Dragon Emperor, Martial God

Chapter 331: 331

After staying beneath the ground for such a long time, Ling Yun was also incredibly excited to be out. After charging out, he almost shouted out loud while riding on Little Black!

At that time, the darkness of dawn was in front of him. The stars filled the sky, and the moon was hanging right above him. Ling Yun had been constantly circulating his Stellar Condensation Technique. Moonlight was like water as it enveloped Ling Yun’s body; it was as if his body was emitting light.

Just like that, Ling Yun suddenly felt a boom in his body, and his Stellar Condensation Technique was instantly upgraded by three minor realms. It charged right to the eleventh minor realm before coming to a halt!

Ah… How could it be so quick! Ling Yun was equally elated and shocked. This was because if he were to charge through three more minor realms, he would be able to advance into the Stellar Condensation Technique’s third major realm.

This was due to a combination of the successful Yin-Yang harmony balance, absorption of the dragon spiritual energy, and the dense immortal spiritual energy within the center of the spell formation. Combining all these with the simultaneous sparkling of the sun, moon, and countless stars resulted in this achievement.

However, that was evidently the effect of the spell formation. Ling Yun only managed to complete the upgrade of his realm after coming out and seeing the real moon and stars.

As Ling Yun’s body was enveloped in moonlight, the countless stars seemed to be emitting strength towards Ling Yun in the form of their starlight. However, the starlight was still comparably weaker than the moonlight and couldn’t be seen by the naked eye.

This was indeed a beautiful and quiet mountain accompanied by a several-meter-wide mountain spring. The sweet sound of water hitting the rocks was pleasing to the ear.

The clear mountain breeze hit against his face as the various flora and fauna grew exuberantly. The clear and crisp spiritual energy from the vegetation seeped into Ling Yun’s body, which instantly opened up the myriad of pores on his body. This was incredibly enjoyable for Ling Yun.

The clear sky and clouds, coupled with the surrounding variety of rarely seen flowers, made Ling Yun felt as though he was in paradise. Or rather, he felt as though he had returned to the Great World of Cultivation. The density of spiritual energy here was simply incredible and was, in fact, even denser than the spiritual energy at his current Mansion Number One.

However, this wasn’t due to the Spirit Gathering Formation. The energy here came from the rarely seen flourishing flowers. Ling Yun was able to recognize a few spiritual herbs immediately.

What is this place?

Ling Yun was slightly dumbfounded because this was definitely not the valley between Dragon Mountain and Nancui Peak.

There were indeed many precipitous mountains around the valley. However, these mountains were much higher than Dragon Mountain and Nancui Peak. The trees here were more vibrant, and there were no signs of human intervention in this place. Evidently, this place had been uninhabited throughout the years.

That is one massive Spatial Formation! Oh no, don’t tell me I’m thousands of miles away from Qingshui City!

Ling Yun wasn’t shocked for too long, and he instantly drew a connection and made an accurate judgment. The Earth Emperor’s Book was currently in his energy center, and the energy emitting from the Earth Emperor’s Book was definitely not inferior to the Emperor Brush. He knew how exceptionally formidable that formation was.

In the Cultivation World, Ling Yun naturally had multiple fortuitous encounters over and over again. However, he was certain that after activating the eight trigrams at the bottom of the pond, the magical scenes he encountered had greatly surpassed any of the scenes he had encountered in the Cultivation World.

The ancient almighty who installed that formation was definitely much stronger than the Earth Deity in the Period of Great Accomplishment. This was without a doubt!

Ling Yun jumped off Little Black’s back and cautiously put the unconscious Dugu Mo and Little White on the ground. He started circulating his Stellar Condensation Technique again as he took out the Dragon Vein Sword from his spatial ring. He held onto the sword as he walked towards an extremely plain looking stone house.

Currently, the Emperor Brush was in his forehead while the Earth Emperor’s Book was in his energy center. Therefore, he wasn’t able to use them. He was only able to use his Dragon Vein Sword and Devil’s Blade.

However, Ling Yun dared not bring out the Devil’s Blade, which contained tremendous devil attributes. This was because he sensed a rich and powerful source of energy of the great Dao.

If he took out the Devil’s Blade and this source of energy of the great Dao couldn’t tolerate it, both Ling Yun’s soul and body might be instantly destroyed. This was a risk which he didn’t dare take.

The plain-looking stone house wasn’t very far away, and there were only two of them. Ling Yun arrived shortly after as he looked inside the house.

There were a plethora of exotic flowers over one meter tall, which seemed to have been growing for countless years. There was no longer a path to walk, and any ordinary human would struggle to walk through it even with thick clothing. However, Ling Yun had his Stellar Condensation Technique, which had reached the eleventh minor realm, to protect his body. He walked through it without wearing any clothes and didn’t panic at all.

What a great energy! Ling Yun expressed his pleasant surprise as he exclaimed in his heart. The energy here was even more overwhelming than that senior monk in the temple. The energy was surging, but it contained some sort of natural sense of gentleness. This made Ling Yun feel exceedingly comfortable.

After such a long period of time, the house was only filled with the one-meter tall exotic flowers. Everything else was gone as though it had turned into dust because it couldn’t withstand the erosion of time.

There is nothing here… Ling Yun didn’t sense any danger, so he put away his Dragon Vein Sword. He walked through the stone house like a normal person, and after walking around, he didn’t find anything.

Ling Yun furrowed his brows as he wondered how thick the exotic flowers were. Could it be buried at the bottom?

