body feel heavy. Only the golden-white circle of light between his eyebrows emitted rings of Grand Yin light, firmly protecting his soul.
The vertical pupils twitched slightly, as if mocking his overestimation of his abilities, or perhaps observing him with interest, giving Chen Shuangbai a strange feeling of becoming food.
"His aptitude is quite good, it's just a pity... he was born into the wrong race."
Clang--!
Chen Shuangbai drew her sword and rose, its golden light illuminating the fine drizzle within the hall.
Who exactly are you, sir?
"And why are you inside the body of my Jade Spring Sect Master?!"
The pale, vertical pupils twitched again, as if about to say something more, but True Lord Qingchen's right peach blossom eye moved, and his voice rang out again, saying, "Enough! Don't frighten my precious tree!"
True Lord Qingchen flipped his right hand, and a jade ruyi with dazzling colorful light appeared.
This ruyi scepter is entirely golden-red, with its head shaped like a lingzhi cloud and wrapped around a light blue bead. The entire body is adorned with lotus scroll patterns, smooth as a mirror, and adorned with white tassels at the tail, giving it a graceful appearance.
The moment he got his hands on the jade ruyi, the restless, fierce aura emanating from him completely dissipated, as if it had been suppressed.
Chen Shuangbai didn't ask any further questions, but simply looked at True Lord Qingchen quietly, waiting for an answer.
True Lord Qingchen played with the jade ruyi, merging its energy with his own to gradually suppress the strange energy within him, before slowly saying:
"This treasure is named [ Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi ], High-Grade Spirit Treasure. It was brought across the sea from the Eastern Radiance Continent by the founding patriarch and passed down as the most precious treasure of our Jade Spring Sect."
As for that thing hidden inside my body...
At this point, True Lord Qingchen paused, his tone low and somber. "Now that you are also Nascent Soul, I should tell you everything that happens within the sect."
"Back then, the Jade Spring Patriarch crossed the sea and finally settled in this Sunken Jade Valley, thus establishing our Jade Spring lineage."
"It's widely believed within the sect that the patriarch only left behind the Three Treasures, but in reality, those are just a facade used by us descendants to mislead outsiders."
"In reality, the true gift from the patriarch was one thing, two treasures, and three merits."
"You've seen the Three Skills before, including the [ True Illumination Cavern Abyss Five Qi Art ] you cultivate. They are all direct lineage profound skills of the [ Heavenly River Dao Lineage ] of the Eastern Radiance Continent, naturally infinitely mysterious, which has allowed my Jade Spring Sect Nascent Soul after generation without interruption."
"As for the two treasures, you've already seen the latter two."
"The first is this High-Grade Spirit Treasure in my hand, the [ Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi ], which is forged from a wisp of innate pure yang true fire energy and a wisp of innate Wu Earth energy. Belonging to the fire and earth element, it possesses profound mysteries such as suppressing external evils, stabilizing mountains, and burning away impurities."
"Secondly, you also took it, which is the space where the True Disciple Hall and we were in seclusion for cultivation. But that's not Grotto-Heaven; it's a high-grade High-Grade Spirit Treasure with the ability to store and nurture treasures. Moreover, it spans the vast ocean and is called the [ Azure Firmament Vast Sea Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Boat ]."
"It was thanks to these two treasures that Patriarch Jade Spring was able to narrowly escape the treacherous Buried Wind Ocean, where even Nascent Soul could easily perish, and thus survive."
Now, Chen Shuangbai has finally come into contact with the final secret of the Jade Spring Sect.
It was precisely because of True Lord Qingchen's account that the strange feeling he had experienced when he entered the True Disciple Hall in the past finally made sense.
No wonder the sect's elders didn't have much of a reaction to [ Pengyu Heaven ] and [ Cavern Abyss Heaven ]; it turns out they had a High-Grade Spirit Treasure at home that could replace the power of Grotto-Heaven!
As for this "one thing"...
True Lord Qingchen slowly said, "It's not Spirit Treasure, nor a profound skill, nor some secret technique... but a dragon!"
"Dragon?"
Chen Shuangbai murmured those two words, her eyes lit up, and she said with some surprise, "Could it be..."
"A Green Chi."
He paused, then added, "One, a true dragon that Spirit Transformation Peak in its lifetime, and was once revered as a Dragon Lord in the Eastern Radiance Continent!"
Buzz!
Chen Shuangbai felt her heart tremble violently.
He gasped for breath, his mind replaying the image of that vertical pupil he had just seen, and only then did he belatedly realize—
No wonder! No wonder! No wonder he's so fierce, and carries an innate indifference and ruthlessness!
So they were actually descendants of the dragon nobility?!
His mind raced, and he connected the dots with other guesses, tentatively asking, "Before he was alive?"
True Lord Qingchen nodded, gently weighing the golden-red jade ruyi in his right hand, and continued:
"This Green Chi has a very deep connection with the [ Heavenly River Dao Lineage ] from which our patriarch originated. Although it is unclear how he ended up in this state, it is certain that his physical body has perished, and only his dragon soul remains, suppressed by this [ Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi ]."
"In the patriarch's plan, or rather, in the plan of the great being who refined this Spirit Treasure, it was only necessary to suppress this soul for three thousand five hundred years to completely refine it and achieve a fifth-tier spiritual talent, named [ Dragon Illumination Treasure Liquid ]."
"It possesses the power to transform one's very being, capable of cleansing and refining the talent of any individual, and once mastered, it will surely help that person break through to the Spirit Transformation Soul stage."
After hearing these words, Chen Shuangbai was deeply shaken and remained unsettled for a long time.
This is a dragon at the Spirit Transformation Peak?!
Even if it were merely a remnant soul, it could probably destroy any one of the Six Alliances alliances in the Celebrated Splendor Continent at will, right?
Yet they are suppressed here, treated as a precious medicine waiting to be refined... This audacity, this method, is simply appalling.
"But why..."
As soon as Chen Shuangbai uttered those words, he choked on his own, because he had also figured it out.
Why?
Of course, it's because the Nascent Soul Late Stage Transformation Sect, has attacked, and the Jade Spring Sect has no Nascent Soul Late Stage...
True Lord Qingchen, however, did not appear distressed. He simply said softly, "I have now merged with the remnant soul of this dragon, and can now display the realm and strength of the Nascent Soul Late Stage, or even the Nascent Soul Peak."
"It's just that the dragon soul is cruel and domineering, and it needs this jade ruyi to suppress it from time to time, so it can also be considered... like that old turtle that can only cower in its shell all day long."
These words carried a hint of self-deprecation and a touch of nonchalance, but to Chen Shuangbai, they sounded heavy.
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