Dragon-Gazing Immortal Sect, Flood Dragon Soul!
"The road ahead is long and arduous..."
A sigh reveals the bitterness of those who cultivate themselves; how difficult it is for mortals to dream of becoming immortals, to defy fate, to contend with others, to fight against heaven...
In retrospect, Qin Lu was incredibly lucky.
Reborn into this world, I was fortunate enough to acquire immortal techniques, master alchemy, establish a family and Qi Condensation, and by sheer luck, condense my Qi. Now, at fifty, I live a peaceful Immortal Method life, and begin to comprehend the Dao Rhyme...
Looking back.
You find the path you came from is now smooth; pain flows like a long river, constantly tormenting you, yet also constantly nourishing you...
Life is like a song, filled with profound suffering.
The light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains; the path has been seen, and the road is open to the future...
Isn't that just luck?
Reaching the Qi Condensation is already a stroke of good fortune. For those with poor luck and low talent, hoping to reach the Qi Condensation Realm is like an ant looking at the moon...
Its immense power is astounding!
Even those who manage to Qi Condensation their Qi have wasted hundreds of years without achieving enlightenment; the number is countless...
This is true of spiritual practice, and it is also true of being a person.
Not all efforts are rewarded, not all sincerity is reciprocated, only self-reliance and self-improvement...
Only by taking oneself as the foundation can one withstand enemies for all ages!
Even if it is built upon the corpses of thousands, even if it is the misfortune of countless people that forges the glory and rise of one person.
Qin Lu is willing to sacrifice everything!
Therefore, in Qin Lu's view, there are only two kinds of people in this world: his Qin Clan clan members and everyone else...
As long as it brings glory to the Qin Clan, as long as it allows Qin Lu to ascend to immortality!
So everything--
None of that matters anymore...
Da Zhou -- Eastern Sea Area -- Linghai Commandery
Ten years ago, a small sect called Dragon-Gazing Sect was established on a small peninsula in the northeast of Linghai Commandery...
The island is about several thousand square kilometers in size, roughly the size of a county seat.
Name: Azure Moon Peninsula!
Since the establishment of the Dragon-Gazing Sect.
Its leader, Black Dragon Rogue Person, single-handedly slaughtered the local powerful clans and massacred six or seven True Martial Lineage...
In a short time, he became famous and forcibly took over the entire Sea Moon Peninsula.
Its sect also possesses First-Tier Spirit Plant and beast taming Dharma Sect, initially attracting the attention of Qi Condensation forces, but later, due to the Great Zhou-Liang War...
In the end, nothing came of it.
Thanks to their inherited skills, the disciples of the Dragon-Gazing Sect are all exceptionally strong, and within just a few years, they have recruited hundreds of Warrior...
Establish several branches to expand influence!
now--
The place where the Dragon-Gazing Sect sect was founded is called Dragon-Gazing Lake. The lake covers an area of more than ten square kilometers, and in the center stands a low mountain that is more than a hundred feet high...
A dark shadow swam across the lake, stirring up waves.
At the mountain's summit, spiritual light gathered. Qin Zhao, clad in a black robe emblazoned with gleaming golden dragon patterns, his hair bound with a crown, gathered his inner energy in his Dantian...
And in front of him.
Three jade vases, a letter from home.
The letter contained very little, simply recounting the current state of the Lineage and some mundane family matters; the writing was extremely dull...
But it revealed how much his brothers cared for him.
Qin Zhao smiled. He had intended to burn it, but ultimately stopped, sealed the letter, and carefully kept it close to his heart.
"Second Brother..."
"As always, it's still so cheesy."
"My eldest brother and sixth brother have also Qi Condensation, and the Lineage is flourishing. Only my fourth brother and I haven't Qi Condensation yet. It's a pity about my fourth brother..."
"That's probably just fate."
"What's destined to be yours will be yours, and what's not, you won't be, but as the saying goes, man can conquer nature..."