He wasn’t going to give up, so he continued circling the house for a while. Again, he didn’t find anything new.

“Clang…”

Ling Yun suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right foot. He had kicked something hard. He was shocked as he pried open the flowers and looked at his feet.

What is this? It’s so rusty that I can’t even discern what it is… Ling Yun saw a horseshoe-shaped metal piece on the soil. That was what he kicked.

Ling Yun extended his arm to reach for it but realized that he couldn’t manage to pick it up. Therefore, he used even more strength and tried to pull it up once again!

The loose soil started to loosen up even more, and Ling Yun realized that what he was holding was actually a horseshoe-shaped hoop.

Ling Yun used some strength to remove the dirt on the metal and saw that the metal was actually bronze.

This should be part of copper equipment since there seems to be more underneath! Ling Yun grew excited and was no longer trying to pull it out. Instead, he started digging at the soil around it.

Ling Yun’s fingers were so strong that digging the soil wasn’t a problem at all. Soon after, he dug out a hole, and half of the entire copper equipment could be seen.

This, this looks like a cauldron! Ling Yun only needed one look to tell that it was a bronze cauldron.

Ling Yun got excited at the thought of the ease of concocting medicine in the future. It would definitely be more convenient than using his small metal pot.

Ling Yun had enough of using small metal pots to extract the essence from medicinal herbs. He used both hands this time to pull out the entire cauldron.

Even though the bronze cauldron was full of stains and looked extremely crude and old-fashioned, its appearance was actually pretty majestic and pleasing to the eye. It even contained a controversial Dao spirituality.

A circular cauldron body with two ears and three legs was the perfect epitome of Dao begets One, One begets Two, Two begets Three, Three begets all things.

The cauldron was carved with flower patterns, but the majority of it was covered by the rust and soil, so Ling Yun wasn’t able to see it clearly.

How heavy! It was indeed very heavy, even heavier than the gourd full of dragon saliva. Ling Yun used his strength to pour out the soil in the cauldron and placed it on the ground.

The bronze cauldron wasn’t considered small, as the body was about seventy to eighty centimeters wide. Considering the three legs and two ears, it was about eighty centimeters tall. From the front, it looked squarish.

Hehe, using this to concoct medicine is going to be great! The more Ling Yun looked at it, the more he liked it, and he got even more excited about it.

Wait a minute, it still lacks a cauldron lid… Ling Yun suddenly recalled the fact that this cauldron didn’t have a lid, so he jumped right in again to look for it.

He started digging up the soil all around but realized that it was too much work. Therefore, he took out his Dragon Vein Sword and started cutting through the soil. However, he was still unable to find the lid.

If there was a lid, it would definitely not be too far away from the cauldron itself. After looking for it for half a day, Ling Yun couldn’t find anything, so he started to feel slightly regretful.

Perhaps there was no lid to begin with… Maybe the lid isn’t here…

Ling Yun pondered and thought for a while. After looking through the entire house again, he didn’t find any more treasure. However, he was already unable to contain his joy.

Let me wash off the soil first… Ling Yun bent over as he grabbed onto one of the cauldron’s legs. He managed to lift it up with just one hand.

Ling Yun carried the bronze cauldron and walked out of the stone house. He returned to where Dugu Mo and Little White were and noticed that they were still unconscious. He smiled to himself as he praised their sleeping ability.

He walked directly to the mountain spring and said to Little Black, who was enjoying the water, “Bring some water over here!” He pointed to the cauldron as he spoke.

Little Black turned over cheerfully and lowered its head to take in a big mouth of water. It turned to Ling Yun and spat it out lightly, causing water to splash onto Ling Yun’s body.

Seeing how naughty Little Black was, Ling Yun shook his head and smiled before pointing to the cauldron once more. “Wash this thing, not me!”

Little Black continued to take in water and spat towards the bronze cauldron. Ling Yun also helped and managed to clean the cauldron very quickly.

He wasn’t able to wash off the rust at the moment, but the rust was only covering the flower patterns and not the words.

Ling Yun analyzed the cauldron for half a day but couldn’t find out anything. Therefore, he could only give it up for the time being.

As long as I can use it to concoct medicine…

A proud Ling Yun smiled as he cleared out a huge space in his spatial ring to put the bronze cauldron in. The bronze cauldron instantly took up about eighty percent of the space. Because of this, Ling Yun had no choice but to put all the little items into the cauldron itself.

So many spiritual herbs… This is basically a treasure house for drug ingredients. What a pity I can’t take it away…

Ling Yun got greedy as he thought about all the herbs. He thought to himself that once his cultivation became stronger in the future, he could come here to concoct medicine.

It had been a long time since Ling Yun had a good shower, so while playing with Little Black, he managed to clean himself up. Once he was done with his shower, he returned to Dugu Mo.

He picked up Dugu Mo’s longsword before putting it beside him.

Even though Dugu Mo didn’t see the Earth Emperor’s Book, he definitely benefited from this trip. Not only did he manage to keep the dragon saliva, but he was also nourished with a great deal of immortal spiritual energy. Additionally, he even heard the resounding voice of the great Dao. This was enough for him to enjoy his entire life.

At this moment, Ling Yun’s heart twitched a little as he looked at Little White. Little White gradually opened up its eyes, waking up before Dugu Mo.

“Wooosh…” When Little White woke up, its third tail appeared in front of Ling Yun, and it started whirling about in the wind with the other two long tails.