"Brother Zhao will definitely seize that sliver of opportunity for Fourth Brother! All six of us from the second generation of Qin will advance to the Qi Condensation, without exception!"
"Let's witness together the breathtaking view from the future mountain peak!"
Qin Zhao muttered to himself.
Then the three pill bottles opened one after another, first revealing three Qi Condensation Pill, followed by a black pill shaped like a heart...
Finally, there was a soul!
A wisp of dragon's soul, though extremely faint and weak...
But the dragon's power was undeniable!
These were the three puppets that Qin Lu had obtained. The puppet bodies were stored in the clan's treasury for clan members to examine and study, and one of the core ones...
That is the essence of this beast soul.
The dragon soul within the dragon puppet was what Qin Lu had prepared for the Black Dragon...
The dragon is said to be the ancestor of all scaled creatures.
Crocodiles belong to the genus Draconis, hence those that revert to their ancestral form are called Tuolong or Zhupolong!
According to Qin Lu's thinking, this dragon's soul was not highly cultivated in its lifetime, not even at the Third-Tier, and was considered an extremely inferior existence among dragons...
Although it possesses a trace of dragon's might, it can at most be refined into a Law Artifact.
For Qin Lu now...
A Law Artifact is no longer of much use, so using it to nurture the Black Dragon might even help it break through to the Second-Tier. Trading it for a powerful Demon Beast would be a worthwhile deal...
By continuing to reproduce in this way, one might even be able to cultivate a living dragon!
As for the black bird spirit that closely resembled the Xuan Bird, it was fed to Qin Wu's Golden-Winged Black Bird, and it's estimated that his advancement is not far off...
There was also the essence of a giant python.
It was then used to cultivate the clan's only Green Serpent King...
If it can be cultivated into Second-Tier green snake, it can swallow living creatures and escape, making it incredibly adept at fleeing and extremely skilled at infiltration!
Its strategic significance far outweighs its combat capability.
On the other hand...
This was to help Qin Zhao, after all, he was his own son; both were equally dear to him, and if he didn't help, who would?
As for Qi Condensation Pill, the Qin Clan currently has no shortage of them.
When Qin Lu looted the medicinal garden of the Flower Willow Courtyard, the materials alone were enough to refine five batches of Qi Condensation Pill, yielding a total of eighteen pills!
Qin Xiao used two breakthroughs, while Qin Zhuang used one.
Qin Zhao has now been given three more, leaving twelve Qi Condensation Pill. If sold, they would be enough to fetch two thousand Spirit Stone...
Qin Lu even had plans.
Distribute some Qi Condensation Pill to help some of the elderly who follow the Qin Clan Qi Condensation!
For example, the three generals of the Wang Clan, Meng Wu, the Chu Clan, and the Zhao Clan — Qin Lu's ambitions could not be satisfied by a single prefecture...
As for the last one, it was a black pill shaped like a heart.
It is made from the main root of the Illusory Form Demon Tree, which is then used to refine its juice and fuse various herbs to create a nourishing substance.
It can increase the chances of Qi Condensation by at least 20%!
Qin Zhao moved his lips, then finally smiled frankly, his expression becoming serious as he said:
"Bring it on!"
Having said that--
Qin Zhao threw the dragon's soul into the lake, where it was swallowed whole by a dark shadow, along with the bottle, and refined!
He himself swallowed the black pill in one gulp, followed by the Qi Condensation Pill.
Using the combined effects of the two medicines, we forcefully broke through the barrier!
The saying goes, "One effort, then again, then thrice, until the third exhaustion," meaning to give it your all, hoping for even the slightest possibility of a breakthrough...
Until the very end, the dragon roared through the mountains and wilderness!
The sky was ablaze with rosy light, Spirit Rain fell!
(Don't yell at me, guys, I've been really busy with work these past few days. I got home at 10:30 today, and I have to work until after 10 tomorrow...)